高二英语第二学期期中联考试卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题后所给的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 is the man?
A. a worker B. a driver C. a teacher
2. What is the man going to do this weekend?
A. meet a friend of his B. go to Beijing C. hold a birthday party
3. What did the woman buy her husband for Christmas?
A. a book B. a watch C. a record
4. How does the woman feel?
A. surprised B. light-hearted C. worried
5. What does the man tell the woman?
A. She is mistaken.
B. His dog likes chasing cats.
C. There is another cat that looks like hers.
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题后所给的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，你有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒种；听完后，各小题给出5秒的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6~8题。
6．What’s the woman going to do?
A. buy a birthday gift for David
B. buy a pet for her husband
C. buy some animals for the zoo
7. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the conversation?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4
8. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man likes keeping rabbits
B. The man built a zoo.
C. The man doesn’t like snakes.
听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。
9. How many goals did Jack’s team score?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1
10. What do we know about the woman?
A. She watched the game on TV.
B. She knew about the game over the radio.
C. She watched the match at the stadium.
11．When I Jack’s next match?
A. Friday this week B. Saturday this week C. Friday next week
听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。
12. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. a flight timetable B. hiring a taxi C. the way to the Union Street
13. Where is woman going on Saturday?
A. Garden Hotel B. The airport C. The railway station
14. What time does the woman want to leave?
A. at 7:00 am B. at 7:00 pm C. at 5:00 pm
听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。
15. Who is the man going to meet tomorrow?
A. Dave B. Tony C. His girlfriend
16. What is the probablerelationship between the two speakers?
A. husband and wife B. close friend C. boss and secretary
17. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?
A. in a restaurant B. in the woman’s house C. at the man’s home
听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。
18. What is the topic of this passage?
A. China’s education B. China’s history C. China’s development
19. How many school-age children have dropped out of the school?
A. over 2 million B. over 4 million C. over 12 million
20. What did the biggest problem in helping the poor children?
A. lacking love from society B. lacking money C. parents’ ignorance

第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
21. One way to understand thousands of new words is to gain ______ good knowledge of basic word formation.
A. / B. the C. a D. one
22. ---What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball.
--- ______ . Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It just depends. B. It’s up to you.
C. All right. D. Glad to hear that.
23. I don’t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
A. this B. that C. its D. it
24. --- What will you buy for your husband’s birthday.
--- I want to buy a ______ wallet for him.
A. black leather small B. small black leather
C. small leather black D. black small leather
25. The flu is believed _______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.
A. causing B. being caused C. to be caused D. to have caused
26. The old couple are working hard to earn money, but spend a little ______ some for their future life.
A. setting aside B. to set aside C. setting up D. to set up
27. People hadn’t been ______ the existence of the plant until a famous biologist men
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