高二英语下学期中段考试题
英 语 (2008年4月26日)
本试卷由四大部分组成，分为（选择题）和（非选择题）。共150分，考试时间120分钟。
注意：
1． 答题前，学生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座号用钢笔或墨水笔写在答题卷上。
2． 每小题选出的答案后，请写在答题卷对应题目的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净。答案不能答在试卷上。
3． 考试结束，学生可只交答题卷。
4． 56-60答案填涂时请注意，E答案将AB涂黑，F答案将CD涂黑。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分35分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音结束后，你将试卷上的答案写到答题卷上。
第一节 听力理解(5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听第一段对话，回答第1～3题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Their favourite animals.
B. How to keep a pet.
C. Selecting a pet
2. What can we learn about the woman's sister from the conversation?
A. She doesn't like dogs.
B. She can't stay with cats
C.. She finds fish too boring.
3. What will the woman most probably do tomorrow?
A. Buy some fish from the man
B. Give her sister a present.
C.. Tell the man her decision.
听第二段对话，回答第4～6题。
4. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Neighbours. B. Classmates.. C. Brother and sister
5. Why does the woman want the man to go to the party?
A. She thinks he will enjoy it.
B. She doesn't want to go to the movies.
C. She wants him to drive her there.
6. When does the conversation most probably take place?
A. On a Thursday. B. On a Friday. C. On a Saturday.
听第三段对话，回答第7～9题。
7. How did the woman find out the news about the factory?
A. She read about it in the newspaper.
B. She saw an announcement on TV.
C. She heard a report on the radio.
8. What is the man's attitude towards the news?
A. He has no interest at all.
B. He's quite satisfied with it.
C. He's angry about it.
9. What can we infer about the other factories in the city?
A. They are also causing pollution.
B. They all destroyed the rivers.
C. They will be punished for the pollution they have caused.
听第四段对话，回答第10～12题。
10. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. The reasons why he loves football.
B. The reasons why he hates his team.
C. How he goes to a football match.
11. What can we learn about the players from this talk?
A. They have scored few goals this year.
B. They're paid for playing.
C. They eat too much fast food.
12. Which of the following is true about the speaker?
A. He is friends with many players.
B. He will never attend another match.
C. He is fond of football.
听第五段对话，回答第13～15题。
13. Why did the speaker give the talk?
A. To say goodbye to her students.
B. To talk about cultural differences.
C. To welcome her students.
14. Which of the following is tree about the speaker?
A. She has built a good relationship with the students.
B. She is always nervous in front of the class.
C. She finds the class too big to deal with.
15. What does the speaker plan to do in the near future?
A. To go on holiday. B. To change jobs. C. To have a baby.
第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填人答题卡标号为16～20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。
Art Workshop
Date: May 12th to May 13th
Time: 9 am to 16 each day
Place: No. 21 Middle School
Guests: Artists from Australia, Greece, South Africa and Vietnam
Purpose: To encourage young people to be 17 and to 18 in arts.
Activities: Dozens of different activities will be provided, such as photography, 19 and
sculpture.
Cost: 20
第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后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。
The world is divided into two main parts. The difference is ___21___one part is rich and the other is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people ___22_____get enough to eat. In the rich part, a lot of people eat too much. In one part, children starve and in the other, a lot of people get fatter and have to go on diets, or do some exercise in ___23____ to lose weight.
The poor countries are called the ____24______ countries. They have special problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow anything ____25___. The land can be ___26___, but a lot of things must be done first. New ____27____ methods must be introduced. The people must be educated. Water must be found.
Many of these problems are too big for one country to solve ___28____. Help should be given by richer countries, but it must be the right ___29_____of help. Money is not enough. The development countries must be helped to ____30_____ themselves. But rich countries have problems too. They are not always very pleasant places to live in. Usually, it is the things that make them rich that also make them unpleasant.
21. A. that B. not C. only D. between
22. A. always B. can C. may D. never
23. A. body B. time C. order D. life
24. A. rich B. third C. developing D. developed
25. A. above B. up C. over D. on
26. A. interested B. improved C. measured D. done
27. A. marking B. teaching C. learning D. farming
28. A. away B. by C. alone D. along
29. A. sort B. time C. now D. then
30. A. solve B. help C. prove D. produce
第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填在标号为31-40的相应位置。
Every student will be faced with the question when he passes the college entrance examinations: Should we choose a good major__31_____a good university first? Some students prefer to consider majors first so that they _32__ learn what they are interested in. It will also make __33_____ possible for them to take their favorite jobs in the future. __34____, those 35 think differently believe that the environment is important to one’s development and that __36___ (graduation) from leading universities are often more likely to find a good job. _37___ my opinion, the best choice is a good major at a good university. If we cannot obtain both, the first thing __38__(consider) is a good major, because no matter __39_we study, we can still achieve a lot in 40 certain field if we try our best.
