湖北省荆州中学高二英语上学期期末考试卷

湖北省荆州中学2008-2009学年度高二英语上学期期末考试卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，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. Which color of the following doesn’t match the woman’s skin?
A. Light color.
B. Deep color.
C. Colorless.
2．Which description of the following is RIGHT?
A. The new manager is good at doing business.
B. The woman doesn’t agree with the man’s point.
C. The new manager is a strict man.
3．What does the man mean?
A. He is always a single man.
B. He got divorced.
C. He got married again.
4．Why was the man rude at the party?
A. He was treated unfriendly.
B. He did that with a purpose.
C. He was drunk.
5．Why is the woman surprised?
A. The man is driving too fast.
B. She doesn’t have enough time.
C. Her car runs nearly into another car.
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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why does Frank make the telephone call?
A. He wants to see Mr. White.
B. He wants to see the film.
C. He wants to have some holidays.
7. When will Mr. White be free this afternoon?
A. The whole afternoon.
B. Before 5 o’clock.
C. Before 4 o’clock.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How long would the man’s parents stay in their home?
A. About seven days.
B. A couple of days.
C. Half a week.
9. Why does the woman NOT like her husband’s parents?
A. They often make much noise.
B. They talk too much.
C. They smoke too much.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How many days has the man off?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
11. What is the man going to do during his off-time?
A. Watch MTV.
B. Watch movies.
C. Both A and B.
12. What does the woman mean by saying “a kind of vegetable life”?
A. A colourful life.
B. A dull life.
C. Only-eat-vegetable life.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the man feel confused?
A. There’re so many different kinds of insurances.
B. There’re so many insurance companies.
C. Both A and B.
14. What does the woman recommend to the man?
A. The type of insurances.
B. An agent of insurances.
C. The coverage of an insurance.
15. What is Bonnie’s telephone number?
A. 87981324.
B. 87891432.
C. 89781324
16. What does the woman think of her agent?
A. She is a lovely girl.
B. She is a helpful lady.
C. She is a woman in fashion.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does ESP let people know?
A. Events before they happen.
B. Their dreams at night.
C. Their dates of death.
18. What does the example of the man imply?
A. An ability to avoid traffic accidents.
B. An ability to sense a danger that will actually happen later on.
C. An ability to judge the good and evil of a person.
19. What does the word “coincidences” probably mean in this passage?
A. Things dreamed of only by scientists.
B. Things which don’t happen at all.
C. Things which happen by accident without necessary connection.
20. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. People have the ability to predict the future.
B. Sick people will be well.
C. Human’s mind is strange.
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10小题，每小题1分，满分10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. After hospitals buy expensive equipment, they must try to _______ the money they had spent.
A. reduce
B. remove
C. recover
D. receive
22. The old man who _______ two world wars will celebrate his 101st birthday next week.
A. broke through
B. got through
C. looked through
D. lived through
23. _______ the hard rain, she would have gone to the theatre last night.
A. But for
B. Thanks to
C. In case of
D. Because of
24. Her parents would lay _______ on the need for her careful spending if she found herself without enough money.
A. urge
B. fairness
C. equality
D. stress
25. They argued with each other _______ and the meeting ended in a quite unfriendly atmosphere.
A. seriously
B. fiercely
C. lively
D. slightly
26. I’m afraid I’m not _______ to help with the show next weekend.
A. available
B. dependable
C. valuable
D. convenient
27. He had some money in an account that he’d _______ for his kids.
A. set about
B. set aside
C. set out
D. set off
28. This problem may lead to more serious ones if _______ unsolved.
A. making
B. remained
C. keeping
D. left
29. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which _______ will promote its economic development.
A. in nature
B. in return
C. in turn
D. in fact
30. As a young man, his father used to _______ in the market, trying to find a job for a few coins.
A. knock down
B. knock about
C. knock over
D. knock off
第二节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
根据每小题括号内的汉语提示，以及句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

31. The result is a better understanding of the world on all sides, （以至于在未来的世界里）people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated.（lead）
32. If _________________________（被困于燃烧的房子）, you should send for help.（trap）
33. The result of so much French influence was _________________________（英语中最终出现）many French words such as table, animal and age.（end）
34. The people living in these apartments _________________________（免费进入）that swimming pool.（access）
35. She _________________________（不满足安定的生活）, so she went to a big city to try her luck. （content）
36. If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for ________ ____________（未来会给我们的一切）.（store）
37. _________________________（要记住最重要的事）when dealing with an emergency is to stay calm.（mind）
38.A better understanding of the environment is necessary, _________________________（行动的意愿也是必要的）.（as）
39. _______________________（要是我多懂得）giving first aid, I could have helped them.（if）
40. —Ann acts quite unfriendly.
—I think she’s_________________________（与其说她不友好，不如说她害羞）.（more…than…）
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

