广东省梅州中学高二英语上学期中段考试题

广东省梅州中学2009届高二英语上学期中段考试题
本试卷由四大部分组成，分为（选择题）和（非选择题）。

共150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意：
1．答题前，学生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座号用钢笔或墨水笔写在答题卷上。

2．每小题选出的答案后，请写在答题卷对应题目的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净。

答案不能答在试卷上。

3．考试结束，学生可只交答题卷。

4．56-60答案填涂时请注意，E答案将AB涂黑，F答案将CD涂黑。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分35分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音结束后，你将试卷上的答案写到答题卷上。

第一节：听对话或独白（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并标在答题卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。

请听下面一段对话，回答第１—3题。

1.What do we know about the man?
A.He’s Japanese.
B.He’s a visitor just arriving in Tokyo.
C.He’s a foreigner who’s staying in Tokyo.
2.What is the woman worrying about?
A.She can’t deal with the time difference.
B.She can’t use chopsticks.
C.She won’t see her family for some time.
3.What is the woman going to do this afternoon?
A. Sleep.
B. Visit Tokyo.
C. Leave Japan.
请听下面一段对话，回答第４—6题。

4.Where did the woman see the accident?
A. Inside Brown’s toy shop.
B. Outside Brown’s toy shop.
C. On Brown Street.
5.When did the accident take place?
A. B. C.
6.What color was the traffic light when the truck was passing the crossing?
A. Green
B. Red
C. Yellow
请听下面一段对话，回答第7—9 题。

7.What’s the weather like today?
A. Cool
B. Warm
C. Hot
8.What special view will the tourists get in this park?
A. Houses of all shapes and styles.
B. Birds of all color.
C. School teachers and the pupils.
9.What do people enjoy doing in the park in late autumn and winter?
A. Taking photos.
B. Watching birds.
C. Skating.
请听下面一段对话，回答第10—12题。

10.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. An article.
B. A website.
C. Animal protection.
11.What has a direct effect on the animals?
A. The decrease of the natural resources.
B. The decrease of space.
C. The increasing population.
12.What problems can the disappearance of animals cause according to sociologist?
A. Political problems.
B. Economic problems.
C. Health problems.
请听下面一段对话，回答第13—15题。

13.How many years of history does York have?
A. Less than 1,900 years.
B. Only 71 years.
C. Over 1,900 years.
14.What do we know about York?
A. It has a long history.
B. It’s both old and modern.
C. It’s the most popular city in the world.
15.What’s the text mainly about?
A. A brief introduction to York.
B. Places of interest in York.
C. The history of York.
第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白。

请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要信息，填入标号为16—20的空格中。

录音读两遍。

你有90秒钟的作答时间。

答案做在答题卷上。

第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后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 21-year-old German tourist, who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian city Sydney,
(21) 13,000 kilometers away near Sidney, Montana, in America after mistyping (打错单词) his (22) on a flight booking Web site.
(23) for the Australian summer in T-shirt and shorts, Tobi Gutt left Germany for a four-week
(24).
Instead of arriving in “down-under(指澳大利亚)”, Gutt found himself on a different continent and bound for (飞向---) the cold state of Montana.
“I did wonder but I didn’t want to say (25),” Gutt told the Bild newspaper. “I thought to myself,
I can fly to Australia via (经由) the United States.”
Gutt’s airline ticket routed him via (=through) the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon, to Billings, Montana. Only when he was about to (26) a flight to Sidney — an oil town of about 5,000 people —did he realize his (27).
The (28) tourist, who had only a thin jacket to keep out the winter (29), spent three days in Billings airport before he was able to buy a new ticket to Australia with 600 euros (欧元) in cash (现金) that his (30) sent over from Germany.
“I didn’t notice the mistake as my son is usually good with computers,” his mother, Sabine, told Reuters.
21. A. broke B. landed C. parted D. took
22. A. name B. number C. date D. destination
23. A. Prepared B. Sent C. Dressed D. Misled
24. A. holiday B. walk C. flight D. voyage
25. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
26. A. book B. escape C. enjoy D. board
27. A. mistake B. dream C. loss D. way
28. A. lovely B. lonely C. poor D. clever
29. A. snow B. temperature C. cold D. time
30. A. girlfriend B. parents C. bank D. company
第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填在标号为31-40的相应位置。

