山东省德州市跃华学校2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 跃华学校2015-2016学年第一学期期中考试 高二英语试题命题人：张素环 审核人： 祖筱楠 于兴娜 考试时间：2015. 11 本试卷分第卷和第卷两部分，共10页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、准考证号和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。2.第卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.第卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在各题目指定区域内相应的位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案

2、，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。第卷（共100分）第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节 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秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。How much is the shirt? A19.15 B9.18 C9.15答案是C。1. What does the man want to do? A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.2. W

3、hat are the speakers talking about? A. A noisy night B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.3. Where is the man now? A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.4. What will Celia do? A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.5. What day is it when the conversation takes place? A.

4、 Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.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. What is Sara going to do? A. Buy John a gift B. Invite John to France C. Give John a surprise7. What does

5、the man think of Saras plan? A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter? A. She has to give up her travel plan. B. She wants to visit another city. C. She needs to put off her test.9. What does Diana want Peter to do? A. Help her with her study. B. Take a

6、book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman? A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program C. To plan a meeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat? A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now? A. In Baltimore.

7、B. In New York. C. In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant? A. Where the restaurant is. B. Whether the prices are low. C. How well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine? A. After he came back to Sweden. B. Before he

8、 went to the United States. C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant? A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan? A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He pr

9、efers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon? A. It s a new building. B. It s a small town. C. It s a public place.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon? A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoon. C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is kn

10、own for its food shops and markets? A. Via Del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best? A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.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，从每题所给的四

11、个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A Long long ago, there was a king who liked to write stories. He was so proud of his stories that he showed them to many people. Although the people didnt like the stories, they were afraid to say that. Instead, they all said his stories were good.One day he showed

12、 his stories to a well-known critic (评论家). The critic said that they were bad. The king got very angry and sent him into prison.After some time the king sent his men to the critic to tell him that he was free. When the critic returned from the prison, the king invited him to his palace to dinner. Ag

13、ain he showed him some of his stories and again asked him what he thought of them.The critic said nothing but turned to the soldiers, who were standing behind him, and said,“Take me back to prison.”21. People praised the kings stories because _. A. they hoped to get a lot of money B. the stories wer

14、e indeed well writtenC. they wanted to make the king happy D. they knew nothing about story-writing22. By saying “Take me back to prison”，the critic meant that _. A. the kings stories were very bad B. he had enjoyed the life in prison C. he enjoyed reading stories in prison D. he couldnt understand

15、the stories23. We may conclude from the story that the critic _. A. did not love his country at allB. was an honest and brave person C. would be set free by the kingD. was good at writing storiesBArthur Miller (1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th centur

16、y. Millers father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the“ Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early l930s. Millers s most famous play, Death of a Salesman , is

17、 a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman , the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of busin

18、ess there is no room for sentiment : if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

19、 When it was first staged in 1949 , the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards. Miller died of heart failure at his ho

20、me in Roxbury, Connecticut , on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.24. Why did Arthur Miller s father move to the USA? A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B. He was attracted by the Great American Drea

21、m”. C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D. His family business failed.25. The play Death of a Salesman_. A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D. focuses on the skills in doing

22、 business26. What can we learn about Willy Loman? A. He treats his employer badly. B. He runs the Wagner Company. C. He is a victim of the American system. D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.27. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman_. A. achieved huge success B. won the first Ton

23、y Award C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen D. was severely attacked by dramatists28. What is the text mainly about? A. Arthur Miller and his family. B. The awards Arthur Miller won. C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.CArriving in Sydney on his own fro

24、m India, my husband , Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children. During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the s

25、uitcase had all his important papers, including his passport（护照）. He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. L

26、ate in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husbands name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family

27、holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in

28、 which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend. That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way. 29. What did Rashid plan to do after his arri

29、val in Sydney? A. Go shopping. B. Find a house. C. Join his family.D. Take a vacation.30. The girls parents got Rashids phone number from_. A. a friend of his family.B. a Sydney policeman. C. a letter in his papers. D. a stranger in Sydney.31. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last par

30、agraph mean? A. ShowedB. Gave back C. DeliveredD. Sent out32. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. From India to Australia.B. Living in a New Country. C. Turning Trash to Treasure. D. In Search of New Friends. DDaphne,Youre very busy these days. I called you several times, b

31、ut no one answered.Are you still working in your office at 10 oclock every night? Next Sunday is Dads birthday. I want to give him a present, but fantastic things are usually expensive for a poor student like me. Ill be very happy if you can help me. I think Dad will be glad to get a radio as a birt

32、hday present, and the kind of radio Id like to give him is the most popular one, Mini 3388. It is very small, convenient and will be very useful for Dad. What do you think?I know you dont have time to find a good present for Dad. So Ill go to buy theradio, and you just pay the bill next weekend when

33、 you come back home.Steven33. Why does Steven write this letter to Daphne?A. He wants her to answer his phone call. B. He needs to buy a cell phone.C. He wants to say happy birthday to her. D. He needs money to buy a gift for Dad.34. The underlined word “fantastic” is closest in meaning to “_”. A. c

