高二年级英语第一学期期中考试
高二年级英语试题
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷两部分（非选择题）
第一卷（三大题，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。每段对话只读一遍。
例: Question:How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15 B.￡9.15 C.￡9.18 Answer:B
1.Where are the two speakers?
A.In a department store. B.In a clothes factory C.On a playground
2.What time does the train leave?
A. At 6:15 B.At 6:25 C.At 6:50
3.What are the two speakers doing?
A.Enjoying meeting each other. B.Saying good-bye to each other.
C.Planning to see each other again.
4.What's the man doing?
A.He's working in a hotel. B.He's visiting a young couple. C.He's travelling around.
5.When should Susan go to meet Professor Brown?
A.At 10:00 B.At 10:30 C.At 11
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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.Where does this conversation take place?
A.At a booking office. B.At a museum. C.In a recorder
7.On which day will the Japanese Music Concert be held?
A.The 28th B.The 30th C.15th
8.How does the man pay for the tickets?
A.By credit card B.With US dollars C.By check.
听第七段材料，回答第9至11题。
9.Where is the woman going?
A.Bridge Street. B.The cinema. C.The station.
10.Where is the cinema?
A.On the corner of Bridge Street. B.Next to the station. C.On Station Street.
11.which turning should the woman take on Bridge Street?
A.The first on the right. B.The first on the left. C.The second on the left.
听第八段材料，回答第12至14题。
12.Who are the two speakers?
A.A man and his wife. B.A man and his sister. C.A man and his girlfriend.
13.Why is the man unhappy about their weekends?
A.They seldom invite friends over. B.They seldom go out for a picnic.
C.They seldom spend the weekends together.
14.In which aspect(方面) of the picnic do the man and woman disagree with each other?
A.Who should get the car ready. B.How many friends they should invite.
C.What food and drink they should prepare.
听第九段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is Mary's plan for Saturday?
A. Visit her mother. B. Cook dinner for Tom. C. Ask John and his wife to dinner.
16. What does John say to Mary about the invitation?
A. He's not free. B. He' ll certainly go. C. He' s not sure.
17. What has John promised to do?
A. Phone back with an answer. B. Persuade Jane to join him.
C. Visit Mary's mother on Saturday.
听第十段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why are many roads closed in the north?
A. Because of heavy rain. B. Because of strong winds.
C. Because of fallen stones from mountains.
19. In which part of the country have fifty houses been flooded'
A. In the south. B. In the north. C. In the east.
20. What happened in the west?
A. Many boats were missing. B. Four people died in a river.
C. Two villages were flooded.
第二部分：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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21.Jack ______yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.
A．mustn't have arrived B．can't have arrived
C．mightn't have arrived D．need not have arrived
22.What about the two of us __________ there together?
A.to go B.going C.will go D are going
23.In 1989 an oil tanker hit a rock_____the north west coast of Alaska.
A. on B.in C.off D.from
24.---Where are the two men ________just now?
---They've been put in prison for ________ a big forest fire.
A.referring to;lighting B.referred to;causing C.referred to;making D.referring to;burning
25. Keep the poisons out of ____ of the children . They are dangerous indeed!
A. the touch B. the reach C. reach D. connection
26. The suggestion _____ we do our duty one after another is ____ by the teacher.
A.which ; received B. that ; accepted
C. how ; offered D. why ; given
27.---Excuse me, could you tell me the time？ ---Sorry,I don't have my watch with me．
---_______.
A．Thanks anyway. B．Thanks a lot． C．I'm sorry to hear that. D．What a pity!
28.Charlie Chaplin directed many films and most _____were silent.
A. them B.of which C.of them D. of that
29．It is ____ great fun _____ the shoes he bought yesterday were of different sizes.
A．不填;what B. a ; that C.不填; that D. a ; why
30. At last the driver was lost _____ whether he could be found .
A. without anybody knew B. with anyone knowing
C. with anybody knew D. without anyone knowing
31. Most of the guests ______ to the party were from Canada.
A. to invite B. had been invited C. invited D. being invited
32.Tom ________me your secret,but he meant no harm.
A.oughtn't to have told B.ought to have told C.ought not tell D.ought to tell
33. Seeing the car ______ in the snowdrift, the driver didn't know ______it.
A. is trapped ; how to do B. trapped; what to do with
C. trapping; what to deal with D. which trapped; what to do
34.The traffic was ____________by an accident.The road was crowded with cars.
A.held to B.held out C.held on D.held up
35. ----Excuse me, Professor Wang. Can you spare me a few minutes?----____?
A. What's on B. What's up C. What's wrong D. What's more
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四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was just getting dark;there was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. But I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I 36 to Salisbury.
