1、高二下学期期中考试英语试题第I卷（选择题，共75分）一听力理解（总计15分，第一部分共10小题，10分）第一节：听下面6段对话，从各题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答问题的最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。听第1段材料，回答第1题。1. What color T-shirt does the man plan to order？A. Red B. Blue C. Green听第2段材料，回答第2题。2. Which section does the man like to read?A. NewsB. Sports C. Entertainment听第3段材料，回答第3题。3. What are th
2、e two speakers talking about?A. SharkB. Camera C. Movie听第4段材料，回答第4题至第5题。4. What test are the speakers going to take on Friday?A. Science B. History C. Music5. Why does the woman speaker make the phone call?A. To discuss her maths problems.B. To seek help with her English reading.C. To ask about the
3、homework for tomorrow.听第5段材料，回答第6题至第7题。6. What does the man think is the cause of the womans illness?A. Last nights dinner B. The hot weather C. Bottled water7. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wifeB. Doctor and patient C. Guest and shop assistant听第6段材料，回答第8题
4、至第10题。8. What is the man doing?A. Making an invitation.B. Offering information.C. Asking for permission.9. What time is the woman going to see the dentist（牙医） this Saturday?A. 10:30 a.m. B. 12:30 p.m. C. 4:30 p.m.10. What is the woman going to do after seeing the dentist?A. Clean the house.B. Take a
5、 walk by the lake.C. Help Jim with his science project.二单项填空（共15小题，15分）11. Which one do you prefer? Blue or yellow? _ will be OK. I dont mind.A. EitherB. NeitherC. NoneD. Each12. Have you heard _ news? The price of _ petrol is going up again!A. the; theB. the; 不填C. 不填; theD. 不填; 不填13. Kathy _ a lot
6、of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls. A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. turned up 14. The steel factory being designed will be the greatest project _ next year.A. builtB. being builtC. to buildD. to be built15. More wild tigers have been seen in this area, _ there used to be very
7、 few.A. whenB. whichC. whatD. where16.I have a lot of _ for the disabled students and I will do all I can to help them.A. sympathyB. comfortC. satisfactionD. congratulation17. You have a big mouth, Peter. You _ have told everybody the secret.A. cant B. mustntC. shouldntD. mightnt18. _ he didnt suppo
8、rt the project is still unknown.A. HowB. WhyC. ThatD. What19. Do you know that _ with wise men improves your mind?A. chatB. chatsC. chattedD. chatting20. My brother isnt here now; otherwise he _ you with your math.A. would helpB. was helpingC. has helpedD. is helping21. He _ table tennis regularly f
9、or many years when he was young.A. was playingB. playedC. has playedD. had played22. The center was opened _ the needs of a low-income neighborhood.A. being servedB. servedC. having servedD. to serve23. In some cities, free parking _ for hotel guests.A. is providedB. is providingC. has providedD. ha
10、d been provided24. When _ why he was absent, the boy gave no reply and just stood there.A. askingB. being askedC. askedD. having asked25. Please finish the open-ended questions about _ you expect of our company.A. thatB. howC. whyD. what二完形填空（共20小题，20分）阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从每题A、B、C、D中选择一个最佳答案。After the fir
11、st day of my softball practice, I felt very upset. All of the other girls on my team were much better and I had just 26 for the first time. Time passed quickly and my first game was coming. That day I 27 that my team was the best one in the league, with the exception of me. At first I thought about
12、28 because a teammate had just left the game. Finally I decided to give it another 29 .My next game still didnt go well. When the game was over, I told my dad I wanted to leave the game for two 30 . One, I wasnt good and, two, Jane kept laughing at me. My dad asked me to call Coach Blaire and tell h
13、im the truth. Of course I didnt want to, 31 I kept on playing. Surprisingly, I got better and better and started to be 32 by my team. I 33 in one game after I ran to home base, Jane came up and told me “Great hit! Keep it 34 !” At that time I really felt like I was a true player.Soon the softball se
14、ason came to an end. We got to the playoffs（季后赛）and, of course, we won in the end. My team was screaming with great 35 . We “good-gamed” the other team. We were 36 to know who would get the annual “winning ball” since we all knew it was very 37 . I didnt care if I could get it, but I did have a slig
15、ht 38 because I hadnt got a winning ball yet. Coach Blaire 39 who got the winning ball. It happened to be “me”. Everyone smiled at me and 40 . At that moment, I realized that I did 41 the ball, since I had worked hard and become a good player. Coach Blaire 42 me “MOST IMPROVED PLAYER”. I am 43 an ag
16、gressive softball player to this day and I am playing and 44 . Ive had many softball experiences since then. Most importantly, Ive learned never to give up when anything can be 45 !26.A. startedB. movedC. coveredD. agreed27.A. mentionedB. explainedC. informedD. discovered28.A. cheatingB. quittingC.
