天津市太平村中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（无答案）

太平村中学2015-2016学年第二学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
班级______________ 姓名______________
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共95分）
第一部分:英语知识运用（共三节，满分95分）
一． 单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
1. All our efforts will certainly lead to ______more peaceful world,_____ place where everyone enjoys his life and freedom.
A. the; a B. a; the C. a; a D. the; the
2. My brother was _______ and turned down the video-recorder when he noticed the little baby was sleeping.
A. competitive B. innocent C. dynamic D. considerate
It is unreasonable; they even intend us the work in one day.
A.finish B. finishing C. to finish D. finished
_____ is known to us all is that a skill can only be gained through hard work.
A. It B. As C. That D. What
Any ______you could give to the police will be greatly appreciated.
A. ambition B. awareness C. assistance D. absence
---Do you think an advertisement is a help when you look for a job
----Well, it depends. , it gives me a chance to try.
A. However B. Anyway C. Therefore D. Though
No sooner ______ the news that an accident occurred to her father than she
burst into tears.
A. had Mary said B. Mary had said C. Mary said D. would Mary say
The problem at the meeting tomorrow are really hard to solve.
A. discussed B. to discuss C. to be discussed D. discussing
Keep ourselves and our hearts open we can experience the great joy that friendship can bring.
A. so that B. even though C. as if D. ever since
10. It is my sister______ gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art.
A. whom B. that C. what D. which
11. ---My skill of playing piano is ____ perfect.
--- Not to worry! Keep practicing!
A. far from B. ahead of C. apart from D. rather than
12. In his speech he proposed that the UN_____ an emergency center for the environment.
A. had set up B. sets up C. would set up D.set up
13. Here is a collection of short stories by D.H. Laurence that has just____. Do you want to read it
A. left out B. come out C. turned out D.tried out
14. I can judge which part of China you come from _____ you open your mouth.
A. while B. the moment C. since D.every time
15. ---My physics is very poor.
---____ I’ll help you as much as I can.
A. Go ahead. B. No one knows for certain.
C. Thank goodness! D.Not to worry.
二 .完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be__16__. Today things are__17__； the world has become too__18__. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are__19__our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth__20_survive.
Everyone__21__today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__22_， more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, __23_will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we__24_to use bigger and more powerful machines to__25__more and more trees.
We realized that if rivers are polluted by waste products from factories, we will die.__26__， in most countries wastes are__27_put into rivers or into the sea, and there are__28__laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the__29__of the world continues to__30__at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough houses and there will not be more food__31_for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops__32__five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will__33_longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__34__.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner__35__in the future.
16．A.beautiful B．unlimited C．rare 　　D．valuable
17．A.common B．the same C．changeable D．different
18．A.crowded B．small 　C．dirty 　　D．busy
19．A.protecting B．saving 　C．polluting D．fighting
20．A.may not B．will not C．shall not D．could not
21．A.wonders B．realizes 　C．considers D．discovers
22．A.poles 　　B．boats 　C．methods D．ideas
23．A.mountains B．the sea 　 C．trees 　　D．forests
24．A.continue B．have 　 C．ought 　D．go on
25．A.grow B．plant 　C．save 　D．cut down
26．A.Thus B．However C．Generally speaking D．Therefore
27．A.still B．even 　　　 C．also 　D．certainly
28．A.too many B．a few C．some D．few
29．A.production B．pollution C．population D．revolution
30．A.improve B．produce C．rise D．raise
31．A.normal B．available C．familiar D．comfortable
32．A.feeds B．increases C．supplies D．helps
33．A.use B．stay C．keep D．last
34．A.control B．born C．plan D．reward
35．A.nature B．sea C．planet D．forest
三 .阅读理解(共25小题，每小题2分，共50分)
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
1970 was “World Conservation Year”. The Moduleed Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that government would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were, 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We can't live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destory ourselves.
What will happen in the future Perhaps it is more important to ask，“What must we do now？” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees in forests, build bridges across rivers, and so on. In a small town in the Moduleed States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of eleven kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called NO ONE'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD. It was made by the Seattles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.
