高二英语下学期期中试题

1、教学课件湖北省利川市文斗乡长顺初级中学高二英语下学期期中试题本试卷满分150 分。考试用时120 分钟。命题人：第一卷（共三部分，满分125 分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30 分）第一节（共5 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分 7.5 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。1where does this conversation take place? a. in a hospital. b. in a friends house.

2、 c. in the man s house. 2why is tony crying? a. he can t get up. b. he lost his pet bird. c. he lost his favourite toy. 3what do we know about the man? a. he is too busy to go there. b. he plans to go there very soon. c. he wants to go somewhere else. 4who is the man? a. a boss. b. a doctor. c. an e

3、mployee. 5how many american soldiers have been killed in wars? a. 320, 000. b. 400, 000. c. 2, 000, 000. 第二节（共15 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）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a、b、c 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6 和第 7 题。6what is the man? a. a guide. b. a houseman.

4、 c. a police officer. 7what happened to the woman? a. her leg was broken. b. her money was stolen. c. her briefcase was gone. 听下面一段材料，回答第8 至第 10 题。8what is the probable relationship between the speakers? a. workmates. b. boss and secretary. c. manager and job hunter. 9why did the woman fail to get t

5、he job according to the man? a. she is a woman. b. she is improperly dressed. c. she is not fit for the position. 10what can we learn from the conversation? a. carl drexler is a good manager. b. the man thinks the woman is too proud. c. the woman thinks ability is the most important. 听下面一段材料，回答第11 至

6、第 13 题。11where are the two speakers? 教学课件a. in a concert hall. b. in an ancient palace. c. in a modern museum. 12what does the man like best in this place? a. the lights. b. the paintings. c. the colours. 13what do we know about the two speakers? a. they are having a good time. b. they wish to becom

7、e rich soon. c. they re uninterested in upper-class life. 听下面一段材料，回答第14 至第 16 题。14what are the speakers generally talking about? a. generation gap in families. b. respect and love for parents. c. economic independence from parents. 15what might the woman s parents treat her as? a. a child. b. a stud

8、ent. c. a grown-up. 16what does the man think of his parents? a. they feel no love for him. b. they control him too much. c. they are easy to get along with. 听下面一段材料，回答第17 至第 20 题。17where is the speaker giving the talk? a. on a hill. b. in a forest. c. beside a lake. 18what is the main purpose of th

9、e talk? a. to describe some plants and animals. b. to persuade the listeners to go on a tour. c. to make the listeners familiar with the area. 19what can the listeners do at summit lake? a. rest and take photos. b. go boating or swimming. c. cook lunch over a campfire. 20what would be part of the tr

10、ip? a. climbing up rocks. b. fishing in a stream. c. walking through a field. 第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55 分）第一节：多项选择（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21if tim carries on working like this, he ll _ sooner or later. a. break up b. break down c. get down d. cool off 22life in

11、the oceans appears in different sizes, _ from the tinest fish all the way up to the biggest blue whales. a. increasing b. ranging c. decreasing d. defining 23a total of 106 misses from over 100 countries and regions _ in beijing to take part in the production of a music recording and video for an en

12、glish olympic song. a. guaranteed b. chatted c. gathered d. hesitated 24water can absorb and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature, thus creating a _ environment. a. peaceful b. sensitive c. common d. stable 25he _ all people with a sense of justice to be united in the peaceful s

13、truggle for justice and equality. 教学课件a. called for b. called on c. called in d. called off 26why do you think the medicine has no side _ on him? a. influence b. effect c. sense d. point 27 when you make a decision to buy something, you must remember that a good name of product doesn t _ mean good q

14、uality of it. a. brilliantly b. physically c. necessarily d. responsibly 28the public _ the robber referred to be put in prison immediately. a. wanted b. ordered c. demanded d. asked 29the film “ a world without thieves ” _ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema. a. appreciated

15、b. enjoyed c. seized d. won 30_ travelers have learnt what they must bring and what they can leave at home. a. seasoned b. remained c. attempted d. admitted 第二节：完成句子（共10 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15 分）阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。31many of the great achievements _ (有可能诞生 ) in north easter

16、n beijing. (likely) 32_ (是谁 ) that was arrested for hitting a white man? (who) 33visitors _ ( 厌倦 ) the sand and the sun can cool off in one of the many caf s, shops and restaurants on copacabana s main avenue. (get) 34_ ( 被认为是一本有价值的书), the travel notes of xu xiake has been much studied by people of

17、later times. (rate) 35harry keeps fit by _ ( 健身 ) at the gym for half an hour every morning. (work) 36 the reason why the american civil war broke out was _ (是否废除奴隶制). (abolish) 37_ ( 不懂很多英语), i found it hard to understand her. (know) 38 the festival, _ (作为而出名) carnival, is one of the world s most f

