广东省普宁市第一中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、广东省普宁市第一中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题2015-2016学年度第一学期期中考高二级英语第一部分I、听力 (共两节，满分15分)第一节：听力理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。( ) 1. Which subject did the woman study last night? A. English. B. French. C. Physics.( ) 2. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Dreams. B. Sleep. C. Exams. 听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。( ) 3. Why

2、doesnt the man order first? A. He is waiting for someone else. B. He wants to check the price first. C. He is unfamiliar with the restaurant. ( ) 4. Which of the following does the man order? A. Smoked duck. B. Salted fish. C. Roast beef.( ) 5. What does the man want to drink? A. Coffee. B. Wine. C.

3、 Beer. 听下面一段独白，回答第6-8题。( ) 6. When was the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit made a law? A. In 1963. B. In 1973. C. In 1983.( ) 7. How many people favor a higher speed limit for trucks? A. Only 23%. B. Only 55%. C. Only 75%.( ) 8. Why do truckers want a higher speed limit for trucks? A. Trucks do not use

4、 crucial fuel. B. Trucks run better at higher speeds. C. Most trucks dont transport consumer goods.听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。( ) 9. Why cant the man get through? A. The line is busy. B. The line hasnt been paid. C. The line is not in the service.( ) 10. What do we know about the man? A. He lost his way. B. H

5、e had a traffic accident. C. He was stuck in a traffic jam.第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）Greenwood music campPeople : Students of Grade 3 to 11 Time : Two 12 Activities: Study and play with 13 music artistsExperience rap music, pop music, classical music, rock and roll, 14 music, country music and so on.

6、Have wonderful 15 every nightII. 语言知识与应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） When I was a kid, my brother dropped the bomb: No Santa Claus （Father Christmas）! I fled to Grandma because I knew she would tell me the truthI told her everythingNo! she saidRidiculous! Don t 16 it After dinner, we went

7、to General StoreGrandma handed me ten 17 Take it and buy something for whoever needs itIll wait in the car I d often gone shopping with Mother, but never had I shopped 18 For moments, I stood there, confused, 19 what to do with itI thought of everybody I knew 20 I thought of Bobbie DeckerHis mother

8、always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a coughWe all knew that Bobbie would have no cough if he had a thicker coatSo I decided to buy Bobbie oneIs this a present for someone? the saleslady asked me kindlyI 21 shylyShe smiled, handed it to me and wished me a merry ChristmasThen Grandma

9、helped me wrap the coat in Santa Claus 22 and ribbons （缎带） and write To Bobbie, From Santa Claus on it. Then she 23 me over to Bobbies houseGrandma parked down the street from Bobbie s houseWe 24 noiselessly and hid in the 25 by his front walkAll right, Santa Claus, she 26 , get going I rushed out,

10、threw the present down at his front door, 27 his doorbell and flew back to the safetyTogether we 28 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open Forty years I haven t forgotten those 29 I spent shivering （颤抖）in Bobbie s bushesThat night, I realized that the stories about Santa Clause were

11、 really ridiculous Santa Claus was alive, and we were on his 30 16Acontradict Bbelieve Cabolish Dconsider17Abags Bcertificates CcoatsDdollars18Aseparately Bapart CsinglyDalone19Awondering Bworrying CexpectingDoperating 20ALuckily BSurprisingly CAnnuallyDFirstly21Anodded Byelled CrefusedDdenied22Agif

12、t Bname CpaperDneedle23Asent Bdrove Cdistributed Dguided24Awalked Bstruggled CranDsearched25Acars Bbuildings CroofsDbushes26Acried Bwhispered CscreamedDshouted27Aknocked Bpushed CrangDswitched28Arecommended Blaughed CpausedDwaited29Anights Bfeelings CmomentsDbills30Aside Bteam CpartDstaff第二节 语法填空（共1

13、0小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分） Poor student behaviour seems to be _31_ increasingly widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible _32_ this. In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are _33_(small) with fewer children. These children are often spoilt, no

14、t in terms of love and attention because _34_(work) patents do not have the time for this, but in more material ways. They _35_(allow) to have whatever they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please. This means that the children grow up without consideration for others and without any

15、understanding of _36_ their standard of living comes from._37_ they get to school age , they have not learned any self-control and discipline（纪律）. Teachers _38_(frequent) complain about this problem and measures are taken _39_ (solve) the problem. But I think the situation lies in the parents, _40_

16、need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.III 阅读第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） AAugust has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in

17、 front of me.You might think that I dont want to spend my summer reading, but thats not the problem: I love reading. On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all t

18、he magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and librarians dont understand that summer reading can be en

19、tertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mothers calls “spinach books”: good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get painful about the experience.This pain started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As pre

20、paration, my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” by American author Edith Wharton. Im sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence”some might even say its their favorite book.But I dont think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.“

21、The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldnt imagine being in love, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different from my life.Most of my required summer

22、 reading has been like thatbooks written in a style that plays with words. I guess teachers dont think exciting plots make for “good literature”. To me, though, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.If I were making up a summer re

23、ading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in t

24、he books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.41. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because _. A. he doesnt like reading in summer vacation B. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids C. he hates the English teacher assigning homework D. he hates August4

25、2. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be _. A. romantic B. out of date C. entertaining and educational D. pure43. The author listed such books as “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” because he thinks _. A. they can change his opinion B. he can learn a lot more from them C. they ar

26、e of literary value, and enjoyable D. he has to do as teachers tell him to44. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be _. A. one who describes events and characters in different ways B. one who is full of imagination C. one who is learnedD. one who uses a way of describi

27、ng that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next45. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage? A. Why Cant Teachers Set Us Fun Books? B. I Dont Like Reading on the Vacation C. Teachers, Dont Set Us Any Reading Assignments D. Teachers, Set Us Free B We once had a poster

28、competition in our fifth grade art class. “You could win prizes, our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appea

29、r somewhere on your poster. ”We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep

30、in thought. We had plans for that tendollar grand prize, each and every one of us. Im going to spend mine on candies, a hopeful one would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while o

31、thers used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewers attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the soil they seemed especially fond of making all of us believe we had a fair cha