湖北省某知名中學(xué)高二英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期期中試題2

1、灘橋高中2017-2018學(xué)年度下學(xué)期期中考試高二年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試卷考時(shí)：120分鐘 分值：150分第卷第一部分 聽力 (共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)第一節(jié) (共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分)聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1. what kind of music does the woman like?a. rock music. b. classical music. c. country music.2. what does the w

2、oman want to buy?a. oranges and apples. b. sweets and apples. c. vegetables and apples.3. what does the man mean?a. .he doesn't want to see his friends again. b. he had a good time at the party c. he didn't enjoy the party at all.4. what does the woman suggest the man do?a. go on a diet. b.

3、talk to her sister. c. introduce himself first.5. what will the man probably do tonight?a. read chapter 4. b. study in the library. c. watch the football match.第二節(jié) (共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)

4、白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6. what is the probable relationship between the two speakers?a. travel agent and customer. b. husband and wife. c. boss and secretary.7. when will the meetings end?a. at 3:00 p.m. b. at 5:00 p.m. c. at 6:30 p.m.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。8. why does diana say sorry to peter?a. she wants to

5、visit another city. b. she has to give up her travel plan. c. she needs to put off her test.9. what does diana want peter to do?a. take a book to her friend. b. help her with her study. c. teach a geography lesson.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。10. why can't jim find susan's home?a. because he hasn't

6、been told how to get there.b. because he forgot to bring the map susan gave him.c. because he is so forgetful that he can't remember her address.11. where is the bank?a. it is next to the bus stop.b. it is on the corner beside the bus stop. c. it is on the corner across the street.12. where is s

7、usan's house?a. it is the seventh house from the corner on jim's left. b. it is the seventh house from the corner on jim's right. c. it is the seventeenth house from the corner on jim's right.聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。13. where are the new houses?a. on the main road. b. close to a bus station

8、. c. near the sports center.14. what does the woman like most about the new houses?a. the sports center. b. the space. c. the quietness.15. why does the man sound uninterested?a. because he doesn't want to move.b. because he is very interested in the book. c. because he has to finish his work fi

9、rst.16. what can we know about the man in the end?a. he is interested in the new houses. b. he will change his mind. c. he will go to see the new houses.聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17. why have many people done everything possible to make sure the test goes smoothly?a. because the students have less choices n

10、ow.b. because the test has become more important than in the past.c. because the test is an important and life changing event.18. what is true about traffic control during the gaokao?a. it lasts for a long time.b. it aims to create a peaceful environment for students.c. it does not only happen aroun

11、d the examination sites.19. what is the most important lesson students should learn before graduation?a. respect other people's interests.b. dont be too sensitive to the gaokao. c. depend on themselves in life.20. what is the speaker's attitude toward traffic control in the end?a. negative.

12、b. positive. c. uninterested.第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié) （共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(a、b、c和d)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。awelcome to the north pole adventurethe north pole adventure is a one-of-a-kind interactive christmas attraction for the entire family. unlike other christmas attractions, it is ope

13、n from november 25 until christmas eve. it is not a guided tour. while elves (小精靈) are throughout the adventure to interact with your children, your kids can spend as much time in each area as they wish. the adventure features a replica (復(fù)制品) of the north pole including everything you imagine at san

14、tas north pole.santas housekids will experience what its like at the north pole and see first-hand what it takes for santa and his elves to get ready for christmas each year. the memories your children will take away from santas house will be ones they will remember for a life time.post officeall ki

15、ds will be assisted by santas elves in writing a letter to santa and then depositing it in santas magical mailbox. a few days before christmas, they will receive letters at their own homes from santa.elf universityelf university is the place where elves go to school. its also the place where kids en

16、joy making christmas presents, coloring christmas pictures, and even filling out applications to become elves one day.admissionbuy your tickets online to avoid waiting in line. if the tickets sell out when you buy them online, there will still be tickets available at the ticket office.21. the north

