高二期中考试(难)

大公中学2007-2008学年第一学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
I.听力（略）
Ⅱ.单项选择（15分）
21. Information has been put forward _________ more middle school graduates will be admitted into
universities.
A. while
B. that
C. when
D. as
22. What’s an e-pal? Y es, you _________ it! An e-pal is someone you write e-mail to.
A. guess
B. will guess
C. guessed
D. had guessed
23. Indonesia ________ some 3,000 islands stretching _________ more than 2,000 miles from east to
west.
A. makes up, as long as
B. makes the most of, as many
C. is made up of, as far as
D. consists of, as much as
24. ________ she finds out that you’ve lost her book “1001 Songs and Poems in English”?
A. Even if
B. What if
C. Only if
D. As if
25. Peter’s forecast _______ to be quite wrong. The price of the computer is much lower than he
predicted.
A. broke out
B. called out
C. turned out
D. went out
26. If knowledge is power, ________ Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1579, _________ perhaps creativity
can be described as the ability to use that power.
A. what; and
B. as; then
C. which; and
D. that; then
27. Rather than _________ everything to the last minute, Lily always prefers to start early.
A. leave
B. leaving
C. to leave
D. having left
28. Boris is always so ________; he can arrange and plan his things very carefully and effectively.
A. organized
B. controlled
C. fixed
D. arranged
29. There’s a rumor(谣言) going around _________ the firm is going to close very soon.
A. what
B. which
C. as
D. that
30. _________ the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday.
A. Although
B. Despite
C. Because of
D. According to
31. It took quite a long time before we felt we ________ in the city.
A. impressed
B. constructed
C. belonged
D. created
32. All the buildings in the district are ________.
A. a color
B. of color
C. of a color
D. of colors
33. Unless _________ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.
A. invited
B. being invited
C. having invited
D. inviting
34. This is the first time that Jane has spoken to ________ public about her experience in _________
public.
A. /; /
B. the; /
C. /; the
D. the; the
35. Pearl’s bright clothes always make her __________ in a crowd.
A. light up
B. standing out
C. send out
D. stand out
Ⅲ.完形填空（20分）
When Trevor had completed his design for the radio he 36 a very important step; he went to a special office and took out a patent(专利证书) on his idea. A patent is issued(发给) to people who can prove 37 they have thought up a new idea or produced a new design that no one else 38 before. Although clockwork had been around for many centuries, it had not been used 39 power radios 40 .
Trevor wanted to design a clockwork radio 41 could be powered for one hour after 42 up for about 20 seconds. He also wanted the radio to be sturdy(坚固的) and able to withstand almost any climatic conditions. 43 , he wanted the radio to be able to operate on several local bands as well as short wave. This short-wave band 44 the listener to pick up stations many thousands of miles 45 . For example, it would enable 46 in the west of China to 47 programmes from Beijing.
The radio works like a clockwork alarm clock. The main 48 is that instead of the 49 being used up quickly by the ringing of the bell, it is distributed(分散) 50 over a longer period of time. When the handle 51 the radio is turned, a spring(发条) inside is wound up tightly. The tightly 52 provides a reservoir of power 53 the radio for an hour. As the spring slowly unwinds, it turns a shaft(轴) that is connected to a very small 54 . This generator produces electricity 55 the radio.
36.A. followed B. took C. remembered D. walked
37.A. when B. why C. that D. whether
38.A. thought up B. thought of C. has thought up D. has thought of
39.A. to B. for C. by D. in
40.A. already B. sometimes C. before D. later
41.A. what B. as C. that D. it
42.A. being wound B. winding C. its winding D. being winded
43.A. In general B. In another word C. At last D. In addition
44.A. makes B. enables C. gets D. enlarges
45.A. away B. far C. far away D. behind
46.A. them B. radios C. clocks D. people
47.A. send out B. pick up C. make D. set up
48.A. difference B. idea C. course D. step
49.A. radio B. power C. programmes D. money
50.A. more quickly B. quickly C. more slowly D. less slowly
51.A. inside B. outside C. off D. above
52.A. wound radio B. alarm clock C. turned handle D. wound spring
53.A. to keep B. to listen to C. to start D. to run
54.A. generator B. handle C. power D. bell
55.A. which makes B. which to make C. which operates D. which to operate
Ⅳ.阅读理解（30分）
A
I’m more of a host than a guest. I like people to stay with me but do not care about staying with them, and usually say I am busy. I think the life without friends is regrettable; the life without quietness is terrible.
The only people I ask to stay with me are those I like. But I am still more delighted when they go, and the house is ours again. I feel that I may be mistaken in these guests, and this may happen at times. They leave me more room in which to live properly. My mind, like my body, wears its old clothes again. I like to think about life in this world, and it is not easy to do this when talkative people are all over the place.
With guests about, I find myself a solid. But as soon as they have gone, I expand into a gas again. And a gas can have more delight than solid. So goodbye!——Good.
56. It seems to the author that the most enjoyable part of being a host is _________.
A. having a lot of friends with him
B. showing his guests to the door
C. the arrival of the guests
D. his friends come to his house too often
57. He doesn’t care much about staying with his friends because ________.
