石室外语高2007级2005—2006年度下期半期考试
英 语 试 题
第Ⅰ卷 （三部分，共105分）
班级＿＿＿＿＿＿ 姓名＿＿＿＿＿ 学号＿＿＿＿＿＿
第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，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答案，并标在试卷相应的位置。听完每段对话后，你有10秒中的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话念一遍。
1. What can Mr. White most probably be?
A salesman B. A policeman C. A repairman
2.How did the man feel about his science exam?
A. Angry B. Dissatisfied. C. Terrible
3.What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Doctor and nurse B. Mother and son C. Teacher and student
4.What does the woman think of herself?
A. Careless B. Unfortunate C. Hopeless
5.What does the woman mean?
A. She will not wait any longer.
B. She will get the ticket soon.
C. She has waited for a long time.
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答案，并标在试卷相应的位置。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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的时间来回答。每段对话或独白念两遍。
6．For whom does the woman most probably want to buy a ski jacket?
A. For herself B. For her mother. C. For her daughter
7. How many colors are mentioned in this conversation?
A. Five B. Four C. Ten
8. When does this conversation happen?
A. In the morning B. At lunch-time C. In the afternoon
9. Who is the man speaking to?
A.A doctor B. A manager C. An assistant.
10. What’s the man’s problem?
A. Something is stuck in his ear.
B. His ears are ringing.
C. He’s in serious pain.
11. What is the man doing here now?
A. He is teaching English here.
B. He is waiting for his students here.
C. He is giving an oral exam here.
12. what is the man’s mistake in the dialogue?
A. He mistook the woman for a student.
B. He shouldn’t have said those words.
C. He didn’t recognize his friend at first.
13. who is the woman in the dialogue?
A. She is a waitress here. B. She is a teacher here. C. She is a student here.
14. Which of the following is not mentioned about the things the woman does?
A. Meeting different people. B. Bathing the baby. C. Taking a dog for a walk.
15. what is the dialogue mainly about?
A.A husband’s dissatisfaction with his wife.
B.A housewife’s need for a proper social job.
C. A housewife’s need for a change in her life.
16. what can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The husband does not want to stay at home with his family.
B. The husband does not understand his wife’s feeling.
C. The woman does bit want her husband to go to work.
17. How does the woman feel of her family life according to this conversation?
A. Disappointed and annoyed.
B. Quite shamed and guilty.
C. Very angry and hatred.
18. What were the eight people doing after the boat sank?
A. Saving the others.
B. Helping the captain.
C. Swimming to the shore.
19. When did the robbers break into the bank?
A. At midnight. B. In the afternoon. C. Early in the morning.
20. What was said about the man?
A. Tall and strong. B. Strong with long hair. C. Fat and well-built.
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题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ---Is it ________ that the spaceship will be launched within this week?
---No, I don’t think so.
A. probably B. likely C. possibly D. perhaps
22. He _______ a plan for the committee to consider.
A. put away B. put off C. put forward D. put up with
23. The moment she came back from work, she _______ to clean the kitchen thoroughly.
A. set about B. set up C. set off D. set out
24. When I first set _______ in Australia, I didn’t know what the future might have in _____ for me.
A. my foot; the store B. a foot; the store
C. foot; store D. feet; stores
25. After his further investigation, the new facts _______ the matter.
A. threw some lights to B. threw some light on
C. threw some lights on D. threw some light to
26. Some researchers believe that there is no doubt _______ a cure for AIDS will be found.
A. which B. whether C. what D. that
27. --- I’m sorry to be late, but my car ____________ on the way.
--- It doesn’t matter.
A. broke down B. broke out C. broke in D. broke up
28. _____________ the task, they have to stay there for another two weeks.
A. Not completing B. Not completed
C. Not having completed D. Having not completed
29. At first ____________, the bag seems made of real leather. But actually it is just an imitation.
A. look B. sight C. appearance D. view
30. ---Haven’t you heard the news?
--- What news?
---Some of the workers are on _____ march while others are on _____ strike.
A. the; the B. the;/ C. /; the D. /; /
31. There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You ____________ come, but why didn’t you?
A. must have B. should C. ought to have D. need have
32. In order to prevent the fire spreading, some of the houses nearby _________ before the firefighters came.
A. have been pulled down B. have pulled down
C. had been pulled down D. had pulled down
33. Success is no ____________; it results from hard work.
A. effect B. event C. accident D. matter
34. Don’t __________ anyone to help you. Everyone has his own business.
A. believe in B. send out C. aim at D. rely on
35. While watching TV, ___________.
A. the doorbell rang B. the doorbell rings
C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A house in Clarktown caught fire on Christmas Eve, 1982. The 36____who lived in the house was already in 37____. Being in poor health, she had trouble in 38____even when things were fine. 39____her house burning down around her, she was not able to go 40____. The smoke 41____ he choke(窒息). The fire was very hot. Without quick help she would have 42____.
