吉林省汪清县第六中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

20152016学年度第一学期汪清六中高二英语期中考试试题班级 姓名_一.听力(30分)第一节（共5 小题）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.Whatdoes the woman do probably?A.A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A director.2.When did the man graduate from the school?A.In 2009. B.In 2010. C.In 2011.3.What does the man mean?A.What the woman says is right.B.He doesnt live with his parents.C.He does lots of housework at home.4.How many eggs does the man have now?A.24 B.15 C.195.What are the speakers doing?A.Watching a football game.B.Buying a football magazine.C.Having a football class.第二节（共15小题）听下面5段对话或独白。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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。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.When will the rock concert be held?A.On Friday afternoon. B.On Friday night. C.On Saturday night.7.What is the man going to pay for?A.Their supper. B.Their tickets. C.Their drinks.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.How ong does the doctor want to keep the mans son under observation(观察)?A.Half a day. B.A whole day. C.Two days.9.What will the man do?A.Bring some things for his son.B.Have a talk with the doctor.C.Tell his son to be careful next time.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What match will be there in the sports center this evening?A.A tennis match. B.A soccer match. C.A table tennis match.11.What do we know about the match?A.It is between the Chinese players.B.It is between the womens teams.C.Twenty players will take part in it.12.Why does the woman think she can get a ticket for the man?A.She works in the sports center.B.Her brother is a table tennis coach.C.Her brother works in the box office.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.How will they go to the park on Saturday?A.On foot B.By bike. C.By bus14.When will Mark and Tina have a party?A.On Saturday noon. B.On Saturday afternoon. C.On Saturday night.15.What does the man want to do Sunday afternoon?A.Go out dancing with the woman.B.Go to the art exhibition.C.Go to see the new film.16.Why does the man like New York?A.He can have light weekdays there.B.He has s lot of friends there.C.He can have lots of fun there.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Where was the Namib Desert?A.In southeast Africa. B.In southwest Africa. C.In northwest America.18.What did they carry to enable them to survive in the desert?A.Plenty of water. B.A refrigerator. C.A space blanket.19.How long did they walk in a day?A.Five and a half hours. B.Five hours. C.Three hours.20.What impressed the speaker most in the journey?A.Extreme heat. B.Tiredness. C.The bones of animals.二、单项选择（15分）21. Nowadays, many farmers in our country want to _ rural life and make a living in cities.A. break up B. run out ofC. keep up withD. break away from 22. Whats the main idea of the passage, Julia? Im sorry, Mr White, I cant make _ of it. Its beyond me.A. senseB. understandingC. judgementD. idea23. The Chinese people _ 56 nationalities, each of whom has their own characteristics.A. is consisted ofB. is made ofC. consists ofD. is made from24. I feel it is your wife who _ for the spoiled child.A. is to be blamedB. is going to blameC. is to blameD. should blame25. Paul failed in the exam again because he _ confidence to pass it.A. lacked ofB. was lacking ofC. was lackingD. lacked 26. The guard kept quiet about the accident _ lose his job.A. so not as toB. so as to notC. so as not toD. not so as to27. He worked very hard in order to _ a good knowledge of English.A. takeB. holdC. catchD. acquire28. _ to hear the good news, the excited students threw their schoolbags into the air.A. DelightingB. To be delightedC. Having delightedD. Delighted29. _ fallen asleep _ he heard a knock at the door.A. Hardly had he; whenB. Rarely he had; thanC. Scarcely had he; beforeD. Hardly had he; than30. A driver should _ the road when _.A. concentrate in; drivingB. concentrate on; driveC. concentrate on; drivingD. concentrate to; drove31. Not until I began to work _ how much time I had wasted.  A. didn't I realize   B. did I realize   C. I didn't realize   D. I realized 32. - Here _! Where is Xiao Liu?   There _.  A. comes the bus，is he B. comes the bus, he is  C. the bus comes，is he D. the bus comes，he is 33. - Your father is very strict with you.  _. He never lets off a single mistake of ours.  A. So he is B. So is he C. He is so D. So does he  34. Tom wanted to play football with his friends in the street, but his father told him_Anot to   Bnot to do    Cnot do it     Ddo not to 35. Do you think Jack is going to watch a football match this weekend?   _.   AI believe not   BI believe not so CI dont believe it DI don't believe 三、完形填空（30分）Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact   36   she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished   37   a driving offence (犯规，犯法).Then one day she nearly   38   her record. A police car   39   her, and the policemen in it saw her   40   a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed   41   that she would be punished.42   Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was   43   old to drive a car, and that the   44   why she had not stopped at the red   45   was most probably that her eyes had become weak   46   old age, so that she had simply not seen it.When the judge had finished what he was   47_ Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was   48   and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she   49   a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.When she had   50   done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed   51   the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your   52_ I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”The judge took the   53   and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was   54_ and