届高二上学期期中模块考试英语试题.docx

1、届高二上学期期中模块考试英语试题第I卷 （110分）一、听力（共两节20小题，每小题1.5 分，满分30分）该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有l0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 is the woman doing?A. Having a meal. B. Doing some typing. C. Changing h

2、er clothes.2. Which country will the man visit next?A. Switzerland. B. Belgium. C. Austria.3. Where are the speakers going after dinner?A. To a park. B. To a shopping center. C. To an ice-cream shop.4. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Finish her report. B. Lend him her notes. C. Attend the

3、European literature class.5. Where are the speakers probably?A. In the mans room. B. At a hospital. C. At a garden.第二节听下面五段对话或独白。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，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秒的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Why does the man call the woman?A. To ask her t

4、o hand in the report tomorrow.B. To invite her parents to the trip.C. To remind her of a trip letter.7. When does the conversation take place?A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。高二英语第1页（共7页）8. What is the womans difficulty in finding a job?A. She has no work experience. B. She

5、 cant use a computer. C. She types slowly.9. Where is the man working now?A. At a job center. B. At a recording company. C. At a social security organization.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the woman?A. A trainee. B. A programmer. C. A receptionist.11. Why does the man want to do sports?A. He is in poo

6、r health. B. He sits a lot. C. He wants to strengthen some part.12. What activity is the man interested in?A. Swimming. B. Weight lifting. C. Jogging.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where is the Rosebank Hotel?A. On a beach. B. In the city center. C. In the mountains.14. How did the woman spend most days?A. Sh

7、e swam. B. She played golf. C. She played tennis.15. What do we know about the womans room?A. It had a video player. B. It provided a coffee machine. C. It was next to a bar.16. What does the woman like to eat?A. Vegetables. B. French fries. C. Rice and pizza.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the talk a

8、bout?A. A newspaper. B. A book. C. A scientist.18. What do the scientists disagree on?A. Why global temperatures are increasing. B. Whether climate change is occurring. C. How temperature changes affect peoples lives.19. What does Plinkerton think people can do about global warming?A. Buy local food

9、. B. Avoid travelling huge distances. C. Use environmental protection products.20. What caused hidden energy costs of food?A. The sales tragedy.B. The process of growing food.C. The delivery of the food.二、单项选择（共20小题，每个小题1分，满分20分）21. Its been raining for a week on _ end, as if it would never come to

10、_ end! A. /; an B. an; / C. an; an D. /; /22. The player is under good treatment and the _ are that he will recover from his injury in time for the next game. A. opportunities B. occasions C. chances D. conditions23. She was invited but she didnt want to go to the party，so she _ an excuse. A. put up

11、 B. gave up C. made up D. showed up24. Some people take _ for granted _ what is new is always better than what is old. A. it; it B. that; that C. it; that D. that; it25. You cant imagine what great difficulty they had _ the old couple to move out of the old house. A. persuaded B. with persuading C.

12、to persuade D. persuading 26. The gold medals _ athletes all over the world compete are the highest honor. A. with which B. in which C. against which D. for which27. Who is it up _ decide whether to go or not? A. to to B. to C. for to D. to for28. Eventually，the President had to leave office _ publi

13、c pressure in order to ease the tension of the situation. A. in favour of B. in response to C. in return for D. in honour of29. As we all know, he has regretted wasting the precious time _ he should have studied hard playing computer games at school. A. where B. that C. on which D. when30. It is _ i

14、n the regulations that you _ other people the password of your e-mail account. A. required; not tell B. hoped; not tell C. required; not to tell D. hoped; not to tell31. We were swimming in the lake _ suddenly the storm started. 高二英语第2页（共7页） A. when B. while C. until D. before32. I found Jane _ at t

15、he desk，_ her homework carefully. A. seated；doing B. sitting；does C. be seated；does D. sit；do33. She could have been in time for the interview, but her flight _.A. was delaying B. had been delayed C. has delayed D. was delayed34. The summer camp group, _ 30 students, will start for Beijing and stay

16、there for three weeks. A. consisted in B. consisted of C. consisting of D. consisting in35. He pretended _ an important paper when the boss entered. A. to read B. to be reading C. to have read D. to be read36. Come on，we will be late for the lecture! _ Dont you think its boring? A. What for? B. No d

17、oubt C. So what? D. No wonder. 37. Mr. Green didnt understand _ made his daughter so absent-minded this morning. A. how that was B. what was itC. why it was that D. what it was that38. Though _ a little，the river is still safe and comfortable to swim in. A. polluting B. to pollute C. polluted D. pol

18、lute39. The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I _ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me. A. should have taken B. could have takenC. neednt have taken D. mustnt have taken40. Im afraid he is more of a talker than a doer, which is _ he never finishes anything. Awhy B when Cthat Dwhere三、完形填空

19、（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从4160各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Is the world really _41_ mad? The other day I was sitting in a small restaurant having a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends, _42_ it suddenly _43_ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasnt lon

20、g _44_ the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for _45_ to open a _46_ to stop myself _47_!Nowadays air pollution is something that we hardly question any more. _48_, I still cant walk down the streets in any of the big cities without _49_ that people are suffering from the air

21、 pollution. It is time for the governments in the world to introduce emission (废气排出) controls on all cars and _50 _ the public transport system to encourage people to _51_ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him _52_ when he climbs above the smo

22、g layer and looks down _53_ it and thinks, “Im breathing that!” This kind of _54_ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can, _55_ should, be treated properly. Houses building, road construction and industrial development are all earthmoving (or earth reducing) operations and can

23、 change the balances of _56_ created even millions of years. I would like to _57_ serious study done on all these main works _58_ they are built. Also, there should be _59_ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _60_.41. A. goingB. comingC. risingD.

24、returning42. A. asB. whileC. whenD. where43. A. metB. struckC. happenedD. showed44. A. ago B. afterC. beforeD. now45. A. leaveB. payC. questionD. permission46. A. roomB. windowC. bottleD. hole47. A. talkingB. killingC.being poisonedD. dying48. A. ThereforeB. AlthoughC. HoweverD. So49. A. thinkingB.

25、persuadingC. decidingD. learning50. A. increaseB. reduceC. raiseD. improve51. A. washB. repairC. driveD. leave52. A. sickB. tiredC. dirtyD. excited53. A. onB. intoC. fromD. for54. A. discussionB. questionC. pollutionD. operation55. A. butB. yetC. still高二英语第3页（共7页）D. and56. A. plantsB. mindC. humansD

26、. life57. A. seeB. startC. enjoyD. pay58. A. beforeB. afterC. sinceD. beyond59. A. fewB. anyC. moreD. no60. A. situationsB. statesC. soilsD. places四、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AArthur Miller (1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had m

27、oved to the USA from Austria Hungary, attracted like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of theearly l930s.Millers most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on th

28、e American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as symbol of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” andin the cruel world of businessthere is no room for symp

29、athy: if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 194

30、9, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman onBroadway.61. Why did Arthur Millers father move to the USA?A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.B. He was attracted by the “Gr