2009年新人教版泰安宁阳一中高二上学期期中考试

1、山东省泰安市宁阳一中08-09学年高二上学期期中考试（英语） 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，满分为150分，考试用时120分钟。第卷（三部分，共105分）第一部分；听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1Where does the woman want very much to go?AThe Neil BThe Pyramids CEgypt2Wh

2、at does the woman think of the restaurant prices here?AFair BCheap CExpensive3What is the relationship between the speakers? AThey are strangers高.考.资.源.网 BOne is a teacher and the other is a student CThey are members of the family4What are the two speakers talking about? ATom BThe photo CThe card 5W

3、hat will the woman do this evening? AMeet her Dad at the railway station BSay good-bye to her Dad at the railway station CGo to another city together with her Dad第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。在听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话

4、或独白读两遍。 听第6段对话，回答第6至8题。 6How many people are there in the dialogue? A2 B3 C 4 7What are the man and the woman doing? AThey are going to take a plane to somewhere BThey are meeting Susan at the airport CThey are seeing Susan off 8Where is Susan? AShe is in the plane BShe is attheplanegate CShe is get

5、ting on the plane 听第7段对话，回答第9至11题。高.考.资.源.网 9How old is the girl? AFifteen BSixteen CSeventeen 10What does the girl think of the study of English? AInteresting BEasy CHard 11What did the girl enjoy most? AListening BWriting CTalking 听第8段对话，回答第12至14题。12How many brothers and sisters does Pancho have?

6、A11 B12 C1313What does his mother do?AShe owns a beauty salon BShe runs a small family stroe CShe works at a bread shop14Which thing does Pancho NOT say? AHis brothers and sisters help his mom BHis mom sells food like eggs and sugar CHis mother enjoys her job very much听第9段对话，回答第15至17题。15How much is

7、the black wallet? 高.考.资.源.网 A$49.95 B$40.95 C$44.9516Why doesnt the girl like the brown wallet? AThere isnt a place to put pictures BIts too big and heavy CShe doesnt like the color17How much did the girl spend on the present for his father?A$5.00 B$10.00 C$13.99听第10段独白，回答第18至20题。18How long is the n

8、ight?A2 hours and 40 minutes B2 hours and 14 minutes C2 hours and 4 minutes19What is the weather like in Seattle at present?APartly cloudy BRainy CSunny20At what gate will the plane arrive?A13 B3 C30第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 语法和词汇（共15小题；每小题1分，满分l5分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空向处的最佳选项。21Premier Wen stated i

9、n his report that_ education of the young was always _hot and serious topic高.考.资.源.网 A： Bthe； Cthe；a D；the22My English teacher is strict _his work as well as _us Ain：with Bwith；in Cin；to Dwith；to23We cant go out，for it is getting dark and_，it is rainingAapart from Bin control Cin addition Dbelieve i

10、t or not24Dont put your books everywhereKeep them _Ain place of Bout of place Cin placeDin the place25Toms mother often requires that he _more time in studying English every dayAspend Bspends Cspending Dspent26Not I but Tom _the car accident Awas to blame for Bwere to blame for Cwas blamed for Dwere

11、 blamed for27Mr Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to_ some schools for poor childrenAset up Bsetting up Chave set upDhaving set up28She spoke very confidently because she wanted to make a great _on her employer. Ainfluence Bpressure Cimpression Deffect29I dont think I'll need any money

12、but I'll bring some _ Aat last Bin case Conce again Din time30Joan saw her boyfriend off at the railway stationShe waved until the train was_.Ain sight Bout of sight Cat first sight Dlost sight31一_I would pass the interview! Good luck to you高.考.资.源.网 AIf only BOnly if CIf DWhen32_great help，I ca

13、n get rid of all the difficulty and succeed AOffered BOffering COffer DHaving offered33So carelessly _that the young man almost killed himself on his way back home. Ahe drives Bhe drove Cdoes he drive Ddid he drive34How many members does the club _? 一200 Amake up of Bmake up Cconsist of Dconsist 35I

14、t wasnt until nearly a month later _I received the managers reply Asince Bwhen Cas Dthat第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。 Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parentsThe next day she drove her old car home Mong the road 36 she foun

15、d she got a flatThe 22-year-old student 37 to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunkNo 38 tire At this time，a car 39 Paul and Diane told Clay to 40 them to a service station near their 41 They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to 42 with her car“Foll

16、ow us home”said Paul The couple called around to find a tireNo 43 They decided to let her use their own car“Here，”Paul said，handing Clay a 44 of keys“Take our carWe 45 be using it over the holidayw。w。w.k。s。5。u.c。o。mClay was 46 “But Im going all the way to South Carolina，and I'll be gone for two

