1、班级 姓名 学号 装订线 20122013学年度第二学期期中练习高二英语出题人： 审核人：考 生须 知1本试卷共11页，满分为 120分。考试时间为120分钟。2答题前，考生应认真在答题纸的密封线外填写班级、姓名和学号。3考试结束时，上交机读卡和答题纸。第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What do the speakers need to buy? A. A fridge. B. A dinner tab
2、le. C. A few chairs.2. Where are the speakers? A. In a restaurant B. In a hotel C. In a school3. What does the woman mean? A. Cathy will be at the party. B. Cathy is too busy to come. C. Cathy is not going to be invited.4. Why does the woman plan to go to town?A. To pay her bills in the bank B. To b
3、uy books in a bookstore. C. To get some money from the bank.5. What is the woman trying to do? A. Finish some writing. B. Print an article. C. Find a newspaper.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回
4、答第6至7题。6. What is the man doing? A. Changing seats on the plane. B. Asking for a window seat. C. Trying to find his seat. 7. What is the womans seat number? A. 6A. B. 7A. C. 8A.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. Why doesnt the woman take the green T-shirt? A. Its too small. B. Its too dark. C. Its too expensive.9.
5、What does the woman buy in the end? A. A yellow T-shirt. B. A blue T-shirt. C. A pink T-shirt.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How long has the man been in London? A. One year. B. A few years. C. A couple of months.11. Why did the woman leave her hometown? A. To lead a city life. B. To open a restaurant. C. To
6、find a job.12. Where did the woman come from?A. London. B. Airside. C. Lancaster.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is a daypack? A. A box. B. A bag. C. A lock.14. What surprises the girl at school? A. A lot of discussions in class. B. Teachers giving little homework. C. Few students asking questions in clas
7、s.15. At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?A. At the end of it. B. In the middle of it. C. At the beginning of it.16. What do we know about the girl? A. She is new to the school. B. She writes for the school newspaper. C. She seldom asks questions in class.听
8、第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does Mr. Henry Stone do? A. A bank clerk. B. A teacher. C. A writer.18. What does Henry like doing at airports? A. Watching people. B. Telling stories. C. Reading magazines.19. What did Henry learn from the newspaper that day?A. A valuable suitcase was missing. B. A man sto
9、le money from a bank. C. A woman ran away from home.20. Why was the woman at the airport? A. She was traveling on business. B. She was seeing the man off. C. She was leaving for Greece.第二部分 基础知识第一节 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。例：A computer can only do _ you ha
10、ve instructed it to do.A. how B. after C. what D. when答案是C。 21. Neither the children nor the teacher_.A. is to blameB. are to blame C. is blaming D. are blaming22. I hope you enjoyed the film last night. How on earth do you know I went to a film? I _ you. A. wont tell B. didnt tell C. havent told D.
11、 hadnt told23. Mary enjoys home-made food, so she seldom, _, eats out. A. if never B. if any C. if not D. if ever24. Receiving good treatment, she was beginning to _ and soon came back to work. A. pick up B. wake up C. grow up D. show up25. What is your daughter doing now? She is on the phone, _with
12、 one of her schoolmates. A. to chat B. chatting C. chatted D. being chatted26. Luckily, only a few passengers aboard were _ injured in the traffic accident. A. slightly B. approximately C. exactly D. gradually27. A high-tech exhibition _in the National Museum now. Lets go and visit it. A. will be he
13、ld B. is being held C. was held D. has been held 28. Youd better not play _trick on Jack; its said hat he is deeply in _debt. A. a; the B. 不填; the C. 不填; 不填 D. a; 不填 29. Mike _at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didnt turn up. A. should arrive B. must arrive C. must have arrived D. should have arrived 3
14、0. Would you please help me move the piano? _ A. Youre welcome. B. Its a pleasure. C. With pleasure. D. Dont mention it. 31. I_ an important conference at 10 oclock this Sunday morning. A. will have attended B. will be attendingC. have been attending D. have attended32. The farm_ we learned to feed
15、cattle two years ago has changed a lot. A. when B. which C. that D. where33. My hometown, Wanzhou, is no longer_ it used to be.A. that B. what C. where D. how34. Will you come to my home for dinner this Saturday? Thanks. Im _it. A. looking forward to B. getting away withC. accounting for D. watching