17、hidingD. missing29.A. supportB. answerC. hopeD. try30.A. effectsB. systemsC. reasonsD. levels31.A. unlessB. soC. sinceD. or32.A. acceptedB. followedC. protectedD. considered33.A. decidedB. describedC. rememberedD. suggested34.A. backB. awayC. offD. up35.A. courageB. excitementC. careD. interest36.A.
18、 anxiousB. worriedC. afraidD. cautious37.A. practicalB. stableC. specialD. complex38.A. pauseB. signC. doubtD. chance39.A. appealedB. announcedC. supposedD. responded40.A. clappedB. frozeC. sighedD. whispered41.A. purchaseB. confirmC. deserveD. approve42.A. examinedB. identifiedC. arrangedD. titled4
19、3.A. justB. stillC. evenD. also44.A. improvingB. checkingC. repeatingD. surviving45.A. flexibleB. temporaryC. possibleD. regular三阅读理解（共15小题，30分）AColumbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon CityTo: All Staff (工作人员)From: Jakie Mok, leader; Sports CommitteeDate: May 20. 2012A week ago, Sports
20、for Life programme was sent to the parents, asking them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, we have received lots of calls asking for more information about it. Here is a memo（备忘录）for your reference when you answer the phones.Sports l: BasketballWe expect that this will be
21、 the most popular of the four sports. So students should be advised to sign up as soon as possible. Students will take a bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. To cover the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time. There will be four basketball courts for our use with one te
22、acher watching over each game.Sports 2: GymWe will be using St. Peters Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade. Three activities, skipping, jogging, outdoor aerobics（有氧运动）, a
23、ll of which are free for charge, will be arranged. And there will be a teacher on duty for each of the activities.Sports 3: Hiking（远足）Hiking will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will accompany with the students, and a hiking
24、instructor will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost $ 75 per hour.Sports 4: SwimmingThe Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will conduct the goings-on from the poolside. We will only be able to reserve the pool for one hour (i.e. 2:
25、45pm to 3:45pm). Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards present. Girls must wear a swimming suit, The cost is $ 10 per visit.46. Students taking part in swimming can _.A. walk to the Kowloon City Aquatic CentreB. learn to swim with the help of
26、 lifeguardsC. choose their favorite pools by themselvesD. take a regular rest in the shade of tree.47. From the passage we know that _.A. each sport will take only one hour.B. teachers will go with students on each sportC. students will pay for the four sportsD. all the sports will take place at Kow
27、loon Peak48. The purpose of the passage is to_.A. remind the teachers to be present on timeB. attract students interest in the programmeC. ask the parents to select a sport for their childD. help the staff explain the programme to the parentsBShe is a very pretty, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has
28、no secrets from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early for a girl of her age. After a
29、ll she is reaching the “dangerous stage”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mothers mind.One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time the mother agreed, and she couldnt help worrying because h
30、er daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine and her uneasiness got the upper hand over her. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that moment the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her h
31、eart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had happened. “Mum, Im back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?” “Yes, Oh, that Whos that boy?” The daughter was stunned（发愣）for a moment. “Ah. Its my monitor. He gave a lift on his way home. Mum, Im
32、going to bed.” “All right. Go to sleep early.”The next morning when the mother went to the daughters room to do some tidying, she found her diary left at her pillow. After a few minutes hesitation she eventually opened it to the entry of the night before. It read: Mum, it is love that made you ask,
33、but it would show your understanding of me if you hadnt. Hold the diary, the mother fell in thought.49. Which of the following is the correct order of the story?a. She took a lift back in her monitors car.b. She went to see a film with her classmate.c. She wrote a diary to her mother.d. Her mother p
