黄山市屯溪一中2008―2009学年度第一学期期中考试高二年级
英语试卷
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分 ）
Ⅰ卷：英语知识运用（共四部分，满分85分）
第一部分：听力（共20题，每题1分，满分30分）
第一节：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，你都有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。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Cities B. Festivals C. Vacation plans
2. What does the man think of Mr. Bush’s lesson?
A. Boring B. Interesting C. Helpful
3. When did the concert start?
A. At 7: oo B. At 7:
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a restaurant B. At home C. In an office
5. What’s the weather like tomorrow?
A. Rainy B. Cloudy C. Fine
第二节：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。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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第六段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Employer and employee. B. Shop assistant and customer.
C. Waiter and consumer
7. What is the attitude of the man towards the woman?
A. Cold B. impolite
C. Considerate
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What time is the school bus supposed to arrive at Joanne’s home?
A. At 7: 50 B At 8:
9. Why does Joanne hate Monday?
A. Because she has to get up early B. Because she has to have breakfast
C. Because her mother is not at home.
10. Who do you think does the most homework in this family?
A. Joanne B. Joanne’s father C. Joanne’s mother
听第八段材料，回答第11至13题
11. What makes the woman look unwell?
A. Her office work B. Her being on a diet
C. Having too many bananas
12. What is the man’ opinion of the woman?
A. She is as beautiful as she is.
B. She will be more beautiful if she loses some weight.
C. She should gain some weight.
13. What will the woman most probably do?
A. Stick to her diet plan. B. Follow the trend.
C. Return to her normal life.
听第9段对话，回答14道至16题
14. What service does the woman help to sell?
A. A bargain on dance lessons B. A membership to a sports club.
C. A great deal on airfare to
15. Why does the man refuse the offer?
A. He never buys things over the phone. B. He doesn’t have extra money to spend.
C. He doesn't need the service being provided.
16. What do we know about the man?
A. He will accept the offer. B. His name will be removed from the list soon.
C. He might be called again in the coming weeks.
听第10段材料，回答17至20题。
17. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Special education in public schools B. Special education in private schools
C. Special education in
18. How old are the students in
A. From five to thirteen B. From eight to twenty-eight
C. From four to Forty-four
19. Which school has international students this year?
A. The school in
C. The school in
20. What is the goal of the three private schools?
A. To develop writing skills of those with writing disabilities.
B. To make preparations for their regular learning.
C. To study why they have disorders in learning.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ―Here is a ticket for you, Sir.
― ____________ I wasn't speeding.
1. Thank you. B. My pleasure. C. What's the matter? D. I'm sorry.
22. ?Did all these funny things happen in your club?
--No, it was in the class _______I studied English.
A. when B. where C. that D. Which
23.------Amazing! You ____wear slippers at work.
---------Don't you know it is a fashion?
A.must B. should C. can D. may
24.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation,
especially _______containing as many different cultures as
A.the one B. one C. it D either
25. ― Ring me at six tomorrow morning, will you?
― Why that early? I ______ .
A. will be sleeping B. have slept C. have been sleeping D. will sleep
26. Our government has done a lot to solve the shortage of oil, but it may take some time ______ we have enough.
A. after B. since C. before D. unless
27.I like getting up very early in summer. The morning air is so good ______.
A. to be breathed B. to breathe C. breathing D. being breathed
28. He began to try every material ___ the best way to work out the problem.
A. knowing finding B. knowing to find
C. known to find D. known finding
29. I would love ___ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A. to go B. to have gone C. having gone D. Going
30. With food and gunpowder ______ short, the soldiers are suffering from hunger and danger of
being attacked by the enemies at any time.
A. to run B. to be run C. run D. running
31.It was ____creative thinking that I took the course, not to get high marks in examinations.
A.developing B.to develop C.develop D.to have developed
32. Ideally ___ for
Broadway theatre and
A. locating
B. being located
C. having been located D. located
33.. What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ____________.
A. given out B. put out C. held up D. used up
34. _________ and you’ll succeed.
A. If you try again B. Trying once more C. Another try D. To try again
35. The driver turned his car sharply to the left to give the way to the running bull only ___ into a tree by the road.
A. to knock B. to have knocked C. knocked D. knocking
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One
time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ____36___ up at a building that
was dark ____37___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause,
a small woman in her
“Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ____38_____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I ust try to treat my passengers the _____39_____ I would want my mother treated.”
