广东省深圳高级中学11-12学年高二英语上学期期末试题

用心 爱心 专心1 高级中学高级中学 20112011 20122012 学年第一学期期末测试高二英语学年第一学期期末测试高二英语 本试卷分为第 I 卷和第 II 卷两部分 共七大题 请将全部答案写在答题卷上 第 I 卷选择题的答案用 2B 铅笔填涂 第 II 卷的答案用黑色签字笔书写 本试卷满分 150 分 考试时间为 120 分钟 第 I 卷 共 80 分 一 完形填空 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 30 分 Britain is very fortunate in its system of public lending libraries These libraries have a 1 of some 115 million books And about one third of the population are 2 of public libraries This lending and reference library service is with some limitation free Public libraries not only lend books music scores 乐谱 and records but also supply special libraries to 3 among children patients in hospital and prisoners and they 4 in many kinds of extra activities 5 reading lectures film shows music circles and cooperation in adult education The greatest and most famous library in Britain is 6 the British Museum which 7 over six million books A copy of every book magazine newspaper etc 8 in Great Britain must be sent to the British Museum The reading room of the Museum is famous for the 9 of scholars and 10 people who have students in it The British Museum Library is not by the way a lending library The second 11 in Britain is the Bodleian Library at Oxford The National Library of Scotland Cambridge University Library and the National Library of Wales are also famous and may 12 a copy of every new 13 issued in Britain There is also a National Library for the blind 14 over 300 000 books in a specially 15 type 1 A numberB plentyC totalD quantity 2 A membersB librariansC citizensD employees 3 A othersB adultsC womenD people 4 A giveB engageC resultD succeed 5 A as well asB such asC for exampleD rather than 6 A that of B because ofC it ofD in possession of 7 A offersB buysC ownsD gets 8 A soldB publishedC availableD obtained 9 A numberB supportC mindD devotion 用心 爱心 专心2 10 A diligent B imaginationC famous D poor 11 A oldestB latestC largestD best known 12 A lendB printC getD buy 13 A butB publication C novelD magazine 14 A nearlyB withC aboutD almost 15 A deliveredB madeC printedD published 二 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 40 分 A Vincent Van Gogh was a man in a hurry an artist of tremendous energy and prodigious 巨大的 output He killed himself when he was only 37 but he left behind him more than 2 000 paintings and drawings which established his reputation in a way he would never have considered possible Van Gogh was born on March 30 1853 at Groot Zundert Province of Noord Nrabant in Dutch He was the son of a clergyman His first artist impressions were formed as a boy from his uncle who was an art dealer The motivation bore early fruit and from the age of 12 the young Vincent was drawing The interest led to an apprenticeship 学徒 in an art dealer s firm Groupil s in the Hague When he was only 20 he was transferred to the firm s London office In London Van Gogh faced his first major crisis when he was rejected in love After that he turned to religion expressed disapproval with art dealing and neglected his work Groupil transferred him from London to Paris but when his work was still unsatisfactory dismissed him in 1876 The young Van Gogh made religion a consuming interest and during the next few years travelled in Britain Belgium and Holland trying to establish himself as a preacher 传道人 but without success In 1880 at the age of 27 he found himself drawn back to art He had a job as an assistant evangelist 传教士 in the mining village of Borinage in Belgium but realized an artist drive which was to motivate him unceasingly until his death 10 years later Late in 1881 he moved to the Hague and established a relationship with a woman Christine Hoornik with whom he lived for a time He broke with her in 1883 however and never again established a significant intimate relationship with a woman In 1886 Van Gogh left Holland forever and travelled via Antwerp to Paris and to major changes in artistic style Van Gogh s work became more youthful in Paris He lived with his brother Theo who managed the modern department of an art dealer s A new more animated painting style emerged and the impressionist tendencies of earlier work weakened somewhat Van Gogh developed a taste for personalized brushwork and brilliant unmixed colors Among his most prominent experiments with color were a series of some 30 flower paintings a fascination which stayed with him until his 用心 爱心 专心3 death 16 When did Van Gogh die A 1890 B 1892 C 1886 D 1883 17 what made Van Gogh become interested in religion A That he was dismissed by Groupil B His experience in an art dealer s firm C That a girl refused his love D His consuming interest in art 18 By saying Vincent Van Gogh was a man in a hurry in paragraph 1 the author means A Van Gogh always did something in a hurry B Van Gogh tended to move from one place to another hurriedly C Van Gogh is a quick tempered man D Van Gogh passed away very early 19 What s the right order of the events related to Van Gogh He ended the relationship with Christine Hoornik He lived with Theo in Paris He failed to establish himself as a preacher He formed his first artist impressions from his uncle He worked as an apprentice in Groupil s company He found himself interested in art again after several years of disapproval with art A B C D 20 What is the author s attitude towards Van Gogh A Critical B Favorable C Ironic D Objective B All Ric O Barry wants is to stop the dolphin killing so he is headed to this seaside Japanese town Taiji The American activist who is the star of a new award winning documentary that portrays the dolphin killing here got an unwelcome reception when he showed up here this week for the start of the annual hunt His movie The Cove 海豚湾 directed by National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos was released in the United States a month ago but has not yet to come out in Japan Scenes in the film some of which were shot secretly show