2007届高二年级下学期期中考试英语试题
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力理解（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）
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 time is it in fact now?
A. 9 o’clock B.10 o’clock C. 11 o’clock
2. What will the man and Mr. Johnson read?
A. They will read a report.
B. They will read a novel.
C. They will read a poem.
3. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a gas station. B. At a car factory. C. In a garage.
4. What are the lady’s shoes like?
A. They are fit for her feet.
B. They are a bit big.
C. They are a bit small.
5. Who is the man?
A. The woman’s classmate.
B. A shop assistant.
C. The woman’s husband.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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，回答第6—7题。
6. What is the man’s job?
A. He is a traveler.
B. He is a salesman.
C. He is an engineer.
7. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. They are classmates.
B. They are strangers.
C. They are shop assistant and customer.
听第7段材料，回答第8—10题。
8. What did Xiao Huang post Henry?
A. Some picture-books.
B. A Christmas card.
C. A New Year’s card.
9. What does Henry do well in?
A. Chinese. B. Maths. C. English.
10. Why does Xiao Huang want to drop English?
A. He’s weak in it.
B. He doesn’t like it.
C. He doesn’t think it useful.
听第8段材料，回答第11—13题。
11. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Doctor and patient.
12. What’s the problem with the woman?
A. She is overworking.
B. She can’t get along well with her husband.
C. She is tired of her vacation.
13. What does the doctor suggest her doing?
A. Having a break. B. Killing herself. C. Working harder.
听第9段材料，回答第14—16题。
14. What would she do if she lived in Paris?
A. She’d go to night clubs every night.
B. She’d go to the Seine every day.
C. She’d visit her friends every day.
15. Why wouldn’t she live in New York?
A. Because it’s too hot.
B. Because it’s too crowded.
C. Because it’s too big.
16. What is the man’s idea about living in Los Angeles?
A. Good. B. Bad. C. Not mentioned.
听第10段材料，回答第17—20题。
17. When was the word horsepower first used?
A. Two hundred years ago.
B. Two thousand years ago.
C. Two million years ago.
18. What does the word horsepower mean?
A. The power of horse. B. A kind of house. C. A kind of unit.
19. Who invented the engine?
A. Edison B. Newton C. Watt
20. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. A hose does one-tenth as much work as the engine.
B. A hose does one-ninth as much work as the engine.
C. A hose does one-fifth as much work as the engine.
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）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. It’s clear that _____ little money he earns can hardly support _____ family as large as his.
A. a, the B. /,a C. the, a D. /,the
22. The major went to the hospital, talking to each doctor _____.
A. by turn B. with turns C. in turn D. on turns
23. I would rather buy a house in the suburb than _____ in the city.
A. it B. one C. this D. that
24. There are many people ____ only on-line activity is sending and receiving e-mail.
A. who B. that C. which D. whose
25. Every day the boy, together with his classmates, _____ to go to the sports ground and _____ football, _____ themselves.
A. are noticed, play, enjoying B. is noticed, plays, enjoying
C. are noticed, plays, enjoys D. is noticed, play, enjoying
26. _____ the present unemployment continue, the society would face a more troublesome situation.
A. Would B. Should C. Might D. Could
27. The boy is still young, but his mother insists _____ a foreign language.
A. on him to study B. him studying
C. on his studying D. he studies
28. We won’t give up _____ we should fail ten times.
A. even if B. since C. whether D. until
29. I am sure David will be able to find the library — he has a pretty good _____ of direction.
A. idea B. feeling C. experience D. sense
30. I am glad that you have managed to come. You _____ wine. We’ve got plenty.
A. needn’t have brought B. needn’t bring
C. mustn’t have brought D. wouldn’t bring
31. It was at the very beginning ____ Mr. Fox made the decision _____ we should send more fire-fighters there.
A. when, that B. when, which C. that, that D. that, which
32. Do tell me the ways you think of _____ the problem as soon as possible.
A. to solve B. solving C. solve D. being solved
33. By the time he arrives, all the work _____, with _____ our teacher will be content.
A. will have been completed, which
B. will be completed, that
C. will have completed, it
D. had been completed, them
34. He began the research which _____ his new discoveries.
A. belonged to B. led to C. caused to D. brought to
35. — I am applying for Toronto University.
— ________.
A. All right B. Good luck C. Certainly D. Congratulations
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B 、C 、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“Everything happens for the best.” my mother said whenever I faced 36 . “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
Mother was right, which I was 37 after graduating from college. I had 38 myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and was 39 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that 40 stations wouldn’t employ a person without 41 since I had just graduated. “Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance.” she said.
I returned to Dixon, 42 I had finished my high school education and had 43 in the school football team. My father said that our town had opened a store and wanted a man to 44 its sports department. The job sounded just 45 for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have 46 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 47 me. Dad lent me his car to 48 a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer. When 49 his office, I asked aloud, “ 50 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if 51 can’t get a job in a radio station?” Suddenly I heard the director saying, “Do you know 52 about football?” Then he asked me to 53 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was 54 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the 55 Saturday.
