高二英语第二学期期中联考试卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有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. What is the man?
A. a worker B. a driver C. a teacher
2. What is the man going to do this weekend?
A. meet a friend of his B. go to Beijing C. hold a birthday party
3. What did the woman buy her husband for Christmas?
A. a book B. a watch C. a record
4. How does the woman feel?
A. surprised B. light-hearted C. worried
5. What does the man tell the woman?
A. She is mistaken.
B. His dog likes chasing cats.
C. There is another cat that looks like hers.
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，从题后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒种；听完后，各小题给出5秒的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6~8题。
6．What’s the woman going to do?
A. buy a birthday gift for David
B. buy a pet for her husband
C. buy some animals for the zoo
7. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the conversation?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4
8. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man likes keeping rabbits
B. The man built a zoo.
C. The man doesn’t like snakes.
听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。
9. How many goals did Jack’s team score?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1
10. What do we know about the woman?
A. She watched the game on TV.
B. She knew about the game over the radio.
C. She watched the match at the stadium.
11．When I Jack’s next match?
A. Friday this week B. Saturday this week C. Friday next week
听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。
12. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. a flight timetable B. hiring a taxi C. the way to the Union Street
13. Where is woman going on Saturday?
A. Garden Hotel B. The airport C. The railway station
14. What time does the woman want to leave?
A. at 7:00 am B. at 7:00 pm C. at 5:00 pm
听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。
15. Who is the man going to meet tomorrow?
A. Dave B. Tony C. His girlfriend
16. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. husband and wife B. close friend C. boss and secretary
17. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?
A. in a restaurant B. in the woman’s house C. at the man’s home
听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。
18. What is the topic of this passage?
A. China’s education B. China’s history C. China’s development
19. How many school-age children have dropped out of the school?
A. over 2 million B. over 4 million C. over 12 million
20. What did the biggest problem in helping the poor children?
A. lacking love from society B. lacking money C. parents’ ignorance
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
21. One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ______ good knowledge of basic word formation.
A. / B. the C. a D. one
22. ---What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball.
--- ______ . Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It just depends. B. It’s up to you.
C. All right. D. Glad to hear that.
23. I don’t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
A. this B. that C. its D. it
24. --- What will you buy for your husband’s birthday.
--- I want to buy a ______ wallet for him.
A. black leather small B. small black leather
C. small leather black D. black small leather
25. The flu is believed _______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.
A. causing B. being caused C. to be caused D. to have caused
26. The old couple are working hard to earn money, but spend a little ______ some for their future life.
A. setting aside B. to set aside C. setting up D. to set up
27. People hadn’t been ______ the existence of the plant until a famous biologist mentioned in his book.
A. afraid of B. ahead of C. aware of D. free of
28. The reason why many rivers in this area have ______ recently is that too many trees have been cut down.
A. stood out B. dried out C. dried up D. stuck out
29. _______ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger.
A. As far as B. As long as C. As well as D. As a result of
30. With a lot of difficult problems ______, the manager felt worried all the time.
A. to settle B. settling C. settled D. being settled
31. ---Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.
---Thanks. You ______ it. I could manage it myself.
A. needn’t do B. needn’t have done
C. mustn’t do D. mustn’t have done
32. The boy was criticized for forgetting ________ his textbook to school.
A. bringing B. to bring C. having brought D. to have brought
33. ---English has a large vocabulary, hasn’t it?
---Yes. ______ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A. Know B. Knowing C. To know D. Known
34. The year 2002 ______ remarkable changes in Shanghai’s landscape.
A. sees B. has seen C. saw D. had seen
35. It would be impossible for him to leave hospital tomorrow if he ______ first aid when the accident happened.
A. hadn’t been given B. wasn’t given
C. shouldn’t be given D. wouldn’t be given
36. Only ______ as an interpreter _______ how important it is to grasp English.
A. when did I work; I realized B. when I worked; I realized
C. when did I work; did I realize D. when I worked; did I realize
37. ---Is that the small town you often refer to?
