高二英语第二学期期中考试试卷1
一、单项填空（每题0.5分，共20分）
----从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
-1．She ordered herself four ___________.
----A．black coffee----------------B．cups black coffee
----C．black coffees---------------D．cup black coffees
-2．His parents cannot get along well with each other because they have
----nothing _______.
----A．in all--------B．after all--------C．in common--------D．at all
-3．He is VIP of the meeting, but he hasn't _______ yet.
----A．turned up--------B．got--------C．turned over--------D．turned to
-4．______ you the truth, it's he who stole the money.
----A．Tell--------B．To tell--------C．Telling--------D．I tell
-5．The boss was angry ________ him late.
----A．at finding----------------B．with finding
----C．of finding----------------D．to finding
-6．If I'm not ______, this is the composition you handed in yesterday.
----A．silly--------B．stupid--------C．foolish--------D．mistaken
-7．The Great Hall ______ with red flags.
----A．hangs--------B．hung--------C．hanged--------D．is hung
-8．He came to see me at ________ two o'clock.
----A．around--------B．for--------C．on--------D．of
-9．My father has _________ a ticket through to New York for me.
----A．taken--------B．ordered--------C．brought--------D．booked
10．Don't forget ________ the dictionary to me when you finish using
----it.
----A．to return------B．returning------C．return------D．to returning
11．When we got to the station, it happened ___________.
----A．raining------B．to rain------C．to be raining------D．rained
12．Leave him a note _______ he will know where we are.
----A．so that--------B．when--------C．unless--------D．as
13．I want to go to the library, but I'm afraid I'm not walking in the
----right ______.
----A．street--------B．bus--------C．distance--------D．direction
14．Chinese is worthy ________.
----A．to study--------------------B．of being studied
----C．of studying-----------------D．studying
15．Most of us like to ________ the whole world.
----A．travel through----------------B．trip through
----C．travel to---------------------D．trip to
16．Don't believe in him. He often breaks his ________.
----A．law--------B．absence--------C．silence--------D．promise
17．When you are away, please ________ me by phone.
----A．get in touch with------------B．get touch with
----C．get through with-------------D．get in with
18．Which is wrong?
----A．Does anyone know where Tom lives? “Me.”
----B．Some will be punished for it. “Not you or me.”
----C．Do you have good eyesight? “Me?”
----D．Does anyone want another apple? “I.”
19．_______ ant has two _________ in his body.
----A．A, stomaches----------------B．An, stomachs
----C．An, stomaches---------------D．The, stomach
20．Her face went red _______ he had said.
----A．because of what--------B．because that
----C．because what-----------D．because
21．_______ from Beijing to London!
----A．How long way it is------------B．What a long way is it
----C．How long way is it------------D．What a long way it is
22．When the film was over, we ________ out of the cinema.
----A．fight our way------------B．got in the way
----C．made our way-------------D．lost our way
23．There used ________ a bus stop on the corner.
----A．to be--------B．be--------C．to have--------D．has
24．Tom can _________ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of
----each word.
----A．get over------B．get in------C．get along------D．get through
25．Since you'll be seeing him tonight, you might _______ return the
----dictionary you borrowed from him last month.
----A．well enough----------------B．as well as
----C．as good as-----------------D．as well
26．――Let's be good friends.
----――OK. You'll always have a good friend ________ me.
----A．on--------B．with--------C．by--------D．in
27．Can you imagine yourself _______ in a lonely house with tombs
----around it?
----A．to stay--------------------B．staying
----C．to be staying--------------D．to have stayed
28．The captain ________ an apology to the passengers for the delay
----caused by bad weather.
----A．made--------B．said--------C．put--------D．passed
29．Is Tom disappointed? I think so. He _______ to pass the examination,
----but he _______ in it.
----A．was hoping, would fail------------B．had hoped, would fail
----C．has hoped, would fail-------------D．had hoped, failed
30．――What are you doing?
----――My wallet ______. I'm looking for it.
----A．has lost------B．is missing------C．is going------D．is losing
31．――You're drinking too much.
----――Only at home. No one _________ me but you.
----A．is seeing--------B．had seen--------C．sees--------D．saw
32．The picture _______ on the wall is painted by my nephew.
