2019高二英语下学期期中试卷及答案
第一卷(95分)
I．单词辨音从A，B，C，D中找出与所给单词的画线部分读音相同的选项。
（共5分）
1. rule A.future B.hunter C.include D.guest
2.loud A.touch B.shoulder C.soup D.mouth
3. cigarette A. citizen B. necessary C. because D. suggest
4.exist A.excuse B.exercise C.exactly D.explain
5. bathe A. author B. birth C. northern D. tooth
II、单项填空（本题有15小题，计15分）
6. Picasso, could you please spare me a few minutes? I have something important to tell you.
—______，but I hope "a few minutes" won't turn into a few hours.
A. It doesn't matter
B. That's kind of you
C. I'm afraid
not D. I guess so
7．—Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate. —Oh! I thought they ________ without me.
A. went
B. had gone
C. have gone
D. are going
8．Helen had to shout ________ above the sound of the music.
A. making herself hear
B. to make herself hear
C. making herself heard
D. to make herself heard
9．A well-written composition ________ good choice of words and clear organiza?tion among other things.
A. calls out
B. calls for
C. calls up
D. calls in
10. If Joe’s wife won’t go to the party, ________.
A. he will either
B. he neither will
C. neither will
he D. either he will
11. Smell is to the nose_______ taste is to the tongue.
A. that
B. why
C. how
D. what
12. .Mr Smith,who got ______ of the _______ speech, started to read a novel
A. tired, boring
B. tiring,bored
C. tired,bored
D.tiring, boring
13. ________ computer games, he dislikes his study.
A. Addicted to
B. He addicted to
C. His addicting to
D. Addicting to
14. The children were not ________ for the accident.
A. blamed
B. to be blamed
C. being blamed
D. to blame
15. That _______ the postman. It is only six o’clock
A.mustn’t be
B.can be
C.can’t be
D.must be 16．I have made ______ clear that all of us are strongly against smoking in the office.
A. this
B. it
C. that Done 17．Her pale face suggested that she ill badly and I suggested she to hospital without delay.
A. be, should be sent
B. was, be sent
C. be, was
sent D. was, was sent
18．In order to keep fit, you will take exercise _______ and eat healthily．
A．regularly B．generally C．usually D．extremely 19．I do every single bit of housework ______ my husband Bob just does the dishes now and then．
A．since B．while C．when D．as
20．---My God! When did you get the door ________?
---Last week．
A．to paint B．painted C．painting D．to be painted III．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分30分）
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as 21 as just asking questions．To his 22 , journalists also need to do a lot of homework 23 an interview．
Lu shared her 24 of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two 25 of interviews, inclusive （群访）and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is 26 in the form of a press conference．
In a（n）27 interview, only you and the interviewee talk 28 ．You need to 29 all your questions for both types of interviews 30 ．" 31 you don't prepare, you will ask some silly questions
and 32 your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing's new strategy in the Chinese market．33 I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful 34 about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees 35 journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to 36 a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some 37 to get their comments on Boeing's performance in China．
38 her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her 39 helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing's development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really 40 it," Lu told Sparky．
21．A．interesting B．simple C．general D．interactive 22．A．excitement B．disappointment C．surprise D．delight
23．A．before B．after C．at D．in
24．A．idea B．opinion C．knowledge D．experience 25．A．stages B．kinds C．steps D．ways 26．A．almost B．nearly C．mainly D．hardly 27．A．inclusive B．exclusive C．formal D．informal 28．A．side by side B．in secret C．at work D．face to face 29．A．prepare B．think C．find D．ask
30．A．in case B．in memory C．in advance D．in mind 31．A．Though B．As C．Since D．If
32．A．waste B．take C．cost D．lose
33．A．But B．So C．Then D．Now 34．A．comments B．information C．news D．reports 35．A．insist B．allow C．require D．agree 36．A．read B．produce C．make D．form 37．A．experts B．friends C．businessmen D．others 38．A．Then B．Although C．When D．Until 39．A．homework B．friends C．attitude D．search 40．A．realizing B．behind C．worth D．helping
IV：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
A
Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and
spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock-n-roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
41. All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT
__________________.
A. blues
B. rock-n-roll
C. jazz
D. folk-rock
42. According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it is today.
A. much greater than
B. much smaller than
C. as great
as D. as small as
43. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. No pop music is on a high musical level.
B. Much pop music is very artistic.
C. Pop music is highly artistic.
D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.
44. “It is a big industry”means that _______________.
A. it makes a lot of musical instruments (乐器)
B. it is a big musical and commercial business
C. the pop singers are very hard-working
D. pop music is on a very high musical level
B
Beijing has started a battle to get rid of "Chinglish" (Chinese English). The "Language Mandarins" of Beijing have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2008.
