1、高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。( )1.How much would the woman pay?A. $ 4 B.$3.18 C.$6( )2.Whta are the speakers most probably going to do next?A. Read a book B. Book tickets C. See a new film( )3.Wh
2、at is John most probably doing now?A. Attending a concert B. Reading a music book C.Listening to music( )4. Who is always too noisy while watching the films？ A.Peter B.Lisa C.Mary ( )5.Why does the woman fee tired? A. Because she needs a rest from work B.Because she reparied her bicycle C.Because sh
3、e walked to work.第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面五段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A,B,C,三个选项中选择最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出5秒作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。听第六段材料，回答6至8题。（ ）6.What are the speakers talking about?A. What to do for the first dayB.How to go to the museumC. When to get to New York（ ）7.Where are
4、 they going first?A.The Museum of Art B.The Stature of Liberty C The Times Square( ).8.Where are they going after visiting the Stature of Liberty ? A. The Museum of Art B. The central Park C. The Times Square听第七段材料，回答第9至11题（ ）9.What color is the mans daughters favourite? A.Grey B.White C.Black( )10.
5、How much would the blue dress cost？ A.$ 15 B.$25 C.$10( )11. Which dress does the man buy for his daughter at last? A. The black one B.The blue one C.Its not decided听第八段材料，回答12至13题 （ ）12.Why does the man want to go hiking? A. To enjoy the nights in the cabins B. To relax himself from failureC.To go
6、miles and miles a day( )13. Which of the following is true ? A.Cabins are long but not comfortableB.Cabins can not air-conditioned C.Guests can take a bath with hot water听第九段材料，回答14至16题 ( ) 14.What is the woman going to do for the next to do for the next week? A.Prepare for an interviewB.Enjoy herse
7、lf in Britain C Prepare for a weeks travel.( )15.What made Ethan fail for his first interview？ A.His bad abilities B.Lack of qualifications C His causal clothes( ) 16. Whats Ethan going to do after the failure？A. Prepare for another interview B.Hve a weeks good travelC.Dress formally every day听第十段材料
8、，回答17至20题( )17.Whic button do you press ,if you want to buy something?A.Press star key B.press hash key C.pres 1( )18.Which button do you press, if you want to see the range of goods they sell? A.Press 3 B.Press 4 C. Press2 ( )19. Which button do you press, if you want to tell them your customer num
9、ber is 58270？A.Press 123 B.press 23# C.press 58270( )20. Which button do you press ,if you want to complain to someone?A. Press 2 B. Press 4 C. Press1#第二部分 单项选择 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）( )21Driving well needs skills , I think . .You need a lot of practice .AI doubt it .BThats correct .CDo you really thin
10、k so ?DIts hard to say.( )22He is a roommate to me . Hes my best friend .Amore than Bnot less than Crather than Dno worse than( )23. It was because he was having a fever yesterday he didnt come .Awhy Bwhen CsoDthat ( )24._ English, I have to study a second language. A. In addition that B. In additio
11、n C. In addition to D. beside( )25.The problem of global warming is serious._, the sea level has risen a little. A. As a consequence B. On the contrary C.In a nutshell D. In other words( )26.The girl knocked _ by a car running at great speed when she crossed the road. A. off B. into C. out D.over( )
12、27.Bill suggested _ a meeting on what to do for the project/A. having hold B. to hold C. holding D. hold ( )28. - The light in the office is still on. - Oh, I forgot _.A. turning it off B. turn it off C. to turn it off D. having turned it off ( )29. Its strange that the boy doesnt have anything his
13、father .A. in common B. similar with C. the same with D. such as ( )30. Even though the Georges have moved, we still see them _.A. at the time B. at one time C. from time to time D. time and time again ( )31. .Im _ with the _ speech.A. boring; boring B. bored; bored C. bored; boring D. boring; bored
14、( )32. My brother likes swimming and is good at Maths. _ me.A. It is so with B. So do C. So am D. It is the same with( )33. - Hi, Grace, you look tired.-Im tired. I _ on my homework all day. A. worked B. had worked C. have been working D. have worked( )34. Lily and Phoebe are on close terms with eac
15、h other, so they like to _a hotel room _ each other when they are on holiday.A. share; with B. relate; to C. compare; with D. regard; as( )35. Qingdao is famous _ a beautiful seaside city _ its gorgeous（美丽的）scenery.A. for; as B. as; with C. as; for D. in; for第三部分 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）I moved to
16、a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. I 38 why he did not park it in the garage. Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his
17、garage. In the afternoon he would come home 39 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 41 . I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was 44 and he dro
18、ve out in his“own” car: a Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯)! It shook me completely 45 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 46 inside, he saw himself as something else:A Rolls-Royce owner and a (an) 47 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world
19、 looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (an) 49 .We go to bed every night and 50 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers,CEOs or professors. We go for a 51 as close friends or go
20、 for a vacation as a 52 .We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 53 the social ladder(梯子)how much bigger and better a 54 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 55 we are than what do!36. A.
