半期考试英语试题2.docx

1、半期考试英语试题2高2012级10-11学年下期半期考试英 语 试 题第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分50分)第一节 语法和词汇知识(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1He could make metal, and that would have been of _ high status in _ eyes of local people. A. a; the B. the; the C. /; / D. /; the2In my opinion, life in the twenty-first c

2、entury is much easier than _. A. that used to be B. it is used to C. it was used to D. it used to be3He promised to send me an invitation to visit their country _ until I was 60 years old. A. every the other year B. every other year C. every other years D. every second years4Would you please do me a

3、 favor and check the information？ Im _ glad to help. A. more than B. by no means C. less than D. no more than5As s result of destroying the forests, a large _ of desert _ covered the land. A. number; has B. quantity; has C. number; have D. quantity; have6The newly-built airport will be _ to all kind

4、s of vehicles from all directions. A. available B. accessible C. comfortable D. favorable7We expect fine weather, but _ , it will still be a storm tomorrow. A. as it is B. as we are C. as it were D. as it was8Hurry , Kitty! Oh, damn! Both my legs are nearly to give out. I _ for hours like a dog. A.

5、have walked B. walked C. have been walking D. am walking9How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers? The key _ the problem is to meet the demand _ by the customers. A. to solving; making B. to solving; made C. to solve; making D. to solve; made10I have a lot of _ for

6、 her. She brought up three children on her own. A. pity B. feeling C. sympathy D. mercy 11It might take him a long time but hell do it _. A. eventually B. generously C. purposefully D. powerfully12Do you mind me using your electronic dictionary for a moment? _ , Please go ahead. A. Yes, I do B. Neve

7、r mind C. Of course not D. Thats all right13We tried _ to persuade him to stay home, but at last, he went to the construction site in spite of his illness. A. in return B. in vain C. in fact D. in time.14. _ seems no need to wait any longer, Chances are that they wont turn up. A. It B. As C. There D

8、. That15There was never any time for Kate to feel lonely,_ she was an only child. A. ever since B. now that C. even as D. even though16_ fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off. A. Would you be B. Should you be C. Could you be D. Might you be17He was then too busy

9、to _ even a minute for his writing. A. spare B. take C. give D. spend19When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _. A. breaks B. has broken C. were broken D. had been broken20_ go abroad to have a further education, he works hard at English day and night. A. Itch to B. Itching t

10、o C. Having an itch for D. Itch 第二节：完形填空（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3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。246The whole of the United States cheered its latest heroine, Ashley SmithShe showed her brave heart and wise mind in a life-or-death 21 _ .Ashley is a 26-year-old single mother with a daught

11、er. She was going into her 22 in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March l2,when a man 23_ her to her door and put a gun to her side. “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 24 .” She said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols,33 He was 25 of killing three pe

12、ople on March 11 and later of killing an agent. The local 26 were searching for him.Brian tied Smith up with tape, 27_ released（放开） her after she repeatedly 28 him not to take her life. In order to 29 the man down, she read him a best-selling 30_ book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph in the bookA

13、nd the two of them 31 one topic“I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his 32 .He said he thought I was an angel 33_ from God, and that we were Christian（基督教的） sister and brother, and that he was 34 , and that God led him to me to tell him that he had 35 a lot of people.”Ashley even cooked

14、 breakfast for the man 36 he allowed her to leave her house. Ashley said Brian was 37 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage（报道）of the 38_ for him. “I cannot 39_ thats me on the TV,” Brian told the woman 40 , he let her go. Then she called the police.21Asitu

15、ation B manners Cmagazine Dnewspaper22Acompany Bapartment Cdistrict Doffice23Atook Bstopped Ccaught Dfollowed24Aattracted Bscared Cdisappointed Dabsurd25Asuspected Bwarned Cexpected Dreminded26Aeducators Bcitizens Cofficers Dpolice 27Abut Bthus Cso Dand28Ademanded Brequired Cbegged Dordered1,3,529Ac

16、alm B rescue Cbreak Dsettle30Apsychology Bcultural Cscientific Dreligious 31Adiscussed Bpreviewed Coverlooked Dpractised32Asatisfaction Bsympathy Ckindness Dtrust 33Asent Btaken Cborrowed Dgiven34Adefeated B lost Cignored Ddiscouraged35Ahurt Bannoyed Cdissatisfied Ddestroyed36Awhen Bafter Cbefore Du

17、ntil37A surprised Bexcited Csatisfied Damused38Aescape Battempt Chunt Dresearch39Abelieve Brealize Cguess Dsuppose40A Unfortunately BGenerally CEventually DGradually第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AA businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan ( 贷款)officer. He says he is going t

18、o Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the c

19、ar as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the banks underground garage and parks it there.Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this trans

20、action has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is - why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two wee

21、ks for $15?”41The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _. A. borrowing $5,000 B. finding a place to park his car C. meeting the loan officer D. showing how rich he is42. The loan officer is puzzled because _. A. he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce B. he thi

22、nks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank C. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank D. he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman43. The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_”. A. payment B. security C. reward D.

23、 deal44. Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story? A. Clever B. Honest. C. Rich. D. Kind.BComputer mouse is no longer so strong. A Canadian engineer has invented a system that enables a computer user to push a cursor（光标）across a screen simply by moving hi

24、s or her nose .He calls his nose-driven mouse a nouse.The inventor ,Dmity Gorodnichy ,came up with the idea for the nouse while building computer software that would help astronauts operate the Canadarma long robotic arm on the U.S. space shuttle .His system employs a web-camera that recognizes a co

25、mputer users nose from 25 pixels ,or points of light. Dmity chose the nose because its position remains relatively constant no matter which way the head moves .The system keeps track of the pixels ,and the user matches the movements of his or her nose with the progress of the cursor across the scree

26、n.The nouse keeps track of the eyes too. Two blinks（眨眼）are a “double click,” which turns the nouse on or off.The nouse has received mixed comments from those who hold opposite opinions. One called it “a pointless waste of technology” . Another predicted that the nouse will fail to catch on because i

27、t makes users “look silly.” Dmity has already adapted the nouse for NousePong, a video game ,and NousePaint ,a drawing program.He also predicts that the nouse will attract the people who have suffered from specific disease-pain ,senselessness ,or trembling in the hand caused by the frequent repetiti

28、on of movements of the wrist and fingers ,such as typing at a computer keyboard .His next plan is to adapt the nouse for use by paralyzed（瘫痪）patients in hospitals .With two blinks of the eyes ,patients could double-click for help.45The best title for this passage is probably . ACursor Moved Without

29、fingers BMouse Driven by Nose CNew Computer System for Astronauts DNew Type of Mouse for Patients46The nouse is a system working by means of . Amoving ones nose or blinking Bkeeping track of the points of light Cmoving cursor across the screen Dmatching the users nose with eyes47The underlined phras

30、e “catch on” means “ ”. A be made Bbe used Cget improved Dbecome popular 48Dmity predicts that the nouse will be more used to help . Athe disabled with the hand and paralyzed patients Bdevelop a video game and drawing program Cthose traveling in space Dthose who have eye troubleCLight-skinned immigr

31、ants（移民） in the United States make more money on average than those with darker skin, and the chief reason appears to be discrimination, a researcher said. Joni Hersch, a law and economics professor at Vanderbilt university，looked at a government survey of 2,004 legal immigrants to the United States from around the world and found that those with the lightest skin earned an average of 8