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1、高中 度下学期期中考试高二英语本卷总分值150分 答题时间120分钟第一局部：听力共两节，总分值30分第一节(共5小题；每题1.5分，总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What would the man like to drink?A. Ice water. B. Orange juice. C. Coca-Cola.2. Which class might be easy for the man?A. Math.

2、 B. Physics. C. Chemistry.3. When did the plane probably take off?A. At 4:15. B. At 8:15. C. At 12:15.4. What do we know about Lisa?A. She may be ill.B. She is talking to Frank on the phone.C. She left a message for Frank.5. How does the man feel?A. Happy. B. Confused. C. Sad. 第二节共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值22.

3、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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，答复第6、7题。6. Which activity does the woman dislike?A. Sailing. B. Fishing. C. Swimming.7. Where will the speakers stay?A. In a cabin. B. In a big hotel. C. In a tent.听第7段材料，答复

4、第8、9题。8. Who might the woman be?A. A witness. B. The mans friend. C. A policewoman.9. What did the suspect look like?A. He had brown hair. B. He was very tall.C. He was wearing blue socks. 听第8段材料，答复第10至12题。10. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Choosing subjects in school.B. The most useful su

5、bjects.C. The most interesting subjects.11. Whats the womans concern?A. Students would only choose those practical subjects.B. Students wouldnt learn many useful things.C. Students would hate school.12. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Parent and child. C. Class

6、mates.听第9段材料，答复第13至16题。13. Who are the speakers?A. Teachers. B. Reporter and teacher. C. Parents.14. How is this school different from other schools?A. It only accepts disabled children.B. It has special classes for gifted students.C. It accepts all kinds of students.15. What made the man decide to

7、start the school?A. The disabled children have nowhere to go.B. The disabled and the normal children should grow together.C. Some students talent can be better protected.16. What happens when faster kids help the slower ones?A. They benefit a lot from it.B. Much of their time is taken up.C. They end

8、 up being slow too.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17. What happened in Apt. 407?A. There was a robbery.B. Mrs. Horn was attacked.C. Mrs. Horns family caught a thief.18. What will the security team do?A. Teach people self-defenceB. Put a security guard at the front gate.C. Put security alarms in all apartments.19

9、. What should people do if they have concerns about security?A. Call the police. B. Attend a meeting. C. Lock all doors.20. What is the best way to prevent theft according to the talk?A. Being prepared.B. Keeping strangers from entering the community.C. Joining the neighborhood security team.第二局部：英语

10、语言知识运用共二节，总分值40分第一节：多项选择共10小题；每题1分，总分值10分从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. When delivering a speech, you should adjust your language to the age of your _ audience.A. targetB. entryC. boundaryD. concept22. I always think it was such a(n) _ for me to have spent a day with kids in the Child

11、rens Home.A. certificateB. assessmentC. privilegeD. arrangement23. Other businesses, such as insurance companies, are more concerned with acquiring a central position so that they are _ to the urban population. A. beneficialB. relevantC. independentD. accessible24. The outbreak of this incident has

12、given us much for thought, forcing us to _ seriously on the past and the future.A. shapeB. reflect C. urgeD. distribute25. But for his help, we wouldnt have succeeded. So we _ his timely aid. A. distributedB. contributed C. acknowledgedD. admitted26. While the government says there is a(n) _ supply

13、of houses, prices of apartments have been going up these years. A. parallelB. absentC. abundantD. short27. Since Australia is a multicultural and unique society, it is probably hard for Chinese students to _ it.A. end up withB. fit in withC. put up withD. come up with28. One day, when I was walking

14、in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _ missed landing on my head.A. narrowlyB. sharplyC. nearlyD. vividly29. Lets _ the talking, Johnny said, And get back to work.A. help out B. cut downC. cut out D. test out30. We won three games and lost two. _, Id say it was a successf

15、ul tournament. A. In all B. In particular C. in need D. All in all第二节：完形填空共20小题；每题1分，共20分阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。You must know the “ding dong ditch. Person A rings Person Bs doorbell, and then quickly runs away or hides before Person B answers. Person B hurries to answer

