云南省德宏州芒市第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题

1、芒市第一中学2016年春季学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷考试时间：120分钟 满分：100分 注意事项：1答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卷上填写清楚。考试结束，将答题卷交回。2第I卷（1-60）题选出答案后，请将答案填涂在答题卷上，答在试卷上的答案无效。第卷(61-71)直接在答题卷上作答。第I卷(选择题，共70分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有2分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）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

2、选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where is the woman going to spend her Thanksgiving?A. In her mothers. B. In her sisters.C. At home.2. Where are the speakers?A. At the mans home.B. At the womans home.C. At a cafe.3. What can we learn about Mr. Robert?A. He is strange.B. He

3、is rich. C. He is excellent.4. Whats the weather like now?A. Fine. B. Snowy. C. Windy.5. What book has the woman bought?A. A history book. B. An English book.C. A book for a music course.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后

4、，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6. Why didnt the woman take this course last semester?A. Because she failed in this course.B. Because she had taken this course before.C. Because she didnt know about it in time. 7. In what aspects does the man get a lot of practice?A. In speaking and read

5、ing.B. In speaking and writing.C. In reading and writing.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。8. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a store. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bar.9. How much is one box of mooncakes?A. Forty yuan. B. Twelve yuan. C. Twenty yuan.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。10. How long will King

6、 be away on vacation?A. Four weeks. B. A couple of days. C. Three weeks.11. Why will King take the vacation?A. To relax.B. To see her parents.C. To meet a friend.12. Which country does King come from?A. China.B. America.C. Canada.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。13. What is the woman doing?A. Chatting with her fr

7、iend.B. Taking part in a talk show.C. Having a job interview. 14. What is the woman experienced in?A. The marketing. B. Public relations. C. Paperwork.15. How much does the woman expect for salary?A. 5,000 yuan a month.B. 6,000 yuan a month.C. 7,000 yuan a month.16. Which of the following is TRUE ac

8、cording to the conversation?A. The woman is an undergraduate.B. The woman thinks she needs improving before she is qualified for the position. C. The woman once did some research on the company.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题17. What do we learn from the passage?A. More can be done to reduce the damage of earthq

9、uake.B. Earthquakes always cause serious damage.C. Nothing can be done to reduce the damage of earthquake.18. How many people died in the Kobe(神户) earthquake?A. 75,000. B. Nearly 310,000. C. More than 6,000.19. What is the major difficulty in doing more to reduce the earthquake damage?A. Engineers d

10、o not have the knowledge. B. Protection is too costly at present.C. No one takes earthquakes seriously.20. How many ways to reduce the damage are mentioned in the passage?A. 5.B. 3.C. 4.第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分20分）第一节：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从下列A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填在空白处的正确答案。21. My daughter has _ gift for musi

11、c. She can play _violin very well. A. a; the B. the; a C. the; 不填 D. 不填；the22. Everybody likes to work with those _ are reliable and easy to get along with. A. who B. whoever C. whomever D. whom23. What is the best way you can imagine _ the overuse of water in our daily life. A. to reduce B. reducin

12、g C. reduced D. reduce24. Ten minutes earlier _ we could have avoided the accident. A. or B. but C. so D. and25. Can you keep an eye on my bag, Tom ? I just want to use the bathroom. _. Itll be safe with me. A. Go ahead B. I think so C. Not at all D. Youre welcome26. Make sure youve got the keys, ce

13、ll phones and _ before you leave home. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 27. My mother, together with my father and my sister, _ to attend the wedding party last Friday.A. were inviting B. was inviting C. were invited D. was invited 28. Jim! Did you have a good sleep last night? Oh.

14、Like a log. Never slept _ almost within in a month. A. well B. worse C. better D. best29. In a green school, everyone agrees to be _ about the environment. A. nervous B. careful C. honest D. rude30. I was lucky to win a gold medal in the 800-meter race. You _ through tough training. A. must go B. sh

15、ould go C. must have gone D. should have gone第二节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time 31 with her. One night, he had much work to do, 32 couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her 3

16、3  , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he 34  , Helen came running to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had 35  time to play fight now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could

17、both play. About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? " Mr. Black was surprised saying, "That's 36  Let's go and see. " And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every  37

18、 in its place. Mr. Black said, "That's surprising! 38  did you do that?" Helen said, "It was 39  . On the back of the page was a picture of a 40   .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "31. A.working B. running C. playing D. w

