安徽省濉溪县第二中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、安徽省濉溪县第二中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题20152016学年度濉溪二中高二上学期期中联考英语试卷（满分 150分，考试时间 120分钟）第卷（选择题 共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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. Which aspect of German does the man have trouble with?A. Speaking. B. Grammar. C. Listening.2. W

2、hat does the man think of the food?A. Great. B. Special. C. Boring.3. When was the man supposed to attend the meeting?A. At 11:40. B. At 12:30. C. At 13:30.4. Where will the speakers travel?A. To Canada and Mexico. B. To the USA and Mexico. C. To the USA and Canada.5. What are the speakers discussin

3、g?A. How old the womans grandpa is. B. How the womans grandpa keeps healthy. C. How long the womans grandpa does sports each day. 第二节 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、7题。6. Where did the woman know about

4、the center? A. From the Internet. B. From a newspaper. C. From a student of the center.7. What level course does the man suggest the woman take?A. The basic level. B. The medium level. C. The advanced level.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What relation is the woman to Oliver Perowne probably?A. His manager. B. Hi

5、s customer. C. His secretary.9. What does the man decide to do in the end?A. Have lunch with the woman. B. Meet Oliver Perowne at 12p.m. on 6th.C. Rearrange the appointment with Jane Parker.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the government ask all adults to do?A. Help out in the war. B. Learn special ski

6、lls. C. Work on Christmas Day.11. What did the woman do during World War?A. She trained nurses. B. She nursed the injured. C. She worked in the government.12. Why were the Manchester City Rest Centers short of staff?A. Too many people got wounded in the war.B. People went home after days of hard wor

7、k.C. People were away for Christmas holidays.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Taste local food. B. Change his hotel. C. Take the evening tour.14. Where is the man staying?A. At the Riverside Hotel. B. At the Crest Hotel. C. At the Bluebay Hotel.15. At what time would th

8、e man like to take the bus tour?A. 1:00 p.m. B. 2:00p.m. C. 4:00p.m.16. How will the man pay for the tour?A. By paying the tour guide. B. By buying tickets from the woman. C. By giving the money to the bus driver.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why does the speaker get excited about the Screen Machine?A. It a

9、lways shows the latest movies. B. It can provide comfortable seats. C. It screens films near her home.18. How long does it take to change the truck into a cinema?A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes. C. 80 minutes.19. What is the truck driver responsible for? A. Operating the film. B. Selling tickets. C. Fi

10、xing the motors.20. How do most people in the speakers hometown book tickets for films?A. By using the Internet. B. By making telephone calls. C. By queuing at the ticket office.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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中，选出最佳选项。ACharles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth cen

11、tury English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he k

12、new. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyers office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick

13、 Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of

14、 England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie (资产阶级).Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory so

15、cial conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.Dickens criticized capitalist (资本主义) society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.21. Dickens only r

16、eceived a little formal education because_. A. he wanted to teach himself B. he was too poor to afford any more formal education C. he wanted to work and made a lot of moneyD. he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist22. According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was_. A. jus

17、t B. poor C. unsatisfying D. comfortable23. Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?A. Oliver Twist B. A Tale of Two Cities C. The Pickwick Papers D. Great Expectations24. According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is TRUE?A. He be

18、gan to write fictions when he was 21years old.B. He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.C. He didnt go to school at all.D. He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.BSome people dont mind being fat. Other people can keep slim without any eff

19、ort. But a lot of people do put on weight and dont like it. The question is: what can they do about it? Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all b

20、ack on again with a big steak or bread and jam. A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They dont eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. Youll find you need a lot

21、 of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they arent cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest(消化)，the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get th

22、e energy to digest the food. For most of us these methods are too extreme. The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates(糖类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. Its straight forward and often quite effective. Still other

23、s like to be more scientific. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast leg of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of pudding gives you 130 calories.25. There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that_.A. it makes you sweat B. its hard work C. it make

24、s you eat more D. it tires you out26. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is_.A. exercising B. hunger C. eating milk and bananas D. food-choosing27. The practical method suggested here means_.A. not eating many carbohydrates B. sticking to bananas C. eating as little as possible D. e

25、ating things that are hard to digest.28. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?A. Dont Eat Too Much B. Various Ways of Losing WeightC. Ways to Keep Fit D. Food and HealthCAs a young man，A1 was a skilled artist, a potter(陶艺工人）with a wife and two fine sons. One night, h

26、is elder son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal (肠道) disorder，neither A1 nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation,

27、he always felt he was guilty. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than A1 could stand, and he turned to alcohol for help. In time Al became an alcoholic. As the alcoholism

28、progressed, A1 began to lose everything he possessed 一 his land, house etc. Finally A1 died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Als death, I thought, “What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure!” As time went by, I began to revalue my earlier rough judgment. I knew A1s now adult son, Ernie. He

29、 is one of the kindest, most caring and most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I hadnt heard Ernie talked much about his father. One day, I worked up my courage to ask him what on earth his fathe

30、r had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly. As a child until I left home at 18, A1 came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son. Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge A1 as a failure. He had not left any material po

31、ssessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.29. Why did Als elder son die？A. He drank too much alcohol. B. His parents didnt take his illness seriously.C. He couldnt bear the hurt and pain. D. He suffered from intestinal disorder.30. Which one of the followi

32、ng was the cause of Als addiction to alcohol？A. The feeling of guilty. B. His wifes complaints.C. His elder sons illness. D. Ernies kindness. 31. What can you learn from the passage？A. The writer was a relative of A1s. B. The writer often went to help Al. C. The writer misunderstood A1 at first. D. The writer thought badly of Al. 32. What is the best title of the story？A. Love You, Son B. A F