◎ 2011-2012学年广西自治区桂林中学高二英语下学期期中试题的第一部分试题
  •      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.What do we learn from the conversation?
    A.The man hates to lend his tools to other people.
    B.The man hasn't finished working on the bookshelf.
    C.The man lost those tools.
    2.What are the two speakers talking about?
    A.A park      
    B. A trip        
    C. A cinema
    3.What does the man mean?
    A.He would like to make an appointment for the woman.
    B.He thinks it worthwhile to try Santerbale's.
    C.He knows a less expensive place for a haircut.
    4.What do we learn from this conversation?
    A.The man wants to go to Los Angeles.
    B.The man wants to go to San Francisco.
    C.There are no flights to Los Angeles for the rest of the day.
    5.What is the woman's opinion of the research paper?
    A.It's fine as it is.
    B.Only a few changes should be made in it.
    C.Major revisions are needed in it.
  • 听下面一段对话,回答1-3题。
    1.Why is Ken calling ?
    A.Because he wants to ask about the address for the meeting.
    B.Because he wants to ask about the time for the meeting.
    C.Because he wants to remind Andy of the meeting.
    2.Where is Andy?
    A.In his office.      
    B. In the supermarket.    
    C. In the downtown.
    3.What is Ken's phone number?
    A.439-808-7754.    
    B. 493-908-7754.  
    C. 439-908-7754
  • 听下面一段对话,回答1-3题。
    1.Which of the following is the man's favorite food?
    A.Carrots.        
    B. Chocolate cakes    
    C. Fruits.
    2.What are the two speakers probably doing now?
    A.Having a meal.    
    B. Shopping.    
    C. Preparing food.
    3.What does the woman say about carrots?
    A.It is rich in fibers.  
    B . It can reduce weight.  
    C. It contains much vitamin C
  • 听下面一段对话,回答1-3题。
    1.Where is the conversation taking place?
    A.In the man's house.  
    B. In the woman's house.  
    C. In their friend's house.
    2.What color is the meat container?
    A.Blue        
    B. Yellow      
    C. Red
    3.What is the side dish mentioned by the man?
    A.Eggplant with soya sauce.    
    B. Pork with pineapple.  
    C. Tomatoes with sugar.
  • 听下面一段对话,回答1-3题。
    1.Who is learning Chinese probably?
    A.Rose      
    B. Jenny.    
    C. Jane
    2.How many children does the woman have?
    A.Three.        
    B. Four.      
    C. Five.
    3.What will the woman do tomorrow?
    A.Go to the cinema.    
    B. Go to the McDonald's.  
    C. Go to school.
  • 听下面一段对话,回答1-3题。
    1.What happened to the speaker?
    A.He transferred to another post in another city.
    B.His colleagues started to get along well with him.
    C.His hard work got paid off.
    2.What contributions did the speaker make for the company?
    A.He helped increase the sales.
    B.He helped build a branch company.
    C.He helped to invent new products.
    3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
    A.The speaker's pay rise to $15,000 per year.
    B.The speaker's department sales increased a lot last year.
    C.The speaker refused the rise.
  • Hard work ______ success while failure often ______ laziness.
    [     ]
    A. lies in; leads to
    B. leads to; lies in  
    C. leads to; depends on
    D. depends on; leads to
  • He had an accident ______ to work and was badly injured.
    [     ]
    A. driving
    B. driven  
    C. to drive  
    D. drove
  • As we all know, every minute _____ full use of ____ our lessons will do good to us students.
    [     ]
    A. which makes; studying
    B. when made; to study
    C. that is made; study
    D. that is made; studying
  • —Do you think he will do me a favor?
    —As far as I know, he is the last one ___ others. He ___ be prepared to give you a hand, though.
    [     ]
    A. to help, might
    B. helping, must  
    C. to help , can
    D. helping, should
  • When     the future, many people will imagine a life        high-tech devices.
    [     ]
    A. thinking of, full of                
    B. thought about, full of
    C. thought of, filled with              
    D. thinking about, filled with
  • It won't be long before we _____________ a way to overcome the difficulties.
    [     ]
    A. work out
    B. make out
    C. turn out
    D. bring out
◎ 2011-2012学年广西自治区桂林中学高二英语下学期期中试题的第二部分试题
  • The student couldn't _________what the teacher was trying to explain.
    [     ] 
    A. know    
    B. grasp      
    C. learn      
    D. get
  • —Water can dissolve almost anything and give nutrients to creatures.
    —Yes, and that's one of its __________.
    [     ]

    A. characters
    B. properties
    C. qualities
    D. abilities

  • In the end, she _____________for the future.
