北京市房山区周口店中学学年高二英语下学期期中试题新人教本

1、高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面5段对话。从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。例：What is the man going to read?A. A newspaper. B. A magazine. C. A book.答案是A。1. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A skirt.B. A clothes store.C. A blouse.2. What w

2、ill the two speakers do?A. Finish a report.B. Go for a walk.C. Borrow some books.3. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Park the car. B. Order the food quickly. C. Have a meal an hour later.4. Where are the two speakers?A. In a store.B. In a hotel.C. At the airport.5. What is the woman worried

3、about?A. Missing her flight. B. Having a traffic accident. C. Being late for the football game.第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的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5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Why was the woman on the news?A. She was a famous singer. B

4、. She won a music competition.C. She wrote a song for the TV station.7. What does the woman think of singing?A. It gives her great pleasure. B. It takes too much of her time. C. It will make her famous one day.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why will Ted go to see the woman?A. To make a date.B. To talk about the

5、essay.C. To practise football.9. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Workmates.C. Teacher and student.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the woman want to do in the evening?A. Stay at home.B. Go out for a drive.C. Have a drink.11. What does the man advise the woman

6、 to do at the weekend?A. Have a good sleep. B. Rest and have fun. C. Hold a dinner party.12. How does the woman feel about the mans plan for this Saturday?A. Sad.B. Satisfied.C. Unhappy.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. Who is the speaker speaking to?A. Children.B. Teachers.C. Parents.14. Why must children carry

7、 whistles(哨子） when camping?A. To save their lives. B. To comfort themselves. C. To carry their voice farther.15. What can a lost child do?A. Turn to others for help. B. Wander around to get back. C. Hug a nearby tree and talk to it.第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）Name:Tom Baker Age: 16 Position applied: 17 P

8、referred working time:Saturday and 18 Working experience:once worked in a 19 Telephone No.: 20 听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。 第二部分：知识运用（共两节, 45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共15分）从每题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. In China, you _ vote when you are 18.A.

9、 mustB. mightC. canD. would22. Ive been away for only three years, _ I can hardly recognize my hometown.A. soB. orC. forD. yet23. I know little about the accident because not much_ about it up to now.A. has said B. has been said C. had said D. had been said24. Mr. Smith couldnt open the door because

10、 his naughty boy _ it from the inside.A. would lockB. was lockingC. has lockedD. had locked25. This kind of cell phone is very common and I also have_.A. oneB. itC. thatD. another26. The girl _ a green coat looks more elegant than her companion.A. wornB. to wearC. having wornD.wearingThe movie Gravi

11、ty won seven awards at the Oscar night, _ was beyond the directors wildest dream. A. which B. that C. where D. what28. The purpose of the article is to draw public attention _ the problem.A. toB. onC. inD. for29. When _ about one of the biggest concerns today, many citizens mentioned the sharp rise

12、in housing price.A. askingB. to askC. askedD. having asked30. _ time, the teacher had us do half of the exercises in class and complete the other half for our homework.A. To saveB. SaveC. SavingD. Having saved31. Remember me to your parents when you _ them.A. are callingB. callC. will callD. have ca

13、lled 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The Little AngelSally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”The surgeon said, “Im _36_. We did all we could, but your boy didnt _37_ it.” Sal

14、ly _38_into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the _39_?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers _40_ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeo

15、n cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmys idea to _41_ his body to the university for study. He said it might _42_ somebody else. “I said no at first, _43_ Jimmy said, Mom, I wont be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day

16、with his Mom.”“My Jimmy had a heart of _44_, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmys _45_ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was _46_. It was even harder to enter the _47_ ho

17、use. She carried Jimmys belongings, and the lock of his hair to her sons room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room _48_ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, _49_ herself to sleep.It was around midnight when Sall

18、y _50_. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said, “Dear Mom,I know youre going to _51_ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more _52_ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to _53_a little boy so you wont be so lonely, thats OK w

19、ith me. He can have my room and old toys to play with. Dont be sad thinking about me. I dont hurt any more. The cancer is all _54_. I dont have to stand that _55_any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say Im a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”36. A. worried B. sorryC. happy D. grateful37.

20、 A. make B. passC. winD. like38. A. knocked B. lookedC. sank D. got39. A. house B. church C. hospital D. university40. A. anxiously B. lovinglyC. patientlyD. angrily41. A. donateB. moveC. showD. lend42. A. affect B. help C. protectD. impress43. A. for B. and C. soD. but44. A. goldB. stone C. wisdom

21、D. bravery45. A. toys B. clothes C. belongingsD. letters46. A. long B. smoothC. difficult D. dangerous47. A. emptyB. familiarC. bigD. old48. A. roughly B. exactly C. especiallyD. possibly49. A. put B. sent C. cried D. buried50. A. wrote B. spokeC. sleptD. awoke51. A. understandB. forgive C. leaveD.

