平遥中学08-09学年高二下学期三月质检
英语试题
满分150分，时间120分钟 ； 命题人： 王晓玮
第一卷
第一部分：单项填空（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.
1． person like him won’t be satisfied with little progress that he has made.
A．The；a B．The；／ C．A：／ D．A：the
2．-----You just think of yourself! You kept me waiting for at least three hours．
----- I am sorry that you ________ think so．
A．should B．would C．migh t D．could
3．----- What do you think of the furniture on exhibition?
----- Well，great! But I don’t think much of__________ you bought．
A．the one B．it C．that D．which
4．------Did
------Yes．she did．She ________ such an excellent concert for a long time．
A．didn’t take part in B．wouldn’t take in
C．hasn’t been in D．hadn’t been in
5．I’m sorry，but I didn’t see how we can get all this work you assigned_______ by next Tuesday．
A．having done B．done C．being done D．to do
6．They have _____ most carefully the time and money needed to complete the project.
A．picked out B．left out C．figured out D．taken out
7.This kind of cloth _______ well. I think it is worthy ________.
A. washes; buying B. is washed; buying
C. washes; to be bought D. is washed; to be bought
8．Have you got any explanation to the question________ he came here for the day before yesterday?
A．why B．what C．how D．which
9. Christmas is a holiday usually celebrated on December 25th ____ the birth of Jesus Christ.
A. in charge of B. in terms of C. in favor of D. in honor of
10. These problems,____ will seriously affect the growth of teenagers and even the nation's future.
A. not if solved properly B. if solved properly
C. not if properly solved D. if not solved properly
11. --- “I’m afraid I can’t finish the magazine within the required time.”
--- “ .”
A．Please go ahead B．That’s right
C．Not at all D．Take your time
12.
It’s _____ me why
A. under B. above C. beyond D. over
13. ------The English exam is not difficult, is it?
------ ______, even Tom ______ to the top students failed in it.
A. Yes, belongs B. No, belonged C. Yes, belonging D. No, belonging
14．$
A．cover B．afford C．include D．contain
15. -----How ____feel to be home again after 20 years abroad ?
------Exciting .
A . do you B. does that C. did you D. does it
第二部分：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
第二节：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16-36 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
That which cometh from the heart goes to the heart.-------- Jeremiah Burroughs
I was working as a consultant(someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject) in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents formulate(develop something) and implement(take action) their new strategic vision. It was a big 16 .
At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.
I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was 17 and stressful, but it was 18 I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, 19 my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to 20 the president with my situation, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was 21 on. So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information 22 anyone.
A few days 23 , the president called me into his office. I 24 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were 25 . When I entered, he asked me to 26 . He faced me from across his large desk, 27 me in the eye and said, “I hear your mother is very ill.”
I was 28 caught by surprise and burst into 29 He just looked at me, let my crying die down, and then 30 said a sentence I will never forget: “ 31 you need.”
That was it. His 32 and his willingness to both let me be in my pain 33 to offer me everything were 34 of compassion（同情）that I carry with me 35 this day.
16. A. work
B. challenge
C. employment
D. career
17. A. interesting
B. exciting
C. tiring
D. annoying
18. A. that
B. what
C. which
D. where
19. A. even though
B. even if
C. what’s more
D. as if
20. A. worry
B. disappoint
C. bother
D. excuse
21. A. happening
B. doing
C. keeping
D. going
22. A. with
B. in
C. on
D. at
23. A. after
B. later
C. in
D. before
24. A. hoped
B. expected
C. figured
D. wished
25. A. working on
B. studying
C. engaging
D. involving
26. A. stand up
B. sit down
C. go away
D. settle down
27. A. watched
B. stared at
C. glared at
D. looked
28. A. directly
B. slightly
C. totally
D. carefully
29. A. tears
B. laughing
C. crying
D. laughter
30. A. angrily
B. gently
C. gladly
D. hurriedly
31. A. However
B. What
C. Nothing
D. Whatever
32. A. understanding
B. courage
C. bravery
D. appreciation
33. A. or
B. and
C. but
D. so
34. A. spirits
B. strength
C. encouragement
D. qualities
35. A. by
B. until
C. to
D. till
第三部分：阅读理解（每题3分, 满分60分）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
218 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia,
PA28774
May 7th,
2002
Social
Security Administration
2119 Main
Street
Philadelphia,
PA28000
Dear Social Security,
I am
applying for a new Social Security Card.
