高二英语上学期期中试题及答案

育苗高中2002-2003学年高二上期中考试英语试题本试卷共四部分。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，共满分7. 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. When will there be a party?A. Next Sunday.B. Next Monday.C. This Sunday.2. What do we know about the woman?A. She decides to buy one coat.B. She hasn’t decided yet.C. She agrees to buy the other coat.3. What did the man buy?A. A suitcase.B. A briefcase.C. A leather suitcase.4. What does the man want to know about the word?A. The pronunciation.B. The meaning.C. The spelling.5. What is the woman doing?A. Trying to go to sleep.B. Working on a problem.C. Writing a paper.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，共满分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，从每题所给的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段材料，回答第6～8题。

6. How many miles did the woman use to swim every week?A. 35.B. 45.C. 55.7. Why has the woman given up swimming?A. She is too old to swim.B. She cannot compete with others.C. She cannot win any international competitions.8. How old was the woman when she became famous?A. Twenty.B. Fifteen.C. Sixteen.听第7段材料，回答第9～10题。

9. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A film.B. A lecture.C. Coal.10. What does the woman think will happen in the future?A. New kinds of machines will be invented.B. Coal will become important again.C. Atomic power will be the only sort of power.听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。

11. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a classroom.C. In a bookstore.12. What is the man doing?A. Returning some books.B. Looking for a book.C. Writing a research paper.13. What does the woman tell the man to do?A. To return the due books.B. To refer to the card list.C. To use the computer.听第9段材料，回答第14～16题。

14. What did the man put up on the wall yesterday?A. The picture he drew on his vacation.B. The picture he took on his vacation last year.C. The picture of him taken yesterday.15. What kind of pictures does the man dislike?A. The pictures prepared for cameras.B. The daily life pictures.C. The pictures taken by others.16. How many cameras does the man use more often?A. Twelve.B. Ten.C. Two.听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。

17. What is the speaker in charge of ?A. A small supermarket.B. A large supermarket.C. A small branch of a large supermarket.18. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. The prevention of shoplifting.B. The causes of shoplifting.C. The purpose of shoplifting.19. Who form the great part of shoplifters?A. People in their early thirties.B. People in their twenties.C. Teenagers.20. What measure doesn’t the speaker take to prevent shoplifting?A. Putting chains or alarms on goods.B. Hiring store detectives.C. Using closed一circuit television.第二部分：阅读理解（共二节，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.D），选出最佳选项。

AAAAGH! The Generation 90s is coming!Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut (初次登台).Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s group．EarphonesThese little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s. They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged-in, cool and perhaps self-addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears.Martian languageThey have created their own code-like online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers.Self-PortraitSaying “cheese”to their own digital cameras is usual for this generation. A little bit of narcissism (自恋) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect a little on their own lives．But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online.Text-messagingThey can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. This is a generation that respects efficiency. However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.21．According to the passage, if you belong to the Gen-90s , you will ____________ .A. jus t appreciate yourself and ignore others’ strengths.B. have your own symbols and lifestyle.C. have the same symbols and lifestyle of the Gen-80s．D. like music and dance very much.22．According to the text, the writer will choose ______ as a good example to the Gen-90.A. Li Hua likes music and always wearing ipodB. Zhang Chao is not only an imaginative boy but do everything efficiently.C. Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends.D. Fangfang likes being taken photos and often posting them on line.23．According to this passage, which is FALSE?A. Not all teens are cautious about posting photos．B. They type their mobile phones so fast that it can catch the speed of speaking.C. The Gen-90s have a preference for some music players, and even regard them as anecessary part of life.D. They don’t use the cool and complex online language in formal writing.24．The main idea of the passage is about________.A. the Gen-90s’ happy lifeB. the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90sC. the Gen-90s’ unique lifestyle and some practical warningsD. the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90sBBeauty has always been thought of as something we value most. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs.Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on the accused who are attractive. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability.Although to be attractive can have positive effect for a man if he wants to be an executive leader, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than unattractive men: effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly” qualities required.This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,”says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates(候选人). She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank then again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.25．The underlined word “liability” (Para, 1) most probably means “_______”.A. disadvantageB. advantageC. misfortuneD. trouble 26．In traditional female jobs, attractiveness _______.A. makes women look more honest and capableB. strengthens the feminine qualities requiredC. is connected with inabilityD. helps women in their jobs27．Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _______.A. turns out to be a disadvantage to menB. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to womenC. affects men and women alikeD. has as little effect on men as on women28．The author writes this passage to _______.A. give advice to job-seekers who are attractiveB. discuss the disadvantages of being unattractiveC. say something for attractive female executivesD. state the importance of appearanceCAs is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English?Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz.Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health.The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money.29．Americans use “red hot” to describe the following EXCEPT _______.A. something unfairB. small hot-tasting peppersC. the person who is very angryD. popular music like Dixieland Jazz 30．People use “in the pink” to express they are in good health because _______.A. the expression has a very long historyB. the color pink makes people feel happyC. people think the color pink is gentler than redD. healthy babies are born with nice pink skin31．When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______.A. enjoys himself in boatingB. is hit by a high waveC. has a stomachacheD. likes trees and grass32．In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?A. Being sent a beautiful gift.B. Passing a very difficult test.C. Failing in an important interview.D. Being invited to an exciting party.DEsmée Denters, an 18-year-old girl from a small town of Oosterbeek, Netherlands, is anexcellent example of someone who did something simple but created something big for himself or herself.Esmée has been crazy about singing since she was a child and it’s been her dream to become a singer for years. Her dad was always playing music and Esmée could sing along with it. She sang so much that her mother often said, "Esmée, be quiet!"She was mostly used to singing alone in her own bedroom. And she did not quite believe it until her friends told her that she had a good voice. Seeing that many people posted personal videos of their singing on a video sharing website, YouTube, she had the idea that she could do something similar.She posted her personal videos of singing on YouTube, and thousands of people loved them. Esmée quickly created a stir (轰动) on YouTube, making cover versions (翻唱版) of popular songs by famous singers —Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Alanis Morrisette, Alicia Keys and other famous musicians whom she could feel a connection with. Only a few months later, she wrote her own songs and posted videos of her original songs on YouTube.From the simple act of singing into her sister’s webcam (摄像头) and then posting her videos on YouTube, more and more people started to pay attention to her. Listeners became her fans quickly. Even some famous record companies around the world began to notice her. Many listeners urged her to give it a try on American Idol(偶像). In a short time, Esmée became very popular on the Internet, which was beyond her wildest imagination.33. When Esmée Denters was a child, she _______.A. always played music for her fatherB. didn’t have a good voiceC. loved singing and sang a lotD. often listened to her friends’singing34. Shortly after Esmée Denters posted her personal videos of her singing on YouTube, ______.A. she wrote her own songsB. she posted videos of her original songsC. she set up her own record companyD. lots of people began to enjoy her music35. What is the best title for the passage?A. God helps those who help themselves.B. A good beginning is half done.C. Practice makes perfect.D. It is never too old to learn.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。