台州中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中英语试题

台州中学2012学年第二学期期中试题
高二英语
第Ⅰ卷（选择题满分70分）
一、听力（略）
二、单项填空（共16 小题；每小题0.5分，满分8分）
18. At first ___ , the bag seems made of real leather, but actually it is just an imitation.
A. sight
B. look
C. appearance
D. view
19. After he retired from office, Tom ___ painting for a while , but soon lost interest.
A. kept up
B. took up
C. sped up
D. cleaned up
20. We can hardly believe what she says because she is ___changing her mind.
A. regularly
B. eventually
C. firmly
D. constantly
21. --- Thank you for keeping me ___ of everything that’s happening.
--- Don’t mention it .
A. inform
B. informed
C. informing
D. to inform
22. Jack is late again. It is ___ of him to keep others waiting.
A. normal
B. ordinary
C. common
D. typical
23. --- Must you play the guitar so loudly ? I can hardly ___ my book .
--- I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were reading .
A. pay attention to
B. rely on
C. catch sight of
D. concentrate on
24. Doctors are often in ____ dilemma over whether or not to tell their patients ___
truth about their condition.
A. a ; a
B. a ; the
C. / ; a
D. / ; the
25. It’s known ___ us that a mouse has a good nose ___cheese.
A. for ; for
B. to ; for
C. by ; to
D. by ; at
26. --- How often do you eat out ?
--- ____ , but usually once a week.
A. Have no idea
B. As usual
C. It depends
D. Generally speaking
27. --- Have you got everything ready for the party , Kate ?
--- Yes, the decorations are all ___ now.
A. in place
B. in detail
C. in reality
D. in total
28. Your car should be ready by 12 o’clock, but ___, I’ll let you know.
A. if possible
B. if ever
C. if anything
D. if not
29. --- Is everyone here ?
--- Not yet … Look, there ___ the rest of our guests !
A. come
B. comes
C. is coming
D. are coming
30. The milk must be preserved at this temperature until it ____.
A. will process
B. is processed
C. has processed
D. had been processed
31. ___ in the fascinating book , he did not notice a thief enter his room.
A. To absorb
B. Absorbing
C. Absorbed
D. To be absorbed
32. In our childhood, we were often_____ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.
A. demanded
B. reminded
C. allowed
D. hoped
33. --- Do you really think I can achieve my goal ?
--- Absolutely .___ you give up halfway .
A. If
B. Unless
C. Since
D. because
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
At the age of seven, I went to see my grandma in Warwick and spent the summer with her. One day I went to a general store with a 34 full of what Grandma needed.
“Excuse me, I need to 35 these,” I said .
“So ? I’m not your 36 ! You should get yourself a basket and start filling,” Miss Bee, the owner of the store, said 37 without smiling. “If you’re 38 you’ll be home by sunset.” Sunset was five hours away. 39 , the store was a puzzle, and I wasn’t sure if I would make it.
I visited Miss Bee several times a week that 40 . One afternoon when I watched her adding 35 cents instead of 29 for a can of beans, I 41 her immediately. Though being caught overcharging , she didn’t seem 42 , and she just fixed the price.
All summer long I was always tricked by Miss Bee. No sooner had I memorized t he soda’s location on the shelf than she rearranged the shelves and made me 43 it all over again. But by summer’s end the 44 trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.
The morning I was to return to Brooklyn, I stepped in to get a bottle of water.
“What did you 45 this summer?” she said.
“That you’re so mean!” I whispered.
To my 46 , Miss Bee laughed. “When you get older, you’ll be glad our paths crossed!”
Glad I met Miss Bee ? No!
Until one day my daughter came to me with homework 47 . “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish it for me?”
“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” Suddenly, I was 48 at that general store where Miss Bee had really taught me something all those years ago.
34. A. bag B. bottle C. list D. can
35. A. buy B. read C. borrow D. sell
36. A. daughter B. servant C. master D. teacher
37. A. honestly B. quietly C. coldly D. quietly
38. A. busy B. stupid C. lucky D. popular
39. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Also
40. A. year B. summer C. autumn D. term
41. A. supported B. attracted C. corrected D. remembered
42. A. excited B. unfriendly C. moved D. uncomfortable
43. A. hunt for B. step onto C. learn about D. care for
44. A. school B. shopping C. business D. sightseeing
45. A. eat B. earn C. forget D. learn
46. A. shame B. delight C. surprise D. regret
47. A. signs B. troubles C. scores D. rules
48. A. out B. ahead C. around D. back
四、阅读理解（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，然后从49-64各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

