高二英语第一学期期中
试卷答案
I. 听力理解（10%）
1-20 BCCAA CBABC CBBBC BCABC
II. 单项选择 （15%）
21-35ABBCA CBBAD DAABD
III. 完形填空 （20%）
36-55ABACD CCBDA BCBBC CADDD
IV. 阅读理解 （30%）
56-75 DCA BACCBDCA BADCFCAGE
V. 用所给首字母或中文意思的适当形式填空（5%）
76. intention 77. truly 78. impression 79. regardless 80. consequence(s)
81. consideration 82. illegally 83. majority 84. admitted 85. apology
VI. 短文改错 （10%）
第一句 Know 改成 Knowing, what 改成 which
第二句 included 改成 including
第三句 comment 改成 comments， viewing 改成 viewed, and 改成 or
第四句 去掉第二个 you， more 前面加 be
第五句 them 改成 it
第六句 helpfully 改成 helpful
书面表达范文
Dear Jim,
I’m very glad to know that you are interested in the changes of China. With the advance of
modern technology, new inventions and developments are springing up in our daily life, which are
making great changes to our lifestyle. Some details are as follows.
I have witnessed many great changes. The most impressive one is the rapid development of
transportation. It is more convenient for people to travel because of shared bicycles and
high-speed trains. Besides, people are better-informed about what is happening around the world
with the help of new vehicles of communication. Additionally, with a smart phone in hand, people
can pay for goods and services whenever and wherever they like, sparing themselves the trouble
of bringing cash.
Personally, it is the hard work of Chinese people that is bringing about such innovations,
which, in turn, are making our life easier and happier. So, I am proud of my country, and I am
confident that China will become more livable in the future. Just come and have a look yourself.
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Ⅰ. 听力理解（10%）
第一节（每段对话仅读一遍；共 5小题；每小题 0.5分，满分 2.5分）
请听下面 5段小对话，选出最佳选项。
1. How is the weather today?
A.Cloudy and a little windy B. Clear and a little windy C. Rainy and cool
2. Who had the flu?
A.The woman. B. The man. C. Bill
3. What difficulty does the woman have in learning English?
A.Pronunciation B. Grammar C. Spelling
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A.Mike’s job interview. B. Mike’s meeting with a friend C. Mike’s good behavior
5. How does the man feel about the woman?
A.She’s careless with money.
B.She doesn’t like money.
C.She is able to make money.
第二节 (每段对话或短文读两遍；共 15小题; 每小题 0.5分，满分 7.5分)
请听下面 5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第 6段材料，回答第 6、7题。
6. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A.At a book store. B. At a classroom. C. At a library
7. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A.To sell another book to him. B.To reserve him a copy C. To keep him a secret.
听第 7段材料，回答 8、9题。
8. What does the woman ask the man to do first?
A.To pay the mini-bar bill.
B.To take his own bags himself
C.To get the bill charged by his company.
9. How will the man pay?
A.With the company’s cash. B. With his visa card. C. With his cash.
听第 8段材料，回答 10-12题。
10.Why did Maria call her dad?
A.She made a traffic accident. B. She lost her way. C. Her car broke down.
11.How does the man let people know that he is in trouble when driving on the highway?
A.Put up hood(引擎罩) of the car.
B. Tie a white piece of cloth onto the antenna（天线）.
C.Both A and B.
12.What can Maria turn on?
A.The radio. B. The flashes. C. The headlights.
听第 9段材料，回答 13-16题。
13.How many points did the man get?
A.80 points B. 70 points C. 60 points.
14.Why is the man’s score not satisfactory?
A. He didn’t recite the language points at all.
B. He just hurriedly prepared for the exam.
C. He had to do some part-time jobs.
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15.How does the woman feel about the man’s study method?
A.More effective than expected.
B.She doesn’t give comments.
C.Not effective at all.
16.What is ‘Distributed practice’ involved according to the woman?
A.It involves hurriedly preparing for an exam.
B.It involves spreading out studying over time.
