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(天水市一中2006级2008-2009学年第二学期第四次考试题E篇)
Everyone’s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn’t done an eBay deal. So I decided to try my hand at online auction(网上拍卖).
Buying for beginners: Sign up on WWW.eBay.com Most items(e.g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with “Buy It Now” and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.
If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids (出价) for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish you get an email telling you whether you have won the item.
How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card.
Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends’ advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10- day auction, starting on a Thursdayy. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.
The big things in life: It’s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymen. Check the ways of delivery before you bid.
57. What is the passage mainly about ?
A. How to make payment online. B. Ways of making delivery online.
C. Advantages of an online-auction system. D. How to use an online-auction system.
58. After bidding for an item, a buyer _______ .
A. can’t buy other items any more B. should make payment immediately
C. has chances to make higher bids D. must give your credit card to the seller
59. You should _______if the item is being auctioned.
A. make loud noises
B. get the others not to bid
C. ask the other people’s price
D. offer the highest price you are ready to pay
60. The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is _______.
A. through an online payment system B. through a local bank system
C. by sending the money to the seller D. by paying the delivery man directly
听力测试(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
第一节?
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。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。
M：Hi．Are you here on vacation or business?
W：I’m here on vacation．I think Taiwan is beautiful．
1．What is the woman here for?
A．For an interview．
B．On business．
C．On vacation．
M：I can come to your house and pick you up in half an hour．Is that all right?
W：Good．That means you will be here at 8∶30．
2．What time is it now?
A．Nine o’clock．
B．Eight o’clock．
C．Seven thirty．
W：Do you think that every language has a spoken form?
M：Certainly I do, but not every language has a written form．
3．Which form comes first, written or spoken?
A．Either the written form or the spoken one comes first．
B．The written form appears before the spoken one．
C．The spoken form comes before the written one．
M：I have seen the film Three Men and a Baby twice．I still really enjoy it．
W：That’s nothing．I’ve seen it four times．My brother has seen it five．
4．How many times has the woman seen the film Three Men and a Baby?
A．Two times．
B．Three times．
C．Four times．
M：I like these coats．How much are they?
W：40 dollars each, or two for 70 dollars．
5．How much will each one cost if you buy two coats?
A．30 dollars．
B．35 dollars．
C．40 dollars．
第二节?
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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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6～8题。
W：Hey, Karl!Why all this hurry?
M：Hi, Amber．How’s everything?
W：Really good．I’ve been really busy all day．How about you? I haven’t seen you for a while．
M：Yeah, today it has just been crazy for me too．I’ve been working like a mad man all day．
W：There just isn’t enough time．I haven’t even done a tenth of my paperwork．
M：It’s no joke, is it?I’ve still got a ton of paperwork to do, too．
W：I had a million things to do today, and only managed to finish a few．
6．What do both the man and the woman most probably do?
A．They are dustmen．
B．They are sportsmen．
C．They are office workers．
7．What do we know about today’s work?
A．Both of them have been busy with the work all day．
B．The man has been busier than the woman．
C．The man could spare a few minutes to relax．
8．What do we know from the conversation?
A．Both of them have finished their today’s work．
B．They have been so busy that they haven’t seen each other recently．
C．Both of them are joking．
听第7段材料，回答第9～10题。
M：What are you going to do tonight, Betty?
W：I’m going to eat at the new Chinese restaurant, just opposite your office．It’s not far from my house, about fifteen minutes’ walk．
M：Really? I was there last night, with some friends of mine．
W：Were there many people there?
M：Yes, a lot．
W：How was the food there?
M：It was great, really delicious．The vegetables were very fresh．But the service was not good enough, I’m afraid．
9．What are the speakers talking about?
A．What they’re going to do．
B．What they did．
C．A restaurant．
10．What is NOT mentioned about the Chinese restaurant in the talk?
A．Food．
B．Price．
C．Where it is．
听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。
M：Now some doctors are strongly encouraging arm exercises．
W：Arm exercises?Is that because arms are too fat or soft?
M：Actually that’s not the main reason．They say that arm exercises can make you physically healthy．
W：But I was told that arm exercises could raise your blood pressure．
M：Yes, but the article I read suggests some ways to make up for that．
W：Really?How?
