高二学期初调研测试英语试题

1、高二学期初调研测试英语试题2013.8.30时间：90分钟分值：100分一、单项选择（15分）1. In 1860s, the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli was made director of the Pompeii dig.A.不填；theB. the; theC.不填；不填D. the;不填2.seems to be no possibility Bob can win the first prize in the match.A. It; thatB. There; thatC. There; whetherD. It; wheth

2、er3Do you regret donating 100 yuan to the old granny?-No, I would gladly have donated as that.A. as twiceB. twice muchC. twice as muchD. as much twice4.is known to us all is that the old chemist, for life was hard in the past, still works very hard inhis eighties.A. As; whomB. What; whomC. It; whose

3、D. As; whose5. You look well. The air and the sea foods in Sanya must you , I suppose.A . agree withB. agree toC. agree onD . agree about6. My money. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I ve none in hand.A. is running out7. 一 Do you doubt-I am not doubtful at allB. is being r

4、unning outC. has run outD. has been run outshe has passed the examination?she has passed all the examinations.A . whether; whether B. that; thatC. whether; thatD. that; whether8.You must call him before eight tomorrow morning.一I don't?A. How comeB. So whatC. How ifD. What if9. When and why he ca

5、me here yet.A. is not knownB. are not knownC. has not knownD. have not been known10. Look! Somebody Well, it wasnthe sofa.t me. I didnt do it.A . is cleaningB. was cleaningC.has cleanedD. had cleanedI painting all afternoon, so I have to finish my homework now.A. was practicingB. have practiced C. h

6、ave been practicing D. had practiced15. 一 this afternoon?It depends. I am afraid I will be called in by my manager.A. Is it suitable B. Will you be convenient C. Is it accurate D. Will you be available 二、完形填空（15分）Lost foreverMost people have heard about Didus ineptus, or the dodo, as it is more comm

7、only known. It was the flightless, long-extinct （灭绝的） member of the dove family that lived in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. The name dodo“ comes from the Portuguese and means a person who is foolish ; "31, to callsomeone a dodo"32 their stupidity. The dodo was a foolish creature ab

8、out the size of a turkey andwas easily fooled by sailors who tapped on trees to 33 its attention. It would come34towards the sound and was easily caught and whisked on board ship to become a valuable source of fresh, but tough meat.Another expression to appear from the 35 bird's situation is to

9、say that something is as dead as a dodo”, which means long since dead, very much 36, or deserted. Of the many animals that peoplehave removed from the face of the earth, the dodo has probably made the greatest contribution to our 37.Another less well-known but 38 extinct bird is Aepyornis maximus ,

10、more commonly known as the elephant bird of Madagascar. This creature 39 a very thickset, three-metre-tall emu （鹏鹊）40over half a ton and is thought to be the largest bird that ever lived. It was big in every way, even its eggs were extremely large. An elephant bird egg could measure up to ninety cen

11、timetres in diameter and 41nine liters of liquid, about 200 ordinary chicken eggs. The eggs were in fact three times larger than dinosaur eggs.It's hard to imagine how impressive the elephant bird must have been as it walked about proudly in its natural habitat. For thousands of years its size 4

12、2 was enough to scare the meat-eating animals. 43 it was a flightless bird, its sharp claws and powerful neck and beak ensured it could look after itself that is, up until the Europeans arrived on Madagascar. They not only hunted elephant birds for food but began 44 their eggs as gifts. Sadly it was

13、 made 45 around I700, and the world became a much poorer place because of it11. About two weeks ago, an earthquake 8.6 on the Richter scale struck the coast of Indonesia,leaving residents along coastlines to high ground in panic.A. measuring; fled B. measured; fleeing C. measuring; fleeing D. measur

14、ed; fled12. Do you know in what situations it was Jack achieved his goal?A. thatB. howC. whereD. when13. While by school rules high school students use cell phones in the school, they can use publicphones to keep in touch with friends and family.A. mustn'tB. shan;tC. wouldn'tD. mightn't1

15、4. 一 Isn't it time you went to bed, Mike?16. A. howeverB. butC. thereforeD. usually17. A. refers toB. leads toC. sticks toD. comes to18. A. concentrateB. fixC. attractD. focus19. A. swimmingB. flyingC. tremblingD. running20. A. unfortunateB. unkindC. unfairD. unable21. A. fashionableB. outdatedC

16、. updatedD. powerful22. A. traditionB. societyC. customD. language23. A. continuallyB. equallyC. carefullyD. officially24. A. felt likeB. would likeC. looked likeD. sounded like25. A. takingB. lookingC. measuringD. weighing26. A. includedB. existedC. containedD. examined27. A. aloneB. lonelyC. onlyD

