四川省广元外国语学校2007—2008上期期中考试（英语）.doc

1、四川省广元外国语学校20072008上期期中考试十二年级英 语 试 卷（考试时间120分钟，满分150分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1. How does the man feel about the news?A. Surprised B. cold C. Happy2. How much did the woman pay? A. About $400 B. About $800 C. About $1,600 . 3. What attacked California? A. Floods B. An earthquake

2、C.A hurricane4. What does the woman think of Ann? A. She has enough experience.B. She is too young to be the manager.C. She doesnt like to work in her fathers company.5. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a bus stop B. On a plane C. At a railway station.第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分） 6. What

3、do we know about the party? A. Its beginning is a little strange.B. The food was bad.C. There were few guests.7. When did the party begin?A. At8:00 B. At 8:30 C. At9:00 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Who is going to the concert with the man? A. The woman B. Liz C. John9. Why does the man ask the woman to book t

4、he tickets? A. He doesnt have enough money.B. He doesnt have a telephone.C. He doesnt have time.10. When will the man going to return the womans money? A. On Wednesday B. On Thursday C. On Friday 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. Why is the woman moving? A. To find a better place to live in.B. To live together

5、with her parents.C. To find a better job in a new place. 12. Why doesnt the woman take her dog with her? A. She is tired of taking care of him. B. Her parents dont want her to take him.C. She thinks she might not be happy there. 13. What do we know about the woman? A. She doesnt want to share a flat

6、 with others. B. She will enjoy herself in the city.C. She will miss the countryside.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. Why does the woman call the police? A. She has something stolen. B. Someone is breaking into her house.C. Someone is making big noise in her garden. 15. What do we know about the womans neighbo

7、rs? A. They are not at home now. B. They dont get on well with her. C. They will come to help her soon. 16. Whats the womans telephone number? A. 9382669 B. 9382699 C.9382629 17. What is the policemans final advice to the woman? A. Lock herself in the safest place. B. Open the door to see whats goin

8、g on.C. Wait for the policemen to arrive.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What did Peter find when he woke up one morning? A. There was water all over the floor. B. His car was upside down in the street.C. His house was surrounded by the flood.19. How many inches of rain had fallen?A. About 16 B. About 17 C.

9、About 60 20. What can we learn from the talk?A. All the roads were destroyed.B. 2,500 people died in the disaster.C. The victims got many peoples help. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分） 21-Whose advice do you think I should take? - 。 .AIt doesnt matter BThats itCIts up to youDEither is OK22I dont know who inv

10、ented telephone. Its really most useful invention.Athe; a B/; a C a; the D/; the23We agreed to accept they thought was the best professor in the college.AwhateverBwhomever Cwhichever Dwhoever24Ive visited a lot of different places and stayed in lots of different hotels, but none of them this one.Ama

11、kes Bbeats Ccompares Dmatches25- Excuse me, I want to have my watch fixed, but I cant find a repair shop. - I know nearby. Come on, Ill show you the way.Aone Bthis Cit D。that26I guess you were in a hurry. Look, you your sweater inside out.Ahad worn Bwore Care wearing Dwere wearing27Standing on the t

12、op of mountain is an ancient tower dating back hundreds of years ago.Asince Bfrom Cto Dover28- Do you know where Kate lives? - Yeah, in house.Aa wooden small beautiful Ba wooden beautiful smallCa beautiful wooden small Da beautiful small wooden29This is an illness that can result in total blindness

13、if untreated in time.Abeing left Bleft Cto be left Dleaving30 She has had to spend money on line. A. a great deal of B. a large number of C. a great many D. a few31- Has your father got up? - Sorry, Im not sure. He got up. Please go and see for yourself.Amust have Bcant have Cwould have Dmight have3

14、2 has a good education can apply for the job. A. Who B. The one C. Whoever D. Anyone33- Why did you arrive late? - The fog our air flight for about half an hour.Aheld up Bturned downCbroke upDpulled down34 twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, is the rule that every driver must obey

15、 in this city.AExamining BExaminedCBeing examined DHaving been examined35The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time we have enough power.Asince Bafter Cunless Dbefore第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first

16、winter in London a few years ago, she used to ask me time and again: “Wheres the fog?” Almost all foreigners 36 to find the city full of yellow grey fog for most of the years. Dickens, who was 37 responsible for painting this 38 in peoples minds, certainly wasnt joking in those days. In the nineteen

