2005-2006学年第二学期半期考试
高二英语试卷(4.6班级)
班级___________ 姓名____________座号______________成绩____________
.第一节:听力部分(15分)
PartI
听下面五段对话，每段对话有一道小题，从中选出正确的答案。每段读完您将有10 秒钟时间阅读下一题。每段仅读一遍。
1． What do we know about the man?
A He is overweight.
B He won’t give up smoking.
C He is suffering a heart attack.
2. What is the man going to buy?
A Food B drinks C Flowers
3 What are the two speakers doing?
A looking for some suitcases（手提箱）
B Booking tickets for a journey.
C Checking the woman’s baggage
4 Why would the woman rather stay at the hotel?
A It costs less money.
B It saves much labour
C It feels more comfortable.
5. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A painting B. A country scene C. A kind of drink.
Part II
听下面四段对话或独白，选出问题的最佳答案。听每段对话之前你将有时间阅读下面小题。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6至7题
6．What will the women do at the travel service?
A Pick up her passport.
B Buy her plane ticket
C Ask about the flight
7 Why is the woman unwilling to give up her house?
A She has difficulty finding another.
B She has paid her rent in advance.
C She has no time to move house.
听第7段材料，回答8至10题
8. What season is it now?
A. Summer B Autumn C Winter
9. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A Guide and traveler.
B Driver and passenger
C Assistant and customer.
10 What is the weather like in summer in San Francisco?
A It is warm. B It is warm C It is hot.
听第八段材料，回答11至13题
11 Who is the woman?
A. A storywriter B. A policeman C.A reporter.
12．What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A personal stealing B a shop robbery C. A murder case
13. When does this conversation take place?
A. In the morning B In the afternoon C In the evening
听第9段材料，回答14至15题
14. What are the two speakers talking about?
A When they surf the Web . B. What they do on the Internet
C. How they look up information online.
15. How often does the man probably surf the Internet?
A Once a week B. Twice a week C Several times a week.
第二节:单项选择: ( 15 小题, 共15 分)
1. ---Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I decide?
---Of course. _______ sir.
A. Make yourself at home B. Enjoy yourself
C. It doesn’t matter D. Take your time
2.The sun is shining brightly, _____everything around us_____ more beautiful.
A. to make; looked B. making; look C. and making; looking D. making; looked
3.The elderly need special care in winter, as they are ________ to the sudden change of weather.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. flexible D. positive
4. My English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared. Who ____ have taken it？
A. should B. must C. could D. would
5..—How is Dennis getting along with his work?
—Well, he could always ________ a new idea for increasing sales.
A.come up with B. come about C. get away with D. get up
6. Excuse me for breaking in, _______ I have some news for you.
A. or B. and C. but D. yet
7..---You haven't lost the ticket, have you?
---_________. I know it's not easy to get another one at the moment.
A.I hope not B. Yes, I have C. I hope so D. Yes, I’m afraid so
8. Andrew doesn't have to be made_____ .He always works hard.
A. learn B. to learn C. learned D. learning
9..The company has a free long-distance telephone number_____ customers may call with any questions they have about the products.
A. when B. so that C. while D. as
10 ---The floor is so dirty.
---I know. It ____ for weeks.
A hasn’t cleane B. didn’t clean
C. wasn’t cleaned D. hasn’t been cleaned
11..Almost nobody could recognize him because he _______for over 30 years.
A. had been put in prison B. had gone to prison
C. had been taken in prison D. had been in prison
12.. ---Here is a new pair of shoes for you.
---Thank you, but there is no need ___ a new pair for me.
A. to have bought B. to buy C. buying D. to be buying
13.. Francis Presto Blair, Jr ______ born in Kentucky, lived and worked in Missouri.
A. was B. he was C. although D. which was
14.The little girl got frightened when she saw a man ________ with a snake in the park.
A. will play B. plays C. to play D. playing
15.Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. , neither of them could swim.
