北侖中學(xué)2013-2014學(xué)年高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題

1、 第一部分：聽力 (共兩節(jié)，每小題1.5分，滿分30分)第一節(jié) 聽下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1. What does the woman have to do this evening? A. See a film. B. Look after Jim. C. Go on business.2. How long does it take the woman to drive home when it isnt rush hours?

2、A. 50 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 25 minutes.3. What does the man say about the woman?A. She isnt mature enough. B. She has been a grown woman.C. She should make choices herself.4. Where is Dr Smith now?A. In Mexico. B. In California. C. In New York.5. What does the woman mean?A. She totally agrees w

3、ith the man. B. It is easier said than done.C. Theres no point saying that now.第二節(jié) 聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。請(qǐng)聽第6段材料，回答第67題。 6. What have the speakers left behind?A. The cups. B. The plates. C. The frying pan

4、.7. What are the speakers doing?A. Camping. B. Shopping C. Cooking.請(qǐng)聽第7段材料，回答第810題。 8. Why does the man give up holding a party?A. His friends have no time to attend it. B. He wants to accompany his parents.C. He is too busy to prepare for it. 9. What will the man do on his birthday?A. Go out for a

5、meal. B. See a film C. Work on his terms work10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Doctor and patient. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates. 請(qǐng)聽第8段材料，回答第1113題。 11. What was the weather like on Monday?A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy.12. What did the man do on Tuesday?A. He went shopping.

6、B. He went up a mountain.C. He went to some museums.13. Where did the man go on Friday?A. To a bookstore. B. To a beach. C. To a lake請(qǐng)聽第9段材料，回答第1417題。 14. Where are the speakers?A. In a store. B. In a library C. At a hotel.15. Why does the woman want to buy a hat?A. To give it to her sister. B. To w

7、ear it at her sisters wedding.C. To wear it on her holiday in New Orleans.16. Whom does the woman buy a DVD for?A. Her husband. B. Her daughter. C. Herself.17. Where can the woman get the books?A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor C. On the fourth floor 請(qǐng)聽第10段材料，回答第1820題。 18. What does the

8、speaker say is illegal in Los Cabos?A. Having drinks on a bus B. Drinking wine. C. Being drunk in public.19. Where are the tourists recommended to exchange their money?A. At a bank. B. At the tourist office. C. At their hotel.20. How does the speaker suggest the tourists get around the city?A. By ta

9、xi. B. By car. C. By bus.第二部分：英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用 第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空 (共20小題；每小題0.5分；滿分10分)21. Well, my wife and daughter take great interest in most of the food on the menu. Thanks. ?Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please. A. Shall I take your order? B. At your service.C. Can I help you?D. What to follow?22. Th

10、is years for AIDS education probably wont be much higher because of tight finances.A. welfareB. projectC.budgetD. reward23. I believe the beauty of Xikou will make an excellent on the tourists A. guide B. adjustmentC. impression D. attraction 24. At times the balance in nature is , resulting in a nu

11、mber of possible unforeseen effects. A. troubled B. confused C. disturbed D. puzzled25. Although Tan Weiwei began her by singing in a local bar, she is now a famous star. A. employment B. profession C. occupation D. career26. Fear is something that you are born with. You cant yourself of it complete

12、ly but you can certain fears under certain conditions. . A. break; get rid of B. get; overcome C. overcome; rid of D. rid; overcome27. We often see the situation of employers people they want, while jobseekers cant find the employers they want. A. having difficulty finding B. to have difficulty find

13、ing C. having difficulty to find D. to have difficulty to find28. It is reported that these GM fruits can defend people cancer, heart attack and many other diseases. A. with B. by C. offD. against 29. My daughter is learning English. What dictionary shall I buy for her?What about this one? It is beg

14、inners.A. intended to B. meant toC. intended for D. operated for 30. I often have conversations with John on phone while keeping in touch with Tom _letter.A. /; the B. /; a C. the; /D. a; a31. The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already _ for a meal to be cooked. A. laid B. laying

15、 C. to lay D. being laid32. The government work report by Premier Wen conveys a variety of issues, and social justice _. A. in common B. in general C. in particular D. in practice33. 80% of the audience in the stadium _ astonished when the singer fell off the stage.A. isB. wereC. wasD. are34. Robert

16、 is indeed a wise man.Oh, yes. How I regretted _ his advice! A. to take B. to have not taken C. taking D. not having taken35. With everything needed _ , Mrs. Jackson went to the supermarket after work in a hurry.A. buyingB. to buyC. boughtD. buy36. Our manager might return from abroad the coming wee

