辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

英语期中考试

单选（20*1.5分）

1. Mary came in, _____ by her dog.  

1. following     B. to follow      C. followed     D. being followed

2. I failed in the final examination last term and only then _____ the importance of studies.

1. I realized     B. I had realized     C. had I realized    D. did I realize

3. An interesting suggestion on how to measure the temperature on the moon has been ________

1. put on B. put down C. put forward D. put out

4. Do you know who left the computer on all night long?

It seems that Tom is _________. He played computer games yesterday afternoon.

1. blaming B. to blame C. blamed D. to be blamed

5. As we all know, a proper amount of exercise _________ to good health.

1. controls B. offers C. contributes D. provides

6. The American team will play a match with a team that ________ French and German players.

1. is consisted of B. consists of C. was consisted of D. consisted of

7. The box is ________ three parts, each of which contains various flowers.

1. divided into B. separated from C. divided from D. separated in

8. —Why were you late for the meeting yesterday?

—Well，my car ________ on the way to the company.

1. broke out   B. broke down C. broke up   D. broke through

9. No matter how I tried to read it, the message didn’t _________ to me.

1. make out B. make sense C. make of D. make up

10. At the age of 5, he _________ English.

1. took up B. took down C. took over D. took in

11. Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting

1. ordinary B. normal C. common D. typical

12. --Does the idea of working abroad _________ you.

--Yes. But I have no chance.

1. appeal to B. lead to C. adapt to D. contribute to

13. They will start their project, _________ at helping the poor children in the west of China.

1. aims B. aimed C. to aim D. aim

14. Could you give me a hand? It seemed that my strength has ____________

1. used up B. run out C. run out of D. been given out

资*源%库 资*源%库15. It wouldn’t be __________for us to attend a formal wedding with the sports clothes.

1. comfortable B. convenient C. appropriate D. available

16. Anyone who is in ______ of weapons without permission is considered law-breaking.

1. command B. possession C. charge D. control

17. Last summer, he went to the countryside and worked together with the farmers. In this way he learned ________ from them.