I lost my
old one last week. I was walking home from the subway station, and I pulled a
tissue （纸巾）out of my
pocket and lost my wallet at the same time. My card was in my wallet. Please
send me a new card. If you can get the card to me within two weeks, please sent
it to the address at the top of the page. If it will take longer than this,
then you will have to send it to my new address. I am moving on May 23rd to:
103 Walnut
Street
Philadelphia,
PA28445
If you can
send my new card within two weeks, I would be very pleased. I am applying for a
new job at Ventura Savings Bank, and I know they will want to have my Social
Security Number. Unfortunately I have forgotten it, so I will need my card to
find out. On my old card I was called Victoria Matthews. Since then I have
gotten married. Please issue my new card in my married name: Victoria Villata. In case you need more information about me to hunt
down my old number, my date of birth was September 11, 1985. Thank you very much.
Sincerely
Victoria Villata n
36.Why does Mrs. Villata need a new Social
Security Card?
A. She is
moving.
B. She lost
the old one.
C. She has
just gotten married.
D. She
doesn’t remember her Social Security Number.
37.Why does Mrs. Villata give the Social Security Administration her date of
birth?
A. She wants
them to know how old she is.
B. She is
afraid they may have lost her Social Security Card.
C. She
thinks it will help them track down her Social Security Number.
D. She thinks
that the older she is, the more Social Security she will get.
38.Which part
of Victoria Villata’s letter is LEAST important to
the Social Security
Administration?
A. The fact
that she has changed her name.
B. The fact
that her card should be mailed to a new address.
C. The fact
that she needs a replacement Social Security Card.
D. The fact
that she lost her wallet while pulling a tissue out of her pocket.
B
Dr Wiseman started “the laugh lab” project
in September 2001. It is the largest study of humour.
Participants（参加者）are
invited to log on to the laugh lab website, give a few personal details, tell
their favourite jokes and judge the jokes told by
other people.
The project
will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s
funniest joke. But there is also a serious purpose. The researches want to know
what people from different nations and cultures find funny. And they want to
find out the differences between the male and female sense of humour. The idea is that if we want to understand each
other, we have to find out what makes us laugh.
This is a
subject that has long interested psychologists（心理学家）and philosophers（哲学家）. Most of the time, people are not completely honest. We do things
that society expects us to and say things that help us get what we want. But
laughing cannot be controlled. When we laugh, we tell the truth about
ourselves.
By December
2001 over 10, 000 jokes had been submitted. This gave the scientists enough
evidence （证据）to make
early conclusions. It seems that men and women do have different senses of humour, for instance.
“Our
findings show the major differences in the ways in which males and females use humour, ” said Dr. Wiseman. “Males use humour to appear
superior（优越）to others,
while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play. ”
Researchers
also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humour. the British enjoy what is usually called “toilet humour”. But the French like their jokes short and sharp:
“You’re a high priced lawyer. Will you answer two questions for 500?”
“Yes. What’s the second question?”
The Germans
are famous for not having a sense of humour. But the
survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes
funny than any other nationality. Perhaps that proves the point. Is this joke
funny? I don’t know, but let’s say yes, just to be safe.
Dr Wiseman
and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those
who took part in the survey found any of them amusing. Perhaps this is relief.
Computers already seem like they can do everything. At least they should leave
the funny stuff to us.
39．Scientist started“ the laugh lab”
project________
A. to find
the funniest joke in European countries
B. to know
what funny people are from different nations and cultures
C. to find
out the differences between the male and female sense of humour
D. to get
more personal details about participants
40．We can infer from the passage
that________.
A. most of
the people all over he world are completely honest
B.
psychologists and philosophers take interest in the “laugh lab” project
C. ordinary
people are not interested in “the laugh lab” project at all
D. people
tell the truth about themselves only when they laugh
41．What is the main idea of the 4th
and 5th paragraph?
A. Man and
woman have different senses of humour.
B. male and
female have similar senses of humour.
C. About 10,
000 jokes have been submitted from September 2001 to December 2001.
D.
Scientists have collected enough evidence to make conclusions.
42．The writer gave the examples of the
British, the French and the Germans________.
A. to show
that French people have a better sense of humour
B. to prove
the British people have a sense of “toilet humour”
C. to show
people from different nations have different senses of humour
D. to prove
that the Germans have no sense of humour
43．Which statement is true according
to the passage?
A. The jokes
by computer are less funny than those by humans.
B. The
Germans cannot find the submitted jokes amusing.
