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1、高二年级期中英语试卷一.Multiple choices:1.Rather than _ on a crowded bus,he always prefers _ a bicycle.A.ride;ride B.riding;ride C.ride;to ride D.to ride;riding 2.Have you ever found two nouns _ together this way?A.use B.to be used C.used D.being used 3.Every child needs someone to _ and copy.A.look on B.look

2、through C look out D.look up to 4.Class 3 is _ Class 4 _ football.A.being against;on B.playing against;at C.going against;for D.playing against;on 5.These photos called _ my years in the school ten years ago.A.up B.out C.on D.for 6.I could recite many _ by Chinese writers when I was in junior middle

3、 school.A.poetry B.poetries C.poem D.poems 7.In time of great danger,heroes seem always _.A.as cool as a cucumber B.as merry as a lark C.as mad as a door D.as cold as a snake 8.The research is so designed that once _ nothing can be done to change it.A.begins B.having begun C.beginning D.begun 9.Song

4、 Qingling was a(n)_ woman who ever did much work for the progress of China.A.hard-working B.painstaking C.outstanding D.life-loving 10.Professor White has written some short stories,but he is _ his plays.And his wife is famous _ a good actress.A.better known as;for B.best known as;as C.better known

5、for;as D.best known for;for 二.Cloze Test:Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer.But her writing _1_ was something she picked up by herself.After her first _2_,teaching disabled children,she became a part-time writer for IBM._3_,writing stories was simply a _4_ interest.Tracy sent three o

6、f her stories to a publisher._5_,they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long _6_ and paid Tracy a$50,000 advance.“A pretty money,”said the publisher,“for _7_ writer.”_8_ Tracy s characters are interesting,her stories sometimes _ 9_ reader uneasy:those about the su

7、pernatural.“My mother believed I could _10_ _ the afterlife world,”she told a close friend.“She used to have me speak with my grandmother,who died many years ago.”“Can I?I don t think I can,”Tracy said with a laugh.“But I do have _11_ when things come to me _12_.”Once,she was wondering how to comple

8、te a _ 13_ set in ancient China._14_ the doorbell rang.It was a FedEx delivery man,with a copy of a book on Chinese _15_.It came without her having _16_ it.Though she has published ten books,Tracy has remained _17_ by her fame.She lives in the same _18_ she lived 27 years ago although in a more comf

9、ortable home.There s more room for _19_ in her life and it wasn t just _20_.1.A.skill B.experience C.practice D.method 2.A.duty B.effort C.job D.task 3.A.Instead B.Normally C.Certainly D.Then 4.A.general B.deep C.personal D.lively 5.A.Interested B.Anxiously C.Seriously D.Encouraged 6.A.film B.story

10、C.program D.article 7.A.a foreign B.a popular C.an unusual D.an unknown 8.A.Now that B.Even though C.Just because D.Except that 9.A.find B.turn C.leave D.hold 10.A.make up B.connect with C.control D.explain 11.A.events B.chances C.feelings D.moments 12.A.for no reason B.from a distance C.by accident

11、 D.as gifts 13.A.description B.pointing C.scene D.talk 14.A.Surprisingly B.Suddenly C.Expectedly D.Fortunately 15.A.cooking B.history C.play D.medicine 16.A.known B.sent C.realized D.ordered 17.A.unchanged B.excited C.determined D.unmoved 18.A.life B.city C.house D.way 19.A.success B.work C.joy D.va

12、riety 20.A.writing B.reporting C.luck D.fun三.Reading:A So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning,they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves.Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them.It is certainly n

13、ot endless hours spent in activities about reading.Douglas insists that“reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes.They differ in kind and function.The function of teaching is to create the conditi

14、ons and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read.Teaching is also a public activity.It can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language.Almost

15、 all of it is private,for learning is an occupation of the mind,and that process is not open to public scrutiny.If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable,what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge?Smith has one principal rule for all teaching

16、 instructions.“Make learning to read easy,which means making reading a meaningful,enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are,then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated.Learning to read is made easier w

17、hen teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.1.The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that _.A.it is one of the most difficult school courses B.students spend few hours in reading C

18、.reading is neglected D.too much time is spent in teaching about reading 2.The teaching of reading will be successful if _.A.parents can improve conditions at home for the students B.teachers can enable students to develop their own ways of reading C.teachers can devise the most efficient system for

19、 reading D.teachers can make their teaching activities observable 3.The underlined word“scrutiny”most probably means“_”.A.hope B.observation C.control D.suspicion 4.According to the passage,learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when _.A.children become highly motivated B.teacher and le

20、arner roles are not interchangeable C.teachers help children in the search for knowledge D.reading enriches children s experience5.The main idea of the passage is that _.A.teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read B.teachers should encourage students to read as widel

21、y as possible C.reading ability is something acquired rather than taught D.reading is more complicated than generally believed B A Tight Situation Sometimes funny memories are the most special way to remember a beloved lover.It helps take away some of the feeling of loss.Before he passed away,my hus

22、band loved to share this story with our friends.Now,it makes me smile to share this story with you.Our neighbor s son was getting married in 1971 at a church,and we were invited.We immediately rushed into the store,and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket.The dress was a little tight,but I had a

23、 month before the June 30 wedding and I would lose a few pounds.June 29 came and,of course,I had not lost a single pound;in fact,I had gained two.But I thought a new girdle would solve my problem.So on our way to the wedding,we stopped once again at the store.I ran in and told the clerk I needed a l

