北京市2012-2013学年高二英语下学期期中试题新人教版

市2012-2013学年高二英语下学期期中试题
I．听力(共20小题，每一小题1.5分，总分为30分)
第一节〔共5小题；每一小题1．5分，总分为7．5分〕听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最优选项。

听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话你将听一遍。

1.What are the two speakers most likely to buy?
A. apples
B. oranges
C. strawberries
2. How will the woman probably go to the station?
A. By bus
B. By subway
C. By train
3. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a store
B. At a hotel
C. At a laundry〔洗衣店〕
4. When did the woman hurt her leg?
A. Yesterday
B. Three days ago
C. A week ago
5. What is the man doing?
A. Asking for advice
B. Giving a suggestion
C. Making a complain
第二节〔共10小题；每一小题1．5分，总分为15分〕听下面4段对话。

每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最优选项。

听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题
6. What does the man think of Italian food?
A It is hot
B It is delicious C. It tastes terrible
7. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?
A. At an Italian restaurant
B. At a Chinese restaurant
C. At a Japanese restaurant
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题
8. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The only way of learning Spanish
B. The best way of finding home stays
C. The benefits of living with a host family
9. What should you do if you are a vegetarian ( 素食者 ) ?
A. Ask for help in advance
B. Tell the host family later
C. Follow the custom of your host family
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. why hasn’t the man decided when to hold the party?
A. He hasn’t decided who to invite yet
B. One of his friends is touring in Spain
C. The fixed time is not proper for everybody
11. What does the woman suggest?
A. Canceling the party
B. Putting the party off
C. Advancing the party
12. Who is not coming to the party?
A. David
B. Lily
C. Bruce
听第9段材料，回答第13至15题
13.What is the man most worried about?
A. Nobody can understand him
B. There is still empty space in the newspaper
C. He doesn’t know anybody in the poetry club
14. Why does the woman recommend Carl?
A. Because he is one of her best friend.
B. Because he is very popular among the students
C. Because he is the only talented writer in her club
15. What does the woman suggest be put in the newspaper finally?
A. Poems
B. Vacation tips
C. Job advertisements
第三节〔共5小题；每一小题1．5分，总分为7.5分〕听下面一段对话。