    [     ]
    A. told to us her plan
    B. unfolded to us her plan
    C. reminded to us her plan
    D. explained us her plan
  • The 2008 Olympics has already ______China's great economic progress,
    [    
    A. seen
    B. achieved
    C. reached
    D. strengthened
  • Life in the oceans ranges from the tiniest plankton ______ up to giants like sharks and whales.
    [     ]
    A. in the way
    B. all the way
    C. by the way
    D. on the way
  • There were no tickets __________ for Friday's performance.
    [     ]
    A. useful
    B. available
    C. helpful
    D. reasonable
  • I'd appreciate       if you would turn the radio down.
    [     ]
    A. that          
    B. it          
    C. this        
    D. you
  • Was it in the reading-room ______ you were reading a magazine _____ Kate met you?
    [     ]
    A. where, that      
    B. that, who    
    C. that, where      
    D. which, that
  • What all these groups have in common is that they ask to be treated __________ respect and
    equality, ________ race, religion or sex.
    [     ]
    A. as; as to
    B. in; in spite of
    C. to; because of
    D. with; regardless of
  • He forbids his children ____________ sweets because they do harm to their teeth.
    [     ]
    A. eating
    B. not eating
    C. to eat
    D. not to eat
  • ____________ from what he said, I'd say he would be in the race.
    [     ]
    A. Judged
    B. To judge
    C. Judging
    D. To be judged
  • My sister-in-law___________ my brother for ten years.
    [     ]
    A. married with
    B. has married  
    C. has been married with
    D. has been married to
◎ 2011-2012学年广西自治区桂林中学高二英语下学期期中试题的第三部分试题
  • He was beaten by his father because of being naughty. ____________, he became silent.
    [     ]
    A. Since
    B. Since then on
    C. From that time on
    D. From since on
  • As a parent, you ought to set a better _____ to your children, who learn bad behaviors quickly.
    [     ]
    A. goal
    B. future
    C. understanding
    D. example
  • England fought _____ France _____ Germany in the war of 1914~1918, the First World War.
    [     ]
    A. over; with
    B. for; over
    C. against; for
    D. with; against
  • The good weather and _______ scenery make Kitzbuhel a world-class ski resort.
    [     ]
    A. taking-breath    
    B. taken-breath    
    C. breath-taking    
    D. breath-taken
  • Most animals and plants are _______ large or sudden changes in temperature, so the ocean is a
    safe and comfortable habitat.
    [     ]
    A. stable to      
    B. sensitive to    
    C. steady to      
    D. pure to
  • 完型填空。
         One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of   1   students in the classroom
    on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of
    the   2   thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
         It   3  the class some time to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each
    one   4 the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the  5  of each student on a separate
    sheet of paper and  6  what everyone else had said about that individual.
         On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the whole class was  7  .
    "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I   8   anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't
    know others liked me so much" were most of the comments. No one ever    9  those papers in
    class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't 
     10  
    . The exercise had completed its   11   . The students were   12   with themselves and one
    another.
         That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was   13   in Vietnam
    War and his teacher   14  the funeral of that special student. After the funeral, most of Mark's
    former classmates left. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak to his
    teacher.
         "We want to   15    you something," his father said, taking a   16  out of his pocket.
         "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might   17 it."
         Opening the wallet, he   18   removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously
    been taped, folded, and refolded many times. The teacher knew without   19   that the papers were
    the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
        "Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark   20 it."
    (     ) 1. A. other        
    (     ) 2. A. worst        
    (     ) 3. A. cost        
    (     ) 4. A. handed in    
    (     ) 5. A. number      
    (     ) 6. A. read        
    (     ) 7. A. smiling      
    (     ) 8. A. meant        
    (     ) 9. A. wrote        
    (     )10. A. decide      
    (     )11. A. plan        
    (     )12. A. excited      
    (     )13. A. killed      
    (     )14. A. joined      
    (     )15. A. give        
    (     )16. A. wallet      
    (     )17. A. remind      
    (     )18. A. suddenly    
    (     )19. A. looking      
    (     )20. A. lost        
    B. others        
    B. nicest        
    B. took          
    B. took out      
    B. address      
    B. explained    
    B. crying        
    B. marked        
    B. recited      
    B. conduct      
    B. decision      
    B. worried      
    B. injured      
    B. attended      
    B. tell          
    B. book          
    B. recognize    
    B. quickly      
    B. saying        
    B. found        
    C. the others  
    C. smallest    
    C. paid        
    C. set down    
    C. name        
    C. expressed  
    C. singing    
    C. referred    
    C. mentioned  
    C. include    
    C. purpose    
    C. satisfied  
    C. wounded    
    C. took        
    C. ask        
    C. gift        
    C. review      
    C. carefully  
    C. hearing    
    C. remembered  
    D. the other      
    D. biggest        
    D. spent          
    D. turned off    
    D. home          
    D. listed        
    D. playing        
    D. concerned      
    D. examined      
    D. matter        
    D. function      
    D. disappointed  
    D. frightened    
    D. held          
    D. show          
    D. watch          
    D. recommend      
    D. surprisingly  
    D. noticing      
    D. treasured      

  • 阅读理解。
         At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV(拉斯维加斯内华达大学), 
    I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his
    weekend had not been very good. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always
    seemed to be so cheerful.
