1、 高二 年级英语 第一学期 期中考试试题 2 本试题满分 150 分，答题时间 120 分钟 一。 听力测试（ 30 分） 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。听完每段对话后，你有 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 Which sign should it be? A. No Smoking. B. No Photos. C. Be Careful. 2. When will the man leave? A. At 5:00. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:30. 3. What
2、 will they do first? A. Fix a bookshelf. B. Search for a pen. C. Write a letter. 4. What can we learn from this conversation? A. The man is a stranger but the woman isnt. B Neither of them is a stranger. C. Both of them are strangers. 5. What did the woman want the man to do? A. To come within 30 mi
3、nutes. B. To check the pipes. C. To tell her the leak. 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题听 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 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 8 题。 6. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a restaurant. B. On a train. C. In a
4、bus. 7. Where will they most probably go? A. To the cinema. B. To the mans home. C. To the womans home. 8. Why cant they see the conductor? A. Because there is no conductor. B. Because there are too many people. C. Because they dont know who the conductor is. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至 11 题。 9. What product o
5、r service is the clerk trying to sell? A. A free trip to Hawaii. B. A match in a local club. C. A membership to a sports club. 10. Why does the man turn down the offer? A. He doesnt need the service being provided. B. He has his own sports club around the house. C. He never buys things over the phon
6、e. 11. Which statement is true about the do not call list according to the conversation? A. The man might be called by another clerk in the coming weeks. B. The man requested that his name be added to the companys phone list. C. The company will stop phoning him upon his request immediately 听第 8 段材料
7、，回答第 12 至 14 题。 12. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Friends. B. Strangers C. Classmates. 13. How long will the man stay here? A. 7 days. B. 2 weeks. C. 1 month. 14. What does the man like about China? A. High mountains. B. Long rivers. C. High mountains, long rivers and people. 听
8、第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 16 题。 15. What does Li Mei suggest the woman do in her letter? A. Stay in bed and keep warm. B. Drink a lot of water and go to hospital. C. Both A and B. 16. What will Li Mei do on Saturday afternoon? A. Go to hospital for an X-ray. B. Pay a visit to the woman. C. Have dinner with t
9、he woman. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Why are London taxi drivers very efficient? A. Because they have a driving license. B. Because they have received special training. C. Because the traffic conditions in London are good. 18. How long does the training period last? A. Two to four months. B. At le
10、ast half a year. C. Two years or more. 19. Why does the speaker think the driving test is a terrible experience? A. The learner has to go through several tough tests. B. The learner usually fails several times before he passes it. C. The driving test usually lasts two months. 20. Why do learner driv
11、ers have to keep their present jobs? A. They dont want their present bosses to know what theyre doing. B. They want to earn money from both jobs. C. They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet. 二、单项选择（ 15 分） 21. His mother wanted to discourage him _ his cousin. A. to argue with B. argue with C. from
12、arguing with D. argued with 22. He felt guilty about _ basketball as you are. A. being as gifting at B. being so gifted for C. not being as gifted at D. not being so gifted for 23. The young plants need _. A. taking care of B. to be taking care of C. to take care of D. being taken care of 24. I regr
13、et _ you that you didnt pass the driving test. A. to tell B. telling C. having been told D. being told 25. When I opened the door, I found my father sitting in his armchair, completely _ a magazine. A. absorbing in B. absorbed in C. absorbing to D. absorbed to 26. Large amount of food _ wasted at th
14、e dinning table in some school. A. is B. are C. has D. have 27. Over one thousand people visited the exhibition _ those who were present at the opening ceremony on he first day. A. except B. except for C. beside D. in addition to 28. We are _ water, we had better store more. A. running out B. runnin
15、g out of C run out D. run out of 29. _ the airport, Jacky Chen was surrounded by reporters. A. As soon as arriving B. Upon he arrived at C. On arriving D. Upon arrival at 30. What if _ yesterday? A. he come B. did he come C. he came D. he comes 31. The flood in that area has _ many thousands fo deat
16、hs. Which is wrong? A. resulted in B. led to C. caused D. resulted from 32. Please go on trying .I, sure the efforts you are _ will pay off. A. making B. doing C. giving D. sparing 33. At 7:30 Ill drive over to _ you _. Please get ready at that time. A. pick; on B. pick; out C. pick; up D. pick; off
17、 34. Is this the watch you wish _? A. to have repaired B. to repair it C. to have it repaired D. will be repaired 35. _ many times, but he still couldnt understand it. A. Having been told B. Though he had been told C. He was told D. Having told 三完型填空 There are some places on our earth where hot wate
18、r and steam come up from under the ground .One of the places is a large island in _36_ Pacific Ocean. It is North Island in New Zealand. The earth _37_ which we live is a big ball of very hot rock. It is hot inside and cold _38_.If not so, no one could live here. It is soft inside and hard outside,
19、which is _39_ of rocks. It has a shell( 壳 ) just _40_ an egg. There are some cracks (裂缝 ) _41_ the shell of the earth in some places. In New Zealand this part of the shell seems to have more cracks _42_ in other places on the earth. There are places where the ground is _43_ hot that it burns your fe
20、et. In some places, hot water shoots into the air from _44_ to time. And in other places, you can _45_ the water boiling and the _46_ coming up from pools of hot water. _47_ you put some eggs in the hot water, _48_ will be done in a few minutes. In those places people make _49_ of the heat that come
