高二第一学期半期考试
英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（共115分）
第一部分听力（1-20）（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。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。（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
1. When does the woman’s birthday fall??
A. On April 1.
B. On December 25.
C. On January 1.
2. What will the man probably do before he goes to the film?
A. Buy some books.
B. Post some letters.
C. Have his hair cut.
3. How long can the woman keep the book in all?
A. One week
B. Two weeks.
C. Three weeks.
4. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman has waited for a long time.
B. The woman’s mother is ill.
C. The woman works in the hospital.
5. What is Lucy?
A. An English teacher
B. A nurse
C. A student
第二节
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。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。（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. Losing weight.
B. Doing homework.
C. Their habit.
7. Which way does the woman prefer to lose weight?
A. Having sports
B. Eating less
C. Taking medicine.
8. Why does the woman advise the man to swim as a means for keeping healthy?
A. Because the man loves swimming.
B. Because it is very convenient for him.
C. Because swimming is better than other sports in losing weight.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What probably is the man speaker?
A. A history teacher.
B. A tourist
C. A businessman
10.How does the woman advise Dean to travel to the New Shanghai Museum?
A. By taxi
B. On foot
C. By subway
11.When will Dean return to England?
A. On Sunday
B. On Saturday
C. On Friday
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What is the woman?
A. A bus driver
B. A tour guide
C. A tourist
13.How long will they stay at the jewellery shops any more?
A. Half an hour.
B. An hour
C. Fifty minutes.
14.What is their next stop?
A. The park
B. The palace
C. The museum.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is not allowed in the museum?
A. Talking
B. Touching the exhibits
C. Flash photography.
16.Why didn’t the man see the signs?
A. Because his English was not good.
B. Because he was nearsighted
C. Because he was too careless.
17.What happened at last?
A. The man was fined $50.
B. The woman didn’t punish the man
C. The man’s camera was taken away by the woman.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.When was the Everglades National Park set up?
A. In 1947
B. In 1957
C. In 1977
19.What is the Everglades National Park famous for?
A. The amusement
B. The diversity(多样性)of wildlife
C. Forests
20.What endanger(s) the park’s health and future?
A. Terrible weather
B. Polluted water
C. Human activities and development.
第二部分：英语知识运用（21-55）（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（21-35）（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. The more one is______the English－speaking environment，the better he or she will learn the language.
A．exposed to B．filled in C．caught on D．kept up 22．__________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old，we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.
A．Except for B．Rather than C．Apart from D．Instead of 23．Not until the early years of the 19th century ________ what heat was.
A. man did know
B. did man knew
C. didn't man know
D. did man
know
24．—I hear that you will be on travel again.
—Yeah. My boss __________ for me to discuss business details with someone from another company.
A．asked B．arranged C．sent D．called 25．I’m living in the apartment nearby. Come and see me whenever________.
A．it is convenient B．you are convenient C．you have convenience D．there is convenience
26．Our son doesn’t know what to__________at the university；he can’t make up his mind about his future.
A．take in B．take up C．take over D．take after
27. The audience________before TV sets are listening to Yi Zhongtian’s stories with their eyes________upon him.
A．seating；fixing B．seated；fixing C．seated；fixed D．seating；fixed
28．It is required by law that the children above six years old in our country________to school to receive education.
A．would be sent B．are sent C．be sent D．will be sent
29．I guess we’ve already talked about this before but I’ll ask you again just __________.
A．by nature B．in return C．in case D．by chance
30．Many journalists were sent to________the terrible disaster immediately the earthquake broke out in Sichuan Province on May 12th,.
A．interview B．investigate C catch D．cover
31．He’s got himself into a dangerous situation he is likely to be accused of meeting someone.
A. where
B. which
C. while
D. why
32．Which material can be thrown into the sea________on the nature of the material? A．depended B．depending C．to depend D．depends
33．—I hope the result of the exams had not been told to us.
—________，why did you come here to see our teacher?
A．If what B．If so C．If only D．If not
34．With everything needed________，she declared that the party began.
A．in the place B．taking place C．out of place D．in place
35. A driver should __ the road when .
A. concentrate on; drive
B. concentrate in; driving
C. concentrate to; drove
D. concentrate on; driving
第二节：完形填空（36-55）（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n)__36__
advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his
yard.__37__he was driving the last nail into the post，he felt a sudden pull
on his trousers.He__38__down into the eyes of a little boy.
“Mister，”he said，“I want to buy one of your puppies.”
