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1、衡水中学2009-2010学年度第二学期期中考试 高二年级英语试卷 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分 共150分，考试用时120分钟. 第一卷（二部分，共95 分） 1. trouble A. about B. en courage C. ridiculous D. breakthrough 2. worthy A. healthy B. bathe C path D. maths 3. weak ness A. great B. real C. recreati on D. heated 4. officer A. special B. scale C. curre ngy

2、 D. complex 5. otherwise A. petrol B. on C. pote ntial D. overcome 第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 语音知识。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 从A、B、C、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。 第二节语法和词汇知识（共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 6. The girl,the cha nee of going to college,by society. A. being deni ed; feel rejecte

3、dB. hav ing deni ed; feeli ng rejected C. deni ed; felt rejectedD. denying; felt rejected st 7. Our grade held the grow n-up ceremony on March, 21,I have bee n well aware of my resp on sibility for our society. A. whe nB. duri ng whichC. since the nD. since whe n 8. What makes a play masterpiece is

4、that the ideas behind play are about problems which are still importa nt topeople of differe nt ages inmoder n times. A. the; the; the; /B. a; the; the; / C. a; the; /; /D. a; a; the; / 9. What a table! I ve never heennsiucbefore. It isit is long. A. half not as wide asB. wide not as half as C. not

5、half as wide asD. as wide as not half 10. Younot be too careful in the exam. Do and check your papers carefully and younot take your papers out of the exam in ati on room after the exam.II the teacher told us before the exam. A. must; shouldB. can; shallC. must; shallD. can; should 11. The issue of

6、shortening the school time to four days and a half every weekat the meeting. A. came upB. came outC. came toD. came at 12. A Ion g-term studyby our school shows that stude nts aiming high can achieve more in life. A. man agedB. con ductedC. operatedD. played 13. -William has asked me for a loan of 5

7、0 dollars. Should I lend it to him? -Certa inly. Becausehe would try to borrow it from me. A. otherwiseB. thereforeC. besidesD. however 14. According to the rules of our school, you may leave the classro omyou have the teacher s permission. A. uni essB. on con diti on thatC. thoughD. un til 15. How

8、I wish Iwith my mother yesterday and that sheme like a grow n up! A. didn t quarreled; treatsB. hadn t quarreled; treated C. wouldn t quarrel; treatedD. shouldn t quarrel; treated 16. Meryl Streep won the best actress, which was afor her hard work. A. reward; rewardB. award; award C. award; rewardD.

9、 reward; award 17. Please remind mehe said he was comin g. I may have time to meet him at the airport. A. whereB. whe nC. howD. what 18. Studies have show n that our mostscie ntists produce not only some of the best ideas, but alsobad on es. A. respected; a great many ofB. respectable; a great deal

10、of C. respected; a great deal ofD. respected; a great many 19. -We must start out early,possible traffic delay. -Yes, we can easilyin it. A. allow for; get struckB. allow ing for; get struck s birthday. C. allow for; get stuckD. allow ing for; get stuck 20. The boss had to go to Beiji n g on bus in

11、ess on March 28,happe ned to be his only son A. whereB. whe nC. thatD. which 第三节：完形填空（共 20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most_21_ and tiring gamesve ever had. When Ed first phoned and_22_ we pl

12、ay， I laughed quietly， figuring on an_23_ victory. After all ， Eds idea of_24_ has always been nothing more_25_ than lifting a fork to his mouth. _26_I can remember， Eds been the least physically fit member in the family ，and_27_ proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his

13、 T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often_28_ about that， Ed refused to buy a_29_ T-shirt or to lose weight. So whe n Ed_30_ for our game not only the bottom of his shirt gathered in side his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly_31_ ，I was so surprised that I was_32_. My cousin m

14、ust have made an effort to get himself into shape. _33_， at the point in our game when rd have predicted （预计）the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor ，it was_34_7 to 9-and Ed was_35_. The sudden realization was painful. We_36_ to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up， I was having serious_

15、37_ about stay ing alive un til 21 years old ， let alone_38_ that many poi nts. When the game fin ally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs ，too tired to_39_. In a way，I think we both won : I the game， but cous in Ed my_40_. 21. A. en courag ing B. hopeless C. surpris ing D. regular 22. A.