21、s from inside the earth. Some of _50_ cook food in the hot pools. They put food into a container and place it in the water. _51_ a while the food will be ready to _52_. Many people bring the hot water from below the earth into their homes. They do this by putting a long _53_ into the ground. In this
22、 way they get hot water and steam for cooking and washing, and for heating their homes. For most of us, the heat under our feet is too far away to use. The people who get heat from inside the earth are _54_ . They dont have to _55_ for the hear they use. 36. A. a B. / C. the D. one 37. A. of B. over
23、 C. with D. on 38. A. out B. outside C. in D. inside 39. A. made B. changed C. turned D. produced 40. A. as B. of C. like D. up 41. A. on B. in C. under D. above 42. A. that B. than C. as D. which 43. A. very B. too C. so D. terrible 44. A. place B. time C. wind D. pools 45. A. see B. hear C. touch
24、D. taste 46. A. animals B. air C. smoke D. steam 47. A. When B. Although C. If D. But 48. A. it B. they C. he D. she 49. A. fun B. use C. it D. food 50. A. them B. which C. us D. the places 51. A. During B. For C. After D. Before 52. A. have B. do C. eat D. get 53. A. table B. wire C. tap D. pipe 54
25、. A. rich B. poor C. foreigners D. lucky 55. A. look B. wait C. pay D. care 四阅读理解 A Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive (存活 ) if the rain is spread throughout the y
26、ear. If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form. Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘 ) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit,
27、 the dunes grow over the years, always moving with he winds and changing he shape. Most of hem are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high. There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs ( 悬崖 ) and deep val
28、leys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, hear and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing - very, very slowly - as these forces of nature
29、 continue to work on the rock. Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes
30、to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely. 56. Many plants may survive in deserts when _. A. the rain is spread out in a year B. the rain falls only in a few weeks C. there is little rain in a year D. it is dry all the year round 57. Sand dun
31、es are formed when _. A. sand piles up gradually B. there is plenty of rain in a year C. the sea has dried up over the years D. pieces of rock get smaller 58. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is _. A. too much sand B. more sand than before C. nothi
32、ng except sand D. something else besides sand 59. It can be learned from the text that in a desert _. A. There is no rainfall throughout the year B. life exists in rough conditions C. all sand dunes are a few feet high D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat B When I was in the third grade ,I w
33、as picked to be the princess(公主 )in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on stage, every word disappeared form my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrators(解说员 )part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didnt tell me mother wh
34、at had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard. It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英 )popping through the grass in bunches ,as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down b
35、y one of the bunches. I think I am going to dig up all these weeds. she said.“ Form now on, well have only roses in this garden. “ But I like dandelions, I protested.“ All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions! My mother looked at me seriously.“ Yes , every flower gives pleasure in its own way, does
36、nt it? she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. and that is true of people ,too. She added. When I realized that she had guessed my pain , I started to cry and told her the truth. “ But you will be a beautiful narrator , she said , reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her . Over the ne
37、xt few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me . “ Your mother asked me to give this to you . she said , handing me a dandelion . After the play, I took home the flower , laughing t
38、hat I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed . 60 What was the season when the story happened? A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. D. Spring. 61. The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because_. A. she felt nervous on the stage B. she lost her interest in that role C. she
39、 preferred the role of the narrator D. she had difficulty memorizing her words 62. Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden ? A. To remove the dandelions. B. To enjoy the garden scene C. To have a talk with her daughter D. To help her daughter with the play. 63. What is the main idea of the s
40、tory? A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world C. Everybody should learn to play different roles. D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory. C Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. Im not a football commentator(评论员 )，
41、though just an English teacher in Japan. I come to Japan tow years ago, and didnt think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you . People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think its best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a sm
42、all town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But Id say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better
43、 choices. I teach English privately , which means Im my own boss . If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, its well worth doing a TEEL course first , because your lessons will be much better for it . The problem with private teaching is finding students ; it took me a year to build up a
44、full schedule(日程表 )of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time . Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here. The schools are reluctant to take time offeven teachers with tickets for the England Argentina game had trouble getting the day off. 64. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in _. A. Tokyo B. a small C. a city o
