【小初高学习】高二英语上学期期中试题(普通班)

巴彦淖尔市第一中学2015-2016学年第一学期期中考试
高二年级英语试卷
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

考试时间为120分钟，卷面总分为150分。

考生作答时，将答案涂在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。

考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

第I卷
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 now ?
A. Cloudy. B Rainy. C Windy.
2. What does the woman mean ?
A. Sally is always lying .
B. Sally has a bad memory .
C. Sally will come on time .
3. What are two speakers talking about ?
A. Where to live .
B. How to go to work .
C. What to do with the traffic.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a restaurant.
B. In the woman’s house .
C. In the man’s house .
5. When will the two speakers meet ?
A. At 5:30 . B . At 6:30 . C. At 7:00.
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、7题。

6. Why does the woman feel sorry for the man ?
A. She refused his invitation .
B. She didn’t meet him on time .
C. She forgot to help him with his apartment .
7. What do we know about Susan’s old apartment ?
A. It has two bedrooms .
B. It’s on 1312 Rose Avenue .
C. Its rent is $1,000 a month .
听第7段材料，回答8、9题。

8. Why didn’t the woman write back to the man ?
A. She hasn’t checked her mailbox yet .
B. She didn’t receive the man’s e-mail .
C. She has been busy all the morning .
9. When will the two speakers meet ?
A . At 10am . B. At lunch time C. At 2 pm .
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man in Hainan?
A. To attend an exhibition.
B. To go on holiday .
C. To visit his friends .
11. What does the man’s room look like ?
A . Large and bright . B. Large but dark . C. Small and dark .
12. How does the woman solve the man’s problem ?
A . By calling her manager . B. By returning his money .
C. By changing a room for him.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. W hat’s the woman’s major ?
A. English .
B. International business
C. Computer
14. How much will the woman get every month at the beginning ?
A. About $306
B. About $316
C. About $360
15. How long will the woman work a week ?
A. 30hours
B. 35hours
C. 40 hours
16. What do we know about the woman ?
A. She was a good student at college.
B. She will live with other colleague .
C. She never took part in English corners .
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How old is Nicholas McMahon ?
A. 18months old .
B. 4 years old .
C. 18years old .
18. What lessons does Nicholas have at the West London Institute?
A. Computer
B. Language
C. Drawing
19. What did the teacher do when Nicholas went to school at first ?
A. They played some games with him .
B. They just gave him pictures to color .
C. They prepared special lessons for him .
20. Which of the following words can best describe Nicholas ?
A. Slow
B. Strange
C. Talented
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40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。

