(精编)高二英语下册期中考试试题

高二英语下学期期中考试试题

一.单项选择 (1.5分)

1．This is most important test to most of us. A．the; the B．X; the C．X; X D．a; X

2．Facts prove that the word’s economic development is not a win- lose game but in which

all be winners. A．one; must B．that; shall C．one; can D．that; must 3．I have three friends, , john, Jack and Tom. A．for example B．such as C．that is D．name 4．—How is Mary getting on with her work?

—Well, she could always a good idea for increasing sales. A．turn out B．suffer from C．go by D．come up with 5．If I had to choose between fish and chicken, I’d prefer . A．former B．the former C．it D．that 6．He sold his farm, gaining enough money for his journey. A．and B．thus C．rather D．otherwise 7．—Could I ask you a rather personal question? — .

A．Yes, don’t worry. B．Of course, go ahead. C．Yes, help yourself. D．Of course, why not?

8．Tod has taken all possible means to find a job. He knows that . A．out of work causes poverty B．Being out of work causes poor C．out of work causes poor D．being out of work causes poverty 9．—Your job is well done. you for it? —Yes. And I got extra ＄500 as a reward yesterday. A．Have; paid B．Have; got paid C．Did, pay D．Are; paid

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10．On his 10 birthday, Marty manages to escape from the zoo and gets onto the subway, he

believes that he can go to the wild. A．which B．from what C．through which D．that 11．—You’ve made a mistake and you’ve the letter “e”. —Sorry, I’ll be more careful next time. A．left out B．left over C．left D．left for 12． that he has no qualifications in business management, Ken plans to gain the necessary

skills by taking a part – time course. A．Concerning B．Concerned C．Being concerned D．To concern

13．Cultural exchanges between the two countries help to understanding and friendship

between the two peoples. A．increase B．raise C．promote D．strength 14．You may that they will finish the hard job on time. A．believe in B．rely on it C．depend upon D．live on

15． she was sick, I was expected to take her place greatly surprised me, for I didn’t

have much work experience. A．That if B．That C．If that

1 6. In 1969, Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, _____ the moon for the first time, which

announced man began to march at the universe. A .walked B .climbed C .set foot in D .set foot on

17. His efforts ended in ___ . That’s to say, he is ___ as a nurse.

A. a failure; a failure B. a failure; failure C. failure; a failure D. failure ;failure

18. The weather seemed perfect ______ fishing that day, I remember.

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A. to B. in C .for D .at 19. He was so busy that he couldn’t help _______ the housework.

A. doing B. did C. do D. done 20. _______ he read interested his younger brother. A. Whatever B. No matter what C. That D. Which

二．完形填空 (1.5分)

“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I 21 asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt whether I’ll be able to 22 it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.

My mind could not 23 the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to 24 my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same 25 . Why had I even bothered to ask? 26 , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be 27 .

As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends 28 me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the 29 as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, 30 three others. I followed my classmates to the 31 . When I reached out my hand to shake the 32 , a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera 33 my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat 34 .

Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be 35 . But the strong smell of alcohol（酒精）hit me as soon as I 36 inside, and I could feel my tears 37 . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him 38 on the couch.

39 did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more 40 than his whiskey bottle.

21. A. confidently B. eagerly C. proudly D. fearfully 22. A. reach B. keep C. take D. make 23. A. create B. support C. appreciate D. accept 24. A. watch B. avoid C. attend D. speed 25. A. excuse B. reply C. promise D. trick 26. A. Besides B. Thus C. Otherwise D. However 27. A. active B. formal C. different D. serious 28. A. recognized B. greeted C. encouraged D. showed 29. A. air B. audience C. school D. playground 30. A. apart from B. other than C. except for D. along with 31. A. stage B. position C. office D. exit 32. A. Jill’s B. teacher’s C. mother’s D. father’s 33. A. fixed B. touched C. hurt D. inserted 34. A. successfully B. disappointedly C. delightedly D. hopefully 35. A. drunk B. woken C. forgiven D. hidden 36. A. stepped B. noticed C. examined D. glanced

37. A. getting off B. taking down C. building up D. turning around 38. A. leaning B. lying C. putting D. carrying 39. A. How B. Where C. Why D. Whether 40. A. perfect B. comfortable C. fortunate D. important 阅读理解 (2分)

A

Critics say Microsoft Windows 95 must be able to do what the company has said or sales will fall sharply. This could mean the public would reject future Microsoft products. The public would lose trust in the company. Some people say this will not happen. They say Microsoft sent out several thousand copies of their new product to computer experts to test several months before it was released. Problems that these testers found were immediately corrected. Microsoft representatives are working to solve all the other problems buyers find when they try the new system. Computer industry experts say that if there are no major problems Microsoft can expect

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to earn about 7 thousand million dollars from Windows 95 in the first two years. The experts say this could be just a beginning for Microsoft and the whole computer industry. The experts say Windows 95 can help the user do many different and difficult tasks. They say this means the sale of more powerful computers and other computer products will increase as people learn about the new Microsoft product. Other companies say Windows 95 is not a big improvement. The Apple Computer Company says its Mackintosh Operating System has been able to do many of the same things since 1989. For example, it has been able to let users work two different programs at the same time. The Amega Computer also has offered this for almost ten years. And IBM says the operating system it developed about 7 years ago is very similar. 41. In the passage the writer .

