江苏省扬州中学-度高二英语第一学期期中考试试卷

江苏省扬州中学2008-2009学年度高二英语第一学期期中考试试
卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分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、What do you think of the student ?
A．He is excellent in all aspects. B．He is quite honest all the time.
C．He is excellent, but sometimes tells lies.
2、Which one is right ?
A．The woman was late for the first time.
B．The woman’s mother was ill this morning.
C．The woman told a lie.
3、How many people will have the cake?
A．8 B．4 C．16
4、Where do they meet?
A．On Alice’s way to the bookstore. B．In the station.
C．In the bookstore.
5、What are the people going to do?
A．Call her at once. B．Go to look for her at once.
C．Wait a little longer.
第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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—8题。

6、Where did Jim paint the pictures?
A．At home. B．In the kitchen. C．At school.
7、What is in the sky in Jim’s pictures?
A．A tree. B．A plane. C．Jim’s mother and trees.
8、What does Jim’s mother think of his pictures?
A．She thinks the pictures are beautiful.
B．She can hardly understand them
C．She understands them well.
听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

9、What is the relationship between Mrs. Black and the man?
A．Host and guest. B．Teacher and student. C．Mother and son.
10、What was the weather like when they had the picnic?
A．Terrible. B．Rainy. C．Lovely.
11、Where did they have the picnic?
A．Just outside Mrs. Black’s house. B．In the mountains. C．On an island.
听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

12．What does the man ask about?
A．Physical training. B．Trains to Washington. C．Trains to New York. 13．What time did the last train leave?
A．At 10:30. B．At 9:50. C．At 9:55.
14．Where does the next train leave?
A．On track four. B．Near the ticket window. C．At the station.
听第9段材料，回答第15—17题。

15．When did the conversation take place?
A．Tuesday. B．Wednesday. C．Thursday.
16．Why was the woman late that morning?
A．The bus service was very bad.
B．It was raining.
C．Her watch went wrong.
17．What happened to Miss Smith Tuesday morning?
A．She was ill and the doctor was terrible.
B．She was kept waiting for a long time at the doctor’s.
C．She couldn’t get a taxi.
听第10段材料，回答第18—20题。

