高二英语上学期期末考试(外研版)(含答案)

中学二年级上学期英语期末考试试题（时量：120分钟满分100分）Part 1 学问运用（共两节，满分25分）Section A (15 marks)Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four chokes marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.21. We’ve had a good st art, but next, more work needs _____to achieve the final success.A. being doneB. doC. to be doneD. to do22. That’s the new machine______ parts are too small to be seen.A. whoseB. whichC. thatD. in which23. Time, ________ correctly, is money in the bank.A. to useB. usedC. usingD. use24. Bicycling is good exercise; _______, it does not pollute the air.A. howeverB. thereforeC. otherwiseD. besides25. Everyone in the village is very friendly. It doesn’t matter ____you have lived there for a short or along time.A. whyB. howC. whetherD. when26. _________ made them very disappointed.A. His not coming backB. Not his coming backC. He not to come backD. Not he comes back27. What surprised me was not what he said but_____ he said it.A. in the wayB. in the way thatC. the wayD. the way which28. hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.A. WheneverB. WhateverC. WhicheverD. However29._____ the diamond, he had to look for a place to hide it.A. Having stolenB. StealingC. StolenD. Having been stolen30. The temple ______ in the Qing Dynasty is in good condition and is still the main tourist attraction in this city.A. being rebuiltB. rebuiltC. to be rebuiltD. having rebuiltSection B (20marks)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is31 important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is 32 , it’l l never 33 . That’s 34 we mustn’t waste time.It goes without saying that the 35 is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do 36 useful.But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and 37 they do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own 38 .In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t 39 today’s work for tomorrow. Reme mber we have no time to 40 .31. A. much B. less C. much less D. even more32. A. cost B. bought C. gone D. finished33. A. return B. carry C. take D. bring34. A. what B. that C. because D. why35. A. money B. time C. day D. food36. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything37. A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working38. A. time B. food C. money D. life39. A. stop B. leave C. let D. give40. A. lose B. save C. spend D. takePart 2 阅读理解（满分30分）Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements for each of them there are four chokes marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.Text 1I consider my father a hero, not only because he is brave but also because he is always ready to help others. My father is a truck driver. One evening, he took me to meet my mother from work. We were waiting in the truck when my father smelled something smelly（焦味的）. He looked behind and sawsmoke coming from a house not far from our truck. He quickly ran to the house. I saw fire when he opened the door and went inside. He came out with a woman and rushed back in for her children. He didn’t stop until all the children were out. When the firemen arrived, we went back to wait for my mother.My father didn’t tell this matter to my mother. The next day, the story in the newspaper said that the people saved from the house fire were trying to find the man and to thank him. My father just said that they had more important things to be concerned with.My father has a mental detector(金属探测器). He has found a lot of change, jewelry and junk(旧物). The most valuable thing he found was a gold badge(徽章) which was given to a nurse when she graduated. It had a last name and a date in the early 1950s. He did some research and knew that the owner was now in a nursing home several hundred miles away. The next Sunday, he drove to see the owner. The old woman was very happy. The badge had been lost for over 50 years. She asked my father how much he wanted for the badge and he refused any reward (酬金).Any one of these events makes my father a hero, but he never stops. I have learned from him that being a hero means doing whatever you can whenever you can. I can’t wait to see what he will do next.41. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s father?A. Harding-working but sillyB. Brave and helpfulC. Patient but impoliteD. Careful and shy42.When the firemen arrived at the house, _______.A. the fire had already been put outB. only the woman was saved by the author’s fatherC. the house was burned down to the groundD. all the children were out of the house43.According to the passage, the gold badge the author’s father found______.A. belonged to a woman several hundred miles awayB. had no name or date on it at allC. was not worthy of being put awayD. had been lost for 30 years44.We know from the passage that the author_______.A. thinks highly of his fatherB. knows little about his fatherC. looks down upon his fatherD. can’t understand his father45.By saying “I can’t wait to see what he will do next”, the author means that_____.A. he wants to hear another story told by his father.B. his father promised to find more change and badges.C. he believes his father will never stop helping others.D. he wants to know what people think about his father.Text 2What does it take to touch a generation? It’s a question faced hundreds of times by Xiao Yang, whose online film Old Boys is resonating (共鸣) deeply with Chinese born in the 1970s and 1980s.In the movie, Xiao plays a wedding party host who loves singing, while his real -life business partner Wang Taili plays a hairdresser who loves dancing. But their youthful dreams have been replaced by reality. At the end of the movie, the two old boys walk onto a talent show to realize their dreams, even though everyone is making fun of them.The film has been viewed online more than 26 million times since its Oct 28 debut. “I didn’t see that coming,” said Xiao, 31, who makes a living by shooting commercials(拍摄商业广告）, but