fishermen banging on metal poles stuck in the water to create a wall of sound that scares the dolphins which have supersensitive sonar 声纳系统 and sends them fleeing into a cove There the fishermen sometimes pick a few to be sold for aquarium shows for as much as 150 000 They kill the others spearing 刺 the animals repeatedly until the water turns red The meat from one dolphin is worth about 50 000 yen and is sold at supermarkets across Japan Greenpeace and other groups have tried to stop the hunt for years Activists hope The Cove will bring the issue to more people 用心 爱心 专心4 internationally and eventually in Japan Already the Australian town of Broome dropped its 28 year sister city relationship with Taiji last month partly because of the movie Some regions have a tradition of eating dolphin meat said fisheries official Toshinori Uoya Dolphin killing may be negative for our international image but it is not something orders can stop The town government in Taiji which has made whales and dolphins its trademark refused to comment about The Cove or the growing international criticism against dolphin killing Many in Taiji take the dolphin hunt for granted as part of everyday life They are defensive about The Cove seeing themselves as powerless victims of overseas pressure to end a simple and honest way of making a living 21 Ric O Barry made The Cove because he wanted to A stop the dolphin killing B win an international award C support Green peace s efforts D make Taiji well known in the world 22 Viewers can learn from The Cove A the advanced techniques to catch dolphins B the cruel and bloody dolphin killing C the beautiful Japanese seaside town Taiji D the sale of dolphin meat around the world 23 What is the response to The Cove on the Japanese side A Taiji broke up with its western sister city Broome B Japanese officials decided to ban dolphin killing C The town government in Taiji kept silent on criticism D Most Japanese people were against eating dolphin meat 24 What does the underlined word defensive probably mean A Feeling guilty for killing dolphins B Protecting themselves against criticism C Attacking those against dolphin killing D Making the determination to change 25 What can we infer from the passage A Many people in Japan have seen The Cove in the cinema B The Cove has not influenced Japan s international image C Taiji s dolphin killing industry has been seriously damaged D The Cove has brought international attention to dolphin killing C Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian Middle Eastern black white or Indian person By stepping into the Human Race Machine you can find out When you sit inside it the machine creates a digital image of your face After pushing certain buttons the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features From this it can come up with an image showing how you would look as 用心 爱心 专心5 a member of a different race The machine is part of a traveling retrospective 回顾展 called Seeing and Believing The Art of Nancy Burson Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20 It is a strange feeling just like stepping into someone else s skin said Hathy Zajchenko a museum visitor from Pennsylvania US As soon as she sat down she tried out a range of ethnic groups The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me she said with a smile According to Burson the machine is a prayer for unity It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces both Arab and Jewish after the terrorist attacks on September 11 I have always wanted to allow people to see differently I am a photographer I am recording the unseen because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see Burson said For those who missed the show the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full time as of June 26 The Human Race Machine can A tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group B create a digital image of your face and change it C turn your pray into reality D let people step into someone else s skin 27 The phrase come up with in the first paragraph means A get nearerB produceC come outD change 28 When Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her she meant that A she would like to change her face B she had a strange feeling C she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person D she could buy the Human Race machine 29 The underlined sentence The machine is a prayer for unity means A the Human Race machine can unite the facial feather of a different ethnic group with your own B the machine shows that no matter what race people are there are some things we all have in common C one can pray before the machine D if you want the machine can change your face 30 Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because A she wanted to show people what terrorists look like B she wanted to record what people cannot see C she wanted to be famous as a photographer D she wanted to let people see the foreign people 用心 爱心 专心6 D Ten years ago Pierre Omidyar a software engineer working in California s Silicon Valley began thinking about how to use the internet for a trading system in which buyers and sellers could establish a genuine market price Over a long holiday weekend he wrote the computer code At first a trickle 细流 of users arrived at his website including his girlfriend who traded PEZ candy dispensers By the end of 1995 several thousand auctions had been completed and interest in eBay was growing And it grew and grew From this modest beginning eBay has become a global giant with around 150m registered users worldwide who are set to buy and sell goods worth more than 40 billion this year The remarkable tale of eBay s growth points to some important lessons for any business trying to operate online and today that includes one way or another most firms The commercial opportunities presented by an expanding global web seem almost limitless But the pace of