英语不止做为一门语言和交流工具，而是被提升到了必备技能的范畴，精品小编准备了高二英语期中试卷，具体请看以下内容。

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

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 is the woman going to do?

A. Buy a car    B. Draw some money  C. Pick up her grandma

2.What dose the woman need to buy for skiing?

A. Gloves     B. A scarf        C. Sunglasses

3.When is the man going to get married?

A. On July 30th     B. On June 30th    C. On May 3rd.

4.What does the man think of the studio apartment?

A. It is old.     B. It is small.     C. It is expensive.

5.Why does the man have much coffee?

A. He is sleepy.    B. He is thirsty.    C. He is addicted.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题。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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A teacher.     B. A photo.    C. An outing.

7.What does the girl say about her English teacher?

A. She wears glasses.

B. She is not strict.

C. She is popular.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What does the woman want the man to do?

A. Teach her to use the phone.

B. Help her with her work.

C. Lend her his phone.

9. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.   B. Co-workers.    C. Salesman and customer.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How much is the adult ticket for the photography exhibitions only?

A. £10      B. £5       C. £6

11. Where is the Hillside Gallery?

A. On Gardenia Road.

B. Beside the Town Square .

C. On Flower Street.

12. How will the woman go to the gallery?

A. By bus.     B. By subway.    C. By car.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where did the woman get her information about “smart” cars?

A. From a magazine article.

B. From a TV programme.

C. From a newspaper report.

14. What is the purpose of the voice on “smart” cars?

A. To warn the driver of dangers.

B. To explain traffic rules.

C. To give directions.

15. What does the man imply (暗示) about his brother?

A. He owns a “smart” car.

B. He has a good sense of direction.

C. He doesn’t know the way to the woman’s house?

16. Why was the man delayed (推迟) on his way to the woman’s house?

A. He ran out of gas.

B. He got lost.

C. He met with an accident.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where did Gandhi(甘地) study law?

A. In Porbandar.    B. In Bombay.    C. In London.

18. What was Gandhi’s dream before 1947?

A. Living in South Africa.

B. Becoming the leader of a political party.

C. Gaining India’s independence.

19. What can we learn about Gandhi?

A. He never followed other politicians’ methods in his fight.

B. He once fought for black people’s rights in South Africa.

C. He didn’t fight for Indian people’s rights until returning to India.

20. What makes Gandhi remain an inspiration (鼓励) to people?

A. His dream of freedom.

B. His strong beliefs.

C. His political power.

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The dog meat-eating festival will be held on June 21 in Yulin, Guangxi, when more than 10,000 dogs will be killed and served at table and enjoyed by dog meat eaters.

The dog meat-eating festival in Yulin is only a local tradition, to celebrate summer’s coming. The fight over the festival shows different ideas between traditional habit and the modern idea of animal protection. While some persons want to continue local traditions, animal lovers want to stop festivals like Yulin’s because they believe dogs, as man’s best friends, should not be killed for food.

Perhaps they should learn from the example set by South Korea, a country that has a much longer eating tradition of eating dog meat. Back in 1988, when Seoul would host the Olympic Games, animal lovers from some countries asked South Korea to stop eating dog meat. To keep a balance between South Koreans’ love for dog meat and some foreign countries’ and animal lovers’ demand, the South Korean government made restaurants sell dog meat in far away areas.

In China, there are no rules on saving dogs, so giving up the dog meat-eating festival will not be a good way to solve the problem. It requires time to encourage Yulin residents to change their eating habit. But animal lovers should respect other people’s choice of food in the great country of more than 50 ethnic groups.

But it is also important for people who eat dog meat to understand animal lovers’ demand. The local government in Yulin could use the South Korean example to at least control the number of dogs killed before summer comes and cut down the bad social influence of the festival.

21. Why do people hold the dog meat-eating festival in Yulin?

A. To celebrate spring’s coming.

B. To celebrate autumn’s coming.

C. To celebrate summer’s coming.

D. To celebrate winter’s coming.

22. What do animal lovers think of dogs?

A. They are clever and cute.

B. They are man’s best friends.

C. They aren’t delicious.

D. They are expensive.

23. How did South Korea’s government answer animal lovers’ demand?

A. They stopped people from eating dog meat.

B. They did nothing to deal with the problem.

C. They stopped people from killing any dogs.

D. They had dog meat sold in far away areas.

24. In the last paragraph, the writer may agree that        .

A. the government hasn’t done enough to deal with the problem

B. the government has done enough to deal with the problem

C. there is nothing wrong with the dog meat-eating festival

D. the government should stop the dog meat-eating festival

B

The next time you are tired of running a mile or two at school, be sure to think of 91-year-old Harriet Thompson, who not only finished the San Diego Rock N’ Roll marathon on May 31st, 2014, but also broke SDRNR marathon’s records. She was the oldest runner in this marathon as well as the fastest in the 90-to-94 year-old group.

She finished the 26.2 mile race in 7 hours 7 minutes 42 seconds, breaking the earlier record of 8 hours 53 minutes 8 seconds set by Mavis Lindgren in 1997. While these are her first records, Harriet, who ran at the speed of 16 minutes and 20 seconds a mile, is no stranger to this competition. She has taken part in 15 of the last 16 San Diego Rock N’ Roll marathons and only missed last year, because she had a cancer, which she successfully beat.

