南昌三中2010-2011学年度上学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
命题：李明霞 审题：陈语敭
第一部分：听力测试（共20小题，每题1.5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 does the man often do on weekends?
A. Go on picnics. B. Stay at home. C. Have a barbecue. 2. What makes the man think Kim Yu-Na comes from South Korea? A. Her name. B. Her language. C. Her appearance. 3. What does the woman probably do?
A. A doctor. B. A professor. C. A policewoman. 4. How much does the man withdraw?
A. $ 100. B. $ 105. C. $110. 5. What will the man do?
A. Go shopping. B. Watch a game. C. Feed the bulls.
第二节：听下面6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。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where does the conversation take place?
A. On the bus. B. At the bus stop. C. In the Capital Museum. 7. What does the woman mean? A. He took a wrong bus.
B. He should have asked her earlier.
C. He should have reached the stop earlier. 8. What will the man do?
A. Take a taxi. B. Walk back 30 meters. C. Get off the bus at the next stop.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why does the woman consider putting off getting a Master's Degree?
A. To learn Chinese. B. To work for some time. C. To earn much money. 10. What can we infer about the man? A. He has been to China.
B. He isn't interested in Chinese. C. He has got his Master's Degree.
11. What will the man do if given a chance?
A. Visit China again. B. Give up his present job. C. Finish the graduate program.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
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12. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Buy books. B. Go to the park. C. Visit the temple. 13. What does the woman think is different from her country?
A. History. B. Regulations. C. Buildings. 14. How can the speakers go there?
A. By taxi. B. By bike. C. By subway. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. Why can't Mr. Parker answer the phone?
A. He is not in. B. He has a meeting. C. He is making a call. 16. When does the conversation take place according to Shanghai time?
A. At 9:00 in the evening. B. At 2 :00 in the afternoon. C. At 9 :00 in the morning.
17. What has Mr. Parker known about Mr. Jacob before the call? A. Schedule. B. Phone number. C. Email address. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What is the speaker talking about?
A. Dream. B. Reality. C. Relationship. 19. What can we know about Cathy?
A. She likes sailing. B. She is an old woman. C. She is afraid of storms. 20. What does the speaker want to do?
A. Save all creatures.
B. Participate in exploring Mars. C. Live for several hundred years.
第二部分:单项选择（共15小题，每题1分，满分15分）
21.When the timid girl went to ___ countryside to stay with her grandma , she soon came
to ___life.
A. the; / B. the ; a C. /; / D./ ; the 22. -----______! There is a car coming !
-----Thank you very much for telling me . You saved my life !
A. Good luck B. Cheer up C. Watch out D. Well done
23. The high –speed train had now made ____ possible for us to go to Beijing from Shanghai within five hours
A. it B. one . C. them D. that
24. With Christmas ____, the children in my class are becoming more and more excited.
A. approached B. to approach C. being approached D. approaching 25. Only after Helen moved to Australia ___ How important she was to me .
A. I had realized B. had I realized C. I did realize D. did I realize 26. On April’s Fool’s Day ,people are easily _______.
A. taken up B. taken in C. take off D. take down
27. The manager _____one of the hotel servants of stealing the money .
A. scolded B. complained C. accused D. charged 28. In autumn, the wheat looks like a golden blanket ___the fields.
A. to cover B. covered C. covering D. cover
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29.Mary’s father doesn’t ____of her going to study in England alone.
A. prove B. agree C. admit D. approve
30.They had tried everything to improve their working conditions but it made little _____.
A. result B. use C. result D. difference
31.In the lab , don’t touch anything _____our teacher instruct you to . A. if B. unless C. whether D. as if
32.I was walking along the stream _____ I met my Chinese teacher . A. as B. while C. when D. since
33. _____money , he had to accept the job, even though he had no interest in it.
A. To lack B. Lacking C. Lacked D. Having lacked
34.Many people agree that never in history _____a more splendid opening ceremony than that of the Beijing Olympics
A. there were B. has there been C. there has been D. were there 35.The teacher demanded that such things _____from happening again . A. be prevented B. prevent C. prevented D. were prevented 第三部分 完形填空(共20小题，每小题l.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
\"Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is 36 . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?\" the child asked.
