高二年级英语第一学期期中考试试题2
本试题满分150分，答题时间120分钟
一。 听力测试（30分）
第一节
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1． Which sign should it be?
A. No Smoking. B. No Photos. C. Be Careful.
2. When will the man leave?
A. At 5:00. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:30.
3. What will they do first?
A. Fix a bookshelf. B. Search for a pen. C. Write a letter.
4. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. The man is a stranger but the woman isn’t.
B Neither of them is a stranger.
C. Both of them are strangers.
5. What did the woman want the man to do?
A. To come within 30 minutes. B. To check the pipes. C. To tell her the leak.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题听5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At a restaurant. B. On a train. C. In a bus.
7. Where will they most probably go?
A. To the cinema. B. To the man’s home. C. To the woman’s home.
8. Why can’t they see the conductor?
A. Because there is no conductor. B. Because there are too many people.
C. Because they don’t know who the conductor is.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What product or service is the clerk trying to sell?
A. A free trip to Hawaii. B. A match in a local club.
C. A membership to a sports club.
10. Why does the man turn down the offer?
A. He doesn’t need the service being provided.
B. He has his own sports club around the house.
C. He never buys things over the phone.
11. Which statement is true about the “do not call” list according to the conversation?
A. The man might be called by another clerk in the coming weeks.
B. The man requested that his name be added to the company’s phone list.
C. The company will stop phoning him upon his request immediately
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Strangers C. Classmates.
13. How long will the man stay here?
A. 7 days. B. 2 weeks. C. 1 month.
14. What does the man like about China?
A. High mountains. B. Long rivers.
C. High mountains, long rivers and people.
听第9段材料，回答第15至16题。
15. What does Li Mei suggest the woman do in her letter?
A. Stay in bed and keep warm. B. Drink a lot of water and go to hospital.
C. Both A and B.
16. What will Li Mei do on Saturday afternoon?
A. Go to hospital for an X-ray. B. Pay a visit to the woman.
C. Have dinner with the woman.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Why are London taxi drivers very efficient?
A. Because they have a driving license.
B. Because they have received special training.
C. Because the traffic conditions in London are good.
18. How long does the training period last?
A. Two to four months. B. At least half a year. C. Two years or more.
19. Why does the speaker think the driving test is a terrible experience?
A. The learner has to go through several tough tests.
B. The learner usually fails several times before he passes it.
C. The driving test usually lasts two months.
20. Why do learner drivers have to keep their present jobs?
A. They don’t want their present bosses to know what they’re doing.
B. They want to earn money from both jobs.
C. They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet.
二、单项选择（15分）
21. His mother wanted to discourage him ________ his cousin.
A. to argue with B. argue with C. from arguing with D. argued with
22. He felt guilty about ________ basketball as you are.
A. being as gifting at B. being so gifted for
C. not being as gifted at D. not being so gifted for
23. The young plants need ________.
A. taking care of B. to be taking care of
C. to take care of D. being taken care of
24. I regret _______ you that you didn’t pass the driving test.
A. to tell B. telling C. having been told D. being told
25. When I opened the door, I found my father sitting in his armchair, completely ______ a magazine.
A. absorbing in B. absorbed in C. absorbing to D. absorbed to
26. Large amount of food ________ wasted at the dinning table in some school.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
27. Over one thousand people visited the exhibition ______ those who were present at the opening ceremony on he first day.
A. except B. except for C. beside D. in addition to
28. We are _______ water, we had better store more.
A. running out B. running out of C run out D. run out of
29. __________ the airport, Jacky Chen was surrounded by reporters.
A. As soon as arriving B. Upon he arrived at
C. On arriving D. Upon arrival at
30. What if ______ yesterday?
A. he come B. did he come C. he came D. he comes
31. The flood in that area has _______ many thousands fo deaths. Which is wrong?
A. resulted in B. led to C. caused D. resulted from
32. Please go on trying .I’, sure the efforts you are ______ will pay off.
A. making B. doing C. giving D. sparing
33. At 7:30 I’ll drive over to ______ you _______. Please get ready at that time.
A. pick; on B. pick; out C. pick; up D. pick; off
34. Is this the watch you wish _______?
A. to have repaired B. to repair it C. to have it repaired D. will be repaired
35. ________ many times, but he still couldn’t understand it.