Fire lighters 43____the house. They started to put the fire out. They did not know the old woman was still 44____. The people 45 ____ her crying for help. The fire was still very hot 46____ there was lots of smoke.
A man 47____ like Santa Claus(圣诞老人) was passing by. He was on his way to give gifts to poor families. 48____had he heard the old woman’ cry when he ran into the 49____house. After a while he rushed out with the old woman on his back and came to her safety. Then, as 50____ as he had done that, the man left. No one knew the real name of the hero who had saved the old woman’s life.
The man went on and took the gifts to the poor children. He did not return home 51____it was dark. He told his 52____what had happened. She decided that she did not 53____to keep the story a secret. She told people that Santa Claus was 54____David Rodriguer, her husband. Mr.Rodriguez is a music teacher 55____ he is not playing Santa Claus.
36. A. hero B. woman C. child D. man
37. A. the eighty B. eighties
C. her eightieth D. her eighties
38. A. walking B. speaking C. thinking D. laughing
39. A. Because B. For C. With D. During
40. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere
41. A. suffered B. broke C. forced D. made
42. A. lived B. died C. left D. stayed
43. A. looked for B. searched through
C. got to D. set up
44. A. out of doors B. in the open air
C. outside D. inside
45. A. heard B. stopped C. felt D. kept
46. A. but B. and C. or D. though
47. A. dressed B. chosen C. looked D. acted
48. A. Only B. Hardly C. Never D. Badly
49. A. empty B. crowded C. burnt D. burning
50. A. bravely B. carefully C. quickly D. proudly
51. A. until B. unless C. while D. or
52. A. friend B. son C. daughter D. wife
53. A. want B. like C. refuse D. need
54. A. nearly B. really C. impossibly D. probably
55. A. so that B. even if C. when D. since
第三部分： 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Football---called soccer in the united States---is probably the most popular sport in the world today. It has been popular for a long time. But many years ago each country had different rules for its own football game.
In 1863, a group of people met in England to change this. They wrote a set of rules for all countries to follow. They also planned for soccer teams from different countries to play against each other. The idea worked. These rules are the same today, more than 100 years later.
Now teams from many countries play to see which is the best. Soccer is so popular today that it is not unusual for 600 million people to watch a World Cup match on television.
How did the World Cup start? The soccer team from Uruguay won the Olympic championship in soccer in 1924 and 1928. That country decided to have the first World Cup games in Montevideo in 1930. These first games were not very successful. Only thirteen teams arrived to play and eight of them were from South America. It didn’t seem like a world championship. The team from Uruguay won the Cup that first year.
56.In 1863 a group of people met in England ____
A. To play for football teams from different countries.
B. To learn the rules for football.
C. To write a set of rules for football
D. To have matches between teams from different countries.
57.As a sport, soccer ____
A. has been popular for a short period of time
B. is popular only in South America
C. is played all over the world
D. is such a popular sport that it can have as many as 600 million viewers during the World Cup
58.The rule written in 1863 are ____
A. the same as today’s B. different from today’s
C. changed a lot D. changed a little
59. When did the first World Cup take place?
A. In 1930 B. in 1924 C. in 1928 D. in 1934
B
The conflict over what or how much homework should be comes partly from the fact that people can’t seem to agree on the purpose of homework.
What teachers think?
Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce what is learned in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework.
Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn’t have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional things.
Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school.
Parents’ ideas.
But many parents seem to have different ideas.
Elissa Cohen, who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn’t like the fact that third-grade students in DC elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. “They do the same thing over and over without really getting into alternate(交替的)ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing. ”
Experts’ opinions.
Some education reformers(改革者), such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University, professor well-known for his theory on multiple intelligence(智力), think that Cohen is on the right track.
But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks.
60. How many opinions do the teachers have on “homework”?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 6.D
61. According to the experts’ opinions,____.
A. Teachers should give necessary work to the students
B. Teachers should not work too hard or too long
C. Teachers should let the students repeat what they didn’t have time to get in class
D. What Cohen’s thinking about is correct
62.What’s the problem with Elissa Cohen’s twins in writing about their book report?