完成16题至20题，每一小题仅填写一个词。

听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

这段和你讲听两遍。

II. 单项填空〔共15小题；每一小题1分，总分为15分〕
21. — What makes you successful in this position?
— _____
A. Because I believe I will be successful in the future.
B. Thank you very much.
C. Are there any questions you would like to ask me?
D. Being responsible and working hard are the keys to my success.
22. Would you slow down a bit, please? I can’t _____ you.
A. keep up with
B. put up with
C. make sure
D. hold on
23. In order to change attitudes ______ employing women, the government is bringing in new laws.
A. about
B. of
C. towards
D. on
24. — Can I help you?
—I’d like a room with a bath. How much do you ______?
A. pay
B. offer
C. charge
D. afford
25. Take warm clothes ______ the weather there is cold.
A. in case of
B. in case
C. unless
D. once
26. But some day, all our hard work will ______; we will attend the university and have a satisfying career.
A. pay off
B. turn out
C. work out
D. go out
27. I ______ her if she had passed the test, but she didn’t answer me.
A. ordered
B. asked
C. responded to
D. talked to
28. — What did she ask you just now?
— She asked me if ______ the accident.
A. I saw
B. I see
C. I would see
D. I had seen
29．As parents, you ought to set a good ______ to your children, who learn your behavior quickly.
A. symbol
B. sample
C. type
D. example
30．— What will they ______ tonight in the theater?
— A tragedy.
A. put on
B. put off
C. put out
D. put up
31． Mr. Smith was _______ because of his carelessness.
A. laid aside
B. laid off
C. laid down
D. laid out
32. He finds it hard to keep _______ with the change of society if he stops learning.
A. company
B. time
C. faith
D. pace
33. Unfortunately, their car _______ in the mud after the heavy rain.
A. got stuck
B. got promoted
C. got lost
D. got involved
34. His heart swelled _______ pride when his daughter won the prize.
A. with
B. to
C. into
D. around
35.Finishing their shopping at the mall, the couple discovered that their new car _______.
A. had stolen
B. had been stolen
C. was stolen
D. is stolen
III. 完型填空〔共20小题；每一小题1分，总分为20分〕
In the 19th century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriage, pulled along by a team of horses, that could 36 more than twenty miles of road 37 sixty minutes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and communicate so rapidly, the 38 of the carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour. And even without 39 ,we can, by wireless or telephone, communicate within 40 with people on the other side of the 41 .
The benefits of the increased speeds are countless. Businessmen say travelling from Europe to America can 42 much time, for the journey that would once have taken weeks 43 now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Members of one family
separated from each other by long 44 can have talks with each other by telephone 45 as if they were sitting in the same room.
Not all the effects of speed, 46 , are beneficial. People who are in the 47 of using a motor car, 48 they want to move half a mile, become lazy and 49 the power of enjoying an active 50 . Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not 51 much of the life to that country as they are 52 .They become 53 anxious about moving quickly from one 54 to another that they are 55 able to relax and enjoy a happy journey.
36. A. cover B. discover C. move D. pull
37. A. by B. for
C. within
D. over
38. A. movement B. running C. speed D. travel
39. A. moving B. seeing C. speaking D. talking
40. A. months B. seconds C. weeks D. years
41. A. country B. globe C. street D. village
42. A. save B. cost
C. waste
D. take
43. A. spends B. has C. makes D. takes
44. A. ways B. periods C. distances D. journeys
45.A.
easily B. firmly C. nearly D. quietly
46. A. thus B. otherwise C. however D. meanwhile
47. A. position B. habit C.
group D. rest
48. A. in
which B. whenever C. wherever
D. why
49. A. get B. have
C. lose
D. want
50. A. activity B. driving C. w alk D. training
51. A. find B. know
C. listen
D. see
52. A. away B. out
C. back
D. past
53. A. more B. so C. too D. very
54. A. family B. floor C. person D. place
55. A. no longer B. no more C. for ever D. for something
IV. 阅读理解〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分〕
A
Each student at an engineering college in Canada gets a steel ring upon graduation in addition to graduation certificate. There is a story behind the unusual ring. Several years ago, a graduate from this engineering college designed an iron-steel bridge. Unfortunately, because of many mistakes in his design, the bridge collapsed soon after it came into use. This event shook the engineering college. And the college authorities decided to take back the framework of the iron-steel bridge and use it as raw material for making rings to give the students upon their graduation. The college wants the students to remember this lesson forever so as to avoid making such mistakes again.
56. Upon graduation each student is given a steel ring as ____.
A. a gift from the college
B. a model to make design
C. a warning to avoid making mistakes in design
D. a warning not to make iron-steel bridge
57. The wrongly-designed iron-steel bridge was finally____.
A. put into use
B. sold at a low price
C. used again after repairing
D. made into many steel rings
58. The best title for the passage is____.
A. A Warning Ring
B. A Shocking Event
C. A Great Mistake
D. A Lesson to Be Remembered
59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The iron-steel bridge didn’t come into use until it collapsed.
B. This bridge has been used ever since it was built.
C. The iron-steel bridge collapsed soon after it came into use.
D. The bridge collapsed because it was designed by a poor student.
B
I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak
a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again.
I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
60. The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer said
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
61. From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
62. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
63. In your opinion, what was the writ er’s real trouble?
A. He didn’t know the city at all.
B. He couldn’t speak the language.
C. He went too far in the wrong bus.
D. He followed the policeman’s direction.
C
It was a freezing cold winter day. My father and I went to the market to buy a few oranges. When we arrived, the market was crowded with people. We looked around and stopped at the sight of a small booth〔货摊〕. It was just a big piece of cloth on the ground with a few fresh-looking oranges. A young girl was sitting on the ground, reading next to the booth.
My father cleared his throat and asked,‘How much are the oranges?’
The girl jumped up and asked,‘Oh….what?’
‘How much are the oranges?’ my father repeated patiently.
‘Oh……two for one yuan ,’the girl answered politely. ’They are not fully grown……a bit sour(酸的),’ she added ,when my father was examining the oranges.
After a while he said, ’I don ‘t mind if they are sour……I’ll buy thirty of them.’ I looked at him, baffled〔使困惑〕. Then the girl put the oranges in a bag and gave it to him. My father paid for the oranges and we left.
‘Why did you buy so many oranges?’ I asked my father,
‘Well, she was so truthful and even told me that her oranges are sour; besides, she really enjoys studying. And look at her book-it’s so old; maybe she can use the money she earned to buy a book!’
I nodded my head. Just then, I felt somebody pulling my arm; I turned and recognized it was the girl from whom we bought the oranges.’ Here’s……here’s ……your change(找回的钱) ……’ she panted〔喘着气说〕, and put the money in my hand. Before we could say something ,she had already turned a corner and was out of sight. The girl and her oranges will be in my memory forever.
64. The underlined word ’baffled’ in the text can best be replaced by( )
A. puzzled
B. disappointed
C. delighted
D. satisfied
65. Why did the author’s father buy so many oranges?
A. He liked to eat sour oranges.
B. He wanted to help the young girl.
C. He thought the oranges were cheap.
D. He thought the oranges were fresh.
66. Which of the following can be used to describe the young girl?
A. Generous.
B. Careful
C. Honest.
D. Patient
67. The author’s main purpose in writing the text to( )
A. tell readers a moving story
B. express her own opinion on money
C. show her great respect for her father
D. praise the young girl for her good character
D
What’s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants?
It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people
in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.
Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK. It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡1 —the ticket included free milk from the farm.
Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength —in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡112 each for a ticket to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Performers included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.
Although many summer festivals are run on a profit- -making〔盈利的〕 basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating〔捐赠〕 millions of pounds to local and international charities.
Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty (贫穷). In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously (同时) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight (强调) international poverty and debt.
68. What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength〞?
A. The festival has achieved growing success.
B. Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.
C.The festival has brought in a large amount of money.
D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.
69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.
B. Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price.
C. Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.
D. In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.
70. We can learn from the last paragraph that _____.
A.the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts
B. the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London
C.London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals
D. Some superstars are concerned about global poverty
V. 用所给词的正确形式填空，每空仅填一词。