her record   55   unbroken.36. A. which          B. when          C. that              D. this37. A. about          B. on             C. to                D. for38. A. kept            B. won           C. missed            D. lost39. A. watched        B. after         C. followed          D. ran after40. A. pass            B. go            C. run               D. rush41. A. sure           B. indeed        C. certain           D. perhaps42. A. Before         B. While         C. Until             D. When43. A. so              B. very          C. too                D. quite44. A. cause           B. reason         C. matter          D. trouble45. A. light           B. lamp           C. sign            D. one46. A. with            B. because        C. for              D. of47. A. speaking       B. saying         C. talking         D. telling48. A. holding        B. getting        C. carrying       D.bringing49. A. took            B. brought        C. picked          D. chose50. A. almost         B. hardly         C. successfully    D.successful51. A. both            B. all            C. neither         D. either52. A. time            B. turn            C. chance          D. job53. A. thread          B. glasses         C. needles        D. needle54. A. dismissed      B. passed         C. settled       D. studied55. A. was             B. kept           C. seemed         D.remained四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）(A)Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing”“This sounds like a good idea.”he thought, Ill spend a month at William Farm. Ill go horse riding, walking and fishing. Itll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.“Whats wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him.“Didnt you enjoy country life?”“Country life was fine,”Alan said.“But there was another problem.”“Oh, what problem?”“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”“Fresh meat is the best.”“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”“Lucky you!”“You dont understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”“A different roast every day.”Jack said.“Let me finish.”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didnt want to stay there for dinner.”56. Alan saw _ in a news paper. A. an ad. B. a letter C. a story D. a report57.Alan usually went to _ on the vacation. A. the mountains B. the countryside C. the seaside D. William Farm58.Alan spent _ at William Farm. A. four days B. three months C. a month D. a few weeks59.Alan had roast _ for dinner on the third day. A. mutton B. pork C. beef D. fish(B) News 1 Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the worlds first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones. News 2 Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Dont worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and childrens books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June. News 3 People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? Thats for sure; 1.4 billion yuan! News 4 Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but its very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.60.The satellite sent by China will move around _. A. the moon B. the earth C. the sun D. the mars61.The speed of the fastest plane in the world is _. A.1.4 kilometers per second B.43 kilometers per minute C.1,270 kilometers per hour D.8,000 kilometers per hour62.The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and childrens books will _. A. make a lot of money B. make the children sad C. make sure there are no mistakes in them D. make sure the books are not too expensive63.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because _. A. he likes to eat hybrid rice B. he is a successful father C. he grows more rice than others D. he developed the worlds first popular and widely grown hybrid rice(C)Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the foresty countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world. When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated(隔热)with paper. You perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.64. When was paper made in southern Europe? A. Before 1100. B. After 1400. C. After 1100. D. Before 140065. Which country makes the best paper? A. Norway. B. Canada C. The United States. D. Finland.66. Whats the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?A. Books are warmer. B. Newspapers are warmer. C. Paper is the warmest. D. Houses are the warmest. 67. Whats the main idea of the passage? A.The invention of paper. B.The best paper C.The paper-making D.The uses of paper.(D)The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century.Do you think there will be robots in people' s homes? It' s not a dream that every home will have a robot.Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, you only need to wait two to four minutes. In the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security(安全) guard, or a partner in your life.Experts believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial (工业的) robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide close service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.68. _changed our lives in the 1990s.A. The robots B. The computers C. The TV sets D. The Internet 69. According to the passage, we know that a new cooking robot is being used in_.A. the future B. Beijing C. many countries D. many families70. What can the robots do now?A. They can help people do the housework.B. They can help the doctors do the difficult operations.C. They can play chess with people.D. A, B and C.71. Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?A. The computers changed our lives B. Robots can cookC. Robots are coming D. Robots will be doctors(E)A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.“Its been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “Youve all worked very hard, s