Christmas in Australia is very hot. While Canada is in the middle of (31)_______, Australians are baking in summer heat. It is not (32)_________ (usual) to have Christmas Day well into the mid-30s degrees Celsius (摄氏度).
A traditional (33) _________ includes a turkey dinner, with ham and pork. A delicious Christmas plum pudding is added for dessert (甜点). A small gift (34) _________ (bake) inside. Whoever finds this will enjoy good luck.
Some Australians and particularly tourists often have their (35) ________ dinner at midday on a local beach. (36) _________ beach in Sydney attracts thousands of people on Christmas Day. Other families celebrate Christmas (37) _________ having a picnic. If they are at home, they often enjoy some outdoor activities such as swimming in a pool and playing cricket (板球) out the backyard.
The warm weather allows Australians to enjoy a tradition, Carols by Candlelight(烛光颂歌), which (38) ________ (begin) in 1937. It is held every year on Christmas Eve, when thousands of people gather in the city of Melbourne to (39) _________their favorite Christmas songs.
Shorts and T-shirts are the most popular Christmas gifts in Australia. At many beaches Santa Claus arrives on a surfboard, (40) _________even on a surf lifesaving boat.
第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷上。

（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
In today's world, we rely on computers as never before. They are used for everything from ordering a pizza to running hospitals and military defense systems. Banking and credit card information is stored and accessed by computers. So what happens when a computer gets infected with a virus? One effect is that people's access to their e-mail accounts is cut off. A more serious possible consequence is that billions of dollars could be lost.
A virus is a computer program that copies itself onto other programs and infects them. Similar to an easily spread disease, a computer virus goes from computer to computer, either adding to or changing the tasks a program is designed to do.
The first computer viruses were created in the mid '80s and had varying effects. Some caused files to be deleted, or made the letters on the screen appear to fall off. Others displayed a specific message once the computer was turned on.
Viruses today are much more widespread and dangerous than ever before. Perhaps the most damaging to date has been the "I Love You" virus. "I Love You" appeared in May 2000 and has possibly been the most destructive virus in terms of monetary loss.
The virus is released (释放) when an attachment (附件) to a fake (假的) e-mail message is opened. By changing the names of files on computers, "I Love You" makes them difficult to access. It also searches for important personal information, including passwords, which it sends to a web site for others to see.
It is estimated (估计) that more than 45 million people in 20 countries have had their computers infected by the "I Love You" virus. Some say the cost of repair and lost business has been more than US$10 billion.
If you own a computer, it is important to keep it in good health by installing an
anti-virus program. If updated frequently, it will protect your e-mail access--not to mention your wallet.
41.What does "virus" mean in the article?
A. An easily spread disease.
B. A contagious (传染的) computer program.
C. An extremely small organism (生物) which causes disease.
D. A parasite (寄生虫) in computer.
42.How does "I Love You" virus spread?
A. It is spread when an e-mail account is opened.
B. It is spread through on-line chatting.
C. It is spread through e-mail.
D. It spreads from web site to web site.
43.Which of the following is one of the damages brought by "I Love You" virus?
A. It deletes files.
B. It automatically turns on computers.
C. It automatically turns off computers.
D. It makes it difficult to access files.
44.Which of the following is the best way to guard against virus?
A. To load an up-to-date anti-virus program into our computer.
B. Not to use an e-mail account.
C. To upgrade our computer.
D. Not to use the Internet.
45.What is the purpose of the article?
A. To warn us against virus.
B. To remind us the importance of being healthy.
C. To stress the importance of computer.
D. To alert us to economic loss.
B
Rats eat our food or make it so dirty that it isn’t fit for people at all. That’s why people often kill them by laying down poison.
After a day or tow, they find the poison still there. The rats haven’t touched it, even though it is near the food which they eat. People think they must be clever and cunning,
Some scientists have been trying to find out the best way to poison rats. They have watched to see just what a rat does day and night. They have found out that rats are not so clever. They are just very shy (胆怯的).
Rats usually live in holes. They run from these holes to where they eat and drink. They have special paths on which they travel each time. So they know their paths quite well.
