湖北省宜昌市高二英语下学期期中试题 (1)

湖北省宜昌市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题
第一部分听力(共两节, 满分30分)
回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。

听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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. How is the weather today?
A. Sunny.
B. Cloudy.
C. Rainy.
2. When does the train leave for Boston?
A. 9: 25.
B. 12:00.
C. 11: 45.
3. What does the man want?
A. A cup of coffee.
B. Orange juice.
C. Pancakes.
4. What will they do tonight?
A. Go to the cinema.
B. Go to a concert.
C. Go to a restaurant.
5. Where are the speakers probably?
A. At a bank.
B. At a supermarket.
C. At a post office. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，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至8题。

6. On which day is there no train to New York City?
A. Saturday.
B. Sunday.
C. Monday.
7. Which train will the man take?
A. 10:30.
B. 12:20.
C. 15:10.
8. How much is a hard seat?
A. $15.
B. $6.
C. $8.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where is the woman?
A. At the doctor’s.
B. At the drugstore.
C. At the shop.
10. What can we learn about the woman?
A. First she went to an African seafood restaurant.
B. Then she went to eat Chinese seafood.
C. At last she had a lot of Italian things.
11. What is the man’s suggestion?
A. Don’t have anything.
B. Take some medicine.
C. Stay in bed for some days. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Where are the speakers speaking?
A. In the hotel.
B. In the restaurant.
C. On the phone.
13. What kind of room would the woman like?
A. Single room.
B. Double room.
C. Standard room.
14. When would the woman check out?
A. December 23rd.
B. December 25th.
C. December 27th.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What are the speakers talking about?
A. An actor.
B. An artist.
C. A cook.
16. What has Sam mo Hung become?
A. A producer.
B. A director.
C. A producer and director.
17. Where can we see Sam mo Hung cook?
A. On the magazine.
B. On the Internet.
C. On TV.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How often does the speaker go to Soho?
A. Every two days.
B. Once a week.
C. Twice a week.
19. How many languages does the Englishman speak?
A. 5.
B. 6.
C. 7.
20. What’s the Englishman interested in?
A. cooking.
B. Mountain climbing.
C. Languages.
第二部分:阅读理解（共两节，满分60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 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a group that helps to save important structures and land areas around the world. Recently, the WMF listed 93 endangered places in 47 countries. Here are a few of the places on the list.
The Rice Paddies (稻田) in the Philippines
These paddies were started in the 1600s and have been used for more than 400 years. They were dug from a steep, rocky mountainside by people who lived in the area before modern machines were invented. The WMF wants to preserve the paddies because they are examples of advanced buildings by smart farmers who had the simplest tools.
The Desert Castles of Uzbekistan
The Desert Castles rise from the sandy plains of Uzb ekistan, a nation in central Asia. Some of the mud structures are 2,600 years old. Over the years, hundreds of forts (要塞) were built to help protect farmers from invaders. Now the structures are breaking down due to centuries’ exposure (暴露) to the wind.
Italy’s Ghost Town
In the 1950s, parts of the town of Craco were damaged by earthquakes. Then, in 1963, a huge landslide (滑坡) forced 1,800 residents to leave the town for a nearby valley. It was the first time in 1,200 years that no one had lived there. The earthquakes stopped in the 1970s, but its residents never returned. The empty but beautiful town has become a favorite of Hollywood moviemakers, with whom it is becoming more and more popular.
A Marketin Bahrain
This 200-year-old covered building is an important part of life for people in Bahrain, a city in the Middle East. Several smaller markets are placed under one roof. Some of the original building still stands, though much of it has been changed. Today, some people are thinking about tearing down the old building and putting up a new shopping center in
its place.
