高二英语第二学期期中试卷

I. 听力（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man mean?
A.It’s extremely cold outside.
B.They should have eggs for supper.
C.It’s extremely hot outside.
2. When is the man’s birthday?
A. April 1st. B. April 2nd. C. April 3rd.
3. What happens to Mary?
A.She’s in hospital.
B.She must look after her mother.
C.She’s late for school.
4. Whose recorder is the worst?
A. The man’s. B. Jack’s. C. The woman’s.
5. When did the man graduate?
A. In 1984. B. In 1985. C. In 1986.
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. When did the woman go to see Kate?
A. A week ago. B. Two days ago. C. A few days ago.
7. What can we know about Kate?
A.She’s too busy to see a doctor.
B.The doctor’s advice does her no good.
C.She hasn’t fully recovered though she’s seen a doctor.
请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How many people became homeless as a result of the storm?
A. Over two hundred. B. Over fourteen. C. About fifteen.
9. Where were Mr. Smith’s children when the storm started?
A. In the bedroom.. B. In the kitchen. C. In the yard.
10. Why did Mr. Smith go back inside their house?
A.To get his missing child.
B.To get some food.
C.To get some clothes.
II. 单项填空：（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）
11.It is reported that two suspects were caught by the local police _______ rare wild animals in the jungle.
A. hunt B. to hunt C. hunted D. hunting
12.Could you tell me who on earth prevents our plans _______?
A. carrying out B. from carrying out C. to carried out D. from being carried out
13.When _______ at the door, Mother asked, “Who was it?”
A. knocking B. knocked C. someone was knocking D. she was knocking
14.---I regret _______ you that you didn’t do well in the exam yesterday.
---Now I regret not _______ your advice.
A. to tell; to accept B. telling; to have accepted
C. to tell; having accepted D. telling; having accepted
15.Was it for that reason _______ you didn’t come to join us in the speech competition?
A. that B. why C. which D. what
16._______ that Ding Junhui, an 18-year-old boy, won the champion in the 2005 World Snooker China Open.
A. The news comes here B. Here comes the news
C. The news here comes D. Here the news comes
17.I personally think _______ more listening, speaking, reading and writing is the key to _______ our English.
A. Doing; improve B. To do; improve C. Do; improving D. Doing; improving
18.When _______ about her hard life on the island alone with her little son, the woman burst into tears.
A. asking B. to be asked C. asked D. to ask
19.All of the members in the club _______ this conference to be a successful one.
A. hoped B. agreed C. expected D. suggested
20.To our great surprise, the English evening organized by children themselves _______ a great success.
A. turned on B. turned out C. turned to D. turned up
21.This is the largest clock in the world, _______ the minute hand is six metres long.
A. whose B. which C. of which D. its
22.I didn’t go to the concert, but I do wish I _______ there.
A. was B. were C. had been D. have been
23.The citizens demand strongly that a flyover _______ where there are a lot of roadblocks in our city.
A. need to build B. need being built
C. need to be building D. need building
24.They lost their way in the forest, and ______ made matters worse was that night began to fall.
A. what B. it C. that D. which
25.--- Do the Smiths live next door to you?
--- No, but they _______.
A. used to B. used to do C. used to doing D. used to be
26.The Friendship Hotel _______ we stayed at last night is very comfortable.
A. where B. which C. in which D. w
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