北京四中高二上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

北京市四中2011-2012学年高二上学期期中测试数英语试卷（试卷满分为150分，考试时间为120分钟）第i卷 满分100分第一部分：听力测试（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。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。每段对话你将听一遍。 1. how long can a book be kept in all?a. 2 weeks.b. 4weeks.c. 6 weeks. 2. what was the match like?a. it is too terrible.b. it is full of fun.c. it is successful. 3. what is probably the relationship between the speakers?a. classmates.b. teacher and student.c. father and daughter. 4. where does this conversation most probably take place?a. in a kitchen.b. in a restaurant.c. in a furniture shop. 5. why couldnt the man help the woman?a. he thinks the woman can manage it herself.b. his mother didnt ask him to do that.c. he has got an appointment.第二节 听下面4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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各小题。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. what will the boy probably do this weekend?a. he will probably study for the coming exam.b. he will probably sleep over at a friends home.c. he will probably go to the waterfall. 7. according to the mother, what is the boy forbidden to do?a. to go out.b. to swim.c. to play with his classmates.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. where is the woman rushing to?a. to the office.b. to the bus stop.c. to the police station. 9. what was the woman doing at the bus stop?a. she was reading.b. she was rushing.c. she was chatting.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. where are they planning to go in the morning?a. to a park.b. to an art museum.c. to a shopping center. 11. why does the man want to visit the zoo in the afternoon?a. the zoo will be closed the rest of the week.b. the zoo is free to visitors that day only.c. there are unusual animals there. 12. why does the woman want to go shopping instead?a. she wants to buy souvenirs of their visit.b. she wishes to visit a shopping center.c. she wants to buy a gift for her friend.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. whats sarahs favorite subject?a. science.b. art.c. computer. 14. what are they mainly talking about?a. choosing a job.b. choosing a university.c. choosing a major. 15. what does sarah do in her spare time?a. see movies.b. create pictures for computer games.c. build internet site.第三节 听下面一段对话，根据题目要求在相应题号后的横线上写下第16至第20题的相关信息，每空填一词。听对话前，你有20秒钟的时间读题，听完后你将有60秒的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。programgardening with marytime（16）_afternoon, starting on march 21-the first day of spring.contentmary will show you the best way to grow（17）_.she has lots of good advice for（18）_!mary greenshe has written many（19）_ books on gardening.her favorite flowers:（20）_第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）第一节 单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 21. he _the boy who kept making noises in the library and said, “get out”.a. stared atb. glared atc. glanced atd. looked at 22. his wife left him, so he usually _his worries _drink.a. drawn; inb. drowned; inc. drawn; withd. drowned; with 23. although he is old enough to do his own business, he seems to be _on his parents.a. dependableb. dependentc. reliabled. independent 24. wind power is an ancient source of energy, _we may return in the near future.a. on whichb. by whichc. to whichd. from which 25. _come out of the building, my first thought was to call the fire department.a. on seeing the smokeb. when i saw the smokec. having seen the smoked. as soon as the smoke was seen 26. last night, i dreamed of there _a beautiful garden in front of my house.a. to beb. isc. beingd. had 27. the minister said, “we are ready for discussions with any legal parties, but well never _with criminals.”a. negotiateb. quarrelc. argued. consult 28. “tommy, run! be quick! the house is on fire!” mother shouted with _.a. angerb. rudenessc. regretd. panic 29. during the national day break, residents in beijing chose to go to the country to relax for there was a travel _ downtown.a. agencyb. boomc. experienced. plan 30. they are going to find a new approach _these complex problems.a. to solving b. to solvec. in solvingd. solves 31. when speaking in public, _.a. speech should be understoodb. speech should be easy to understandc. one should make himself understoodd. one should make listeners understand 32. _from his family for over two years, he is now eager to go back home.a. having been separatedb. being separatedc. separatingd. having separated 33. be careful. the bomb could be _by the slightest touch.a. set outb. set offc. set downd. set up 34. their efforts were in vain, because their plan wasnt _by the committee.a. distinguishedb. negotiatedc. approved ofd. accused of 35. my god! i just missed the train.thats too bad. you _it if you had hurried.a. could catchb. would catchc. could have caughtd. had caught 36. last month, in one firm alone, three hundred people were _because of the drop in sales.a. took offb. laid offc. knocked offd. set off 37. _being fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill for living. a. exceptb. in addirionc. rather thand. aside from 38. after some time, he finally _the local food.a. got accustomed tob. was accustoming toc. used to d. had access to 39. there was plenty of time, so she _.a. mustnt have hurriedb. neednt hurryc. couldnt have hurriedd. neednt have hurried 40. would you like some more tea?_, please.a. no moreb. just a littlec. ive had enoughd. yes, i would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。