汪清六中2014-2015学年高二英语期中试题及答案含听力mp3.doc

一、听力（每小题1.5分，共30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
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10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 relationship between the two speakers?
A. teacher and student. B. husband and wife. C. seller and buyer.
２．What id the man?
A. a taxi driver. C. a policeman. C. a restaurant waiter.
3. What did the man mean?
A. He quite agreed with the woman.
B. He enjoyed the lecture the whole time.
C. The lecture was more than one hour long.
4. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. friends B.relatives C.stranges
5.What was the weather like on Wednesday?
A. rainy B. sunny C. cloudy
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7小题。
6.Who is the man?
A. He is the girl’s husband.
B. He is the girl’s boyfriend.
C. He is the girl’s father.
7. How does the woman feel about the news?
A. angry B. calm C. worried.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9小题。
8.What do we know about the woman?
A. She learns to skate.
B. She dislikes studying at school.
C. She has got poor scores in her study.
9.What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. To learn some skills in her spare time.
B. To get a chance to study at school.
C. To work hard at school.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. They are old friends.
B. They are fellow teachers.
C. They are strangers to each other.
11. What is Mr. Johnson?
A. a teacher. B. a researcher. C. a doctor.
12. Which of the following statements is true according to this conversation?
A. Ms Yi has taught English in a high school for 5 years.
B. Ms Yi taught herself English in a high school for 5 years.
C. Ms Yi thinks the weather here is quite different.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。
13. What are the man and woman doing?
A. renting a house. B. buying a house. C. talking about a house.
14. How does the woman feel about the house?
A. She wants to hear the man’s opinion first.
B. She likes it very much.
C. She is wondering whether the house is worth the price.
15. What is the woman going to do next?
A. To see other houses.
B. To see the house again.
C. To buy some furniture.
16.What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?
A. friends B. newly-married couple C. landlady(房东，店主) and buyer.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。
17.What is the aim(目的) of the program?
A.To keep trainees(受训者 ,培训生)in shape.
B.To improve public relations.
C.To develop leadership skills.
18.Which of the following will the trainees be doing during the program?
A.Attending lectures on management.
B.Preparing reports for the company.
C.Making plans for a journey.
19.How long will the program last?
A.8 days B.12 days C.20 days
20. If people want to join the program ,what should they do after the meeting?
A. Take a pre-test B .Pay for the program. C. Sign on a piece of paper.
二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）
21. According to the driver’s explanation, it was not he but the man crossing the street that for the accident.
A. was blamed B. was to blame C. was being blamed D. was to be blamed
22. Jack felt to see so many children had become with this terrible disease.
A. shocked; infected B. shocking; infected
C. shocked; infecting D. shocking; infecting
23. Mr. Lee a plan to reduce water pollution, which all the people present at the meeting thought highly of.
A. put off B. put on C. put away D. put forward
24. — How was your trip to Yunnan?
— Everything was perfect the terrible food there.
A. instead of B. because of C. apart from D. thanks to
25.—I’m afraid I can’t follow you. 　　　
—Sure! I will say it again.