16、 out for35. Which of these two magazines will you take? Ill take_, in case the journey is boring. A. all B. either C. both D. neither 第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） This is a story that can teach us a good lesson. One day, a man in rags begged from door to door along the street. With an old wallet in
17、his hand, he was asking for a few coins to buy something to eat. He kept complaining about his bad fortune and kept 36 why those who had so much money were never 37 and were always desiring more.“As far as Im concerned, if I had only enough to 38 and to wear, I would not want anything more.”Just at
18、that moment Goddess Fortune, who came down the 39 saw the beggar and said to him, “Hi, I have wished to 40 you for a long time. Now, open your 41 and I will pour my gold into it. But I will do that only on this 42 : All that falls into the wallet will be pure gold; but every piece falling upon the 4
19、3 shall become dust. Do you understand?“I see,” said the beggar. “Then you should 44 ! Its obvious that your wallet is a(an) 45 one, so dont load it too heavily,” said the Goddess Fortune.The excited beggar could hardly 46 to have gold. He quickly opened his wallet, and a 47 of yellow coins was pour
20、ed into it. The wallet grew heavier and heavier.“Is that enough?” Isnt it cracking?” asked Fortune.“Never fear. Its still 48 enough now.” answered the beggar.The wallet was filled with so many coins that the beggars hands began to 49 . “Ah, if only the golden stream would 50 forever! Just a little m
21、ore,” said the beggar, “ 51 just a handful or two.”“There! Its full. The wallet will 52 .” warned the Goddess, but the beggar requested, “It will 53 a little more, just a little more.”One more piece was added and the wallet split. The 54 fell upon the ground and became dust. The greedy beggar had no
22、w 55 but his broken bag.36. A. showingB. explaining C. provingD. wondering37. A. relaxedB. satisfiedC. worriedD. depressed38. A. learnB. watchC. eatD. play39. A. streetB. bridgeC. yardD. forest40. A. praiseB. forgiveC. helpD. comfort41. A. coatB. pocketC. boxD. wallet42. A. occasionB. suggestionC. s
23、ituationD. condition43. A. handB. feetC. groundD. beggar44. A. look outB. look afterC. look upD. look down45. A. richB. emptyC. wornD. full46. A. standB. waitC. breatheD. think47. A. streamB. pieceC. pairD. variety48. A. weakB. strongC. poorD. rich49. A. spreadB. closeC. looseD. shake50. A. pourB. e
24、ndC. dryD. melt51. A. takeB. addC. lendD. borrow52. A. flowB. burstC. disappearD. change53. A. attractB. permitC. includeD. hold54. A. presentB. foodC. treasureD. water55. A. nothingB. anythingC. everythingD. something第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
25、。AThe day I became a mom was not the day my daughter Jenny was born, but seven years later. Up until that day, I had been trying to survive my terrible marriage. Id spent all my energy trying to run a “perfect” home. Id tried endlessly to please someone who could never be pleased. A Callie heard a s
26、oft knock and pulled open the front door. Her favorite neighbor, Mrs. Baker, stood outside the door. “I need your help, Callie,” Mrs. Baker said. “Do you know the empty lot(场地)down the street?” Callie nodded. “The place is a mess, covered with trash. The city is letting us use the lot for a communit
27、y garden,” she explained. “We need help to clean up the lot on Saturday.” “Sure, Mrs. Baker!” Callie said cheerfully. “I will be happy to help!” Mrs. Baker looked pleased and said, “Thanks, Callie. We want to get the garden planted before summer.” At school the next morning, Callies friend Tamara wa
28、s waiting for her by their classroom. Tamara had a surprise for her best friend. Tamara said, “My mom bought tickets to go to Fun World this Saturday. She has an extra one for you!” The girls had been waiting for months for the new amusement park to open. Callie sighed and worried about her problem
29、for the rest of the day. Her mother noticed her mood when she arrived home. “Did something go wrong at school?” her mother asked. Callie explained her problem. “What should I do, Mom?” Callie asked when she was finished. “I know you want to go with Tamara and also help Mrs. Baker. Think carefully ab
30、out your choices, You need to make your own decision, but I know you will do what is best,” her mother answered. Callie spent the rest of the evening thinking about her decision. She wanted to go Fun World, but in the end, she decided her promise to her neighbor was more important. The next day at s