16、the door, only to find that no ones there. After the 31 thing is repeated several times, this is called “ding dong ditch.Sharon Mardis, a single mother of four, told ABC News that she 32 a “ding dong ditch when she 33 to her door at 1:00 am last night.“My doorbell started ringing, 34 I came to the d

17、oor, Sharon told ABC News. “There was 35 at the door. I went back in the house. I got ten or twenty 36 and the doorbell started ringing again. I came back to the door, still nobody at the door. She got 37 and stepped outside, shouting, “Whos that? What on earth are you going to do? There was just 38

18、 .But after Sharon returned to the house, she 39 something. Smoke! Sharon quickly 40 her kids and the family pets and ran out of the house. Only then did she 41 how bad the fire was. The 42 of the house fell down; the house was quickly 43 by flames. The smoke detectors(探测器) had never 44 : they were

19、out of batteries. Good thing for the doorbell. The 45 is who had rung it. 46 found that the flames has fused(熔化) the wires of the doorbell together, causing it to ring. But 47 , the fire had nothing to do with the doorbell wiring at all. It had started in the bathroom, well down the hall. From there

20、, the flames didnt spread to the nearby 48 , where the children and Sharon were sleeping. 49 , they surprisingly reached the doorbell first, making it ring repeatedly, and 50 Sharon to avoid danger.Sharon believes it happened that way thanks to an angel. 31. A. specialB. sameC. importantD. serious32

21、. A. experiencedB. followedC. learnedD. practiced33. A. fellB. turnedC. respondedD. returned34. A. thoughB. butC. becauseD. and35. A. somebodyB. nobodyC. somethingD. nothing36. A. milesB. centimetersC. feetD. kilometers37. A. tiredB. angryC. worriedD. interested38. A. cryB. noiseC. silenceD. laugh39

22、. A. hitB. touchedC. heardD. smelled40. A. gatheredB. settledC. comfortedD. frightened41. A. wonderB. dreamC. realizeD. agree42. A. paintingsB. roofC. lightsD. floor43. A. coveredB. separatedC. blockedD. stopped44. A. moved offB. left offC. taken offD. gone off45. A. factB. opinionC. mistakeD. quest

23、ion46. A. NursesB. FirefightersC. TeachersD. Doctors47. A. fortunatelyB. strangelyC. honestlyD. clearly48. A. kitchenB. hallC. bathroomD. bedroom49. A. InsteadB. ThereforeC. ThusD. Then50. A. orderingB. encouragingC. warningD. advising第三局部：阅读理解共20小题，每题2分，总分值40分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡

24、上将该项涂黑。AAfter my brother died in an accident, my mother was in deep sadness. I was only a four-year-old girl at the time, but I still understood the sudden shift in my moms attitude towards safety. Suddenly everything around us was potentially dangerous. Overnight, the world had gone from a playgrou

25、nd to a dangerous zone. I grew up with a lot of limits and rules. I couldnt walk home from school by myself, even though everyone I knew already did. I couldnt go to summer camp because what if something happened to me?As I got older, the list of things of fear got longer. My whole life was divided

26、into “things you should avoid, and “things you needed to do in order to have a good, long life. I became a natural worrier. I worry about things like getting cancer, losing my wallet, car accidents, earthquakes, and losing my job disasters big and small, real and imagined.The funny part is that youd

27、 never know it by looking at my life. In fact, Ive developed a rule for myself: If it scares me, then I have to do it at least once. Ive done lots of things that my mom would have worried about: Ive ridden a motorcycle; Ive traveled a lot. Ive performed stand-up comedy, and Im planning my second wed

28、ding. Theres something else I dont usually talk about, but its a cornerstone in my belief: When I was 14, my mother died suddenly in a car accident. At my moms funeral I remember making a choice. I could either live out the rest of my life trying to be “safe or I could be brave enough to live out a

