高二下学期期中考试英语试题

　　第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

　　第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

　　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。

　　1.What does the woman want to do?

　　A. To have an X ray.

　　A. Room 303, 3:00 pm.

　　A. Tomorrow. B. To go to the hospital. B. Room 303, 2:00 pm. C. To help the wounded man. C. Room 302, 2:00 pm. C. This Monday.

　　C. Not mentioned. 2. Where and when will the meeting be held? 3. When would Thomas and Lily like to leave? B. Next Monday or Tuesday. 4. What is the man?s choice? A. He prefers train for trip. B. He doesn?t like traveling.

　　5. According to the woman, what should the man do at first?

　　A. He should ask about the flat on the phone.

　　B. He should read the advertisements for flats in the newspaper.

　　C. He should phone and make an appointment.

　　第二节 (共15小题;每题1分，满分15分)

　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

　　听第6段材料，回答第6-8题。

　　6. How long is it since they met each other?

　　A. More than one year.

　　7. Where does the man work?

　　A. In a food factory. B. At a university. C. At the National Bank.

　　8. Which of the following is true?

　　A. The woman speaks German better than Spanish. B. Tom, John?s son, is in Grade Three.

　　C. The man has two children.

　　听第7段材料，回答第9-11题。 B. Less than one year. C. Three months.

　　9. Who are the two speakers?

　　A. A man and his wife. B. A man and his sister.

　　C. A man and his girlfriend. 10. 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 weekends together.

　　11. Which aspect of the picnic do the man and woman differ on?

　　A. Who should get the car ready.

　　B. How many friends they should invite.

　　C. What food and drink they should prepare.

　　听第8段材料，回答第12-14题。

　　12. Why does the man go to see the doctor?

　　A. Because he is seriously ill. B. Because he wants to see death.

　　C. Because the doctor wants his money.

　　13. What does the doctor advise the man to do?

　　A. Take more medicine.

　　14. How do you find the man?

　　A. He is honest. B. He is careless about his health.

　　C. He cares for his money beyond everything else.

　　听第9段材料，回答第15-17题。 B. Have a holiday. C. Give some of his money to poor people.

　　15. How has the man been feeling lately?

　　A. Lonely. B. Unhappy. C. Disappointed.

　　C. To do exercise. 16. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To learn English. B. To join a club.

　　17. What can we learn from the conversation?

　　A. The man is the woman?s elder brother.

　　B. You don?t feel alone when you have a close friend.

　　C. The man comes from the North America.

　　听第10段材料，回答第18-20题。

　　18. Why was the Mesa Verde National Park built?

　　A. To attract more visitors. B. To earn money.

　　C. To protect the culture of ancient Native Americans.

　　19. What language do the words “Mesa Verde” belong to?

　　A. English.

　　A. One. B. Spanish. B. Two. C. French. C. Three. 20.How many ruins were discovered in all?

　　第二部分 英语知识运用

　　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选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　21. Mr. Bean constantly get into awkward and absurd situations, which greatly amuses audiences

　　_____ their nationalities and culture.

　　A. in favor of B. in terms of C. according to D. regardless of

　　22. The relatives of the passengers in the missing Flight MH370 cann?t hide their feelings, _____ they

　　can make sure that the plane will make a safe landing on the airport.

　　A. except when B. except C. except that D. except where

　　23. For the sake of enough time for study and rest, students are _____ from using cellphones in our

　　school.

　　A. encourged

　　gases. A. content A. resembles physical beauty. A. more than nuclear safety. A. stated

　　B. issued

　　C. delivered C. It; what C. direction

　　D. addressed D. As; what D. failure

　　28. ____ is known to all, persistence is a kind of quality and that?s ____ it takes to do anything well.

　　A. As; which A. presence

　　B. It; which B. absence

　　29. In the _____ of proof, who is the thief is still not announced.

　　30. People read newspapers and magazines in order to keep themselves _____ of what is going on in

　　the world outside. A. connected A. hold on

　　B. informed B. take in

　　C. known

　　D. updated D. get over

　　31. He didn?t _____ to what I said because his mind was on something else.

　　C. catch on

　　32. _____ in Harvard is _____ most students wish for.