31、chool, Callie told Tamara that she would not be able to go to Fun World. Tamara tried to understand, but Callie could tell she was disappointed. The girls hardly spoke for the rest of the week. On Saturday, Callie met Mrs. Baker at the empty lot. “Hi, Callie,” her neighbor said, “your mother said yo
32、u made a difficult choice. Thank you for helping us today.” “Youre welcome,” Callie said. Callie smiled as she walked across the lot with a large trash bag. “Do you need any help?” a voice behind her asked. Callie turned, surprised to see Tamara. She smiled at her friend. “I know you made a promise
33、to clean up the lot, and I wanted to come to help you. MY mom said she would take us to Fun World next weekend.”56. Callie probably agrees to clean up the lot because she _. A. likes her neighborB. enjoys the outdoors C. knows Tamara will helpD. thinks Fun World isnt fun57. Why does Mrs. Baker need
34、Callies help? A. The neighbors do not have time to clean the lot. B. The other children will not help because Fun World is opening. C. The city is asking people to clear the empty lots near their homes.D. The neighborhood wants to start a garden in an empty lot.58. Which of the following is TRUE abo
35、ut Callies mother? A. She thinks Mrs. Baker is an excellent neighbor. B. She agrees that the girls should go the Fun World. C. She believes Callie can solve her own problems. D. She knows that neighborhood gardens are useful. BLost wallets which contain a picture of a baby are more likely to be retu
36、rned to their owners, scientists have discovered.Researchers left 240 wallets on the streets of Edinburgh last year to see how many were returned to their owners. Some of the wallets contained one of four photographs - the baby, a cute little dog, a family and a portrait of an elderly couple. Other
37、wallets contained a card suggesting the owner had recently made a charity donation, while a control sample (对照组) contained nothing at all.Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist who was in charge of the experiment, said 42 percent of the wallets were posted back in total. Those containing the pict
38、ure of the infant, or the baby were most likely to bring about an honest reaction from the finder, with 88 percent being returned, followed by those containing pictures of the little dog at 53 percent. Of those featuring the family snapshot, 48 percent were sent to the return address and only 28 per
39、cent of those with the picture of the elderly couple. Wallets containing the charity cards and the control sample were least likely to be returned, with rates of 20 and 15 percent.Prof Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, said: The baby kicked off a caring feeling in people, which is not sur
40、prising from an evolutionary perspective (角度). We were amazed by the high percentage of wallets that came back.The wallets were planted at random about a quarter of a mile apart. Snapshots were inserted into a clear plastic window inside the wallets, none of which contained money. 59. Whats the main
41、 idea about the passage? A. Researchers left 240 wallets on the streets of Edinburgh last year. B. Professor Richard Wiseman carried out an experiment with 240 wallets. C. Lost wallets containing a picture of a baby are more likely to be returned. D. Wallets which contain nothing are mostly returned
42、 to their owners.60. The passage is made believable by _. A. telling storiesB. using figures C. asking questionsD. giving examples 61. The underlined phrase “kicked off” in paragraph 4 most probably means “_”. A. causedB. showedC. avoidedD. accepted62. It can be inferred that _. A. people who return
43、ed the wallets are interested in psychology B. dogs are more respected in western countries than the elderly C. professor Wiseman had expected the result before the experiment D. the result of the experiment can be different if wallets contain money CThe Japanese government has launched a campaign e
44、ncouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions.The Morning Challenge campaign, put forward by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premise(前提) that exchanging late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could signific
45、antly cut the nations carbon footprint.The amount of carbon dioxide emissions potentially saved from going to bed an hour early was equal to 20 percent of annual emissions from household lights, Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time, for example by watching TV until very late, a mi