16、 declared B. men tio ned C. persuaded D. suggested 23. A. un forgettable B. un expected C. easy D. early 24. A. exercise B. preparatio n C. joy D. fitn ess 25. A. time-savi ng B. comfortable C. suitable D. effort-mak ing 26. A. As soon as B. As long as C. When D. Si nee 27. A. stra ngely B. pers on

17、ally C. reas on ably D. eagerly 28. A. cared B. forgot C. quarreled D. joked 29. A. clea n B. larger C. straight D. darker 30. A. set out B. got ready C. arrived D. returned 31. A. n otice B. admire C. believe D. measure 32. A. n ervous B. curious C. careless D. speechless 33. A. After all B. As a r

18、esult C. Above all D. At last 34. A. mistake nly B. then C. in stead D. n aturally 35. A. leadi ng B. coming C. waiti ng D. coun ti ng 36. A. prete nded B. stopped C. con ti nued D. decided 37. A. thoughts B. doubts C. situati ons D. problems 38. A. scoring B. complet ing C. receivi ng D. keep ing 3

19、9. A. play B. start C. sleep D. move 40. A. frie ndship B. respect C. support D. favor 第二部分：阅读理解（共 20小题；每小题2分，满分 40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A It was the first snow of win teran excit ing day for every child but not for most teachers. Up un til no w, I had bee n old eno ugh to dress mys

20、elf, but today I would n eed some help. Miss Finl ays on, my kin dergarte n teacher, had been through first snow days many times, but I think she may still remember this one. I man aged to get into my wool snow trousers. But I Struggled with my jacket because it did n a han d-me-dow n from my brothe

21、r, and it made me won der why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Fi nally it was time to have Miss Finl ays on help me with my boots （靴 子）. In her calm, motherly voice she said, By the end of wi nter, you will all be able to put on your o

22、wn boots. did n t realize at the time that this was more a stateme nt of hope tha n of con fide nee. I han ded her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most childre n, I expected grow n-ups to do all the work. After much push ing, she man aged to get the first one into place and the n, with a sigh,

23、worked the sec ond one on too. I announced, They re on the wrong feet.II She struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putt ing them on aga in. They re my brother s boots, you know, II I said. I hate them! II Somehow, from long years of practice, she man aged to act as thou

24、gh I was n（烦人的litti girino ying She pushed and pushed, less gently this time. With a greater sigh, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, Now, where are your mitten连指手套） ？ II I looked into her eyes and said, I didn t want to lose them, so I hid them in the toes of my boots. 41. The littl

25、e girl was more satisfied with her. A . trousersB. jacketC. bootsD. hat 42. Miss Fin lays on had difficulty with the girl s boots mainly because. A . the girl got them from her brotherB . the girl put something in them C. they were on the wrong feetD. they did not fit the girl well 43. Why does the

26、author say Miss Finl ays on would remember that first snow day? A . Because the little girl was in her brother es. s cloth B. Because it was the most excit ing day of the win ter. C . Because the little girl played a trick on her. D . Because the little girl wore a pretty scarf. 44. We can lear n fr

27、om the text that Miss Finlayson. A . was los ing con fide nce in the little girl B . gradually lost patience with the little girl C . because disappo in ted with the little girl D . was gett ing bored with the little girl B When the two tiny ducklings were caught by the sharp jaws of a larger German

28、 shepherd, they must have thought their time on earth was up. But as luck would have it for the frighte ned wild duckli ngs that had lost their mother, the dog that helped them out of the bushes had only their best in terests at heart. Duke, a one-year-old German shepherd, found the two ducklings hi

29、dden in long grass next to his owner s workplace on the edge of the Thron yba nk In dustrial Estate in Dalkeith. And despite the natural instinets of a hunter, the dog gently took them in its mouth and carried them back to his blanket, putting them down where it was warm and even washing them clean

30、with his tongue. The duckli ngs will be looked after by staff at the cen ter un til they are old eno ugh to be released into the wild. This dog is a modern day Rin Tin Tin, ( the world s most famous German shepherd dog) and to pick them up in his mouth without harm ing them is quite someth ing. To t

31、hem try and wash them is just amaz ing behavior. said one of the staff. 45. The underlined part in the first paragraph means. A. they used up their time completely.B. they will become the food of the dog. C. they will be saved by the dog.D. they have fini shed their daily job. 46. Duke is theof the

