牛津版高二英语第一学期期中测试试题.doc

牛津版高二英语第一学期期中测试卷
（Module V Unit 1-3）
[本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间：120分钟；总分：150分]
第I卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
请听下面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，你都有十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. How will the woman travel to New York?
A. By car. B. By train. C. By plane.
2. What does the man really want to do?
A. Read the advertisement. B. Call the manager. C. Get a job.
3. In what competition did Julie win first prize?
A. Diving. B. Dancing. C. Driving.
4. What will the woman do this evening?
A. Meet her dad at the station. B. Say goodbye to her dad. C. Go to the concert.
5. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In a post office. B. In a bookstore. C. In a bank.
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。每段对话或独白后都有几个小题，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，每个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where does the man usually get news?
A. On TV. B．. Over the radio. C. In newspapers.
7. Why does the man want to read the newspaper today?
A. To learn a language. B. To pass the time. C. To watch a game.
8. What page does the man want to read?
A. Sports. B. Children. C. TV guide.
听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where does the man want to go?
A. Tokyo. B. Chicago. C. New Zealand.
10. What is the advantage of the flight?
A. Taking less time. B. Flying in the daytime. C. Costing less money.
11. How many stops will the man have on the journey?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
听下面一段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Why does the boy look sad?
A. He couldn’t find a place in the computer lab.
B. He couldn’t go on with his computer studies. C. He failed the computer test.
13. What does the woman advise the boy to do then?
A. Read more books about computers. B. Use computers more often.
C. Ask his teacher for help.
14. What is the woman going to do for the boy?
A. Buy him computer books. B. Give him some money. C. Buy him a computer.
听下面一段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Why does the woman want to talk to the man?
A. She plans to write about the evening school.
B. She tries to help newcomers in her country. C. She is interested in foreigners.
16. What is the man poor in ?
A. Writing. B. Speaking. C. Reading.
17. What is the man going to do after the conversation?
A. work in a shop. B. Meet his brother. C. ．Have classes.
听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Who is the speaker?
A. A famous professor of the university. B. The head teacher of a class.
C. The headmaster of the university.
19. How many ways are mentioned to improve listening skills?
A. Two B. Three. C. Four.
20. How can one practice writing?
A. By keeping a diary. B. By writing for newspapers.
C. By copying the articles in the magazines.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. — Excuse me, I want to buy a magazine, but I can’t find a bookstall.
— I know ______ nearby. Come on, I’ll show you.
A. one B. it C. some D. that
22. When I got back home, I saw a message pinned to the door ______ “Sorry to miss you. I will call later.”
A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading
23. His mother wanted to discourage him ______ this ordinary-looking girl.
A. to marry B. marry C. from marrying D. married
24. He felt guilty about losing, and bad about ______ football as you are.
A. being as gifted at B. being so gifted for
C. not being as gifted at D. not being so gifted for
25. I had a hard time ______ him to join us.
A. to persuade B. persuading C. in persuade D. on persuading
26. We are said to be living in ______ “Information Age”, ______ time of new discoveries and great changes.
A. the; a B. an; the C. /; a D. the; the
27. Whatever he promises, you can’t ______ anything.
A. rely his doing B. depend his doing C. rely on him to do D. advise him to do
28. ______ the early bus, she went out without breakfast.
A. In order to catch B. Catching C. Caught D. Having caught
29. ______ late again, her boss was very angry with her.
A. She was B. Being C. Her being D. She being
30. As these new products are not selling well, the members of the board have decided to ______ production.
A. cut away B. cut up C. cut down on D. cut off
31. Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his ______.
A. ability B. force C. strength D. mind
32. The son promised to keep his parents ______ of how he was going on with his studies at college.
A. inform B. informing C. informed D. to inform
33. ______ there was danger ahead, the girl walked on.
A. Known not B. Not known C. Knowing not D. Not knowing
34. John insisted that the novel Mr White referred to ______.
A. would be worth reading B. was worth reading
C. was worth to be read D. being worth reading
35. — How did he get my telephone number?
— You ______ it. You told him last week.
A. should have forgotten B. may have forgotten
C. must have forgotten D. could have forgotten
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，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。
It's 5-year-old Kerman’s dream to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). But Kerman, living in Denver, was born with the AIDS virus and has spent much of her short life going in and out of the hospital.
Kerman _36__better than anyone dared to hope. Doctors thought she would never walk or talk, but she 37__with a walker and speaks fairly 38 Kerman’s hopes, dreams, and 39 are being documented with the help of a Denver organization called the Children's Legacy. 40 by the photographer Katy Tradeoff, the charity helps seriously sick children and their families write their own 41 by providing books that guide _42__ along -- My Stupid Illness, for 43 children, and Let Me Show You My World, for their siblings(兄弟姊妹) and parents. The books contain suggestions of 44 to draw or things to write. Tradeoff helps illustrate the books by taking black-and-white photographs of the children.
