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1、2016-2017年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试题 试题总分：150分 答题时间：120分钟 温馨提示：温馨提示：沉着应对，冷静作答，成功属于自信的你！第一部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）第1节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项AWhen this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but s
2、ometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the
3、top shouted, Look out! But Joe did not look out. He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joes head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, Ive lost an ear. Help! Help! Jeff ran up to help his friend. Look for my ear, Joe told him. I
4、t must be on the ground somewhere. Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. Here you are, he said, Ive found it. Joe looked at it. No, thats not my ear. he said, Mine had a cigarette behind it.1. What were Joe and Jeff?
5、 A. Soldiers.B. Drivers. C. Farmers. D. Cleaners.2. How did Joe lose his ear? A. He cut it off by himself.B. Jeff cut it off with a knife. C. A falling knife cut it off.D. A cigarette burned it up.3. At the end of the story Jeff found _. A. someone elses ear B. Joes ear C. a long knife D. a cigarett
6、e4. From the passage, we know Joe was not _. A. strongB. kindC. foolish D. cleverB Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australias northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodiles back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of D
7、arwin, a local newspaper reported. Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He
8、jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free. Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to
9、 one of her fingers. “This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husbands “quick and diligent actions”.Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital
10、for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.5. This passage is most likely to be found in _. A. a travel guide B. a newspaper C. a textbook D. a novel6. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when
11、 she was _. A. swimming in the river B. standing on the river bank C. watching the crocodile D. fishing in the water7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick? A. Her eyes were badly poked.B. She had eight wounds altogether. C. One of her fingers also got hurt. D. One of the croc
12、odiles teeth was found in her leg.8. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? A. The husband should save the wife B. A man saves wifes life from crocodiles jaws C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine D. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes CI have a neighb
13、or we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone. Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size
14、of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Bens beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard. Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day f
15、ood fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didnt know what was about to take place. By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five oclock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty（收成）of the day, already pac
