湛江二中2011-2012学年高二上学期第一学段考试(英语)

1 湛江二中湛江二中 2011 2012 学年高二上学期第一学段考试学年高二上学期第一学段考试 英语英语 第一部分第一部分 听力听力 角色扮演 听下面一段材料 理解所听到的内容 然后将问题译成英语 再用英语以口头 和书面形式作答 本段材料读两遍 1 他将在什么时候启程前往意大利 Question Answer Answer 2 他将怎样达到机场 Question Answer Answer 3 他将过一个什么样的假期 Question Answer Answer 4 她将去哪里度假 Question Answer Answer 5 她为什么想过一个悠闲的假期 Question Answer Answer 第二部分第二部分 语言知识及应用语言知识及应用 一 一 完形填空 共完形填空 共 15 小题 每小题小题 每小题 2 分 满分分 满分 30 分 分 阅读下列短文 掌握其大意 然后从 1 15 各题所给的 A B C D 项中 选出最佳选项 A little girl named Eradessa was riding in a car with her mother Eradessa was five years old Eradessa was asking 1 tons of questions about well everything Would you shut up her mother screamed giving the little girl a 2 look Can t you see I am trying to drive All of a sudden the mother lost 3 of the wheel The car 4 to the side and hit a eighteen wheeler truck on the passenger side where the little girl was sitting Once it was all over the mother reach over to 5 her daughter Honey Are you ok no answer Omigod Oh God please no 6 the mother Eradessa The mother lay there and cried until 7 arrived When they were putting the mother in the 8 she looked at the stretcher rolling by A white sheet was over Eradessa s face The mother screamed when she saw Eradessa s tiny hand 9 limp on the side of the stretcher Her 10 nail was painted pink with a blue flower Her leg was hurt and was 11 in blood but she ran to her daughter s side Policemen came and 12 her back down on the stretcher She was still screaming as they gave her a 13 in her arm to make her go sleep NO she screamed 14 the people you are with Who knows when they leave or how No one can even 15 how bad it hurts 1 A her motherB GodC the girlD her teacher 2 A gentleB lovingC sharpD reluctant 2 3 A weightB sightC trackD control 4 A droveB slidC flewD wandered 5 A meetB grabC squeezeD free 6 A requestedB askedC screamedD denied 7 A helpB doctorC callD money 8 A cartB trolley busC ambulanceD stretcher 9 A hangingB jumpingC rollingD reaching 10 A hardB prettyC pinkD tiny 11 A dottedB coveredC filledD painted 12 A forcedB permittedC advisedD oppressed 13 A pushB needleC shotD tie 14 A TeachB LoveC AmuseD Respect 15 A suggestB appreciateC applyD imagine 二 语法填空 共二 语法填空 共 10 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分分 满分 15 分 分 阅读下面短文 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求 在空格注填入一个适当的词 或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空 One would think answering the question how many countries in the world would be an easy task 16 listing the exact number of countries in the world is quite a difficult task and the answer may vary 17 depend on sorts of information The number of countries of the world may vary from 189 191 192 193 194 18 195 As of April 26 2009 the United Nations has 192 members listed as 19 recognize independent countries of the world However UN considers Taiwan to be a part of China and not as an independent country even though it meets most of the 20 require of an independent nation Taiwan appears as an independent country 21 it is clubbed with China in the United Nations list of countries Moreover since countries 22 the Vatican City and Kosovo are not signed up with the United Nations they are not included in UN final list of 192 Sources 23 consider Taiwan Vatican City and Kosovo as independent nations have managed to jot down a total of 195 countries We all know that facts cannot be relative and need to have 24 definite answer However in the case of how many countries in the world one has the liberty to go with the UN s list 25 other records 第三部分第三部分 阅读理解阅读理解 共 20 小题 每题 2 分 满分 40 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C D 选项中选出最佳答案 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 3 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 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 death 26 When did Van Gogh die A 1890 B 1892 C 1886 D 1883 27 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 28 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 29 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 30 What is the author s attitude towards Van Gogh A Critical B Favorable C Objective D Ironic 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 4 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 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 31 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 32 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 33 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 34 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 35 What can we infer from the passage 5 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 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 36 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 37 The phrase come up with in the first paragraph means A get nearerB produceC come outD change 38 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 39 The underlined sentence The machine is a pray 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 6 40 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 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 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 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 blistering 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 41 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 42 Which of the following best summarizes Pierre Omidyar s intention with regard to eBay A To set up a global internet business 7 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 43 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 44 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 45 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 第四部分第四部分 课本基础知识部分课本基础知识部分 完成下列句子 共完成下列句子 共 20 空格 每空空格 每空 0 5 分 满分分 满分 10 分 分 1 这婴儿被遗弃在风雨之中 The baby the wind and the rain 2 她被推荐为这项工作的最佳人选 Her name the best for the job 3 无论在任何情况下中国人民是不会允许台湾分离的 Under no circumstances the Chinese allow Taiwan to China 4 他提醒我们别漏请我们的英语教师 He reminded us our English teacher in the invitation 5 我们应该关注这一问题 We should the issue 6 网上购物价格一般较便宜 Prices of daily goods the Internet are usually lower 第五部分第五部分 作文作文 4 基础写作基础写作 假如你是李华 你的美国朋友 Tom 得知你的学校近年发生了很多的变化 来信询问具体情 况 请你根据下面表格中的内容给他回复一封电子邮件 介绍你们学校发生的变化 并邀 请他来参观你的学校 新建项目图书馆 校园东面 可以阅读各种书刊杂志 并可在电子阅览室上网 在建项目教学楼 校园北面 原来是荒地 8 将建项目校园内外植树 种草 栽花 为学生学校提供良好的环境 词汇 电子阅览室 e reading room 写作要求 1 只能使用 5 个句子表达全部内容 2 邮电首句和结尾已经给出 不计入写作总数 评分标准 句子结构准确 信息内容完整 篇章结构连贯 Dear Tom Thank you for your concern about the development of our school Best wishes Yours Li Hua 第二节第二节 读写任务 共读写任务 共 1 小题 满分小题 满分 25 分 分 阅读下面的短文 然后按照要求写一篇 150 词左右的英语短文 Teenagers secrets should be kept to themselves and no one else their parents included has the right to stick their nose into their private life As we know teenagers are going through a special period of development both physically and psychologically They are curious about and puzzled by the unexpected changes in their bod