江苏省苏州中学2003-2004学年度第二学期期中考试
高一英语
一、听力部分 （20%）
第一节（共5小题）
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. How many dollars does the man still need to buy the dictionary?
A. Three dollars B. Four dollars C. Five dollars
2. What’s Mary’s address?
A. 1664 Garden Street
B. 1646 Guard Street
C. 1646 Garden Street
3. Where is Miss White from?
A. America B. Australia C. Japan
4. When is the woman’s birthday?
A. April 1st B. April 2nd C. April 3rd
5. What will Jack do?
A. He will play tennis.
B. He will ask Bill to play tennis.
C. He will go skating.
第二节（共15小题）
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6-8 题。
6. When will there be a birthday party?
A. Next Sunday. B. Next Monday. C. This Sunday.
7. Where will the party be held?
A. In the open air. B. In the woman’s home. C. In a park.
8. How many friends will the woman invite?
A. Ten. B. Nine. C. Eight.
听第7段材料， 回答第9-11 题。
9. Where is Tom now?
A. In the school. B. In a restaurant. C. At the cinema.
10. Who answers the telephone?
A. Mrs. Brown, Tom’s sister.
B. Mrs. Brown, Tom’s mother.
C. Mrs. Black, Tom’s aunt.
11. What does Bill want Tom to do?
A. Bring some food for the picnic.
B. Bring some toys for the game.
C. Bring some fruit for the trip.
听第8段材料， 回答第12-14 题。
12. How long did Mary have to stay in bed?
A. One day. B. Two days. C. A week.
13. How is Mary’s friend Ann?
A. She’s having a cold.
B. She’s having a cough.
C. She’s all right now.
14. Why does everybody seem to have a cold?
A. Because of the hot weather.
B. Because of the cold weather.
C. Because of the changing weather.
听第9段材料， 回答第15-17题。
15. What will they put on a show for?
A. For money. B. For fun. C. For fame. (成名)
16. What will they perform in the show?
A. Three popular songs.
B. A musical play.
C. Three pieces of music.
17. What will the man do in the show?
A. He’ll sing church songs.
B. He’ll act as stage director.
C. He’ll sing and dance.
听第10段材料， 回答第18-20 题。
18. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
A. The Great Britain. B. The United States. C. West Germany.
19. What was Bell’s main interest all through his life?
A. Helping the blind people.
B. Helping the deaf people.
C. Helping the black people.
20. In which year did Bell succeed in inventing the telephone?
A. In 1876. B. In 1847. C. In 1874.
二、单项选择 （15%）
21. ---- Have you ______?
---- Yes, I ______ Steven for about five years.
A. married, have married with
B. been married, have married
C. got married, have been married
D. got married, have been married to
22. Since the world’s population is getting larger and larger, scientists will have to ______ new ways of increasing the world’s food supply.
A. come up with B. catch up with
C. keep up with D. end up with
23. Bears ______ only eat ______ animals.
A. will, live B. should, alive C. can, living D. dare, lively
24. I’m afraid he can’t ______ himself ______ in Spanish.
A. let, understand B. keep, understanding
C. make, understood D. have, to understand
25. ---- How come a simple meal like this costs so much?
---- We have ______ in your bill the cost of the soup bowl you broke
just now.
A. added B. included C. charged D. mixed
26. I don’t think there used to be a supermarket in this poor neighbourhood, ______?
A. don’t I B. do I C. didn’t there D. used there
27. Ben would ______ a bicycle to school ______ on a slow bus.
A. rather to ride, than to ride
B. rather ride, than to ride
C. prefer riding, rather than riding
D. prefer to ride, rather than ride
28. This is Mr. Andersen from our London office, ______ I think has some good news for you.
A. who B. whom C. that D. which
29. Ricky ______ the 7:00 train, because he didn’t leave until 7:05.
A. oughtn’t to have caught B. might not have caught
C. couldn’t have caught D. must have caught
30. The girl with her golden hair ______ up is Sharon’s younger sister.
A. to tie B. tying C. being tied D. tied
31. Write it down in your notebook right now ______ you forget.
A. if B. before C. until D. or
32. Professor Smith, some students want to have a talk with you. ______ they wait here or outside?
A. Shall B. Will C. Would D. Must
33. I’m not sure ______ her advice is worth ______.
A. that, to accept B. that, considering
C. if, being followed D. whether, listening to
34. Lisa is ______ interested in chemistry and often works at it until ______ into the night.
A. deeply, deep B. deep, deeply
C. deep, deep D. deeply, deeply
35. It didn’t matter what use the villagers ______ this material.
A. made from B. made of C. made into D. made for
三、完形填空 （20%）
Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are __36 __ people who can only remember things __37__ they have said them over and over.