21、window B. garage C. door D. yard37. A. stop B.park C. check D. repair38. A. knew B. understood C. wondered D. asked 39. A. form B. out of C. without D. for40. A. business B. personal C. national D. public41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful42. A. happened B. intended C. expected D
22、. appeared 43 A. later B. more C. ago D. before44 A. broken B. fine C. open D. shut45 A. once B. before C. when D. until46. A. deep B. far C. long D. little47. A. driver B. engineer C. son D. father48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position50. A. stay
23、up B. go home C. stay home D. wake up51. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party52 A company B. . family C. team D. whole53. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay54. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi55 A. what B. who C. which D. where 第四部分 阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)（A） My topic today is the Intern
24、et. It was prompted(引出) by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!Dear David, I am a middle school student. Now I am preparing for a writing competition（比赛）. Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank y
25、ou. No name David writes: I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competitionunfair to the other competitors!But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck. Your article makes some good points that deserve(值得) talking about
26、in this column!Dear David,Im now learning English by myself. Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me. Moonlight David writes: Well, dear moonlight, I bet you will make a good choice by using the Internet in your studies. Two very good websites
27、I would suggest to you are: www. britishcouncil. org. cn and www. Britishcouncil. org. cn/learn English. By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List. And also, a healthy warning
28、 to all my readers: If overused, the Internet can be a WOMBATa Waste of Money, Brains and Time!56. David is probably a .A. language expert B. computer expertC. college student D. club chairman57. What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered? A. David is unable to think out
29、good advice. B. David thinks it is expected to be fair in the competition. C. David is going to talk on another topicthe Internet. D. David finds no mistakes in that article.58. www. Britishcouncil. org. cn is a(an) . A. English newspaper for students and language teachers B. website where one can j
30、oin a discussion group C. newspaper column for answering readers questions D. website where one can make foreign friends59. Which of the following is NOT Davids opinion of the Internet? A. English teachers can exchange opinions on the Internet. B. The Internet is of much help to English learners. C.
31、 Using the Internet is a waste of money and time. D. We should make proper use of the Internet.（B）Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing houses as a child pretending to be a gown-up like your parents? Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher? At that time, anything
32、 seemed more exciting than being young. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become kidults (kid + adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle choice among young people across Asia. Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, a
33、nd Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory (饰物). Other kidults still enjoy childrens stories and fairy tales. For example, even an edition of the Harry Potter n
34、ovels with an adult cover came out in Britain. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a childrens book! Kidults can be like vitamins(维他命) to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, childlike emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry
35、 society, said a professor in a Korean University. He added that kidult culture might fill the generation gap（代沟） between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. Tim Greenhalgh, a professor in London explained that some kidults ju
36、st refuse to grow up. They cling to (舍不得放弃) childhood because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood. So, they look for an escape from increasingly complex and stressful lives that are hard to deal
37、with, Greenhalgh said.60. We can learn from the passage that kidults are . A. children who cant wait to grow up B. grown-ups who hold on to childlike emotion C. people who enjoy playing sports D. young people who pretended to be grown-ups when young61. According to the passage, kidults would like to
38、 do the following except A. buy Hello Kitty mobile phone accessories B. read a childrens book on the subway C. work in a busy and stressful city D. collect toys they once played with62. In the opinion of the professor in a Korean University, kidults are A. immature(不成熟) and weak B. necessary to our
39、society C. looked down upon D. getting more and more63. The main reason of the kidult culture lies in is that . A. some companies are taking advantage of itB. modern life is stressful and hard C. some people like to stay young and energetic D. some people wish to bridge the generation gap（C）Prices f
40、or the Lunar New Years eve dinners in 2007, the most important dinner for Chinese people, will be five to nine percent higher as restaurant reservations boom for the festival, Shanghai Morning Post reported on Thursday. This year, the Lunar New Years eve festival falls on February 17. The traditiona
41、l meal, known as nianyefan, is for family reunions in China and to enjoy a homecoming feast, similar to Christmas dinners in the West. Agricultural products are more expensive than before, and this directly leads to the price increase of nianyefan, Xia Xiangqing, a senior official with the Shanghai
42、Restaurants Association, told the newspaper. Labor and transport also cost more. Up until a few years ago, almost every family in the city ate at home or the home of a close relative, with restaurants shutting down for the evening. However, most families in the city now prefer to head out to a resta
43、urant on that night to save the trouble of cooking and cleaning at home. In fact, if you havent reserved(预订) a table yet, you may be out of luck as most of the citys restaurants are already booked before the New Year, Xia said. In the past, restaurants decided everything, Xia said. They sometimes re