change is rapid and so is the ferocity 残暴 of competition To succeed firms need agility an open mind and the ability to reinvent themselves repeatedly Most of all they need to listen carefully to their customers paying close attention to what they do and don t want Such qualities of course would be valuable in any kind of business Yet for online firms they are not a luxury but necessary for mere survival This is true for a variety of reasons The internet is not only growing but changing rapidly which in turn changes the rules of the game for any business relying on it The barriers to entry are still low compared with those for most offline businesses which means that just keeping track of your existing rivals is not enough These may not represent the greatest competitive threat tomorrow or the next day That could come from a number of directions a firm in a different type of online business one that does not yet exist or even from one of your own customers On top of all this the behavior of many consumers is constantly changing as well as individuals discover new ways to shop and interact with each other via the web All these factors make the internet a dangerous place to do business as well as one full of promise eBay s history demonstrates both of those things It is probably safe to say that nothing like eBay could have existed without the internet or could have grown so fast Even though there have been signs of the firm s rapid pace slowing a bit in America its most mature market there remain vast opportunities overseas particularly some argue in China Meg Whitman eBay s chief executive believes the company is still only at the beginning of what it could achieve 31 What is the purpose of the first paragraph A To introduce the founder of eBay and his girlfriend B To demonstrate how clever the founder of eBay is C To show how eBay started and has grown D To introduce eBay to people 用心 爱心 专心7 32 Which of the following best summarizes Pierre Omidyar s intention with regard to eBay A To set up a global internet business B To allow people to freely buy and sell on the internet at acceptable prices C To set up a mechanism on the internet to allow people to trade at true market prices D To se up a business mechanism for his girlfriend 33 Which of these is NOT necessary for a company selling on the internet to do A Have the most competitive price for each of their online products B Be able to change to suit the prevailing market conditions C Be prepared to consider all options and alternatives D Have a good idea of what their customers do not want 34 What does barriers to entry are still low compared with those for most offline businesses in paragraph 3 mean A It is easier to set up an internet business than a conventional one B Internet trade is growing faster than traditional business sector C It is cheaper to set up an internet business than a traditional one D Companies generally prefer to do business online rather than offline 35 Why does the article conclude that the internet is a dangerous place to do business A Because companies that sell online may be unreliable B Because there are no controls on doing business on the internet C Because doing business online is unpredictable D Because even companies like eBay have problems doing business online 三 信息匹配 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 分 阅读下列应用文及相关信息 并按照要求匹配信息 请将 36 40 各小题中的人物与 A F 中的工作匹配起来 A Employer an International School in Beijing Position Administrative Assistant Requirements 1 Bachelor Degree or above majoring in English A high level of Chinese English and English Chinese oral and written proficiency 2 Computer proficiency i e Word Excel 3 Minimum 2 years relevant experience as a professional translator or administrative assistant B Employer An International Foreign Trade Company in Shenzhen Position foreign trade clerk males only Requirements 1 Be familiar with foreign trade business processes work experience preferred 用心 爱心 专心8 2 Good at speaking reading and writing in English 3 Travelling often both at home and abroad 4 Strong business sense and negotiation skills C Employer Good Day travel Agency in Guangzhou Position Tour Guides Requirements 1 Aged less than 30 2 Easygoing open minded willing to meet and good at getting along with people of different kinds especially foreigners 3 Good at spoken English acquisition of one more foreign language preferred 4 Fit adaptable enough for frequent travelling abroad D Employer Bright Foreign Languages School Position English Teachers Requirements 1 College graduates with at least Bachelor degree in English and those from teaching universities are preferred 2 Enthusiastic about teaching and have a will for life long devotion to education 3 Working in the suburban Senior campus Males preferred E Shanghai Daily Position English editors Requirements 1 A recognized degree in English or a related discipline 2 Excellent writing skills preferably with editing journalism experience 3 Teaching or training experience in English or related subjects F Duran Education Group Position Teachers Requirements 1 Native English speakers 2 At least 1 year s teaching experience in college major in various subjects like math accounting physics economy English etc 3 Teaching in the branches of this group in Asia 4 Comfortable with living in foreign cultures for a long time 36 Mary an English major will graduate from college this July As the chairman of the Students Union she is thought highly of as good leadership outgoing extraverted 外向的 She herself looks forward to a job that allows her to travel as much as possible around the world instead of a sedentary job in the office 37 Sarah majored in English and American Literature in a college in Texas and 用心 爱心 专心9 continued to teach there after graduation She is quite curious about Chinese culture and desires to have a profound understanding of it by staying there for a long time