云南省景洪市第一中学高二英语上学期期中测试试题新人教版

景洪市第一中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期中测试英语试题
本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试用时100分钟，考试结束，将本卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷( 共110分)
注意事项：
1、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2、每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在试题卷上。

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，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。

What does the man mean?
A. He isn’t going to attend the party probably.
B. He didn’t get the message the woman left.
C. He didn’t understand the woman’s message.
2. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Doctor and patient.
B. Mother and son.
C. Teacher and student.
3. How long does it take the woman to drive home if she leaves after 5:30 p.m.?
A. 25 minutes.
B. Half of an hour.
C. Three quarters of one hour.
4. How often does the restaurant offer its dinner specials?
A. Twice a day.
B. Twice a week.
C. Once a week.
5. What is in the man’s bag?
A. Some CDs.
B. Some bottles.
C. Some books.
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，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，并标在试卷相应位置。

听每段对话和独白前，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。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the woman want?
A. Books on teaching.
B. Books on travel.
C. Books on Egypt.
7. How long is the woman going to stay in Africa?
A. 6 months.
B. 9 months.
C. 12 months.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why does the woman call Mike?
A. To borrow some books from him.
B. To buy some books by Dickens.
C. To go shopping with him.
9. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman changes her mind.
B. The woman is speaking to Mike.
C. The woman’s number has changed.
10. What’s the woman’s telephone number?
A. 62016495.
B. 68733558.
C. 68735358.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.What’s the probable rela tionships between the speakers?
A. Coach and athlete.
B. Doctor and patient.
C. Clerk and customer.
12. Why does the woman want to have a word with the man?
A. To know something about joining the gym.
B. To find an instructor for her job.
C. To treat her injury on the knee.
13. How much will the woman pay for a month at last?
A. 30 dollars.
B. 40 dollars.
C. 70 dollars.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the man?
A. A clerk in a bank.
B. A receptionist.
C. A clerk in the post office.
15. Why does the woman want to borrow money?
A. To open a music shop for her son.
B. To open a laundry shop for herself.
C. To open a flower shop for her daughter.
16. What does the conversation take place?
A. In a bank.
B. At home.
C. On the phone,
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker?
A. A doctor.
B. A volunteer.
C. A nurse.
18. What does the speaker think of her job?
A. Hard and boring.
B. Hard but happy.
C. Easy and happy.
19. What is the life like in these villages?
A. Comfortable.
B. Isolated.
C. Hard.
20. Why does the speaker make this writing?
A. To call for money.
B. To call for volunteers.
C. To get people’s understand and support.
第二部分：英语知识运用
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
从下列A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的正确答案。