         His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: "Every morning when
    you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day," I said to the
    young man. "I choose to be cheerful."
         "Let me give you an example," I continued. "In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also
    teach out at the community college in Henderson. One day a few weeks ago I drove to
    Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. But just then my car died.
    I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed
    my books, and marched down the road to the college."
         "As soon as I got there, the secretary in the Provost's office asked me what had happened.
    'This is my lucky day', I replied, smiling."
         "Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?" She was puzzled, "What do you
    mean?"
         "I live seventeen miles from here. I replied. My car could have broken down anywhere
    along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within
    walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the
    tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have
    been arranged in a more convenient fashion."
    1. If you want to be cheerful you should ___________.
    A. try to succeed in doing everything            
    B. try to please your boss every day
    C. earn a lot of money by working              
    D. choose to be cheerful every day
    2. The underlined phrase "turn over" in the third paragraph means "________"

    A. roll over    
    B. work normally    
    C. stopped suddenly   
    D. move around

    3. According to this passage we can infer that the teacher's car broke down ____.
    A. near UNLV          
    B. along the highway
    C. near Henderson        
    D. at the community college
    4. Which one of the following is TRUE?
    A. The teacher taught not only at UNLV but also at the community college.
    B. That was the teacher's lucky day because the teacher liked walking.
    C. The teacher always hoped that the car would break down often.
    D. The young man was sad because his car broke down.
  • 阅读理解。
         Enter a typical high school, and the first thing you see is the front office, where the principal
    dwells and grades are stored. The front office also reinforces familiar hierarchy(等级制度):
    principal at the top, teachers in the middle, kids on the bottom, sitting with hands folded at
    their desks.
         Now, imagine a school where the organizational structure is completely flat. At the New
    Country School in Henderson, Minn, there is no front office. Visitors are immediately embraced
    by an airy atrium that is the centerpiece of this one-room schoolhouse. And all around the room,
    124 students sit at desks - real office desks - working at their own personal computers on their
    own projects.
         When Dee Thomas and her colleagues got together 15 years ago to design a new high school,
    they knew there was one thing that had to go: The bell. "You don't go into your job in the morning
    and say, 'OK, for the first 45 minutes of my job, I'm going to do the math part.' And then a bell
    goes off, and you do the social history part of your job. You don't do that," Thomas said.
         There are no teachers at New Country. Every few weeks, students must present projects
    they've been working on to the rest of the school community. To prepare for their presentations,
    they gather at tables in the middle of the school atrium and present their work to their "advisers."
         Kids at New Country test better than their peers on the state tests and on the pre-college
    ACT. The school sends 90 percent of its graduates to college. But that doesn't tell the whole
    story. New Country struggles to keep its seniors from leaving. The school's senior project is
    demanding - 300 hours of work.
         But for some students, New Country offers a rare alternative, a choice they can't find anywhere
    else. And the school is constantly visited by educators from around the world looking for new ideas.
    That's the foundation of efforts to reform American high schools today - that there's a need to
    experiment with an institution that is failing millions of students
    1. The author mentioned the typical high school in the first paragraph ___________.
    A. to tell us what the typical high school is like in USA.
    B. to present a sharp contrast with the experimental school, New Country.
    C. to introduce the topic, New Country, of the passage.
    D. to call on students to register in the typical high school
    2. The following statements about New Country are all true except________.
    A. New Country students sit in an open environment that looks a lot like a typical office.
    B. Students consult with "advisers", who "teach" in the traditional sense.
    C. No bells in New Country, students choose how to spend their time.
    D. No traditional classes, students work on projects they select themselves.
    3. Compared with typical high school, New Country is well received for its_________.
    A. high test scores  
    B. alternative    
    C. comfortable conditions    
    D. teaching methods
    4. The passage mainly tells us __________.
    A. experimental school gets rid of classes and teachers.
    B. typical high school and experimental School.
    C. new schools in future in America.
    D. education reform in America.
  • 阅读理解。
         London: It's well known that Charles Darwin's famous theory of evolution annoyed many
    people because it was against the Biblical view of creation. But few know that it also created
    problems for Darwin at home with his deeply religious wife, Emma.