29、fulfilling, exciting and, yes, sometimes dangerous life.I worry that I may have betrayed(背叛) my mother by writing her in this light, but she has been a driving force in my life and, in the end I think she would have been proud of me. Courage isnt a natural character of human beings. I believe that u

30、sing courage is like developing a muscle. The more often I do things that scare me or that make me uncomfortable, the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do.Even though I inherited (继承) my mothers cautious nature. Ive also come to believe that fear can be a good

31、 thing, if we face it. Believing that has made my world a less scary place. 51. In the writers childhood, the limits and rules were used to _.A. improve her behaviorB. develop her independence C. be in memory of her dead brotherD. protect her from possible danger52. How does the writer deal with the

32、 things that frighten her?A. She just ignores them.B. She faces up to them.C. She turns to her mother for help.D. She does them with her friends.53. From the passage, we can learn that _.A. the writer failed in her first marriageB. nothing can make the writer afraid nowC. frightening things made the

33、 writer lose her self-confidenceD. the writers mother felt annoyed with her54. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Mothers influence their children much.B. Fear is in fact not a bad thing.C. Facing fear bravely produces courage.D. The world is not as scary as people expect.BHere is some infor

34、mation about several famous local bakeries(面包房) in Indiana, the US. They serve as a social gathering place for locals.Maple Lane BakeryAt 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized

35、 in the making of pies. The menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $ 7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99. Feel free to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.Bettys cakes & Candy ShopAt 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574) 269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies and cand

36、ies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $ 8.99 a dozen. Bettys cakes & Candy Shop, started half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Bettys will not disappoint you as they are always excellent.Crepes Quality BakeryAt 217S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN.(260)

37、894-3024, this third generation bakery is located downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive just before 5:00 am waiting for the doors to

38、open.Olympia Candy KitchenAt 136N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574) 533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation off

39、ers all kinds of candies and boxed candies. If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.55. Which of the following pies is the most expensive?A. Berry pie.B. Banana pie.C. Apple pie.D. Peach pie.56. If you want to order a birthday cake, you are advised to

40、 call _.A. (574) 566-2917B. (574) 533-5040C. (260) 894-3024D. (574) 269-123157. Which of the following bakeries has the shortest history?A. Olympia Candy KitchenB. Crepes Quality BakeryC. Maple Lane BakeryD. Bettys cakes & Candy Shop58. The author wrote this passage mainly to _.A. warn customers to

41、order bakeries in advanceB. make the bakeries better known to readersC. tell readers some travel informationD. persuade more people to eat pies CThere are some things humans can go without. We can lose a kidney or a lung, an arm or two and still live perfectly well. But some fish put us to shame. Th

42、ey can get by without stomachs. One such fish is the stout longtom. The group it belongs to carries a more appropriate name: the needlefish. All needlefish lack stomachs. Their ancestors had them, but later they were lost.The stout longtom can reach 1.3 meters in length, and lives near the sea surfa

43、ce. Like all needlefish, it can jump out of the water to escape its enemies. Tropical fishermen are sometimes injured by needlefish. In 1977, a 10-year-old Hawaiian boy was killed when a needlefish jumped through his brain. The longtom eats smaller fish. It teeth are not good at cutting fish into pi

44、eces, so it swallows fish whole.Ryan Day from Australia and his colleagues wanted to know how the longtom digests its meaty meals without a stomach, so they ran some chemical tests about the fish.Days results show that the longtom can consume food without the help of a stomach. It uses a special mat

45、erial called trypsin that can break down proteins without acid although the approach is less efficient than using a stomach.Because its a meat-eating animal, the longtom gets a lot of protein in its food, so it can afford this slightly less efficient system for absorbing it. Two plant-eating fish th

46、at Day studies actually had higher levels of trypsin in their body, as their food was low in protein.Day thinks that the longtom and its stomachless relatives might actually have arrived at an energy-saving solution. He says that although the stomach is critical to many kinds of animal, the organ is “a fairly expensive organ to run. This perhaps explains why some animals have got rid of theirs. 59. What does the und