尤溪五中高二英语半期考模拟测试题.pdf

尤溪五中高二英语半期考模拟测试题 命题人 高二英语备课组 本试卷分第一卷 选择题 和第二卷 非选择题 两部分 共100分 考试时间120分钟 第一卷 三部分 共75分 第一部分 听力 共两节 满分20分 英语周报第13期unit 8听力 第二部分 英语知识运用 共两节 满分45分 第一节 单项填空 共15小题 每小题1分 满分15分 从A B C D四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 21 Guess what I came across an old friend at the party last night I m sure you had a wonderful time A Sounds good B Very well C How nice D All right 22 It seems that he has succeeded at last in the USA Yeah but you can never imagine A what a hard life he has experienced B what he has experienced a hard life C he has experienced what a hard life D what a hard life has he experienced 23 Engines are to machines hearts are to animals A that B what C where D which 24 Did all of the boys go to the cinema No They went to the Internet bar instead A almost B nearly C never D mostly 25 On the long journey Jackie a most interesting guide We all had a wonderful time A proved B practiced C behaved D conducted 26 No matter how frequently the works of Shakespeare always attract a large audience A performing B to be perform C performed D being performed 27 I wonder if this is the computer you want A to have repaired B to have it repaired C it to be repaired D to repair it 28 While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope Newton made discovery which completely changed man s understanding of colour A a 不填 B a the C 不填 the D the a 29 I m not quite myself today I think I m with the flu A going up B dropping in C coming down D coming up 30 It s the protection for trees that matters how many trees are planted A instead of B rather than C not only D instead 31 This dictionary is not David s His is in my desk If it s not his can it be A who B whose else s C who else D who else s 32 To know what is good and are two different things A doing what is right B does what is right C to do what is right D did what was right 33 by the beauty of nature the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm A Attracting B Attracted C To be attracted D Having attracted 34 So can I ask you a few fairly straightforward questions about yourself No problem I like when people are open and direct A that B this C it D them 35 In our village about 1 000 meters north of my house an old temple dating back to the 15th century A stand B is standing C standing D stands 第二节 完形填空 共20小题 每小题1分 满分20分 阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从36 55各题所给的四个选项 A B C和D 中 选出最佳选项 Two friends visited the zoo together The zoo was very large and it was 36 to go everywhere They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 37 So both of them agreed not to 38 after choosing a 39 at every fork 岔路口 A road sign at the first fork 40 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill They decided on the 41 after a 42 discussion because lions were the king of the grassland The second showed a division 路口 going separately to the panda and peacock They 43 panda as it was the nation s treasure and went its way Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 44 what they couldn t help regretting But they had to make it and 45 for it brooked 容忍 no delay If they hesitated 犹豫不决 they would miss 46 Only 47 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 48 possible regret Life is 49 like this choices often occur that one has to make for example between two 50 jobs two fascinating wooers 追求者 To get one you 51 give up the other you can get half of it If you 52 weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses you will most likely 53 empty handedness Don t be sad about it 54 you have got half of the desirable things in life something that is 55 to come by 36 A easy B eager C impossible D possible 37 A enough B limited C tight D plentiful 38 A retrace B come C go D go back 39 A main road B branch C crossing D highway 40 A showed B pointed C intended D made 41 A former B later C last D the third 42 A brief B long C no D heated 43 A hoped B wanted C favored D got 44 A getting B taking C grasping D giving up 45 A slowly B immediately C timely D easily 46 A less B more C most D least 47 A high B slow C short D rapid 48 A increase B rid C reduce D raise 49 A just exactly B more or less C hardly D most 50 A unwanted B rejected C enjoyable D desirable 51 A wish B want C must D have to 52 A spend time B kill time C have a hard time D hope for 53 A start with B get up C succeed in D end up in 54 A By no means B Not in the least C At most D At least 55 A stupid B delighted C hard D supported 第三部分 阅读理解 共20小题 每小题1分 满分20分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C和D 中 选出最佳选项 A WASHINGTON Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and Dr Monty Jones of Sierra Leone were named co winners of the 2004 World Food Prize here on Monday for their contribution to world food security and rice production In announcing the recipients in a ceremony held at the US State Department President of the World Food Prize Foundation Kenneth Quinn lauded both scientists for their breakthrough scientific achievements which have significantly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa Quinn said it was particularly fitting that the two pioneering rice breeders be awarded the prize during the United Nations International Year of Rice the crop identified as the staple 主要的 diet of more than 3 billion people around the world Professor Yuan Longping is director general of the China National Hybrid Rice 杂交水稻 Research and Development Centre in Hunan Province China Jones is presently executive secretary of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa Yuan is credited with 功劳在于 developing the world s first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation Jones s work recaptured the genetic 遗传的 potential 潜能 of ancient African rice by combining African and Asian rice species Present at the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell were UN Food and Agriculture Director General Jacques Diouf US Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy Lan Lijun The World Food Prize will be formally presented to Professor Yuan and Jones on October 14 this year in Iowa the United States 56 Which of the following is the best title A A pioneer of the genetic research B Passion for hybrid rice C Scientists from China Africa share food prize D What is the World Food Prize 57 The underlined word lauded can be replaced by A landed B praised C related D presented 58 Jones won the 2004 World Food Prize for his achievements in A breeding 培育 hybrid rice B breeding hybrid wheat C improving ancient African rice D finding the genetic secret of rice 59 Which of the following is NOT true A The ceremony was held at the US State Department B Professor Yuan Longping attended the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell C Professor Yuan and Jones will go to the USA in October to receive the World Food Prize D 3 billion people around the world live on rice B Mauritius an island country lies 1 200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa and just east of Madagascar another African island country which is larger by far than Mauritius It covers 788 square miles and has a population of 1 100 000 about 750 000 Indians 300 000 Clioers 30 000 Chinese and 20 000 Whites included They are living together peacefully The country can be divided into many