第三部分：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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A
Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair and shells as a thick hide. But man has nothing but a thin skin.
If someone were to ask you, “Why did human beings start to cover their bodies with clothes?” most would answer, “To keep themselves warm, of course.”
It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we realize that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with our need for warmth at all.
For example, we wear clothes to some degree in order to decorate ourselves — to make ourselves, if possible, look more dignified(尊严的) or nicer.
Clothes of a special kind are often worn to show that the wearer has authority or power. The individual wearing them is treated with respect because he occupies a certain office. The judge on the Bench, for example, might look a very ordinary and unimpressive figure without his wig and gown. Clothes are an important part of ceremony, whether it is connected with belief, the law, parliament and royalty, the fighting forces or the state. How very different the Queen’s Coronation ceremony(加冕仪式) would have looked without the robes, coronets and the cloth of gold.
Sometimes, even in some modern countries people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel, because they believe that it will bring them luck or protect them from evil or illness, or because it is connected with their beliefs.
None of these reasons for wearing clothes — to decorate ourselves, to show our position in the world for ceremonial purposes for “luck”, to give ourselves dignity and authority — have anything to do with our need for warmth.
56. From the passage we know that wearing clothes is man’s basic necessity to _____.
A. protect skin B. show beauty
C. keep warm D. bring luck
57. The judge wearing special clothes on the Bench ______.
A. looks nicer B. looks different
C. shows wealth D. shows power
58. Even in the modern countries, sometimes people wear certain clothes because __.
A. they believe that they will get protected from bad luck and illness
B. it has something to do with their wealth
C. they want to show their power
D. they enjoy wearing such kind of clothes
59. The author’s purpose in writing this article is to tell us that clothes are worn ____.
A. for ceremonial occasions
B. for many other reasons besides warmth
C. to keep people impressive and nicer
D. to show people’s authority or power
B
Every Chinese-language textbook starts with the standard phrases for greeting people, but as an American, I always found myself unable to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a goodbye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the terrible books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would smooth over the visitor’s leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband’s kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that eased relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.
Partings for the Chinese include a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although I’m not expected to observe or even know all the rules, as a foreigner, I’ve had to learn the expressions of politeness and protest (表示拒绝的话) at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they must see a guest off to the farthest possible point — down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the nearest bus stop. I’ve sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, since he’s gone to the bus stop and waited for the next bus to arrive.
That’s very well, but when I’m the guest being seen off, my protests are always useless. My hostess or host, or both, insists on seeing me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the “Don’t bother (give the trouble) to see me off” at every landing. If I try to go fast to discourage them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的).
Besides, that’s going against Chinese custom, because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you part from someone? “Go slowly.” Not “farewell” or “Godspeed ”(祝福), but “Go slowly.” To the Chinese it means “Take care,” or “Watch your step”, or some such caution, but translated literally (字面意思) it means “Go slowly.”
60. It is stated clearly that the writer ________.
A. is interested in the Chinese-language textbooks
B. is proud of being able to greet people at the door
C. is unsatisfied with the Chinese-language textbooks
D. is afraid of the standard phrases from the textbooks
61. It can be inferred that the writer ________.
A. speaks Chinese
B. lives in the USA
C. dislikes her husband’s ways of seeing guests off
D. refuses to follow the Chinese custom of seeing guests off
62. According to the passage all of the following are necessary in the Chinese partings except ________.
A. seeing the guests off to the farthest possible point
B. protesting again and again
C. running after the guests
D. saying “Go slowly”
63. The Chinese use “Go slowly.” in their partings so as to ________.
A. slow down the guests
B. ask the guests to take care
C. wish the guests a happy journey
D. warn the guests of danger on their way home
C
I remember that when I was in my teens, I used to rebel at many of the Do’s and Don’ts my parents taught me. For example, when I kept playing jazz records on the record player, my father would condemn(谴责) such music as making noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely dull.
My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with, always quoting the saying “One rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples.” When I insisted on sleeping with my pet dog Peppy, they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas(虱子).
These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable about. Today, however, I am also the father of a boy of fifteen, and I find that I, too, am pressuring my son with a lot of rules that he seems to find hard to accept. The other day, I noticed that my son’s hair was too long, so I told him to go to the barber’s and get it cut short. Usually, he is fairly obedient, but this time he put his foot down.
“What’s wrong with long hair?” he said. “All my buddies(伙伴) have long hair. And besides, it’s my own hair, isn’t it? I don’t think you have the authority to order me to cut it short, even if you’re my father!”
When I was a boy, if I had spoken in such a way to my father, he would have taught me a good lesson. But I suddenly realized that we are now living in a more liberal(自由的) world, and that my son’s insistence on wearing his hair long was only an example of the generation gap that existed between us. So I tried to be more gentle understanding and now he still wears his hair long.
64. What does the writer intend to tell us?
A. Parents are always too strict with their children.
B. It is natural that teenagers don’t know what they should do.
C. Parents should be more understanding and gentle to their children.
D. There’re a lot of examples of the generation gap.
65. According to the writer, his parents ________.
A. didn’t like pet dogs
B. didn’t like music
C. cared much about what sort of people he made friends with
D. cared little about how long his hair was
66. The underlined word “obedient” in the third paragraph probably means ________.
A. willing to do what one is told to do
B. not willing to do what one is told to do
C. ready to help others
D. fond of quarrelling with others
67. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. There was no generation gap between the writer and his father.
