湖北省孝感高中高二英语下学期期中考试【会员独享】

孝感高中2010—2011学年度下学期期中考试高二英语第一部分．听力第一节，听下面5段对话，回答第1-5题1.When does the lecture begin ?A.At 8:17.B.At 8:20.C.At 8:03.2.How long will the drawing class last ?A.For about two weeks.B.For about three weeks.C.For about a month.3.What does the man mean ?A.He did as badly as Sally.B.He did as badly as Bruce.C.He forgot to take the exam.4.How long will it take to go to Broadway Street ?A.8 minutes.B.80 minutes.C.18 minutes.5.What did the president say at the meeting ?A.He wanted to carry out the plan himself.B.He wanted to see the plan carried out well.C.He wanted people to listen to him carefully at the meeting.第二节，听第6段材料，回答第6-7题6.What is the exchange rate ?A.11.44.B.11.45.C.11.54.7.How much does the man want in silver ?A.Three pence.B.Three ten-penny.C.Seventeen pounds.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题8.Whom does the woman buy a present for ?A.Her father.B.Her brother.C.Her boyfriend.9.What does the man suggest the woman buy at first ?A.Pants and a belt.B.A shirt and a belt.C.A shirt and a tie.10.How much will the woman pay ?A.$25.B.$40.C.$65.听第8段材料，回答第11-13题11.What does a student usually have to do to attend the advanced drawing course ?A.To take a drawing exam.B.To get some books about drawing.C.To ask for the headmaster’s permission.12.What does the woman give to the man ?A.A textbook.B.Some flowers.C.Some drawings.13.What is the man going to do at 8:00am ?A.Attend a meeting.B.Make a decision.C.Review the pictures.听第9段材料，回答第14-17题14.What was the probable relationship between Mr Bacon and Linda ?A.Friends.B.Teacher and student.C.Boss and secretary.15.Why is the man asking about Mr Bacon ?A.Because he wants to employ Mr Bacon.B.Because he wants to work full time for Mr Bacon.C.Because he wants to work part time for Mr Bacon.16.How old is Mr Bacon ?A.In his forties.B.In his fifties.C.In his sixties.17.What is Mr Bacon like ?A.Short and fat.B.Serious but friendly.C.Warm-hearted but impatient.听第10段材料，回答第18-20题18.How were white boys and black boys treated differently ?A.They couldn’t take the same bus.B.Thay couldn’t go to the same school.C.They couldn’t attend the same lecture.19.Why was the black woman put into prison ?A.Because she killed a white person.B.Because she looked down upon a white person.C.Because she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.20.What was the 1963 March on Washington, D.C. organized for ?A.Jobs and civil rights.B.Freedom and civil rights.C.Jobs and freedom.第二部分：词汇知识运用第一节：单项选择21.On the annual International Volunteers Day, the world _____ the work of millions of people who give their time to help others.A.abolishesB.accompaniesC.acknowledgesD.appeals22.Fat on human beings is _____ in different ways.A.distributedB.donatedC.reflectedD.abandoned23.Employees in a chemical factory should be given _____ training in safety.A.ambitiousB.adequateC.absurdD.autonomous24.Children often have very _____ imaginations.A.outgoingB.elegantC.shallowD.vivid25.We bought the big house with the saving we had _____ for several years.A.set offB.set downC.set asideD.set about26.After changing the job , the girl still felt puzzled, making her wonder whether she could really _____ with the busy city life.A.cut inB.fit inC.give in `D.break in27.Luckily, the driver _____ missed hitting the tree by only several inches.A.nearlyB.slightlyC.narrowlypletely28.When we ran to the top of the hill, we were _____ .A.out of fashionB.out of workC.out of the questionD.out of breath29.He made a _____ of five thousand dollars on the deal.A.profitB.bonusC.pensionD.loan30.People there now have no _____ to safe drinking water due to the Japanese Earthquake.A.attemptB.accessC.adjustmentD.admission第二节：完形填空My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea．As was often the case, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and 31 those we had grown to love．We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again 32 at the pier （码头）waving good-bye to my father as his 33 pulled him away from us．My mother would turn my brother and I around before the ship was out of 34 , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of 35 in the new environment again．Throughout the years of changing 36 , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother．For both my 37 and I, she was the cook, maid and teacher．She played these roles while 38 some type of part-time job．Leaving a promising career is just one of the 39 which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so．40 she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, 41 , managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and 42 ．This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, 43 with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability （无能）to 44 a career or establish a home．But it was not for my mother．She turned this 45 into adventure for us all! Each relocation （变换位置）was a chance to 46 another part of the world．My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood．Each new house was a 47 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 48 pictures．Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people．No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 49 attitude．She always had strength in the face of struggle and change．My mother was so 50 all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change．She is my hero．31．A．leave behind B．leave out C．leave off D．leave for 32．A．living B．staring C．standing D．going33．A．car B．ship C．train D．plane 34．A．range B．shape C．sight D．control 35．A．adapting B．suiting C．matching D．fitting 36．A．names B．jobs C．addresses D．directions 37．A．father B．classmates C．brother D．relatives 38．A．performing B．seeking C．waiting D．applying 39．A．programs B．sacrifices C．contribution D．cooperation 40．A．Once B．While C．When D．Unless 41．A．somewhere B．somewhat C．sometime D．somehow 42．A．romantic B．comfortable C．mysterious D．wealthy 43．A．generally B．actually C．especially D．unfairly 44．A．desert B．develop C．affect D．limit 45．A．lifestyle B．value C．journey D．opportunity 46．A．acquire B．explore C．occupy D．realize47．A．load B．sadness C．result D．challenge 48．A．hang B．draw C．take D．sell 49．A．changeable B．cautious C．positive D．negative 50．A．experienced B．brave C．ordinary D．