C.It involves absent-mindedly preparing for exams
听第 10段材料，回答 17-20题。
17.What will the director of studies talk about?
A.Tomorrow’s activities.
B.Next morning’s activities.
C.The courses and the different requirements.
18.How long will the principal talk?
A.About 15 minutes. B. About 20 minutes. C.About half an hour.
19.Where will the freshmen go at 11 o’clock?
A.The Main Hall. B. The language lab. C. Classroom 521.
20.Why will the freshmen take a test?
A.To watch a video. B. To listen to a lecture. C. To find their level of English
Ⅱ. 单项选择 （15%）
21. Japan's popular new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, now offers hope that Japan
will _________ the reforms needed to boost long-term growth.
A. push ahead with B. cut back on C. run out of D. put up with
22. You can't imagine such a well-educated gentleman ___ be so rude to an old man.
A. could B. should C. would D. might
23. The boy _____ on the ground _____ to his father that the hen ______ two eggs that day.
A. laying; lied; laid B. lying; lied; laid C. lying; lay; lied D. lay; lied; laid
24. In my opinion, it is the present examination system rather than the teachers that _____ for
the heavy burden on today’s students.
A. is blamed B. are to blame C. is to blame D. are blamed
25. —Life be very hard for people living in the north of Canada as it is very cold there in the winter.
—Yes, the weather there ____ be as low as 60°C below zero.
A. must; can B. shall; must C. will; should D. has to; can
26. How long do you think ________the conflict between America and China comes to an end?
A. will it be until B. will it be when C. it will be before D. it will be that
27. Our English teacher was so busy. She cannot afford enough time with her daughter ___she wants to.
A. as if B. even if C. because D. before
28. --- He is eager to try something he has never tried before.
--- Oh, I see. That’s ________ he’s different from others.
A. When B. where C. how D. what
29. The world’s population has grown _____ six times _______ it was in 1800.
A. by; what B. by; that C. in; what D. to; that
30. It was after having her first child at a time ______ my mother was working as a lawyer _______she
decided to run for governor of the state.
A. that; that B. which; that C. that; who D. when; that
31. I was told that there were about 50 foreign students___________ Chinese in the school, most
_________ were from Germany.
A. study; of whom B. study; of them C. studying; of them D. studying; of whom
32._______ on a farm caused her to become curious about nature.
A. Her not being brought up B. She was not brought up
C. She not being brought up D. Having not been brought up
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33. The audience ______ themselves, the concert began.
A. having seated B. having been seated C. being seated D. seated
34. The little boy still needed the ______ 20 dollars to deal with the things ________.
A. remaining; remained to be settled B. remaining; remaining to be settled
C. remained; remained to settle D. remained; remaining to settled
35. Jim has retired, but he still remember the happy time _______ with his students.
A. to spend B. spend C. spending D. spent
Ⅲ. 完形填空 （20%）
The dream of many people is to leave their mark on the world however they can. This could be in
countless different 36 , from coming up with a new invention to 37 starting a family. No
matter what it is, 38 the world in some way is the purpose of many lives.
That’s 39 makes the Renaissance – an art period which centered in Italy between the 14th
and 17th centuries — the era of 40 .
When we hear the word “art”, it’s very likely that we’ll imagine a work from the Renaissance
period. This was a time when many believe art made a revival(复兴 )— “renaissance”, 41 ,
means to bring new life to something.
Take the works of Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci for example. His painting Mona
Lisa became one of the best-known 42 on Earth. While many artists left their marks by
bringing 43 to the world, Da Vinci did much more than that. The artist was fascinated with the
study of human anatomy(解剖学)and even 44 time dissecting(解剖) human bodies to help
with his studies. Da Vinci also proved his 45 in many other areas, and he created sketches of
ideas for many inventions, from bridges and machinery to even a helicopter and a robot.