17、kend, but nobody _ able to finish our task by then.A. has been B. will have beenC. had beenD. was37. I met one of my students the other day. After several years, she changed a lot and looked different from _ she used to be. A. that B. whom C. what D. who38. I really dont know why his latter discover

18、y, _ greater importance to science, is not so well-known to the world. A. which I think is of B. which I think it is of C. of which I think it is D.I think which is of39. Five tickets for adults, please.Im sorry. Tickets are _ to be sold out.A. possibleB. likely C. ableD. gradual40. Excuse me, but c

19、ould I trouble you for some change? _. Will pennies do? A. I know.B. Never mind. C. I am sure.D. Let me see第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1分；滿分20分)閱讀下面短文, 從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、B、C和D) 中選出能填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。The professors house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden. The place was totally uncared for, qu

20、ite 41 and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 42 my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.I was glad that I had found him. In twenty minutes he 43 me right on all the 44 that had puzzled me. I was on the 45 of leaving when I looked out of his study window a

21、nd said, “Youre very fond of gardening，I see.”“No，Im not，” he said.“ 46 ，I love this garden，though. Its 47 I always wanted it to be. I never touch it at all.”“It could be made lovely. It 48 a pity to let all this ground go to waste. But perhaps you dont 49 that way?” said I.“I dont. I lived here whe

22、n I was a child，and I had 50 of gardening then. It was my fathers hobby, you see. Unfortunately，he wasnt 51 enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade of grass was an enemy to be 52 by hand, not just cut

23、 off. Ive spent a good part of life at work here.”“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now youre getting even！”“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didnt understand the 53 it had. It used to 54 me. It appeared in my dreamsa mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in

24、 a place I was 55 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”“And now its yours，youre just letting it go to. ”“ 56 ?” he said. “No，I dont agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like 57 it grow 58 its own way.

25、I make no demands on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has 59 at last, and so have I.”“But the path is over grown. Its inconvenient for you，isnt it?”“Thats part of my 60 ,” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they dont get the sun.”41. A.

26、wild B. crazy C. large D. nice42. A. lostB. feltC. tookD. made 43. A. let B. put C. taughtD. explained 44. A. gardening B. plants C. problems D. solution 45. A. time B. point C. permission D. request 46. A. Even if B. So C. As though D. Even so 47. A. as B. where C. why D. whether 48. A. seems B. is

27、 C. proves D. sounds 49. A. recognizeB. sense C. see D. know 50. A. fond B. short C. free D. enough 51. A. interestedB. fit C. content D. demanding 52. A. fought against B. cleared up C. rooted out D. cut down 53. A. effect B. reason C. cause D. result 54. A. astonish B. shock C. worry D. disappoint

28、 55. A. thought B. supposed C. ordered D. expected 56. A. SellB. Develop C. Grow D. Ruin 57. A. noticing B. attendingC. watering D. watching 58. A. on B. in C. with D. of 59. A. freedom B. time C. sunlight D. space 60. A. life B. pleasure C. job D. research 第三部分：閱讀理解 (共20小題：每小題2分，滿分40分)第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文, 從

29、每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、B、C和D) 中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。AThe 115-year-old prestigious Oxford Dictionary will now include popular new Chinese terms like “shanzhai” “youtiao” and “fangnu”, as part of the modern Chinese language.As China plays a more and more important role in the world economy, the Chinese language is forever ev

30、olving, attracting more attention from people who want to understand this ancient yet vibrant（充滿生氣的）language.For instance, the word “shanzhai” is used to describe the countless knockoffs（名牌仿制品） of iPhones or designer bags imprinted with Louis Vuitton logos.Another new term in the new edition is the

31、word “fangnu”, or a “mortgage （按揭） slave” a term used to describe the phenomenon in large cities whereby well-educated youth complain of a miserable existence due to the heavy burden of a home mortgage.All these new or often fashionable terms can be found in the new Oxford English-Chinese, Chinese-E

32、nglish Dictionary that was unveiled in the recently concluded Beijing International Book Fair last week.The dictionary now is available for retail sales since the beginning of this month. This dictionary is the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary and contains 670,000 wo

33、rds and phrases after five years of preparation. Sixty editors from the Oxford University Press and its partner in Chinathe Foreign Language Teaching and Research Pressworked together on the project. According to Julie Kleeman, the dictionarys chief editor, most of the firms editors were Chinese, wh

34、ile about one fourth were native-English speakers.“We dont want to make it florid（絢麗的）, we want it to be modern and conversational. many of the words in the present dictionary are no longer in use,” said Kleeman. “The need for studying Chinese by foreigners today is totally different from decades ag

35、o Precise, native and practicalthat is our core advantage,” she said.Kleeman said newer publications updates will be available only for the online version as language often changes too quickly for book versions to keep pace. The online version will also offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guide.

