高二年级英语第一学期期中练习

高二年级英语第一学期期中练习
试卷
第一部分听力明白得（共三小节，满分20分）
第一节听对话（共5小题，每小题1分）
听下面5段对话。

从各题A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。

每段对话你将听两遍。

1. When does the class begin in Tom’s school every morning?
A. 7:40.
B. 8:00.
C. 8:20.
2. Where is the woman going?
A. The hospital.
B. The cinema.
C. The bank.
3. How many people left the party halfway?
A. About 40.
B. About 80.
C. About 90.
4. Why would the man like to go to the Science Museum?
A. Because he is free on that day.
B. Because he needn’t pay money.
C. Because there are fewer people.
5. What does the man worry about?
A. He left his keys in his room.
B. He could do nothing about his room.
C. He didn’t turn off the lights in his room.
第二节听对话或独白（共10小题，每小题1分）
听下面对话或独白。

从各题A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答问题的最佳答案。

每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第六段对话，回答第6至第8题。

6. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the classroom.
B. In a coffee shop.
C. In the supermarket.
7. How long haven’t they seen each other?
A. Four years.
B. Eight years.
C. Ten years.
8. What can we know about the two speakers?
A. They met unexpectedly.
B. They used to argue.
C. They made an appointment.
听第七段对话，回答第9至第10题。

9. Where does the man usually get news?
A. In the newspaper.
B. Over the radio.
C. On television.
10. Why does the man want to read the newspaper today?
A. To learn a language.
B. To pass the time.
C. To watch a game.
听第八段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. How would the man feel after the talk?
A. Excited.
B. Shocked.
C. Disappointed.
12. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The firm is going to close soon.
B. The firm is doing business well.
C. The firm is making improvement.
13. What’s the relation between the two speakers?
A. Two workmates.
B. Boss and employee.
C. Interviewer and interviewee.
听独白，回答第14至第15题。

14. What do we know about the teacher?
A. He likes to teach us what to learn.
B. He likes to tell us how to learn.
C. He likes to give us answers.
15. Why do the students respect the teacher?
A. Because he respects every one of us.
B. Because he is lively and interesting.
C. Because he is a man of knowledge.
第三节听对话或独白，依照题目要求写出关键信息。

每空一词。

（共5小题，每小题1分）
听下面一段对话，依照题目要求在相应题号后的横线上写下第16题至第17题的关键
听下面一段独白，在下面表格中相应的横线上写下第18题至第20题的关键信息。

独白
第二部分英语知识运用（共两小节，满分30分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分）
阅读下列各句，依照句意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能够填入空白处的最佳答案。

