安徽省铜陵一中-度高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

安徽省铜陵一中08-09学年高二下学期期中考试
英语试卷
铜陵市一中英语学科命题组命制
考试时间：120分钟满分：150分
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共115分）
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)
听下面五段对话。

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. Where did the conversation most likely take place?
A. Inside a bookstore.
B. By an art museum.
C. By a bookstore.
2. How much does she have to pay if she stays for 5 days?
A. $6.
B. $11.
C. $30.
3. What did the man do that day?
A. He didn’t go out.
B. He played football though he was hurt.
C. He was hurt in an accident.
4. How old is Dick now?
A. 39.
B. 43.
C. 35.
5. What does the man mean?
A. The teacher is thinner than before.
B. The teacher is fatter than before.
C. The teacher is as fat as before.
第二节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面五段对话或独白。

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，每小题五秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出五秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Who did the man go on holiday with?
A. His friends.
B. His parents.
C. His relatives.
7. Where didn’t the man go?
A. Edinburgh
B. St. Andrews.
C. Highlands.
8. What can we learn about the life they live in school?
A. Everybody lives a happy life.
B. Everybody lives an easy life.
C. Everybody lives a busy life.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. They’re boss and employee.
B. They’re doctor and patient.
C. They’re teacher and student.
10. What’s wrong with the man?
A. He had a headache.
B. He had a stomachache.
C. There was nothing wrong with him.
11. What can we learn about the man?
A. He is honest.
B. He is always telling lies.
C. He is often ill.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What’s the relation between the two speakers?
A. They are strangers.
B. They are classmates.
C. They are teacher and student.
13. How many buses are there altogether?
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 4.
14. How long does the woman have to wait for the bus?
A. 20 minutes.
B. 30 minutes.
C. 40 minutes.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. How did the woman get the skirt?
A. She bought it.
B. It was a gift given by her parents.
C. It was made by herself.
16. What did the woman do yesterday?
A. She went out to buy some cloth.
B. She went shopping with her mum.
C. She went out to buy some clothes.
17. What can we learn from the man’s last sentence?
A. He thinks the woman is excellent.
B. He thinks the woman has a good judgment.
C. He thinks the woman should be a tailor.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the basic training for running?
A. To run slowly at the start.
B. Just to cover the miles.
C. To run as long as one can.
19. What time is best for one to do running?
A. At any time of the day.
B. Only in the morning.
C. Before the dark.
20. What will be the result for a runner?
A. He will be bodily strong.
B. He will be able to join other sports.
C. He will get over his heart disease.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（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. To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English ______ as much as we can.
A. speak
B. speaking
C. spoken
D. to speak
22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly ______.
A. atmosphere
B. state
C. situation
D. influence
23. It is strongly recommended that one ______ any strange e-mails on the Internet asking for
personal information.
A. not answer
B. wouldn’t answer
C. doesn’t answer
D. didn’t answer
24. In his opinion, man should try to make ______ most of the natural resources in ______
Atlantic Ocean.
A. /; the
B. /; /
C. the; the
D. the; /
25. Einstein liked Bose’s paper so much that he ______ his own work and translated it into German.
A. contributed to
B. turned out
C. held together
D. set aside
26. When first ______ to the market, these products enjoyed great success.
A. introducing
B. introduce
C. being introduced
D. introduced
27. ______ is no doubt ______ he can win this match this time.
A. There; that
B. There; whether
C. It; that
D. It; whether
28. — Would you please tell us something about the Group of Eight?
— Well, the G8 is an international organization ______ the richest countries of the world.
A. making up
B. consisted of
C. consisting of
D. made up
29. — How do you find the food here?
— _______.
A. Terrible
B. Terribly
C. Well
D. Better
30. ______ left before the deadline , it doesn’t seem likely that John will finish the job.
A. Though such a short time
B. With such a short time
C. Because such a short time
D. At such a short time
31. — Goods imported from abroad are _______ those made in China .
— Yes . Some of the goods made in our country are of high quality .
A. always as good as
B. always no better than
C. not so well as
D. not always better than
32. An idea suddenly came to J.K. Rolling ________ she could write a book about people living in the
magic world .
A. if
B. when
C. that
D. which
33. Large quantities of information , as well as some timely help _____ since the organization was
built .
A. has offered
B. had been offered
C. have been offered
D. is offered
34. What those businessmen concern about primarily is whether they can ______ as much as possible
from the project.
A. construct
B. benefit
C. expand
D. absorb
35. It was Alice and her husband who sent the old man to the hospital , _______ ?
A. wasn’t it
B.weren’t they
C. didn’t they
D. wasn’t he
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In 1932, my father had to declare bankruptcy (破产). He was ashamed of it, but it came about because of his 36 heart.
He had been in the milk business and every day he 37 milk to many homes. His route（线路）included many people 38 worked at the local steel company. Dad 39 delivering milk even when his customers were unable to 40 him.
After the bankruptcy, he started selling hamburgers from a 41 building he and his brothers had built. That was the 42 of the Poplar Inn, named 43 the row of poplar trees（杨树）nearby. My mother was a good cook, and soon many dishes were 44 to the menu. Later, another two buildings were built and the Poplar Inn 45 much larger.
On Saturdays, Mother would spend the whole day in the kitchen 46 for parties. During dinner, my sister Phyllis and I helped 47 customers. Phyllis would dance, and I would sing the latest songs. Square dances were 48 then and many adults would dance. As the evening went 49 , and children became tired of watching their parents 50 , they were often taken to our bedrooms.
Since Dad had a big heart, it was not 51 for him to help others without asking for payment. Every time my father made a loan (借出的贷款), he 52 out a card, but he never tried to 53 those debts. Finally, he destroyed the cards — therefore there were no 54 at all.
The Poplar Inn was 55 around 1953 to make way for a new highway. But if I stood there now, instead of hearing traff ic, I think I’d hear music and the sound of people laughing.
36. A. warm B. stupid C. ugly D. powerful
37. A. bought B. took C. presented D. fetched
38. A. who B. which C. whom D. what
39. A. stopped B. recommended C. kept D. advised
40. A. aid B. pay C. employ D. inform
41. A. small B. huge C. convenient D. single
42. A. history B. story C. end D. beginning
43. A. after B. with C. at D. to
44. A. devoted B. contributed C. added D. related
45. A. went B. became C. appeared D. changed
46. A. preparing B. sending C. standing D. searching
47. A. predict B. disappoint C. concern D. entertain
