高二英语第一学期试题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分12分）
第一节 (本节共有5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面五段对话, 回答第1至5 题. 每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A, B, C三个选
项中中出最佳选项, 每段对话仅读一遍.
1. What does the man mean?
A. He’d like to come along.
B. The weather is quite hot.
C. He likes to swim in the river.
2. What can we learn about Mr. Robert?
A. He is a strange man.
B. He is kind to his students.
C. He is very popular with his students.
3. When does the play start?
A. At 6:30. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:15.
4. Why was the woman late?
A. Because she was ill.
B. Because she had a traffic accident.
C. Because the traffic was too heavy.
5. What does the man want to do?
A. To book a room. B. To find a hotel. C. To speak to Charles.
第二节 （共7小题； 每小题1分， 满分7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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段对话，回答6--8题。
6. Where is the father learning English?
A. At home. B. In a college. C. In an evening school.
7. Why does he learn English?
A. Because he didn’t learn English as a college student.
B. Because he is going abroad.
C. Because he has found his English is too limited.
8. In which language could Karl Marx write?
A. German, French and Chinese.
B. German, English and French.
C. Japanese, French and English.
听第7段对话，回答9--10题。
9. What does the man want to buy?
A. A pair of shoes. B. A bright color sweater. C. A suit.
10. What does the man think of the smaller size?
A. The color is not OK. B. It’s too loose. C. It’s very good.
听第8段对话，回答11--12题。
11. Where does the dialogue take place?
A. In a hotel. B. At the airport. C. At the post office.
12. How many days does it take for the letter to reach New Zealand?
A. Two days. B. About fourteen days. C. It’s not mentioned.
第二部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分38分）
第一节： 单项填空（共18小题； 每小题1分， 满分18分）
13. May I change another book? You see______ page of the book is torn, and ______cover
looks dirty.
A. the; the B. a; the C. a; a D. the; a
14.What ______ are you going to ______ in the film?
A. man; make B. part; act C. person; do D. character; take
15. _______ bad manners _______ with your mouth full of food.
A. It’s; to talk B. You’re; to talk C. That’s; talking D. You’re; talking
16. City people in Britain and the United States stand closer than _____ live in the country.
A. anyone who B. those that C. those who D. anyone that
17. The newly-married couple _______ each other hello and good bye when to and from work.
A. say B. give C. show D. kiss
18. Chaplin’s way of walking down the street and _____a corner could be recognized _____.
A. turn; as his own B. turning; on his own
C. turns; of his own D. turning; as his own
19. Work hard enough ______ you will fail in the mid-term exams.
A. and B. if C. or D. 不填
20. ---Look at the sign on the wall. You see, smoking is forbidden here.
---Oh, I’ m sorry. I ______ it.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. can’t see D. couldn’t see
21. Charlie, for _______ life had once been very hard, directed a film about the
workers’ life in an American factory.
A. whose B. which C. whom D. that
22. I can’t ______ why he gives up such a good job. It’s not easy to find a job
nowadays.
A. pick out B. figure out C. carry out D. give out
23. The hostess came over to ask the guest ____________.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter
C. what wrong was D. what was the wrong
24. Their only son was lost , so they all went out _______ him all over the city .
A. to search B. looking for C. in search of D. found
25. ________ you’ve got the chance, why not make full use of it?
A. Now that B. Although C. If D. But
26. _______ in the forest, he had to phone the police for help.
A. Having lost B. Being lost C. Lost D. Losing
27. The owner of the shop felt it an honor ______ to the millionaire there.
A. asked to speak B. to ask to speak
C. to be asking to speak D. to be asked to speak
28.The manager _______ several minutes ________ the old man understand his speech.
A. devoted, to helping B. was devoted, help
C. devoted, to help D. was devoted, to help
29. I was really anxious about you. You ________ home without a word.
A. mustn’t leave B. shouldn’t have left
C. couldn’t have left D. needn’t leave
30.---You don’t look so well, Mary. What’s the matter with you?
---Why? ________.
A. I’m quite myself. B. Fine, thank you.
C. I feel bad. D. I’m not myself.
第二节：完形填空（共20小题； 每小题1分; 满分20分）
阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
There are many types of report. A report is simply an account of something that has happened. The commonest are __31__ reports. We get them in newspapers, __32__ radio and on television, Sometimes cinemas also show us __33__.
