内蒙古包头一中08-09学年高二上学期期中考试(英语)

2008—2009学年度第一学期包头一中

高二年级期中统一考试（英语）

出题人：葛云龙审题人：葛云龙

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。1．Where are the two speakers?

A.In a department store.

B.In a clothes factory.

C.On a playground.

2.What time does the train leave?

A. At 6:15.

B. At 6:25

C. At 6:50

3.What is the woman’s sister?

A. A doctor.

B. A teacher.

C. A nurse.

4.How will the two speakers go to London?

A.By train.

B. By air.

C. By car.

5.What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

A.Doctor and patient.

B.Teacher and student.

C.Shop assistant and customer.

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。听完每段对话或独白前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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至8题。

6.Where is the boy going to spend his holidays?

A.In the city.

B. In the country.

C. Abroad.

7.What will the boy do there?

A.He will do some farm work.

B.He will study there.

C.He will do some housework.

8. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The boy’s grandparents live in the country.

B. The boy’s school is in the city.

C. The girl knows how to farm, too.

请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. How many languages can the woman speak?

A. Two

B. Three.

C. Four.

10. What do we know from the text?

A. The woman can write French.

B. The woman can’t write German.

C. The woman can not only speak German but also write it.

11. What does the man think of Japanese?

A. It’s very different from German.

B. It’s easy.

C. It is the same as German.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What will they put on a show for?

A. For money.

B. For fun.

C. For others.

13. What can we conclude from the dialogue?

A. They want to put on three shoes in all.

B. Three people will appear in the play.

C. They will sing three songs in the play.

14. What can we learn about the man?

A. He’ll sing and dance in the show.

B. He often goes up on the stage.

C. He sings pop songs for money.

请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the woman good at?

A. Playing basketball.

B. Running.

C. Swimming.

16. How old was she when she was famous?

A. She was twenty.

B. She was thirteen.

C. She was fifteen.

17. What can we learn about the woman from the dialogue?

A. She took part in one of the Olympic Games.

B. She still swims for international competitions.

C. She used to swim thirty-five miles every day.

请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why do they have the competition?

A. To see who is the heaviest.

B. To see who can eat the most.

C. To see who is the tallest.

19. What can we learn from what the speaker said?

A. The man drank ten glasses of beer.

B. The man’s wife knew her husband had won the competition.

C. The man wanted to eat something more after the competition.

20. How did his friends feel about his words?

A. Surprised.

B. Sad.

C. Happy.

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小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21．We went to Canada to travel and my cusin as our guide.

A. played

B. showed

C. acted

D. performed

22. With a lot of difficulties ,they went to the seashore and had a good rest.

A. settled

B. settling

C. to settle

D. being settled

23. — Let’s go for an outing this weekend.

—.

A. I’m very glad.

B. I’ll be happy.

C. Why not?

D. I would very much like.

24. in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.

A. Having lost

B. Lost

C. Being lost

D. Losing

25. — The boss said we had only 3 days to finish the work..

— Don’t worry. We have already two thirds of it.

A. got down B .got through

C. given in

D. given away

26. Pop music is liked by many people, but it is not everyone’s

taste.

A. with

B. in

C. on

D. to

27. She was by her English teacher, and now she has been a famous translator.

A. forced

B. followed

C. moved

D. influenced

28. At the foot of the mountain .

A. a village lie

B. lies a village

C. does a village lie

D. lying a village

29. makes this shop different is it offers more personal services.

A. Wha t … that

B. who --- what

C. Whatever --- that

D. Whoever ---what

30. The club over 300 members

A. belongs to

B. consists of

C. makes up

D. is made up

31. Parents are taught to understand important education is to their children’s future.

A. that

B. how

C. such

D. so

32. A lot of attention, I think, should be the endangered animals.

A. made to protecting

B. paid to protecting

C. paid to protect

D. made to protect

33. — Why don’t you buy the necklace since you like it so much?

— I , but I don’t have the money.

