高二期中测试题 2009年11月

高二期中测试题2009年11月一.听力

二. 单项填空

三. 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36——55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 36 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 his father could well 38 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into own study and told him how 39 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 but slightly disappointed, the young man 41 the box and found a lovely book. 42 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “43 all your money you give me a book?”and rushed out of the house, 44 the book in the study.

He did not contact(联系) his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 46 he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 47 the hospital, he saw on the desk the 48 new book ,just as he had left it one 49 ago. He opened it and began to 50 the pages. Suddenly, a car key 51 from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a tag(标签) with the dealer’s name, the 52 dealer who had the sports car he had 53 . On the tag was the 54 of his graduation, and the 55 PAID IN FULL.

36. A. expected B. enjoyed C. admired D. owned

37. A. finding B. proving C. deciding D. knowing

38. A. afford B. offer C. keep D. like

39. A. encouraged B. comfortable C. proud D. moved

40. A. Nervous B. Serious C. Careful D. Curious

41. A. packed B. opened C. picked up D. put aside

42. A. Angrily B. Eagerly C. Careful D. Anxiously

43. A. At B. From C. With D. To

44. A. coating B. putting C. forgetting D. leaving

45. A. until B. as C. before D. unless

46. A. learned B. realized C. recognized D. admitted

47. A. get to B. search for C. turn to D. leave for

48. A. much B. still C. hardly D. quite

49. A. year B. month C. week D. day

50. A. clean B. read C. turn D. count

51. A. lost B. came C. appeared D. dropped

52. A. old B. same C. special D. new

53. A. rememberer B. desired C. found D. met

54. A. picture B. place C. date D. sign

55. A. words B. information C. message D.card

四.阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选

项，并在答题卡上涂黑

A

I work as a journalist(新闻记者) and today I was lucky to have an interview with Ezra Pryme , the famous English eccentric(怪人). I say“lucky”,because Ezra Pryme doesn’t have much time for the humans and he almost has no visitors. He is very rich and he has a very big country house with a large garden. He has got a large family, but he never sees any of his children or grandchildren. “I haven’t got any time for them,”he says. He has the largest collection of Art Deco objects in the world, but he is the only one who never sees them.

I knocked at the door of the house at exactly 3 pm. Ezra’s servant opened the door for me. I was led through a large hall which had all sorts of paintings on the walls and then into a library. I waited for a while and at last a very short man appeared. He had white hair and grey eyes. He had a beautiful green suit on and pink tie. He also had a smile on his face, which surprised me. As soon as he saw me, he held out his hand. Not expecting this, I hesitated for a moment. “Y ou can shake hands,”he said, “I don’t have any diseases! Mind the steps!”he cries, leading me down some steps, “I don’t say that to all my visitors, you know!”

56.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “hesitated”?

A. Introduced oneself

B. Held out my hand

C. Showed uncertainty

D. Showed smiles

57. Ezra Pryme is called an eccentric, which is not the reason ?

A. He never sees any of his children or grandchildren.

B. He himself has a very big house and garden.

C. He has seldom had visitors.

D. He accepted the interview.

58. Why was the writer allowed to have the interview?

A. Because he was a new journalist.

B. Because he was lucky.

C. We don’t know from the passage.

D. Since the eccentric likes journalists.

B

Music plays an important part in our lives. Music is for dancing, drinking, eating, loving and thinking. Some songs remind us of our childhood or youth. Others remind us of the peaple we love. Many important occasions, like weddings and funerals, have special music. Every nation has a national song like the American The Star-Spangled Banner.

In the US, high schools and colleges have school songs too. Music is a part of the history of America. It expresses the problems and feelings of its people.

As the years go on, the music grows and changes. Modern science has also changed music. Inventions such as records, radios, movies, electric instruments, tape recorders and videos have changed the way we play and listen to music. They have helped to make music an important form of international communication.

American music, from the earliest folk songs to modern “pop”, is known