36、The online version, allowing access via different platforms from the PC to the iPad, will be ready “as soon as possible”, Kleeman said.61According to Kleeman, one of the features that distinguish Oxford English from other dictionaries is that _Ait has a long history of 115 yearsBit includes ancient

37、but vibrant languageCit is the largest English dictionary ever publishedDit offers native, precise and practical language 62According to the above passage, we learn that _Awell-educated youth in Chinas big cities have difficulty buying housesBthe Oxford University Press made the dictionary without o

38、utside aidCmost Chinese editors are also native speakers of EnglishDknockoffs can be found in China but not very often63The possible reason why newer publications updates are not available for book versions is that _Athe computer network is available everywhereBbook versions cant keep up with the ch

39、anges of languageCbook versions cant offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guideDcomputer technology like the PC and the iPad keeps pace with languageBI had gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(古怪的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard

40、people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understand anything. Finally all I could make out was that someone called Millry had a very bad accident. No matter who she was I obviously had to go.It had been snowing heavily that day. I didnt know

41、 the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Millry had died. “She meant more to me than anyoneeven my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, it may b

42、e a scandal (丑聞). I was even more shocked when he told me be had put her in the barn (廄). “I wouldnt leave her out in the cold!” he said.Millry had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his cand

43、le and I saw a dark figure on the ground, “She was such a good cow! I wouldnt let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and bust into tears again.64. The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means _. A. expect B. understand C. see clearly D. hear clearly65. The farmer wished that t

44、he writer might _ . . A. look into the matter B. bring Millry back to life C. free him from a scandal D. keep a whole thing a secret66. The person who told the story is probably a _ . A. farmer B. policeman C. country doctor D. newspaper reporter CIf you and your friends wish to share a secret, you

45、can write it in code, and no one else will be able to read it. Codes are one way of writing in secret. Ciphers (暗碼）are another. In a code each word is written as a secret code word or a code number. In a cipher each letter is changed.Codes and ciphers have played an important role in the history of

46、the world. Julius Caesar, the Roman ruler who defeated almost all the countries in Europe about 2,000 years ago, used a cipher when he sent secret messages to his troops. During the American Revolution, George Washingtons spies used a kind of code to send his information about the enemy before his m

47、ilitary action. In World War II, the Americans “broke” or figured out Japans most important navy codes and got enough information to destroy a powerful Japanese fleet.Storekeepers use codes to mark their goods. The codes show how much is paid for the goods or when they are added to the stock. Busine

48、ssmen use codes to hide plans from their business enemies. Sometimes personal letters or diaries are written in code. Many people enjoy figuring out codes and ciphers simply as a hobby.In the 16th century, codes and ciphers were very popular among scientists. They wrote messages to each other in cod

49、e so that no one else would learn their secrets. Geronimo Gardano, an Italian astrologer (占星家)，mathematician, and doctor, invented the trellis cipher. He took two sheets of paper and cut exactly the same holes in each one. Then he sent one sheet, which he called a trellis, to a friend and kept the o

50、ther for himself. Whenever he wanted to write a message, he put his trellis over a clean sheet of paper and wrote the secret message through the holes. There he removed the trellis and filled the rest of the paper with words that would make sense. When his friend received it, he put his trellis over

51、 the writing and read the secret message.67.The best title of this passage would be _.A. Codes and ciphers B. Differences between codes and ciphersC. History of codes and ciphers D. Inventors of codes and ciphers68.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Ciphers can be broken or figured out more

52、 easily than codes.B.You could read some words in Geronimos letter without his trellis.C.The first person who ever used a cipher in history was Julius Caesar.D.Fondness of using codes was the hobby of the scientists in the 1600s.69. According to Geronimo Gardano, a trellis is _.A.a piece of paper wi

53、th many small holesB.a secret message with a lot of small holesC.a letter with unreadable words and sentencesD.a sheet of paper with groups of Arabic figures70.It is NOT mentioned in the passage that codes and ciphers are used for the purpose of _.A.military affairs B. commercial secretsC. scientifi

54、c achievement D. personal enjoymentDWhen I left home for college, I sought to escape the limited world of farmers, small towns, and country life. I long for the excitement of the city, for the fast pace that rural life lacked, for adventure beyond the horizon. I dreamed of exploring the city, living within a new culture and landscape, and becoming part of the pulse of an urban jungle.Yet some of my best times were driving home, leaving the cit