The Renaissance also played host to many other great names in the world of art. Italian painter
Raphael, for example, was another leader of this era. But his most famous work isn’t 46 on a
wall today. 47 , his masterpiece — the Raphael Rooms of Italy’s Palace of the Vatican— is the
wall. The walls and ceilings of the palace are filled with beautifully 48 paintings of Bible
scenes, which he started as a young artist in 1508.
Religious works such as Raphael’s were the 49 style of the Renaissance period. We only have
to look at the most iconic (标志性的)sculpture of that period — and perhaps 50 — to realize that.
Italian artist Michelangelo’s sculpture David, 51 a Biblical character, was firstly shown in
the 1500s. The sculpture has 52 years of exposure to the rain, having rocks thrown at it by
protesters(抗议者), and even someone 53 it with a hammer in the 1990s. 54 all these,
David is still standing strong and 55 today — a true symbol of the Renaissance.
36. A. ways B. places C. countries D. centuries
37. A. continuously B. simply C. occasionally D. finally
38. A. changing B. creating C. helping D. protecting
39. A. that B. this C. what D. it
40. A. world-makers B. world-users C. world-creators D. world-markers
41. A. in all B. at all C. after all D. of all
42. A. novels B. poems C. artworks D. dramas
43. A. honor B. beauty C. peace D. entertainment
44. A. devoted B. used C. enjoyed D. spent
45. A. greatness B. talents C. skills D. morals
46. A. showing B. hanging C. appearing D. shining
47. A. For example B. As a result C. Instead D. Moreover
48. A. detailed B. painted C. decorated D. described
49. A. famous B. common C. ordinary D. special
50. A. in no time B. at any time C. of all time D. at times
51. A. coming out B. adapted from C. based on D. named after
52. A. survived B. continued C. lived for D. experienced
53. A. making B. pushing C. correcting D. attacking
54. A. In addition to B. Generally speaking C. Due to D. In spite of
55. A. handsome B. gentle C. cautious D. proud
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Ⅳ. 阅读理解 （30%）
A
The cost of living in countries like the U.S, Britain, Australia or France has skyrocketed in recent
years. However, if you’re willing to leave your country and explore life in other areas, there are
many countries boasting an extremely cheap and low cost of living. Check out the following
countries when planning your next move.
Ecuador
Ecuador is similar to the United States in many ways, and as a result has become a popular
American getaway. They even use the U.S. dollars for their currency(货币). In this country, it’s
cheaper to eat out every day than cook for yourself on a budget in the U. S. You can even buy a
building for around $50,000 and hire someone to look after it while you’re away.
Mexico
Although the country is known for its poverty-ridden streets, there are many wealthier areas
that provide every facility you might need. You can live off a mere $700 to $800 a month in Mexico,
and this includes rent for a nice place, facilities, food, and any sightseeing.
Argentina
Argentina has been a popular tourist destination for many years. It has great restaurants, a rich
history, and many places to explore. Not to mention, it’s not very expensive to live here. A decent
sized home can cost around $139,000, which is relatively cheap in relation to homes in the United
States.
Vietnam
Vietnam has also become a popular tourist destination in recent years. There are many
million-dollar luxury homes by the beach, but you can find a modest flat or a small home for around
$25,000 to $50,000 if you search in the right areas.
56. How much does it cost to live in Mexico for a year?
A. About $12,000. B. About $7,000. C. About $8,000. D. About $8,800.
57. What do Argentina and Vietnam have in common?
A. They both have great restaurants.
B. The cost of living in them is both expensive.
C. Tourists enjoy travelling in the two countries.
D. The middle-sized homes both cost around $139,000.
58. .In which country is the U.S dollar used for its currency?
A. Ecuador. B. Mexico. C. Argentina. D. Vietnam.
B
According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to look after them in old age
should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as attentive as sons overall.
The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, from Princeton University, found that, while women provide
as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and
often leave it to female family members.
Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 old Americans concluded that gender(性别) is one
of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly
parents.
In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San
Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care. Using data
from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a
cross-section of over 50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3
hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.
"Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase
theirs when they have a brother."
"This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters."
In the UK, the 2011 Census(人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with
caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.
