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1、跃华学校2015-2016学年第一学期期中考试高二英语试题考试时间：2015. 11 本试卷分第卷和第卷两部分，共10页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、座号、准考证号和科类填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。2.第卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.第卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在各题目指定区域内相应的位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无
2、效。第卷（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秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。How much is the shirt? A19.15 B9.18 C9.15答案是C。1. What does the man want to do? A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.2. What are the speakers talking about? A.
3、A noisy night B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.3. Where is the man now? A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.4. What will Celia do? A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.5. What day is it when the conversation takes place? A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.第二节（共15
4、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. What is Sara going to do? A. Buy John a gift B. Invite John to France C. Give John a surprise7. What does the man think of Saras plan? A. Funny.
5、B. Exciting. C. Strange. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter? A. She has to give up her travel plan. B. She wants to visit another city. C. She needs to put off her test.9. What does Diana want Peter to do? A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geograph
6、y lesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman? A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program C. To plan a meeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat? A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now? A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13
7、至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant? A. Where the restaurant is. B. Whether the prices are low. C. How well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine? A. After he came back to Sweden. B. Before he went to the United States. C. As soon
8、as he got his first job in 1982.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant? A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan? A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。1
9、7. What do we know about the Plaza Leon? A. It s a new building. B. It s a small town. C. It s a public place.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon? A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoon. C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets? A.
10、Via Del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best? A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.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(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A Lo
11、ng long ago, there was a king who liked to write stories. He was so proud of his stories that he showed them to many people. Although the people didnt like the stories, they were afraid to say that. Instead, they all said his stories were good.One day he showed his stories to a well-known critic (评论
12、家). The critic said that they were bad. The king got very angry and sent him into prison.After some time the king sent his men to the critic to tell him that he was free. When the critic returned from the prison, the king invited him to his palace to dinner. Again he showed him some of his stories a
13、nd again asked him what he thought of them.The critic said nothing but turned to the soldiers, who were standing behind him, and said,“Take me back to prison.”21. People praised the kings stories because _. A. they hoped to get a lot of money B. the stories were indeed well writtenC. they wanted to
14、make the king happy D. they knew nothing about story-writing22. By saying “Take me back to prison”，the critic meant that _. A. the kings stories were very bad B. he had enjoyed the life in prison C. he enjoyed reading stories in prison D. he couldnt understand the stories23. We may conclude from the
15、 story that the critic _. A. did not love his country at allB. was an honest and brave person C. would be set free by the kingD. was good at writing storiesBArthur Miller (1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had moved to the USA
16、from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the“ Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early l930s. Millers s most famous play, Death of a Salesman , is a powerful attack on the American syst
17、em, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman , the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment : if
18、 he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end. When it was first staged in 1949 , the
19、 play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards. Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut , on the eve
20、ning of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.24. Why did Arthur Miller s father move to the USA? A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B. He was attracted by the Great American Dream”. C. He hoped to make his son a drama
21、tist. D. His family business failed.25. The play Death of a Salesman_. A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D. focuses on the skills in doing business26. What can we learn about Wi
22、lly Loman? A. He treats his employer badly. B. He runs the Wagner Company. C. He is a victim of the American system. D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.27. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman_. A. achieved huge success B. won the first Tony Award C. was warmly welcomed by sales
23、men D. was severely attacked by dramatists28. What is the text mainly about? A. Arthur Miller and his family. B. The awards Arthur Miller won. C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.CArriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband , Rashid, stayed in
24、 a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children. During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, i
25、ncluding his passport（护照）. He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. Late in the evening, the phone rang. It
26、was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husbands name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. T
27、heir young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new tel
28、ephone number to a friend. That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way. 29. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney? A. Go shopping. B. Find
29、a house. C. Join his family.D. Take a vacation.30. The girls parents got Rashids phone number from_. A. a friend of his family.B. a Sydney policeman. C. a letter in his papers. D. a stranger in Sydney.31. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean? A. ShowedB. Gave back C. D
30、eliveredD. Sent out32. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. From India to Australia.B. Living in a New Country. C. Turning Trash to Treasure. D. In Search of New Friends. DDaphne,Youre very busy these days. I called you several times, but no one answered.Are you still workin
31、g in your office at 10 oclock every night? Next Sunday is Dads birthday. I want to give him a present, but fantastic things are usually expensive for a poor student like me. Ill be very happy if you can help me. I think Dad will be glad to get a radio as a birthday present, and the kind of radio Id
32、like to give him is the most popular one, Mini 3388. It is very small, convenient and will be very useful for Dad. What do you think?I know you dont have time to find a good present for Dad. So Ill go to buy theradio, and you just pay the bill next weekend when you come back home.Steven33. Why does
33、Steven write this letter to Daphne?A. He wants her to answer his phone call. B. He needs to buy a cell phone.C. He wants to say happy birthday to her. D. He needs money to buy a gift for Dad.34. The underlined word “fantastic” is closest in meaning to “_”. A. cheap B. heavy C. wonderful D. small35.