并在答题卡
上将该选项涂黑．
A
While homework in kindergarten requires coloring and learning the ABC's, the high school homework load has become increasingly difficult and time-consuming.（耗费时间的）"I think homework takes a long time to do," Ross Perry, Grade 10, said. "It helps you learn sometimes, but not really that much. I stay up until midnight doing homework and sometimes there is no point in even starting to do it." Hallie Rojeski, a junior high teacher, tries not to give her classes homework, hoping not to discourage students. "I try to give minimal （最小限度的）homework because students should be playing and taking exercise more than working inside all day. Students usually don't have good study habits when they come into the 7th and 8th grade. I offer a necessary after-school assignment（功课） so they will learn them." Teenagers are encouraged to get 8-9 hours of sleep and participate in sports or physical activity outside school. With 2-3 hours of homework it can be difficult to do everything. Homework takes different amounts of time based on what courses students take. "I give my Spanish students little bits of homework," Melody Downie, a Spanish teacher, said. "That is about what we learned in class, because for a foreign language you need to do work that reinforces (巩固) what we learn.
I hardly give my history class homework." "When students do their homework they should be in a quiet area," Hallie Rojeski said. "They also need to do work for 30 minutes and then take a 10-minute break because it is hard for students to keep focused for a long time." The University of Michigan found in a recent study that the amount of homework had increased by 51% since 1981. Harris Cooper at Duke
University says that students who do small amounts of homework do better on their tests, but when they exceed 60-90 minutes of homework，the test scores fall. "Homework is given to motivate students to learn," Principal Gary Schultz said. "Repeating what they learn in school helps them to remember and learn things for tests. Some kids do not need homework to learn but most do. I believe practice makes perfect."
21. According to Ross Perry, doing homework__________.
A. is really a waste of time
B. is sometimes unnecessary for students
C. is usually a great help to students
D. is always a good way of learning
22. The reason why Hallie Rojeski gives her students minimal homework
is that she thinks ______.
A. too much homework will make students' test scores fall
B. students should learn good studying and living habits
C. little bits of homework will reinforce what students learn in class
D. it is too hard for students to focus on school assignment for a long time
23. The underlined word "exceed" can be replaced by ________?
A. finish
B. do
C. are against
D. are beyond
24. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Students do not like doing too much homework.
B. Proper amounts of homework are necessary.
C. Students do not need to do after-school homework.
D. More homework should be given to motivate students.
B
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”. I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not. The clock struck 12."Oh, dear!" I cried, "ten more books to read before
I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a
boy ." The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had
learnt I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God,
Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.”
My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later,
with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
25. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house
were_____ .
A. outside
B. working in bed
C. asleep
D. quietly laughing at
him
26. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.
A. it was too late at night
B. he was very tired
C. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination
D. his eyes l ids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open
27.What do you suppose happened to the author？
A. He went to a church to pray again
B. He passed the exam by luck
C. He was punished by his teacher
D. He failed in the exam
28. The best title for the passage would be __________ .
A. A Slow Student
B. Working Far into the Night
C. The Night Before the Examination
D. Going Over My Lessons
C
Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed （海藻）is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color.
The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make
a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot
of Kombu and like it very much. Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes
a fine food for their animals. From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘),
which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world.
It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists
even use one form of iodine to “ seed clouds” when they want rain to fall.
29. Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.
A. food
B. medicine
C. plant
D. fertilizer
30 . In the last sentence of the text, “seed clouds” means ____.
A. clouds spreading like seeds
B. the seeds like clouds
C. dropping seeds by clouds
D. to make rain fall with human power
31. The main idea of the story is that ____.
A. The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall.
B. Kombu is made into medicine for farmers.
C. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu.
D. The Japanese use seaweed in many ways.
D
Have you seen a picture of George Washington lately? Take a look at a dollar or check out a book on Washington from the library. You probably won’t find any pictures of him smiling.
Di d the painter forget to tell the President to say “cheese”? Actually, Washington began losing his teeth at age 22 and was entirely toothless by age 64. Most of his pictures were painted while he wore dentures (假牙). His various sets of dentures were made from both animal and human teeth. These teeth were held together with springs(弹簧) so powerful that George’s jaws (颚) had to work hard to keep the upper and lower parts together. If he relaxed, his mouth would open! This may be the reason why Washington always looks so stern in his pictures.
Washington lived in the 1700s, a time when people didn’t take care of their teeth the way we do today. They didn’t have toothpaste with fluoride (a chemical that prevents teeth from becoming bad). Most people used powdered chalk to clean their teeth. Some people had toothbrushes made of animal hairs with wood or metal handles.
Back then, people didn’t visit the dentist every six months for a checkup and cleaning. George’s dentist, John Greenwood, lived and worked in New Yor k. Washington regularly mailed his dentures to Greenwood so they could be repaired.
Otherwise, he would see his dentist only to have teeth taken out because they caused him pain. During the American Revolutionary War, General Washington’s teeth bothered him so much that he sent for the French dentist La Mayeur.
Today we don’t have to suffer like George did. So the next time someone takes your picture, show off your teeth and say cheese!
32. There are few pictures of Washington smiling because when his picture was painted
_____.
A. he had to try to keep his false teeth in
B. the painter forgot to tell him to smile
C. he was unhappy to be a painter’s model
D. the painter didn’t draw his teeth
33. The underlined word “stern” in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.
A. happy
B. puzzled
C. serious
D. confident
34. In Washington’s time, _____.
A. people were unwilling to clean their teeth
B. people used toothpaste to clean their teeth
C. there was no way to stop teeth becoming bad
D. there were toothbrushes made of animal hairs
35. What can we know about George Washington?
A. He said cheese when his picture was being taken.
B. He and his dentist lived in the same city.
C. He suffered a lot from losing teeth.
D. He got medical care only from Greenwood.
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。

