高二(下)英语期中诊断试卷

2006年辽宁省高二下学期期中诊断英语试卷
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）
1.What class is this?
A. Chemistry
B. History
C. Foreign language
2. When does the woman suggest they meet?
A. After class on Friday
B. Before class on Frid ay
C. After today’s meeting
3. Where are they probably working?
A. At the post office
B. At a supermarket
C. At a newspaper office
4. What are the speakers probably doing?
A. Booking a hotel.
B.Writing postcards
C.Looking at photographs
5.What is the probable result of the conversation？
A.The man got his telephone repaired.
B.The man got a new telephone .
C.The man got nothing.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．What are they mainly talking about?
A.Making money
B.The weather.
C.Susan’s birthday.
7.What is Susan going to do first?
A.Go to the party.
B.Go to a concert.
C. Pick Peter up at ten
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
8.Where has the woman stayed during the fair?
A.In a large room.
B.In a small room.
C.In another room.
9.How much will the woman pay for her new room per night ?
A.￡140.
B. ￡220.
C. ￡120.
10.What kind of room does the woman prefer?
A.Facing Big Ben.
B.Facing London Bridge.
C.Facing the Thames.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does the man have to do if he rents that apartment?
A.He has to clean house himself.
B.He has to rent the house himself.
C.He has to install（安装）the gas device himself.
12.What else is the man’s responsibility besides having his telephone installed?
A.To contact the gas and power companies.
B.To contact the water company.
C.To contact the water and electricity companies.
13.When will the man call on the woman?
A.In an hour and a half.
B.In half an hour.
C.In a sharp hour.
听第9段材料回答第14至17题
14．What can we learn from the conversation?
A．Sally loves arguing with her dad.
B.Teens have their own ideas about how to dress.
C.Sally’s dad doesn’t want her to wear decent dresses.
15.what do we know about Sally’s dad?
A.He is open-minded.
B.He is narrow-minded.
C.He is old-fashioned.
16.Why is Sally dressing herself in that way?
A.Because she is hard to get along with.
B.Because she is trying to follow the fashion.
C.Because she is a spoilt child.
17.Which of the following is true according to Sally?
A.Most of her schoolmates dress the way she does.
B.Most people in the world wear fashionable dresses.
C.Most of Sally’s dresses are in fashion.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题
18.Why couldn’t the man open the door?
A.His friend left him the wrong key.
B.He didn’t know where the back door was.
C.He couldn’t find the key to his mailbox.
19.Why was the man getting anxious?
A.Because it was getting dark.
B.Because the birds might have died.
C.Because he didn’t want to draw others’ attention.
20.Why did the man feel like a fool?
A.Because what he did made him look like a thief
B.Because he made too much noise .
C.Because he hated himself for forgetting the matter.
第二部分：单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15 分）
21. I think it is _____ great fun to swim across _____ 100—metre—wide channel.
A. the, a
B. a, a
C. /, /
D. /, the
22.--- I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my dog? ---Not at all._____.
A. I have no time
B. I’d rather no
C. I’d like it
D. I’d be happy to
23. That building is _____because all the others alike were destroyed.
A. single
B. only
C. unique
D. simple
24. The scientist as well as his friends _____the project ever since he came to China.
A. has been working on
B. have been working on
C. had worked on
D. worked on
25. It was with great joy _____ he received the news that he could serve as an Olympic volunteer.
A. which
B. since
C. that
D. because
26. After the long-distance race, the woman athlete’s legs almost_____.
A. gave off
B. gave out
C. gave up
D. gave in
27. ______ in what was shown on TV, he didn’t pay attention to what was happening around him.
A. Absorbing
B. Being absorbed
C. Absorbed
D. Having absorbed
28. Some experts demanded that children_______ time to sleep and play.
A. give
B. should give
C. would be given
D. be given
29. ______ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off our outing to Mount Tai.
A. Should
B. Can
C. If
D. As long as
30. You needn’t ask any further, there is _____person called Ted.
A. no such a
B. not such
C. no more
D. no such
31. ---Why haven’t you finished your homework yet?
---I’m sorry. I ____no time to do it because I ____my father with the farm work all the day.
A. had, was helping
B. have had, helped
C. had, had helped
D. have had , am helping
32. _____ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will always be with us.
A. As for
B. Besides
C. Except
D. Despite
33. Be careful when you cross this busy street. If not, you may _____ run over by a car.
A. have
B. get
C. become
D. turn
34. There_____ no money, they had to beg for food.
A. being
B. be
C. would be
D. was
35. ------Dad, you promised that if I did well in the final exams you would buy me a new bike.
------Oh!_____ I will buy it tomorrow.
A. So I did
B. So did I
C. Really?
D. That’s all right
第三部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30 分）
For four generations, African American women living in a faraway place of Alabama have stitched（缝）together colorful quilts. They have been helping their loved ones __36__warm.
Most of the Gee’s Bend women are descended from （是……后裔）enslaved people. They never realized that their labors of __37__ would one day be admired as __38__ works of art.
The work of 46 quilt makers from Gee’s bend is __39__ at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The exhibition includes old photographs of Gee’s Bend and a 20-minute historical__40__.
“The quilts of Gee’s Bend”, however, is __41__ than just a display of bedcovers made __42__ the 1920s. The collection of 60 quilts is also a look into a period of history __43__ many African Americans in the deep South still __44__ cotton to survive. Many of the town’s residents dealt with racial discrimination and __45__.
Mary Lee Bendolph is one of the Gee’s Bend quilters. She said she had little choice __46__ to learn quilting as a young girl growing up poor. “We had no TV, no radio,” she said. “That’s the __47__ we learned, sitting and watching our mamas piecing the quilts.”