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace (Chang'an Street) ,for example, advises: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery Are Very Crafty", a warning that the sidewalk was slippery(滑). Another sign in a Beijing park reads: "Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk. "
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said," Linguistic perfection (语言美) is becoming increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city." However, not everyone shares the disdain (蔑视) of the Beijing government for the mixed language. "The choice of words is pretty
much. One can either choose the verbs, adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes," explained one Hong Kong linguist on an Internet website.
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases. Many come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children" and a model boat—curiously named Posh Sailboat—which means, "Please don't place it in dusty play."
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English.
45. The underlined word "obliterated" refers to .
A. removed
B. exploited(剥削)
C. translated
D. beautified
46.From the passage, we know that .
A. everyone shares the disdain for the mixed language
B. all the people don't share the disdain for the mixed language
C. Chinglish usually communicates in many cases
D. several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinghsh phrases
47.We can infer that the English-language version of newspapers .
A. should be in duty to teach normal English
B. should report the above battle
C. should be paid more attention to
D. should collect more Chinglish phrases
48. Which of the following signs is Chinglish?
A. Watch your step. Slippery sidewalk.
B. Keep off the grass, please.
C. Tourists do not enter.
D. No smoking, please.
C
Loma just had to get in touch with someone：“I had to tell my best friend something important. I tried calling her but I couldn’t get through. So I sent her an e-mail and then I spoke to her on MSN. Without technology I would not have been able to tell her. ”Staying connected with friends and family is important for us. That’s why we asked our readers to tell us how cell-phones, e-mail, blogs, text messaging, and personal pages help them keep in touch. More than 1,500 responded.
Most of them told us they couldn’t live without technology：80％of teens said they need technology to stay in touch. Almost 30％said they’d be completely out of their friends without their cell-phones and other methods of communication.
What do they do when they’ve got news they need to share now?
Most teens say they try to reach their friends by phone. But if they don’t reach them, they use QQ, e-mails, and text messaging to get the words out.
Lots of people use one way of communication—like text messaging —to get a friend’s attention and then use another where they can talk more. “My friends and I always tell each other everything that happens. So I send them text messages to tell them to come online so we can talk about it,”said Sabeiha.
“When planning to get together with friends”, Julian said, “the easiest and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”Jocelyn said. “If I want to go to see a movie with a few friends, I usually send text message to them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many as you’d like, which saves a lot of time. ”
49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. E-mails.
B. Blogs.
C. Personal pages.
D. Personal letters.
50. What do most young people use first when they have news to tell their friends?
A. MSN.
B. QQ.
C. Phones.
D. Text message.
51. The underlined part “get the words out”means“”.
A. send the message
B. send the e-mail
C. talk with their friends
D. meet their friends
52. In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage?
A. Sport.
B. Education.
C. Technology.
D. Culture.
D
In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others. The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care（美容）products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障碍) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem,
which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was.
53. What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?
A. Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.
B. Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.
C. People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin.
D. People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures.
54. The third paragraph is about .
A. some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about
B. the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused
C. the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused
D. the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter
55. Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?
A. They can damage the skin’s color producing progress.
B. They can control people’s emotions and feelings.
C. They can make the fingernails and skin black.
D. They make more people decide to change their skin colors.
56. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Different Colors of Skin
B. The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
C. What Is Beauty?
D. Light Skin or Dark Skin?
E
Water goes around and around Earth in a never ending journey called the water cycle（循环）. The sun heats up lakes, oceans, and other wet places on Earth. When the water gets warm enough, it changes into vapour. Plants also give off lots of water vapour. Some of this water vapour cools off high in the sky and becomes clouds. Then it falls back to Earth in a new place as rain or snow. This cycle happens over and over again.
The ground can absorb water like a sponge (海绵). If you could see this groundwater, it wouldn’t look like a lake or river. The groundwater is mixed in with the rocks and sand that lie in layers(层) below Earth’s surface.
Groundwater moves along slowly. How slowly? Maybe 1.5 kilometres in one century. Some of this water has been underground for thousands of years. And once groundwater is pumped out of the ground from a deep well（井）by people, it may
take hundreds of years for another water to take its place.
57.In which order does water go around Earth?
a .Fall down as rain or snow.
b. Heated up by the sun on lakes, oceans and other wet places.
c. Cool off high in the sky.
d. Form clouds.
e. Change into vapour.