第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷上。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
The terrible college entrance exam is not only a big challenge (挑战) for Chinese high school students, but also a very important exam in the lives of South Korean students.
Although the long, cold winter has already started in South Korea, the annual (一年一度的) national exams have made the atmosphere very heated.
More than 675,000 South Korean high school graduates took the college entrance exam last Wednesday. They usually take exams in Korean, maths, sociology (社会学), history and foreign languages.
Officially there is one college place for every 1. 33 students. But because all the students want to go to the top universities in the country, the competition can reach one place for 10 students. The students want to attend these colleges for both their famous names and better job opportunities.
Because students face fierce competition, they have to study very hard to realize their dreams. Park Seung said he and his classmates often go to school before 7:30 a. m. After school has finished at 6:30 p.m., most of them go to the library to continue their study instead of returning home. Since many libraries in South Korea are open 24 hours a day, they often stay long into the night. Many of the Senior 3 students only sleep for three to four hours a day.
“I feel a lot of pressure，but I have to study very hard in order to make my dream come true. This is my lifetime goal and it will be a turning point in my life which could decide my future,” Park said.
The exam day is a very serious day for the whole of South Korea. Vehicles are not allowed within a 200-metre radius (范围) of all the test sites to make sure the students have quiet surroundings. Tooting (吹奏) of horns is forbidden, even airplanes are ordered to avoid landing and take-off near the test sites during listening comprehension test hours.
Students are told their scores in December before they apply for college. This is followed by face-to-face oral tests. There are public and private universities in South Korea. Many private universities are well-known, but their fees can be 18, 000 yuan each term. This has made a lot of students think again.
41. In South Korean ________.
A. there is only one college B. there is only one top college
C. there are only top universities D. there are a number of colleges
42. We can infer that there are almost ________ college places for high school graduates.
A. 675, 000 B. 507, 520 C. 500, 000 D. 600, 000
43. The students want to study in top colleges mainly because ________.
A. they can succeed more easily in future B. they can learn more
C. they can make more money D. it is interesting to study there
44. Airplanes are not permitted to land near the test sites ________.
A. when the test begins
B. when the test is going on
C. when the students are taking listening comprehension test
D. during the tests
45. Before students are allowed to colleges ________.
A. they will be interviewed B. they will ask questions of colleges
C. they will not be tested any more D. first they will pay all the education fee at all
B
Influenced by their families and society, many youths are infatuated with expensive famous brands. But not every youth is as rich as a millionaire and people are getting worried about this.
According to a recent survey, one out of five pupils wears clothes of well-known brands, including a belt worth 560 Yuan, more than an ordinary worker’s salary. Among the 100 middle school students surveyed, as many as 70 own famous-brand clothes, 60 have famous-brand watches and 45 possess famous-brand bicycles. Two of them even wear over 1500 Yuan worth of suits.
Most young people who come from ordinary families will try to steal money to have better food and clothing if their parents don’t satisfy their needs. A boy named Chen even killed another boy simply for 500 Yuan and was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
People wonder how these teenagers can be independent in the future, while parents are calling for help from schools, governments and the society.
46. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A．More than 50 percent of the students surveyed possess things of famous brands.
B．An ordinary worker owns less than 560 Yuan each month.
C．Suits may cost as much as 1500 Yuan.
D．Young people now are as rich as millionaires.
47. What does “be infatuated with” mean according to the context?
A．be anxious about
B．be filled with a strong unreasonable feeling of love for
C．have a strange and unusual way of
D．be low in spirits; sad for
48. As a result, the boy mentioned in the passage will .
A．steal money for better food and clothing
B．kill another boy for 500 Yuan
C．stay in prison for nine years
D．ask his parents to satisfy his needs
49. From whom are the parents calling for help?
A．The governments B．The schools
C．The society D．All the above
50. The best title for the passage would be .
A．Youths Run After Famous Brands.