A good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted
41 and would have done 42 to have 43 the words. What she said hurt the friend so
much that this good woman was herself 44 for the pain she caused. In an effort to 45 what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village, explained her 46 , and asked for advice.
Listening to her, the older woman 47 the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could 48 relieve her pain, 49 she could teach. She knew the outcome would 50 the character of the younger woman. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather pillows and put a single feather on the 51 of each house in town before the 52 .”
The young woman hurried home to prepare for her task, even though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long, she labored alone in the 53 . Finally the sky was getting light: she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman,
“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and 54 your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was before.
“You know that’s 55 ! The wind blew each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!” The young woman was surprised.
“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a 56 in the wind. Once 57 , no amount of effort, 58 how heartfelt or sincere, can 59 return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and 60 them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
41. A immediately B. simply C. necessarily D. usually
42. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
43. A. taken back B. taken up C. taken down D. taken out
44. A. ruined B. damaged C. destroyed D. hurt
45. A. regret B. remove C. delay D. lose
46. A. condition B. situation C. affair D. state
47. A. worried B. presented C. sensed D. discovered
48. A. certainly B. hardly C. never D. completely
49. A. but B. so C. for D. or
50. A. account for B. depend on C. lead to D. bring out
51. A. window B. door C. doorstep D. room
52. A. sunset B. dusk C. sunrise D. darkness
53. A. night B. cold C. evening D. shade
54. A. research B. return C. replace D. refill
55. A. impossible B. reasonable C. important D. strange
56. A. sound B. pillow C. feather D. leaf
57. A. done B. made C. begun D. spoken
58. A. in spite of B. regardless of C. because of D. worthy of
59. A. even B. ever C. still D. never
60. A. guard B. mind C. talk D. catcht
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Countries must learn to share water fairly if they are to prevent warring over water as population growth and climate change make it ever more scarce.
Farming uses 70 percent of the fresh water taken from the world’s lakes and rivers and need from farms is set to increase by 14 percent in the next 30 years.
Water conflicts can happen in water-stressed areas among local communities and between countries. The lack of instruments for water sharing exacerbates already difficult conditions. In the absence of clear rules, things will not be organized or arranged in order and power plays an important role.
While humans drink between 2 and 5 litres of water a day, it takes 1,000-2,000 litres to produce a kilogram of wheat and up to 15,000 litres to produce a kilo of grain-fed beef.
The daily consumption of water per person is a thousand times more than the consumption through drinking.
Already 1.1 billion people lack clean water and, with the world’s population set to grow from 6.5 billion to 8 billion by 2025, 1.8 billion people will face water scarcity by then. Global warming will exacerbate the problem, especially in poor, dry areas.
To improve cross-border cooperation on water use, the 10 countries on the Nile are negotiating (商定) a water-sharing agreement which the Food and Agriculture Organisation hopes will be a model for other areas where the scarce water can be shared out peacefully.
61. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Water conflicts can arise in poor and dry areas.
B. Countries must learn to share water fairly.
C. What caused water conflicts.
D. Water consumption is increasing.
62. Which of the following may be the reason for water conflicts?
A. The lack of clear rules.
B. That farming consumes too much water.
C. That too much water has been wasted.
D. Environmental pollution.
63. The underlined word “exacerbates” (in Paragraph 3) probably means “”.
A. makes larger
B. makes smaller
C. makes better
D. makes worse
64. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Farming uses 70 percent of the fresh water now.
B. It takes about 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilo of grain-fed beef.
C. The 10 countries on the Nile have reached a water-sharing agreement.
D. 1.8 billion people will face water scarcity by 2025.
B
If you see someone drowning, speed is very important. Once you get him out of water, if he isn’t breathing, you have four minutes before his brain is completely destroyed. Support his neck, tilt his head back and press his chin upwards. This stops the tongue blocking the airway in the throat and is sometimes enough to get him breathing again.
If that doesn’t work, start mouth-to-mouth breathing. Press his nostrils together with your fingers. Open your mouth and take a deep breath. Blow into his lungs until his chest rises, then remove your mouth and watch his chest fall. Repeat twelve times a minute. Keep doing until help arrives.
To bring a child back to life, keep your lips around his mouth and nose and gently blow into his mouth. Give the first four breaths as quickly as possible to fill the blood with oxygen. If, in spite of your efforts, he starts turning a blue-gray color, and you can feel no pulse，then pressing is the last chance of saving his life.
With arms straight, rock forwards, pressing down on the lower half of the breastbone. Don’t be too hard or you may break a rib. Check how effective you are by watching if his color improves or his pulse becomes independent to your chest pressing. If this happens, stop the pressing. Otherwise continue until help arrives.
65. This passage is mainly about how to .
A. save drowning people out of water
B. give first aid to drowning people
C. do mouth-to-mouth breathing
D. bring a drowning child back to life
66. Once you get a drowning person out of water, if he isn’t breathing, you must first.
A. get him breathing again
B. take him to the nearest hospital
C. find someone to help you
D. call the First Aid Center
67. If a drowning child has no pulse, .
A. pressing his chin upwards is enough to get him breathing again
B. blowing air into his mouth can surely save his life
C. pressing his nostrils together with your fingers can work
D. pressing is the last possibility to save his life
68. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. If a drowning man can’t breathe again in four minutes, his brain will be completely destroyed.
B. If you see someone drowning, you must give him mouth-to -mouth breathing.
C. When you bring a drowning child back to life, you should give him as many breaths as possible.
D. When pressing, you can do it as hard as you can.
C
Nature responds to climate change. To understand it, we need to monitor key life cycle events －flowering, the appearance of leaves the first frog calls of the spring－all around the world. But scientists can’t be everywhere so they’re turning to non-scientists, sometimes called citizen scientists, for help.
A group of scientists and educators launched (发起) an organization last year called the National Phenology Network.“Phenology”is what scientists call the study of the timing of events in nature.
One of the group’s first efforts depends on scientists and non-scientists alike to collect data about plant flowering and leafing every year. The program, called Project BudBurst, collects life cycle data on different kinds of common plants from across the United States.
“People don ’t have to be plant experts－they just have to look around and see what’s in their neighbourhood,”says Jennifer Schwartz, an adviser with the project, “As we collect this data, we’ll be able to predict how plants and communities of plants and animals will respond as the climate changes.”
