高中英语高二英语上学期期中考试试卷五

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听力测试（20分）
第一节（共5小题；每题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。

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. What language does Mr. Black speak well?
A. Chinese.
B. Arabic.
C. Spanish.
2. What is Amy now?
A. She is an engineer.
B. She is a mathematician.
C. She is a manager of a company.
3. What did the boy think of the test?
A. The first question was easy.
B. The test was considerably easy.
C. All the questions were easy.
4. What does Mary’s father do for a living?
A. A gardener.
B. A vegetable grower.
C. A farmer.
5. Where is the man?
A. At the corner of the street
B. In a car.
C. In a
train.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

听完每段对话或独白前，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。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段对话，回答第6-7题。

6. Which age group do the two speakers most likely belong to?
A. Young.
B. Middle-aged.
C. Old.
7. Why can’t the man do gardening a lot?
A. Because of his back trouble.
B. Because of his leg trouble.
C. Because of his arm trouble.
听第7段对话，回答第8-10题。

8. What happened to the woman’s purse?
A. It was missing.
B. It was left home.
C. It was
stolen.
9. What did the woman go to the bank for?
A. To pay the bill.
B. To cash the cheque.
C. To open an
account.
10. Which is the right order of the places the speakers have been to?
A. Coffee shop—bookshop—bank.
B. Bookshop—bank—coffee shop.
C. Bank—coffee shop—bookshop.
听第8段对话，回答第11-13题。

11. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the school office.
B. In a classroom.
C. At the
student’s home
12. How long is one course?
A. Twenty-three weeks.
B. Fourteen weeks.
C. Three weeks.
13. When is the first course?
A. In June.
B. In July.
C. In August.
听第9段对话，回答第14-16题。

14. What did Steve want to be at first?
A. A teacher.
B. A famous scientist.
C. A doctor.
15. Why did Steve change his mind?
A. Because his parents asked him to do so.
B. Because he thought doctors were badly needed in China at the moment.
C. Because the woman gave him a piece of advice.
16. What did Li Hua think of English?
A. An interesting subject.
B. Nothing good.
C. A tool to learn the advanced science and technology from the West.听第10段独白，回答第17-20题。