A
Dear Parents,
It is almost a week since school began. I hope that you and your child are settled and comfortable in the arrangement of the new school year. I would like to take this opportunity to give you news about the art project that the eighth grade students and I will be working on during this unit.
My name is Molly Atkinson and I am a new middle school teacher here at MSAE in Kauai. I feel that it is important for you to know that my approach to classroom management is inspired by Maharishi’s Principle of Ideal Teaching. I believe that it is the most positive method for guiding our stu dents’ education. I also believe that by keeping the lessons interesting, the classroom will be a creative environment for the students to explore the artistic process. My experience with the class this week makes me believe that the students and I will have a fruitful and caring experience in our time together.
The students’ first project is a three-part work that begins with the creation of a collage (拼贴画). A pencil drawing of the collage will follow. The third part of the project will be a geometrical three-dimensional (几何三维的) drawing of the collage. The students have jumped right into the project with enthusiasm (热情) and focus. I can tell that we are going to have a very productive unit.
On October 30th, the students will have a showing of their work for you. I look forward to meeting all of you that day. If you would like to get hold of me before that time I will be here after school until 4:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays and can be available on other afternoons by appointment (预约). I may also be reached at my e-mail address: matkinson@. I am very happy to be here and look forward to working with the eighth grade students.
Sincerely,
Molly Atkinson
49. It can be learned that the letter was written _____.
A. after the school year ended
B. before the new school year started
C. in the middle of the school year
D. at the beginning of the new school year
50. The letter was most probably written by _____.
A. an art teacher
B. an eighth grader
C. a school gardener
D. a head teacher
51. In Paragraph 2, Atkinson mentions _____.
A. her long work experience
B. her close relationships with the students
C. the teaching method she applies
D. the training aim of the new term
52. The underlined words “that time” in the last paragraph refer to _____.
A. October 30th
B. 4:30 on Mondays
C. 4:30 on Wednesdays
D. other afternoons
B
Two more cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been detected in Zhejiang province, including a man who died last week, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a 38-year-old patient surnamed Hong from Hangzhou, the provincial capital, who died in hospital on March 27, had the virus.
Hong was infected on March 7 while working in neighboring Jiangsu province. He returned home on March 18, according to the Zhejiang health department.
The other patient, surnamed Yang, is a 67-year-old man. He developed a cough and fever on March 25 and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
None of the people who came into close contact with the patients have developed symptoms of the flu, the health department said.
On Sunday, two men in Shanghai died from H7N9. A woman in Anhui province and four men in Jiangsu province remain in critical condition, which makes a large number of people scared to death.
All patients had fevers and coughs in the early stages before developing pneumonia(肺炎) and breathing difficulties, China's health authorities said.
Experts say genetic analysis shows that the H7N9 virus can be treated with Tamiflu, an antiviral drug that may slow the spread of influenza（流感，家畜流行性感冒）in the body.
Wang Xianjun, head of the Shandong provincial center of disease control, said H7N9 is sensitive to neuraminidase-inhibiting medicine such as Tamiflu, Qilu Evening News reported on Wednesday.
There are no effective vaccines(疫苗) for H7N9 as yet, Wang said, but using Tamiflu may be effective in the early stages.
53. According to this passage, the most cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been
detected in ______.
A. Zhejiang province
B. Anhui province
C. Shanghai
D. Jiangsu province
54. From the whole passage we can learn that_______.
A. two men in Shanghai and a woman in Zhejiang province died from H7N9.
B. the H7N9 virus can be cured with an antiviral drug called Tamiflu.
C. all the patients infected with H7N9 had fevers and coughs in the early stages.
D. only one patient has died from H7N9 in Anhui.
55. The underlined word in the sentence “…four men in Jiangsu province remain in
critical condition” may be close to ______ in meaning.
A. very serious and dangerous
B. extremely important
C. quite healthy
D. not serious or dangerous
56. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the medicine for H7N9
B. the spread of H7N9 and an antiviral drug
C. the number of patients who died from H7N9
D. people who came into close contact with the patients of H7N9
C
To me, the ocean is our greatest wilderness. I love swimming in it , surfing its waves, watching it from shore and thinking about all the life living unseen under the surface.