46、nistry spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph. But going to bed early and getting up early can avoid wasting electrical power which causes carbon dioxide emissions. If people change their lifestyle, we can save energy and reduce emissions. The campaign also proposes that people take advantage of an e
47、xtra hour of morning sunlight by improving their lifestyles in general by running, doing yoga and eating a nutritious breakfast.It is the latest climate change by the Japanese environment ministry, which is faced with the challenge of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels
48、within the next decade.It was the same government department that launched the high profile Cool Biz campaign five years ago, which encourages workers to wear short-sleeved shirts and offices not to turn air conditioners lower than 28 degrees during the summer.63. Whats the best title of the passage
49、? A. The Morning ChallengeB. The Government Campaign C. Reducing EmissionsD. The Japanese Environment64. Where can the sentence “Its estimated that a typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year.” be put? A. After paragraph 1.B. After paragraph 2. C. After paragraph 3.D. Aft
50、er paragraph 4.65. What do you know from paragraph 3? A. When to sleep and when to get up. B. What TV program Japanese people like. C. Why staying up late wastes most household energy. D. How to use the extra hour of morning sunlight.66. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Ja
51、panese government is the first one to deal with the environmental problem. B. Carbon dioxide emissions are more serious in Japan than the rest of the world. C. The Japanese Environment Ministry should be responsible for climate change D. The purpose of Cool Biz campaign is similar to that of the Mor
52、ning ChallengeDHonesty is not praised much these days. We pay it lip-service (说得好听的话)，of course, and we tell our children to be honest in their relationships and about their feelings. But many of us would rather have our children be shrewd (精明的) than honest. We want them to learn how to protect them
53、selves, how to defend themselves against fast talkers and changed facts with nice packages. “Chumps (笨蛋),” as I once heard the term defined, are “people who go out of their way to be taken advantage of” and we dont want ourselves or our children to be chumps. Therefore we hesitate to praise honesty
54、too much, or to encourage it at the expense of common sense or the pressures of the “real world”. Even experts in relationships between people tell us that too much honesty can destroy a relationship. Honesty now looks like an uncertain virtue. It is studied and examined as a trick rather than ass a
55、 feature of character. Despite our contemporary embarrassment to too much honesty, the quality remains the most important part of our moral system. Tricks destroy our morality and the foundations of our social arrangements. Respect is destroyed when we fail to tell each other the truth.67. The autho
56、r considers that honesty _.A. should not be praisedB. is the most important thingC. should be an important feature of characterD. is not a virtue68. From the passage, we can infer that _.A. many people have never been cheated by othersB. parents arent certain whether to educate their children to be
57、honest or notC. all parents support their children to be honestD. there are few children who are chumps according to the writers opinion69. The author is most likely to be _.A. a puzzled parent B. an educator on moralityC. a chump in lifeD. an expert in relationships70. Whats the best title for the
58、passage?A. How to be honestB. Whats honesty?C. The importance of honestyD. Honesty an uncertain virtue today 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。Crows have had a bad press71 Theyre smarter than any cat and sometimes children too. But despite this, they have a bad reputatio
59、n. “There are a few reasons for this,” says Kevin J. McGowan, a US bird expert, who has studies crows for 25 years. “One is that theyre black, and in western European culture, thats bad. 72 So somebody died, lying on the side of the road, and the crows came in and picked at because there it was, fre
60、e food.” Crows are also attacked by gardeners. Its not deserved, says John Marzluff, professor of wildlife science at the University of Washington, US. Marzluff says crows do more good than harm to a garden. “They eat a great variety of crop pest insects,” he said, “so in the family garden they are