Dad felt it was his 37 to give a more satisfying answer. \"Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each 38 in a very special way. We can test it right now,\" he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and 39 as snowflakes landed on his gloves. \"These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more 40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they 41 ?\" \"Choice,\" Dad said. \"Their choices 42 them what they are.\" \" 43 choice is a bad thing?\" the boy asked. \"Oh, no. Only when we choose the 44 things.\" \"How do we tell right from wrong?\" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's 45 . He reached down and began to 46 with the snow. He 47 the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
\"Which side did the right thing?\" he asked me boy;
The child looked at both sides but 48 answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
\"It’ s a snowman! The side 49 made me snowman!\" the boy replied with _50_. Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) 51 to build up mankind,\" Dad said. '-
The child then stood up and 52 an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said ,”This is what happens
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when people can't work together. They have a(n) 53 .\"
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and 54 him tightly, whispering to him, \"I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right 55 and learn to build the best snowman ever.\" 36. A. similar B. different C. freezing D. special 37. A. challenge B. trouble C. responsibility D. position 38. A. private B. associated C. unique D. isolated 39. A. inspected B. watched C. glanced D. glared 40. A. beautiful B. effective C. comfortable D. significant 41. A. get along B. take care C. cheer up D. break up 42. A. remain B. appear C. become D. make 43. A. Though B. However C. So D. While 44. A. exact B. coincident C. fortunate D. wrong 45. A. interest B. concern C. worry D. faith 46. A. communicate B. work C.mix D. relate 47. A. separated B. divided C. distinguished D. parted 48. A. couldn' t B. shouldn' t C. wouldn' t D. needn' t 49. A. that B. what C. how D. when 50. A. disappointment B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. humour 51. A. power B. effort C. organization D. attempt 52. A. gathered B. sorted C. threw D. formed 53. A. war B. debate C. agreement D. negotiation 54. A. trembled B. swung C. pulled D. held 55. A. steps B. turns C. choices D. points
第四部分 阅读理解(共两小节，满分40分)
第一节：阅读下列三篇短文，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。(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Long ago there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were good , but others caused people to suffer . One of the king’s ideas was to set up a public arena(竞技场).When a person was accused of a crime , his future would be decided in this arena. It had two doors , side by side , exactly alike . The accused person was taken into the arena and asked to open one . Behind one door was a hungry tiger , while behind the other was a lady chosen especially for him . To this lady he would be immediately married , in honor of his innocence.
The king had a beautiful daughter whom he loved very much , and she secretly loved a young commoner(平民).When the king discovered their relationship , the man was immediately put in prison, and a day was set for him to enter the arena.
The princess knew behind which door stood the tiger, and behind which a lady. She also knew that the lady was one of the loveliest in the kingdom. Now and then the princess had seen her looking at and talking to the young man. The princess hated the woman behind that silent door.
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As he entered the arena and his eyes met the princess' s, the young man knew that she knew behind which door waited the tiger, and behind which stood the lady. The princess raised her hand, and made a short, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw it. Every eye was fixed on him. He turned, and with a firm, quick step he walked across the empty space to the door on the right and opened it.
Now, the point of the story is this: Did me tiger come out of that door, or did the lady? The more we think about this question, the harder it is to answer. It involves a study of the human heart. The soul of the princess loved the young man but also burned under the fires of sadness and jealousy (嫉妒).
The question of her decision cannot be easily answered. And so I leave it with all of you: which came out of the open door ? the lady, or the tiger?
56. Whether the accused was declared guilty mainly depended on_____. A. the king B. the judges C. the viewers D. luck 57. The young man was in the arena because he ____. A. had opposed the king' s decision
B. had fallen in love with a lady the princess hated C. had been revealed to be the princess' s lover D. loved two ladies during the same period 58. From the passage we know that ____.
A. the princess stood behind the right door B. the princess was not jealous of the lady
C. the young man trusted the princess completely D. the young man chose the left door in the end 59. What can we infer from the passage? A. The young man would survive.
