高二英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

湛江一中培才学校2014-2015学年是第一学期期中测试
高二英语科测试卷
时间：120分满分; 150分
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
Years ago, a farmer owned the land along the Atlantic seacoast. He often
_______for a helper, but most people ______ to work on farms along the Altantic . They feared the ______storms across the Atlantic. As the farmer interviewed applicants ______ the job, he received a steady stream of ________finally, a short, thin and middle-aged man was _____in the job. “are you a good farmhand ? ” the farmer asked him. “well , i can sleep when the wind ______, ” answered the little man.
_________puzzled by this answer, the farmer , in the ______need of a helper, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, _________from morning till night, and the farmer felt ______with the man‟s work.
One night the wind from offshore howled ( ) loudly. Jumping out of _____, the farmer grabbed a lantern and ________to the little man‟s room. He shook the little man and sh.
shouted, “_____! A storm is coming ! Tie things down ______ they are blown away ! ”
1. A. employed B. advertised C. interviewed D asked
2. A. used B. denied C. refused D dared
3. A. Terrible B. fantastic C. wonderful D changeable
4. A. to B. on C. for D of
5. A. Arrivals B. applications C.agreements D refusal
6. A. active B.interested C. disappointed D anxious
7. A. comes B. fades C. blows D appears
8. A. Once B. H owever C. Since D although
9. A.rapid B. urgent C. Right D serious
10. A. tired B. lazy C. busy D sleepy
11. A.satisfied B. Amused C. surprised D excited
12 A.chair B. Bed C. desk D floor
13 A. Walked B. came C. rushed D fled
14. A. Get out B. Dress up C.get up D stand up
15. A. When B. before C. after D. until
第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯性的要求，在空格处填上适当的单词或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。

The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road．When Jack saw __16__coming toward him ．he stopped his own car at the side if the road 17 make room for it to past ．The American car went slowly past ,so close 18 he could see the driver‟s face quite clearly．
"Where have I seen that face before ?" he _19____(think)．, “Wait a minute! I remember now ．It was in the newspaper!” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned _20______(quick) to the middle page ．There was a picture of the face in
it ．Yes, it had _21_____large mouth and small ____22___(ear), and his eyes were behind dark glasses。