The main purpose of a newspaper is to __34__ news. If you examine a newspaper __35__, you will __36__ that there are all types of news; accidents, floods, fires, wars, sports, books, etc. The news __37__ everything that __38__ to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are news items which are very amusing. The big or bold(黑体的) words above the news items are __39__ headlines. Their purpose is to __40__ attention so that people will __41__ the newspaper because they want to read the __42__ of the news.
A news report is usually very short, __43__ when it is about something very __44__,
but it contains a lot of __45__. It is also __46__ in short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in __47__ a summary of the news item. It __48___ all the necessary information; what, where, how, why. The other paragraphs give full __49__ of the subject. There may also be interviews with people. The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas(引号).
Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more __50__.
| 31.A. school | B. police | C. weather | D. news |
| 32.A. at | B. on | C. over | D. with |
| 33.A. newsreels | B. stories | C. films | D. plays |
| 34.A. get | B. receive | C. provide | D. make |
| 35.A. properly | B. hardly | C. seriously | D. closely |
| 36.A. understand | B. know | C. observe | D. find |
| 37.A. covers | B. takes | C. carries | D. concludes |
| 38.A. turns | B. gets | C. comes | D. happens |
| 39.A. called | B. named | C. given | D. said |
| 40.A. pay | B. draw | C. call | D. put |
| 41.A. lend | B. borrow | C. sell | D. buy |
| 42.A. other | B. part | C. rest | D. whole |
| 43.A. just | B. but | C. except | D. and |
| 44.A. famous | B. popular | C. unnecessary | D. important |
| 45.A. information | B. knowledge | C. ideas | D. situations |
| 46.A. written | B. read | C. made | D. put |
| 47.A. use | B. fact | C. detail | D. practice |
| 48.A. works | B. makes | C. takes | D. gives |
| 49.A. reasons | B. details | C. topics | D. places |
| 50.A. interesting | B. surprising | C. common | D. good-looking |
第三部分： 阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文， 从每题所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
A
As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.
“It’s all right, officer.” He said, reassuring(使放心). I’m just waiting for a friend. It’s an appointment made twenty years ago. Sound a little funny to you, doesn’t it? Well, I’ll explain if you’d like to make certain it’s all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands—‘ Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.”
“Until five years ago.” Said the policeman, “it was torn down then.”
The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square jawed face with eager eyes and a little white scar（伤疤）near his right eyebrow. His scarfpin（围巾扣）was a large diamond strangely set.
“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jimmy Wells, my best friend, and the just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from the date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We believed that in twenty years each of us ought to have our wish worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”
“It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between the meets, though, it seems to me. Haven’t you heard from your friend since you left?”
“Well, yes, for a time we kept in touch,” said the other, “but after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big place, and I kept running over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive, for he was always the truest, dependable old friend in the world. He’ll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand at this door tonight, and it’s worth it if my old partner turns up.”
The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lid of its set with small diamonds.
Three minutes to ten,” he announced. “It was exactly ten o’clock when we parted here at the restaurant door.”
51. From the text, we can learn that the waiting man ______.
A. liked to live in his hometown
B. grew up in the West
C. seemed to have made some money
D. used to work for “Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant
52. The reason why the man left New York was that he ________.
A. wanted to be rich
B. planned to meet his friend 20 years later
C. didn’t like to live in a big city
D. thought the we was a better place to travel
53. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?
a. The man was waiting for Jimmy at the old place.
b. The man made an appointment with Jimmy and left New York.
c. The “Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant was destroyed.
d. They kept in touch with each other for a time.
e. The man arrived in New York from the West.
A. e,a,b,d,c B. e,b,d,c,a C. b,d,c,e,a D. b,a,d,e,c
B
A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is cleared of trees and is then badly treated by the farmers. The rain and winds may gradually wash away, or blow away, much of the topsoil. When this happens, crops of wheat or corn become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well. If erosion continues, it will turn good land into a desert.
In the past, when erosion appeared, farmers sometimes moved to a new place to farm. Sometimes they could not move, but continued to try to grow food in the unhealthy soil. This caused them to sink into poverty. Soon some people realized that there was little rich, fertile soil in the world, government began to try to stop erosion.