34、heap B. heavy C. wonderful D. small35. Which of the following is true according to the letter?A. Daphne is now a college student. B. Daphne will be home next weekend.C. Steven is very busy these days. D. Mini 3388 is a new kind of cell phone.第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分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，并在答题卡上

35、将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A: I need to lose some weight. My clothes dont fit anymore. _36_ B: Well, instead of watching TV all day, you could do more exercise. A:_37_ B: Like cycling, or you could work out at the gym. A: I dont have time. _38_ B: OK, then you could change your diet. _39_ A: You mean no mor

36、e hamburgers! Oh no! B: OK._40_A. Like what ?B. Im too busy.C. What should I do ?D. Some more hamburgers ?E. Buy some larger clothes then.F. Thats a good idea. Thanks a lot.G. Eat something healthier, like fruit.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30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

37、空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was Mothers Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were 41 , we realized that only minutes earlier an 42 woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. 43 was with her, but there was blood everywhere an

38、d the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. 44 a lot of people stopped to help out. 45 we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very 46 about what had happened to the elderly couple. He 47 to me, “Mom, its not much fun falling over in front of 48 .” Seeing that there was a flower stal

39、l（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldnt we 49 the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was 50 that hed come up with this 51 idea. So we went over and told the flower seller 52 we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I 53 take your money for such a wonderful 54 .”By

40、now medical staff had arrived, and were 55 the injured woman. We gave the flower to the womans husband and I told him it was 56 my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a 57 son. Happy Mothers Day to you.”The man bent down and gave

41、his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. 58 being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with 59 in her eyes and gave him a little 60 .41. A. leavingB. drivingC. movingD. stopping 42. A. injuredB. awkwardC. honestD. elderly 43. A. Her husband B. My sonC. The crowdD. The seller 44. A.

42、 SpecificallyB. ParticularlyC. InterestinglyD. Fortunately 45. A. IfB. SinceC. WhileD. Unless 46. A. guiltyB. curiousC. angryD. worried 47. A. complainedB. saidC. liedD. responded 48. A. no oneB. someoneC. everyoneD. anyone 49. A. lendB. bringC. leaveD. buy 50. A. amazedB. shockedC. puzzledD. concer

43、ned 51. A. wise B. sweetC. innocentD. crazy 52. A. whichB. whenC. whatD. whether 53. A. must notB. cantC. may notD. neednt 54. A. sceneB. habitC. flowerD. deed 55.A. checking withB. looking afterC. operating onD. paying for 56. A. fromB. toC. withD. about 57. A. respectfulB. cheerfulC. successfulD.

44、wonderful 58. A. Out ofB. Regardless ofC. Thanks toD. As to 59. A. loveB. hopeC. pityD. pain 60. A. ideaB. moneyC. smileD. comfort 第卷（共两部分；满分50分）第三部分 英语知识运用第二节 （共15分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当的内容（每空不超过2词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned _61_ farm,

45、 which looked almost abandoned. _62_ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby _63_ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what _64_ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the co

46、w was eating grass _65_ it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she _66_ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living _67_ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to gr

47、ow, he started cutting down trees _68_ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his childrens clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market _69_ people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to _70_ that his farm had

48、much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck. 第四部分：写作 (共两节，满分35分) 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意： 1. 每句不超过两个错误； 2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词； 3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Hi, Janice,Its been a m

49、onth since I came to this new school and I really want share with you some of the problems I have been experiencing.As I tell you last time, I made three new friend here. We hang out together during lunch and after school. Weve been spending a lot of time sing in karaoke bars. Its been three Saturda

50、ys now and it really costs me many. And I started to see this as a time-wasting activity! In fact, I dont like to go any more, so Im afraid Ill lose their friendship. How do you think I should do? If you are me, would you talk to him?Please help with me and give me some advice. Grave第二节 书面表达 (25分) 假

51、设你是李华，加拿大一所学校将于今年暑假组织学生来你校访问。其间，Andy Smith将借住你家。请你代表全家写信给Andy，欢迎他的到来，并告知有关事宜。信的要点如下： 上午：学校活动 下午：游览市区 晚上：看电视，玩游戏，聊天注意：1词数：100左右 2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯 3.参考词汇：安排arrange Dear Andy， Yours sincerely,Li Hua高二上学期期中考试试题答案听力15 ACACB 610 CBABA 1115 BACAA 1620 BCBCC阅读A: 21-23 CABB: 24-28 BACADC: 29-32 BCBCD: 33-35 DC

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55、ing to China and will stay at my home. My parents and I are very pleased to have you with us. Now let me tell you what we have arranged for you. I know the school will organize a lot of things for you to do in the morning, but in the afternoon, Ill show you around and take you to some places of interest. Well mostly stay at home in the evening watching TV, reading books, chatting with each other, playing games, and meeting people. Im sure well have a wonderful time and enjoy each others company. Im looking forward to meeting you soon. Yours sincerely,Li Hua - 11 - 版权所有高考资源网