邗江中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案试题

江苏省邗江中学2015-2016学年度第二学期高二英语期中考试2016.04第I卷(三部分共85分)第一部分：听力（20分）第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What might prevent the woman buying the table?A. Its quality.B. Its price.C. Its design.2. Who planted the trees?A. The woman.B. Henry.C. Someone else.3. What happened to the woman?A.She got fired today.B. She got promoted last week.C. She was fooled by the man.4. What did the man do?A. He gave the woman the wrong information.B. He put the sugar in the black container.C. He added salt to his coffee.5. How long is a day on Mars?A. Less than 24 hours.B. 24 hours and 37 minutes.C. 37 hours.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

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 do we know about the woman’s document?A. It’s about 30000 words long.B. It’s written in English.C. It’s a textbook.7. Which language is the most difficult according to the man?A. Arabic.B. Spanish.C. English.8. What does the woman decide to do?A. Translate the document herself.B. Hire the man to do the translation.C. Look for another translator.听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。

9. Why does the woman call the man?A. To place an ad in the newspaper.B. To ask about something for sale.C. To find out about a TV program.10. When will the speakers meet this afternoon?A. At 2:00.B. At 3:00.C. At 4:00.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why was the man disappointed?A. China lost the match.B. China did not play well.C. The other team made too many mistakes.12. What did the woman enjoy most about the match?A. The passion of the sport.B. The skill of the players.C. The close score of the game.13. What did the man say about China’s women’s team in the next Olympics?A. China will surely win a gold medal.B. China will definitely lose to good teams.C. China should hope for a bronze medal.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Where does the conversation take place?A. In the woman’s.B. In the hospital.C. In an office.15. What was the purpose of the meeting?A. To find out why the woman’s r ecent work was poor.B. To ask about the woman’s family.C. To fire the woman.16. What happened to the woman’s mother?A. She was seriously sick.B. She had a car accident.C. She died of stomach cancer.17. What was Mr. Travers’ attitude to the w oman in the end?A. He was angry.B. He was critical.C. He was kind.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where was Brandon last seen?A. In the frozen foods section.B. In the sporting goods section.C. In the toys section.19. What is Brandon wearing?A. A white shirt and a red baseball cap.B. Blue jeans and a black baseball cap.C. A dark shirt and blue jeans.20. What should guests do if they see the boy?A. Call the security department.B. Take him to the Pizza Hut.C. Help him to reach the security desk.第二部分英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21. Beijing’s bid for ______2022 Winter Olympics has driven public enthusiasm for wintersports to ______ new heights.A. a; theB. /; /C. the; /D. /; the22. In my home breakfast is ________ at 7 o’clock, which has ________ unchanged for 20 years.A. ordered; lastedB. served; remainedC. served; appearedD. ordered; developed23.---How was your recent trip to Qinghai?--- I’ve never had _______ one.A. a pleasantB. the most pleasantC. a more pleasantD. a most pleasant24. Looking at the video, the boy had no ___________ but to admit cheating in the exam and ask the teachers to forgive him.A. possessionB. alternativeC. commitmentD. doubt25. Rice is one of the world’s most _________ food crops. The success of this grain is due to the plentiful rainfall in the regions where it’s grown.A. abundantB. remoteC. specificD. relevant26. Every year accidents _______ from carelessness while driving result in many deaths.A. risingB. arousingC. raisingD. arising27. Don’t ________ more work than you can do, or you will ________.A. take over; break inB. take on; break downC. take over; break offD. take on; break in28. Laurence _______ some skills and knowledge of making the statue just by looking at others doing it.A. brought upB. looked upC. set upD. picked up29. With food and gunpowder ________ short, the soldiers are suffering from hunger and danger of being attacked by the enemies at any time.A. to runB. to be runC. runD. running30. When a person lives too many hours a day in the digital universe, that is when he or she _____ something.A. has missedB. will missC. is missingD. misses31. The French revolution was successful in _________ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.A. informingB. remindingC. riddingD. robbing32. ----Are you an English teacher?----No, but I __________. I used to work in a middle school for two years.A. amB. wasC. doD. Will33. To recognize and respect a country’s own culture does not mean to close the door to others, _____ to stand upon a principle of being superior.A. and it meansB. but it meansC. neither does it meanD. so does it mean34. Since the Amish value seeing each other face to face, they ________telephone in their housesA. oppose havingB. oppose to haveC. against havingD. are opposed to have35. —The T shirt I received is not the same as is shown online.— ________? But I promi se you we’ll look into it right away.A. Who saysB. How comeC. What forD. Why worry第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项Hope in my armsLast year I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child. An organization that helps children with AIDS.All the children that had __36__ at one particular room could paint a square on a piece of cloth Later the squares would be sewn together to __37__ a quilt．The quilt would be __38__ to a man who had devoted his life to the __39__ and would soon be retiring.The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the。