21．——Let’s go to ___________ cinema .
——That’ll take your mind off the problem for _________ while .
A. the ; the
B. a; a
C. a; the
D. the ; a
22. ——Where does Mr. Black live ? Can you guess ?
——Sorry, I can’t guess _________________ .
A. where he lives in
B. where does he live
C. where he lives
D. where does he live in
23. ——Do you want a lift home ?
——It’s very kind of you , but I have to work late in the office . I overslept this morning because my alarm clock _________ .
A. won’t go off
B. didn’t go off
C. doesn’t go off
D. wasn’t going off
24. If I don’t go to see a film , .
A. so shall she
B. so does she
C. neither will she
D. either shall she
25. ——A good book is a good friend . You can get the help you need from it .
——You said it . _______________________ .
A. All right
B. I agree
C. Very interesting
D. I disagree
26. Staying _________ you are means you will fall behind others .
A. when
B. where
C. there
D. at the place
27.Trees on the hills can stop the rains from _____away the soil.
washing B. washed C. to wash D. washes
28..E- mail, as well as telephones ,_____an important part in daily communication.
A. have played
B. play
C. are playing
D. is playing
29. Was it because of the heavy snowstorm in Europe ______ the flight had to be put off.
A. which
B. so
C. why
D. that
30. Tom, you _____ leave all your clothes on the floor like this!
A. wouldn’t
B. mustn’t
C. needn’t
D. may not
31.______ more attention, the tree could have grown better.
A. Given
B. To give
C. Giving
D. Having given
32.The next thing he saw was smoke from behind the house.
A. rose
B. rising
C. to rise
D. risen
33.Lydia doesn’t feel like abroad. Her parents are old.
A. study
B. studying
C. studied
D. to study
34．2 —Your job ____ open for your return．
—Thanks．
A．will be kept B．will keep C．had kept D．had been kept
Most of the people ________ to the party were famous scientists.
A. invited
B. to invite
C. being invited
D. inviting
36. Would you please keep silent? The weather report ______ and I want to listen. Ａ、is broadcast B、had been broadcast
C、has been broadcast
D、is being broadcast
37._____we’ll go for a walk is_____I want to know.
A.Whether ; what
B.Whether ; that
C. If ; what
D. If ; that
38. Ancient Rome was a country _____culture influenced the western world for centuries who B. whose C .which D. where 39. _____ our earth, or else it will be no longer fit for us to live on.
Ａ、protecting B、to protect C、protect D、protected
40. Not until I began to work_____ how much time I had wasted.
A.didn’t I realize
B.did I realize
C. I didn’t realize
D. Realized
第二节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
Making a film
Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Shooting the film often takes _41_ six months. Actors and cameramen work _42_ very early in the morning until late at night. Each scene has to be acted and reacted, filmed and refilmed, until it is just __43. Sometimes the same scene __44_ have to be acted many times.
The film studio is like a large _45_, and the indoors stages are very big indeed. Scenery
of all kinds is made in the studio: churches, houses and forests are all built of wood and cardboard. Several hundred people work together to make one film. __46__ of these people are the actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most __47_ in a film studio. He decides how the scenes should be filmed and how the actors should act.
Many people go to see a film because they know the film stars in it. _48_ the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film_ 49 by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real. People feel that themselves are __50_ the people in the film.
( ) 41. A、at most B、about C、for D、at least
( )42. A、for B、when C、from D、since
( ) 43. A、right B、well C、really D、finished
( ) 44. A、should B、may C、can D、must
( ) 45. A、hall B、cinema C、school D、factory
( ) 46. A、Some B、All C、A few D、None
( ) 47. A、difficult B、hard C、important D、different
( )48. A、Some time B、Sometimes C、Sometime D、Some times
( )49. A、made B、having made C、which made D、was made
( ) 50. A、for B、between C、of D、among
第三部分：阅读理解 ( 满分30分，注意把51—55的答案写在第二卷上规定的地方。

56—65填涂到答题卡上)
A
A German who has been a volunteer teacher in the Guangxi countryside for ten years is a celebrity ( 名人)in China these days .
42-year-old Echart Lowwe was born in Hamburg , Germany . He graduated from the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1990s, Echart Lowwe traveled to China and became greatly interested in the country . In 1999 , he started working as a high school teacher in the city of Hechi , Guangxi . Later he went to a primary school in the remote Banlie Village to work as a volunteer teacher . He is still teaching there now . His teaching methods are different from Chinese teachers . He never uses textbooks in class or sets exams .He seldom tells students how to do things , but instead encourages his pupils to be independent . He teaches music , nature and painting . To teach his students the spirit of teamwork , he asked them to paint a picture together . Lowwe loves being with children . Kids love him back . He is often seen surrounded by groups of kids. “I feel he is our loved one .He is close to us ,”one of his students says.
Lowwe said “ I have always had the desire to teach in the countryside. I am doing what I want to do now . If I had to die ri ght now , I would die happily ,” he said .
第一节：根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正（ T ）误（ F ）。

