吉林省实验中学2015-2016高二英语期中试题及答案.docx

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1、吉林省实验中学2015-2016学年度上学期高二年级 英语 学科期中考试试题本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷第一部分 听力（共计20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题；每小题1分, 满分 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. Who is coming for te

2、a?A. Mark. B. John. C. Mary.2. What can poor people do to get expensive education in America?A. Get a scholarship.B. Get help from the rich. C. Ask parents for money.3. Which apartment does the woman want to rent?A. A one-bedroom apartment. B. A two-bedroom apartment. C. A three-bedroom apartment.4.

3、 What does Mr. Green need?A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A. babysitter5. Who is Jerrys sister with now?A. Jerry. B. Her mother. C. Her classmates.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面五段对话或独白，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。听每段对话或独白前，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，回答第6至7题

4、。6. Who is Angela trying to make a cake for?A. Her father. B. Her mother. C. Her teacher.7. What is the relationship between the boy and Angela?A. Cousins. B. Close friends. C. Brother and sister.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. When did the woman begin to work in the Longfield Restaurant?A. In 2003. B. In 2005.

5、C. In 2007.9. Who is the man?A. The head waiter in the restaurant.B. The manager in the restaurant. C. The boss of the restaurant.10. What is not Miss Smiths job in the restaurant?A. Showing seats B. Taking orders C. Taking the bills.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the womans magazine going to introduc

6、e next month?A. The mans magazine B. The mans book. C. The mans business.12. How long will the interview be?A. A day B. Two hours C. About 90 minutes.13. Where will they meet?A. In the mans office. B. In the womans office. C. In a caf.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Whats the possible relationship between the

7、two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Strangers.15. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In the womans home. C. In the mans home.16. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Have some soup. B. Have more rice. C. Bring his wife next time.听第10段材料，回答第17

8、至20题。17. What is the speaker looking for?A. A newly-built house. B. A suitable house. C. A cheap house.18. Why didnt the speaker take the house?A. Because the house was in bad condition.B. Because the price was too high.C. Because the position was not good.19. What is the back door like?A. Old. B. B

9、roken. C. Without a lock.20. What will the speaker do next?A. Buy the house. B. Look for another house. C. Repair this house.第二部分 单项选择（共计15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21. _ climber gets to the top first will get a 5,000 prize.A. No matter when B. Whichever C.Whenever D. No matter which22. Tour guides for groups

10、of over ten must be booked _.A. in particular B. in advance C. in addition D. in defense23. We shouldnt complain about being poor，because many families are much_after the big earthquake.A. better off B. badly off C. well off D. worse off24. I think he is _ to win, but Im not sure.A. possible B. like

11、ly C. probable D. certain25. The little boy began to come _ when it came to computer games.A. to live B. to life C. into power D. into being26. It is said that the famous film star is to _ a new film.A. star B. be starred . C. star in D. starring in27. There was a _ look on his face when he met with

12、 the _ problem.A. confusing; confusing B. confused; confusedC. confusing; confused D. confused; confusing28. People _ are kind, honest and willing to help, but he is not a man of this kind _, in my opinion. A. on the whole; in general B. in general; after all C. on the whole; at all D. in general; o

13、n the whole 29. Every means _ prevent the water from _.A. are used to; polluting B. will be used to; pollutingC. is used to; polluted D. is used to; being polluted30. If you wave your book in front of your face, you can feel the air _ against your face.A. moved B. moving C. moves D. to move31. Tom w

14、ill tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role _ in making the earth a better place to live.A. to have played B. to play C. to be played D. to be play in32. I wont say that he is dishonest, even though I might _ him of it.A. suspect B. supply C. inspire D. stare33. We hope your sug

15、gestion will _ solving the problem.A. contribute to B. relate to C. attend to D. stick to34. In my opinion, the view Jennifer _ the other day is well worth discussing. A. put forward B. put out C. put on D. put offx kb 135. The boy _ on the ground _ that one of his hens _ two eggs yesterday. A. lay,

16、 laid; lied B. lying; lied; laid C. laying; lied; laid D. lying; laid; lain第三部分： 完形填空（ 共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑Its known that the 62-year-old Jim Bevier has a great passion. This former FedEx pilot wasnt _36_ on his horse farm, teaching his grandki