61、a good natural insecticide.” 73 Crows have strong family values. They come closer to human beings in social behavior than any other animals studied. Crow society is family-based. 74 When you see a number of crows gathering, theyre usually family groups that are helping each other make a living. A cr
62、ow has a big “vocabulary”. It can make around 30 calls unique to itself, each with a different meaning. From their calls, crows can tell the difference between family members, neighbors and strangers. Young crows like to play. They get an object like a leaf or a feather and they chase each other aro
63、und, trying to get the object. Then whoever gets it gets chased. 75 They let others know when they are calm, angry, fearful and playful. Some crow emotions and behaviors are amazing, such as leaving goodiescandy, keys or shiny glassfor people who feed them, or pooping (排便) on the cars of people who
64、bother them.A. Crow emotions are wonderful.B. Here is something more about crows that you might not know.C. Young crows show respect for their parents as humans do.D. They also got associated with death because in Europe there are no vultures (秃鹰).E. Crows are a very smart bird.F. Crows express emot
65、ions.GParents take care of their kids, just like people. 第II卷注意：将答案写在答题纸上。写在本试卷上无效。第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许
66、修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 On the morning of the foggy day, Xiao Lin went to school as usual. He was walking along the road while he saw a well uncovered. He thought passer-by might fall into it, he decided to cover the well. The cover was much so heavy that he took great trouble to removing it. At last h
67、e managed to cover the well. Just at that time, he heard a cry of “help” come from the well. To his surprised, a worker was working in the well. Under Xiao Lins help, the worker got out of thewell, and they together cover the well properly. displayed a moody _ that was to thwart his every pursuit.第二
68、节：书面表达 (满分25分)随着社会的发展，交流通讯方式也越来越方便快捷多元化。几乎每个高中生都有了自己的QQ号，可以用QQ和自己的朋友聊天，向老师问问题，交流思想。但有的同学花了太多的时间在QQ上，有的QQ好友甚至有几百人之多。请你就以上现象加以分析，并发表自己的看法。首句已给出，不计入总词数。注意：词数不少于100词。With the development of science and technology, the way of communication has become increasingly diverse and convenient. 英语试题参考答案单项填空21-35
69、 CABCA BADCB DBACB完型填空 36373839404142434445DBCACDDCAC46474849505152535455BABDABBDCA阅读理解A篇：56-58 ADC B篇5962 CBAD C篇：6366ABDD D 篇：6770 CBAD71-75 EDBGF71. E。根据此空的位置可以判断，此处需要一个概括句，主题句，再根据后句的smarter暗示可知选E。72. D。根据此空的位置可以判断，此处需要一个支持句，再根据前句语意，可知：“由于欧洲没有秃鹰，所以人们经常把乌鸦和死亡联系在一起。”73. B。根据此空的位置可以判断，此处需要一个过渡句。B起到了
70、承上启下的作用。74. G。根据此空的位置可以判断，此处需要一个新的信息句。再根据下文的展开叙述，和本段的前两句信息可知G符合要求。75. F。根据此空的位置可以判断，此处需要一个概括句，主题句，再根据后句的支持句信息可知F是恰当的选项。第II卷第一节On the morning of the foggy day, Xiao Lin went to school as usual. He was walking along a the road while he saw a well uncovered. He thought passer-by might fall into it, he
71、decided to when passers-by so cover the well. The cover was much so heavy that he took great trouble to removing it. At last he much remove managed to cover the well. Just at that time, he heard a cry of “help” come from the well. To his coming或去掉come surprised, a worker was working in the well. Und
72、er Xiao Lins help, the worker got out of the surprise With well, and they together cover the well properly. covered第二节书面表达（25分）With the development of science and technology, the way of communication has become increasingly diverse and convenient. People can communicate with their friends or relativ
73、es freely in different ways. Among them chatting on the QQ is one of the most popular ones. Almost every senior middle school student has their own QQ number, with which they can chat with their friends, ask their teachers to help them solve their puzzles and exchange their thoughts. QQ is really a
74、helpful tool to them.However, some students have spent too much time chatting with their QQ friends, some of whom are totally strangers. Most talk on the QQ is completely meaningless. Whats worse, some students have hundreds of QQ friends, taking up almost all their spare time, even in the classroom.I do think that QQ can bring us much convenience and benefit when we are communicating with others, but what we should do is use it properly and reasonably. We should limit our time on it and devote ourselves to our studies.