“I’d __48__ up at night and think of the __49__ my mama told,” said Mary. “I didn’t forget them.”
To tell their stories, the __50__ of Gee’s Bend don’t sew words on the quilts. Rather, they let each quilt speak __51__ itself through the colorful fabric（布料） and the stitching that makes each quilts different.
Made for __52__ use in homes, the quilts were often created from the fabrics of daily life. Those fabrics included __53__ clothes, old handkerchiefs, rags, and bed sheets.
Today, quilting is a __54__ art in Gee’s Bend. Only a few quilters regularly keep at it. “That is a far cry from a half-century __55__,”said Mary. “At that time, everybody here but the men quilted.”
36. A. prevent B. avoid C. make D. keep
37.A. tear B. feeling C. love D. joy
38.A. hard B. valuable C. valueless D. hot
39.A. made B. exhibited C. written D. passed
40.A film B. sheet C. book D. figure
41.A. better B. more C. fewer D. less
42.A. of B. from C. on D. during
43.A. where B. what C. when D. how
44.A. lifted B. caught C. chose D. picked
45.A. poverty B. wealth C. goods D. happiness
46.A. except B. \ C. but D. only
47.A. way B. thing C. time D. person
48.A. stand B. look C. wake D. speak
49.A. people B. stories C. times D. quilts
50.A. men B. children C. elders D. women
51.A. in B. by C. of D. for
52.A. special B. important C. practical D. ordinary
53.A. worn B. tired C. new D. beautiful
54.A. dying B. popular C. famous D. expensive
55.A. before B. after C. later D. ago
第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40 分）
A
People can be addicted to different things — e.g, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i.e., they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.
It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
56. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ___________________.
A.and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B.in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C.just to meet his or her strong psychological need
pletely with an irrational（非理性的）eagerness
57. According to the writer, compulsive bargain hunters are in constant search of the lowest possible prices _____________.
A.because they want to save money to help their budgets
B.because they can openly show off their success in getting things for less.
C.and will not have money problems if they can keep to their budgets
D.but they seldom admit they feel satisfied they can get things for less than
others
58. Which of the following is true?
A.All people spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy
things.
B.Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of money to increase
sales.
C.Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do.
pulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.
59. From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters ___________.
A.are really unreasonable
B.need special treatment
C.cannot be cured
D.can’t get any help to solve their problems with money
B
Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept.
We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
No wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It found out that half the hospitals in England, which admit children, have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off.
From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children has some contact with a hospital teacher — and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them a s “the library lady” or just “the helper”.
Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with schoolwork. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can.
Many short-stay children-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.
60. The latest survey found that ____________.
A. a small percentage of children in hospitals do not receive education
B.less than half the children in hospitals receive education
C.the special children’s hospitals have teachers for every child
D.most hospitals in England have full-time teachers
61. Most children interviewed _________.
A.were satisfied with hospital teaching
B.were well prepared for hospital teaching
C.preferred playing games to learning lessons
D.did not expect to have teachers in hospitals
62. We can infer from the fifth paragraph that hospital teachers are _______.
A.very influential
B.not very knowledgeable
C.not very efficient
D.very helpful
63. Some children in hospital are able to keep up with their schoolwork because
___.
A.teachers from the school come to the hospital
B.their friends help them to do so
C.nurses in hospital try to teach them
D.their parents bring them books from the library
C
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64. The writer of the book is ____.
A. Thomas L. Bispham
B. Sally Rose
C. Bill Gates
D. Thomas L. Friedman
65.If you buy three, how much should you pay ?
A. $50.00
B. $49.00
C. $ 49.50
D. $51.00
66. How soon does usually deliver this book after placement of order ?
A. usually within 24 hours .
B. Three days
C. Two days
D. Usually within 12 hours
D
We asked two well-known people living in Washington of different careers and ages to share some of their most magical memories of holidays in the past .
“Every Christmas Day, my uncles and all their children would come to wish my grandmother a Merry Christmas,” said Cardinal.
“ It was a wonderful time . My uncles would tell stories, and they were all so interesting , “says Cardinal , 75, who grew up in Washington and was an only child.
He says he can’t remember any specific toys; it was the time spent with his big family ---- at least 15 of them --- that made the greatest impression. His apartment was so crowded that some relatives had to sit on the floor next to his grandmother, who was always seated in the same large armchair;
“Big families are such a blessing ,” he says . Cardinal’s is not the only holidays memory that highlights（强调）family before gifts and food . Here’s another ,from a pitcher（棒球投球手）, 23-year-old Chad Cordero.
“ I enjoy spending time with my family ,”says Mr. Cordero, who grew up in Chino, California where his family still lives.