         "Darwin held back the publication of On the Origin of Species to avoid offending (触怒)
    his wife," says Ruth Padel, the naturalist's great - great - granddaughter. "Emma told him that
    he seemed to be putting God further and further off", Padel says in her north London home.
    "But they talked it through, and Emma once said, 'Don't change any of your ideas for fear of
    hurting me.'"
         As the world celebrates the 200th birthday of the man who changed scientific thought forever
    and the 150th anniversary of his book today, even his opponents admitted he was a giant figure.
         Though opposition to his theory continues, it is the elegant explanation of how species evolutes
    through natural selection that makes his 200th birthday such a major event.
         More than 300 celebrations have been planned in Britain alone, where Darwin's face graces
    (使增光)the 10-pound bill along with that of Queen Elizabeth II.
         Shrewsbury, the central England town where Darwin was born and raised, is holding a
    month-long festival for its most famous son. Down House, his former home near London, will hold
    a permanent exhibition recreating some of his most famous experiments.
         Many more events have been planned all over the world.
         What would he be doing if he were alive today? Padel thinks he would properly be studying
    DNA and the immune system.
    1. The main purpose of the author is          .
    A. to say something about Darwin and his wife
    B. to introduce Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution
    C. to sing high praise for the book On the Origin of Species
    D. to report some celebrations of Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his books
    2. Which of the statements is NOT true based on the passage?
    A. Everyone agrees with Darwin now.      
    B. Darwin was brought up in Shrewsbury.
    C. Emma was not really fond of his theory.
    D. Darwin was very interested in living things.
    3. The underlined phrase "held back" in the second paragraph probably means        .
    A. prevented from    
    B. kept a secret  
    C. cared about  
    D. put off
    4. It can be inferred that the passage is most probably          .
    A. a scientific report
    B. a news report
    C. an English composition
    D. a text
  • 阅读理解。
         It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the
    brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can't fix the damage. Sometimes
    they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors
    might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.                                                            
         Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks
    doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for
    30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.                                  
          Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he
    operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled
    the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain's
    temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned
    the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like
    they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor
    had taught them.       
    1. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that _______.         
    A. the time is too short for doctors
    B. the patients are often too nervous
    C. the damage is extremely hard to fix
    D. the blood-cooling machine might break down
    2. The brain operation was made possible mainly by _______.
    A. taking the blood out of the brain       
    B. trying the operation on monkeys first
    C. having the blood go through a machine    
    D. lowering the brain's temperature
    3. With Dr. White's new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _______.
    A. can last as long as 30 minutes        
    B. can keep the brain's blood warm
    C. can keep the patient's brain healthy    
    D. can help monkeys do different jobs
    4. What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
    a. send the cooled blood back to the brain
    b. stop the blood to the brain
    c. have the blood cooled down
    d. operate on the brain
    A. a, b, c, d            
    B. c, a, b, d       
    C. c, b, d, a            
    D. b, c, d,
  • 短文改错。
         此题要求改正所给短文中的错误,对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾;如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
    此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(╲)划掉,在该行右边横线,写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
    此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
    此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
         注意:原行没有错的不要改。
          I've really got to do something to lose weight because
    I'm getting much too fat.I wasn't worried about until I went      
    to see the doctor.He told me that I'd probably had a heart        
    attack while I started eating less.When you're on a diet you    
    have to stop eat too much even though you are always hungry.
         They may be very hard to do and you certainly need a lot
    of will-power to succeed.So I will stay in a health farm for a
    month that I won't be able to eat much so as to stickto my 
    diet.I'll also do plenty of exercise,which won't give me  
    any harm too.Both the diet and the exercise will     
     help me to lose weight and feel more better.            
    1 .______
    2. ______
    3. ______
    4. ______
    5.______
    6. ______
    7. ______
    8. ______
    9. ______
    10.______
  • 写作。
         现在越来越多的学生骑电动车(motor bicycle)上学,请结合所给内容谈谈自己的看法。
         内容要点:1、有很多优点,如方便省时;
                             2、但是价格比自行车贵得多,有的人骑得太快、不走自行车道(cycle way)
         会造成事故;
                            3、应该尽量步行或骑自行车上学. 与骑电动自行车相比,更有助于省钱,
         安全,保持健康,还有益于保护环境。
          注意:
                  1.不要逐词逐句地翻译。
                  2.为使语句连贯,可以适当增加细节。
                  3.词数100左右.开头已给出。
         Nowadays, more and more students go to school by motor bicycle. _____________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________