18．Where is the speaker staying now?
A．In England. B．In America. C．In France.
19．What is his English friend interested in?
A．Taking a trip. B．Mountain climbing. C．Working hard.
20．How often does the speaker go to Soho?
A．Once a week. B．Every two weeks. C．Every two months.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项选择题（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21．________such heavy pollution already the river is hard to be cleaned up
A．Having suffered B．Suffering of C．Suffered with D．To suffer 22．The teacher didn’t know who_________for the broken door.
A．blamed B．would blame C．was to blame D．to blame 23．In my opinion parents should___________ their children from spending too much time playing computer games.
A．persuade B．discourage C．absorb D．limit
24．The new discovery of evidence led to _________.
A．catch the thief B．the thief being caught
C．the thief having caught D．caught the chief
25．On hearing the news, the man rushed out without hesitation,______the bag _____on the ground.
A．left, lying B．leaving, lied C．left, lay D．leaving, lying 26．Mr Smith’s business is not as good as before, so he has to _______the expenses of his company.
A．cut up B．cut off C．cut back on D．cut away 27．Along with the letter was his promise ______ he would pay me a visit next month.
A．that B．which C．whether D．what
28．Time after time the naughty bay was warned of the _______of his actions, but he wouldn’t listen.
A．effects B．results C．efforts D．consequences 29．The bus fares have been _______because the prices of oil are going up.
A．risen B．raised C．rose D．raising
30．The little girl _______her hand for the bottle on the shelf but it was out of her reach.
A．held on B．held to C．held out D．held on to
31．——How do you deal with the disagreement between the shop and the customers?
——The key _______the problem is to meet the demand ________by the customers.
A．to solving; made B．to solving; making
C．to solve; made D．to solve; making
32．To our surprise, the well dressed young lady ________to be a thief.
A．found out B．burst out C．put out D．turned out
33．By the time you arrive at school, the headmaster _________for Japan to attend an important meeting.
A．will leave B．leaves C．will have left D．left 34．——Hi, Tracy; how are you doing?
——I’m tired out, for I ______my living room all day.
A．painted B．had painted
C．have painted D．have been painting
35．The scientist is always enthusiastic ________trying new ideas.
A．with B．about C．for D．to
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Computer hackers（黑客）have now got their hands on mobile phones. A phone virus（病毒）program can 36 your phone do things you have no control over, computer security experts 37 .
It might 38 the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing company.
Or it could simply eat into the phon e’s operating software, turning it 39 and erasing your personal information.
Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners 40 in Japan and Europe.
Mr Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security in Fin-land said a virus “can get your 41 and send them somewhere else. And it can record your 42 .”
Mobiles are now able to surf the net, send e-mails and 43 software. So they are easy 44 for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.
“It’s technically 45 now,” said Stephen Trilling, director of re-search at anti-virus 46 .
“If the phone is connected to the 47 , it cant be used to transmit threats and 48 just as any computer can. ”
In Japan, if you opened a certain e-mail message 49 your mobile, it would cause the phone to repeatedly 50 the national emergency number.
So phone operators had to 51 emergency calls until the 52 was removed.
In Europe, mobile’s short message service, 53 ,SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage 54.
Mobile users can 55 virus, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones without Web links, some experts said.
36．A．get B．force C．make D．damage 37．A．speak B．talk C．tell D．say 38．A．lead B．cause C．control D．call 39．A．off B．out C．down D．on 40．A．interested B．angry C．excited D．terrified 41．A．messages B．passages C．news D．information 42．A．voice B．passwords C．music D．address 43．A．make B．destroy C．download D．develop 44．A．jobs B．tasks C．subjects D．targets 45．A．impossible B．possible C．useful D．valuable 46．A．hardware B．software C．computer D．equipment 47．A．computer B．television C．Internet D．radio 48．A．strike B．visit C．hit D．attack 49．A．in B．by C．on D．with
50．A．send B．dial C．count D．press 51．A．cancel B．ban C．stop D．prevent 52．A．bug B．mistake C．fault D．e-mail 53．A．and B．nor C．or D．but 54．A．recorders B．computers C．TVs D．phones 55．A．stop B．avoid C．kill D．find
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Besides giving off gases and dusts into the air, humans produce waste that is poured on the environment. Often, this waste produced by major industries and people is harmful to both nature and human life.
One of the main causes of the large amount of dangerous waste is that people do not realize how large a problem it is. Because it can be simply removed and sent to a landfill（废渣填埋场），the problem is often believed to end there. In addition, industries have often shown an unwillingness to find ways to deal with dangerous waste because of the re-lated expenses. Many industries and governments build simple landfills to store waste, and often just pour waste chemicals into nearby bodies of water. Often, chemicals used for industrial production cause dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has increased greatly in the past, but it is often difficult and expensive to get rid of these chemicals or to store them in a way safe to human life and the environment.
Every year, major health problems result from dangerous waste. Sadly, it is often only after someone has died or become seriously ill that governments will take measures to reduce levels of harmful waste.
Some governments have realized how serious the dangerous waste problem is and are now trying to settle this problem. They are also trying to limit the amount of waste industries are allowed to produce.
Not only governments but ordinary people as well must work together to solve the problem. They can choose not to buy those products which require the production of dangerous waste, and produce less harmful waste themselves. Many scientists think that waste production can be cut. The waste can be reduced by at least one third using existing technologies and methods.
56．What would be the best title for the text ?
A．Measures of Reducing Dangerous Waste
B．Danger of Harmful Waste to Mankind
C．Dangerous Waste and Water Pollution
D．Environmental Protection
57．According to the text, people ________.
A．do not produce harmful waste in their daily life
B．do not know where to place the dangerous waste
C．are not clear about how serious the dangerous waste problem is
D．are not sure about where harmful waste ends