A. They find homework really hard.
B. They simply copy one repeatedly.
C. They aren’t given much thinking about what they read.
D. They get different ways of thinking about their work.
63. We should improve our school education by ________.
A. increasing homework B. changing schools
C. changing teachers D. reducing homework
C
Edgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer. With the sun shining down so strongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough. He walked quickly along the sea-front towards the steps that led on to the sands. He smiled carefully at the passers. He had just smiled and raised his hat to an elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him. Edgar heard a little buzzing noise from the camera.
“Your photograph, sir, in glorious color in just one moment if you please,” said the man in one breath.
Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to and fro. In a moment he handed it over, and Edgar saw the bright blue splash(色斑)of his shirt half filling the picture.
“Seventy pence, sir,” the man said. “It’s the bargain of your holiday.”
“Seventy pence,” Edgar repeated, mildly, “for this?” he stared at the photograph.
“They’re normally eighty-five, sir, but for a single subject I make a cut-price offer. It’s the best value you’ll get in Chadwell.” “You’ll have to make a better offer,” Edgar said. It was a good photo though, he thought, so bright and clear. His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly to the old lady, whose arm and handbag came into a lower corner. He had had no idea that he was being snapped(快照). He thought he was really quite a good-looking chap(小伙子).
“That’s as good as any studio job that would cost you pounds,” said the cameraman, “it’s better in a way because it’s so natural. Only seventy pence, sir.”
“I’ve never paid so much for a snap in my life. It simply isn’t worth that kind of money. It’s not as if I need the thing. Look, I’ll give you twenty-five.”
“No, I can’t do that. Each of these instant colour shot costs me 50P---that’s the blank frame(结构), so you see… ”
“Criminal, criminal,” Edgar broken in. “You want a profit (利润) of forty percent. Well, not at my expense, I’m afraid I’ll give you your 50P and that’s that.”
“Let me see, then.” The man suddenly took the photograph out of Edgar’s hand. “I can’t waste any more time with you. It’s 70P or I keep it.”
“Keep it,” Edgar said. He turned, looked out to sea, then walked quickly away.
64.Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell?
A. It was his home.
B. He had gone there on holiday.
C. He was taking part in the making of a film.
D. He went there to have his photograph taken.
65.Edgar smiled at and raised his hat to the lady because____
A. He thought he recognized her
B. he wanted the photograph to be amusing
C. she was having her photograph taken
D. he was feeling excited and cheerful.
66. What was Edgar’s opinion of the photograph?
A. He thought it made him look like a criminal.
B. He like it but thought it was too dear.
C. It annoyed(使苦恼)him because he had not expected it.
D. He thought it was a bargain at the price.
67.The cameraman is ____.
A. honest B. warm-hearted
C. necessary D. greedy
D
Alzheimer’s disease is a major national health problem. Nearly 2 million Americans over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. It is a leading cause of death among the elderly. But Alzheimer’s disease is not confined（限于）to the aged. There may be a million or more people under the age of 65 suffering from the disease.
At one time, people suffering from the disease were said to be “getting old”. The disease was thought to be a natural part of growing old, but it is now known that Alzheimer’s disease strikes young and old alike. It is an organic（器官的）disease that destroys brain cells.
Alzheimer’s disease affects the patient’s memory, speech, and movement. In the beginning stages of the disease, the patient may seem slightly confused. He may have trouble speaking. Then the patient’s memory begins to fail. He may forget dates, telephone numbers, names and plans.
As the disease progresses, the patient may not recognize family and friends. These symptoms（症状）often cause terrible anxiety in the patient. He may feel lost and frightened. Sometimes the patient reacts with wild and bad behavior.
In the last stages of the disease, the patient may not be able to take care of himself. He may have lost the ability to speak and walk.
Scientists don’t know exactly what causes Alzheimer’s disease. It may caused by a virus（病毒）. It may be caused by a poisonous substance （物质）in the environment. At present, there is no cure for the disease. But there are ways to slow its progress. Exercise and physical treatment can help the patients of this disease.
68. The main idea of the passage is that Alzheimer’s disease __________.
A. is a terrible part of the aging process
B. is an organic disease that affects young and old
C. can be cured by physical treatment
D. causes forgetfulness
69. All of the following are symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease EXCEPT ______.
A. forgetfulness
B. difficulty in speaking
C. loss of sight
D. loss of the ability to walk
70. According to the passage, which of the following may be a cause of Alzheimer’s disease?
A. Poisons produced by the brain. B. Getting old.
C. A virus. D. Lack of exercise.
71. The progress of Alzheimer’s disease can be slowed by _________.
A. operation B. a change in environment
C. medicines D. physical treatment and exercise
E
In general, people talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Researchers in psychology think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors.