my parents ran a small restaurant in seattle. it was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and my first _41_job, when i was six years old, was _42_diners shoes. my father had done it when he was young, so he taught me _43_to do it right, telling me to offer to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasnt _44_.working in the restaurant was a _45_of great pride because i was also working for the _46_of the whole family. but my father made it clear i had to _47_certain standards to be part of the team. i had to be punctual, hard-working and _48_to the customers.i was _49_paid for my work i did at the restaurant. one day i made the mistake of _50_dad i thought he should give me $10 a week. he said, “ok, then how about you _51_me for the three meals a day you eat here? and for the times you bring in your buddies for free sodas?” he _52_ i owed him about $40 a week.i remember _53_home to seattle after being away in the army for about two years. i had just been _54_ to captain and was full of pride as i walked into my parents restaurant. the _55_thing dad said was, “how about your cleaning up tonight?” “i cannot _56_this! im an officer in the us army! but it didnt matter. as far as dad was _57_, i was just another member of the team. i _58_the mop. working for dad had taught me that loyalty _59_a team comes first. it doesnt matter _60_that team is involved in a family restaurant or operation desert storm. 41. a. trueb. realc. naturald. happy 42. a. cleaningb. clearingc. shiningd. sweeping 43. a. howb. whatc. whend. where 44. a. happyb. puzzledc. pleasedd. satisfied 45. a. sourceb. reasonc. caused. case 46. a. badb. goodc. rightd. wrong 47. a. requireb. havec. meetd. fit 48. a. goodb. politec. warmd. cruel 49. a. seldomb. everc. alwaysd. never 50. a. askingb. tellingc. persuadingd. advising 51. a. payingb. spendingc. costingd. taking 52. a. figuredb. wonderedc. workedd. thought 53. a. goingb. returningc. comingd. leaving 54. a. raisedb. risenc. askedd. promoted 55. a. rightb. justc. veryd. first 56. a. understandb. knowc. believed. expect 57. a. thoughtb. consideredc. hopedd. concerned 58. a. reachedb. reached forc. fetchedd. brought 59. a. forb. inc. tod. of 60. a. whetherb. asc. untild. as long as 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。aan intelligence tester among the kentucky “poor whites” presented the following problem to a boy being tested: “if you went to the store and bought six cents worth of sweets and gave the shop assistant 10 cents, what change would you receiver?” the boy replied, “i never had 10 cents, and if i had i wouldnt spend it on sweets, and anyhow sweets are what you mother makes.” the intelligence tester tried again, presenting the problem in the following way: “if you had taken 10 cows to pasture for your father and six of them ran away, how many would you have left to drive home?” the boy replied, “we dont have 10 cows, but if we did and i lost six, i wouldnt dare go home.” 61. they boys answers to the test questions show us _.a. he is good at solving word problemsb. his experience is quite different from the testersc. he has no maths abilityd. his intelligence is far below the average boys 62. which of the following is the best conclusion for the passage?a. the boy is very silly.b. the living background influenced thy boy.c. thy boy didnt know the answers to the questions.d. thy boy didnt understand the questions. 63. what does the underlined word “pasture” probably mean?a. to feed cows on grassland.b. to raise animals in a city.c. to drive cows to the railway station.d. to sell cows in a market.bleaving a tip in a restaurant has become a custom in most countries. the word “tip” came from the latin word “grais”, meaning free. tips are defined as small gifts of money for service in addition to the payment due.believe it or not, the practice of tipping has a little interesting history. the custom can be traced back to the roman era. the romans were the first civilization to use coins. it is possible that the word “tip” came from the word “stipend”. “stips” in latin means gift. a more common belief is tips were first given in the 18th century england. a popular coffee house equipped each table with a coin box. the label of each box read, “to insure promptness.” dropping a coin into the box would result in quick service. also, the first letter of each word is t. i. p.-tip.in america and europe, it is customary to tip anywhere from 10% to 20%. taxi drivers, waiters in restaurants, waitresses in lounges, hotel boys, doormen, and disco coat check girls, all expect a little something. people working at these jobs usually receive a low basic salary. tips are quite necessary to supplement their income. today most people decide the size of tip according to the quality of the service. if the service and food are not satisfactory, a small tip or possibly no tip will be left. for excellent food and service most people are quite happy to leave a tip.the world is full of big spenders and people who act like big spenders. surprisingly, rich people are not “big tippers” unless entertaining guests. it is no use showing off if nobody is there to watch, right? many throw money around like water to impress a group of friends out for an evening “on the town”. people who usually cannot afford it are the biggest tippers in front of their friends. it is all part of the show to prove a certain level of social success. nobody wants to look cheap, stingy, or poor in front of their friends. over-tipping also gives some satisfaction just to see the waiters reaction.for whatever reason, tipping will continue to be practiced in most countries. tipping does have its place in our modern society. it will also remain a somewhat personal expression of gratitude. 