“Well，”said the farmer，as he rubbed the sweat off the back of
his__39__，“these puppies come from fine parents and__40__ a good deal
of money.”
The boy__41__his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket，he pulled out a handful of__42__and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look？”
“Sure，”said the farmer.
And with that he__43__a whistle，“Here，Dolly！”he called.
__44__from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly__45__by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made their__46__to the fence，the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse.__47__another little ball appeared，this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others，doing its best to__48__.
“I want that one，”the little boy said，__49__at the runt (矮个子)．
The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and said，“Son，you__50__want that puppy. He will never be able to__51__and play with you as other dogs would.”
With that the little boy__52__back from the fence，reached down，and began rolling up one leg of his__53__.In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a__54__made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer，he said，“You see，sir，I don’t run too well myself，and he will need someone who u nderstands.”
The__55__is full of people who need someone who understands.
36．A.sight B．paper C．information D．sign
37．A.Then B．Before C．As D．After
38．A.put B．looked C．knelt D．stared
39．A.nose B．neck C．head D．face
40．A.spend B．spare C．make D．cost
41．A.raised B．lifted C．fell D．dropped
42．A.notes B．change C．sugar D．goods
43．A.let out B．carried out C．put out D．left out
44．A.Up B．Over C．Out D．In
45．A.came B．followed C．went D．caught
46．A.step B．way C．walk D．drive
47．A.Quickly B．Slowly C．Oddly D．Sadly
48．A.get up B．stand up C．catch up D．move up
49．A.moving B．pointing C．calling D．turning
50．A.mustn’t B．don’t C．can’t D．needn’t
51．A.run B．sit C．walk D．stand
52．A.stepped B．talked C．climbed D．fell
53．A.clothes B．dresses C．sweaters D．trousers
54．A.simply B．specially C．carefully D．newly
55．A.farm B．country C．city D．world
第三部分：阅读理解（56-75）（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
( A )
Where we live，on the eastern shore of Maryland，the gentle
waters run in and out like fingers slimming at the tips.
The Canada geese know this place，as do the white swans and
the ducks.In autumn，they come home for the winter.Once or twice
each year，snow and frozen rain move into the area.When this
happens，if the river is at its narrowest，there is a freeze which
hardens the water to ice.
One morning，a friend of mine set the breakfast table beside
the huge window，which overlooked the Tred Avon River.Suddenly she leaned forward and cried out，“There is a goose out there.”
We saw the figure of a large Canada goose，very still，its wings folded tight to its sides，its feet frozen into the ice.
Then from the dark skies，she saw a line of swans.They floated from the top of the sky downward and at last landed on the ice.My friend was on her feet now，with one hand against her mouth，unbelieving.As the swans surrounded the frozen goose，she feared that life it still had might be pecked(啄) out by those great swan bills.
Instead，those bills began to work on the ice.The long necks were lifted and curved down，again and again.It went on for a long time.At last，the goose’s head was lifted.Its body was pulled.Then the goose was free and stood on the ice.And the swans stood in the air watching.Then，as if it had cried，“I cannot fly.”Four of the swans came down around it.Their powerful beaks chipped off the ice held in the feathers.Slowly，the goose spread its wings as far as they would go，
and moved slowly into the sky.
This is a true story.I just think of it in the bad moment，and from it comes only one hopeful question：If so for birds，why not for man？
56．Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．Why Not for Man? B．Graceful Swans
C．Swans’ Brave Act D．I Just Couldn’t Believe It!
57．What happened to the Canada goose?
A．It was deserted by other geese. B．It was stuck in the ice.
C．It was wounded and couldn’t fly. D．It was lost in the water.
58．At first the author’s friend was worried that________.
A．the swans would not help the Canada goose
B．s he didn’t care about this matter any more
C．the swans wouldn’t identify with the Canada goose
D．the swans would peck the Canada goose to death
59．What did the swans do when they saw the Canada goose couldn’t fly?
A．They chipped off the ice held in its feathers.
B．They waited patiently for the ice held in its feathers to melt.
C．They came down and lifted it up to the sky together.
D．They stayed with it and protected it.
( B )
Last year college students in America spent an estimated $700 on textbooks on average. The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.
The association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now just make up 2%～3% of sales. But he says that is expected to reach 10%～15% by .
Online versions(版本) are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. An e-textbook can cost half the price of a new print textbook.But students usually lose access to them after the end of the term.And the books cannot be placed on more than one device(设备)，so they are not easy to share.