C. Males are
better at word play compared with women.
D. Females
like to use humour to show that they are superior.
Several days ago, a
The book - a
bestseller in the US - is being used by men and women to deal with changes in
their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca- Cola, Kodak and
General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be
active towards changes.
Cheese is
something related to everyone’s livelihood - our jobs, the industries we work
in, relationships and love as well.
With
“Whatever
challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant
said after reading the book.
Professor
Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should
change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and
products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own
products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”
“With hard
work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese.
”Zhang smiled confidently.
44．The whole passage is about________.
A. a
bestseller in the US
B. what
people think about China’s entry into the WTO
C. people’s
attitude toward changes and challenges
D. how a
book influences the Chinese workers
45．The company in Beijing gave each of
the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese” in order to________.
A. be more
competitive with foreign firms
B. find an
excuse for their job cuts
C. let the
workers make a living on their own
D. encourage
the fired workers
46．The word “cheese”in
the passage can refer to________.
A. something
we depend on for a living
B. a most
important kind of food
C. change or
challenge
D. way of
life
47．From what Hengwei
and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that________.
A. they have
different opinions on changes and challenges
B. people
are not afraid of competition from foreign companies
C. the
Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges
D. they are
both greatly encouraged by the book
D
If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret according to a British market research document released last week.
Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nation’s people by fridge contents.
They say those people can be separated into five categories："nutrition nerds (no social sense)", "food faddies (whatever’s in style)", "martyr mums", "fast food fanatics" and "restaurant regulars".
"Nutrition nerds" care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and healthy meat.
People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority are single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.
A fridge full of vitamins ― enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the foods they buy. Known as the "food faddies", they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.
A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the "martyr mum". Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This fridge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.
"Fast food fanatics" always buy mineral water for soda pop; the nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard. Also, someone who is not into long term planning.
Finally, a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.
48．We can know from the first two paragraphs that ______.
A．some researchers are fond of staring at other people’s fridges
B．people don’t want others to know about their secrets
C．the food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality
D．there are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people
49．According to the passage, people who belong to "food faddies" ______.
A．don’t care much about money when buying things
B．will try their best to stay healthy
C．often stay up late to finish their job
D．prefer to ask others about what to do next
50．What will those who often dine out put in the fridge?
A．All kinds of food they like. B．Only something to drink.
C．Fruit, vegetables and meat. D．Food rich in vitamins.
51．What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A．Keep your fridge a secret B．You are what’s in your fridge
C．What to put in the fridge? D．Be careful about your fridge
E
Botany, the study of plants, plays a strange role in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was one field about which humans had little knowledge. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age Ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of preindustrial societies that still exists, a detailed learning of plants and their properties（特征）must be very ancient. This is reasonable. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been greatly important to the good of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, medicines, housing, and a great many other purposes. Tribes(部落)living today in the woods of the Amazon recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of knowledge at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct relation with plants, and the less clear our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on a surprising amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose or an apple. When our New Stone Age ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10 000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer production the next season, the first great step in a new connection of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: planted crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the collected knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and close relations with plants in the wild would begin to disappear.
52. Which of the following assumptions（假设）about early humans is expressed in the passage?
A. They probably had wide knowledge of plants.
B. They clearly divided knowledge into separate fields
C. They did not enjoy the study of botany.
D. They placed great importance on ownership of property.
53.According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany decreased?
A. People no longer value plants as a useful resource.
B. Botany is not recognized as a special branch of science.
C. Research is unable to keep up with the increasing number of plants.
D. Direct relation with a variety of plants has decreased.
54.In paragraph 2, the underlined word “marvel” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. edge B. sign C. beginning D. wonder
55. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of agriculture?
