广州七区2009-2010学年高一下学期期末联考(英语试卷及答案)

1、广州七区2009-2010学年高一第二学期期末教学质量监测英语试题本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共9页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷 （共95分）1答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的考号、姓名填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔把对应的号码标号涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，先用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，再写上新的答案，改动的内容也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅

2、笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。I. 听力 （共两节，满分20分） 第一节 听力理解（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）听下面3段对话，每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第1段对话，回答第13小题。1. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Parent and child.B. Schoolmate

3、s. C. Teacher and student.2. Why did Jeanie get to school earlier? A. To meet her friend. B. To have her class.C. To review for the test.3. Whats Jacks attitude towards the test? A. He is confident. B. He worries about it.C. He has to get an A.听第2段对话，回答第46小题。4. Where does Mark work?A. At a newspaper

4、 dept. B. At an advertising agency. C. At a furniture store. 5. What is Mary Smith trying to find?A. A two- bedroom apartment. B. A sofa and a chair. C. A roommate. 6. Whats the total amount that the woman has to pay for the two ads?A. $15. B. $25. C. $30. 听第3段对话，回答第710小题。7. What are they talking ab

5、out?A. Their language studies. B. The plan for the summer vacation.C. The preparation for the final exams.8. How did Jenny learn a lot about language teaching? A. She was a teacher once. B. She learned Chinese and English very well.C. She attended a language teaching course last year. 9. What is pro

6、bably the mans foreign language according to the conversation?A. English. B. French. C. Chinese. 10. What do we learn from the conversation?A. They both are teachers. B. The school will end in about two weeks. C. The man can read and write Chinese well.第二节 听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所给的内容

7、中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为1115的空格中。听录音前你有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍。你有80秒钟的作答时间。 A Storm in Guangzhou On 11 night, May 12,many vehicles(车辆) were flooded after a rain storm in Guangzhou City.In the worst-hit Tianhe District, there were 12 vehicles flooded.Car owners of Kangcheng are demanding the management company that

8、 runs the 13 compensate (赔偿 ) them.A car owner spokesman, 14 ,said they would hold talks with the agency.Insurance company workerssaid most car owners were not likely to be 15 compensated.II语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后1625所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项

9、涂黑。The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state 16 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 17 . It should be simple, personal and brief without leaving out any necessary fact.In writing a letter of application, keep in

10、18 that the things a possible employer is most 19 to want to know about are your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. If the first few sentences fail to draw the readers attention, the rest of the letter may not be read at all. Try to key your opening

11、 remarks to the needs or interests of your employer. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your 20 in todays paper,” you might say “I have made a careful study of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives use your

12、 product and why they like it.”Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 21 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I 22 in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no 23 has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is experience.I

13、t is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 24 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite(明确的) to do or expect. An excellent idea is to enclose(内附) a stamped self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 25 for a possible employe

14、r to get in touch with you.16.A.clearlyB.carefullyC.obviouslyD.easily17.A.found B.doneC.knownD.heard18.A.brainB.sightC.orderD.mind19.A.probableB.possibleC.likelyD.able20.A.advertisementB.reportC.articleD.introduction21.A.losingB.applyingC.preparingD.fitting22.A.giveB.supplyC.meanD.provide23.A.worker

15、B.ownerC.beginnerD.manager24.A.MakeB.AskC.StateD.Get25.A.happierB.easier C.cheaperD.safer第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为2635的相应位置上。It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told Tim she wouldnt need him any more. Tim had just finis

16、hed his four-hour workmoving up and down the stairs of her three-storey house, 26 (clean) the floor and washing the dishes. She was wearing jeans and a sweater. Her husbands pay would 27 （reduce）by 30%. And they were trying to live as if itd already happened. Tim felt sorry for her, but he also felt

17、 a sense of 28 (lose).Tim had been cleaning Fredas house for five years and had developed 29 unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just that Tim had become an expert 30 scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their 31 (wood) floor, or that he had learned exactly 32 to place toys on the girls beds.

