08-09学年吉林省长春外国语学校高二英语下学期期中考试试题

长春外国语学校
2008—2009学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷
出题人：许艳君审题人：卢春红
（说明：考试时间：100分钟满分：120分）
第一部分：听力（共15小题，满分15 分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

1.(6) What kind of room does the man want?
A. A single room with a bathroom
B. A single room without a bathroom
C. A double room with a bathroom
2.(7)Which meal is included in the cost?
A.Breakfast.
B. Lunch.
C. Supper.
3.(8)What time will the man get to the hotel?
A. At 10:30
B. At 11:00
C. At 11:30
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

4.(9)What kind of music will be played this evening?
A. Pop music.
B. Modern music.
C. Classical music.
5.(10) What kind of music does the man prefer?
A. Rock
B. Jazz
C. Classical music
6.(11) Why doesn’t the woman like Classical music?
A. It sends her to sleep
B. It’s not popular
C. She doesn’t un derstand it.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

7.(12) What happened to the man?
A. His car broke down.
B. His car wouldn’t go fast enough.
C. He got some mental disease.
8.(13) What will the man probably do?
A.Buy an engine. B .Rent a car. C. Buy a new car.
9.(14) How much does it cost per month to rent a car from Toyota?
A.$129.
B. $291.
C. $219.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

10.(15)Which country’s transportation are the speakers talking about?
A. Britain’
B. America’s
C. South Africa’s
11.(16) Why doesn’t the woman li ke to travel by train?
A. The trains are slow.
B. The trains are crowded.
C. The trains are often late.
12.(17) When does the woman take a plane ?
A.When she’s in a hurry.
B.When she wants to relax.
C.When she wants to make friends.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

13.(18) Why did they start early?
A.To catch a bus.
B. To avoid the heavy traffic.
C. To find a nice place.
14.(19) What did they do first after arriving?
A. They had a swim
B. They had lunch.
C. They went for a walk.
15.(20) What was the water like?
A. Hot.
B. Cold.
C. Refreshing.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分40分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
16. The driver was at _________ loss when _________ word came that he was forbidden to drive
for speeding.
A. a; the
B. /;/
C. the; the
D. a; /
17. With time passing by, the boy ______to understand why his father was so strict with him.
A. turned
B. came
C. chose
D. went
18. If it ________for her care, I should not be speaking to you now.
A. isn’t
B. won’t be
C. hasn’t been
D. hadn’t been
19. She hasn’t got enough money ________ to buy the dress.
A. for which
B. that
C. which
D. with which
20. The novel is said _________ into many languages.
A. to translate
B. being translated
C. to have been translated
D. having been translated
21. Are you __________your daughter has some difficulty in learning English?
A. aware of
B. aware that
C. knowing that
D. aware of that
22. Our football team keeps winning these days, and hopefully it can___________.
A. keep it up
B. keep it away
C. keep it out
D. keep it down
23. We’ve just_________ an old friend we haven’t seen for ages.
A. come across
B. come along
C. come by
D. come into
24. She____________ English before she entered the college.
A. studies
B. was studying
C. has studied
D. had been studying
25. This kind of desk can be ___________to the height you need.
A. added
B. adapted
C. adjusted
D. advised
26. ---How did you get the reference book?
---It was in the library___________ you bought this Chinese-English dictionary.
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. there
27. As far as I am____________, this story is not interesting at all.
A. concerning
B. concerned
C. being concerned
D. to concern
28. Sometimes she was dying____________ her husband about it.
A. tell
B. telling
C. to tell
D. of telling
29. Nathan lay on the ground trembling, too_____________ to move.
A. strange
B. bored
C. calm
D. scared
30. ---I’m dead tired. I can’t walk any further, Jenny.
---____________, Tommy. You can make it!
A. Come on
B. No problem
C. No hurry
D. That’s OK
第二节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks．Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules．The carriage is filled with cold, tired passengers．Suddenly a little boy31his way through the grown—up legs and sits down by the window．He is all alone among the unfriendly grown-ups．What a brave child, I think．His father 32to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very strange happens suddenly. The33little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. For a moment, I think that he wants to34me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his head up towards me. He wants to say something to me, I think．I lower my head to receive the message. Wrong again! What I do receive is a35 kiss on the cheek.
The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window．I am 36. What just happened? A child kissing unknown grown—ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly 37. Nervous and a little surprised, we cast a look in the direction of the father. When he sees our questioning38as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.
“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick..”
Father and son disappear into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still39the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered(触发)some soul—search inside me. How many go around kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of living?
The little kisser taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourself40 before your heart stops!
31．A．pulls B．feels C．pushes D．picks
32．A．likes B．promises C．chooses D．agrees
33．A．naughty B．serious C．lucky D．ugly
34．A．kick B．strike C．kiss D．pass
35．A．loud B．foolish C．strange D．fortunate 36．A．pleased B．shocked C．satisfied D．interested
37．A．praised B．kissed C．scolded D．persuaded
38．A．glances B．anger C．mouths
D．feeling39．A．touch B．trust C．smell D．feel
40．A．live B．run C．die D．sleep
第三节展望词汇（共20小题；Ⅰ每小题0.5分，Ⅱ每小题1分，满分15分）
I.根据英文释义填写适当的单词，单词首字母已给出。