18、amous and attracts visitors from all over the world. (as) 39i consider it a great honor _ ( 被邀请参加晚宴). (invite) 40 located just south of yunnan and guangxi, vietnam is _ (很容易到达 ) and offers exciting adventures at a reasonable price. (within) 第三节：完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和

19、 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。in history, a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback. he spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows. the work was dirty, tiring and not very well paid. people in the western states had to 41 cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern

20、 42 . but someone had to 43the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad. this was the job of a cowboy. sometimes the 44 was more than a thousand kilometers away and 教学课件it could take as 45 as six months to move the cattle. the 46 was long but the cattle were driven 47 as not to lose 48 . then the

21、y could be sold at a good price. most cowboys were young, 49 men. a good horse 50 their job of moving cattle much easier. a good cowboy 51 cows and knew how to control them. at night, he 52 to the cows to keep them calm. in the late 1800s, america was changing from a nation of farm to one of 53 and

22、cities. the cowboy seemed 54 compared with other americans doing ordinary jobs. today, the 55 of cowboys has 56 greatly. one change is the use of trucks. the job is not so hard 57it used to be. and cowboys are better 58 now. they are 59 to be married. some of them are farmers or teachers or truck dr

23、ivers. some work for big companies. 60 at night and on weekends, they become cowboys. these part- time cowboys increase the total production of meat, keeping the beef price low. 41a. get b. buy c. sell d. raise 42a. markets b. countries c. cities d. stories 43a. deal with b. find out c. look after d

24、. pay off 44a. road b. railroad c. state d. farm 45a. good b. much c. long d. far 46a. journey b. trip c. tour d. travel 47a. hurriedly b. smoothly c. slowly d. carefully 48a. mind b. direction c. head d. weight 49a. unmarried b. proud c. strong d. educated 50a. had b. made c. found d. helped 51a. r

25、ecognized b. understood c. owned d. kept 52a. whispered b. shouted c. cried d. sang 53a. towns b. factories c. companies d. villages 54a. free b. brave c. easy d. pleased 55a. manner b. job c. life d. mind 56a. changed b. developed c. improved d. realized 57a. that b. as c. which d. what 58a. known

26、b. paid c. treated d. dressed 59a. afraid b. eager c. worried d. likely 60a. because b. and c. when d. but 第三部分：阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和 d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a below is a web page from google. olympicmodern olympic games the complete results archive of summer and win

27、ter olympic games, with winners lists, statistics, national anthems and flags of all countries since 1896. www. olympic. it/english/home-16k environment beijing steel plants to run at the lowest level of cost during 2008 olympics 2007-03-11 beijing able to treat 90 pct of waste water 2007-02-05 ?air

28、 quality in beijing has improved over the past six 教学课件years 2007-02-01?green olympics dream coming true en. beijing 80/67/column 21171675.shtml-52k beijing announces planned route of olympic torch relay beijing announced the 2008 olympic games torch relay route and set off the olympic games torch o

29、n thursday. green olympics is one of the three concepts of the beijing games, /14069663.html-26k environmental symbol of beijing olympics green olympicsenvironmental symbol of beijing olympics green olympics , officially announced on saturday, 24 september 2005. the symbol, created using a calligrap

30、hic art form, is composed of human and tree-like shapes, green olympics forum in beijing 2004 on behalf of bocog, wang wei, executive vice president of bocog, gave a presentation about green olympics, introduced the environment protection work of bmg and bocog, and answered several questions such as

31、 protection of cultural relics en.beijing 84/91/article 21192919.shtml-36k olympic games quizzes and olympic games trivia who was the founder of the modern olympics? in which cities were the modern olympic games due to be held/ scheduled during the war years , i.e., 1916,1940, and 1944? in which thr

32、ee years of the modern olympic games were more questions www. official website of the olympic movement aimed at young researchers engaged in scholarly research on the olympic movement, its history and values, and the impact of the full story sport accord2005-01-2 3 / ancient olympic h

33、eritage and modern olympic games in athens 2004 as put forward in the various official texts, the olympic symbols of ancient olympia, the olympic flame and the marathon race are bridges between the ancient and the modern olympic games, /rendanews/knowledge_detail.asp? id=911-106k 63whic

34、h website provides a complete list of the winners in the olympic games? a. olympicmodern olympic games b. green olympics forum in beijing 2004 c. environmental symbol of beijing olympics green olympicsd. ancient olympic heritage and modern olympic games in athens 2004 64what do we learn from the abo

