英语是门语言，语言一定要靠积累和运用。精品小编准备了高二英语期中考试试卷，具体请看以下内容。

I 听力理解(5段共15小题，每小题1分，满分为15分)

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1至第3三个小题。

1. Why does the man go to the Centre?

A. To talk to the president of the Organizing Committee.

B. To find out the details of the Centre.

C. To book tickets for the 16th Asian Games.

2. Who is the man talking to?

A. A sports official.   B. A shop assistant.     C. A passer-by.

3. Which of the following shows the right way to the Centre?

听第二段对话，回答第4至第6三个小题。

4. What does the man think has happened?

A. A woman has been taken away.                     B. A purse has been stolen.

C. A young man has disappeared.

5. Where will the speakers go after the talk?

A. To the police station.    B. Back to their homes.           C. To look for a nurse.

6. How does the woman feel when she talks to the man?

A. Frightened.          B. Annoyed.            C. Amused.

听第三段独白，回答第7至第9三个小题。

7. Why does the woman call Mr. Smith?

A. The heating has stopped working.    B. She can't finish her article.     C. She can't find a repairman.

8. When will Mr. Smith come to the woman's room?

A. Monday.         B. Friday               C. Saturday.

9. When the woman says she'll call the health department, what is her purpose?

A. To get help for her sick baby.     B. To pressure Mr. Smith for help.

C. To ask for a new heater.

听第四段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. What did the girl lend the boy before?

A. A bin, a pen and a laptop.     B. A book, a pencil-case and a pen.

C. A book, a laptop and a pen.

11. How can we describe the boy?

A. Impatient.          B. Careless.              C. Bad-tempered.

12. What will the girl do in the end?

A. Have a talk with the boy.                 B. Lend the boy what he wants.

C. Help to look for the boy's pencil-case.

听第五段独白，回答第13至第15三个小题。

13. What is the talk mainly about?

A. The history of life on Earth.     B. Why there is life on Earth.     C. How life on Earth began.

14. What is necessary for life on Earth according to the speaker?

A. Temperature, gas and plants.          B. Water, temperature and rock.

C. Water, oxygen and plants.

15. Which of the following does the speaker believe?

A. People must protect their planet.       B. Earth is the only planet with life.

C. Mars is too hot to have life.

II 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___16__ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.

Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.

Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped  ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged  in the great __25__ of the fire.

The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?

A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.

16. A. surely         B. only　　　C. nearly　　 D. exactly

17. A. real　　　　 B. worthy　　 C. modern      D. valuable

18.A. drove　　　  B. flew        C. sailed　　　　D. bicycled

19. A. last          B. first 　　　  C. second　　　D. next

20. A. sold　　　  B. posted　　　  C. brought　　  D. returned

21.A. money　　　 B. price　　     C. cost　 　    D. value

22. A. facts　　　  B. questions　    C. results       D. matters

23. A. accident      B. affair　　    C. incident　　  D. experience

24. A. so　　　 　 B. but　　        C. or　 　     D. and

25. A. pile　　　　 B. heat　　　 　　C. pressure     D. power

26. A. real　　　 　B. pure　　　 　 C. right　　    D. exact

27.A. made　　　 B. stole　　       C. copied　 　  D. did

28.A. magazines   B. notices　    C. newspapers　　 D. programmes

29. A. carrying　　B. holding      C. dressing   　 D. wearing

30. A. dancer　　　 B. woman　　　C. jeweler       D. reader

第二节 语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

More than 20 million kids in the United States live with one parent .Separation and divorce are __(31)__ most common reasons for this . Living with one parent instead __(32)___ two can bring out a lot of emotions . These feelings can be pretty strong , and they can be confusing , __(33)___ . You might feel terribly sad and angry because your parents divorced .

Single parents are often working parents __(34)___  someone needs to earn money to buy food , clothing , and a place to live . ___(35)___(have) a job means your mom or dad is able to provide these things and more for you .

But even though you might understand ___(36)__ your mom or dad has to work , sometimes it can be hard __(37)___accept . This can be especially true during the summer or school vacations . You are at home , they __(38)____ , and the days can seem really long .

It can be tough when you don’t have enough time with your dad or mum. So __(39)__ can you do ?

One of the best ways is to hold a family meeting . Talk about everyone’s schedule for work , school , and activities . You might want to help your parent cook dinner sometimes . This can be both funny and __(40)___ (help) to your parent . Maybe you can also schedule a weekly game or movie night .

III  阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

Al Herpin died at the age of 95.

41.The main idea of this passage is that _______

A. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

B. people can live longer by trying not to sleep

C. large numbers of people do not need sleep

D. a person was found who actually didn't need any sleep

42.The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting ______

A. to find out whether his sleeplessness was really true

B. to find out why some old people didn't need any sleep

C. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

D. to cure him of his sleeplessness

43. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ____

A. needed no sleep at all               B. needed some kind of sleep

C . was too old to need any sleep       D .often slept in a chair

44.One reason that might explain Herpin' s sleeplessness was ______

A. his mother's injury before he was born

B. his magnificent physical condition

C. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

D. that he hadn't got a bed

45.Al Herpin' s condition could be regarded as ______

A. a common one    B. very healthy      C. one that could be cured    D. a rare one