A. Having been told B. Though he had been told
C. He was told D. Having told
三．完型填空
There are some places on our earth where hot water and steam come up from under the ground .One of the places is a large island in ____36____ Pacific Ocean. It is North Island in New Zealand.
The earth ____37_____ which we live is a big ball of very hot rock. It is hot inside and cold ____38____.If not so, no one could live here. It is soft inside and hard outside, which is ___39_____ of rocks. It has a shell( 壳) just ___40____ an egg. There are some cracks (裂缝 ) __41____ the shell of the earth in some places. In New Zealand this part of the shell seems to have more cracks ____42____ in other places on the earth. There are places where the ground is ___43_____ hot that it burns your feet. In some places, hot water shoots into the air from ___44____ to time. And in other places, you can __45____ the water boiling and the __46____ coming up from pools of hot water. ___47____ you put some eggs in the hot water, __48____ will be done in a few minutes.
In those places people make ___49___ of the heat that comes from inside the earth. Some of ___50____ cook food in the hot pools. They put food into a container and place it in the water. ____51__ a while the food will be ready to ___52____.
Many people bring the hot water from below the earth into their homes. They do this by putting a long ___53_____ into the ground. In this way they get hot water and steam for cooking and washing, and for heating their homes.
For most of us, the heat under our feet is too far away to use. The people who get heat from inside the earth are ___54____ . They don’t have to ___55____ for the hear they use.
36. A. a B. / C. the D. one
37. A. of B. over C. with D. on
38. A. out B. outside C. in D. inside
39. A. made B. changed C. turned D. produced
40. A. as B. of C. like D. up
41. A. on B. in C. under D. above
42. A. that B. than C. as D. which
43. A. very B. too C. so D. terrible
44. A. place B. time C. wind D. pools
45. A. see B. hear C. touch D. taste
46. A. animals B. air C. smoke D. steam
47. A. When B. Although C. If D. But
48. A. it B. they C. he D. she
49. A. fun B. use C. it D. food
50. A. them B. which C. us D. the places
51. A. During B. For C. After D. Before
52. A. have B. do C. eat D. get
53. A. table B. wire C. tap D. pipe
54. A. rich B. poor C. foreigners D. lucky
55. A. look B. wait C. pay D. care
四．阅读理解
A
Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks’ time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive (存活) if the rain is spread throughout the year. If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.
Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘 ) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with he winds and changing he shape. Most of hem are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.
There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs ( 悬崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, hear and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing ---- very, very slowly --- as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.
Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.
56. Many plants may survive in deserts when ________.
A. the rain is spread out in a year
B. the rain falls only in a few weeks
C. there is little rain in a year
D. it is dry all the year round
57. Sand dunes are formed when ________.
A. sand piles up gradually
B. there is plenty of rain in a year
C. the sea has dried up over the years
D. pieces of rock get smaller
58. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is _______.
A. too much sand
B. more sand than before
C. nothing except sand
D. something else besides sand
59. It can be learned from the text that in a desert _________.
A. There is no rainfall throughout the year
B. life exists in rough conditions
C. all sand dunes are a few feet high
D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat
B
When I was in the third grade ,I was picked to be the princess(公主)in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on stage, every word disappeared form my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator’s(解说员)part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn’t tell me mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches ,as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I am going to dig up all these weeds.” she said.“Form now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested.“All flowers are beautiful---even dandelions!”
My mother looked at me seriously.“Yes , every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “and that is true of people ,too.” She added.
When I realized that she had guessed my pain , I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a beautiful narrator ,” she said , reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her .
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me . “Your mother asked me to give this to you .” she said , handing me a dandelion . After the play, I took home the flower , laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed .
60．What was the season when the story happened?
A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter. D. Spring.
61. The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because_____.
A. she felt nervous on the stage B. she lost her interest in that role
C. she preferred the role of the narrator D. she had difficulty memorizing her words 62. Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden ?
A. To remove the dandelions. B. To enjoy the garden scene
C. To have a talk with her daughter D. To help her daughter with the play. 63. What is the main idea of the story?
A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success
B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world
C. Everybody should learn to play different roles.
D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory.
C
Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员)，though – just an English teacher in Japan.