B. Many teenage boys prefer to wear long hair.
C. Fathers have no right to teach their sons to do or not to do something.
D. The writer often teaches his son lessons.
D
As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went into the corridor(过道) to stretch my legs. When I turned to go back to my seat, I happened to glance into the compartment(车厢) next to mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor. He was a great talker. It used to take hours to get away from him once he began a conversation. I was not at all sorry when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then, nor did I wish to meet him now, when my holiday was about to begin.
Luckily at that moment he was much too busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight of me. I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be ready to get off the train as soon as it stopped. The moment the train came to a stop, I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the station and found me a taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my narrow escape. There was little chance that I would run into my boring ex-neighbor again.
When I reached the hotel, I went straight to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner. Then I went down to the dining room and ordered a drink. I had hardly raised the glass to my lips when an all too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from my tiresome neighbor after all! He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we share a table. “This is a pleasant surprise,” he said. “I never expected to see you again after all these years.”
68. The writer didn’t want to meet his ex-neighbor because ________.
A. the writer was on holiday B. the ex-neighbor was on holiday
C. the writer was quiet and peaceful D. the ex-neighbor was boringly talkative
69. What destroyed the writer’s holiday?
A. Meeting his ex-neighbor on the train.
B. Staying in the same hotel with his ex-neighbor.
C. Greeting his ex-neighbor in the dining room.
D. Shaking hands with his ex-neighbor in the hotel.
70. This is a story of a man who ________.
A. got off the train to prevent meeting an ex-neighbor
B. went with an ex-neighbor on a holiday at the seaside
C. tried to get away from an ex-neighbor but did not succeed
D. was surprised to meet his ex-neighbor on his holiday
71. The underlined word “relief” most probably mean ________.
A. a feeling of comfort after pain B. not trust
C. be in high pressure D. be endangered
E
The World Health Organization(WHO) planned to study the relationship between the eating habits of the people and the disease. Two doctors were chosen to make the study.
They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited ten countries. They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa. The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor. The diseased children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the child’s stomach becomes swollen by liquid collecting in the body. The skin changes colour and may break out in open sores. The hair changes colour and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time. Stomach liquids are no longer produced.
The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat. Their mothers gave them foods full of starches(淀粉) instead of greatly needed proteins. They found that the addition of milk to the food of children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.
72. From the passage we learn that kwashiorkor is a disease caused by _______.
A. poor living conditions B. lack of proteins in food
C. much stomach liquids D. lack of food
73. It is difficult to discover kwashiorkor because _______.
A. it has no viruses B. it does not last long
C. it is hard to see signs of it D. it is like other diseases
74. What is mentioned as a simple but reasonable way of curing this disease?
A. Taking a special medicine.
B. Avoiding any food containing starch.
C. Having more meat or milk.
D. Taking medicines full of proteins.
75. What’s the best title for the article?
A. Milk and Meat Are Daily Necessities
B. Kwashiorkor and Bad Eating Habits
C. A New Form of Illness in Africa
D. A Case of Eating Habits
第二卷（共35分）
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第四部分：写作（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）
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There were a lot of visitors stood in front of the ticket
window. We waited a long time and buy three tickets
in the Monkey Mountain World of the zoo. I was
too eager to see the smart and funny animals, but I
quickened my steps through the crowd. Unfortunately,
I got separated from my parents. I had hard time looking
for him. But no luck. Wandering in the zoo, I felt
alone without any companions. Worse still, I had no money,
so I had to walk home, covered as much as 10 miles.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
以The Value of Time为题写一篇短文。词数100左右，要求包含下面几项内容：时间比金钱更重要、宝贵，所以我们要好好珍惜时间。时间对每个人来说都是有限的，应该充分利用大好时光为国家效力。有些人并没有意识到时间的价值。
一定要养成良好的节约时间的好习惯。
答 案
听力理解
1-20 BCACB BABCA CAAAC AACCA
单项填空
21-35 CCBDD BCADA CAABB
完形填空
36-55 BCBCA ABABC ADDCB CACDB
阅读理解
56-75 CDAB CACB CCAB DBCA BDCB
短文改错
76. 去掉on 77. stood→standing或stood前加who
78. buy→bought 79. in→for 80. but→and/so
81. √ 82. hard前加a 83. him→them
84. alone→lonely 85. covered→covering或covered前加and
书面表达
This is a saying “Time is money.” But in my opinion, time is even more precious than money — when money is spent, we can earn it back, but once time is gone, it will never return. The time we can use is very limited. We should make full use of our time to do useful things. As a student we must make all our efforts to learn our lessons so as to serve society in the future. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the value of time. They spend their precious time playing and chatting. They do not realize that wasting time is equal to wasting their lives. In a word, everyone should form the good habit of saving time. Do not put off what can be done today until tomorrow.