34、Which of the following is true according to the letter?A. Daphne is now a college student. B. Daphne will be home next weekend.C. Steven is very busy these days. D. Mini 3388 is a new kind of cell phone.第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A: I need to lose so
35、me weight. My clothes dont fit anymore. _36_ B: Well, instead of watching TV all day, you could do more exercise. A:_37_ B: Like cycling, or you could work out at the gym. A: I dont have time. _38_ B: OK, then you could change your diet. _39_ A: You mean no more hamburgers! Oh no! B: OK._40_A. Like
36、what ?B. Im too busy.C. What should I do ?D. Some more hamburgers ?E. Buy some larger clothes then.F. Thats a good idea. Thanks a lot.G. Eat something healthier, like fruit.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；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。It was Mothers Day
37、 and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were 41 , we realized that only minutes earlier an 42 woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. 43 was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly
38、 in shock. 44 a lot of people stopped to help out. 45 we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very 46 about what had happened to the elderly couple. He 47 to me, “Mom, its not much fun falling over in front of 48 .” Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, h
39、e added, “Why shouldnt we 49 the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was 50 that hed come up with this 51 idea. So we went over and told the flower seller 52 we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I 53 take your money for such a wonderful 54 .”By now medical staff had arrived, and were
40、 55 the injured woman. We gave the flower to the womans husband and I told him it was 56 my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a 57 son. Happy Mothers Day to you.”The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it
41、 was from. 58 being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with 59 in her eyes and gave him a little 60 .41. A. leavingB. drivingC. movingD. stopping 42. A. injuredB. awkwardC. honestD. elderly 43. A. Her husband B. My sonC. The crowdD. The seller 44. A. SpecificallyB. ParticularlyC. Interest
42、inglyD. Fortunately 45. A. IfB. SinceC. WhileD. Unless 46. A. guiltyB. curiousC. angryD. worried 47. A. complainedB. saidC. liedD. responded 48. A. no oneB. someoneC. everyoneD. anyone 49. A. lendB. bringC. leaveD. buy 50. A. amazedB. shockedC. puzzledD. concerned 51. A. wise B. sweetC. innocentD. c
43、razy 52. A. whichB. whenC. whatD. whether 53. A. must notB. cantC. may notD. neednt 54. A. sceneB. habitC. flowerD. deed 55.A. checking withB. looking afterC. operating onD. paying for 56. A. fromB. toC. withD. about 57. A. respectfulB. cheerfulC. successfulD. wonderful 58. A. Out ofB. Regardless of
44、C. Thanks toD. As to 59. A. loveB. hopeC. pityD. pain 60. A. ideaB. moneyC. smileD. comfort 第卷（共两部分；满分50分）第三部分 英语知识运用第二节 （共15分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当的内容（每空不超过2词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned _61_ farm, which looked almost abandoned. _62_ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby _63_ other foo