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白鹭洲中学2013—2014学年度第二学期期中考试

高二年级英语试卷

考生注意：

1、 本试卷设试卷I 、II卷和答题卡纸三部分，试卷所有答题都必须写在答题纸上。 2、 答题纸与试卷在编号上是一一对应的，答题时特别注意，不能错位。 3、 考试时间为120分钟，试卷满分为150分。

第Ⅰ卷（共115分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分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. How much does the man have to pay?

A. About US $15,000 B. About US $ 50,000 C. About US $16,000 2. What is the woman looking for? A. A Commercial Bank B. Beijing Road C. The train station 3. What is the woman probably? A. An employee B. A student C. A builder 4. What are scientists trying to do now? A. Land on Mars. B. Find water on Mars. C. Send detectors onto Mars. 5. What does the woman want to do? A. Know the time. B. Buy newspapers. C. Copy a newspaper 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. What does the woman want to know? A. How to make a job application. B. How to know herself better. C. How to start to find a job. 7. What is the man’s advice? A. To find a good suit. B. To target the right employers. C. To be confident.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. In which country did the man’s friend get a job? A. Korea B. Japan C. America 9. What does the woman think of America? A. The food there is good.

B. It is famous for its chemistry. C. It is interesting.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who would the woman be? A. Cooper’s wife. B. Cooper’s secretary. C. A waitress. 11. What will the man do next?

A. Have a cup of coffee. B. Call John Simmons back.

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C. Meet John Simmons.

12. When did John Simmons call the man? A. At 10:13 am. B. At 3:00 pm. C. At 10:30 am. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why was the woman absent from the wedding? A. She had to take care of her parents. B. She had to take care of her sister. C. she was on a business trip. 14. With whom did the man go? A. Mona. B. His father. C. His colleagues. 15. What does the man think of the bridegroom? A. Humorous. B. Handsome. C. Smart. 16. What did the man do during the party? A. Sang B. Cried. C. Danced. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How do many Australian children get their education? A. At school B. Over the Internet. C. At home. 18. What is the most popular team sport in Australia? A. Swimming B. Rugby. C. Tennis.

19. Which city do one third of all products made in Australia come from? A. Canberra B. Melbourne. C. Sydney. 20. When did Canberra become Australia’s capital? A. In 1927. B. In 1913. C. In 1901. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

21. If you keep on writing, you will have brighter future, likely to become

J. K. Rowling. A. the; a

B. the; the

C. a; a

D. a; the

22. We should give the disabled encouragement to live _____ as we do． A. as a rich and full life B. as rich and full a life C. so a rich and full life D. so rich and full a life 23. --What’s your idea?

--My opinion is _____, ____ happens, we should not stop the reform. A. when; what B. that; when C. that; whatever D. when; what

24. I’ve had enough of my neighbor. I’m going to ______ their noisy parties right now.

A. put an end to B. give way to C. look up to D. come up to

25. _____________ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the sports meeting. A. Were B. Would C. Does D. Should 26. It’s too late to set out to see a film now. ___________, we have a lot of homework to do.

A. Besides B. However C. Anyhow D. Meanwhile 27. Women at that time were __________ the right to vote because they were not treated equally as men.

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A. denied B. neglected C. refused D. ignored

28. Old Richard, ill so long ,is losing his memory and needs to be attended to．

A．to be B．being problem. A. of which

B. for what

C. as

D. whose

C．having been D．to have been

29. Living in the mountain area has its problems, _____ obtaining water is a big

30. John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck．His words seemed to have had no visible ___ on the man．

A. affect． B. effect． C. affection． D. impact． 31. — Why do you do volunteer work in the North-West?

— I___ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts． A. was trying B. have tried C. am trying D. tried

32. Whether dying patients be helped to end their lives is a tough moral question. A. must B. should C. might D. would

33. —He thinks that girls are smarter than boys when it comes to learning English． —But two years ago he thought____．

A. so B. otherwise C. opposite D. different

34. Do you believe __ true ___ you find high wages, you generally find high prices? A. that; that B. that; that what C. it; when D. it; that where 35. ——Here’re the photos I took on London Bridge．

—— ! Keep it up and you’ll be a good photographer． A. Congratulations B. Good work C. By no means D. Cheer up

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，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Bob was a life insurance salesman. Try 36 he might, he was still unable to get a couple to sign up for a policy. “I certainly don’t want to frighten you into a 37 ” he announced, standing up to 38. How 39 he be successful in his post?

People can be 40 by many different means. Fear is the common one. 41 many people find that other kinds of motivation are usually 42 effective in getting more out of those with whom we live and work.

A twelve-year-old girl took her younger brother, who 43 from a mental disability, Christmas shopping. As they went into a department store, the 44 accidentally hit a display, knocking shoes in every 45. at that 46 an angry clerk grabbed the boy by the arm and 47, “Pick them up.”

“No,” the boy screamed in defiance(反抗). “Pick them up,” the clerk 48. “No,” the boy shouted back.

His older sister began picking up the 49. Then the boy started to 50. Before long, the boy, his sister and the clerk were 51 together to put the shoes 52 in order.

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