（整理版高中英语）澄海第二学期期中考试高二级英语科试卷

1、澄海 度第二学期期中考试高二级英语科试卷( 总分值150分，时间120分钟 )第一卷共三局部，总分值110分第一局部：听力理解共15小题，总分值15分 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的a、b、c项中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，答复第13题。1. what does the girl want her father to buy？ a. a ruler. b. high-tech things. c. pencils and erasers.2. which of the foll

2、owing does the father consider buying for his daughter? a. a calculator. b. a computer. c. an mp3.3. which of the following could be a reason for her father to buy what she wants？ a. she volunteers to use some of her own money. b. she asks her father to buy a cheap one online.c. she tells her father

3、 she is the best in school.听第二段对话，答复第46题。4. what do the speakers think of san francisco?a. it is a big city. b. they both love the city. c. it isn't so expensive to live there.5. what does the woman think of cell phone interruption?a. she likes it. b. she doesn't mind it. c. she considers it

4、 rude.6. what reason does the man give to answer his cell phone?a. he feels like answering.b. he wants to know who's calling.c. he thinks that it could be something important.听第三段对话，答复第79题。7. what is the man complaining about?a. not accepting any gift from his friend.b. not receiving any answer

5、from his friend.c. not hearing any good news from his friend.8. according to the woman, when should you write a thank-you card?a. you receive a gift from your friend.b. you are invited to a birthday party.c. you spend a holiday with your friend.9. what's the speakers' attitude towards writin

6、g thank-you cards? a. they think it out-dated. b. they think it inconvenient.c. they think it good to keep the custom.听第四段独白，答复第1012题。10. what does the speaker imply about traffic in big cities?a. buses are slow, but comfortable.b. parking in the rush hour is very difficult.c. all the people use pri

7、vate transport instead of public transport.11. what does the speaker recommend to do to improve the situation?a. to enlarge city centers.b. to move to the areas outside the city.c. to make good use of existing space.12. how many aspects of our lives does the speaker mention as affected by overcrowdi

8、ng?a. two. b. three. c. four.听第五段对话，答复第1315题。13. why does the man like the times?a. it has 20 pages every day.b. it carries a lot of sports news.c. it doesn't devote 5 pages every day to baseball results.14. in what way is the jobs section on the times useful to the local people?a. it carries jo

9、b ads from the local businesses.b. it is the place where local businesses hire people.c. it provides much information about local economy.15. what does the woman think will happen to job ads if the times closes down?a. the other two newspapers will open a local jobs newspaper.b. the local economy wi

10、ll be much affected but not destroyed.c. the job ads will be carried in either of the other two newspapers.第二局部：语言知识与运用(共两节；总分值45分)第一节：完形填空共15小题，每题2分；总分值30分阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1630各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最正确选项。i have never learned as much math in my life as i did last year. it was because of ms. para that i tr

11、uly understood what i was learning. it might not seem like a big deal to some, but to me it is. i have never met a woman so caring and so determined to teach her 16 i never really wanted to work for good 17 in math class. i never knew how to study math and never understood some of the concepts. i ca

12、n remember trying to sneak out of the classroom before ms. para caught me and yelled across the 18 , “lauren, are you coming to extra help during lunch? it was a nightmare. she would always 19 me with one foot out of the door, and it never 20 . even then i just thought of it as a thing i had to do.

13、it was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. she would 21 everyone to come every day, just so we could do our homework in peace. many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag, but 22 they knew that she was right and 23 for it. many of her test

14、s were hard at first, but as the year progressed, so did i. i knew that it was because of her. even outside class, she was 24 as ever. she always wanted to know what was going on in my (and everyone else s) life, and she was always looking out for everyone's best interest. ms. para is a sweet wo

15、man with a sense of 25 that you just have to laugh at. when regents were approaching, she was more concerned than ever about everyone doing well. many of her previous students scored high, and so she 26 the same from us. day after day there were students in the classroom 27 problems. when it was tim

16、e for our big test, i knew i was ready. i walked out of that test with my head 28 . i knew that i was a 29 and ms. para had made me that way. i appreciated all the hard work that she put into helping me and my fellow students. i knew that i would 30 her.16. a. family b. childrenc. classmatesd. stude

17、nts17. a. grades b. salaryc. lifed. subjects18. a. seat b. classroomc. yardd. kitchen19. a. see b. helpc. catchd. beat20. a. succeeded b. stoppedc. workedd. failed21. a. forbid b. letc. encouraged. hope22. a. inside b. outsidec. almostd. hardly23. a. praised b. scoldedc. blamedd. respected24. a. fri