41 l_________________ v. hang around; loiter
42 s________________ v. grab, seize;
43 m________________ adj. magnificent, splendid
44. a_________________ adj. frightful, horrifying
45. d_________________ adj. very troubled in mind with sadness or worry
46. g_________________ n. a group of, a band of, a company of
47. c_________________ n. colleague, partner
48. e_________________ adj. great, huge, gigantic
49. r_________________ n. citizen
50. d_________________ adj. nasty, revolting
51. He answered the questions with ___________________,and he looked like a winner.
52. He________________ her with a choice between her career and their relationship.
53. She was found guilty of_____________________.
54. “I’ll wait,” she said with a___________________, looking disappointed.
55. It is a _____________that the lake was formed by the tears of a god.
56. She suffered from severe ___________________after losing her job.
57. Germany ___________________war on France 1 on August 1914.
58. Children should not be allowed to watch ___________________ movies.
59. Most teenagers find something to _______________against，and they don’t like to agree
with their parents.
60. “Can you________________ a good hotel?” Sam asked the local taxi driver.
第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Booker T. Washington was born in a black slave family in Virginia of the USA in 1856, seven years before slavery was abolished (废除) by Abraham Lincoln in January, 1863.
He wrote a book about his life called Up From Slavery, which was published in 1901. In the book, he said that he had no choice but to work in a coal mine when he was 16 years old. He had no chance to go to school. He heard two coal miners talking about a school for black children which was called the Hampton Institute.
He determined that he would go there. He gave up his job and told other members of his race that he was going to school across the state. The older people had spent their best years as slaves and were poor. However, some gave Booker some pocket money or a handkerchief. Hardly had anyone expected any of their race to leave home to attend a boarding school. He took a train to Richmond, Virginia, where he ran out of money. It was 82 miles from the Hampton Institute. He slept under a wooden sidewalk(人行道). He helped unload pigs and iron from a ship for some money and when he had enough, he continued his journey, arriving at school with 50 cents.
This diligence(勤奋) pushed him to graduate and become a teacher at the Hampton Institute. When he was 25 years old, he was asked to start a new school for black children in Alabama. called the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Thirty-four years later, this school had 1,500 students and 200 teachers and Booker T. Washington became the most influential black leader of his generation.
61. What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To show the significance of education for black children.
B. To introduce Booker T. Washington’s working experience as a slave.
C. To present a brief introduction of Booker T. Washington.
D. To explain the reason why Booker T. Washington becomes a writer.
62. Booker T. Washington didn’t go to school early in life because ________.
A. there were no schools for slave in America
B. blacks were not allowed to receive education
C. he had to work as a coal miner
D. he was not smart enough to receive education
63. The older people didn’t give Booker much money because _________.
A. they had no jobs to do
B. they didn’t have much money
C. they didn’t believe Booker would succeed
D. they didn’t wish Booker to go to school
B
I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here's what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion(热情) as it ought to be lived.
64. What's the author's attitude toward work?
A. Do it well to serve others.
B. To earn enough money to make life better.
C. Try your best to get higher position and pay.
D. Don't let it affect your real life.
65. How did the author form her view of life?
A. By working and social experience.
B. Learning from her friends.
C. Through an unfortunate experience.
D. Because of her children and husband.
66. The underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph
probably has the same meaning as
A. it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life
B. it is very hard to live a real life
C. it is so easy to make a living
D. it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life
67. The best title of this passage probably is
A. Love your friends
B. Live a real life
C. Don't waste time
D. Be a good mother and wife
C
Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us to see the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through hills. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed. Banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore (靠岸). In any case, what would we have done by landing? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way. So we stayed in the boat, hoping that when we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.
We lived on fish, caught with a homemade net, and fruits and nuts we could pick up out of the water. As we had no fire, we had to eat everything, including the fish, raw. I had never tasted raw fish before, and I must say I did not much enjoy the experience.
One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us. We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time: we might not be so lucky to get away in a stolen boat again.
68.The writer couldn’t land because of ________.
A. the soft muddy shore
B. the thick forest
C. too many hills
D. the dangerous creatures
69.We can infer from the passage that the writer ________.
A. enjoyed raw fish
B. had once been a prisoner
C. made the boat himself
D. lived a comfortable life in the forest
70.The best title for this passage might be ________.
A. A Stolen Boat
B. An Adventurous Trip
C. A River Scene
D. A Good Experience
D
Cathy、Jason、Kate、Wayne和Frank各自打算订一份杂志。