17、. just28. A. As thoughB. Even thoughC. As ifD. Even so29. A. makingB. cookingC. collectingD. counting30. A. disappearedB. freeC. knownD. extinctB.C.D.you are so competitive that you beat up all of your competitors terribly you play the game too well to suffer great lossthe competition is so hard tha

18、t you have to put all your heart into it34. The author thinks thatA .C.we shall play very hardB. we shall continue in the course we are headingD.we shall play in the right directionwe shall always change no matter the change is good or not三、阅读理解（30分）“Business is war.(A)The traditional language of bu

19、siness certamalyes it sound that way: winning the35. Why does the writer mention game theory?A. To inform the readers of the key elements.B. To explain how competition and cooperation co-exist in petition, getting market share, beating up suppliers, locking up customers. There are the vi

20、ctors and the losers.C. To prove business is war.D. To introduce the Chinese old saying.(B)But today in doing business, you have to listen to shareholders, work with suppliers, keep goodrelations- even with competitors. That doesn looked upon as war.'t scarn Besides, there are few victors when b

21、usiness isMost businesses succeed only if others also succeed. Business is competition and cooperation as well. In other words, business is war and peace.To bring together competition and cooperation, we turn to game theory. Game theory provides that whether one person wins or loses depends on what

22、other people do. It is particularly effective when there are many interdependent factors and no decision can be made in isolation from other decisions.Game theory breaks down the game into key elements :players, added values, rules, tactics (计谋),and scope (PARTS).Every element affects the result of

23、the game. This means that each of the five elements gives you a way to change an existing game into an entirely new one. Change one of the PARTS, and you change the whole.The John F. Kennedy Center for the Pcfforming Arts in Washington, D£. is one the official cultural centers of America, For t

24、he past thirty years,由七 cent" has presented awards honoring artists for their lifetime of work.Brian WUson“Good Vibrations*1 and the other songs Brian Wilson wrote for : The Beach Bctys remain as fresh and energizing today as they were forty yMts ago, Wilson started the banU with his two bro(加w

25、 a cousin and a friend in ihe early tnneteen siRtits. The Beach Boys made a new kind of American rock music popular. Brian Wilson not only wrote The Beach Bo”' songs. He also sang, played ihe bass guitar and keyboard and produced the band% record帛.Why change the game? An old Chinese saying expla

26、ins: If you continue on the course youthat ' s where you ' ll end up. Sometimes that's goodYoorcan而mlay noe. game very well, and stillsuffer great 10ss. That ' s because you ' re playing the wrong game: you need to change it. Even a good game can be made into a better one. Real s

27、uccess comes from actively shaping the game you play-from making the game you want, not taking the game you find.Steve MartinHe ij a popular writer, actor and cemedian. He is 虱so a skilled 痴雨。(五弦琴)player Martin first started his career writing for funny television shows like Smothers Brothers Com&am

28、p;dy Hour.” In the nineteen seventies he began performing his fiinny Joke* an6 acts on the weekly (&Icvision program *'Saturday Night Live.”31.32.The author of this passage isA . in favor of B. against“PARTS stands for .the idea thatC. considering33.“Business is war. ”D. doubtful ofA.B.C.D.p

29、layers, added values, rules, tactics and scope all of the elements in the game theorythe parties in a gamethe parts that affect the result of the gameThe correct understanding of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph is A. you are really good at playing the game, but you still lose it outMar

30、tin ScorseseMany people consider him one of the greatest living American t film directors. Scorsese is best known for his movies about characters linked to crime and violence. Many of hi& movies aie about Italian-American characters. Scorsese also brought to life periods from the Amcricaii past

31、in movies like "Gangs of NewYork+, and l4The Age of Iimocxnce. His latest movic+ ,*TheDepartedwon fourAw8nh last year, including best director and best36. Which of the following is TRUE about Brian Wilson?A. He was a good film producer.B. He could play all musical instruments.B. a TV show about

32、 childrenD. a movie about Italian-AmericanB. famous musiciansC. He was considered the best director ever. D. He was devoted to American rock music.37. “ The Age of Innocence" isA. a movie about the past AmericaC. the name of a music album38. The three artists mentioned in the passage are all A.

33、 talented actorsC. extraordinary performersD. Academy Award Winners39. Where does this text probably come from?A. A science textbook. B. A tourist map. C. A museum guide. D. A news report.40. Why are some people honored in the John F. Kennedy Center? Because of their.A. popularityB. valuesC. appeara

34、nceD. Lifelong devotion.（C）Six years ago, a Miami woman walking through the hall of an office building casually noticed two men standing together. Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building. Police investigators determined that the woman was the only witness

35、 who had seen the two suspects, and could possibly describe them. In an interview with police, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear.Several days later, psychologist Ronald P. Fisher was brought in to get a more complete description from the woman. Fisher ' s interview produced a

36、breakthrough （） the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects. She then recalled several details about his appearances. This information gave police important leads that enabled them to arrest the suspects and close the case.Police investigators found the help from Fisher because of his