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But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50
hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full time job are three times more likely to be
struggling with ill health than their working counterparts（同事）who are not carers.
59. According to the passage, what’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for
the elderly?
A. Education. B. . C. Career. D. Income.
60. The US study finds that_____.
A. having a sister makes men less likely to look after their parents
B. sons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old age
C. sons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibilities to their sisters
D. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents
61. What does the author stress in the last paragraph?
A. People should give up their job to care for the elderly.
B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.
C. Many care providers have potential health problems.
D. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.
62.The author develops the text by _______.
A. explaining social networks of careers B. describing people' s experiences
C. analyzing various researches and data D. comparing different gender
C
There’s a new frontier in 3D printing that’s beginning to come into focus: food. Recent
development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve foods on a mass scale. And the
industry isn’t stopping there.
Food production
With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for
decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that — it takes years of experience, but a printer
makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to “re-create forms and pieces” of food that are
“exactly the same,” freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and
desserts it serves are 3D-printed,rather than farm to table.
Sustainability(可持续性）
The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts(分析师 )
estimate that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels.
Sustainability is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to the solution. Some
experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids (水解胶体) from plentiful renewables like algae(藻类)
and grass to replace the familiar ingredients(烹饪原料). 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions.
Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and
reducing transportation and storage requirements.
Nutrition
Future 3D food printers could make processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia
University, said, “Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional
content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’s bread from the supermarket, you’d eat
something baked just for you on demand.”
Challenges
Despite recent advancements in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome.
Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste(糊状物) before a printer can use them, and the
printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex
ways. On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat
and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts are skeptical about 3D food printers, believing they
are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.
63. What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?
Gender
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A. It helps cooks to create new dishes. B. It saves time and effort in cooking.
C. It improves the cooking conditions. D. It contributes to restaurant decorations.
64. What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?
A. It solves food shortages easily. B. It quickens the transportation of food.
C. It needs no space for the storage of food. D. It uses renewable materials as sources of food.
65. What is the main factor that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?
A. The printing process is complicated. B. 3D food printers are too expensive.
C. Food materials have to be dry. D. Some experts doubt 3D food printing.
66. What could be the best title of the passage?
A. 3D Food Printing: Delicious New Technology
B. A New Way to Improve 3D Food Printing
C. The Challenges for 3D Food Production
D. 3D Food Printing: From Farm to Table
D
China is showing the world its great resolve in the global climate campaign with concrete and
self-motivated efforts as well as serious commitment.
At the opening ceremony of the Paris climate summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping restated China's
plan made in June to cut its carbon emissions( 排放)per unit of GDP by 60-65 percent from 2005 levels
by 2030, and increase non-fossil fuel sources in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent.
With a large population, China is facing increasing resource limits, severe environmental pollution
and a worsening ecosystem, and its citizens are also becoming increasingly aware of environmental
problems. Suffering environmental problems and seeing the efforts as important to transforming its
economic growth pattern, the country has much at risk if climate change is left unattended.
Actually, climate change efforts are already included in China's medium-and long-term program of
economic and social development, and ecological efforts are the clear characteristics in China's 13th
Five-Year Plan(2016-2020).
Although it is and will be a developing country for a long time to come, China has been actively
involved in the global campaign against climate change, now topping the world in terms of energy
conservation and use of new and renewable energies.
However, China's development rights need to be respected. It is unfair to overstress China's status as
one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters and regard it as the major part of responsibilities in
the global fight against climate change.
It is worthy of notice that China's emissions of greenhouse gases per person are far lower than those
of developed countries, especially the United States, although rapid economic expansion and its
population base have made it one of the biggest producers of the gases.
To show its great resolve, Beijing in September also announced the establishment of an
independent South-South cooperation fund of 20 billion RMB to help developing countries affected by
global warming.
While China is eagerly accomplishing its policy commitments, developed countries should stop
questioning China's commitment to fighting climate change and pointing fingers, and start shouldering
their due responsibilities instead.
