高二英语下学期期中试题1.doc

2015-2016学年度第二学期期中测试 高二英语试卷说明：1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），满分120分，考试时间120分钟。2请将所有答案按照题号填涂或填写在答题卷相应的答题处，考试结束时，只需交答题纸。第I卷（共三部分；满分80分）第一部分 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman mean?A. The rain is expected to last much longer.B. Sunny and warm days were forecast for those days.C. The next few days will be sunny and warm.2. When did the woman have her breakfast?A. At 11:10 B. At 11:30 C. At 11:503. What does the man say about his grandmother?A. She cant hear well. B. She loves him deeply. C. She has forgotten her children.4. What do we know about the man?A. He wants both pieces of cloth.B. He doesnt like either piece of cloth.C. He cant tell the two pieces of cloth apart.5. Which of the following can best describe Tony?A. Dangerous B. Brave. C. Rude第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6，7小题。6. What is the documentary about?A. How people raise horses in ancient times.B. How people use horses for various purposes.C. How horse races are held in many countries.7. When will the speakers go riding together?A. Tomorrow. B. This weekend C. Next weekend听第7段材料，回答第8，9小题。8. What does the woman ask the man to show her?A. His passport. B. His business card. C. His ID card9. What is the date today?A. October 21st. B. October 24th. C. October 27th听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。 10. How does Tom feel now?A. Annoyed B. Sad C. Upset11. What has been broken by Tom?A. A vase B. A window C. A basketball12. What does the woman advise Tom to do?A. Apologize to Mr. Henry B. Give Paul a call C. Invite Mr. Henry to tea.听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。13. What does the man want to confirm? A. The womans educational background. B. The womans work experience. C. The womans nationality.14. Where does the woman work now? A. In New York B. In Singapore C. In San Francisco.15. How much is the womans present salary? A. $ 2.200 B. $ 2.280 C. $ 2.26016. What are the employees allowed to do for further education? A. Attend college night courses at the weekend. B. Go abroad to have further education every year. C. Take up six hours a week to attend college courses.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题.17. What actually made Liz determine to achieve her goal?A. Willpower and determination. B. Scholarship. C. Love and respect for her parents.18. How old was Liz when her mother died? A. 25 years old. B. 15 years old. C. 5 years old.19. Why did Liz think she had only experienced a small part of society?A. She could hardly understand society.B. She had little experience of social life.C. She lived in the same environment too long.20. What is the talk mainly about?A. How Liz struggled to change her life.B. How Liz loved her drug-addicted parents.C. What a hard time Liz had in her childhood.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21. Those who do not smoke have less _ of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so. A. cause B. potential C. hope D. choice22. The little boy looked _ at the broken model plane and felt quite _. A. sad; sad B. sadly; sadly C. sad; sadly D. sadly; sad23. Since the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they _ telephone in their houses. A. oppose having B. oppose to have C. are opposed having D. are opposed to have24. Electric cars are environmentally friendly; _, they are comparatively cheaper than traditional cars. A. as a result B. in other words C. whats more D. on the contrary25. One theory explaining this phenomenon suggests that acupuncture _ pain signals from reaching the brain. A. have blocked B. block C. blocked D. blocks 26. Li Lei is late again, but it is not surprising to me. It is _ of him to keep others waiting. A. normal B. ordinary C. common D. typical 27. His eyes shone brightly when he finally received the magazines he _.A. had long been expected B. had long expectedC. has long expected D. was long expected28. The phone rang, destroying _ peace you might have. A. whatever B. no matter what C. however D. what29. I like this pen very much. Its not because its my birthday present from my mother but because it _ well. A. is written B. write C. writes D. is writing30. As is widely acknowledged, a great number of traffic accidents _ numerous deaths and countless property loss all over the world every year. A. subscribe to B. contribute to C. result from D. aim at 31. Our school has made _ very clear that the use of a mobile phone in class is prohibited.A. this B. that C. it D. which32. The government _ air quality in urban areas from levels one to five: excellent, fairly good, slightly polluted, poor and dangerous. A. classifies B. arranges C. correspond D. divides33. Seeing from space, youll find the earth looks blue. This is _ about two-thirds of its surface is covered by water. A. why B. how C. because D. whether34. In the following sentences, which one is wrong? A. Not until had she arrived home she remembered her appointment with the doctor. B. It was not until she had arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor. C. Not until she had arrived home did she remember her appointment with the doctor. D. She didnt remember her appointment with the doctor until she had arrived home.35. Excuse me, do you mind if I leave my car here for a few minute?_ A. Great! I love cars. B. Id rather you didnt, actually. C. No, you cant. D. Of course not. Its not allowed here.第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 In our growing life , the first step is important and likely to mean the final victory, so the success and failure, or 36 and loss of your life may lie in 37 you dare to show yourself or not.As a student, I was most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the professor asked a question, I always 38 my head, for fear that the professor saw me.In a foreign language class, an expert from the Commercial Bank delivered a lecture. The speaker always wanted 39 to be in communication with him, so he asked how many students in the classroom learned Economics, but no one replied. The expert said with a smile, “Let me tell you a story first.”“When I came to the United States to study, there are often lectures delivered in the 40 . Each time, they invite an expert from Wall Street or a transnational company to make a speech.” “Before the beginning of every lecture, I found an interesting phenomenon. The students around me always took a cardboard folded in half, wrote their 41 with the most eye-catching color, and then placed it on the seat. 42 , when the speaker needed the response, he could see and call a listeners name 43 .”