高二上期中英语试题.doc

高二上期中考试

英 语 试 卷

第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When will the man take the operation?
A. At 8:30. B. At 9:00. C. At 10:00.
2. What does the woman think of the boy's paper?
A. It is original. B. It is unfinished. C. It is difficult.
3. Where are the speakers?
A. In an office. B. In a bank. C. In a street.
4. What did the man want the woman to do last night?
A. Text him an address. B. Wait for his messages. C. Go to a party with him.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A musician. B. A book. C. An experience.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5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
中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段时话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，
每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How does the man probably feel now?
A. Regretful. B. Frightened. C. Disappointed.
7. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Do well in the exam.
B. Never disappoint his father.
C. Learn a lesson from his experience.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the man like?
A. He is shy. B. He is sociable. C. He is confident.
9. What does the man think will probably make Sarah's parents shocked?
A. His clothes. B. His hair style. C. His job.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10.What does Laura look like?
A. She has dark black hair. B. She is tall and slim. C. She has blue eyes.
11. What is Laura going to do next September?
A. Take part in a competition. B. Travel to New Zealand. C. Attend university.
12. What does the woman invite the man to do?
A. Travel around Africa.
B. Go to a movie tomorrow.
C. Study Creative Writing with her.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。
13. What is the man going to do?
A. Go to a drugstore. B. Have dinner. C. Take a subway.
14. What causes the man's trouble?
A. His poor expressions.
B. His lack of experience abroad.
C. The differences between languages.
15. Where is the drugstore according to the woman?
A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the fifth floor.
16. What do we know about the man?
A. He found the toilet easily.
B. He doesn't speak English well.
C. He drives on the left of the road in his country.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。
17. How was Baylis' radio powered?
A. By electricity. B. By batteries. C. By hand.
18. What does the speaker say about the mobile phone invented by Baylis?
A. It is powered by people's walking.
B. It contains a small battery in itself.
C. It is produced in South America.
19. What is the educational background of Baylis?
A. He majored in engineering at university.
B. He doesn't have a high level of education.
C. He is a high school graduate.
20. How did Baylis gain his ideas?
A. He worked hard for them.
B. They came to him by chance.
C. Other people inspired him a lot.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的4个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