18、It was more than that, 33 he felt hed become a part of their life.Now he was fired, but the strange thing was 34 he still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family. He left Fredas house that day, wondering about the nature of his relationship with the hosts. “Who am I to 35 ? Act

19、ually, they are my employers, but I am only an employee. ”III. 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从3655题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AToday, we talk to an up-and-coming (有前途的) erhu player, Lee Hang, from Hong Kong. Hell play with the Hong Kong Orchestra (管弦乐队) next Sunday in a special concert

20、by young Chinese musicians. Interviewer: Thank you for talking to us, Lee. You must be very excited.Lee: Yes, I am. This is the first time that Ive played with such a famous orchestra and in front of so many people. Theyre expecting about 4,000 people.Interviewer: Does that scare you?Lee: To be hone

21、st, yes. I havent slept much in the last few days. But my teacher told me I wouldnt take it seriously enough if I wasnt scared. That helped a lot.Interviewer: Tell me about why you started playing the erhu.Lee: My parents took me to piano and violin lessons. I quite liked them but they had to force

22、me to go sometimes. One night, I saw a documentary about Yo Yo Ma, the famous Chinese American cello(大提琴) player. He talked about his love of Chinese instruments and we should follow our interests. I always enjoyed listening to Chinese instruments like the erhu and guzheng. That inspired me to learn

23、 the erhu. My parents were glad that I was playing something I actually liked.Interviewer: What do your friends think of you playing a Chinese instrument?Lee: Well, a lot of my classmates think playing things like the erhu isnt cool. I dont care. It makes me happy. I got a letter from Yo Yo, saying

24、how much he admired me and that hed like to meet me next time when hes in Hong Kong. They thought that was pretty cool!Interviewer: And what does the future hold for you?Lee: Id like to study music in a university in China then hopefully play in orchestras. My ambition is to bring the beautiful soun

25、d of the erhu to all the corners of the world.Interviewer: Well, if anyone can, its you. Thanks for talking to me, Lee. Good luck.Lee: Thanks.36. What will Lee Hang do next Sunday? A. He will have an interview. B. He will talk to a newspaper reporter. C. He will play a Chinese musical instrument at

26、a concert.D. He will study in a university in China. 37. Lee _ because of the concert.A. hasnt been sleeping well B. hasnt been sleeping C. will meet 4000 people D. has been afraid of his teacher 38. Lee started playing the erhu _ a film about Yo Yo Ma.A. before seeing B. while seeing C. after seein

27、g D. to copy 39. Lee likes playing the erhu _ the piano and violin. A. less than B. as much as C. more than D. because his parents like 40. Lees friends thought _ was great.A. getting a letter from a famous musician B. writing a letter to a famous musicianC. playing Chinese musical instruments D. se

28、eing Yo Yo Ma in Hong Kong B When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks (挫折) to win a highly competitive scholarship

29、 and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower(意志) and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-ad

30、dicted(吸毒) parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up

31、with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding，by understanding that

32、 there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next t

33、o nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents s

34、o much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.41. Her mother died when Liz was _.A. 9 years old B. 15 years old C. 22 years old D. studying in high school42

35、. In which order did the following things happen to Liz?a. Her mother died of AIDS.b. She worked at a petrol station.c. She got admitted into Harvard.d. The movie about her life was put on.e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, b, c, e, d C. e, d, b, a, c D. b, e, a, d, c

36、43. The main idea of the passage is _.A. how Liz managed to enter Harvard UniversityB. what a hard time Liz had in her childhoodC. why Liz loved her parents so muchD. how Liz struggled to change her life44. What actually made her go towards her goal?A. Envy and competition. B. Willpower and determin

37、ation.C. Decisions and understanding. D. Love and respect for her parents.45. When she wrote “What drove me to live on.I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that _.A. she had little experience of social life B. she could hardly understand the societyC. she would do something

38、 for her own life D. she needed to travel more around the worldCIn 1999, twelve percent of public elementary schools in the United States required students to wear uniforms. Just three years later, the amount was almost double that.A study of six big-city Ohio public schools showed students who were