67.China is self-motivated to fight against climate change in order to_____
A. top the world B. transform its economic pattern
C. solve its population problem D. respond to pressure from developed countries
68. The underlined word "it" in paragraph 7 refers to _____
A. China B. the United States C. economic expansion D. the population base
69. It can be inferred from the text that_______
A. China will completely use non-fossil fuels by 2030
B. China will carry out its plan by stopping its development
C. Chinese emit more greenhouse gases than Americans on average
D. Some developed countries are not taking on their due responsibilities
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70. Which of the following is a sign of China's self-motivated fight against climate change?
A. Expanding its economy
B. Using non-renewable energies.
C. Making it part of China's 13th Five-Year Plan.
D. Donating money to developing countries
七选五阅读
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。
How to Solve Worry Problems
The Great Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Dr. Alexis Carrel, once said, “Businessmen who do not
know how to fight worry die young.” 71 Then how can we find a quick, surefire (万全的)
recipe for handling worry situations? Here are a few basic steps to deal with different kinds of worries.
Get the facts
Why is it so important to get the facts? Because unless we have the facts, we can’t possibly even
attempt to solve our problems intelligently. Without the facts, we will be left in confusion. 72
Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient
knowledge on which to base a decision. If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an objective
way, his worries usually disappear in the light of knowledge.
73
However, getting all the facts in the world won’t do any good until we figure out what these facts
mean and interpret them. It is much easier to achieve this after writing them down. In fact, merely
writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us
to reach a sensible decision. Therefore, when we are worried, sit down and write down two questions –
and the answers to these questions, “What am I worrying about?” and “What can I do about it?”
Arrive at a decision
Worry is killing. So we will probably save our life by sitting down and writing out all the various
steps we could take and then writing down the probable results of each step and calmly coming to a
decision. Experience has proved the enormous value of arriving at a fixed decision. 74 .
Act on that decision
75 Don’t stop to reconsider. Don’t begin to hesitate and retrace (折返) our steps. Don’t
lose ourselves in self-doubting which causes other doubts. Don’t look back our shoulders.
A. Analyze the facts.
B. Write down our worries.
C. This is the chief cause of worry.
D. There comes a time when we must decide.
E. Once we have made a decision, go into action.
F. And so do housewives, horse doctors and bricklayers.
G. It is the failure to reach a definite decision that drives men mad.
V. 用所给首字母、提示词或中文意思的适当形式填空（5%）
76. He decided to find a host family with the i______ of improving his English.
77. I’m ______(true) sorry that things had to end like this.
78. His trip to India made a strong i______ on him.
79. They can apply to everyone in the world, r_______ of where you’re from.
80. If you insist on eating so much sweet food, you’ll have to suffer the ________（后果）.
81. Taking everything into c_________, this event is a great success.
82. Those who _______ hunt wild animals should be punished.(非法)
83. The ________ of players would sign the contract without hesitation. (大多数)
84. Women were only _________ into the club last year. (准许加入)
85. He offered a sincere _______ for his behavior. (道歉)
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VI. 短文改错 （10%）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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：在错的词下画一横线，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(从第 11处起)不计分。
Know you are so fond of Chinese calligraphy, I would like to send you a book about this abstract and
high-level form of art in an English edition, what is easy for you to understand. The book is entitled
Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy, included a fascinating collection of masterpieces. It not only presents
a variety of calligraphy styles, but also provides beautiful illustrations, expert explanations and useful
comment, since one’s handwriting is often viewing as a reflection of his and her personality. I am sure you
will have a good knowledge of this form of art after you reading it and more willing to give it a try.
Could you please leave me your address so that I can mail them to you soon? I hope you will like
the book and find it helpfully.
Ⅶ.书面表达 （10%）
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友 Jim想了解中国建国 70年以来生活方式的变化， 请你
给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 生活方式的变化（至少写两点变化）
2. 变化给人们带来的好处
3. 你的感受
注意：1. 词数 100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,