17、pole adventure_.a. provides visitors with tour guide service b. is open to visitors for nearly one monthc. is modeled on other christmas attractionsd. arranges elves to entertain kids in some areas 22. what can we learn from the passage?a. kids can have fun in santas house by dressing up like santab

18、. elf university offers kids opportunities for becoming elvesc. kids who visited post office would receive letters on christmas eved. tickets to the adventure can be bought online if they sell out at the ticket office23. where can you probably see the article?a. a tourist booklet b. a science fictio

19、n c. a newspaperd. a story bookbwhen i was in seventh grade, i was a candy striper (護(hù)士助手) at a local hospital in my town. i volunteered about 30 to 40 hours a week during the summer. most of the time i spent there was with mr. gillespie. he never has any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his

20、 condition. i spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. he became a close friend of mine, even though he responded with only an occasional hold of my hand. mr. gillespie was in a coma (昏迷). i left for a week for a vacation with my parent

21、s, and when i came back, mr. gillespie was gone. i didnt have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might tell me he had died. so with many questions unanswered, i continued to volunteer there through my eighth-grade year. several years later, when i was a junior in high s

22、chool, i was at the gas station when i noticed a familiar face. when i realized who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. he was alive! i got up the nerve to ask him if he was mr. gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about five years ago. with an uncertain look on his face, he replied yes. i ex

23、plained how i knew him, and that i had spent many hours talking to him in the hospital. his eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug i had ever received. he began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose (昏睡的), he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the w

24、hole time. he thought it was an angel, who was there with him. mr. gillespie firmly believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive. then he told me about his life. we exchanged a hug, said our good-byes and went our separate ways. although i havent seen him since, he fills my heart

25、with joy every day. i know that i made a difference between his life and his death. as importantly, he has made a great difference in my life. i will never forget him and what he did for me: he made me an angel.24. when the author volunteered at a local hospital, she .a. mainly helped the nurses wit

26、h their paper workb. made up her mind to become a nurse herself one dayc. spent most of her time taking care of a man in a comad. became friends with mr. gillespies visitors25. the author didnt ask where mr. gillespie had gone because .a. she feared that he might have diedb. she knew for sure that h

27、e had recoveredc. she forgot all about him when she returned to the hospitald she had been concerned that he might stay in coma forever26. judging from the article, which of the following statements is true?a. the author met mr. gillespie at a gas station several years later.b. mr. gillespie recogni

28、zed the authors voice the moment he met her.c. the author continued her volunteer work in the hospital until eighth-grade.d. no one in the hospital believed that mr. gillespie would recover from his coma. 27. which of the following statements best summarizes the point of the story? a. kindness is lo

29、ving people more than they deserve.b. those with faith in themselves will succeed.c. respect people and they will try hard to improve.d. if you spread happiness you will be happy yourself.cas computers become all the more popular in china, chinese people are increasingly relying on computer keyboard

30、s to input chinese characters. but if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（筆畫）of each chinese character when writing on paper. experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more. do you write by hand more or type more? in beijing, students start u

31、sing a computer as early as primary school. and computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. almost all their writings are typed on a computer. all the students interviewed say they usually use a computer. its faster and easier to correct if using a computer. and thats why comp

32、uters are being used more and more often to modern education. but when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear. “when im writing with a pen, i find i often cant remember how to write a character, though i feel im familiar with it.”“im not in the mood to write when faced wi

33、th a pen and paper.”many students dont feel this is something to worry about. now that its more convenient and efficient to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite? many educators think differently. shi liwei, the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said “chinese characters enj

34、oy both practical and aesthetic(審美的) value. but those characters typed with computer keyboards only maintain their practical value. all the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. and handwriting contains the writers emotion. through ones handwriting, people can get to know ones thinking and pers

35、onality. beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.”to encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in beijing have made writing classes compulsory(必修的)and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by ha