35、ve web page? 教学课件a. beijing has made efforts to improve its air quality. b. the olympic torch relay route has not been planned. c. the olympic flag will be on display in athens. d. a quiz on the olympics will be held in beijing. b when former american president bill clinton traveled to south korea t

36、o visit president kim young sam, he repeatedly referred to the korean president s wife as mrs. kim. by mistake, president clinton s advisers thought that koreans have the same naming customs as the japanese. clinton had not been told that, in korea, wives keep their family names. president kim young

37、 sam s wife was named sohn myong suk. therefore, she should be addressed ( 称谓 ) as mrs. sohn. president clinton arrived in korea directly after leaving japan and had not changed his culture gears. his failure to follow korean customs gave the impression that korea was not as important to him as japa

38、n. in addition to koreans, some asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. this practice often puzzles english- speaking teachers when talking with a pupil s parents. they become puzzled about the student s correct last name. placing the family name first is common among a number o

39、f asian cultures. mexican naming customs are different as well. when a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband s name after the word de (of). this affects how they fill in forms in the united states. when requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father s fam

40、ily name. but mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother. this often causes puzzlement. here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don t always think that a married woman uses her husband s last name. remember that in many asian cultures, the order of first and last nam

41、es is reversed ( 颠倒 ). ask which name a person would prefer to use. if the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly. 65the story of bill clinton is used to _. a. improve us-korean relations b. introduce the topic of the text c. describe his visit to k

42、orea d. tell us how to address a person 66the word “ gears ” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _. a. action plans b. naming customs c. travel maps d. thinking patterns 67when a woman marries in korea, she _. a. continues to use her family name b. uses her husband s given namec. shares her husb

43、and s family named. adds her husband s given name to hers68in address a married woman properly, you d better _. a. use her middle name b. use her husband s first namec. ask her which name she likes d. change the order of her names c how many people have i met who have told me about the book they hav

44、e been planning to write but have never yet found the time? far too many. this is life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal (排演 ) and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments. 教学课件we take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that

45、this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for real life to come along were in fact real life. in

46、america they have a saying much laughed at by the english: “ ha ve a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. i think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day. how often do we say to ourselves, “ i ll ta

47、ke up horse-riding (or golf, or sailing) as soon as i get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when i do get the higher position. when i first became a reporter i knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the daily telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. at

48、 the time i was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal (反常的 ) mental state. how could anyone turn his back on fleet street in central london for a small local area? i wanted to know. now i am a little older and possibly wiser, i see the sense in it. in fleet street the man w

49、as under continual pressure. he lived in an unattractive london suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on southern region trains. 69the first paragraph of the passage tells us that _. a. we always try to find some time to write a book b. we always make plans but seldom fulfil them c. we always

50、 enjoy many of life s best momentsd. we always do what we really want to do 70the underlined phrase “ turn his back on” ( paragraph 6 ) most probably means _. a. leave for b. return to c. give up d. rely on 71the man (paragraph 6 ) left his first job partly because he was _. a. not respected b. unde

51、r too much pressure c. not well paid d. in an abnormal mental state 72what is probably the best title for the passage? a. provide homes for our family b. take up horse-riding c. value this very day d. stay alive d there are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you

52、believe that they are worth a try. how? packaging ( 包装 ) is the silent but persuading salesman. there on the shelves, each bottle, can, box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer, so that he is buying not only a product but also his belief in lif

53、e. scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “ quality ”of the product and on how well it sells, because “ consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. many products are packages and many packages are pro

54、ducts, ” as louis cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers feeling for packaging, noticed. colors are one of the best tools in packaging. studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly. take v8 for example. for many years, the bright red color of tomatoes a

55、nd carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that it is very good for your body. and the word “ green” today can keep food prices going up. 教学课件shapes are another attraction. circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. that s why

56、 the round yellow m signs of mcdonald s are inviting to both young and old. this new consumer response to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people buy to satisfy both body and soul. 73according to the passage, _ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the pr

57、oduct. a. the pleasing color of the package b. the special taste of the product c. the strange shape of the package d. the belief in the product 74if a package or a product is round in shape, it can _. a. bring excitement to the consumers b. attract the consumers attention c. catch the eye movement

58、of the consumers d. produce a happy and peaceful feeling 75“ and the word green today can keep food prices going up.” this sentence suggests that consu- mers today are _. a. starting to notice the importance of new food b. enjoying the beauty of nature more than before c. beginning to like green veg

59、etables d. paying more attention to their health 76it can be inferred from the passage that v8 is a kind of _. a. vegetable dish b. healthy juice c. iced drink d. red vegetable e while in banff, make time for a walk around town. a special treat is to go up the mountainside on the banff gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. here is the pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces. best time to visit is during the off-season, from early may to mid-june, or in october. this way you can avoid s