When I take my little kids to check out tide pools, we’re overjoyed when we find a sea star or some shellfish. Lately, though, I've noticed a change in my favorite pools: there are more sea grasses and fewer animals with shells.
I can't help feeling these small changes portend something more troubling about our oceans. It matches what scientists are telling us: our oceans are being troubled by carbon dioxide that threatens corals, colorful fish, salmon, sea otters, even whales. Our oceans are facing a major change.
Every hour, a million tons of carbon dioxide from cars, factories and power plants rain down on the world’s oceans. Carbon pollution brings about a chemical reaction that turns sea water more acidic (酸的) and takes away things important for sea animals .
Some of us are already feeling the effects of this growing crisis（危机）. Shellfish farmers in the Pacific Northwest have reported a decrease in natural and farmed oysters(牡蛎). Just this week, a new study proved the link between the huge reduction in the numbers of oysters and ocean acidification. As polar waters become more acidic, Alaskan fishermen are troubled by the future of smaller fish.
Without action, ocean acidification will have a disastrous influence on the food chain, affecting not only sea life but the people who depend on it for food and their living. Already, our oceans have become 30 percent more acidic since preindustrial times, and it gets worse every day. We can stop this frightening dream, but only if we act now.
That's why the Center for Biological Diversity has started a petition (请愿书) requesting President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a plan to deal with ocean acidification. Decisive action can save sea life as we know it.
Now it isn’t to o late to save our oceans and sea life. With immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide release we can start taking important steps today to deal with this disastrous situation. Join me in our petition calling for a national plan to save our oceans.
57.The aut hor’s recent visits to the tide pool brought her ___ .
A. happiness
B. anger
C. concern
D. comfort
58. The underlined word “portend” in Paragraph 3 probably means ___ .
A. predict
B. prevent
C. replace
D. reduce
59. What the author worries about most is ____ .
A. the harm of sea grasses
B. carbon pollution in the sea
C. that the petition may be turned down
D. how fishermen can make a living in the future
60. What is the main purpose of the text ?
A. To inform.
B. To educate.
C. To persuade .
D. To instruct.
D
Have you ever hated anyone? Well, probably you don’t really hate them. But you do get angry the moment you think of them. If you don’t get out of the anger, it may turn into bitterness(积怨).
Bitterness can come about w hen we can’t forgive someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But we keep it deep inside instead of working through the anger. Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. The bitterness shows when we constantly criticize the one who hurt us. We may think we are hurting that person, but we are really only hurting ourselves.
Bitterness is a harmful emotion that affects the whole body. It can lead to serious health problems such as high blood pressure. Bitterness can stop us from concentrating on important things. Instead, we waste time thinking about how we have been hurt.
Finally, holding on to bitterness can hurt our relationships with friends and family members. No one enjoys being around an angry, negative person for very long.
Author Chuck Swindoll once said, “ Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it.” That means when someone hurts you, your response is more important than what happened. You can choose to let go of hurt. You can also choose to hold on to hurt, which results in bitterness.
If you see bitterness in your life, here are some ways to deal with it.
Stop making excuses for it.
You may feel you have a fight to be angry. You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look sad. But in the end, bitterness hurts you much more than the other person.
Forgive and forget it.
The best thing you can do is to forgive and forget. You probably can’t totally put the act out of your mind. But you can decide to forgive the other person. Let it go and move on. You’ll enjoy better health and peace of mind.
61. If we don’t release anger, _____ .
A. We will always be criticized and hurt
B. We will not blame others for any reason
C. A bitter feeling will develop in our mind
D. We will not be particular about what others do
62. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is _____.
A. The relationships hurt by bitterness.
B. The illness caused by bitterness
C. The reaction of an angry person
D. The negative effects of bitterness
63. The author advises us to do the following EXCEPT_____.
A. to hold on to bitterness inside us
B. to forgive the one who hurts you
C. to stop making excuses for the bitterness
D. to forget others’ rude behavior
64. By forgiving others, we are able to _____.
A. prevent bad things from happening
B. be friends with the person who hurts us
C. forget the bitter experience completely
D. enjoy good health and a peaceful mind
第二节：阅读下列短文，根据短文内内容，从A、B、C、D、E中，选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项。