1. scores of B. a great deal C. a great many D. much more

18. Had I been a little more careful, I _________such a foolish mistake

1. won’t make B. didn’t make C. hadn’t made D. wouldn’t have made

19. The transportation has improved a lot, with two new roads ________ last year.

1. constructed B. constructing C. construct D. to construct

20. Do you think we will have a long holiday next month? _________________

1. I believe not so B. I believe not C. I don’t believe D. I believe so
   阅读理解
   A
   Community Ed Classes at Weirton
   
   A series of four free or low-cost Community Education classes will be offered in April on theWeirton campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
   "Art for People Who Can't Draw" has a $ 30 tuition(学费) and $ 5 materials fee and will be conducted from 6:00-8:00 p. m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, April 11, 13, 18, 20 and 25, in Room 209-B. This class is for people who want to explore art production but have no experience with drawing. Students will have the opportunity to make several pieces of art. The instructor, Margaret Pearson, says,"I believe that art is possible for everyone so come, have some fun and set your inner artist free."
   "Aerobics for Seniors" is a free class that will be held from 6:00- 7:30 p. m, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28, in Room 243. Senior aerobics is a class designed for older men and women. This is a class with an emphasis on stretching and simple movements to music. Participants should wear loose or stretchy clothing and athletic shoes and bring a bottle of water.
   "Basic Gardening" has tuition of $ 25 and will be taught from 6:00-8:00 p. m. on Tuesdays, April 12, 19 and 26, in Room 115. Come to this course if you are a seasoned gardener looking for new information and want to share your gardening knowledge. Topics include spring preparation, vegetable and fruit gardening and getting rid of pests organically. There will be"a couple of fun, hands-on projects", the instructor Ann Bailey, a certified master gardener, said.
   "Introduction to T'ai Chi" will be held from 9:00-10:00 a. m. on Fridays, April 15, 22 and 29, in Room 243. Cost is $15. Participants will explore the workout, defensive techniques and health benefits of T'ai Chi. This form of Chinese martial arts has developed throughout the years as a way of reducing anxiety and stress. Be free to move: wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothes.
   For more information, call the campus at 304-723-2210.
   21.How much is the tuition for"Basic Gardening" classes?
   A. $5.               B. $15.              C. $25.            D. $30.
   22. Which of the following classes will be offered on Wednesday in April?
   A."Introduction to T'ai Chi"..          B."Aerobics for Seniors".
   C."Basic Gardening".                      D."Art for People Who Can't Draw"
   23."Aerobics for Seniors" classes are_____________.
   A. designed for older people             B. fit for those with anxiety and stress
   C. hands-on projects                    D. taught by Margaret Pearson
   B
   When you are bored with running at school, be sure to think of the 91-year-old woman
   Harriet Thompson, who not only finished the San Diego Rock N’ Roll marathon on May 31st, 2014, but also broke SDRNR marathon’s records. She was the oldest runner in this marathon as well as the fastest in the 90-to-94 year-old group. 
   She finished the 26.2 mile race in 7 hours 7 minutes 42 seconds, breaking the earlier record of 8 hours 53 minutes 8 seconds set by Mavis Lindgren in 1997. While these are her first records, Harriet, who ran at the speed of 16 minutes and 20 seconds a mile, is no stranger to this competition. She has taken part in 15 of the last 16 San Diego Rock N’ Roll marathons and only missed last year, because she had a cancer, which she successfully beat. 
   What’s even more amazing is that the grandmother who ran the marathon alongside her 55-year old son Brenny, took up the sport at the age of 76! Harriet says that she normally trains with a group. However this year she decided to run alone because she had a hard time keeping up, given that most of them are about 60-70 years younger. 
   Harriet says she runs to keep healthy and raise money for a hospital, which is close to her heart, thanks to her family’s cancer history. Over the years, she has raised over $90,000 for the hospital. And she is not done yet! Harriet says she plans to train harder and come back even stronger, in 2015!
   24. Harriet broke SDRNR marathon’s           records at the age of 91. 
   A. Two      B. Three      C. Four      D. Five 
   25. Why did Harriet not take part in the marathon last year?
   A. She was too old to run. B. Her sons didn’t let her run 
   C. She had a bad illness. D. Nobody would like to run with her.
   26. When did Harriet begin to take part in the marathon?
   A. In 1997.         B. In 1999.  C. In 2014.      D. In 2015.
   27. Which of the following may be true?
   A. Harriet’s father or mother hasn’t had a cancer.
   B. Harriet will no longer raise money for the hospital.
   C. Harriet will not take part in the marathon next year.
   D. Harriet will take part in the marathon next year.
   C
   It’s wrongly spread that colds are caused by cold. Actually, they are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.     
   During the First World War, soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War, prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
        At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty (通风的)room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
        If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
   No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms. 
   28. The passage mainly discusses ________.
   A. the continued spread of common cold.
   B. the experiments on the common cold .
   C. the reason and the way people catch cold. 
   D. the mistaken belief about the common cold.
   29. The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.
      A.3         B. 4        C. 5        D. 6
   30. Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.
   A. they are allowed to be with cold water.
2. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather.
   C. they are working in the isolated Arctic regions.
   D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world.

31. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage? 
A. Colds are not caused by cold. 
B. The Eskimos suffer from colds all the time.
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors. 
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had one.

D

It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can’t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.
Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, and then he operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain’s temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
32. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that________.
 A. the damage is extremely hard to fix   B. the patients are often too nervous
C. the time is too short for doctors   D. the blood-cooling machine might break down
33. The brain operation was made possible mainly by ________.
 A. taking the blood out of the brain     B. trying the operation on monkeys first 
C. having the blood go through a machine   D. lowering the brain’s temperature
34. With Dr. White's new idea, the operation on the damaged brain ________.
 A. can keep the brain's blood warm          B. can last as long as 30 minutes 
C. can keep the patient's brain healthy      D. can help monkeys do different jobs
35. What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
a. send the cooled blood back to the brain
b. stop the blood to the brain
c. have the blood cooled down
d. operate on the brain
A. c, a, b, d        B.  a, b, c, d           C. c, b, d, a           D. b, c, d, a

七选五

Although a lot of benefits can be seen from getting enough rest， for many of us，falling asleep can be challenging．There’s plenty of advice about what to do to fall asleep．  36   Here’re some pre-bedtime activities that could be hurting your chance of sleeping well．

1．Exercise／Take a hot shower

Exercise is a vital activity for your health．It can actually contribute to getting better-quality sleep．The problem，though，is that exercising within three hours of bedtime or taking a bath too close to the bedtime can raise your body temperature，and make it more difficult to fall asleep．  37 

2．Watch TV／Surf the web

  38  The bright lights of these screens can hold back the development of what promotes sleep．So close that laptop and turn off the TV about an hour before bed．

3．  39  

Whatever schoolwork it is，it can certainly wait until morning．Getting work down stimulates（刺激）your brain and can cause you unneeded stress—pretty much the opposite of what you want to feel if you’re trying to fall asleep！

$来&源：4．Read interesting stories

Many people have done this：you’re reading a really interesting novel and suddenly it’s 2 am！Reading an interesting book before bed will make it difficult to fall asleep．  40  