44、fused to return the customers deposit(定金) if they wanted to give up their reservation. Xia also told the newspaper yesterday that the restaurant is working on some standards for nianyefan to avoid complaints(抱怨) from customers.64. If the price of dinner in a restaurant is 600 yuan normally, it will
45、be yuan for the Lunar New Years eve in 2007 at least. A. 300 B. 540 C. 630 D. 65465. What is the reason for the price rise of Spring Festival dinner according to the passage? A. The location of the restaurant. B. The number of the customers. C. The time of having the dinner. D. The cost of the dinne
46、r.66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Restaurants are usually shut down for the evening during the Spring Festival.B. More and more city families choose to book New Year dinner in restaurants.C. Most of the citys restaurants are already booked from the beginning of a yearD
47、. Restaurants have taken measures to avoid customer complaints this year.67. According to the passage, if you want to book a table in a restaurant for 2007 Lunar New Years eve, you will have to first. A. save some money in a bank B. accept the restaurants decisionC. put some money in the restaurant
48、D. invite some relatives or friends (D)China is going green. In order to reduce air pollution and oil-shortages, car-makers have announced their plans to develop hybrid (混合燃料) cars for the Chinese market. Toyotas hybrid car Prius will be ready to drive in China this week. Lets have a look at the new
49、 car. Any vehicle（交通工具） is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. Hybrid cars run on a rechargeable（可再充电的）battery and gasoline (汽油). Hybrid cars have special engines, which are smaller than traditional gasoline engines. They run at 99 percent of their power when the car is going at
50、a steady speed. A specially designed battery motor provides extra power for running up hills or when extra acceleration(加速度) is needed. Step into a Prius, and turn on the engine. The first thing you notice is how much quieter it is than a traditional car. At this point, the cars gasoline engine is a
51、t rest. The electric motor will provide power until the car reaches about 24 km/h. If you stay at a low speed, you are effectively driving an electric car, with no gasoline being used, and no waste gas being given off.The computer makes the decision about when to use a gas engine, when to go byelect
52、ricity and when to use a combination of the two. If you go over 24 km/h, when you step on the gas, you are actually telling the computer how fast you want to go. The electronic motor recharges automatically using a set of batteries. When driving at a high speed, the gasoline engine not only powers t
53、he car, but also charges the batteries. Any time you use the brake, the electric motor in the wheels will work like a generator(发电机) and produce electricity to recharge the batteries. As a result, the cars batteries will last for around 200,000 miles.68. The underline sentence probably refers to . A
54、. there will be more and more green land in China B. Chinas new cars are combinations of different green models C. China is still young and lacking in experience D. the environment is getting better in China69. What is the most important feature（特点） of hybrid cars? A. They are powered by both a rech
55、argeable battery and gasoline B. They have smaller engines than traditional gasoline ones C. They only use 99 percent of their power to run up hills D. They are much quieter than traditional cars70. The author writes this passage mainly to . A. announce plans to develop hybrid vehicles for the Chine
56、se market B. let people know how to save their gasoline when driving a car C. teach people how to drive a hybrid car D. introduce a new kind of green car第五部分 任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）阅读短文，用合适的单词填空。（每空只填一词）Trees should only be pruned （修剪）when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , the numb
57、er of such reasons is small . Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way.First, pruning may be done to mak
58、e sure that trees have desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches, which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out d
59、iseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the center and so preventing the free movement of air.One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this
60、 provides an easy entry for disease, but it is a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as
61、possible. It is important to make the area, which has been pruned, smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the materials available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pru
62、ning is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference from the leaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed. If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly.Pruning treesA good gardener prunes a tree
63、when (-1)_.(2)_ for pruning trees.First, make the trees in (5) _ shape or size.Second, make the trees (6) _.One (3) _ of pruning trees.An open wound (7) _ easy (8) _for disease.Reduce the (4) _ of the death of a tree.Make the wound (9) _ and clean.Paint the wound (10) _ it dries.第卷（非选择题，45分）第五部分 任务型
64、阅读 (每空1分，共10分 )1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ _ 8._ 9._ 10._第六部分 改错 （每空1分，共10分）There are advantage for students to work while 1. _studying at school. One of them was that 2. _they can earn money. For the most part, 3. _students working to earn money for their own 4. _use. Earning their own money allow t
65、hem 5. _ to spend on anything as if they please. 6. _They would have to ask their parents for 7. _money or for permission to do things by 8. _the money. Some students may also to save 9. _ up for our college or future use. 10. _第七部分 作文 （25 分）加入你是李平，最近你就是用电子词典的问题收集了各方面的一件。根据下列信息写一封EMAIL，词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇 electronic 电子的 explanation(s) 解释，说明 convenient 方便的 look up查阅发表意见者对使用电子词典的不同意见同学有用，方便，节省查阅时间家长便于携带，多数家庭买得起英语老师对单词的解释太简单，不该使用本人？Dear Editor, Recently I made a survey about the use of the electronic dictionary._ Yours Li Ping