" Wanted by the police," read by Jack。

" The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone 23 helps the police to catch this man．"
"Call the police 24 once ," he said to himself ．But a few minutes_25___（late）, he was sad．"This man was caught this morning," answered the police.
II 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A，B, C和D项中，选出最佳选项
A
Frank Woolworth was born in Roman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people‟s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on the table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is , if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories.
Once , for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over1000 stores in the us and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
26.Frank took a short business course in order to ___________.
A.earn more money for his family.
B.learn something from a salesman
C.get away from the farm
D.get enough to eat
27.Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because___________.
A. He knew how to get people to buy his goods.
B. He cut down the price by half.
C. He had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.
D. The sign he put on the table was well designed.
28.The price of the knives was cut down by half because__________.
A. The factory workers worked 24 hours a day.
B. Knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.
C. The knives was made in Germany, and his huge order of knives.
D. The knives were produced in one factory.
29.__________make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A. His business skills and his wealth.
B.the low price of the goods he sold.
C.his trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.
D. His natural skill for showing things.
30.The belief that : …The customer is always right ‟ suggests that ________
A. Whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and the shop assistant, the customers are always right.
B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.
C. Stores must always follow the customer‟s orders if they want to make more money.
D. Stores should do their best to meet the customer‟s needs if they want to be successful.
(B)
About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all , it is safer to be driven by a woman!
There are different forms of color blindness . In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unluckly man may see everything in shades of green -- a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones ” . These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rod ”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see
many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.
31.The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. color and its surprising effects.
B. Women being luckier than men .
C. Danger caused by color blindness.
D. Color blindness
32.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can
_______________.
A.tell different shapes
B. See in a week light
C. Kill mosquitoes
D. Tell orange from yellow
33.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
A. Women are more careful.
B. There are fewer color-blind women.
C. Women are fonder of driving than men.
D. women are weaker but quicker in thinking.
34.Which of the statements about the color-blind is true?
A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.
B. None of them can see deep red
C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.
D. All of them see everything in shades of green.
35.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a ___________.
A. Red light
B. Yellow light
C.blue light
D. Green light
C
Rome had the forum (论坛). London has Speaker‟s Corner. Now always -on-the go new-yorkers have Liz and Bill.
Liz and bill , two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street conerns. And just talk.
Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, "Talk to Me," they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits. They don't collect money. They don't push religion (宗教). So what's the point? "To see what happens," said Liz. "We simply enjoy life with open communication(交流)."
Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.
"It started as a crazy idea," Liz said. "We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."
Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went. Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease. "That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said. "To be able to tal k about it to total strangers was very good," she explained.
To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.
They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.
1.What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?
A．Chatting with people.
B．Setting up street signs.
C．Telling stories to strangers.
D．Organizing a speaker's corner.
2.What they have been doing can be described as______.
A．pointless B．normal
C．crazy D．successful
3.Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?
A．They knew Liz and Bill very well.
B．They happened to meet the writer of the text.
C．They organized the get-together in the city park.
D．They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.
4.What will Liz and Bill do in the future?
A．Go in for publishing. B．Do more television programs. C．Continue what they am doing. D．Spend more time reading books.
5.How do they like the idea of writing a book?
A．They have decided to wait a year or two.
B．They will think about it carefully.
C．They agreed immediately.
D．They find it hard to do that.
D
Iris is very forgetful and so she worries a lot. She worries a lot and so she becomes even more forgetful. She also talks to herself a lot.
One day, she has her hat and coat on and is just about to open the front door. She stops for a moment.
"Is the electric cooker off?
Iris never forgets to turn the cooker off but she goes back to the kitchen to make sure. Yes, the cooker is off.
"But is the TV off in the sitting room?"
She goes to the sitting room and feels a knob (旋钮) on the TV set.
"Yes, I don't usually forget that. Oh dear! It's getting a bit late. I don't want to miss that train."
So she goes back to the front door and opens it. She is going through the doorway when she stops
suddenly.
"My key! It's somewhere in my handbag, I think. No, it's not in my purse; not in the front pocket. Ah,
I know! Yes, it's in my coat pocket. Thank goodness! I must run all the way."
Halfway down the garden path she looks at the sky, which is covered with grey clouds.
"I know it's going to rain. And that bedroom window is wide open. I must close it.
I suppose I can
catch the next train."
She opens the door again, putting the key back in her handbag. She throws her handbag on the hall
table, rushes upstairs and closes the window.
Then she runs downstairs and straight out of the house, closing the door behind her noisily.
But she doesn't catch either the first or the second train.
And it doesn't rain all day.
Poor Iris!
1.Iris worries too much because _____.
A. she usually forgets to turn off the cooker
B. she usually forgets to turn off the TV set
C. she is very forgetful
D. she usually forgets her key
2.Iris goes back to the kitchen to __________.
A．Make sure that the cooker is off.
B．Turn off the cooker
C．Feel the knob on the TV set
D．Talk to someone
3.Which of the following is not mentioned in iris’worries ？
A．Her electric cooker
B．Her baby.
C. Her key
D. Her train
4.What do you think of I ris ?
A．Behave
B．Kind
C．Honest
D．Too careful
5.Which train does I ris catch at last ?
A．The first train
B．The last train
C．Te second train
D．We do not know
Iii 写作题（共三节，满分55分）
第一节：根据所给汉语意思，完成下列句子。

51. 小丽环顾四周，发现有一人正把手插入一个乘客的口袋里。

Xiao li ________ _________ and caught a man _________ his hand into the pocket of a passenger.
52. 在我们搬进新房子以前，我们准备请人安装电话。

Before we _______ _______ the new house, we are going to get our telephone
______.......
53. 我们没有必要再浪费时间讨论去哪儿度假了，因为计划已经取消了。

There is ________ _______ that we’ll waste time discussing where to go for our holiday, for the plan has been _________.
54. 这道数学题把小明给难住了，无论他怎么努力也计算出正确的答案。

This maths problem _________ xiaoming . No matter how hard he tired , he couldn’t
_______ ______ the right answer.
55. 今天下午教室里竟然一个人也没有，真是奇怪。

_______ _________ _________ that there shouldn’t have been any student in the classroom.
第二节基础写作（共一小题，满分15分）
你从电视上看到美国正流行甲型HINI 流感（A/HINI flu ），部分学校停课。

你为你正在美国上学的笔友米克的健康与安全担心。

（写作内容）
请给MIKE 写一封Email ，内容包括：
1.建议
（1）尽量呆在家里，少去人多的地方（2）勤洗手，讲卫生（3）多开窗：保持空气新鲜（4）多吃水果蔬菜
2.安慰她不要担心
评分标准：句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯
Dear MIKE ,
From the tv i know many A/HINI flu cases are reported recently in the united s tates and many schools are closed as a result. I’m so worried about you . Are you all right? Are there any hini flu cases in your school? _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______
Take care and you’ll be ok.
Yours truly,
Lihua。