江西省九江一中高二英语上学期期中考试新人教版

九江一中2009-2010学年度高二英语上学期期中试卷
[说明]该试卷全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟
第一卷（选择题满分115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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个小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Do some cooking.
B. Stop to have a rest.
C. Go into a dining room.
2. Where does the conversation take place?
A. On a bus.
B. At the beach.
C. In the post office.
3. Why can’t the woman go to the concert?
A. She has to work.
B. She has no interest.
C. She has to buy glasses.
4. When will the woman probably visit the man’s class?
A. Tomorrow morning.
B. Tomorrow afternoon.
C. The day after tomorrow.
5. How does GPS operate?
A. Through the wire.
B. Through the satellites.
C. Through the Internet.
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。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. How can the man guess where the woman lives?
A. From her behavior.
B. From her dress.
C. From her accent.
7. Where does the man come from?
A. The south.
B. Chicago.
C. New York.
8. What is the man’s dream?
A. To be a director.
B. To be an actor.
C. To be a teacher.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What does the woman want to know about the book shelves first?
A. The design.
B. The price.
C. The size.
10.What colour does the woman like?
A. White.
B. Brown.
C. Gray.
11. What decides the charge of the delivery?
A. The distance.
B. The quantity.
C. The weight.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Renting a bigger office.
B. Buying a bigger house.
C. Renting a bigger house.
13. How much does the speakers’ present house worth?
A. 24 thousand dollars.
B. 45 thousand dollars .
C. 75 thousand dollars.
14. What is the man’s suggestion?
A. Considering loan.
B. Mortgaging the house.
C. Paying a 35% down payment.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What does the woman want to do next year?
A. Work abroad.
B. Make a travel.
C. Make more momey.
16. What suggestion does the man give?
A. Getting some money from parents.
B. Getting a part-time job.
C. Finding a job abroad.
17. What is the woman worried about?
A. She is unable to live in a family.
B. How to use a reputable agency.
C. Whether the family will treat her well.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did people leave the earth for Mars?
A. The earth was greatly polluted.
B. War made them lose their home.
C. The earth failed to provide enough water.
19. What does the speaker have for breakfast?
A. Pills and juice.
B. Bread and milk.
C. Meat.
20. How does the speaker go to school?
A . By car. B. By plane. C. By spaceship.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.My first visit was to ___ space station considered ___ most modern in space.
A．A；the B．A；不填 C．the；不填 D．The； a
22. ---I would never come to this restaurant again. The food is terrible!
---___.
A．Nor can I B．Same with me C．Neither would I D．So do I
23. Professor Smith personally contributed $500,000 ___ the disaster area.
A．for B．at C．with D．to
24. I thought he was a warm-hearted and trustworthy person ___ I met him.
A．first time B．for the first time
C．the first time D．by the first time
25. It is said that walking ___ does good to one’s health.
A．afterward B．inward C．outward D．backward
26. When ___ why he was late,his face went red..
A．asking B．being asked C．asked D．to ask
27. Even if the customer complains louldly to you about the quality of the product,
you should answer him ___.
A．roughly B．technically C．deliberately D．mildly
28. I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom ___ so lonely
as now.
A．have I felt B．had I felt C．I have felt D．had I felt
29. Now when people refer to England you find Wales ___ as well
A．including B．included C．being included D．to include
30. These oranges look a little dry, but some orange juice may be able to be ___. A．picked out B．given out C．squeezed out D．left out
31. Can you tell me how to deal with such cases ___ colleagues can’t get along well
because of different personalities.
A．as B．where C．that D．which
32. Both of the boys wanted to go out to play with other kids, but their mother told
them ___.
A．not do it B．not to do C．not to D．do not to
33. I knew he failed in the entrance examination the moment I ___ him crying alone in his room.
A．in sight of B．caught sight of C．at the sight of D．lost sight of
34. My best friend Helen did all she could to assist me ___ an apartment.
A．finding B．find C．to finding D．to find
35. He fould that it came from the river ___ by the dirty water from London.
A．was polluted B．to be polluted C．polluted D．polluting
第二节完形填空（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。

