湖南省株洲市南方中学2011-2012学年高二英语上学期期中考试命题大赛试题（3）外研版

用心 爱心 专心 1 湖南省株洲市南方中学湖南省株洲市南方中学 2011 20122011 2012 学年高二上学期期中考试命题大赛学年高二上学期期中考试命题大赛 英语试题 英语试题 3 3 一 基础知识部分一 基础知识部分 100 100 分分 第一部分第一部分 听力理解 共两节 满分听力理解 共两节 满分 2020 分 分 第二部分第二部分 知识运用 共两节 满分知识运用 共两节 满分 2020 分 分 第一节第一节 单项填空 共单项填空 共 1010 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 1 分 满分分 满分 1010 分 分 从从 A A B B C C D D 四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 21 What do you think of concert last night No doubt it was great success A a the B the a C the 不填 D a 不填 22 Do you mind if I keep pets in this building A I d rather you didn t actually B Of course not It s not allowed here C Great I love you D No you can t 23 confidence resulted in his failure in the interview A Lack of B Lack for C Lacking of D Being lacked 24 Insisting that To her car Mary insisted that he into poison A steal was put B had stolen put C steal be put D had stolen be put 25 Only after my friend came A did the computer repair B he repaired the computer C was the computer repaired D the computer was repaired 26 With a great deal of work she has to work extra hours tonight A being done B to do C done D doing 27 Shall we run around the park or go for a bike ride They are both good activities A That s all right B It makes no difference to me C Yes I like them very much D I d prefer a bike ride 28 With the price of oil the economy of that country is slowing down 用心 爱心 专心 2 A going up B bringing up C rising up D taking up 29 It was said that the company sent out a group of angry men with sticks to fight with the citizens A to arm B armed C arming D being armed 30 Now that Lucy is out of job she going back to school but she has not decided yet A had considered B has been considering C considered D is going to consider 第二节第二节 完形填空 共完形填空 共 1010 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 1 分 满分分 满分 1010 分 分 阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从第阅读下面短文 掌握其大意 然后从第 3131 至至 4040 小题所给的小题所给的 A A B B C C D D 四个选项中 选出四个选项中 选出 可以填入空白处的最佳选项 可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Every country has its own culture Even though each country uses doors Doors many have 21 functions and purposes which lead to 22 differences When I first came to America I noticed that a public building had two different 23 and they had distiFnct functions You have to push the door with the word PUSH to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word PULL to 24 the building This was new to me because we use the 25 door in south Korea For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed The way of using school bus doors was also 26 to me I used to take the school bus to classes The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors 27 who were getting off the bus should get off first and students who were getting on should get on 28 In south Korea we do not need to wait for people to get off One morning I hurried to the bus and when the bus doors opened I 29 tried to get on the school bus through the front door All the students around looked at me I was totally 30 and my face went red 31 A different B important C practical D unusual 32 A national B embarrassing C cultural D amazing 33 A exits B entrances C signs D doors 34 A enter B leave C open D close 35 A main B same C front D back 36 A annoying B hard C satisfying D strange 37 A parents B students C teachers D drivers 38 A sooner B later C faster D earlier 39 A politely B patiently C unconsciously D slowly 40 A embarrassed B annoyed C unsatisfied D excited 用心 爱心 专心 3 第三部分第三部分 阅读技能阅读技能 共三节 满分 共三节 满分 3535 分 分 第一节第一节 阅读理解阅读理解 共 共 1212 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 2 分 满分分 满分 2424 分 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A A B B C C D D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A A In the last fifty years a lot of people have left Europe and gone to live in Australia One of them was a Hungarian man He lived in Australia for a long time and he had a lot of good friends there He always said to them Australia is beautiful but Hungary is beautiful too Then one year he said to his friends I m going to go back to Hungary to visit my home town All his friends said to him We want to go with you because you often say Hungary is a beautiful country and we want to visit it The Hungarian Australian took his friends from Sydney to Rome in a big plane and then they went from Rome to Budapest in a train as they wanted to see the mountains and the villages and the towns They stayed in Budapest nearly a week and they liked it very much One day they went to the zoo in Budapest and saw two kangaroos there These Australians were very happy because kangaroos were from their home town They said to them Come here old friends Come and see your Australian brothers But the kangaroos did not move But then the Hungarian Australian spoke to them in Hungarian Come here he said and both of the kangaroos ran to him The other Australians laughed and said Look at that They re Australians but they only know Hungarian 41 The Hungarian moved to Australia A last yearB a few years ago C about 50 years agoD over 100 years ago 42 The Hungarian wanted to go back to Hungary to A see the kangaroosB his home town C visit his old friends thereD pay a visit to the zoo 43 How did they get to Budapest from Sydney A By air and by train B By ship C By air D By train 44 Kangaroo is a kind of famous in Australia A animal B tree C language D plant B B Computer programmer David Jones earned 35 000 a year designing new computer games yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18 He works for a small firm in Liverpool where most young people of his age are finding jobs David s biggest headache is what to do with his money Though he has high payment he cannot drive a car or get credit cards 信用卡 David got his job four months ago a year after leaving school with six O levels 普通成绩 and working for a time in a computer shop I got the job 用心 爱心 专心 4 because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs he said I suppose 35 000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that this year He spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 20 a week as he lives with his parents But most of his spare time is spent working Unfortunately computing was not part of our studies at school he said But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young anyway I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement 退休 is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear 45 Why is David so different from other young people of his age A He earns an extremely high paymentB He has got a job C He lives at home with