37、rich knowledge in conducting the so-called cognitive （认知的）interview, a kind of memory-rebuilding process. In its original form, the cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques: thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at t

38、he time of past events, reporting everything that comes to mind about those events no matter how broken or unconnected, retelling events in kinds of time orders, beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward, and accepting different views while recalling events.Usually, an interviewer begi

39、ns the cognitive approach by encouraging the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else ' questions. The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions. The interviewer then goes furthe

40、r with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different aspects.Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they get nearly 50% more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain a

41、bout the same.41. What is the purpose of this passage?A. To give an description of a murder case in an office.B. To explain why Fisher was invited to a police interview.C. To describe how cognitive method helps the woman to recall.D. To give the readers an idea of cognitive interview.42. The cogniti

42、ve interview helped the woman to recall more by.A. strengthening her memoryB. giving her encouragementC. rebuilding her memoryD. giving her more time43. It can be inferred from the passage that in a cognitive interview, the interviewer mainly plays a role.A. directingB. questioning C. disappointingD

43、. interrupting44. What is the key point of the cognitive interview?A. The interviewer should interrupt the witness from time to time.B. The witness is encouraged to take an active role in recalling information.C. The interview should take place outside the police station.D. The witness should recall

44、 details at the scene of the event.45. Police trained in the cognitive interview method can.A. get more information from the witness than beforeB. decrease the error rateC. solve the cases more quicklyD. use the method more skillfully than the psychologists四、任务型阅读（5分）There is a popular belief among

45、parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. This is, however, a misunderstanding. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, many different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority （ 优先）it must be gi

46、ven over general language development and writing ability.If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher' s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to“play safe ” , this is to say, to avoid using words hnoissure of. He will tend to write only words within hisspelling range, choo

47、sing to avoid adventurous language. That' s why teachers often encourage the early us（dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. In this way, students will be able to express their ideas more freely.I was once shocked to read on the bottom, of a sensitive piece of w

48、riting about a personal experience:“This word is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible （ 难以辨认的 ）.”It may have been a sharp criticism （批评） of the pupil ' s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had failed to re

49、ad the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child 'deep feelings. The teache was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child ' s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more

50、 motivation to seek improvement.TopicSpellingDifferent beliefs Parents 46 that schools no longer show 47 in spelling. Teachers consider spelling 48 as a basic skill, or never ignored it.If a teacher only 50 on spelling, a clever child will be likely to use the wordsfamiliar to them. As a 51 , teache

51、rs encourage students to use dictionaries 52_ .The writer ;s 49 It was 53 for me to read comments on an essay.towards spelling and The teacher failed to read the essay, and 54 some good expressions of aan essay s commentstudent's deep feeling. Centering on the spelling errors would 55 the pupil

52、from expressing himselffreely and seeking improvement.五、单词拼写（6分）56. That's just because you can't （欣赏）music; in fact, it is a piece of music by Mozart.57. As a headmaster, he has had to take the whole（责任）for everything, to decide on every step.58. Where to?” Nowhere in （特别）,anywhere you like

53、.”59. It's said that she worked hard and was soon （晋升）60. She' s an o （熟人）,for I've known her for a long time.61. They are preparing for the （呈现； 描述） of a new musical.六、动词填空（7分）62. You had better get a doctor（pull） out your bad tooth.63. It is the first time that he（meet） the singer.64.

54、On the wall（hang） two beautiful pictures.65. The trees were cut down and that resulted in the city（bury） by sand.66. The old man urged that all the food（buy） the next day.67. The signs（indicate） the directions have been put up.68. The experiment is being carried out, and it remains （see） whether you

55、 are right or wrong about the results.七、句型转换（7分）69. It is believed that Loulan was gradually covered by sandstorm from AD 200 to AD 400.（同义句转换）Loulan is believed by sandstorm from AD 200 to AD 400.70. He didn't go to bed until I came back.（对划线部分进行强调） .71. Luckily, we 'd brought a road map. W

56、ithout the road map we would have lost our way.（定语从句）Luckily, we 'd brought a road map,we would have lost our way.72. Did you have an argument with Mary? ” John asked.（改为间接引语）John asked an argument with Mary.73. Why does English have so many difficult rules that confuse people? That is the reaso

57、n.（表语从句）That is so many difficult rules that confuse people.74. There is little doubt in your mind that he is innocent,? （反意疑问句）75. Their money was used up and they had to give up the project.（?各并歹U句改为简单句） , they had to give up the project.八、完成句子（5分）76. 建立在相互帮助和支持的基础上的友谊是永远不会忘记的。The friendship each other's help and support will never be forgotten.77. 汉语与西方语言不同，区别在于它不是用字母，而是用汉字表示思想、物体和行为。The Chinese language differs from Western languages, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.78. 这