　　A. Being educated; what C. Eduacted; which A. didn?t travel A. sign science. A. that

　　B. when

　　C. which

　　D. what

　　第二节 完形填空 (共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分)

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　B. forbidden C.required D. kept

　　24. Scientists are increasely _____ that the earth is getting hotter because of carbon dioxide and other

　　B. conscious B. looks

　　C. convinced C. is similar

　　D. common D. likes

　　25. She _____ her mother in appearance but they are different from each other in character.

　　26. Inner beautity takes _____ a casual glance to appreciate and it is much more importnat than

　　B. less than

　　C. other than

　　D. sooner than

　　27. Heads from different countries gathered in Amsterdam and President Xi jinping _____ a speech on

　　B. To educate; that

　　D. Educating; everything

　　D. not travel D. exceptation

　　33. We were strongly recommended that we _____ in Malaysia.

　　B. wouldn?t travel C. hadn?t travelled B. singal

　　C. guarantee

　　34. Working hard is not only a _____ of great success, but it is among the essential requirement.

　　35. We should consider the students? request _____ the school library provide more books on popular

　　In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine，a was lying on the grass，reading a book with concentration. Near her，another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was with his back against a tree

　　and had a on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was in his task, like the first child.

　　the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, them, and encouraging their efforts.

　　I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it to me that a visitor here would have thought he had entered a formal school. He would have been even more if he had been told that the children he was came from different kinds of academic levels.

　　That has been staying with me ever since. I have been about some problems. Why in many schools are our children asked to acquire skills in a way from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a school child so often become a defeated school failure?

　　Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said, “ of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better. 36. A. gardener 37. A. poor 38. A. sitting 39. A. toy 40. A. laid 42. A. ways

　　B. child B. little B. standing B. pencil B. set

　　B. Above B. ideas B. As

　　C. teacher C. sleeping C. flower C. defeated C. Inside C. opinions C. Until C. occurred C. rather

　　D. visitor D. slight D. listening D. notebook D. lost D. Outside D. views D. staring at D. Before D. got D. ever D. surprised D. observing D. screen D. joking D. badly D. separated D. friendly D. None D. base

　　C. complete

　　41. A. Over 43. A. referring to 44. A. Unless 45. A. happened 46. A. already 47. A. satisfied 48. A. helping 49. A. scene

　　50. A. dreaming 51. A. seldom 52. A. taken 53. A. slow 54. A. Much 55. A. turn

　　B. smiling at B. went B. never B. teaching B. sign B. hardly B. lively B. Any B. feed

　　C. pointing to

　　B. disappointed C. delighted C. encouraging C. look C. often C. learned C. lucky C. Little C. draw

　　C. wondering

　　B. regretting B. prevented

　　第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题; 每小题2分，满分40分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing

　　and holding a fortune bag debuted(亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in

　　Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver

　　was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan.

　　Its debut seems to be a sign of competition against “Santa Claus”, according

　　to a report by Guangming Daily.

　　Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights,

　　Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,” said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine?s Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.

　　However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals.

　　In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance(继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.

　　56. The second paragraph implies that______________.

　　A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals

　　B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future

　　C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals

　　D. Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals

　　57. We can learn from the passage that _________.

　　A. an image design by Chinese people will be displayed

　　B. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese Festivals

　　C. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture

　　D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival

　　58. Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think _________.

　　A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now

　　B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand

　　C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings

　　D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals

　　59. What would be the best title of the passage?

　　A. Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals

　　B. True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture

　　C. Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese

　　D. Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS. Santa Claus

　　B

　　This year the selfie earned its place as the Oxford English Dictionary?s 2013 Word Of The Year. It has taken over our culture --- and our smartphones. The rise of the selfie has become universalbetween presidents, celebrities(名人) and citizens alikeand the trend is only continuing to grow.

　　A recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 54 percent of Internet users have posted original photos online. And of those hundreds of millions of photos, many are of selfie photos.

　　For example, currently there are nearly 62 million posted selfie

　　photos on Instagram, the social media tool that has significantly

　　contributed to the personal photo?s popularity. That figure, which

　　continues to rise every day, doesn?t even begin to include the selfies

　　shared on Facebook and Twitter.

　　What makes the selfie so attractive -- and why do we feel it a

　　must to take one? According to Dr. Pamela Rutledge, psychologist and director of the Media Psychology Research Center, the desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfies goes back to a biological behavior of all humans.

　　“I think it influences our sense of social connection in the same way as it does when you go to a party and people say ?Oh I love your dress,?” Rutledge told The Huffington Post. “Biological, social recognition is a real need and there is even an area of the brain that contributes to social activity.”

　　There is a way to adapt to the growing selfie culture. Whether you?re a selfie or an advanced poster, there are always things to be mindful of when you?re posting, Rutledge advises.

　　She offered two main principles to follow when it comes to posting on social media:

　　1. The Grandmother Rule

　　“Don?t post anything online, whether text or visual, that you don?t want grandmother or future employer to see,” Rutledge said. “Selfies especially.”

　　2. The Elevator Rule

　　“You wouldn?t say something in an elevator that you or no one else wants to hear -- the whole

　　world of social media is an elevator,” Rutledge said. “Be aware of the breadth (宽度) of platform. It?s easy to think you?re sharing a photo with a few people, but Instagram is public and people can come across things.”

　　60.What?s the main idea of the first paragraph?