who had long considered shooting a film. The old boys’ story came easily. As fans of Michael Jackson, Xiao and Wang told a story about ordinary people recapturing（获得，实现）their lost dreams---performing Michael Jackson’s songs on the stage--- in memory of their icon and their own dying dreams. “In 2009, when Michael Jackson died, so many young people were sad, perhaps not so much because the person had died, but that since their idol（偶像）was dead, they feel that this signals the end of youth,” Xiao recalled. “At that time, I was working like crazy and I didn’t know why. I wanted a way to express this feeling, and this film is the result.”What comforted（劝慰）the two men most was that this film changed some people’s lives. Many citizens, who cried during the final scenes, say the film reawakened their dreams. Wang said he wept (哭泣) many times while writing the lyrics（歌词）, which to some extent were mainly based on his own decades-long singing dream. Just like the hairdresser he plays in the film, in reality, Wang can only sing as a hobby.46.What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The creation process of the film Old Boys.B. The character introduction of the film Old Boys.C. The online film Old Boys touches a generation.D. The connection of youthful dreams and reality.47.Which of the following statements is true about the film Old Boys?A.It turns out a success as expectedB. Everyone looks down upon the two old boysC. It was based on an imaginary tale.D. It has a great effect on some people’s lives.48.The film Old Boys is made in order to_____.A. encourage more youths to learn dancing and singingB. be in memory of the idol star Micheal JacksonC. advise more people to take up actingD. show an empty and lonely feeling in reality49.What does Xiao Yang mainly do in reality?A.Direct filmsB. Sing songsC. Shoot commercialsD. Take up a hairdresser50.What is likely to be the next paragraph?A. How the two old boys began to cooperate to create the film.B. What worldwide influence the film will make.C. The future filming career of the two old boys.D. The necessity and importance of realizing dreams.Text 3About 100 million Chinese use microblogs(微博), according to a leading Chinese research center. It’s estimated（估计）that at the beginning of 2013, there could be as many as 240 million microbloggers in China.Clearly, microblogs become a growing phenomenon(现象).Microblogs are becoming a powerful and efficient way of effecting change and drumming up(争取) publicity for different causes.Take Peng Gaofeng for example. In February, Peng’s 3 year-old son was abducted(诱拐) in Shenzhen in 2008. Peng spent three fruitless years searching for him. Finally, the police advised Peng to give up hope. But a friend decided to take matters into his own hands and posted a photo of Peng’s son on his microblog. Peng later received a tip-off from an Internet user in Jiangsu Province, who commented that he had seen a boy who looked like Peng’s son. Happily, this led to peng and his son being reunited.So, why are microblogs so powerful in the modern media age? In an interview with The Beijing News, Professor Yu showed four main reasons why micro-blogs can outstrip(超过) other forms of media.Speed: Microblogs are a relentlessly fast medium. “This represents the new direction of Web development,” said Yu.Fragmented: “Micro blog users might be at the scene of an unfolding story, alongside or ahead of traditional media.”Direct: “Microblogs are direct because there is no mediator,” said Yu.Micro-power: “Microblogs is nothing more than each individual taking responsibility,” said Yu.Some commentators(评论家) have criticized services such as Twitter and micro-blogs, saying that there are no checks to separate rumors(谣言) from reality. For instance, rumors that iodized salt could help guard against radiation poisoning spread on microblogs in March. This followed fears that radiation could spread to China from Japan’s crippled Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Online rumors triggered(引起)the panic buying of salt in some Chinese cities.However, it would appear that micro-blogs are here to stay, and some commentators even put microblogs ahead of media for popularity and reliability.51. Which of the following is true about Peng Gaofeng?A. He lost his son in Jiangsu in 2008B. The police helped him find his sonC. He finally gave up looking for his sonD. He found his son through the Internet52. It is estimated that by the beginning of 2013, microbloggers in China will increase by______?A. 240 millionB. 100 millionC. 340 millionD. 140 million53.The author takes Peng Gaofeng for example to________.A. introduce to us the functions of microblogsB. show the power and effect of microblogsC. convince us of the popularity of microblogsD. criticize the police not finding his son54. One disadvantage of microblogs is that_______.A. it’s a very fast mediumB. it’s direct without mediatorC. there may be many rumors on itD. it can involve each individual55.In the opinion of the author, microblogs will ______.A. grow and develop despite their disadvantagesB. be forbidden by authoritiesC. have fewer and fewer users in the futureD. spread more and more rumors in the future.Part 3 Writing（共二节，满分35分）Section A短文改错（满分10分）Nowadays millions of people of all age take pleasure in a hobby whichis both interested and fun. And every year more and more people starta stamp collection of your own and discover an interest which caneven last lifetime . Starting your collection of stamps are easy becausethey are nowhere. Holiday and birthday postcards from relatives and lettersfrom friends can all provide you for stamps from all over the world. So once you’ve started collecting seriously, you will probably want to join in the Stamp Collectors’Club which exist to add more stamps to your collection.Section B写作（满分25分）Directions:Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.林书豪（Jeremy Lin）在NBA的优异表现在全球掀起了一股“林旋风”。