17、th century people used to say 39 someone attempted to kill himself by 40 into the Thames, he would be choked by the fog and poisoned by the terrible 41 of the river before he had time to drown himself. In fact, the situation has 42 only in recent years. When I was a boy in London thirty years ago, I

18、 was often unable to see 43 of the road when I left home on winter mornings.The key steps that have turned London into one of the 44 cities in the world were 45 at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still find it 46 that fog hardly returns. Actually the 47 took place as a result of two main improve

19、ments. Factories were forced to fix equipment for air cleaning 48 close down, and local people were not allowed to 49 coal unless it was smoke free. But the 50 incredible miracle in London occurred 51 1964 when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast 52 of dissolved oxygen into the river. 53 ,

20、 varieties of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames since 1800 have 54 , and some are 55 caught by fishermen outside the House of Parliament (议会).36Aplan Bmanage Cwish Dexpect37Aat all Babove all Cafter all Din all38Apicture Bscene Cphoto Dportrait39Awhy Bwhen Chow Dwhile40Aswimming Bf

21、loating Cblowing Djumping41Aair Bsmell Csmoke Dgas42Acome Bhappened Cchanged Dremained43Aboth sides Banother side Cthe other side Deach side44Adirtiest Bbusiest Ccleanest Dquietest45Ataken Bproduced Cmade Dset46Ahard Bstrange Cspecial Dsafe47Astories Bprograms Cchanges Dsteps48Aand Bbut Cto Dor49Adi

22、g Bmake Cmove Dburn50Atrue Blarge Creal Dprobable51Ain Bbefore Cfrom Dsince52Adeal Bnumber Csize Dquantities53AActually BBesides CHowever DAs a result54Aadjusted Breturned Clived Drecovered55Aeven Bstill Chardly Dquite第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）AIn todays Internet age, online games can be a change f

23、rom the pressure of school and work. However, they can also cause problems and unhealthy addictions. This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. This country has the worlds highest percentage of high speed Internet services. It has also a high number of game players who are addicted to

24、online games.In 2004, a young man died after playing online games almost nonstop for 86 hours. A 12 year old boy stole $ 16,000 from his father to continue online games which he could not get away from. Such problems are spreading to other parts of Asia as well. In 2005, it was reported that about 8

25、0 percent of Chinas 13.8 million online game players were under 25. And many of these were said to be addicted. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.Dr. Sue Huei Chen, a psychologist (心理学家), discovered some signs of at risk people. Such people often go online to escape fro

26、m their problems. And they usually have no friendship or good social skills. They feel the need to spend more and more time online, so they may be absent from school or family. And they become upset if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.56The passage is mainly about 。 . Aonline game add

27、ictionBproblem caused by online gamesCcomputer problems in AsiaDproblems caused by young people57In the passage, the writer tells us a fact that 。 .ASouth Korea has a large number of Internet schoolsBMore and more young men are stealing money for online gamesCChinas online game players are all under

28、 the age of 25DOnline game addiction is a very common problem in South Korea58After reading the passage, we know that in China 。 .Amany young people are playing online games for funBmany young people are getting addicted to online gamesConly those under 25 like to play online games for long periodsD

29、80 percent of the Chinese depend on online games to get relaxed59According to the passage, are more likely to become addicted to online games. Apeople under great pressure from school and work.Bpeople well known in the field of computer gamesCpeople with unsolved problems and few friendsDpeople whod

30、 like to take a risk in computer gamesBThis is what happened at Rochelle Cohens 15th birthday party. Only now, 20 years later, can she and her father talk about it. Laughing about it may take another 15 years. The house started to fill up with her friends, and then another group of teenagers arrived

31、. She can recall the glass front door being broken and some of her older friends taking the key to her fathers very expensive car and driving round the city. But the worst part was when her father came home and discovered that 30 computer games were missing. He telephoned the parents of all his daug

32、hters friends. In the end, a boy from a very wealthy family brought them back.“Everything was terrible,” says Rochelle. “The party was bad enough, but to have my dad ringing everyone like that, I felt even worse”Zoe Marks remembers a party she had. “Someone filled the bath with water, then added tom

33、ato sauce, and everyone jumped in. They then went down to the beach to go swimming, where someone stole most of their clothes. At six in the morning, their poor parents received a phone call, asking them to come and collect them.”Many parents return home to find their houses emptied of everything ex

