湖北省黄冈中学高二英语上学期期中试题及答案

湖北省黄冈中学秋季高二期中考试
英语试题
本试卷共四部分。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

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．Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. At a bus stop.
B. At an airport.
C. At a railroad station. 2．What probably caused the woman’s stomachache?
A. The seafood.
B. The medicine.
C. The cold.
3．How much is the red book?
A. $4.
B. $5.
C. $6.
4．Why does the woman want to try on another hat?
A. She wants one of the right size.
B. She doesn’t like the colour.
C. She doesn’t like the style.
5．What does the woman say about Susan?
A. She is a fast worker.
B. She has not finished her work.
C. She didn’t do the homework on her ow n.
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，每小题将给出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．What kind of person does the job require?
A. A junior sales manager.
B. A general manager.
C. A secretary.
7．What do we know about the company?
A. It is an export company.
B. It needs someone with experience.
C. It offers a basic salary and extra money.
8．What will the man most probably do next?
A. Work in the company.
B. Go and look for another job.
C. Give the job a careful consideration.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9．How often does the woman watch a football match?
A. Once a week.
B. Once a month.
C. Every third day. 10．What is the man’s favourite spo rt?
A. Football.
B. Basketball.
C. Ping-pong.
11．What do we know about the man?
A. He likes watching football games
B. He used to play football at school.
C. He is a good basketball player.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12．What is the nationality of the Bronte sisters?
A. Irish.
B. English.
C. American.
13．Why do so many people love the Brontes’ novels?
A. Their novels are creative works.
B. Their novels are full of humour.
C. Their novels are instructive.
14．What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The Bronte sisters hated to create fantasies.
B. Emily Bronte is best known for her novel Jane Eyre.
C. The Bronte sisters were novelists in the 19th century.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15．When did the woman start her studies?
A. Last year.
B. Last month.
C. Two years ago. 16．What has made the woman choose architecture as a career?
A. Her teachers’ suggestion.
B. Her parents’ suggestion.
C. Her personal qualities.
17．What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman will work in England after her graduation.
B. English is very usefu l in the woman’s job.
C. The woman’s English is very good.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．Which parts of Europe are the highest temperatures in?
A. The southern parts.
B. The northern parts.
C. The northwestern parts. 19．What will the weather be like in the south of Europe?
A. Rainy.
B. Sunny.
C. Cloudy.
20．How will the weather be in the east of Europe tomorrow?
A. Windy.
B. Fine.
C. Rainy.
第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共二节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21．It’s reported that many wars broke out in the Middle East. What’s your _________ of the situation there?
A. assessment
B. adjustment
C. appointment
D. assistance 22．Every _________ space on the wall was covered in pictures.
A. available
B. valuable
C. ordinary
D. comfortable 23．He got an e-mail from his sister, which _________ him of his home.
A. warned
B. accused
C. reminded
D. suspected 24．She found the room _________ with some old tables, a blackboard and an old stove.
A. decorated
B. furnished
C. equipped
D. prepared 25．It was a long time before the Americans completely _________ from the shadow of the September 11th attack launched by the terrorists.
A. healed
B. improved
C. cured
D. treated
26．I could hear the rain _________ against the windows.
A. beating
B. defeating
C. striking
D. hitting 27．We can’t keep everything. We must decide what to _________ and what to leave in.
A. leave out
B. squeeze out
C. give out
D. let out
28．It doesn’t _________ to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good as that ones.
A. make a difference
B. make out
C. make sense
D. make up 29．The plan _________ just because people were unwilling to cooperate.
A. broke down
B. took down
C. turned down
D. put down 30．The boy often gets up very early in the morning _________ being late for class.
A. in aid of
B. in case of
C. in search of
D. in place of
第二节完形填空（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）选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles.
During his talk, Jack 31 his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?” 32 shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would 33 . But I jumped up, ran up the 34 to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air, thoughts 35 through my mind — was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they 36 security guards and take me from the stage? 37 my desire for brave action was louder than any 38 voice.
As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the 39 to come to us. We must take action to 40 what we want!”
After his talk, I managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his 41 email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails 42 my vision and dreams with him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got 43 with other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant 44 that would show me the way.
I emailed him, and then again — but got no 45 . As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I 46 woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely 47 that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat 48 to their chairs.。