浙江省北仑中学高二英语下学期期中考试

北仑中学2010学年第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷
说明：
1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共120分，考试时间120分钟。

2．请将答案全部填写在答题卷上。

选择题部分（共80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5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。

6.
If the building _______ by the end of this month _______, the company _______ fined.
A. to be completed; should be delayed; will be
B. is completed; is delayed; will be
C. to be completed; should be delayed; would be
D. is completed; delayed; will be
7. _______ with what the students had done, the teacher praised them highly.
A. Delight
B. Delighting
C. Delighted
D. Being delighting
8. A man is being questioned in relation to the _______ murder last night.
A. advised
B. attended
C. attempted
D. admitted
9. Only when _______ according to the directions strictly, _______ work well.
A. taken; will the medicine
B. to take; the medicine will
C. being taken; will the medicine
D. taken; the medicine will
10. —Did Mary clean the whole house yesterday?
—She _______ because she was not quite herself.
A. hadn’t cleaned it
B. had it cleaned
C. has cleaned it
D. cleaned it
11. —Tom, you are caught late again.
—Oh, _______.
A. not at all
B. just my luck
C. never mind
D. that’s all right
12. I guess I’ve already talked about this before but I’ll ask you again just _______.
A. by chance
B. in return
C. in case
D. by nature
13. As far as I’m concerned, the main problem is what we should do when all the coal _______ .
A. uses up
B. is given out
C. is run out
D. runs out
14. Of the two best-sellers, which do you think is _______ to me?
A. a suitable one
B. more suitable
C. a more suitable
D. the more suitable
15. _______ the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on
it.
A. As
B. It
C. Because
D. While
16. Our teacher told us not to _______ any important details while retelling the story.
A. bring out
B. let out
C. leave out
D. make out
17. Today CCTV offers a great _______ of programs to meet different needs and _______.
A. variety; tastes
B. many; interests
C. deal; likes
D. number; habits
18. Great attention must be paid _______ welfare, especially in the poor area.
A. develop
B. to develop
C. to developing
D. developing
19. In a room above the store, where a party _______ in half an hour, some workers are busily
setting the table.
A. was held
B. will be held
C. is being held
D. has been held
20. —Well, it’s getting late. I must be going. Thank you for inviting me to the evening party of the
Rabbit Year.
—_______
A．Oh, it’s so late. B．Thank you for coming.
C．All right. D．I really had a happy time.
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 21 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 22 money.
This is how I 23 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 24 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 25 . If an accident takes place, the 26 of which I think the local police could use, I 27 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 28 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 29 getting something back, though the 30 often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 31 letter to my home, though it was 32 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 33 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 34 . I was told at the window that there were 35 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 36 list. As I was about to 37 , the postmaster appeared in the 38 . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 39 we make one for you. You don’t know what a lette r like that means to us. We usually get 40 but complaints.”
21. A. decision B. research C. speech D. discovery 22．A. earn B. lack C. spend D. steal
23．A. experienced B. connected C. combined D. agreed
24．A. happens B. flashes C. sticks D. leads
25．A. postmaster B. headmaster C. storekeeper D. policeman 26．A. story B. damage C. challenge D. material 27．A. call B. hold C. break D. pick
28．A. need B. trouble C. common D. charge
29．A. within B. without C. for D. before
30．A. process B. goal C. return D. concern 31．A. curious B. immediate C. special D. heavy
32．A. realized B. addressed C. forgotten D. brought 33．A. invitation B. apology C. instruction D. appreciation 34．A. dealing B. providing C. operating D. starting 35．A. enough B. some C. no D. more
36．A. admitting B. relating C. examining D. waiting 37．A. leave B. shout C. guess D. conduct 38．A. window B. doorway C. library D. yard
39．A. in case B. now that C. even if D. as if
40．A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题，每题2分，满分50分）
第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A
There was a very self-sufficient blind man, who did a lot of traveling alone. He was making his first trip to Texas and happened to be seated next to a Texan on the flight.
The Texan spent a lot of time telling him how everything is bigger and better in Texas. By the time the blind man had reached his destination, a large resort hotel, he was very excited about being in Texas.
The long trip had worn him out a little so he decided to stop at the bar for a small beer and a light snack before going up to his room to unpack his clothes.
When the waitress set down his drink, it was in a huge mug（杯子）. “Wow, I heard everything in Texas is bigger,” he told her.
“That's right,” she replied. The blind man ate his snack and finished his drink. After drinking such a large amount, it was only natural that his next stop was going to have to be the restroom. He asked the waitress for directions. She told him to turn left at the register and it would be the second door on the right.
He reached the first door and continued down the hall. A few steps later he stumbled（蹒跚）slightly and missed the second door altogether and ended up going through the 3rd door instead. Not realizing he had entered the swimming area he walked forward and immediately fell into the swimming pool.
Remembering everything he had heard about things being bigger in Texas, as soon as he had his head above water he started shouting “Don't flush(冲水)! Don't flush!”
41. What did the man get to know about Texas?
A. Texas had a lot of hotels.
B. Everything in Texas was very big.
C. Texans were all self-sufficient.
D. Waitresses in Texas were very helpful.
42. What can we know about the man when he arrived in Texas?
A. He got lost because the place was so large.
B. He was warmly received as an honorable guest.
C. He got drunk for overdrinking.
D. He misunderstood the Texans.
43. Where can the man find the restroom?
A. Near the register center.
B. On the second floor of the hotel.
C. Above the swimming pool.
D. On the third floor.
44. Why did the man fall into the swimming pool?
A. Because the restroom was too large.
B. Because there was no sign of a restroom.
C. Because he over-walked the restroom.
D. Because the floor was a little too wet.
B
It is a matter of common observation that although incomes keep going up over the years, people never seem to become much better off. Prices are rising continuously. This condition is termed one kind of inflation. The money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable.
In recent years people have got used to higher and higher rate of inflation. What could be bought ten years ago for one dollar now costs well over two dollars? It seems that this rate of inflation is tending to rise rather than to fall. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices, one might think that inflation does not matter. But it does. When money is losing value it lacks one of the qualities of good money—stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable standard of deferred（延迟的）payments. Nobody wants to hold a wasting possession, so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore stimulates（刺激）consumer spending, and prevents people from saving.
45. From the passage we can know that inflation is a situation in which ________ .