17. What have all the family done to ensure Linda ten hours’ sleep at
night?
A. They went to sleep early.
B. They have stopped carrying out any activities.
C. They have kept quiet.
18. How many meters does Harry run every day?
A. 5000 meters.
B. 40,000 meters.
C. 500,000
meters.
19. How old are Linda and Harry?
A. Linda, 17; Harry, 22.
B. Linda, 22; Harry, 17.
C. Linda,
20; Harry, 19
20. Why do Linda and Harry train themselves so hard?
A. Their parents want them to do so.
B. They know that training is very important.
C. They fall far behind the others.
笔试部分（90分）
I. 单项选择（10分）
1. John Janson’s quick thinking and _______ first aid skills he
learned at school saved Ann Slade’s life, which shows that ______ knowledge of first aid really matters in any emergency situations.
A. ///; a
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. ///; ///
2. Sarah, hurry up or you won’t have time to ______ before the party.
A. get changed
B. get change
C. get changing
D. get to change
3. When ______, the museum will be open to the public next year.
A. completed
B. completing
C. to be completed
D. it completed
4. Please put all the desks and chairs _________ after cleaning the classroom.
A. in the place
B. at place
C. at the place
D. in place
5. To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______cycling as a regular form of exercise .
A. made up
B. put up
C. took up
D. carried out
6. This book is said to be a special one which ________ many events
not found in other history books.
A. writes
B. covers
C. prints
D. reads
7. I have searched ________ for the book but couldn’t find it.
A. thoroughly
B. technically
C. accurately
D. firmly
8. I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good ____ of direction.
A. idea
B. feeling
C. experience
D. sense
9. --Will the Browns go abroad this summer?
--No. They finally decided______.
A. to
B. not to
C. not going
D. not to
do
10. A driver should_______ the road when_________.
A. concentrate on; drive
B. concentrate in;
driving
C. concentrate to; drive
D. concentrate on;
driving
11. We are _________ by doctors to eat more natural food and take plenty
of physical exercises.
A. suggested
B. warned
C. informed
D.
advised
12. Do you agree to the suggestion ______ by Thomson?
A. putting forward
B. which put forward
C. was put forward
D. put forward
13. After the fight, a caretaker found that a young man ______ so he
telephoned for an ambulance.
A. seriously injured
B. was injured seriously
C. was serious injured
D. was seriously injured
14. Often the illness or injury is not serious, but there are other
times _________ giving first aid quickly can save lives.
A. that
B. whether
C. when
D. where
15. Which of the following is wrong?
A. They didn’t find the secret until they got home.
B. Not until they got home did they find the secret.
C. It was not until they got home that they found the secret.
D. Not until did they get home that they found the secret.
16. I wanted to drink some water, but there was _________ in the bottle.
A. nothing
B. not a little
C. none
D. a
little
17. Are you ________ that you have never seen him before?
A. cautious
B. optimistic
C. positive
D. delighted
18. Each time ______ they met, they would talk long hours together.
A. which
B. when
C. during
D. /
19. --Will you come to the party?
--Of course I will, __________.
A. if invited
B. if to be invited
C. if I was invited
D. if I will be invited
20. On the top of the hill ________ two tall trees.
A. does stand
B. is standing
C. stands
D. stand
II. 完型填空（20分）
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company.“What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled（手写的） 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 4 on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside,
a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of shoes I had 12 seen.
I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you”.
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker(闪烁) of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make
a 20 .
1． A．read B．thought C．turned D．passed
2． A．address B．list C．message D．information
3． A．forward B．behind C．ahead D．back
4． A．novels B．newspapers C．magazines D．food 5． A．what B．how C．whether D．why
6． A．dust B．sweat C．tail D．rain
7． A．led B．followed C．watched D．carried
8． A．hole B．mud C．water D．cover
9． A．magazine B．shoe C．sock D．bag 10．A．truck B．factory C．home D．store
11．A．asked B．fitted C．showed D．comforted 12．A．ever B．already C．never D．hardly 13．A．appeared B．seemed C．looked D．felt 14．A．for B．with C．on D．in
15．A．pen B．paper C．card D．notebook 16．A．tearful B．unbelievable C．curious D．puzzled 17．A．admit B．know C．consider D．express 18．A．sensed B．received C．lost D．gained 19．A．mistaken B．right C．all right D．possible 20．A．deal B．fortune C．choice D．difference
III. 阅读理解（30分）A
Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to
read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers. 1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?
A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.
B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.
C. They watch TV or read newspapers.
D. They listen to the radio every day.
2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _______.
A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper
B. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper
C. people can read news stories in other countries
D. people can read news stories about their own country
3. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?
A. You often play football with your friends after school.
B. Your teacher has got a cold.
C. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.
D. The bike in front of your house is lost.4. Which of the following is NOT true in this passage?
A. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.
B. People like to read interesting and unusual news.
C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is
happening around the world.
D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more
than three hundred years.
B
Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed
his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."
5. For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was ________.
A. improving worker's houses
B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk
D. providing the children with a good education
6. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ________.
A. into a rich family
B. into a noble family
C. into a poor family
D. into a middle class family
7. Owen's experiment in the United States failed because ________. A. he lost all his money
B. he did not buy enough land
C. people who visited it were not impressed
D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
8. We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy
free education until ________.
A. 1771
B. 1816
C. 1825
D. 1860
C
On June 17, 1774, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the college of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad manners, ignorant of every means of
living in the woods – they were totally good for nothing.
We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them all we know, and make men of them.
9. The passage is about ________.
A. the talk between the Indians and the officials
B. the colleges of the northern provinces
C. the educational values of the Indians
D. the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteen century
10. The Indian chief’s purpose of writing the letter seems to be to ________.
A. politely refuse a friendly offer
B. express their opinions on equal treatment
C. show their pride
D. describe Indian customs
11. According to the letter, the Indians believed that ________.
A. it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling
B. they were being insulted by the offer
C. they knew more about science than the officials
D. they had better way of educating young men
12. Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought ________.
A. young women should also be educated
B. they had different goals of education
C. they taught different branches of science
D. they should teach the sons of the officials first
D
Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability to study, so do their test results.
If so, use these tips to help you.
Study Techniques
You should always study in the same place. You shouldn’t sit in a position that you use for another purpose. For example, when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax. Don’t watch TV while you are studying. Experts warn that your concentration may be reduced by 50 percent if you attempt to study in this way. Always try to have a white wall in front of you, so there is nothing to distract you. Before sitting down to study, gather together all the equipment you need. Apart from your textbooks, pens, pencils and knives, make sure you have a dictionary. If your study desk or table is needed when you are not studying, store all your equipment in a
box beside it.
●Your eyes will become tired if you try to read a text which is on a
flat surface. Position your book at an angle of 30 degrees.
●Be realistic and don’t try to complete too much in one study period.
Finish one thing before beginning another. If you need a break, get up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat.
Test-taking Skills
●All your hard work will be for nothing if you are too nervous to take
your test. Getting plenty of rest is very important. This means do not study all night before your test! It is a better idea to have a long-term study plan. Try to make a timetable for your study which lasts for a few months.
●Exercise is a great way to reduce pressure. Doing some form of exercise
every day will also improve your concentration. Eat healthy food too.
●When you arrive in the examination room, find your seat and sit down.
Breathe slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often. Above all, take no notice of everyone else and give the test paper your undivided attention.
13. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. You should study in a different place every day, so you don’t get bored.
B. Your concentration will improve if you study and watch TV at the same time.
C. Check the time during the exam at a certain time.
D. Staying up all night and studying is tiring, but you will learn
a lot using this method.
14. What does the underlined word“it” refer to?
A. Your study desk or table.
B. Your textbook.
C. Your dictionary.
D. The equipment you need.
15. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. You shouldn’t look at everyone else during the test.
B. You will have enough energy to deal with your study and exams by
eating healthy diet.
C. You’ll concentrate more if there is nothing to distr act you.
D. If you feel tired during study, you can walk around for a few minutes.
16. What does the underlined word mean “distract” mean?
A. make people tired
B. make people happy
C. make people feel sleepy
D. make people less concentrated
阅读第二节：任务型阅读部分
阅读下文，从A-E中选择适合每一段的标题。

