2006学年第一学期高二英语期中试卷.doc

2006学年第一学期高二英语期中试卷I. Listening Comprehension 20% (from 05年高考练习卷)Part A: Short Conversation 10%1. A. $240B. $214C. $140D. $1202. A. At a department storeB. At a bankC. At a groceryD. At a tailors3.A. To see a movieB. To attend a lectureC. To go to the Student CenterD. To visit Doctor Smith4. A. She went to hospitalB. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at homeD. She stayed with her classmates.5. A. Buy a new watchB. Have the watch repairedC. Set the time againD. Check the watch up himself6. A. It is hot in the cityB. It is cool in the cityC. It is muddy in the countryD. It is quiet in the country.7. A. Everything there is greatB. Nothing is good there.C. It is a good hotelD. Its service is disappointing.8. A. Both books are useful B. There is something wrong with one book.C. Both books are popularD. One book is more useful than the other.9. A. To get the waiters attention.B. To pay the bill for the woman.C. To complain to the manager.D. To order more dishes.10. A. Hes seen only one bear at the zoo.B. Hes never seen a bear in the wildC. Bears can only be seen at the zoo,D. Bears can hardly be seen in the wild.Part B: Passages 6%Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. On Highway 22B. On Highway 60C. On Highway 109D. On Highway 11912. A. She is driving too fast. B. She is not driving at a required speed.C. She has too many people in the car.D. She is driving in the wrong direction.13. A. The old ladies are sick in the car.B. The policeman has been rude.C. The women are fined because of their carelessness.D. The driver mistakes the highway number for the speed limit.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. An international organization in America.B. A research organization on energyC. An organization sponsored by America.D. Bill Gates research center in Paris.15. A. About 5 yearsB. About 14 yearsC. About 15 yearsD. About 50 years16. A. Lack of new changes.B. Leading his company to a crossroads.C. Not doing enough researchD. Lack of their independent search engine.Part C: Longer Conversation 4%Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Birthday Present for MumWhat to buy:A(n) _17_ ticketWhere to go:_18_ How much to pay:_19_ poundsWhen to go:In winter _20_Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.II. Choice 15%21. The tips of the skis _ cross, or you will fall.A. needntB. ought to notC. mustntD. dont have to22. _ he sometimes says something rude to me, I believe in him.A. In spite ofB. DespiteC. Now thatD. Although23. My mother _ to see me. She will be here soon.A. is comingB. has comeC. comesD. has come24. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced _cars in 2004 as the year before.A. as twice manyB. as many twiceC. twice as manyD. twice many as25. I _ have been there, but I _ not find the time.A. should, wouldB. should, couldC. might, couldD. could, could26. According to the time table, the train _ at nine in the morning.A. will startB. startsC. startD. is starting27. I _ her on the street the other day.A. have metB. had metC. will meetD. met28. Rod _ this morning. I wonder why he changed his mind.A. ought have comeB. should comeC. mustnt have comeD. should have come29. “Are you satisfied with her answer?” “Not at all. It couldnt have been _.”A. worseB. so badC. betterD. the worst30. Youre standing too near the camera. Can you move _?A. a bit farB. a little fartherC. a bit of fartherD. a little far31. George Owell, _ was Eric Arther, wrote many political novels and essays.A. the real nameB. what his real nameC. his real nameD. whose real name32. _ his bike, he had to walk two miles to attend the evening school.A. Having not foundB. Not findingC. Finding notD. Not having found33. Long distance races are won by the runners with the greatest _.A. intelligenceB. fitnessC. initiativeD. endurance34. She could hardly _ to miss another chance to meet the musician.A. offerB. affordC. provideD. manage35. Although the man isnt good-looking, his inner characteristics are _ by everyone.A. extravagantB. illustratedC. appreciatedD. judgeIII. Cloze 10%The following safety hints are helpful to any mountain-climbers. The first thing to remember is to keep the group fairly _36_. It is better to have two groups of ten _37_ one of twenty. Each group should have _38_ person as a leader. The leader chooses the route and is _39_ for the party. He makes sure the party sticks _40_, and ensures that everyone is properly _41_. Having chosen your leader, you must plan your route and take into consideration weather _42_, especially threat of thunderstorm. If an accident _43_, do keep calm. Work out from your map where you are, then make a _44_ as to whether you should continue or _45_. A cool head and common sense will be your greatest assets（可取之处）.36. A. smallB. bigC. strongD. powerful37. A. intoB. thanC. inD. under38. A. a learnedB. a well-educatedC. an experiencedD. a knowledgeable39. A. responsibleB. thankfulC. famousD. thoughtful40. A. aroundB. toC. togetherD. down41. A. preservedB. equippedC. guardedD. protected42. A. conditionsB. developmentC. principleD. forecast43. A. comesB. appearsC. occursD. affects44. A. decisionB. searchC. ruleD. suggestion45. A. returnB. restC. stayD. endIV. Reading 28%(A)“Come in, Kim. Have a seat, please,” said Bill William, the manager. This was Kims first experience with an assessment. After only six months he was due for a raise if this assessment was satisfactory.“Kim,” began Bill Williams, “I am very pleased with the quality of your work. I have nothing but praise for your devotion and your hard work. My only concern is that you are not active enough in putting forward your suggestions.”“But,” replied Kim, “I have always completed every assignment you have given me, Mr. Williams.”“I know that, Kim. And please, call me Bill. But what I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas. I need more input from you more feedback on how things are going. I dont need a “yes man”. You never tell me what you think. You just smile as though everything is fine.”“But,” said Kim, “I feel that since you are my superior, it would be presumptuous of me to tell you what to do.”“Im not asking you to tell me what to do, but what you think we could do. To make suggestions. I employed you because I respect your experience in this field, but you are not communicating your thoughts to me.”