A. everyone's incomes rise
B. money will hold its value
C. we can watch our money grow
D. money constantly loses its value
46.In the writer's view, if incomes and prices rise at the same rate, ________ .
A. inflation maybe still be a problem
B. we have nothing to worry about
C. inflation is no longer a problem
D. we will become richer and richer
47. Under inflation people are likely to ________ .
A. invest heavily in the stock market
B. save more money since their incomes rise
C. spend money and not bother to save
D. keep money at home instead of going to banks
49. We can conclude according to the author that inflation ________ .
A. has become rarer in recent years
B. is very common at present time
C. seldom happens
D. is just reasonable
C
When the six very best students from different cities in Guangdong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsinghua University; when the highest enrollment(录取) rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it’s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.
Years ago, the answer certainly would be “Peking or Tsinghua University”. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.
There’s no doubt to call this HK craze (狂热), which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves.
How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many mainland students?
First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars. Since higher education has become a kind of heavy burden of many families, it’s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering of HK universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual (双语) education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.
Furthermore, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like Peking or Tsinghua University be calm as before when facing the unexpected competition from HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.
The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China. After the awakening and action-taking of mainland universities, they can perform better together with HK universities.
At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees are among students’top concern when they are choosing universities. It’s time to move.
49. Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because________.
A. many students now would love to study abroad to get a better experience
B. they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities
C. HK Universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportunities for
their further study
D. Peking university has lost its worldwide reputation
50. What is the author’s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?
A. The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.
B. Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students.
C. Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the
competition.
D. It may probably cause a complete loss to both sides in the end.
51. From the passage we can see HK universities________.
A. didn’t mean to enroll top students from mainland
B. didn’t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular
C. have strict enrollment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there
D. are proud of their teaching staff and facilities
52. What does the author mean by saying “It’s time to move”?
A. Mainland universities should take measures as soon as possible to attract students.
B. The opportunities come for top students to study abroad.
C. Mainland universities should make full preparations to enroll Hong Kong students.
D. Top students should be offered further education free of charge.
D
When you think about math, you probably don’t think about breaking the law, solving mysteries or finding criminals. But a mathematician in Maryland does, and he has come up with mathematical tools to help police find criminals.
People who solve crimes look for patterns that might reveal (揭示) the identity of the criminal. It’s long been believed, for example, that criminals will break the law closer to where they live, simply because it’s easier to get around in their own neighborhood. If police see a pattern of robberies in a certain area, they may look for a suspect who lives near the crime scenes. So, the farther away from the area a crime takes place, the less likely it is that the same criminal did it.
But Mike O’Leary, a mathematician at Towson University in Maryland, says that this kind of approach may be too simple. He says that police may get better clues to the location of a criminal’s home base by combining these patterns with a city’s layout (布局) and historical crime records.
The records of past crimes contain geographical information and can reveal easy targets — that is, the kind of stores that might be less difficult to rob. Because these stores are along roads, the locations of past crimes contain information about where major streets and intersections（交叉点）are. O’Leary is writing a new computer program that will quickly provide this kind of information for a given city. His program also includes information about the people who live in the city, and information about how a criminal’s patterns change with age. It’s been shown, for example, that the younger the criminal, the closer to home the crime.
Other computer programmers have worked on similar software, but O’Leary’s uses more m ath. The mathematician plans to make his computer program available, free of charge, to police departments around the country.
The program is just one way to use math to fight crime. O’Leary says that criminology — the study of crime and criminals — contai ns a lot of good math problems. “I feel like I’m in a gold mine and I’m the only one who knows what gold looks like,” he says，“It’s a lot of fun.”
53. To find criminals, police usually ______.
A. check who are on the crime scene
B. seek help from local people
C. depend on new mathematical tools
D. focus on where crimes take place
54. O’Leary is writing a computer program that ______.
A. uses math to increase the speed of calculation
B. tells the identity of a criminal in a certain area
C. provides the crime records of a given city
D. shows changes in criminals’ patterns
55. By “I’m the only one who knows what gold looks like”, O’Leary means that he______.
A. is better at finding gold than others
B. is the only one who uses math to make money
C. knows best how to use math to help solve crimes
D. has more knowledge of gold than other mathematicians
56. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Math could help police find criminals.
B. Criminals live near where crimes occur.
C. Crime records could be used to fight crime.
D. Computer software works in preventing crimes.
E
Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to “think and concentrate”. Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived of（被剥夺）cigarettes through a series of tests.
In the first test, each subject（试验对象）sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.
The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan a series of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation（刺激）of nicotine, active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.
In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.
The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers,
5
9. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers.
B. Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects.
C. Non-smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks.
D. Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks.
60. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Smokers should not expect to become airline pilots.
B. Smoking in emergency cases causes mental illness.
C. No airline pilots smoke during flights.
D. Smokers may prove unequal to non-smokers in handling emergency cases.
第二节：Jenny, Jesse, Jack, Collins and Harry 正在寻找工作,阅读下列六个职位招聘的简介（A、B、C、D、E、F），选出符合他们个人寻找的最佳选项,(有一项是多余的)。