34、cept the dog food. At the end of Luke Partons party, his father (a policeman) came home to find some young guests had eaten a kilo packet of smoked fish. He said he was going to test for fingerprints (指纹) to find out who had opened the packets. The boy who had done it admitted it immediately, and hi

35、s parents were sent a bill.So stay at home quietly. Or prepare for an unpleasant dream on your return.60How old is Rochelle Cohen now?A15 years old.B20 years old.C35 years old.D50 years old.61When describing the birthday parties, the writer might be feeling 。 .AshamefulBconfusedCtiredDexcited62What

36、did Luke Partons father do when he found out who had opened his packets?AHe asked the boys parents to pay for the loss.BHe tested the guests for fingerprints.CHe told the boys parents about it.DHe reported it to the local police.63This passage is mainly written for 。 . Aparty hostsBteenagersCpolicem

37、enDschoolsCWhen it comes to hard noisy traveling, weve found that sometimes wed rather read about it than actually go. Here are some bestsellers for armchair travelers.The Station by Robert Byron. In 1928, the 22 year old man made a journey to Mount Athos, resulting in one of the best travel books e

38、very written, matched only by Byrons own, much more famous The Road to Oxiana.In Darkest Africa by Henry Monton Stanley. Its about his great efforts to save an unlucky German doctor Eduard Schnitzer, who had no desire to be rescued at all.A Travelers Alphabet : Partial Memoirs by Sir Steven Runciman

39、. A to Z and around the world. He provides priceless information of long gone princesses, priests, and places.South : A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton. As the planet started the global war, Shackleton and his brave group of explorers made an unsuccessful but heroic journey t

40、o cross Antarctica from 1914 to 1917.The Michelin Red Guide : France 2005 Reading through this final listing of all the nice hotels and wonderful restaurants in France is better than going there, listening to Chirac talk about the poisonous American culture, and spending the price of this book for a

41、 tiny cup of tea and a cookie the size of your thumb.The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal. This great book of an armchair exploration tells us what has happened in the past and shows the relationship between us and the past travelers.64The underlined phrase “armchair travelers” in the fi

42、rst paragraph refers to those who 。 .Acan only travel with special equipment for the disabledBlike to write about their strange traveling experiencesCfind fun teaching others how to travel to other placesDlike to read about travels instead of traveling themselves65Which of the books has a very low p

43、rice according to the passage?AA Travelers Alphabet : Partial MemoirsBSouth : A Memoir of the Endurance VoyageCThe Michelin Red Guide : France 2005DThe Past Is a Foreign Country66What can we learn from the passage?AThe Station is no more famous than The Road to Oxiana.BHenry Morton Stanley was saved

44、 by a German doctor in Africa.CIt took Shackleton and his men 3 years to cross Antarctica.DIn his book, Lowenthal focuses more on history than the present.67This passage is written 。 .Ato warn readers against travelingB to sell more books about travelsCas an introduction to famous travelersDto tell

45、people where to travelDDo you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the native of the movie you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body, not in your short term memory bank.Tests continue to show that people with eno

46、ugh Vitamin B 2 do well in memory exams. The “B” could stand for “brain”, if youre one of many with limited instant recall. And the number one source of that vitamin is sunflower seeds.Even when youre sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two percent of your to

47、tal body weight, it uses up to 30% of the calories you take in each day. For it to work properly, it must be fed. Even if youre not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an or

48、ange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your head is in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry, demanding organ. Vitamin B 1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meats and nuts. In Chine

49、se culture, walnuts (核桃) are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed both the kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs in good working order, youll live longer. However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the le

50、tter “B” will help you to “bear in mind almost everything” even on those days when lifes challenges are sending you in a billion directions.68The underlined word “muffin” in the third paragraph probably means .Amenu Bdinner Ccalorie DCookie69In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to 。 .Asuppor

51、t the idea of long life Bshow the importance of vitamin B 1Cwarn the readers of two organsDremind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds70What can we conclude from the passage?AWhat we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory.BTwo percent of our brain is still active when we are sle

52、eping or relaxing.CIt doesnt make much difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not.DLifes challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way.71The best title for the passage could be 。 .ACauses of Memory LossBVitamin B 2 and MemoryCForgetful? But not BrainDChinese Cu