One of the first experiments to stop erosion began in the United States in 1993. The experiment was carried out in the area of the Tennessee River. Floods and bad farming in this area had ruined（毁坏）land that had once been rich. As a result, most of the people living around the Tennessee River were very poor.
The government built big dams across the river and stored the water for use during the dry season when there was no rain. The government workers also helped farmers to fertilize their soil and to learn new farming methods which could stop erosion.
At the beginning, the farmers were not interested. But soon, good healthy crops began to appear on the land where new methods were used. Ten years after the extremely prosperous, the great success of this experiment had led similar projects in the other parts of the world.
54. The word “erosion” in the first paragraph means _________.
A. the clearing of trees B. excessive(极度) use if the land
C. the destruction of crops D. gradual loss of topsoil
55. The passage tells us that erosion is a problem which ______.
A. first began in the USA in 1933 B. occurs mainly in river areas
C. affects many parts of the world D. is becoming more and more serious
56. In the second paragraph, “to sink into poverty” means _____.
A. to lose topsoil in erosion
B. to become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well
C. to become very poor
D. to turn into a desert
57. The main purpose of this passage is to tell people ______.
A. how erosion occurs
B. the importance of using new farming methods
C. something can be done to prevent erosion
D. the serious outcomes(后果) of erosion
C
How old is “old”? The answer has changed over years. Two hundred years ago, you were 35. That was the average life span （跨度）then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span increased to 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.
So, how old is old? The answer is one you’ve heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel. “The calendar simply tells you how many years you have lived. Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.
Old is a point of view. Alice Brophy said, “It makes me angry when people say, ‘Gee, you look young for your age. What does that mean? Is there some model that you’re supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.’”
There are many myths(神话) about aging. Here are some of the more common myths and the facts.
Myth 1:Most older people are in poor health.
Fact 1:Not so. There are neither biological nor physiological reasons to connect poor health with growing older. Older people are more likely to be affected with illness but old age itself is not a disease. It is possible to remain physically healthy throughout your life.
Myth 2:Older people are unable to change.
Fact 2:Older people are as easily-changed in their life-styles as young and middle-aged people. Though sometimes they deal with the very big pressures-death of loved ones or jobs, financial or family problems-they deal wonderfully well. Older people give up smoking and break other had habits just as successfully as younger people.
58. The article is mainly about ______.
A. the average life span B. aging C. people’s health D. life myths
59. We may know from the article that ______.
A. aging does not mean you become unhealthy.
B. older people are not as smart as young people
C. most older people are physically healthy
D. your health can tell you how many years you have lived
60. The reason why Alice Brophy got angry was that ______-.
A. she didn’t think she looked young for her age
B. she hates being thought old
C. she was 65 but people thought she was 85
D. there wasn’t a model to follow to judge one’s age
61. Which of the following does the second fact support?
A. Older people have more pressures than younger people.
B. Younger people break old habits more easily.
C. Older people are not too fixed to change the same problems as younger people.
D. Younger and middle-aged people have the same problems.
D
Surfing—the art of riding a wave on a pointed board—is the wildest, fastest natural water sport known to man. In recent years, it has developed into a major sport around the world, from Australia to South Africa. Australians brave（挑战）man-eating sharks（鲨鱼）to ride the green waves down; Hawaiian experts risk（冒……险）their lives on huge, thirty foot swells（浪涛）against the wind of Oahu; Californians of all ages go out the year-round. In the winter, surf-riders put on life-suits to ride gray waves so cold that their flesh turns blue.
Surfing is no sport for weak persons. Swimming a quarter of a mile or more, and pushing a surfboard out to where the swells are just right for riding , can be real work. Then, at exactly the right moment, you climb up the wave and go fast across the face of a powerful swell with the white water jumping at your feet. The huge wave bites at your shoulder, threatening(威胁) at any moment to smash（打碎）you flat. In the next several seconds, a cool head and lightning—quick action back to the pressure of the attaching wave will bring your board under control for that great ride down the back of the great, green mountain of water. Once on the beach, you know why surfing is growing in popularity as an international sport, and you’re glad to be a member of this new water world.