其中有一项是多余的。

A. Goods for auction sales
B. Way to sell more goods by auction
C. Auction sales in history
D. Brief introduction to auctions
E. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer
17. ________Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an
officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer o f the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes
a small hammer on a table at which he stands.
18. ________The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and
the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increase”.
The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
19. ________ The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of
a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer
therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting
a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against
each other.
20. ________ An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full
particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. Th e auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers; he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
IV. 单词拼写（5分）
1. My parents are quite s___________ with me. For example, they never
allow me to go out with my friends at night.
2. Having drunk the p__________ water, the little boy is suffering from
a bad stomachache now.
3. As we know, the world c____________ of seven continents and four
oceans.
4. This National Holiday we traveled to Beijing and a young girl acted
as our g___________.
5. The police said there were 57 such incidents in 2007, compared with
only nine the p____________ year.
6. Eve was cutting the grass, and m___________ Adam was planting roses.
7. A team of nurses a_____________ the doctor in performing the
operation.
8. Society is made up of a v___________ of people; some are good, others
bad, and still others in between.
9. To our d___________, our class won the first place in the Student
Basketball League Matches.
10. Warning: To avoid e____________ shock or injury, cut off power before
checking and repairing.
V. 短文改错（10分）
My home town is a pretty city, so people there are 1.
_____________
kind and polite. With the coming of spring, grass and 2.
_____________
trees turn green, and flowers grew in many colors. 3.
_____________
In summer, the sea under the blue skies is even more 4.
_____________
beautiful. After autumn arrives, the city looks as an 5.
_____________
old man with leaves fallen from the trees. In winter, 6.
_____________
a lot of white birds come to my city for food. I can 7.
_____________wait more patiently above the sea for quite a long 8.
_____________
time. While they find fish come to the surface, they 9.
_____________
fly down immediate and catch them without delay. 10.
____________
That is my city, and I love it so much.
VI. 英语短文写作（15分）
面对中学生“出国热”，社会对此有不同的看法。

请你以Studying Abroad 为题，根据以下提供的信息，写一篇百字短文，谈谈对此话题的看法以及你的观点。

注意：1．第一句已为你写好，不计入总词数。

2．词数100左右。

Studying Abroad
In recent years，studying abroad has been
popular．________________________
____________________________________________________________________ _____
参考答案
听力答案
Studying Abroad 1-5 CABCB 6-10 CCABC 11-15 ACBAB 16-20 CCBAB
单项选择
1-5 CAADC 6-10 BADBD 11-15 DDDBD 16-20 CCDAC
完型填空
1-5 CCDCC 6-10 DA ABA 11-15 BADDC 16-20 ABACD
阅读理解
1-4 CACA 5-8 DCDB 9-12 CADB 13-16 CABD
17-20 DCEB
单词拼写
1. strict
2. polluted
3. consists
4. guide
5. previous
6. meanwhile
7. assist
8. variety
9. delight 10. electric
短文改错
1. so—and
2. right
3. grew—grow
4. skies—sky
5. as—like
6. fallen—falling
7. I—They
8. delete “more”
9. While—When 10.
immediately
作文。