B. The lady behind the door was not worried.
C. The king knew what the result of the trial would be.
D. The princess would lose her lover regardless of what happened. 60. Which of the following is TRUE about the princess's decision?
A. It has no influence on the life of the young man. B. It was never revealed to the young man.
C. It is hard to understand why she loved the young man. D. The question of it is left open by the author.
B
Scientists are using microlights（微型飞机) in an attempt to guide a species of bird extinct in the Alps for nearly 300 years back to old breeding grounds. The endangered Northern Bald Ibis birds are being taught to follow microlight planes to try to make them familiar with their old migration pattern.
The aim is to teach the birds, which don't like flying and have a bad sense of direction, to fly the 400-mile journey to Italy in autumn and back to the Austrian Alps in spring on their own.
This month, 12 birds completed the Human-led Migration (HLM) from Austria-where they were raised to Italy where the team left them to begin their new lives. It is hoped they will return to Austria next spring as they learn the habits of their
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ancestors.
\"Before that we had performed five successful HLMs in total,\" said Dr. Johannes Fritz from the Waldrapp research team. \"Since 2007 we have departed from Burghausen, a Bavarian city at the river Salzach, in the middle Of the historical European breeding area, where the birds used to lay eggs. It is an experimental research and conservation project. During the next few years we plan to build up two stable migratory Northern Bald Ibis groups in Europe ,with breeding areas south and north of the Alps and a common wintering area in southern Tuscany. These activities have also created some exceptional migration research opportunities ,with a unique chance to follow individual birds and sample them day by day .”
The northern Bald Ibis birds were driven out of the Alps in the 17Th century after collectors took their chicks and eggs .It is now one of the rarest bird species on the planet . There remains just one large colony in the wild of about 350 birds on the Moroccan coast. 61.According to the passage, the microlights are used for ____. A. rescuing the birds that are in trouble
B. directing Northern Bald Ibis birds where to fly C. accompanying Northern Bald Ibis birds as they fly D. studying the Northern Bald Ibis birds
62. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The Northern Bald Ibis birds have lost their migration ability B. The Northern Bald Ibis birds are good at flying long distances. C. Austria is not suitable for Northern Bald Ibis birds to live in.
D. Artificial feeding is to blame for the drop in the number of Northern Bald Ibis birds. 63. How many HLMs have the scientists performed so far? A. Five.. B.Six. C. Twelve. D. Thirteen. 64 Northern Bald Ibis birds spend their winter in _____.
A. Waldrapp B. Burghausen C.Tuscany D. Salzach 65. Which of the following is TRUE of Northern Bald Ibis birds? A. They are not popular with people near the Alps.
B. Their eggs are more delicious than those of other birds.
C. Their habitat will surely grow larger arid larger in the future. D. They are one of the rarest species because of human activities ..
C
The 1950s and 60s brought many new things to American offices, including the Xerox machine (施乐复印机), word processing and — perhaps less famously — the first National Secretaries Day, in 1952. Secretaries of that era expected a bright future, and many saw their job as a ticket to a better life.
But nearly 60 years later, on the date now promoted as Administrative Professionals Day, we 're living through the end of a recession (经济衰退) in which around two million secretaries lost their jobs after bosses discovered they could handle their calendars and travel arrangements online, and found their assistants unnecessary. Clearly, technological advances haven't made things turn out quite the way those mid-century futurists imagined.
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'New technologies did make the lives of 20th-century secretaries easier. But even from the start, the relationship between secretaries and technology was fraught. As early as 1966, with the introduction of the first computerized word-processing system, secretaries were worrying that machines could, replace them.
Coffee has long been a flash point for emotions about the differences between service and servility(奴性) in offices . In the 1970s, when the second wave of feminism (女权主义) began to change the traditional relationship of male boss and female secretary , more than one secretary was fired for refusing to make , fetch or serve coffee .In Los Angeles, in 1973, one secretary , Leona Pendleton, was fired for being “unqualified , and failing to obey instructions ” after refusing to make coffee . This sort of thing still happens today .