his parentsD He does not go out much 46 David s greatest problem is that A he can t be treated as an adult by the bank B he doesn t make as many games as he wishes C he doesn t know what to buy with the money D he is too young to drive a car 47 He was employed by the company because A he had worked in a computer shop B he had written some computer programs C he is clever and works hard at his lessons D he had learnt to use computers at school 48 Why does David think he might retire early A He thinks computer games might not always sell so well B He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire C One has to be young to write computer programs D He thinks his firm might close down C C Vienna In spite of Iraq s decision to stop oil deliveries the 11 nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC will not increase production to make up the shortfall ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop The organization s president Charkid Khelil of Algeria said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable so quota 配额 increases were not necessary The E U Commission has expressed concern about Iraq s output stop A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price Saudi Arabia s Oil Minister Ali Al Nuaimi had earlier said there would not 用心 爱心 专心 5 be any shortfall of oil in the market The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap he said OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of the Iraq stop to export was not known so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet If the market was destabilized 动摇 a suitable response could be made Iraq on Monday stop shipments of crude oil to protest against the U N Security Council s decision to extend the oil for food programme by only a month instead of the normal six month renewal 延期 Just before the Vienna meeting oil prices had gone up with a barrel of OPEC crude selling for 27 05 dollars up from 26 81 dollars last Friday North sea oil was at 29 26 dollars Monday evening OPEC wanted the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2 5 million barrels per day off quotas 49 Iraq made the decision to stop oil deliveries because A oil price is too low in the international market B the U N Security Council has decided to shorten the time for the oil for food programme C many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s D it couldn t get enough money to develop its economy 50 The attitude the E U Commission took towards Iraq s output stop is A activeB concernedC couldD surprising 51 The organization in Paragraph 2 refers to A OPECB the E U CommissionC APECD WTO 52 The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that A they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production B they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq s temporary oil stop C they can have a talk with the U N Security Council D they can make up their minds to increase oil productions 第二节第二节 摘录信息摘录信息 共 共 5 5 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 1 分 满分分 满分 5 5 分 分 阅读下面短文 根据所读内容在文后第阅读下面短文 根据所读内容在文后第 53 5753 57 小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语 小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语 注意 每空不超过注意 每空不超过 3 3 个单词 个单词 Colors and feelings Colors can affect our feelings Generally they can be divided into four kinds They are calm colors warm colors energetic colors and strong colors Claim colors Some colors make us feel calm and peaceful Blue is one of these colors Blue can also represent sadness so you may say I am feeling blue when you are feeling sad White is another calm color It makes you feel calm 用心 爱心 专心 6 and peaceful Warm colors Some colors can give you a happy and satisfied feeling Colors like orange or yellow belong to these Orange represents joy It can bring you success and cheer you up when you are feeling sad Yellow is the color of the sun and wisdom too Energetic colors When you feel tired or weak you should wear energetic colors such as green Green can give you energy as it is the color of nature and represents new life and growth Strong colors Anyone who needs physical or mental 精神的 strength should wear red clothes Red is the color of heat and represents power and strong feelings Colors and feelings 53 Feelings Examples 54 calm colors calm and peaceful white orange warm colors55 yellow energetic colorsenergetic56 strong colors57 red 第三节第三节 回答问题回答问题 共 共 3 3 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 2 分 满分分 满分 6 6 分 分 Have you ever thought about going from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean that is from the east to the west of the USA If you go by plane you will make to trip in a few hours If you go by train you will finish the journey in two days If you go by car you will arrive there in a week or less But how long does it take if you have to walk or go on horseback or by boat Certainly it would take a lot more time if you do so But the first men to cross North America went this slow way They went from St Louis Missouri to the Pacific Ocean They had to carry their own supplies with them There were no roads to follow and rivers were very dangerous Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark a team of forty five men left St Louis on May 8 1804 They traveled up the Mississippi River in boats By late fall the men reached the land of Manda Indians in what is now the state of North Dakota a Here they built a camp for the winter Here they also met a French trapper 设陷阱捕兽者 and his Indian wife The trapper and his wife became their guides later In the spring of the next year the men started up the Mississippi River again At last they came to a place where the river divided into three forks 支 流 At this place there is now a small town called Three Forks Montana They followed one of the forks the Jefferson River but the river soon became too small and they could no longer use their boats They walked many miles before they met some Indians These Indians gave them horses for their trip over the 用心 爱心 专心 7 Rocky Mountains The trip over the mountains was dangerous and difficult Many of them were sick and there was little food On the west side of the mountains they found the Columbia River Here they built canoes 独木舟 小划子 to use on the rest of their trip to the west In November of 1806 after a long and hard trip they reached the Pacific Ocean 58 How many ways are mentioned in the article to go from the east to the west of the USA 59 Who became the guides of the first men to cross North America No more than six words 60 How long did it take the first men to finish such a journey No more than five words 第四部分第四部分 写作技能写作技能 满分 满分 2525