17、ds to _37_. In his spare time, Bevier helps distribute(分配) _38_ for blindness around the globe. Bevier now is a volunteer pilot for Orbis, a nonprofit organization which has fought blindness for over 25 years. One of _39_ weapons is the Flying Eye Hospital, an old-fashioned DC-10 aircraft. Beviers t

18、ask is to land this giant sight-saving bird on runways that are _40_ not designed for it. “Its not _41_ flying for FedEx,” says Bevier. “We have to _42_ the runway is long enough, figure out the fuel load, and find the _43_ place to park in case of accidents.” Once he gets the _44_ to its destinatio

19、n, the aircraft becomes a place for local _45_ to get training, so they can treat certain conditions and _46_ blindness for people. The plane stays on location for weeks. _47_ Bevier is free to return home, he likes to stay and _48_ those who arrive for medical checks. “Im glad to see them get on th

20、e airplane and come out the next day, and they can _49_.” Bevier says. Many walk on dirt roads for miles; many are blind children.w w w . _50_, the volunteer doctors cant handle all the patients. “A Vietnamese boy was ever _51_ away.” Bevier says. A pilots job involves hours and hours of boredom, so

21、 you learn to keep your _52_ under control. But when the poor boy didnt get better, I _53_ down.” he admits. Boring _54_ the job may be, Bevier isnt looking into retirement anytime soon. “I dont play golf, and I tell my kids not to buy me tennis shoes,” he says. “But I _55_ of my grandchildren back

22、home, and all I want is for those kids to be able to see their own grandparents for the first time.”36Aanxious Bproud Csatisfied Dactive37. Aride Bdrive Cwork Dstudy38. Asigns Bcures Cfunds Dways39. Ahis Bher Cours Dits40. Asimilarly Bcertainly Cdifferently Dexactly41. Abeyond Bon Clike Dwithin42. A

23、refer to Bwork out Cmake sure Dgive up43. Asafest Blargest Cwildest Dfarthest44.Ashop Bhotel Crestaurant Dhospital45. Avillagers Bpatients Cfriends Ddoctors46. Aprevent Brestrict Cwarn Dstop47. AWhile BOnce CUnless DIf48. Aexamine Bconsider Cmeet Dignore49. Awalk Bsee Cleave Dconcern50. ATherefore B

24、Besides CSomehow DHowever51.Aput Bturned Cgiven Dthrown52. Aefforts Badvantages Cplans Dfeelings53. Asettled Bknocked Cbroke Dheld54. Aalthough Bas Cdespite Din spite of55. Athink BdreamChear Dtalk第四部分：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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AFathers GardenMy father w

25、as always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved

26、growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favoritered tomatoes.As I grew into a teenager, I didnt get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad g

27、rew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to d

28、o the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes. For the first few years after he died, I couldnt even bear t

29、o look at anyones garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to sm

30、ile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.56. Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.B. He loved being in the garden with his father.C. The garden was full of his favorite food.D. The garden

31、was just freshly tilled.57. When all the kids started their own families, the authors father _.A. stopped his gardening. B. turned to other hobbies.C. devoted more to gardening. D. focused on planting tomatoes.x k b1 . co m58. What happened to the garden when the author s father was seriously ill?A.

32、 There was a great harvest. B. The garden was almost deserted. C. No plant grew in the garden at all. D. The authors son took charge of the garden.59. Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?A. He wanted to honor his father. B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes.C. He only knew how to gr

33、ow tomatoes. D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.BSure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on. When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Websters Dictionary and Rogets T

34、hesaurus.When it refers to Websters Dictionary, Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated fr

35、om law school. He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his important work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer (词典编纂者), textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large num

36、ber of writings in medicine, mythology (神话), and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.Rogets Thesaurus, it gives us the chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?Englishm

37、an Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus (同义词典). It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed, along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began

38、 his work Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime, he became a famous lecturer and writer on anatomy(解剖学 ), geology(地质学), bees，and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90, his son, John , took over the Thesaurus arid he gradua

39、lly expanded.So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humorist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!60. The author states that these names roll off our tongues in order to show that people_.A. wi

40、ll learn from the two writers B. have ignored the two writersC. are familiar with the names D. know a lot about the two61.According to the text. Noah Webster and Peter Roget are alike because they both_.A. had many interests B. studied medicine C. were professors D. liked baseball62. The purpose of

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