江苏省扬州中学2005—2006学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
总分总分150分
第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115分）
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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1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 She is going to help the man with his maths.
B. She is going to the man's teacher.
C. She is going to comfort the man.
2. What does the woman like to do regularly?
A. Sports. B. Reading. C. Singing.
3. What made the man look great?
A. Wearing nice clothes.
B. Having recovered from his illness.
C. Losing weight.
4. The woman in the dialogue has _______.
A. a younger sister B. an elder sister C. a twin sister
5. Where is the drugstore?
A. Near the department store. B. Near the bank. C. Near the bookshop.
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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。
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听第六段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。
6. What does the woman like about the new job?
A. Working with people. B. Working harder. C. Traveling for the job.
7. What did she do on her new job?
A. She worked late.
B. She could leave her office without finishing her work.
C. She didn' t have to work late.
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听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is Mike's wife?
A. A nurse. B. An artist. C. A teacher.
9. What will the man and the woman in the dialogue do on Saturday ?
A. Go to a friend' s house. B. Go to the theatre. C. Go shopping.
听第八段材料，回答第10—12题。
10. Why is Sandy unhappy?
A. He has lost his job.
B. He didn' t get the job he wanted.
C. He missed going to the museums.
11. Who has been to the museum?
A. The woman and the man. B. The woman and Sandy. C. The man and Sandy.
12. Why doesn’t the woman want Sandy to get the job in the larger company?
A. Because it is not a good job.
B. Because it is so far away from where they are now.
C. Because he will not be well-paid.
听第九段材料，回答第13—16题。
13. How did the woman know about the apartment?
A. Through a friend. B. Through advertisements. C. Through her parents.
14. Which room is large?
A. The kitchen. B. The living-room. C. The bedrooms.
15. How does the woman go to work?
A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot.
16. On which floor does the woman not prefer to live?
A. On the first floor. B. On the third floor C. We don' t know.
听第十段材料，回答第17—20题。
17. What is the purpose of the writer?
A. To discuss what fear is.
B. To report the result of a study.
C. To give the reader an idea of fear.
18. In this study about how many people were afraid of speaking in public?
A. 41. B. 500. C. 1,230.
19. Why were the researchers surprised to find that not many people were afraid of illness and death?
A. Because they themselves were afraid of illness and death.
B. Because they had expected more people to fear illness and death.
C. Because people had not told them the truth.
20. What does the study show?
A. All Americans like dogs.
B. Americans are not afraid of driving a car.
C. Americans don't use the lift very often.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21.----- What about ______ concert?
----- Coco Lee’s concert? I didn’t go to it. To tell the truth, to buy ____ ticket of hers is out of my reach at the moment.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. the; a
22.----- Where is Tom?
---- Well, he ____ you ____ here. Otherwise he would come down right now.
A. didn’t know; were B. hasn’t known; are
C. doesn’t know; are D. hadn’t known; were
23.The schoolboys and schoolgirls are walking along the street, _______ a small redcap.
A. each of them has B. they each have C. every wears D. each wearing
24.---I always take care when doing papers on the computer.
---You meant it! One cannot be too ______ working on it.
A. nervous B. sure C. anxious D. careless
25. He traveled to many mountain villages and saw many poor children out of school. This experience _______ his life.
A. would change B. had changed C. was to change D. was changing
26.Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded _____ other more well-informed experimenters failed.
A. as B. unless C. what D. where
27. The article suggests that when a person _______ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.
A. be B. is C. were D. was
28.She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she ______ too long.
A. has been reading B. had read C. is reading D. read
29.Will you _____ the composition to see if there is any misspelling?
A. get through B. go over C. look into D. take up
30.It is ______ he often breaks the school rules _______ makes his headteacher unsatisfied with him.
A. what; that B. that; what C. that; that D. which; that
31.The boy spent as much time watching TV as he _______ studying.
A. hated B. was C. had D did
32.______ mainly for the invention of the telephone, Alexander Bell devoted his life to ______ the deaf.
A. He is remembered; helping B. To remember; help
C. While remembered; help D. Though remembered; helping
33.---- Do you still remember when we went to Nanjing?
----- I can’t remember now, but _____ something last summer?
