高二下学期英语期中考试顺利结束了，精品学习网小编整理了2016年高二英语试题及答案（下册期中考试），供参考。

一、听力(共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给出的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。

例：How mony is the shirt?

A. $19.15      B. $9.15      C. $9.18

答案是 B

1.What can we learn about the man?

A.He slept well on the plane.  B.He had a long trip.       C.He had a meeting.

2.What does the woman suggest doing?

A.Going shopping.          B.Going swimming.       C.Doing some cleaning.

3.Who answered the phone yesterday most probably?

A.The man.                B.The man’s father.       C.The man’s uncle.

4.What does the man mainly do in his spare time?

A.He learns a language.      B.He does some sports.    C.He plays the violin.

5.What did the woman like doing when she was young?

A.Riding a bicycle with friends.  B.Travelling in the countryside.  C.Reading alone.

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，每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7、8题。

6.What season is it?

A.Summer.                B.Spring.               C.Autumn.

7.How will the man go to the fair?

A.By bus.                 B.By taxi.               C.On foot.

8.Why does the man insist on taking on his taxi?

A.He is afraid it might be raining.  B.He is getting old and weak.  C.He is having a cold.

听第7段材料，回答9至11题。

9.How long has the man worked on the paper?

A.Three or four weeks.      B.Five or six weeks.       C.Three or four months.

10.When should the paper be ready?

A.By the end of this week.   B.By the beginning of next week.  C.By the end of next week.

11.Which of the following is true?

A.The paper is about eye care.

B.The woman doesn’t like the paper.

C.The man didn’t want the woman to read the paper.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12.How many jobs has the man taken?

A.4.                   B.2.                    C.3.

13.Why didn’t the man want to be a conductor?

A.The train was too crowded.

B.The movement of the train made him sick.

C.He had to stand all day and his feet hurt.

14.What can we know about the man?

A.He will probably be a waiter in a restaurant.

B.He wants to be a bank teller.

C.He is a college graduate.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15.Where does the conversation take place?

A.In a university dining hall.  B.In a student centre.       C.In a restaurant.

16.When does the man play bridge?

A.Every evening after dinner.  B.On Tuesday.           C.Only on weekends.

17.How does the woman plan to spend her evening?

A.Playing cards with the man.

B.Going outside to get more exercise.

C.Doing things she doesn’t really know how to do.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.What is the talk mainly about?

A.Who first celebrated the New Year.

B.When the New Year was first celebrated.

C.How the New Year is celebrated in some places.

19.When does the New Year begin in Scotland?

A.At midday on the first day of January.

B.At midnight on the first day of January.

C.At midnight on the second day of January.

20.How many peoples are mentioned in the talk?

A.3.                     B.4.                    C.5.

第二部分  英语知识运用(共计 30分)

第一节 多项填空 (共10小题;每题1分，满分10分)

21. As we all know,Mike has an excellent understanding of his own ____ and weaknesses.

A. strengths         B. value             C.techniques      D.energy

22. Many road accidents occurred because motorisrs could not ____ the speed of approaching          vehicles.

A. conclude         B. count             C. measure       D. Having dressed

23. Mr. Liu has phoned you several times this morning.____ ,there is something very important.

A. Obviously        B. Surprisingly       C. Gradually      D. Immediately

24. I think the student ought to be punished, He shouldn’t ____ telling lies.

A.come up with     B.keep up with       C.get away with    D.get along with

25. If we keep wasting so much energy, ____ are that our oil wells will dry up and the

environment will be destroyed.

A.problems        B.difficulties         C.questions        D.chances

26. Don’t open that e-mail.I hear there is a computer virus that ____ rapidly through users’ e-mail      system.

A.floats        B.arrives       C.develops      D.spreads

27. Even scientists cannnot completely ____ the strange behaviors of animals before an earthquake.

A.account for     B.make for     C.call for       D.go in for

28. I am sure you will succeed ____ because you are intelligent and are always working hard.

A.at times        B.in time      C.on time          D.at one time

29. Better keep him off wine,for he will be likely to get____ when he has drunk. .

A.disappointed    B.solid        C.violent             D.quiet

30. Filled with anger,he didn’t shout or swear,but just ____ silently at me.

A.looked           B.stared             C.glared              D.glanced

第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31～50各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

New Zealand is an English-speaking country. But the government recognizes _31 language,too. This is the Maori language. English _32 began to visit New Zealand after 1770.They found a 33  people living there.They were the Maoris, _34  had come from islands in the Pacific Ocean 400 years before during the 14th century.

For a long time the _35  government was not interested in these faraway islands. It was  _36  a British colony(殖民地)in 1840. As a _37  , more and more British settlers arrived from Britain.

The dark-skinned Maoris were _38  to the first settlers. But soon the settlers wanted _39

lands. So in 1844 there was fighting _40  them. This was the first of several wars between the two _41  . The next fifty years were very bad for the Maoris. Many were _42  in the wars. Many more died from new diseases _43  by the British. In 1840 there were perhaps 200,000 Maoris; by 1869 this number had _44  to 42,000.

However, since the 1990s the two peoples have lived in _45 . For many years the “British” New Zealanders looked _46  upon the Maoris. _47  in recent years,they have had equal   _48  , and the Maoris language is one of the languages of the country with _49  ,Today there are about a quarter of a million Maoris, that is about 9% of the _50  .

31.A.others              B.this                 C.another           D.other

32.A.lovers              B.pilots               C.drivers            D.sailors

33.A.dark-skinned        B.yellow-skinned        C.short-legged       D.white-haired

34.A.which              B.they                C.who              D.whom

35.A.Maori              B.British              C.European          D.New Zealand