----A．having hung--------B．hanging--------C．hangs--------D．being hung
33．It was an exciting moment for these football fans this year, _______
----for the first time in years their team won the World Cup.
----A．that--------B．while--------C．which--------D．when
34．_______ the general state of his health, it may take him a while to
----recover from the operation.
----A．Given--------B．To give--------C．Giving--------D．Having given
35．Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he
----does ______ his boss.
----A．serves--------B．satisfies--------C．promises--------D．supports
36．All the preparations for the task ______, and we're ready to start.
----A．completed--------------------B．complete
----C．had been completed-----------D．have been completed
37．Sorry I'm late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone
----back to sleep again.
----A．might--------B．should--------C．can--------D．will
38．One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, and ______.
----A．the other is white----------------B．another white
----C．the other white-------------------D．another is white
39．John may phone tonight. I don't want to go out ______ he phones.
----A．as long as--------B．in order that
----C．in case-----------D．so that
40．These wild flowers are so special I would do ___________ I can to
----save them.
----A．whatever--------B．that--------C．which--------D．whichever
二、完形填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）。
----阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26～50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一
----个最佳答案。
My Experience in a Free School
----At first I couldn't believe it! There were no __41__ in rows; no
bells rang; no one had to go to __42__. Although we all lived “in”,
__43__ made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “lights out”.
----The __44__ thing was that practically all the students went to
class, __45__ very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new
people stayed up or __46__ class. The new ones always went wild __47__,
but this never lasted long. The __48__ took some getting used to. Our
teachers treated us like __49__; never did we have to __50 “stand up”,
“sit down”, “speak out”. I don't __51__ one student who didn't try
his best.
----The subjects were the same as those in __52__ school, but what a
difference in the approach（方式）! For example, in botany（植物学）
we had __53__ classes in the spring or fall, but instead we __54__ two
gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. __55__ in winter we
each studied a few __56__ things about what we had grown. In math the
students built three different kinds of storerooms - small ones __57__,
but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom.
They really had a __58__ time too, designing everything, drawing the
blueprints, __59__ the angles（角度） and so on. I didn't take __60__.
I can't stand it! Besides, I could do the basic things with numbers.
That's __61__!
__62__ I think I am a __63__ person for having gone to the school.
I can read and write as well as anyone else my age, and I can think
better. That's probably a real big __64__ between the free school and
regular school - the amount of __65__.
41．A．desks--------B．lights--------C．students--------D．buildings
42．A．home---------B．bed-----------C．class-----------D．work
43．A．anybody------B．nobody--------C．teachers--------D．parents
44．A．sad----------B．last----------C．good------------D．strange
45．A．and----------B．but-----------C．so--------------D．yet
46．A．attended-----B．took----------C．missed----------D．studied
47．A．from then on------------------B．at first
C．once more---------------------D．just then
48．A．freedom------B．habit---------C．time------------D．people
49．A．workers------B．pupils--------C．gardeners-------D．grown - ups
50．A．understand---B．study---------C．play------------D．say
51．A．hear from----B．feel like-----C．think about-----D．know of
52．A．night--------B．regular-------C．small-----------D．real
53．A．all----------B．short---------C．no--------------D．indoor
54．A．planted------B．studied-------C．drew------------D．toured
55．A．Still--------B．Then----------C．Yet-------------D．Next
56．A．wild---------B．successful----C．usual-----------D．particular
57．A．as well-----------------------B．after a while
C．of course---------------------D．as a result
58．A．funny--------B．great---------C．convenient------D．thoughtful
59．A．looking out-------------------B．taking out
C．finding out-------------------D．figuring out
60．A．math---------B．care----------C．botany----------D．notice
61．A．dull---------B．interesting---C．enough----------D．dangerous
62．A．On the whole------------------B．Once again
C．Sooner or later---------------D．After a while
63．A．careful------B．better--------C．busier----------D．lovely
64．A．problem------B．chance--------C．difference------D．change
65．A．reading------B．gardening-----C．teaching--------D．thinking
三、阅读（1.5×14）。
A
We must have water to live. If the water we use is not clean and fresh,
it can make us ill. The animals that live in and around lakes and rivers
must also have clean water.
Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water
found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water
sources are now polluted. They are filled with dirt and waste which cannot
be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for most uses.
