1、高二英语试题 第 1 页 共 12 页随州一中 20152016 学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题命题人：赵黎明 审题人：王 燚 分值：150 分 考试时间：120 分钟祝考试顺利注意事项：1. 答卷前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用统一提供的 2B 铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型 A 后的方框涂黑。2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用统一提供的 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3. 语法填空、短文改错和短文写作题的作答：用统一提供的签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。
2、写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节：听下面 5 段对话。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15 B. 9.15 C. 9.18答案：B1. What is the woma
3、n going to do next?A.Do some translation. B.See the manager. C.Attend a meeting.2. What does the man remind the woman to take?A.A camera. B.A bathing suit. C.Sunglasses.3. How does the man suggest going?A.By bus B.By bike. C.On foot. 4. What will the woman do this Saturday?A.Go for a picnic. B.Go to
4、 work. C.Go to the cinema. 高二英语试题 第 2 页 共 12 页5. What color was the womans bedroom before?A.Green. B.Pink. C.Blue. 第二节： 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，各个小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. How long will the man have to w
5、alk before he sees the bus stop?A.For about ten minutes. B.For about five minutes. C.For about fifteen minutes.7. Where is the subway station?A.On the left of the bus stop.B.On the left of the post office. C.On the right of the post office.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. When did the headmasters speech end?A
6、.At 10:00 B.At 8:30 C.At 9:30 9. What kind of club is the man going to sign up for?A.Chess. B.Music. C.Film. 请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How many people went boating on the first day?A.Three. B.Two C.Four11. What did the man do on the third day?A.He went fishing. B.He went climbing. C.He went swimmi
7、ng.12. What will the man do next?A.Take some pictures. B.Find his camera. C.Fetch his cellphone.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What was the womans first job?A.A hotel clerk B.A tour guide. C.A marketing manager.14.What helped the woman a lot during her business trip in France?A.Being able to speak Frenc
8、h. 高二英语试题 第 3 页 共 12 页B.Knowing some famous people in tourism.C.Having been to the country before. 15.Where is the woman now?A.In Singapore. B.In Switzerland. C.In China. 16.Why is the woman interested in this new job?A.It will offer lots of train travel. B.It will pay her well. C.It will be easier
9、than the present one.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How should the students deal with new words while reading?A.By paying little attention.B.By having a discussion. C.By using a dictionary. 18. What will the students do after listening to the material?A.Answer some questions. B.Write down the main idea
10、. C.Retell the story.19.What is the composition mainly about?A.Pets. B.Family. C.Health.20. How long will the listening and speaking exercises last?A.A third of the class. B.Half of the class. C.A quarter of the class.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选
11、出最佳选项。AWhen youre 101 years old, losing friends happens more often than not.“Ive lost some good friends at my age and of course I feel bad.”Frank Knight said.Frank was shocked at the news that his good friend Herbie wouldnt make it, Hes known him for 50 years. Herbie is a tree a 240-year-old elm tre
12、e(榆树) in Yarmouth, Maine.What made Herbie sick, and famous is that disaster of elm trees everywhere：Dutch elm disease. The fungus（真菌）swept across this country 70 years ago finally taking out just about every elm in its path.The fact that Herbie survived all those years all those seasons isnt some 高二
13、英语试题 第 4 页 共 12 页luck of naturerather a direct result of five decades of tender loving care from a volunteer tree keeper named Frank Knight.“They all said you cant save it. But Im so determined I said Im going to try,”Frank said. So he sprayed（喷洒）and trimmed（修剪）and loved that tree so much his wife u
14、sed to joke.“She said,You know, if that trees name was Susie Id be pretty jealous but she loved it as much as I did,”Frank said.Because of Frank, Herbie was able to survive 14 times of deadly Dutch elm disease. But by the time number 15 came along. Herbie had lost too many branches. “Im just gratefu
15、l that one was allowed to grow so long and so big and so beautiful,”Frank said as Herbie was cut down.After herbie fell last month, they cut up the pieces and gave them to woodworkers across New England. Those people are now fashioning Herbie into everything from furniture to salad bowls.The pieces