parts with different climates all because of its peculiar terrains 地形 In the center there are volcanoes several thousand feet high and 90 percent of its arable land is covered with sugarcane There were no people living on the island before the Dutch landed on it in 1638 The Dutch abandoned it in 1710 and five years later the French came and succeeded in planting sugarcane there It was conquered by Britain in 1810 Mauritius was extremely poor when it declared its independence in 1968 In the past ten years obvious economic prosperity 繁荣 has shown itself in this island country 60 The underlined words abandoned it in third paragraph means A took its place B gave it up C left for it D held it out 61 The right order that shows the history of Mauritius should be a seized by the French b became its master c ruled by the Dutch d conquered by the British A b a c d B a c d b C d c a b D c a d b 62 According to the passage all of the following statements are true except A Arable land covers 90 percent of the country s total area B It was the rule of foreigners that made the Mauritius people live in poverty C More than half of Mauritius population are Indians D Britain ruled the island longer than French and Holland 63 Which of the following maps shows the right position of Mauritius Mau Mauritius Ma Madagascar A Africa C If you go into the forest with your friends stay with them If you don t you ll get lost If you get lost this is what you should do Sit down and stay where you are Don t try to find your friends Let them find you You can help them find you are staying in one place There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you You can shout or whistle 吹口哨 three times Stop Then shout or whistle three times again Any signal 信号 given three times is a call for help Keep up shouting or whistling Always three times together When people hear you they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun They will let you know that they have heard your signal They will give you two shouts or two whistles When a signal is given twice it is an answer to a call for help If you don t think that you will get help before night comes try to make a little house with branches 树枝 Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass When away Pick off small branches and drop them as walking in order to go back again easily When you are lost the most important thing to do is to stay in one place 64 If you get lost in the forest you should A try to find your friends B stay in one place and give signs C walk around the forest D shout as loudly as possible 65 Which signal is a call for help A Shouting here and there B Crying twice C Shouting or whistling three times together D Whistling everything in the forest 66 When you hear two shouts or two whistles you know that A someone is afraid of an anima B people will come to help C someone needs help D something terrible will happen 67 The main idea of the passage is A how to travel in the forest B how to spend the night in the forest C what you should do if you want to get some water D what you should do if you are lost in the forest D At two o clock a bank robber stole in This is a hold up the man said rudely He took a gun from under his jacket pointing to George Hand it over George reached into the money box and took all the bills from the top part close to six thousand dollars The robber snatched them and turned to leave Then while everyone watched the robber George calmly lifted the top part of the money took the bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly The door was shut and the bank robber was gone George fainted 晕倒 As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door George counted the money He had eight thousand dollars He was very happy The next morning while the others were examining the bank s records George was called into Mr Burrow s office and was introduced to Mr Garruthers who used to be president of the bank Good morning George I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed too I have retired 退休 but I am thinking of our bank That s why I played my little game yesterday just to keep everyone on his toes 趾 Now I have put the money back in your money box all six thousand 68 Which of the following do you think is true A George wanted to protect the money for the bank B George had been thinking of taking money away C This bank had been robbed several times D Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day 69 Why was George called into Mr Burrow s office A His stealing money was disclosed B Mr Burrow wanted to say sorry to him C Mr Garruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him D Mr Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been but back 70 In this article to keep everyone on his toes means A to make everyone work hard B to keep everyone standing straight C to make everyone do a kind of exercise D to keep everyone paying attention to the coming danger 71 Which sentence can be used to end this story A George turned cold with fear B George turned red with anger C George was pleased with the end D George was disappointed with the end E Let us say there is something you don t know how to do In the past if you were determined to learn you might have called friends or relatives taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research term But now a host of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of In one sense these how to sites represent a part of the growing world of online learning These FAQs Frequent Answers and Questions many of which still circulate go round continuously took a special subject and explained it to complete novices But how to sites take the FAQ idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren t necessarily associated with discussion forums 论坛 These sites take the style of a written tutorial and a tone of friendly advice Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn 2 com www learn2 come It offers nearly 1 000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview At ehow com www ehow you can learn how to train for your first marathon how to buy a vacation home or how to make a movie in eight steps 72 The purpose of the passage is to A introduce new websites to netizens B say how to learn new courses by Internet C bring new means to learn something new D help you to solve any difficulty you meet with 73 The underlined word novices probably means A people with rich experience B people without experience C beginners of how to sites D hosts of how to sites 74 From the passage we may guess that A a deaf person can teach himself at home by visiting how to sites B how to sites are specially designed for the disabled C you can just click your mouth at home to question anything D it is pleasant to listen to the advice on how to sites 75 If you have no tent when you decide to go camping you may A visit www learn2 com B visit www ehow com C visit some site else D go to the tourist company 第二卷 共25分 总分 一 听力 20分 123456789101112131415 16 7 18 19 20 二 单项选择 15分 212223242526272829303132333435三 完形填空 20分 3637383940414243444546474849505152535455四 阅读理解 20分 5657585960616263646566676869707172737475 第四部分 写作 共两节 满分25分 第一节 单词拼写 5分 1 Parents should not show 偏爱 for any one of their children 2 After he left college he was 雇佣 in an international company an