A. could it be B. could it have been
C. should it have been D. might it be
34.With online course Crazy English has over 20 million students all over China _____ the class through the Internet.
A. attend B. attended C. attending D. to be attending
35.Of particular interest to visitors ______ the large number of bookstores that sell books in different languages.
A. have been B. are C. were D. is
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
You must have heard these words like how happy it is to be a child. But would you 36 change places with a child? Think of the years at school: the years 37 living in constant fear of examinations and school 38 . Every movement you make, every thought you think is 39 by some adults. Think of the 40 you had to go to bed early, you had to eat 41 thing that was supposed to be good for you. Remember 42 “gentle” pressure was given to you with words like “If you don’t do as I say, I will…” I’m sure you will never forget!
43 , these are only part of child’s 44 . No matter how kind and loving parents may be, children often 45 from some terrible and illogical(不合乎逻辑的) 46 since they can’t understand the world around them. They often have such fears in the dark or in the dream. Adults can 47 their fears with other adults 48 children have to face their fears alone.
But the most 49 part of childhood is a period when you 50 to go out of it, the period when you go into adolescence(youth). Teenagers start to 51 their parents and this causes them great 52 . There is a complete lack of self confidence during this time. Adolescents pay much attention to their 53 and the impression they make on others. They feel shy, awkward and clumsy(笨拙的). Feelings are strong and hearts 54 broken. Teenagers 55 moments of great happiness or black despair. And through this period, adults seem to be unkind than ever.
36.A. willing B. unhappily C. friendly D. honestly
37.A. spent B. taken C. had D. devoted
38.A. results B. exercises C. reports D. teachers
39.A. observed B. seen C. known D. watched
40.A. years B. times C. evenings D. days
41.A. helpful B. harmful C. hateful D. delicious
42.A. what B. why C. that D. how
43.A. Though B. Even so C. But D. Therefore
44.A. difficulties B. life C. trouble D. fears
45.A. gain B. suffer C. receive D. get
46.A. troubles B. fears C. diseases D. worries
47.A. enjoy B. deliver C. share D. break
48.A. while B. but C. so D. however
49.A. exciting B. interesting C. painful D. nforgettable
50.A. have B. need C. remember D. begin
51.A. dislike B. be against C. cheat D. be for
52.A. unhappiness B. interests C. happiness D. determination
53.A. confidence B. patience C. appearance D. action
54.A. really B. truly C. naturally D. easily
55.A. pass B. experience C. face D. take
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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It doesn’t make any difference how long your speech is. Unless you tune(调准) in your audience in the first 60 seconds, the chances are they will tune you out.
Take for example the fellow who opens: “On my way over to the club tonight, I ran into a beggar who asked me for $49.50 for a cup of coffee. I told him he’d do much better if he asked for a quarter. He said, ‘Do you think I’m going into the Ritz in these clothes?’” We know his purpose: to win his audience over with humor. His bit of humor, however, has no connection with his speech: “The Democrats’ Dilemma” (民主党的困境). He has his audience laughing at the wrong time. Once you have an audience laughing it’s hard to get them to switch to an entirely different train of thought. There is nothing wrong with humor in a speech as long as it has something to do with the purpose of speech. To open a speech with humor just to be entertaining invites an almost sure “turnoff” for the remainder of the talk.
56. What, in a speech, determines its failure or success?
A. The purpose of the speech. B. A sense of humor.
C. The opening remarks. D. The tune of the speech.
57. According to the passage, the speaker on “Democrats’ Dilemma” made ______ in the use of humor.
A. one mistake B. two mistakes C. three mistakes D. no mistakes
58. “…invites an almost sure ‘turnoff’ ” means _______.
A. to make your audience go away at once
B. likely to cause your audience to lose interest
C. to switch their thoughts to other things
D. invites your audience to laugh with you
59. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. The opening part of your speech should not be long.
B. Humor is important in the success of your speech.
C. Your humor should be relevant(相关) and timely.
D. An outstanding speech is full of jokes.
B
“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium(千年), was made up of three parts—“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to tolkien’s becoming skilled in welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo Saxon.
After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.
Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half—sized members of the English rural(乡村的) class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves(侏儒). On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.
One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft(草稿). The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.
It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers-new and old-after their publication.