B．Youths Should Own More Money
C．Youths As Rich As Millionaires
D．Youths Must Be Taken Good Care of
C
Some people say that the best way to reduce the size of your waist is to do stomach exercise. Many people believe that when specific muscles are exercised, the fatty tissues (组织) in the immediate area are burned up. The truth is that exercise burns fat from all over the body and not from one specific area. Of course, if you reduce the fat throughout your body, you will certainly see results around your waist too.
Some people believe that you need to exercise twice a week in order to keep a sufficient level of physical fitness. However, studies directed by American scientists show that unexercised muscles lose their strength very quickly. Within 48 to 72 hours, you must use the muscles again to reestablish (重建) the good physical effects. And what does that mean to you? American scientists concluded that while daily exercise is most helpful, exercising every other day or three days a week will keep a sufficient level of physical fitness.
Is it true that you burn more calories running one mile than walking the same distance? The answer is no. The truth is that you use the same amount of energy whether you walk or run the mile, since in both cases you are moving the same weight the same distance. The speed does not matter. Of course, if you run rather than walk for 30 minutes, you will cover more distance, and therefore burn more calories.
If your breathing doesn’t return to normal within 5 minutes after you finish exercising, you have exercised too much. Five minutes or so after exercising, your breathing should be normal, your heart shouldn’t be beating loudly, and you shouldn’t be tired.
51. If you want to reduce the fat around your waist, you should ____.
A. do stomach exercise B. exercise the waist
C. exercise all the muscles of your body D. run fast for 30 minutes
52. From the second paragraph, we learn that ____.
A. we only need to exercise twice a week
B. we should exercise three times a week
C. muscles lose their strength after 48 hours
D. we should exercise every other day, or three days a week
53. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _________ .
A. you will lose more weight running one hour than walking one hour
B. whether you run one mile or walk the same distance, you use the same amount of energy
C. you will lose more weight running one mile than walking the same distance
D. both A and B
54. If you have exercised too much, _______.
A. your breathing will take longer than 5 minutes to return to normal after you finish exercising
B. your breathing will return to normal within 5 minutes after finishing exercising
C. your heart will not be beating loudly
D. you will be too tired to move
55. This passage tells us that _________.
A. it is better to do more running than walking
B. the more exercise you do, the healthier you will be
C. the unexercised muscles must be used again within 48 to 72 hours
D. in order to lose weight, you have to run fast
第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。注意：如选E请涂AB, 如选F请涂CD
首先，请先阅读下列的应用文：
A. Gesichter of Orients
Documents of the life of the various cultures who lived in the region of present-day Jordan, from the early Neolithic (8th century B.C.) to the early Islamic period. Besides, there are documents about other religious group.
B. Covering the Real
Works by Warhol, Richter, Polke, Baldessari and another 20 artists show the relationship between art of different ages in different ways—photography, painting, video, installation and the press picture.
C. At Home with ter Borch
While Gerard ter Borch the younger is well known as a Dutch master, few people know that the other members of the family were also highly skilled in art. The exhibition shows about 80 drawings by ter Broch, his father and his half-brothers and sister.
D. Robert Couturier: 100Ans of Sculptor
Celebrate the 100th birthday of the French sculptor, the exhibition brings together more than 100 sculptures and drawings. Couturier, who developed a close relationship with Maillol, found his inspiration in the human body, and use stone, plaster and bronze to express it.
E. Follow me! Chinese Art at the Treshold of the New Millennium
Looks at the work of 19 artists born after 1960 who escaped the ideological influence of the Cultural Revolution. Everyday life and separation in the new age and in the big cities, as well as marks of the Revolution.
F. China Crossroads of Culture
Explores the development of Chinese art from the Han through the Tang dynasties, a period when waves of conquest, trade and immigration along the Silk Road set off a new Chinese creativity. The 200 items include objects in jade, gold, silver, textiles, works on paper and wall painting.
请阅读以下个人信息，然后为其选择合适的地方。
56. Bessy: Having been interested in painting for 3 years, she now falls in love with sculpture. She feels the form can express fully what she sees, feels, and thinks. Recently, she has joined in the local sculpture club.
57. Collins: He is an exchange scholar on art. Since childhood, he has been fascinated in Chinese ancient art. The land with a long history, the “great inventions”, the hard-working nation with full wisdom, has played a world leading role in human history for thousands of years. He always wonders, how they achieved this?
58. Mr. Chang: An overseas Chinese. He left China soon after the founding of New China. All things are proving the success of China’s opening-up policy, and he feels inspired and proud. He’d like to know more about its recent development.