Four most important eye expressions
The language of our eyes is one of the most powerful and useful tools of non-verbal (非语言的) communication. 36 Here are four most important eye expressions that we see every day.
1. Smiling eyes
Researchers have long noticed that a sincere smile starts with our eyes. When we are sincerely happy, the skin around the corners of our eyes crinkles (出现皱纹). But a social, polite smile touches only our lips (嘴唇). 37 For example, when a shop assistant smiles at you, offering help, you will immediately get the feeling that they are just trying to sell you something.
2. 38
People who avoid eye contact during a conversation are often considered as insincere. What does little or no eye contact mean then? Anything from shyness to nervousness.
3. Friendly eyes
When you are carrying on a conversation, looking the speaker straight in the eyes sends a clear message to him: 39 This is why so many public speaking experts advise keeping eye contact with the speaker.
4. “Shut” eyes
Covering the eyes for a long period of time sends a message that you are trying to block out something that you do not want to hear. For example, a man who is asked to work on the weekend may cover his eyes with his fingers as he answers, “No problem.” 40
A . So it is important to learn how to read the body language of the eyes.
B. Empty eyes
C. Such behavior is seen with liars.
D. You are paying attention to the talk.
E. The smile you are given is not in the eyes.
F. What his gestures are showing is that he is not happy about it at all.
G. Shy eyes
第三部分: 语言知识运用（共二节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每题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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Trudy, an American girl, tried swimming across the English Channel. That was August 6, 1962. Her father had ___41___ her two things. One was not to pull her out of the water ___42___ she asked. The other was to give her a red sports ___43___ if she made it. In gay spirits Trudy ___44___ out, swimming strongly. All the swimmers started at 7:09 in the morning. Her father and the trainer were going along in a boat beside her. At ten o’clock, rain began falling. ___45___, Trudy trod(踩) water while drinking and eating a chicken leg. Then she started swimming ___46___. The wind was ___47___ and the sea became rougher. Late ___48___ the wind became even worse. The trainer ___49___ it was useless trying to finish. He called to Trudy to ___50___. “No human being could do it in this weather,” he said. “It’s ___51___ to go on. “However, her father shouted, “Don’t grab her. Let her ___52___. “At seven o’clock the tides(潮水) turned ___53___ her. It was more difficult to move a- head. But Trudy still swam on. She ___54___ victory was possible now, for the English coast was in ___55___. It was getting dark. A sound could be heard ___56___ the wind; hundreds of car horns(喇叭) were cheering her on. With ___57___ strength, she finished the last 200 yards. At 9:35p. m., Trudy got out of water. She had swum some 35 miles in ___58___ the 21-mile-wide Channel ___59___ a strong storm. But she had made it in 14 hours and 30 minutes. “Well, Pop,” she said to her father. “I ___60___ I get my car this time, don’t I?”
41. A. given B. refused C. promised D. allowed
42. A. unless B. as C. even if D. when
43. A. suit B. shoe C. car D. hat
44. A. rushed B. started C. left D. worked
45. A. In the morning B. At midday
C. In the evening
D. In the late afternoon
46. A. faster B. again C. better D. across
47. A. stopping B. changing C. rising D. increasing
48. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
49. A. thought B. considered C. felt D.decided
50. A. keep up B. slow down C. give up D. take a rest
51. A. difficult B. unnecessary C. Impossible D . stupid
52. A. go on B. decide C. come out D. go
53. A. towards B. with C. against D .at
54. A. realized B. noticed C. found out D. thought
55. A. the distance B. sight C. reach D. hand
56. A. in B. over C. with D. from
57. A. fresh B. greater C. weakening D. remaining
58. A. flying B. swimming C. crossing D. passing
59. A. in spite of B. because of C. against D. during
60. A. demand B. am afraid C. guess D. hope
第Ⅱ卷
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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

As Christmas is__61___(come), I plan to buy something for my___62____(parent). __63__I want to give is a VIP card for a health club because neither of them __64_ ( be )doing enough exercise. My father works hard as a teacher, __65___ (spend) most of his time at school. My mother loves reading and often___66____ (bury) herself in her books. Therefore, ___67__of them should exercise more from now on. I want to give them this card to express my love and thanks to them. I hope that they will be able to get __68____(relax) in the health club and make more friends there.
__69__the same time, I hope that __70_can take care of their health.
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）
文中共有1 0处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。

Ladies and gentlemen, May I have your attention, please? In Saturday, July 27th, there will have a few visits to different places. Everyone are welcome. All the visitors will be divided into four groups. Each group of visitors can visit one of the place – a factory, a farm, a school or a hospital. Please you sign your name at the Service Desk before 9: 00 a.m. and say what place you wish to visit. We’ll set out after the breakfast at 8 and we will return back in the afternoon. We will had lunch at one place of visit. Wish you a please journey.
That’s all. Thank you.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
注意：1．所写短文应包括所有要点； 2．词数100左右；
3．开头已给出，不计人总词数； 4．不要逐字逐句翻译。

master(掌握 )new management ideas and advanced technologies in computer
field
( 计算机方面的先进技术和管理方法)
Li Ming, an engineer, was born on February 9,1960 in Hubei, China.
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巴彦淖尔市第一中学2015 高二英语第一学期期中考试答案
1---5 BCABA 6-10 BCCBA 11-15 CABCB 16-20 ABABC
21-24 BBDB 25-28 CCDC 29-31 ADD 32-35 ACDC 36-40 AEGDF
41-45 CACBB 46-50 BCBDC 51-55 DACAB 56-60 BDCAC
语法填空
ing 62.parents 63.What 64 .is 65. spending 66.buries
67.both 68. relaxed 69. At 70.they
改错
In---On have--be are--is place--places 去you what--which 去back 或return--come
去the had---have please--pleasant
书面表达
Li Ming, an engineer, was born on February 9,1960 in Hubei, China. After he graduated from (Qinghua) Tsinghua University in 1982, he made an important decision in his life. He decided to go to the United States for his further study. After four years’ hard work, he mastered new management ideas and advanced technologies in computer field. In 1989, he got his doctor’s degree. In 2001, he made another decision. He was determined to return to his motherland and started a company. However, his wife and daughter have got used to the American way of life, so they still stay in the United States.。