白鹭洲中学2008―2009年高二下学期期中考试

英语试卷

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）

1．What is the weather like?

       A、It is cold.             B、It is warm.              C、It is dry.

2．What shops are around the corner?

A、Bookshops.         B、Supermarkets.         C、Cake shops.

3．Why was the man disapponted?

A、their team lost the match.               B、They couldn’t have a match.

C、It has rained for three days.

4．What does the woman mean?

       A、Please smoke over there.                 B、Just smoke here.

C、Don’t do that, and go away!

5．Who asked the man speaker questions all aftertnoon?

       A、The reporter.        B、The police.             C、His teacher.

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至7题。

6．Where does the conversation take place?

       A、In a classroom.               B、In a store.                  C、In a hotel.

7．What is the woman speaker?

       A、She is a student.         B、She is a secretary.       C、She is a customer.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8．Who did Laura meet on the way home last night?

       A、The man’s sister.         B、the man’s teacher.       C、The man’s mother.

9．Why did Laura call Jack several times?

A、She wanted to ask him whether the news was true.

B、She wanted to learn more about the Yale University.

C、She wanted to give him her warmest congratulations.

10．When will the two speakers meet?

A、This weekend.            B、Next week.          C、Tomorrow.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11．When is the test about?

       A、Today.                        B、Last week.           C、Yesterday.

12．What is the test about?

       A、English.                      B、Maths.                 C、History.

13．How did the woman think of the test?

       A、Easy.                           B、Difficult.             C、Important.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14．Where are the two speakers?

       A、At the gas station.                   B、At the police station.   

 C、At the highway side.

15．What caused the traffic accident?

       A、A man.                B、The broken front tire.          C、A cat.

16．What is the woman’s car like?

A、It is a new car.        B、It is a good car.                   C、It is an old car.

17．How many people are there in the woman’s family at least?

A、Seven.                    B、Eight.                               C、Nine.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．Why did the man ask one of his night watchmen?

A、He knew things in the future.         B、He used to work for the railway.

C、He went to Manchester, too.

19．When did the man probably leave for Manchester?

A、Before 7 o’clock.                B、At 8 o’clock.          C、After 8o’clock.   

20．What happened about the train in the watchman’s dream?

A、Everyone on the train was killed in the accident.

B、The train was on fire.               C、The trian was delayed at last.

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）

21．Could I use your dictionary?

                    .

A、Yes, you could                        B、No, you couldn’t

C、Of course, you could            D、Certainly, help yourself

22．Usually passengers are required to arrive at            airport one hour

before            aircraft takes off.

A、不填; an              B、the ; 不填           C、an; the          D、the;the

23．Mary       two hours every Sunday afternoon to spend with her son to make for better understanding.

A、sets out            B、sets foot                C、sets aside         D、sets up

24．If you’re       about American cities, just read the book written by Dr Johnson.

       A、interested        B、anxions             C、curious             D、upset

25．――Do you still remember the day when we went to the Great Wall?

       ―― I can’t remember it well, but       sometime last autumn?

       A、might it be                       B、could it have been

C、could it be                            D、must it have been

26．I was driven by a       to learn and determined to be head of my classmates.

       A、wish              B、desire            C、hope              D、expectation

27．Mary insisted what she said       true and we insisted that she       and have a look.

       A、be ; should go                    B、should be ; would go

C、was ; went                         D、was ; go

28．―― Is it cold?

       ―― Yes, a little, but quite warm       January.

       A、in                  B、on           C、for               D、by

29．It was       back home after the experiment.

       A、not until midnight did he go      B、not until midnight that he went

C、until midnight that he didn’t go  D、until midnight when he didn’t go

30．We are going to be happy       to attend the meeting.

       A、should he come                     B、he will come to here

C、if he will come                            D、will he come

31．The fact       he failed in the exam is not the one       he told me.

       A、which ; that         B、which ;which       C、that ;不填    D、不填；that

32．Japan wanted to become a       member of the Security Council (联合国常任理事国), but       .

       A、permanent ; in vain                       B、regular; fail 

C、permanent ; fail                        D、regular ; in vain

33．We have visied the temple       from the 15^th  century and the big clock

          2,000 years ago.

       A、dated ; built  B、dated ; building  C、dating ; building D、dating ; built

34．It made her angry that the plane was       

       A、one hour later  B、one hour late C、late for one hour  D、late one hour

35．While building a tunnel through the mountains,        .

       A、an underground lake was discovered

B、there was an undergruound lake discovered

C、a lake was discvered underground

D、the workers discovered an underground lake

第一节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Three weeks ago, Paul Davis was given up for dead. Today the 24-year-old truck dirver is on the road to getting  36  , thanks to the quick,  37  first aid of six skilled college student nurses, who were travelling a few minutes  38

his truck and got to him  39  it crashed (撞坏).