“
“ It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said. “ I’m in no _____40__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___41______. “ I don’t have any family ___42____.” She continued. “The __43_______ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ____44___into the darkness , saying ____45___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___46____up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.
“ How much do I ___47___you ?’ she asked.
“ Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___48_____ onto me tightly, saying “ You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.
Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ____49___ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove _____50_____, lost in thought. ____51_____ I had refused to take the run? On a quick ___52______, I don’t think I have done anything more __53___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ____54_____ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _55___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.
36. A. visit B. pick C. business D. appointment
37. A. except for B. but for C far from D. instead of
38. A. take B. bring C. accompany D. assist
39. A. attitude B. manner C. way D. means
40. A. trouble B. hurry C. time D. danger
42. A. gone B. stayed C. left D. remained
43. A. lawyer B. doctor C. neighbor D. relative
44. A. stare B. wander C. disappeared D. step
45. A. much B. nothing C. anything D. none
46. A came B. appeared C. showed D. lit
47. A. charge B. owe C. give D. cost
48. A. kept B. held C. caught D. seized
49. A. beginning B. symbol C. sign D. closing
50. A. aimlessly B. deliberately C. intentionally D. carefully
51. A. How come B. So what C. What if D. How about
52. A. review B. pause C. rest D. memory
53. A. troublesome B. important C. enthusiastic D. worthless
54. A. depend B. rely C. look D. center
55. A. sudden B. unaware C. conscious D. expected
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题 ，每小题2分；满分30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
I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field controlled by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D．at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement―jobs, research papers, awards―was viewed through the lens(透镜) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations(挑衅): I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should gender discrimination be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in
56．Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A．She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D．She finds space research more important.
57．From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would think ______ leads to the author’s failures ________.
A．the very fact that she is a woman
B．her involvement in gender politics
C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
58．What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D．and post-doctoral research?
A．Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B．Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C．People’s stereotyped(已成成规的） attitude toward female scientists.
D．Widespread misunderstanding about nature and nurtured.
59．What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
B．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
C．Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
D．Women now have fewer problems seeking a science career.
B
Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn’t matter where you live --- in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village --- the chances are that you’11 be disturbed by jet planes, transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they’re working.
Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be a very frightening experience for a human being. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums (耳鼓). The noise level in some discos is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise and concentration (专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really influences their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise which doesn’t change too much (music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.
60. What does background music refer to?
A. Music played while people are working.
B. Music played in the backyard.
C. Noise that continues while you’re listening to other noises.
D. Music used to help people to concentrate.
61. Some people have their hearing harmed _____.
A. while listening to pop music B. in complete silence
C. when speaking loudly D. while watching TV
62. Which of the following isn’t included among the things causing noise?
A. trucks B. motorcycles C. electric engines D. jet planes
63. Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating on something is _____
A. all kinds of noise B. great changes in the level of noise
C. background noise D. popular music
C
You’re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter’s choice of words to how they carry themselves while taking orders to the bill’s total.
“Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics them.”
So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home. The results were clear-it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at
“That’s also a point of tipping,” Green says. “You have to give a little extra to the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren’t there you’d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”
64. How many factors affecting the customers’ tipping are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2. B. 1. C. 3. D. 4.
65. According to the passage, which of the following will be likely to show the right change of the tip percentages?
66. According to the passage, we know the writer seems to _________.
A. oppose Mr. Green’s idea about tipping
B. think part of Mr. Green’s explanation is reasonable
C. give his generous tip to the waiters very often
D. support the opinions of Mr. Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping
D
It’s a case of the grass not being any greener on the other side. Nearly 60 percent of Australian workers are not happy with their employers, but almost 50 percent remain because they believe there are not many ideal companies around, a survey released recently shows.
The report by career networking site LinkMe.com.au found that after taking into account working hours, staff morale(员工士气), industry, wages, image, charity support and career progression, the 2000 people surveyed predominantly(绝大多数地) believed their company did not quite make the grade.
Just over 25 percent of respondents claimed their company's record regarding staff morale was extremely awful, 30 percent said their working hours were too long and inflexible, 59 percent reported that their offices were shoddy and poorly-equipped, and 32 percent said their wages were far too low.
"Employers must realize that the Australian workplace is an environment of low unemployment so they need to provide better working environments or risk losing staff," CEO of LinkMe.com.au Campbell Sallabank said．
Those that are considered to be respectable and glamorous firms with great working conditions are few and far between.
Only 17 percent said they believe they worked for an ideal company, while 33 percent said the competition was tough to get into those types of firms.
