高二英语期末2

2007-2008年度化州市官桥中学高二英语期末考试试题

第一卷 （共110分）

Ⅰ. 听力(共两节 满分35分)

第一节 听力理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

听下面5短对话或对白。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。

听第一段材料，回答1-2题。

1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Boss and secretary. B. Husband and wife

C. Manager and customer

2. What are mainly talking about?

A. Renting a bigger office B. Getting a loan from the bank

C. Buying the bigger house.

听第二段材料，回答第3-5题

3. When did the two people see each other last?

A. Last Christmas B. Last birthday party

C. More than two years ago

4. What happened to Bob’s boy---Billy?

A. He injured an arm B. He hurt a knee C. He broke a leg.

5. What is Mrs.James studying now?

A. cooking B. Typing C. French

听第三段材料，回答6-8题

6. What does the woman intend to need originally?

A. An oil change B. A complete check C. A full service

7. What doesn’t the full check of fluids include?

A. The oil filter B. Power steering C. Radiator

8. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The car will run 3000 miles after the oil change

B. The woman received the service at a discount price

C. The service will last as long as least 30 minutes

听第四段材料，回答第9-11题。

9. What problem does the woman have?

A. She wants to know if she can take a certain course

B. She wants to know the requirements for the course

C. She can’t find the housing office

10. What do we know about Registration Office and General Housing Office?

A. They are in the same office

B. They are both open at the same time

C. They are in the same building

11. What will the man probably do next?

A. Connect the woman’s line to the General Housing Office

B. Call a staff from the Housing Office

C. See if there are any openings

听第五段材料，回答第12-15题

12. What does the speaker thinks of the causes of car accidents?

A. The causes are familiar

B. The causes are not well understood

C. The causes are very complicated

13. What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents？

A. Improved high way design

B. Better public transportation

C. Regular driving training

14. What remains an important factor for the rising number of road accidents?

A. Highway crime B. Drivers’ errors

C. Poor traffic control

15. What’s the focus of people’s attention today according to the passage?

A. Increasing people’s awareness of traffic problem

B. Building more highways

C. Designing better cars

第二节 听取信息 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的 空格中。 听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍。你有80秒中的作答时间。

Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用(共2节,满分35分)

第一节 完形填空 （共10小题，每小题2分，满分20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21-30空白处的最佳选项. Here is a phrase we hear a lot: “you can’t trust anybody anymore.” Doctors and politicians and merchants and salesmen. It isn’t necessarily so.

Man named Steven theory.In New York City, with taxicab drivers. Bill pretended to be a wealthy foreigner with of English. He got into several New York City to see how way.

讽刺City was full of crooks(骗子) and to be careful.

Who says people are no damn good? What kind of talk is that?

21 A.made B. tested C. had D. decided 22 A. idea B. word C. knowledge D. grammar 23 A. taxis B. trams C. buses D. trains 24 A. drive B. charge C. take D. cheat 25 A. bring B. take C. play D. get 26 A. rest B. other C. another D. last

27 A. happily B. extremely C.correctly D. politely 28 A. wanted B. accepted C. tried D. refused 29 A. far B. close C. tired D. stupid 30 A. drivers B. doctors C. salesmen D. politicians

第二节 语法填空 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 Ⅲ. 阅读 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）

A

Your body has some power to fight disease. This is called your body’s weakens the body’s immune system or power to fight disease. HIV can pass from one person to another through body fluids like blood, semen(精液), or a mother’s breast milk.

HIV causes AIDS but not everyone who has HIV looks sick. It can take from two to ten or more years before someone who is HIV+ becomes sick with AIDS. The only way to find out if someone has HIV is for them to get tested for the virus.

HIV can pass from one person to another through unprotected sex with someone who is infected with HIV. HIV can pass from one person to another through sharing needles for drugs. HIV can also pass from a mother to her baby during pregnancy(before the baby is born) or through breast feeding, from the mother’s milk. But only about 1/3 of babies of HIV+ mothers are infected this way.

Right now, there is no way to cure AIDS. People, who become infected with HIV, become sick with AIDS after six months to ten years. Eventually, they die. There are some medicines to fight AIDS, but nothing yet that cure it. Scientists around the world are trying to find a cure for AIDS.

