广西桂林市永福县第二中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期

2016年春季学期高二年级英语期中质量检测
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案填到
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. What is the weather like now？
A. Cold
B. Warm
C. Hot
2. What does the woman mean?
A. She is unwilling to donate blood.
B. Donating blood is none of her business.
C. She is ready to donate blood.
3. When will the woman get to the cinema?
A. At 8:00
B. At8:30
C. At9:00
4. What does the man imply?
A. He was busy eating.
B. Johnson was too busy to talk.
C. He didn’t notice who Johnson was talking to.
5 Why does Janet cry?
A. She can’t contact her family.
B. She doesn’t get used to the life in school.
C. She does poorly in school.
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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What does the woman want to do?
A. Apply for a job.
B. Do a survey.
C. Talk about advertising.
7. When will the meeting be arranged?
A. This afternoon.
B. Tomorrow morning.
C. Tomorrow afternoon.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the woman worry about?
A. Her job.
B. Her money.
C. Her health.
9. What will the woman do?
A. Change her eating habit.
B. Give up smoking.
C. Make a shopping plan.
听下面一段对话，回答第10和第12三个小题。

10hat do we know about the man’s family ?
A. They had a good time during the vacation.
B. They visited all the places they wanted to see.
C. They spent a whole day visiting the Indian Falls.
11. Which highway does the man’s family take from Denver ?
A. Highway 90
B. Highway 14.
C. Highway 10.
12. Why did the man’s family stay in Arizona another day ?
A. Jimmy was sick.
B. They took the wrong way.
C. Their car broke down.
13. What is the woman doing?
A. Booking a ticket.
B. Doing a survey.
C. Asking for advice.
14. Why is the man flying to Barcelona?
A. For a visit.
B. On vacation.
C. On business.
15. How often does the man take a plane?
A. About twice a month.
B. About twice a year.
C. About once a month.
16. What does the man think of the parking lot?
A. It’s too far away.
B. It’s big.
C. It’s convenient.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20 四个小题。

17. What’s Alice’s problem?
A. she doesn’t like her teachers.
B. she is nervous when talking exams.
c. She doesn’t get along well with her classmates.
18. What is the speaker trying to do in the letter.
A. Find out the reason for Alice’s problem.
B. Give Alice suggestions about how to be a top student.
C. Tell Alice how to make more friends.
19. What does Alice usually do at school?
A. Offer to help others with their work.
B. Take no notice of her classmates.
C. Cheat classmates and teachers.
20. What does the speaker tell Alice to do in the end of the letter?
A. Talk with her teachers.
B. Offer more help to her classmates.
C. Talk directly with one of classmates.
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）中选出最佳选项填到答题卡上。