The famous English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down __38__ long street in London and then __39__ you the name of every shop he had __40__. Many of the great men of the world have had wonderful __41__.
A good memory is a great help in learning __42__. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he __43__ when he is a small child, and __44__ children ---- like boys and girls who __45__ abroad with their parents ---- seem to learn two languages almost as __46__ as one. In school it is __47__ to learn a second language because the pupils have so __48__ time for it, __49__ they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man’s mind is __50__ like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see __51__ what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo __52__a camera, there is much to do before the photo __53__ and ready to show to our friends. __54__ there is much to be done before we can keep a picture for ever in our minds.
Memory is the diary that we __55__ with us.
36. A. some B. other C. few D. those
37. A. when B. before C. while D. until
38. A. a B. the C. any D. some
39. A. remember B. tell C. explain D. show
40. A. entered B. passed C. looked for D. noticed
41. A. memories B. knowledge C. experience D. successes
42. A. knowledge B. English C. a language D. subjects
43. A. listens to B. hears C. sees D. looks
44. A. other B. some C. any D. the
45. A. travel B. work C. study D. live
46. A. quickly B. much C. well D. easily
47. A. not so easy B. important C. interesting D. useful
48. A. few B. little C. short D. limit
49. A. so B. then C. however D. and
50. A. not B. the same C. rather D. only
51. A. instead of B. but of C. at the same time D. however
52. A. with B. through C. by D. for
53. A. finishes B. is finished C. is over D. comes to an end
54. A. So B. In the same way C. But D. On the other hand
55. A. bring B. catch C. carry D. get
四、阅读理解 (20%)
(A)
The yearly Academy Awards ceremony (典礼) was once a private affair (事情). Now, because of television, it is very much a public affair. Hundreds of people gather in Hollywood to see the Oscars awarded to the outstanding actors and others working in the film industry. Millions more watch on television.
It all began on May 16,1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months. Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress. Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statue. The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin, but nobody knows the true story for certain.
Nowadays, the result of the Oscar voting (投票) is kept a secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except the two members of an accounting company sees the final results.
The information is not kept in open envelopes. Winners’ names are placed in closed ones. The accountants each carry a complete set of the envelopes to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one.
56. As used in Paragraph 2, “renowned” means ____________.
A. interesting B. wonderful C. much-disliked D. famous
57. May 16,1929 marks ____________.
A. Douglas Fairbanks’ first winning of an Academy Award
B. the first time Oscar got its name
C. Janet Graynor’s first win as Best Actress
D. the end of Academy Awards’ being a private affair.
58. Two sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony, ___________.
A. one for the ceremony and the other for TV
B. in order to be as safe as possible
C. because only by doing so can the complete information about the winners’ names be given
D. just because that is the custom
(B)
Every year it is the same story. Santa Claus never makes it to the post office to pick up his mail. After Christmas, thousands of letters remain in the dead-letter office. That’s why, a month after Christmas two years ago, I asked the US Postal Service to send me a few bags of Santa letters.
“My parents are behind in their bills and have no money for gifts,” wrote Elizabeth, aged ten. Cindy, nine, wrote of how her parents had big hearts but no money for presents. “You are my only hope, Santa,” Calvin, also nine, explained how his mother couldn’t afford gifts because she had to pay “the rent and the bills.” He asked for food, a winter coat and something to wear to the church.
If a reader sent me a self-addressed envelope, I promised I’d send him one of the kids’ letters to answer. I received more than 7,000 requests, and I learned a lot about the depth of people’s generosity（慷慨）. Many readers said they’d send toys or clothing.
