高二下学期英语期中试题拓展模块Units 1--5

高二上学期期中考试英语试题 2012.04 16.The students didn’t go camping ___ the rain stopped.

I.语音知识：从A、B、C、D四个选项中找出其划线部分与所给单词 A.till B.untill C.unless D.if 划线部分读音相同的选项（共5分，每小题1分） 17.Life is made____time. 1.admit A.answer B.fashion C.annoy D.cancer A.of B. from C.into D.up 2.miner A.tight B.film C.rich D.rive 18.Donot throw stone___the lovely dog. 3.appear A.earth B.clear C.early D.learn A.to B.at C.in D.on 4.present A.symble B.vision C.bruise D.taste 19.We are consider____the book. A.to buy B.buying C.bought 5.whole A.where B.who C.why D.whether D.buys

II.选择填空：从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项填入题前括号20.The old lady___for 20 years. 内（共25分，每小题1分） A.has died B.had died C.has been dead D.has death

21.The question___by the students now is difficult. D.readed A.discuss B.discussed C.be discussed D.being discussed C.until D.since 22.He has never asked me___I live and work. A.what B.when C.where D.that D.to 23.During the Spring Festival, colored flags are seen___. 9.Helen had to shout---above the sound of music. A.nowhere B.everywhere C.somewhere D.where A.making herself hear B.to make herself hear 24.We were told the news___we had lost the game. C.making herself heard D.to make herself heard A.which B.that C.when D.where 10.--- I went to Beijing for holiday. ----_____ . 25.I am looking forward to___. A.So I was B.So I did C.So was ID.So did I A.get your answer B.recieve your answer C.read your 11.The food which---fat and sugar is bad for your health. answer D.your answer A.is rich with B.is rich in C.rich at D.rich in 26.I apologize___what I said. 12.When I woke up,I heard birds---in the trees. A.to B.for C.with D.in A.singt B.sang C.sung D.singing 27.How___does he speak French? He speaks French exellently . 13.She is an experienced teacher.That is to say,she has---. A.long B.well C.often D.much

A.many experience B.much experiences C.a lot of experience 28.I didn't have___money with me. A.many B.lots of C.a lot D.little experience of D.much 14.I still remember the days__________we spend together.. 29.It took___2 hours to finish my homework. A.when B.which C.where D. why A.in B.with C.out D.up 15.You hardly have breakfast at home,_________you? 30.How old___is a secret. A.do B.don’t C.have D.haven’t A.is she B. she C.is D.she is

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III.完形填空（共10题，10分）

Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English，but not Chinese,because Chinese is their mother tongue.Actually Chinese is 31 Difficult to learn than Emglish.

Still some foreign students can speak Chinese so well that if you didn’t see them,you would 32 them for Chinese.What makes them 33 ?

“For me,conversation is the most helpful.I use every chance to speak 34 Chinese.If you only listen to what others 35 ,you will improve your listening ability,but if you talk as much as 36 ,you’ll find you can express yourself much better,”says Ulrike Nootz,a German girl now 37 Chinese at Shanghai International Studies University.

38 the Chinese language,she is also interesten in Chinese literature and history.She thinks that to learn a language one must try to know 39 about the history of the country.Though Chinese is different 40 English,the experience of success can be the same.Conversation,in English learning,may be very important.

31.A.much B.still C.much more D.more much 32.A.take B.believe C.find D.think

33.A.success B.succeed C.successfully D.be successful 34.A.by B.in C.of D.for

35.A.say B.to tell C.speak D.talk

36.A.could B.can C.possibly D.possible

37.A.working B.studying C.speaking D.staying 38.A.Expect B.Except C.Besides D.Beside

39.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something 40.A.between B.from C.of D.with IV.阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）

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Although English is not as old as Chinese,it is spoken by

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many people around the world.every day.English speakers are always creating new words,and we are often able to know where most words come from.

Sometimes,however,no one may really know where a word comes from.Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers,especially when they are not made with ham?About a hundred years ago,some men went to America from Europe.The came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.They didn’t speak good English,but they are good food.When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef,they asked the Germans what it was,The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered,“We come from Hamburg.”One of these American owned a restaurant,and had an idea.He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate.Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started selling them.Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”.Today “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.

Whether this story is true or not,it certainly is interesting.Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting,too.This reason,for most English words,can be found in any large English dictionary.

( )41.According to the writer,English is ____.

A.very difficult to learn B.not so old as Chinese

C.as old as Chinese D.older than German ( )42.Hamburg is _____.

A.a round piece of beef B.a kind of food C.a city in Germany D.the name of a village ( )43.According to the story,______.

A. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago B. hamburgers are made with ham C. hamburgers are made with beef D. few American like hamburgers

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