A. The invention of agriculture tools and machines.
B. The development of a system of names for plants.
C. The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted.
D. The changing food of early humans.
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词；在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错误的不要改。
This city changed a lot in the past five years. First, 56.____________
more high buildings have appeared, that are modem and 57____________
beautiful. Many overpasses have set up, so it is very 58.____________
convenient for people to travel. However, many families 59.____________
have cars of their own. The people's life there has 60.____________
become richly and colorful. People can enjoy themselves 61.____________
travel on holidays. To my delight, I can taste delicious 62.____________
food of different country
such as the food of
and Japan. And it's much more easier for me to keep 64.____________
in touch with you, for I can e-mail you in my office. 65.____________
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫李华，是某农村中学的学生。你校打算在教室里面安装空调，让学生讨论。请根据下表中讨论的结果，给校长写封信。
赞成观点
反对观点
你的观点
空调冬暖夏凉
优化学习环境
家庭条件好了
支付得起费用
装空调会污染环境
产生噪音影响学习
增加学生经济负担
有的家庭负担不起
不同意装空调，并给出你的理由：
①……
②……
③……
注意： 1．信的格式已经为你写好，不计人总词数。
2．词数：120词以上。
3．参考词汇：install air-conditioners
Dear headmaster,
With best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
英语答题卡
改错
书面表达
总分
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词；在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错误的不要改。
This city changed a lot in the past five years. First, 56.____________
more high buildings have appeared, that are modem and 57____________
beautiful. Many overpasses have set up, so it is very 58.____________
convenient for people to travel. However, many families 59.____________
have cars of their own. The people's life there has 60.____________
become richly and colorful. People can enjoy themselves 61.____________
travel on holidays. To my delight, I can taste delicious 62.____________
food of different country
such as the food of
and Japan. And it's much more easier for me to keep 64.____________
in touch with you, for I can e-mail you in my office. 65.____________
Dear headmaster,
With best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
附加题
单选
1. To his disappointment, the opinion he had stuck _____ out wrong.
A. to turn B. to turning C. to turned D. to be turned
2. ---What should I do with this passage?
--- ____ the main idea of each paragraph.
A. Finding out B. Found out C. To find out D. Find out
3. The part that
A. played; is widely praised B. played; is wide praised
C. takes; widely praised D. takes; wide praised
4._____ the Internet is bridging the distance between people , it may also be breaking some homes or will cause other family problems.
A. When B. If C. As D. While
5. The key _____ English well is to read more when _____.
A. to learn, possible B. of learning, possibly
C. of learning, was possible D. to learning, possible
6. is known to
us all is that
A. Which；belonged B. As； belonging to
C. What；belonging to D. It； belonging
7.It is ____ you behave in time of difficulty that shows what you are really like．
A．how B．which C．that D．where
8．In the recent coal mine accident, only 24 miners were rescued, and 29 were left
underground.
A．to be trapped B．trapped C being trapped D．trapping
9.Because he believed he was innocent(无罪的), he went to the police station with his head_____ high.
A. holding B. being held C. to hold D. held
10. ― Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
― I’d like a barbecue together with a cup of orange juice. How much do you _______?
A. pay B. offer C. charge D. owe
阅读
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self- respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
1. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our
A. self-respect B. financial rewards
C. advertising ability D. friendly relationship
2. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to___.
A. lying B. stealing C. cheating D. advertising
3. The phrase "bringing the error to the clerk's attention" (in para. 5) means___.
A. telling the truth to the clerk B. offering advice to the clerk
C. asking the clerk to be more attentive
D. reminding the clerk of the charged item
4. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?
A. We'll be very excited. B. We'll feel unfortunate.
C. We'll have a sense of honor. D. We'll feel sorry for the clerk.
5. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage.*
A. How to Live Truthfully B. Importance of Peacefulness
答案
单选; 1-15 DACDB CCBDD DCCAD
完形： 16-20 BCBAC 21-25 DABCA 26-30 BDCAB 31-35 DABDC
阅读 36-55 BCDCB ACACD ACCAB BADDC
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more high buildings have appeared, that are modem and 57. which
beautiful. Many overpasses have ∧set up, so it is very 58. been
convenient for people to travel. However, many families 59. Besides
have cars of their own. The people's life there has 60. here
become richly and colorful. People can enjoy themselves 61. rich
travel on holidays. To my delight, I can taste delicious 62. traveling
food of different
country such as the food of
and Japan. And it's much more easier for me to keep 64. more
in touch with you, for I can e-mail you in my office. 65. √
书面表达：
Dear headmaster,
Knowing that our school is going to install air-conditioners, the students of our class had a heated discussion. Some students are for the plan while others are against it.
Students who are for the plan think that air-conditioners can make us comfortable both in summer and in winter. Besides, their families are well off and can afford the cost.
But other students think that air-conditioners can make the environment get worse, and air-conditioners will make a lot of noise which will have a bad effect on their studies. Meanwhile, installing air-conditioners will increase their economic burden.
In my opinion, I don’t agree to install air-conditioners. We are students, so we should pay much more attention to our study instead of seeking so-called comfortable conditions What’s more, the most important thing is that we should protect our environment as well.
With best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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