21. Rice paddies have been placed on the list by the WMF because they _______.
A. are the oldest paddies in the world
B. are the only remaining hand-dug paddies
C. show the achievements of clever farmers before modern machines were invented
D. are the original source of farmers’ simple tools
22. Which of the places mentioned in the text has the longest history?
A. The Rice Paddies in the Philippines.
B. The Desert Castles of Uzbekistan.
C. Italy’s Ghost Town.
D. The Market in Bahrain.
23. More and more people are getting to know Craco because of _______.
A. its ghost mystery
B. its unique scenery
C. its terrible climate
D. its function as a movie-making location
24. What can we learn about the market in Bahrain?
A. This kind of market is very typical in the Middle East.
B. A new shopping mall is being built to replace the market.
C. The roofs of the smaller markets are connected with each other.
D. The market building is not quite the same as the original one.
B
There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington D.C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.
FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don’t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone.
You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists in their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can
receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work.
A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs (软盘), to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures in paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser (激光) printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr. Shostak says the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists will enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.
25．The main purpose of this text is to give information about________.
A．famous museums through the world
B．a computer art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C．art exhibitions in Florida International University
D．latest development in computer art
26．To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include________.
A．floppy discs
B．a computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a c omputer connected to the museum by telephone line
27．The museum was started when________.
A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C．art students needed a place to show their works
D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art
28．The words “an audience” in the last paragraph here refer to ________.
A．art students B．owners of computers
C．exhibits in the museum D．those who can appreciate art
C
In 1986, when Monty Reed was a member of the Army Rangers (黑鹰突击队), he had an accident. "It was a night jump, and we were jumping low," he recalls. "We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute."The parachute below blocked Reed’s air and his parachute failed to open. Reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, breaking his back in five places.
The next morning, Reed could not move. "Doctors said it was likely that I would never walk again." Reed stared out of his hospital window, wondering what the future would be like. It was the saddest moment of his life. "The experts are telling m e my body doesn’t work! What am I supposed to do?" he thought.
To distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers. The science-fiction describes a set of man-made muscles that would allow people to carry 2,000 pounds. He thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. So he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. Several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. He even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate.
Reed wanted to do something for others with the second chance that life had given him. He has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed out of their wheelchairs. Now he has started his own company to make the legs. "I’ve seen them compete in marathons and go swimming and mountain climbing," he said. "So never give up!"
29. Monty had an accident in 1986 because_______.
A. his feet hit the ground too hard
B. his parachute was under another person’s
C. another person’s parachute stopped his from opening
D. he was training to jump at night
30. Monty started to read Starship Troopers to ______.
A. create a new kind of wheelchair for himself
B. discover how to make man-made muscles
C. learn how to jump out of an airplane
D. stop himself from thinking about his pain
31. We can learn from the passage that Monty’s goal is to ______.
A. become a famous writer like Robert Heinlein
B. return to the Army Rangers and continue with his jumps
C. compete in games and marathons and go swimming
D. help more patients in wheelchairs to recover
D
An abandoned car in Chicago worth about $600 has been issued more than $100,000 in parking tickets over the past three years. Now Jenni fer Fitzgerald, 31, is stuck with the bill but says the 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo actual ly belongs to an ex-boyfriend who registered the car in her name without informing her.
The Expired Meter reports that from May 23, 2009 to April 30, 2012, the Chicago Department of Finance (DOF) issued 678 tickets against the car, totaling $105,761.80. It set a Chicago record both for the total number and amount of parking fines issued. In fact, it blew past the previous record holder, which was $65,000 from about 400 tickets.
But Fitzgerald says she doesn’t owe the city a cent and has filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in Cook County circuit Court against the city of Chicago, United Airlines and the ex-boyfriend. Fitzgerald has two main arguments in her case. First, she says her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Preveau, is the actual owner of the car, having purchased it from her uncle for $600 in 2008. In fact, Preveau paid for the car’s title, registration and insurance, but it was registered in Fitzgerald’s name. “ Brandon used his 2007 income tax refund to pay Patrick $600 for the automobile,” reads Fitzgerald’s complaint. “ For reasons not recalled by Patrick, however, Patrick signed the title to the car over to Jennifer.”