19、alking32. A.or B. and C. but D. then33. A.sleepy B. warm C. free D. busy34. A. left home B. got home  C. let the office D. got to the office35. A. no B. enough C. much D. some36. A. right B. wrong C. possible D. impossible37. A. map B. picture C. piece D. page38. A. How B. Why C. When D. Where3

20、9. A. hard B. simple C. difficult D. different40. A. boy B. girl C. man D. woman第三部分：阅读理解 （共三节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）根据短文内容，判断短文后句子的正（A）误（B）。Thousands of fans, now in their late teens and early twenties, grew up alongside Harry Potter. While he fought wizards and struggled through magic school,

21、they battled middle school bullies（欺负）and exams.The stories have a special meaning for teenage fans particularly those who are “Harrys age”. The Harry Potter movies are no longer an evenings entertainment but that of a lifetime. The beauty of the stories lies not in the supernatural effects, but in

22、happiness, peace and good feelings among friends and family.In the spotlight, as always, is Harrys creator, J.K. Rowling, the woman who dreamed up the adventurous story and wrote it to the final page.By now over 400 million Harry Potter books have been sold and translated into more than 65 languages

23、. The whole movie series has earned more than $7 billion around the world. The last one alone has become the worlds most profitable movies series.41. Harry Potter stories have inspired many children in their childhood.42. What really attracts the fans is Harry Potters magic power.43. J.K. Rowling is

24、 not so famous as Harry Potter.44. Harry Potter books and movies are both very successful.45. Harry Potter movies have come out in over 65 languages. 第二节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 AEarthquakes happen without warning(前兆)They can happen any time of a day，at any point during

25、 the yearWhen an earthquake is happening，you should know what you should do or not doDo NOT go outsideYou could get injured from falling glass or parts of buildingsIf you are outside，stay away from buildings and power lines(输电线)Stay under a desk，table，or other strong furnitureHold on to itOr stay in

26、 a corner of the buildingCover your face and head with your arms and cover your mouth with a towel or clothingStay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outsideKeep away from windows，pictures or advertisements on the wall or the building，and anything else that could fall and hurt youMost p

27、eople get injured by falling things during an earthquake，not by the shaking itselfAlso keep away from a fireYou could fall down and burn yourself on the fireIf you are driving when an earthquake happens，stop the car if it's safeStay inside your car until the earthquake stops，and don't drive

28、near bridgesTry not to stop by power lines or treesThese could fall and hurt you46.It isn't safe for you to _ while the earthquake is happeningArun out of the buildingBstay in a corner of the buildingCcover your head with your armsDcover your mouth with a towel47.From this passage，we know _Amany

29、 people fear earthquakesBearthquakes maybe happen at any timeCwe can't save ourselves in an earthquakeDpeople never get injured in earthquakes48.The best title for this passage should be "_"AHow Earthquakes HappenBHow to Drive a CarCWhat We Should Do in EarthquakesDWhy Earthquakes Happ

30、enBOn February 3rd，1949，New York Harbor(港) was an exciting placeMany people were there to greet a ship from FranceOn the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars(火车车厢) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of AmericaThese boxcars were from the famous Merci Train (Merci，a French word

31、meaning "thank you")After world War (二战)，a lot of factories，roads and farms in France had been destroyedMany French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eatIn the winter of 1947，a train was sent across the United States，stopping in cities and towns along the way

32、At every stop，people gave whatever they couldFactories gave clothing and medicineFarmers gave foodFamilies gave moneyEven school children gave away their pocket money(零用钱)All the things were then taken to France by shipBy 1949，the French had begun to recover(恢复) from the warThe Merci Train was their

33、 way of saying "thank you" to AmericaFrench people had filled the boxcars with giftsMost of them were personal，like hand-made toys，children's drawings，or postcardsBut the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the giftsOn each car，the French people had painted the pictu

34、res of all their 40 provinces，with an American eagle on the frontThe boxcars were taken to each state of America，where they were warmly greetedNow many of the states still keep their boxcarsGifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museumsThe Merci Train came out of the war，but it no

35、w reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace(和平)49Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd，1949 to _Awelcome the Merci TrainBmeet their familiesChave a big partyDstart a trip by ship50.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 refers to(指) _Athe American