A. In fact B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Naturally
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Yesterday afternoon John and I were walking along the road when we heard someone shout. “ 1_!” He called out several more times 2__we could find him. He was in the lake, and there was a small boat nearby. At 3 we knew he had fallen from the boat and couldn’t swim _4__enough to reach it or to get to shore. As we ran toward the lake I saw him 5_ , and I was sure that he had drowned. But after a moment his head 6 again.
Quickly John took off his shoes, 7 into the water, and started swimming toward the 8 man. He reached him just as the man was 9 down again. He was 10 enough to stretch out his hand and try to catch 11 of the man’s clothing or his hair before he sank. But the man 12 out his arms, caught John 13 the neck and began to 14 him down under the water. John fought to 15 his head above the water, and at the same time 16 to swim toward the boat, pulling the man with him.
I also jumped into the water to help, 17 the boat with one hand and swimming with the 18 . The man looked dead, with his heart 19 weakly. We did what we 20_ to save him. At last we succeeded.
1. A. Save B. Dangerous C. God D. Help
2. A. before B. when C. since D. as
3. A. first B. last C. once D. well
4. A. quick B. fast C. far D. well
5. A. sink B. swim C. fall D. float
6. A. nodded B. missed C. dropped D. appeared
7. A. jumped B. rushed C. running D. setting
8. A. dangerous B. drowning C. danger D. drowned
9. A. falling B. going C. dropping D. getting
10. A. close B. brave C. strong D. clever
11. A. something B. out C. the hand D. hold
12. A. took B. set C. got D. reached
13. A. on B. with C. around D. by
14. A. drive B. push C. draw D. make
15. A. let B. remain C. keep D. have
16. A. managed B. failed C. tried D. continued
17. A. got B. swam C. going D. holding
18. A. side B. boat C. man D. other
19. A. jump B. knock C. beating D. setting
20. A. had B. could C. might D. would
第四节:阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
( A )
Man has a big brain (脑). He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that animal can learn ─ dogs, rats, birds can learn.So scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry, or unhappy. Apes (类人猿) can understand some things more quickly than human, one or two have learned a few words. But they are still different from us. They cannot join words and make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language. They can never think about the past or the future. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five ─ but no animal learns when we speak. Scientists do not really know. They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain.
1. In what way are men different from animals?
A. Men can understand thing quickly. B. Men can learn.
C. Men have learned to use language. D. Men have brains.
2. What is the thing an ape cannot do?
A. Making noises. B. Understanding things.
C. Learning words. D. Speaking like men.
3. Scientists now know ______.
A. how children learn to speak
B. why apes can learn a few words
C. man's brain helps him to learn to speak
D. what happens when men speak
4. What is the topic (主题) the writer wants to talk about?
A. Ape's language. B. Man's brain and language.
C. Human brain. D. Animals' learning.
5. Try to guess. Apes cannot join words. The word "join" is close in the meaning to
______.
A. mix B. put together
C. fetch (拿来) D. form
( B )
One night, a little before nine o'clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick) boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson's city ─ Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His life was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o'clock. A few minutes later, the doctor's car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
"Drive on," he said. " I've got a gun."
"I'm a doctor," said Johnson. "I'm on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick..."
"Don't talk," said the man in the old black coat. "Just drive."
A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. A half hour later Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o'clock.
It was after two o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.
"I did my best," said Johnson. "but I was stopped on the road and my car..."
"It was good of you to try," said Miss Clarke. "The boy died an hour ago."
They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.
"Mr Shute," said Miss Clarke to the man. "this is Dr Johnson. He has come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy."
根据以上短文内容， 从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。
6.From the story we know it took Dr Johnson ______ to get to the hospital.
A. 12 hours B. 2 hours C. only 1 hour D. about 5 hours
7.Dr Johnson was late because ______.
A. there was something wrong with his car
B. a strange man had taken his car
C. it was snowing and it was hard to drive
D. the train to Glens Falls was late
8.From the story we know Dr Johnson ______.
