江苏大丰高级中学07-08高二年级第一次阶段性考试试卷（英语）.doc

1、07-08江苏大丰高级中学高二年级第一次阶段性考试英语试卷【考试时间：120分钟 分值：120分】命题人：孙姬荷 审核人：任美玲 2007年10月 17日本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分.考试时间120分钟.第I卷（选择题 共95分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）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

2、对话仅读一遍。1. What change will take place in this gentleman according to the woman?A. Hell become an Englishman.B. Hell know London well.C. Hell speak English as well as a native speaker.2. Where did the woman work before?A. In a bank. B. In a lawyers office. C. In a department store.3. When will Mr. Jo

3、hn probably meet with Mr. Jane.A. At 10:00 B. At 9:00 C. At 9:154. Why is the woman angry at Calvin? A. He doesnt phone ahead before visiting. B. He never invites her to dinner. C. He forget her phone number.5. When will the next bus leave for Boston? A. At 10:30 B. At 9:30 C. at 9:35第二节 （共15小题；每题1分

4、，满分15分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6-7题。6. What time does the mans train leave? A. 5:30 B. 6:30 p. m. C. At nine a. m. 7. What time is it in London if it is 10 a. m. in Beijing? A. 2 a. m. B. 6 a. m. C. 6 a. m.听第

5、7段材料，回答第8-10题。8. Why does the woman want to buy a farm? A. She is tired of her work in the factory. B. She has been laid off in the factory. C. She enjoys working hard in the country.9. What is the mans opinion about farming? A. Farming is easy with the help of modern equipment. B. Farming is very h

6、ard work. C. He cant earn more money by farming.10. How much money will the woman pay to buy the mans farm? A. $200. B. $300. C. $400听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. When is Lily”s birthday? A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. In three days away.12. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Roo

7、mmates. B. Husband and wife. C. Close friends.13. What do they decide to buy in the end? A. A box of chocolates. B. Some flowers. C. A purse.听第9段材料，回答第14至16。14. How many flights are there during the day? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.15. When will the man get to the airport if he takes the 7:50 flight?

8、A. Before 6:00 B. before 6:50 C. Before 7;1016. How much money will the man pay for his booked tickets? A. $ 177. B. $ 228. C. $ 295.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why didnt Mr. Smith call the police when he found his car missing? A. He thought it no use calling the police. B. He knew somebody would return i

9、t later. C. He didnt want to trouble the police.18. When did Mr. Smith find his missing car? A. Later in the day. B. The next morning. C. The next afternoon.19. What were Mr. Smith and his wife doing when some thieves came into his house? A. They were watching TV at home. B. They were on their way h

10、ome from the cinema. C. There were watching a play in the theatre.20. What can we learn from the passage? A. Mr. Smith was well off and generous. B. The persons who returned the car were those thieves.C. Mr. Smith was a fool. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空

11、白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. He worked without _ success. As a doctor, he was not _ success.A. a; a B. much; / C. much; a D. a; much22. If youre looking for an exciting place with lots of street life, _ moving to this city, where the streets are filled all day, bars and night clubs are open until 4 a. m.

12、 and the buses and subways run all night.A. enjoy B. consider C. youd better D. be sure23. -What is Li Ming going to do? -Hell be an English teacher by the time he_ twenty. A. is B. will be C. is going to be D. has been24. At the _ news, all the women present burst out _.A. disappointed; crying B. u

13、nexpected; crying C. unexpected; to tears D. disappointing; tears25. The TV set he _ works well now.A. has repairing B. having repaired C. has been repaired D. has had repaired26. The students, _ at the way the questions were put, didnt know the answer to them.A. surprising B. surprised C. being sur

14、prised D. have surprised 27. -Why havent you bought any butter? -I _ to but I forgot about it.A. liked B. wished C. intended D. expected28. In my opinion, what he told us just now about the affair simply doesnt make any _.A. meaning B. idea C. sense D. point29. I _ with some friends until I find a f

15、lat. A. am living B. live C. have lived D. will have lived 30. My friend Tom was very sick with a strange fever; _, he could neither eat nor sleep.A. as a consequence B. after all C. any way D. otherwise31. His movie won several awards at the film festival, _ was beyond his wildest dream. A. whichB.

