学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题卷文档格式.docx

1、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. What will the man do next?A. Drink something. B. Learn to drive. C. Take a taxi.2. What does the man mean?A. He hates to smell smoke too. B. He will leave the office soon.C. The woman can open the window.3. What do the speakers plan to do at the weekend?A

2、. Help with the conference on drug abuse. B. Learn about a healthy lifestyle.C. Take a class on drug abuse.4. How is the woman feeling right now?A. Angry. B. Excited. C. Scared.5. What does the man suggest?A. Selling the old MP3 player. B. Having the old MP3 player repaired.C. Buying a new MP3 playe

3、r.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，每段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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What will the man do first on Friday night?A. Return a book. B. Watch a game. C. Buy two tickets.7. Why does the woman agree to go in t

4、he end?A. She is tired of watching TV. B. She thinks the man is fun.C. She wants to listen to the music.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where are the speakers probably right now?A. At home. B. At a barber shop. C. At Brads house.9. When will the speakers probably arrive at the restaurant?A. 7:00. B. 7:25. C. 7:5

5、5.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How much will it cost to send the package by sea?A. $20. B. $80. C. $100.11. How long will it take to send the package by air?A. 4 to 6 weeks. B. 2 to 3 weeks. C. 10 to 14 days.12. What is the woman sending?A. Books. B. Clothes. C. Toys.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did the woman

6、s sister hold the party?A. She got married. B. Her child got married.C. Her children were leaving home.14. What is Uncle Tony?A. A photographer. B. A designer. C. A sales manager.15. Where does Roger live?A. In Paris. B. In London. C. In Aberdeen.16. What do we know about Mark?A. He has long hair an

7、d a beard.B. He graduated from University of Oxford.C. He is the tallest one in his family.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who saw the blue whales an hour ago?A. A passenger. B. Some fishermen. C. The captain.18. What sea animals are commonly seen in this season?A. Blue whales. B. Large sea turtles. C. Sea b

8、irds.19. What does the speaker suggest that passengers bring with them?A. A hat or sunglasses. B. A heavy jacket. C. Light shoes.20. What do we know about the tour?A. It will take two days.B. Passengers will have dinner on the boat.C. The price doesnt include drinks.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题

9、2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThere is a problem discussed by people about whether parents should hit their children? Or should they ever beat them?Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking （打屁股） has been falling over the yea

10、rs. But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit spanking their child at least once.I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment. And, no, I dont feel I was damaged by it.Nothing is more annoying than watching

11、 ill-mannered behavior from children.But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isnt the answer.Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive.Murray Straus, professor a

12、t the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers. It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been count

13、erproductive （反作用的） to their mental development, as well.Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks （用巴掌打） on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit.Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never been spanked.

14、 There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoes research suggests they dont turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked.There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers. But I still believe that the best parents are

15、 the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline （纪律） without ever turning to physical punishment.21. According to the passage, the author was most probably hit by her parents when _.A. they could not control their temperB. she showed no respect for the elderC. they were dissatisfied with he

16、r gradeD. their discipline turned out to be not strict enough22. According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished _.A. benefit from occasional spankingB. have slower physical developmentC. may develop lower IQs than their peersD. are less aggressive towards others when they get older

17、23. The author seems to agree that _.A. physical punishment should be the last means of any parentsB. good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable wayC. parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or notD. children who have been spanked tend to behave better than

18、those who haventBGrand Opening - Bentwood Truck MuseumSaturday, November 8, at 10:00 A. M. After eighteen months of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the Bentwood Truck Museum is ready to open. The old factory had been scheduled to be destroyed. When Roger Haygood heard about the plan to tear d

19、own the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. Then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum. During the past year and a half, the old building has been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. Instead of a dark and dull house, the

20、building has become a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past. The museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. There is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 1937 fire engine. Our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. Our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow tru

21、ck. You can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice-cream truck. Rides are $ 2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in Bentwood. Help us celebrate our grand opening by bringing your family and friends! There is something to interest everyone who attends. The

22、 Bentwood Truck Museum is a special piece of our history. To get to Bentwood Truck Museum, take Route 29 （Kingston Highway） to Palmer Street. Go south on Palmer Street for one block and take a left onto Norman Drive. You will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left. Parking is av

23、ailable across the street, on your right.24. Where is Bentwood Truck Museum?A. On Norman Drive. B. On Route 29.C. On Kingston Highway. D. On Palmer Street.25. What is special about this museum?A. It is built on the ruins of an old building.B. It offers visitors free rides to the museum.C. Its transf

24、ormed from an old factory by volunteers.D. It exhibits trucks dating back to more than 100 years ago.26. Whats the purpose of writing this passage?A. To call on the visitors to take a ride in old trucks.B. To explain why Bentwood Truck Museum was set up.C. To persuade readers to attend the opening o

25、f the museum.D. To introduce the old history of Bentwood Truck Museum.CThe writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mit

26、chell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a chil

27、d. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself.

28、 The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as “Would you really marry a woman who works?” And today itd be “Would you marry one who doesnt?”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartmen

29、ts. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to r

30、ead from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.27. The book Gone with the Wind was _.A. written in “The Dump” B. adapted from a movieC. first published on a newspaper D. awarded ten Academy Awards28. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_. A. be very pleased with B