高二期中英语试卷及答案

澄迈思源高中2014-2015上学期高二期中考试英语试卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题;每题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1.What are the speakers talking about?A. A playB. A movieC. A DVD2. What does the woman probably do?A. A librarianB. A secretaryC. A shop assistant3. How will the speakers go to London?A. By airB. By shipC. By plane4. Why do the speakers decide to go home this weekend?A. They will take a mid-term exam next weekB. They just visited home last week.C. They can go home next month.5.What does the man think of the woman’s black silk dress?A. It looks quite old.B. It will be good for the party.C. It is her newest dress.第二节（共15小题；没小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听第6段材料，回答6,7题。

6.How do the sweet bees guard their nest?A.By using their sense of hearing.B. By using their sense of sightC.By using their sense of smell.7.What are the bees most particular about?A. Who enters their nest.B. Who guard their nest.C. How to enter their nest. 请听第7段材料，回答8,9题。

8.Why does the man make the call?A. To make an appointment with Dr. Rebecca.B. To thank Dr. Rebecca for cleaning his teeth.C. To cancel an appointment with Dr. Rebecca.9. When will the man have a meeting?A.On the afternoon of the 21stB. On the afternoon of the 22ndC.On the afternoon of the 23rd请听第8段材料，回答10-12题。

10. What is on at the Star cinema?A. A cowboy film.B. A war filmC. A cartoon.11. Where did the man learn that the comedy was being shown at the King Cinema?A. From a posterB. From a magazineC. From a newspaper.12. Who cares most about the leading actor and actress in a film?A. The manB. The womanC. The woman’s mom.请听第9段材料，回答13-16题。

13. What do we know about the suite?A. It’s available on the 2ndB. It doesn’t have a bathroom.C. It has a poor view of the city14. How much will the man pay for his room?A.400 yuanB. 380 yuanC. 230 yuan15. What is the last thing the man tells the woman?A. His passport numberB. His phone numberC. His Chinese name16. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Check out before 3pm the following dayB. Call them if he changes his plans to stay in the inn.C. Not ask her for any discount.请听第10段材料，回答17-20题。