M：By adding leg exercises, so that the arms don’t do all the work．
W：And in return I’m sure that there’s a good chance of losing weight．
M：Sounds right to me．
W：So what exercises do the experts suggest?
M：They mentioned quite a few exercises, but one of the most popular ones is riding a bike．
W：Good．I will try that．
11．Why are some doctors strongly encouraging arm exercises now?
A．Because our arms are often too fat．
B．Because our arms are often too soft．
C．Because arm exercises can build our health．
12．How will your blood pressure act when you have arm exercises?
A．Slow down．
B．Rise．
C．Keep normal．
13．What should arms exercises be done with?
A．Head exercises．
B．Neck exercises．
C．Leg exercises．
听第9段材料，回答第14～17题。
M：Miss Helen, can you tell me a little bit about where you have worked before?
W：Well, my last job was with Enron．
M：And when did you start with them?
W：Two years ago．
M：I see．So why did you decide to leave?
W：Well, perhaps you have heard that the company closed down earlier this year．
M：Yes, we’ve heard about it．And where did you work before Enron?
W：The ABC Motor Company．
M：How long did you work for them?
W：For five years, as a secretary．
M：And why did you leave that job as a secretary?
W：Well, I felt I needed a change．I think I learnt all I could do there．
M：OK, that’s enough on your working experience．Thank you．
14．What is the man asking about?
A．The woman’s last job．
B．The ABC Motor Company．
C．The woman’s working experience．
15．How many companies has the woman worked for?
A．2．
B．3．
C．4．
16．Why did the woman leave Enron?
A．She needed a change．
B．She had a quarrel with her boss．
C．The company closed down．
17．How many years did the woman work for the ABC Motor Company?
A．Two years．
B．Five years．
C．Seven years．
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
The 28th Olympic Games were held in its birthplace Athens this year again．But do you know how we got from the Ancient Olympics to the Modern Games?Now let me tell you something．
Although the ancient Games were held in Olympia, Greece, through 776 BC to 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return．The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896．The man responsible for its rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea in 1894．His original thought was to hold the first modern Games in 1900 in Paris, but delegates from 34 countries were so devoted to the idea of holding it in Athens that they made him give up his original thought and move the Games up to 1896 and have Athens serve as the first host．
18．When did the ancient Olympics stop?
A．776 BC．
B．393 AD．
C．After 1503．
19．Who first came up with the idea of the rebirth of the Olympics?
A．The Greeks．
B．A Frenchman．
C．The Olympic Committee．
20．Why did delegates from 34 countries insist on having Athens serve as the first host?
A．Because the Olympic Games were born in Greece．
B．Because Paris is farther to other countries than Athens．
C．Because the Olympic Games should return to its hometown．
第三节 阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 1955, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition（试演）for My King of People, a televised talent show popular in the UK. She was immediately rejected.
She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didn’t perform well, but her brother said that she was rejected because of plain looks. Boyle was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub.
Boyle suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death, Boyle put her big dreams on hold to care for her sick mother Bridget Boyle. The mother and daughter often talked of Susan’s possible fame. Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competitions. “She was the one who said I should enter Britain’s Got Talent. We used to watch it together”, Susan later told reporters. “She thought I would win.”
In 1999, Boyle used all of her saving to pay for a professional demo（样本唱片）tape, which she went to record companies. In 2002, Bolye began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O’ Neil.
In 2007, Boyle’s mother passed away at the age of 91. A neighbour reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter “wouldn’t come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone.” She lived alone with her cat, Pebbles. For over a year, she refused to sing. But in August of 2008, O’Neil urged her to try out for Britain’s Got Talent. Convinced that the performance would be an honour to her mother, Boyle auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland. She sang I Dreamed A Dream in the first round of the show, which was aired on 11 April 2009.
The 47-year-old Scottish woman’s plain looks provided a sharp contrast to her powerfully beautiful voice. The performance astonished the audience and the judges. Online videos of her performance totaled over 40 million views within a week. Although she failed to win the final of Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular. Her first album I Dreamed A Dream has sold over five million copies.
1．Bridget Boyle’s attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as _________.
A．critical B．doubtful C．indifferent D．optimistic
2．From Para. 4 we learn that Boyle______.
A．was slightly discouraged by her voice coach
B．entered Britain’s Got Talent to prove her ability
C．decided to give up her singing career.