I come to Japan tow years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you . People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately , which means I’m my own boss . If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, its well worth doing a TEEL course first , because your lessons will be much better for it . The problem with private teaching is finding students ; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表)of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time .
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off—even teachers with tickets for the England –Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
64. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in ____.
A. Tokyo B. a small C. a city of middle size D. a big city
65. According to the writer, one had better ______ first to do private teaching better.
A. take a TEFL course B. decide his or her own lessons
C. find students D. build up a full schedule
66. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that ______.
A. there are many foreigners in Japan
B. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected
67. The underlined word “reluctant” in the passage may probably mean______
A. kind B. unwilling C. free D. careless
D
As skies are filled with millions of migrating(迁徙)birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange: The fatter the bird, the better it flies.
The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics(空气动力学),which say that the power needed to fly increased with weight.
For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think,. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice-a-year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance: 5,000 kilometers.
Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird’s air stream.
Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.
The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it bakes to carry the additional weight.
In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated(模拟的)flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds’ bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.
1. A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh _________ before making its nonstop migrating flight.
A. 50 grams B. 100 grams C. 150 grams D. 200 grams
2. During their migrating flight, red knot wading birds can save energy by flying ____________.
A. separately B. alone C. in groups D. in pairs
3. A ____________ red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.
A. stronger B. weaker C. thinner D. fatter
4. The best title for this passage may probably be __________.
A. Birds Thin Down For Journey B. Birds Fatten Up For Journey
C. How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey D. How Birds Burn Energy For Journey
E
Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite“Why, thank you,” but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices ( good and bad) reflect about your personal qualities?
Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else’s head and heart. We’re all able to do this; in fact, we’re born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced(加强)—by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn’t, we’re not able to understand other people’s feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional（情感的）qualities.
Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, you thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know
We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won’t make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time.
1.The underlined expression“you had missed the mark” means“you had failed to ____________”
A. make her feel better B. keep your friendship
C. receive a present in return D. get the expected effect
2. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.
B. Emotional changes influence one’s choice of gifts.
C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.
D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers.
3. In the third paragraph, the author tells us that _______________.
A. attention should be paid to the receivers’ responses
B. one learns from what he did in the past
C. the choice of gifts reflects one’s emotional qualities
D. one should spend more time choosing gifts
4.The best possible title for this passage is“ _____________”
A. Ways of Choosing Gifts B. An Important Tradition
C. Exchanging Presents D. Message in a Gift
五．完成对话
A: Let’s begin. What do you think about the way water is used for a_______________?
B: Well, it’s a good way to use water. We need food, of course, and nothing can grow u_______ there is enough water.
A: I a__________. But I’ve read that a lot of water is w__________ when we water fields and other farmland. It would be better to use modern t________ to make sure that we don’t waste water.
B: That’s true. We should be c________ with our water. Using water for f___________ is good because many people will b___________ from it; the farmers, the people who sell vegetables, f______ and other food, and people who eat the vegetables and food.
A: Yes. If we learn to use the water in a good way, without wasting or p________ it, we can grow more food and use our land well, too.
六．书面表达 （25分）
假如你叫李华，一年来，你和你的弟弟曾因家庭贫困而失学。但最近你们得到了一位在南京工作的澳大利亚人Mr Black 的赞助而重返了校园。你在2006年11月 23日给他写了一封英文信表示感谢，并告诉他你们最近的学习情况。
信的内容包括以下几点：
1． 一年来，你们一直都在努力学习，在老师和同学们的帮助下，学习取得了很大的进步；
2． 经常受到老师、父母的表扬和鼓励；
3． 决心继续努力，学好各门功课，将来考上重点大学；
4． 渴望见到Mr Black，但因没机会去南京，所以希望他能给你们寄张照片；
5． 钱和阅读材料都已收到，非常感谢。
注意：
1． 词数：100 左右；
2． 不要逐条翻译，可适当增加细节使行文连贯；
3． 注意采用正确的书信格式。
江苏省宿迁市2006-2007学年度第一学期高二年级期中考试
英语试卷参考答案2
1-5 BBACB 6-10 CABCA 11-15 ABACC 16-20 BBCAC
21-25 CCABB 26-30 BDBDC 31-35 DACAC
36-40 CDBAC 41-45 BBCBA 46-50 DCBBA 51-55 CCDDC
56-60 AADBD 61-65 ACBCA 66-70 DBDCD 71-75 BDDCD
76. agriculture 77. unless 78. agree 79. wasted 80. technology
81. careful 82. farming 83. benefit 84. fruits 85. polluting
Composition:
November 23, 2006
Dear Mr Black,
We’re very glad to have received the money and the reading materials you sent to us. Thank you very much.