A. he usually has a lot of things to do
B. he doesn’t like all his friends
C. he likes quietness a bit more than friendship
D. his friends come to his house too often
58. The author says he turns into “gas” ________.
A. when being alone
B. when being with the guests
C. when wearing the old clothes
D. when talking with his guests
59. The last sentence of the passage _________.
A. shows the politeness of the author
B. is to make fun of the readers
C. infers that being alone is better
D. is nothing but the end of the passage
B
Noble Smuggler
This Thursday, Irena Sendler will be honoured for her work as a smuggler(偷运者). During World War Ⅱ, the Polish social worker smuggled nearly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto(聚居区). She gave them new identities, found them safe places with good-hearted Christians, and kept the children’s real names buried in jars in her neighbours’ g ardens. (The play, Life in a Jar, based on her story, is being performed.) At 93, Sendler lives in a Warsaw nursing home and is too weak to travel to Washington D.C., to receive the 2003 Jan Karski A ward for V alor and Compassion from the American Center of Polish Culture. One of the children she saved will accept the award for her.
You risked your life to save the children.
I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning, you don’t ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help. During the war, everyone was drowning, but mostly the Jewish children.
How did you persuade parents to give up their children?
I had to answer honestly that I didn’t even know if we would get past the guards.
What was the most frightening moment?
When I saw a priest(牧师) in charge of an orphanage for jewish children in the ghetto walk with them out to be killed. The children were in their best Sunday suits. The priest was killed with them. How did you get the children to behave as you smuggled them out?
I told the older children to act as if they were sick and sometimes gave the younger ones a sleeping pill. They were told to remember their new names. I also told the children to tell guards they had only been visiting a servant in the ghetto and were going back to their real homes outside.
Did you tell your own two children what you did?
I never told them. Only when my daughter went to Israel did she learn all about me. I thought it was only normal to do so. And it was a very painful subject. It was always on my mind that I coul dn’t do more.
—Samantha Levine
60. We can learn from the passage that Irena Sendler ________.
A. will go to Washington to accept the award with her daughter
B. was caught a few times while she was rescuing the Jewish children
C. told those parents that their children’s lives would be guaranteed
D. saved thousands of Jewish children at the risk of her own life
61. The expression “everyone was drowning” can best be replaced by “________”.
A. everyone was involved in the war
B. all the people were drowned
C. people were facing danger and death
D. Jewish children were being killed
62. Which of the following could NOT be expected when Sendler was smuggling the Jewish
children?
A. Some children were told to pretend to be sick in front of the guards.
B. Some children pretended to be returning home after visiting servants in the ghetto.
C. The children were asked to remember and use new names instead of real ones.
D. The children pretended to be brothers and sisters from one big family.
63. Sendler didn’t tell her own children what she did in the war because __________.
A. she thought it was the most frightening experience
B. the topic was too painful and heartbreaking to mention
C. it was already recorded and made known to the public
D. she planned to bury the secret in her heart until her death
C
8:30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film the designer with the lastest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the New Outlook. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 PM
Discovery
When a 10-year old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes or can any child be turned into a genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson, the professor at School of Medicine, New Y ork University will help you discover the answer.
10:00 PM
Science / Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, those devoted to weight loss-exercise and eating a low salt, fat food—lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus, 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category(范畴). This week, Dr. Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what’s achieved with Hypertension drugs.
64. From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about ________.
A. story tellers
B. famous stars
C. film companies
D. music fans
65. Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?
A. Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine.
B. Children who are good at mathematics.
C. Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.
D. Children who are interested in playing chess.
66. In Science / Health, “Johns Hopkins” is _________.
A. a famous university
B. a medical center
C. a well-known doctor
D. a drug company
67. According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension
drugs?
A. Exercise plus a healthy diet.
B. Loss of thirteen pounds in weight.
C. Six months of exercise without drugs.
D. Low salt and low fat food.
D
Complete silence is found only in laboratories called anechoic rooms. The walls and ceilings, made of blocks of special soundsucking materials, are more than three feet thick, while floor coverings are six-foot layers of feathers or cotton wool. Silence here can be as painful to the ears as the din(continuous loud noise) of a steelworks or a rocket blast-off, yet scientists get used to this and stay in these silent rooms for hours at a time, using microphones and electronic equipment to test the various materials being developed to make the world a less noisy place.
