高二期中考试英语试题（2008. 11）
第一卷 选择题（共77分）
第一部分 听力 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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。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.Where is the man’s mother now?
A. In her home B. In a hospital C. In her office
2. What do we know about Mark?
A. He’s not feeling at ease.
B. He’s looking for a new apartment
C. He’s happy that his parents aren’t coming.
3. What will the weather be like next week?
A. Cloudy and windy. B. Rainy and cold. C. Snowy and windy
4. What do we know about the man?
A. He doesn’t like his job.
B. He will not give up his job.
C. He has a large family to support.
5. How will the guests go to New York?
A. By car B. By taxi. C. By plane
第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至第8题。
6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Workmates. B. Neighbours. C. Strangers.
7. What can’t the man wait to do?
A. Go shopping with his wife.
B. Look after his children
C. Work in his garden.
8. When does this conversation most probably take place?
A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday C. On Sunday
听下面一段材料，回答第9至第11题。
9. Where does the conversation most take place?
A. In a shop B. At home. C. In the street.
10. Who are Anne and Dick?
A. The speakers’ children.
B. The speakers’ friend’s children
C. The speakers’ niece and nephew.
11. What will the speakers buy for Dick?
A. Some records B. A toy suit C. A book.
听下面一段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. When was it unusual to see a plane?
A. In the early 1960’s B. In the 16th century C. In the early 1900’s
13. Why can we use electric lights?
A. Someone has paid for us.
B. We have more money than before.
C. Someone invented ways to make use of electricity.
14. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The changes of life.
B. The history of planes.
C. The invention of electric lights.
听下面一段材料，回答第15至第17题。
15. What did the man plan to do at first？
A. Work in a supermarket. B. Open his own business C. Work in an old shop.
16. What is the man’s job now?
A. A shop assistant. B. The owner of a supermarket C. A businessman.
17. What do we know abou the woman?
A. She once worked in Japan.
B. She has a job abroad.
C. She changes jobs too often.
听下面一段材料，回答18至20题。
18. Where will the American writer give a talk?
A. At the bookshop. B. In the library C. In Allen Hall
19. What will the writer talk about ?
A. Her latest novel. B. Her success story. C. Her recent journey
20. Who is the woman speaking to ?
A. Students. B. Tourists. C. Writers.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共10小题，满分10分）
从A、B、C及D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. ---Shall we go out for a walk or go to the movie?
--- ______. They are both good ideas.
A. It makes no difference to me. B. That’s all right.
C. Yes, I like them very much. D. I’d prefer the former.
22. When I reached the farm, my son happened ________ on the grass, ________
the hens________ eggs.
A. lying; watching; laying B. to have lain; watch; laying
C. to lie; and watched; lay D. to be lying; watching; laying
23．I regret not having taken your advice. Otherwise I _____ this mistake.
A. didn’t make B. would not make C. hadn’t made D. wouldn’t have made
24. To keep health, Professor Johnson ________ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.
A. caught on B. took up C. carried out D. made for
25. There must be no life on the Mars for ________of air there.
A. lack    B. lacking  C. short  D. empty
26. It was in the small house _____ he was born _____ he ended his life.
A. that; where
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