高二英语上学期期中考试
第一卷 选择题(共80分)
第一部分:听力 (共20小题, 每小题1分)
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段小对话,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. Please smoke over there.
B. Just smoke here.
C. You can’t smoke anywhere.
2. Where is the dialogue happening?
A. In a shoe shop.
B. At a doctor’s.
C. In an office.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Maybe a picnic.
B. Maybe something new.
C. Maybe a new car.
4. What time will the lecture begin?
A. At 6:15. B. At 8:00. C. At 7:45.
5. Can you guess what the man is?
A. Maybe a teacher. B. Maybe a student. C. Maybe a meeting organizer.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第六段材料,回答第6至8题.
6. In what street did the accident happen?
A. On Jefferson Street, between 19th and 20th streets.
B. On William Street, between 90th and 91st streets.
C. On Crauston Street, between 9th and 10th streets.
7. Whose car knocked into Mrs.Norris’car?
A. Mr. William Jefferson’s car.
B. Mrs. William R. Crauston’s car.
C. Mr. William R.Crauston’s car.
8. Where does the woman put her car?
A. At Caldo’s Garage, on Jefferson’s and Vine Streets.
B. At Fulton’s Garage, on Jefferson’s and Vine Streets.
C. At Norris’s Garage, on Jefferson’s and Vine Streets.
听第七段材料，回答第9至第11题。
9. At what time did she get up when she was small?
A. At 6 in the morning.
B. At 6:30 in the morning.
C. At 5:55 in the morning.
10. How many miles did she swim every week?
A. 30. B.13 C.35
11. How old was she when she became famous?
A. 15. B.6 C.20
听第八段材料，回答第12至14题.
12. Who is the woman buying the gift for?
A. Her son. B. Her brother. C. Her nephew.
13. How much does the woman want to spend on the gift?
A. 20 dollars. B. 10 dollars. C. 30 dollars.
14. What is the first gift the man suggests to the woman?
A. A chest set.
B. A pen and pencil set.
C. A handball set.
听第九段材料,回答第15至16题.
15. How many roses did the man buy?
A. 12. B. 6. C. 24
16. What did the woman suggest the man put in the water?
A. Aspirin.
B. Sugar and oil.
C. Sugar and vinegar.
听第十段材料, 回答第17至20题.
17. What kind of coffee do the kids sell at the airport?
A. Special coffee.
B. Black coffee.
C. Hot coffee.
18. How much can students make by selling coffee at a local airport?
A. Up to $1200 a day.
B. $ 6.10 an hour.
C. $6.10 an hour plus tips.
19. What do customers think of the coffee made by the students in a local school?
A. not all customers are satisfied with the coffee
B. all customers are pleased with the coffee.
C. All customers are dissatisfied with the coffee.
20. What do students think of their work at a coffee cafe at the airport?
A. Few students feel happy about it.
B. The majority of the students like it.
C. Some like it and some don’t.
第二部分:单项填空 （共15小题，每小题1分）
21.-----I’m terribly ill.
-----_____________. I’ll call the doctor right away.
A. Take it easy B. Don’t think so C. Come and help D. You are right
22. I’m sorry. I’ ve_______ your book at home again.
A. forgotten B. lain C. left D. laid
23. _______ the truth, I don’t agree with what you said just now.
A. To tell B. Telling C. Told D. Tell
24. I found the raincoat where I had ______ it.
A. lay B. laid C. lain D. lied
25. We ______ our homework when the lights went out.
A. were doing B. did C. have done D. are doing
26.He was taken away by the police. He ______________for a robber.
A. must be mistaken B. was being mistaken
C. must mistake D. must have been mistaken
27.No matter ________ hard it may be, I will carry it out.
A. what B. whatever C. how D. however
28 Does John know any other foreign language _____ French?
A. except B. but C. besides D. beside
29 The picture was sold at a ____ below its real ____.
A. value, price B. price, value C. cost, value D. price, cost
30. Tom said the project would be finished by November, _______ personally I doubt very much.
A. it B. that C. when D. which
31.___________ your English, you should do more reading and writing.