Architects have used scientific discoveries to solve noise problem in a number of ways. Walls are hollowed (having empty space inside) and then filled with sound-sucking materials similar to cotton wool. Extra-thick carpets(毯子) cover the floors, and thick woolen curtains cover the windows. Airconditioning and heating channels are made less noisy by having the air passing through hundreds of tiny holes in baffles(屏蔽) made of sheets of soundsucking materials.
Unfortunately, these techniques and others often work too well in some buildings. Noise-proof rooms become almost anechoic and people living in them are disturbed by the lack of sound. One way of handling this problem is to use what they call “sound perfume”---artificial(similarly produced, made by man) noise is piped to rooms through small loudspeakers.
68. The writer implies that ________.
A. performing experiments in anechoic rooms can be a frightening experience
B. architects make practical use of the information gathered by scientists
C. untrained people can not stay long in anechoic rooms
D. scientists do not care for noise problem
69. In paragraph 2 the writer mainly describes the methods used to _________.
A. find noise
B. reduce noise
C. produce noise
D. hear noise
70. People suffer in anechoic rooms probably because _________.
A. they are allowed to move and speak
B. the greater air pressure hurts their ears
C. there is a lack of air in anechoic rooms
D. they are used to hearing noise around them
71. The passage suggests that ________.
A. loudspeakers are as important as sound-proofing materials
B. anechoic rooms will be included in all new buildings
C. pipes should be used as sound-proofing materials
D. scientific devices(设备) are sometimes too successful
E
The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of retail(零售的) trade, but also a social meeting place. Gossip(闲谈) was always exchanged over the counter and the shopkeeper was often the most well-informed person in the neighbourhood.
A prosperous(繁荣的) general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems of a managerial nature(经营性质) as far as the staff were concerned(就人员
而言). But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.
Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store, to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and take decisions on any problems that arise, but his staff have their own responsibilities for their various departments, and so the manager delegates(委托) certain duties to them. Then he may interview people who have applied for jobs in the supermarket, together with the staff supervisor(监督). Special promotions or displays may have to be discussed. Prices may have to be altered(改变) after careful study of the current market prices list; for example, the wholesale price of cabbages may have dropped, or meat may have gone up. But no matter what he has to do throughout the day, the store manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise, no matter how unexpected. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.
72. The writer _________.
A. misses the old fashioned stores
B. is against the old fashioned stores
C. welcomes supermarkets
D. enjoys modern management in supermarkets
73. Why is it a pity that there are fewer old-fashioned general stores now?
A. There is less retail trade.
B. There used to be a lot of gossip in the old days.
C. There is less personal contact between manager and customer.
D. The supermarket manager has far more problems than before.
74. Why is the manager like a commander of an army division?
A. He no longer knows his customers.
B. He has a very large staff.
C. The supermarket is too large to inspect.
D. He used to be an army officer.
75. Y ou cannot be an experienced manager in the supermarket until _________.
A. you have more than one hundred problems
B. you have worked as a manager for ten years
C. you know all your customers
D. you have dealt with many serious problems and crises(危机)
第二卷
第一节 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是某中学学生李明。

最近，你班同学正在参加《中国日报》21世纪中学生英文报“大家谈”栏目的一个讨论。

本次话题为：父母的收入有没有必要让孩子知道?
注意：1．词数：120左右。

2．信的开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数内。

3．参考词汇：form a wasteful habit Dear editor,
I'm writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve recently had about whether we should know our parents'income._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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第一节对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
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第二节书面表达(满分25分)
One Possible V ersion:
Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve recently had about whether we should know our parents’ income.
We do have different opinions on this matter. Most of us(about 70%) think we should know our parents’ income since it w ill help us understand how hard our parents have to work, no matter how much they earn. Then we will study harder and will not waste money any more. We may also learn to share our parents’ trouble.
About 30% of my classmates think it unnecessary to let the children know how much their parents earn. If they know their parents have enough money to support the family, they will not study hard since they needn’t worry about the future. It is said，especially when their parents have a higher income, the children will easily form a wasteful habit.
In my opinion, ---。