2009级高二下期半期考试题
第一卷
第一卷(三部分,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秒种的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
第一部分：听力（满分共30）
第一节 （满分7.5）
请听5段对话，选出最佳选项
1.
How are the guests going to
A. By train B. By car C. By plane
2. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At a cinema B. At a restaurant C. At a bus stop
3. Who is probably speaking to the man?
A. His wife B. His manager C. His mother
4. What is the time now by the man’s watch?
A.8: 45
B.
5. When was the woman born?
A. In 1989 B. In 1991 C. In 1993
第二节 (共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18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。
请听第6段材料， 回答第6和第7两小题。
6. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Radio programs B. Language teaching C. Foreign languages
7. What other languages besides English are taught over the radio?
A. German, Spanish and French B. Portuguese, Swedish and French
C. Japanese, French and German
请听第7段材料， 回答第8和第10三小题。
8. Where are the two speakers going?
A. To the seaport B. To the airport C. To the railway station
9. What’s wrong with the two speakers?
A. Their car broke down B. Their tank is half full C. They have run out of gas
10 What will the two speakers do now?
A. Do nothing but wait B. Find a policeman C. Telephone the nearest gas station
请听第8段材料， 回答第11和第14四小题
11. Why did the man call the woman？
A. To ask if she’s got the tickets. B. To invite her to go to a concert
C. To offer his help with her new flat.
12. What will the woman be doing next Saturday afternoon?
A. Watching a tennis match B. Cleaning up her new flat
C. Visiting a friend with Margaret
13. What has the woman agreed to do with the man next Saturday?
A. Go to see a play B. Attend a concert C. Buy concert tickets
14. What time does the concert start?
A. At 7:30pm B. At 7:30am C. At 5:00pm
请听第9段材料， 回答第15和第17三小题。
15. When did people first begin to use stamps?
A. In the early
19th century
B. On May 6, 1840
C. On
16. Who was the first person to put forward a suggestion to use stamps?
A. Rowland Hill
in
C. Rowland Hill
in
17. Which stamps were first sold in
A. “ One Penny” blue stamps B. “Two Pence” black stamps
C. “One Penny” black stamps and “Two Pence” blue stamps
第三节：(共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分)
听第10段材料。请根据所听到的内容完成第18至第20题。每空填一个单词或一个数字。听此内容前，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秒钟的做答时间。读两遍。
第二节
请听下面一段材料， 用所听到的材料中的词或数填空
Making a film
The procedure and time
Writing the story may take many weeks; shooting the film takes at least 18 months
The film studio
Like a large factory, and the 19 stages are very big.
The scenery of buildings and forests
It is made of wood and paper in the studio.
The most important person in a film studio
The 20 of the film.
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）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
21. ?Could you do me a favor and take the box up to the sixth floor?
--____________. No problem at all.
A. With pleasure B. My pleasure C. For pleasure D. At your pleasure
22. Written in a hurry, _________. How can it be satisfactory?
A. they found many mistakes in the report B. Sam made lots of mistakes in the report
C. there are plenty of mistakes in the report D. the report is full of mistakes
23. ? Bob, you’re absent-minded!
-- Oh, I’m sorry I ________ attention to you, Miss Shute.
A. haven’t paid B. wasn’t paying C. am not paying D. couldn’t have paid
24. _______ he _______ that he had stolen the money, you should have forgiven him.
A. Now that ; excused B. Even if ; suffered C. Now that ; admitted D. Once; offered
25. I ______ to
get there before
A. promised ; must be waiting B. have promised ; ought to wait
C. promise ; may have waited D. will promise ; could wait
26.―The floor is too dirty.
-- I know. It ___________ for weeks.
A. hasn’t cleaned B. didn’t clean C. hasn’t been cleaned D .wasn’t cleaned
27. Anyway, that evening, _______ I’ll tell you more about later, I ended up staying at Rachel’s place.
A. when B. where C. what D. which
28. What surprised me was not what he said but ________ he said it.
A. the way B. in the way that C. in the way D. the way which
29. When only a little boy, _______.
A. my father took me with him to
C. my father went with me to
30. It is considered no good ______ without _________.
A. to recite ; understanding B. recitation ; understood
C. to recite ; to understand D. reciting; understanding
31. Was it
A. when B. then C. that D. in which
32. ? Sir, I have some difficulty learning this course.
-- Take it easy. I’ll do all I can ________ you.
A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped
33. --- Shall I tell Ann the test result?
No, you_____ . She’s already got the score report.
A. wouldn’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
34. _______ teacher of my grandfather’s will come tomorrow. I’m wondering how old ______ man he should be.
