高二英语下学期期中试题

 一.单词辨音从A--D中选出其划线部分读音与所给单词相同的选项.
(  )1.again
A.raise     B.said     C,pain      D.mountain

(  )2.receive
A. neighbour    B.either     C,seize     D. eight

(  )3.bury
A. hurry     B.breast    C.busy     D.hunt

(  )4.gift
A.imagine    B.irrigation     C.oblige      D.pigeon

(  )5.machine
A.moustache    B.reach    C.bench     D.heada

二.选择填空

(  )6.---Would you mind my sitting on the seat beside you, Madame?

  ---________.

 A. I’m sorry, but it’s taken         B. yes, help yourself

 C. Sure, with pleasure             D. Well, never mind

(  )7. _____Kate and Joan who taught Tom the nice song last night?

 A. Was it    B. Were there    C. Will it be  D. Must it have been

(  )8. –Will the foreigners have any problems talking with Chinese in 2008?

  --I don’t think so. Now ____the young ____ the old can speak some English.

 A. either; to                    B. not only; but also

 C. neither; nor                  D. both; or

(  )9. You shouldn’t have been following so closely; you should have kept your____.

 A. way   B. distance     C. mind    D. relation

(  )10. –What about playing football this afternoon?

   --good idea, what time do you think most suits you, ____, 4 o’clock?

   --Ok, let’s meet on the gym.

 A. for example   B. such as   C. say     D. so to speak

(  )11. The money spent on a collage student______ up to about 7000-8000 yuan a year.

 A. pays     B. costs      C. adds        D. uses

(  )12. In 1921 Einstein won the________.

 A. Physics Noble Prize          B. Nobel Physics Prize

 C. Nobel Prize Physics          D. Prize Physics Nobel

(  )13. Because he didn’t finish the work on time and was fired by the company, he was very______ about it.

 A. upset   B. worried     C. anxious    D. nervous

(  )14. He is an honest man; I say it, ____ I’m against him.

 A. if     B. even though        C. even     D. even so

(  )15. He sent an e-mail, ______to get further information.

 A. hoped      B. hoping      C. to hope       D. hope

三. 完形填空

  Many stories are fold of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs, there is (16 ) a village named after such dog. According to the story, Gelert was a hunting dog (17) to Lewellyn. One morning, when the master wanted to go (18), he could not find Gelert and set off without him. (19) his returnfrom the hunt, Lewwllyn found Gilert (20) with blood. Lewellyn’s baby was not in its bed and the bed itself was (21). Thinking that the dog had eaten the child, he (22) Gellert with his sward. The noise awoke the baby, who had been (23) under a heap(堆)of bed coverings. The father heard his child’s cry and found him there, (24) and sound. Under the bed was (25) a great wolf, killed by Gellert. The faithful dog had saved the life of his master’s child, (26) lost his own because of misunderstanding.

  Dogs can tear (27) better than men. For this (28) they make good watchdogs. Trained dogs lead blind people and (29) as their eyes. Dogs are intelligent animals, so it is (30) to train them. A dog named Barry saved 40 persons when they (31) in the snow about 150 years ago. Dogs have also (32) in scientific research. The world’s first spacetraveller was a dog named Laika. (33) scientist sent it up in a man-made earth satellite in 1957. (34) have been film stars, too. A dog called Lassie was the (35) in a number of American films.

(  )16. A. ever   B. even   C. seldom    D. never

(  )17. A. referring  B. belonging    C. leading     D. turning

(  )18. A. skating    B. shopping    C. fishing     D. hunting

(  )19. A. When     B. After         C. As soon as      D. On

(  )20. A. covered    B. filled       C. tied      D. lain

(  )21. A. in order   B. in disorder  C. out order  D. with order

(  )22. A. beat     B. whipped      C. killed     D. buried

(  )23. A. laughing    B. playing   C. asleep   D. crying

(  )24. A. safe  B. danger    C. silent     D. calm

(  )25. A. uncovered   B. found     C. discovered   D. founded

(  )26. A. so     B. but      C. or      D. although

(  )27. A. noises   B. voices      C. sounds       D. words

(  )28. A. reason   B. thing      C. cause      D. why

(  )29. A. regard   B. consider     C. act     D. keep

(  )30. A. important   B. necessary    C. easy   D. difficult

(  )31. A. lost    B. were missed   C. were fallen  D. were lost

(  )32. A. worked   B. helped     C. lived     D. played

(  )33. A. American   B. Russian     C. British    D. Chinese

(  )34. A. Cats      B. Horses    C. Goats      D. Dogs

(  )35. A. star       B. film     C. space-traveller   D. scientist 

A

What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible(=terrible). They say that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems---more crimes (犯罪), dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity), and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in city areas.

