高二英语下学期期中试卷1
一、第一部分：听力（略）
第二部分；英语知识应用
第一节；单项选择
21.The question we can get enough coal for the winter has not been cleared up yet
A. that B. if C. which D. whether
22.─Fined $20! You know you 100km an hour.
─No,officer .I can’t have been.This car doesn’t do 80.
A.are driving B.have driven C.had driven D.were driving
23.It suddenly me that he lied to his classmate Tina the other day.
A.struck B.happened C.reminded D.mentioned
24.All finished,we sat down to enjoy we thought the most delicious dinner
A.what B.which C.that D.it
25.─I hear that Tony was seriously injured in an accident the other day.
.─Yes, news came as shock to all of us.
A.the;the B.a;/ C.the;a D./;a
26.When people talk about the cities in the USA,the first comes into mind is New York.
A.that B.which C.one D.city
27.─Peter looks like a policeman
.─He doesn’t,in my opinion, in uniform
A.when B.unless C.as D.if
28.we have been informed that in no cases the telephone for personal affairs.
A.may we use B.we may use C.we have used D.have we used
29.I can’t remember how many years ago I first met Roy.
A.it was that B.was it that C.it was when D.was it when
30.Generally speaking, when according to the directions,the drug has no side effect.
A.taking B.taken C.to take D.to be taken
31.Enough public fund(基金) of basic science would considerable good for the country’s health and wealth
A.result form B.lie in C.settle down D.lead to
32. nothing worth from the house,the thief left at once
A.To find;to take B.Finding;to be taken
C.Finding;taking D.To find;being taken
33.His response was that he didn’t say yes and he didn’t say no.
A.so B.what C.which D.such
34.My suggestion is that we the party until next month, we will be on holiday.
A.should delay;which B.put off;which
C.be put off;when D.should delay;which
35─How often do you turn to the dictionary when you are reading an English novel?
─Well, .I will look the word up if it affects my understanding
A. seldom B. very often C.if depends D.if possible
第二节；完形填空
Buying what we need not what others say is good should be the rule of our shopping. I was walking through the street one day when I caught sight of a strange store. There wasn’t anything but 36 shelves at one end of the room ,in front of which a man standing on a raised platform and shouting loudly that the greatest 37 of the year was about to begin ,I decided to stay and see what would happen.
A salesman began to 38 all sorts of things on the shelves such as table lamps .clocks .combs and a large quantity of small packets in bright paper .When the man at the table was satisfied that a large crowd of people had 39 , he began 40 out the packets, asking for the sum of three pence in 41 ,and declaring the 42 of the contents was fifty times as much.
I paid three pence for my packet and was 43 told I should not open it until after the sale. All these beautiful things ,the man announced, would be nearly given 44 .He was as good as his
45 .for he held up a razor(剃须刀) and asked a young man if it was worth six pence ,The young man was 46 about the matter and was at once handed the razor for the sum asked. 47 happened with a number of other small articles.
Then 48 asking small sum like six pence , the man began to 49 large amounts for “very rare, high-quality” objects. The people 50 , thinking that these too were being” 51 away”, soon found themselves paying a great deal for 52 things I decided I ‘d better go quickly 53 being persuaded into buying something I didn’t want. I went into the 54 ,opened my prize-packet and found that I had been rewarded with a(n) 55 bottle of scent(香水)。
36. A. crowded B. empty C. full D. large
37. A. moment B event C performance D. sale
38 A. pile B. carry C. take D. sell
39. A. passed B. followed C. gathered D. sat
40. A. putting B. handing C. sending D. giving
41. A .all B. return C. peace D. fact
42. A. value B. price C. cost D. details
43. A. gladly B. quickly C. later D. immediately
44. A. willingly B. luckily C. freely D. fortunately
45. A. language B. goods C. word D. honor
46. A. worried B. sure C. puzzle D. eager
47. A. The same B. That C. What D. It
48. A. as a result of B. in the hope of C. in need of D. instead of
49. A. offer B. receive C. demand D. save
50. A. outdoors B. present C. left D. indoors
51. A. put B. given C. thrown D. carried
52. A. right B. useful C. useless D. satisfying
53. A. as B. when C. after D. before
54. A. street B. store C. platform D. square
55. A. cheap B. expensive C. little D. big
第三部分：阅读理解
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Getting a new PC is one thing. Keeping it running is quite another. While a personal computer should continue to perform well for years. users know that system unsteadiness(不稳定性)does exist, Yet you can reduce it to the smallest amount by following the tips below.