A. would

B. will

C. should

D. may

34. Her health __________ under the pressure of work and she had to stay in hospital for a month.

A. broke up

B. broke away

C. broke out

D. broke down

35. It is a good plan in theory, but it to be seen if it works in practice.

A. waits

B. stays

C. stands

D. remains

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36至55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选择。

I was a reporter of an evening paper in London. One day I was asked to write a few articles on 36 in London. It was 37 that all my adventure started. I made a 38 that the best way of collecting 39

was that I would go deep into the realities of life. I used to be an actor, of course. I had 40 all the skills of make-up(化妆) and I could still make good use of them. Having finished all necessary 41 , I placed myself in one of the busiest streets. At home that night I was 42 to find that I had received more than a pound.

Well, you can imagine how 43 it was to settle down to work hard on the newspaper at two pounds a

week, when I knew that I could 44 as much as that 45 a single day! I 46 my job as a reporter, though my 47 was hurt. My knowledge of 48 helped me a lot and my clever answers quickly made me almost a public character. All day and every day the money 49 into my cap and I usually received 50 two pounds in a day. In the end , I 51 take a large bright beautiful white 52 in the country and later to 53 . Nobody had any idea 54 my money really came from. my dear wife only knew that I had 55 in London: that was all.

36. A. playing B. shopping C. publishing D. begging

37. A. then B. than C. soon D. when

38. A. promise B. conclusion C. decision D. preparation

39. A. facts B. news C. money D. problems

40. A. played B. acted C. learned D. tried

41. A. equipment B. conditions C. experiments D. preparation

42. A. excited B. pleased C. surprised D. disappointed

43. A. interesting B. successful C. easy D. hard

44. A. make B. spend C. save D. care

45. A. on B. in C. at D. for

46. A. gave in B. gave off C. gave up D. gave out

47. A. heart B. future C. feeling D. pride

48. A .make-up B. play C .act D. work

49. A. ran B. came C. threw D. poured

50. A. nearly B. totally C. at least D. at most

51. A. was able to B. could C. had to D. must

52. A. land B. house C. garden D. car

53. A. move in B. sell out C. marry D. engage

54. A. where B. when C. how D. what

55. A. office B. job C. bank D. business

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,从每题所给的四个选项(A B C和D)中,选出最佳答案。

A

I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly. But my clothes stuck to me like a heave weight. I could hardly stay above the surface.

Counsel saw this. “Shall I cut them?” he asked.

With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took them off quickly while I swam for both of us.

Then I did the same for Counsel, and we continued to swim near each other.

But we were in serious trouble. The crew(船员) might not have noticed our disappearance. And if they had, they could not return because the rudder(舵) had broken. Counsel thought of all this, and calmly made his plans. We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible, because we had no other hope of safety. I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time. This was how we did it: While one of us lay on his back, quite still, with arms crossed and legs stretched out (伸直), the other would swim and push him along. We changed every ten minutes or so. In this way we could swim for hours, perhaps till daylight. The crash of the ship and the whale (鲸鱼) had appeared at about eleven o’clock. We had about eight hours to swim before daylight. This seemed possible, if the sea remained calm.

56．What happened to the man who told the story?

A. He and his companion got into the water to test their strength.

B. He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder.

C. He was knocked into the water by his enemy.

D. He was thrown into the sea when the ship struck a whale.

57．Why did the two men cut their clothes?

A．Because no people helped them to take off their clothes.

B . Because they couldn’t take off their clothes on the sea.

C. Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly.

D. Because they wanted to take lifebuoys (救生圈) with their clothes.

58．In order to save their strength, .

A. one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed

B. they both swam calmly

C. they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water

D. they lay on their backs instead of swimming

59. Which one of the following is true?

A. Neither of the two men was good swimmers.

B. The sea was calm before eleven o’clock that night.

C. The story took place at night.

D. The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship.

B

What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red? If you do, you must be an optimist (乐观者)，a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quite, shy and you would rather follow than lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and determined(意志坚定的). You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are successful. At least this is what psychologists(心理学家) tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, and the effect that colors have on human beings. They tell us that we don’t choose our favorite color as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one, and a red dress rings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing(压抑). Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark gray.

Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colorful things. Remember also that you will know your friends and your enemies better when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character when you choose a piece of handkerchief.

60 . According to this passage , .

A. one can choose his color preference

B. one is born with his color preference

C. one’s color preference is changeable

D. one has to choose his favorite color as soon as he can see clearly

61. We would pay attention to colors because .

A. colors do have effect on our moods(情绪)

B. colors may have effect on our work and study

C. light and bright colors make people happy

D. you can know your friends better by the colors they like or dislike

62. The main idea of this passage is .

A. one’s color preference shows one’s character

B. you can brighten your life with wonderful colors

C. psychologists have been studying the meaning of color preference

D. one’s color preference has something to do with his character and colors have effects on human beings

63. The writer believes that in making our country more developed and stronger, we need more people who love .

A. yellow

B. red

C. green

D. black

C

The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in public places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s, the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the DAILT COURANT, which did not appear until 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But the local government soon stopped its publication. In 1704, John Campbell started THE BOSTON NEWSLETTER, the first newspaper to be published daily in America. By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the USA.

Today, as a group, English languages newspapers have the largest circulation(循环、流通、发行) in the world. The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper ASAHI SHIMBUN, which sells over eleven million copies every day.

64. The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared .

A. in 1620

B. at the end of the 17th century

C. in 1609

D. at the beginning of the 18th century

65. How many years earlier was the newspaper printed in China than in America?

A. 9 or 10 centuries.

B. More than 1000 years.

C. 700 years o so.

D. Less than 800 years.

66. As suggested by the passage, which of the following newspapers have the largest number of readers in the world?

A. Italian languages newspaper.

B. Chinese languages newspaper.

C. English languages newspaper.

D. Japanese languages newspaper.

67. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. The World’s First Newspaper

B. History of Newspaper

C. The First Daily Newspaper in America

D. A Remarkable Man—Benjamin Harris

D

Where did the British people come from? This is an extraordinarily interesting question, since they are a

mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded(入侵) Britain at various times from Europe. Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century BC, but there had been at least three invasions(入侵) before that. The first of these was by the Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes(部落)：first the Gaels, whose descendants(后裔) are the modern Scots and Irish, some of whom still speak the Gaelic language; and secondly the Britons, who gave their names to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered（征服）. But the Roman Empire was overthrown by the Germanic tribes, which once overran(横行于) the whole of Western Europe.

There were three great Germanic tribes which invaded Britain: the Angles, the Saxons and Jutes; and together they form the basis of the modern English race. The Britons, as a race, disappeared except in Wales and Cornwall. Many Welsh people still speak their “ British” language, which is called Welsh. The Angles were so numerous that the country was called Angle-land, i.e. England, and the Anglo-Saxon language was old English, in other words, modern English has descended（传下来）directly from it.

So far then, we have noted the Iberians, two kinds of Celts; the Romans and the Germanic peoples, which we shall call collectively the Saxons: but they by no means ended. A few hundred years later a further invasion took place from the North-East, that of the Danes. Finally, and more important, there came the great Norman invasion. In the year 1066, Duke William of Normandy claimed the English throne(王位) and he defeated and killed the Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. He went on to conquer the whole country and was crowned(加冕) William I of England. Our present Queen is one of his descendants. There has never been another invasion of Britain in the 900 years since William the Conqueror, so that all the various elements(人的一群) have had time to settle down and form one people.

68. The British people are descendants of __________ .

A. the Romans

B. the Germanic peoples

C. the Normans

D. many different races

69. Modern English is mainly derived from .

A. the Garlic language

B. the “British” language

C. the Germanic language

D. the Anglo-Saxon language

70. Which of the following statements in not true?

A. The Britons form a large part of the modern English race.

B. Some languages of former invaders still exist in Britain now.

C. The last and greatest invasion Britain suffered from was the Norman invasion.

D. It can be inferred that the name of England is derived（获得）from the name of one of the Germanic tribes.

71. This passage deals mainly with .

A. the past suffering of Britain

B .the history of Britain

C. the origin（起源，来历）of the British people

D. the development of the English language

E

Some of the world’s most famous persons have suffered a similar disability, such as Albert Einstein, the scientist; Thomas Edison, the inventor; Auguste Rodin, the artist. What disabled these three highly-intelligent (高智商的) men? Strange as it may seem, they all suffered from learning disabilities, the name given to a number of related learning disorders.