The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of light, people usually want to be active. People think that red, for example, is exciting. Sociable people, those who like to be with others, like red. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, unlike warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.
Red may be exciting, but one researcher says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He suggests that a warm color, such as red or orange is a good color for a living room or restaurant. People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for offices or factories if the people who are working there want time to pass quickly.
Researchers do not know why people think some colors are warm and other colors are cool. However, almost everyone agrees that red, orange, and yellow are warm and that green, blue, and violet are cool. Perhaps warm colors remind people of warm days and the cool colors remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow.
72. Which of the following colors belong to cool colors?
A. Yellow, green. B. Blue, violet.
C. Black, blue. D. Brown, white.
73. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Sociable people like warm colors.
B. Warm colors can make people excited.
C. People who like to be with others don’t like red.
D. Where there are warm colors, people want to be active.
74. Which is the right color for different rooms?
A. Red or orange for offices. B. Orange for dining-rooms.
C. Blue for bedrooms. D. Red for studies.
75. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It shows the reason why people think some colors are warm and others are cool.
B. Warm colors remind people of warm days.
C. Cool colors remind people of cool days.
D. People have an agreeable opinion of warm colors and cool colors.
石室外语高2007级2005—2006年度下期半期考试
英 语 试 题
第Ⅱ卷 （三部分，共45分）
第一部分： 单词拼写（共10小题，满分10分）
76. Liu Xiang a______________ his goal of becoming the world champion in 110-metre hurdles in the 28th Athens Olympic Games.
77. A walk around the city is a f____________ for your eyes as you can get breath-taking scenery.
78. The soil can a______________ water, so it helps to keep water from flowing away.
79. It is said that Huo Yuanjia was m______________ by the Japanese who had been defeated by him.
80. People struggled for the right to be free to choose which god to believe in ---- the freedom of r______________.
81. Not all the new companies can succeed, but the spirit and creativity they _____________(代表) are more important than money.
82. I don’t want to listen to your ____________(抱怨), and I have tried my best.
83. Fifty years age, the government __________(禁止) mixed-race marriages.
84. When you are making big decisions, it is important to get ___________(支持) from your family.
85. All people in the world should be treated equally, ____________(不管) of race, religion or sex.
第二部分：短文改错（共10小题，满分10分）
Welcome to our city. Now let me to introduce our city 86. _________
to you. Our city is a new modern city. It set up 87. _________
in early 1980s. But it has been developing very rapidly. From 88. _________
here you can travel to everywhere by sea, by air and by 89. _________
lands. Recently another freeway connecting with Beijing 90. _________
started being used. The places around our city is rich 91. _________
in nature resources. And we have enough supply of 92. _________
electricity and energy resources. The public order is good. 93. _________
The government will support investors with many ways. 94. __________
We expect more foreign friend to invest in our city. 95. _________
第三部分：书面表达（满分25分）
请根据下列提示的要点，以What will life be like without animals为题，介绍保护珍稀（rare）动物的意义及必要性。
1．动物是人类亲密的朋友，尤其是珍稀动物的存在使整个世界变得丰富多彩；
2．最近听到甚至动物园里的珍稀动物都遭到人为伤害，深表震惊。事件的发生源于有些人对保护动物认识不够及对动物漠不关心；
3．牢记保护珍稀动物是我们每个人的职责，我们应学习宣传（publicize）其意义，并采取积极有效措施。
要求：1．内容必须包括所有要点，可适当发挥；
2．词数100左右。
What will life be like without animals
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石室外语高2007级2005—2006年度下期半期考试
英语试题(参考答案)
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A possible version:
What will life be like without animals
Animals are close friends of human beings. Their existence, especially the existence of rare animals makes the whole world lively and colorful. Unfortunately, we heard such news recently that rare animals, even kept in the zoo, couldn't escape being hurt and killed, at which we can feel nothing but shocked. The reason why it happened is that some people lack understanding about these animals and caring for them.
Therefore, we should study and publicize the information about rare animals, and keep it in mind that protecting animals is the duty of everyone. At the same time, we should take active and effective measures. After all, protecting animals is protecting ourselves.