annoyed第三部分：阅读理解AA dog who chewed off his owner’s infected toe（脚趾）while he was passed-out drunk has been called a lifesaver. Jerry Douthett had been out drinking when his dog Kiko bit off a large part if his big toe. His wife, Rosee, rushed him to hospital where tests showed the 48-year-old musician had dangerous high blood-sugar levels. Doctors told him his toe would have had to be cut off anyway.Mr Douthett said he had refused to get medical advice despite his toe being swollen for months. “I was hiding it from people, Rosee included,” he said. “It smelled , and I look back now and realize every time we’d visit someone with a dog, their dog would smell all over my foot.”The night before Mr Douthett had agreed to see a doctor, he passed out at home after going out drinking. He said, “I woke up and the dog was lying along side by foot. I said, ‘Ah, there’s blood everywhere.’ I ran to the bathroom and started to scream.”However, he believes Kiko could sense the disease coming from his big toe. “He’s a hero,” Mr Douthett said. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack. He just ate the infection. He saved my life. He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn’t find it anywhere else in the house. I look down. There’s blood all over, and my toe is gone.”Before the operation, Mr Douthett asked a nurse, “Is there any chance I can get whatever’s left of my toe, so I can give it to Kiko as a treat?” Kiko is still with the family but is under observation by authorities.51.Mr Douthett didn’t want to get medical treatment because ______ .A.he didn’t know about his disease at allB.he was unwilling to let others know about his diseaseC.doctors had no good ways to treat his bad toeD.his wife advised him not to do that52.From Paragraph 3 we can infer that ______ .A.Rosee managed to persuade her husband to go to hospitalB.Mr Douthett made his big toe worse by frequent drinkingC.Mr Douthett didn’t know his toe was chewed off at firstD.it is dangerous for people to let pet dogs sleep in the bedrooms53.What did Mr Douthett think of his dog ?A.It was clever and brave.B.It never attacked healthy people.C.It was a cruel but helpful dog.D.It was a dangerous dog in fact.BBritain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given anew life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry, a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it,”insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village.”Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V.Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop（背景）to millions of tourist photographs.Eight years ago there were about 17,000 across Britain, but today, in a country where almost everybody has a mobile phone, 58 percent are no longer profitable and ten percent are only used once a month. “On average, maintaining them costs $800 a year per phone box —about ￡44 million annually,” said John Lunb, general manager for BT Payphones.54.Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ______ .a.selling flowersb.cookingc.readingd.exhibiting art or poetryA.a,bB.c,dC.a,b,cD.b,c,d55.Why do the villagers want to keep the red phone boxes ?A.Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.B.Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes.C.Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain.D.Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency.56.What is the color of the British post boxes according to the passage ?A.Green.B.Red.C.Black.D.Yellow.57.What is John Lumb’s attitude towards pulling down the red phone boxes ?A.Supportive.B.Opposed.C.Neutral.D.Indifferent.CIn bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing．It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: This might happen at any stage．A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads．On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself．Patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children．Some may be especially strict in money matters．Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals．In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness．As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching．To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality．Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”．If they are not sincere and do not practice what they teach, their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled．A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’ principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment．58.Eagerly watch ing the child’s acquisition of new skills _________．A.should be avoidedB.is universal among parentsC.sets up dangerous states of worry in the childD.will make him lose interest in learning new things59.In the process of children’s lear ning new skills, parents ______．A.should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they readB.should not expect too much of themC.should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their ownD.should create as many learning opportunities as possible60.The second paragraph mainly tells us that __________．A.parents should be strict with their childrenB.parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the communityC.parental restrictions vary, and are not always intended for the benefit of the children aloneD.parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation61.In moral matters, parents should __________．