A．Exercising or bathing，then，is best left for earlier in the day．

B．Screen time before bed can disturb your ability to fall asleep．

C．Perhaps you need the most boring thing imaginable to read！

D．Realize the power of a good night’s sleep．

E．Solve conflicts before you go to bed．

F．Busy yourself with work

G．But what about not to do？

完形填空

At a station, a young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station.They sat___  41_ each other. “What’s that in your bag？” asked the young man,  42to the big bag beside the  43. 
“Money,” answered the old man.The young man could   44believe his own ears. “What？” he said to himself in surprise. “  45money？My God！How I   46  to be able to get so much money！” Then he began to think about  47 to get the money. 
The old man  48  tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes   49 . 
“Are you tired, sir？”asked the young man. “Then you’d better  50down on the chair and have a good rest. Don’t worry about  51 .I'll wake you up in time.”
“All right. It’s very kind  52you, young man.” The old man lay down and by and by he fell  53. 
The young man took the big bag carefully.  54 when he was just going to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was   55 the old man’s body.Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn’t. At last he took off his   56 and went away with the bag.
The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his   57  could carry him.He reached a place,  58 he thought the old man couldn’t   59 him, then he stopped and quickly opened the bag. 
To his surprise, there was  60but old newspapers in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone. 
41A. behind                 B. near                    C. in front of          D. next to

42A. showing              B. pointing              C. looking               D. directing

43A. driver                  B. station                C. man                  D. corner
44A. surely                  B. really                  C. nearly                 D. hardly
45 A. So much              B. So many             C. So little              D. Such many
46 A. like                      B. wish                    C. hated                  D. love
47. A. what                    B. where                 C. how                    D. when
48. A. looked                 B. felt                     C. was                 D. became
49. A. awake                   B. open                  C. close                   D. wide
50. A. sleep                    B. lean                    C. sit                       D. lie
51. A. the bag                B. the money          C. the trip             D. the bus

52. A. of                     B. to                        C. with                     D. for
53. A. sleep                  B. asleep                  C. sleepy                 D. sleeping

54. A. So                       B. But                    C. And                     D. Because
55. A. above                  B. over                    C. under                  D. in
56. A. coat                    B. shirt                    C. shoes                   D. cap
57. A. legs                     B. foot                    C. friend                 D. bike
58. A. which                 B. where                 C. when                  D. that
59. A. watch                  B. notice                 C. find                    D. meet
60. A. everything            B. anything             C. something          D. nothing

语法填空

In Bristol, two men are under arrest for stealing clothes from a warehouse. The two men ____61____(break) into the warehouse late yesterday evening, attacked the guard, tied   62    up, and then stole a __63____(collect) of expensive designer outfits   64    was worth over £40,000.  A  passer-by saw lights on the warehouse and rang the police, but the two men managed   65   (escape) through a back door and then drove off with the   66  (steal) clothes. However, one of the men was 67 (late) caught and arrested at his home, and the police caught the second man just hours later   68    (hide) at a friend’s house. Both men have now been charged   69  robbery and will appear before a judge in court on Monday. If they are found guilty, the two men will go to prison for a number of years. The guard who   70  (attack) has now been released from hospital.

改错

I am English student studying in China. Yesterday, I go to your cinema to see a film. The film was very good, and I did not enjoy it because there were some problems in the cinema. First, the film was delayed as there was so many advertisements at the beginning. It was rather annoyed. Second, the sound of the film was such loud that I could hardly bear it. The EXIT signs could not be seen clearly, that presented potential safety problems. If something terrible should happen, it would be difficult for people to get out quick. As a visitor to you city, I’m disappointed with my experience in you cinema. I am writing the letter in the hope that you can consider these problems and to make some improvements. 

书面表达

假如你是某英文报社的编辑Peter，最近收到了一个叫Sunny的中学生写给你的信，在信中她提到不知道如何跟朋友搞好关系。请根据以下提示，给她写封回信。
1.　经常和朋友交谈，跟他们分享你的快乐与悲伤。    
2.　互相帮助；
3.　学会欣赏朋友的长处。
要求：
1. 词数100左右；2.　信的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sunny,
I’m sorry to hear that  ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                   Yours
                                                                   Peter 

英语答案

1—10：CDCBC, BABBA 11—20: DABBC, BBDAB

21—23: CDA, 24—27: ACBD, 28—31: DCDB, 32—35: CDBA, 36—40: GABFC

41—50: DBCDA, BCABD 51—60: DABBC, AABCD

61. broke, 62. him, 63. collection, 64. which/that, 65. to escape, 66. stolen, 67. later, 68. hiding, 69.with, 70. was attacked

I am ^an, go—went, and—but, was—were, annoyed—annoying, such—so, that—which, quick—quickly, you—your, 去掉to

Dear Sunny, 
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble getting along with your friends. Here is my advice.
First, talk with your friends often. It is a good idea to share your happiness and sadness with them. Second, helping each other is very important. It’s better for you to help your friends who have trouble in study or daily life. And they will help you need help. Third, learn to appreciate your friends’ strengths. In this way, you can make real friends. If you do as I am telling you to, I believe your friends will understand you better and that you are sure to get on very well with your friends.

Good luck to you.

Yours,

Peter