A. The ; a B. A ; a C. A , the D. The ; the
35. Nuclear science should be developed to ____ the people rather than harm them.
A. benefit B. contribute C. protect D. affect
第二节： 完形填空（共20小题，每小题15分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One of the things I always believed is that no matter how bad something is , you can 36
something valuable out of it. The 37 I wasn’t sure of was on September 11.
I hear older people 38 about the attack on
And how greatly those events 39 them in their lives. For my 40 , the tragedy of September 11 can be 41
with that of
It wasn’t until a few weeks 43 September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did
come from this tragedy(悲剧). People seem 44 now, more understanding, more friendly. Little
things that seemed to be such a bother before are no longer a 45 deal. Personally, I am more
patient than I was . I realize life is too short, and 46 , to let myself get upset over unimportant
things. Life is also too short to carry complaints and 47 I’ve become more forgiving and
understanding. I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted. You know how we always
say “ 48 you later”. One thing I’ve realized from September 11 is that you can’t ever say for
sure. 49 change in the blink (眨眼) of an eye. People go to 50 and don’t come back. One
minute they are living and the 51 minute they are not. And, it doesn’t 52 who you are
because there is nothing you can do about it. We 53 know when our time here will be over, so
we all need to make the 54 of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what happened. You can’t live by it. All you can do is just 55 .
36. A. grasp B. catch C. bring D. take
37. A. thing B. time C. event D. place
38. A. think B. know C. talk D. learn
39. A. affected B. taught C. disappointed D. improved
40. A .opinion B. people C. generation（代） D. children
41. A. connected B. followed C. compared D. mixed
42. A. in B. on C. for D. to
43. A. after B. before C. later D. ahead
44. A. happy B. sad C. funny D. different
45 A. little B. big C. small D. right
46. A. terrible B. hare C. precious D. hopeless
47. A. then B. therefore C. yet D. however
48. A. See B. Call C. Meet D. Visit
49. A. Demands B. Things C. Buildings D. People
50. A. offices B. factories C. work D. hospitals
51. A. other B. another C. next D. last
52. A. matter B. trouble C. mean D. realize
53. A. always B. ever C. possibly D. never
54. A. most B. use C. effort D. sense
55. A. study B. work C. live D. play
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Have you ever heard the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover”? This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless before a pretty girl when he speaks. He may not be able to find the right words. But don’t make the mistake of thinking him stupid. With a pen and paper, he can express himself better than anybody else.
Other people may fool you into overestimating(过高估计) their intelligence by putting up a good front. A student who listens attentively and takes notes in class is certain to make a favourable impression on his teachers. But when it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class.
In a word, you can’t judge someone by appearance. The only way to determine a person’s intelligence is to get to know him. Then you can see how he reacts to different situations. The more situations you see, the better your judgment is likely to be. So take your time. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
56. The passage suggests that ____________.
A. a good writer may not be good speaker
B. a good writer is always a good speaker
C. a speechless person always writes well
D. a good writer will find himself speechless.
57. According to this passage, a student who listens attentively and takes notes in class_______.
A. is an intelligent student B. may not be an intelligent student
C. will sore better in exams D. will not be a good student
58. The passage suggests that we should judge a person’s intelligence through __________.
A. his teachers B. his deeds in the classroom
C. his appearance D. his reactions to different situations
59. The writer of this passage wants to tell us not to __________________.
A. judge a book by its cover
B. make the mistake of thinking a young man stupid
C. overestimate a student’s intelligence
D. judge a person’s intelligence by his appearance
B
One night in
February 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr. flew over
In Friendship 7, Glenn radioed, “ The lights show up very well. Thank everybody for turning them on.” His capsule moved on to the east.
