世界上60%以上的信件是用英语书写的，上两个世纪英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学上的领先地位使得英语成为一种准国际语言。精品小编准备了上学期高二英语上册期中考试试题，具体请看以下内容。

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5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的阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。

1.How much does one ticket cost?

A. $ 1.40    B. $ 6.40    C. $ 4.30

2. What will the woman do at Christmas?

A. Go to the man’s Christmas party.

B. Stay away from the man’s party.

C. Have a talk with David.

3. What will the two speakers do with the bike?

A. They will sell it.

B. They will throw it away.

C. They will leave it in the office.

4. What is Jane doing now?

A. Watching TV.     B. Doing her homework.    C. Listening to the radio.

5. What was the result of the accident?

A. Tom survived the accident.

B. Tom was killed in the accident.

C. Someone saved Tom’s life.

第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话和独白后有几个小题，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，听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间a阅读各个小题，每小题5分钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6---8题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A party    B. Weekend plans    C. An art gallery

7. What does Tina want to do after the dinner?

A. Dance    B. Go cycling    C. See a movie

8. When does the woman want to see new painting?

A. On Saturday night  B. On Sunday afternoon    C. On Sunday evening

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. How many gold medals are mentioned here?

A. 1       B. 2        C. 3

10. When is Wang Xin’s birthday?

A. August 10     B. August 11      C. August 12

11. Which statement is true according to the dialogue?

A. Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin won the gold medal in the women’s 3m synchronized

platform event(双人跳板).

B. Briony Cole and Melissa Wu of Australia earned the Silver Medal on August 12.

C. Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won the women’s 10m synchronized springboard event(双人跳台) on August 10.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What worries the woman in the talk?

A. Her study       B. Her work      C. Her weight.

13. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Spend less time on working.

B. Walk a MARATHON a week.

C. Join a race competition a week.

14. How long does the study they are talking about advise people to exercise?

A. 60 to 90 minutes a week.

B. 60 to 90 minutes a day.

C. 16 to 19 minutes a day.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where will Conie go now?

A. To her home     B. To the shop    C. To her office

16. Who is waiting for Mike?

A. His brother     B. His boss     C. His neighbor

17. Why will Conie be late home tonight?

A. She will have a meeting.  B. She will go shopping.  C. She won’t finish her work.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. When did the man leave New York for Washington?

A. October 1       B. October11        C. October 4

19. Where did the man stay while in Los Angeles?

A. In a hotel                B. In his mother’s house.       C. In his brother’s home.

20. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The man was deeply impressed by the cities he visited.

B. The man stayed 10 days with his parents while in the States.

C. The man enjoyed his holiday in the States with his wife.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 单选填空(共20 小题;每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

21. _______ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.

A. To throw      B. Thrown             C. Throwing        D. Being thrown

22. _______ that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.

A. Not realized      B. Not to realize        C. Not realizing      D. Not to have realized

23. He sat there _______, with his head on his hand.

A. and think        B. thinking             C. thought          D. being thought

24. The girl looked at me with a _______ expression. Maybe the problem was quite _______.

A. puzzled; puzzling       B. puzzling; puzzled

C. puzzled; puzzled          D. puzzling; puzzling

25. —Sorry, do you mind if I smoke here?

—Yes, _______.

A you could         B go ahead        C I do             D my pleasure

26.We should try our best to _______ the cultural relics(文化遗迹).

A. reserve           B. preserve       C. defend         D. keep

27. _______ tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.

A. However the weather is like         B. However is the weather like

C. Whatever is the weather like         D. Whatever the weather is like

28. Not only the USA and Russia but also China ________ manned satellites to circle the earth.

A. has sent up   B. has been sent up   C. have sent up   D. have been sent up

29. ________ an actual occurrence, the film HuoYuanjia will be popular with many people.

A. Basing on  B. Based on     C. To base on  D. Base on

30. —When did he leave the meeting room??

—He left _______ you turned back to drink some water. ?

A.for the moment              B.at the moment?

C.the moment                 D.in a moment

31. It is sleeping late in the morning that _______being late for work.

A. devotes to       B. sticks to         C. refers to       D. leads to

32. I feel it is your husband who _______ for the spoiled child.

A. is to blame       B. is going to blame  C. is to be blamed   D. should blame

33. Helen always helps her mother even though going to school _______ most of her day.

A. takes up          B. makes up        C. set up         D. puts up

34. If you  _______ of Mary, ask her to come and see me.

A. lose sight of            B. catch sight of

C. are in the sight of        D. are at the sight of

35. The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 is strongly  impressed_______ my memory.

A. to           B. over         C. by           D. on

36. A quarrel _________, which made him ______ his family.

A. was broken out; break away                  B. broke out; break away from

C. was broken away; break down                D. broke down; break out

37. The teacher _______ his students _______ five groups..

A divided…into               B. separated…from  .

C. separated…into…           D. divided…from

38. Our class _______ of thirty-two boys and twenty-three girls.

A. composes        B. concludes         C consists         D. contains

39. She thought I was talking about her daughter, ______in fact, I was talking about my daughter.

A. whom           B. where            C. which          D. while

40. Most of the artists _______ to the party were from South Africa.

A. invited           B. to invite          C. being invited     D. had been invited

第二节 完形填空(共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)      阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that’s a  41  thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to  42  it.

The  43  started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I  44  took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and  45  to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and  46  her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t  47  and get hurt.

After that happened, I  48  there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.

Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.   49  ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, “They’ll have two Whoppers(巨无霸)well-to-do.” Jill burst out laughing, but I almost  50  .

After a while, I started wishing I could  51  grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel  52  in our home.

Then last Wednesday, something happened that  53  everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and  54  them about their  55  for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.

“Volunteer your grandmother.” she whispered. “She’s  56  and rich in experience.”

That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.

This is how I ended up on  57  today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly(集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her  58  she were a great heroine. I was  59  of my grandma and hoped she would  60  know that I had been ashamed of her.

41. A. funny    B. common    C. terrible   D. clear

42. A. admit    B. receive    C. refuse    D. show

43. A. quarrel    B. accident    C. trouble    D. adventure

44. A. already    B. always     C. simply    D. hardly

45. A. stopping   B. pretending    C. imagining   D. continuing

46. A. warn    B. demand    C. advise    D. beg

47. A. mind    B. hear     C. see    D. fall