21. Nowadays some children are _________ to surfing the Internet and can’t live without it.
A. related
B. addicted
C. used
D. switched
22. ________ his disability, Steven Hawking traveled around the world to give lectures.
A. Because of
B. Instead of
C. Despite
D. Besides
23. Great minds are always ________ about the things around and ask themselves a lot of questions.
A. curious
B. patient
C. mistaken
D. concerned
24. We _________ our new headmaster yet, so we don’t know his name.
A. don’t meet
B. won’t meet
C. hadn’t met
D. haven’t met
25. Chinese students sometimes find _______ hard to understand English poems.
A. it
B. this
C. that
D. them
26. —I think I’ll send Bob a short message.
—You ______. You haven’t been in contact with him for ages.
A. can
B. may
C. need
D. should
27. The classroom was so noisy that the teacher had to shout to make himself _______.
A. hear
B. heard
C. hearing
D. to hear
28. We are all excited at the news ________ Liu Xiang will come to our school next week.
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. when
29. The road sign is easy to read; the words ________ well.
A. turn out
B. work out
C. stand out
D. made out
30. The new couple came home only ________ their house broken into.
A. found
B. finding
C. to find
D. having found
31. The 19th century _________ a great number of fine poets, such as John Keats and Wordsworth.
A. produced
B. has produced
C. had produced
D. would produce
32. Only by discovering what we do best __________ to reach our goals and truly make a difference.
A. we can hope
B. can we hope
C. did we hope
D. we do hope
33. The 2008 Olympic Stadium, _________ like a bird’s nest, makes us think about nature.
A. looks
B. looked
C. to look
D. looking
34. We all hope to live in a world __________ people from all countries are respected and different views are tolerated.
A. which
B. where
C. when
D. whose
35. The British Isles _________ of a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe.
A. are consisted
B. is consisted
C. consists
D. consist
第二节完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分）
阅读下面短文，把握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In my seventh grade, I volunteered at a local hospital. Most of the time I 36 there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any visitors, and 37 seemed to care about his condition. I spent many days there, holding his hand and 38 to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 39 he responded with only an occasional squeeze of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma（昏迷）.
I left for a week vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was 40 .
I didn’t have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might tell me he had died.
Seven years later, I was at the gas station when I 41 a familiar face. When I realized who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 42 ! I got up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about a few years ago. With an uncertain 43 on his face, he replied yes. I explained how I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had 44 received.
He began to tell me 45 , as he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time. He thought it was an angel, not a person, who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie 46 believed that it was my voice and touch that had 47 him alive.
Although I have n’t seen him since, he fills my heart with 48 every day. I know that I made a never forget him and what he did for me: he 50 me an angel.
36. A. wasted B. spent C. used D. enjoyed
37. A. somebody B. nobody C. everybody D. anybody
38. A. explaining B. listening C. caring D. talking
39. A. even though B. as though C. because D. unless
40. A. gone B. dead C. left D. alive
41. A. looked at B. stared at C. noticed D. observed
42. A. strange B. alive C. lively D. energetic
43. A. feeling B. smiling C. look D. appearance
44. A. never B. almost C. hardly D. ever
45. A. when B. where C. how D. whether
46. A. surprisingly B. uncertainly C. willingly D. firmly
47. A. helped B. kept C. remained D. encouraged
48. A. joy B. sadness C. courage D. excitement
49. A. choice B. decision C. difference D. sign
50. A. made B. turned C. called D. changed
第三部分阅读明白得（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

