江苏省镇江市高一下学期英语期末考试

1、镇江市2009-2010学年高一第二学期期末试卷 英 语 2010年7月注意：本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。两部分答案都做在答题纸上。总分为120分。考试时间120分钟。第二部分: 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)第一节：单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。21. did you have a good time at the shanghai world expo? sure. _. a. it couldnt be better.b. it dep

2、ends. c. its up to you. d. its my pleasure.22. great changes have taken place in _ zhenjiang.definitely. zhenjiang is no longer _ it used to be.a. the; 不填 b. 不填; what c. 不填; which d. the; that23. _ remains a question _ mans dream of going to mars will be realized.a. that; if b. that; whether c. it;

3、whether d. it; if24. every means _ been tried so far to deal with the oil spill（漏）in the gulf of mexico.but few _ effect. a. have; takeb. had; takes c. has; takes d. has; take25. _ you talk so much over meal?sorry, mum. i _ keep as quiet as a mouse.a. dare; shall b. can; may c. must; will d. need; s

4、hould26. _ at in another way, the loss of the chinese womens table tennis team is good for the growth of the young players.a. looking b. having looked c. being looked d. looked27. you can never _ traffic signals while crossing the road. besides, every road user should _ to traffic rules.a. ignore; s

5、tick b. care; contribute c. avoid; lead d. guide; connect28. _ can you expect to get a pay rise. a. only with hard workb. although work hard c. with hard workd. now that he works hard29. many airlines in europe had to _ due to the volcano eruption in iceland. a. give off b. close down c. turn off d.

6、 get down30. with over 10 employees _ suicide one after another, the measures taken by the company _ ineffective.a. committed; proved b. committing; were provedc. committing; proved c. committed; were proved31. dad, our teacher suggests _ widely to achieve progress in our writing.its up to you to _

7、the decision.a. reading; make b. to read; make c. reading; making d. to read; making32. some experts say that the housing price, _ went up for the past couple of years, is likely to stop rising.a. whose b. which c. what d. that33. whos the champion of the world cup in south africa? no one knows. it

8、_ now. it will end on july 12.a. has been held b. is holding c. is held d. is being held34. sport plays an important role in our lives. some enjoy playing _others enjoy watching.a. as b. however c. while d. when35. it is high time that someone _ you how to behave yourself.a. taught b. teaches c. sha

9、ll teach d. will teach第二节: 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分) 请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。even though it was only october, my students were already talking about christmas plans. with each passing day everyone became more 36 , waiting for the final school bell. upon its 37 , everyon

10、e would run for their coats and go home except david.david was a small boy in ragged（破旧的）clothes. i had often 38 what kind of home life david had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 39 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots or gloves. but something made david

11、40 . i can still remember he was always 41 a smile and willing to help. he always 42 after school to straighten chairs and sweep the floor. we never talked much. he 43 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 44 home.weeks passed and the 45 over

12、the coming christmas grew into restlessness（骚动不安）until the last day of 46 before the holiday break. i smiled in relief as the last of them 47 out of the door. turning around, i saw david 48 standing by my desk.“i have something for you,” he said and 49 from behind his back a small box. 50 it to me,

13、he said anxiously, “open it.” i took it over from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. i lifted the lid and to my 51 saw nothing. i looked at davids smiling face and back into the box and said, “the box is nice, david, but its 52 .”“oh no, it isnt,” said david, “its full of love. my mum told me

14、 before she died that love is something you cant see or touch unless you know its there.”tears filled my eyes 53 i looked at the proud dirty face that i had 54 paid attention to. i never forget the meaning 55 the little empty box set on my desk. after that christmas, david and i became good friends3

15、6. a. anxious b. serious c. patientd. calm37. a. warning b. ringing c. calling d. shouting38. a. knownb. wondered c. realized d. learned39. a. honestly b. naturally c. heavily d. improperly 40. a. strange b. unhappy c. different d. funny 41. a. expressing b. feeling c. wearing d. sharing 42. a. prac

16、tised b. walked c. studied d. stayed43. a. would b. should c. might d. could44. a. aim b. leave c. turn d. go 45. a. argumentb. excitement c. movement d. judgment46. a. school b. year c. education d. program47. a. hurriedb. jumped c. walkedd. headed 48. a. weakly b. sadly c. quietlyd. helplessly49.

17、a. searched b. found c. lifted d. pulled50. a. remembering b. handing c. throwing d. leaving51. a. joy b. delight c. expectationd. surprise52. a. cheap b. empty c. useless d. expensive53. a. as b. until c. though d. because54. a. alwaysb. regularly c. hardly d. often55. a. from b. behind c. over d.

18、towards第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 aget a free year! order now and get a free year of parents magazine! thats 2 full years (24 issues) for the regular 1-year feejust $12. but hurry, this offer（提供）wont last! (u.s. orders only, please.)every i

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24、ny questions.bby 2050futurologists（未来学家）predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.tv channels（频道）will have disappeared. instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. today, we can use the world wide web to read ne

25、wspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. by 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers, and books will come to us by computer.cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast. cars will have computers to control the speed and there wont be any accidents.

26、 today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. by 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. space planes will take people halfway around the world in 2 hours. today, the united states space shuttle can go into space and land on earth again.