17、weeks，”she 47 them “We know,”Paul said“Well be 48 when you get backHeres our number if you need to 49 us” Unable to believe her eyesClay watched as the 50 put her l uggage into their car and then 51 her offTwo weeks later，she 52 to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the

18、 radio 53 “Thank you so much，”she said“How much do I 54 you?“Oh，no，”Paul said，“we dont want any moneyIts our 55 ”Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure，it was now her duty to pass on their“do onto others”spirit36ASuddenly BFinally CImmediately DFortunately37Aafforded Bwanted Call

19、owed Dmanaged 38Aspare Bfree Cfull Dempty 39Apassed Bstopped Cpaused Dstarted 40Ahelp Bpush CtakeDfollow 41Agarage Bhouse Cshop Dhotel 42Aagree Bmatch Cgo Ddeal 43Away Bmessage Csuccess Dluck 44Aset Bnumber Cpair Dchain 45Acant Bshouldnt Cmustnt Dwont 46Asatisfied Bworried Castonished Ddisturbed 47A

20、persuaded Badvised CremindedDpromised 48Ahappy Bhere Caway Dbusy 49Aget in touch withBkeep in touch withCbe in touch with Dput in touch witl 50Arepairmen Bcleaners Cfriends Dcouple 51Asent Bshook Cwatched Ddrove 52Ashocked Bhappened Creturned Dcame 53Aloaded Bfixed Ctied Drebuilt 54Aowe Blend Cgive

21、Doffer 55Awish Bjob Cduty Dpleasure第三部分：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 Michael was a farmer in TexasHis parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940s， and they became very richMichael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather， who was still living o

22、n the same farm Michael booked his ticket，flew to Shannon airport，hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been bornHe asked for directions to the Ohagan farm，and in the end he drove up a bumpy pathHe was shocked by what he saw：a small field，and in the middle of it was an old

23、 house，which looked as if it was falling downAnimals were wandering in and out of the front door，and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe。 “Are you Mr Ohagan?”asked Michael。“Yes，”replied the old mall“I'm your grandson，Michael，”said Michael“A-ha，”replied the old man“Is this your farm?”asked

24、 Michael“Yes，all the way to the wall over there，”said the old man Michael was astonished“Grandfather,”he said，“I have a farm in TexasI can get into my car and drive all day and I still havent reached the end of the farm”“Yes，”said his grandfather“I used to have a car like that”56Michaels parents _ A

25、still lived in Ireland alone Bowned a small farm in Texas Creturned to their birthplace Dwere Irish immigrants（移民）in America57Which of the following shocked Michael? AThe farm was small BThe old house looked like his own CLiving conditions were poor in the fields DAnimals were free in the fields58Th

26、e old man _Aowned a small farm，which extended only to the wall not far awayBhad so large a farm that he couldnt cover it in a dayChadnt his modern car any longerDused to have as good a car as his grandsons59Which of the following is TRUE?AMichael owned a large farm in Ireland.BMichaels car was in su

27、ch poor condition that it couldnt reach the end of the farm within a dayCMichaels farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day DMichael didnt know what to say to his grandfather60From“I used to have a car like that”，we can see that_ Athe old man really had a car like that Bthe old mall kne

28、w his sons farm in the US was quite large Cthe old mall misunderstood what Michael said Dthe old man wanted to buy a car like thatBThe Golden Egg “I dont want to write a story about girls!I dont know anything about girls，”Louisa May Alcott told her publisher，MrNilesBut she was desperate for moneyShe

29、 seemed to be the only one in her family who could make any moneyNiles had asked her to write about something she knew，instead of the romantic adventure Stories she had been writing“So I plod away,”Alcolt wrote“though I dont enjoy this sort of thing”It was l867，and the horrible Civil War was overNow

30、 Alcott could turn her energy to making money Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family，their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur（业余的）plays they performed“Our experiences may prove interesting，though I doubt it”（“Good joke，”she wrote years later）Her book described her days growi

31、ng up with four sisters in a family that had no moneyShe sketched a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child，and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little WomenFinally，in July of 1868，she finished writingWith a sigh and a hea

32、dache，she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book Niles thought the book was dull，and so did AlcottBut when she received her copies of the bookAlcott thought it seemed better than expected“Not a bit sensational，”she wrote，“but simple and trueWe really lived most of it”Niles asked some girls t

33、o read Little Women，and they loved itIf the girls liked it，Alcott was satisfied In three months，all the copies of Little Women had soldIt was already time to print more books!Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies”An honest publisher and a luckv author made a dull book into a

34、golden egg for an ugly duckling，”Alcott wrote in 1885Later，with a great sigh of relief，she was able to write，“Paid off all the debts!Now I feel that I could die in peaceIf my head holds out，I'll do all I once hoped to do” 61Which of the following would be used to describe Alcotts book? Afunny Bb