A Shelter for the Homeless
Last summer I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and
was 36 only two classes in summer school, so I had some 37 time.
Three nights a week, I 38 in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and 39 for 45 people hot
meals 40 vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless
people 41 this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.
I 42 this volunteer work, making 43 with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, 44 me.
I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life
stories 45 me with sympathy (同情). Some of them had 46 with alcohol (酒) or drugs while others only had bad 47 . One woman worked for almost 30 years
for a small company, and 48 she lost her job. She looked for a 49 job,but couldn’t find one, for she was too 50 . She could do nothing but sell her furniture — sofas, chairs, and tables 51 she could pay for her food.The woman 52 on job hunting, but she 53 couldn’t find one.She had no money for her 54 and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, 55 , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.
36. A. Studying B. Planning C. holding D. taking
37. A. full B. free C.
extra D. long
38. A. helped B. waited C.
appeared D. washed
39. A. ordered B. bought C.
cooked D. finished
40. A. with B. from C.
by D. in
41. A. demanded B. needed C.
collected D. requested
42. A. wanted B. had C.
owned D. enjoyed
43. A. decisions B. wishes C.
friends D. changes
44. A. as B. like C.
except D. besides
45. A. struck B. filled C.
seized D. provided
46. A. habits B. worries C.
difficulties D. problems
47. A. luck B. pain C. experience D. loss
48. A. so B. again C.
then D. thus
49. A. good B. fresh C.
skilled D. new
50. A. old B. poor C.
sick D. dull
51. A. if B. because C. so
that D. in case
52. A. went B. moved C.
came D. worked
53. A. also B. still C.
almost D. even
54. A. block B. cottage C.
building D. flat
55. A. afraid B. shy C.
shocked D. mad
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。

（A）
After a quick breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter set off to look for a room where he could live for the next few months. He knew exactly what he wanted: a room which was not too small, nor so large that it would be difficult to heat in winter. It had to be clean and comfortable too but, above all, it had to be quiet. In the newspaper he had bought from the bookshop, there were very few advertisements(广告) for rooms to let. But, as he glanced down the page, a notice caught his eye. JOHNSON’S HOUSING AGENCY
FlATS AND ROOMS TO LET
This seemed hopeful, so he made a note of the address and set off in search of the agency. He found it in a narrow street just off the main road. The woman at the desk gave him a bright smile as he entered and, after Peter had explained what sort of room he was looking for, he paid two pounds for a list of about half a dozen landladies who had rooms to let.
56. What does the text mainly describe?
A. Peter’s room hunting experience.
B. Peter’s determination to find a room.
C. The difficulties in finding rooms.
D. The housing market.
57. Peter’s most important consideration in choosing a room was that it should be
_______.
A. neat and tidy
B. away from noise
C. of the right size
D. warm in winter
58. The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph refers to______.
A. a list of rooms to let
B. the newspaper Peter bought
C. the notice in the restaurant
D. Johnson’s Housing Agenc y
（B）
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59. According to this advertisement, at the Forum people ____.
A. come together in order to form an organization
B. express different opinions and discuss public matters
C. eat together to celebrate their success or victory
D. work together for the purpose of business or trade
60. If you register both the VIEW qualification course and the Forum at the same time, you will save _____.
A. $l00
B. $300
C.
$350 D. $400
61. "Space is limited, so early registration is welcome" means ____.
A. space is limited, so you can' t register now
B. space is too limited for you to register
C. you' ll lose the good chance if you don't register soon
D. you'll be given a special offer if you register now
62. The main purpose of this advertisement is to ____.
A. encourage more people to attend the Forum in time
B. promise everyone can pay less money to attend the Forum
C. call on the people in the north of the USA to go south for holidays
D. introduce some new activities and topics of the Forum
（C）
Let us begin by saying what causes our dreams. Our dreams do not come from another world. They are not messages from some outside source .They are not a look into the future, either.
All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold , his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you have today.
So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has effect on you
while you are sleeping（feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.）and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairies, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, home-sick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.
To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of the experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbed cotton. He would dream he was in hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hands!
There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words dreaming is a way of having your wishes carried out.
63. From the passage we know that our dreams .
A. are imagination of our daily life
B. are man’s curious look into the future
C. have nothing to do with our feelings
D. are to some degree connected with our feelings
64. In your dream when you feel like eating something it indicates（暗示）that .
A. you are in a state of being cold
B. you are in a state of being tired
C. you are in a state of hunger
D. you should have had your dinner that day
65. Older children often dream of examinations probably because .
A. they are interested in exams
B. they are often worried about their studies
C. they hope for better life
D. they show much interest in their studies
66. Some scientists’ explanation of dreams .
A. is not widely accepted though a bit reasonable
B. gives an exact description of our life
C. provides us with information of dreams
D. is of no use for us
( D )
In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called ”Lexico”. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from" Lexico" to "Alph" and then to "Criss Cross”.He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn't have any real commercial（商业性的） success. In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name—"Scrabble". At first, it
didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had
only reached 8,500 sets a year. Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store
in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play “Scrabble” while he was on holiday,
He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday,
he insisted that Macy's should stock（储备）the game and make an effort（努力）to
call the public's attention to it. As a result, “Scrabble” became a big success
in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.
67. The text is mainly about .
A. "Lexico"
B. three men
C. a word game
D. Alfred Butts
68. Alfred Butts invented the game “Lexico”___ .
A. to make himself famous
B. to make spelling simpler
C. when he was out of work and looking for a job
D. when he was playing word games to pass the time
69. Who made “Scrabble” popular?
A. Alfred Butts.
B. Jack Strauss.
C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.
D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.
70. When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?
A. In 1939.
B. In 1948.
C. Before 1939.
D. Between 1939 and
1948. （E）There is an old verb“to busk”，meaning“to improvise”，and it is from this word
that“busker”is formed to describe a street musician or performer. There have been buskers on the London Underground for as long as anyone can remember. You do not always
see them but you can hear them：the sound travels for miles along the underground tunnels.
Some are serious musicians attracted by near-perfect acoustics(音响效果).Others
are little more than beggars who see it as an easy way of making money. The guitar
is probably the most common choice of instrument but you can also hear American banjos
and Irish bagpipes.
Busking on the Underground is always against the law. It does not matter which instrument you play. Fines，which can be anything up to 200 pounds, are usually given
by the London Transport Police．Why it is against the law is unclear．The police insist
that buskers block the way and their music prevents people hearing information from
the loudspeakers．Buskers say that they help passengers in difficulty and make women travelling alone feel more safe．
71．To become a busker is a matter of money，isn’t it? Why?
A．Yes．Because when you listen to music on the underground you have to give the musician a little money．
B．Not always．Some musicians play on the underground because it is a good
place
to hear the music well．
C．No．Because buskers help people in danger if they are paid for it．
D．Yes．They want passengers to give them some coins．
72．What do the London Transport Police do if they catch a busker?
A．The police punish him／her by a fine．
B．Nothing，because busking is not against the law．
C．It depends on the instrument you play，because some buskers play too loud． D．Nothing，because the police know that buskers help people in difficulty．73．How can passengers get help from buskers?
A．Listening to music is enjoyable．
B．Passengers usually get money from buskers．
C．They can get information about the weather．
D．Getting free tickets for the underground．
74．The words“banjos”and“bagpipes”in the passage probably mean ________． A．buskers from America and Ireland B．underground stations
C．different types of instrument D．different groups of buskers 75．The best title for the passage would be ________.
A．Travelling by London Underground B．Buskers Are Fined
C．London Transport Laws D．Sound on the Underground
第二卷（非选择题，满分35分）
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

