河南省许昌市四校-度高二英语上学期期中联考试题

河南省许昌市四校2008-2009学年度高二英语上学期期中联考试
题
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

听力考试记入总分，共150分。

考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15
B.￡9.15
C.￡9.18
答案是B
1. At what time does the office open?
A. 7:45.
B. 8:15.
C. 8:00.
2. What did the man do last Saturday?
A. He saw a play.
B. He acted in a play.
C. He went to the tea house.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. They are friends.
B. They are strangers.
C. They are brother and sister.
4. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. A fine boat.
B. Their friend, Tom.
C. The weather.
5. What will the woman do this evening?
A. Meet her Mum at the hotel.
B. Say good-bye to her Mum at the airport.
C. Fly to another city together with her Mum.
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，每小题将给出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. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a store.
B. In a factory.
C. In a museum.
7. What is the most probable result of the conversation?
A. The man got his radio repaired.
B. The man got a new receipt.
C. The man got a new radio.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题，
8. When is Alice's birthday?
A. The next day.
B. The day after next.
C. The day they had the talk.
9. What will the man and the woman buy for Alice?
A. A record.
B. Some flowers.
C. A box of chocolates.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where did Sue spend the nights in the country?
A. In a farm house.
B. In the open.
C. At a hotel.
11. What was the weather like in the country?
A. It snowed a lot.
B. It rained nearly every day.
C. There was a lot of sunshine.
12. What did Sue think of the people in the country?
A. They were tall.
B. They were strange.
C. They were friendly.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where are Kate and Tom?
A. In Kate's office.
B. In Tom's house.
C. In a classroom.
14. Why did Tom come into the room?
A. He worked there.
B. He wanted to talk to Kate.
C. He wanted to have a letter typed.
15. What was Jane doing at that time?
A. She was taking a rest.
B. She was preparing for an exam.
C. She was taking an exam.
16. What will Kate do next year?
A. Go to Japan.
B. Change her job.
C. Go to night school.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did the man have to do in the morning?
A. He fed the chickens.
B. He cleaned the bathroom.
C. He carried water for the family.
18. Why did the man go to school on foot?
A. No bus ran in that direction.
B. The school was near.
C. His family was poor.
19. What did the man do every Sunday?
A. He was taken to church three times.
B. He stayed at home all day.
C. He played in the street.
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. He is a retired teacher of history.
B. He thinks children were happier in the past.
C. He lives on a farm far away from cities.
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

21. He seldom came to see his mother while she was ill in hospital, _______?
A. didn’t he
B. wasn’t he
C. did he
D. was he
22. Don’t be too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.
A. anxious
B. obvious
C. strange
D. curious
23. If you watch TV or read newspapers often, you will have _____ better understanding of ______ world on all sides.
A. a ; the
B. the ; a
C. / ; the
D. a ; /
24. ________ the early bus, Bob had to get up at 5:30 in the morning.
A. Catching
B. To catch
C. Catch
D. Having caught
25. Reading is to mind ______ food is to the body.
A. as
B. what
C. that
D. which
26. The doctor tried to do an experiment to find out the ______ of the medicine on the mice.
A. reason
B. effort
C. effect
D. intention
27. With larger number of graduates than ever before, just having a degree will no longer be enough to make you ______ in the crowd.
A. look up
B. call up
C. turn out
D. stand out
28. -------_____ it rains tomorrow?
------ We’ll have to stay home doing something else.
A. What if
B. What about
C. How about
D. What for
29. _______ more time, we would be able to do the work much better.
A. Having given
B. To give
C. Giving
D. Given
30. Britain is separated from France by the English Channel, _____ at one point is only 20 miles wide.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. what
31. This is the fourth time that she _____ you in a week.
A. has rung
B. rang
C. was ringing
D. had rung
32. _____ well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.
A. Although
B. Even if
C. However
D. No matter
33. It is a good plan in theory, but it _________ to be seen if it works in practice.
A. remains
B. waits
C. stays
D. stands
34. You’d better put the magazine where it ______ when you have finished it.
A. belongs to
B. belongs
C. is belonged
D. is belonged to
35. -----I say, Harry. What did you say to the young man over there just now?
-----Nothing. I ______to myself
A. had only talked
B. am just talking
C. was just talking
D. have only talked
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，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 选项中选出最佳选项。