A. was a good man, he didn't care for the money
B. hurt himself on the way to Glens Falls
C. did the operation and the boy was saved
D. won't do the operation until the boy's family paid the money
9.The man in an old black coat ______.
A. hit the boy and ran away B. took the boy to the hospital
C. was the boy's father D. was the real doctor
10.The man in black would feel ______ in the end.
A. happy and pleased B. regretful (懊悔) and sad
C. worried and angry D. tired and hungry
( C )
I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all. And what is more, I could not speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day in the town centre, I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I was sure that this was the better way of getting to know the strange city. I got on the first bus in the morning, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first two hours passed happily enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch.After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced (发音) badly.
I stopped to ask a friendly looking newspaper seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook (摇) my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands I had to give him some money and went on my way. Then I met a policeman. I asked him at once. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I thanked him politely and began walking on.
About an hour passed and I found that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields could be seen on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The thing left for me to do was to find the nearest bus station.
根据以上短文内容， 从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。
11.The writer thought that if you wanted to get to know a strange city ______.
A. you should go everywhere on foot B. you should have a map
C. you should ask people the way D. you should get lost.
12.The newspaper seller ______.
A. didn't know the way B. thought the writer wanted a paper
C. helped him find the hotel D. didn't want to take the money
13.The writer's real trouble was that ______.
A. he didn't know the language
B. he was tired and hungry
C. he took the wrong bus and found himself in a strange place.
D. he forgot the name of the street
14.The policeman ______.
A. wouldn't like to tell him the way
B. told him to take bus
C. and the writer couldn't understand each other
D. told hime to walk on
15.The writer ______.
A. had to walk back on foot
B. was ready to go back by bus
C. followed the policeman and returned to the town centre
D. had to stay in the country for the night
( D )
Light and shadow (影子) are friends. They usually go together. We receive light every day. At the same time, we produce shadow.
Light cannot shine through you. Your body stops it from passing. There is a dark spot (斑点) on the ground next to you. The light cannotreach the dark spot. This is your shadow.
At noon the sun shines over your head. Your body stops very little light from reaching the ground. So your shadow is quite short.
But in early morning or late afternoon the sun is low in the sky. Its light moves over more of your body. Then your shadow is quite long. Your body keeps a lot of light from reaching the ground.
We love light, especially (sunlight. Without sunlight, life on earth is impossible . Most of us like to stand in the shadow of a tree in summer. But some people are afraid of their own shadow at night. They do not want to walk in a dark street. They do not want to see the shadow, either. But still light and shadow usually go together.
根据以上短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。
16.The sentence "Light and shadow are friends." means ______.
A. the shadow produced light
B. the light usually follows the shadow
C. they usually get on well with each other
D. when we get light, we can see shadow. They are always together
17.Light cannot shine through you because ________.
A. it is too weak
B. your body stops it from travelling on
C. your body is tall and strong
D. there is a dark spot on the ground next to you
18.Your body's shadow is long because ______.
A. the sun is low in the sky in the early morning or later afternoon
B. the sun is over your head
C. your body stops very little light from reaching the ground
D. the sunlight is very strong at noon
19.It is ______ in the shadow of a tree in summer, so many people like to stay there.
A. hot B. warm C. cool D. cold
20.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There will be no shadow without light.
B. Shadow is produced when something stops the light from passing.
C. We produce light when we receive it.
D. Man, animals and plants have to live on sunlight.
第二部分：写作（共三节，满分30分）
第五节:词汇（共10分,首字母已给,填入适当的单词）
1． Oil has a density lower than 1,000 kg/m3 , so it will f ______ on water .
2． The soil can a________water , so it helps to keep water from flowing away.
3． Many old people have a strong b________in Buddha.
4． My father is a b_________. He sells meat.
5． The boy was happy to see many colourful b________go up into the sky.
6． The police a________ Rosa Parks , a black woman , who refused to give her seat to a white man.
7． Fifty years ago , mixed—race marriages were f_________.
8． S________ is the system by which some people are owned by others.
9． Marine scientists study her r_______between living creatures and their habitat in the ocean.