Lake Erie was once a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying
lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into it. Fish
can no longer live in much of its polluted water.
George Washington once called the Potomac “the finest river in the
world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is a soupy（羹汤般的）
green. Suds（肥皂泡沫水）, from detergents（清洁剂） used to wash clothes,
often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot be made in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is hard
to make it clean and safe. We must learn to take care of the water we now
have.
66．Most of our water supply comes from _______.
A．oceans------B．seas------C．wells------D．rivers and lakes
67．The words “a dying lake” in paragraph 3 mean ________.
A．a polluted lake with fewer and fewer living things
B．a very large lake
C．a small lake without fish
D．a lake full of water
68．George Washington once called the Potomac “the finest river in
the world” means _______.
A．this river was very clean
B．this river was visited by many people
C．this river was full of polluted water
D．the water in the river was used by everyone
69．We must learn to take care of the water now we have because _____.
A．we can't live without water
B．the water is to be used up
C．the water cannot be produced by man
D．both A and C
70．The passage chiefly tells us _______.
A．not to use the polluted water
B．that we must prevent the water from being polluted
C．that the polluted water will make us ill
D．our water is still clean and safe
B
Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than
that of sound. In one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometres,
but sound travels only 344 metres. You can get some idea of this
difference by watching the start of a running match. If you stand quite
far away from the starter（发令员）, you can see smoke come from his gun
before the sound reaches your ears.
The fast speed of light produces（产生） some strange facts. Sunlight
takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon
tonight, remember that the light rays（射线） left the moon 1.3 seconds
before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light
which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you 4 years ago at
a speed of nearly 2 million kilometres ever minute. The light from some
of tonight's stars started on its journey（旅程） towards you even before
you were born.
Thus, if we want to be honest, we cannot say, “The stars are shining
brightly tonight.” We have to say, “The stars look pretty. They were
shining four years ago but their light has just reached our earth.”
71．The best title（题目） of this passage is
A．Light Travels Faster Than Sound.
B．Stars Are Very Far Away from Us.
C．The Speed of Light.
D．It's Not Correct to Say “The Stars Are Shining Brightly
Tonight”.
72．If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firing a gun to
start a running match, you will find out that
A．light travels a million times faster than sound.
B．the smoke of the gun gets into your sight after the sound of
the gun - shot.
C．sound travels slower than light.
D．the sound of the gun will reach you at the same time with
the light of the smoke.
73．Sunlight obviously ______ than the light of the moon.
A．has to travel a greater distance
B．moves less quickly
C．travels much more quickly
D．is less powerful
74．The scientific way of saying “The stars are shining brightly
tonight” should be
A．the stars have been shining all the time.
B．the stars seen tonight will be shining four years later.
C．the stars were shining long ago but are seen tonight.
D．the starlight seen tonight could be seen four years ago.
75．The light of the nearest star you see tonight has been for years
A．on the earth. ------------B．on the moon
C．away from the sun. -------D．away from itself.
C
The United States: Fliers may want to have their tickets in hand
before catching their planes, but the airline companies are doing
everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless
flight - no paper needed, just a ticket number and a photo ID（带照片
的身份证）. Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airline's
computer service by June 16 will get an award（奖励）. Next time you
fly, you can buy another ticket for a friend for $99, good anywhere in
the US or Canada through Feb. 12, 2000, along with the lowest ticket
prices. Some airlines offer extra frequent-flier miles for the
ticketless crowd. And there are rising punishments for paper lovers.
American, Northwest, United, and last week, US Airways have raised the
cost for lostticket replacement（替换） to $70 from either $60 or $50.
The airlines insist that the increase in price is not meant to push
travelers toward E-tickets but only covers the increasing cost of
replacing and tracking a missing ticket.
76．Why is the new ticketless flight introduced?
A．It is cheaper for air travelers.
B．It helps reduce the cost for airlines.
C．It can use computer to plan air traveling.
D．It helps prevent fliers from losing their tickets.
77．To encourage people to take ticketless flights, the airlines
_______.
A．sell their tickets for $99 from June to February the following
year
B．let travelers go to both the US and Canada with the same tickets
C．allow each traveler to have an extra $99 ticket for a friend of
theirs
D．offer ticketless travelers free miles to fly in the US
78．Who are the paper lovers mentioned in the text?