36、 peopleBthe French peopleCthe boxcarsDthe gifts51.The passage is mainly about _Athe story of the Merci TrainBAmerican museums where the boxcars are keptCgifts that American people likedDWorld War CA study of 27,000 men showed those skipping (不吃) breakfast were at a greater risk of heart problems. Th

37、e British Heart Foundation said breakfast helped people resist (抵制) sugary snacks before lunch.The men, aged 45-82, were studied for 16 years. During that time there were more than 1,500 heart attacks or cases of deadly heart failure. However, people who skipped breakfast were 27% more likely to hav

38、e heart problems than those who started the day with a meal. The researchers took into consideration other lifestyle risk factors (因素) such as smoking and exercise.Researcher Dr Leah Cahill told the BBC: “The take-home message is to eat in the morning when you wake up, preferably within an hour. The

39、 results show that something is better than nothing, but its always better to have something healthy and balanced.”She said the timing of the meal seemed to be key and waiting until lunch rather than “having breakfast” may be straining (损伤) the body over time. This could be increasing the risk of hi

40、gh blood pressure and fatness which could in turn damage the heart. “Dont skip breakfast,” Dr Cahill suggested.Victoria Taylor, an expert with the British Heart Foundation, said: “These researchers only looked at men aged over 45, so we would need to see further research to prove that breakfast has

41、the same effect on the heart health of other groups of people. What we do know is that a healthy breakfast can make that mid-morning biscuit less tempting, as well as giving you another opportunity to widen the variety of foods in your diet. Cereals (谷类食品) with low fat milk are a good way to start t

42、he day. Try a banana or dried fruit on top and youll be on your way to a fine day before youve even left the house.”52. What does the text mainly deal with?A. The effects of snacks on the health of the heart.B. An interview by the BBC on peoples lifestyles.C. What a healthy and balanced diet should

43、contain. D. The relationship between breakfast and a healthy heart. 53. Dr Leah Cahills suggestion is that we should _. A. fix the time for each meal we eat in a dayB. make sure our breakfast is always balanced C. eat our breakfast immediately after getting up D. have breakfast within an hour after

44、waking up54. The underlined word “tempting” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “_”. A. attractive                       B. valuable           C

45、. obvious                  D. familiar 55. According to Victoria Taylor, _. A. men over 45 are more likely to get heart diseasesB. fresh fruits like bananas are necessary for a healthy breakfastC. its healthy to eat some

46、 biscuit between breakfast and lunch D. the researchers should have covered other age groups in their study  第三节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的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。My best friend Eva and I are different in many ways, but we have one important thing in common we love to travel. Whenever I

47、want to visit a new place, I can always invite Eva to go with me.  56 57  Eva is an artist who loves to take photographs and draw pictures of the interesting things she sees. I am a sales manager and spend most of my time calculating numbers. Eva is a very impulsive (冲动的) pe

48、rson, but Im very organized. Shes very quiet, but Im a very talkative person.Eva and I both love traveling.   58  One day we were talking about vacations and we found we had both visited many of the same places. We immediately made a plan to go to a nearby historical city th

49、e following weekend.Although we are quite different in many ways, Eva and I have become close over the years.  59  Every time we get together, we always have so much to talk about and have the best time.  60  The other reason is that our differences complement

50、 (补充) each other, so we always get along well whenever we travel together.A. We always have different opinions.B. Now we have a very special and deep friendship.C. The differences between Eva and me are easy to see.D. We soon forgot our differences and were friends again.E. We discovered this shortl

51、y after we met several years ago.F. One reason for this is that we share a love of travel and new things.G. Our friendship shows that people who are very different can still have similar interests.第II卷(非选择题，共30分)第一节 单词拼写根据下列句子的结构和所给汉语的意思，写出这一单词的正确形式。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）61.He lost all _ (感觉) in his arms

52、.62.True friends _ (需要) to show trust and loyalty.63. _ (幸运地), he passed exam successfully.64.Yesterday I _ (不同意) with him about what we should do.65.The water resources protection is our _ (共同的) responsibility.第二节：单句改错（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 仔细阅读下列句子，每句中均有一个错误，请找出并在横线上改正，请按下列情况改正： 该句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出改词，并也用斜线划掉。 该句缺一个词：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。 该句错一个词：在错的词下划横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。66. Many fans look forward to see t