24、arge girdle.The clerk turned the box around with the girdle,marked“L”,and asked if I would like to try it on.“Oh,no,large will fit just right.I won t need to try it on.”The next morning was hot,so I waited to get dressed until about forty-five minutes before the time to go.I opened the girdle box on

25、ly to find a new$49.95 girdle in a small size.Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn t fit right without a girdle,a fight broke out between me and the girdle.Have you ever tried to shake twenty pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag?Finally,my husband,laughing like crazy,go

26、t hold of each side and shook me down into it,and I was ready to go.As we walked into the church,he asked if I could make it.Now,he was getting worried because I was breathing strangely.I told him that it would last one hour,twenty-two minutes and eight and one half seconds-the minister blessed ever

27、ything except my girdle!My knees were blue and my legs lost all feeling.My husband was asking questions and trying to comfort me.As soon as the minister pronounced them married,I rushed out with my husband.“Please,just get me out of here!”I said.We ran out to our car,and once there he opened the fro

28、nt and back passenger doors against the next car.Right there,before God and the wedding party,I took off that girdle.Then the girdle flew out of my hand and landed under the car next to ours.My husband was laughing very hard.We drove,finally,away.Over the years,he and I had often wondered what the p

29、eople of that church thought the next morning when they found$49.95,small-sized girdle in their parking lot.6.When she was telling the story,she _.A.was happy for her husband s deathB.was happy to share her funny memories C.was wondering who has picked up the girdle D.still couldn t forget the troub

30、le on that day7.Which statement is true according to the story?A.She changed the girdle for a larger size.B.They tried hard to pour lots of potatoes into a small bag.C.She put on the dress without the girdle in the end.D.She managed to put on the girdle with her husband s help.8.The writer s purpose

31、 in writing this story is _.A.to share an interesting experience B.to prove her husband s loveC.to describe her tight girdle D.to describe her unspeakable feeling C During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women.A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century

32、probably would have been in her mid twenties,and would be likely to have seven or eight children,of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.By the time the youngest was fifteen,the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years,during which

33、chance and health made it unusual for her to find paid work.Today,many women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a woman s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five.She is expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.This is an importan

34、t change in women s economic position.Even a few years ago,most girls left school and took a full-time job.However,when they married,they usually left work at once and never returned to it.Today the school leaving age is sixteen;many girls stay at school after that age,and though women may marry you

35、nger,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born.Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage relationships,with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of

36、family life.9.One reason why a woman of today may take a job is that she _.A.is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves B.does not like children herself C.needn t worry about food for her childrenD.can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty 10.Many girls are now

37、likely to _.A.give up their jobs for good after they are married B.leave school as soon as they can C.marry so that they can get a job D.continue working until they are going to have a baby D To face the music Like every language,American English is full of special expressions,phrases that come from

38、 the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way.Our expression today is“to face the music”.When someone says,“Well,I guess I ll have to face the music.”it does not mean he s planning to go to the concert.It is something far less pleasant,like being called in by your boss to explain w

39、hy you did this and did that,and why you didn t do this or that.Sour music indeed,but it has to be faced.At sometime or another every one of us has had to face the music,especially as children.We can all remember father s angry voice,“I want to talk to you,”and only because we did not obey him.What

40、an unpleasant business it was!The phrase“to face the music”is familiar to every American,young or old.It is at least 100 years old.And where did this expression come from?The first explanation comes from the American novelist,James Fenimore Cooper.He said,in 1851,that the expression was first used b

41、y actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage.When they got their cue to go on,they often said,“Well,it s time to face the music.”And that is exactly what they did-facing the orchestra which was just below them.And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front

42、 of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile,especially if he forgot his lines.But he had to go out.If he did not,there would be no play.So he expression“to facethe music”came to mean“having to go through something,no matter how unpleasant the experience might be,because you knew you ha

43、d no choice.Other explanations about the expression go back to the army.When the men faced inspection by their leader,the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked.Was their equipment clean,shinny enough to pass inspection?Still the men had to go on and face the music of the band as well

44、as the inspection.What else could they do?Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done.As,for example,when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible,he is disho

45、nored.The band does not play.Only the drums tap a sad,slow beat.The soldier is forced to leave,facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.11.According to the passage,how many ways does the phrase“to face the music”come from?A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 12.What s the meaning of“to face the music”

46、?A.To face something far less pleasant.B.To face the stage.C.To face the back of one s horse.D.To face one s leader.13.In which condition would we face the music?A.When we are playing basketball.B.When we are making a speech in public.C.When we are having a party.D.When we are talking with somebody.

47、14.The underlined word in the third paragraph means _.A.unfriendly B.dislike C.unimportant D.unnecessary 15.Which of the following sentences is not true according to the passage?A.The explanation to the phrase“to face the music”is closely related with the army life.B.When a man is forced out of the

48、army,the band doesn t play.C.The first explanation to the phrase“to face the music”comes from an American novelist.D.You will feel good if you have to face the music.四.Correcting:Many parents let their children to watch TV only during certain 1._ hours.Television shows like books or movies.A child 2

49、._ can learn bad things from some of them but good things from 3._ others.Some shows help children to understand the news of 4._ Washington and other parts in the world.Some programs show 5._ people and place of other countries or other times in 6._ history.Through television children do not have to

50、 go to 7._ the zoo to see animals.They can enjoy a baseball game at home.8._ Some programs still teach children how to cook or how to use 9._ tools.Television brings about many places 10._ and events into the living room of our homes.五.Translations:1.从另一方面讲，科学家知道他们的工作是永无止境的，即便是最好的理论都可能被证明是错误的。2.如果像弗