60. What can we learn from the text?
A. “The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium.
B. People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.
C. Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.
D. Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.
61. What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?
A. Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.
B. Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.
C. Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.
D. Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.
62. Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?
A. One of Tolkien’s students. B. Stanley Unwin’s son.
C. Allen & Unwin. D. Bilbo Baggins.
63. What is mainly discussed in the text?
A. “The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.
B. A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.
C. A famous professor at Oxford University.
D. The power of the magic ring.
64. Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?
A. He had his “The Hobbit” published.
B. He became a member of the Inklings.
C. He served in World War I.
D. He became an undergraduate at Oxford.
E. His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.
F. He moved to England to live with his aunt.
A. f—d—b—c—a—e B. f—d—c—b—a—e
C. f—c—d—b—e—a D. d—f—c—a—b—e
C
He has lived through various dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat.
On September 11, Israel announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attack on Israel. “he should be punished for the killings,” and Israeli official said, “He has done nothing to stop the terrorist groups.”
But the decision has angered many other countries. China said that Arafat is the true leader, elected by the Palestinian people, and removing him would harm the peace in the Middle East. This idea is shared by other governments.
Arafat himself said, “They can kill me, but never get me out of my country.” He has spent most of his life in danger as the most important aim of Israel. But, just like a cat with nine lives. Arafat escaped every time.
For years he has made a practice of sleeping in a different bed each night, thinking a moving person is harder to hit. In 1985. Israel sent fighter planes to kill Arafat. The wild bombing destroyed his office in Tunis but Arafat himself was unhurt. In 1992, the aircraft in which he was flying over north Africa broke in two during a crash landing. The pilot was killed but he managed to remain alive.
What is so unbelievable is that he always remains calm in great danger.
Israeli tanks and planes attacked his office building in Ramallah in December, 2001. When they saw the attackers coming, Arafat’s bodyguards ignored his order to stay still and carried him to safety underground. Seconds later, several bombs were dropped nearby. Though safe, his bodyguards were so frightened that they were wet in sweat.
But, Arafat, with Israeli tanks only 200 meters away, showed no fear at all. He stayed in the damaged office, talking by phone with foreign leaders in hope of preventing further attacks from Israel.
All these experiences have made him a beloved leader to his people and an enemy to some others.
But has he used up the last of his nine lives? Only time will tell.
65. Which of the following statements cannot be used to describe Arafat?
A. He went to visit a few foreign countries last year.
B. He is not afraid of death in face of his enemy.
C. His office used to be in ruins.
D. He remained alive during an air crash in 1992.
66. According to the passage, which statement is true?
A. In 1992, Arafat’s plane crashed and broke in two in south Africa.
B. Israeli officers thought Arafat himself sent the terrorist groups to Israel.
C. China is the only country against Israel’s decision of getting rid of Arafat.
D. Being Palestinian leader, Arafat would rather die in his own country than be driven away
from his people.
67.What did the author mean by saying “just like a cat has nine lives” when he talked about Arafat?
A. Arafat can never die just like a cat.
B. Arafat can live as long as a cat.
C. Arafat can stay alive after accidents or disasters as if he has nine lives.
D. Arafat should have died for at least 8 times.
68. What’s the writer’s attitude towards Arafat’s future, judging form the last sentence of the passage?
A. Hopeful. B. Interesting. C. Satisfactory. D. Doubtful.
D
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69. If you want to know more about the MetroCard, you can _____.
A. visit www.nyairportservice. com.
B. telephone (212)209—700 or (800) 258—3826
C. read the ad on page 43 of the book
D. visit www.supershuttle.com
70. What do you know about New York City subway lines from the reading?
A. They supply door to door transportation.
B. They are directly connected with the airport.
C. They run 24 hours, 365 days, marked with colors.
D. They are marked with either numbers or letters.
71. Suppose you want to get to a Manhattan hotel in 23rd Street from the airport, you’d better ______.
A. take a bus shuttle B. take a bus by Green Bus Line
C. take SuperShuttle D. take a subway
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Have you ever noticed, when looking at a map of the world, that the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa look as though they might fit together? If you have, you are not alone. In 1965 the English scientist Sir Edward Bullard used a computer to test the fit of the two continents and found that at an ocean depth of 2000 meters the match was very close indeed.