First, put in as little software as possible .You‘ll have fewer software-related problems and a system that is easier to manage.
Second, you should ensure that you have as much memory (RAM) in your PC as you need .If you run Windows 98, your computer should have at least 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or more .You can also get by with 128 MB Of RAM if you use Windows NT or Windows 2000, but these operation systems will run much more smoothly if you have 256 MB of RAM or more.
Third, make sure you buy good hardware. No-name products may be cheaper and sometimes just as good as named-brand products, but named-brand products usually became well-known because of their steadiness. It’s wise to buy products from famous companies because Windows will more often support the hardware that you buy . If you are starting out with computers, it’s also a good idea to buy ready-made systems form major manufacturers. They are likely to have been tested thoroughly with your operating system, and you will generally experience fewer problems.
Fourth do prepare for disaster. No matter how well your system runs when you get it, the day will come when it will need to be replaced. Hopefully, you will replace it because technology has become out-dated,, but you may need to replace it also because the hard drive crashes or you begin experiencing problems that no one can figure out. That’s why it’s important to copy your important information regularly. Whether you use a tape backup device or a CD-RW drive, it’s important to make a regular backup plan and stick to it.
56. If you want to use Windows 2000, but your computer only has 64MB. What will you have to do ?
A. Change its RAM for at least 256 MB B. Put in good software in your computer,
C. Enlarge its memory to at least 128MB D. Buy another new computer. to match it.
57. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. your computer will save the important information when its hard drive crashes.
B. your computer might lose all the information it stores when it crashes
C. you must not put in much software
D. you’d better use 128MB of RAM if you run Windows NT.
58. The best title of this passage would be .
A. The Tips You Must Follow B. How to Start Out with a Computer.
C. How to Use Your PC Better D. How to Keep Your PC Steady
59. What does the underlined word”it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. System unsteadiness. B. Personal computer
C. To perform well D. Getting a new PC.
B
Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do specially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human resources expert notices this in the job applications that comes across his desk every day. “It’s surprising how many job applicants eliminate(淘汰) themselves,” he says.
“Resumes(履历)arrive with stains. Some job applicants don’t bother to spell the company’s name correctly. Once I see a mistake. I eliminate the job applicant.” Crossley concludes. “If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?”
Can we pay too much attention to details? Of course. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward.”To keep from losing the forest for the trees,” says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, “we must frequently ask ourselves how the details we’re working on fit into the larger picture. If they don’t we should drop them and move to something else.”
Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. “The ApolloⅡmoon launch was slightly off course 90 percent of the time,” says Garfield,” But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact position of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments(调整)as necessary. Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we do.”
Too often we believe what is the explanation of others’ success is some special secret or a lucky break. But seldom is success so mysterious. Again and again. We see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
60. According to the passage ,some job applicants were refused .
A. because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resume
B. because of their limited education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume
C. because they failed to give a detailed description of their background in their application
D. because they eliminated their names from the appplicants’ list themselves
61. The word“perfecto mists”(Para.3,Line)refers to those who .
A. demand others to get everthing right
B. know how to adjust their goals according to the conditions
C. pay too much attention to details only to lose their major goal
D. are capable of achieving perfect results in whatever they do
62. The example of Apollo Ⅱ moon launch is given to show that .
A. small mistakes may not be noticed in achieving major goal
B. failure is the mother of success
C. adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work
D. keeping one’s goal in mind helps in deciding while details can be paid no attention to
63. The main idea for this passage would be” “.
A. don’t be a perfectionist B. importance of adjustments
C. details and major goal D. hard work plus good luck
C
Ariel, West Bank: A suicide(自杀)bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday ,killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlement’s mayor and rescue workers said.
“A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiers…and he blew himself up,” said Ron Nacheman, mayor of the settlement of Ariel.” Soldiers are among the casualties. People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers, eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement, found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier shot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast(爆炸), which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi.
A fire brigade official said,” The bomber was still burning when we got there and we put out the fire immediately.”
Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction in Ainel-Hilweh camp, and exploded while the family were sleeping.