53、lture of Long LifeE“How come the boys always get to go somewhere but we have to stay here?” Toby, my cousin, complained. Soon we had an idea of finding a hidden treasure, but we had to find out how to make this happen. We went upstairs to my parents bedroom which was always tidy and smelled like my

54、mothers perfume. Opening the silver lid of the glass jar, we looked nervously inside and removed my mothers pretty pearl ring and diamond ring. Mom only wore them when she got dressed up to go somewhere, so Toby believed she wouldnt miss them. We wrapped them up tightly in toilet paper and quickly r

55、an out into the big field where we often pretended to ride wild horses.We brought along a big kitchen spoon to dig a hole and buried the rings. “Dont tell anyone.” Toby made me promise. For some unknown reason we forgot to go back later.It was almost a week before my mother realized her rings were m

56、issing and she was driven mad. The look on my face must have been a dead give away and it wasnt long before I told the whole story about my adventure with Toby. Only then did I realize the seriousness of my crime.“Show me where,” my mother demanded. So off we went for the rings. But I couldnt rememb

57、er exactly where! We dug in several places without success. Eventually we gave up, and amazingly my mother didnt shout at me.One day about six years later, a farmer found a pearl ring in the soil and he kindly handed it over to my mother, who was overjoyed. This discovery started an exciting new sea

58、rch. But the other was never discovered.Many years later, I noticed my sister wearing the pearl ring. When I asked my mother how, she answered, “Well, I always planned to give my good rings to my daughters someday and you were supposed to get the diamond one!”72The author and Toby decided to find a

59、hidden treasure, because 。 .Athey had found some somewhereBthey wanted to do something excitingCToby was wise enough to know where to findDthey were told mom had hidden some73Probably, the authors mother 。 .Awas not strict with her childrenBhad quite a lot of jewelryCwas not very wealthyDhad a pair

60、of valuable jars74What can we infer about the diamond ring from the passage?AThe authors sister secretly dug it out for herself.BThe farmer kept it for himself.CIt was already given to the authors sister.DThe author felt regretful about it.75The best title for the passage could be 。 .AJust Punishmen

61、tBHidden MemoryCHappy ChildhoodDSerious Crime第卷（共35分）第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Today is my grandmas fifty birthday. At 8:30 76 my parents and I went to shopping and bought 77 a birthday cake for my grandma, whom lived with 78 my uncle in the countryside. We take a bus to go 79. t

62、here. When they arrived, my grandma and uncle stood 80 There waiting for us. We were received a warm welcome. 81 I passed the present to her and she felt very happily. 82 My uncle did well in cook. He went to the kitchen to 83 Cook for us .Soon we began to have lunch. At four in 84 the afternoon we

63、said good-bye them and returned home. 85 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假如你是刘英。最近你就流行节目“超级女生”（Super Girls）或“快乐男生”（Happy Boys）收集了同学们的不同看法。请根据下表内容给征稿的某英语报刊编辑写封信，并谈谈你自己的观点。 有助于发现自己的优缺点 能挑战自我并丰富生活经历 易误导年轻人 会带来一些问题，如学习受到影响注意：1词数100个左右，信的开头和落款已为你写好（不计入总词数）；2可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3参考词汇： 误导mislead 挑战challenge Dear Editor,Rec

64、ently, Ive collected some different opinions from my classmates about the program Super Girls or Happy Boys. 四川省广元外国语学校20072008上期期中考试十二年级英 语 试 卷参考答案15 ACABB 610 ABCAA 1115 CCBBA 1620 BCABC2125 CADDA 2630 CCDBA 3135 DCACD 3640 DBABD4145 BCCCA 4650 BCDDC 5155 ADDBA 5660 BDBCC6165 AABDC 6670 DBDBA 7175

65、 CBCDA76fiftyfiftieth 77to （去掉）78whomwho 79taketook80They-we 81（去掉）were 82happilyhappy 83cookcooking 84正确 85to四、One Possible VersionDear Editor,Recently, Ive collected some different opinions from my classmates about the program Super Girls or Happy Boys.Some of them argue that it offers a good chan

66、ce for young people to discover their own strong points as well as weaknesses. Meanwhile, it can get them ready for any challenges and enrich their life experiences. However, some of my classmates dont think so. They feel that it could mislead those youngsters. Especially to the school girls and boys, it may cause some troubles. For example, it may affect their study badly.In my opinion, every coin has two sides. So long as we have a correct attitude and good self control, its still OK to join in it.Yours,Liu Ying18