34、retended to watch TV.e. Her mother worried about her returning late.A. b, e, a, d, cB. e, b, a, d, cC. b, a, c, d, eD. b, e, a, c, d50. From the diary, we can see that the daughter _.A. appreciated her mothers worry about herB. preferred understanding to simple loveC. thought it was her mothers duty
35、 to askD. felt her mother cared much about her51. The main purpose of this article is to show that parents should _.A. care about what their children think and feelB. talk with their children about their early loveC. not keep silent about their childrens privacyD. not give much freedom to their chil
36、dren52. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. Mothers True LoveB. Early Love Between StudentsC. To Ask or Not to AskD. Dangerous AgeCWhen TV programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims because they dont
37、want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they “may find some of these disturbing”, so they can look away if they choose. But the men and women whose jobs are to record those scenes the TV cameramen have no such choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors o
38、f the war and record them, no matter how unpleasant they may be. As a result, it is one of the most dangerous and emotionally（情感）taxing jobs in the world.Today, the demand for their work is rising. The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24-hour news in recent years has created an almost insatia
39、ble（不能满足的）demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies such as Reuters and WTN have never had enough staff to meet the world-wide demand for up-to-date pictures, so increasingly they turn to freelance（自由人）TV cameramen. These freelance cameramen are independent operators
40、 tied to no organization. They will work for any company which hires them for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone. But if a freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV company is not responsible for him. The freelancer must manage to survive on his own.“TV will al
41、ways need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these companies feel uncomfortable with large numbers of employee on their books,” explains Nik Growing, once a foreign editor for Britains Channel 4 News and now a BBC news presenter. “By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they
42、need only when they need them. It also enables them to avoid risk,” he says.53. People seldom see horrifying pictures in TV programs because _.A. horrifying pictures are not taken for realB. getting horrifying pictures costs too muchC. editors dont want to make their viewers upsetD. those pictures m
43、ust be shown in digital televisions54. The freelance cameramen _.A. have better skills than other cameramenB. need to ensure safety by themselvesC. need to spend more time in workingD. are tied to several TV news agencies55. From the passage we can learn that TV cameramen _.A. should be given better
44、 choice of workB. are challenged by the freelance cameramenC. witness disaster and killing whether they like or notD. are required to treat the information and pictures seriously56. The underlined word “taxing” in Para 1 most probably means “_”.A. demandingB. saddeningC. satisfyingD. encouragingDTir
45、ed of telling students to ask questions and to think about what they were doing, Damien Hynes, a high school geography teacher in Australia, decided to do an experiment to test what he had long been thinking. He wrote some well-organized nonsense (something untrue) on the blackboard. The students si
46、mply copied it buy very few asked any questions. This shows that students are willing to believe anything given by teachers. The story is repeated in support of the Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL).PEEL was carried out by some teachers and researchers in Melbourne who had concluded th
47、at normal teaching methods seldom achieve their intended goal; what the teachers think they are teaching is one thing and what the students actually learn is something else.Researchers realize that many students have their own explanations of how the world works. Their own ideas can remain important
48、 to them. They accept the teachers scientific explanation, but do not drop their own. They simply keep both and use them practically: in a class test, they copy the teachers idea, but in real life they use their own.Clearly what is needed is to make students aware of their learning process. On the s