16、will be sold the profits will go to planting thousands of new trees, which should be a great comfort to Frank. You can only save a tree for so long but a forest, you can save forever.21. Why could Herbie live so long?A.It survived many diseases by luck.B.It was looked after by Frank for 50 years.C.I
17、t was not affected by Dutch elm disease.D.It was strong enough to fight against deadly diseases.22. The attitude of Franks wife towards his caring for Herbie was .A. unconcerned B.angry C.supportive D.jealous23. How did woodworkers in New England deal with Herbie after it fell?A.By making it into pr
18、oducts to sell.B.By cutting it into pieces as firewood.C.By selling it to a businessman.D.By giving it to people in New England as a souvenir.24. What would be the best title for the passage?A.The oldest tree in the world.B.The most beloved tree in the world.高二英语试题 第 5 页 共 12 页C.The serious effect o
19、f Dutch elm disease.D.The friendship between a man and a treeBResearchers at Pennsylvania State University chose 45 healthy overweight people who agreed to try three different kinds of diets. Their study appeared on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.One was a low-fat diet th
20、at included lots of fruits, low-fat milky products, and small amounts of red meat. The other two were moderate-fat diets. That is, the fat they included was not very high or very low. The kinds of foods and meals were similar to the low-fat diet, but they included more nuts and oils. The only differ
21、ence between the two was the avocado a pear-shaped fruit with a thick green or dark purple skin. One diet included a daily serving of one avocado, and the other diet had the same amount of fat from other sources.At the end of the study, the researchers found that the avocado diet led to a big, notic
22、eable drop in LDL compared with the other two diets. LDL is the bad kind of cholesterol（胆固醇） , which is found in your blood. Too much LDL in your body may cause heart disease.“I was surprised to see the added advantage of the avocado,”said Penny Kris-Etherton, a nutrition scientist at Penn State and
23、 the lead author of the study.She says shed like to do further research to explain the added drop in LDL in the study groups. Its possible that the fiber in avocados may play a role in lowering the cholesterol, she says.“In the U.S., most people do not eat an avocado every day because of its high pr
24、ices. Some people take it with chips,”Penny added.But one caveat for anyone who loves avocado dip（酱）：When its served up with chips, the calories can add up. Calories show how much energy food will produce. A half cup of avocado dip has about 200 calories all on its own.25. What can we learn about th
25、e three kinds of diets?A.The low-fat diet mainly included nuts and oils.B.The avocado diet included three avocados a day.C.All three diets had totally different kinds of foods.D.The moderate-fat diets probably had milky products.26. The study shows that the avocado .高二英语试题 第 6 页 共 12 页A.always cause
26、s heart disease B.makes people put on weight C.can reduce the level of LDL D.is a good source of nutrition27.What does the underlined word“caveat”probably mean?A.joke. B.choice. C.pity. D.warning.28.The main purpose of the text is to .A.report a research result B.introduce a kind of fruitC.describe
27、the avocado dip D.ask people to go on a dietCWell, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to thumb rides, and not just to school. Its awkward to be refused when you call a friend and ask for a ride. But with Twitter, you just look for other people heading the same way. It may s
28、ound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and dont branch out beyond friends of friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.The s
29、haring economy got big during the recession (经济衰退), It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom.According to the researchers at the University of Mi
30、chigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a drivers license. Today its six in ten. So its not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasnt rushing to get a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor（Sociology professor at Boston College）knows people of my age love being
31、 connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and thats a negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, thats going to be a plus. To me, another plus is that ridesharing represents something, much bigger than trying to sav
32、e money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me o
33、n Twitter. 29.The writer usually rideshares with .高二英语试题 第 7 页 共 12 页Aanyone heading he same way Bpeople he knowsCfriends of friends Dstrangers of his age30.Fewer young people choose to ride by themselves because Adriving means offering free rides to othersBgetting a driving license becomes more dif