16、 thatC. whereD. it32. Every housewife knows that its dangerous to open the cover of the washing machine _ it is still drying clothes .A. until B. before C. while D. after 33. _ the big earthquake, the local government tried every means to provide shelters for the victims. A. Before long B. Soon afte

17、r C. Long before D. As soon as34. It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when _ at the meeting by my boss. A. questioning B. having questioned C. questioned D. to be questioned35. - Lets go and have a good drink tonight.-_.- Have you got the first prize in the competition? A. What for? B. Thanks a

18、 lot. C. Yes, Id like to. D. Why not?第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项My friend Michelle is blind, but youd never know it. She makes such good use of her other 36 , including her sixth sense, that she rarely gives the impression shes 37 anything.Michelle looks

19、 after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 38 that she doesnt push too hard on them, 39 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often 40 dont realize shes blind.I 41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter,

20、 Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 43 excited about her finger-painting project.Mom, guess what? said Kayla, all smiles. I learned how to 44 colors today! Blue and red ma

21、ke purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 45 with us. To my great 46 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!Then Kayla continued, Michelle told me my 47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 48 what I was doing! Kayla said she had never felt how goo

22、d finger paints felt 49 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.I realized Kayla didnt know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 50 in conversation.When I told her, she was 51 for a moment. At first, she didnt believe me. But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my pi

23、cture! Kayla 52 . And I knew my child was 53 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kaylas 54 in her work,We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, You know, Mommy, Michelle really did see my picture. She just used my 55 .Indeed, she uses a sp

24、ecial type of “vision” that all mothers have.36AwaysBmeansCmethodsDsenses37AenjoyedBfoundCmissed Dlost38AandBexceptCevenDbut39AwhoBitCsheDwhich40AguestsBfamilyCchildrenDfriends41Arealized BheardCrecognizedDwitnessed42Aexcited BsadCsatisfiedDenjoyed43Aespecially Bnot soCa littleDnot at all44ApaintBdr

25、awCcreateDmix45AstayedBpainted CtalkedDplayed46AexcitementBencouragementCdelightDsurprise47AattitudeBcolorCpicture Dpaper48AtouchedBdistinguishedCsaw Dunderstood49AafterBbeforeCuntil Dwhen50Areferred toBturned outCcome up Dtalked about51AcuriousBquiet CpuzzledDworried52AcriedBinsisted CcomplainedDin

26、formed53Aright BwrongCworriedDuncertain54AshortcomingsBdifficultiesCpride Ddescription55ApaperBpensChandsDeyes第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，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。ADeath Valley is the lowest, hottest and driest area in North America. This California National Park has less than 5

27、 cm of rainfall a year and temperatures up to 53 in summer. Thats enough to keep Americans away during the hottest months from June to August. But it is the high temperatures and terrible heat that draw the most crazy fans, the foreign tourists. From all over the world, they come to the valley floor

28、 in cars, carrying maps and water bottles, and fanning themselves with newspapers to keep cool. About 1.3 million visitors enter the park each year, from June to August. 90% of them are foreigners. They go there to experience the summer heat that gives Death Valley its name. The average high in July

29、 is 46.2 and the low 29.4. So what do Americans think of the foreign visitors who arrive for the heat, just when locals from the United States try to avoid it? Park manager Brenda Henson says, “The foreigners want to experience the heat in Death Valley. We think its crazy”. In fact, Death Valley is

30、a series of salt flats (盐滩) 225 km long and 6 km to 26 km wide. Birds and animals are largely absent, and only the hardiest plants have any chance of existence in this extreme place. One tourist from Paris concluded, “We come to it because we can tell all our friends and family that weve been to the

31、 hottest place in the world”.56. The real attraction of Death Valley for foreigners is that _. A. summer heat keeps Americans away B. experiencing the heat there is cool C. it is a place of interest D. it is the hottest place in the world57. What does the underlined word hardest (in Paragraph 4) mea

32、n? A. Most difficult. B. Most energetic. C. Strongest D. Best.58. From the passage, we know that _. A. the hottest time in Death Valley is from June to September B. not all the visitors to Death Valley are foreigners C. the lowest temperature in Death Valley is 30 D. Death Valley is about 225 km lon

33、g and 32 km wide59. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Crazy fans of Death Valley B. Importance of Death Valley C. Beauty of California National Park D. The best tourist attraction in North America BHe may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that

