2013学年第二学期高二英语期中考试
一、听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
第一节（每段对话仅读一次）
1. Where does the woman have to get off?
A at the Bank of China B at the post office C at the next stop
2. Why dose the man refuse the woman
A He doesn’t have a car
B He’ll be using his car
C She doesn’t drive
3. Where does the woman want to go?
A The Grand Hotel B The shopping center C The traffic light
4. How is the man going home
A in a car B by bus C on foot
5 . How many friends can the girl invite
A four or five B two or three C two or four
第二节（每段对话读两次）
听下面一段材料，回答第6，7小题
6．What are the speakers going to do this weekend
A go to the beach B climb the mountain C go for a bicycle ride
7. What do we know about Paul and Mary?
A they might be the speakers’friends
B they have decided to join the speakers
C they did some riding yesterday
听下面一段材料，回答第8，9小题
8. What are the two speakers talking about ?
A using the left hand B operating machines C designing machines
9. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A master and servant B boss and secretary C fellow workers
听下面一段材料，回答第10,11,12小题
10. What did the woman do last weekend?
A she went to the beach B she visited her parents C she hand school work to do
11. Why did the woman come home so soon ?
A she was tired B she caught a cold C she had school work to do
12. What was the weather like at the weekend ?
A Cloudy B sunny C rainy
听下面一段材料，回答第13,14,15小题
13. What does the woman think about her boss ?
A rude B foolish C troublesome
14. What do we know about the woman?
A she was in charge of a school
B she succeeded in her job
C she has left her job
15. What dose the man want to be?
A a dancer B a dancing trainer C a high school teacher
二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
16. Doctors are often in ____ dilemma over whether or not to tell their patients ___ truth about their condition.
A. a ; a B. a ; the C. / ; a D. / ; the
17. The two men were ________ of receiving stolen property，which made their parents worried.
A．suspected B．doubted C．arrested D．blamed
18. —Did you hear that Li Hua was robbed during his recent trip to South Africa? —Yes，not only________ his money，but he was nearly killed.
A．he lost B．did he lose C．he had lost D．was he lost
19.John's brother has determined to ________ farming when he graduates from university，which dissatisfies his parents.
A．pick up B．set up C．take up D．give up
20. __________ to get a seat for the concert, he didn’t mind standing in a queue all night
A. Determined B. To be determined C. Determine D .Being determined
21. We can hardly believe what she says because she is ___changing her mind.
A. regularly B. eventually C. firmly D. constantly
22. In many American universities，the total work for a degree________ thirty-six courses，each ________ for one semester(学期)．
A．is consisted of; lasts B．consists of; lasting
C．is made up of; lasts D．make up of; lasting
23. The smile on her face suggested that she ________ satisfied with her son’s progress.
A．should be B．would be C．was D．had been
24. Leave your key with your neighbor ________ you lock yourself out one day.
A．as long as B．even though C．in case D．as if
25. — Could you turn the TV down a little bit?
—________.Is it disturbing you?
A．Take it easy B．I'm sorry C．Not a bit D．It depends
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
At the age of seven, I went to see my grandma in Warwick and spent the summer with her. One day I went to a general store with a 26 full of what Grandma needed. “Excuse me, I need to 27 these,” I said .
“So ? I’m not your 28 ! You should get yourself a basket and start filling,” Miss Bee, the owner of the store, said 29 without smiling. “If you’re 30 you’ll be home by sunset.” Sunset was five hours away. 31 , the store was a puzzle, and I wasn’t sure if I would make it.
I visited Miss Bee several times a week that 32 . One afternoon when I watched her adding 35 cents instead of 29 for a can of beans, I 33 her immediately. Though being caught overcharging , she didn’t seem 34 , and she just fixed the price.
All summer long I was always tricked by Miss Bee. No sooner had I memorized the soda’s location on the shelf than she rearranged the shelves and made me 35 it all over again. But by summer’s end the 36 trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.
