2016年高二下期中试题

高二英语第一部分：听力（共两小节，满分15分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分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 is the man doing?A. Offering a suggestion.B. Starting an argument.C. Stopping a fight.2. What does the man think of himself?A. He deserves a free lunch.B. His salary is not high.C. He works hard.3. When will the party be held?A. On Friday.B. On Saturday.C. On Sunday.4. What do we know about the man?A. He has worked with the woman for twelve years.B. He thinks the prices in the store are too high.C. He has a slight hearing problem.5. What will the man probably do today?A. Have some guests over.B. Go shopping.C. Go to a post office.第二节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面2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，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读各个小题；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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6--8题。

6. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a drugstore.B. In the hospital.C. On the street.7. What will the man do next?A. Pick up something.B. Wait for someone.C. Go back home.8. What does the woman think of the man?A. He is impatient.B. He is clever.C. He is helpful.听下面一段对话，回答第9--10题。

9. Who is Dan the Bear?A. A fisherman.B. A singer.C. A dolphin trainer.10. What will the woman do before going to the bar?A. Go to the barber‟s.B. Buy some clothes.C. Perform onstage.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（本节共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分20分）阅读下面短文并完成每篇后面的题目。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。

AThe ocean is always moving：waves break on the surface，sea levels rise and fall with the tides，and currents flow below the surface．Although it looks as if the water in a wave is moving across the surface of the ocean，it is not．The water is actually moving up and down．This is why an object on top of a wave will bob up and down，but not move forward．When a wave reaches the shore，however, the water does move forward．It surges(前进)ontothe shore．This is because the “bottom” of the wave drags on the sand and the “top” continues on，crashing onto the shore．This crashing water is called the surf．Most waves are caused by wind blowing across the ocean's surface．The size of a wave depends on how fast and how far the wind blows over the surface and on the depth of the wave．Small winds can cause ripples，while strong winds create large hurricane waves．Along most shorelines．water levels rise and fall twice a day．These changes，called tides．are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon．The ocean surface lifts，or bulges(凸出)，in two places：on the side of Earth that faces the Moon and on the side of Earth that faces away from the Moon．Both bulges cause a high tide on nearby shorelines．At the same time that the high tides occur，low tides occur between the two bulges．Tides are also affected by the pull of the Sun，although the effect of the Sun is not as great as the effect of the Moon．When the Moon and Sun are lined up with Earth，the combined pull is the strongest，causing the highest high tides and the lowest low tides．These very high and very low tides are called spring tides．Weaker tides，called neap tides，happen when the Moon and the Sun are at right angles to Earth．High tides alternate with low tides．Along most shorelines，a high tide or low tide occurs about every six hours．11．The word “alternate” in the last paragraph means ．A．appear suddenly B．bob up and downC．change or become quickly D．happen or follow one after another 12．The best title for the passage is ．A．The Moving Ocean C．Tides and WavesB．Ocean and Earth D．Waves and CurrentsBIn a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.This is the only Ezra Pound poem that many people will read in their lives. Why? One obvious reason is that it‟s just two lines long. The poem, which can be understood as “A man sees a bunch of faces in the subway and thinks they look like flowers on a tree branch,” is an exercise in shortness. Pound wrote it after having a spiritual experience in a Paris metro (subway) station.In 1916, the US poet originally thought he could best describe his vision in a painting. Unfortunately, he wasn‟t a painter. So he wrote a thirty-line poem, which he didn‟t like. He dropped the long version in the waste bin. Six months later, he wrote a shorter poem, but didn‟t like that one either. Finally, a full year after the experience, he had been reading short Japanese poems called haikus, and he figured he would try this style. The result, which was published in 1913, is one of the most famous and influential works in modern poetry.This poem is one of the monuments (纪念物) of the 20th-century artistic movement known as “Imagism”. Basically, Pound and his friends thought that images (意象) weren‟t just decoration: they were the highest form of speech. By finding the right image, the poet can express the true, spiritual reality of a thing, which is more important than using a bunch of adjectives to describe its physical appearance. Thus, “In a Station of the Metro” is a poem that consists of one image expressed with absolute (绝对的) exactness and nothing else.To the imagists, the best way to describe an experience is not to use more and more words; the best way is to find exactly the right words. Have you ever told a beloved one that “words can‟texpress” how much you love them? Well, Pound would say that you‟re just being lazy. In his view, words can express anything, even if it takes an entire year to find the right ones.13. In the short poem, Ezra Pound .A. tells us one of his painful experiencesB. compares the passengers‟ faces to flowersC. describes a man walking among the crowdD. shows a wet, black tree branch in a metro station14. According to the text, “In a Station of the Metro” was .A. based on one of Pound‟s paintingsB. first discovered in a waste binC. influenced by haikusD. completed in 191615. Pound and his friends .A. stressed the importance of using adjectivesB. were good at describing abstract imagesC. decorated their poems with picturesD. used images to express their ideasCSome 30,000 years ago, artists who lived in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers, hyenas, rhinos, cave lions, mammoths and other creatures which have been extinct for a long time. The paintings were highly realistic. Some even showed movement.The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings which have ever been discovered. They were preserved because the cave was sealed---closed off--for more or less 23,000 years.Fast forward to December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean Marie Chauvet, who led the group then, describes the process of discovering the cave paintings. “At that time I was in the fro nt, Eliette just walked behind me, Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks with red ochre and she said, …They came here.‟ And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art(壁画). That is where it is tar ted.”Cave art expert Jean Clotttes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and paintings of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.”Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written. The United Nations‟ cultural agency UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage Site. They say that the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety.The Chauvet Cave has been named after the explorer who first entered it. However, its environment and drawings are too fragile to be visited by human beings. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.However, French authorities asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d‟Arc Cavern. The copy, which we also called replica, cost more than 59 million dollars to b uild. It opened at the end of April in France.Pascal Terrasse is the president of the cavern. He says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. He says the place is magic because it is doen so well. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000 people will be allowed to visit Pont d‟Arc Cavern every year.16. According to Jean Clottes‟ words in Paragraph 4, the paintings in the cave were.A.abstractB. superiorC. creativeD. inspiring17. Which of the follow statements is TRUE about the Chauvet Cave?A.It was closed off for more than 30,000 years.B.It is thought to be the origin of modern parietal art.C.The environment and artwork there are very easy to damage.D.The majority of drawings there are about the extinct animals.18. The purpose of creating Pndt d‟Arc Cavern is to .A.show admiration for the earliest artists in EuropeB.arouse visitors‟ awareness of protecting ancient artC.offer visitors chances to view the wonderful artworkD.collect money for the perseverance of the Chauvet Cave第二节（本节共5小题；每小题2分，共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。