I was going along 37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly 1 heard a scream, a woman's sharp cry ?" 38 !"I looked round, but the only 39 of life was a large, black. rather suspicious(可疑的)-looking car just 40 a bend in the road about a hundred yards 41 . That was 42 the cry had come from. I 43 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what 1 was doing, 44 he did the same and began to draw away from me.
As I drew near,the girl's voice came again -----a lovely voice but trembling(发抖) with 45 . "Let me go. 46 fool: you're hurting me. Oh! Oh!"
I felt my blood 47 . The fog was corning down thicker now; the countryside was lonelier. The man in the car had no 48 noticed this. Again came a cry. "Drop the knife, fool. Oh!"Then a cry and a groan.
If I was to save her,it was now or 49 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn''t save the girl.I would 50 try to bring the murderer to the police station. The car was only a couple of yards away now. 1 drove the bike right 51 its path and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and crashed into the ditch(沟) on the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark. evil-looking fellow stepped out,mad with anger.
"Fool!"he shouted 52 he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was quicker than he. I gathered all my 53 and hit him,which would knock down Teson.It caught him right on the ground . I rushed to the car, 54 open the door and looked into the car.
There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a 55 .
"You have been listening to a radio play,MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD,with Mae Garbo and Klark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.
36 .A. reached B. arrived C. got D.led
37. A. strangely B.quietly C. fearfully D. quickly
38 A. Save R. Come C. Aid D.Help
39. A.person B. sign C. figure D.form
40. A. turning B. coming C. hurrying D. dropping
41. A. off B. apart C. away D.far
42.A. how B. when C. what D.where
43. A. put aside B. put up C. put down D. put on
44.A. and B. for C. when D.as
45. A.joy B. excitement C.fear D.surprise
46.A. you B. your C. yours D.you're
47.A.boil B.run C.come D.freeze
48.A.difficulty B.need C.doubt D.trouble
49.A.late B.then C.ever D.never
50.A.at most B.at least C.at last D.at first
51.A.through B.across C.in D.over
52.A.before B.after C.as D.while
53.A.strength B.force C.energy D.power
54.A.pulled B.pushed C.hit D.broke
55.A.word B.voice C.noise D.sound
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A)
The American movie industry reports about the most popular movies.The three most popular movies last year were made for children.But many adults also enjoyed them
The movies that made the most money in ticket sales in the USA last year was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.It has made more than 294 million dollars since it opened in November.
The move is based on the international best selling book of the same name by British writer JK Rowling.It tells the same story as the first book in the Harry Potter series.Harry learns that he has magical powers and spends his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
As the movie was opening in November, its actors were beginning to film a movie based on the second book in the series. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It will open next November. It will be interesting to see if the second movie is as popular as the first one.
The second most popular movie of last year in the United States was called Shrek . Shrek made more man 267 million dollars since it opened in May. "Shrek" is a computer-made movie about a big, ugly, green man who saves the life and wins the love of a princess. Both children and their parents liked the lesson of the movie ---- that is what a person thinks and feels are more important than what he or she looks like.
The third most popular movie of the year in the United States was another computer-made movie Monsters, Inc. . It made more than 236 million dollars last year. It tells a story about two monsters whose job is to make children afraid of them. But their movie adventure teaches the monsters that laughter is more powerful than fear.
56.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.the American movie industry B.Harry Potter
C.the most popular movies D.movies for children
57.Which of the following is true?
A.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone tells the same story as the book of the same name.
B. The film Shrek tells one' s look is more important than one's thought and feeling.
C. From the film Monsters, Inc., we know the two monsters made children love them.
D.Of the three movies the second one made the most money.
B)
E-mail has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.
Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we interact and build relationships. These are a few of the recently recognized features（特征）of e-mail, say experts, that should cause individuals(个人) and organizations to rethink the way they use e-mail.
“E-mail has increased the spread of careless writing habits, ” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics（语言学家）at American University. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of e-mails reflect a growing unconcern to the way we write.
Baron argues that we should not forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in e-mails.
"The more we use e-mail and its tasteless writing the more it becomes the normal way of writing. " the professor says.
Others say that despite its poor prose（无聊的议论）, e-mail has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn't : It has made writing fashionable again.
"E-mail is a critical（重要的）new communication technology, " says Lancashire, a university of Tornoto professor of English. " it fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before e-mail. It is the purest form of written speech."
Lancashire says e-mail has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared（惊吓）by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of e-mail's close similarity to speech. “ it's like a circle of four or five people around a campfire, ” he says.
Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. "Almost every day I get e-mails that are apologies of previous e-mails, " he reports.
In the US, the number of e-mails sent in a day exceeds the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical e-mail message that is not often exact.