Second, Fitzgerald’s lawyer is arguing that the city should have simply towed the vehicle after 30 days from O’Hare Airport, where it was parked and where Preveau worked at the time. According to Fitzgerald’s complaint, on or before November 17, 2009, Brandon drove the car into the parking lot and never drove it out again. And as the Expired Meter
reports, Chicago law does specify that an abandoned vehicle is to be towed 30 days after being illegally parked.
32. After the Chicago Department of Finance noticed the car, it ______.
A. wanted to break a record
B. tried its best to find its owner
C. kept issuing tickets against the car
D. decided to play a joke on its owner
33. From Paragraph 3, we know that Jennifer Fitzgerald ______.
A. sold the car to her ex-boyfriend long ago
B. received the car from her e x-boyfriend
C. didn’t know anything about the car
D. wasn’t the real owner of the car
34. Jennifer Fitzgerald filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago because the city ______.
A. di dn’t inform her immediately it found the missing car
B. didn’t’ tow the vehicle after 30 days from O’Hare Airport
C. didn’t specify that an abandoned vehicle was to be towed
D. didn’t help her find the car when it was missing in the beginning
35. After reading the passage we learn that Jennifer Fitzgerald ______.
A. doesn’t’ want to pay any money
B. thinks Patrick should pay the fines
C. isn’t trying to find her ex-boyfriend
D. has never been to O’Hare Airport
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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Things You Should Insist on No Matter What People Say
Life can get pretty crazy at times. 36 Happiness is dependent upon ourselves, and there are some things in life you should always insist on doing, no matter what others have to say about it.Here is a list of some things you should always do.
1. Learn from your mistakes
No matter what people say, you will make mistakes in your life. Life is a learning process in itself. Some people will make you feel bad about your mistakes, or insult
（侮辱）you for making them. 37 Accept your mistakes fully and really figure out what went wrong.
2. Hug change and creativity
A popular proverb is, “You cannot solve a problem in the same state of consciences that created it.”38 Change and creativity are vital in toda y’s world. Things are always changing,so why should we be any different?
3. Appreciate what you have
___39___ This can take away from our happiness. Sometimes you just need to sit back and be happy about where your life is right now, and what you have to show for it. Sure people might tell you it’s not good enough, but don’t listen to them. It is good enough, and it gives you a sense of pride when you can enjoy the things you already have in life.
4. Listen to your heart
Sometimes you just need to follow your instincts（直觉） and do what your heart tells you. There are some situations, like relationships, that rely more on your heart than on your head. People will surely tell you differently, but you should always insist on listening to what you want and feel. Again,you are the one who lives with your choices, and you are the one that has to live with the “what ifs.” 40
A.Sometimes you just have to follow your heart.
B.Not everything can be solved in a traditional way.
C.However, being dedicated to something will pay off.
D.We can forget to take a step back and enjoy what we have in life.
E.However, don’t let that stand in your way from learning from them.
F.To some people your dreams might sound far-fetched, unobtainable, or downright silly.
G.Sometimes we forget how important it is to actually listen to ourselves instead
of others.
第三部分:英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom sky light (天窗). Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder 41 he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly 42 his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 43 ; he opened the door to the basement (地下室), and flames 44 out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt 45 because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he w as 46 by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped.
Sibson’s house was three kilometers 47 the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be 48 .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lyin g in bed when something like a smoke alarm 49 his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his 50 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 51 . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 52 the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson 53 and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I’m trapped!” coming from the second-floor balcony (阳台). He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his 54 .
After one more 55 inside the house, Huggons gave up and 56 around back.
