高二英语上学期期中卷北京市重点中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案15

2014～2015学年度第一学期期中练习

高 二 英 语（测试时间100分钟）2014.11

第I卷（共80分）

第一节 听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面第1至5段对话或独白,回答第1至5小题。

1. When did the woman see Bob?

A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 6:00.

2. What will the two speakers buy next?

A. A jacket. B. A handbag. C. A watch.

3. What do the two speakers hope to do?

A. Stop cigarette production.

B. Advise people not to smoke.

C. Stop young people from smoking.

4. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Mother and son. B. Hostess and guest. C. Waitress and customer.

5. Where is the young woman going?

A. Library. B. Cinema C. Classroom

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What color is the coat the woman chooses?

A. Red. B. Grey. C. Black.

7. How much will the woman pay?

A. $100. B. $90. C. $80.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. why is the man unhappy?

A. Medicine is too difficult for him.

B. His parents won’t support his dream.

C. He doesn’t know what he really loves.

9. What does the woman really want to be?

A. A writer. B. An engineer. C. A singer.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the two speakers going to do?

A. Visit Mark together. B. Eat in a restaurant. C. Do the shopping.

11. What time is it probably now?

A. 5:50. B. 6:00. C. 6:30.

12. What feature will probably help the man recognize the woman?

A. She wears glasses.

B. She is wearing a grey dress.

C. She has long black hair.

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. What does the speaker think of chemistry?

A. Boring. B. Useful. C. Difficult.

14. What is Laura doing in Germany?

A. She is working in a lab.

B. She is attending college.

C. She is teaching in a college.

15. Who is interested in insects?

A. Jon. B. Laura. C. Ben

第二节 单选（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21. Though David talked about the origins of ______ universe, I didn’t think what he

said made ______ sense.

A. the; / B. the; a C. /; / D. /; a

22. Neither I nor Amy ______ to attend the business conference if we are busy.

A. was B. were C. is D. are

23. It was ______ that caused her to serve dinner an hour later than usual.

A. us being late B. our being late

C. we were late D. because we were late

24. The spokesman said that the poor safety standards were ______ for last Sunday’s

accident.

A. blaming B. blamed C. to blame D. to be blamed

25. The manager suggested the workers’ pay ______ by 10 percent.

A. should increased B. would be increased

C. increased D. be increased

26. The old man tried to save more money ______ he could contribute some to the

flood victims.

A. so as to B. now that C. so that D. even though

27. Steven didn’t follow the advice ______ by the villager and thus got lost in the

forest.

A. put out B. put forward

C. being put out D. being put forward

28. New evidence might lead to the conclusion ______ the young woman is lying.

A. whether B. if C. why D. that

29. Having never met such a ______ situation, Mr. Green felt ______ and didn’t

know

what to do.

A. confusing; confused B. confused; confusing

C. confusing; confusing D. confused; confused

30. Only after David was asked to pay more attention ______ repeating the same

mistake.

A. he avoided B. did he avoid

C. had he avoided D. he had avoided

31. The death of his devoted son was a painful experience, ______ he had never fully

recovered.

A. from which B. from whom C. with which D. with whom

32. Lily doesn’t work in the same school as me, but we ______ at the same college

for four years.

A. study B. studied

C. have studied D. had studied

33. The apartment we’ve recently rented ______ six rooms in all, the largest of which

serves as the sitting room.

A. consists of B. is consisted of

C. made up of D. consisting of

34. ______ from their parents for half a year, the students couldn’t wait to go back

home.

A. Separating B. To be separated

C. Having separated D. Having been separated

35. –I have difficulty making myself understood in English, you know.

--______ Things will improve with more practice.

A. No kidding! B. It depends.

C. Come on! D. Don’t mention it.

第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call．

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ___36___ in with

severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n) ___37___ and are

going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college,

so we knew immediately this was ___38___.