A. Improved B. Improving C. Improve D. To improve
32. The number of smokers _________ fallen ___30% this year, compared with last year.
A. have; by B. has; by C. has; at D. have; at
33. ---- May I use your telephone?
----________________________.
A. Not at all B. Of course not C. Yes, just go ahead D. You are welcome
34. It’s about the middle of the term and I think I have to _______ the exam.
A. get down for prepare B. get down to prepare
C. get down to prepare for D. get down to preparing for
35. Our maths teacher, including the other members of his family,_______ Shanghai
A. has gone to B. have gone to C. are visiting D. is visiting to.
第三部分:完型填空（共15 小题，每小题1 分）
In the past, American mothers were at home to take care of their children during the day. Now, (36)______, many mothers are working. More than half of the American women (37)______ young children have (38)______ outside the house.
American families settle the children care problem in different ways. Some parents permit (39)______ children to stay home alone after school. The parents (40)______ be sure the children, usually not younger than 10 years old, understand (41)______ rules and can deal with emergencies
（紧急情况）.Other parents say they would (42)______ permit their children to be at home alone.
They usually (43)________ someone to take care of the (44)________.
Some parents in the USA find their own way to reduce cost of child care. They join child care (45)______. Each person in the group (46) ______ for the children of other group (47)______at different times. Some parents ask local churches, schools and other social organizations to help (48)______ activities for the children. These children care choices often cost (49)______ or no money. Many American parents, however, still struggle with the problem of (50)______ good child care at a reasonable price.
| 36. A. therefore | B. otherwise | C. thus | D. however |
| 37. A. like | B. as | C. with | D. from |
| 38. A. children | B. jobs | C. houses | D. money |
| 39. A. older | B. younger | C. sicker | D. happier |
| 40. A. can | B. must | C. may | D. ought |
| 41. A. dangerous | B. safety | C. funny | D. true |
| 42. A. rather | B. certainly | C. always | D. never |
| 43. A. send | B. stop | C. pay | D. invite |
| 44. A. house | B. neighbors | C. old | D. children |
| 45. A. schools | B. groups | C. clubs | D. hospital |
| 46. A. cares | B. sends | C. asks | D. pays |
| 47. A. strangers | B. members | C. officials | D. teachers |
| 48. A. equip | B. offer | C. play | D. join |
| 49. A. much | B. little | C. enough | D. a lot |
| 50. A. taking | B. finding | C. getting away | D. needing |
第四部分: 阅读理解(共15小题, 每小题2分)
A
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized（强调） the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was showed in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, saying, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic（适当的话题）. “Well, I had better change the topic.” So I said to him, “ Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everybody back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it. ” Soon I was interrupted again by his order “ You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “ Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “ Well, I didn’t request you to do so,” He answered, greatly surprised. I said, “ Didn’t you say you don’t say?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “You don’t say actually means really? It is an expression of surprise Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.
51. A year ago, I did not pay attention to English idioms because_______.
A. English idioms were too difficult to master
B. I care little about the teacher’s instruction
C. My teacher didn’t emphasize the importance
D. I had no interest in English learning
52. When I first heard “ You don’t say!” I thought _______.
A. the Englishman was not interested in my English studies
B. the Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D. I had to stop talking at once
53. The underlined word “ amusing ” means _______.
A. interesting B. important C. terrible D. lucky
54. Which of the following is true?
A. The Englishman is leaving the China without seeing the Great Wall
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it was worth visiting
55. After the Englishman explained the idioms, _______.
A. the Englishman made me a fool B. the Englishman made a fool of himself
C. I felt very silly D. I felt proud of my understanding.
B
Fire fighting is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save people’s lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators.(电梯)
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape from windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out of a window with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度) person, hanging by the fingertips（手指尖） will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked（泄，漏） into the room.
On the second or the third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement （水泥地面） might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing.
