2011学年培新中学高二英语第一学期期中考试试卷.doc

培新中学2011学年高二英语第一学期期中考试卷一单项选择。（8分）1. Usually a childs _ is a reflection of his family environment. A behave B act C activity D behaviour2. Mistakes dont just happen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason, and then making the mistake becomes _. A favourable B worthwhile C precious D essential 3. I dare not fail, you see, I am afraid of _. A looking down upon B to be looked down upon C being looked down upon D look down upon 4. _ the city center, we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height. A Approaching B Approached C To approach D To be approach5. The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to _ their discussion. A put away B take down C look over D carry on6. It is reported that many a new house _ at present in the disaster area. A are being built B were being built C was being built D is being built7. _ the wise leadership of the head of the village, the farmers become richer. A As a result B Because C Thanks to D Due of8. It was foolish of him to _ his notes during that important test, and as a result, he got punished. A stick to B refer to C keep to D point to9. Those who are _ their present situations will surely make no more advances in life. A content to B satisfied of C pleased to D content with 10. The leading actor _ this film has passed away recently. A starred B starred at C starring in D starring at 11. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly_ my friend. A turn out B bring out C put out D pick out12. Bill wasnt happy about the delay of the report by Jason, and_. A so do I B so was I C nor was I D nor did I13. Studies show that people are more _ to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours.A likely B possible C probable D probably14. Nurses do all they can to make patients feel at _.A pleasure B ease C peace D delight15. When writing a scientific essay, the authors opinion shouldnt be _. A supportive B subjective C objective D directive 16. Ten years ago the population of our village was _-that of theirs. A as twice large as B large as twice as C as large twice as D twice as large as二、完形填空。（20分） Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 16 ask? Well, the answer is this: to get some 17 .Bee-keepers and farmers used to 18 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 19 the box with honeycomb（蜂窝，蜂巢）. 20 , there was no way of getting the honey out 21 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical 22 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.Now, bee-keepers 23 beehives(蜂窝，蜂箱) to collect honey. In the beehives there are a number of wooden 24 with spaces between them 25 can be lifted out. In late summer, the squares which are now 26 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in 27 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 28 this 29 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and 30 jars. After that, the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.Bees need food to live 31 the winter. Thats why they make honey. Bee-keepers can do one or 32 things. Either they can leave 33 of the honey in the hive for the bees to eat during the winter. Or else they can 34 all the honey and provide the bees with a mixture of sugar and water for the bees to eat 35 .16. A. can B. may C. should D. must17. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. flowers18. A. put in B. put away C. put ahead D. put out19. A. fill B. full C. supply D. give20. A. Still B. For C. However D. So21. A. for B. in C. except D. without22. A. on B. close C. inside D. on23. A. need B. take C. use D. spend24. A. squares B. boxes C. plates D. bowls25. A. many B. they C. where D. which26. A. full B. filled C. provided D. rich27. A. the B. a C. another D. other28. A. for B. alike C. like D. to29. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives30 A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. flown into31. A. through B. across C. until D. for32. A. two B. three C. until D. for33. A. any B. little C. all D. some34. A. cover B. remove C. eat D. drink35. A. since B. replace C. contrary D. instead三阅读理解。（40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A A strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night. They turn off the lights, put up the covers and close their eyes. Six or seven hours later, they wake up again. Strange, isnt it? Sleep puzzles science. Scientists and doctors would rather talk about why one cant fall asleep. They are not so sure what causes sleep. The best conditions for sleep, they say, are good health and meal neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place to sleep in are important, too. They advise against two in one bed. Strange things happen during sleep. For example, you move often. You would feel tired if you didnt. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and imagination parts of your brain are still awake. Experiments have shown that bad dreams may be caused by a stomachache. Dont worry if you dream. Some great stories and poems were begun while the writers slept.36. Sleep puzzles scientists because they are not certain _. A. why one cant fall asleep B. why one wakes up six or seven sleeping hours later C. both A and B D. what causes sleep37. You would feel tired during sleep if you _. A. move often B. sleep on your back C. didnt move D. went back too later38. Dreaming happens when _. A. you are in a deep sleep B. you are not comfortable C. part of our brain is still awake D. theres too much noise in the room39. The best title for this passage is _. A. Why You Dream B. The Strangeness of Sleep C. What Happens During Sleep D. The Cause of Sleep B In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of(赞成，支持) these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They saw that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite answer.40、The best title for this passage is _. A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die C. The Doctors Duty D. Life Is Better Than Death41、In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. Its because of _ . A. the development of medical technologyB. big hospitals C. good doctors D. both B and C42、According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to _ . A. the doctors B. the surroundings C. his or her family D. the patient himself orherself C Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her age-73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years. When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didnt think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again. She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.43. Mrs. Hanson couldnt go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _ A. she hadnt got enough money B. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money C. she was a country girl D. the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children 44. The computer students welcomed Mrs. Hanson warmly because _. A. she had got an excellent result in the exam B. she was good at telling funny stories C. they wanted to get her help in their studies D. they were deeply moved by her spirit 45. Mrs. Hanson is the sort of person who _. A. cares for study very much B. likes to borrow money from the bank C. never misses a chance to talk D. tries to save any money for her family 46. In which order did Mrs. Hanson do the following things? a. she began her studies at college. b. She finished high school. c. She got married and gave birth of nine children. d. She had her 73 rd birthday. e. She went to the bank to borrow money. A. a c b e d B. b e c a d C. b c e d a D. e d a c b D You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isnt really dead. With any luck he isnt even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the g lass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntmans（特技替身演员） success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is blown up in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stunt girls tool 47. Stuntmen earn their living by _. A. playing their dirty tricks B. selling their special skills C. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains 48. When a stuntman falls from a high building, _. A. he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a mattress C. his life is endangered D. his safety is generally all right 49. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance? A. Strength. B. Carefulness. C. Speed. D. money50. What can be inferred from the author s example of the Norwegian stuntman? A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. B. The percentage of serious accidents is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high. 第二节：Peter, Helen, Catherine, Elizabeth和Levin 想根据各自在环保方面的兴趣（61-65）进行案例研究。阅读下面某杂志的专题报道摘要（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出适合他们研究的最佳案例，并在答题纸上相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。51. Peter: Reducing plastic and other wastes through DIY.52. Helen: Making use of the heavy traffic to produce electricity.53. Catherine: Building a community without private cars54. Elizabeth: Building houses with recycled materials and energy-efficiency systems55. Levin: Developing a new type of urban car which burns less gas A B Vauban We know cars are terrible polluters, but would you give yours up? Vauban, a community in southwestern Germany, did just that, and its 5,000 citizens are doing fine. Most streets are of vehicles, and there are generous green spaces and good public-transport lines, including fast buses and bicycle paths. When people must drive, they can turn to car-sharing clubs. “All the citizens had the chance to plan their own city,” says Andreas Dellexe, an energy expert, “and its just how we wanted it to be.”DenmarkDuring the period of gas shortage in the early 70s, Denmark decided to become self-sufficient(自足). So they began a few projects making smart investments along the way.On the island of Satosoc, local families, fishermen and farmers bought wind turbines(涡轮机) to produce their own energy, Within seven years these turbines were completely paid for. And can you believe just one of wind turbines produces enough electricity for 600 households? C D Trey Parker and Matt StoneTrey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, have built a sustainable(可持续的) castle with outer siding and inner flooring of recycled wood, recycled carpeting, high-efficiency boiler systems. I think more and more today, people are willing to make a statement about the Earth and how they want to protect it,” Michael Ruth, home designer and builder says. “For high-end homes in this valley, this is entirely consistent with what they cost.” P-NUTWho doesnt love the name P-NUTshort for Personal-Neo Urban Transport? Its Hondas latest attempt to create a tiny footprint for a new urban vehicle.This little P-NUT is unique. With a central driving position, the car is designed to move in tight settings. The 11-foot micro car will seat three with two rear-seat passengers behind the driver.“The P-NUT concept explores the packaging and design potential for a vehicle designed for the city lifestyle.” Said Dave Marek, a Honda design spokesman. E F Israel Company Is it possible that annoying rush hour traffic could become a source of renewable energy? Israels Technion Institute of Technology claims that if we placed special generator(发电机) under roads, railways, and runwayswe could harvest enough energy to mass-produce electricity. A trial process has been used on a smaller scale, in dance clubs for instance, where the pounding feet of dancers light up the floor. “We can produce electricity anywhere there is a busy road using energy that normally goes to waste,” said Uri Amit, chairman of Israels Technion Institute of Technology. CoffeeCoffee. Some of us cant start our day without it, and we dont mind waiting 10 minutes in line for it.Here is the most effective tip to make you a superstar in environment protection.Get a coffee machine for your home or coffee, or persuade your company