17. Who is John most probably?A. A visitor to the museum.B. An expert on painting.C. A guard at the museum.18. What did the director do the next day?A. He checked whether the painting was a stolen one.B. He hang the painting in his new office.C. He invited some experts to see the painting.19.How did the director feel after he heard what the expert said?A. SurprisedB. WorriedC. Proud20. Why was the woman certain that the painting belonged to her son?A. She saw her son paint it a few weeks ago.B. She knew her son’s name was on itC. She helped her son finish it at home.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每题2分，满分30）AScientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food there.They are learning a lot about the deserts，but more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time.Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming desert？Scientists think that people make deserts.People are doing bad things to the earth.For example，scientists tell the people how important plants are for stopping land becoming desert，but people don't pay enough attention to the green plants.Some places on the earth don't get much rain.But they still don't become deserts.This is because some green plants are growing there.Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places.Plants don't let the sun make the earth even drier.Plants don't let the wind blow the soil away.When a bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water.Without plants，the land can become desert more easily. The present fact is that green plants on the earth are fewer and fewer.If there were no green plants on the earth，the whole earth would become desert.21．Small green plants are very important to dry places because ________.A．they don't let the sun make the earth into good landB．they don't let the wind blow soil awayC．they are green D．they have leaves22．Land is becoming desert little by little because ______.A．few plants grow there B．there is not enough rainC．people haven't done what scientists want them to doD．scientists know little about the deserts23．From the second paragraph，we know that ________.A．scientists know how to change desert into good landB．to stop the earth becoming desert，people should do good things to the earth as scientists say C．if scientists can bring water to desert，people can live and grow food thereD．more and more places are becoming deserts all the time24．After reading this，we learn that ________.A．plants can keep dry land from becoming desertB．it is good to get rid of the grass in the desertsC．all places without much rain will become desertsD．it is better for the dry land to grow grass than to grow treesBNo one can believe that the over 6 300-kilometer long Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty is still perfect, but about 80 percent is in danger. The Great Wall can be called “great” mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall, it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2 000 years. It began in the rule of China’s first emperor, in Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC～206 BC),and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.Few local people knew the 3-meter-high walls made of earth and stones beside them are part of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behin d human.The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses, sheep corral(畜栏) and pigsties(猪圈).Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people’s names are put away as remembrance. Rubbish is spread over the battlements(城垛).The bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Great Wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but dug out the entire base.It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all, the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation’s great civilization (文明)and learn to love it.25.The main reason for which the Great Wall can be called “great” is__________.A. it was made by brickB. it was very wideC. it was very longD. it had a long history26.Why does the author say the Great Wall might disappear?A.It is useless from now on.B.It will be replaced by a new one.C.Some parts of it are being destroyed.D.It’s too old to be used again.27.The underlined part “those sections far away from the public eyes” refers to the parts of the Great Wall__________.A.that are too difficult to understandB.nobody can watchC.that are too far to been seenD.that are not well known to the public28.What’s the main reason of the Great Wall’s being destroyed?A.The local people are short of culture knowledge.B.The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.C.The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.D.The local people are against the government.B“You care for nothing but shooting，dogs，and rat-catching.You will shame yourself and all your family，”Darwin's father once said to him.Most people know that Charles Darwin was the father of evolutionarybiology.However，what is not widely known is what sort of person he was.In his autobiography(自传)，Darwin described himself as a rather “naughty” child.He stole fruit from the trees on the side of his parents' house，made up wild stories，and tried to be the center of attention in the family.Even worse，it seemed that Charles Darwin was a lazy young man and a slow learner at grammar school.He was a rather shy student but he did take great pleasure in showing off his athletic skills to the other schoolboys.It is not known how well Darwin did at school，but we could say that he was likely to be an unremarkable student.When Darwin was nine years old，his father sent him to a boy's boarding school.At this school，Darwin learned classics，ancient history，and Greek，all of which he foundboring.He was not inspired much by his schooling.He found his only pleasure there was reading Shakespeare's historical plays，the poems of Byron，Scott，and Thomson.His increased interest in natural science was encouraged by events outside his formal education.As Darwin grew older，collecting became his major hobby.It became very clear that Darwin was not taking his studies seriously.29．What is this passage mainly about?A．What kind of character Darwin had.B．Why Darwin cared for nothing but animals.C．What Darwin's childhood and school years were like.D．What made Darwin the father of evolutionary biology.30．We can infer from Paragraph 1 that when Darwin was a child, his father thought ________.A．he was not a common child B．he would become a great manC．he didn't care about his family D．he wouldn't achieve anything31．By mentioning that Darwin made up wild stories，the writer probably wants to show that Darwin________.A．had a gift for language B．liked to be the center of attentionC．was “naughty” when he was a child D．was a very good storyteller32. The underlined word “unremarkable” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．A．able B．honest C．ordinary D．uglyDWelcome to your future life!You get up in the morning and look into the mirror.Your face is firm and young-looking.In 2035，medical technology is better than ever.Many people your age could live to be 150，so at 40，you're not old at all.And your parents just had an antiaging(抗衰老的)treatment.Now，all three of you look the same age!You say to your shirt，“Turn red.”It changes from blue to red.In 2035，“smart clothes”contain particles(粒子)much smaller than the cells in your body.The particles can be programmed to change your clothes' color or pattern.You walk into the kitchen.You pick up the milk，but a voice says，“You shouldn't drink that！”Your fridge has read the chip(芯片)that contains information about the milk，and it knows the milk is old.In 2035，every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.It's time to go to work.In 2035，cars drive themselves.Just tell your“smart car”where to go.On the way，you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve.Such“smart technology”is all around you.So will all these things come true？“For new technology to succeed，”says scientist Andrew Zolli，“it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.”The Internet is one example—what will be the next?33．We can learn from the text that in the future ________.A．people will never get old B．everyone will look the sameC．red will be the most popular color D．clothes will be able to change their pattern 34．What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A．Milk will be harmful to health. B．More drinks will be available for sale.C．Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.D．Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.35．Which of the following is mentioned in the text?A．Nothing can replace the Internet. B．Fridges will know what people need.C．Jacket sleeves can be used as a guide. D．Cars will be able to drive automatically.第二节.阅读填句(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。