Never will Zhou Yang(ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper.His discussion with his new boss Hu Xin(HX),was to strongly influence his life as a journalist.
HX: Welcome.We’re (76)d_____ you’re coming to work with us.Your first job here will be an assistant journalist.Do you have any questions?
ZY: Can I go out on a story immediately?
HX: (laughing)That’s (77)a_____,but I’m afraid it would be (78)u_____ !Wait till you’re more experienced.First we’ll put you as an assistant to an experienced ter you can cover a story and (79)s_____the article yourelf.
ZY: Wonderful.What do I need to take with me? I already have a notebook and a camera. HX: No need for a camera.You’ll have a (80)p______ photographer with you to take photographs.You’ll find your (81)c______ very (82)e______ to assist you, so you may be able to (83)c_____ on photography later if you’re interested.
ZY: Thank you. Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an (84)a______ course at university to (85)u_______ my skills.
HX: Good.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是晨光中学的学生会主席李华。

学生会将举办每年一度的英语演讲比赛，本年度的主题为“The English Novel I Like Best”。

作为组织者，你将在演讲比赛开幕时发言，请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇发言稿。

1. 说明比赛的意义，如提高英语听说能力，养成读书的习惯等；
2. 说明比赛的注意事项，如每人演讲不超过5分钟，语言流利，发音准确等；
3. 预祝比赛圆满成功。

注意：
词数：不少于100词；
可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；
发言稿的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to this year’s English speech competition.
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Thank you!
九江一中2009-2010学年度上学期期中试卷
高二英语参考答案
听力1---5 CACCB 6--10 CABCB 11-15 ABCAB 16-20 CCAAC
单选21-25ACDCD 26-30CDABC 31-35BCBDC
完形36-40DBACA 41-45BDCBB 46-50DACDA 51-55CABDA
阅读56-58ABD 59-62BCCA 63-66 DCBA 67-70CDBB 71-75BAACD
对话填空题
76.delighted 77.admirable 78.unusual 79.submit 80. professional
81.colleague 82.eager 83.concentrate 84.amateur 85.update
书面表达：
评分原则
1．本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分
评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后综合给分。

2．词数少于100的，从总分中减去2分。

3．评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、
上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。

4．拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面。

每错误书写3个单词从总分中减去1分，原则上不超过3分，重复的不计。

英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。

标点符号错误，将视其对交际的影响程度酌情减分。

5．如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。

内容要点
1.说明比赛的意义，如提高英语听说能力，养成读书的习惯等；
2.说明比赛的注意事项，如每人演讲不超过5分钟，语言流利，发音准确等；
3.预祝比赛圆满成功。

【参考范文】
Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to this year’s English speech competition. Taking part in English speech competition is a helpful way to learn English. While we fully prepare for the competition, we can improve our abilities of listening and speaking and develop
a good habit of reading English. In the process of the competition, you should pay
special attention to the following rules. First, you should finish your speech in five minutes. Second, you try your best to express yourself in English fluently.
Finally, you should have a good English pronunciation.
I hope that the English speech competition will be a great success!
Thank you!。