1、I听力(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，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。1.What are the two speakers most likely to buy?A. apples B. oranges C. strawberries2. How will the woman probably go to the station? A. By bus B. By subway C. By train3
2、. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. At a store B. At a hotel C. At a laundry（洗衣店）4. When did the woman hurt her leg? A. Yesterday B. Three days ago C. A week ago5. What is the man doing? A. Asking for advice B. Giving a suggestion C. Making a complain第二节（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分） 听下面4段对
3、话。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。听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。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. What does the man think of Italian food? A It is hot B It is delicious C. It tastes terrible7. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner? A. At an Italian restaurant B. At a Chinese restaurant C. A
4、t a Japanese restaurant听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8. What is the passage mainly about? A. The only way of learning Spanish B. The best way of finding home stays C. The benefits of living with a host family9. What should you do if you are a vegetarian ( 素食者 ) ? A. Ask for help in advance B. Tell the host family l
5、ater C. Follow the custom of your host family听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10. why hasnt the man decided when to hold the party? A. He hasnt decided who to invite yet B. One of his friends is touring in Spain C. The fixed time is not proper for everybody11. What does the woman suggest? A. Canceling the party B. P
6、utting the party off C. Advancing the party12. Who is not coming to the party? A. David B. Lily C. Bruce听第9段材料，回答第13至15题13.What is the man most worried about? A. Nobody can understand him B. There is still empty space in the newspaper C. He doesnt know anybody in the poetry club14. Why does the woma
7、n recommend Carl? A. Because he is one of her best friend. B. Because he is very popular among the students C. Because he is the only talented writer in her club15. What does the woman suggest be put in the newspaper finally? A. Poems B. Vacation tips C. Job advertisements第三节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分7.5分） 听下面
8、一段对话。完成16题至20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。 这段和你讲听两遍。 Package Mail FormNamePatrick GoldsteinDestination Country_16_Item descriptionA silk shirt, two pairs of trousers, some CDs and _17_Way of Delivery By _18_airliftedweightOne kilo and_19_gramsPrice410 yuan, plus a fee of 32 yuanSp
9、ecial Request_ insurance for 2,000 yuanII. 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 21. What makes you successful in this position? _A. Because I believe I will be successful in the future.B. Thank you very much. C. Are there any questions you would like to ask me?D. Being responsible and working hard are the keys t
10、o my success.22. Would you slow down a bit, please? I cant _ you.A. keep up with B. put up withC. make sure D. hold on 23. In order to change attitudes _ employing women, the government is bringing in new laws. A. about B. of C. towards D. on 24. Can I help you? Id like a room with a bath. How much
11、do you _?A. pay B. offer C. charge D. afford25. Take warm clothes _ the weather there is cold.A. in case ofB. in caseC. unlessD. once26. But some day, all our hard work will _; we will attend the university and have a satisfying career.A. pay off B. turn out C. work outD. go out27. I _ her if she ha
12、d passed the test, but she didnt answer me. A. orderedB. asked C. responded toD. talked to 28. What did she ask you just now? She asked me if _ the accident.A. I saw B. I see C. I would seeD. I had seen29As parents, you ought to set a good _ to your children, who learn your behavior quickly. A. symb
13、olB. sample C. type D. example 30 What will they _ tonight in the theater? A tragedy. A. put onB. put off C. put outD. put up 31 Mr. Smith was _ because of his carelessness.A. laid asideB. laid off C. laid down D. laid out32. He finds it hard to keep _ with the change of society if he stops learning
14、.A. company B. time C. faith D. pace 33. Unfortunately, their car _ in the mud after the heavy rain.A. got stuck B. got promotedC. got lost D. got involved34. His heart swelled _ pride when his daughter won the prize.A. with B. to C. into D. around 35.Finishing their shopping at the mall, the couple
15、 discovered that their new car _.A. had stolen B. had been stolenC. was stolen D. is stolenIII. 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） In the 19th century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriage, pulled along by a team of horses, that could 36more than twenty miles of road37sixty minu
16、tes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and communicate so rapidly, the 38of the carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour. And even without39,we can, by wireless or telephone, communicate within 40with people on the other side of the41
17、. The benefits of the increased speeds are countless. Businessmen say travelling from Europe to America can42much time, for the journey that would once have taken weeks43 now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Members of one family separated from each other by long44can have talks with each other by t
18、elephone 45as if they were sitting in the same room. Not all the effects of speed, 46, are beneficial. People who are in the47of using a motor car, 48they want to move half a mile, become lazy and49the power of enjoying an active50 . Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not
19、51much of the life to that country as they are52.They become53 anxious about moving quickly from one 54 to another that they are55able to relax and enjoy a happy journey. 36. A. cover B.discover C. move D. pull 37. A. by B.for C. within D. over 38. A. movement B.running C. speed D. travel 39. A. mov
20、ing B.seeing C. speaking D. talking 40. A. months B.seconds C. weeks D. years 41. A. country B.globe C. street D. village 42. A. save B.cost C. waste D. take 43. A. spends B.has C. makes D. takes 44. A. ways B.periods C. distances D. journeys 45.A. easily B.firmly C. nearly D. quietly 46. A. thus B.