34、the music world has a new leader - the real king is Jay Chou. As a child, Jay Chou was never too good at his subjects, and when he didnt get into any college, a lot of people said that he wouldnt be very hopeful in life. His mom always worried about his future, but he never did. “I knew I still had

35、music to depend on. For everything else, I always believe in myself, but it is for my musical talent that Im so sure of myself.” he said. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay lived a lonely childhood. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music.So how d

36、id Jay get into music? At the age of three, he started learning to play the piano. His mother was very strict to make sure he practiced hard. Later, he learned to play the cello(大钢琴).With all the musical talent, it isnt surprising that Jay started out as a songwriter. Since the age of sixteen, he ha

37、s been writing songs for many of the most popular singers. Today, he has already written for some of the most popular Asian singers, including Coco Lee, Jacky Wu, etc.It was only in 2000 that Jay put out his own album(专辑) “Jay”. Jays soft and smooth voice is especially gentle and calm, making this f

38、irst album an immediate hit. Each song in the album has its own, different style, and skillfully, Jay used his voice to suit each songs character.Lyrics(歌词) of Jays songs all have a special touch. In his song “Dad, I am back”, the subject is a broken family. “I heard that after war, there is peace.

39、Why do I always see my dad beating my mom? Since I was young, you told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense(借口). How do you expect me to be like you!” 60. Which of the following statement is TRUE about Jay Chou?A. He didnt do well at school. B. He worried about his future at sc

40、hool.C. His father died when Jay was young. D. He had many friends around him.61. Jay Chou got into music _.A. after he learned to play the piano B. at the age of sixteenC. after he put out his first album D. when he began to write songs62. The underlined word “touch” most probably means_.A. an act

41、of touching B. feeling by touchingC. style or manner in art D. communication63. What do we know about the song “Dad, I am back”?A. Its about Jays own family.B. Its about a war which the father took part in.C. Its about a man who has a son back from a war.D. Its about the sons demand for peace in the

42、 family. CTwo American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago The scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on earth, b

43、ut the way we live has changed greatlyOur body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknessesThese new sicknesses were not known in ancient timesSo they are called “diseases of civilization”Many cancers and diseases of the blood system, includi

44、ng heart attacks and strokes（中风） are examples of such diseases Scientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol or tobacco, probably noneAncient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times a

45、nd life today Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animalsThey also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruitsThey did not use milk and other dairy products, and they made very little use of grainsBut today, we eat a large amount of dairy product

46、s and grain foodsWe eat six times more salt than stone-age peopleWe eat more sugarWe eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C People today probably do not want to live as people thousands of years ago did, but scientists say that we would be much healthier if

47、we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods 64The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate _ Amore foods as humans living 10,000 years ago did Bas humans living 10,000 years ago ate Cmore kinds of food eaten by people living over 10,

48、000 years ago Dmore of the same kinds of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago 65New kinds of sicknesses have been found because _ Athe human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earth Bthe way we live has changed a little Cour body cant deal with the changes in life style Dt

49、he way we live today is proper for the human body 66What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses? AAncient people did a great deal of physical exercise BPeople today have a lot of alcohol CPeople today have more tobacco DFood is quite different betwe

50、en life today and life in ancient times 67From this article, we know that _ are not good to our health Aprotein and vitamin C Bmilk and grain foods Cwild animals, vegetables and fruits Da huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods DGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters o

51、f the United States, yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking-chair, waiting for someone to help me.”She was born on a farm in New York State. At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven, she

52、married Thomas Moses, the tenant of hers. They farmed most of their lives. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1928.Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too sti

53、ff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition, and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Betwee

54、n the 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known, with a wonderful sense of color and form.68. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Grandma MosesB. The Children of Grandma MosesC. Grandma Moses: Her

55、 Best PicturesD. Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition69. From Grandma Moses s words of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was _.A. independentB. prettyC. richD. alone70. Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _.A. make her home beautifulB. keep activeC. improve

56、 her salaryD. gain an international fame71. The Moses spent most of their life _.A. nursingB. paintingC. farmingD. embroideringEThe trick in food photography is to show the food looking fresh, so many dishes have stand-ins, just as movie stars do. “When I get my lights and cameras set up, I remove t

