英语可能是世界上第三大语言，但它是世界上最广泛的第二语言。威廉希尔app 为大家推荐了高二上学期期中英语试卷，请大家仔细阅读，希望你喜欢。

第I卷 选择题(共4大题;满分60分)

一、听力部分(共20小题;每小题0.5分，满分10分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题0.5分，满分2.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的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. When does this conversation most probably take place?

A. June.      B. July.      C. August.

2. What do you know about the woman?

A. She is very busy.

B. She prefers lunch at desk.

C. She doesn’t want lunch.

3. Why can’t the man take exercise?

A. He gets up too late.

B. He has to rush to work early.

C. He can’t spare enough time.

4. What makes the woman mad sometimes?

A. The young stars had a fight.

B. People said they didn’t get along well.

C. The young stars didn’t have a great time.

5. What do you learn from the conversation?

A. The man is being interviewed by the woman.

B. The man once worked in an international company.

C. The man is looking for a new job.

第二节(共15小题;每小题0.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What is the woman invited to do?

A. To give a talk.

B. To give a concert.

C. To teach in her mother school.

7. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She is a pop star now.

B. She is a teacher now.

C. She is a famous actress now.

8. Why does the woman decide to go to her mother school?

A. Because she used to be a good student.

B. Because she likes her teachers very much.

C. Because she doesn’t want to let the students down.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Why did the woman start swimming?

A. Her husband persuaded her to do so.

B. She wanted to get fit again.

C. She had nothing to do.

10. How long has the woman been taking swimming seriously?

A. For about three years.

B. For about two years.

C. Since her youngest child was born.

11. What do you know about the woman’s husband?

A. He gives all-out support to her.

B. He wants her to do more housework.

C. He hopes she can practice more often.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Why does the woman come to talk with the man?

A. Because she wants to use the computer.

B. Because there’s some trouble with her computer.

C. Because she had made a plan for the use of computers.

13. How do the students feel about the present plan for the use of computers?

A. The time is too changeable.

B. The time is too limited.

C. The machines are hard to use.

14. What do the speakers plan to do tomorrow?

A. Forbid students to use the computers.

B. Prepare a notice to solve the problem.

C. Allow students to use the computers for longer hours.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the man doing?

A. Studying in a university.

B. Preparing for a party.

C. Asking for advice.

C. It has tough admission requirements.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why does the girl come to the man’s house?

A. To ask for help.

B. To borrow money.

C. To be a babysitter.

19. Who is Kelly’s financial advisor?

A. Mrs. Adams.           B. Her mother.        C. Her father.

20. What are the two speakers probably talking about?

A. Money.             B. Courses.      C. Housework.

二、单项选择(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. It’s said that the 4.7-inch screen of an i-phone 6 will be a bit bigger than _____ of an i-phone 5s.

A. that    B. one      C. the one      D. it

22. Tom，_____ his bedroom, found in the corner of it his missing diary, which he had looked for several days.

A. to clean         B. having been cleaned      C. cleaned           D. cleaning

23. —Is this computer working well now?

—Yes. My mother _______ it repaired.

A. need have had    B. can have had           C. must have had      D.should have had

24. Li Xin even doesn’t know the test of TOFEL, however, she _____ that she has studied economics in an American college for four years.

A. adopts           B. pretends              C. confirms           D. prevents

25. I walked up to the top of the hill with my friend, ______ we enjoyed a splendid view of the lake.

A. which           B. where                C. who              D. that

26. Compared with me, my sister is even more ________ to, and more easily troubled by emotional and relationship problems.

A. curious          B. addicted              C. available           D. sensitive

27. I deeply appreciate _______ the opportunity to go abroad for further study.

A. giving      B. to be given     C. being given    D.that I have been given

28. —Peter once ________ English at Oxford University for three years and now is a speaker.

—No wonder he ________ perfect English.

A. had taught ; spoke                      B. taught ; speaks

C. is teaching ; has spoken                  D. has been teaching ; will speak

29. Hardly could he        this amount of work in such a short time.

A. get through       B. get down         C. get across        D. get into

30. —It’s reported that several college girls have got missing on their way home or to school recently, and some were murdered. I do think we students should learn to protect ourselves.

—             . The society is complicated.

A. Don’t mention it.         B. It depends.

C. That’s all right.             D. I can’t agree more.

三、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A little river flowed down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests until it reached a desert. It then thought, “I’ve overcome countless difficulties. I should have no  31  crossing this desert!” But when    32   her journey, she found herself gradually disappearing into the sands. “Maybe I cannot reach the ocean.” she said   33   to herself.

At this time, a deep   34    came, saying, “If a breeze(微风) can cross the desert, so can a river. ”

It was the voice of the desert. The river replied, “That’s because a breeze can fly.”

“That’s because you   35   what you are. If you give it up, and let yourself evaporate(蒸发)into the breeze, it can take you across,” said the desert.

“Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze? No!” She could not accept this   36  . Wouldn’t it be self-destruction to give up what she was now?

“How do I know if this is true?” asked the little river.

“The breeze can carry the steam across the desert and the steam can   37   into rain at an/a    38   site. The rain will form a river again to continue its   39  ,” answered the desert very  40  , “whether you’re a river or invisible steam, your inner nature never   41  . You stick to the fact that you’re a river because you don’t know your nature   42  . ”

Now the little river vaguely (模糊地)  43   before she became a river,   44   was the breeze that had carried her up a high mountain, where she turned into rain and   45   onto the ground and became what she was now. Finally the river   46   her courage and rushed into the open arms of the   47  , which carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the   48  of the little river. If you want to  49   difficulties in your life, you should also have the wisdom and courage to change yourself.

Perhaps you can try asking yourself these questions: What is my inner   50  ? What is it that I stick to? And what is it that I really want?

31. A. problem      B. way      C. power   D. time

32. A. ending      B. starting     C. planning   D. considering

33. A. immediately     B. directly     C. slowly   D. sadly

34. A. breeze      B. desert      C. voice    D. rain

35. A. think of      B. stick to     C. take up   D. refer to

36. A. order      B. requirement    C. idea    D. trick

37. A. disappear     B. change      C. get    D. flow

38. A. beautiful     B. appropriate     C. historic   D. familiar

39. A. cause      B. road      C. route    D. course

40. A. patiently     B. proudly     C. angrily   D. aimlessly

41. A. improves     B. forms     C. changes   D. exists

42. A. outside      B. upside      C. downside   D. inside

43. A. understood     B. realized     C. found   D. remembered

44. A. it       B. she      C. he    D. which

45. A. dropped      B. fell      C. flew    D. dived

46. A. decided      B. saw      C. gathered   D. exposed

47. A. desert      B. mountain     C. breeze   D. God

48. A. experience     B. appearance     C. performance  D. style

49. A. meet      B. overcome     C. avoid    D. refuse

50. A. thought      B. course      C. nature   D. courage

四、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)