18、ghtened b. caringc. hardd. right25. a. duty b. timec. foolishnessd. humour26. a. expected b. receivedc. wishedd. hoped27. a. previewing b. reviewingc. learningd. making28. a. high b. hangingc. lowd. down29. a. failure b. studentc. successd. hero30. a. hate b. missc. forgetd. marry第二节：语法埴空(共10小题；每题15

19、分，总分值15分) eye problems can be prevented in many ways. one of those ways for people is to have a vision check-up or sight test. the main goal of the test is _ 31 _ (learn) about the current condition of your eyes. in other words, the test 32 _(do) to check out whether your eyes are healthy or not.hav

20、ing vision check-ups regularly can avoid problems and keep eyes working 33 (proper). although oculists(眼科医生)today can handle most eye diseases, prevention is better 34 cure. however, many people forget that. eye diseases usually attack adults, 35 regular check-ups are also recommended for children a

21、nd even babies. an eye check-up should be conducted at least once a year. sometimes many people feel 36 eyes are normal because they have no symptoms of eyesight problems. the fact is 37 some eye problems do not start with any symptom, 38 is something you need to remember and consider. in conclusion

22、, 39 you love your eyes, you need to take an eye check-up regularly. only in this way, further or more serious eye problems can be avoided and you will have 40 bright and colorful world forever.第二局部：阅读 (共两小节, 总分值50分)第一节：阅读理解(共20小题；每题2分，总分值40分) aonce upon a time there lived the daughter of a king. he

23、r name was safia. her father and mother loved her very much, and would deny her nothing in the world. one day, a magician came to the palace and asked for sanctuary (避难所), saying that he was a professor who was being persecuted(迫害) by his enemies and had nowhere to write an important book. “good pro

24、fessor, said the king, “you shall have a room and everything that you desire, on condition that you may finish your great work.so the magician went on with his spells and magic formulas, pretending to be absorbed in scholarly matters. every friday, which was the day of rest in that far land, the mag

25、ician paid his respects to the king and his court, but secretly he desired to take away the king's throne. one day he disguised (假扮) himself as an old woman and walked under the trees in the palace gardens till he met safia. “princess, he said, “let me be your laundress, for i can wash linens an

26、d silks as finely as anyone in the world, and i would do it for almost nothing if i could serve your highness. “good woman, said princess safia, “i can see that you are a poor creature and grieve (悲哀) for your condition. come to my private quarters and i shall give you some of my linen to wash. so t

27、he disguised magician followed the princess into the palace, and before the girl could see what was happening he bundled her into a laundry bag and ran away as fast as his legs would carry him. he took the princess into his private room. muttering a magic spell, he made her as small as a doll, and p

28、ut her in a cupboard.the next friday he went to the court as usual, and found the whole palace in an uproar. “princess safia has vanished, and his majesty is nearly out of his mind. all the soothsayers(占卜师) have tried to find out through their magical powers where she can be, but none of them have m

29、anaged it, said the grand vizier. the wicked magician smiled, for he knew that his spell was so strong that it would defy(挑战) all the soothsayers in the land until the day of his death.41. we know from the passage that safia _. a. was the only child of the king b. was fond of magic c. didn't ref

30、use the old woman's request d. didn't live in the palace42. the king would accept the magician's request if _.a. he gave the king a reward b. he could finish his great workc. he did something for the king's daughter d. he would be the king's great soothsayer43. which of the follo

31、wing statements in not true? a. people usually rested on friday in that far land. b. the magician paid his respects to the king. c. the princess was made as small as a doll. d. the magician was busy with his scholarly matters.44. what can we infer from the fourth paragraph? a. the princess was kind

32、and easily cheated. b. the princess was proud and looked down on others. c. the old woman was very poor but tall. d. the old woman had never come into the palace.45.the underlined words "in an uproar" in the last paragraph probably means _. a. in control b. in order c. in a mess d. in murm

33、urb“humans have a code of ethics (道德标准), says marc bekoff, an animal behavior expert at the university of colorado. “ if i don't play in a certain way, you won't play with me. some animals have the same code. scientists recently discovered that animals that live in groups, such as elephants,

34、 foxes, and wolves, are especially likely to follow rules. if they don't, and each does its own thing, the group might break apart. group members would be forced to live alone. then they'd have a harder time hunting and raising their young. that's probably why a traveling wolf pack stopp

35、ed and waited to let its slowly moving leader catch up. similar social ties may have caused a captive elephant to save her friend from drowning. selfish reasons certainly motivated the male fox, who wanted to keep playing.sometimes, though, animals go out of their way to do what's right, even wh

36、en there's nothing in it for them. nobody knows why. “ it might simply feel good to be kind, just as it does for humans, says bekoff. if your friend wasn't nice to you, what would you do? maybe you would just walk away. that's exactly what a wild red fox did when she was play-boxing with