21、otherwiseC. however D. meanwhile 47. A. positionB.habit C.group D. rest 48. A. in whichB.whenever C.wherever D. why 49. A. get B.have C.lose D. want 50. A. activityB.driving C.walk D. training 51. A. findB.know C.listen D. see 52. A. awayB.out C.back D. past 53. A. moreB.so C. too D. very 54. A. fam
22、ilyB.floor C. person D. place 55.A. no longerB.no more C. for ever D. for something IV. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A Each student at an engineering college in Canada gets a steel ring upon graduation in addition to graduation certificate. There is a story behind the unusual ring. Several years ago, a g
23、raduate from this engineering college designed an iron-steel bridge. Unfortunately, because of many mistakes in his design, the bridge collapsed soon after it came into use. This event shook the engineering college. And the college authorities decided to take back the framework of the iron-steel bri
24、dge and use it as raw material for making rings to give the students upon their graduation. The college wants the students to remember this lesson forever so as to avoid making such mistakes again. 56. Upon graduation each student is given a steel ring as _.A. a gift from the collegeB. a model to ma
25、ke designC. a warning to avoid making mistakes in designD. a warning not to make iron-steel bridge57. The wrongly-designed iron-steel bridge was finally_.A. put into use B. sold at a low priceC. used again after repairing D. made into many steel rings58. The best title for the passage is_.A. A Warni
26、ng Ring B. A Shocking EventC. A Great Mistake D. A Lesson to Be Remembered59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The iron-steel bridge didnt come into use until it collapsed.B. This bridge has been used ever since it was built.C. The iron-steel bridge collapsed soo
27、n after it came into use.D. The bridge collapsed because it was designed by a poor student. B I was in a strange city I didnt know at all, and whats more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and wal
28、ked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I prono
29、unced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently too
30、k me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I h
31、ad come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.60. The newspaper-seller_.A. didnt know where the hotel wasB. didnt understand what the writer saidC. could understand what the writer saidD. didnt want to take the money from the writer61
32、. From the story we know that the policeman_.A. was cold-hearted and didnt help the writerB. told the writer where to take a trainC. knew what the writer really meantD. was kind but didnt understand the writer62. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The writer got close to the hotel where he
33、 stayed.B. The writer got to the hotel with the policemans help.C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.63. In your opinion, what was the writers real trouble?A. He didnt know the city at all. B. He couldnt spea
34、k the language.C. He went too far in the wrong bus. D. He followed the policemans direction. C It was a freezing cold winter day. My father and I went to the market to buy a few oranges. When we arrived, the market was crowded with people. We looked around and stopped at the sight of a small booth（货
35、摊）. It was just a big piece of cloth on the ground with a few fresh-looking oranges. A young girl was sitting on the ground, reading next to the booth. My father cleared his throat and asked,How much are the oranges? The girl jumped up and asked,Oh.what? How much are the oranges? my father repeated
36、patiently. Ohtwo for one yuan ,the girl answered politely. They are not fully growna bit sour(酸的), she added ,when my father was examining the oranges. After a while he said, I don t mind if they are sourIll buy thirty of them. I looked at him, baffled（使困惑）. Then the girl put the oranges in a bag an
37、d gave it to him. My father paid for the oranges and we left. Why did you buy so many oranges? I asked my father, Well, she was so truthful and even told me that her oranges are sour; besides, she really enjoys studying. And look at her book-its so old; maybe she can use the money she earned to buy
38、a book! I nodded my head. Just then, I felt somebody pulling my arm; I turned and recognized it was the girl from whom we bought the oranges. Heresheres your change(找回的钱) she panted（喘着气说）, and put the money in my hand. Before we could say something ,she had already turned a corner and was out of sig
39、ht. The girl and her oranges will be in my memory forever.64. The underlined word baffled in the text can best be replaced by( )A. puzzled B. disappointed C. delighted D. satisfied65. Why did the authors father buy so many oranges?A. He liked to eat sour oranges. B. He wanted to help the young girl.
