高二英语上学期期中试题30.docx

1、高二英语上学期期中试题30周口中英文学校20162017学年度上期期中考试试题高二英语第I卷（三部分，共70分）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节 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）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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。AMany people go to school for a good education. They learn languages, history, maths and other lessons. School education is very important and

2、 useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. No matter how much a teacher knows, he cannot teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the stude

3、nts themselves. It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy to learn something in a language or a formula（公式） in maths，but it is difficult to use a formula in finding the answer to a maths problem . Great inventors do not get everything from school but they can inve

4、nt many things and change the world a lot. Though Thomas Edison invented many things he didnt have much school education. How do they do all these? Because they know how to study. A lot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get knowledge from books outside school. They work hard all their

5、lives, and the most important thing is that they know how to use their head. 21. What do many people go to school for? A. To make friends B. To get everything C. To get a good education D. To study by themselves 22. What should a student learn to do from school? A. Try to remember more knowledge and

6、 formulas. B. Try to learn how to read and how to think. C. Try to remember what the teachers teach. D. Try to invent the world. 23. How can an inventor invent things? The most important thing is how to: A. be a great inventor B. study by himself C. use his head well D. remember what hes been taught

7、 24. What is the main idea of this passage? A. School education is important for a person. B. A student can not learn everything from school. C. A student should learn how to remember a formula. D. Inventors can invent things and change the world a lot.BPerhaps every town in the United States has a

8、post office. Some are very small, and you may also find them in the corner of a shop. Others are large buildings. They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.If you know how much the postage(邮资) is for your lett

9、er, you can buy stamps at any windows. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Stamps are sold at many different prices, from one cent to many dollars. If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter, you can ask the clerk . He or she will give you the stamps you need. If you

10、are sending your letters far away, write on the envelope that you want them to go by air or use an airmail envelope. Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter that you want to send to foreign countries.At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is cheaper than a letter.

11、Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter. The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures. However, they are also not to be sent outside the countries. Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries.25.In

12、the United States, every post office, large or small, is open_.A. every day except SundayB. from Monday to FridayC. from8:30 to 5:30 every dayD. five and a half days a week26.In a post office in the USA, people can buy all the following except_. A. letters B. stamps C. envelopes D. postcards 27.If s

13、omeone wants to send a letter on Saturday afternoon, he or she_.A. can buy stamps at any shopsB. can use an airmail envelopeC. must go to large post buildingsD. must wait till next Monday28.People sometimes prefer postcards to letters because postcards_.A. neednt be sent by airB. cost people less mo

14、neyC. dont have any picturesD. can be bought in post officesCWhen Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting

15、 building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. Davids garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The

16、 notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire,

17、not to work as a guide.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.29、Mr. Davids house was that many tourists came to see it. Aso small Bso quiet Cso interesting Dso big30、Mr. David put a notice on the window in order .Ato drive the visitors away Bto satisfy the visitors curiosit

18、yCto let visitors come in and look round D .to get some money out of the visitors31、The notice made the visitors . Amore interested in his house Blost interest in his house Cangry at the unfair price Dfeel happy about the price32、After Mr. David put up the notice . Athe visitors didnt come any longe

19、r Bfewer and fewer visitors came to see his house Cmore and more tourists came for a visit Dno tourist would pay the money for a visitD We each have a memory. Thats why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart,

20、 but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories. A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers the

21、m and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time

22、 for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.33、Some people can easily learn many things by heart because . Athey always sleep very well Bthey often eat good food Cthey read a lot of books Dthey have very good

23、memories34、In school the pupils cant learn a foreign language well because . Athey have no good memories Bthey have no recorders Cthey have too much time for it Dthey are busy with other subjects35、Your memory will become better and better . Aif you have plenty of good food Bif you do more and more

24、exercises Cif you do morning exercises every day Dif you get up early第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。ENot enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The US government wants to change that. The government will spend three billion dolla

25、rs on the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. (36) _. Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The purpose of the governments investment（投资）is to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs. (37) _ than boys. Only 25 percent of

26、STEM students are girls. Camsie McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is “Goldie Blox”. To interest girls, Sterling created the character “Goldie”. (38)

27、 _. Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds. Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. (39) _. Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest

28、 their girls in STEM subjects. (40) _. At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking. A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes B. She learned to make a machine with the blocks（积木）C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjectsD. They should

29、 also provide a good education E. The four areas together are known as STEM F. Allow life to happen like its supposed to.G. In life, we dont get what we wish for; we get what we work for.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Ev

30、eryone needs friends. But do you know 41 to find real friendship and keep it? An American writer 42 Sally tells young students some good ways to find 43 .Sally says finding friendship is just like 44 a tree. You plant the seed and 45 it to make it grow. She says you should first choose someone 46 ca

31、n be a good friend. It doesnt matter whether he has money or good 47 . A good friend should be kind and 48 . If you have a bad day, a good friend should 49 your complaints and do his 50 to help you. If you want to make a friend, you should make each other 51 . But things cannot 52 be happy. 53 the b

32、est friends may have quarrels. What should you do when you 54 with your friend? You may try to have an honest talk with him when there is no one around. If he 55 want to talk, you can write a letter to tell him 56 you are feeling.Sally also tells us some small 57 important things, 58 example, celebrating your friends success. Rem