　　A. The selfie is taking the lead.

　　B. Many people are fond of smartphones. D. The selfie is an important new word. B. need to be acknowledged in social life D. mean to amuse the public

　　D. celebrity

　　C. The selfie will take over everything. A. want to show off their new dresses C. desire to share good things A. greenhand

　　61. According to the passage, people like “selfie” so much, because they ___________.

　　62. The underlined word “novice” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”.

　　B. publisher

　　C. novelist

　　C

　　One of the highlights of the school year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology only lasts a few seconds but has a big influence. Residents of an MIT dormitory dropped an upright piano from their roof on 26th April to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having them appear on their college report.

　　About 200 onlookers watched as the piano crashed into a second piano, a baby grand, positioned on the ground six stories below for a better smash. People scrambled (争先恐后) for souvenir pieces-keys, hammers, strings and splinters. The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed irregularly until 2006 when it became an annual event. While most of us will love to go on a vacation for a week or two on a small private sailboat, without doubt, spending seven precious years on sea is something most of us will never imagine or dare to do. However, that is what an American family has done. Tom Crafton and Kathy Crafton along with their three children have traveled across the world on their 43-foot sailboat named Nueva Vida. Over the past seven years the family had sailed 30,000 miles and visited more than 20 different countries. The family has recently come back to their homeland. Living in the limelight(聚光灯)can be difficult but as these splendid pictures show for one bear the tourist train never stops. This arctic animal loves nothing more than an audience and will even climb out of his snowy bed to give the crowd a wave. The funny poses(姿态) of the friendly polar bear were caught

　　on

　　63. When it comes to posting on social media, Rutledge advises people to ______.

　　A. share photos only on Instagram C. be cautious in posting things online

　　B. talk about your photos in an elevator D. follow rules set by your grandmothers

　　camera by Swedish photographer, Hams Strand.

　　64. Which of the following is true about the first incident?

　　A. The typical style of celebration has been kept alive every year since1972.

　　B. Another small piano on the ground is meant to hold the falling one.

　　C. The students dropped the piano in celebration of their graduation.

　　D. The tradition became an annual event for MIT students several years ago.

　　65. The writer thinks Crafton family?s seven-year sailing is ______.

　　A. unusual B. strange C. common D. doubtful

　　66. What would be the best subtitle for the third incident?

　　A. The Limelight Makes Polar Bear Live Hard

　　B. Splendid Pictures of Polar Bear Attract Tourists

　　C. The Tourist Train Would Stop without Polar Bear

　　D. Polar Bear Says Hello to Tourists with a Friendly Wave

　　67. The passage is probably taken out of ______.

　　A. a novel B. a magazine C. a diary

　　D

　　Tiangong -- 1(or.Heavenly Palace)space module(舱)is the first step toward China?s plan to build a space station around 2020.Its launch(发射)by China has upset some countries，which are asking why China did not add on to the International Space Station that has been in place since 1998. After all, the Americans，Russians，Europeans and Japanese are using one platform to experiment in space. Questions have also been asked about China?s final purpose in space and suggestions made that there is something as unpleasant as the theme in a James Bond movie，in which Chinese-looking enemies were at the root of some evil(邪恶的)plot to control the world.

　　Chinese don?t see themselves that way, and never in history have they been flag-planting settlers.Most Westerners are educated in the adventures of the great European explorers，headed by Christopher Columbus and James Cook，and followed closely by the groups of culture egotists(自大者)with a mix of guns，gold and the Bible in their hands.

　　In comparison，Zheng He，the great Chinese sailing master，took groups of ships to Africa and the Middle East to promote goodwill, with gifts of chinaware and art.No flags claiming(宣称) possession of distant areas.But this is strange to Western society.

　　In this century，it is clear that space cannot be claimed by one nation.Yet advantage of technology in space does seem to be on some minds.Former US president Ronald Reagan caused shocks and worries with his Star Wars program.So when China shot down its own satellite as a test in January 2010 there were anxieties in the West about Star Wars 1ike scenario(剧本)becoming reality in the near future.

　　68. The launch of Tiangong -- 1 __________.

　　A. is appreciated by countries like the USA and Japan

　　B. will bring trouble to the western countries in space

　　D. a report

　　C. is part of China?s plan to set up a station in space

　　D. will help China be a member of the Space Station

　　69. It is most probable that the US，Russia，Europe and Japan ________.

　　A. are competing against one another in space wars

　　B. feel anxious about China?s setting up a space station

　　C. are cooperating to compete against China in space

　　D. have warned the world of China?s final purpose

　　70. The author of the passage mentions Zheng He _________.

　　A. to tell people China?s will never be enemies of world peace

　　B. to compare him to the great European explorers like Columbus

　　C. to indicate that he is the pride of the Chinese people

　　D. to show that the Chinese people are as great as other peoples

　　71. From the last paragraph，we can infer that _________.

　　E

　　Mark Thompson, the BBC?s director general, is expected to announce on Thursday that the BBC will quit its entire west London home -- possibly selling the land to Chelsea football club -- as part of main plans that will see more staff moved out of the capital to Salford and elsewhere.