The morning I was to return to Brooklyn, I stepped in to get a bottle of water. “What did you 37 this summer?” she said.
“That you’re so mean!” I whispered.
To my 38 , Miss Bee laughed. “When you get older, you’ll be glad our paths crossed!”
Glad I met Miss Bee ? No!
Until one day my daughter came to me with homework 39 . “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish it for me?”
“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” Suddenly, I was 40 at that general store where Miss Bee had really taught me something all those years ago.
26. A. bag B. bottle C. list D. can
27. A. buy B. read C. borrow D. sell
28. A. daughter B. servant C. master D. teacher
29. A. honestly B. quietly C. coldly D. quietly
30. A. busy B. stupid C. lucky D. popular
31. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Also
32. A. year B. summer C. autumn D. term
33. A. supported B. attracted C. corrected D. remembered
34. A. excited B. unfriendly C. moved D. uncomfortable
35. A. hunt for B. step onto C. learn about D. care for
36. A. school B. shopping C. business D. sightseeing
37. A. eat B. earn C. forget D. learn
38. A. shame B. delight C. surprise D. regret
39. A. signs B. troubles C. scores D. rules
40. A. out B. ahead C. around D. back
四、阅读理解（共16小题；每题2分，满分32分）
A
Years ago a John Hopkin's professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums (贫民窟). Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and research into their background and environment. Then predict their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and compiling (汇编) much data, concluded that 90 percent of the boys would spend some time in prison.
Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was given the job of testing the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys—by then men—were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the original 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison.
Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding(滋生)place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were continually told: “Well, there was a teacher...”
They pressed further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she exerted (发挥) this remarkable influence over that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?
“No，” she said, “no I really couldn't.” And then, thinking back over the years, she said amusingly, more to herself than to her questioners: “I loved those boys.”
41．What were a group of graduate students instructed to do?
A. To research into the living conditions of the poor citizens.
B. To foretell what the future might have in store for poor kids.
C. To study 200 boys in the slums between 12 to 16 and predict their future.
D. To survey the background and environment of 200 teenagers.
42．Seeing only four boys with bad records, the researchers probably felt________.
A. relieved B. surprised C. disappointed D. frustrated
43．Most of the 200 surveyed boys grew into good citizens because________.
A. their parents were strict with them
B. they had great ambition as children
C. they were expected to do good deeds
D. a woman teacher loved and cared them
44．What conclusion can we draw from the story?
A. Love can work miracles.
B. Like teacher, like pupil.
C. Adversity leads to prosperity.
D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
B
Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.
Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town's newspaper—The Beldon Post：
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don't smoke cigarettes in bed.”This was Beldon's first hotel fire for five years.
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said，“An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.”We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.
There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August; that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.
Now what do you think of the rest of the“news”？
45．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.
B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.
C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.
D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.
46．Which of the following are probably facts?
a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.
b．A cigarette started the fire.
c．An old lamp started the fire.
d．The fire broke out at night.
e．There has never been a fire in Canfield.
A．b and c B．a and d C．c and e D．a and c
47．The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think________.
A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire
B．hotels in Beldon don't often catch fire
C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel
D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
48．The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that________.
A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel
B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years
C
Two more cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been detected in Zhejiang province, including a man who died last week, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a 38-year-old patient surnamed Hong from Hangzhou, the provincial capital, who died in hospital on March 27, had the virus.
Hong was infected on March 7 while working in neighboring Jiangsu province. He returned home on March 18, according to the Zhejiang health department.
The other patient, surnamed Yang, is a 67-year-old man. He developed a cough and fever on March 25 and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
None of the people who came into close contact with the patients have developed symptoms of the flu, the health department said.
On Sunday, two men in Shanghai died from H7N9. A woman in Anhui province and four men in Jiangsu province remain in critical condition, which makes a large number of people scared to death.