A
Though Elena Deseret died at the age of six，she left behind an amazing gift for her family：a series of hidden love notes.
Elena was a beautiful girl with long hair and a sweet smile. She loved to draw，paint，and write. And most of all，she loved her parents and her little sister，Gracie. Elena had dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up－but sadly，she never had the chance to reach adulthood. When Elena was only five years old, she was diagnosed with brain cancer.
“They told us at the very beginning that she had 135 days to live,”Elena's father, Keith Desscrich，told WLWT News. Elena and her family made the most of that time. She spent the long days in the hospital working on her paintings, which were full of hearts and smiling families. One of her artworks was displayed in a local gallery in Cincinnati，right next to a Picasso painting. As the disease became worse and she lost the use of her voice，she began to communicate with her family by writing notes.
Up until the very end，she wanted nothing more than to be with her family：Just days before her death，she danced with her father.
Not long after her death，Elena's parents were sorting through (整理) her things when they began to find notes that she had written to them.“They would be in between CDs or between books on our bookshelf，”said Keith. All through her final days，Elena had been writing love notes to her family，and hiding them in secret places throughout the house.
“We started to collect them and they would all say ‘I love you Mom，Dad and Grace.’We kept finding them，and still to this day，we keep finding them.”
21.Elena must have been pleased ________.
A．with her sister's special gift for her B．with the notes her parents wrote to her
C．at her behavior's being reported on WLWT News
D．at her painting's being displayed next to a Picasso painting
22．Elena wrote notes ________.
A．because she loved hiding things B．in order to make herself feel better
C．because she could not speak any more D．so that she could draw pictures on them
23．What can we know about Elena?
A．She felt hopeless in her last days. B．She became a famous artist at last.
C．She loved drawing more than anything else. D．She was a clever girl with a heart full of love.
24．The story mainly tells us ________.
A．how Elena lived with disease B．how Elena spent her last days
C．how Elena fought against the disease D．how Elena's family showed their love
B
People celebrate birthdays in almost every country on earth. And they celebrate them in many different ways.
In China and Japan，for example，the arrival of New Year is more important than a person's birthday. So everyone adds a year to their ages on New Year's Day，instead of on their birthdays.
In Brazil，the special birthday food isn't cake，but special candles. In China，it's long noodles for long life. In Iceland，people have pancakes with candies rolled inside on birthdays.
In Britain，a birthday is an all­day celebration. At school，the birthday child is lifted up and "bumped" by his classmates. This means the child is lifted by the feet and arms and bumped to the ground，once for each year and once for good growth. In Israel，the same custom is followed，except that the birthday person is lifted and lowered while sitting in a chair.
In Holland，children not only get presents，but they give things out. They give cakes, cookies and candles to their classmates and teachers on their birthdays.
In Mexico，it's good luck to give birthday greetings as early in the day as possible. So it's usual for the birthday child to be woken up at mid­night singing birthday songs. In India，birthday celebrations also begin before dawn. Prayers and blessings must be said before morning comes.
In Thailand，two tall candles are lighted the night before a birthday. One is as tall as the birthday person. If it goes out early, it's bad luck. Another custom is that they buy live fish and birds for the birthday person and then the birthday person frees the animals, and it brings good luck.
In Nigeria，everyone in a certain age group celebrates their birthdays together, on a certain day.
In many countries birthday customs are changing. Old customs are giving way to Western style of birthdays, with candle­topped cakes. But one thing never changes－birthdays are especial days for everyone!
25．It's a custom to lift and lower the birthday person in a chair in ________.
A．Britain B．Israel C．Britain and Israel D．Israel and Thailand
26．In Mexico the birthday greetings are usually given at mid­night because _____.
A．birthday celebrations must begin before dawn B．prayers must be said before dawn
C．the birthday person must be woken up at mid­night
D．it will bring good things to the birthday person
27．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?
A．In Thailand people give fish and birds to the birthday person as presents.
B．In Holland people give presents to unbirthday persons on their birthdays.
C．In Nigeria people born in the same period may celebrate their birthdays on the same day.
D．In Thailand a candle will be lighted on the birthday night.
28．The text mainly talks about ________.
A．different countries have different birthdays B．celebrating birthdays is exciting
C．different ways of celebrating the birthday in different countries
D．everyone likes celebrating his or her birthday
C
This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There's a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(小号) player. He's coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie' s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don't expect to get much sleep.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15—23 March
PRICE: ￥80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m. till late!
TEL: [phone]
Scottish dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors(教练) will show the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.
PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: every Monday
PRICE: Y60 including one drink TIME: 7:00p.m.~0:00 p.m.
TEL: [phone]
Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. It' s always interesting to visit. But doubly(双重) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition, there are lots of mummies(木乃伊) and more gold than you've ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!
PLACE: Shanghai Museum
DATES: daily TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m.
PRICE: ￥30 (￥15 for students) TEL: [phone]
Dining - Sushi(寿司) chef in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it' s become an art form. The most famous Sushi 'artist' is Yuki Kamura. She' s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She'll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.
PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunchtime TEL: [phone]
For a full listing of events, see our website.
29. If you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?
A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz B．Scottish dancing
C．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum D．Dining - Sushi chef in town
30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the advertisements?
A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that you never feel tired.
B．The performance given by the American jazz band won't last long.
C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.
D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.
31. From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.
A．a cook B．a waitress C．an instructor D．an artist
D
More than half of parents in the United States are helping, or have helped their adult children who have been hit by high unemployment and unchanged wages, according to a new survey. It showed that present economic conditions are preventing young adults from leaving home and forcing those who have already gone, so-called boomerang children, to return.
“Parents are continuing their financial involvement longer than we expected，”said Ted Beck, the president and CEO of National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)．
About 60 percent of parents questioned in the survey said they are helping their adult children who are no longer in school financially, providing housing and living expenses.
For an increasing number of adult children, the situation is bad. Two thirds of adult children, aged 18 to 39, who are not in school said they faced tougher financial pressures than previous generations, according to the survey. And nearly one third of parents agreed that it was easier for them to earn money than for their children.
Parents are helping their children out of genuine concern, and because they do not want to see them struggle. But Beck said that parents who make sacrifices to help their adult children should be cautious about their own finances.
“If you are taking on extra debt or delaying retirement to help your adult child, you could be making a mistake and putting your own financial future in danger," Beck warned.
Boomerang children can also cause other problems for their parents. Thirty percent of parents said they had given up privacy since their adult children moved back home, while more than a quarter have taken on added debt, and ten percent have delayed retirement. But the survey also showed that 42 percent of adult children living at home are helping with the cooking and cleaning.
32．The underlined phrase "boomerang children" in the first paragraph likely means ________.
A．adult children visiting parents often B．married adult children
C．adult children depending on parents for financial support
D．adult children independent and successful in life
33．What is Ted Beck's suggestion to the parents?
A．Asking their children to help with the housework. B．Leaving their children to struggle to live.
C．Being careful when helping their children financially. D．Putting off their time of retirement.
34．According to the survey, we can know that ________.
A．about 50% of parents give money to their adult children to cover the daily cost
B．two thirds of adult children are faced with financial problems in school
C．one third of adult children earn money more easily than their parents
D．one in ten parents has delayed retirement
35．What is the main idea of the whole text?
A．Adult children are less independent. B．Parents help support adult children.
C．Bad conditions affect children a lot. D．Adult children like living with parents.

第二节 （共5小题，每题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
注意：此题请将答案涂在答题卡上有七个选项的位置。
There is an English saying “ 36 ” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 37 Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 38 If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.