（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分，把答案写在第二卷上规定的地方）。

51 Echart Lowwe is a volunteer teacher from Germany .
52. He used to work as a painter in Hechi .
53. He has his own ways of teaching .
54. Kids love him because he helps them do exams better .
55. Echart Lowwe doesn’t regret what he is doing
B
Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he is paid less. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on them.
One afternoon there was a big football match on the playground. He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole outside the playground and climbed it quickly. A policeman came and said, “It is dangerous to stay on it! Come down!”
“Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “which team has kicked a goal?” “Ours!” “wonderful! You can stay there. But take care!” The policeman said happily and left. When the match would be soon over, he came back again and asked, “w ho has won?” “Theirs, 3:2 ““ Come down,” the policeman said angrily. “ Such a match is not worth watching!”
Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who has kicked a goal.”
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

56. From the passage we know that _________.
A. Henry doesn’t like his work
B. Henry comes from a rich family.
C. Henry is paid less
D. Henry doesn’t like the policeman
57. Henry failed to get a ticket for the match that day because ___________.
A. all the tickets were sold out
B. he didn’t want to buy a ticket
C. he had no time to buy a ticket
D. he had no money to buy a ticket
58. The policeman asked Henry to come down the pole at first because ____________.
A. the other team kicked a goal
B. Henry had no ticket
C. their team kicked a goal
D. it was dangerous
59. From the third paragraph, we can guess that _____________.
A. the policeman wanted to teach Henry a lesson.
B. the policeman was also a football fan.
C. the policeman didn’t like Henry.
D. the policeman tried to please Henry
C
FAQs (Frequently Asked Question) about visiting Hong Kong:
Q: When is the best time to visit Hong Kong?
A: Hong Kong is an all-year-round destination. It enjoys a mild climate from the middle of September to the end of February, while the weather from May to mid-September can be hot. About 80% of Hong Kong’s rainfall occurs between May and September. With August usually the wettest month.
Q: Do I need a visa to visit Hong Kong?
A: Visitors from most countries can enter Hong Kong without a visa for periods of seven days to 180 days, depending on nationality. You may check with the Hong Kong Immigration
Department for details of visa requirements.
Q: How is the local public transport?
A: Hong Kong has an excellent public transport system, with most transportation air-conditioned. Depending on where you are going, you have a choice of MTR, trains, buses, trams, ferries and taxis. The clean and efficient means of transport cover all areas of Hong Kong, and have signs in English and Chinese.
Q: Is Hong Kong safe for visitors?
A: Yes, Hong Kong is one of the safest cities in the world even at night, when people may walk alone with confidence. To ensure your stay is a pleasant one, always take care of your belongings.
Q: Is English widely spoken?
Yes, particularly in places frequently visited by visitors. You should have no problem communicating with people in most hotels, shops, restaurants and even some taxis.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

60. To enjoy pleasant weather, when can you visit Hong Kong?
A. In spring or autumn
B. In summer or winter
C. In spring or summer
D. In autumn or winter
61. How many means of transport are mentioned in the answer to Question3 ?
A. Seven
B. Six
C. Five
D. Four
62. What can we know about Hong Kong from the FAQs?
A. The use of English is quite limited.
B. Visas are required for most of visitors to Hong Kong.
C. The public transport have signs in Chinese only.
D. Hong Kong is a safe place for visitors.
D
In certain countries of the world, the king or queen is still the head of the country. The UK is one of the countries. So what does the British royal family（皇室） represent for the British people today? Well, a large number of things. The royal family are of course a part of British history and tradition. They still have an important function and meaning for many people today. It just wouldn’t fell the same if there were no royal family. In addition to that, the queen has important formal duties:
●as head of the state, the Queen represents the UK on visits abroad and invites other world leaders to visit the UK.
●as head of the armed force, only the Queen can declare when the UK is at war or when the war is over.
● as head of the Church of England.
●the Queen has to read and sign the government documents（文件） every day. Not just the Queen, the royal family spend a great deal of their time traveling up and down the country in support of different charities.（慈善）
Despite the work the royal family does for the UK, there a re people who don’t believe there should be a royal family. Sometimes the press and media criticize（批评） the royal family as well. One criticism is that the British people should not have to pay for the royal family through their taxes. Another is that the Buckingham Palace should be open to the public more often, in order to pay for the building repairs that are necessary.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