　　The move is at the heart of the BBC?s long-awaiting cost-cutting strategy(策略)which will see nearly 2,000 more jobs going at the public broadcaster, and some original programming，such as daytime shows on BBC2, to save money.

　　Several thousand people are employed at the west London sites，including Thompson himself and the bosses of all the BBC?s television channels.The employees are expected to be relocated(重新安排)to Broadcasting House in central London, Salford, or elsewhere.

　　The BBC has been broadcasting at various locations in the Shepherd?s Bush area since moving into Lime Grove in 1949.It then switched to the Television Centre in 1960，and more modern offices at nearby White City.But it is now open to selling the site, and the broadcaster has had talks about attracting Premier League clubs Chelsea or Queen?s Park Rangers as buyers.Both clubs are looking for new homes.

　　Earlier leaks(透露)suggest that the BBC will seek to cut spending on sports where the corporation has already decided to share coverage of Formula 1 with Sky TV -- and imports，such as Mad Men and The Killing.BBC4 is expected to focus on “arts and archive(档案)”, but Thompson has long ruled out closing any channels or radio stations.BBC1 and Radio 4 will be protected，but there are

　　A. China?s shooting down its satellite made the scenario become reality B. some countries are trying to be ahead of the others in space exploration C. China will be in control of the world if she starts space exploration D. if a nation has a better technology in space，it will start a star war

　　expected to be some cuts to local radio programs, which will see stations share shows outside breakfast and drive-time hours.

　　The corporation is already committed to remove TV Centre by 2015, but because parts of the building are listed, the football clubs have expressed an interest in the BBC?s White City offices instead，which could be knocked down. The White City building is where Thompson and the broadcasters commercial division, BBC Worldwide, are based.

　　BBC sources say the 2,500 job losses being proposed(提议)include the 650 cuts to the World Service already announced, with up to l,000 coming from BBC News.It is understood that some staff who have only just made the move to Salford could see their jobs at risk. Salford is now home to Radio5 Live, children?s programs such as Blue Peter, and sports output including Match of the Day.

　　72. Why is the BBC planning to quit its west London home?

　　A. The BBC wants to earn more money.

　　B. The BBC would like to support British football sport.

　　C. The BBC is planning to save money for new programs.

　　D. The BBC has to cut down its cost.

　　73. The underlined word “eliminated” in the second paragraph means“_________”.

　　A. set aside B. cut out C. sold out D.put on

　　74. What will happen if the BBC moves its home ?

　　A. Some original programmes will be adjusted.

　　B. All the BBC staff will have to work outside London.

　　C. More people will be employed for new programs.

　　D. Some TV channels or radio stations will be closed.

　　75. From the passage，we can learn that ________.

　　A. the BBC will cover Formula 1 on its own as usual

　　B. the football clubs are likely to buy some of the BBC?s offices

　　C. the BBC?s commercial division will be open to selling the sites

　　D. the BBC?s offices are all in the White City of London

　　第II卷(非选择题，共35分)

　　第四部分 写作(共二节，满分35分)

　　第一节 短文填词(共10题小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

　　阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1)首字母提示;2)语境提示;3)汉语提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。 How time flies! Three years have passed since I (进入) the school. As a Senior Three student, it won?t take long I graduate. High school is regarded as the golden time in a person?s life. Now, I have much to share my schoolmates. Firstly, I?d like to show my appreciation to those by me all the way, teachers, parents and 朋友) included. Without their help and advice, my life would be different. it?s high time to say sorry to classmates whom I hurt or misunderstood. (交流) and smiles act as bridges to friendship. More importantly, I?ve made up my mind to make every effort to study, for I believe hard work is the key to success. Just as the old saying , “No pains, no gains.” his/her dream in the near future. I?ll attach great significance to our friendship formed at school, and I?d like to keep in contact with you after use of time, because time waits for no one. 76. ___________ 77. ____________ 78. ____________ 79. ____________ 80. ____________ 81. ___________ 82. ____________ 83. ____________ 84. ____________ 85. ____________ 第二节 书面表达 (满分25分) 假定你是李华，于2014年4月1日搭乘国外某航空公司航班(Flight BA793)回国后，发现遗失了一个行李箱(suitcase)现请用英文给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。 信件要点包括： 1.陈述写信原因; 2.简要描述该行李; 3.说明其重要性;4.期待回复并表示感谢 注意：1.信件格式已经给出，不计入总词数;2.词数120左右

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