The main way that HIV is passed from person to person is through unprotected sex with a person who is infected. Thinking carefully about sex, discussing sex with your partner and trying to HIV safe sex (for example using a condom during sex) are some ways that HIV infection can be reduced. HIV is very weak outside of body and difficult to catch.

※ You cannot catch AIDS from visiting or talking to a friend who is sick with AIDS. ※ You cannot catch AIDS from hugging or kissing a friend who has HIV/AIDS.

※ You cannot catch AIDS from mosquito bites or insect bites.

※You cannot catch AIDS from a toilet seat in a public restroom.

※ You cannot catch AIDS from going to the same school with someone who is sick with AIDS. ※ You cannot catch AIDS from being kind to someone who has AIDS.

AIDS is an international problem which touches people in every country of the world. People with AIDS need our support and encouragement. Let’s think about how we can support them!

41.The underlined phrase “immune system”in paragraph 1 means____.

A. A system that is able to resist infection or disease

B. A system that is able to fight HIV/AIDS

C. A digesting system

D. A powerful system

42. We can learn from the passage that ____.

A. We may catch AIDS from a cough or sneeze from someone who has HIV.

B. We can find out whether someone has HIV by his or her appearance

C. It is dangerous to hug or kiss a friend who has HIV/AIDS

D. A mother who has HIV can give the virus to her baby before it is born

43. Through how many ways can HIV pass from one person to another according to this passage?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

44. Which of the following is the right attitude towards people with AIDS？

A. Keep a certain distance away from them.

B. Don’t sleep or have sex with them.

C. Avoid sharing the same toilet seat with them.

D. Try to think of ways to support and cure them.

45. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To warn people to be careful of having sex.

B. To tell people that HIV/AIDS is not easy to catch.

C. To tell people some basic knowledge about HIV/AIDS.

D. To call on people to help and support those with AIDS.

B

It seems some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.

“ I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto High- way 40, blue lights and sirens(警笛) going, I fell behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the and began passing cars on the shoulder.”

But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to go to the accident scene.

Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地). At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.

“ Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere . He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop”

“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running . He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照).”

That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a licence, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.

46. The meaning of “_.

A. shame B. Hate C. anger D. fear

47. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?

A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road.

B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene

C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him

D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder

48. Which the statement is true?

A. someone else was taking care of the injured person

B. the Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene

C. Hype knew where he was going by following the right car

D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40

49. The driver of the Firebird_____

A. took a wrong turn on the way

B. had some trouble with his car

C. was stopped by the police officer

D. paid for the expenses of the accident

50. What is probably the best title for the article?

A. Losing His way? B.Going My Way？C. Fun All the Way？D. Help on the Way？

C

Usually when we hear the word “artist”we think of a person who paints pictures, but the word has a much wider meaning than that, for anyone who add beauty to a thing has shown that he is an artist. In the publishing world, there are many artists besides the illustrators(插图家), as you can find if you trace the steps introducing a book.

After the author (who is an artist in the choice of ideas and words) has sold a manuscript(手稿) to the publisher, an editor goes over it. The work of editing involves artistic skill too, for the editor may know how to improve the author’s work by cutting and revising the manuscript. Then the editor looks over the manuscript and decides how it may be best illustrated. The editor and a designer discuss how all the parts of the book ---the illustrations, words , paper, and binding(装订)—shall be put together so that the book best communicate the subject and the spirit which was intended by the author.

Illustrations are drawn which will not only emphasize without words things said in the story, but which will add information or ideas that cannot be put into words, when the illustrations and text are completely prepared they are sent to the printer who careful, and often artistically, sets the type and prints the book. Once the material has been printed, it is sent to the binder who makes the book into a unit for selling and reading. The binder, too, is an artist, for he makes the outside of the book attractive, as well as appropriate to the contents. Meanwhile, a sales staff is at work preparing advertisements to help sell the book.

51.How many steps in producing a book are mentioned in the passage?

A. 4 B. 6 C. 5 D.7

52. Which of the following is NOT involved in the work of editing?

A. Deciding which parts are to be illustrated

B. Accepting or rejecting a manuscript

C. Considering the beauty of the book as a whole

D. Rewriting or rearranging long paragraphs

53.Illustrations must_____.