35、oring CmagicDskillful 62In which order did the following happen? aAlcott began writing Little Women bNiles asked Alcott to write about girls CAlcott wrote romantic adventure stories dAlcott performed plays with her sisters eNiles was not pleased with Alcotts work Aa，b，e，d，c Bd，c，a，b，e Cc，b，e，d，a Dd，

36、c，e，b，a 63When she handed her first writing in，she was_ Asure of her success Bhappy about her work Cunsatisfied with the work Dunpleased with the publisher 64Alcott took up writing as a job due largely to_ Alove Bpoverty Cinterest Dencouragement65We learn from the story that，after Little Women sold

37、out，_ AAlcott wrote another book Bsome girls started to read the book CAlcott paid off all her debts DNiles published hundreds of books girls likedC England has a longstanding problem with youngsters dropping out of training. Almost half of 17-year-olds in some parts of England have dropped out of f

38、ulitime education or trainingw。w。w.k。s。5。u.c。o。m The Statistic（统计）show 49°in Thurrock and 44 in Salford have dropped out of school or job training Across England，31of 17-year-olds are not in education or training The figures also reveal（揭示）deep regional（地域性的）divides，with wealthier areas such as

39、 Richmon and Harrow recording18 of 17-year-olds out of official education The statistics confirm（确认）Englands poor international standing for staving-on rates in education The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development considers Englands drop-out rates as among the worst among the industri

40、alised countries Regionally，the statistics show Yorkshire and the Humber has the highest rate of 17-year-olds not in full-time education or work-hased training at 35 Outer London has the highest staying-on rate，with l3of 17-year-olds having dropped out of official learning In the east of England thi

41、s figure stands at 31and at 29in the South West Edward Davey，Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary，said the govemment “should be ashamed”that so many youngsters were dropping out of school A spokesman for the Department for Education and Skills said the government had carried out a series of r

42、eforms，with a25 bn rise in funding（投资）for further education 66This text mainly talks about_ Awhy so many 17-year-olds have dropped out of education Bthe troubles facing 17-yearolds across whole England Chow the government helps 17-year-olds to go back to school Dthe problem with 17-year-olds droppin

43、g out of school in England 67Which part of England has the lowest rate of 17-year-olds dropping out of education? AThurrock and Salfordw。w。w.k。s。5。u.c。o。m BOuter London CYorkshire and the Humber DRichmon and Harrow 68The statistics mentioned in the text show that_ Aindustrialised countries have more

44、 problems with youngsters dropping out of school BEngland has a higher rate of youngsters not in education among the industrialised countries Cin England different regions have the same rate of 17-year-olds dropping out of school Dtool e than half of 17-year-olds in England are not in full-time educ

45、ation or training time education69What Edward Davey said suggests that the government _ Ahas done little to solve the problem with youngsters dropping out of school Bpays no attention to the problem with youngsters dropping out of school Cis doing its best to deal with 17-years-oldsproblems across E

46、ngland Dwill encourage youngsters to stay on in or return to further education70In this text，“staying-on”is opposite to“_”in meaning Alongstanding Bdropping out of Cwork-based training Dstaying at homeDNew York City consists of five boroughs：Manhattan，Brooklyn，Queens，the Bronx and Staten IslandThe p

47、opulation is about 7.5 million living in ManhattanManhattan，the center of the city，is on an island between the Hudson River and the East RiverMost of the famous buildings such as the Empire State building and the United Nations building and other skyscrapers are in ManhattanSome of its districts are

48、 Broadway，which has many theaters and cinemas；Fifth Avenue，with stores and apartments；Greenwich Village，where many artists and writers have lived and Central Park，with a small zoo and a skating rinkFrom Manhattan you have to cross to the other boroughs through a tunnel or over a bridgeThe bridge fro

49、m Brooklyn to Staten Island is the longest in the world New York is the second largest port in the world and it has two airports：Kennedy Internalional for internalional flights and La Guardia for flights inside the USAIts temperature goes from very cold in winter（sometimes twenty degrees below zero）

50、to very hot in summer （sometimes 40 centigrade）The people who l ive there come from all over the world and speak realjy different languages：there are Germans and Poles as well as people from Greece，Scotland，IrelandHungary，Italy and RomaniaPeople call one district“Little Italy”and another “Chinatown”

51、71What do we know about Manhattan? AManhattan is in the east of the city of New York BThere are lots of high-rises in Manhattan。 CManhattan is not a place for artists to live in DManhattan is connected to the other parts of New York by highways72If you want to see wonderful plays，you should go to_ A

52、the Fifth Avenue BCentral Park CBroadway Dthe Empire State Building73According to the passage，which bridge is the longest in the world? AThe bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn BThe bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn CThe bridge between Manhattan and Staten Island DThe bridge between Broadway and Brooklyn74One district of New York is called Chinatown because_ Ait is part of China and is administered-by