34、ficultCdriving ones own cars causes a negative impressionDdriving makes them disconnected from technology31We can conclude from the passage that .Athe writer rideshares just to save moneyBpeople under 18 are not allowed to driveCsilver Super Beetle is the writers favoriteDthe older generation had to
35、 fight for freedom32Which is the best title for the passage?ATeens Use Twitter to Thumb RidesBTips on Reducing Risks in RidesharingCCar Is No Longer a Gateway to FreedomDNew Generation Knows How to Save MoneyDA proverb is a short, well-known saying that expresses a common truth or belief. Proverbs a
36、re popular around the world. Many proverbs give advice on how to live. Some proverbs are hundreds of years old, but they are still used today.For example, my son is just like his father in many ways. We often say the two of them prove the proverb that the apple does not fall far from the tree.My dau
37、ghter is very short. She would like to be taller. But I tell her that good things come in small packages. Some valuable things are very small, like diamonds and other jewels. But I also tell my children that all that glitters（发光）is not gold. Something may look valuable, but may not really be valuabl
38、e. Also, I tell them do not judge a book by its cover. You should not judge something only by its appearance.Sometimes I tell my children to cooperate（合作）to solve a problem. After all, two heads are better than one. But another proverb says too many cooks spoil the soup. If too many people try to do
39、 something, then the job will not be done well.I also tell my children that two wrongs do not make a right. You should not do 高二英语试题 第 8 页 共 12 页something bad just because someone did the same to you.Some people are pessimists while other people are optimists. Pessimists always think about how bad t
40、hings are or will be; optimists might say that every cloud has a silver lining and they always look on the bright side. Other people are both pessimists and optimists. They hope for the best and prepare for the worst.Some people often worry about what they will do in a situation that might happen in
41、 the future. We could tell them do not cross that bridge until you come to it.It is usually much better to prevent a problem from happening than it is to find ways to solve it. So we say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.33.The author often comforts her daughter with the proverb that .
42、A.the apple doesnt fall far from the tree. B.too many cooks spoil the soupC.two heads are better than one D.good things come in small packages34.If someone says“two heads are better than one”, he means .A.jobs wont be done well if there are too many peopleB.a problem will be solved easily by many pe
43、opleC.jobs will be done better if two work togetherD.you cant do something bad even if someone else does it35.Which of the following are optimists likely to say?A.Every cloud has a silver lining.B.Dont cross the bridge until you come to it.C.We hope for the best and prepare for the worst.D.An ounce
44、of prevention is worth a pound of cure.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文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。Its not enough to limit what you do for economy in your home. If you can stretch your efforts a bit further, why not help the world save its resources? Its time to go green.36 Whenever you go t
45、o a store，it seems you always go home with a plastic bag. How many of these bags do you actually re-use? Or do they just add up to the 高二英语试题 第 9 页 共 12 页worlds garbage?The world doesnt have to produce more plastic if only people would stop being careless with it. 37 When youre out to buy，bring your
46、 bags. Inform the baggers in the cashier that you have brought your own grocery bag. Or you can get one of those cloth bags which you can wash.Also, theres a growing tradition of buying recycled stuff-paper, home decors, and many others. Why not support this? Recycled items are precious because it h
47、elps the world with its problem on waste management. 38 This way, you can get your friends to like recycled stuff too.39 Garbage should be collected separately according to the types it belongs to. Never pour into a large container all your garbage. Make sure you put different types in different con
48、tainers. Help your community by making sure the other citizens sort their garbage, too.Got a lot of scratch(草稿)paper? I usually have problems with my printer, so I always have a pile of printed paper. What I do is that I contribute it to our department to support their recycling program. 40 Dont just throw away unsuccessful print-outs. Collect them and donate them to a paper drive.A.Sort your garbage.B.You can do the same.C.Refuse to use plastic bags.D.M
