常州市第一中学2006-2007学年度第一学期期末试卷

常州市第一中学2006－2007学年度第一学期期末试卷高二年级英语试卷出卷老师阮航卫一、听力（20’）第一节1. What do we know about Mrs Fisher?A.She is in hospital.B. She has no family.C. She will go abroad.2. Where does the conversation take place?A.In the streetB. In a hotelC. In a restaurant3. How soon will the man have to send the report?A.In four days.B. In five days.C. In six days4. What will the speakers most probably do?A.Go to a first-aid station.B.Try to find a quiet place.C.Take a walk around the city.5. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A.CousinsB. Mother and sonC. Aunt and nephew第二节Text 66. What is the man?A. A flat managerB. An army officerC. A house designer7. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.The rental agreementB.The working conditionsC.The living surroundings8. How many complaints does the woman make?A.TwoB. ThreeC. FourText 79. What kind of woman does the man prefer?A.Managing houseworkB.Putting up new ideasC.Working from home10. What do we know about the man’s views on women?A.They are in line with the current views.B.They are quite progressive for the times.C.They mirror the views of old generations.11. What does the man most likely do for the rest of an evening?A.He stays with his friend and watches TV.B.He meets a woman who shares his interest.C.He returns home alone and stays with his dog.Text 812. What does the man want to talk about in the discussion?A.Bringing up childrenB.Training children to be quietC.Helping children with their problems13. What should a mother do when her child is quietly playing?A.Talking with himB. Staying with himC. Doing her own work14. Why is a child always shouting according to the man?A.He is bored.B.He isn’t playing.C.His mother isn’t with him.Text 915. When does the train arrive in Stratford?A.At 6: 05B. At 6: 15C. At 8: 0016. What is the woman eager to do?A.See a playB. Catch a trainC. Check in at a hotel17. What will the woman have enough time to do?A.Do some sightseeing.B.Have something to eatC.Visit St. Mary’s ChurchText 1018. What is the speaker?A. A waitress.B. An art collectorC. A tourist guide19. What is the speaker’s attitude toward the founders of the museum?A.AdmirationB. IndifferenceC. Disappointment20. What can we learn from the talk?A.The story of the West has been truthfully told.B.The African Americans contributed the most art.C.The museum has exhibits showing Western history.二、单项天空(15’)21. —I wonder why the manager was absent from yesterday’s conference?—______ he had been present?A. How comeB. What ifC. If onlyD. Why22. What the provincial government has been doing is ______ success. Now the preserved area has become _____ home to birds.A. \ ; aB. a; a C a; \ D \; \23. The traffic problem we are looking forward to seeing ______ should have attracted the local government’s attention.A. solvingB. solveC. to solveD. solved24. Don’t be so jealous ______ her. As you know, she is worthy of the praise for , she is so enthusiastic ______ and has been so devoted to the activities.A. about; ofB. about; aboutC. of; ofD. of; about25. The amazing news was ______ at the press conference held yesterday.A. sent outB. given outC. brought outD. thrown out26. _________ off my feet these days, I haven’t ______ for you to be interviewed this Saturday.A. Having rushed; arrangedB. Rushed; intendedC. Rushed; arrangedD. Having rushed; intended27. —You seem nowhere to be found. What have you been doing?—I have been writing two papers at the same time, one on environmental protection, _______ on preventive measures to stop pollution.A. oneB. anotherC. the oneD. the others28. So far our research has been limited _____ safety of public transportation.A. to ensureB. in ensuringC. to ensuringD. for ensuring29. There is still no news of the car _____ in the snow.A. stickingB. being stuckC. stuckD. to stick30. Now that the boy is so dedicated to the training for an athlete, maybe he will ____ to the National Games one day.A. get itB. mean itC. do itD. make it31. —We didn’t find Xiao Ming attending a lecture.—No one ____ him about _____ a lecture the following day.A. told; there to beB. had told; there to beC. told; there wasD. had told; there being32. It was in the mid-1980s that cartoons began to take off in China, and _____ there were only picture-story books.A. after thatB. before whichC. before thatD. after which33. —Wha t’s the weather like in winter?—It’s _____ warmer in winter here than in your hometown.A. veryB. fairlyC. quiteD. rather34. As my money _____, I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I’ve none in hand.A. has run outB. has been used upC. is running outD. is using up35. When the old man is alone, he often murmurs to himself _____.A. in habitB. out of the habitC. in the habitD. out of habit36. —You ______ the party in time.—Sorry, I was held up by accident.A. are supposed to attendB. should attendC. could attendD. are supposed to have attended37. —It is said that the popular record has been sold out.