So what do students think of e-textbooks？Administrators at Northwest Missouri State University wanted to find it out.Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.
The university is unusual.It provides laptop computers for all 7,000 of its full-time students.It does not require students to buy their textbooks either.They rent them to save money.The school aims to save even more by moving to e-textbooks.
The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy.They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks.And 56% said they were better able to find information.
But most found that using e-textbooks did not change their study habits.And 60% felt they read more when they were reading on paper.In all，almost half the students said they still liked physical textbooks better.
But the survey found that cost could be a big influence.55% said they would choose e-textbooks if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.
Roger V on Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education at Northwest Missouri State University.He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the e-textbooks now available because the majority are not interactive(交互式的)．
He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video，activities，games and other ways to interact with the information.The technology is improving.But for now，most of the books are just words on a screen.
60．E-textbooks are not better than paper books in that________.
A．they cost more money B．they’re difficult to carry
C．they’re not convenient to share D．they can’t be downloaded from the In ternet 61．How many surveyed students think paper books make better reading?
A．60%. B．56%. C．55%. D．50%.
62．It can be inferred from the text that in the future________.
A．digital books will be more popular B．the digital books available need improvement
C．free digital books are available online D．digital books will replace print textbooks
( C )
I am a good mother to three children.I have tried never to let my
profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I
listen.I try to laugh.I am a good friend to my husband.I have tried to
make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say.I am a good friend to
my friends，and they to me.Without them，there would be nothing to say
to you today.
So h ere’s what I want to tell you today：get a life.A real life，not a desire of the next promotion(提升)，the bigger paycheck and the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love，and who love you.And remember that love is not leisure(休闲) but work.Pick up the phone.Send an e-mail.Write a letter.And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives，our days，our hours，and our minutes.It is so easy to exist instead of living.I learned to live many years ago.Something really，really bad happened to me，something that changed my life.If I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all.And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey，not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it，completely and totally.And I tried to do that，in part，by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this：read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness，because if you do，you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.
63．The best title of this passage probably is “________”．
A．Love Your Friends B．Live a Real Life
C．Don’t Waste Time D．Be a Good Mother and Wife
64．How did the author form her view of life?
A．Through social experience. B．By learning from her friends.
C．Through an unfortunate experience. D．From her children and husband. 65．By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragraph，the author really means that people tend to________.
A．make a living rather than live a real life B．work rather than enjoy life
C．waste a lot in life D．forget the most important lesson in life 66．It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A．the author is a success in personal life
B．the author doesn’t try her best to work well
C．the author spends all her time caring for her children
D．the author likes traveling very much
( D )
Inventor，physicist，surveyor，astronomer，biologist，artist... Robert Hooke was all these and more.Some say he was the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century.Once he worked with renowned（有名声的）men of science like Christian Huygens，Antony van Leeuwenhoek，Robert Boyle，Isaac Newton and the great architect，Christopher Wren.
Hooke’s early education began at home，under the guidance of his father.He entered Westminster School at the age of thirteen，and from there he went to Oxford，where he came in contact with some of the best scientists in England.Hooke impressed them with his skill at
designing experiments and devising（发明）instruments.In 1662，at the age of twenty－eight，he was named Curator of Experiments of the newly formed Royal Society of London.Hooke accepted the job，even though he knew that it had no money to pay him!
Watching living things through the microscope was one of his favorite occupations.He devised a compound microscope for this purpose.One day while observing a cork (软木) under a microscope，he saw honeycomb－like structures.They were cells—the smallest units of life.In fact，it was Hooke who coined the term “cell” as the boxlike cells of the cork reminded h im of the cells of a monastery(修道院)．
Perhaps because of his varied interests，Hooke often left experiments unfinished.Others took up where he left off and then claimed sole(独占的)credit.This sometimes led to quarrels with colleagues.One work that he finished was his book MICROGRAPHIA，a volume that reveals the immense potential of the microscope.The book also includes，among other things，ideas on gravity and light which may have helped scientists like Newton while they were developing their own theories on these phenomena.
Hooke made valuable contributions to astronomy too.A crater(陨石坑) on the moon is named after him in appreciation of his services to this branch of science.
67．From the first paragraph，we can know that Robert Hooke __________.
A．was famous because he worked with many scientists
B．liked making friends with the famous people
C．received a lot from other scientists
D．made contributions to many different fields
68．Robert Hooke probably went to school in __________.