During his three
orbits (绕行) of the
earth, Glenn could always reach one of the 18 tracking stations. Some of them
were on ships at sea. Others were in the
Many of the
stations had been built with the help of other countries. These countries
allowed Americans to bring in radio equipment and set it up. Without the help
of such lands as
60. This passage is mainly about __________.
A. talking to ships at sea around the world B. breaks in the worldwide network
C. the first American to orbit the earth D. a satellite which fell into the ocean
61. From the passage we can see that __________.
A. Friendship 7
stopped in
B. all tracking
stations are inside the
C. radio equipment is important in space flight
D. many people could see Glenn in his capsule when he made the flight
62. During his flight Glenn could always _________.l
A. see lights on the ground clearly B. reach ships at sea
C. reach one of the tracking stations D. arrive at Mercury in his Friendship 7
63. Why did people in
A. They wanted to guide Glenn to land B. It was too dark for them to see in the room
C. They wanted to see Friendship 7 D. They wanted to greet Glenn.
C
The Channel Tunnel
The Channel
Tunnel is a three-tunnel railroad from
The idea of a
tunnel connecting
Political differences
between
Today, the
Channel is very busy. High-speed trains carry cars, trucks and passengers from
64. What is mainly emphasized (强调) in the 2nd paragraph?
A. The history of the Channel Tunnel B. The purpose to make such a tunnel
C. A dream that people longed to realize D. An idea first proposed by Napoleon
65 How many serious attempts were made to build the tunnel?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D .Five
66. From the text, we can infer that ___________.
A. the financial problem was solved at the bank
B. the writer took part in the construction project.
C. the Channel is more convenient to transportation
D. the injury in accidents of traffic increases
67. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To provide information to build the Channel B. To provide directions of the Channel
C. To give visitors a guide to the Channel D. To give a brief introduction of the Channel
D
The dodo was a large bird that you might not think was a bird at all, for the dodo could not fly. It was a member of the chicken family. The bird was discovered by European sailors in 1507 on Mauritius (毛里求斯) Island.
When the sailors
talked about the strange bird that could not fly, you can imagine people found
it hard to believe their story. The Europeans who settled on
68.The writer tells us that the dodo .
A. existed between 1507 and 1681 B. has existed since 1507
C. doesn't exist now D. may have existed
69.What was so unusual about dodoes as a bird?
A. They looked like birds but couldn't fly. B. They lived longer than other birds.
C. They were very good to eat. D. They were all killed.
70. Dodoes are no longer seen on
A. were killed by pigs
B. were all taken to
C. have been driven away by the settlers D. have all been killed for food
71. The phrase "as dead as a dodo" is sometimes used to describe something that .
A. cannot protect itself from being eaten B. cannot fly or move fast
C. no longer exists D. is sure to die
72. From the second paragraph, whose story did people find it hard to believe?
A. The Europeans'. B. The dodoes'. C. The settlers'. D. The sailors'.
E
The Jet d’Eau together with the Flower Watch are the main attractions every
year for the tourists visiting Geneva. The Jet d’Eau has become the symbol(象征)of Geneva for a long time. This is a 140 meters high water monument
with a rich history. Eight 13,500―watt projectors light the grand column(圆柱)of the fountain in the evening, from
early March until the second Sunday of October. The Flower Watch, which was
created at the edge of the
Sails on
73. Which of the following is NOT
suitable for describing
A. Capital of Peace.
B. Palais des Nations.
C. The World’s Smallest Metropolis.
D. The birthplace of the Swiss clock and watch making.
74. The Jet d’Eau in the second paragraph refers to .
A. the water fountain B.
the
C. a new scene with electric lighting D. the name of a famous watchmaker
75.What do we learn about the
A. It is the symbol of
B. It lies among the
C. It has a direct passage to the ocean.
D. It is a large body of water of tourist interest.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35）
第一节：短文改错 （10小题都有错，满分10分）
At
the station. It was no a good time because crowds of 77._____________________
people went home from work at this hour. After get 78._____________________
the ticket, I missed the train because the crowds 79._____________________
of people. When the next one came in, I forced 80._____________________
onto train by the push of the people behind. 81._____________________
My body couldn’t turn, even my head couldn’t, too. 82.____________________
Though it was dark outside, I couldn’t see the name of 83.____________________
the station. When the train stops at the station, I made 84._____________________
my way to get off from the train, but I found it was 85._____________________
the wrong station.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座(lecture)。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。
内容要点：*表示歉意
*理由：去机场(airport)接人
*询问：是否有录音(tape)，以便补听讲座
注意：1. 词数：100左右
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Miss Morgan,
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
答案：
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18 six 6 19 indoor 20 director
21-25 ADBCA 26-30 CDABD 31-35 ABBCA
36-40 DACAC 41-45 CBADB 46-50 CBABC 51-55 CADAC
56-60 ABDDC 61-65 CCDCB 66-70 CDCAD 71-75 CDBAD
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81加 the 82 too---either 83 Though---Because 84 stops----stopped 85 去掉from
One possible version:
Dear Miss Morgan,
I am so sorry that I won’t be able to
attend the lecture on American history tomorrow afternoon. My uncle is
returning home from
I am very much interested in American society and history. I wonder if it is possible for the talk to be recorded, and if so, could I borrow the tape? It would mean a great deal to me to listen to the tape and learn what is covered in the talk.
Yours sincerely
Li Hua