D．was deeply affected by her mother’s death.
3．Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle?
A．Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008.
B．Her audition for My Kind of People failed.
C．She has never stopped singing since 1995.
D．She was the winner of Britain’s Got Talent
4．In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to______.
A．tell us how Bolye’s dream came true
B．let us know more about Boyle’s personal life.
C．show how Boyle was influenced by her family.
D．explain how to enter and win a talent show.
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英文短文。
The Use of Examinations
A good education should make people think for themselves. But the exam can never do anything like that.
First, examinations are second to none because it brings anxiety to students. As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of terrible competition.
Second, exams do not interest students to read or to learn widely. They do not help students to look for more and more knowledge, but try to put as much as possible into the students’ head.
Third, they lower the standards of teaching, for they do not give any freedom to teachers to decide what to teach. Teachers themselves have no choice but to train their students in exam techniques. The most successful students are not always the best educated but the best trained in the technique of exams.
Fourth, they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability. The exams are often nothing more than a subjective assessment(主观评价) by some examiners.
However, if there are no exams, few students or even no one will do any revision or study!
【写作内容】
1. 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约30；
2. 就“中学生学习成绩与能力的相互关系”为题发表你的看法，至少包括以下的内容要点，该部分的词数大约120。
(1) 你每次考试之前的心情如何？
(2) 你是如何备考的?
(3) 你认为考试成绩能反映你的学习能力吗？
【写作要求】
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
【评分标准】
概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。
听力
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．What was the score?
[ ]
2．Where does the conversation take place?
[ ]
A．In a library.
B．In the ticket office.
C．On the phone.
3．Why didn't the man wear his jacket?
[ ]
A．Because he lost it.
B．Because he didn't feel cold.
C．Because he didn't like to wear an old jacket.
4．What can be concluded from the conversation?
[ ]
A．Marry people want to have a long holiday.
B．The man wants to wear the woman's shoes.
C．The woman isn't happy to have a holiday.
5．What are they talking about?
[ ]
A．A future job.
B．To advertise something.
C．One's interests and hobbies.
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．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出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6～8题．
6．Why did the woman make the telephone call?
[ ]
A．To find out the best way to go to New York.
B．To find out information on traveling by bus.
C．To find out the cheapest way to get to New York.
7．How does the man suggest the woman go?
[ ]
A．At night by the long-distance bus.
B．By train in the afternoon.
C．Stay at a hotel and go to New York the next day.
8．What can we learn about the woman?
[ ]
A．She'll take the man's advice.
B．She's not used to sleeping on the bus.
C．She'll try sleeping on the bus for 10 hours .
听第7段材料，回答9～11题．
9．Why does Susan think Peter might be interested in the theatre group?
[ ]
A．Because he has a lot of free time.
B．Because she knows he likes acting.
C．Because he is looking for an acting job.
10．How often does the group practise?
[ ]
A．Three times a week.
B．Twice a week.
C．Once a week.
11．What worries Peter most in joining the theatre group?
[ ]
A．His schoolwork takes much of his time.
B．He has not been in a play for a long time.
C．He might not like the way the group works .
听第8段材料，回答12～14题．
12．What's the woman?
[ ]
A．An ordinary Chinese.
B．A reporter.
C．A foreigner visiting China.
13．How many great events in China this year did they mention in their conversation?
[ ]
14．When will the economic APEC summit in Shanghai be held?
[ ]
A．In August.
B．In October.
C．In September.
听第9段材料，回答15～17题．
15．Where is the woman going?
[ ]
A．To her physics class.
B．To a lecture.
C．To the store.
16．What will she get?
[ ]
A．An exam.
B．Some mills.
C．Some cigarettes.
17．What can be inferred about the two people?
[ ]
A．They both smoke.
B．They aren't healthy.
C．They are roommates.
听第10段材料，回答18～20题．
18．How was news sent in the past?
[ ]
A．Sent by letter.
B．Sent by telegraph.
C．Passed from person to person by mouth.
19．What other information do newspapers give?
[ ]
A．Large companies.
B．Weather reports.
C．Advertising space.
20．What is the habit of people's buying newspapers?
[ ]
A．Usually one copy of newspaper a day.
B．Two or more different newspapers a day.
C．One copy once in a while.
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