A. thinks Windows 95 will be a success B. is doubtful about what Microsoft Company has promised C. shows no opinion of his own D. is advertising Windows 95 for Microsoft Company

42. Some believe that Windows 95 will not only bring in a lot of money but also . A. replace the older products B. threat (威胁) other computer companies C. help sell other products produced by Microsoft Company D. bring about changes in other fields

43. All the following show Windows 95 is important to Microsoft Company except . A. Windows 95 will build up people's faith (信心) in the country's future products B. Windows 95 will bring about a great change in the whole computer industry C. other companies don't think highly of Windows 95 D. Windows 95 will help sell more powerful computers

B

“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,” says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie's opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing. “If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,” she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you’ll be a writer.’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”

This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition (理想) and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地)brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields—sadly now covered with modern houses.“I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,”she said. “Never.”“When I set one of my books in Scotland,”she said,“I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.”

44. What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book? A. It should not aim at a narrow audience. B. It should be attractive to young readers. C. It should be based on original ideas. D. It should not include too much conversation.

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C. The weakness of description. D. The absence of a story. 46. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child? A. She didn't expect to become a writer. B. She didn't enjoy writing stories. C. She didn't have any particular ambitions. D. She didn't respect her teacher's views. 47. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are . A. more intelligent B. better informed C. less eager to learn D. less interested in reality 48. What's the writer's purpose in this text? A. To describe Mollie Hunter's most successful books. B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter's books. C. To introduce Mollie Hunter's work to a wider audience. D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter's existing readers.

C

There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.

FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don't have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.

Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.

A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer.

Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have

an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.

49. The main purpose of this text is to give information about . A. museums throughout the world B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A. C. art exhibitions in Florida International University D. latest development of computer art

50. To see the art in FIU museum, you need . A. floppy discs B. a computer and a printer C. pictures and drawings on paper D. a computer connected to the museum by telephone line 51. The museum was started when . A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists B. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists C. art students needed a place to show their works D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art

52. The words“an audience”in the last paragraph refer to . A. art students C. exhibits in the museum D. those who will enjoy art 第五节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项(2分) Peter: 53

Monica: Yes, but not here. 54 I don’t like eating standing up.

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Pater: There is another restaurant over there.

Monica: 55 Only the rich man can afford to eat there. Besides, 56 I’m not going into

a restaurant that doesn’t have a menu.

Pater: We just passed a cafe that does snacks. Monica: 57

Pater: You’re one of those people that are never satisfied, aren’t you? A. Shall we have something to eat? B. Do you come here very often?

C. I don’t like cafe without tables.

D. It is expensive and charges very high prices. E. Oh, I don’t like the look of it F. It serves very good coffee. G. I can’t see a menu. 单词拼写

58．How much do you ______________(收费) for a bed a night?

59.The news was heard _______________(广播)first by the Beijing Radio. 60.I’m sorry, but I didn’t do it on ________________(目的).

61.Finally, the little girl _____________(吞咽)the medicine with the help of some juice.

62.We need food and water for _______________(生存).

63.He was waiting for his brother’s return with _____________(焦虑). 64.How many ___________(德国人) are going to visit their town next mouth? 65.The doctors were busy ___________(检查) for the coming examination. 66.Is it as cold in ___________(一月) in Australia as it is here in China? 67.The court ___________(判处) the murderer to death by law. 根据要求写单词（2分）

1 greedy___________ n 2 begin _____________ n 3 hard __________ n

4 slow _____________(adv) 5 social____________(adv) 6destroy_____________( n) 选合适的字母填单词 (1分)

1chapt___(er,or,ur) 2 b___cott(oe,oi ,oy) 3 prejud____(ese,ice ,ise) 4 re___lution(va,ve ,vo)

5relig___(ian,ion,ien) 6 law____(yer,ier,ior) 7 chor____(as,us,is)

8ridicul_____(ers,ors,ous) 9 guarant______(ea,ee,en) 10 gath____(er,or,on) 书面表达（满分24分）

假如你是北京某中学的学生张华，星期天你给英国朋友Jack写一封信，谈北京与伦敦的异同之处。其中包括以下要点： 北京 伦敦 汽车靠右行驶 汽车靠左行驶 多数人骑自行车上下班 很多人乘汽车上下班 晴天多 阴雨天多 每周工作五天 每周工作五天 懂英语的人多 懂汉语的人少 学生学习勤奋 学生较轻松 注意： 1．词数：100词左右。

2．信中应包括上述主要内容；可以适当增减细节，使内容连贯。 3．开头已经为你写好。 Dear Jack,

It is Sunday today and I am free. I’d like to tell you something in China.

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Keep contact.

答案

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58—67 charge broadcast swallowed survival anxiety Germans examining January sentenced

1—6 greed beginning hardship slowly socially destruction

1—10 chapter boycott prejudice revolution religion lawyer chorus ridiculous guarantee gather 写作： Dear Jack,

It is Sunday today and I am free. I’d like to tell you something in China. In your country cars run on the left side of the road, but in here we drive on the right side. Many people in London go to work by car, while most people in Beijing go to work by bike. The climate of Beijing seems better than that of London, often sunny but recent years more and more sandstorm here. London has more wet days there. People here work 5 days a week and I think it’s the same in London. Students have to work hard at their lessons and many people can speak English. I don’t think your students have to do as much homework as us. And I’m afraid there are not as many Chinese learners in London as there are English learners here. Keep contact.

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