64. what is the meaning of the word “gratis” according to the passage?a. free of obligationb. free of chargec. plenty in timed. free from tax 65. when were tips first given in england?a. in the 17th century.b. in the 18th century.c. in the 19th century.d. in the 20th century. 66. which of the following statements is true?a. most people think that tips originated in england.b. most people think that tips originated in rome.c. today most people decide the “size of tips according to their mood.”d. according to the author, the practice of tipping does not have an interesting history. 67. how do you understand the sentence “the world is full of big spenders and people who act like big spenders.” in the 4th paragraph?a. all people in the world have a lot of money.b. no one in the world has a lot of money.c. many people spend a large sum of money every day.d. the number of people who either have a lot of money or who pretend to be rich is great. 68. why are people who cannot afford tipping the biggest tippers in front of their friends?a. because they have a lot of money.b. because they sympathize with taxi drivers, waiters in restaurants, waitresses in lounges and disco coat check girls, etc.c. because of their vanity（虚荣）.d. none of the above.cwhy does cream go bad faster than butter? some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help break away from some chemicals. cream and butter contain pretty much the same things, so why cream should go bad much faster has been a problem. both are small globules（小球）of one liquid which spreads throughout another. the difference lies in whats in the globules and whats in the surrounding liquid, says brocklehurst, who led the research. in cream, fatty globules drift about in a sea of water. in butter, globules of a watery roads are locked away in a sea of fat. the bacteria （细菌）which make the food go bad prefer to live in the watery areas of the mixture. “this means that in cream, the bacteria are free to grow throughout the mixture,” he says, “when in butter, the bacteria are locked away in locked places buried deep in the sea of fat. trapped in this way, those colonies cannot spread and rapidly run out. they also slowly poison themselves with their waste products.” “in butter, you get a self-limiting system which stops the bacteria growing.” says brocklehurst. the researchers are already working with food companies eager to see if their products can be made to stand bacterial attack through changes of the foods structure.brockelehurst believes it will be possible to make something used in salad cream, for instance, more like that in butter. the key will be to do this while keeping the salad cream liquid and not turning it into a solid state. 69. the significance（意义）of brocklehursts rescarch is that _.a. it discovered small globules in both cream and butterb. it suggested a way to keep some foods fresh without using some chemicalsc. it showed the secret of how bacteria increase in cream and butterd. it found that cream and butter share the same chemical composition 70. according to brocklehurst, we can keep cream fresh by _.a. changing its structureb. killing the bacteriac. reducing its waterd. removing its fat 71. the underlined word “colonies” refers to _.a. tiny globulesb. watery regionsc. the surrounding liquidd. bacteria society 72. commercial use of the research finding will be possible if salad cream can be made to stand bacterial attack _.a. by changing its chemical compositionb. by turning it into a solid lumpc. while its liquid form remainsd. while keeping its structure unchangeddwork, for most american and chinese women aged 55 and under, involves responsibility for a household a child or children, and a job outside the home as well. it all adds up to a busy lift. how is it going for them for us?demographers have observed that life forms a different sort of pyramid for women in china than in the united states. in china, nearly all young mothers are employed outside the home, with their numbers tapering off as women approach old age. the reasons are clean the second income of the woman is an absolute necessity for a young family with a child or two. later on, when the children are grown, the older couple can more easily live on the husbands earnings plus the wifes pension, and fewer middle-aged women continue in employment.the pyramid for american women is the opposite, with fewer young women employed, and the number increasing at older ages. any young mothers have found it more efficient to stay home and care for the children themselves, then find employment later when the children are older and more independent. but rising costs of living are requiring more young american women to help support and have jobs. they enjoy the adult relationships with others at work and feel stimulated by the demands and challenges of being employed. staying at home with only a child or two, as even american family size is now, can be monotonous and lonely. furthermore, a womans paycheck can provide her with stronger voting power in family matters.but the american working mother often feels troubled by the complexity of her lift. childcare is unreliable and expensive. childcare workers have low status, are not well educated and are poorly paid-they are often women unable to get better jobs. thus the american working mother always has the worry that her child is not being as well cared for as she hopes, and the cost of babysitters or private-enterprise daycare centers can eat up half or more of her salary. other worries distract her from good performance at her job: what if the babysitter gets sick? what will her employer think if she has to stay home with a sick child? what if the car, necessary to get the child to the