--- Right, just the one ______ you know I used to work for years.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
38. ______ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home.
A. To wait B. Waiting C. Having waited D. To have wait
39. The news reporter hurried to the airport, only ______ the film star had left.
A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told
40. Carol was always speaking highly of his role in the competition, ______, of course, makes others unhappy.
A. who B. this C. which D. that
第二节：完形填空（共20小题。每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing
difficulties, courage and a spirit of __41_ can be more useful than crying for
help! That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of ___42__ boy to man with family
hardships tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in
Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was only 11, his __43__ became mentally
ill and one day came back with an abandoned baby girl. A year later, Hong’s
mother and younger brother both sold home because of __44__ and pressure from
his sick father.
Their burdens fell onto the 12-year-old’s
shoulders: to __45___ his father’s illness, to bring up the adopted sister
Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t __46__. Since a young age, he
has worked in part–time jobs to feed his family. __47__, he has studied at
college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to rent a room near his
campus for her, and __48__ her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people
were __49__ to tears by his unselfishness. __50_ as his life was, Hong didn’t
abandon his father and the ___51___ sister, because they needed his help. With
his hard-won money, he even __52__ other students struggling against
misfortunes.
Today when many tend to worry more about
their own happiness, Hong’s deeds ___53__ us of what we usually neglect: love
and care for others. __54__ these, none of us could survive.
Hong ___55__ donations(捐赠物) from others. He
said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.
Short of money to buy food, the boy__56__ tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his
baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to __57__different things to sell
around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed an
ability against __58__ that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story __59__ that with love and
willpower, no hardship can defeat a person but himself. So when __60__
difficulties, don’t complain about bad luck. Consider what more you could do
for your family and society and you’ll find the world smiling back.
41. A. love B.
honesty C.
bravery D.
independence
42. A. caring B.
growing
C.
moving
D. turning
43. A. mother B.
father C.
brother
D. uncle
44. A. punishment B.
cries
C.
poverty
D. wealth
45. A. relief B.
see
C. ease
D. treat
46. A. give away B. run
out C. give
up
D. turn down
47. A. However B. At the same time C.
Therefore D. As long as
48. A. drive B.
send
C.
ask
D. force
49. A. encouraged B.
inspired C.
moved D. made
50. A.
Dull
B. Pleasant C.
Hopeful D.
Hard
51. A. adopted B.
disabled
C. disappointed D. heartbroken
52. A.
kept
B. encouraged C.
prevented D. aided
53. A.
left
B. reminded
C. remembered D. told
54. A. Without B.
Despite
C. Thanks to D.
Other than
55. A. threw away B. brought about
C. gave
off D.
turned down
56. A. cut down B.
planted
C.
climbed D.
sold
57. A. make B.
buy C. give
out D. show off
58. A. illnesses B.
misunderstanding C.
laziness
D. misfortune
59. A.
tells
B.
says C.
shows D. explains
60. A. facing B.
solving C.
handling D.
overcoming
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
-A-
A senior United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare(福利).
A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”
China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” he said.
“What’s more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks(小吃), sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the children’s Day.
The Beijing children’s Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.
A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency(机构) spends 400-500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.
Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.
She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.
By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment(建立) of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.
Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the Chinese team for the Atlanta Olympic Games this year.
61. Children can grow healthily and happily as long as _______.
A. parents take good care of them both at home and in society
B. the whole society care for children as well as their parents
C. Schools and teachers pay much attention to the growth of children
D. Chinese people always give special attention to children who are in special need
62. Every year the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home spends _______ on the orphans
A. 1, 920, 000 yuan B. more than 2, 200, 000 yuan
C. Over 2, 400, 000 yuan D. 2, 160, 000 yuan or so
63. CYDF collected 700 million yuan with the purpose of _______.
A. reducing dropouts
B. helping homeless orphans
C. supporting the Chinese Team for the coming Atlanta Olympic Games
D. establishing 2, 074 Hope primary schools all over the country
64. We can infer from the text that _______.
A. Every Chinese child has its own special need, so we should pay special attention to each.
B. All the children in the poverty-stricken regions of China are too poor to go to school.
C. Ever since liberation. the Chinese Communist Party has been concerned (关心) about the growth of the younger generation.