A. dacbe
B. becda
C. caebd
D. bceda
58. The groundwater seems to________.
A. be just on the ground
B. be pure water like that in a lake or river
C. exist in rocks and sand
D. flow along like rivers or streams
59. The underlined word “pumped”in the passage can be replaced by________.
A. run
B. pushed
C. drawn
D. picked
60. What conclusion（结论）can we draw from the passage?
A. Groundwater can be quickly replaced by other water once pumped out.
B. Groundwater is very valuable.
C. Groundwater has nothing to do with human beings.
D. Groundwater travel in an unknown way.
V.根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有两项为多余选项
John: Oh, hi, Fred! 61 Why are you so late?
Fred: 62 She always keeps us in class until ten past ten.
John: Doesn't she know that you're supposed to get out at ten?
Fred: 63 But she never looks at her watch. She just keeps talking.
John: Don't the students complain about it? 64
Fred: No. 65
John: Well, you could try and talk to her.
Fred: Maybe.
A. They don't think so.
B. I didn't know whether to save you a place or not.
C. Everybody is too polite.
D. I guess so.
E. Mary had a talk with me.
F. It's our maths teacher.
G. I would say something.
第Ⅱ卷（共55 分）
VI．补全单词(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
66 Do you know which big cities are at the same__________（海拔）as Rio de Janeiro?
67.When will humans put a stop to war and have _______________
（永久的）peace.
68.My father is a ________________（屠夫）.He sells meat.
69.The soil can___________(吸收)water, so it helps to keep water from flowing away.
70.Marine scientists study the______________(关系)between living creatures and their
habitat in the ocean.
71.Successful people learn to _______ (抓住) the opportunities that come along.
72.If you want to work in a big city and live y the seaside, Qingdao is the _____
(完美的) place for you.
73 Civil rights fighters________________（要求）that African Americans be treated equally.
74.The girl did not answer her letter and Jill felt
very _________ (失望的)
75. they hold opposite_______________ （政治）views.
VII短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
At Chinese New Year, my family and I have a very
busy 76.____________
time. Two days before New Year’s Day, I went out with
my 77.____________
friends from school to the seafood restaurant in Pudong. 78.
____________
It was the noisiest restaurant I had ever been to, and
the 79.____________
food was delicious. After that, we went to shopping for
new 80.____________
clothes and found lots bargains. Then I visited my old
teacher, 81.____________
Mr. Smith. To my surprised, he said he didn’t find
Chinese 82.____________
New Year very excited. He was not even wearing new
clothes! 83.____________
Because we have so many tests this week, so I have
to 84.____________
start studying hard again now. I wish the holiday were
long! 85.____________
VIII: 书面表达（30分）
假设你是班长李华，请按下列要求，用英语写个口头通知以便向学生们宣布。通知必须包括以下内容：
1.) 事由：1.美国学生来校参观
2.参观时间：7月15日上午
3.参观人数：约50名学生
2.) 活动安排：1. 8:30在校门口欢迎 2. 参观校园
3. 在会议室进行
英语学习方面的交流4. 合影留念
3.) 有意参加此活动的同学请于7月14日前到学生会处报名
要求：写成意思连贯、语句通顺的短文，100个单词，可以适当调整内容的顺序和增加细节，使其连贯完整。开头、结尾已给出。
4）参考词汇：报名: sign up (for sth.) 会议
室: conference room 校园: campus 学生会: the Student Union
Boys and girls, may I have your attention please? I have an announcement to make.
____________________________________________________
_____________________________
英语试卷
第一部分：语音(5分)
1-5：CDDCD
第二部分：单项选择
6-10 :DBDBC 11－15: DAADC 15－20: BBABB
三部分：完形填空：
21-25: B CADB 26—30: CBDAC 31—35: DABBC 36—
40: BABAC[
第四部分：阅读理解
41-60：CADB ABAC DCAC ACAB BCCD
第五部分补全对话
61-65: BFDGC
单词拼写
66. altitude 67.butcher 68permanent 69.
absorb 70.relationship
71. grasp 72. perfect 73. demanded 74. disappointed 75. political
短文改错
76. have—had 77. 正确78. the—a 79. and—but
80. 去掉to/shopping—shop 81.在lots 后加of 82. surprised—surprise
83. excited—exciting 84. 去掉第二个so 85. long—longer
书面表达：
A possible version：
Boys and girls, may I have your attention please? I have an announcement to make. About fifty American students will come to visit our school on the morning of July 15th. We’ll welcome them at the school gate at 8:30 and then have s series of activities. The arrangements are as follows: Firstly, we’ll show them around the campus. And then, a meeting will be held at the conference room, where we can communicate with them and discuss about how to
learn English well. Last, we’ll take photos together to memorize this special occasion. Those who want to take part please sign up at the Student Union before July 14th.
That’s all. Thanks for your attention.