“A child’s belief in Santa is so short-lived,” one reader wrote. “If I can bring a little joy to a poor child, maybe his or her belief could last a little longer.”
Every letter from a polite or poor child was sent to a reader to answer. But what of the others?
One of the strangest came from Candy, who wrote, “Santa, I hate you ---- you’re stupid!”
We can suppose that Santa is a man of forgiveness and understanding. So were many readers. After I printed Candy’s letter, one woman answered, “When I read Candy’s words, my heart went out to her. Her letter was a cry of pain. That’s why she wrote down her return address in her letter. I know how Candy might be feeling. When I was a child, I hardly received anything from Santa. I tried to guess what was wrong with me because Santa always passed my house and gave gifts to my friends. It got to the point where I hated Christmas. I’d like to write back to tell her that she is loved and ask why she is mad. May I?”
59. Why doesn’t Santa Claus take his letters from the post office?
A. He is always too busy. B. He doesn’t like these letters.
C. He is not a real man. D. He is too old to walk.
60. The children wrote to Santa Claus to ____________.
A. express their anger
B. ask for presents and express their sadness
C. borrow money from him
D. express their hate to the family
61. The writer sent some letters to readers in order to ____________.
A. help the US Postal Service
B. call people’s attention to the poor children
C. get some valuable advice
D. get some toys and clothing for the poor children
62. In the woman’s opinion, Candy was feeling ____________ when she wrote her letter.
A. mad B. painful C. angry D. comfortable
(C)
Do this and you’ll be welcome anywhere.
Why read this book to find out how to win friends? Why not study the technique of the greatest winner of friends the world has ever known? Who is he? You may meet him coming down the street. When you get within ten feet of him, he will begin to wag its tail. If you stop and pat him, he’ll jump out of his skin to show you how much he likes you. And you know this show of love. There is no secret motives (动机): he doesn’t want to sell you any real estate（房产），and he doesn’t want to be your husband or wife.
Did you ever stop to think that a dog is the only animal that doesn’t have to work for a living? A hen has to lay eggs; a cow has to give milk; and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes a living by giving you nothing but love.
When I was five years old, my father bought a little yellow-haired young dog for fifty cents. He was the light and joy of my childhood. Every afternoon around four thirty, he would sit in the front yard with his beautiful eyes staring at the road, and as soon as he heard my voice or saw me through the bush, he was off like a shot, racing breathlessly up the hill to greet me with leaps of joy and barks of cheer.
Tippy was my good companion (同伴) for five years. Then one night ---- I shall never forget it ---- he was killed within ten feet of my head, killed by lightning. Tippy’s death was the terrible event of my childhood.
You never read a book on psychology（心理学）, Tippy. You didn’t need to. You know that one can make more friends in months by really interested in other people than one can in two years by trying to get other people interested in him. Let me repeat that. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
63. When the writer writes “the greatest winner of friends the world has ever known”, he refers to ____________.
A. himself B. Tippy C. a pet dog D. a psychology book
64. The writer takes Tippy as a good example to ____________.
A. explain how to win love from others
B. show how he liked his friend
C. tell the readers why they should read the book
D. show us how a pet dog should behave
65. According to the writer, to be welcome anywhere, you must ______.
A. show care and love for others
B. do everything without secret motives
C. satisfy the needs of different people
D. know much about others’ feelings
66. Generally speaking, in what manner is the passage written?
A. Disappointed B. Serious C. Sad D. Light
(D)
Harriet Tubman lived a life filled with adventure. Tubman worked with the Underground Railroad. She helped many slaves reach freedom in the North. She was a scout (侦察员) in the Civil War. She also worked as a nurse during the war.
Life in the Old South was very hard for slaves. Most slaves lived in small houses. They had large families, and even the children had to work in the fields. Most slaves dreamed of getting to the north. They wanted to be free.
One day Harriet saw a slave trying to run away. Then she saw the keeper running after him with a whip. Harriet stood in the keeper’s way. The keeper took a weight and threw it at the slave. He hit Harriet above her eyes. It almost killed her. The scar on Harriet’s head was a symbol of her will to fight for what she believed in.