The student nurses were on the way back from a day of medical  40  at a hospital. When they saw the  41  ,they jumped out of their car. They  42   that Davis was already dead, but they wouldn’t move on without seeing for  43  . With the help of three men, they lifted him out. He was bleeding  44  and his heart almost stopped beating. He was abviously  45  .

One girl found an ice-cream  46  on the ground and made an airway down his throat. Another student held his tongue down. Then a third girl found a towel (毛巾) and  47  down with it on Davis’ neck to slow the bleeding. A fourth nurse brought a blanket and  48  Davis to warm him up. They kept his legs  49  . “We kept talking to him,” Miss Taylor said. “We  50  that the last thing you lose is your  51  .”

The student nurses kept Davis  52  until he could be sent to hospital. There, he brought out of  53 . A doctor said that Davis would have choked and bled to death without the  54  of the six student nurses. That is  55  he is alive today.

（   ）36．A、well             B、worse              C、buried          D、away

（   ）37．A、physical       B、scientific         C、gentle           D、exact

（   ）38．A、earlier          B、later                   C、behind          D、before

（   ）39．A、before long B、long before    C、long after      D、soon after

（   ）40．A、training B、team                C、exercise   D、examination

（   ）41．A、driver           B、accident        C、incident D、car-racing

（   ）42．A、were told     B、discovered        C、checked       D、reminded

（   ）43．A、him              B、them                C、himself          D、themselves

（   ）44．A、hardly          B、badly               C、sadly              D、slinghtly

（   ）45．A、died             B、dead                C、dying             D、death

（   ）46．A、stick             B、box                  C、paper             D、packet

（   ）47．A、pulled          B、took                     C、pressed         D、lay

（   ）48．A、covered       B、removed              C、dressed         D、offered

（   ）49．A、rising           B、risen                 C、raising            D、raised

（   ）50．A、found out    B、suggested        C、thought          D、learned

（   ）51．A、breathing     B、seeing              C、hearing           D、smelling

（   ）52．A、living           B、live                   C、alive            D、lively

（   ）53．A、control         B、danger             C、car                  D、life

（   ）54．A、care              B、cure               C、talk               D、study

（   ）55．A、because B、why                        C、what             D、where

第二部分    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，选出最佳选项。

A

It was an important day for Rita Van. Two guests were coming for dinner. All week, she planned the dinner with great care. She thought about serving roast beef and red wine, but she finally decided to serve duck and white wine.

She didn’t have to clean her apartment because it was always clean. She was a very neat person, and everything was always in place. She put some interesting books and magazines on the coffee table. Then she looked to see if all of her records were in order so that her guests could choose the music they wanted to hear.

On the day of the dinner, she finished the shopping and bought some flowers. She put on her nicest skirt and sweater. Then she set the table and arranged the flowers. She enjoyed preparing the dinner. Everything looked and seemed so good. It was exactly eight o’clock, and it was almost time to take the duck out of the oven (烤箱) .

Suddenly the telephone rang. She picked it up. At first, she did’t understand. Where were they? Why were they calling? Oh, they couldn’t come. She couldn’t believe it.

She had some soup, and then she sat for a long time, looking down at the table. Finally she turned on the radio and listened to a man giving people advice about their problems.

56．Rita Van is the kind of woman         .

A、who is easy to change her idea    B、who is neat and thoughtful

C、who is pretty but careless               D、who has few good friends

57．The unerlined word “neat” in this passage means         .

       A、pretty            B、bright            C、busy              D、tidy

58．On the day of the dinner, before the guests phoned her, Rita Van        .

A、was happy and satisfied with all she had done

B、was eager to know if the guests would come in time

C、was busy changing her clothes and arranging the flowers

D、was so tired that she didn’t like to do anything

59．How did Rita Van feel after she knew the guests wouldn’t come?

A、Angry          B、Anxious        C、Happy           D、Disappointed

B

Leonardo Da Vinci made drawings of submarines (潜艇) . but he did not show his drawings to other people. He said that there was “too much badness in the hearts of men.” He wrote, “If I give them my secret, they will use it for war in the depths (深度) of the sea.”

Now both the Americans and the Russians have more than 200 nuclear (核能的) submarines. These submarines carry nuclear missiles (导弹) . many missiles can go 4800 kilometres. The submarines can fire them from under the water. But now planes and satellites can “see” the heat of these submarines below the sea. What is the answer?

Countries can build missile stations on the seabed. They can build them secretly near the coasts of the other countries. Will there be war unedr the sea? Will there be war in the deep valleys and high mountains of the seabed? Nobody can win that war. If life, if fish and plants and animals die , then man will die too.

Keeping the sea alive means keeping man alive. Will we kill the sea with pollution and war or will we farm the sea and life?

60．Why did Leonardo Da Vinci not show his drawings of submarines to other people?

A、Becaues he wanted to wait for more money.

B、Becaues he was afraid of the result of showing them to the world.

C、Becaues he had not finished drawing them.

D、Becaues there was too much goodness in the hearts of human beings.

61．What is special about the submarines that the Americans and Russians own?

A、They can stay underwater.                    B、They can go 4800 kilometers.

C、They can “see” the heat below the sea. 

D、They can fire missles from under the water.

62．What is the author worried about most?

A、War.      B、Coasts.          C、Deep valleys.              D、High mountains.

63．What does the writer want to warn people of in Paragraph 3?

A、There is sure to be war under the sea.

B、The terrible effects of the nuclear war.

C、The war between the sea animals.         D、The pollution of the sea.

C

Cell phones, pagers, laptop cimputers, and personal digital (数字) assistants are being used, bringing increased productivity and efficiency to millions of users. A survery, however, suggests that too much information may be getting out of hand. From palmtop computer e-mail to cell phone voice mail, controlling these ways of receiving information is becoming a serious management problem for the people who use them.

People may feel overwhelmed, leading them to become stressed and have less time to spend with their family and friends.

Thus, it is mecessary to set up an organizing system for people to handle the electronic information. When people master the digital organization, it will greatly and improve both their professional and personal lives. Without an organizing system, however, people have to spend a large amount of time looking for misplaced information.

64．What’s the main purpose of the text?

       A、Tell people the advantages of modern devices (设备) .

B、Tell people to set up an organizing system to handle information.

C、Complain (抱怨) of the modern devices.

D、Tell people the disadvantages of modern devices.

65．How can people get information?

      A、Using cell phones, pagers, laptop computers and personal digital ssistants.

B、Reading books and magazines.

C、writing letters and attending meetings.         D、By phone.

66．What does the phrase “get out of hand” mean in Sentence 2 of Paragraph 1?

       A、get out of control B、get impossible C、get too much    D、get useless

67．What are the advantages of such an orgainzing system?

       A、It can help people to spend time looking for misplaced information.

B、It can help people to handle the electronic information.

C、It can simplify and improve both their professional and personal lives.

D、Both B and C.

D

Foods quickly spoil and break down if they are not stored correctly. Heat and damp encourage an increase of micro-organisms (微生物) ,and sunlight can destroy the vitamins in such foods as milk. Therefore, most foods should be stored in a cool, dark, dry place.

Some foods go had quickly, such as meat, eggs, and milk. They should be stored in a refrigerator or in the underground basement of a house.

Dry goods, such as flour and rice, should be kept a slightly higher temperathure than foods that go bad quickly. A temperature of 15℃ is ideal (理想的). In Britain and northem European countries this means that the room in which dry goods are stored should share the general heating of the house. The room should also be well aired and, above all, dry. Damp very quickly causes the growth of the green molds (霉) . These molds often grow on cheese if it is not stored properly.

Fruits and vegetables need cool, damp, but frost-proof (防霜冻的) conditions. Therefore, an underground basement usually makes an excellent storage place. If the central heating until is located in the basement, however, it will not be ideal unless the unit and the pipes do not give out any heat.

Foodstuffs (食料、粮食) do not break down quickly. If correctly stored, they should keep for quite long periods of time. Thus, salt and sugar will keep for about two years; tinned meat goods, such as beef and chicken, for about eighteen months; flour and other dry goods, for about a year. Freezing the foodstuffs that spoil easily preserves them for much longer than is otherwise possible. But even frozen foods do not keep their food value of their taste for ever. As a general rule, meat should be cooked and eaten within a year afrer it is frozen; fish, within six to ten months; fruits and vegetables, within three to six months.

68．According to the author, why should food be stored in a dark place?

       A、Such a place is usually cool and well aired.

B、The producer of the food requires us to do so.

C、Heat causes the growth of the micro-organisms in the food.

D、The vitamins in some food can be ruined by runlight.

69．In northn European countries the general heating of the house can keep the ideal temperature for         .

       A、the growth of the green molds        B、the processing of cheese

C、the storage of flour and rice            D、the operation of refrigerators

70．How many possible places have been recommended for storing fruits and vegetables?

       A、One .            B、Two.             C、Three.           D、Four.

71．What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?

       A、To inform the reader about the lengths of time that foodstuffs will keep.

B、To show how to keep the food value of frozen foods.

C、To tell us meat should be cooked and eaten within a vear.

D、To describe the disadvantages of frozen foods.

E

It is said that matheatics is the base of all other sciences, and that arethmetic (算术；计算) , the science of numbers is the base of mathematics. Numbers consist of whole number which are formed by the digits 0 ,1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 and 9 and by combinatics of them by three digits. Parts of numbers smaller than I are sometimes expressed in terms of fractions (分数) ,but in scientific usage they are given as decimals (小数) . This is because it is easier to perform the various mathe-matical operations if decimals are used instead of fractions.

The decimal, or ten-scale, system is used for scientific purposes throughout the world. It is even accepted in countries whose national systems of weights and measurements are based upon other scales. The other scale in general use nowadays is the binary, or two-scales. In such a scale (进位) , numbers are expressed by combination of only two digits, 0 and 1. Thus, 2 is expressed as 010, 3 is given as 011, 4 is represented as 100, etc. This scale is perfectly adapted to the “off-on” pulses of electricity, so it is widely used in electronic computers. It is because of its simplicity that the scale is often called “the lazy schoolboy’s dream”!

Other branches of mathematics such as algebra (代数) and geometry are also extensively used in many sciences and even in some areas of philosophy. More specialized extension, such as probability theory and group theory, are now applied to an increasing number of activities, ranging from economics and the design of experimernts to war and politics.

Finally, a knowledge of statistics is required by every type of scientists for the analysis of data. Moreover, even an elementary knowledge of this branch of mathematics is rufficient to enable the journalist to avoid misleading his readers. It is also useful in helping the ordinary citizen detect the attempts attempts which are constantly made to deceiven him.

72．What is the passage mainly about?

       A、The importance of statistics (统计学) . 

B、The branches of mathematics and their applications.

C、The new development of arithmetic.

D、The relation of mathematics to other sciences.

73．Which of the following descriptions best applied to the decimal system?

       A、The base of all national systems of weights and measurements.

B、The number system based on whole numbers and fractions.

C、The widely adopted number system in science today.

D、The basic number system for computer work.

74．According to the passage, why is the binary system often called “the lazy schoolboy’s dream”?

       A、Arithmetic operations in this system are relatively (相对地) easy.

B、The schoolboy likes the digital computers.

C、This system is not required to be learned in schoos.

D、The two-scale mathematical operations are interesting.

75．According to the passage, which of the following statements about philosophy (哲学) is true?

A、Mathematics in the modern world is advancing faster than philosophy.

B、In natural sciences more areas of philosophy are being used than ever before.

C、Philosophy has made great contributions to the progress of algebra and geometry.

D、Mathematical knowledge plays an important role in some fields of philosophy.

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共35分）

第四部分    写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节        对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在标有题号76～85的空白处写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M=Mike

W=Wendy

M: Hi, Wendy, have you (76) f        all the work?

W: Yes, I have. But it’s really (77) d        .

M: I’m sure you must feel tired now.

W: You said it.

M: Ok. Now, have a cigarette and relax.

W: No, thanks.

M: You’ve decided to give up smoking?

W: Yes. I have to for we’ve been (78) f        to smoke in the office since the new manager took office.

M: Really? Why?

W: He is too (79) s        to cigaretts, maybe. Well …anyway, it is good for our (80) h        to stop smoking. And I’m (81) t        of smoking.

M: I see. You mean you don’t enjoy smoking any (82) m        ?

W: That’s right. I think you should give it up, too.

M: Stop talking like my mother. That’s what she keeps (83)

s         to me. By the way, (84) h         is your relationship going on with your girlfriend?

W: Quite good. We fell in love at first (85) s       last year, you know.

书面表达（25分）

某对外发行的画刊拟刊登一幅我国河北（Hebei）省赵（zhao）县著名的赵州桥的图片。请根据以下提示要点，为该图写一段文字介绍。

1．地理位置：河北省赵县城南。

2．概况：隋朝（Sui Dynasty）时由李春（Li Chun）设计建成，迄今已有1360多年的历史，是中国最古老的一座石拱桥。长50多米，宽9米。

3．地理位置：全部用石料建成。大石拱用1000多块厚约30厘米（centimetres），重约1吨的石块砌成。

4．其他情况：50年代进行整修，参观者越来越多。

注意：①介绍必须包括所有要点，但不要逐条译成英语。

②介绍的词数为110个左右。

③参考词汇：

  赵州桥  Zhaozhou Bridge

  大石拱  the big stone arch

              Oldest Stone Arch Bridge in China               

 (Keys)

一、听力：1～5  ACBAB     6～10  CACCA

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