高二期中英语
一 ：阅读理解（满分30分，每小题2分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A,B.C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Are you a big fan of pirate（海盗） stories? Do you know how to talk like a pirate? You can have fun on September 19th. This special holiday is called International Talk Like A Pirate Day. It was invented in 1995 by two young Americans, John Baur and Mark Summers.
These two good friends came up with this idea when they were playing racquetball, and began to talk like pirates. At that moment, they thought, “Young people are interested in pirate. But there is no such a chance for people to get together to share it. Why not have a day when everybody talks like a pirate?” They decided to make September 19th the date. Since then, Baur and Summers have tried hard to promote Talk Like A Pirate Day. As Baur said, “We've talked like pirates, and encouraged several of our friends to do so every September 19th.”
At first, this day was only known by a few people. In 2002, Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to Dave Barry. This columnist（专栏作家）really liked their idea. He promoted the holiday and made it known to more and more people. Now, it has really become an international holiday. On Talk Like A Pirate Day, you need to dress like a pirate. You should wear a big hat or maybe cover one of your eyes. You can pretend to be any kind of pirate that you can find in any story or movie.
Having fun and being relaxed are not the only best things about the holiday. Young people share the same interest and childhood dreams that day. That's why it is welcomed by so many people, especially young people.
Unlike traditional holidays, International Talk Like A Pirate Day is a brand new holiday which is invented by the youth themselves and celebrated by themselves too. Because of Baur and Summers' imagination and creativity, thousands of young people's pirate dream come true. Next time, when you have a good idea, why not share it with your fiends and insist on your belief? Maybe you can create another wonderful holiday for the youth in the future.
1. How did John Baur and Mark Summers invent the special holiday?
A．Many young people asked them to do it
B．They did it just for pleasure
C．They thought out the idea by chance and imagination
D．They did it in order to honor pirates
2. Why is the holiday become more and more popular？.
A．You can have fun and relax yourself freely.
B．young people can exchange ideas and dreams on the day
C．young people can have fun and be relaxed.
D．you can play the role of the pirate in the movie on the day
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．It was Dave Barry who made more people know the holiday.
B．Talk Like A Pirate Day is a young, active and lively holiday
C．Thanks to John Baur and Mark Summers’ imagination and creativity, a lot of people realize their pirate dream.
D．The holiday has been popular since the birth of it.
4. According to the passage, which of the following can show that the holiday is special?
A．It has a long history.
B．It is a wonderful and instructive holiday.
C．It is a brand new holiday invented and celebrated by the youth themselves.
D．People can make their dream come true on this day.
B
When you’re travelling in Germany，the route of the castles is one of the best ways to go.Germany has many old and splendid castles，and Bavaria has the most representatives of them.
Neuschwanstein Castle is generally considered as one of the ten most beautiful places in the world.Disney’s theme castle at Disneyland is a copy of it.It was King Ludwig’s magnificent and most famous castle，built in the neolate Romanesque (9th—12th centuries) style.Its interior style ranges from Byzantine through Romanesque to Gothic and it’s a real fairytalefantasy that comes true.It was built between 1869 and 1886 for the Bavarian King Ludwig.This splendid and imaginative fairytale castle is high above Alpsee Lake with the Alps towering above it.
5．When travelling in Germany，what can be one of the best places worth visiting?
A．Castles. B．Highways.
C．Benzcar factory. D．Berlin.
6．What is the construction style of Neuschwanstein Castle?
A．It was built in Gothic style.
B．It was built in Romanesque style.
C．It was built in Tudor style.
D．It was built in Byzantine style.
7．Where was Neuschwanstein Castle built?
A．On the top of the Alps with Alpsee Lake below.
B．High above Alpsee lake with the Alps towering above it.
C．Over Alpsee Lake with the Alps towering above it.
D．Both Aplsee Lake and the Alps are high above the castle.
C
CHICAGO (Reuters) — Hand washing is something most people learned about as children, but a British study finds that health workers are not faithful about washing their hands and few strategies to improve hygiene (卫生) have worked.
Infections spread by health workers are a major cause of illness and death, and simple hand washing is shown to be one of the best ways to prevent it.
In Britain, 10 percent of patients develop health-care-associated (与 医护相关的) infections, which kill 5,000 people each year at a cost of $1.86 billion a year, the researchers said. In the United States, health workers’ dirty hands infect about 5 percent of patients at a cost of $4.5 billion a year, they said.
A team of researchers led by Dr. Dinah Gould of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at City University in London performed a systematic review to determine whether strategies to improve hand hygiene are effective.
The researchers, whose study was published in this week’s Cochrane Library Newsletter, found only two trials that were even worth consideration and both were of poor quality.
Based on those, they concluded that a single teaching session or seminar (研究会) was not likely to affect hand washing behavior, even in the short term.
“We need some good research that will show us how we can bring about a change in people’s behavior,” Gould said in a statement.
8. The passage mainly deals with _____.
A. the management of hospitals
B. how to develop good habits
C. the benefits of washing hands
D. infections caused by the unwashed hands of doctors or nurses
9. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. health workers should pay more attention to hand washing
B. patients in Britain are taken better care of than those in America
C. drugs of high quality are in great need in Britain
D. children don’t like washing their hands
10. According to the study, to improve the medical workers’ hygiene _____.
A. is not an easy thing
B. is not difficult
C. doesn’t make sense
D. is impossible
11. The purpose of the research done by Dr. Dinah Gould is to determine _____. A. how to improve the quality of drugs
B. how effective health workers are
C. how to provide patients with a better environment
D. how effective the strategies to improve hand hygiene are
D
Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.
Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets.
Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the pop singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.
Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instrument is called orchestra music (管弦乐),such as the symphonies (交响乐) of Beethoven. There is opera (歌剧 ) for singers. There is ballet (芭蕾舞剧 ) for dancers like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.
12. In what sense can music be regarded as an international language? （ ）
A. Popular music is what everyone enjoys.
B. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and
understandable that everyone can enjoy them.
C. When music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us.
D. Music is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it.
13. What can we know about music and people in America?（ ）
A. Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.
B. Students always listen to music before class, in class and after class.
C. Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.
D. Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.
14. How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?（ ）
A. Six.
B. Eight.
C. Five.
D. Seven.
15. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?（ ）
A. All people in America like pop music.
B. Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.
C. Now, western or country music is a little different from its beginning.
D. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music.
E
One of Canada’s most famous physicians was Dr. William Osler. His friends remember the day when he was working in one of Britain’s 16 during the war. He was 17 to be given an unexpected message ― his own son had been 18 on the field of battle.
Very 19 as he was at the news, he still came back to his work. Afterwards he was noticeably different. Those who 20 him best said that he had changed as a 21 since that day. The 22 tone was gone from his voice and never again did his friends hear the songs which he often sang as he went from ward （病房） to ward.
Though these things 23 returned, something finally came to 24 their place. Everyone noticed new compassion (同情) in his care of the soldiers who each day streamed in 25 the battlefield. Before, he had professional 26 for the patients; now there was a(n) 27 note of a personal compassion, like that of a father for his son.
Osler was understandably hurt and, like most people who have experienced such 28, he was most likely to become 29. In time, after working through pain and anger, he found a way to 30 himself. He chose not to let his son’s death turn him into a(n) 31 man. He channeled it into 32 and love for others, caring for them as he would care for his son.
Helen Keller wisely said, “The 33 of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us 34 and helpful. Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” Osler 35 us something about overcoming suffering.
16.（ ） A. schools B. hospitals C. factories D. colleges
17.（ ） A. called back B. called on C. called for D. called out
18.（ ） A. killed B. praised C. reported D. wounded
19.（ ）A. frightened B. surprised C. sad D. pleased
20.（ ）A. described B. liked C. recognized D. knew
21.（ ）A. husband B. physician C. loser D. patient
22.（ ）A. cheerful B. peaceful C. harmful D. successful
23.（ ）A. ever B. always C. never D. often
24.（ ）A. lose B. spare C. reach D. take
25.（ ）A. on B. from C. by D. at
26.（ ）A. concern B. hunt C. vote D. desire
27.（ ）A. chosen B. fixed C. added D. mixed
28.（ ）A. heat B. losses C. failures D. poverty
29.（ ）A. excited B. angry C. happy D. satisfied
30.（ ）A. forgive B. warn C. comfort D. enjoy
31.（ ）A. bitter B. attractive C. strong D. proud
32.（ ）A. thanks B. hate C. regret D. energy
33.（ ）A. present B. struggle C. fortune D. way
34.（ ）A. pleasant B. polite C. patient D. honest
35.（ ）A. promises B. informs C. signals D. teaches
三：七选五阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分。）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Many people think of guys as being carefree when it comes to their appearance. But in fact, a lot of guys spend plenty of time in front of the mirror. They care just as much as girls do about their body image.
Body image is a person’s opinions and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance. 36 . You appreciate your body for its capabilities and accept its imperfections.
37 . Here are some ideas:
Recognize your strengths. Different body types are good for different things. What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, strength, or coordination makes you better than others at a certain sport. That may be basketball, table tennis, mountain biking, dancing, or even running. Or perhaps you have non-sports skills, like drawing, painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, or acting. 38 .
Exercise regularly. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good physiques (体型) don’t just happen. 39 . A healthy habit can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Working out can also lift your spirits.
Respect your body! Practising good habits—regular showering; taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin; wearing clean clothes and so on—can help you build a positive body image.
40 . Your body is just one part of who you are. Your talent for comedy, a quick wit (智慧), and all the other things make you unique. So try not to let small imperfections take over.
A．Use this as an opportunity to discover what you’re good at.
B．Be yourself.
C．Having a positive body image means feeling satisfied with the way you look.
D．Just explore talents that you feel good about.
E. They take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet.
F. The good news is that self-image and body image can be changed.
G. So, what can you do to develop a positive body image?
四：语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）
Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear ___1___time going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth? In my opinion, for one thing, it is to realize our value, our idea ___2___ matters a lot.
No matter what our ideas are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young we are full of energy. We have the __3___(good)conditions in our lives. Good memories, good understandings and so on. We should __4__full use of these conditions to study more.
For___5___, we should do as many things as possible we want to do. Of course, they must enrich our lives, ___6___ can make it possible for us to gather many different experiences that are worth ___7___ (remember) when we are old.
Then when we are really old, when we cannot move any__8___, we can be proud of our__9____(achieve) that we have ever experienced in happiness __10___we can say we have no regret in our lives.
五：短文改错（共10处错误：每小题一分，满分10分）
When Joe left university, he got a good job in a bike’s factory. And after he had worked there for some years, he decided to have a change. So he put a notice several newspapers, says what experience he had and the kind of job he would like to have. One of the answer he received was from a man who was looking for a job either. This man wrote to him, “Dear sir, when you get a new job, to be kind enough to give your name and address to your present boss as I have been trying to find a position like yours for a long time.” After he had finished reading the letter, he suddenly realizes what he had done was real foolish.
六：书面表达。
你的英国朋友正在做一个课题；世界各地的生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文：
一、通常方式 1．生日聚会
2．生日礼物
3．生日祝福
二、我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由
*词数100-120
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