The Fugitive (逃亡) Slave Law made Harriet’s job harder. The law said that slaves could be caught even in the North. Harriet began leading the slaves all the way into Canada. There they were safe. The law couldn’t hurt them there.
When Harriet came for her mother and father, they were very old. Harriet was afraid they might not be able to make the trip. She got a horse. She and a friend made a wagon. She helped her mother and father ride to freedom.
67. The story mainly tells us about ____________.
A. life of the slaves in the Old South
B. life of Harriet Tubman
C. Harriet Tubman’s fight for freedom
D. the Civil War
68. According to the story, which of the following statements is not true?
A. Harriet Tubman used to work as a nurse during the Civil War.
B. The weight hit Harriet on the head and left a scar on her head.
C. Harriet led slaves to Canada where the law couldn’t hurt them.
D. The Fugitive Slave Law protected running slaves in the north.
69. The Fugitive Slave Law ____________.
A. protected running slaves
B. set slaves free
C. offered good jobs to slaves
D. made Harriet’s job more difficult
70. We can infer (推断) from the story that the author ____________.
A. supported slavery
B. was supportive about Harriet’s work
C. thought the Fugitive Slave Law was good
D. thought slaves were treated well in the north
(E)
Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose 35,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that’s not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
71. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns a very high salary.
B. He has not a job.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
72. David’s greatest problem is ____________.
A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up
B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary
D. learning to drive
73. He was hired by the firm because ____________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop
B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard
D. he had learned to use computers at school
74. He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
75. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. One has to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bad.
五、单词填空 （15%）
76. The cafe across the street offers a wide v_____ of sandwiches.
77. Since I stopped taking lessons, I have got out of the h_____ of practising my saxophone.
78. In 1964, the disease s_____ quickly among the poor and more and more people died every day.
79. Be careful to make right c_____ about what and how to eat.
80. One a_____ of living in the countryside is that people can get close to nature.
81. Students are shown how to conduct many simple e_____ in the lab.
82. He’s not the most popular teacher, but the students r_____ him.
83. The movie’s _____ success made her a superstar. (商业)
84. It is ___ the most important game either team has faced so far. (可能)
85. The picture was _____ out of a magazine. (撕)
86. No one could tell us anything about the _____ stranger. (神秘的)
87. Young children often have difficulty _____ themselves. (表达)
88. As children we seemed to have endless _____. (精力)
89. The army was now _____ the northern part of the country. (控制)
90. The officer _____ as the soldiers marched past. (行礼致敬)
六、短文改错 （10％）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行做出判断；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：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：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。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一条横线，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。
Newspapers today supply us with many more 91._____
than that just happened in our country or throughout the 92._____
world. If we want to know what the weather will be, 93._____
we can read the weather report. If we want to find 94._____
what films are being shown or what plays we can enjoy, 95._____
we can look through the newspapers. In many other 96._____
countries people put notice in the newspaper if they 97._____
are trying to get information or finding a house or an 98._____
apartment that they can live or even a person that 99._____
get lost. Newspapers indeed help us a lot. 100.____
_________________________________________________________
考试时间：100分钟 拟题：高一备课组 校对：张灵 审阅：孙德霖
高一英语答案
一． 听力： （20%）
1-5 BCABC 6-10 ABACB
11-15 ABCCB 16-20 BCABC
二． 单项选择：（15%）
21. D 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. D
27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. A
33. D 34. A 35. B
三． 完形填空：（20%）
36-40 B A C B B 41-45 A C B B D
46-50 D A B D C 51-55 B A B B C
四． 阅读理解：（20%）
56. D 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. B
62. B 63. C 64. A 65. A 66. D 67. B
68. D 69. D 70. B 71. A 72. C 73. B
74. B 75. C
五． 单词填空：（15%）
76. variety 77. habit 78. spread
79. choices 80. advantage 81. experiments
82. respect 83. commercial 84. probably / possibly
85. torn 86. mysterious 87. expressing
88. energy 89. controlling 90. saluted
六． 短文改错：（10%）
91. many----much 92. that----what 93. be----be like
94. find----find out 95. √ 96. 去other
97. notice----notices 98.finding----find
99.live----live in / that----where 100. get----gets