40、C. He thought the oranges were cheap. D. He thought the oranges were fresh.66. Which of the following can be used to describe the young girl?A. Generous. B. Careful C. Honest. D. Patient 67. The authors main purpose in writing the text to( )A. tell readers a moving story B. express her own opinion o
41、n money C. show her great respect for her father D. praise the young girl for her good character DWhats your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like a
42、nts? It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK. It began in 1970 and the first
43、festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of 1 the ticket included free milk from the farm. Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying 112 each for a ticket to the
44、three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Performers included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.Although many summer festivals are run on a profit- -making（盈利的） basis, Glastonbury is a charity even
45、t, donating（捐赠） millions of pounds to local and international charities.Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty (贫穷). In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously (同时) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars such as Madonna, Si
46、r Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight (强调) international poverty and debt.68. What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength”?A. The festival has achieved growing success.B. Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.C
47、.The festival has brought in a large amount of money.D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.B. Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand d
48、espite the high price.C. Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.D. In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.70. We can learn from the last paragraph that _.A.the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concertsB. the Live 8 concerts
49、 are held every year in LondonC.London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals D. Some superstars are concerned about global povertyV. 用所给词的正确形式填空，每空仅填一词。（每小题1分，共10分）1. This car is fantastic. I wish I _ (have) a similar one.2. You might find it _(benefit) to STUDY before your
50、next exam.3. Who will be the _(photograph) at your wedding?4. The British _(defeat) the French in the final battle.5. I work for the government so I am _(accustom) to doing a lot of bureaucratic work.6. Once you _(grasp) how to do this maths problem, please explain it to me!7. In the war, men of all
51、 different _(rank) helped in the defence of the city.8. I think that the old man has a mental _(disabled).9. Who do you suggest _(be) sent to work there?10. This special school is for _(gift) children.VI. 写作（15分）假如你是李华，你的小侄女在你家与你度过了一个开心的暑假。请用英语写一封信向你的美国笔友Emily介绍一下你的小侄女，与她分享这段快乐时光。写作内容： 1 小侄女的年龄，相貌；
52、2 你家人与她的相处； 3 你和她一次开心的经历；注意：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；2. 参考词汇：小侄女 little niece； 3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；4. 词数：80左右。Dear Emily,How are you? Thanks for your last letter. I hope you can share some interesting stories with me. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours,Li Hua北京市育园中学20122013学年度第二学期 高二年级英语期中试题答案D
53、ear Emily, How are you? Thanks for your last letter. This summer holiday, I had a wonderful time with my little niece. She is a ten-month-old baby, who is the loveliest child I have ever seen. Her face is like a red apple and her eyes are like bright stars. When you carry her in your arms, she likes
54、 to put her arms around your neck. All the members of my families love her very much and often try to make her smile, but quite often it is she who makes us laugh. Once I winked at her and she smiled. When I did it again, she watched me attentively. Then she tried to copy me. When I saw this, I began to laugh. When I looked at her again, she was looking at me, puzzled, as if she was asking, What are you laughing at?” I hope you can share some interesting stories with me. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours, Li Hua