48. A. important B. curious C. popular D. meaningful
49. A. away B. on C. up D. down
50. A. dance B. sing C. play D. drink
51. A. common B. unknown C. patient D. unusual
52. A. filled B. carried C. picked D. stood
53. A. throw B. collect C. form D. complete
54. A. affairs B. dialogues C. debts D. cards
55. A. set aside B. brought in C. pulled down D. put together
第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Two traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels
found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” “Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
56.The underlined part “the pair” in the second paragraph tworefers to.
A. the poor couple
B. the rich couple
C. the guests
D. the angels
57.The younger angel was very angry because .
A. the older angel killed the farmer’s cow
B. the older angel treated the two families unfairly
C. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live
D. the angel of death took the cow away
58. Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?
A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.
B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.
C. Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife.
D. Because she was sympathetic to the rich.
59. The story tries to tell the reader that .
A. angels are always ready to help the poor
B. sometimes things are not what they seem
C. angels are always ready to help the rich
D. the young should always learn from the old
B
Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up （蜷伏）with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk t o their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them. 60. “The door to his room is always shut”in the first paragraph suggests that the son______.
A. is always busy with his studies
B. doesn’t want to be disturbed
C. keeps himself away from his parents
D. begins to dislike his parents
61. What troubles Tina and Mark most is that______.
A. their daughter isn’t as lovely as before
B. they can’t read their daughter’s mind exactly
C. they don’t know what to say to their daughter
D. their daughter talks with them only when she needs help
62. Which of the following best explains “the wall of silence” in the last paragraph?
A. Teenagers talk a lot with their friends.
B. Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.
C. Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.
D. Teenagers talk little about their own lives.
63. What can be learned from the passage?
A. Parents are unhappy with their growing children.
B. Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers.
C. Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.
D. Parents should try to understand their teenagers.
C
Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited（心胸狭窄）human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to become a poet by some of his students’ work. Frost stopped teaching and became a farmer. During this time he wrote numerous poems, and a couple of short stories. While he was a farmer, he started to think seriously about becoming a famous poet.
In almost all of his poems, Frost wrote in the first person. The first widely read poem that he published was called My Butterfly. At first, his audience was very small, but with his Collected Poems he became famous. Robert Frost received almost all the awards that there were for poetry. His poetry portrays（描述）the forces of nature, and the violence and deep emotional needs of human beings, which reflect the experiences of his childhood.
Robert Frost will always be known as one of the best poets in history. His way of putting emotion and violence into words is remarkable. His talent for poetry is natural-born and he had discovered this when he started to farm. Even though he treated his wife and children terribly, he still became one of the best-known poets of his and our day.
64. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Robert Frost had been a famous writer before he started teaching
B. Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person
C. Robert Frost was very famous at the beginning of his writing career
D. Robert Frost began to write poems when he was a teacher
65. According to the passage, Robert Frost was famous for ______.
A. his teaching career
B. his life experiences
C. showing strong feelings in his poems
D. his interest in poems
66. The last paragraph of the passage mainly tells us ______.
A. why Robert Frost stopped farming
B. why Robert Frost was so famous
C. how Robert Frost was born a poet
D. how Robert Frost treated his wife and
children
67. From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. Robert Frost’s most famous poem is My Butterfly
B. Robert Frost began to write when he was in college
C. Robert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University
D. Robert’s poetry showed the violence of war a nd his childhood
D
That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco.
There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers（抢劫犯）.Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment,I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wa sn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck（垃圾车）pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
68. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?
A. Cold and sick.
B. Fortunate and hopeful.
C. Satisfied and cheerful.
D. Disappointed and helpless.
69. From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy______.
A. solving her problem at the bank
B. taking part in various city activities
C. learning acting in an evening school
D. preparing for the first night show
70. On her way home the writer______.
A. lost her wallet unknowingly
B. was stopped by a garbage truck driver
C. was robbed of her wallet by an armed man
D. found some homeless people following her
71. From the text, we can infer that the writer______.
A. would stop working at night
B. would stay on in San Francisco
C. would make friends with cleaners
D. would give up her job at the bank
E
No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person, different organ systems “age” at a different rate.
At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken. It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.
Many factors decide our health. A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. Our living condition is yet another. But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.
There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.
What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows, with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years!
72. The underlined phrase “bounce back ” in the second paragraph means “__________.”
A. jump backward
B. run fast
C. prevent
D. recover
73. In order to make people live longer, scientists _______according to the text.
A. teach people how to eat properly
B. discover how important the exercise is to one’s health
C. study the ways to slow or stop the process of aging
D. invent new medicine to slow down the process of aging
74. Many consider the later part of life to be the time of living because they__________.
A. consider their lives have been very successful
B. have come through the battle of life safely
C. know more about themselves and the outside world
D. can have a good rest and enjoy themselves
75. How many factors which decide our health are mentioned in the text?
A. Two
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）
第四部分：写作(共两节, 满分35分)
第一节：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中填入最恰当的单词，每空限填一词。

People traveling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea or air. Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train carriages soon get full of passengers and stuffy. It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey. Reading is only a partial solution, for the noise of the wheels clicking on the rails soon makes you sleepy. During the day, sleep comes in short periods. At night, when you really want to go to sleep, you can rarely manage to do so. Surely you arrive at your destination almost worn out. Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speeds, but more often than not, the greater part of the
journey is spent on roads with few service stations and too much traffic. By comparison, ferry trips or cruises offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs on the spacious decks, play games, meet interesting people and enjoy delicious food—always assuming, of course, that the sea is calm. If it is not, and you are likely to get seasick, no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time.
Aeroplanes have the reputation of being unsafe and even hardened travelers are afraid of them. They also have the disadvantages of being an expensive form of transport. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is a very exciting experience. You do not have to think out ways of taking your mind off the journey, for an aeroplane gets you to your destination rapidly. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight. The real enjoyment is to watch a film and drink wine on some services. But even when these things are not available, there is plenty to keep you occupied. A plane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world. The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. No matter how you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and energetic. You do not have to spend the next few days recovering from a long and arduous journey.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，住在铜陵市。

你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡的情况。

请你用英文写一封回信。

回信须包括下表中的内容。

参考词汇：economy经济
Nov. 12th 2008 Dear Bob,
It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d like to tell you about my hometown Tongling.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
高二年级期中（学段）考试英语答题卷
第四部分：写作
第一节：任务型阅读
76._____________ 77._____________
78.______________ 79.______________
80._____________ 81._____________
82.______________ 83.______________
84._____________ 85._____________
第二节：书面表达
Nov. 12th 2008 Dear Bob,
It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d like to tell you about my hometown Tongling.
_______________________________________________________
______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
铜陵市一中2008-2009学年度第二学期
高二年级期中（学段）考试英语答案
第一部分听力(每小题1.5分，满分30分)
1-5CCACB 6-10BCCCC 11-15BABAC 16-20BBBAA
第一节单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21-25 CAACD 26-30 DACAB 31-35 DCCBA
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
36-40 ABACB 41-45 ADACB 46-50 ADCBA 51-55 DABCC
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)
56-59 DBCB 60-63 CBCD 64-67 BCBC 68-71 DDAB 72-75 DCCB
第四部分：写作
第一节：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
(76) Advantages (77)crowded (78) noisy (79) Few (80) interesting
(81) delicious/nice (82)seasick (83) Waste (84) scenery
(85) dangerous
第二节书面表达
One possible version
Dear Bob,
It’s very kind of you to write me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d like to tell you something about my hometown Tongling.
The city lies by the side of t he Changjiang River, and it’s a nice place to live in with the beautiful scenery. The economy has been developing very quickly in the past ten years. Many factories, houses and roads are being built. However, the development of the economy has also caused some problems, such as water pollution, air pollution and traffic jams.
I think it’s not good to build so many factories. Many farmers lose their good farmland and it’s not easy for them to find jobs again. So, when developing the industry, I hope the city government will think of the possible negative effects and try to achieve sustainable development.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
铜陵市一中2008-2009学年度第二学期
高二年级期中（学段）考试英语英语双向细目表
3.完形填空共20题，每题1.5分，共30分）
4.阅读理解（共20题，每题2分，共40分）
类型
5.任务型读写（共10题，每题1分，共10分）
类型
书信，内容为介绍家乡。