It’s interesting to note that strengthening their positions as being important indicators of social status has often been one way secretaries have tried to keep themselves from being dismissed..
After all these years , a human being still needs to plug in Mr. Coffee and deliver his output . But that won’t save an assistant’s job from the stomach of computerization . Secretaries can only hope that bosses won’t take the human in question for granted , a sign that not everyone will be celebrating this Administrative Professionals Day. 66.What is the main topic of the passage ?
A. Whether secretaries have a good future nowadays.
B. How secretaries have failed to benefit from technology advances. C. Whether secretaries should make coffee for their bosses.
D. How the traditional relationship of a male boss and a female secretary is being challenged.
67. Why were so many secretaries fired during this recession? ? , A. Many companies were closed down. ? B. Bosses have become less dependent on assistance. C. Secretaries no longer make coffee for their bosses.
D. The social distance between secretaries and bosses has changed.
68. The underlined word \"fraught\" in the third paragraph probably means \"_____\". A. optimistic B. harmonious C. worrying D. special 69. What was the real reason for Leona Pendleton being dismissed? A. She was unqualified to do the job.
B. Her boss was strongly against feminism.
C. She often refused to obey her boss' s instructions. D. She refused to make coffee for her boss. 70. What can we learn from the passage?
A. New technologies have never benefited secretaries. B. Futurists' predictions are not likely to come true.
C. Not all secretaries oppose becoming important indicators of social status D. Administrative Professionals Day is well worth celebrating.
第二节：阅读表达。(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文并回答问题（请注意问题后面的词数要求）
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At some point in your life you are bound to be required to give a speech. But are you capable of having the effect on an audience that you want to have? Here are some things to keep in mind.
You may think it's good to create an informal effect, or even that it' s cool to use filler words (填充词) such as \"like\" and \"you know\". But in reality, these words add nothing, and create the danger of making you sound foolish and uninformed.
Pauses can be of significant help in adding depth to your speech, but only when they are used at the right moments. Pausing suddenly and with a panicked look will just make your audience uneasy. Also, a very long silence is the last thing you need. Make sure that your pauses are nicely placed if you. want to sound like a speaker who has absolute control of what he is talking about.
You also need to be careful when you switch to a new idea during the course of a speech. Often speakers ________such as \"well\new ideas. My advice, however, is to avoid such words and to try to think of a way of making a tradition that is unique to the topic of your speech.
Finally, avoid \"umming\" and \"ahhing\"the way many people do when they give speeches. You want to sound confident and assured, and the way not to do so is to put an \"urn\" or an \"ah\" in the middle of every sentence.
71. What is the text mainly about? (No more than 8 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
72. Complete the following statement with proper words. (No more than 3 words)
It's careful to switch to __ ___ when you give a speech. 73. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (No more than 5 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
74. Why does the author say it' s not good to use filler words? (No more than 12 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
75. What does the word \"they\" (paragraph 3) probably refer to? (No more than 2 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
第五部分 单词填空（共两节，满分20分）
第一节：根据所学单词完成下列空格（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 76.Can you turn the music down , please ? I can’t c_______ on my lessons. 77. Road v______ include cars , buses and trucks . 78. Every second c ______ in an emergency.
79.The boy is o_________, and he believes everything will be good .
80. When I got home and found the door broken , a terrible feeling f_______ across my mind .
81. A group of p______ have been hired specially to cover the event for the newspaper .
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82.The crocodile s_______ a tear.
83. The film can’t have left us a deeper i_________. 84. Hearing the good news , he felt d______.
85. Could you tell me how I can a____ for a job in your company ?
第二节：根据课文内容填写恰当的单词 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year . I have to remind myself 86. that I am really in AD3008. 87.______about the journey , I was 88.____for the first few days . As a result, I 89.______from “time Lag ”. This is
90._______to the “jet lag ” you get from flying , but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your 91._______ time period.. So I was very nervous and uncertain at first . However , my friend and guide ,Wang Ping , was very 92._______ and gave me some green 93.______ which helped a lot . 94 ________for their expertise , his parents’ company , called “Future tours” 95.________me safely into the future in a time capsule.
