高二英语第二学期期中试卷.doc

高二英语第二学期期中试卷I. 听力（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man mean?A. Its extremely cold outside.B. They should have eggs for supper.C. Its extremely hot outside.2. When is the mans birthday? A. April 1st. B. April 2nd. C. April 3rd.3. What happens to Mary?A. Shes in hospital.B. She must look after her mother.C. Shes late for school.4. Whose recorder is the worst? A. The mans. B. Jacks. C. The womans.5. When did the man graduate? A. In 1984. B. In 1985. C. In 1986.请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. When did the woman go to see Kate? A. A week ago. B. Two days ago. C. A few days ago.7. What can we know about Kate?A. Shes too busy to see a doctor.B. The doctors advice does her no good.C. She hasnt fully recovered though shes seen a doctor.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How many people became homeless as a result of the storm? A. Over two hundred. B. Over fourteen. C. About fifteen.9. Where were Mr. Smiths children when the storm started? A. In the bedroom. B. In the kitchen. C. In the yard.10. Why did Mr. Smith go back inside their house?A. To get his missing child. B. To get some food.C. To get some clothes.II. 单项填空：（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）11. It is reported that two suspects were caught by the local police _ rare wild animals in the jungle.A. hunt B. to hunt C. hunted D. hunting12. Could you tell me who on earth prevents our plans _?A. carrying out B. from carrying out C. to carried out D. from being carried out13. When _ at the door, Mother asked, “Who was it?”A. knocking B. knocked C. someone was knocking D. she was knocking14. -I regret _ you that you didnt do well in the exam yesterday.-Now I regret not _ your advice.A. to tell; to accept B. telling; to have acceptedC. to tell; having accepted D. telling; having accepted15. Was it for that reason _ you didnt come to join us in the speech competition?A. that B. why C. which D. what16. _ that Ding Junhui, an 18-year-old boy, won the champion in the 2005 World Snooker China Open.A. The news comes here B. Here comes the newsC. The news here comes D. Here the news comes17. I personally think _ more listening, speaking, reading and writing is the key to _ our English.A. Doing; improve B. To do; improve C. Do; improving D. Doing; improving18. When _ about her hard life on the island alone with her little son, the woman burst into tears.A. asking B. to be asked C. asked D. to ask19. All of the members in the club _ this conference to be a successful one.A. hoped B. agreed C. expected D. suggested20. To our great surprise, the English evening organized by children themselves _ a great success.A. turned on B. turned out C. turned to D. turned up21. This is the largest clock in the world, _ the minute hand is six metres long.A. whose B. which C. of which D. its22. I didnt go to the concert, but I do wish I _ there.A. was B. were C. had been D. have been23. The citizens demand strongly that a flyover _ where there are a lot of roadblocks in our city.A. need to build B. need being builtC. need to be building D. need building24. They lost their way in the forest, and _ made matters worse was that night began to fall.A. what B. it C. that D. which25. - Do the Smiths live next door to you?- No, but they _.A. used to B. used to do C. used to doing D. used to be26. The Friendship Hotel _ we stayed at last night is very comfortable.A. where B. which C. in which D. when27. _ soft and smooth, the silk produced by using a new technique sold very well inthe market.A. Feeling B. Being felt C. Felt D. Having felt28. Whom would you rather _ the annual report for the production of our company?A. have write B. get write C. have to write D. get writing29. The ordinary-looking young fellow was considered _ the right person for this position.A. being B. to be C. as to be D. as being30. Nobody in our office has such an expensive cell phone _.A. as this B. as he C. like this D. like he III. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV. The news was about a prize for scientific discoveries. The 31 said something that caught my 32 . “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30.” Being a little over 30 myself, I wanted to 33 with him. Nobody wants to think that he has passed the age of making any 34 . The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours, and 35 to find the ages of famous people and their discoveries. The announcer was right!First, I looked at some of the 36 discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous one that 37 that bodies of different weights 38 at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he 39 his world-changing Theory of Relativity. Well, 40 of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other 41 .Then how about this in 42 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of 43 to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people 44 their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 45 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six!But why dont best years come after 30? After 30, I 46 , most people dont want to take risks or try new ways. Then I thought