D. With the help of UNICEF officials, there are no more dropouts in China.
65. It is possible that this passage was written in _______.
A. 1992 B. 1996 C. 1998 D. 2000
-B-
The American Revolution was a citizen's revolution. Ordinary men took a large part in it. One of them was Paul Revere, a silver worker. He lived in Boston many years ago during the time when many people in the British colonies in America felt that they were being used for Britain's gain. They felt that they were being taxed without fair representation in the British government. The people of Boston were especially angry, and additional British troops(军队) had been sent there to keep the excited colonists under control. Paul Revere was one of those who believed that the British would soon be on the march against the villages and farms near Boston.
On the night of the 18 of April,1775,Revere rowed across the Charles River to a place opposite Boston where his saddled horse was ready to ride. If the British soldiers came, he was to ride to warn the people. A friend in Boston was hidden near the British troops(军队) in a place where he could watch what they did. If they marched by land, he was to hang one Lantern high in the tower of the old North Church in Boston where Paul could see it. If they came by sea, he would hang up two lanterns.
Toward morning Revere saw two lights in the tower. The British must be coming by sea! He jumped on his horse and rode through the countryside before dawn in order to warn the farmers and villagers that they must fight at daybreak. He rode all night, and in the morning, by the time the troops arrived, the farmers were hidden all along the roads with their guns loaded. When the British came, the Americans drove them back. These first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Concord and at Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19,1775. In 1776 the colonies signed a declaration of independence.
66.What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
A) To provide information about the childhood of Paul Revere.
B) To discuss the war between the British and the Americans.
C) To tell the reader a story about Paul Revere in the American Revolution.
D) To describe the courage of the farmers and villagers in the American Revolution.
67.Which of the following is TRUE of Paul Revere?
A) He was very interested in polities. B) He got a relative to help him.
C) He fought the British himself. D) He told the people about the coming enemy.
68.All of the following is mentioned in the passage except_______ .
A) the American Revolution was a revolt
B) Paul's friend signalled from a church
C) the British troops were sent to control the colonists
D) Paul's friend was serving in the British army
69.It can be inferred from the passage that_________ .
A) The British colonies in America were very much aroused.
B) The farmers and villagers were good at fighting their enemy.
C) It was the first battle that Paul Revere had ever taken part in.
D) Paul Revere had a strong sense of pride of being American.
C
Due to climate change, Arctic ice is breaking up earlier in the spring and its area is decreasing. This is creating problems for polar bears that make their homes off northern Alaska and in Hudson Bay.
Polar bears off Alaska normally hunt and raise their young on ice sheets that float on the ocean. But as the ice has melted, the polar bears have been forced to spend more time on land. There, they have begun to frequent beaches, feeding on the remains of whales caught by native hunters. For polar bears, this food is less nutritious than seals that they normally catch on ice sheets. The shrinking（减少） ice has also forced more polar bears into the ocean. In the past, they only had to swim short distances between ice sheets. But as the ice has shrunk, polar bears have been forced to swim longer and longer distances in the open ocean. This poses a severe danger during rough weather, and an increasing number of drowned polar bears have been observed.
In Hudson Bay, the ice breaks up three weeks earlier in the spring now than it did 20 years ago. Polar bears on Hudson Bay fast（绝食） during the summer, waiting for ice to form in the fall to hunt. Every year, the summer gets longer, and the bears get thinner. Over the past 25 years, the average weight of the female bears has dropped 68 kg. This loss affects their ability to reproduce, and already the number of births has dropped 15 percent. Unless the bears can learn to survive these climate changes, these giants of the ice may one day disappear.
