2014-2015学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

2014-2015年度下期高二期中考英语科测试卷共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）1.What are they talking about?A. Renting an apartment.B. Cooking good food.C. Buying a gift.2.What are these people going to do?A. Call their friends.B. Wait a little longer.C. Go back home.3.Where does the conversation most probably take place?A .On the filmmaking spot. B. Behind a big window. C. Just in the snow.4.What is Jane worried about?A. Seeing the doctor.B. Missing her lessons.C. Staying home by herself.5.How much did the man’s wife pay for her coat?A.$80.B.$240.C.$120.第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6.What can we know about the man?A. He’s going to hear John Denver.B. He knows little of John Denver.C. He’s a famous singer.7.What is John Denver going to do?A. Write some songs for a concert.B. Make some records for radio.C. Sing songs on Saturday evening.8.What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Buy a ticket as soon as possible.B. Listen to a program on the radio.C. Enjoy John Denver’s music at home.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9.What is the man most likely to do?A. To persuade the woman to have a look at his car.B. To sell his second-hand car.C. To put up an advertisement.10.Where is the man’s office?A. In the city center.B. On Hills Road.C. Near the hospital.11.What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman will buy the car.B. The woman has worked in the hospital for a long time.C. The car has a history of four years.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12.How many presents has Alice received?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.13.Which is NOT mentioned in their dialogue?A. Alice’s father sends the nicest present to her.B. Alice likes all the presents she has received.C. Tom is willing to teach her to skate.14.What can we learn from the dialogue?A. Tom is a friend of Alice’s.B. Alice will buy more CDs.C. Alice had skateboards before.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15.What is the main subject of the conversation?A. Maryland Team.B. The woman’s injured foot.C. Saturday’s game.16.What sport are they talking about?A. Basketball.B. Football.C. Baseball.17.What is going to happen?A. There will be a match between Michigan and Maryland on Saturday.B. Maryland will rank No.1 in the country.C .A tough game will be expected between the speakers’ team and Michigan.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.How can you sometimes learn more about a person?A. By talking with him.B. By listening to him.C. By watching him.19.Which of the following shows a person is interested in listening to you？A. His eyes are moving around.B. He is standing still.C. He is tapping his foot.20.What can we learn from what the speaker said?A. Signs can help one follow a speaker along.B.A fast speaker often uses body language.C .Signs are usually used on TV.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AMy father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half- playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"" You bet, "I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I. understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class; our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas ! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(剌痛) and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness."Oh, he doesn't want to go away , " said my mother, " You shouldn't go on like this. " "It's up to him, " said my father. "He can make up his own mind . "21. How did the author react to the idea of going to Eton?A. He didn't believe it.B. He was very unhappy.C. He was delighted.D. He had mixed feelings.22. From the text, we can know that Eden is ________.A. a famous schoolB. an expensive carC. one of the author's friendsD. one of the father's colleagues23. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us________ .A. about their living conditionsB. about the author's gradesC. what the author's father is likeD. how hard the author's father works24. From the text we can know that the author's father enjoyed being different as long as ______A. it drew attention to himB. there was no danger of showing offC. he was not involved in any argumentsD. it was understood as a jokeBEnglish is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mails are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary - perhaps as many as two million words.However, let's face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger . Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾) , we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don't fing , grocers don't groce , and hammers don't ham? If the plural (复数形式) of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth ? One goose, two geese - so one moose , two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That's why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.25. According to the passage________.A. there should be eggs in an eggplantB. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are differentC. pineapples are the apples on the pine treeD. boxing rings should be round26. What does the author use most to prove his idea?A. Plurals.B. Paradoxes.C. Comparisons.D. Synonyms.27. The underlined words "a wise guy" in paragraph 3 probably mean "______ ".A. somebody wiseB. a valuable chanceC. an opposite wordD. a stupid person28. The last paragraph is written to show .A. English is importantB. a word may have several definitionsC. human beings are creativeD. why people invented EnglishCSometimes people call each other " scared cat" , but have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood-stream. If the danger continues, this animal will do one of the two things. It will defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by other emotions, our bodies go through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run. Human beings, however, have a problem. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger - and regretted later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher or told somebody you were lonely and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely.Does this mean that it's always smarter to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings like anger hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health. Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside don't just go away. It's as if you bought some bananas and stuck them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you'd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering(盘旋) all over them. They'd be rotten. You can try to treat emotions as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend theydon't exit, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.29. The best title for this article isA. What Happens to An Excited PersonB. What Happens to A Frightened CatC. Emotions Affect Our BodiesD. Feelings That People Have30. According to the passage, human beings get into trouble because ______.A. they are not as alert as animalsB. they always do something wrong to other peopleC. they sometimes can't control their feelingsD. they don't pay attention to their physical changes31. The underlined word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to________.A. bad emotionB. a bottleC. physical illnessD. a rotten banana32. The author mainly intends to tell us to _______ .A. make us face the problem that we have to deal with feelingsB. give us some advice on how to express our feelingsC. tell us that it isn't good to keep feelings insideD. make us know that it isn't always wise to express our feelings freelyDAmerican scientists have developed the first material that repairs itself. The material is a form of plastic that has been engineered to fill breaks in its surface.Plastics are used today in everything. Scientists wanted to find a way to make objects made of plastic last longer. The researchers hope their new discovery can be used to make objects that are difficult or impossible to replace.The surface of plastic objects breaks over time. Very small breaks develop every time a plastic object is used. The researchers wanted to find out how to stop plastic from developing small breaks that weaken and destroy it. They found the answer in the chemical structure of plastic itself. The research team found a way to make plastic that contains very small balloons filled with monomer(单体) liquid. When the new plastic cracks, the monomer liquid is let out and flows into the crack. Thus the break is repaired. The repaired plastic has seventy-five percent of the strength of undamaged plastic.The new self-repairing plastic is not yet ready for production. But it has several possible uses. One could be in space vehicles where parts cannot be repaired or replaced. Another possible use might be in bridges. And it could be used in people, to replace bone joints that have become broken or damaged.33. The passage mainly talks about_______ .A. plastic that repairs itselfB. the chemical structure of plasticC. permanent material inventedD. small balloons that makes plastic stronger34. We know from the passage that the repair is done as_______.A. the cracked plastic parts are changedB. the plastic cracksC. the liquid is put into the plastic cracksD. the plastic is made35. The scientist are planning to use the new material in space vehicles, bridges andpeople because________.A. the plastic parts in them are required to last longerB. they want to experiment in these places firstC. the new material cannot be used elsewhereD. the plastic parts in them are easily broken or damaged第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。