That data will help scientists predict not only how natural communities may change but also how these changes will affect people.
Scientists monitoring lilac (丁香) flowering in the western United States reported that in years when lilacs bloomed early – before May 20th－wildfires later in the summer and fall are larger and more severe. Lilac blooming could serve as an alarm bell, Jennifer says.
Improved monitoring is an important step toward predicting how natural communities will respond to climate change.
“The best way for us to increase our knowledge of how plants and animals are responding to climate change is to increase the amount of data we have,” he says. “That ’s why we need citizen scientists to get as much information from as many places on as many species over as long a time
period as we can.”
69. The National Phenology Network is launched to .
A. research how nature makes response to climate change
B. keep a record of what is happening in nature
C. make a study of the first frog calls of the spring
D. judge what plants will die out in the future
70. The task of Project BudBurst is to .
A. grow more plants to improve the climate
B. collect information about common plants
C. made citizens tell different plants
D. find out how many kinds of plants there are in America
71. By saying “Lilac blooming could serve as an alarm bell”, Jennifer meant .
A. lilac flowers could made people feel anxious or afraid
B. lilacs could warn people of the danger of wildlife
C. the blooming of lilacs could predict the happening of wildfires
D. the flowers of lilacs could be used to wake people up
72. The main idea of this passage is .
A. why we need to collect data about nature
B. when an alarm bell sounds for nature
C. what citizen scientists are in America
D. how nature responds to climate change
D
Computers have been used in teaching for more than twenty years. But a new book says that only now are they changing education. And it predicts that a lot more is about to happen.
The book is called “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.”“Disruptive Innovation”is a theory developed by lead author Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School. He says organizations almost always use new, creative technology only to continue what they already do.
New technology should change organizations, he says, and disrupt them in a good way. They should use the technology to do things differently—for example, to serve more needs. The book says the needed disruptive force in education is computer-based learning.
Michael Horn, another author of “Disrupting Class”, told us about a Boston public that he visited. Every student at Lilla G. Frederick Middle School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, has a laptop computer. One class was learning about storms. Michael Horn says the laptops made it possible to truly individualize（使个人化）the lessons, to divide materials by ability level and learning style. At the end of the class, the students all took part in a discussion led by the teacher.
Computer-based learning offers a way for students to take advanced courses not offered at their school, or to retake classes they failed. It also serves those who cannot physically attend school, and students who receive home schooling.
Computer-based learning includes online courses.Enrollments（招生）in online courses have grown sharply. In 2007, the United States had about one million enrollments, not including college courses. Students could be enrolled in more than one course, through schools or education companies. High school students make up about seventy percent of the enrollment. Still, nationally, only about one percent of all high school courses last year were taught online.
But the authors of “Disrupting Class”predict it will be ten percent in about six years. And their research suggests that the number will be about fifty percent by 2019. And Michael Horn says the future of online learning could be even greater in developing countries.
73. Which of the following is TRUE about the book “Disrupting Class”?
A. It was written by more than one author.
B. It thinks the computer affects students’ studies.
C. It introduces a new scientific technology to readers.
D. It has been a best-seller since it was published.
74. Paragraph 4 is written to show .
A. how modern the Boston public school is
B. how clever the American students are
C. how well the American teachers teach
D. what computer-based learning is like
75. From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that the authors of “Disrupting Class”think that .
A. more and more students are interested in “Disrupting Class”
B. those who take online courses are mainly college students
C. more and more high school courses will be taught online
D. enroll ments in online courses haven’t grown recently
76. The passage is mainly about .
A. a new book
B. a new learning way
C. some American writers
D. the advantages of computers
E
Recently we asked for people’s opinions about paying students to encourage them to come to class and get higher scores on tests. Some American schools are doing this.
More of the people were against the idea than were for it.
Some people said paying students sends a message that money is the only reason they should study for. Steven from China says students should study for knowledge. Money may make a difference in the short term, he says, but we should think about the long term.
Zhao Jing Tao, a college student in China, thought of an old saying. Paying students is like “drinking poison to end thirst”—trying to solve a problem without thinking of the bad effects.
Dinh Minh Tuan from Vietnam says rewards are important because they prepare students for the future life. But young children should get things they value more than money, like funny books, pens and film tickets.
There was a suggestion from South Korea that if rewards are necessary for learning，they could be gathered like a charity fund. This money could be used for a project designed by the students.
Francisco Mora from Colombia says the city of Bogota pays parents, so children do not have to work until they finish their basic education. This, he says, has increased the number of students who come to public schools.
Teresa Finamore wrote: “I am an Italian teacher of math and science for students from eleven to fourteen. I think that it is wrong to pay students. Each student has to understand that going to school, he gets a wonderful chance to live better in the future and also at present.”
Nelly Constant in France wonders, if young people get paid for studying, what will they expect from a job —a rocket to the moon?
Sergio Fernandes from Brazil says paying students is not realistic. But Camillus Chiemela, a Nigerian living in Germany, feels it will help to make the education system better. Students’expectations will be much higher.
Naval from Russia also says yes to the idea: “We should at least get something for our time wasted. Because in my country students pay money to go to school or get good grades from teachers.”
And Lucy Ding from China says most Chinese students work hard for two reasons: their parents’expectations and pressure from teachers. She says getting rewards will become a good thing that will get students to work hard for themselves, for the things they hope to get.
77. Zhao Jing Tao thought paying students .
A. is like drinking water to end thirst
B. couldn’t make a difference in the short term
C. is good for the students’ future life
D. couldn’t help the students with their study
78. Who of the following says yes to the idea of paying students?
A. Dinh Minh Tuan
B. Camillus Chiemela
C. Nelly Comstant
D. Teresa Finamore
79. What do Chinese students work hard for according to Lucy Ding?
A. For their parents and teachers.
B. For the things they hope to get.
C. For themselves.
D. For money.
80. The passage mainly talks about .
A. it is right for some American schools to pay students
B. paying students is trying to solve a problem without thinking of the effects
C. people’s different opinions about paying students
D. paying students helps to improve the education system
第四部分：写作（25分）
现在，很多学校建造了塑胶操场和跑道，但有报道说塑胶表面会在强烈光照下散发出有害气体。