（A）
Children’ Discovery Museum is the first children museum in Thailand. In this museum, there are 8 galleries of 123 exhibits and activities in 3 buildings and outdoor space.
The first building with 4 galleries are the galleries of Body and Mind which are on the ground floor. The second floor is the Society and Culture Gallery which introduces various cultures of the world. The third floor, the top of this building is the Technology Gallery where you can enjoy different kinds of technology, such as computer, electricity transportation and telecommunication. On this floor children will have a chance to experience TV special effect such as blue screen, showing how Superman can fly in the film.
The second building is on the right hand! The first floor of this building is the Queen Park Gallery which shows the Queen’s work, including the background of the Queen Park. The other gallery on the first floor is the Rainbow City, which is the special area for the children under 6 years old. The Rainbow City is the model of small-city, including supermarket, fire station and health center.
The second floor of this building provides all kinds of activities, such as candle making, weaving machine and cooking.
The last building is located at the far end of the museum. It is the Nature and Environment Gallery where you can find animals, such as fish, rabbit in this building.
51. In Children’s Discovery Museum, there are ________.
A. 2 buildings on the right hand
B. 3 buildings and outdoor space
C. 4 galleries in the last building
D. 123 galleries of 8 exhibits
52. If you want to take a look at animals, you can go to the ________.
A. Queen Park Gallery
B. Technology Gallery
C. Society and Culture Gallery
D. Nature and Environment Gallery
53. You can do all of the following in the first building except ________.
A. learning about technology
B. enjoying TV special effect
C. finding fire station or supermarket
D. watching Superman fly in the film
（B）
If you’re imagining a holiday of golden sand beaches, impressive high
mountains, lively sunshine, excellent dining and endless fun – Hawaii is for
you!
RETURN AIRFARE TO HONOLULU $ 989
Airfare available in one of the following land arrangements.
INCLUDES return airfare flying Hawaiian Airlines plus prepaid airfare taxes!
Prices departing Sydney $ 989, Brisbane $ 1149, Melbourne $ 1159, Perth $ 1389.
HONOLULU 4 nights $ 295
Sure, it has a long history as the Hawaiian Island’s capital with wide beaches and cool weather. INCLUDES 4 nights accommodation（住宿）.
PLUS A Sunset Dinner Cruise（乘船游玩）！
HAWAII 4 nights $ 629 Hawaii is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, twice the size of all the other major Islands. INCLUDES return economy airfare from Honolulu.
PLUS A Gand Circle Island Tour!
KAUAI 4 nights $ 635 Kauai is the wettest spot on Earth with Mount Wai’ale’ale, averaging 485 inches of rain per year. INCLUDES return economy airfares from Honolulu, 4 nights accommodation.
PLUS Na Pali Coast & Sunset Tour!
MAUI 4 nights $ 755 Journey to Maui, the amazing island is one of the hottest travel destinations in the world. INCLUDES return economy airfares from Honolulu and 4 night accommodation.
PLUS Haleakala Downhill Ride!
54. Which of the following activities can you have in Kauai?
A. A Sunset Dinner Cruise.
B. A Grand Circle Island Tour.
C. Haleakala Downhill Ride.
D. Na Pali Coast & Sunset Tour.
55. If you leave Melbourne, the return airfare to HONOLULU is ________.
A. $989
B. $ 1149
C. $ 1159
D. $ 1389
56. In Maui, you may enjoy the ________ in the world.
A. wettest spot
B. hottest travel
C. widest beaches
D. largest island
57. What is the advertisement mainly about?
A. The travel prices and activities.
B. Free holidays at the beaches.
C. The natural scenery and location.
D. Information about hotel services.
（C）
Perhaps the most important thing you do in school days is to learn how to learn. This is very important because you are not always going to be at school, and yet you are going to want to continue learning things after your school days are over.
Different people learn things by using different strategies. For example, some people increase their vocabulary in a foreign language by reading a lot. Other people gain new words by making vocabulary lists and learning the words on them by heart.
Whichever way you learn, you will never again learn so much so fast as you did when you were a child at school. This is because a child is very open to
learning. A child accepts new concepts without questioning them.
A short while ago I went to a lecture where both children and adults were
present. The lecturer did an experiment to show the audience how children were
smarter than adults, and much faster at understanding new ideas. Just before the
coffee break, the lecturer put the same symbols (see left) up on the board, and told
us he was going to give us a 15 – minute coffee break to discover which should be
the next symbol in the series.
Immediately, a child from the eighth grade jumped up and ran to the board.
She didn’t need the coffee break. In less than 30 seconds she had solved the puzzle.
All the adults present were amazed. Even when the new symbol was on the board,
we adults couldn’t understand how it fitted into the series. Most of the children did!
58. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________ in this passage.
A. different people learn in different ways
B. an interesting experiment during a lecture
C. the fast ways of learning a foreign language
D. the importance of learning how to learn at school
59. According to the writer, children learn new things very fast because ________.
A. they usually study in a smarter way than adults
B. vocabulary lists can help them learn new words
C. it’s easy for them to accept new ideas and concepts
D. they remember what they learn quickly by reading a lot
60. The lecturer showed how open children’s minds are to new concepts by ________.
A. putting a puzzle on the board
B. giving a 15 – minute coffee break
C. asking a child to run to the board
D. making all the adults present amazed
61. What can be the new symbol written by the child from the eighth grade? ________
A B C D
（D）
Did you take an “e-mail 101”class before getting your e-mail account? Probably not. No training is required to get an e-mail account these days. Mary e-mail users get started without really knowing how to use the technology properly.
Unfortunately, this lack of e-mail know-how leads to a large list of problems. Chain letters
clog（堵塞）mailboxes. And for a variety of reasons, we’re often unable to send or receive messages. Wouldn’t e-mail be much easier to use if everyone followed a few simple guidelines? Yes, indeed!
Let’s learn what you can do to make e-mailing more enjoyable for everyone.
☆Guideline1. Think twice before sending messages with huge attachments（附件）.
Large attachments can clog people’s mailboxes, exceeding storage capacity（容量）. Mailboxes have size limits and often get so full that they cannot receive more messages.
It’s fun if your friend e-mails a dancing cat video to everyone in your class. It’s not fun if you don’t get that important e-mail from your teacher because you mailbox is full. Be careful when sending photos, videos or other large attachments.
☆Guideline2. Don’t forward chain letters.
Does everyone on your mailing list really want to read that romantic poem someone just e-mailed to you? Probably not! Chain letters don’t serve much purpose besides costing readers time and mailbox space.
If you want to show kindness to a friend, write them a short personal e-mail. Personal greetings move people more than funny messages written by strangers.
☆Guideline3. Don’t forward personal e-mails without first asking the author.
If someone wrote you a personal letter on paper, you’d hesitate before showing it to everyone. The same rule should relate to e-mail, also. Try to be polite to your friends. Don’t forward their personal e-mails without asking permission first.
☆Guideline 4. Clean out your own mailbox regularly.
Make sure there’s empty space in your mailbox, so new messages can come in. Otherwise, you might be wondering why that important message never came.
OK, students, e-mail class is dismissed. Good day and happy e-mailing!
62. The underlined word exceeding probable means _________.
A. making up
B. going beyond
C. enlarging
D. reducing
63. Which of the following pictures shows us the main idea of Guideline 2?
A B C D
64. According to the passage, we _________ when using e-mails.
A. should send chain letters to our friends
B. shouldn’t send our friends’ e-mails to others
C. should form a habit of emptying out mailboxes
D. shouldn’t receive e-mails with huge attachments
65. What can we learn from the “e-mail 101 class”?
A. How to use e-mails properly.
B. How to get an e-mail account.
C. How to clean out the mailbox.
D. How to send e-mails to friends.
第四部分书面表达（满分20分）
本题包括可供选择的两道题，你可选择其中一篇。