A. Pardon? B. I’m sorry. C. Excuse me. D. Just fancy!
26. If you 　　the question from this point of view, you will find it of great importance.
A. will consider B. are considering C. consider D. considered
27. Whenever he was asked why he was late for class, he would say his bike 　on the way.
A. broke down B. broke away C. broke out D. broke up
28. As 　　　result of 　　　lack of money, they didn’t put the program into practice.
A. the; the B. a; 不填 C. 不填; a D. 不填; 不填
29. Whatever the difficulty, we should be 　　　 and always keep a positive attitude towards life.
A optimistic B. available C. efficient D. nervous
30. Since there is nothing planned in the timetable today, why not 　 out for a picnic?
A. going B. to go C. to have gone D. go
三、完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
Most people in school liked Gloria． So when she got sick，some boys 31 to visit her. But none of them wanted to  32 any money for a gift to bring along．
Then Willie said，“We can  33 some flowers from a  34 ． ”
    Gloria will not know  35  they come from，and the dead man will not 36 them．
    Everybody was afraid， 37  Willie．So he went alone and  38 some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria’s  39 ，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but  40 did not mind．
    After their visit，Willie 41  the other boys，“It is a good thing that I was not afraid． Gloria  42  the flowers． ”
    The other boys laughed． Gloria would not have liked the  43  if she had known they had come from a grave．
    That night，Willie was reading a book  44 his mother came into his room． “Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today  45  Gloria？”she asked． “There’s a man  46  asking for you，”she added． “He says that you didn’t  47   the flowers． ”
    “What does he look  48 ？”Willie asked．
    “That’s hard to say，”Willie’s mother answered． “He is all  49  with mud． ”
    Willie，all of a sudden，turned 50 ．
31. A. thought       B. asked       C. planned      D. took
32. A. keep          B. cost        C. take         D. spend
33. A. steal         B. pick up     C. buy          D. plant
34. A. shop          B. store       C. street       D. grave
35. A. how           B. where       C. when          D. why
36. A. miss          B. lose        C. hate         D. love
37. A. beside        B. besides     C. including    D. except
38. A. saw           B. thought     C. looked for   D. found
39. A. room          B. hospital    C. school       D. library
40. A. Gloria        B. some        C. Willie       D. nobody
41. A. told          B. asked       C. said to      D. explained
42. A. refused       B. liked       C. hated        D. missed
43. A. boys          B. flowers     C. secret       D. news
44. A. as            B. when        C. while        D. suddenly
45. A. to            B. for         C. on           D. with
46. A. inside        B. outside     C. still        D. also
47. A. ask for       B. water       C. like         D. pay for
48. A. as            B. about       C. like         D. for
49. A. painted       B. dressed     C. wrapped      D. covered
50. A. sad           B. red         C. pale         D. glad 
四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
(A)
Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”
“This sounds like a good idea.”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm. I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It’ll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.
“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him.“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was fine,”Alan said.But there was another problem.”
“Oh, what problem?”
“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”
“Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different roast every day.”Jack said.
“Let me finish.”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner.”
51. Alan saw ________ in a news paper.
A. an ad. B. a letter C. a story D. a report
52.Alan usually went to ________ on the vacation.
A. the mountains B. the countryside C. the seaside D. William Farm
53.Alan spent _________ at William Farm.
A. four days B. three months C. a month D. a few weeks
54.Alan had roast _______ for dinner on the third day.
A. mutton B. pork C. beef D. fish
(B)
News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
55.The satellite sent by China will move around ________.
A. the moon B. the earth C. the sun D. the mars
56.The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.
A.1.4 kilometers per second B.43 kilometers per minute
C.1,270 kilometers per hour D.8,000 kilometers per hour
57.The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.
A. make a lot of money
B. make the children sad
C. make sure there are no mistakes in them
D. make sure the books are not too expensive
58.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.
A. he likes to eat hybrid rice B. he is a successful father
C. he grows more rice than others
D. he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid
(C)
Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.
Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the foresty countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.
Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated(隔热)with paper. You perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.
59. When was paper made in southern Europe?
A. Before 1100. B. After 1400. C. After 1100. D. Before 1400
60. Which country makes the best paper?
A. Norway. B. Canada C. The United States. D. Finland.
61. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?
A. Books are warmer. B. Newspapers are warmer.
C. Paper is the warmest. D. Houses are the warmest.
62. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.The invention of paper. B.The best paper
C.The paper-making D.The uses of paper.
(D)
The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century.
Do you think there will be robots in people' s homes? It' s not a dream that every home will have a robot.
Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, you only need to wait two to four minutes. In the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security(安全) guard, or a partner in your life.
Experts believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial (工业的) robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide close service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.
63. _____changed our lives in the 1990s.
A. The robots B. The computers C. The TV sets D. The Internet

64. According to the passage, we know that a new cooking robot is being used in__.
A. the future B. Beijing C. many countries D. many families
65. What can the robots do now?
A. They can help people do the housework.
B. They can help the doctors do the difficult operations.
C. They can play chess with people.
D. A, B and C.
66. Which is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. The computers changed our lives B. Robots can cook
C. Robots are coming D. Robots will be doctors
(E)
A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A’s.”
67. This story most probably took place .
A. at the beginning of the term B. in the middle of the term
C. at the end of the term D. at the beginning