第六部分 书面表达：(满分15分) 书面表达
假定你是李华，你伦敦的朋友David最近写信告诉你他想放弃申请2012年伦敦奥运会志愿者的想法。 请你根据以下要点给他写一封回信，劝他不要放弃，继续参加这次活动。
1. David善于交际，熟悉伦敦的情况，适合做志愿者； 2. 做志愿者是锻炼自己的一次难得的机会；
3. 要抓住机会，争取做一名优秀的奥运会志愿者。 注意：1. 120字左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 参考词汇： 2012年伦敦奥运会：the 2012 London Olympic Games;
志愿者：volunteer
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南昌三中2010-2011学年度上学期期中考试
高二英语答卷
第四部分：第二节：阅读表达 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分) 71、_________________________________________________________ 72、_________________________________________________________ 73、_________________________________________________________ 74、_________________________________________________________ 75、_________________________________________________________ 第五部分：单词填空（共两节，满分20分）
第一节：根据所学单词完成下列空格（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. . 82. 83. 84. 85.
第二节：根据课文内容填写恰当的单词 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
86. . 87. 88. __________ 89. __________ 90. __________ 91. __________ 92. __________ 93. __________ 94. __________ 95. __________
第六部分 书面表达：(满分15分)
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高二第一次考试英语答案
1 .听力：1-5 BACAB 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 CBAAB
2 .单选：21-25 ACADD 26-30 BCCDD 31-35 BCBBA
3. 完型：36-40 BCCBA 41-45 ADCDD 46-50 BBAAC 51-55 BAADC
4. 阅读：
（1）56-60 DCCDD 61-65 BABCD 66-70. ABCDC （2）71. How to make an effective / a good speech
72. a new idea
73. make use of transition words / use transition words
74. Because these words will make you sound foolish and uniformed. 75. pauses 5. 单词填空：
（1）76.concentrate 77.vehicles 78.counts 79.optimistic 80.flashed
81.photographers 82.squeezed 83.impression 84.delighted 85.apply
（2）86.Constantly 87.worried 88. unsettled 89. suffered 90.similar
91. previous 92. understanding 93. tablets 94. Well-known 95. transported
6. 书面表达： Dear David,
I am more than glad to hear from you but surprised to learn you want to give up applying to work as a volunteer for the 2012 London Olympic Games. After all, you have many advantages. First of all, you are a native of London and thus know it very well. In addition, , you are easy to get along with, which is especially useful to a volunteer. Most importantly, it is a good opportunity to improve yourself and help display a good image of your country. Therefore, I sincerely hope you can size the chance and make every effort to become a good volunteer.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours, Li Hua
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高二第一次考试英语答案
1 .听力：1-5 BACAB 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 CBAAB
2 .单选：21-25 ACADD 26-30 BCCDD 31-35 BCBBA
3. 完型：36-40 BCCBA 41-45 ADCDD 46-50 BBAAC 51-55 BAADC
4. 阅读：
（1）56-60 DCCDD 61-65 BABCD 66-70. ABCDC （2）71. How to make an effective / a good speech
72. a new idea
73. make use of transition words / use transition words
74. Because these words will make you sound foolish and uninfomed. 75. pauses 5. 单词填空：
（1）76.concentrate 77.vehicles 78.counts 79.optimistic 80.flashed
81.photographers 82.squeezed 83.impression 84.delighted 85.apply
（2）86.Constantly 87.worried 88. unsettled 89. suffered 90.similar
91. previous 92. understanding 93. tablets 94. Well-known 95. transported
6. 书面表达： Dear David,
I am more than glad to hear from you but surprised to learn you want to give up applying to work as a volunteer for the 2012 London Olympic Games. After all, you have many advantages. First of all, you are a native of London and thus know it very well. In addition, , you are easy to get along with, which is especially useful to a volunteer. Most importantly, it is a good opportunity to improve yourself and help display a good image of your country. Therefore, I sincerely hope you can size the chance and make every effort to become a good volunteer.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours, Li Hua
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