61. Jenny, a native English speaker from Canada, is living in Shenzhen. She is qualified teacher, so
she expects a school to provide travel expenses and extra money from more classes.
62. Jesse is an English teacher who has 6 years’ experience working as a part-time worker in the
field of electronics. To make more money, now he would like to do another full-time job.
63. Jack, a Chinese good at English, majoring in engineering. He has 5 years’experience in
designing and training staff.
64. Collins, an English teacher, is very good at communication. He has 5 years’ teaching experience
in hotel English.
65. Harry, a Chinese English teacher from Shenzhen, lives in Mohawk, Canada now. In university, he
majored in computer. Besides, he once learnt basic design skills and has more than five years’working experience.
非选择题部分（共40分）
第三部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误，请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11 处起）不计分。

Welcome to our college. I am principal of the college and I’d like to say something while your teacher is preparing to show you up a short video about our lovely college. We are all very pleased what you have decided to study at our college. Some of us will be here for only a few weeks, so you can’t afford waste any time in your studies. Learn to speak any language involves practicing that language as much as you can. So from today, I recommend you will speak only English. While you are here, you should consider making as many friend as possible with those come from other countries so that you don’t spend too much time speaking your own. Well, I think video is ready now. I hope I can meet you all individual at lunch.
第二节书面表达（满分30分）
最近的一项调查表明，我校大约有30%的学生没有吃早餐的习惯。

请根据表格所提供的内容用英语写一篇题为“Top Meal of the Day”的短文。

2.不要逐字翻译，要点可适当发挥。

Top Meal of the Day
A recent survey shows that nearly 30% of the students in our school do not have breakfast.__________________
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北仑中学2010学年第二学期高二年级期中考试
英语参考答案
书面表达：参考范文
Top Meal of the Day
A recent survey shows that nearly 30% of the students in our school do not have breakfast. They tend to feel sleepy in class and have bad memories, so it is hard for them to get high marks in all kinds of test.
Some students who study late into the night choose to miss breakfast so that they can have a few extra minutes in bed. Others are given money to buy their breakfast on the way to school because their parents are too busy to prepare it for them. In addition, a few schoolgirls want to stay slim and often go to school without breakfast.
In fact, the morning meal plays an important part. It can provide 30 percent of the whole day’s energy, which helps improve the efficiency of their studying. So school kids should start their day with a regular breakfast.。