高二下学期期中考试英语试题套真题

高二下学期期中考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

1. 根据短文理解，选择正确答案。

To help the environment, many Americans have made the change from paper and plastic bags to reusable shopping bags.But a report by a Florida newspaper says that reusable shopping bags sold by some supermarkets have high levels of lead, which can be dangerous to humans, especially young children.Now, there’s a call for a rethink about the use of reusable shopping bags.

“When our families go to the store looking for safe and healthy foods, the last thing they should be worrying about is a bag，”Charles Schumer, a government official said.“Quick and complete research will allow everyone to make right decisions.”

The newspaper bought more than a dozen bags sold at Publix supermarkets from Florida supermarkets to test them for lead.The results showed that certain bags had lead levels that worried health officials.Some bags had enough lead in them to be considered dangerous waste if people were to throw the bags out with other rubbish.Lead in the bags is not likely to move onto food.But over time, paint on the bags can break off and the bags can wear out.When this happens, lead can be freed.

The affected bags were found in Florida.But Publix has more than 1，000

stores across America.Publix says that its bags don’t break any laws about lead levels, but that they have asked the makers of the bags to reduce the lead levels in them.

The bags with the highest levels of lead had beautiful designs and many pictures.Plain reusable bags without them are found to have little lead.People worried about lead levels in reusable bags can turn to cloth.Paper bags are also a good choice, since paper can be reused.

（1）What worries people now is that reusable shopping bags ________．

A . can’t be reused

B . can be a danger to people

C . are a waste of money

D . are as bad as paper bags

（2）The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to “________”．

A . bags

B . foods

C . supermarkets

D . officials

（3）Lead in shopping bags will probably come out when ________．

A . food is put in them

B . they are thrown away

C . they are put with other rubbish

D . the paint is separated from them

（4）What’s the best title for the text?

A . The return of paper bags

B . Time to invent greener shopping bags

C . The safety of shopping bags

D . Look out for reusable shopping bags

2. 根据短文理解，选择正确答案。

In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck，but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know

when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character，especially understanding, honesty and reliability．

Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts hi mself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.

At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.

Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor，he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.

There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.

When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding，I know I’ve found a friend!

（1）Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most

important in choosing a friend?

A . Understanding.

B . Honesty.

C . Reliability.

D . A sense of humor.

（2）If you have fair-weather friends, ________．

A . they will give you all that they have when you need help

B . you will be refused when you get into trouble

C . you can be sure that you get real friends

D . you will become rich

（3）How many qualities does the writer mention in the passage?

A . Three.

B . Four.

C . Five.

D . Six.

3. 根据短文理解，选择正确答案。

As the father of a student, I have experienced first hand what a great teacher is. My son was in the 4th grade last year, and he had a teacher called Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely look back on her as the best teacher he has ever had.

My son has attention deficit disorder that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn.She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result, he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching, she would have them close their textbooks, stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again.Besides, she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries

about children quickly.

When my son went to the 5th grade this year, we happened to pass her classroom.When she saw my son, her face lit up and she came out and hugged him.She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows.I can only pray that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.

（1）Which of the following is NOT true about Miss Green?

A . She regarded the students as members of a family.

B . She had special ways to help students study.

C . She was good at teaching football and music.

D . She usually made a quick reply to parents’emails.

（2）We can learn from the text that ________．

A . Miss Green was the best teacher at the school

B . all the students in the school liked Miss Green

C . Miss Green didn’t teach the writer’s son in the 5th grade

D . the writer’s son had many teachers like Miss Green （3）In the text, the writer mainly tells us ________．

A . what his son studied at school

B . his son once had a good teacher

C . how to be a good and popular teacher

D . a teacher who liked playing with students

二、完形填空

4. 阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson. As an inexperienced

teacher, I tried every means to get them to be 1, but in vain. my panic was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly. This was the 2 of my job as a music teacher, I thought —teaching was not for me. Then I had an idea. Hoping that no one would notice that I was 3 inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: “Put your heads on the desks and close your 4! We are going on a journe y.”

5, the children fell silent. “Now what should I do?” I thought to myself. Reaching over to my collection of CDs, I blindly took one out, put it in the machine and played it.

Obediently , my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and 6. When the music started, the room as filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined. All the children were 7. When the music finished, I asked them all to raise their 8 slowly so that we could share our musical journey.

At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences, I began to learn how to 9. The music allow me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the 10 and most of all, an understanding of each other. This was the power that music in the classroom could have.

（1）A . gladB . safeC . kindD . quiet（2）A . endB . aimC . ruleD . plan（3）A . guessingB . shakingC . respondingD . laughing（4）A . eyesB . mouthsC . booksD . doors（5）A . PunctuallyB . ImportantlyC . AmazinglyD . Obviously（6）A . sleptB . noddedC . waitedD . continued（7）A . talkingB . singingC . dancingD .

listening（8）A . legsB . headsC . armsD . shoulders（9）A . teachB . imagineC . playD . understand（10）A . unpreparedB . unspokenC . unknownD . unforgotten

三、七选五

5. 根据短文内容, 从短文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。

Once there was a very poor villager.He found it difficult even to support his family. ________He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job.One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office.The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.

One day，the businessman saw that the villager was writing something.He said，“You can also read and write！Your handwriting is very good.”________The villager began to do this job as best as he could.

Later，the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting, and he made him his shop accountant．The other accountants were very jealous of the villager’s abilit ies.They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him. ________ One day，they had their chance.They saw the villager going into “that” room. ________When they came back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.

The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands.And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. ________At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once.The

villager was made the only accountant for his office.

A．He came to a big city hoping to find a job.

B．They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman.

C．So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson.

D．Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen.

E．So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him.

F．The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job.

G．But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.

四、短文填空

6. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Rachel and her husband, Jason, ________were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland.When they were 3，000 metres up in the mountains, there was ________storm.The wind was ________ strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn’t move.Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK ________ their help.

About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded ________. her with a text message.Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

But the weather was so bad ________. the helicopter couldn’t get to the two climbers.The rescue team sent a message to Rachel, ________：“So sorry Rachel. We tried.Wind is too strong.Have to wait till morning.Take care.Be

strong.”Rachel felt ________ and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃.However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to giv e up.

Next morning the storm ________ and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater ________．

五、短文改错

7. 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者不计分。

When I was 8, my uncle sent I a T-shirt from American as my birthday present. On morning of my birthday, I wear the T -shirt and walked to the market. On the way, some big boys laughed at me.I became very nervously, so I walked faster, but more and more boys laughed at me late. I turned back and ran from my home. I asked my mother，“Why did the boys laugh at me？” My mother looked at my T-shirts with a smile but asked，“Are you lonely？” Suddenly, I had realized why the boys were laughing at me. The message on my T-shirt was “I am lonely”．

六、书面表达

8. 假如你是李华，你刚收到了你的朋友王梅的电子邮件，她在邮件里向你询问在

高中如何学好英语。请你根据下列的内容给她写封回信。1）上课认真听讲，做好笔记，课后及时复习2）词汇是基础，每天早上花半个小时的时间背诵单词，朗读课文3）课外多与同学用英语交流，提高听力和口语能力注意：词数120-150,短文的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总数内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯

Dear Wang Mei,

I am very glad to have receive your E-mail.……

Best wishes

yours

Li Hua