人教版高二英语上学期期中试题

1、人教版高二英语上学期期中试题英语试卷注意事项：1、答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚。2、请将准考证条码粘贴在右侧的 条码粘贴处 的方框内3、选择题必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂；非选择题必须用 0.5 毫米黑色字迹的签字笔填写，字体 工整4、请按题号顺序在各题的答题区内作答，超出范围的答案无效， 在草纸、 试卷上作答无效。第I卷客观题试卷（共三部分，满分115分）第一部分 听力（共两节， ：满分 20 分）第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5分）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

2、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。例： How much is the shirt?A. 19.15B. 9.18C. 9.15答案是 C。1. What time is it now?A. 9:10.B.9:50.C.10:00.2. What does the woman think of the weather?A. It s nice.B. It s warm.C.It s cold.3. What will the man do?A. Attend a meeting.B. Give a lecture.C. Leave hisoffice.4. W

3、hat is the woman s opinion about the course?A. Too hard.B. Worth taking.C.Very easy.5. What does the woman want the man to do?the radio.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15分）A B C三个选项听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的中选出最佳选项， 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

4、第 6、 7题。6. How long did Michael stay inChina?A. Five days.B. One week.C.Twoweeks.7. Where did Michael go last year?A. Russia.B.Norway.C.India.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、 9题。8. What food does Sally like?A. Chicken.B. Fish.C.Eggs.9. What are the speakers going to do?A. Cook dinner.B. Go shopping.C. Order dishes.听

5、第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至12 题。10. Where are the speakers?A. In a hospital.B. In the office.C. At home.11.When is the report due(约定的，预期的） ?Friday.A. Thursday.B.C. Next Monday.12.What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?A. Improve it.B. Hand it in later.C. Leave it with him.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至16 题。1

6、3.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Salesperson and customer.B. Homeownerand cleaner.C. Husband andwife.14.What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture.a market.15.How much rend should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?A

7、. 350.B. 400.C.415.16.Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street.On South Street.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至20 题。17.What percentage of the world s tea exports go toBritain?A. Almost 15% .30%. C. Over 40%.18.Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk?A. Most Briti

8、sh people drink tea that way.B. Tea tastes much better with milk.C. Tea with milk is healthy.19.Who suggests a price for each tea?A.Tea tasters.exporters. C. Tea companies.20.What is the speaker talking about?A. The life of tea tasters.B. Afternoon tea inBritain.C. The London Tea Trade Center.第二部分 阅

9、读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B C D）中，选出最佳选项,C. One nearC.B. AboutB. Tea并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Pea nuts to ThisProudly reading my words, I glaneed around the room, only to find myclassmates beari ng big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Con fused, I gla need toward

10、 my ston e-faeed teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raisedthe report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing every one to act this way?”Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lan celot gave me the task. This wasthe first real talk I received in my new school. It seemed sim

11、ple: go on the Internet and find informationabout a man named George Washington. Since myidea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country,I had neverheard of that n ame before. As I searched the n ame of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same namewh

12、o looked completely differe nt! One inven ted hun dreds of uses for pea nu ts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the scree n, won deri ng which one my teacher mean t. I called my gran dfather for a golde n piece of advice;flip （掷）a coin. Heads the comma nder, and tail

13、s the pea nuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who inven ted pea nut butter, George Wash ington Carver.Weeks later, sta nding before this unfrien dly mass, I was totally lost. Ohwell, I lowered the paper and sat dow n at my desk, bur ning to find out whatI had done wrong. As a

14、 classmate began his report, it all became clear,“Myreport is on George Wash ington, the man who started the America nRevolution. ” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Wash ington?Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroke n but fearless, I decided to turnthis ar

15、oun d. I talked to Miss Lan celot, but she in sisted: No re-dos; no newgrade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chanee. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work fortherest of the school year. Ten mon ths later, that cha nee un folded as I foun

16、dmyself sitting in the headmaster s office with my grandfather, now havingan entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to theembarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my option to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!21. What did the author

17、s classmates think about his report?A. Excellent.B. Ridiculous.C. Boring.D. Puzzling.22. Why was the author confused about the task?A. He was unfamiliar with American history.B. He followed the advice and flipped a coin.C. He forgot his teacher s instruction.D. He was new at the school.23. The under

18、lined word “ burning ” in Para. 3 probably means .A. annoyedB. ashamedC. readyD. eager24. In the end, the author turned things around .A. by redoing his taskB. through his own effortsC. with the help of his grandfatherD. under the guidance of his headmasterBDeputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merr

19、igan sees an epidemic （ 流 行 病 ） sweeping across Americas farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects. The country s fa rmersare getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural

20、 census （ 普查 ） figures show that the fastest-growing group of farmers is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.Merriga n, a former college professor, is making stops at uni versities acrossthe country in hopes of encouraging m

21、ore students to think about careers in agriculture.Aside from trying to stop the graying of America s farmers, her workis made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at No.1 on a list of“useless ” college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking aboutthe posting, and it

22、has the attention of agricultural organizations across the coun try.“ There could n t be anything that s more in correct,” Merriga n said.“ We knowthat there aren t eno ugh qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture. In addition, a growing world population that s

23、ome experts predict will require 70% more foodproduct ion by 2050,” she said.“ I truly believe we re at a golde n age of agriculture. Global dema nd is at anall-time record high, and global supplies are at all- time record lows, ” said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs

24、are going to be valuable eno ugh that youn ger people are going to have the opport unity to be in volved inagriculture. ”The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasinginterest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers Coalitionhas also bee n pus

25、h ing for state and federal policy cha nges to make it easier for new farmers.Ryan Best, preside nt of Future Farmers of America, has bee n liv ingout of a suitcase,traveli ng the country and visit ing with high school stude nts about careers in agriculture. The 21 -year-old Best hopes his message-t

26、hat this is a new time in agriculture-will motivate the next generation to turn around the statistics .“ Neverbefore have we had the inno vati ons（仓U 新）in tech no logywhich have led toagriculture in this country being the most efficie nt it has ever bee n,” he said.“there s really a place for everyb

27、ody to fit in.”25. What is the new challenge to American agriculture?A. Fewer and older farmers.B. Higher fuel prices.26. Why is Merriga n visit ing uni versities across the coun try?A. To draw federal agriculture officials atte ntio n.B. To select qualified agriculture graduates.C. To clarify a rec

28、ent blog posti ng.D. To talk more students into farming careers.27. According to Matt Rush, American agriculture will provide opportunities foryoun ger people because.A. the gover nment will cover product ion costsB. global food supplies will be even lowerC. investment in agriculture will be profita

29、bleD. America will in crease its food export28. What do the underlined words to turn around the statistics in the lastparagraph mean?A. To re-a nalyze the result of the n ati onal cen sus.B. To in crease agricultural product ion.C. To bring dow n the average age of farmers.D. To in vest more in agri

30、culture.CkiAindjpfrtM*ladiflSiu red nluu won out us.+-3?MW 亠Xhtred linjutewuno top in.Shitf4 biilory No.i im Mrj.tff I档Hau* 上上沟J4CWhat brings a n ati on together? Of the four choicessharedvalues, Ianguage, history, and religion,it s shared values. In ourlatest poll （民意调査）,seven out of 16 countries c

31、hose values as the greatest factor （因索） bringing a nation together, and six preferred Ian guage. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggest ing that ourvalues and how we express them are closelylinked.Still, history was not forgottenin some countries, particularly in Mexico and Russia. Even Canad

32、a and the UnitedStates chose n ati onal histories as the sec on d-most importa nt factor un it ing theirpeople. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religi on as its top choice.RespectyourDo youspeakChurch and stateeldersCan adia n?MostpeopleInmostLanguagescoredpolleddo notcoun tries,thelowe

33、r in Can adaconnecttheiroldest gen erati ontha n in all otherreligiouscon sidered valuescoun tries polled,beliefs to theirmore importa nt toperhapsbecausen ati onalpride.an ati ontha nthe country speaksReligio nran kedthosewho aretwoofficiallastin13un der45 yearsIan guages, Frenchcoun tries withold.

34、and En glish.France scoring it at 1%, the lowest of all.29. According to the poll, what was the most important factor in bringing a nation together?A. Lan guage. B. Values. C. History. D. Religi on.30. In which country did Ianguage score the lowest in their national pride?A. Can ada.B. Mexico. C. Fr

35、ance. D. America.31. Accord ing to the charts, shared values and Ian guage were con sidered equallyimporta nt in.A. Australia B. Brazil C. Chi na D. I ndiaDYou are give n many opport un ities in life to choose to be a victim or creator. Whenyou choose to be a victim, the world is a cold and difficul

36、t place.“They” didthings to you which caused a ll of your pain and suffering.“They” are wrong andbad, and life is terrible as long as “they ” are around. Or you may blame yourself for all your problems, thus internalizing（内化）your victimization. The truth is,your life is likely to stay that way as lo

37、ng as you feel a n eed to blame yourselfor others.Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently. They know thereare individuals who might like to control their lives, but they don t let this get in the way. They know they havetheir weakn esses, yet they don t blame themselveswhen th

