2013—2014学年高二英语上学期期中测试卷

命题人：张丽华

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分：150分。考试时间：120分钟

第Ⅰ卷 选择题 （满分115分）

第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分65分)第一节: 单项填空(共25小题；每小题1分，满分25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。

3. He asked us to him ______ carrying through their plan.

A. assist; with B. assist; in

C. help; to D. help; with

4. _______ in a friendly way, their quarrel came to an end.

A. Settled B. Being settled

C. Settling D. Having settled

5. A driver should __ the road when .

A. concentrate on; drive B. concentrate in; driving

C. concentrate to; drove D. concentrate on; driving

6. Tom kept quiet about the accident ________ lose his job.

A. so not as to B. so as not to C. so as to not D. not so as to

7. Not until the early years of the 19th century ________ what heat was.

A. man did know B. did man knew

C. did man know D. did man knows

8. The stone bridge __ _ last year is very beautiful.

A. to be built B. was built C. being built D. built

9. These articles are written in simple language, _____ makes it easy to read.

A. that B. this C. which D. it

10. Tom’s mother kept telling him that he should work harder, but ______ didn’t help.

A. he B. it C. she D. which

11. ---The novel gone with wind is said _____ into several languages.

A. to translate B. being translated

C. to have been translated D. having been translated

12. is no need

A. There; complaining B. That; complaining

C. It; to complain D. There; to complain

13. Did he find hard to learn a foreign language?

A. it B. him C. that D. himself

14. The population of China is larger than ______ of the United States.

A. this B. that C. these D. those

15. He’s got himself into a dangerous situation he is likely to be accused of meeting someone.

A. that B. which C. where D. why

16. Peter received a letter just now ________ his grandma would come to see him soon.

A．said B．says C．saying D．to say

17. The students in the class were ________ four groups before they started the game.

A divided into B separated into

C divided from D separated into

18. The flower his friend gave him will die unless ___ every day.

A. watering B. watered C. water D. to water

19. The question you asked me was difficult _____.

A. to be answered B. in answering

C.to answer D. in being answered it

20. The speech by Obama is strongly impressed___ many people’s memory.

A. to B. over C. on D. by

21. I will __________ Jane today, as she can’t come to the meeting herself.

A. take place B. take the place of

C. take the place D. take place of

22. ----They haven’t finished all the work up to now.

----They ____________.

A. should B. ought to C. are supposed to D. are supposed to have

23. Tom is good at his work, but he seems to _____ confidence.

A. lack B. lack of C. lacking in D. short of

24. The class __________ 80 students is hard to manage.

A. consists of B. consisting of C. making up of D. made up

25. Only then _________the importance of my health.

A. I realized B. had I realized C. did I realize D. I had realized

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

A little boy invited his 26 to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's disappointment, she said she would go. This would be the 27 time that his classmates and teacher???28 ??his?mother and he felt???29???of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that???30???nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy 31 wanted to?talk about?why or how she got the scar.????? At the meeting, the people were???32???by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother???33???the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and?hid 34from everyone. He did, however, get within???35?of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.????? The teacher asked?carefully,"36 did you get the scar on your face?"????? The mother replied,"???37???my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was???38???afraid to go in because the fire was???39??, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece?of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked??40???but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She??41?? the burned side of her face."This scar will be??42??, but to this day, I have never??43what I did."????? At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother 44 tears in his eyes. He held her in his?arms and felt a great?sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand?? 45???for the rest of the day.

26.A. mother??????

27.A. second??? ????28.A. noticed? ???????29.A. sick?????????????30. A.covered ??31. A. often32. A. surprised??????33. A. in sight of?????34. A. him????????????35. A. hearing 36. A. Why????????37. A. As??????????????38. A. so??????????????39. A.out of control?40. A. helpless????????41. A. pointed??????????42. A. ugly????????????43. A. forgot??????????44. A. with???????????45. A. quietly?????????

B. fatherB. last? ??????? ??B.?met??????B.??afraidB. passed??????? B. never??? ??B.???impressedB. by means of??B. himself????? ??B. reminding???B. Where????? ??B.??Since??????? ??B. much????????? ??B. under control?B. hopeless???????B. showed???????B. lasting??????? ??B. recognized???B. running???????B. slightly?????

C. sister????C. next?????C. accepted????C.ashamed????????C. included???C. didn’tC. excited????C. by way of??C. herself??C.understanding?C. How??C. When??????C. quite??????C. in control??C. senseless??C. wiped??????C. serious????C. considered?C. to?C. tightly???

D. cousin??D. first?????????????D. greeted???????????D. tired????????????D. shaded???????D. doesn’tD. comforted???D. in spite of??D. her??????????D. learning?????D. WhenD. While????????D. too??????????????D. over control?D. useless????????D. touched??????D. frighteningD. regretted??D. runs?????????D. suddenly???



第三部分：阅读理解（共25题，每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节: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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A traveler was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of some children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveler’s face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveler then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"

46. The children shouted when the traveler was taking pictures of them because _______.

A. they didn't want to stop playing

B. the traveler was not doing well with her camera

C. they didn't want to have their pictures taken

D. the traveler forgot to take off the cap on her head

47. The traveler made an apology to the head because _______.

A. she didn't take a picture of the head first

B. the children would lose their souls

C. she had stayed in the village too long

D. she thought it was not right to take people's pictures without telling them beforehand (事先)

48. The traveler explained how to use a camera to the head because _______.

A. the head was very interested in her camera

B. the head wanted to learn to take pictures

C. she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing

D. she was afraid of the head

49. When the head smiled, it's clear that _______ .

A. he wanted the traveler to tell him something else

B. the traveler knew what the children meant

C. the children wanted to play with her

D. the traveler didn't let him speak

50. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. The head was afraid that the traveler’s camera would hurt the children.

B. The children wouldn't mind if the traveler took pictures of them.

C. The traveler knew something about people in some countries.

D. The traveler didn't understand why the children shouted.

B

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.

51. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York

b. Worked in a bank

c. Travelled to Texas

d. Was put in prison

e. Had a newspaper job

f. Learned to write stories

A. e, c, f, b, d, a B. c, b, e, d, a, f

C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, e, b, d, f, a

52. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because

A. they had surprise endings.

B. they were easy to understand.

C. they showed his love for the poor.

D. they were about New York City.

53. O. Henry went to prison because

A. people thought he had stolen m