My brother and I have been studying hard since we came back to school. With the help of our teachers and classmates, we have made great progress in our studies. So we are often praised and encouraged by our teachers and parents. We have made up our minds to study harder than before to learn every subject well in order to be admitted to key universities in the future.
We’re looking forward to seeing you, but for now we have no chance to go to Nanjing ourselves. So we hope you will send us a photo of you.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
试卷答案分析
一、单项选择（难度为易）
来源于学案和周练原题。第3、4、15题纯粹考查学生的非谓语知识；第2、5、9、14题考查非谓语与固定短语结合使用；其余各题考察学生对课本固定短语的记忆巩固情况。难度不大，目的在于让学生对所学知识能熟练运用；并对英语这门学科充满信心。
二、完形填空（难度为易）
本篇完形题难度极小，侧重考查学生的短语记忆水平。得分率可望达到85%以上。目的在于让学生“跳一跳，吃的着桃子”。
36． C 由普通名词构成的专有名词前加定冠词。
37．D 含有介词的定语从句。
38．B 与前面的inside 相对。
39．A 由…造成 be made of
46． D 根据下文可知：蒸气。
53． D 根据当时可能性；放长管子汲取热水。
三、阅读理解 （难度为中）
第一篇阅读是基础篇章，难度不大，目的让学生从易入手。其余四篇来自于2006高考题中的A、B篇，文章内容平和，难度不大。比较容易得分。
A．56 A 由第一段第二句可知。
57．A 由第二段可知。
58．D 由第三段内容可知，大海干涸，海底的岩石在大自然力量的作用下，变成沙漠且不断变化。因此，“除了沙子，沙漠还受其他因素的影响”
59． B 由最后一段，尤其是第一句这一主题句推知。
B． 60 由第二段第一句可知。
61．由第一段第三句可知
62． 第一段最后一句可知母亲已经感觉到了孩子有些不快乐，且由后文可知，母亲的提议其实是想与女儿交心。
63．由本文语句”All flowers are beautiful --- even dandelions” “ And that is true of people, too.”
C．64．C 由第二段最后一句，阐明了作者喜欢既不太大又不小的城市，即C项。
65． A 由第三段第二句可知，先上TEFL 课程，这会对你的日后教学更有利。
66． D。 由此句的下文讲述可知；A、B、C项不全面，只是部分因素；D比较全面，是前三项的综合。
67． 由破折号后解释even teachers…have trouble getting the day off 一句中trouble 关键词可看出。
D．68．D 由第三段第二句可知。意思是red knot wading birds 通常是把身体增至它正常体重100克的双倍重才会进行一年两次的between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic间的无间断飞行。
69．C由文中第四段可得出；意思是在杂志Nature中有另一项研究，它测评了鸟类以群体飞行的好处，就是鸟类在飞行中，由领头鸟带队而形成的空气流，具有一定的空气动力，因而他们可以通过平稳、安逸的飞行而节省能量。
70． D 由第五段最后一句可知，此句为虚拟句，内容是不真实的，文章第一段也说胖鸟飞得好。
71． B 主旨大意题。由第一段最后结论，以及倒数第二段可知，表明：增肥以用于迁徙途中作为燃料而耗尽要比鸟类为了携载它多余体重所耗费的能量要值得多。
E． 72。D 由文章第一段可看出，由于你送出的礼物不适合接受者的口味，因而就没有受到你预想的效果。
73． D 第二段第二句可知，选择礼物需要empathy 即能够领悟别人心里的能力。
74． C 由第三段语句keep in mind…到本段最后一句可知，无论你选择什么礼物，它都会表达出你内心的情感世界。
75． D 通读全文可知。
四、完成对话
内容紧扣课本，单词设计比较平和，多数是学生常写的生词。
五、书面表达
书信体。本模块两个单元教学书信的格式，同时内容较有吸引力，让学生有话想说，有句子可写，并有信心写好。