安徽省宿州市泗县二中高二英语上学期期中试题新人教版

英语试卷
第I卷（选择题）
一、单项选择
1．Any help from you will be greatly appreciated. Please give me a reply at your earliest .
A．interruption B．instruction C．consideration D．convenience
2．As high school students, it’s very important to keep ourselves ______ of what’s happening home and abroad every day.
A. to inform
B. informing
C. informed
D. be informed
3．The wreckage of something like a jet plain discovered in the heart of the desert is believed ______ a UFO and _______down for reasons still mysterious.
A. to be; have fallen
B. to have been; to have fallen
C. to be; to fall
D. having been; having fallen
4．It is every citizen’s duty to go out to ______ the snow on the street______ it stops falling so as to make it convenient for traffic to pass. .
A. sweep up; the instant
B. clear up; the moment
C. clean up; immediately
D. whirled up; directly
5．The most important _____ of the job as a typist is to be able to type fast and _______.
A. aspect; accurate
B. way; exactly
C. aspect; accurately
D. part; precisely
6． When you are _______ about which button to press on the complicated machine, you can either read the user’s guide for guidance or fax us for specific instruction. Don’t ______ the trial-and-error method.
A. insure; do
B. ensure; make
C. uncertain; try
D. unsure; touch 7．They are representatives of farm workers and the frustrating conditions they are in are______ the true state of the majority of them.
A. symbolic
B. representative of
C. curious about
D. ambitious about
8．No sooner had I began to sing the English song than it was_______ by a 13-year-old girl. She sang the song so beautifully that I couldn’t help asking her when she had ______ the study of English.
A. brought up; taken up
B. picked up; picked up
C. taken up; taken up
D. come up; set up
9．Some adjustments have to be made to the timetable so that it can _______everybody that is concerned.
A. fit
B. serve
C. suit
D. adjust
10．No teacher except him can ______ to be laughed at in front of so many students without losing temper.
A. stand
B. put up with
C. bear
D. tolerate
二、阅读理解
Writing being largely a self-taught occupation, texts on how to get about it -though
great in number- seldom are of much use.
You try, and fail. Then try again. Until at last, if you have some gift for it, the failures become less frequent, or at any rate less apparantly.
It is this ability to cover up one’s defects that is finally regarded as accomplishment or achievement.
Along the way there are the discouragements of unkind criticism, outright rejection, troublesome insecurity and irregular inability to meet debts.
It is uncommon, therefore, to come across a book containing advice of much practical value for anyone toying（漫不经心地考虑） with the dangerous idea of staring on a writing life.
A friend recently lent me such a book, however - one I wish I’d had the luck to read years ago, and which I would recommend to any young person devoted to making a career of words. It is the autobiography （自传） of the English novelist Anthony Trollope, first published in 1883, the year after his death.
Needing some means to support himself, Trollope at age 19 worked as a junior clerk in the British postal service. He was at his desk at 5:30 each morning to write for three hours. And he remained in the mail service 33 years, long after reputation and prosperity had come to him.
Now, what of his advice in his works?
1. For safety’s sake, arm yourself with some other skills, some other line of work to fall back on（求助）。