58. From what Baron, a professor of linguistics, says in paragraph 3 we can find that_.
A. careless people use more e-mail than careful people.
B. E-mail requires people to change their native language.
C. Professors in universities don't need to use e-mail.
D. People communicate in e-mail full of mistakes.
59. In Lancashire's opinion, e-mail is a wonderful technology for people because ____.
A. it can be used by everyone all over the world.
B. it is the fastest way for people to communicate.
C. people can express themselves in a free way.
D. people can save a lot of paper to write on.
60. This passage shows us that ____.
A. people should stop using e-mail to communicate
B. Americans only use e-mail to communicate
C. experts hold different opinions about e-mail
D. e-mail makes people lose interest in English
61. The underlined word “exceed” in the passage means ____.
A. be greater than B. be faster than C. be shorter than D. be smaller than
C)
Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in different ways of carrying the news and other information.
There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad.
There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment(娱乐) to information. The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably THE TIMES. It began in 1785, and has a high reputation(名声) for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent(独立的) paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
Letters to the editor are printed in parts of the newspaper. These parts of THE TIMES are always interesting. Most of the letters are on serious subjects, but from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion(款式) of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with the manners of thirty years ago.
62. If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself____.
A. a serious newspaper B. a foreign newspaper
C. a popular newspaper D. any independent paper
63. THE TIMES is very famous, partly because____.
A. news carried in the paper can be accepted as true
B. it receives plenty of readers’ letters
C. you can get entertainment from it
D. the editors are all learned
64. THE TIMES is an independent paper, for____.
A. it gives special support to the political parties
B. it publishes serious news for people
C. the editors opinions are examined by the owners of the paper
D. it supports no particular political party
65. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The London newspapers B. Serious Newspaper
C. Popular newspapers D. The Times
66. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Sometimes writings on the latest fashion in clothes can satisfy your interest.
B. Sometimes there will be long letters on unserious subjects to editors.
D. The subjects of the letters to the editors are serious at all times.
C. The manners of the young people thirty years ago were often polite.
D)
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for men as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. He knows what he wants and his purpose is to find it and buy it, the price is less important consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it, the assistant immediately takes it out, and the business of trying it on is done at once. All being well, the bargain(讨价还价) can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.
For a man, slight problem may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. Then the salesman tries to sell the buyer something else. He says, “ I know this jacket is not the style (式样) you want, sir but would you like to try it on for the size? It may be the color you wanted.” The usual reply is, “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on?”
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in the opposite way. She has never fully made her mind what she wants. She is only “having a look round.” She is always open to persuasion, indeed she considers of great importance what the salesman tells her, even what her friends tell her. She will try on any number of things. Highest in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks fits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always trying to find an expected bargain. Faced with a roomful of clothes, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one counter(柜台) to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It takes a great deal of time but gives great joy. Most shops supply chairs for the waiting husbands.
67. When a man is buying clothes, he____.
A. puts price before quality
B. chooses things that others think fit him
C. does not mind much the price he has to pay for the right things
D. buys good quality things, so long as they do not cost too much
68. When a man cannot get what he wants, he____.
A. buys something of the same color in a slightly different style
B. usually try on some other clothes of the same style
C. usually does not buy anything
D. wastes no time in buying something else
69. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?
A. They welcome suggestions from anyone.
B. Women seldom consider buying cheap clothes.
C. Women often buy things without thinking.
D. They listen to advice but never take it.
70. The most obvious difference between men and women shoppers is____.
A. that men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do
B. that women bargains for their clothes but men don't
C. that women do their shopping standing up but men do theirs sitting down
D. the time they take over buying clothes
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第二卷（一部分，共35分）
第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错：（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Dear Mum and Dad,
I guess you are surprised to hear from
me so soon. The fact is I shan't be home 76________
this Saturday as I plan. I've had an accident 77________
and hurt my back, and it' s not serious.What 78________
happened was this:I was crossing a river 79________
with Mike while I fell down and lay on 80________
my back. I thought it a great joke at the first. 81________
But when I tried to sit up, I felt a pain on my 82________
back and could hardly move. Don' t worry about
me. Mike and his families are so kind to me. I'11 83________
better soon and there's no need for you to 84________
travel down there.I'll write you again soon. 85________
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
请以My favorite Newspaper为题用英语写一篇100词左右的短文，介绍21世纪报（21 st Century），短文应包括下面 所提供的内容。
报纸名称及使用语言: 21 st Century ;英文报纸 出版地点及出版周期 :北京;每周一期 版面内容: 每周新闻;今日世界;语言课堂;体育与音乐;学生报导 特色: 图文并茂
目的: 学习英语词汇，提高英语水平，获取各种信息 效果 :广为人知，深受喜爱
高三年级第一学期期末英语试题
参考答案
1 - 5 ABBCB 6-10 ABCCA 11-15 BACBC 16-20CABCC
21-25 BBCBB 26-30 BACCD 31-35 CABDB 36-40 CBDBA
41-45 CDDBC 46-50 AACDB 51-55 BCAAB 56-57 CA DCC
61. A CADC 66 DCCA D 71-75 CBCBA
短文改错：
76.在is后加that 77.plan改成planned 78.and改成 but 79.对
80.while改成when 81.去掉the 82.on改成in 83.families改成family
84.在better前加be或get 85.there改成here
第二节 书面表达
One possible version:My Favorite Newspaper
21 st Century is my favorite newspaper. It is an English language newspaper which is published in Beijing each week. It has sections of different kinds, including News of the week, the World Today, Language Class, Sports and Music and Students Report. There are plenty of beautiful pictures and interesting articles in it. I enjoy reading the paper. I read it to improve my English. I have learnt a lot of new words and useful expressions. Besides, I can get information about different things, from politics to sports and music. 21st Century is very popular with students and English learners. I do love it
听力材料
例:M: Excuse me. Can you tell me how much the shirt is?