59. Paul: He is a graduate of Leeds University. Working on a report about religion, especially Christianity, Muslim and Islam, he has made many visits to famous religious places and spent much time in libraries searching for related information and proof.
60. Denny: He is a college student who majors in art. As an excellent student in the department, he has done some research on the art expressing ways of different times. He’d like to find out that with the development of science and technology, what new ways can be adopted to show art?
申请者： 选择意向：
56. Bessy A. Gesichter of Orients
57. Collins B. Covering the Real
58. Mr. Chang C. At Home with ter Borch
59. Paul D. Robert Couturier: 100Ans of Sculptor
60.Denny E. Chinese Art at the Treshold of New Millennium
F. China Crossroads of Culture
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：基础写作（分为两部分，满分15分）
A. 课文填空：
(A)
Tony wanted to please Claire by helping her make herself and her home 61. e__________. So Claire borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or, rather, 62. s________. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. She was 63. a__________ by his fingernails and the 64. s_________ and warmth of his skin. How 65. a__________, she thought. He was just a machine.
(B)
Up until I was about 10 years old, I was the same as everyone else in my class. I used to climb trees and swim and play football. In fact, I used to dream about one day being a famous football player and 66. r________ my country in the World Cup. Then I started to get weaker and weaker. Some days I was too tired to get out of bed. I went into hospital for tests. I stayed there for nearly three months and missed a lot of school. I think I had at least a billion tests while I was there, including one in which they cut out a piece of 67. m_________ from my leg and looked at it under 68. m___________.
B. 单词拼写：
69. There exist a good many different kinds of snakes in the world but only a few of them are p__________.
70. The bridge is too n___________ for large lorries to cross.
C. 中译英完成句子：
71. 那本科幻小说需要在月底之前还给图书馆。
That science fiction book needs _______ _______ ________ to the library by the end of this month.
72. 他事业有成，现在他最大的愿望就是结婚生孩子。
He has ______ very _________ ________ his work and now his greatest wish is to get married and have a child.
73. 凯特每读一本书都喜欢反思一下书的含义。
Kate likes to _______ ________ the meaning of a book for a while whenever she reads it.
74. 他解这道数学题没有多大困难。
He didn’t have ________ _________ ________ ________ out the math problem.
75. 听到这消息时，她脸上带着感到惊奇的神情。
There was a ________ _________ on her face when she heard the news.
第二节：读写任务（25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
It was Mother’s day, and nearly all of the flower shops were crowded with people who wanted to send their love to their beloved mothers.
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired (寄) to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting by the roadside sobbing (哭泣). He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the little girl a rose and ordered some flowers for his mother. As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother’s.” she directed him to a cemetery (公墓), where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (坟墓).
The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a banquet of flowers and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2. 以约120个词描述你和你父母的关系，并包括如下要点：
a) 读故事后的感受；
b) 你是如何表达对父母的爱的？
c) 描述最令你难忘的和父母相处的一次经历。
【写作要求】
1. 作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 以My Beloved Parents为标题；
3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
答 案 (2008年4月26日)
01—05 CBCBC 06—10BCBAB 11—15BCAAC
16. 5 pm 17. creative 18. develop skills 19. painting 20. free of charge/free
21— 25 ADCCD 26—30 BDCAB
31. or 32. can 33. it 34. However 35. who
36.graduates 37. In 38.to consider 39. where 40. a
41—45DBACA 46—50DBCDA 51—55CDDAC 56-60 DFEAB
61. elegant 62. scan 63. amazed 64. softness 65. absurd
66. representing 67. muscle 68. microscope 69. poisonous 70. narrow
71. to be returned 72. been successful in 73. reflect on
74. much difficulty in working 75. surprised look
One possible version:
My beloved Parents
In the story, a man helped a girl who couldn’t afford a red rose for her mother who had just died. Moved by her story, the man finally gave his flowers to his mother in person instead of wiring them.
After reading the story, I felt deeply moved. I love my parents too, but I seldom express my love directly to them by saying “I love you” or by sending them some flowers or presents. To me, doing my best in my studies is the best gift I can give to my parents.
I will never forget my ten-year-old birthday. I came back home after school, only to find nobody in. I was very disappointed. But a few minutes later, my parents got back, bringing with them birthday cakes, presents, etc. That night, we ate, talked, laughed and at last I slept with my parents for the first time since I was 4. When I woke up the next morning in my mother’s arms, I felt I was the happiest person in the world and my parents were so important to me.