62. According to the writer, surfing is _______.
A. an art B. a water game C. a pointed board D. both an art and a sport
63. The author believes that surfing _______.
A. is not an easy sport B. can be done by anyone
C. should be done by everyone D. does not require courage
64. To be a surf-rider, ______.
A. one should be very wise B. a small-boned person is needed
C. one should be able to act quickly D. one must have the ability of a superman
65. In order to experience what real surfing is, you ________.
A. must first swim a quarter of a mile to warm you body
B. will first ride on a board to reach the swells
C. must first put on your life-suits before doing surfing
D. must first swim to the swells with your board
第四部分：写（共二节，满分20分）
第一节：短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分，满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾（√ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉；在该行右边横线上写上该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符（∧），在该行右边的横线上写上该加的词。
此行错一词：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：原行没有错的不要该。
By now I could not wait find out more about 66_________
this woman. I found that Lin Qiaozhi has devoted 67_________
her whole life to her patient and had chosen not 68_________
to have a family of their own. Instead she had 69_________
made sure that about 50,000 babies were safe 70_________
delivered to their mothers. By this time I was 71_________
exciting. why not to study at medical college 72_________
like Lin Qiaozhi and carried on her good work? 73_________
It was still not too late to fill in the concert 74_________
forms for the university entrance examination…. 75_________
第二节：书面表达 （共1题，满分10分）
你的美国朋友Helen想要一件中式(Chinese style)服装。她来信向你询问哪里可以定做。现在请你回信推荐她去市中心人民电影院旁的“红叶裁缝店”。这是一家长期专业制作中式女装的店。可以为顾客特别设计，并且量身定做。制作精良，价格合理。店内也有一些成衣可供选择。建议她前往看看。相信会找到她所需要的。
注意：可适当增加内容，使短文更加连贯。开头结尾部分已写好。
Dear Helen,
I’d like to introduce to you a very good shop --- Red Leave Tailor’s Shop. …
Best wishes,
Li Hua
2003学年第一学期
杭州二中高二年级英语期中答题卷
第四部分：写（共二节，满分20分）
第一节：短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分，满分10分)
By now I could not wait find out more about 66_________
this woman. I found that Lin Qiaozhi has devoted 67_________
her whole life to her patient and had chosen not 68_________
to have a family of their own. Instead she had 69_________
made sure that about 50,000 babies were safe 70_________
delivered to their mothers. By this time I was 71_________
exciting. why not to study at medical college 72_________
like Lin Qiaozhi and carried on her good work? 73_________
It was still not too late to fill in the concert 74_________
forms for the university entrance examination…. 75_________
第二节：书面表达 （共1题，满分10分）
你的美国朋友Helen想要一件中式(Chinese style)服装。她来信向你询问哪里可以定做。现在请你回信推荐她去市中心人民电影院旁的“红叶裁缝店”。这是一家长期专业制作中式女装的店。可以为顾客特别设计，并且量身定做。制作精良，价格合理。店内也有一些成衣可供选择。建议她前往看看。相信会找到她所需要的。
注意：可适当增加内容，使短文更加连贯。开头结尾部分已写好。
Dear Helen,
I’d like to introduce to you a very good shop --- Red Leave Tailor’s Shop. …
Best wishes,
Li Hua
选择题答案
第一、二、三部分（Key to 1---65）
1----5 ACACC 6---10 CCBCC 11---15 CBBBA 16---20 CDDCA
21---25 CBBCA 26---30 CDABA 31--- 35 DCACD 36---40 DADAB
41---45 DCCDA 46---50 ABDBA
51---55 CACDC 56---60 CCBAB 61---65 CDACD
第四部分：
第一节：
66.find前加to 67. has改为had 68.patient改为patients
69.their改为her 70.surely改为sure 71.delivering改为delivered
72.去掉to 73.carried改为carry 74. √ 75. to改为for
第二节：
One possible version:
I’d like to introduce to you a very good shop --- Red Leave Tailor’s Shop. It is in the city center near the People’s Cinema, so it’s easy to find it. It has specially made dresses of Chinese style for a long time. They can design the dress for you and make it to your own measure. The dresses made in this shop are of the best quality with reasonable price. Besides there are some ready- made dresses for you to choose from. You may go to have a look. I believe you’ll find what you want.
Best wishes,
Yours
Li Hua