“I couldnt 44 why they did that, so I asked the student in front of me. He told me with a smile, the speakers are all top-ranking people, who 45 chances. When your answer is to his 46 or surprise, it is very possible that he will give you more chances. This is a very simple reason.“The fact was also like that. I really saw a few students around me went to 47 in the first class company 48 their excellent insights (洞察力). This had a great influence on me. The chance will not find you 49 . You must show yourself constantly to 50 others attention for you to find a chance on the cards.”36. A. winB. gainC. beatD. defeat37. A. howB. whatC. whetherD. that38. A. raisedB. shook C. loweredD. nodded39. A. someoneB. anyoneC. everyoneD. no one40. A. companyB. hospitalC. businessD. university 41. A. namesB. numbersC. addressesD. cards42. A. BesidesB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Thus43. A. directly B. loudlyC. firstlyD. rapidly44. A. make forB. make upC. make outD. make sense45. A. presentB. meanC. multiplyD. add46. A. satisfactionB. amusementC. disappointment D. astonishment47. A. approveB. employC. manageD. work48. A. in spite ofB. due to C. aside from D. as to49. A. themselvesB. himself C. yourselfD. itself50. A. payB. focusC. drawD. fix第三部分 阅读理解 (共 15 小题; 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A As we all know, China is a great country with the largest population in the world. In order to solve the population problem, our government decides to implement one-child policy. When it is carried out for some time, many people not only see its good effect but also the bad aspects. Therefore, people argue that two-child policy should be put into effect. First of all, two-child policy is the gift for some only child. For some families, maybe the parents are only child and they can also have only child. Put aside the loneliness of their child, when their child grows up and they grow older, their child marry an only child girl accidentally, the burden on their child and his wife is unimaginable heavy. Their child and his wife have to take care of two old couples. Usually, a young couple looking after an old couple is a little difficult; if the pressure increases twice, how can they stand it? But if their parents have two children, they can share the burden of taking care of their parents, so it would be much better.Secondly, two-child policy guarantees the number of Chinese population. As the widely spread of one-child policy, some people have changed their conception about giving birth. If they firmly believe one-child policy, there will be more and more the dink. After several decades, our country will be famous for lack of population.To sum up, one-child policy has been out of date, and tow-child policy is needed and necessary. It can solve the problem of nowadays and the future.51. How is the text organized?A. Topic-argument-explanation. B. Introduction-explanation-conclusion. C. Opinion-examples-explanation D. Main idea-comparison-discussion.52. According to the passage, the authors attitude towards two-child policy is_. A. favorable B. negative C. neutral D. indifferent 53. What does the underlined word “implement” mean in paragraph 1? A. stop B. continue C. adopt D. adaptBNowadays, the Internet is fairly common in our life, but do you know clearly what the Internet is? The Internet is a network and uses the telephone wires to join millions of computers together around the world.Maybe that doesnt sound very interesting. But when youve joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on peoples desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell everything you want by Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?54. Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?A. By post. B. By E-mail. C. By telephone. D. By satellite.55. Who is the owner of the Internet?A. The headmaster. B. The officer. C. The user. D. No one.56. Which may be the most possible place for people to work in tomorrow?A. At home. B. At school. C. In the office. D. In the company.57. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Most of the information is about English. B. The Internet makes the world smaller.C. English is important in using the Internet. D. Every computer must have the Internet.CTo Friend or Not to FriendIn most cases, we turn to our parents when were in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?In the past, the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to educate themselves about social networking sites.These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; theres also a certain amount of control over privacy that we dont get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.Its a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand, we dont want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand, if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.A recent survey suggested that parents shouldnt take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parents friend request, it doesnt necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.”Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list. 58. The passage is written mainly for _.A. parents B. teenagers C. teachers D. researchers59. From Paragraph 2, we learn that _.A. parents feel secure about their privacy onlineB. social networks successfully fill the generation gapC. parents have realized the importance of social networksD. social networks offer a platform for parents to communicate60. Teenagers may refuse a parents friend request because _.A. they hide something from their parentsB. their parents make negative comments on themC. their parents tend to fall behind in technologyD. they are unwilling to be watched by parents61. The passage is mainly about how to deal with the problem of _.A. parents friend request B. social networks C. privacy onlineD. the generation gapDAttractions in YorkYork MinsterDeangate, York YO1 7HHEnjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the largest Medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, a place for worship for over 1,000 years and a treasure house of 800 years of stained glass. Open daily subject to services. Please check in advance to avoid disappointment.Tel: 01904 557216 E-mail: National Railway MuseumLeeman Road, York YO26 4XJEnjoy a fantastic free day out for the whole family at the National Railway Museum in York. 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