你班同学对此进行了讨论。

请用英语写一篇短文，介绍讨论结果，须包括下列要点：1．塑胶表面散发的有害气体十分有限，在户外不足以影响人们的健康。

2．与传统的水泥场地相比，塑胶场地大大减少了运动损伤。

3．如果用草地取代塑胶，所带来的高昂费用难以承受。

4．散发过多有害气体是因为有些塑胶跑道使用了劣质材料。

注意：1．可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
2．词数：120字左右；
3．参考词汇：塑胶操场和跑道rubberized playgrounds and running tracks
水泥场地cement ground
参考答案
参考答案:
1～5. BABCA 6～10. ACBCB 11～15. CBCBA 16～20. BABCA
21～25. CDADB 26～30. ABDCB
31. leading to a future world where
32. (you are) trapped in a burning building
33. that the English language ended up with
34. have free access to
35. was not content with the peaceful life
36. whatever the future may have in store
37. The most important thing to keep in mind
38. as is the willingness to act
39. If I had known more about
40. more shy than unfriendly
41～45. ADADB 46～50. BCCAB 51～55. CCBDA 56～60. CDBBA
61～65. BADCB 66～70. ADAAB 71～75. CDADC 76～80. BDBAC
One possible version:
Now a great number of rubberized playgrounds and running tracks have been built in schools. However, it is reported that the rubberized surface gives off a poisonous gas in strong sunlight. So we had a discussion about it in our class.
Most of my classmates think it’s not necessary to be overreacting to that because the amount of poisonous gas is too small to harm the people playing outdoors. Compared with traditional cement grounds, rubberized ones have greatly reduced sports injuries. Besides, if rubber is replaced with grass, most schools cannot afford the high cost.
The reason why some rubberized playgrounds give off too much poisonous gas is that the materials of poor quality have been used. Therefore, schools should be careful to choose the building materials.。