When he says “family”, he means at least 20 members of his big family. Christmas is a big celebration, he says. Speaking of gifts, what was his favorite childhood Christmas present? You might be surprised , but it wasn’t a baseball glove.
67. The best title for this passage is ____
A. Christmas gifts
B. How to spend Christmas
C. Magical Christmas memories
D. Cardinal’s Christmas Day memories
68. According to the passage, which of the following is Not true?
A. the careers and ages of Cardinal and Cordero are different.
B. Both men have big families.
C. Cardinal was the only child of his family.
D. Only Cardinal highlights family before gifts and food.
69. ____made the greatest impression on Cardinal on Christmas.
A. His uncle’s stories
B. Specific toys
C .the time spent with his big family
D. The food on Christmas Day
70. According to the passage , which description of Cordero is Not true ?
A. Chad Cordero is a 23-year-old pitcher.
B. Cordero grew up in Chino, California.
C. Cordero enjoys spending time with his family.
D. Cordero’s favorite childhood Christmas present was a baseball glove.
E
Does watching television harm a child’s ability to learn ? All parents want their children to perform well in school. However, new studies suggest this may not happen if the children watch too much television.
Researchers at Stanford University in California and Johns Hopkins university in Maryland carried out a study. They examined the test scores of 350 students who were about eight years old .More than seventy percent of these students reported having a television in the room where they sleep. These students performed between seven and nine points lower on math, reading and language tests than those without televisions in their rooms .
Scientists at the University of Washington carried out the second study ,they examined information on about 1800 students .the researchers found that six and seven- year-old children had poorer short-term memories if they had watched a lot of television in their earliest years. However, children who watched TV after age three seemed to be better able to sound out and say words.
Researchers at the university of Otago in New Zealand did the third study . They followed more than 1000 people born around 1972. They found that those who watched the most television between the ages five and fifteen were the least likely to finish high school and college by age twenty-six.
But Deborah Linebarger has a different opinion towards the results of the studies. She said the studies measured only the time children spent watching television and not what programs they watched. Her research has shown that quality educational programs can help children learn.
71. The main idea of this passage is that ____
A. the latest studies show that watching TV har ms a child’s ability to learn .
B. Students who watch too much television perform worse in their studies than other students.
C. students should not watch television at all
D. there are different opinions about the effects caused by watching television.
72. According to the first study, which of the following in Not true ?
A. most students of about eight years old have a television in the room where they
sleep.
B. students prefer to watch television in the room where they sleep.
C. students with televisions in their rooms where they sleep performed worse than students without televisions in their rooms
D. students who watch too much television get lower scores on math, reading and language tests than other students
73. the second study carried out by scientists at the University of Washington
suggests that _____.
A. children should not watch television in their earliest years
B. children who watched TV only after age three were better able to sound out and say words .
C. children should watch television when they reach a certain age .
D. children had poorer short-term memories if they had watched a lot of television in their earliest years
74. Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand found that ____.
A. children who watched the most television were unlikely to finish high school and go to college when they grow up
B. Students who watched the most television between the ages five and fifteen were the least likely to finish high school and college by age twenty-six.
C. people born around 1972 seemed to like watching television.
D. people born around 1972 were the least likely to finish high school and college.
75. what is Deborah Linebarger’s attitude towards the result of the studies?
A. She agrees
B. the article does not mention her attitude
C. she is critical
D. she is positive（肯定的）
第五部分：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Olives are about the same size like grapes, but they taste very different.
76. ________
Some are bitter, some are sour, and some are very salt. Men and women eat
77. ________
them with drinks before a meal, but the children usually don’t like them at all.
78.________
Mr. Grey was drinking beer and eating olives while his small son Tommy
79. ________
came in. He saw that his father liked the olives very much, so he said, “May
80. ________
I have one, Father?”“ Yes,” answered his father.“ Take one and try one.”
81. ________
Tommy took one. He thought it tasted terrible. He watched her father
82. ________
take another and ate it. He could see that he was enjoying it, so
83. ________
Tommy tried another olive, it was just as terrible as the first one
84. ________
“You are taken all the good ones”, he cried, “ and leaving the bad ones for me”.
85. ________
第六部分：书面表达（满分25分）
目前，学校存在少数学生考试作弊现象。

某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文，标
题是“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。

请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文
稿。

内容要点如下：
主要原因1）考试偏多、偏难
2）不用功、懒惰
3）取悦父母、老师
个人看法1）作弊不对，违反校规
2）要诚实，努力学习
……（其他看法）
注意：1．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2．短文标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3．词数：100左右。

4．参考词汇：作弊 cheat（v.）
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school. ____________________________________________________________________________
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