A.observe the rules themselvesB.be aware of the marked difference between adults and childrenC.forbid things which have no foundation in moralityD.consistently ensure the security of their childrenDAt about 4 am, after hours of being unable to sleep, of shivering in the cold mountain air and trying to silence my crying kids who kept waking up, of attempting to find a comfortable sleeping position, of listening to whether there might have been a bear outside our tent, I finally couldn’t stand it any more. I complained, “Everything has gone wrong.”My wife and I were in one tent with our two young kids. A hundred yards east away was Summit Lake, where the glorious early morning mist was shimmering（闪烁）off the water. A couple miles to the southwest was the base of the Lassen Peak Trail. The base was 8,000 feet above sea level, and huge snow dotted the scenery even in mid August. Further west still was Bumpass Hell, with steam rising up.As the sun crept up over the edge of the Lassen peak, we fired up the camp stove and had breakfast. Half an hour later, my six-year-old daughter and I were in the parking lot of the Lassen peak trail, getting ready to go up the mountainside. We wouldn’t make it all the way, but it didn’t matter. We would see nature at its extremes: the volcanic ash that layered on the earth turning themelting snow a mysterious pink as the sun struck it; the blues of the sky shading into the blues of distant lakes, which in turn shaded into the whites and grays of the snow.My daughter grabbed my camera. She wanted to take a photo of “the composite（混合物）”of colors. Looking out over that scenery, and seeing my daughter fascinated by nature, I felt stupid about my morning complaints.Yes, camping is uncomfortable. And yes, there’s a lot to be said for getting out a credit card,reserving a room in a nice hotel, and going out for a fancy meal. But there’s also something wonderful about being so close to raw nature. And , as important, there’s something vital about getting young children out of their increasingly modern comfort zones and forcing them to meet the world around them.62.According to the passage, what contributed to the author’s sleeplessness ?①the cold weather ②his crying children ③fear of bears④sounds of bears ⑤the aches of his lower back ⑥his own complaintsA. ①④⑥B. ①②③C. ②④⑤D. ②③⑤63.Which of the following maps correctly shows the places ?64.The underlined word “colors” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______ .A.blue, white, gray and pinkB.white, yellow, gray and pinkC.white, green ,gray and pinkD.blue, green,white and gray65.How did the author’s feeling change from the beginning to the end ?A.Calm→Satisfied.B.Excited→Frustrated.C.Sad→Calm.D.Regretful→Satisfied.66.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage ?A.Nature is the glass reflecting truth.B.Nature is the best scenery designer.C.The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.D.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.EA new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth．Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）．But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works．The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it．This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence．First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests．Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard．During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time．The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively．To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training．The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking．Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater．Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were．All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement．“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper t raining．” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper．“No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops,” he added, “and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains．”67.The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was ______________．A.memorizing telephone numbersB.improving working memoryC.training in concentrationD.recalling a card68.The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT___________．A.ignoring irrelevant itemsB.monitoring ongoing performanceC.managing two tasks at the same timeing previous experience69.When the experiment was conducted, the researchers______________．A.trained the four groups for the same period of timeB.only made comparisons between the four groupspared the four groups with control groupsD.trained the four groups together70.By writing the article，the writer intends to ______________．rm the readers of a new studyB.call on people to be trained to increase intelligenceC.prove one’s born brainpower can be improvedD.tell people the improved intelligence will last forever第四部分：书面表达第一节：完成句子71.As far as I know, Mr Black _________________（回到）Australia before you went to America.(come)72.My suggestion is that ___________________________（你适应）the new life.(adjust)73.Tom, as well as his classmates, __________________（已意识到）the importance ofEnglish.(aware)74.The old man is said _____________（参加）the election, but we haven’t got further information until now.(participate)75.______________________（后面跟着他的妻子）, Professor Smith entered the hall.(follow)76.Hardly _______________（他们到达）the farm when they began to work.(arrive)77.As far as I’m concerned, it was what you said at the meeting ______________（使她生气）.(angry)78.The reason ______________（她放弃）the chance of studying abroad is that she has to look after her ill mother.(give)79.Something must be done to prevent the river _______________（受污染）.(pollute)80.__________________________（收到她的信）is a great pleasure to him.(hear)第二节：短文写作据报道，为了应对网络有害信息，北京展开了一项活动，选出60个母亲为“Mom Jury”，注意：1.逐一陈述以上所给要点，可适当发挥，不要简单翻译；2.词数：120左右；3.参考词汇：网民netizen.答案1—5 BCBCB 6—10 CBCCC 11—15 ACACB16—20 ABBCA 21—25 CABDC 26—30 BCDAB31—35 ACBCD 36—40 CCABB 41—45 DBCBA46—50 BDACB51—53 BCA 54—57 BCBA 58—61 BCCA62—66 BCADB 67—70 BDCA71.had come back to72.you(should) adjust to73.has been/become aware of74.to have participate in75.Followed by his wife76.had they arrived at77.that made her angry78.why/for which she gave up79.from being polluted80.Hearing from herNowadays Chinese netizens tend to be younger than before and they have many chances to visit websites with bad contents which are harmful to them. In order to protect them from this harm, sixty mothers were selected from a large number of mothers to form a “Mom Jury” in Beijing. Their responsibility was to report bad websites, give the government advice, urge the government to take measures, and so on. The activity was so effective that many bad websites were closed a month later.In my opinion, it is a good way to deal with the problem , but Dads should also take part in the activity, because the fight against bad websites calls for a joint effort by both parents. It is also important to teach teenagers how to protect themselves while surfing the Internet.。