A
Beethoven was never afraid to show his feelings（感情）．Once when he was playing at a rich man's house，one of his listeners，a man of rich family，was talking to a girl．He liked girls more than music，and he didn't stop talking when Beethoven started to play．The noise was not a quiet one，and Beethoven could hear well in those days．
The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up，“I do not play for animals of this kind！”He cried．“No！Not for animals！”Then he walked out．
21．Beethoven was a ________ ．
A．scientist B．doctor C．chemist D．musician 22．Beethoven was ________ his feelings．
A．unwilling to show B．in fear of showing
C．fearless of showing D．unhappy to show
23．One of the listeners ___when Beethoven started to play．A．stopped talking B．sang slowly
C．still talked to a girl D．smoked
24 This listener ________ ．
A．didn't like music B．liked girls and music
C．liked music more than girls
D．was more interested in girls than music
B
Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people are different. You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty
of practice. It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all degrees of reading ability.
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, they were given special instruction and practice in reading. After a few months, another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores.
25. With the example of basketball players, the author shows __________.
A. why certain people are poor readers
B. that there are differences in people's abilities
C. why some people are good basketball players
D. that good basketball players can be good readers
26. To improve their reading ability, people should______________.
A. work long and hard
B. take different forms of tests
C. have special help and practice
D. try different reading materials
27. The experiments mentioned in the text show that ______.
A. good readers seem to enjoy reading
B. almost all poor readers can make progress
C. causes of poor reading are difficult to find out
D. tests help people improve their reading ability
C
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. He was a tall, skinny man. By the time he was 19 he was six feet, four inches tall. When he was seven, he helped his father chop down trees to make a new home for his family. He lived in a log cabin. When he was nine years old, his
mom died of milk fever. This is when the cows eat poisonous snake weed and it gets in the milk and then a person drinks it.
He had many jobs when growing up. One was as a rail worker, and one was as a flat boat driver. He once floated down the Mississippi to New Orleans for 1, 000 miles.
Lincoln studied to be a lawyer. He loved to read and write. He was nicknamed "Honest Abe". He was so honest that once when he was working at a store, a woman came in to buy some tea, he gave her back the wrong amount of change and when he discovered his mistake, he walked six miles to fix his mistake and return the money to her.
He married Mary Todd and they had 4 sons together. Their names were Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas.
He became part of the House of Representatives (众议员). He was elected the 16th President of the United States. In New Orleans at a slave market, Lincoln saw some black people chained up (戴着镣铐) and being sold like cattle. Lincoln did not like slavery. During the time that Lincoln was President, the Civil War was fought. Friends fought against friends and brothers fought against brothers.
He wrote the "Emancipation Proclamation (奴隶解放宣言)", which helped to end slavery. He gave a famous speech called the "Gettysburg Address" to remember soldiers that gave their lives for their country. After the Civil War, President Lincoln went to a play at Ford's Theater. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth and died the next day.
28. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Abraham Lincoln's family
B. A great president in America
C. The life of Abraham Lincoln
D. Abraham Lincoln's contribution
29. How did Lincoln's mother die?
A. She died from hard work.
B. She died of high fever.
C. She was killed by a snake.
D. She died from a poison.
30. According to the passage, Lincoln worked as the following when he was growing up EXCEPT __________________.
A. a worker
B. a driver
C. a lawyer
D. a teacher
31. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Lincoln was named "Honest Abe" because of his honesty.
B. Lincoln had a big family with four daughters.
C. Lincoln died on the day when he was shot.
D. Lincoln gave the wrong change while working on a boat.
D
NEWS BRIEF
●Prime Minister Tony Blair new allegations(指控) on Thursday that he misled Parliament and the public in making the case for the war in Iraq after he disclosed his chief legal adviser’s written opinion raising questions about the legality(合法) of the war.
●U.S. Forest Service officials are reminding people to stay off Forest Service roads that are closed. The fine for disobeying the rule of road closures is a maximum of $5,000 fine and/ or six months in prison. Those who enter the area and cause road damage may also be required to pay for repairs.
●In a second study presented at the meeting, scientists from the UK and Denmark showed that even a few days of high temperatures can severely reduce production of crops such as wheat, soybeans, rice and groundnuts, if it occurs when the plants are flowering.
●A bomb exploded in Thailand’s mainly Muslin south on Sunday, killing two policemen and wounding three others, a day after Thailand’s queen condemned those behind a 15-month wave of violence(暴力).
●Mechanicsburg 3, West York 1: Ken Stamper and Rusty Bowman had seven kills each, and Ryan Warfield had six to lead the Wildcats past the Bulldogs, 25-11, 25-15, 15-25, 25-23, in a non-league match.
32. The news brief covers _____________.
A. war, law, violence, culture and agriculture
B. sports, war, violence, politics and climate
C. politics, culture, violence, climate and sports
D. violence, sports, politics, law and agriculture
33. From the news brief, we can learn that ____________.
A. the Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats by 3-1 in a non-league match
B. Forest Service roads are closed for repairs before they are opened again
C. quite a few violent accidents happened in Tailand before the latest one
D. the British people think the decision made by Blair about the war is of legality
34. According to the U.S. Forest Service officials, those who enter the area and damage the closed roads __________.
A. shall have to pay a $ 5,000 fine for the repairs to them
B. shall be fined or put in prison, and may pay for the repairs
C. shall be fined $ 5,000 and kept in prison for six months
D. shall pay a fine and repair the roads as a punishment
35. The study of the scientists from the UK and Denmark is about ____________.
A. the importance of climate and the growth of crops
B. the damage caused by high temperatures to some crops
C. the relationship between crops flowering and high temperatures
D. the effect of high temperatures on the production of some crops
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
多余项。

1. Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes
a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”
Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.
____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.
____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____
A. It is very hard to quit smoking.
B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.
C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.
D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.
E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.
F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.
G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完型填空（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中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案
填到答题卡上。

My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a __41 with a lot of rocks. Very often ____42 we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some color to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny little ___43 in the yard that I could not ____44 identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the __45 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ----46 the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ___47.The sunflower had not ___48 where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big ___49 and grown under and around it to reach the ___50.
That’s when I ___51 that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its ___52 of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing.. If we___53 ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ____54 to go and what we need for growth.
We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ___55 to achieve our goals. Like the _____56, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ___57 in itself that it could succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ___58 who and what we are, then the environment will begin to ____59 us. We will find a way to go under or ___60 any “rocks”in order to reach our goals.
41 A. yard B. room C. roof D. platform
42 A. where B. how C. if D. when
43 A. tree B. plant C. weed D. seed
44 A. naturally B. completely C .immediately D. finally
45 A. weak B. lonely C. pretty D. strong
46 A. watch B. collect C. remove D. tend
47 A. valuable B. unusual C. wonderful D. terrible
48 A. started B. left C. died D. passed
49 A. wall B. tree C. table D. rock
50 A. top B. sun C. air D. house
51 A. regretted B. hoped C. realized D. doubted
52 A. way B. course C. place D. process
53 A. worry about B. believe in C. fill in D. put in
54 A. aim B. wait C. forget D. afford
55 A. plan B. idea C. ability D. wish
56 A. sun B. yard C. summer D. sunflower
57 A. faith B. energy C. strength D. courage
58 A. aware of B. proud of C. tired of D. afraid of
59 A. affect B. upset C. support D. forgive
60 A. through B. from C. onto D. around 第二节语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Once there lived a rich man 31 wanted to do something for the people of his town. 32 first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 33 very large stone. Then he 34 (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road? said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 35 man came along and did the same thing; then another came，and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 36 . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 37 (say) to himself: “The night 38 (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 39 (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 40 the stone, he found a bag of money.
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，请你修改你同桌系的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线( )，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。

同学们，为了节约纸张，本题的短文在答题卡上。

请同学们在答题卡上答题。

第二节：书面表达（满分25）
假定你是李华，正在一所美国学校学习英文。

你对学校的周末英语俱乐部（Music Club at Weekend）很感兴趣，决定申请加入。

现给该俱乐部负责人写一封信，内容如下：
1.表示有意加入；
2. 介绍音乐特长；
3. 说明性格优势；
4. 期待满意答复。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3．开头和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

答题卡
一．听力部分（每小题1.5分，共30分）
1 A B C 6 A B C 11 A B C 16 A B C
2 A B C 7 A B C 12 A B C 17 A B C
3 A B C 8 A B C 13 A B C 18 A B C
4 A B C 9 A B C 14 A B C 19 A B C
5 A B C 10 A B C 15 A B C 20 A B C
二．阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
21 A B C D 26 A B C D 31 A B C D
22 A B C D 27 A B C D 32 A B C D
23 A B C D 28 A B C D 33 A B C D
24 A B C D 29 A B C D 34 A B C D
25 A B C D 30 A B C D 35 A B C D
二．阅读七选五（每小题2分，共10分）
36 37 38 39 40
三．完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
41 A B C D 46 A B C D 51 A B C D 56 A B C D
42 A B C D 47 A B C D 52 A B C D 57 A B C D
43 A B C D 48 A B C D 53 A B C D 58 A B C D
44 A B C D 49 A B C D 54 A B C D 59 A B C D
45 A B C D 50 A B C D 55 A B C D 60 A B C D
三．语法填空（每小题1.5分，共10分）
61 62 63 64
65 66 67 68
69 70
四．短文改错（10分）
My father took me out camping for the first time when I was seven. He wanted teach me about animals, insects and trees. My uncles all come along with bows and arrows for hunting.
One evening at sunset, we sat by the fire, have our barbecue. Just
then a bird was flying over us. My uncles immediate jumped up and shot their
arrows on the bird. Neither of the arrows hit the target. Suddenly the arrows
was flying down at us from the sky — they were looked like rain!
We ran to escape but fortunately no one was injured.
That day I didn’t learn much about animals, insects or trees, but I learnt a impressive lesson about gravity!
第四部分：书面表达（25分）
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua。