郑州四中2008~2009学年上学期高二年级期中考试

英语试卷        命题人：彭佩霞

注意事项：

1.本试卷分为第一卷和第二卷，共5页，第一卷1-4页，第二卷第5页；考试时间为100分钟；卷面分120分。

2.第一卷的答案用铅笔涂在答题卡上，第二卷用钢笔或圆珠笔写在指定的位置上；不按要求做题不给分。

3.交卷时，只交答题卡和第二卷。

第一卷

Ⅰ 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. I try to ______ a few minutes every day to do some exercises.

A. set out        B. set off        C. set up        D. set aside

2. The sound of happy laughter ______ memories of his childhood.

A. called for           B. called on          C. called at           D. called up

3. It is the prevention of disease ______its successful treatments that has led to the rapid increase of the world’s population.

A. other than        B. rather than             C. less than               D. but also

4. Being determined is a kind of quality and that’s______ it takes to do anything properly.

A. how                    B. which                      C. where                   D. what

5.The reason ______I have to go is ______my mother is ill in bed.

A. why ;why             B. why; because

C. why ;that             D. that ;because

6. The earth moves around the sun, not______.

A. the other way back                                  B. another way round

C. the other way around                              D. another way against

7. Newton found himself ______the falling apple on his head.

A. inspiring to                                             B. inspired to

C. inspired by                                              D. inspiring by

8. Engines are to machines______ hearts are to animals.

A. that                                                           B. what

C. where                                                        D. which

9. ______we must do is ______the use of energy.

A. That; to reduce                                              B. How; to reduce

C .What;  to reduce                                          D. That; reduce

10. ______ by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.

A. Attracting                                               B. Attracted

C. To be attracted                                           D. Having attracted

11. Many things ______impossible for Chinese to understand in the past are quite common today.

A. considering                                                       B. considered

C. to be considered                                                D .having been considered

12. To know what is good and ______are two different things.

A. doing what is right                                           B. does what is right

C. to do what is right                                        D. did what was right

13. The joke made by Tom made us ______,so the teacher couldn’t make himself______.

A. to laugh; hearing                                             B .laugh; heard

C. laughing; hear                                                 D. laughed; heard

14. Her French upbringing gives her certain advantages ______other students in her class.

A. on          B. up to                       C. over        D. more than

15.―Do you think living in the county has advantages?

―            .

A. Yes, perfectly             B. Yes, it is  

C. Nothing at all             D. Well, that depends

II. 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

If you have strong arms and feet, you might make a good waiter. You must  16 , however, not in the restaurant, but in the  17  , helping the head cook, to learn exactly  18  each dish is prepared. Then you will be able to tell the customers what the ingredients (成分)are and how the food is  19  .From this first step, you may enter the restaurant as a  20 . But you won’t be allowed to serve the customers yet. They will  21  let you do the simplest jobs, such as  22 the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn. Later you will be taught how to  23  food  and if you are good at it, you may become a waiter in charge of a number of  24  .You may even become a head waiter  25   you are afraid of hard work.

When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he  26  only two English words ― “Please” and “ Hello ”. He  27  to get a job helping in the kitchen of an Indian restaurant, and he spent  28  little spare time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon he got a job in the restaurant as a waiter. Every night, Carlo used to go home tired, but  29  too tired to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. He always managed to  30  a third of his wages,  31  he put in the bank regularly every Friday. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always had a warm  32  for his customers. The customer liked him,  33  people had been used to coming to the restaurant and asking to be served by Carlo. Now twenty five years later. Carlo is the manager of six restaurants, and he hopes to open a seventh  34  .But he still believes in the personal  35  , and every night he goes to one or another of his restaurants to welcome the customers with a friendly greeting.

16. A. work     B. start     C. cook      D. learn

17. A. market   B. school    C. workshop  D. kitchen

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

19. A. served   B. eaten     C. cooked    D. bought

20. A. learner  B. waiter    C. cook      D. observer

21. A. soon     B. only      C. later     D. hardly

22. A. laying   B. lying     C. putting   D. moving

23. A. take     B. make      C. carry     D. serve

24. A. tables   B. waiters   C. foods     D. jobs

25. A. if       B. before    C. unless    D. though

26. A. spoke    B. studied   C. heard     D. kept in mind

27. A. failed   B. tried     C. managed   D. intended

28. A. how      B. what      C. such      D. that

29. A. only     B. sometimes C. little    D. never

30. A. spare       B. leave     C. save     D. get

31. A. as          B. leave     C. those    D. which

32. A. friendship  B. dish      C. welcome  D. smile

33. A. and         B. for       C. even     D. therefore

34. A. again       B. late    C. lately   D. more

35. A. opinion     B. touch     C. effort   D. effect

III．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、D)中选出最佳选项。

A

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.

I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.

I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.

If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.

Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.

Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions to my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

36.What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?

A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.

B. He will reply to it by means of being a stranger to the town.

C. He will give the very person long list of direction.

D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.

37.Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

A. Because of his poor sense of direction.

B. Because he always forget the way to home.

C. Because he did not have any friend.

D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

38.How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

A. He felt strange.                         B. He felt embarrassed.

C. He felt very sad.                     D. He felt astonished.

39.Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

A. Someone we don’t know.

B. The writer did it for himself.

C. The secretary did so.

D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.

B

Suppose you want to buy some new clothes or a new TV. Or maybe you need some work done on your car. How can you find the best price without shopping all over town? Ads can help you. Ads can show you lots of prices. And you don’t have to go anywhere to see them. Just open a newspaper or magazine, and you’ll find plenty of ads.

The following is an ad about TV sets for sale. Please read it and answer the questions below.

40.How many different kinds of TV sets does the store advertise here?

A. Four.                         B. Three.                            C. Two.                    D. Five.

41.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the advertisement?

A. You can buy any kind on July 14th.

B. The service time is 9 to 9 every day except Monday.

C. The larger the screen is, the higher the price will be.

D. The lowest price is a little more than 300.

42.Which is NOT mentioned in the ad?

A. The date of the American National Day.

B. The post code of the area where the store is.

C. The phone number of the store.

D. The names of the TV sets.

C

Celebrations spread across China when Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl, was given the right to host the 2010 World Expo on December 3.

Shanghai won the honor after beating rivals from Russia, Mexico, Poland and South Korea.

“I’m very proud of being Chinese,”said Wang Kaibo, a Senior 2 student of the Middle School Affiliated to Beijing Medical University.“The winning of the expo is a victory, not only for Shanghai residents, but for the people of the whole Chinese nation.”

Bidding for the expo shows that China is more confident of playing a more important role on the international stage. It’s competing for large events and the next one could be the World Cup, Wang said.

The World Expo 2010 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics will become the twin shining stars of China’s development over the next 10 years, said experts.

The World Expo is known as “Olympics of the economic, cultural, scientific and technological fields.”It is usually held every five years and lasts for six months.

The Olympics, World Cup and World Expo are considered three top international events in the world.

China is the first developing country to win the expo bid in the event’s 151-year history.

Not only will it attract more foreign investment to China, but experts say that the half-year-long exhibition will bring at least 70 million visitors to Shanghai.

The World Expo is a great event for different countries to exchange social, economic, cultural and scientific achievements, and also help to encourage new technology and ideas.

The expo was first held in London in 1851.It has a history of global influence.

The Eiffel Tower, built during the Paris World Expo in 1889,became the symbol of the French  capital.

Many historic inventions, such as the telephone and airplane, all made their first appearance at a World Expo.

43.What does the underlined word “rivals” probably mean in the second paragraph?

A. Competitors.                                        B. Enemies.

C. Players.                                                D. Supporters.

44.The winning of bidding for the World Expo 2010 and the 2008 Olympic Games implies______.

A. China is beginning to play a more important part on the international stage

B. China has played the most important role in the international affairs

C. China has become a developed country ever since 53

D. China is the first Asian country to win the expo bid in history

45.As we know, in general, the World Expo is usually held every ______years, while the Olympics is usually held every ______ years.

A.4;5                     B.5;4                           C.4;4                        D.5;5

46.By bidding for the expo and the Olympics, we are sure that______.

A. China will beat rivals from Russia, Mexico, Poland and South Korea

B. China will become a super country in the United Nations

C. China will build a famous tower like Eiffel Tower as the symbol of the capital

D. China will develop more quickly than before and will benefit a lot from them

D

If you go into the forest with your friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you’ll get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends―Let them find you .You can help them find you are staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal(信号)given three times is a call for help.

      Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

      If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches(树枝).Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.

      When away, Pick off small branches and drop them as walking in order to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.

47. If you get lost in the forest, you should______.

       A. try to find your friends                     B. stay in one place and give signs

      C. walk around the forest                      D. shout as loudly as possible

48. Which signal is a call for help?

       A. Shouting here and there.                   B. Crying twice. 

      C. Shouting  or  whistling  three  times  together                            D. Whistling everything in the forest

49. When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that___.

      A. someone is afraid of an anima             B. people will come to help

      C. someone needs help                          D. something terrible will happen

50. The main idea of the passage is _____________.

       A. how to travel in the forest                

       B. how to spend the night in the forest

       C. what you should do if you want to get some water 

       D. what you should do if you are lost in the forest

E

A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic(经济的) and social effects because of their size. The findings are from an 8-year study of about 100 000 people. The people studied were between the ages of 16 and 24 when the research began.

The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5% of the measurement in which weight is connected with height. For example, fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms. Fat men in the study were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms. The researchers say that more than 1 000 000 Americans are that big. The researchers found that fat young women were more likely to lose social and economic power even if they were form wealthy families. The fat women also were 20% less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6 700 a year less than other women. The study showed less severe effect on fat men. They earned an average of about $3 000 a year less than other men. Fat men also were 11% less likely to get married.

51.From this passage we know fat people in America were______.

A. admired                                          B. respected

C. unhealthy                                                        D. unpopular

52.Which of the following is surely RIGHT?

A. If a woman weighed 90 kilograms, she was considered fat.

B. More than 1 000 000 Americans were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms.

C. More than 1 000 000 Americans were considered fat by the researchers.

D. In America 20% of women and 11% of men couldn’t get married.

53.Which of the following was NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. The reason why fat people suffered.

B. The cause that caused people to be fat.

C. The standard(标准) of fat people.

D. The number of fat people.

54.The underlined word “severe” means______.

A. economic                                               B. social

C. serious                                                      D. favourable

55.Fat people were inferior to(比……差) other people in______.

A. brains, human rights and payment

B. income, marriage and political rights

C. brains ,education and marriage

D. marriage, getting jobs and income

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

(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作出判断。如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾(√)；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。

After read your advertisement, I want to offer                 56.___________

myself for the position. I’m twenty years old, male,                    57. ___________

1.78 meters tall, strong and health. And I am going to            58. ___________

graduate Nanjing University this year. I have learned             59. ___________

English for ten years. My spoken English is very much            60. ___________

good and I can write good article. I have won several             61. ___________

prizes in English contests. I have made a great deal of             62. ___________

inventions, most of them have been put into practice.                   63. ___________

But I can use the computer skillfully.                          64. ___________

            If I can get the job, I’ll do all I can do it well．                    65.___________

Thank you for your kindness.   

Yours truly,

                                           Li Hua

第二节：书面表达（共25 分）

根据下列图画用英语写一篇短文，图中男子为Mr. Li。

参考词汇：

足球迷  a football fan

•         Mrs. Li 让Mr. Li照看厨房的饭；

•         Mr. Li完全沉迷于球赛；

•         Mrs. Li 回来闻到了糊味；

•         看到饭糊了，Mr. Li 这时才意识到自己的任务。

注意：1．短文应包括图中所提供的主要信息，井做适当发挥，使短文内容连贯、完整；

2．词数： 100左右．

郑州四中高二英语期中考试答案

I 单项选择

  1---5 DDBDC 6―10 CCBCB 11---15 BCBCD

II 完型填空

Ⅲ. 16－20 BDBCA； 21－25 BADAC ；26－30 ACBDC；

31－35 DDACB

IV. 阅读理解

36 －40 BADAD 41-45 CBAAB 46---50 DBCBD

51―55 DCBCD 

V.  短文改错

56. read→reading 57. √  58. health→healthy   59. graduate后加from　60. 去掉much   61. article→articles 62. deal→number  63. them→which 64. But→And 65. 第二个do前加to

VI. 书面表达

Mr. Li is a football fan. One day, his wife wanted to go shopping and asked his husband to keep an eye on the meal being cooked in the kitchen. Mr. Li said, “No problem.” After his wife left, he began to watch TV, a football match. It was very exciting. Mr. Li lost himself in the match at once, forgetting the meal completely. When his wife came home, she felt something smelt terrible. She rushed into the kitchen and found the dish had been burnt black. Only at that moment did Mr. Li realize his task.(93 words)