What’s even more amazing is that the grandmother who ran the marathon alongside her 55-year old son Brenny, took up the sport at the age of 76! Harriet says that she normally trains with a group. However this year she decided to run alone because she had a hard time keeping up, given that most of them are about 60-70 years younger.

Harriet says she runs to keep healthy and raise money for a hospital, which is close to her heart, thanks to her family’s cancer history. Over the years, she has raised over $90,000 for the hospital. And she is not done yet! Harriet says she plans to train harder and come back even stronger, in 2015!

25. Harriet broke SDRNR marathon’s          records at the age of 91.

A. Three     B. Two      C. Five      D. Four

26. Why did Harriet not take part in the marathon last year?

A. She was too old to run.

B. Nobody would like to run with her.

C. Her sons didn’t let her run

D. She had a bad illness.

27. When did Harriet begin to take part in the marathon?

A. In 1999.     B. In 1997.     C. In 2015.     D. In 2014.

28. Which of the following may be true?

A. Harriet’s father or mother hasn’t had a cancer.

B. Harriet will no longer raise money for the hospital.

C. Harriet will take part in the marathon next year.

D. Harriet will not take part in the marathon next year.

C

A major development to self-driving cars may change the way we will drive in the future. Google, the leading company in self-driving technology, has changed its development plan. It had driverless cars built by car factories, but now will start building its own car.

Google has started to build some kinds of experimental electric self-driving cars that look like a Smart car. There is no steering wheel(方向盘), gas pedal or brake. The only thing a human passenger controls is a red “e-stop” button for fear stops and a start button. The car’s only “friendly” face is designed to make it help people accept self-driving technology.

Google workers took part in a long experiment, in which they used self-driving cars for their usual travel to work. No accident happened, but Google’s leaders realized that depending on a human passenger to drive in an emergency wouldn’t work because they may be reading, working, or sleeping. Now the self-driving car drives by itself if the driver takes his hands off the wheel for over ten seconds.

Google’s self-driving cars are now limited to a speed of 25 miles per hour for safety reasons. The cars aren’t allowed to drive on highways. However, a Google engineer said that once the cars are solved to run safely, we can drive at the speed of 50, even 80 miles an hour.

Google recently announced that its cars had covered 700,000 miles of public roads, and they were now running in busy city streets. People who love self-driving cars say this will improve transport by making roads safer, cutting down accident, and making less pollution.

29. What is Google’s plan about driverless cars?

A. It will have driverless cars built by car factories.

B. It will give up its plan to make driverless cars.

C. It will help other companies to make cars.

D. It will start building its own driverless cars.

30. The second paragraph mainly talks about       .

A. Smart cars

B. a red “e-stop” button

C. Google self-driving cars

D. gas pedal or brake

31. The writer may agree that        in the third paragraph.

A. Google’s leaders paid enough attention to drivers’ safety

B. Google didn’t do enough experiment about the car

C. it is dangerous for a driver to drive a self-driving car

D. Google’s leaders didn’t pay enough attention to safety

32. We can guess from the last paragraph that       .

A. self-driving cars are too expensive

B. there will be more self-driving cars

C. there will be fewer self-driving cars

D. the government will stop Google’s plan

D

Winter is coming, and some parts of the world are already covered with deep snow. The best way to warm those cold hands is a cup of hot sweet chocolate. Hot chocolate has been used for many years to treat diseases and fight bad moods. It’s known as a special healthy drink from the 16th to 19th centuries, and sometimes was taken as a medicine. Nowadays people don’t consider hot chocolate as a medicine, but drink even more than ever! There are plenty of tasty and healthy hot chocolate recipes(烹饪法) you can try to enjoy the following health benefits of drinking hot chocolate.

It improves your brain power

The study shows that drinking hot chocolate can help improve your brain power and your brain health. The flavonoids (类黄酮) in hot chocolate increase the blood flow and oxygen to your brain, helping you think better. If you want to improve your memory, try drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day. Not only will you improve your memory, but your mood as well. Just make sure you don’t use too much sugar in your hot chocolate.

It improves your mood

Chocolate, including hot chocolate, is well-known mood booster. This tasty drink helps fight stress, anxiety, and depression. But the problem is, hot chocolate may contain high amounts of sugar. Consider making sugar-free hot chocolate to get all its mood-improving properties(特性).

It can help you lose weight

If you are trying to drop a few pounds, drinking hot chocolate can help you achieve your weight loss goal. When made correctly, hot chocolate is a delicious and low calorie drink that you can enjoy every time you have chocolate desire. Besides, drinking a cup of low calorie hot chocolate helps prevent the intake of high-calorie and sugar foods like cakes.

Now that you’re aware of some of the best health benefits of drinking chocolate, what are you waiting for? Rush into your kitchen and make this fantastic winter drink.

33. Hot chocolate is popular in winter because       .

A. it can make your cold hands warm

B. it has been used for many years

C. it was used to treat kinds of illnesses

D. it is regarded as the healthiest drink

34. In the passage the author mainly talks about       .

A. different hot chocolate recipes

B. materials used to make hot chocolate

C. side effects from drinking chocolate

D. benefits of drinking hot chocolate

35. ``It can be inferred from the passage that       .

A. hot chocolate is the only way to improve mood

B. most people can be addicted to chocolate

C. remember never to have sugar in drink

D. food in low calorie makes you healthy