吉林省松原市油田高中2012-2013学年高二英语上学期期初考试试题外研版【会员独享】

1、松原市油田高中2012-2013学年高二上学期期初考试英语试题本次考试满分120分,考试时间90分钟。答案请填写在答题卡上。第一部分：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四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child _ he or she wants.AhoweverBwhateverCwhicheverDwhenever答案是B。1. I think you should phone Jenny and s

2、ay sorry to her. _. It was her fault. A. No wayB. Not possibleC. No chanceD. Not at all 2. We had _ really cold February this year. I cant remember _ spring when it snowed in Changzhou . A. a;不填 B. 不填;the C. the; a D. a; a3. To their surprise, the boys wound was left _. A. to expose B. exposed C. ex

3、posing D. to be exposed4. From his _expression, we can guess that the problem maybe was quite _.A. puzzled ; puzzling B. puzzling; puzzled C. puzzled; puzzled D. puzzling; puzzling5. He hasnt slept at all for three days. _ he is tired out. A. There is no point B. There is no need C. It is no wonder

4、D. It is no way6.“I have no money, but I have blood.” These words were from a farmer, _ moved many of us.A. which B. that C. whom D. whose7. _ my teacher helping me, I could easily finish the work today. A. With B. Besides C. Under D. Because of8. - I can never afford a new house like that! - _ . Th

5、e price is too high. A. So I can. B. So can I C. Neither I can D. Neither can I9. He usually stays outside selling fruits, so the coat is not thick enough to _ him from the cold. A. preventB. protect C. keep D. stop10. We tried to find a table for seven, but they were all _. A. given awayB. kept awa

6、yC. taken up D. used up11. More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities _ space. A. in search ofB. in place ofC. for lack of D. for fear of12. Only when the war was over _ return to their hometowns. A have the soldiers B the soldiers C the soldiers did D did the soldiers 13. I fee

7、l it is your husband who _ for the spoiled child. A is to blameB is going to blame C is to be blamed D should blame14. It took him a long time to _ the skills he needed to become an artist. A. requireB. inquireC. acquire D. gather15. -How about your journey to Mount Emei? -Everything was wonderful e

8、xcept that our car _ twice on the way. A. slowed downB. broke downC. got down D. put down第二节: 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When I was in Germany, one day at Christmastime I went to a post office to send a letter. To my _16_ I found people queuing some paces aw

9、ay from the person at the Savings Deposit window. _17_ so? Each did his business _18_ but the line never moved a step _19_. I was very _20_, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your _21_ for others privacy” - a polite _22_ to keep p

10、eople away from nosing into others _23_ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the _24_ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so _25_ at a distance that they seemed quite _26_ to the practice. The _27_ thing happened at a public telephone box

11、. _28_ waiting for their turns always kept their distance - enough to be out of _29_. Its another typical example!From then on I _30_ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, and treatment _31_ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of others privacy. They avoided putting others

12、 in an embarrassing situation. For instance, they never _32_ questions about age, income or the place to buy such a coat, and _33_ would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws _34_ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows _35_ matters are not allowed t

13、o be disturbed. 16. A. sorrowB. angerC. delightD. surprise 17. A. WhyB. HowC. WhatD. Where 18. A. in secretB. with careC. in turnD. in return 19. A. slowerB. nearerC. fartherD. longer 20. A. curiousB. angryC. interestedD. impatient 21. A. careB. respectC. helpD. search 22. A. voiceB. phraseC. warnin

14、gD. sentence 23. A. pocketsB. burdensC. needsD. affairs 24. A. wordB. sightC. peopleD. matters 25. A. honestlyB. anxiouslyC. nervouslyD. calmly 26. A. usedB. familiarC. uncomfortableD. polite 27. A. interestingB. strangeC. sameD. different 28. A. TheyB. ThisC. ThoseD. That 29. A. sightB. hearingC. t

15、ouchD. question 30. A. looked forwardB. took careC. paid attentionD. took charge 31. A. movingB. shownC. facingD. offered 32. A. askedB. heardC. worriedD. learned 33. A. soB. norC. not onlyD. if 34. A. appreciateB. allowC. hateD. forbid 35. A. publicB. personalC. smallD. important第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题

16、 2 分，满分 40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen Albert Einstein was young, he was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty in learning to read.When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. Albert was filled with wonder w

17、hen he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction - the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers were difficult for Albert to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something mu

18、st be hidden behind things.Albert didnt like school. The German schools of that time were not pleasant. Students couldnt ask questions. Albert said he felt as if he were in prison.One day Albert told his uncle Jacob how much he hated school, especially mathematics. His uncle told him to solve mathem

19、atical problems by pretending to be a policeman. “You are looking for someone,” he said, “but you dont know who he is. Call him X. Find him by using your mathematical tools.”Albert learned to love mathematics. He was studying the complex mathematics of calculus while all his friends were still study

20、ing simple mathematics. Instead of playing with his friends he thought about things such as “What would happen if people could travel at the speed of his light?”Albert wanted to teach mathematics and physics. He graduated with honors, but it was a pity that he could not get a teaching job. 36. Accor

21、ding to Paragraph 2, we can learn that Albert Einstein _. A. was interested in the compassB. wanted to be a great scientist C. was not clever enoughD. didnt like thinking by himself 37. Why did Albert Einstein hate school? A. He couldnt play with his friends thereB. Students were not allowed to ask