第71至75题是他们的个人情况介绍。

阅读下面六种杂志的简介（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

选项中有一项是多余选项。

71. A young mother raising her first child, Cathy tries to spend as much time as she can playing
with her baby girl. She is eager to get more knowledge of child development and to better understand how young children look at the world.
72. Jason is a successful young businessman. He travels widely and enjoys adventures and
challenges. Having been to many different countries, Jason is still looking for new places to visit. His biggest dream is to see every corner of the world before he retires.
73. Smart and pretty, Kate is very popular among her friends. She takes great care of how she
looks and has a great interest in fashion and the lifestyle of famous people. Besides, she also enjoys reading articles written especially for young girls.
74. Wayne teaches science in a middle school. He not only wants his students to know more about
the modern science, but also tries hard to develop a curiosity about nature among his students.
He is gathering materials for his students to read.
75. Frank is the father of a 10-year-old boy. He believes that in this fast-developing world parents
should prepare their children for lifelong learning at an early age. Therefore, in his opinion, the most important skill for children to learn is to discover things on their own. He is looking for a magazine for his son.
第四部分：写作（共三节，满分35分）
第一节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
76. I ________________（以…代替）your name for mine on the list.
77. The teacher spoke a few words of _________________(安慰)to the students.
78. Everyone in the class is expected to ______________（参加）actively in these discussions.
79. The work of the charity is funded by voluntary________________(捐赠)
80. These comments are not directly ____________________(有关的) to this enquiry.
81. The moon shines with___________________（反射的）light.
82. _________________(放弃)the plan means we must start from the very beginning.
83. Mary was too __________________(忙于)to go to the show.
84. Police are appealing for information from anyone who______________(目击) the attack.
85. I ’ve made a rough____________________(草稿) of the letter.
第二节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边
横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to 86. _____________ travel with their friends, while I chose to take part-time job 87. _____________ to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my 88. _____________ teacher that a nearby company was looking after students 89. _____________ with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The 90. _____________ pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, 91. _____________ feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and 92. _____________ to earn the money. However, I only finished 200. Now, I 93. _____________ fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out 94. _____________ of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all. 95.
第三节书面表达（共计15分）
最近，你所在的学校开展了对参加志愿者工作的看法调查。

请根据下表提供的信息，写
一篇报道，客观地介绍有关情况。

词数：120左右。

长春外国语学校
2008—2009学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷
答题卡
第一部分：听力（15分）
第二部分：英语知识运用（40分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（15分）
第二节完形填空（10分）
第三节展望词汇（15分）
第三部分阅读理解（30分）
第四部分：写作（35分）
第二节短文改错（10分）
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to 86. ____________ travel with their friends, while I chose to take part-time job 87. ____________ to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my 88. ____________ teacher that a nearby company was looking after students 89. ____________ with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The 90. ____________ pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, 91. ____________ feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and 92. ____________ to earn the money. However, I only finished 200. Now, I 93. ____________ fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out 94. ____________ of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all. 95.
第三节书面表达（15分）
长春外国语学校
2008—2009学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷
答案
第一部分：听力（15分）
第二部分：英语知识运用（40分）
第三节语法和词汇知识（15分）
第三节展望词汇（15分）
第三部分阅读理解（30分）
第四部分：写作（35分）
第二节单词拼写（10分）
第二节短文改错（10分）
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to 86. decided travel with their friends, while I chose to take ∧part-time job 87. a
to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my 88. √ teacher that a nearby company was looking after students 89. for
with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The 90. envolopes pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, 91. was feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and 92.
to earn the money. However, I only finished 200. Now, I 93.
fully understand how hard ∧is to earn money. Getting out 94. it
of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all. 95. us
第三节书面表达（15分）
Rencently, our school has carried out a survey on voluntary work and different students have different attitudes.
80% of the students are in favor of doing voluntary work and they firmly believe that by doing voluntary work, they can gain valuable experience and skills, which are helpful for their study and future career. However, 20%the students against voluntary work think the work is done without payment and it is a waste of time.
In my opinion, each of us should make a contribution to society. No matter how small it is, it will help make a difference.。