For those children who _45_, the books help their families cope. For those _46_ survive, the books help them heal 47_.Karmen may not grow up to be a ballerina, _48 , despite her difficulty walking, she was 49_ when she put on a tutu (芭蕾舞的短裙) her mother had bought her. "She
really took __50_ the person of a ballerina," says Ms. Tradeoff. This picture of Kerman is one of a collection of Ms. Tradeoff’s _51_ that the charity has published in a book called An Alphabet About Families Living With HIV-AIDS, _52_ poetry. According to the book, "Sometimes Kerman _53 her head on her folded hands because she is _54_ , and sometimes she needs to talk with God." One of her prayers: "Dear God, Please make my_55 and body strong. Please let me grow up."
36. A. has gone B. has fared C. has spent D. has experienced
37. A. stands around B. gets up C. walks away D. gets around
38. A. well B. good C. nice D. right
39. A. smiles B. illnesses C. struggles D. sad nesses
40. A. Found B. Founded C. Built D. Created
41. A. stories B. novels C. problems D. sicknesses
42. A. him B. us C. them D. her
43. A. healthy B. sick C. normal D. ill
44. A. charts B. pictures C. photos D. designs
45. A. live B. fear C. die D. suffer
46. A. that B. which C. / D. who
47. A. emotionally B. happily C. carefully D. quietly
48. A. however B. and C. but D. though
49 A. changed B. turned C. shaped D. transformed
50. A. after B. in C. on D. to
51. A. collections B. photographs C. books D. copies
52. A. holding B. containing C. writing D. including
53. A. lays B. lies C. sets D. puts
54. A. ill B. dead C. tired D. bored
55. A. legs B. arms C. hands D. feet
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。
A.
Nearly everyone is shy in some ways. If shyness is making you uncomfortable, it may be time for a few lessons in self-confidence. You can build your confidence by following some suggestions from doctors and psychologists.
Make a decision not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And don’t turn down party invitations just because of your shyness.
Prepare for yourself for being with others in groups. Make a list of the good qualities you have. Then make a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to share with other people . I think about what you would like to say in advance. Then say it.
If you start feeling self-conscious in a group, take a deep breath and focus your attention on other people, Remember, you are not alone. Other people are concerned about the impression they are making, too.
No one ever gets over being shy completely, but most people do learn to live with their shyness. Even entertainers admit that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can face the cameras and the public. Just making the effort to control shyness can have many rewards. But perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a chance to know about you.
56. Where would this article probably appear?
A. In a popular magazine B. On the top-line position of a newspaper
C. In a science textbook D .In an encyclopedia(百科全书)
57. The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. explain how shyness developed. B .recommend ways of dealing with shyness
C. persuade readers that shyness is natural. D. prove that shyness can be overcome
58. Which of these can you conclude from reading the article?
A. Shy people never have any fun. B. Entertainers choose their work to fight shyness
C. The attempt to overcome shyness is always successful
D. The attempt to overcome shyness is always rewarding
59. Who probably gives the suggestion for fighting shyness?
A. The author of the article B. Shy men and women
C. Doctors and psychologists D. Popular entertainers
B.
A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end many parents’ worries fearful for their children’s safety on the roads.
Until now the local government have only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will attend their nearest school.
The new plan is to be fired out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School. The children live just within the three-mile limit and the local government said in the past that they would not undertake to provide free transport to the school . But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school’s headmaster. Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part . Final calculations have still to be carried out, but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than ￡20 a term. They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington . The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children. The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in had asked if transport could be provided for their children , to see if they would like to take part in the new plan.
60. What is the aim of the plan?
A. To prevent the students’ road accidents B. To relieve the traffic pressure
C. To save time for the parents and students D. To help the parents save money
61. How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost?
A. By letting the bus run in the morning only. B. By limiting the number of the students
C. By getting the support from the headmaster
D. By linking the new bus service with the existing one
62. Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out?
A. The bus company will make much more money
B. The children can choose whatever school they like
C. The parents can get rid of their worries
D. The students in Impington School can have free bus rides
63. This passage is most probably _____
A. a personal letter. B. an advertisement
C. a headmaster’s report. D. a newspaper article
C
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes that the public will listen and understand ----he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.
What visional artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain choice of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is very interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have notice these particular shapes and colors ,or have felt the delight which they brought to the artists.
Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in movement and at rest; their choices show that these aspects(方面)of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Modern artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose totally without thinking about the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(溃烂的) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world . Each painter is telling us something , showing us something , emphasizing something----- all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
64. It is hard to explain what a painter is saying because _______.
A. most painters do not express themselves well
B. a painter uses unusual words and phrases
C. a painter use shapes and colors instead of words
D. many painters do not say anything
65. Modern artists might say their choice of subjects ______.
A. carries a message to t