of people 47 Shakespeare and Picasso. The 48 was writing wonderful 49 at the late age of 50, 50 the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!Perhaps there is still hope for me.31. A. announcer B. conductor C. speaker D. hostess32. A. mind B. care C. attention D. surprise33. A. disagree B. talk C. meet D. advise34. A. chance B. discovery C. research D. fortune35. A. happened B. wanted C. succeeded D. managed36. A. last B. scientific C. oldest D. modern37. A. found B. proved C. doubted D. showed38. A. disappear B. move C. drop D. fall39. A. invented B. improved C. published D. made40. A. plenty B. enough C. much D. all41. A. fields B. science C. courses D. ages42. A. election B. politics C. leaders D. society43. A. age B. brain C. living D. leadership44. A. finished B. won C. started D. defeated 45. A. led B. devoted C. began D. gave up46. A. guess B. know C. believe D. agree47. A. as B. to be C. like D. about48. A. first B. writer C. poet D. former49. A. painting B. idioms C. fictionD. works50. A. when B. while C. who D. afterIV. 阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AHappy birthday! Do birthdays really make people happy? Of course they do. Birthdays celebrate the day we were born. Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggests another year of growth and maturity（成熟）-or so we hope. We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older. Most of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others, as well. For instance, seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud. For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a wonderful process. But growing old? That is a different story.Growing old is not exactly pleasant for people in youth-oriented (以年轻人为中心) American culture. Most Americans like to look young, act young and feel young. As the old saying goes, “Youre as young as you feel.” Older people joke about how many years young they are, rather than how many years old. People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom. But Americans seem to favor those that are young, or at least “young at heart.”Many older Americans find the “golden years” to be anything but golden. Economically, “senior citizens” often struggle just to get by. Retirement at age 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income. Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference. Older people may suffer from poor nutrition, medical care, and housing. Some even experience age discrimination (区别). American sociologist Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets. She was often treated rudely-even cheated and robbed. However, dressed as a young person, she received much more respect.Unfortunately, the elderly population in America is increasing fast. Why? People are living longer. Fewer babies are being born. And middle-aged “baby boomers” are rapidly entering the group of the elderly. America may soon be a place where wrinkle are “in”. Marketing experts are ready noticing this growing group of consumers.51. Growing up is a wonderful thing because_.A. people can celebrate their birthdaysB. people can become more mature and wiserC. people can receive many presentsD. people will feel younger at heart52. We can infer from the second paragraph that_.A. young people lack experience and wisdomB. American older people often joke about their old ageC. American culture is very youngD. different countries have different opinions on the old age53. The underlined sentence (in paragraph 3) means “_.”A. The golden years can make the old earn lots of money and receive good medical careB. The old people in America are leading a hard life without good nutrition, medical care or housingC. The old in America have to retire at the age of 65D. American social security benefits are not good54. From the last paragraph we know that the underlined word “in” can be replaced by _.A. serious B. cool C. disappearing slowly D. growing fastBWeather Report(8:00 a.m. December 178:00a.m. December 18)Influenced by a cold front, northern Xinjiang, the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the northern and eastern parts of Heilongjiang are expected to experience light snow today. Drizzle (a shower of fine rain) is forecast for most areas of Sichuan and eastern coastal areas of South China. Northerly winds of force 4-6 are expected to affect western and southwestern Inner Mongolia, and most parts of Northeast China while northerly winds of force 5-7 will sweep across the Bohai Sea, the northern parts of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and the central and northern parts of the South China Sea.Weather forecast for major Chinese citiesCityMax(C)Min(C)WeatherBeijing10-2clearChangchun0-6clearChangsha195clearChengdu94drizzleChongqing105overcastDalian123clearFuzhou18-12cloudyGuangzhou2315cloudyGuilin194clearHaikou1914overcastHangzhou185clearHarbin-3-8clearHongkong2116cloudyJinan143clear55. According to the weather report, we know it doesnt rain in the following areas except_.A. XinjiangB. Qinghai-Tibet C. Heilongjiang D. Chengdu56. From December 17 to December 18, if you go to _, you may be caught in the snow.A. Northern Xingjiang