39、 required to wear uniforms had improved graduation, behavior and attendance rates. Academic performance was unchanged.Some high schools in Texas have also joined in the movement. Yet studies find mixed results from requiring uniforms. And some schools have turned away from such policies.Supporters b

40、elieve dressing the same creates a better learning environment and safer schools. The school district in Long Beach, California, was the first in the country to require uniforms in all elementary and middle schools. The example helped build national interest in uniforms as a way to deal with school

41、violence and improve learning. Findings in Long Beach suggested that the policy resulted in fewer behavior problems and better attendance. But researcher Viktoria, who has looked at those findings, says they were based only on opinions about the effects of uniforms.She says other steps taken at the

42、same time to improve schools in Long Beach and statewide could have influenced the findings. The district increased punishments for misbehavior. And California passed a law to reduce class sizes. In Florida, for example, researcher Sharon found that uniforms seemed to improve behavior and reduce vio

43、lence. In Texas, Eloise found fewer discipline problems among students required to wear uniforms, but no effect on attendance. Sociologist David has studied school uniform policies since1998. He collected the reports in the book. In his own study, he found that reading and mathematics performance dr

44、opped after a school in Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚州) required uniforms. Political and community pressures may persuade schools to go to uniforms to improve learning. But David and others believe there is not enough evidence of a direct relationship. In fact, he says requiring uniforms may even increase disc

45、ipline problems. 46. Which was/ were the first in the U.S. to require uniforms in all elementary and middle schools?A. Six big-city Ohio public schools. B. The school district in Long Beach, California.C. Some Middle and high schools in Texas. D. Some elementary and middle schools in Florida. 47. Wh

46、ich of the following researchers are NOT supporters of school uniform policies? A. Viktoria and Sharon. B. Sharon and David. C. Eloise and Sharon. D. Viktoria and David.48. The underlined word “misbehavior” in the sixth paragraph probably means _. A. serious crime B. bad performance C. absence for c

47、lass D. action against wearing uniforms 49. What can we infer from the passage?A. More work is needed to get better information about uniforms effect.B. The number of schools requiring uniforms in the U.S. will become less sharply. C. Wearing uniforms has little to do with behavior and learning.D. P

48、oliticians and communities wont vote for uniform policies. 50. Whats the main idea of this passage?A. More and more students are required to wear uniforms in the U.S.B. Wearing uniforms contributes to good academic performance. C. Researchers in the U.S. argue for school uniform policies. D. Evidenc

49、e for school uniform polices in the U.S. is seen as weak. DInside China DailyChina, Japan ink fishery agreement The New China-Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year. Chinese vice-minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing. -Page 2

50、Offshore funeral(葬礼)The remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai. To save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials. Page 3The only wise choiceCo-operation with the mainland for a peaceful reunification (统一) should be the

51、only wise choice for the newly elected Taiwan leader. -Page 4 The Art Market Interest in activities such as fairs, galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in China. -Page 9 Two sides of a story The governments efforts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school

52、students have drawn mixed reactions. -Page 10 Blind, but not out.Yang Jia, an English professor at the Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of her eyesight and continues to make it in her work. -Page 1151. The above section may possibly appear on _ of China Dail

53、y.A. Page 5 B. the Front Page C. Page 9 D. the last page 52. From the text we can know that _.A. a blind professor can work better B. Chinese fishermen can go fishing freely in Japan soonC. no one will be buried in the ground after they die in Shanghai D. more and more people have begun to do art bu

54、siness 53. When you look through this issue of China Daily, you are sure to find _.A. how Taiwans new leader was made B. that people think differently of reducing pupils burden C. sad stories about students with heavy burden in primary and middle schoolsD. interesting stories of art fairs, galleries

55、 and exhibitions of different shapes in China 54. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “scattered” according to the text?A. covered a wide area B. searched for in a wide area C. suddenly moved apart in different directions D. thrown over an area so that objets land apart from each other55. If someone feels upset fo