—What a shame! How I regret that I didn’t buy _____.A. such oneB. any a suchC. no suchD. one such38. Jessica is a very religious girl; she believes that she is always _____ supported by her god.A. spirituallyB. typicallyC. mentallyD. separately39. The careless driver is _____ for the traffic ______ yesterday.A. to be blamed; that happenedB. to blame; having happenedC. to be blamed; having happenedD. to blame; that happened40. Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isn’t much help when it _____ shopping and eating.A. refers toB. speaks ofC. comes toD. focuses on41. This is a good piece of work, _____ a few slight faults .A. besidesB. exceptC. in addition toD. apart from42. He is a strict but kind teacher, _____ is always trying to make his classes _____ and interesting.A. one; livelyB. the one who; liveC. the one; liveD. one who; lively43. Is it _______ he often plays truant to play games on the Internet ______ makes his parents angry with him?A. since; whatB. that; whatC. because; thatD. that; that44. If you _____ Jerry Brown until recently, you’d think the photograph on the right was strange.A. shouldn’t contactB. didn’t contactC. weren’t to contactD. hadn’t contacted45. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ______ a sudden loud noise.A. being thereB. should there beC. there wasD. there having been46. The comments which he made ______ marketing bothered his boss greatly.A. being concernedB. concernedC. be concernedD. concerning47. I have been informed of when we ______ for London next year.A. will leaveB. leaveC. would leaveD. have left48. The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they ______.A. were playingB. were to playC. had playedD. played49. —Why bother? There’s too much rubbish here. You’ll never pick it all up.—Maybe not. But at least this part of the park ______ cleaner.A. will beB. wasC. has beenD. is50. —Which materials can be thrown into the sea ______ on the nature of them?—Sorry, I have no idea.A. dependsB. dependedC. dependingD. to depend三、完形填空（20’）As an educator and care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with AIDS. The relationships (交往) that I have had with them have been ___51___ in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great ___52___ can be found in the smallest of bodies. Let me tell you the story about Tyler.Tyler was ___53___ infected with AIDS; his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he had to depend on ___54___ to survive (存活). At times, he also needed extra oxygen to ___55___ his breathing.Tyler wasn’t ___56___ to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not ___57___ to find him playing and racing around his backyard. All of us were ___58___ at his pure joy in being ___59___ and the energy it gave him. Tyler’s mom often said to him jokingly that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in ___60___. In that way, when she looked through the window, she could quickly ___61___ him.Unfortunately, he grew quite ___62___ and so did his mother. ___63___ it became clear that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about ___64___, she comforted him by telling him that she was ___65___ too, and that she would be ___66___ him soon in heaven.A few days before his death, Tyler called me over to his hospital bed and ___67___, “I might die soon, I’m not ___68___. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom ___69___ she would come to heaven, too. I’ll be ___70___ when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.”51. A. gifts B. problems C. sufferings D. wonder52. A. fear B. kindness C. courage D. happiness53. A. soon B. first C. born D. found54. A. doctors B. medicine C. operations D. comforts55. A. continue B. last C. force D. support56. A. willing B. pleased C. sorry D. determined57. A. often B. unusual C. long D. nice58. A. happy B. sad C. wondering D. surprised59. A. playing B. alive C. loved D. running60. A. red B. green C. new clothes D. rags61. A. catch B. stop C. find D. help62. A. ill B. serious C. terrible D. pale63. A. Until B. Before C. Because D. When64. A. life B. death C. spirits D. heaven65. A. leaving B. ill C. dying D. afraid66. A. with B. for C. after D. around67. A. cried B. whispered C. suggested D. promised68. A. regretted B. longly C. ready D. frightened69. A. refused B. permitted C. promised D. agreed70. A. waiting B. dressed C. playing D. racing四、阅读理解（40’）AHe is only the second international basketball player after Yao Ming to come top of the NBA draft (选秀). If that is not enough, his good looks are also expected to make Andrea Bargnani a hit with female fans. So keep an eye on him —Yao’s potential new rival. Bargnani joined the Toronto Raptors (多伦多猛龙队) from Italian side Benetton Treviso. He agreed a two-year deal worth almost US$8 million.In his NBA summer league debut for the Raptors against the Washington Wizards (奇才队)，Bargnani netted 20 points and claimed 4 rebounds.The 20-year-old stands 2.09 metres tall and weighs in at 102.1 kilograms. He has already been compared to German superstar Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks (小牛队).Bargnani is particularly rated for his long-range ability, averaging a 43 per cent success rate with 3-point shots. His skills have earned the nickname “The Magician ”. “On the court I am always trying to give my best and I want to become a forward that uses my potential to the fullest, ” said Bargnani.71. The passage mainly tells us __________.A.Andrea Bargnani is a hit with female fans.B.He is called “The Magician”.C.Bargnani joined the Toronto Raptors.D.Bargnani is a potential NBA star.72. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?A.Bargnani is very good-looking, tall and strong.B.Dirk Nowitzki is a super star of Toronto Raptors.C.Yao Ming is the first international basketball player to come top of the NBA draft.D.Before Bargnani joined Toronto Raptors, he belongs to Benetton Treviso.73. Why can we say Bargnani has been talented player for a while now?A.Bargnani netted 20 points and claimed 4 rebounds in his NBA summer league debut.B.Bargnani stands 2.09 metres tall and weighs in at 102.1 kilograms.’C.Bargnani has an average of a 43 per cent success rate with 3-point shots.D.Bargnani was popular with his female fans.74. Which of the following words has the similar meaning with the word “net” in Paragraph 2A. scoreB. beatC. leadD. enjoyBTickets for the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics will go on sale in early 2007, and those for the Game s’ opening ceremony and the finals of some hot events will be more expensive, according to the organizing committee of Beijing Olympic Games on Friday.“We will not unveil the tickets sales scheme until early next year, ”said Liu Jingmin, vice mayor of Beijing and vice executive (行政的) president of the Games’ organizing committee. “Except for those reserved for the Olympic family, most of the tickets will be sold on the market. Foreigners in 202 countries and regions worldwide can buy the tickets through their own Olympic committees, ” said Liu.The number of the tickets is yet to be determined, for some stadiums are still under construction and their seating capacity remains unknown. The ticket prices will undergo scientific survey and calculation, according to Liu.“We have conducted a poll (民意检测) on our official website to collect public opinions and constructive suggestions, to make sure that common people can afford the tickets, ” he said.But one thing is certain that the prices of the tickets for the opening ceremony and some popular events will be relatively high, said Liu. As to how and where to buy the 2008 Olympics tickets, Liu said the organizing committee is yet to come up with a decision.75. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A.Nothing is certain about the 2008 Olympics tickets.B.All of the 2008 Olympics tickets will be sold on the market.C.All the 2008 Olympics tickets will be of the same price.D.The Beijing Olympics tickets won’t be too expensive for ordinary people.76. The underlined word “unveil” in the second paragraph means “_______”.A. keep…secretB. make…publicC. not sellD. carry out77. What can you conclude from the passage?A.Some details about the 2008 Olympics tickets remain unknown.B.The prices of the tickets for the opening ceremony will be higher than those of the others.C.The Olympics family don’t need to buy the 2008 Olympics tickets.D.All the 2008 Olympics tickets will be sold in China.78. What is the passage most probably selected from?A. A book on sportsB. A newspaperC. A diaryD. A notebookCMark Shuttleworth is just 28 years old. He is about to feel out of this world. On April 22. Shuttleworth, who is a South American Internet millionaire, will set off for a dream trip to the International Space Station.“The training has been excellent,”Shuttleworth said from the Star city training center just outside Moscow, Russia. Taking a Russian Soyuz rocket, Shuttleworth will become the world’s second “Space tourist”. Last April, wealthy Californian businessman Dennis Tito paid Russia US $20 million for an eight-day trip to ISS. Tito, 60, helped science by taking some medical tests. Shuttleworth hates being called a tourist. He said he will take responsibility for radio and life support systems in the capsule (太空舱). By the time he leaves for ISS, Shuttleworth will have had about eight months of full-time training.“The training includes weightlessness and centrifuge (离心分离机) training, as well as learninghow to use communications and control systems,”he said. Shuttleworth will carry out three experiments in space for Africa. And he hopes to educate young people about space. “The task is causing excitement among scientists and school kids. I am very satisfied that it is worthwhile. ”Shuttleworth said.He will be met by astronauts at the Space Station, among whom is American Daniel Bursch. Living in space for more than one month now, Bursch has already missed some of the simple pleasures of Earth. In space he can’t, for example, enjoy taking a breath of fresh air on a winter morning.