36、nd.28. which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? a. the importance of handwriting and typing b. to type or to hand write c. writing by computer will replace writing by hand d. practical and aesthetic value of chinese characters29. the students interviewed prefer to write usi

37、ng a computer mainly because . a. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essays b. computers have become a trend and fashion in china c. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character d. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently 30. the underlined expr

38、ession “taking stock in” in the fourth paragraph probably means . a. becoming crazy about b. getting bored with c. getting dependent on d. looking forward to31. we can draw the conclusion from the passage that . a. more and more students will give up writing on a computer b. writing by hand will giv

39、e way to typing by computer one day c. more and more students will pay attention to handwriting d. the typed article better expresses ones emotion and qualitydis beauty something always positive? almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more

40、respectable jobs. personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. even judges are softer on attractive defendants. but in the executive(主管的) circle, beauty can become a disadvantage.while attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a

41、 woman. handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors suc

42、h as luck. all unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. why are attractive women not thought to be able? an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally

43、manly position appears to lack the manly qualities required. this is true even in politics. “when the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says anne bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. she asked 125 co

44、llege students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. they were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.the results showed that attractive mal

45、es completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.32. in traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _. a. makes women look more honest and capable b. strengthens the manly qualities required c. is of no importance to women d.

46、often enables women to succeed quickly33. bowmans experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _. a. affects men and women alike b. has as little effect on men as on women c. is more of a disadvantage to womend. turns out to be a disadvantage to men 34. according to the passage, p

47、eoples views on beauty are often _. a. practical b. one-sided c. old-fashioned d. supportive35. the passage is mainly about _. a. the disadvantages of being attractive b. the advantages of being attractive c. equal rights for women d. the importance of appearance 第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 從短文后的選項(xiàng)

48、中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。how to improve your vocabulary vocabulary is a key part of learning a new language. 36 maybe you cant learn a hundred new words a day, but you can learn one or two a day, totaling thousands of new words over the years. here are some tips for building up your vocabulary.mak

49、e a plan to learn new words. if you want to improve your vocabulary more quickly, you have to make at least a small promise. 37 make you vocabulary practical. 38 for example, learn more of your trade language- the words that are commonly used in your business or hobby or vocation(職業(yè)). find better, f

50、resher, clearer words to express what your friends are talking about. 39 as you read, if you come across a new word that you dont understand. dont miss it. take the time to look it up in a dictionary. write it down and use it later.when you learn a word, use it immediately and frequently. put your n

51、ew word into conversation with as many different people as you can. 40 use it in sentences. write it on a card and practice it while waiting for red lights.a. repeat it to yourself.b. theyre highly reusable.c. start learning where you are.d. decide to learn one new word every day or two.e. when your

52、e writing something, use a dictionary frequently.f. start by learning the words that can express whats most important to you.g. the more you read, the more words youll see, and the more youll understand.第三部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分) 第一節(jié)完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (a、b、c和d)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選

53、項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。dropping into hopelessness completely, jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. in his mid-fifties, jack had never been 41 , experienced the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. on this miserable rainy night, he felt as if there was 42 in t

54、he entire world who cared whether he lived or died.meanwhile, i was sitting in my room watching the rain 43 my window. when i heard the doorbell ring, i 44 from my chair and raced out. but my mother was already at the door. opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man wit

55、h tears streaming down his face. my mother, overcome by 45 , invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room 46 , i walked secretly downstairs so that i could get a better look. i couldn't understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man, 47 his head in his hands

56、and crying, made my chest ache. i raced back upstairs to my room and 48 my hand into my money jar. pulling out my only half-dollar coin, i ran back downstairs.when i reached the door of the living room, i walked right in. the three 49 looked at me in 50 as i quickly made my way over the stranger. i put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that i wanted him to have it. then i gave him a 51 , turned and ran as fast as i could out of the room and back upstairs. i felt excited but happy.downstairs, jack sat quietly with his head 52 .tears streamed do