All patients had fevers and coughs in the early stages before developing
pneumonia(肺炎) and breathing difficulties, China's health authorities said.
Experts say genetic analysis shows that the H7N9 virus can be treated with Tamiflu, an antiviral drug that may slow the spread of influenza（流感，家畜流行性感冒） in the body.
Wang Xianjun, head of the Shandong provincial center of disease control, said H7N9 is sensitive to neuraminidase-inhibiting medicine such as Tamiflu, Qilu Evening News reported on Wednesday.
There are no effective vaccines(疫苗) for H7N9 as yet, Wang said, but using Tamiflu may be effective in the early stages.
49. According to this passage, the most cases of H7N9 bird flu virus have been detected in ______.
A. Zhejiang province B. Anhui province
C. Shanghai D. Jiangsu province
50. From the whole passage we can learn that_______.
A. two men in Shanghai and a woman in Zhejiang province died from H7N9.
B. the H7N9 virus can be cured with an antiviral drug called Tamiflu.
C. all the patients infected with H7N9 had fevers and coughs in the early stages.
D. only one patient has died from H7N9 in Anhui.
51. The underlined word in the sentence “…four men in Jiangsu province remain in critical condition” may be close to ______ in meaning.
A. very serious and dangerous B. extremely important
C. quite healthy D. not serious or dangerous
52. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the medicine for H7N9
B. the spread of H7N9 and an antiviral drug
C. the number of patients who died from H7N9
D. people who came into close contact with the patients of H7N
阅读下列短文，根据短文内内容，从A、B、C、D、E中，选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项。选项中有一项是多余的。
A. Make the important points
B. Understand the lessons
C. Study at the right time
D. Gather study materials
E. Study in advance
Tips on taking exams
The following are a few study tips for high school students and college students, which will help you answer your exam papers with confidence.
53. __________
It is better to have all the study materials available to you before you start reading. This not only includes your texts and notes but also the previous years’ notes and things like a dictionary and reference books. This has two advantages. Firstly, you do not need to break your concentration (专心) by searching for books. It saves time. Secondly, it gives you a feeling of being prepared for the exams, as you have all the
necessary things and the only thing left its to start studying .
54. __________
The most common mistake that students make is that they start studying a day or two before exams. You can’t revise (复习) all the notes if you study only two days before exams. Therefore, what most of the students do is study only the “so-called” important points. As a result , even if the test paper is easy , you get a low score only because you don’t know the entire syllabus （课程提纲）. So start studying at least a month before the exams.
55. __________
If you have descriptive subjects, do not just remember the answers. Try to understand what you are reading, for this is the best methods for good recall at the time of exams. The major disadvantage of reciting is that if you forget one word of the answer during your exam, you tend to go completely blank. On the contrary (相反地), if you understand the subjects well, you can write the answer on your own at any time. For exams like math , practice at least five sums every day. Math cannot be learned in a day .
56. __________
The last tips is to study when you are in your best mentally active state. Some people are comfortable studying in the early morning, while some like studying at night. Find out the time when you are fresh and relaxed and choose that time for your studies.
五、单词拼写（共4小题, 满分4分）
57 we will never forget those scientists who make great c_____________ to the world.
58 We’ll a_________ for an experienced teacher to teach class 1
59 The city council has now a____________ the scheme for the erection of a new public library.
60 The beauty of Sanya a___________ a lot of visitors from all of the world.
六、完成句子（共4小题, 满分4分）
61． It would be difficult to find a man to _________ ___________ _________ __________ the secretary.
找一个代替秘书的人会很难的。
62. So it seems to___________ ____________ to get more women on boards. 因此，让更多地妇女参与董事会的工作似乎是合情合理的
63. He shouldn't _________ ___________ __________ under the circumstances.
在这种情况下，他不应该受到指责。
64. The government has _______ __________ some rules to protect local wildlife.
政府发布了几条保护当地野生动物的条例。
七、写作（ 满分20分）
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