选项中有一项是多余的。

A.Make the important points
B.Understand the lessons
C.Study at the right time
D.Gather study materials
E.Study in advance
Tips on taking exams
The following are a few study tips for high school students and college students, which will help you answer your exam papers with confidence.
65. __________
It is better to have all the study materials available to you before you start reading. This not only includes your texts and notes but also the previous years’ notes and things like a dictionary and reference books. This has two advantages. Firstly, you do not need to break your concentration (专心) by searching for books. It saves time. Secondly, it gives you a feeling of being prepared for the exams, as you have all the necessary things and the only thing left its to start studying .
66. __________
The most common mistake that students make is that they start studying a day or two before exams. You can’t revise (复习) all the notes if you study only two days before exams. Therefore, what most of the studen ts do is study only the “so-called” important points. As a result , even if the test paper is easy , you get a low score only because you don’t know the entire syllabus （课程提纲）. So start studying at least a month before the exams.
67. __________
If you have descriptive subjects, do not just remember the answers. Try to understand what you are reading, for this is the best methods for good recall at the time of exams. The major disadvantage of reciting is that if you forget one word of the answer during your exam, you tend to go completely blank. On the contrary (相反地), if you understand the subjects well, you can write the answer on your own at any time. For exams like math , practice at least five sums every day. Math cannot be learned in
a day .
68. __________
The last tips is to study when you are in your best mentally active state. Some people are comfortable studying in the early morning, while some like studying at night. Find out the time when you are fresh and relaxed and choose that time for your studies.
卷II（非选择题满分30分）
五、单词拼写（共10小题：每小题0.5分，满分5分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或中文，写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。

69. Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a l of exercise.
70. Li Hui a a good knowledge of English during her stay in London Last year .
71. The boy has cut his finger and it is b heavily.
72. The bus came a of time , and Mary was not ready.
73. His mother still t him as a child though he is 25 years old .
74. We know this place well, so we can be your g .
75. If everybody helps a little , it really makes a d to our environment .
76. Our teacher was d that we were successful in our examination .
77. The doctor will see you again next week. M , you must rest as much as possible .
78. This coat is much too t_______. Please show me a bigger one.
六、按照课文内容填空（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词或用括号中词的适当形式填空。

The skin is 79 essential part of your body and its largest organ. You have three
l 80 of skin which act as a barrier81disease , poisons and the sun’s harmful rays. The functions of your skin are also very 82: it keeps you warm or cool; it 83your body from losing too much water; it is __84___ you feel cold , heat or pain and it gives you your 85of touch. So as you can imagine, if your skin gets _86___ it can be very serious. First aid is a very important 87step in the treatment of burns . You can get burned by a variety of things. There are three types of burns, 88 (depend) on which layers of the skin are burned.
七、短文改错（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
假定英语课上老师要求同学之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在该句下面写出该加的词。

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。

Yesterday my aunt went shopping and asked me take care of my two little lovely cousins. I was busy for my homework, but I let them read picture books by themselves. Moments later, I found the pages of a book tearing and lying all over the floor. When I asked them whom did that, the elder sister slowly nodded and bent down her head. Saw that she was true sorry, I just smiled, gave her some biscuits and told her not to do that again. When his younger brother saw the biscuit, he asked why
he wasn’t given any. She answered, “You don’t tear out the pages of the book, but I did.”
七、书面表达(满分15分)
我校与韩国某中学是友好学校，对方校刊来信想了解我校本学期选修课开
已给出。

词汇：optional course 选修课
Students Like Optional Courses
高二英语期中试卷答案
75. difference 76. delighted 77. Meanwhile 78. tight
六、按照课文内容填空（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
79. an 80. layers 81. against 82. complex 83. prevents(stops ,/keeps)
84. where 85. sense 86. burned 87. first 88. depending
七、书面表达(满分15分) ks5u
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her biscuits
don’t tear out the pages of the book, b ut I did.”
didn’t
七、书面表达(满分15分)
Students Like Optional Courses
This term our school has offered more than 20 optional courses, from which students can choose. The courses are given from 3:30pm to 4:50pm on Wednesday and Friday every week. And we students have benefited a lot from them.
In our school, students take great interest in the optional courses. Their favorites are computer, spoken English, arts and so on. They say they have learned much that is not taught in textbooks and they have got a great deal of practice. However, students are not quite satisfied. They hope more optional courses will be offered while their home-work should be less. They suggest that more trips and visits should be organized. Only in this way can they learn more about what is going on outside school. （126 words）。