36. which year is the WCY
A. 1970 B. 1970s C. 1971 D. 1790
37．There are fewer plants, trees and flowers in Holland now because _______.
A．Holland does not need so many plants, trees or flowers
B．many plants, trees and flowers don't grow there any more
C．some of them are useless
D．they are polluted
38．We shall destroy ourselves if we don't________.
A．go on cutting the plants
B．build bridges across rivers
C．try our best to save the world
D．conserve wild animals
39．NO ONE'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD was________.
A．an important book published in 1970
B．a talk given by an official from the United Nations
C．a record calling on people to conserve nature
D．a film made to protect nature
40．What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world
A．We should join the singers to collect money.
B．We should stop hunting wild animals.
C．We should know what would happen in the future.
D．We should know what we should do and begin to do it now.
B
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer.
Games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person's character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
41．According to this passage we know that________.
A．people began to play ping pong about one hundred years ago
B．about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played
C．basketball has a longer history than volleyball
D．not all the games have a long history
42．The writer didn't tell us in this passage that________.
A．basketball was invented in America
B．sports change with the seasons
C．games and sports often grow out of people's work and everyday activities
D．football is played all over the world
43．According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true
A．Sports help to train a person's character.
B．People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.
C．People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.
D．Sports and games can develop the friendship between people all over the world.
44．A lot of people have more free time from their work to enjoy sports because________.
A．they like sports very much
B．they want to live longer
C．they want to make a lot more friends
D．they don't have to go to work on Saturday or Sunday as before
45. About the benefit of sports, which one is incorrect
A. keep us fit.
B. keep us in a high mood
C. increase the life expectancy (平均寿命)
D. decrease our quality of life .
C
It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.
If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.
My daughter Carla’s fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.
You can use the same technique when you evaluate your child’s work at home. Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn’t done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.
Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.
46．The whole passage deals with _______.
A. social education B. school education
C. family education D. preschool education
47．The author thinks that______
A. there is no way to get children to help at home
B. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become
C. it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework
D. children can be forced to help with housework
48．The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child’s work at home. That is to ________.
A．praise his success
B．promise him a trip
C．give him a punishment
D．promise him a ball game
49．The author advises readers to_________
A．learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching
B．take pride in Carla’s fifth-grade teacher
C．do as what Carla’s teacher did in educating children
D．follow Carla’s example because she never fails in the test
50. Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that________.
A. pride goes before a fall
B. practice makes perfect
C. no pains, no gains
D. failure is the mother of success
D
There are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.
About American traffic rules, there are many better terms, such as：
1．Stop line：There are stop lines in all crossing without traffic light (some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines). All cars must stop while meeting the stop line.
2．Traffic light：There is traffic light in the crossing of the road. Cars may almost turn every direction. The traffic light can give signal step by step including u turn. There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe, he may turn left. In many conditions the order of passing is also given very specifically. If people want to change lane or turn, they must look behind and think being safe. Only so, they may do it.
3．Specific item：Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (their colors are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of car. There are many streets in some residential areas, and there is a kind of rule that any car cannot park at any time or any period time. In every parking, there are some special positions for invalid people.
4．About the priority of passenger and car: At any case, passenger has the priority to car. And only after passenger have passed the road and gotten the top of sidestep, car may go ahead.
In general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient, safe and humanizing.
51．Which of the following is NOT the reason why we can hardly see traffic police in the street in American
A．Traffic police are not very necessary because few cars break traffic rules.
B．The traffic is very clear and there are few traffic jams and accidents in the street.
C．There are so many cars in the street that the traffic police can't be seen.
D．The effective traffic rules play an important part in the road safety.
52．Why is there middle lane of turning left on the road
A．It is designed for the cars that want to turn left.
B．It is very safe to drive there.
C．It is very convenient for the traffic police to find the cars that break the rules.
D．The cars that want to turn left can easily give a signal of turning left.
53．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A．There are more traffic jams in China.
B．In America, all cars in the crossing must stop when they meet the stop line.
C．In America, any car cannot park in the streets in some residential areas.