38、ey fail. Whatever happens, they have choice in the matter. They believe their dance with each sacred（ 神圣的 ）moment of life is a gift and that storms are a natural part of life which can bring the rain needed for emotional and spiritual growth.Victims and creators live in the same physical world and d

39、eal with many of the samephysical realities, yet their experience of life is worlds apart. Victims relish （ 沉 溺 ）in anger, guilt, and other emotions that cause others-andeventhemselves-to feel like victims, too. Creators consciouslychoose love,inspiration, and other qualities which inspire not only

40、themselves, but all around them. Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives.In reality, all of us play the victim or the creator at various points in ourlives. One person, on losing a job or a special relationship, may feel as if it isthe end of the world

41、and sink into terrible suffering for months, years, or evena lifetime. Another with the same experience may choose to first experience the grief, then accept the loss and soon move on to be a powerful creative force in his life.In every moment and every circumstance, you can choose to have fuller, r

42、icherlife by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within, and by invitinginto your life the powerful creator that you are.32. According to Paragraph 2, creators .A. seem willing to experience failures in lifeB. possess the ability to predict future lifeC. handle ups and downs of life wi

43、selyD. have potential to create something new33. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A. Creators and victims face quite different things in life.B. Creators and victims are masters of their lives.C. Victims can influence more people than creators.D. Compared with victims, creators are more emoti on a

44、l.34. The examples men ti oned in Paragraph 4 show that.A. strong attachment to sufferings in life pulls people into victims.B. people need family support to deal with challengers in life.C. it takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their pains.D. one s experiences determine his attitude tow

45、ard life.35. What is the author s purpose in writing this passage?A. To in troduce what victims are sufferi ng.B. To protect victims aga inst creators.C. To expla in the relati on ship betwee n victims and creators.D. To suggest the tran sformatio n from victims to creators.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文

46、内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to preve nt n earsighted nessMyopia（近视）,or nearsightedness, can be a severe inconvenience and may evencause big troubles when we operate cars or heavy machinery. Here are some tips that may help you to preve nt myopia.36 Whether it s for the love o

47、f books or because you are studying for atest that just happens to take placetomorrow, don t overdo it. This means eithergetting away from a page-turner（弓 I人入胜的书 ）or starting your studies a few daysearlier. If proIonged（持续很久的 ）reading can t be avoided, try taking regularbreaks to rest your eyes or t

48、ake a n ap.Consumelots of eye-protecting vitamins. 37 It s very meaningful to getkids to eat this healthy orange vegetable, which is rich in vitamins. Still, good doses （剂量）of multi-vitaminswill improve not only your eyesight but your healthin gen eral.Do your readi ng or focus ing in well-lit room.

49、 Weak light may cause damage toyour eyes and result in the n eed for glasses. 38 Buy a reading light or just turn on a bright lamp.re focus ingBe min dful of the dista nee betwee n your eyes and the object you on. 39 It will also cause your head to ache and may dry out your eyes.40 Early detection o

50、f nearsightedness can lead to quick treatment and less serious symptoms.A. Try not to read for long len gths of time.B. You should also eat a lot of other gree n vegetables.C. Talk to an eye care doctor at the first sig ns of eye trouble.D. Of course the first choice that comes to mind is the carrot

51、.E. It will also give you a headache and cause you to become tired.F. Encourage more outdoor activities, such as running, cycling and playing tennis.G. Whether it s a book or the television, being too close is going to bother your eyes.第三部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）第一节：完形填空（共 20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各

52、题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I truly feel that my mother led mehere, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and bus in ess woma n. WhenMum 41 in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mumhad left me 42 .I was dis

53、traught（忧心如焚的）.Some days later, I was 43 that a guy, who wasworking with us that day, could probably have made a fortune by 44 thenecklacehe found. 45, he returned it. Heari ng how I d 46 Mum for six mon ths beforeher death, he said,“ This Christmas is going to be 47 for you why not go outto the Alp

54、s for a couple of weeks?”I came to Morza ine, a small, frie ndly village in the Alps and 48 fell inlove with it. What was 49 to be a stopgap （权宜之计 ）trip turned into a new life. I kept travelli ng betwee n London andhere and felt 50 thanI had in mon ths. InDecember 2008, I was 51 as a hotel man ager

55、and moved here full time.A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In thebeginning, I didn t want to discuss 52 , because the sadness of losing Mum 53 felt great. Paul understood that and never 54 me. But, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale ofMorh s house, tobuild our own 55 .We want to give our guests a 56 feel, so each room is themed （以为题 ）around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom a tiny chair which 57 be in her bedroom is set in one room.n aturally part of it,