高二英语上学期期中试题3

我们在这里，召开私营企业家联谊会，借此机会，我代表成都市渝中工商局、渝中区私营企业协会，祝各位领导新年快乐、工作愉快、身体健康，祝各位企业家事业兴旺四川省成都市2011-2012学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：1. 本堂考试30分钟，满分100分。2. 答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、学号填写在答题卡上，并使用2B铅笔填涂。3. 考试结束后，将答题卷交回。第一节 听下面5段对话。 每段对话后有1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。每段对话仅读一遍。（52）1.How does the man come here? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.2.Why isnt Helen present? A. She forgot to come. B. She changed her decision. C. She wasnt invited.3.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Doctor and patient.4.Whats the mans job? A. A shop assistant. B. A tailor. C. A salesman.5.What does the man mean? A. He cant go to the cinema. B. He can go to the cinema on Saturday morning. C. He can go to the cinema on Saturday evening.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面几段对话或独白。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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间来阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟时间作答。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6 、7题。6. What is the job? A. To work for a newspaper. B. To serve in a phone company. C. To look after 5 children in California.7. On what condition would the woman accept the job? A. If working there was great fun. B. If she could be free to go on business. C. If the return ticket was paid and the salary was good. 听下面一段材料回答第8至10题。8. Where was Meryl Streep born? A. In Africa. B. In the U.S C. In English. 9. How old was she when acted in her first film? A. 49. B. 37. C. 28.10. How was she when acted in her first film? A. She did well in sports. B. She was an excellent piano player. C. She was good at acting. 听下面一段材料回答第11至13题。11. Who is the man probably speaking to? A. Children. B. Students. C. Teachers.12. Where is the speaker? A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. In the office13. How does the man treat his job? A. He doesnt care about it. B. He is serious about it. C. He is tired of it. 听下面一段材料回答第14至16题。14. How high is the mountain? A. 7 170 meters. B. 7 117 meters. C. 7 171 meters.15. How many mountaineers of the association reached the top of the mountain? A. 4. B.15. C. 19.16. What can we learn from the passage? A. Some mountaineers had ever reached the peak in 1999. B. The eldest mountaineers of the association is 30 years old. C. Some mountaineers of the association reached the top of the mountain in a week. 听下面一段材料回答第17至20题。17. The man drinks tea because . A. he doesnt eat anything in the evening. B. he cant eat without it. C. he cannot work without it.18. What does the man do when he has a break? A. He leaves the studio. B. He puts some music on and plays the drums. C. He does something different.19. A. He enjoys working long hours. B. He enjoys looking for new ideas and problems to solve. C. He enjoys playing the drums and listening to music.20. A. A singer. B. A worker. C. An inventor.第三节 听一段对话，根据你所听到的内容判断以下句子是否正确。正确的请用“T”;错误的请用“F”。本段对话读两遍。（共5小题 每小题3分，满分15分）21Stella has just had a quarrel with MrSmith（ ） 22Stella has made another three bad mistakes so far（ ） 23Stella has been woken up at 5：30（ ） 24The milkman likes doing housework with a radio on（ ） 25Stella will have a talk with the milkman（ ） 第四节 听下面对话或独白，根据所听内容，在相应题目的空白处填上适当的词或短语. 每段对话读两遍。（103）Good afternoon, and welcome to English .We hope that your _26_ here will be a pleasant one. Today I would like to draw your attention to a few of our _27_.The first one is about _28_ .Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves _29_, but please dont make unnecessary noise, particularly at night .We ask you to _30_ other people who may wish to be quiet.Thirdly crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use the crossings for walking and do not _31_ when crossing the road.My next point is about litter. It is _32_ the law to throw away waste material in a public place .When you have something to _33_ please put it in your pocket and take it home , or put it in a litter bin.Finally, _34_ smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.Id like to finish by saying that if you _35_ any sort of help or assistance, you should get in touch with your local police station, who will be pleased to help you .Now ,are there any questions?成都外国语学校2011-2012学年度上期期中考试高二英语试卷（笔试）命题人：敬玉琥 高欢 审题人：李继 试卷负责人：肖山注意事项：1. 本堂考试120分钟，满分150分。2. 答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、学号填写在答题卡上，并使用2B铅笔填涂。3. 考试结束后，将答题卷交回。Section AI. Vocabulary and grammar (20points) 1 Equipped with modern facilities, todays libraries differ greatly from _. A. the past one B. the past C. which of the past D. those of the past 2 On the first Friday of the month, the group meet in the morning, but on _ Friday they meet in the evening. A. each other B. one another C. every other D. ever another3. You are to complete your course and score over 80 out 100 _ you want to get the diploma. A. should B. will C. would D. could 4. In Rome, its a common _ to have a shot of espresso after breakfast. A. practice B. taste C. sense D. custom 5. My English teacher is really very kind. Ill never forget the _ he has done me. A. favor B. deed C. help D. value 6. I dislike _ when I am left alone to start a conversation with a stranger. A. that B. this C. it D. one7. How I regret to say that I _have shouted at you the other day! Forget it. I was a bit out of control myself. Amightnt Bmustnt Ccouldnt Dshouldnt 8. Professor Baker, who _the research of wild animals all his life, _ to give a speech in our school next week. Ahas devoted to；is supposed Bis devoted to；will be supposed Chas been devoted to；is supposed Dhad devoted to；will be supposed9. After watching the movie Avatar, Mary lay in bed with her eyes _ open while all her family were _ asleep. A. widely; soundly B. wider; soundly C. widely; sound D. wide; sound 10. _ it over can we find a way to change the situation. AWhen we only think BWhen only to think C That we should think DOnly when we have thought11.Their university is located on a beautiful lake, _ of this developing city. A. southeast thirty miles B. thirty miles southeast C. thirty miles to southeast D. to thirty miles southeast 12 - Are you pleased with what he has done? - It couldnt be _. Why didnt he put more effort into his work? A.any worse B. much better C. so bad D. the best 13- Whats the matter with you? - Im getting _ with these math problems. - How about my going through them with you?A. nowhere B. anywhere C. somewhere D. everywhere 14. Could you introduce me a high quality car? My pleasure._ well even on wet roads, this kind of car is very popular.AHandled BTo handle CHandling DBeing handled15. Information has been put forward _ Zhao Wei will play an important role in this film. Awhile Bthat Cwhen Das16. .I think Ive reached the point _ I enjoy seeing the scenery of the whole city. Awhen Bwhere Cwhich Dthat17.I had my first job at thirteen, _ a