A．1647B．1634 C．1662 D．1640
69．Robert Hooke made himself known to some of the best scientists in England by __________.
A．learning by himself with his father’s help
B．introducing himself to them
C．designing experiments and instruments
D．refusing any reward from Royal Society of London
70．Robert Hooke couldn’t get along well with his colleagues because __________.
A．he couldn’t finish his work on time sometimes
B．he had all kinds of interests in his daily life
C．he was too proud to look up to them
D．the other scientists took the fruits of his experiments
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
__71__ To begin with，cleaner environment，enjoying the game with hundreds of sports athletes and entertainment stars，and the opportunity of contacting people from all over the world seem exciting to the citizens._72__ In most cases，bidding for the Olympics is well supported by both the public and the central government.
Unfortunately，this is not the entire view of the pretty picture. If looking from another angle，the Olympic bid might bring about some side-effects to a city.
__73__ It includes the increasing pollution of cars，more pressure on water resources，huge amount of wasted leaflets and other materials used for public activities，which are most probably neglected. In order to broaden the streets，some trees may have to be cut. Reduction of farmland may be caused by the need of setting up new sports centers or accommodation facilities. These
environmental consequences can be especially serious in a resource-limited and crowded city in a third-world country.
Besides，if not well managed and organized，the big event may not be so beneficial，and the new facilities may be forever empty after the games.__74__
Finally，let’s think about the low-income groups in the city.__75__ More tax，more fees，more expensive property prices，and higher cost of living. These definitely are not good news for them.
A．Hosting the Olympics surely would bring about much gain to a city.
B．We can only benefit from it for a short time.
C．What will they get from the Olympics bidding?
D．First of all，it will bring a lot of environmental problems.
E．There are many reasons for not hosting the Olympic Games.
F．There have been cases that host cities ended up with large debts.
G．Besides，it will definitely promote the emotion and pride in local people.
第II卷（共35分）
第一部分：短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。
When I first learned to write in English，I ran into much difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her advice and should put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.
第二部分：书面表达( 2 5分)
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Chris给你发来e－mail，询问你校正在开展的“低碳生活” 活动情况。请根据以下要点用英语写一封回信。
活动主题：行动改变世界活动目的：倡导低碳生活
具体内容：1.尽量乘公交车、骑自行车或步行；2．使用电子贺卡；
3．双面使用纸张；4．节约用电、用水……
注意：1.词数100左右；2．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3．开头语已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chris，
I’m happy to receive your e－mail asking about what we are doing to promote a low－carbon lifestyle.
第一学期高二年级上学期期中考试答案
第二部分：第一部分：听力（30分）
1-5 BBCBC 6-10 AABBC 11-15 ABACC 16-20 ABABC
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节:单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
1. A
2. C 3 D . 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. B 1
3.B 1
4.D 1
5. D
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
16.D 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.D 21.D 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.B 26.B 27.B 28.C
29.B 30.B 31.A 32.A 33.D 34.B 35.D
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A: 36. A 37.B 38.D 39.A
B: 40.C 41.A 42.B
C: 43.B 44. C 45.A 46.A
D: 47．D 48．A 49．C 50．D
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
51.A 52.G 53.D 54.F 55.C
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，满分10分）
When I first learned to write in English，I ran into much
many difficulties.The main problem was
in\ that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate
anything
everything into English.My teacher
advised me to keep my
a diary.I followed her advice and should\ put down 100 words or so each
day.Soon I began to enjoy
talk
talking to myself on paper as I was learning to express
me
myself in
simple English.One day I wrote a little story and showed ∧
it to my teacher.She liked it very much
and reads
read it to the class.All said the story was a good one.Their
word
words were a great
encouragement to me.
第三节、书面表达(满分25分)
One possible version：
Dear_Chris，
I’m_happy_to_receive_your_e－mail_asking_about_what_we_are_doing_to_promote_a_low－carbon_lifestyle.Now let me tell you something about it.
A campaign with the theme of “Actions Make a Difference” is going on in our school to call for a low－carbon life. For means of transportation，we now take buses，ride bicycles or walk if we can. Besides，we choose to use e－cards instead of traditional greeting cards. We only print things out when necessary，and print double－sided. And we try to save water and electricity in our daily life. For example，we are encouraged to have a shower instead of a bath，which uses far less e nergy and water. We always remember to switch off all appliances and lights when we’re not
using them.
What about you? Looking forward to your reply.
Yours，
Li Hua