注意：短文必须包括所有要点，可适当发挥；
词数：100左右
（A）
依照下表内容用英语写一篇短文，介绍我国闻名核物理学家朱光亚的事迹，并谈谈你对人物的评判。

参考词汇：核物理学家nuclear physical scientist；
密执安大学Michigan University；
（B）
随着社会的进展，电视在我们的生活、工作和学习过程中起着越来越重要的作用。

对此学校开展了题为“Views on watching TV”的调查。

请你依照下表中的提示，客观介绍调查
Recently students of our school have made a survey of “Views on watching TV”.
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高二年级第一学期期中英语练习
参考答案、评分标准及听力录音稿
第一部分听力部分（满分20分，每小题1分，16至20题大小写错误，每一处扣0.5分）1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. October/ Oct 17. design 18. 311
19. Listening/listening 20. Monday/ Mon.
第二部分英语知识运用（满分30分，每小题1分）
第一节单项填空
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A
26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. C
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D
第二节完形填空
36. B 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. A
41. C 42. B 43. C 44. D 45. C
46. D 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. A
第三部分阅读明白得（满分30分，每小题2分）
51. B 52. D 53. C 54. D 55. C
56. B 57. A 58. D 59. C 60. A
61. B 62. B 63. D 64. C 65. A
第四部分书面表达（满分20分）
One possible version:
（A）Zhu Guangya, born in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1924, is a famous nuclear physical scientist. He was interested in physics in his childhood.
At the age of 17, he began to major in physics in the Southwest United University. After graduation in 1946, he went to University of Michigan in America to undertake the nuclear physical research work and got a PhD four years later. After returning to China in 1950, he worked as a professor in Beijing University as well as Jilin University. Because of his great contributions to the development of a-bomb and h-bomb, he was given the Top Grade Award in 1985.
Personally, I admire him very much for not only his great imagination and creativity but also for his devotion to China’ science and technology. （132）
（B）Recently students of our school have made a survey of “Views on watching TV”.
75% of the people enjoy watching TV because it can not only offer variety of information, but also vivid/ beautiful/ live pictures to help us have a better understanding of the world on all sides. In addition, many educational programs make it easy for people of different levels to learn more on all subjects. So all of can benefit from watching TV.
However, 25% of the people think there are so many advertisements on TV, which waste people lots of time. Besides, some teenagers are addicted to some programs which have bad effect
on them.
In my opinion, TV has played an important role in modern life. Only when we make full use of all kinds of TV programs can we have a colorful/ better life. （131）。