friend of my mother who owned a bookshop hired me to help her. Awhen Bwho Cwhere Dwhich18. It was on the occasions _ they get together after ten years _ he was told why she left him. Awhere；that Bwhich；when Cthat; that Dwhen；that 19. I really dont know why his latter discovery, _ greater importance to science, is not so well-known to the world. Awhich I think is of Bwhich I think it is of Cof which I think it is DI think which is of20. I once bought a ticket for the Shanghai World Expo, _ was very reasonable. Athe price of it Bwhich price Cits price Dthe price of whichII.CLOZE TEST (30points)In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts say the _21_ is to make jobs more varied(多样的). But do more varied jobs _22_ greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that _23_variety certainly makes the workers life more enjoyable, it doesnt _24_ make him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, then, _25_ is not an important factor.Other experts feel that giving the worker_26_ to do his job in his own way is important, and there is no doubt that this is true. The _27_ is that this kind of freedom cant easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated(复杂的) machinery which must be used in a _28_ way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to _29_ it.Another important _30_ is how much each worker _31_ to the product he is making. In most factories the worker _32_ only one small part of the product. Some car factories are now _33_ with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his_34_. It would seem that not only is degree of worker contribution an important factor _35_ it is one we can do something about.To what_36_ does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is _37_. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. _38_ just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A _39_ argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we _40_ making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.21. A. answerB. courseC. attemptD. system22. A. run acrossB. lead toC. result fromD. pick up23. A. becauseB. asC. whileD. as though24. A. mentallyB. physicallyC. carefullyD. actually25. A. varietyB. relaxationC. creativityD. machinery26. A. judgementB. freedomC. directionD. comfort27. A. secretB. skillC. problemD. strength28. A. amusingB. dullC. changeableD. fixed29. A. useB. createC. supplyD. fear30. A. measureB. inventionC. considerationD. work31. A. liesB. sticksC. objectsD. contributes32. A. likesB. equipsC. transportsD. sees33. A. tiredB. pleasedC. worryingD. experimenting34. A. ownB. willC. lineD. hand35. A. butB. andC. soD. however36. A. extentB. qualityC. storeD. difference37. A. naturalB. importantC. worryingD. unbelievable38. A. RestB. SportsC. MoneyD. Playing39. A. completeB. friendlyC. givenD. similar40. A. adviseB. succeed inC. object toD. are tried ofIII. Reading comprehension (40points)AOlaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations(文明), broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? Thats much more difficult.When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive(原始的) in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply cant think of.So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live because we are careless or greedy(贪婪) or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set you imagination free when you think about the future.41. A particular mention made of Stapledons book in the opening paragraph _.A. serves as a description of human historyB. serves an introduction to the discussionC. shows a disagreement of viewsD. shows the popularity of the book42. The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to show that _A. human history is extremely longB. life has changed a great dealC. it is useless to plan for the next 50 yearsD. it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future43. Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to _.A. tools used in farmingB. ideas about modern life C. unknown things in the futureD. hunting skills in the Stone Age44. according to the writer of the text, imagining the future will _.A. serve the interests of the present and future generationsB. enable us to better understand human historyC. help us to improve farmingD. make life worth living.BExcused from recycling because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute? You wont be for long. Miamis Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too.In Shantzis Hi-Rise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pie-shaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated. The system, which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use, enables glass, plastic, paper, metal, and other rubbish to go into separate boxes. The system is controlled from a board fixed next to the chute door. The board has a button for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other floors chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under the chute. The computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full. And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables.Sorting(分类) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting. Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive, so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted. Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials become more cost-effective.45. The purpose in writing this text is _.A. to encourage people to recycle their rubbishB. to introduce a recycling system for high risesC. to describe the use of computer technology in recyclingD. to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises46. When he says “You wont be for long” the writer means that _.A. youll soon be living in a cleaner buildingB. rubbish chutes will become out of date before long C. you wont wait long for your turn to recycle rubbishD. it wont be long before youll have to recycle your rubbish 47. Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to _.A. lock the other floors chute doorsB. check if the container is fullC. press the correct buttonD. break up the rubbish48. The biggest advantage of this new system is that _.A. it reduces the cost of recyclingB. it saves time and spaceC. it saves money for people living in high risesD. it makes better use of the existing recovery equipmentCEvery year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous forits stadium and theatres, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeiis people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2000 years.Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano(火山). Mount Vesuvius had not erupted(喷发)for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stone and ash. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79. There were streets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue colour in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 r