27、 by 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from los angeles to tokyo in just 2 hours.robots will have replaced people in factories. many factories already use robots. big computers prefer robotsthey dont ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. by

28、2050, we will see robots everywherein factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.medical technology will have conquered many diseases. today, there are devices（设备）that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. by 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and he

29、ar again.scientist will have discovered how to control genes（基因）. scientists have already produced clones（克隆）of animals. by 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people, and decide how they look, how they behave and how clever they are. scientists will be able to do these things, but sh

30、ould they? 59. according to the passage, the following can be realized today except _. a. reading newspapers on a computerb. making a space shuttle go into space and land on earth againc. creating cloned animalsd. choosing tv programs freely from a “menu”60. we can learn from the passage that some b

31、ig companies prefer robots to human workers, because human workers _. a. can work 24 hours a day b. often ask for more pay c. are not clever enough d. are often late for work61. from paragraph 5 we can infer that _. a. there will be no blind and deaf people by 2050 b. few diseases will attack people

32、 by 2050 c. devices are connected directly to the brain to help people hear d. medical technology will be more effective by 205062. what is the authors attitude towards the cloning technology? a. the author does not support the use of cloning technology. b. the author thinks human cloning is impossi

33、ble. c. the author does not really support the idea of human cloning. d. the author is quite excited about human cloning.ca year ago, august, dave fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west michigan. his wife, gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was har

34、d for dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. the fusses were at risk of joining the millions of americans who have lost their homes in recent years. then dave and gerrie received a timely gift$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors ish and arlene hatch, who died in an accident.

35、 “it really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty .”says dave.but the fusses werent the only folks in alto and the neighboring town of lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the hatches. dozens of other families were touched by what the hatches had done. in some cases, it was a few tho

36、usand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000.it surprised nearly everyone that the hatches had so much money, more than $3 millionthey were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.children of the great depression, ish and arlene were known for their hab

37、it of saving. they preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.through the years, the hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldnt afford it. “ish and arlene never asked if you needed anything,” say

38、s their friend sandy van weelden, “they could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”even more extraordinary was that the hatches gave away their farmland. it was the hatches wish that their legacya legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and centsshould enrich th

39、e whole community and last for generations to come.neighbors helping neighborsthat was ish and arlene hatchs story.63. according to the text, the fusses _. a. were employed by a truck company b. led a difficult life c. worked in a school cafeteria d. lost their home64. what can we learn about the ha

40、tches? a. they had their children during the great depression. b. they left the old house to live on their family farm. c. they gave away their possessions（财产）to their neighbors. d. they helped their neighbors to find jobs.65. why would the hatches go from store to store? a. they decided to open a s

41、tore. b. they wanted to save money. c. they couldnt afford expensive things. d. they wanted to buy gifts for local kids.66. what sandy van weelden said mainly tells us that the hatches were _. a. understanding b. kindc. childlike d. wealthydall the wisdom of the ages and all the stories that have de

42、lighted mankind for centuries are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books, but we must know how to get the most from this treasure. the most unfortunate people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books.i am most interested i

43、n people and in finding out about them. some of the most outstanding people ive met existed only in a writers imagination, then on the pages of his books, and then, again, in my imagination. ive found in books new friends, new society, and new world.reading is the pleasure of the mind, which means t

44、hat it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. your own imagination works along with the authors or even goes beyond his. your experience, compar

45、ed with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. although they are separate, together they all add up to something. they are connected wit

46、h each other and with other cities. the same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times. books influence each other; they link

47、the past, the present and future and have their own generations, like families. wherever you start reading, you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas, and in the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it; you find out about yourself, too. reading can only be f

48、un if you expect it to be. if you concentrate on books somebody tells you “you ought to” read, you probably wont have fun. but if you put down a book you dont like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good timeand if

49、you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, or kinder, you wont have suffered during the process.67. what kind of people are the most unfortunate in the writers eyes? a. those who only know how to get the most from his books. b. those who exist only in a writers imagination. c. those who dont

50、 know the delight reading brings them. d. those who differ from the writer in conclusions.68. the writer thinks reading is fun, because reading _. a. can make us a good reader b. makes our mind work c. can save our timed. makes us relaxed69. the underlines phrase “turn up” in paragraph 4 means “_”.

51、a. have great fun b. find c. face another way d. appear70. what would be the best title for the text? a. the pleasure of reading b. the ways of reading c. the imagination of reading d. the results of reading第二卷（非选择题，共两大题，35分）第四部分: 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题l分, 满分l0分)请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:

52、 每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。when we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. these seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are

53、 trying to help. however, its far from enough. ladies and gentlemen, weve got to come up with some better ideas to help them.i was very surprised, then, when i read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. a man called nicholas negroponte invented a cheap lap

54、top computer, which can run without electricity. he decided to invent this computer after he visited a school in cambodia.the laptop which mr. negroponte has designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in the shops. one difference is that it will be covered in rubber

55、so that it is very strong and wont be damaged easily. as an electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle（把手）so that children can wind（摇）the computer up to give it extra power when needed.these special laptop computers will cost less than 100 us dollars and mr. negroponte wants to build as