〔每一小题1分，共10分〕
1.This car is fantastic. I wish I _________ (have) a similar one.
2.You might find it __________(benefit) to STUDY before your next exam.
3.Who will be the ____________(photograph) at your wedding?
4.The British ___________(defeat) the French in the final battle.
5.I work for the government so I am __________(accustom) to doing a lot of
bureaucratic work.
6.Once you ________(grasp) how to do this maths problem, please explain it to me!
7.In the war, men of all different ________(rank) helped in the defence of the city.
8.I think that the old man has a mental ____________(disabled).
9.Who do you suggest _________(be) sent to work there?
10.This special school is for __________(gift) children.
VI. 写作〔15分〕
假设你是李华，你的小侄女在你家与你度过了一个开心的暑假。

请用英语写一封信向你的美国笔友Emily介绍一下你的小侄女，与她分享这段快乐时光。

写作内容：
1．小侄女的年龄，相貌；
2．你家人与她的相处；
3．你和她一次开心的经历；
注意：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 参考词汇：小侄女 little niece；
3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；
4. 词数：80左右。

Dear Emily,
How are you? Thanks for your last letter.
I hope you can share some interesting stories with me. Look forward to hearing from
you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
市育园中学2012——2013学年度第二学期
高二年级英语期中试题答案
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Dear Emily,
How are you? Thanks for your last letter.
This summer holiday, I had a wonderful time with my little niece. She is a ten-month-old baby, who is the loveliest child I have ever seen. Her face is like a red apple and her eyes are like bright stars. When you carry her in your arms, she likes to put her arms around your neck. All the members of my families love her very much and often try to make her smile, but quite often it is she who makes us laugh. Once I winked at her and she smiled. When I did it again, she watched me attentively. Then she tried to copy me. When I saw this, I began to laugh. When I looked at her again, she was looking at me, puzzled, as if she was asking, "What are you laughing at?〞
I hope you can share some interesting stories with me. Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
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