There was once a professor of medicine，who was very strict with his students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee（委员会, the students would be in _36____ , because he was seldom pleased with the __37__ they gave. A student would be _38__ enough if he or she could receive a good __39__ from him. At the end of the term, the students of __40_ would take exam again. Now a student __41 _ the exam room and got seated _42 _ the committee. This student was a little _43_ as he knew it
would not be so _44_ to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was __45_ to describe a certain illness, his description of which__46_ out to be OK.Then the professor asked about the _47 for illness, and the student, too, answered just as _48_ . “Good,” said the professor, “and _49_ will you give the patient?” “A full spoon,” answered the student. “Now you may go out and wait for what you can get,” said the professor.At the same time the committee _50_ carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed there was something wrong with his __51_ answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. _52_ he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr. Professor, I’ve made a_53 _! A full spoon is too much for the patient .He can only take five drops.”
“I’m sorry, sir” said the professor __54_ , “but it’s too late. Your patient has _55_ .”
36. A. sorrow B. fear C. pain D. pity
37. A. papers B. arguments C. scores D. answers
38. A. brave B. lovely C. lucky D. lively
39. A. mark B. smile C. face D. word
40. A. science B. medicine C. biology D. arts
41. A. passed B. left C. entered D. reached
42. A. in B. on C. after D. before
43. A. eager B. puzzled C. excited D. nervous
44. A. difficult B. easy C. comfortable D. encouraged
45. A. required B. ordered C. pleased D. helped
46. A. made B. looked C. turned D. gave
47. A. condition B. description C. cure D. advice
48. A. direct B. right C. good D. wrong
49. A. how many B. how long C. how much D. how far
50. A. tested B. discussed C. examined D. quarreled
51. A. last B. first C. satisfactory D. wonderful
52. A. Anxiously B. Proudly C. Gladly D. Suddenly
53. A. correction B. mistake C. speech D. discovery
54. A. happily B. coldly C. shamefully D. angrily
55. A. left B. recovered C. died D. returned
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，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A
If you want to plant a garden, the first thing you will need is a good place. Plants need soil to grow in. They also need sun and water. Find a place that will get sunshine most of the day. Make sure it is near a supply of water. You will be able to bring water to your plants if there is not enough rain. Once you have found a good place, you will need three more things: seeds, some kind of plant food, and a few gardening tools.
To give your seeds a good time, you must prepare the soil. First, loosen it so that the roots can push through it and so that water and air can get to the roots. Clear out stones, broken glass, and other things that do not belong in a garden. Add plant food and mix it into the top of the soil. Then make the garden smooth and flat.
Now you are almost ready to plant the seeds. But first you must plant where the seeds will go. If possible, put them in rows. Check the directions the sunlight comes from. Put seeds for the tallest plants where they will not block light for the shorter plants. In that way, all of your plants will get as much sun as possible.
56. What is this story about?
A. Things to grow in a garden.
B. Planting a garden.
C. Kinds of gardens.
D. Finding a good place for plants.
57. Which of these things do you do last?
A. Plant seeds.
B. Loosen soil.
C. Add plant food.
D. Pull grass out
58. Where do shorter plants go in a garden?
A. They can be mixed with taller plants.
B. They will be planted in front of the taller plants to get sunshine.
C. They must be put behind.
D. They can only be planted where there are no taller plants
59. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Seeds of different kinds can grow in the same garden.
B. All kinds of seeds can be mixed together.
C. Seeds need water, sunshine and food.
D. Seeds need loose soil to grow roots in.
B
In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments （装饰）and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those
now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border(边境) between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.
There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits （利润）from these shops go to charity（慈善事业）. Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.
Although the British do not worship（崇拜）their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.
60. Books found in second-hand book shops may _________.
A. be copies of the earliest printings
B. be on sale for the first time
C. never be worth very much
D. never be rare
61. What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?
A. Its sheep
B. Its bookshops
C. Its cinema
D. Its castle
62. Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because ________.
A. they are too expensive for average buyers
B. they remind you of the original owners
C. they are now forgotten
D. they are sold for charity
63. The average British person _______.
A. does not respect old things because they are not fashionable
B. likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so
C. likes to buy new things because they are fashionable
D. does not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable
C
King's College Summer School
King's College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.More information is as follows:
64. You can most probably read the text in ________.
A. a newspaper
B. a travel guide
C. a textbook
D. a telephone book
65. Which of the following is TRUE about King' s College Summer School?
A. Only top students can take part in the program.
B. King' s College Summer School is run every other year.
C. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
D. Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.
66. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school ________.
A. $200
B. $400
C. $500
D. $900
67. What information can you get from the text?
A. The program will last two months.
B. You can write to Thompson only in English.
C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2007.
D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.
D
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra course activities where they will either learn a music instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their sons or daughters.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the earliest education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their childrwn on how to take miltiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills—they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sweing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work
hard and gradually finish his work successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him satisfavtion and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set, that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
68. Parents in China, according to this passage, _________.
A. are too strict with their children
B. are too rich to educate their children
C. are too poor to educate their children
D. have some problems in educating their children
69. Generally speaking, children’s skills ________.
A. come from their parents
B. have nothing to do with their education
C. may be different
D. have something to do with their marks in the exams
70. Doing some cooking at home helps children_______.
A. learn how to serve their parents
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. make their parents believe that they are clever
D. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future
71. According to the last paragraph we can conclude that ________.
A. broken radios and television sets are useful
B. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life
C. an engineer must fix many broken radios
D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios
E
Sometimes in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front porch will disappea r. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You’ll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You’ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer if you like. These are among the predictions from communication experts working on the newspaper of the future. Pictured as part of broader home based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.
Most of the technology is available now, but convincing（说服）more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism(新闻业). Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.
Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace news-print with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial（金融
的）interests in the paper industry.
72. The best title for this passage is __________.
A. Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked
B. Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computers
C. Paper Newspapers Are out of Fashion
D. Communications Technology in the Future
73. It might take 30 or 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers because __________.
A. it is technologically impossible now
B. computer newspapers are too expensive
C. both the general people and professional journalists are against them
D. traditional newspapers are easy to read
74. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspapers?
A. They are cheaper than newspapers.
B. They are convenient to use.
C. You can get more information from them quickly.
D. You can easily save information for future use.
75. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. all technological changes are good
B. not all technologies will replace old ones
C. new technologies will replace old ones sooner or later
D. traditional newspapers will stay for another century
河南省许昌市四校08-09学年高二上学期期中联考
英语答题纸
注：请将正确答案涂成实心方块，否则不给分
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第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：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，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：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。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出漏掉的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