63. Today, the British royal family still represents.
A. the honour of the UK
B. British history and tradition
C. function and meaning
D. politics and culture
64. Which is one of the Queen’s formal duties?
A. Visiting foreign countries
B. Fighting in wars
C.Writing government documents
D. Visiting the Church
65. Why are the royal family criticized by the press and media?
A. Because the royal family don’t do anything for the country.
B. Because more people want to visit the Buckingham Palace.
C. Because some people don’t want their taxes to be used for the royal fa mily.
D. Because the Queen is too busy meeting world leaders.
景洪市第一中学2012—2013学年度上学期期中考试
高二英语答题卷
考试时间：100分钟总分：1 50分
第I卷阅读理解A
51_________ 52_________ 53_______ 54__________ 55_________
第II卷（非选择题共45分）
单词拼写
根据下列句子的结构和所给汉语的意思，写出这一单词的正确形式。

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
66. Please be _________ （安静）！Grandpa is listening to the weather report.
67. The ________ (第五) month of a year is May.
68. I think the biggest environment problem in my country is air _____________(污染).
69. When he heard his mother’s steps upstairs, he _______________(假装) to be asleep.
70. As a famous saying goes, a friend in ___________________(需要) is a friend indeed .
单句改错（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
仔细阅读下列句子，每句中均有一个错误，请找出并在横线上改正，请按下列情况改正：
该句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该句缺一个词：在缺词处加一个符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该句错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

71. He is so a great man that we all show our respect to him. 66________________
72. The bad news made us feel sadly. 67.__________________
73. Each boy and each girl were given a chance to compete in the game.
68._________________
74. The story was happened in a village not long ago. 69._________________
75. When the teacher came in, she found two of the windows breaking.
70._________________ 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，将于今年七月从新星外语学校毕业。

你从报纸上得知B&B公司要招聘一名英文
秘书，你很感兴趣。

请给该公司写一封求职信，包括下列要点：
1.年龄；
2.学习情况和英文水平；
3.兴趣特长；
4.性格特点。

注意：1.词数100左右。

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

新星外语学校Xinxing Foreign Languages School
Dear Sir/Madam ,
__I learned from the newspaper that your company needs an English
secretary ..______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
____
I’m looking forward to your reply .
Sincerely yours, Li Hua
高二英语期中考试的答案
第一部分听力 1----5 ABCBC 6—10 BCACB 11—15 CAAAC 16—20 CCBCA
第二部分，21—25 DCBCB 26—30 BADDB 31—35 ABBAA 36—40 DABCB
41---45 DCAAD 46—50 ACBAD
56—59 CADB 60—62 BBD 63—65 BAC
第二卷 51 T 52 F 53 T 54 F 55 T
单词拼写
66 quiet 67 fifth 68 pollution 69 pretended 70 need
单句改错
71 so 改成 such 72 sadly 改成 sad 73 were 改成 was 74 去掉 was
75 breaking 改成 broken
书面表达
Dear Sir/Madam ,
I learned from the newspaper that your company needs an English secretary . I’m really interested in this position and hope I can work for you.
I’m 18 years old and will be graduating from Xinxing Foreign Languages School this July. I’m an excellent student ,among the top 5 in my class of 50 students. I’m good at English , especially spoken English .I often use the computer and I type very fast . In my spare time ,I read a lot . Poems are my favorite . I enjoy music very much too. Being an active young person , I like sports and outdoor activities . Besides , I ’m easy to get along well with and I like to make friends .
I’m looking forward to your reply .
Sincerely yours,。