A．People who like to have paper airplane tickets.
B．People who love paper products of various kinds.
C．People who travel with paper on a plane.
D．People who have lost their ticket and buy a second one.
79．The airline companies say that they have raised the
lost-ticket replacement price in order to ____________.
A．attract travelers to take ticketless flights
B．punish those who insist on using paper tickets
C．do better than other airline companies
D．pay for the work to deal with lost tickets
四、补全对话（1×5）。
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有
两项为多余选项。
Charley：Come on, Steve. __80__
Steve：Wait a minute. __81__
Charley：O.K.
Steve：By the way, can we give my sister a ride home tonight?
Charley：Sure. __82__
Steve：Yeah. She wants to take some pictures.
Charley：__83__
Steve：Yeah. She'd like to work for a newspaper someday.
Charley：But I think it might be difficult for her to succeed.
__84__
A．Well, she always enjoys sports games, doesn't she?
B．I didn't know Eva was interested in photography.
C．There are a lot of photographers out there.
D．You mean she's coming to the game, too?
E．I just have to close up the shop.
F．Eva's closing the door.
G．It's time to go.
五、单词拼写（1×6）。
85．My train was 20 minutes late in the morning and there was a _______
相似的） delay in the evening. ------------------------85．_______
86．Miss Li speaks English with excellent _______（发音）. --86．_______
87．This company is one of the Post Office's biggest _____（顾客）.
-------------------------------------------------------------87．_______
88．The drowning swimmer required the lifeguard's ______（即刻）
attention. ----------------------------------------------88．_______
89．Our victory was _____（庆祝） with music and dancing. ---89．_______
90．The _______（大多数） of people in my neighborhood are Italian.
-------------------------------------------------------------90．_______
六、改错（1×10）。
Dear Peter,
Thanks very much on inviting me to your birthday-------------91．_______
party on Sunday. I'd like very much come but-----------------92．_______
I had an examination on Monday morning. It is----------------93．_______
a very important exam but I can't afford to------------------94．_______
fail it. I'll spend all the whole weekend reading------------95．_______
and prepare for it. So I'm really sorry that-----------------96．_______
I won't be able to come in this time. Hope you---------------97．_______
can understand. I'll take this chance to wish----------------98．_______
you wonderful time on your birthday. Happy-------------------99．_______
birthday, Peter, and many happy return of the ---------------100．______
day!
七、书面表达（13分）
----根据提示，以“Saving the Huaihe River”为题，用英语写一篇100字左右
的短文：假如你住在市，境内有一条淮河，现在污染严重。每天沿河的几百家工
厂中有上百万吨有毒废水注入河里，许多废物也倒入河中。河水已不宜饮用。河
里几乎没有鱼了。因水有毒，孩子们也不敢在河里游泳了。呼吁尽快采取措施，
净化淮河河水。
参考答案
一至四题：
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| C | C | A | B | A | D | D | A | D | A | C | A |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| D | B | A | D | A | D | B | A | D | C | A | C |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| D | D | B | A | D | B | C | B | D | A | B | D |
| 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
| A | C | C | A | A | C | B | D | A | C | B | A |
| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| D | C | D | B | C | A | B | D | C | B | D | A |
| 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
| C | A | B | C | D | D | A | A | D | B | C | C |
| 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
| A | C | D | B | C | A | D | G | E | D | B | C |
五、85．similar
86．pronunciation
87．customers
88．immediate
89．celebrated
90．majority
六、91．on改为for
92．much come之间加“to”
93．had改为have
94．but改为and或so
95．去掉all
96．prepare改为preparing
97．去掉in
98．√
99．you wonderful之间加“a”
100．return改为returns
七、
Save the Huaihe River
I live in the city of B, across which runs the Huaihe River. The
river used to be clean. But now it has been seriously polluted. Day
and night millions of tons poisonous waste water is pouring to the
Huaihe River from hundreds of factories along the river. A lot of
rubbish is being poured into it, too. The water in the river is not
fit to drink. There are few fish in it now. And because the water is
poisonous the children don't dare to swim in it.
Something must be done as possible to make in the Huaihe River
clean.