22、questions. C. The schools were like prisons at that timeD. He had to learn mathematics that he didnt like. 38. What does the underlined word complex probably mean? A. UsefulB. DifficultC. BoringD. Interesting 39. We can learn from the passage that _. A. Einstein became a mathematics teacher after gr

23、aduation B. Einstein gradually loved mathematics with his uncles help. C. Einsteins uncle was a policeman. D. Einstein liked playing with other children. 40. What is the main idea of the passage? A. How Albert Einstein studied in school. B. Something about Einsteins early interests. C. Something abo

24、ut the young EinsteinD.Why Einstein learned more than his classmates.BWhatever our differences as human beings are, were more like the rest of the animal world than we realize. It is said that we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple worm. That fact has helped Sir John Sulston wi

25、n the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir John is the founder of the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, which was set up in 1992 to get further understanding of the human genome（基因组）. To help them do this, they turned to the worm. The nematode(线虫类的) worm is one of the earliest creatures on earth. It is l

26、ess than one millimeter long, completely transparent(透明的) and spends its entire life digging holes through sand. But it still has lots to say about human life and what can be done to make it better. What the worm told Sir John and his colleagues was that each of the cells in the human body is progra

27、mmed like a computer. They grow, develop and die according to a set of instructions that are coded（密码）in our genetic make-up. Many of the diseases that humans suffer from happen when these instructions go wrong or are not obeyed. When the cell refuses to die but carries on growing instead, this lead

28、s to cancer. Heart attacks and diseases like AIDS cause more cell deaths than normal, increasing the damage they do to the body. Sir John was the first scientist to prove the existence of programmed cell death. 41. Sir John Sulston got a Nobel Prize for Medicine because he has_. A. found that human

29、beings are similar to the wormB. got the fact we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple wormC. found the computer which controls each of the cells in the human bodyD. proved that cell death is programmed 42. What does the underlined word in the third paragraph colleague probably m

30、ean? A. universityB. classmateC. coworkerD. league43. People might be seriously ill if the cells in their body_. A. grow without being instructed B. die regularlyC. fail to follow peoples instructionsD. develop in the human body44. The underlined word in the last paragraph they refers to“_”. A. cell

31、 deathsB. diseasesC. instructionsD. cells45. What is the subject discussed in the text？A. The theory of programmed cell deaths. B. A great scientistSir John Sulston. C. The programmed human life. D. The genetic structure. CThanksgiving is an important festival in North America. We interviewed severa

32、l students from the US and Canada. Here is what they have told us about their Thanksgiving experiences.Josie from New York, USA“In America, Thanksgiving is celebrated every year at the end of November. It is to remember the first group of people from Europe to live in America. When they first arrive

33、d, they found the environment strange. But they learned to survive after some native American friends showed them how to grow and find food. Thanksgiving is meant to be a traditional celebration.”Todd from California, USA“Thanksgiving is the first day of Christmas shopping. That means we have four w

34、eeks to buy Christmas presents for our families and friends. For me and my friends, the most important part of the festival is the big football game on TV. The match is watched by millions of people all over America. Thanksgiving is seen as an exciting day for football!”Ian from Saskatoon, CanadaIn

35、Canada, Thanksgiving is held on the 2nd Monday in October. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day, many people go to church. Thanks is given for all the good things that happened to them during the year. I always give thanks for the nice big turkey Im going to have at the family dinner! Like all fest

36、ivals, Thanksgiving is about food!Katie from Maritimes, CanadaOn Thanksgiving Day, we have dinner with all our cousins, aunts and uncles. It is always very busy. Sometimes we have two Thanksgiving dinners because we go to both our grandparents houses. The dinner is usually attended by more than twen

37、ty people at each house! My mother and my aunts do all the cooking but the washing-up is done by me and my cousins. And thats not an easy job! But I dont mind because Thanksgiving is meant to be a time to give thanks. 46.People in the USA and Canada _.A. all have the same opinion of Thanksgiving B.

38、have different opinions of Thanksgiving C. feel that Thanksgiving is about food D. have no interest in Thanksgiving 47. Which of the people interviewed feels that Thanksgiving is all about football? A. Ian B. Josie C. Todd D. Katie 48. Where does the person who thinks that Thanksgiving is a traditio

39、nal celebration come from? A. New York B. California C. Saskatoon D. Maritimes49. Thanksgiving is celebrated _. A. on the same day in the USA and Canada B. at the end of November C. in October D. on different days in the USA and Canada50. For what reasons do people give thanks at Thanksgiving? A. Al

40、l the good things that have happened B. Presents, a big turkey C. Grandparents, food D. Football, traditions信息匹配：从所给的选项中选出与上下文最合适的选项，并将答案写在答题纸相应的位置上。 注意备选的选项中有两项是多余的。Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858 and was a son of a musical director. _ 51 He is remembered as a master of opera. 52 Many early foreru

41、nners of Impressionistic Music including Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Schoenberg and Stravinsky, inspired him greatly. Turandot, an opera based on an Italian drama by the same name, is by far considered to be one of Puccinis most popular and most performed works.Its a pity that Puccini had no chance to

42、 watch his own great opera himself. 53 In this opera you can hear a traditional Chinese folk song, which is titled Molihua or Jasmine Flower. _54_ Among them the version sung in Jiangsu, a province in south China, is the most popular one. By admiring the jasmine flower, the song celebrates the sweet

43、ness and beauty of romantic love. 55 In 1804 the song was published in a book by a British diplomat(外交官), making it the first Chinese folk song that gained popularity outside China.A. During his music career, Puccini was also influenced by other musicians.B. At the end of the 18th century, it was first translated into English.C