56. Which of the following should not be used when trying to escape from a fire?
A. Windows B. Elevators C. Fire exits D. Stairways
57. How far from the ground is the second floor window?
A. About 12 feet B. About 6 feet
C. About the height of an average man D. Nearly 10 feet
58. When there is a fire, the windows are _______ of escaping a fire.
A. the only way B. the best way
C. safer than any other way D. one of the possible ways
59. The writer suggests that ________.
A. breathing in smoke might be harmful
B. smoke will enter the room through an open window
C. fresh air can’t reach the second floor window
D. to keep your head low will help you to escape a fire
60. If you are on the second or the third floor when a fire breaks out, you’d better_______.
A. drop directly onto the ground
B. first drop onto a roof then onto the cement
C. drop from a roof window then onto bushes or trees
D. drop onto the cement rather than bushes and trees
C
If we are asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we might have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and written in it account（陈述） of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep record of the important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a great deal about the people who lived in China 4000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write. they may know something of the past . They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and those have been sung and acted and told for many generation(代), for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written history, because words are much more easily. Changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.
61.Which of the following ideas is not talked in the passage above?
A. Remembered history is less reliable（可靠的） than written history.
B. Written records of the past play a most important part in our learning of the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities（活动） helps us to answer some questions.
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
62.Remembered history refers to -----------.
A. history based on a person’s imagination（想象）.
B. Stories of important happenings passed from mouth to mouth.
C. Songs and dances about the most important events（事件）.
D. Both B and C.
63. Remembered history is regarded as valuable only when ------------.
A. it is written down B. there is no written account
C. it proves to be true D. people are interested in it
64. It can be inferred（推断） from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors（祖先） had --------------.
A. kept a written record of every past event
B .not burned their written records in wars
C. told exactly stories of the most important happenings
D. made more songs and dances
65.Which is true according to the passage?
A. People in the old days did not kept records at all.
B. We know every thing that happened in the past
C. We may know something of the past completely from songs and dances
D. If we had written down the events that happened, we might have known much about the old days.
第二卷 非选择题(共20分)
第一节: 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分）
此题要求改正所给短文的错误, 对标有题号的每一行作出判断: 如无错误, 在该行右边横线上划上一个勾(√); 如有错误, (每行只有一个错误), 则按下列情况改正: 该行多一个词: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉; 在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉; 该行缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ,在该行右边横线上写出该加的词: 该行错一个词: 在错的词下划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词. (注意: 原行没有错才不要改)
短文改错
One Friday afternoon a friend of me called on me. 66.________
She stayed for long time. She seemed unable to stop talking. 67.________
Soon it was time of me to take Blackie, my dog, for his 68.________
walk. But the visitor still stayed. Blackie became very 69.________
worrying about his walk in the park. He walked around the 70.________
room several times and then sitting down in front of the 71.________
visitor and looked at her. But she pays no attention, and 72.________
continued talking. At last, Blackie could stand it
no longer. He went out the room, and came back a few minutes 73.________
later. He sat down again before the visitor, and but this 74.________
time with the visitor’s hat in its mouth. 75.________
第二节:书面表达(共10分)
假如你叫李华，申请到国外某校留学，对方要求你写一篇短文，介绍自己的基本情况。短文应包括以下内容：
姓名：李华 出生年月：1981年4月 出生地点：四川成都
学历：1987-1993年在新华小学学习 1993-1998年在大江中学学习
所学主要课程：语文、数学、英语、物理、化学、电脑
业余爱好：足球、 流行音乐
要求：情况介绍必须采用短文形式，不能逐字翻译内容要点；
词数：80-100
短文第一句已为你写好。 生词：小学 primary school
My name is Lihua.
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上学期高二英语期中考试答案
1-----5 AACBA 6——10 ABBAC 11——15 ACABB 16——20 CACAB 21——25 ACABA
26——30 DCCBD 31——35 DBCDA 36——40 DCBAB 41——45 BDCBD 46——50 ABBBB
51——55 BAADC 56——60 BADAC 61——65 DDBAD
66. me——mine 67. for a long time 68. of——for 69. 正确 70. worrying---worried
71. sitting——sat 72. pays——paid 73. out of 74. 去掉 and 75. its——his
My name is Li Hua. I was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, in April 1981. I studied at Xinhua Primary school from 1987 to 1993 and was a student in Dalian Middle School from 1993 to 1998. My main course at school were Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, chemistry and computer. I was able to pass all my exams and my teacher loved me very much. Football and pop music are what I love most in my spare time.