58．What troubles industries most in dealing with the dangerous waste problem?
A．How to get government support. B．How to increase their production.
C．How to store harmful waste. D．How to cut down the related costs. 59．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The polluting industries are not allowed to sell their products.
B．Present technologies have settled the harmful waste products.
C．Everyone should obey the government rules for the problem.
D．To solve the problem requires the efforts of the whole society.
B
You have heard the expression “horse sense”. As you may imagine, it came from the time when the majority（大部分）of people travelled in vehicles（车辆）drawn by horses. A horse does have a lot of common sense, and there are many true stories about horses having saved their drivers from danger of death.
Today for the most part, people travel by trains, airplanes, and cars, but very little by the use of horses. Modern vehicles are all propelled by engines and an engine does not have any common sense. In case of danger, many horses could be depended on to help. Not so with the engine the driver must do all the things.
In recent years, the speed of travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed comes greatly increased danger. The driver of a powerful engine needs to be careful. A moment of being careless may cost a life. In order to drive safely, a person must be able to see clearly, and he must learn and follow carefully the rules for safety in the road. Greater attention is the price we pay for using a machine instead of a horse.
60．The passage as a whole is about _________.
A．safe driving B．engines
C．using horses D．modern machines
61．Although not directly said, it can be reasoned（推理）from the passage that _______.
A．an eye test is an important part of a driver’s examination
B．a driver must know the rules of safety
C．a driver needs to be able only to tell red from green
D．greater attention is needed for a driver while driving a machine
62．Which of the following is NOT true? ______.
A．The driver of a car must follow the rules of safety
B．A driver must be able to see and hear well
C．It is better for vehicles to be pulled by horse than to be pushed by engine
D．Horses are known to have saved their drivers from injury
C
British society is considered to be divided into three main groups of classes—the Upper Class, the Middle Class, and the Lower or Working Class. This is known as the Class system and it is important to know something about it if you want to understand British people and society. Most British people grow up with a deep knowledge and understanding of the class system even if they are not very conscious（意识到）of it. Most people know which class they belong to by the way they speak, their clothes, their interests or even the type of food they eat.
Social class is not only about behavior and attitudes. For example, although many upper class people are rich and may own a lot of land, having a lot of money does not make a person upper class. It is also important to come from a particular kind of family, have friends who are considered suitable, have been to a certain type of private school and speak with the right kind of accent. There are people who are poor but who do not think of themselves as working class, because their family background, education, political opinions, etc. are different from those of most working-class people. Many people do not like the class system but it is impossible to pretend that these differences do not exist or that British people do not sometimes form opinions in this way.
63．According to the passage, you cannot judge an Englishman’s social class by _________.
A．where he was born B．the way he speaks
C．the clothes he wears D．the interests he has
64．If an Englishman has much money, __________.
A．he belongs to the middle class
B．he must be a member of the upper class
C．he is not likely to be from the upper class
D．he may buy an upper class title with the money
65．What does the second paragraph mainly discuss? ________.
A．Many rich people do not belong to the upper class
B．Today many British people do not like the class system
C．Many poor people do not consider themselves as lower class
D．An Englishman’s social class is determined by many factors（因素）
66．According to the passage, the idea of the class system in Britain _________.
A．exists only in the mind of foreigners B．is deeply rooted in the British people C．is now under severe attack D．is regarded as a long system
D
There is no place like home—as long as it is far enough away, it seems.
Britain has become a nation of nomads（流浪者），with nearly half of us living more than 100
miles from the town or village where we grew up, research shows.
The trend is being fuelled by the Internet, better communications and property wealth.
People who move away fit into four separate categories—Sheep, Hens, Cows or Pigs.
Sheep are people who change home for economic and emotional peace. Hens are home and environment care-seekers. Cows are career or work shifters, while pigs are people caught up in grand parental support. It is far from the common believed idea of Coronation Streets, where close-knit generations of the same family live within a few streets of each other throughout their lives. Less. Than 20 percent of people now live in the town where they were born. Instead, young adults move away to find work, get married or seek adventure.
Many use the Internet to work from a home which need not be within easy traveling distance of their workplace.
Also joining the moving crowd are older people who either move to be near grandchildren or retire to new homes.
One in ten of those who do make away makes a complete break, and now lives 500 miles or more from where they grew up.
Women are likely to leave as men, a sign of independence that would not have excited in the 1950s and 60s.
People in the North-East, North-West, Yorkshire and Scotland are the most likely to live in the community where they were born, the study found.
67．According to the research in the passage, British people tend to ________.
A．become more independent whenever they graduate or grow up
B．live or work far away from where they were born or grew up
C．live near their own homes
D．become more close to each other
68．Which of the following is not a reason for the trend mentioned in the text? _________.
A．The wide use of Internet B．Improved communications
C．People becoming richer D．More job opportunities
69．Who are not likely to move away from home? ___________.
A．Older people B．Women
C．People in Scotland D．Young people
70．Which of the following can be regarded as a Cow? __________.
A．A person who changes job often
B．A person who leaves home because of family trouble
C．A person who retires to a new home
D．A person who breaks away from his home
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上一个最恰当的单词。