64. Some of the people including were killed or wounded in the blast accident.
A. soldiers B. the mayor C. reacue workers D. a fire brigade official
65. The suicide bomber blew himself up because .
A. there was something wrong with his brains
B. a soldier shot and wounded him
C. he couldn’t see and the settlement’s mayor
D. his demands were not met by the mayor
66. What does the underlined word” casualties” probably mean in the second paragraph?
A. sufferers B. killers C. passers-by D. losers
67. It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a(n) .
A． announcement B. interesting tale
C. news report D. social problem
D
I was in lodgings（寄宿处）now, no my own, but the other lodgers had streams of visitors up and down the stairs past my door. None of these disturbed me except one girl who sang softly to herself an old Russian folk song as she ran up to the room above. It was a sound of extraordinary sweetness, musical, soft, unselfconscious and happy. I began to listen out for it, jump up from my table, and throw open the door to catch a glimpse of her as she passed, but I was always too late. I asked the people upstairs who she was, and described the beautiful sounds she made, they became rather reserved and exchanged glances and hesitatingly admitted it might be Sally. I gathered she was someone special, not to be discussed in the ordinary way, and became vaguely curious to meet her. But the last thing I wanted at that stage was to get involved with anybody. I’d just come to the end of a rather painful friendship, and now I had work to do.
One day, I came face to face with a girl on the landing. It was certainly her; whoever made that noise would look as she did. We stood and stared at each other too long for comfort. I broke the moment and, excusing myself, moved past her because it was too like the movies. I thought for some time of that long, silent stare, and laughed. She was tall and proud-looking, with a slight, round-shouldered look that made me breathless and I didn’t know why.
68. At his lodgings, he author .
A. rarely had visitors
B. wished he had more visitors
C. was perpetually(永恒地)disturbed by other people’s visitors
D. had too many visitors
69. Whenever the author heard the sound of the girl’s voice .
A. he sat listening to it B. he felt disturbed
C. he threw down his books D. he tried to see who it was
70. People he asked about the girl .
A. told him all about her
B. didn’t want to tell him much
C. didn’t tell him anything
D. were angry when hw mentioned her
71. The author says that he was .
A. very much in love with Sally
B. curiously attracted to Sally
C. annoyed at being disturbed by Sally
D. unwilling to be involved with Sally
E
The idea of light pollution has developed with the increase of lights in cities. In many areas, this light makes it difficult or impossible to observe stars and planets in the night sky.
There are a number of reasons why light pollution is important. One has become clear at the Mount Wilson Observatory(天文台) near Los Angeles, California. Today, light from Los Angeles makes the night sky above Mount Wilson very bright. It is no longer an important research center because of light pollution.
Light pollution threatens(威胁)to reduce the scientific value of research telescopes in other important observatories. They include Lick Observatory near San Jose, California and Yorkers Observatory near Chicago, Illinois.
Light pollution is the result of wasted energy, Bright light that shines into the sky is not being used to provide light where it is needed on Earth. Poorly designed lighting causes a great deal of light pollution. Lights that are bright than necessary also cause light pollution
Recently, two Italian astronomers(天文学家)and an American environmental scientist created a world map of the night sky .The map shows that North America, Western Europe and Japan have the greatest amount of light pollution.
Most people in America are surprised to find out that they are able to see our own galaxy(星系)，the Milky Way(银河系),with their own eyes. But about three-fourth of Americans cannot see the Millky Way because of man-made light.
Objects in the night sky are resources that provide everyone with wonder. But light pollution threatens to prevent those wonderful sights from begin seen.
72. Light pollution usually occurs .
A. in cities B. in the county
C. in wild areas D. in developing countries
73. People can not see the stars in the sky because of .
A. air pollution B. water pollution C. light pollution D. gas pollution
74. the victim(受害者)affected by the light pollution is .
A. children B. grown-ups C. students D. observatories
75. There is less light pollution in .
A. the United States B. Canada C. France D. Egypt
第Ⅱ卷
Ⅰ. 短文改错
Sometime it is difficult to make a decision. When last 76.
summer vacations came, I planned to go to summer school. 77.
there are so many kinds of summer schools that I really 78.
didn’t know school to choose. I am interested in drawing 79.
pictures, so I decided to go to art school. However, but 80.
my mother said if it was very useful to learn how to use 81
a computer while my father said that it was very useful to 82.
learn English than how to use a computer. They could not 83.
agree with each other .In the end I decided to go on a trip,
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for I could do something as I liked without my parents around me.
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Ⅱ。书面表达
根据提示写一篇100字左右的短文
① 杨利伟38岁，辽宁人，是中国空军飞行员
② 他于2003年15日乘坐神舟5号载人宇宙飞船进入太空，成为我国和第一位宇航员。在太空飞行了21个小时，绕(orbit)地球14圈之后，顺利返回地面。
③ 中国是继美国和俄罗斯之后第三个能够成功地发射（launch n.&v.）和回收飞船的国家，标志（mark）着我国鉴定空间载入工程的巨大成功。