      How can we deal with such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is little suitable housing, and because houses are too expensive. The crime rate isn’t going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and more often, traffic jams(交通阻塞) are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several streets. These problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city.

      Los Angeles, California, for example, has no subway(地铁) system and buses are slow. Instead, many commuters (=people who travel to and from work by bus) drive many miles from their homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy freeways. Now York, however, has a big transit system(公交体系)---buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation(交通) is crowded and dirty, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than in Los Angeles. A taxi driver complains(抱怨): “I was driving home, but in forty-five minutes I moved only two miles! Finally, I turned off the engine and just sat there. A lot of people left their cars where they were in the middle of the street and went into a bar for a few beers!”

      On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use buses or subway to move quickly from one part of the city to another.

(  )36. What do some people think is the main problem of the future city life?

      A. Housing.                              B. Overcrowding.    

      C. Environmental pollution.             D. Traffic jams.

(  )37. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

      A. Crime.            B. Anxiety (忧虑).       C. Disease.       D. Education.

(  )38. The best way to work out the traffic problem in Los Angeles might be ______________________.

      A. cutting down the number of private cars

      B. getting more buses in the freeway

       C. persuading people to live nearer to their work

      D. building a subway system

(  )39. According to the passage,       ________ has a better traffic condition.

      A. New York      B. Paris   C. London      D. Tokyo

四.阅读理解

   B

Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV brings the outside closer to people’s homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before – because of TV. What’s going on in the other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What’s life in the deepest part of the sea? If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV. Turn it on and watch. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why?  Because they can hear and watch,  too. TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps to open our minds. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.

(  )40．Some people say the world is smaller than before because ___________.

A．V makes the earth smaller and smaller

B．All people like to watch TV.

C．Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day

D．TV brings the outside world closer to people

(  )41．We can ____________ when we watch TV.

A．go to live in the other countries

B．answer TV many questions

C．get a lot of information

D．ask TV some questions

(  )42．People learn better through TV than through radio because ____________.

A．TV sets are bigger than radios

B．People can not only hear but also watch

C．Without TV people can’t open their eyes.

D．It’s easier to turn on TV than to turn on radio

(  )43．The sentence “TV also helps to open our minds” means:

A．our minds can only be opened by TV

B．something is wrong with our minds

C．it can help us to increase our knowledge

D．TV is new to us

(  )44．This article has told us ________________.

A．it’s good to watch TV

B．B not to watch TV any more

C．students shouldn’t watch TV at any time

D．to stop reading to watch TV

                                C

The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. But cars are used for more than joy. They are a necessary part of life. Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices by workers who had no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their goods. Farmers have to drive into the cities in order to buy things.

Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used when the children live more than a mile from school. When the children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns to drive them to school. One mother drives on Monday, another on Tuesday, another on Wednesday and so on. So people say they form a car pool. Men also form car pools; three or four of them take turns to drive to their working places.

More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and to use less oil. Car-parking place is a great problem, and so is the over-busy road in and around the cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.

(  )45.In the United Stats cars are a necessary part of life because_____.

A. it’s pleasant for farmers to drive into the cities

B. cars aren’t expensive to buy

C. cars are very helpful in many ways

D. we can’t do anything without cars

(  )46.In some cities if children live more than a mile from school_____.

A. their parents will have to send them to school

B. they will have to walk to school

C. they will have to drive to school by themselves

D. school buses will take them to school

(  )47.The writer gives some reasons to explain why more car pools should be formed. Which one isn’t true?

A. The roads are over-busy.

B. Car-parking places are in great need.

C. People pay too much money for cars.

D. Too much oil is used.

(  )48..Which of the following statements is not true?

A. More car pools should be formed.

B. We must do something about the use of cars.

C. Each family has cars in the United States.

D. Cars are very useful in many ways.

(  )49.The writer seems to hope that_____.

A. people in the United States should use fewer cars

B. each family in the United States should buy a car

C. the United States must build more roads in or around cities

D. the United States must invent smaller but more modern cars