and TibetB. Sichuan and South ChinaC. Inner Mongolia and HeilongjiangD. Qinghai and Sichuan57. On December 17, the East China Sea will be swept by _.A. a cold front B. light snowC. northerly winds of force 4 D. northerly winds of force 5-758. The temperature in Harbin Min ( C )is _ lower than that in Guangzhou Min( C ).A. 23 B. 31 C. 26 D. 7 CFailure is probably the most fatiguing(令人疲劳) experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tired than not succeeding, being blocked, not moving ahead. It is an evil circle. Failure causes fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue.We experience this tiredness in two main ways: start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up. Either because it is too boring or because it is too difficult, we avoid it. And the longer we put it off, the more tired we feel.Such start-up fatigue is very real, although not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The cure is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply: willpower exercise. The moment I find myself turning away from a job, or putting it under a pile of things I have to do, I clear my desk of everything else and attack the difficult item first. To prevent start-up fatigue, always treat the most difficult job first.Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Here we are willing to get started, but we cant seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again. The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can, and then let the unconsciousness take over.59. Which of the following can be called an evil circle?A. Success-tiredness-success-tirednessB. Failure-tiredness-failure-tirednessC. Failure-success-failure-successD. Success-failure-success-failure60. According to the passage, when keeping putting off a task, we can experience_.A. failure B. performance fatigue C. start-up fatigue D. unconsciousness 61. To overcome start-up fatigue, we need _.A. doing exercise B. prevention C. strong muscles D. strong willpower62. The underline “insurmountable” (in the last paragraph) probably means “_”.A. too difficult to overcome B. easy to understandC. imaginary D. known to everyone DThe noise made by tourist boats for whale-watching may be causing communication problems for the whales, say researchers in a study in Nature this week.Whale-watching is a popular tourist activity in areas where groups of killer whales live, and often dozens of boats, filled with tourists who want to watch the beautiful animals roll through the waves, go whale-watching each day. Unfortunately, the engines of the boats make a lot of noise.The whales travel in groups, called pods, and communicate with each other through sonic calls that some scientists refer to as singing. The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales in the pods to be able to hear each other well. As a result, say the researchers, whales have started to sing for longer than they used to, kind of like a person shouting to a friend in a noisy room.The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between fifteen and twenty-five years ago, before whale-watching became popular, and compared them to more recent recordings made now that whale-watching has become popular.Since scientists dont yet understand the whales calls, they dont know what the whales are saying, but they think it may be communication of hunting or breeding (繁殖) information. Some experts worry that all this whale-watching noise may have a bad effect on the whale population in the long run, since the noise may be drowning out important communication about mates (配偶) or food.The killer whales studied were those off the coast of Washington state. The population of killer whales in that area has been decreasing for several years, but scientists are not sure why.63. According to the text, the whales sing longer than before probably because _. A. their hearing is weakening B. tourists on boats make too much noise C. they are pleased to see the tourists D. they have difficulty passing on messages64. Which of the following is the possible result of whale-watching?A. Fewer fish in the ocean.B. Misunderstanding between the whales.C. Reduced number of the whales in the area.D. Serious water pollution along the coast.65. What is mainly discussed in the text?A. Recent advances in the study of whale population.B. New explanations for whale singing.C. Whale-watching disturbs whale life.D. Whale-watching becomes popular in Washington state.V. 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）66. Everyone experiences cultural shock in one way or another when he goes to live in a new place. But sooner or later he will a_ to the life there.67. Although people with disabilities might have to depend on other people for some things, with the right attitude and hard work, it is possible to live an i_ life.68. It cost me a great deal, but I dont r_ spending a year traveling around the world.69. She felt e_ when asked whether she needed help dressing.70. Claire felt she was the happiest woman in the world when the prince d_ his love for her ahead of all the people at the party.71.The high cost of a_ makes life hard for him in L