If anything new, such as stone or wood, is put in the path, the rats won’t go near it at first as they too frightened. It will take them many days to get over the fear. They are also frightened to go near a place that they know, where something has been taken away. If a path goes around a rock, the rats follow the same path around the rock each time. If the rock is taken away, they will still run round the place where the rock was. They won’t cross the empty place which now is open to them, even though it would be quicker.
Rats will always keep away from anything unusual to them. That’s why they won’t eat the poison on the first or second night. They usually won’t go anywhere near it for about four days until they get used to being there. Even then eat only a little at a time.
If people want to kill rats with poison, all they have to do is to leave it out for a few days. Once the rats have got used to it, they will eat it, and die.
46.This passage is mainly tells us .
A. how a rat destroys our food
B. how to poison a rat
C. what a rat’s habit is
D. poisoning a rat is not easy
47.How does the writer feel about rats?
A. They are clever and cunning.
B. They are the most dangerous enemy.
C. They are not smart but shy
D. It’s easy for them to get close to an unknown object.
48.People dislike rats for reasons that .
A. they have special paths
B. they often ruin their food
C. they are not easy to kill
D. they can get over everything
49.________ , rats have special paths to travel each time.
A. Because they live in holes most of the time
B. To find more food to eat and water to drink
C. In order not to eat anything poisonous
D. To protect themselves
50.If you want to kill a rat, .
A. you should make it get used to the poison
B. you should drive it out of the hole
C. you should place a rock on the path along which it runs
D. you should make it get over the fear to across the empty place.
C
All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who rarely or never eat meat. These people are called vegetarians. To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very strange thing, diets for several different reasons.
First, vegetarians have an enormous health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern societies is not too little protein but too much food, especially in the form of animal fats. Medical evidence suggests that animal fats, including butter, contribute to the development of cholesterol in the human body. High amount of cholesterol seem to be part of the cause of heart disease. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol. High amounts of animal fats also seem to lead to certain kinds of cancer, and vegetarians are typitally less vulnerable to these cancers than people who eat a lot of meat. Overall, studies comparing the health of vegetarians and meat-eaters show that the meat-eaters are twice as likely to die of heart disease as vegetarians are.
Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians. Another reason is religion. Some religions forbid the eating of meat. The largest of these is the Hindu religion, which has about 600 million believers in the world. Although not all Hindus are vegetarian, many are, and there are many believers of other religions such Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat.
Many vegetarians do not eat meat simply because they do not like the taste of it. They have no religious or philosophical reasons; they just do not like meat. Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating meat is the health advantages that were given above. Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food. They believe that life, all life, is valuable, and that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources of food.
51.According to the passage, people choose to be vegetarians for the following reasons
EXCEPT________.
A. they want to stay healthy
B. they are too kind to put the idea of killing animals
C. they live in areas where meat supply is not adequate
D. they should not eat meat due to their religious belief
52.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?
A. Vegetarians enjoy a more healthy life than the meat eaters.
B. Heart disease and cancer are caused by large amounts of protein.
C. There are twice as many meat-eaters as vegetarians who die of cancer.
D. There are less health problems in modern society due to advanced medical care.
53.Which is true about the vegetarians?
A. Vegetarians never eat meat for whatever reasons
B. There are more vegetarians than meat-eaters in the world.
C. Vegetarians cannot eat meat because of their health problems.
D. Some vegetarians cannot get used to eating meat because of the taste.
54.What does “vulnerable” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Having low level of cholesterol.
B. Having high level of cholesterol.
C. Having weak ability to resist diseases and harms.
D. Having strong ability to resist disease and harms.
55.It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. being a vegetarian may be a very strange thing
B. vegetarians eat meat on some special occasions
C. all vegetarians have reasons for their not eating meat
D. most vegetarians believe that life without meat is happy.
第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

