菱湖中学2013学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题卷

命题人 汤晓琴 审核人 徐艳波

卷I （选择题 满分109 分）

第一部分：听力（共两节, 每小题1.5分，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. What will the woman do about the dress?

A. She’ll change it. B. She’ll return it. C. She’ll buy it.

2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Buying DVDs. B. Borrowing DVDs. C. Sharing DVDs.

3. What did the woman think of Dana’s speech?

A. Boring. B. Important. C. Well-prepared.

4. What does the man mean?

A. He is unable to give help.

B. He will carry the boxes later.

C. He refuses to pay for boxes.

5. When is Simon supposed to arrive?

A. 7:30. B. 8:00. C. 8:10.

第二节

听下面5段对话,每段对话后有几个小题,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。每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Where do the speakers plan to go?

A. The woman’s home. B. A museum. C. A library.

7. Why does the woman want to go on Saturday afternoon?

A. To enjoy nice weather.

B. To sleep late in the morning.

C. To avoid the crowd.

听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why did the man borrow the woman’s computer last time?

A. He needed it for his paper.

B. His computer was broken.

C. He used it for his computer class.

9. Why does the woman feel happy?

A. The man can lend her a computer now.

B. The man will use his own computer.

C. The man will study better.

10. What has the man been doing with his new computer?

A. Doing homework.

B. Searching for information.

C. Watching DVDs.

听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Where did Tom get the idea of becoming a businessman?

A. From the grown-ups around him.

B. From his high school teachers.

C. From his college friends.

12. How much does Tom own of the company he works for?

A. 60%. B. 18%. C. 6%.

13. What mistake did Tom and his company make in the past?

A. Making all the products themselves.

B. Wasting lots of materials.

C. Producing simple things.

听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply?

A. Writers. B. School teachers. C. Newspaper reporters.

15. Where is Sharon most likely to go?

A. New York. B. Boston. C. California.

16. What does James plan to do if he can’t find a job?

A. Continue his education. B. Start a newspaper. C. Write a book.

17. Who are the speakers?

A. Fellow students. B. Laid-off workers. C. High school teachers.

听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why does the university offer the two programs?

A. To keep students safe walking late or alone.

B. To provide better health care for students.

C. To help visitors tour around the college.

19. When can students call Campus Safety Office?

A. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. B. Anytime of the day. C. From midnight to 7 a.m.

20. To whom is the speaker mainly talking?

A. Tourists at the college. B. New teachers. C. Parents of students.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分37分）

第一节：单项选择（共17小题; 每小题1分, 满分17分）

21. Experts?think?that _______ recently?discovered?painting?may?be ________ Picasso.

A. a; a B. the; a C. 不填; a D. a; 不填

22. ---You seem to like to stay at home and watch TV series.

---Oh, no. _______, I hate it, but it is raining outside and I can’t go out.

A. On the contrary B. That is to say

C. On the other hand D. To be accurate

23. ---Do you feel like _______ there or shall we take a bus?

---I’d like to walk, but since there is not much time left, I would rather we _______ a taxi.

A. to walk; take B. walking; took C. to walk; took D. walking; take

24. During summer holidays, some students always take _______ jobs to spare time

as well as make some pocket money.

A. specific B. temporary C. professional D. permanent

25. _______ by the young man’s honest speech, they offered him a good post.

A .Having impressed B. On impressing C. Impressed D. To be impressed

26. The workers in France demanded that their pay _______ from the following week on.

A. would be raised B. was raised C. be raised D. raised

27. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune ________.

A. is made B. would make C. was to be made D. had made

28. _______is important to a person _______he must know what he is fit for. A .It ; that B. As; that C. What; that D. That ; what

29. With my money _________, I went back home. A. ran out of B. ran out C. running out of D. running out

30. ---Where did you see him? --- It was in the hotel _________ he stayed. A. that B. where C. which D. what

31. ---How long do you think it will be _ China sends a manned spaceship to the moon?

---Perhaps two or three years.

A. when B. until C. that D. before

32. What a(n) ____ ! Emily called me when I was trying to find her.

A. coincidence B. accident C. incident D. ingredient

33.________ earlier, I would have managed to make an appointment with the professor for you.

A. If you informed me B. Had you informed me

C. Should I inform D. If I was informed

34. ---You ________ have finished your composition.

--- I had meant to, but the bell rang and I had to hand in my test paper.

A. were supposed to B. were able to C. were eager to D. were determined to

35. --- Bob, look what you have done! You ruined the experiment.

--- It’s not my fault. I just carried out the instructions __________.

A. as told B. as telling me C. as telling D. as I told

36.Why not _______some outdoor sports to relax from office work? It will also help keep you healthy.

A. make up B. take up C. set up D. turn up

37. The factory was built in a secret place, around _________ high mountains. A. which was B. it was C. which were D. them were

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

Happiness is what everyone looks for. 38 someone says that he is happy. However, 39 makes him happy may not work for others. And even 40 , someone may spend all his life looking for happiness, but in vain.

In the past, I tried my best to make myself happy. I thought if I could 41 get and do what I wanted to, I would be happy. Certainly, it was 42 , but I was disappointed. Though I could be happy at 43 , I couldn’t keep my happiness for a long time. Why?

One day, when I told a friend of mine what I 44 about happiness, he smiled and said only a few words, “Happiness is not a 45 thing but a byproduct ( 副产品). ”

I was surprised, but he was really 46 .

Someone thinks money can 47 everything, but when he becomes a millionaire after his hard work, perhaps he will find that he has new 48 . And he has to go to church for 49 . Sometimes love can bring happiness, but at other times it 50 misunderstanding, tiredness, and even quarrelling.

Happiness is only a byproduct of all 51 of things you love to do. You can not 52 it in a straight way. That is, it is not a thing 53 in the material form but in your senses.

You should tell yourself, “ I do not 54 whether I am happy or not. But I must love 55 . ” And one day you will 56 find happiness itself has quietly 57 .

38.

A. Maybe

B. Once

C. Then

D. And



39.

A. who

B. what

C. it

D. this



40.

A. more

B. now

C. worse

D. so



41.

A. often

B. really

C. hardly

D. frequently



42.

A. important

B. necessary

C. unnecessary

D. possible



43.

A. present

B. all

C. times

D. last



44.

A. did

B. thought

C. learned

D. discovered



45.

A. single

B. simple

C. common

D. strange



46.

A. lying

B. stupid

C. right

D. foolish



47.

A. get

B. make

C. produce

D. bring



48.

A. wishes

B. demands

C. worries

D. business



49.

A. help

B. God

C. comfort

D. rest



50.

A. suggests

B. happens

C. seems

D. causes



51.

A. fields

B. types

C. kinds

D. forms



52.

A. find

B. grasp（抓住）

C. search

D. discover



53.

A. floating

B. existing

C. coming

D. surrounding



54.

A. mind

B. know

C. ask

D. wonder



55.

A. life

B. family

C. happiness

D. health



56.

A. hardly

B. suddenly

C. never

D. often



57.

A. disappeared

B. missed

C. lost

D. arrived



第三部分：阅读理解（共21小题；每小题2分，共42分）

(A)

Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.

“Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”

Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person’s general age, their gender, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.

Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

So, what do your shoes say about your personality?

Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).

However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with “aggressive” personalities.

The stra