Persons with learning disabilities are of normal or higher intelligence. Yet they have great difficulty learning to read, write or use numbers.

Almost always, there is problem with one of the mental processes needed to understand or use written signs

or spoken language. A learning-disabled child sees and hears perfectly well. Yet he or she is unable to recognize the differences in sizes, shapes or sounds that are easy for others to recognize.

Learning disabilities are very common.They affect perhaps 10 percent of all children. Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.

Since about 1970, new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better. Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things. There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from difference in the way the brain is organized. You can not look at a child and tell he or she has a learning disability. There is no outward(外部的) sign of the disorder. So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.

In one study, researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person who had died in an accident. They found two unusual things. One involved cells(细胞) in the left side of the brain, which control language. These cells normally are white. In the learning-disabled person, however, these cells were gray. The researchers also found that many of the nerve(神经) cells were not in a line the way they should have been. The nerve cells were mixed together.

72. How can we learn whether a person has suffered from learning disabilities or not?

A. By judging whether he or she sees or hears perfectly well.

B. By checking if he or she is of normal or higher intelligence.

C. By judging if he or she is the world’s most famous person.

D. By judging whether he or she has any difficulty in recognizing the differences in sizes, shapes or sounds.

73. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Among the children suffering from learning disabilities, girls are fewer

than boys.

B. It is reported that many more girls have learning disabilities than boys.

C. All the world’s famous persons have the chance to get the similar disorders.

D. Most of the world’s famous persons have suffered from disabilities.

74. Why did researchers examine the brain of a learning-disabled person who died in an accident?

A. To try find out the cause of learning disabilities.

B. To see if the person had any outward sign of the disorder.

C. To check if the person is of normal or higher intelligence.

D. To find out if the person suffered from a learning disability.

75. If somebody has learning disability, .

A. his or her nerve cells are in a line the way they shouldn’t be

B. the cells in the left side of the brain are gray and the nerve cells are not in a line

C. he or she has no difficulty in learning to read, write or use numbers

D. he or she is able to recognize the differences in sizes, shapes or sounds

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，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）; 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该加的词。

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。

For about half century, scientists have been making 76.

better and better computers. Now a computer could do a 77.

lot of everyday jobs wonderful. It is widely used in 78.

factories, hospitals and banks. Many computer scientist 79.

are now thinking of having the computer to “think” like 80.

a man. At the help of a person, a computer can draw 81.

pictures, write music, talking with people, translate 82.

languages and so on. Perhaps computers will one day 83.

really think and feel. Do you think that people will 84.

afraid when they will find that the computer is too intelligent 85.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

词数：100字左右，开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear Mr. Principal,

I’m a senior student of our school. I’d like to say something about the canteen service in our school.

参考答案:

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21-25 CACBB 26-30 DDBAB 31-35 BBADD 36-40 DACAC

41-45 DCDAB 46-50 CDADC 51-55 ABCAD 56-60 DCACB

61-65 ADCDA 66-70 CBDDA 71-75 CDAAB

76. half 后加a

77. could → can

78. wonder → wonderfully

79. scientist → scientists

80. 去掉to

81. at →with

82. talking →talk

83. √

84. will 后加be

85.去掉will

书面表达:

Dear Mr. Principal,

I’m a senior student of our school. I’d like to say something about the canteen in our school.

In general, the service is satisfactory. The hall is clean and tidy. The dishes tastes delicious. What’s more, the workers there treat us as their friends, which makes us feel very happy.

However, we feel the price of the meals is a little too high. Besides, we can all only have a limited variety of dishes with little changes every week. In addition, we often have to stand in line for a long time before we can get the meal. You could understand how precious time is to students. Therefore, may I suggest something be to solve the problems so that we can all enjoy our meals at school?

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely yours

Li Hua

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