37、 another fox. the larger fox, a male, began pushing too hard. the little female didn't like fighting. she ran away quickly. “ he still wanted to play, says marc bekoff. so the male fox ran after his playmate, bowed down, and rolled over. his body language meant, “ don't leave, i'll play

38、nicely. the female gave him another chance, and the male wrestled more gently this time.46. some animals living in groups are similar to humans in_. a. feeling good about going out of their way b. playing with each other c. raising their young d. following certain rules47. why are animals who live i

39、n groups especially likely to follow rules? a. because they can make an easier living in that way. b. because they can have a harder time hunting in that way. c. because they can keep playing with each other. d. because they can save their friends from danger.48. the third paragraph shows_. a. that

40、elephants always want to save their friends b. how animals follow certain rules c. that male foxes are usually selfish d. why a traveling wolf pack stopped and waited49. it can be learned from the passage that_. a. following rules makes it easy for animals to seek for mates b. some animals like to f

41、ollow the examples of human beings c. some animals also have a code of ethics like human beings d. following rules is common behavior of all animals50. what's the main idea of the passage? a. humans have a code of ethics like some animals. b. animals will follow certain rules in their group like

42、 humans. c. scientists have made a great discovery about animals' behaviour. d. animals go out of their way to do what's right.cthe amount of water in the world is finite(有限的). the number of people is growing fast and water use is growing even faster. global water consumption rose six times

43、between 1900 and 1995 - more than double the rate of population growth. as important as quantity is quality with pollution increasing in some areas, the amount of useable water declines.estimated annual world water use km per yearand the wider effects of water shortages are just as frightening as th

44、e prospect of having too little to drink.seventy percent of the water used worldwide is used for agriculture. much more will be needed if we are to feed the world's growing population. and consumption will rise further as more people expect western-style lifestyles and diets - one kilogram of gr

45、ain-fed beef needs at least 15 m³. of water, while a kilo of cereals(谷物)needs only up to 3 m³.new technology can help, however, especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water useable, and in agriculture, where water use can be made far more efficient. drought- resistant (抗旱的)

46、 plants can also help. the optimists say “virtual water may save the day - the water contained in crops which could be exported from water-rich countries to dry ones. but the amounts involved would be huge, and the energy needed to transport the water would be enormous . in any case, it is not just

47、us who need water, but every other species that shares the planet with us. we have to rethink how much water we really need if we are to learn how to share the earth's supply. while dams and other large-scale schemes play a big role worldwide, there is also a growing recognition of the value of

48、using the water we already have more efficiently rather than harvesting ever more from our rivers. for millions of people around the world, getting it right is a matter of life and death.51. what does the graph in the text indicate? a. the amount of water in the world is finite. b. global water cons

49、umption has risen fast. c. the population in the world is growing fast.d. water quality is as important as water quantity.52. which of the following statements on water consumption is not true? a. agriculture consumes more than half of the water used in the world. b. the growing population worsens t

50、he water shortage situation. c. lifestyles play an important role in water consumption. d. the western way of agriculture uses more water than the asian way.53. "virtual water" refers to "the water that_". a. is hidden in crops b. is saved in agriculture c. can be transported d.

51、can be reused with the aid of the internet54. in the last paragraph, the author mainly_.a. criticizes big projects such as dams. b. criticizes the use of river water.c. calls for the protection of other species. d. calls for the more efficient use of water.55. what's the main idea of the text?a.

52、 water is mainly wasted in agriculture b. water pollution is threatening our health.c. shortage of water is a very serious problem. d. population growing influences water use.dvincent van gogh was a man in a hurry, an artist of tremendous energy and prodigious (巨大的) output. he killed himself when he

53、 was only 37, but he left behind him more than 2,000 paintings and drawings, which established his reputation in a way he would never have considered possible.van gogh was born on march 30, 1853 at groot zundert province of noord nrabant in dutch. he was the son of a clergyman. his first artist impr

54、essions were formed as a boy, from his uncle who was an art dealer. the motivation bore early fruit and from the age of 12 the young vincent was drawing. the interest led to an apprenticeship (学徒) in an art dealers firm, groupils, in the hague. when he was only 20, he was transferred to the firms lo

55、ndon office.in london van gogh faced his first major crisis, when he was rejected in love. after that, he turned to religion, expressed disapproval with art-dealing and neglected his work. groupil transferred him from london to paris but, when his work was still unsatisfactory, dismissed him in 1876

56、. the young van gogh made religion a consuming interest and during the next few years travelled in britain, belgium and holland, trying to establish himself as a preacher, but without success.in 1880, at the age of 27, he found himself drawn back to art. he had a job as an assistant evangelist(传教士) in