杭州二中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案36

杭州二中2012学年第二学期高二年级期中英语试卷 2013.04

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，

共100分

第I卷 70分

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分15分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What kind of person is the man? A. He is friendly. B. He is honest. C. He is funny. 2. What was said about the woman’s sister?

A. She didn’t go to school. B. She had an accident. C. She was badly hurt. 3. What is the man doing at the airport? A. Answering a passenger’s question. B. Leaving for New York City. C. Waiting for his sister.

4. What did the woman ask the man?

A. Whether he could let her use his office. B. Whether he had to work on the weekend. C. Whether he could help her with her project. 5. What does the man mean?

A. His brother is coming to celebrate his birthday. B. His brother will give him a birthday present. C. His brother never forgets his own birthday. 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话听两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the man doing?

A. Reading a popular science book. B. Making comments on a novel. C. Watching a popular science film.

7. What does the woman think of popular science films? A. They are dull. B. They are okay. C. They are interesting. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What do we know about the daughter?

A. She went to the Students’ Union last night. B. She stayed with her boyfriend last night. C. She came back home late last night.

9. What is the father’s worry about his daughter?

A. She might have been to a wild party. B. She might have been out with a singer. C. She might have been to a political meeting. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the woman NOT satisfied with? A. The post office. B. The man’s answer. C. The quality of the service. 11. How does the man respond to the woman’s problem? A. Warmly. B. Politely. C. Nervously. 12. What did the man offer to do?

A. Provide a new radio. B. Correct the address. C. Repair the radio. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. What does the woman think of her present job? A. It is challenging. B. It is promising. C. It is boring. 14. Which of the following is required for the job in the paper? A. A degree and an active mind.

B. Work experience in Germany and France. C. A lively character and an interest in traveling. 15. What does the man think of the woman’s decision? A. It is wise. B. It is crazy. C. It is surprising. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节：单项填空（共18小题； 每小题0.5分，满分9分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

16. Besides helping shape our views of ________ life, education also has ________ far-reaching

influence on our personalities. A. the; a B. / ; the C. / ; a D. the; the

17. It’s reported that he kept a close ________ with a terrorist organization before being arrested. A. association B. touch C. statistic D. statement

18. This poor old man once came quite close to ________ his dream of having his own stock

company. A. realize B. have realized C. realizing D. having realized 19. He ________ you more detailed instructions, even though, as it turned out, he was occupied. A. could have given B. may have given C. might give D. should give 20. —Dad, can you tell me why so many choose to study abroad at a very young age? —________, darling. I haven’t thought about it. A. Take your time B. You’ve got me there C. Don’t be silly D. Bad luck 21. These two systems may sound greatly different, but ________, they are quite similar. A. in particular B. in short C. in advance D. in effect

22. Though she said she was not lonely, she wanted to find a friend ________ her happiness and

sorrow.

A. with whom to share B. who to share with C. to share whom with D. whom to share 23. The police are suspecting that he might be the criminal but have found no ________

evidence. A. visual B. controversial C. concrete D. flexible

24. 25.

—Have you got used to the Chinese food, Robert?

—Yes. But I don’t like ________ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don’t like. A. this B. that C. those D. it

It is typical ________ the Chinese government to rid the rural areas ________ poverty by investing heavily in transport. A. for; of B. of; from C. of; of D. for; from 26. —Bruce, please don’t open the door. It’s cold.

—Pardon?

—I ________ you not to open the door. A. will tell B. had told C. have told D. told

27. What the president said at the press conference about the economic reform successfully put

the public ________. A. in their position B. at their ease C. in their state D. at their risk 28. He sent a bunch of flowers as a ________ of sympathy to the parents of the child.

A. possession B. signature C. gesture D. consequence 29. China is said to be such a country ________ history we can get a clue to the direction of

future development. A. from whose B. as C. of which D. where

30. The businessman is very modest about his success. He says it’s ________ the result of good

luck as of his own diligence. A. more than B. so much C. as much D. rather than 31. IT is said to be South Korea’s chief source of wealth, the Samsung mobile ________ one of

its most famous products. A. is B. being C. to be D. has been 32. —But our school won’t be able to cover all of the costs for us! —________. We’ll have to look for some supporters. A. You name it B. Don’t mention it

C. So much the better D. That’s what I mean

33. Marty’s disability is “one in a million”. ________, there are not many people in the world

like him. A. In other words B. All in all C. For one thing D. As it is 第二节：完型填空（共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从34—49题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

It was the old lady’s birthday. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and a little boy, Johnnie brought up her letters from the ground floor on the 34 occasions when anything came.

Today she was sure there would be something. Myra 35 forget her mother’s birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times. 36 Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged. The old lady was proud of Myra, but, unfortunately, Enid, the daughter the old lady loved most, died two years ago. Since then Myra had been to see her three times, but her husband, Harold, never.

The old lady was eighty today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps—perhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a 37 birthday, another decade lined or tolerated just as you

chose to look at it. 38 Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of color 39 her cheeks. She was excited like a child. She would enjoy her day!

Now, she stood by the window, 40 . The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat 41 . Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate. Then clatter(咔嗒声), clatter up the stairs. Johnnie knocked at her door. He had got her post---four envelopes. Three were unclosed cards from old friends. The fourth was closed in, in Myra’s writing. The old lady felt a sharp pain of 42 . There was no parcel for her! 43 the parcel was too large to come by letter post. That was it. It would come 44 by parcel post. She said to herself. She must be 45 .

Almost 46 she tore the envelope open. 47 in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday—Buy yourself something nice with the check, Myra and Harold. The check moved quickly from the air to the floor like a bird with a 48 wing. Slowly the old lady bent to pick it up. Her present! Her lovely present! With 49 fingers she tore it into little bits. 34. A. rare B. sudden C. particular D. delightful 35. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. wouldn’t 36. A. By the way B. Of course C. By no means D. No wonder 37. A. casual B. specific C. conventional D. special 38. A. In case B. Now that C. Even if D. As though 39. A. brightened B. burned C. hardened D. weakened 40. A. thinking B. imagining C. welcoming D. watching 41. A. nervously B. wildly C. steadily D. randomly 42. A. loneliness B. discontent C. disappointment D. amusement 43. A. Somehow B. Maybe C. Surely D. Anyway 44. A. gradually B. slowly C. later D. finally 45. A. patient B. crazy C. mild D. tough 46. A. immediately B. angrily C. unwillingly D. cheerfully 47. A. Pinned B. Folded C. Stuck D. Lined 48. A. broken B. swift C. straight D. soft 49. A. thin B. freezing C. strong D. trembling 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

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My six-year-old granddaughter stared at me as if she were seeing me for the first time. “Grandma, you are an antique (古董),” she said. “You are old. Antiques are old. You are my antique.”

I was not satisfied to let the matter rest there. I took out the Webster’s Dictionary and read the definition to Jenny. I explained, “An antique is not only old, it’s an object existing since or belonging to earlier times...a work of art... piece of furniture. Antiques are treasured,” I told Jenny as I put away the dictionary. “They have to be handled carefully because they sometimes are very valuable. In order to qualify as an antique, the object has to be at least 100 years old.”

“I’m only 67,” I reminded Jenny.