W: Yes, it's nine fifteen.
Text l
W: May I help you?
M: Yes, I d like lo try on some sports jackets. I prefer something like the one I'm wearing.
Text 2
M: I'm afraid we'll miss the train. What time is it now?
W: It' s 6:15. There are ten minutes left. Let' s hurry.
Text 3
M: Well, I' d better be getting home now. It's been great seeing you again.
W: Oh, it was nice seeing you too.
Text 4
W: So, how long have you been here?
M: Just a couple of days, actually. I am on a big journey. You know, I'm visiting all the places of interest here.
Text 5
W: Can 1 come to see you at 10:00, Professor Brown?
M: I'm sorry, Susan, but I'm meeting my students then. Why not come half an hour later?
Text 6
M: Good morning.
W: Good morning. Can I help you?
M: Yes, are there any tickets left for the Chinese music concert on the 28th, please?
W: Just a moment, please. No, T think you've made a mistake . It' s on the 30th.
M: Really? I read about it in the paper today ?I'm sure it said Chinese music on the 28th.
W: Oh, sorry. I thought you said Japanese music concert. The Chinese music concert is on the 28th at 7:15, but I'm afraid there are only back seats left, and they are 30 yuan each.
M: That's OK. Can I have two, please?
W: How would you like to pay for these?
M: Cheque. Here you are.
W: Thank you and here are your tickets.
M: Thank you very much.
Text 7
W: Excuse me, how can I get to the station, please?
M: The station? The station, let me see. Ah, yes, you can go down. .. No, go straight on until you come to a cinema.Let's see now, that' s the second turning on your right.The cinema is on the corner. Turn right at the cinema and you' ll be in Bridge Street. I think it' s Bridge Street. Go along Bridge Street for a few minutes, and then take the second, no, not the second, the first, that's right. The first turning on your left. The station is straight ahead right in front of you.
W: So, that's second right, and first left. Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.
M: Don't mention it,
Text 8
M:What shall we do this weekend?
W: Did you have something special in mind?
M: No, not really. I just thought it might be fun to do something new.
W: Doing something for a change, you mean?
M: Yes, something different. I need a change.
W: I usually go shopping and have my hair done during the weekend and you usually watch the football games on TV.
M: Yes, you often have tea with your friends. And I sometimes play cards with my friends. We seldom do anything together. It's quite unlike when we were first married.
W: Now I've got an idea. Autumn is the best season in Beijing. Why don't we go for a picnic this weekend? You'll invite your friends and I'll invite mine. We'll go together.
M: Good idea! I would see about the car and you 'll prepare the food. But are you sure you really want all our friends to come along?
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W: Oh, hello, John. How are you?
M: Just fine, thanks, Mary.
W: Say, Tom and I were wondering, are you and Jane free this Saturday?
M: Saturday? Er, hmmm, it seems Jane mentioned something about visiting her mother that afternoon. Why, what did you have in mind?
W: Oh! We just thought it would be nice to have you over for dinner? But if you' re not free.. .
M: Well, let me check again with Jane. I'll call you tonight and let you know for sure. OK?
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Good evening! Tonight the main news is about the bad weather we are having. Storms are reported in all parts of the country. In the north many roads are closed because of high winds. Two main roads near Glasgow are blocked by trees. In the south too, heavy rains and storms are reported. Near Dove fifty houses have been flooded and last night a lorry was blow over by the wind. In the east, quite a few areas have been flooded. Many small boats have been lost and this morning one boat was found two miles in land. Things are better in the west. But two villages have been flooded by a river. Four people nearly drowned in the flood. More storms are expected tomorrow.