22、miss52. A. withB. around C. onD. in53. A. saveB. hostC. visitD. adopt54. A. lostB. gone C. cured D. spotted55. A. depression B. sadness C. pain D. stress第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ASharing BeautyIt was in October. I was aimlessly wandering do

23、wn the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry. I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come o

24、utside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door. When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it wi

25、th someone.” For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty. Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-

26、year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room. One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a

27、woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store. Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her departm

28、ent store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around. BThere is a lot of talk these days about how kids should be i

29、nterested in science. Heres an area of science for everyone, and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scientist.Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh, 58 pages, ages 9-12 Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur, do you wonder how anybody knows what they loo

30、k like? After all, nobody has seen a living dinosaur. This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosaurs. As scientific discoveries have been made, the models have changed. Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaurs coloring was, but now artists have to use

31、their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked.Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson, 128 pages, ages 10-13 This book takes readers back to the beginnings of space explorationthousands of years ago, when people began star observationand forward to todays search for planets in di

32、stant parts of the Milky Way. Along with history lessons, readers get 21 activities, such as making a black hole and creating a model of Albert Einsteins universe using a T-shirt. The activities are perfect for cold winter days.Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich, 272 pages, ag

33、es 7 and older If youre always on the lookout for butterflies, this book is for you. Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual insects fill this hardcover. There are fascinating stories related to the photos. For example, do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle? Theres a questi

34、on-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects.Journey Into the Invisible by Christine Schlitt, 80 pages, ages 9-12If you use a magnifying（放大的）glass, you know a leaf looks quite different. This book explains what microscopes do and then shows wha

35、t happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool. The bacteria in your mouth, when magnified 20,000 times, look a bit like swimming pool noodles. Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you, just by looking a little

36、closer. 59. Kids interested in pre-historical animals might read _.A. Ultimate Bugopedia B. Beyond the Solar SystemC. Journey Into the Invisible D. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled60. Beyond the Solar System is mainly about _. A. space exploration B. the Milky WayC. history lessons D. Albert Einstein

37、s universe CJohnny the ExplorerJohnny was three when he ran away from home for the first time. Somebody left the garden gate open. Johnny wandered out, crossed some fields and, two hours later, arrived in the next village. He was just able to give his name and address.By the time he was seven, Johnn

38、y used to disappear from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. Sometimes he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. “Why do you do it?” they used to ask. “I just like se

39、eing places,” Johnny told them.Johnny continued to “see places” although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers; but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck. Sometimes h

40、e travelled hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to board a plane. He was twelve at the time. It was a cargo plane and, a few hours later, Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himsel

41、f, it was easy: he just went into the airport, walked along some passages and got on board the nearest plane.In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. He enjoyed mathematics and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. “What do you want to be when you grow

42、 up?” his teachers asked him. “An explorer!” he answered. “But its difficult to become an explorer in this modern age,” they tried to tell him. But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted! Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in a daily paper. A long journey was about to go to Brazil to

43、 travel up the Amazon River. There were jobs for three young people “willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure”. Johnny applied, and two months later, he was on his way to Brazil.At what age did Johnny board a plane for the first time? A. Three B. Seven C. Twelve D. Not mentionedJohnny freq

44、uently left home because _. A. he preferred to stay alone B. he enjoyed seeing new places C. he couldnt do well at school D. he didnt get along well with his parentsPeople around Johnny _.tried to stop him from slipping away B. kept following him to get him backC. booked tickets for him if necessary

45、 D. were clear about how he travelled abroadFrom the passage, we can learn that _.Johnny worked for a daily paper B. Johnny lacked a sense of adventureC. Johnny went exploring along the Amazon RiverD. Johnny went to Brazil two months after he finished schoolDEverywhere I look outside my home I see p

46、eople busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by peopl

47、e to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol. The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not

48、 to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with

49、 time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money. What is a healthy use of te

50、chnology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we

51、 can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But its time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard

52、Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology.67. The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A.

53、 advantage B. attraction C.adaption D. attempt68. From the passage, technology companies aim to _.A. attract people to buy their products B. provide the latest informationC. improve peoples quality of life D. deal with cultural diseases69. It can be inferred from this passage that people _.A. consid

54、er too much technology wonderfulB. have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC. can regain freedom without high-tech devices D. may enjoy life better without overused technology 70. Whats the authors attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?A. Neutral.( 中立的） B. Doubtful C. Disapproving.(

55、不赞成） D. Sympathetic.（同情的）第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Puppy FoodA puppy (young dog) is a precious addition to any family. The excitement of bringing home a little furry friend will always live in our memories. Like all of us, though, your puppy must have adequate nutrition（营养） right from the start to make certain that itll have a long and healthy life. 71 You might ask yourself what is the best for your new pet with all of the different varieties on th