57、he stand-in and put in the real thing,” explains Ray Webber, who photographs food for magazine advertisements. “Sometimes I have to brush the meat with its juices because it may have dried out a bit. And when Im shooting (拍照) something like tomatoes, I always carry water to spray them with dew just

58、before I shoot.”Shooting food outdoors has special problems. “Im always worrying about flies or worms crawling up a glass,” Webber explains, “my worry is that someday a dog will come up from behind and run off with the food.” Once Webber was shooting a piece of cheese outdoors and needed something t

59、o make its color beautiful. Finally he found it: a weed with lovely blue flowers. When the shot appeared, several people were horrifiedthe weed was deadly nightshade!72. Just before being photographed, some meats and vegetables are _.A. fannedB. dyedC. frozen D. made wet73. The second paragraph deal

60、s mostly with the _.A. differences between indoor and outdoor photographyA. problems of outdoor food photographyB. ways of keeping food fresh outdoorsC. combinations of colors outdoors74. Webber is afraid dogs might _.A. bark while he is shooting B. get into his pictureC. steal the food D. upset his

61、 camera75. From the article we can conclude that deadly night-shade is probably a kind of plant that is _.A. colorful B. poisonous C. ugly D. Both A and B第II卷（非选择题 共25分）第四部分: 写作 (共三节,满分 25分)第一节: 根据所给中文及首字母,在横线上填入适当的词.(共10小题, 每小题0.5分，满分5分)76. With the help of PLA men, everything has returned to n_.77

62、. I came here with the i_ of earning a lot of money. 78. He wasnt s_ injured - he just got a few cuts.79. Theres no fixed r_ at work - every day is different. 80. He has m_ the English language so well that we all admire him. 81. She _ （总结) the speech by reminding us of our responsibility. 82. He _

63、（忽然出现) into the room when we were having a meeting. 83. He is their _ (领养的) son ,but they love him very much. 84. I e-mailed her in _ (回复) to her questions.85. I dont like him because he is a man without _(幽默) 第二节：短文填空（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使短文通顺。Man

64、y people think our carelessness has affected (86)n_ resources and that nature is (87)d_ by us. First, we endlessly overdevelop Earths resources by farming, fishing, hunting and tourism. Second, we (88)b_ new factories and create industrial (89)w_. If we (90)c_, we will eventually destroy our planet.

65、 There is a heated argument among people. Some people think we should protect environment and that economic (91)d_ should be stopped. This is (92)g_for nature. Others think that if we do so, it may be (93)h_ to human beings. In my opinion, we should develop economy and (94)p_ our environment at the

66、same time.Thus in the future we will not be (95)b_ by our generation. 第三节: 书面表达 (满分15分)黄山是一处游览胜地，每日有大量游客。几年前不注意保护环境，现在大有改观。请根据下列内容写一篇英语报道。(100词左右)几年前少数游客的行为现在游客的表现乱扔废纸、塑料袋、罐头盒带走垃圾杀害动物，捕捉飞鸟不再打猎破坏花草、树木爱护植物在林中生火烧饭自带午餐，以防森林火灾高二第一次阶段性考试英语参考答案第一卷1-20 CACAA 6-10 BABAA 11-15 BCCAB 16-20 CCCCB21-35 CBABD BCC

67、AA ACBCA3640 DCBAA 4145 AAADB 4650 DCDCC 5155 BBACD56-75DCBA A ACDDC DDAAB CDACD第二卷第一节76. normal 77. intention 78. seriously 79. routine80. mastered 81. concluded 82.burst 83. adopted 84. response 85. humour/humor第二节86. natural 87. destroyed 88. build 89. waste 90. continue 91. development 92. good

68、93. harmful 94. protect 95. blamed 书面表达：The Huang Mountain is a place of interest.There are lots of tourists seeing sights every day. Years ago, some of them paid no attention to environment protection. They threw about waste paper, plastic bags and tins. Besides, they killed animals, caught birds,

69、destroyed trees and flowers. Worse still, they often made a fire to cook in the forest. That was dangerous. Changes have taken place now. When tourists leave, they take away rubbish with them. They no longer hunt animals. Plants are also protected. All the tourists carry their lunch in order not to start forest fire. We must sing high praise of the good deeds.