32、German shepherd. A. n ameB. ownerC. friendD. trainer 47. From the sentence And despite the n atural in st in cts of a hun ter,II in fourth paragraph we lear ne that. A. Dogs are frien dly to their preysB. Dogs cha nge their appetite C. Dogs are born hun terD. Dogs become vegetaria n 48. Accord ing t

33、o the last two paragraphs we know that it isfor a hun ter like dog to save and even lick duckli ngs clea n. A. com monB. impossibleC. in teresti ngD. amaz ing C Dirty Britai n Before the grass has thickened on the roadside and leaves have started growing on the trees is a perfect time to look around

34、 and see just how dirty Brita in has become. The sidewalks are sta ined with chew ing gum that has been spat out and the gutters (排水沟) are full of thrown away fast food cartons. Years ago I remember traveling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags, waste bottles at the edge of every road. Now

35、adays, Brita in seems to look at least as bad. What has gone wrong? The problem is that the rubbish created by our in creas in gly mobile lives lasts a lot Ion ger tha n before. If it is not cleared up and properly throw n away, it stays in the bushes for years; a semi-perma nent remin der of what a

36、 dirty little country we have now. Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers. These will take anything from 100 to 1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if there is no solution to this. A few years ago, the Irish gover nment in troduced a tax on non-recycl

37、able carrier bags and in three mon ths reduced their use by 90%. When he was a minister, Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain. The plastics industry was against that, of course. However, they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath,

38、leav ing supermarkets free to give away plastic bags. What is clearly n ecessary right now is some sort of comb ined action, both in dividual and collective, before it is too late. The alter native is to con ti nue going dow nhill un til we have a country that looks like a vast rubbish tip（废物场）.We m

39、ay well be at the tipping point. Yet we know that people respond to their environment. If things around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily. If they are surrounded by dirt, they behave dirtily. Now, much of Britain looks pretty dirty. What will it look like in five years? 49. T

40、he writer says that it is a good time to see Brita in before the trees have leaves because. A. Brita in looks perfect.B.you can see Brita in at its dirtiest. C. you can see how dirty Brita in is now.D.the grass has thicke ned on the roadside. 50. Accord ing to the writer, the major problem is that.

41、A. rubbish can not be cleared upB.rubbish lasts Ion ger tha n it used to C. our society is in creas in gly mobileD.people in Brita in are dirty 51. What ca n be learned about Michael Meacher? A. He followed the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. B. He failed in his attempt to in troduce a tax

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51、pocket or han dbag. Then he paused: always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has inven ted a foldi ng wheel. It was a rare - i ndeed unique - occasi on whe n I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-ce ntury inven tor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding whee

52、l. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame（框架）that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grouts Won derful Bag, a leather case. Grouts aim: to solve the problems of carry ing a bike on a trai n. Now does nt that sound

53、 familiar? Grout inten ded to find a way of making a bike small eno ugh for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importa ntly, the desig n of early bicycles gave him an adva ntage: in Grouts day, tyres were solid, which made the bus in ess of splitti ng a wheel into four separate parts relat

54、ively simple. You could nt do the same with a wheel fitted with a on e-piece in flated tyre. st So, in a 21 -cen tury con text, is the idea of the foldi ng wheel dead? It is not. A British desig n engin eer, Duncan Fitzsim ons , has developed a wheel that can be squashed（ 挤压）into somethi ng like a s

55、le nder ellipse（ 椭 圆）.Throughout, the tyre remains in flated. Will the young Fitzsimonss folding wheel make it into production? I haven the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for

56、 gradual advances. It s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: theres pie still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than ,000 that can be knocked down so small that can be carried on a

57、 plane -minus wheels, of course -as hand baggage. Fold ing wheels would make all manner of thi ngs possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of An drew Ritchies imagi nati on? No. But its progress. 57. We can infer form Paragraph 1 that the Brompt on foldi ng bike. A. was portableB. had a fold ing

58、wheel. C. could be put in a pocket.D. looked like a magic carpet 58. We can lear n from the text that the wheels of the Group Portable. A. were difficult to separate.B. could be split into 6 pieces. C. were fitted with solid tyres.D. were hard to carry on a train. 59. We can lear n from the text tha

59、t Fitzsim on ss invention. C. left little room for improveme nt.D. cha nged our views on bag desig n. 60. Which of following would be best title for the text? A. Three foldi ng bike inven tors.B. The making of a foldi ng bike C. Progress in foldi ng bike desig nD. Ways of separat ing a bike wheel 第二

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