“My family is probably the number one thing I miss like the kids coming into my room and waking me up, ”Bursch said last month in a space-to-ground interview. Bursch landed at the station last December along with two co-workers. They will be on duty there for five and a half months.“We have a mixture of Russian and US food. It’s excellent, ” Bursch said. “But it surely would be nice to have a pizza and a beer! ”79. What is implied but not stated in the passage?A.Shuttleworth hates being called a tourist.B.Shuttleworth will do three experiments in space for the USA.C.The first space tourist is from the USA.D.Bursch has been in the space for more than one month now.80. Shuttleworth will set off to the International Space Station to _________.A.make him the world’s first “space tourist”B.make a trip to realize his dreamC.help scientists carry out some experimentsD.make himself known to the people in the world81. When Shuttleworth arrives at the Space Station, ________.A.he can communicate with his family his family by radio conveniently.B.he can meet many American astronautsC.he will be supplied with pizza and beer constantlyD.he will have the experience of weightlessness82. The underlined word “They” in the sixth paragraph refers to ________.A.two co-workersB.Shuttleworth and two co-workersC.Bursch and two co-workersD.Bursch, Shuttleworth and two co-workersDIn many countries, authority is seldom, if ever, questioned, either because it is highly respected or because it is feared. Sometimes, too, because rank has been important in certain societies for a long time, people have been trained never to question those in authority.In other countries, including America, children are trained to question and search for answers. When a child asks a question, he will often be told to go to the library and find the answer for himself. By the time students reach the age of 14 or 15, they may be developing exciting new ideas in all fields of science and arts. To encourage such creativity, there are many national prizes offered to students every year for their scientific discoveries and artistic accomplishments (成就). This interest in questioning and searching may be considered by some people as bad for young people’s manners, that young people lack respect for authority. This impression may be createdwhen visitors notice young Americans asking questions and arguing with older people. However, this is because many Americans have different attitudes toward authority that may exist in other areas of the world. In a work or business situation, ideas are freely and openly discussed and argued. It is important to remember that it is the person’s ideas that are being questioned, not the individual himself. The two are quite separate. The purpose of the searching, questioning, and arguing is to find the facts in a particular situation, and therefore a solution, so that the work of the business can progress in the most effective manner.83. According to the passage, the interest in questioning and searching ______.A.is bad for young people’s mannersB.results in a lack of respect for authorityC.helps to develop creativity and efficiencyD.does harm to the interpersonal relationship at work84. According to the passage, Americans’ interest in questioning and searching shows that they ______.A.are rude in social conversationsB.have a strong desire to know about everythingC.desire a high degree of equality and individualityD.want to learn more facts and discuss ideas85. What can we learn from the passage?A.Authority should be respected and strictly followed.B.American youths should be more respectful to the authority.C.It is improper to question the ideas of your superiors and those of older and more experiencedmen.D.It is worthwhile to let students question the authority and find their own answers to questions.86. It can be seen that the author is _______ the American attitude towards authority.A. appreciative ofB. proud ofC. critical ofD. indifferent to (冷漠的)EWhy are so many people afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure in part of human condition and that, as the family therapist (治疗专家) Virginia Satir observes, “every person has the right to fail.”Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standard. A mother describes her child’s hastily made table as “Perfect!” even though it moves unsteadily on uneven legs. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails, his teacher is unfair or stupid.When one of my daughters was ten, she decided to raise money for charity by holding a carnival (嘉年华会). Proud of her, we hastily allowed her to put posters, all over town. We realized too late that she couldn’t possibly handle all the refreshments, shows, and games promised in the posters. The whole family pitched to prevent an embarrassing failure and the next year she advertised an even more ambitious carnival. Why not? We had kept her from discovering her imitations. The trouble with failure prevention devices is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything. No one can win all the time and that it’s possible to enjoy a game even when you don’t win. A child who’s not invited to a birthday party, who doesn’t make the honor roll of the baseball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolation prize or say, “it doesn’t matter”,because it does. The youngster should be allowed to experience disappointment and then be helped to master it.Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts adults and children alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did I fail”? Resist the natural impulse to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don’t be shy about inquiring.Success, which encourages repetition of old behavior, is not nearly as good a teacher as failure. You can learn from a disastrous party how to give a good one, from an ill-chosen first house what to look for in a second. Even failure that seems definitive can prompt fresh thinking, a change of direction. After twelve years of studying ballet, a friend of mine came to a professional company for a job. She was turned down, “Would further training help”? she asked. The ballet master shook his head. “You will never be an advancer”, he said. “You haven’t the body for it”.In such cases, the way to use failure is to take stock courageously, asking, “What have I left? What else can I do? ”My friend put away her toeshoes and moved into dance thereby, a field where she’s both competent and useful. Failure frees one to take risks because there’s less to lose. Often there is renewal of energy —an awareness of new possibilities.87. The author implies that success _________.A.prepare us for life in the real worldB.provides us with much more freedom than failure doesC.is all that really mattersD.doesn’t encourage new thinking88. According to the passage ________.A.parents need to help their children discover their limitationB.parents need to help their children avoid failureC.parents should be aware of their children’s limitationsD.parents should tell their children about limitations89. Which sentence best expresses the central point of the selection?A.Success can come only after many failures.B.No one can succeed all the time.C.Everyone appreciates a good loser.e every failure as an opportunity for growth and improvement.90. Which of the following would be the best title for this selection?A.Teaching Your Child to Success.B.Learning from FailureC.How to Be successful.D.Why We Are So Afraid of Failure.五、单词拼写（5’）91. When I stepped in, I found him sitting on the bed with his legs c_____.92. The moment the challenging task was a______, I couldn’t help but jump with joy.93. Only with the quality of good g______, can we buy them.94. If taking p_______ attitudes towards life, you will find life is so sweet and lovely.95. It would be greatly a_______ if you could offer me an opportunity to have a go.96. If you want to make enormous progress in your English studies, you will have to a______ a lot of vocabulary in your mind and practise more97. Though a_______ to the three of us, the seemingly tough task was completed in the giventime.98. After having been tried in court many times, he was declared i______ of the crime.99. There are still quite a few problems r_____ to be solved in the university, so the president looks a bit worried.100. I am still in a d_______ as to whether to accept his offer or turn it down.六、情景对话（5’）A: What exactly is your job?B: Our job is to make sure that the laws about pollution and waste arenot (101) b______. There are over thirty different pollution laws in the (101)__________ (102) s________ of New York. (102)_________ A: When was the “Waste Watch” section (103) s_________. (103)_________ B: In 1981. There had been a lot of reports of pollution. So the govern-ment told the police (104) f______ to start up a special section. (104)_________ A: How bad was the situation?B: It was (105) p________ bad. Some firms were pouring waste (105)_________ (106) s_____ from their factories into the rivers. Some were pouring liquid (106)_________ waste onto dry land inside the factory. (107) O_______ were paying truck (107)_________ companies to take the waste out of town.A: So what do you do now?B: We look out for companies driving waste out of town. They need (108) (108)_________ p_______ to do this. And we check on companies whenever we getreports.A: Can you give an example?B: Yes. We had an idea one company was breaking the law. Once aweek a truck used to call at the company’s factory. It never (109) d______ (109)_________ anything, but we thought it was taking away waste. So we followed thetruck. We used an ordinary car, not a police car. At four o’clock the nextmorning, the truck drove to the port and started to (110) p______ the liquid (110)________ into the sea.七、写作（15’）假如你是学生会主席，请根据下列提示，在校园网上用英语写一份书面通知，通知你校即将举行一次英语演讲活动。