When I first learned to write on English, I ran into many 76________
difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought 77________
in Chinese but tried to translate everything into English. 78________
My teacher advised me to keep diary. I followed her 79________
advices and put down 100 words or so each day. 80________ Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was 81________ learning to express myself in simply English. One day I wrote 82________
a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it 83________
very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was 84________
a good one. Their words were a great encouragement to me. 85________
第二节：书面表达（共25分）
假设有一批英国中学生将来你校就读,校方要求你在开班典礼上介绍你校的有关要求,请按以下要点写一篇发言稿。

* 上学要穿戴整洁
* 上课不迟到、不早退
* 保持校园清洁
* 走路靠右行;若要骑车上学,请办自行车许可证
注意:
1、词数:100字左右;
2、可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3、开头和结尾已为你写好。

参考词汇: 许可证---permit
Good morning, dear friends. Welcome to our school.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ______Thanks._____________________________________________________________
河南省许昌市四校08-09学年高二上学期期中联考
英语
参考答案
听力理解：1-5 CABCB 6-10 ACBAB
11-15 CCACB 16-20 CACAB
单项填空：21-25 CDABB 26-30 CDADB 31-35 ACABC 完形填空：36-40 BDCAB 41-45 CDDBA
46-50 CCBCB 51-55 AABBC
阅读理解：56-59 BABB 60-63 ABBD 64-67 ACCB 68-71 DCDB 72-75 BCAC
短文改错：
76. on→in 77. 去掉in 78. but→and
79. diary前加上a 80. advices→advice 81. talk→talking
82. simply→simple 83. showed 后加it 84. reads→read
85. 正确
书面表达：
Good morning, dear friends. Welcome to our school. Now please allow me to introduce
Thanks.。