选项中有一项是多余的。

注意：如选E请涂AB, 如选F请涂CD
Ａ. Lowton College
Situated in a pleasant area of the city close to river. Convenient for North Wales and the English Lake District.
Courses in English run all year.
Part-time courses available in the evenings\days.
We will arrange accommodation with an English family.
B. Bristow College
The college is in the centre of Bristow.
Full-time courses at all levels, beginners to advanced, from September to June.
Visits arranged to places of interest.
Excellent range of sports offered.
Students arrange their own accommodation in flats and houses.
C.Shepton College
Situated in the centre of London close to underground and buses.
Classes are offered all through the year.
Daytime English courses up to ten hours per week. Evening classes of four hours per week.
Extra classes offered in English for Business.
Accommodation in the college.
D.Howe College
The college is in the city centre, but near the North Yorkshire countryside and the sea.
Classes run from September to June.
Part-time and full-time courses from beginners to advanced (daytime only).
Full-time courses in English with Business Studies.
Trips arranged to places of interest
Help given in finding a flat or room in the sea.
E.Daunston College
Daunston is a small town in the Midlands near pleasant countryside.
Part-time and full-time classes available from September to June.
Full-time summer school in August
Complete beginners part-time only
Trips and other social events arranged regularly.
Accommodation in the college or with families.
F.Exford College
Exford is beside the sea and surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Courses at all levels, September to June (full-time).
Summer schools(mornings only) during August.
Full social programme including sports and hobby clubs provided by the college.
Students live in college rooms or with families.
请阅读下列五个人的基本信息，根据各人要求，然后匹配相关大学：
56. Lucy wants a course in Business Studies and English, starting in September. She would prefer to
be in a city, but wants a college which will organize visits, so she can see something of Britain.
57. Jean wants to attend classes for a few hours a week in July, so that he has plenty of free time to
visit the countryside. He wants to stay in a city, with a family.
58. Laura is looking for a full-time beginners’ course and can come to Britain at any time. She is
keen on sport and wants to stay with a family.
59. Mike likes big cities. He hopes to find work during the day, so he is looking for an evening class.
He wants to live in a flat or house.
60. Anne is going to spend August in Britain. She knows some English already and wants a full-time
course. She wants to meet people through the college and live with a family.
人物大学
56. Lucy A. Lowton College
57. Jean B. Bristow College
58. Laura C. Shepton College
59. Mike D. Howe College
60. Anne E. Daunston College
F. Exford College
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：基础写作（分为两部分，满分15分）
A. 课文填空：
61.John Snow became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people e to
cholera.
62.The map gave a (value) clue about the cause of disease.
63.John Snow was able to a with certainty that polluted water carried the disease.
64.His friends were (热情) and encouraged Copernicus to publish his ideas.
65.There is no need to d any more why different words are used to describe the four
countries.
66.You can easily c any problems if you study British history.
67.England is the largest of the four countries and for (方便) it is divided roughly into
three zones.
68.However, these industrial cities built in the 19th century do not have the historical a________
of other places.
69.London has been （影响）only by some invaders of England.
70.Worried about the time a ___ （可用到的）, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she
wanted to see in London.
B. 完成句子：
71.This will probably (导致)trouble in the future。

72.John Snow suggested that the source of all water supplies be examined and new methods of
___ （处理）Polluted water be found.
73.Nowadays many farmers want to （脱离、离开）rural life and
make a living in cities.
74.I will (取代) Jane today , as she can’t come to
the meeting himself.
75.It contained statues (为纪念)dead poets and writers, such
as Shakespeare.
第二节：读写任务（25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I was studying in high school when my brother left home for the first time to go to a residential (供学生住宿的) college.
He was excited about going to a new town, a new college, and above all, being on his own (独自地). Nobody would tell him about wake-up time. I was fascinated with the rewards and privileges (特权) that high school graduation brought to people.
About two weeks after my brother left home, his tearstained letter arrived telling how much he missed all of us. It was evident that he cried writing this letter and thinking about the things he missed which hadn’t been a big deal to him just two weeks earlier.
I learned that the first year of college did not just involve going away to college, it was also about leaving home. Now, as a psychologist (心理学家), I know that leaving home for college is one of the last major steps in separating from the family and becoming independent.
[写作内容]
1.概括上文内容该部分词数大约30；
2.以“Leaving home”为题发表你的看法，至少包括以下内容要点，该部分词数大约120；（1）你第一次离开家里的真实或虚拟的经历和感受；
（2）你对离家的看法。

[写作要求]
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。

梅州中学2009届高二上学期英语中段考试题
答案(2007年11月5日)
1-5 CBABC 6-10 BCABC 11-15 ABCBA
16. easy life 17. pictures/ photos 18. sick 19. advice 20. girlfriend
21—25 BDCAB 26—30 DACCB
31. winter 32. unusual 33. meal 34. is baked 35. Christmas
36. The 37. by 38. began 39. sing 40. or
41—45 BCDAA 46—50BCBDA 51--55CADCC 56-60. DABCE
61、exposed 62、valuable 63、announce 64、enthusiastic 65、debate
66、clarify 67、convenience 68、attractions 69、influenced 70、available
71、lead to 72、dealing with 73、break away from 74、take the place of
75、in memory of
Leaving home
The writer tells us that his brother left home for the first time and missed the family a lot. He learns that leaving home for college can help us become independent.
This story reminds us of the summer camp that I took part in last year when I left my parents for the first time. During the five-day summer camp in Qinghua University, I was busy with the activities organized by the camp in the daytime. At night, before falling asleep, for the first time in my life, I began to miss my parents and their words which used to be unpleasant to me before. However, through this journey I learned to depend on myself and realized how much they love me.
Leaving home for a while, we will have a chance to broaden our horizon and experience an independent life. It seems difficult at first. However, we will benefit a lot from it.。