The wind parted the smoke just 57 for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He 58 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and 59 Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off. Sibson is still 60 when he tells the story. “I was alone that night,” he says. “Then
I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”
41. A. before B. while C. since D. until
42. A. on B. in C. through D. over
43. A. hide B. wait C. check D. escape
44. A. moved B. gave C. went D. exploded
45. A. safe B. worried C. glad D. tired
46. A. burned B. stopped C. shocked D. covered
47. A. beside B. off C. across D. along
48. A. limited B. false C. fruitless D. regretful
49. A. struck B. missed C. touched D. passed
50. A. coat B. key C. basin D. phone
51. A. noise B. road C. smoke D. danger
52. A. search B. enter C. leave D. damage
53. A. call B. roll C. scream D. sigh
54. A. breath B. attention C. ladder D. flashlight
55. A. stay B. chance C. thought D. attempt
56. A. climbed B. circled C. looked D. jumped
57. A. clear B. open C. enough D. fit
58. A. led B. put C. drove D. shone
59. A. persuaded B. kicked C. pulled D. forced
60. A. nervous B. surprised C. proud D. thankful
第II卷
第三部分:英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many of us were raised with the saying, “Waste not, want not.” _____61.____ of us, however, can completely avoid waste in our lives.
Any kind of waste does n’t come with _____62._____(aware). Whether we waste our potential talents, our own time, our ____63.____ (limit) natural resources, our money, ____64.____ other people’s time, each of us can become more positive and careful. The smallest good habits can make ___65___ big difference. It’s a good feeling to know in our hearts we are doing our best in a world that is in serious trouble. By focusing on____66.____ (save) oil, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing a part____67.____ cutting down on waste.
We must keep reminding ____68.____ (we) that it is easier to form a bad habit than get
rid of it. Actually, severe damage ____69.____ (do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our grandchildren’s children will be able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, ____70.____ we can encourage mindfulness.
第四部分:写作（共两节；满分35分）
第一节:短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A poor milkman became wealthy by dishonest mean. He had to cross a river daily to reach to the city tha t his customers lived. He mixed the water of the river generously with the milk that he sold for a good profit. One day he went around collecting what his customers owed to him in order to celebrate a wedding of his son. With the large amount collect he bought plenty expensive clothes and gold jewelry. And while crossing the river the boat turned over and all his valuable purchases were swallowed by the river. The milkman became speechlessly with sadness. At that time he heard a voice that came from the river, “Do not cry. What you have lost are only what you earn illegally through cheating your customers.
笫二节:书面表达（满分25分）
第二节：书面表达（25分）
假如你是李华，是个集邮迷，在别人的帮助下，历经十年，现收集到120 多个国家的近万张邮票。

你有一个大胆的想法，想申请“收集邮票最多的人”的吉尼斯世界纪录。

请你用英语给吉尼斯总部写一封信，咨询以下问题：
1. 是否可以申请
2. 目前这个纪录的详细情况和相关的规则
3. 费用问题
注意：词数：100左右（开头和结尾已经写好，但不计入总词汇）
可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
参考词汇：吉尼斯世界纪录：the Guinness World Record
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Li Hua and I am from China. ______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
高二年级期中考试英语答案
第一部分听力
1~5 BAABC 6~10 BABAC 11~15 BCCCA 16~20 CBBCB
第二部分阅读理解
21---24. BDBD 佛州图书馆 25---27. CDD 黑鹰突击队
28---31. CBDD 古迹保护 32---35. CDBA 停车诉讼
5/7
36---40. GEBDA
完型填空
41---45. ADCDA 46---50. BBCAD 51---55. ABCAD 56---60. BCDCD
语法填空
61. None 62.awareness 63. limited 64. or 65. a
66. saving 67. in 68. ourselves 69. done 70. but
短文改错
1.mean—means
2. To
3. that--- where
4. a---the
5. Collect—collected
6. Plenty of
7. and---but
8. Speechlessly---speechless 9. are---is 10. Earn---earned
作文范文：
My name is Li Hua and I am from China. My hobby is collecting stamps very much and I began collecting them ten years ago. And at present, I have collected nearly 10,000 stamps from more than 120 countries and areas. I would like to apply for the Guinness World Record as the person who has collected the most stamps in the world. However, I don’t know whether you can accept my application. If possible, would you please tell me more detailed information, especially the relevant rules (related rules) for applicants? Besides, I also
want to know how much I should pay to make this record attempt.
I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours, Li Hua。