上海市2015-2016学年高二第二学期期中考试英语试卷带答案

2015-2016

学年第二学期高二年级期中考试

英语试卷

第

I

卷（共

113

分）

I. Listening Comprehension

30’

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations

between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will

be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions will be

spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about

it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one

is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1.

A. At the bus station.

B. At the airport.

C. At the post office.

D. At the bank.

2.

A. Librarian and reader.

B. Teacher and student.

C. Boss and secretary.

D. Shop-assistant and customer.

3.

A. It is quite interesting.

B. It's time-consuming.

C. It isn't worth seeing.

D. It is very expensive.

4. A. To complain about her heater.

B. To go over for the

heater.

C. To get some electric power.

D. To have her heater repaired.

5. A. To postpone his schedule.

B. To book in another hotel.

C. To stay in the spare room.

D. To reserve a room in advance.

6. A. Accident victims.

B. Rescue work.

C. Plane crashes.

D. Crash survivors.

7. A. He has some trouble with his computer.

B. He isn't

getting along well with the staff.

C. He hasn't registered for a proper course.

D. He can't apply

the theory to his program.

8. A. She went out of the way to meet the man.

B. She was

pleased to talk with the man.

C. She took the man where he wanted to go.

D. She missed the

chance to help the man.

9. A. Smith will keep the surprise party a secret.

B.

Lucy hasn't got any promise from Smith.

C. They shouldn't have told Lucy about the party.

D. There's

no secret between Smith and Lucy.

10. A. Volunteers have to connect the community.

B. The man has no time to do voluntary work.

C. Voluntary work requires devotion of time.

D. Many people have signed up for voluntary work.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you

will be asked three questions on each of the passage.

The passages

will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once.

When

you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and

decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Nick lost the book Ivan borrowed from the library.

B. The book Ivan borrowed from Nick was missing.

C. Nick and Ivan had conflicts in Ms. Salmon's class.

D. Ivan was asked to return the book before finishing it.

12. A. She asked Nick and Ivan to solve the problem by themselves.

B. She gave Nick and Ivan the solution to their problem immediately.

C. She asked students in social studies class to help solve the

problem.

D. She persuaded Ivan to pay for the book that Nick lent to him.

13. A. A good way to resolve conflicts is to turn to your best

friends.

B. Nick and Ivan were unsatisfied with the solution to their

problem.

C. Signing an agreement helped to solve Nick and Ivan's problem.

D. Social studies class can equip students with skills to resolve

conflicts.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14. A. She wanted to have a garden similar to their neighbor's.

B. Her husband would like to have a beautiful backyard.

C. She was going to make the rented house her own home.

D. The community required them to keep the backyard lovely.

15. A. By getting involved in doing voluntary work.

B. By picking up mails for their neighbors.

C. By keeping an eye on their neighbors' children.

D. By planting trees along the street with others.

16. A. Her husband volunteered to work in the neighborhood.

B. They took on new responsibilities for their neighbors.

C. She was planning to plant a new garden in the backyard.

D. She enjoyed the relationship they built with the community.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations.

The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation,

you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you

have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Memo about Students' Essay Writing

Name: Mary

Essay topic: the ____17 industry

Strengths: ____18 well with statistics;

interested in computer modeling

Problems: lack of ____19 information;

poor at ____20 .

Complete the form.

Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Why couldn't the tourists go out into the

Because of ____2l in the

ocean as planned?

What are the tourists likely to find in

the

area.

____22

water near the mouth of the bay?

When can the tourists take a comfortable

bath in the bubbling hot water?

How long will the trip last?

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

17’

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to

make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks

with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given

word; for the other blanks,

use one word that best fits each blank.

( A )

Health Is a Laughing Matter

If you think back to an occasion when something made you laugh out

loud, you’ll probably find your lips starting to twitch (抽动

) again

and that same positive feeling invading your body. 25

you may not

realize, though, is that this good for you. Both smiling and laughing

have a beneficial effect on your health. Laughter, the physical sign

which indicates you are enjoying your life, is one of

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beauty treatments. It reduces stress, nourishes the spirit and is a

natural antidepressant.

Before ____23_____

____24____

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.