每空一个单词。

请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。

Most scientists are now certain that global warming is taking place. Gases such as carbon dioxide produced by burning of coal, oil, wood, together with industrial pollution, are creating a warm blanket around the earth. This blanket is trapping heat in the atmosphere, and so raising the temperature of the earth.
The evidence for global warming can now be seen in the world’s changing climate statistics. In Europe, eight of the last ten years have seen record high temperature. For northern Europe, this has generally been a change for the better. Gardeners can now even grow tropical plants in England, though London may never see a “White Christmas” again. On the other hand, the countries around the Mediterranean Sea, and those south of the Sahara Desert are receiving even less rain than before. In Sub-Saharan Africa the crops are drying out in the fields and people are dying of starvation. In the Americas, the climate is becoming more extreme-the summers are getting hotter and the storms are becoming more violent. In 1999 the southern United States was struck by a series of destructive hurricanes, while the end of 1999 saw the worst floods ever in Venezuela. Meteorologists expect such trends to continue, and indeed to worsen, if global warming cannot be halted（终止）.
In addition to worrying about rising global temperatures and more extreme weather conditions, scientists are closely monitoring sea levels around the world. These are slowly rising, as the northern and southern polar ice-caps start to melt. This will have serious consequences for low-lying countries near the sea, such as the coral islands in the Pacific, and Bangladesh where the River Ganges already floods the delta（三角洲）every year. Already parts of these places are disappearing under the rising tides.
Title:Global 1.___________
任务型阅读： 1．____________2．_____________3．____________4．_____________5．______________ 6．____________7．____________8．____________9．_____________10．______________ 根据首字母或中文意思写出句中的单词（10分） 1．You can ’t imagine how angry I was at that time. So I hit him on the nose without h . 2．I insist that he should a to me for what he has done. 3．On his ________（到达），he got down to doing research into his subject. 4．We should take m to prevent the lake from being polluted. 5．The manager ___________（表扬）him for his completing the task perfectly the other day. 6．The girl once worked as a volunteer in a mountain village from which she has b a lot. 7．There will be a _________（现场的）broadcast stand-up comedy on TV next week would you like to watch it? 8．On my way to the concert, the street was c with so many people that my car could only move very slowly. 9．How can you keep _________（沉默）on so important a problem? 10．The boss got very annoyed and ________（撕）the letter to pieces. 1．____________2．_____________3．____________4．_____________5．______________ 6．____________7．____________8．____________9．_____________10．______________ 考场号_____ 考试号________________ 学号_____ 班级___________座位号__________ 姓名_____________ ………………密……………封……………线……………内……………不……………要……………答……………题………………
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
受某英文报的委托，你最近对高中生的英语阅读
兴趣做了一次调查。

请根据以下信息，用英语为该报
写一篇120词左右的短文。

短文的标题及首句已为你
写好。

调查内容：在新闻、故事、科普、学习方法四种
英文文章中，学生最喜欢哪一种。

调查范围：北京的10所中学
调查对象：高中生
调查人数：1000
调查方式：访谈
调查结果：（见右图）
Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students
Recently a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students.
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命题、校对：赵茸寅高二英语期中试卷参考答案 08、11
1—5 CCCAC 6—10 CCBAC 11—15 CBBAC 16—20 ABABA
21—25 ACBBD 26—30 CADBC 31—35 ADCDB
36—40 CDDAB 41—45 ABCDB 46—50 BCDCB 51—55 CACDB
56—60 BCDDA 61—65 ACACD 66—70 BBDCA
1．Warming 2．Causes 3．Areas 4．snow 5．Crops 6．Africa 7．summers 8．Floods 9．Results／Consequences 10．ice-caps
1．hesitation 2．apologize 3．arrival 4．measures 5．praised 6．benefited 7．live 8．crowded 9．silent 10．tore
Reading Interests of Senior Middle School Students
Recently a survey has been done to find out the reading interests of senior middle school students. In this survey, one thousand senior middle school students from ten schools in Beijing were interviewed. They were asked which they liked reading most among the four categories of English article: news, stories, popular science articles and articles about learning methods.
The survey shows that more than half of the students like to read news most. Twenty-six percent of the students say that English stories are their favorite. Only seven percent of the students are most interested in reading articles about learning methods. However, the number of students who enjoy reading popular science articles doubles that of those who prefer reading articles about
learning methods.。