Predominantly, staff morale (75 percent), wages (68 percent) and distances between houses and companies (54 percent) are the factors considered when determining the ideal companies.
"Workers should not hold back from trying to improve their office environment," Mr Sallabank said．
"There are all sorts of ways where employees can be successful in obtaining this but if attempts continually fall on deaf ears then voting with your feet is the best way to improve the situation as there are plenty of good employers out there."
67．According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT right?
A．The minorities of employees consider they are working for ideal firms.
B．Some respectable and glamorous firms provide unsatisfactory working conditions.
C．There are few chances for employees to find their satisfactory employers.
D．Employees complain about the low staff morale and wages, and the long working hours.
68．What does the underlined phrase “voting with your feet” mean?
A．The way of disabled people to show their disagreement.
B．Having your own rights to express your belief.
C．Showing that you do not support a decision by leaving the company.
D．A kind of body language to demonstrate your satisfaction.
69．Which of the following can we infer from the passage?
A．Owing
to low unemployment in
B．The employees take three key factors---staff morale, wages, and distances between houses and companies---into consideration when choosing the ideal companies.
C．The
government of
D．Nearly 60 percent of Australian employers are not happy with their employees.
70．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A．Australian workers demand better working conditions.
B．Sick of your job? Why can’t you leave?
C．The grass is not any greener on the other side.
D．A survey of Australian workers.
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题）
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
71. Thank you very much. I really a_____ having a holiday with you on this nice island.
72. If you check your composition carefully, some spelling mistakes can be a_____.
73. The buses went in opposite d_____; one went south and the other went north.
74. He was too s_____ to admit that he was wrong. Nobody was able to persuade him.
75. He looked r_____ in his old-fashioned suit. Everyone laughed.
76. I came with the _____ (意图) of staying, but now I’ve decided to leave.
77. Smoking is ______ (负责) for many cases of lung cancer.
78.He is often _________ (批评) by his mother because of his laziness at home.
79. It is _____（正常的）for us not to want to work on Sunday.
80.Although she wanted to go, she _____（情愿地）promised her dad that she would stay behind.
第二节 短文改错
短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请对标有题号的每一行作出判断，每行只有一个错误，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。
I was a high school student then, from low-income 76. ______
family. I have to work to support my family. My 77. ______
first one job was to clean the tables in a small restaurant. 78. ______
I still remember going there early and felt anxious about 79. ______
the new world. I worked harder because I was afraid of 80. ______
losing the job. At night, I was sometimes too tired to do 81. ______
my homework. Then I came to understand that was not 82. ______
easy to earn money, and knowledge could change 83. ______
my life. So that I learned from the job in a hard 84. ______
way was much more important as what I earned. 85. ______
第三节 书面表达（满分25分）
随着国内经济迅速发展和人口增长，城市规模也不断扩大，这既带来了好处同时又产生了问题。请你根据表格内容用英语给报社写一篇短文，并提出你的建议（至少两点）。
好处
问题
居住条件日益改善
商业得以迅猛发展
吸引更多的投资
对农田造成破坏
造成各种污染，野生物种面临危险
注意：
1．可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；
2．参考词汇：扩张 expand v. expansion n. 居住条件 residential conditions
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听力
1-20 CABAC BCBAC BACBC CBACB
单选
21-35 CBBBA CBCBD BDACA
完型
36-55 BADCB DCBAB DBBDA CABDB
阅读
56-70 BACCA ACBAD DCCAB
单词
71. appreciate 72. avoided 73. directions 74. stubborn 75. ridiculous
76. intention 77. responsible 78. criticized
79. normal 80. willingly
改错
76. low-income 之前加a 77. have→had 78. 去掉one
79. felt→feeling 80. harder→hard 81. √
82. that后加it或者把that改成it 83.and 后面加that 84. that→what
85. as→than
书面表达
With the development of the national economy and the growth of population, the city size grows larger and larger, which brings about both benefits and disadvantages. As a result of the city expansion, local people are enjoying the convenience of commercial business and their residential conditions have also improved. More financial investment will pour into the area as well.
On the other hand, some destruction of farmland is unavoidable when a city expands. Besides forms of pollution done to the land, wildlife, including both plants and animals, is put at risk.
All these ought to be considered. In my opinion, tearing down unusable buildings can spare many areas inside the city, so it's unnecessary to expand outside. As for the government, careful planning should be done to maintain the natural beauty while at the same time allowing for growth.