70. What is Arctic ice doing earlier each year?
A. It’s freezing. B. It’s hardening. C. It’s melting. D. It’s expanding.
71. What is true of polar bears that are spending more time on land in Alaska?
A. Their young are dying. B. Their diet is changing.
C. Their health is improving. D. Their families are growing.
72. What do polar bears in Hudson Bay do during the summer?
A. They claim territory(地域). B. They protect mates.
C. They hunt animals. D. They stop feeding.
73. What does the writer imply about female polar bears in Hudson Bay ?
A. They are having fewer young now. B. They suffer from various sicknesses.
C. They don’t need stronger protection. D. They can’t find enough good males.
-D-
Some people have the feeling that
nothing can be done about their poor reading ability（能力）. They feel
hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing
can be done about it?
To be sure, people are
different. You cannot do everything as well as certain other people do. If all
the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good
players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between. But even the
very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the
right way, and with plenty of practice. It is the same with reading. Some seem
to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help. Others find reading
a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all degrees of reading ability.
Many experiments have shown
that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In these
experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some
of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, they were given special
instruction and practice in reading. After a few months, another test of the
same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading
scores.
74. With the example of
basketball players, the author shows ____.
A. why certain people are poor
readers
B. that there are differences in people’s abilities
C. why some people are good basketball
players
D. that good basketball players can be good readers
75. To improve their
reading ability, people should ____.
A. work long and
hard
B. take different forms of tests
C. have special help and
practice
D. try different reading materials
76. The experiments
mentioned in the text show that ____.
A. good readers seem to enjoy
reading
B. almost all poor readers can make
progress
C. causes of poor reading are
difficult to find out
D. tests help people improve their
reading ability
-E-
It
is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough
blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors
can' t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help
because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person
worse if he operates on the brain.
Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help.
He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the
brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time
to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different
jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a
machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to
the monkeys' brains. When the brain' s temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped
the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed
the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been
before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor
had taught them.
77. The biggest difficulty
in operating on the damaged brain is that _______.
A. the time is too short for doctors
B. the patients are often too nervous
C. the damage is extremely hard to fix
D. the blood-cooling machine might break down
78. The brain operation was made possible mainly by _______.
A. taking the blood out of the brain
B. trying the operation on monkeys first
C. having the blood go through a machine
D. lowering the brain' s temperature
79. With Dr. White' s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _______.
A. can last as long as 30 minutes
B. can keep the brain' s blood warm
C. can keep the patient' s brain healthy
D. can help monkeys do different jobs
80. What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
a. send the cooled blood back to
the brain
b. stop the blood to the brain
c. have the blood cooled down
d. operate on the brain
A. a,b,c,d
B. c,a,b,d C. c, b, d,
a D. b, c, d,
a
第II卷（共40分）
一， 单词拼写。（10分）
81, One of his a_________ is to become the President of the Motor General.
82, You can’t see through the telescope until it is a_________ to your eyes.
83, Nowadays more and more women get their own job and become more i_________ of their husband.
84, It is rather _________(令人困窘的，窘迫的) that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.
85, He was a_________ from the meeting yesterday, so he did not know the news.
86, The defence lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the _________(目击者) of the murder committed last month.
87, They’ve _________(购买) a new house in the countryside.
88, The road was too n_________ for two cars to pass.
89, This type of university course is no longer _________(有关的，切题的) to today’s problem.
90, My sister _________(占据，担任) an important position in the Department of the Environment.
二，翻译句子。（10分）
1. 当他移居加拿大后，孩子们很快适应了那里的生活方式。（adapt to）
2. 他有很强的求知欲。（desire）
3. 战争期间成千上万的人逃离了这个国家。(flee)
4. 她渴望见到她的老伙伴，她已经多年没有收到他的来信了。（用定语从句）
5. 他献血给这个受伤的女孩，这及时的挽救了她的性命。(donate)(用定语从句)
三，书面表达（满分20分）
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