That way, failure at writing, though the disappointment may appear, will not mean ruin.
2. Do not depend too much on inspiration. Writing is a craft, which Trollope compared to the craft of shoemaking. The shoemaker who has just turned out one pair of his work sets to work immediately on the next pair.
3. Have a story to tell, but, more important than that, people with characters who will speak and move as living creatures in the reader’s mind. Without memorable characters, story alone is nothing.
4. Meet your deadlines. Life is endlessly “painful and troublesome” for writers who can’t finish their work on time.
5. Do not be carried away by praise. And, above all, do not be injured by criticism.
6. Understand the risks of writing for a living. “The career, when successful, is pleasant enough certainly; but when unsuccessful, it is of all careers the most painful.”
11．This passage mainly discusses__________.
A. the difficulties and risks of making a career of words
B. the uselessness of instructions contained in writing guidebooks
C. the autobiography of the 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope
D. sound advice provided in Anthony. Trollope’s autobiography
12． From the context we can figure out that the unde rlined word “defect” in Paragraph
3 means__.
A. advantage
B. fault
C. truth
D. disadvantage
13．According to the author, writing _______.
A. is basically a self-taught occupation and no instructions on how to deal with it
are of any practical use
B. is a “trial and error” process and it does not count whether you have the gift for writing or not
C. for a living is the most pleasant of all careers, full of praise and enjoyment
D. sometimes provides good hopes of winning public praise and escaping povert 14．From the passage we may infer that the author is most probably
A. an instructor of writing
B. a writer
C. an educator
D. a publisher
Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200, 000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4 bn per year. Tourists from the United Kingdom make up the bulk (主体) of visitors to Scotland. In 2002, for example, UK visitors made 18.5 million visits to Scotland, staying 64.5 million nights and spending £3.7 bn. In contrast, overseas residents made 1.58 million visits to Scotland, staying 15 million nights and spending £806m. In terms of overseas visitors, those from the United States made up 24% of visits to Scotland, with the United States being the largest source of overseas visitors, and Germany (9%), France (8%), Canada (7%) and Australia (6%), following behind.
Scotland is generally seen as clean, unspoilt destination with beautiful scenery which has a long and complex history, combined with thousands of historic sites and attractions. These include prehistoric stone circles, standing stones and burial chambers, and various Bronze Age, Iron Age and Stone Age remains. There are also many historic castles, houses, and battlegrounds, ruins and museums. Many people are drawn by the culture of Scotland.
The cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow are increasingly being seen as a cosmopolitan （全世界的）alternative to Scotland’s countryside, with visitors year round, but the main tourist season is generally from April to October inclusive. In addition to these factors, the national tourist agency, Visit Scotland, have deployed a strategy of niche (适当的) marketing, aimed at exploiting, amongst other things, Scotla nd’s strengths in golf, fishing and food and drink tourism. Another significant, and increasingly popular reason for tourism to Scotland — especially by those from North America— is genealogy, with many visitors coming to Scotland to explore their family and ancestral roots.
15．People from ________ visited Scotland most.
A. the USA
B. France
C. the UK
D. Germany 16．For Chinese students, the best time to visit Scotland is in ________.
A. the Spring Festival
B. the winter vocation
C. the summer vacation
D. any time
17．Scotland mainly impresses tourists with its ________.
A. food and drink
B. beautiful scenery with cultural relics
C. big cities like Edinburgh
D. many North American s’ family and ancestral roots
18．In 2002, visitors from the US made about ________ visits to Scotland.
A. 18.5 m
B. 1.58 m
C. 4.45 m
D. 0.38 m 19．Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. In history, many Scotlanders moved to North America.
B. Overseas visitors do not like to stay in Scotland for the night.
C. VisitScotland is trying to change people’s impression on Scotland.
D. Overseas visitors come to Scotland mainly to explore their family roots.
第II卷（非选择题）
三、短文改错
20．One afternoon, when I was on my way home, the sky changed suddenly . Dark clouds were gathered . I began to feel worried because I didn’t have both a raincoat or umbrella about me .It soon started to rain. Just as I was hurrying home , I heard of someone calling me from behind . I turned to have a look and find that he was Liu Wei , a good neighbour of me . He offered to share his umbrella with me . We walked all the ways home . Without Liu Wei’s help , I would have got wet to the skin . How much thankful I was for his help !
21．Do you enjoy yourself yester day? I suppose you do. But I’d like to tell you what a bad day I had yesterday. Everything just went wrongly. On the morning, my alarm clock didn’t ring,since I woke up an hour late. I was in such a hurry that I burnt my hand when I was cooking the breakfast. Then I ran out of the house to catch the 8:30 buses. This is the bus I usually take. But, you may laugh, I missed it of course.
I am very unhappy, and scared as well because teacher hates the students coming late to school. So I ran three miles to school only to found that nobody was there. The school was quiet but peaceful. Our classroom was locked. I realized that moment: It was Sunday
四、信息匹配
__22．__It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.__23．__The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west，and materials could pour into the east.The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York.__24．__Between 1825，when the canal was opened，and 1882，when toll charges (过运河费) were stopped，the state collected $121,461,891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built，people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton.Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”．__25．__ He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal，but they were unsuccessful. Clinton became governor of New York in 1817，and shortly afterwards，on July 4,1817，
broke ground for the canal in Rome，N.Y.The first part of the canal was completed
in 1820._26．__The length of the canal is 363 miles.
A．As the canal grew，towns along its course developed fast.
B．It cost $ 7,143,789，but it soon gained its price many times over.
C．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US.
D．More workers were needed to build the canal.
E．Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.
F．To dig the canal benefited Americans.
G．It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
五、书面表达
27．I’m just back from a holiday in China. During my stay in Qinhuangdao, a coastal
city in Hebei province, I often saw a slogan reading “One World, One Dream.” I wonder
why it appears here and there and I don’t really quite understand it. Could you give
me some idea?
注：秦皇岛是2008北京奥运会足球项目的主办城市之一。

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _____
参考答案
1．D
2．C
3．A
4．A
5．C
6．C
7．B
8．C
9．C
10．C
11．D
12．B
13．A
14．B
15．C
16．C
17．B
18．D
19．A
20．
【小题1】sky→weather
【小题2】gathered→gathering
【小题3】both→either
【小题4】umbrella前面加an
【小题5】heard of→heard
【小题6】find→found
【小题7】he→it
【小题8】me→mine
【小题9】ways→way
【小题10】去掉much
21．
【小题1】Do→Did
【小题2】wrongly→wrong
【小题3】On→In
【小题4】since→so
【小题5】去掉breakfast前面的the
【小题6】buses→bus
【小题7】am→was
【小题8】在teacher前加my
【小题9】found→find
【小题10】but→and
22．C
23．G
24．B
25．E
26．A
27．
“One World, One Dream” is the simple but meaningful slogan adopted for the Beijing Olympic Games. It fully reflects the Olympic spirit and highlights the theme that the whole mankind lives in the same world and seeks for the same dream and ideal. Qinhuangdao is a city to host some of the football events of the Olympics. That’s why the slogan is frequently seen there.
People throughout the world live together like members of a huge family, sharing the same home, t he earth. It is everyone’s dream to build our world into a paradise, where there’s no poverty, no disease and no war. To make the dream come true, we should make common efforts to protect the environment, develop science and technology, and promote international friendship. When people from all over the world come together for the Beijing Olympics, we’re actually stepping forward towards the realization of that shared dream.。