A. make all the text fit to print and read

B. add the ideas overlooked by the author

C. closely touch what is said in the story

D. have much to do with what is not emphasized

54. Designing the advertisements for a book is started when ____.

A. the book is being bound B. the book is made into a unit

C. the illustrations and text are prepared D. all the steps are finished

55. The best title for this passage would be ____

A. The Beauty of a Book

B. Art and the Printed World

C. Who Deserves the Name of Artist

D. The Steps in Producing A Book

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题，每题2分，满分10分）

首先，请阅读下列的应用文：

A. In this department they don’t intend to bring up a musician. They teach the students how to appreciate all types of music, especially for the students who love to be a listener, not a player of drum. This is their first choice.

B. In this department they have risen to fame by some great violin players born there. The students here have several comfortable places to practice their violin. Meanwhile they also have a chance to practice other instruments, such as, the piano, the drum.

C. This department is home for the guitar players. If the students haven’t played the guitar and hope to learn from the beginning, this will be their favorite place. Of course, they are also able to learn country music, jazz and so on

D. In this department you can learn jazz, opera and classical music, but jazz is the best and the most famous. They have experienced jazz teachers who have won a lot of national contests. At the same time you can improve your skill in playing the guitars and the piano there.

E. As is known, the piano is more versatile than any other instrument. In this department only the students who have learned the piano for at least five years can be admitted. The teachers are good at teaching advanced learners. After the hard practice, the students have a chance to enjoy all kinds of music.

F. In this department they do well in teaching instrument. Especially the drum. They have excellent drums and every student has a chance to practice every day. All the teachers are very patient and experienced. What’s more, the students can learn rock, classical music and jazz.

请阅读以下音乐学习者的信息，然后匹配音乐学习者和适合他们的院系：

56. Gred was born in a worker’s family. His grandfather was a musician, so he wants to learn to learn play the drums and at the same time he wished to study classical music

57. Robert started to play the violin when he was five, while his favorite style of music is country music. His wish is to learn both of them further and become a violinist in the future.

58. James is fond of music, but his wish is to be a computer expert. He especially loves the sound of the drum and he likes rock.

59. Though Harry is only fourteen years old, he has learnt to play the piano for nearly ten years . Harry says the best instrument is the piano. He expects to be a pianist in the future. In his spare time he likes to listen to opera.

60. Kevin likes jazz very much and he wants to make a living by it in the future. His favorite instrument is the guitar and he also wants to get his skill of playing the guitar better. 第二卷 （共40分）

Ⅳ. 写作 （共两节，满分为40分）

第一节 基础写作（共一题，满分15分）

【写作内容】

你是王海，申请到一家公司工作，对方要求你用英语写一篇短文，介绍自己的基本情况。请根据下

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【写作要求】

1. 标题：Introduction to Myself

2. 必须使用5各句子介绍包括以上表格的全部所给内容。

3. 将5个句子组织成连贯的短文

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第二节 任务写作 （共一题，满分25分）

阅读下面短文，然后按要求，写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I once met a middle-aged stranger who said his money had been stolen at the railway station, so he had no money to go home. He begged for help from passers-by, but they all pretended not to have heard what he was saying and went by quickly. Then he stopped me and wanted me to give him the help. At first I could not accept that because I didn’t think he was telling the truth. But when I saw tears in his eyes, I began to believe that he might be in the real trouble, so, just immediately I gave him the money I had. When he took the money, his face turned red. Before he left, he expressed his great thanks and also said he would give back my money when he reached home.

When I came back to school and told my classmates about my story, they held different opinions. Some of them thought that I did a good deed to have given a hand to the person in trouble, while others said that I was cheated. Some even laughed at me and called me a fool who could not judge things in the right way. Now, I am really confused!

【写作内容】

1) 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约30；

2) 然后用约120个词就“陌生人可不可信” 这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容

要点：

1. 叙述你或你的朋友给予陌生人以帮助的一次真实或虚构的经历；

2. 说明你的理由。

【写作要求】

1. 你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点， 也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

2. 标题自拟。

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