It seems too remarkable to be possible, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Africa was once joined to South America. For example, there is a belt of ancient rocks along the east of Brazil which corresponds with the rocks across the South Atlantic in West Africa.
There is further evidence that existing land masses were once linked. The remains of a 400—to—500—million—year—old mountain chain has been found running down the eastern part of Greenland, western Scandinavia, and through north--west Scotland and Ireland, into western Canada, eventually finding their way to north--west Africa.
Then there is the evidence from life itself. In various parts of the world today the same animals and plants can be found on land masses separated by, in some cases, thousands of miles of oceans. Did they evolve(进化) at the same time in two different places? It seems unlikely. Biologists believe that there must have been land bridges which have now sunk beneath the sea. Also fossils found in sedimentary rocks (fossils are the preserved remains of life forms) have allowed geologists to trace the same plants from South America, and Antarctica in rocks perhaps 300 million years old.
The ice that is now confined to the polar regions has always been so limited in extent. Indeed, during a period of the Earth’s history known as the permocarboniferous(二叠石灰纪) age about 250—350 million years ago there is evidence from the that there were glaciers covering South America, parts of Africa, and India Australia. On the other hand, in the northern hemisphere(北半球) there were deserts. If the continents were distributed(分布) as they are today, it is hard to understand how this could be.
So there is considerable evidence to show whole continents moved apart, and naturally many people have tried to discover how and why whole land masses moved.
72. According to the author’s opinion, Africa and Sough America didn’t move apart until ____.
A. 500 million years ago B. 350 million years ago
C. 200 million years ago D. 300 million years ago
73. The sentence “…eventually finding their way to north—west Africa” means _____.
A. We can find a way from the eastern part of Greenland to north—west Africa.
B. We can also find these remains in north—west Africa.
C. The mountain chain goes from the eastern part of Greenland to north—west Africa.
D. It is a long way from the eastern part of Greenland to north—west Africa.
74. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A. The Evidence of the Continental Drift
B. The Movement of the Two Continents
C. The Continental Drift
D. The History of the Earth.
75. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. We can find the same animals and plants on the two continents.
B. We can find the same remains of a 400—to—500—million—year—old mountain chain.
C. There are deserts in the northern hemisphere.
D. The same animals and plants evolved at the same time in two different places.
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（10分）
Decorating the Christmas tree is usually a family event.
For many families, it starts from choosing a tree from either a farm 76. __________
or the store. Then the tree is brought home and put into a Christmas77. __________
stand that holds the tree up straightly. Then everyone helps 78. __________
to hang on balls and lights. After the tree is decorated, a Christmas79. __________
tree skirt is rapped around the bottom of the trees. Sometimes, people80. __________
make all of their decorations for the tree itself. Many people 81. __________
collect Christmas tree decorations throughout their lifetime, added a82. __________
new decoration each year. Besides lights or balls, people may also83. __________
put flowers, pine cones, strings of pop con and garlands(花环) on the84. __________
tree. There are many different ways to decorate a tree as there are people!
85. __________
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第二节：书面表达（25分）
请根据上面的图表以及中文提示所提供的信息写一篇报道，简要描述我国近年私人轿车的增长情况及可能会带来的影响：
①出行方便快捷 ②有助于汽车工业发展 ③污染空气 ④交通事故增多
注意：1．词数100左右。
2．开头已给出。
In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990…
高二英语期中试卷答案
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21—25 DCDBC 26—30 DBABC 31—35 DDBCD 36—40 DACAB
41—45 CDBCB 46—50 BCACD 51—55 BACDB 56—60 CBBCC
61—65 DBABA 66—70 DCDCD 71—75 CCBCD
76. from—with 77. the—a 78.
straigtly→straight 79. on 80. trees—tree
81. itself—themselves 82. added—adding 83. or—and 84. √ 85. ∧as
One possible version
In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990, there were about one million private cars. As time went on, the number of private cars went up to 5 million in 1999. Now there are more than 10 000 000 private cars in China.
As we know, a car is very convenient. We can go to any place more quickly. Besides, the increase of the number of private cars can help car industry develop faster.
However, more cars may cause more traffic accidents and more air pollution.
I do hope people will pay enough attention to these problems.