49、urface, a class being taught by PEEL methods only differs from an ordinary class in being a little noisier, with more people talking. But there are some meaningful changes. Students are allowed to guide what is done in class and their own ideas are always respected. As a result, students become resp
50、onsible for the actual learning process and their own progress.The PEEL researchers reject the idea of numerical （数字的）comparisons between PEEL and non-PEEL classes. They decide that their experiment will be proved valuable if the experiences of children and teachers in different classes using PEEL m
51、ethods are similar. So far, all the teachers and students are far more ready to question what is presented to them, while the teachers are convinced that the traditional methods are not good enough.57. The aim of Hynes experiment was to _.A. show that students didnt think about what they learntB. ma
52、ke an introduction of the project known as PEELC. test students general knowledge about geographyD. encourage students to ask more questions in class58. Why did some teachers and researchers carry out PEEL?A. To ensure teachers do scientific work.B. To help students get higher test scores.C. To find
53、 the difference between what is taught and learnt.D. To help normal teaching methods achieve their goals.59. An important difference between PEEL and non-PEEL classes is that in the PEEL classes _.A. the teacher does not give any scientific explanationB. students have their own knowledge of the subj
54、ectC. more attention is paid to the students own ideasD. the best explanations are given by the students60. The researchers decided their methods will be proved right if _.A. the results can be confirmed by numberB. both kinds of classes have the same teachersC. all the classes are taught by PEEL me
55、thodsD. most PEEL classes report similar experiences第卷（非选择题，共三大题，共计25分）一听力理解（共5小题，5分）第二节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分） 听下面一段对话，完成第11至第15五道小题，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秒钟的作答时问。这段对话你将听两遍。Missing Person Report FormTime last seenAbout 11 oclock in the afternoonPlace last seenAt the 12 section of the store
56、Name 13 AgeFiveAppearanceDark 14 hair thin and smallClothingBlue 15 , a pink T-shirt, a hat二阅读理解（共3小题，1、2小题各2分，3小题1分，共5分）Water rides something that really attracts youThe water rides are the most popular rides. You can travel in a boat made of wood. The boat slides down very fast into the water! You
57、 can buy your ticket before you go to the theme park. Then you do not have to stand in a lone line. You can go to the rides without waiting! If more than 10 people go to the theme park together, it costs less. There is a ticket machine beside each ride. You can stand in line for your turn. Or you ca
58、n take a ticket that gives a time you can go on that ride. Then you can do something else while you are waiting.The most exciting rides are called “white knuckle rides”. This is because when you are scared, your knuckles become white! It is a strange idea to pay more money to be scared, but many peo
59、ple do that because they want to enjoy the excitement of the rides! Sometimes they laugh and scream! At the theme parks, there are special rides for young children. Of course, the childrens rides are not fast or high or scary. One famous ride for children looks like a lot of teacups! The children ar
60、e safe when they sit inside the teacups and the ride goes around very slowly.Sometimes there are animals like rabbits and sheep for children to see at a theme park. So there are lots to do and see. You will sleep very well after you have been to a theme park for the day! Would you like to go on this
61、 whit knuckle ride? Or would you be too scared? Do you think that your mother and father would enjoy this ride?1. How can you pay less if you go to a theme park?2. What are the most exciting rides called?3. How will you feel when you try such a ride?三书面表达（共1小题，15分）假设你是李华，下学期升入高三后，老师和家长都想让你住校学习，而你却不愿
62、意，双方各持己见。请用英语把这个情况写信告诉中学生英语报请求帮助。有关信息如下：老师和家长的理由你的理由1. 方便问问题2. 节省上学和放学路上的时间3. 培养独立生活的能力1. 有更好的学习环境2. 学习内容可以自由决定注意：1. 词数不少于60，信的开头和结尾已为你写好；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Sir,Ill be a student of Senior 3 next term. My parents and teachers ask me to board in the school, but Id like to come back home after school. _Yours,Li Hua