“Yes, I see. Im not accustomed to this, but I will try to do as you sayBill.”“Good, then. I expect to hear more from you at staff meetings or at any other time you want to discuss an idea with me.”“Yes, of course. Thank you, Mr. Will Bill.”46. Kim is the sort of employee who _.A. does not speak out his own ideasB. is not devoted to the jobC. laughs too much over workD. can not finish his wok on time47. The word “presumptuous” in the middle of the passage is closest in meaning to “_”.A. full of respect B. too confident and rudeC. lacking in experienceD. too shy and quiet48. From the passage, we can learn that _.A. Kim has been invited to take charge of the staff meetingsB. the manager appreciates those who just do what he tells them to doC. the manager is pleased with Kims hard work and his suggestionsD. Kim is likely to have a higher salary if he can pass the assessment(B)For most two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals at night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several peoples lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed.“I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope (听诊器) and walked around one of the biggest hospitals in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and other doctors, its easy to take people in,” he said.One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted. When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her.“He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection,” she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didnt think there was anything wrong. “I would never have realized he was a fake if a policeman hadnt showed me his photograph a week later. When the policeman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my ears.”Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was “shocked and horrified” that he got away with his deceiving for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminals with mental disorders.“I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the behavior of the psychiatrists (精神科医生) who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence,” Judge Adams warned York.49. York learned how to behave like a doctor by _.A. watching other doctors workB. talking to doctors and nursesC. getting some training and experienceD. observing doctors while he was a patient50. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital?A. She had swallowed something and almost died.B. She had to have an emergency operation.C. She had been injured in a road accident.D. She had lost consciousness while driving.51. The judges remark implied that York would be more severely punished if he _.A. pretended to be a psychiatristB. tried to get away from prisonC. was proud of what he had doneD. studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist(C)People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or other historic remains. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have so little of it. People of cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the year is in the rain. This is the reason why the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italys 30,000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks and roadsides. Spains long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.But there are signs that the area is getting more tourists than it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. None of these, however, is ruining anyones fun. Obviously, they dont go there for clean water. They allow traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They dont even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, its still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.52. The writer seems to imply Northern Europeans travel mostly for the reason that _.A. they want to see historic remainsB. they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy daysC. they would like to take pictures in front of famous places.D. They are interested in different culture and social customs.53. According the passage, which of the following countries has more tourists?A. ItalyB. GreeceC. FranceD. Spain54. The underlined part in the last sentence in Paragraph 3, one tourist for each person living in Spain means _.A. all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists.B. every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist C. every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as the population in SpainD. every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year.55. According to the passage, which of the following might ruin the tourists fun at Mediterranean resort and beaches?A. Polluted waterB. Crowded busesC. Rainy weatherD. Traffic jams(D)In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical（热带的）Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen generate the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that give them hurricane（飓风）status, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people. The great storms that hit the coast start as innocent circling disturbances hundreds even thousands of miles out to sea. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the trade winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist（潮湿的）air flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process, the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is converted to energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases the young hurricane begins to turn in a counter-clockwise motion（逆时针移动）. The average life of a hurricane is only about nine days, but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The energy in the heat released by a hurricanes rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the United States for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6- to 12-inch downpours resulting in sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the sea the mountains of water moving toward the low-pressure hurricane center. The water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.56. When is a storm considered to be a hurricane? A. When it is accompanied by wind. B. When it is accompanied by both wind and rain. C. When its circling winds move at 75