D．If people want to turn, they can obey the guide of the traffic police.
54．What's the meaning of the underlined word in the fourth paragraph
A．A traffic rule B．An established right
C．An order D．A duty
55. What’s the biggest difference between America and China
A. diet B. traffic rules C. costume D. culture
E
Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.
56. This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
A. a travel guide B. a newspaper C. a textbook D. a novel
57. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.
A. swimming in the river B. standing on the river bank
C. watching the crocodile D. fishing in the water
58. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick
A. Her eyes were badly poked. B. She had eight wounds altogether.
C. One of her fingers also got hurt. D. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.
59. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.
A. brave B. diligent C. quick D. humorous
60. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage
A. The husband should save the wife
B. A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws
C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine
D. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes
第二部分（非选择题，共两节，共35分）
第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
An endangered species is any type of plant or animal that is in danger of disappearing forever. If a species, or type, of plant or animal dies out completely, it becomes extinct.
Animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive. When their environment, or habitat, changes or disappears, plants and animals may become endangered. Natural disasters or changes in the climate can harm or destroy habitats.
Humans can cause species to become endangered as well. Humans pollute habitats with garbage, car fumes(尾气), and factory waste. They destroy habitats by clearing land for roads, buildings and farms. They also may hunt and kill too many of certain types of animals.
The arrival of a new species in a habitat is another threat. Often the new species spreads freely because it has no natural enemies. The species already in the newcomer. For example, mongooses(猫鼬) brought to Jamaica in the 1800s killed many native animals.
The list of endangered animals includes many large, well-known animals. The tiger and both African and Asian elephants are endangered. Several types of whale are also endangered. Endangered plant species range from tiny mosses(藓类植物) to towering trees.
In the 1960s people became aware that many species were endangered. Today many countries have made it illegal to harm, catch, kill, or sell endangered species. In addition, many organizations work to keep endangered species from becoming extinct. The International Union for Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund help to set aside land for zoos help endangered animals to reproduce. Such programs have helped to increase the populations of many endangered animals.
61. What’s the text mainly about (no more than 5 words)
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62. How do people endanger the species (no more than 15 words) ____________________________________________________
63. Why did the author mention mongooses (no more than 15 words)
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64. What does the underlined word “towering” in Paragraph 5 probably mean (no more than 15 words)
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65. What’s your opinion on protecting the endangered species (no more than 25 words)
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第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
66. 你校校报的英语专栏正在开展以“健康的生活方式”为主题的英语征文活动，你打算参加。请根据以下提示信息些一篇英语短文。
（1）营养均衡的膳食；
（2）经常参加的体育锻炼；
（3）乐观的人生态度。
注意：（1）词语不少于100（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
All of us want to live a healthy life. The following are some useful tips.
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学校____________ 班级_________ 姓名 考号_____________
太平村中学2015-2016学年第二学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
（时间：110分钟 满分：130分）答题纸
第一部分:英语知识运用（共三节，满分95分）
一． 单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
1-5_________________ 6-10________________ 11-15_______________
二 .完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)
16-20_________________ 21-25________________
26-30_________________ 31-35_________________
三 .阅读理解(共25小题，每小题2分，共50分)
36-40_________________ 41-45________________
46-50_________________ 51-55_________________
56-60_________________
第二部分（非选择题，共两节，共35分）
第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
61. What’s the text mainly about (no more than 5 words)
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62. How do people endanger the species (no more than 15 words) ____________________________________________________
63. Why did the author mention mongooses (no more than 15 words)
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64. What does the underlined word “towering” in Paragraph 5 probably mean (no more than 15 words)
____________________________________________________
65. What’s your opinion on protecting the endangered species (no more than 25 words)
____________________________________________________
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
66. 你校校报的英语专栏正在开展以“健康的生活方式”为主题的英语征文活动，你打算参加。请根据以下提示信息些一篇英语短文。
（1）营养均衡的膳食；
（2）经常参加的体育锻炼；
学校____________ 班级_________ 姓名 考号_____________
注意：（1）词语不少于100（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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