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。精品小编准备了高二英语期中考试试卷及答案，具体请看以下内容。

第Ⅰ卷　客观卷(共75分)

一、听力(每小题0.5分，共10分)

第一节：

1. What’s wrong with the woman?

A. She is not feeling well.

B. She is a little confused.

C. She can’t take care of herself.

2. What do we learn from the conversation?

A. There aren’t any tickets left for tomorrow’s show.

B. There aren’t any tickets left for tonight’s show.

C. The man wants to attend tomorrow’s show.

3. How much will the woman pay for the pens?

A. 2.5 yuan     B. 3 yuan         C. 3.5 yuan

4. What is the man?

A. A meeting organizer   B. A reporter    C. A teacher

5. How many students are there in the girl’s college?

A. 1500    B. 1060    C. 530

第二节：

6. What place did the hurricane strike?

A. The northeast part of England.

B. The southwest part of England.

C. The southeast part of England.

7. Why did many towns and villages have their water supply out off?

A. Because the water had been polluted.

B. Because people didn’t pay for the water.

C. Because the electricity lines were brought down.

8. How long did the man study in the Cambridge University?

A. For 3 years    B. For 4 years    C. For 6 years

9. What position did the man take after he finished his course?

A. A clerk    B. A salesman   C. A shop assistant

10. Why does the man want to find another job?

A. The boss fired him.

B. His former job was less-paid.

C. His workmates were not very friendly.

11. Why can the man and his family stay at this hotel without a reservation?

A. They are friends of the owner.

B. They have no place to stay.

C. Someone else has canceled the reservation.

12. What is the man especially glad to have for his children?

A.A color TV    B. An extra bedroom  C. A swimming pool

13. When does the hotel want its guests to pay?

A. When they book a room.

B. When they check out.

C. When they have time.

14. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a coffee house  B. In a restaurant  C. In a pub

15. Who gives the man the menu?

A. The hostess    B. The cook   C. The waitress

16. What does the man order?

A. A regular dinner   B. Some roast beef  C. Some chicken dishes

17. What does the regular dinner include?

A. Appetizer, soup and salad

B. The roast beef

C. Good chicken dishes

18. Who is the speaker?

A.A class president.

B. A committee chairperson.

C. A teacher in charge of a class.

19. What should the students write?

A. Their names, phone numbers and job preference.

B. The names of the committees they will work on.

C. The names and addresses of honored guests they will invite.

20. When will they have their next meeting?

A. After one year   B. After one month   C. After one week

二、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)

21. It is very strange that as many businessmen          were present should have agreed to the stupid plan.

A. that   B. which   C. who   D. as

22. In this school, most students prefer taking pains in their studies to          with a better education.

A. equip   B. be equipped  C. equipping  D. being equipped

23. Had it not been for the fact that she was          with her work, she would have attended the concert

A. occupied   B. absorbed    C. devoted    D. concentrated

24. The plastic bottle,          top cut off, is used to grow a flower in.

A. whose   B. of which   C. its   D. which

25. When we visited my old family house, memory came          back.

A. flooding   B. to flood  C. flood   D. flooded

26. — John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.

— Oh,         !

A. cheer up   B. well done   C. go ahead   D. congratulations

27. We tried to find a table for seven, but they were all         .

A. given away   B. kept away    C. taken up  D. used up

28. This is the first time we          a film in the cinema together as a family.

A. see     B. had seen   C. saw   D. have seen

29.          unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.

A. Before   B. Where   C. Unless   D. Until

30. No decision          about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.

A. will be made  B. is made  C. is being made  D. has been made

31.         seemed to be no possibility for him to turn up at the meeting.

A. It    B. He   C. There   D. This

32.         to know the result of rescue, the relatives of the miners gathered at the door of the boss.

A. Interested  B. Curious  C. Dying   D. Attracted

33. Rose was wild           joy at the result of the examination.

A. to   B. with   C. by   D. for

34. — Look, that’s Tom—the lost boy!

— It’s really         great comfort to see him safe again. He is sure to bring

comfort to his worried mother.

A. a; a   B. the; the  C. a; /   D. the; /

35. The magazines are not allowed          out of the reading room in our school.

A. taking   B. to be taken  C. being taken   D. to take