10.He worked so hard that he got full m______in biology.
第六节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Western people say “Excuse me” much often than Chinese 1.______ _
In China, “Excuse me” is only used to apologizing when one 2.________
had done something wrong or has hurt someone else. Western 3.________
people say when they want to leave a party earlier, ask the way,4.________
get in a word and even cough during a talk. 5.__________
They also say “Thank you” more readily. Even if at home 6. __________
the husband will thank the wife when she gave him a glass of 7. __________
water. “Thank you” means you appreciate someone has done 8. __________
for you how small it may be. Thanks and apologies are words 9._______
westerners use every day. They can help the people get along 10._____
well with each other.
第七节：书面表达（满分10分）
根据下图内容，用英文写一篇100单词左右的短文，简述乘飞机和 火车旅行的利弊以及你的观点。要包括图表的全部内容，标题与文章的第一句和最后一句已经给出，不计入总词数。以从北京到广州为例
| 交通工具 | 飞机 | 火车 |
| 价格 | 900元 | 250元 |
| 旅行时间 | 2小时 | 24小时 |
| 优点 | 省时 舒适 便于休息 | 便宜 可以观光 |
| 缺点 | 昂贵 | 耗时拥挤 不利休息 |
Train Travel and Air Travel
Air travel has two advantages over train travel… so I think different people like different ways of traveling.
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(请将所有题目抄在答题卡上除作文外，否则不得分)
2005—2006学年第二学期第半期考
高二英语试卷
班级__________ 姓名___________ 座号________ 成绩_______
第一节:听力部分(共15小题)
1.___A___ 2._____C____ 3.___C_____ 4.__B______ 5.____A____
6.___B_____ 7._____A____ 8._____C___ 9.___B_____ 10.____A___
11.____B____ 12._____A____ 13.____B____ 14.___A_____ 15.____C___
第二节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1.____D____ 2.____B_____ 3.____A____ 4.____C____ 5.___A_____
6.___C_____ 7.____A_____ 8.____B___ 9.____B____ 10.___D____
11.___D_____ 12.____A_____ 13.___C_____ 14.____D____ 15.___C____
第三节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
1.____D____ 2.____A_____ 3.___C_____ 4.___D_____ 5.____A____
6.____D____ 7._____A____ 8.____B____ 9.____B____ 10.___A____
11.____D____ 12._____D____ 13._____C___ 14.___C_____ 15.____C___
16.____A____ 17.____D_____ 18.____D____ 19.___C_____ 20._____B__
第四节：阅读（每小题1分, 满分20分）
1.___C_____ 2.____D_____ 3.____C____ 4.____B____ 5.____B____
6.___D____ 7._____B____ 8.____A____ 9.____C____ 10.___B____
11.____D____ 12.___B______ 13.____A____ 14.___C_____ 15.__B_____
16.____D____ 17._____B____ 18.____A____ 19.____C___ 20.___C____
第五节：词汇（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
51.__float___ 52._absorb 53.__belief_54.butcher 55._balloons
56.arrested 57._forbidden 58.__Slavery______ 59.relations 60._marks_______
第六节：单句改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1._much--more_ 2._apologizing--apologize 3._\/_______4.__say_/\_it____ 5._and--or_
6._if__去掉_____ 7.__gave--gives____8._what/\ someone 9._how--however 10.__the去掉
第七节：作文(10分)
Train Travel and Air Travel
Air travel has two advantages over train travel. F irst, it can save much time. We can fly from Qingdao to Guangzhou just in two hours, but by train we have to spend 58 hours or more. Second, air travel is more comfortable because the plane flies so smoothly that we can rest well during the trip, while the train is crowded sometimes and passengers have to sit a long time, which makes them tried. But train travel also has its own advantages. Foe example, traveling by train costs only 250 yuan while traveling by air will take us 900 yuan .Besides this, through the train’s window, we can enjoy the views of many big cities , such as Jinan, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, etc. So I think different people like different ways of traveling.