江苏省洪泽中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期初考试英语试题

洪泽中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期初考试英语试题
第I卷（选择题）
一、单项选择
1．Little____about what others think.
A. he cares B.he doesn’t care C.does he care D.doesn’t he care
2．Living in such a high mountain _________be cold．
A．should B．can C．may D．must
3．— You can't finish the book in less than an hour,I suppose?
— .
A. Yes, I'm sure I can B. No, hardly
C. Sorry, I can't D. I don't think I can
4．It was such a____to hear that all the earthquake victims in Chile have been taken good care of.
A. mercy B. relief C. loss D. laughter
5．The doctor advised Vera strongly that she should take a holiday, but _______ didn’t help.
A．it B．she C．which D．he
6．Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
A. due to B. but for C. in spite of D. with relation to
7．I heard the alarm ringing all the morning. ____ something very urgent happened.
A. Really B. Obviously C .Especially D. Terribly
8．--- Will you take up teaching as a career after graduation?
--- Hard to say. I _______ go abroad for higher education instead.
A. should B. must C. might D. shall
9．Experts say it is an international trend to __________ MP2.5 to check air quality.
A. adapt B. attach C. adopt D. adjust
10．I have bought two ball pens ,______ writes well.
A. none of them B. neither of them C. neither of which D. none of which
11．—Mum, I hope we can spend our holiday abroad this year.
—______ I’m too busy to take a trip abroad.
A. Better forget it. B. Why not?
C. It couldn’t be better D. Good idea!
12． On hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation, ______ the luggage ______ on the floor, and ______ in the dark.
A. left; lied; disappeared B. leaving; lie; disappeared
C. leaving; lying; disappeared D. left; lay; disappear
13．I felt so bad all day yesterday that I decided this morning I couldn’t face ________ day like that.
A. other B. another C. the other D. others
14．Thank you for all your hard work last week.I don’t think we ______ it without you.
A.can manage B.could have managed
C.could managed D.can have managed
15．—It’s many years since I saw you last; I you at all．
—I wouldn’t have, either; if someone you by the name．
A．didn’t recognize; hadn’t called B．didn’t recognize; didn’t call
C．haven’t recognized; didn’t call D．recognized; hag called
二、完型填空
I just read a beautiful story．It is about a little girl, a 1 and a corporation． 2 , if crying at work might be a 3 , you should wait until you get home to read it．Trust me．
10-year-old Colby Curtin of Huntington Beach, California, had been 4 a rare form of cancer for three years．This month, it became 5 that Colby would probably 6 soon．The one thing she wanted to do 7 she died was see the movie, “Up（《飞屋环游记》）．” She’d been 8 by the previews（预告片）．
But Colby’s health was so 9 that she could not be taken to the theater, and “Up” is only playing in theaters．By June 9, it was clear Colby wouldn’t 10 much longer．A family friend began desperately 11 numbers at Pixar．She finally 12 to someone and told them Colby’s 13 ．After a discussion, Pixar 14 to help．
Colby’s mother asked her, “Do you think you can hold on?” “I’m 15 to die, but I’m going to wait for the movie,” the girl replied．
On June 10, Pixar 16 an employee to the Curtin home and showed the film on DVD—possibly the only DVD copy of the movie that 17 ．
Here’s what her mom said, “When I 18 it, I had really no idea about the 19 or the theme of the movie, I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that Colby was going to go up．Up to 20 ．”
Colby died seven hours after watching the movie．
A．boy B．lover C．play D．movie
A．However B．Besides C．Therefore D．Finally
A．joy B．problem C．treat D．misery
A．sticking to B．diagnosed with C．keeping up with D．living with
A．clear B．uncertain C．sorry D．sure
A．recover B．return C．die D．come
A．until B．when C．after D．before
A．fascinated B．food C．interested D．surprised
A．good B．poor C．healthy D．ordinary
A．do it B．see to it C．make it D．survive it
A．calling B．sending C．dialing D．taking
A．got over B．got across C．got down D．got through
A．wish B．will C．demand D．order
A．refused B．hoped C．agreed D．offered
A．scared B．ready C．afraid D．sad
A．planned B．made C．shipped D．flew
A．matters B．counts C．disappears D．exists
A．watched B．listened C．saw D．heard
A．trick B．content C．hint D．disadvantage
A．sky B．balloon C．heaven D．hell
三、阅读理解
A
My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t much good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.
The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy(糖果)while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn’t eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer(下水道). Why, is it only because they have money ? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn’t there?
Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn’t rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I’d like to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.
1. This passage mainly suggests that the writer _______.
A. is easy to get along with　　　　　　
B. is unhappy with the life they are living
C. is good at observing and understanding　　
D. is never pleased with her neigbours
2. What do you think of McGarity girl?
A. She is proud and hungry. B. She is selfish and cruel.
C. She is lonely and friendless. D. She is unhappy and misunderstood.
3. In this text, the writer tries to tell us that _______.
A. money is the key to everything　　
B. the more money you have, the less happy you’ll be
C. there is something more important than money
D. when talking to people we should look into their eyes
4. Pick out the one that does NOT describe the writer’s view on money.
A. Why, is it only because they have money?
B. There is more to happiness than money.
C. Miss Jackson isn’t rich, but she knows things.
D. The money we saved isn’t nearly enough.
B
Testing has taken the place of teaching in most public schools. Pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then read the text quickly for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to say proudly and openly that they teach to the test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon（现象）. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some methods of assessment（评价） to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to teach the students in the opposite way. First one looks at a test. Then one chooses the skills needed not to master reading, but to do well in the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write might suggest the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with the acquisition（习得）of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstanding because people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple words, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are quite good at test taking and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can’t see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grades that they have no time to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
1． The author mentions Erica’s performance in her study in order to show_________.
A. her cleverness in test taking B. the good way to take tests
C. the improper way of teaching D. the best way to read textbooks
2．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The teachers are curious about teaching to the test.
B. Skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students.
C. Ability to read and write has nothing to do with ability to do well in tests.
D. Preparations for a test of a skill do not mean the acquisition of that skill.
3． In the author’s opinion, __________.
A. some good methods of assessment should take the place of tests
B. more attention should be paid to the nature and quality of what is taught
C. students should not be concerned with grades but do more reading and thinking
D. students needn’t learn grammar skills because they are useless for understanding
4．By “crisis of comprehension” (in Paragraph 4) the author means many students ______.
A. are too much concerned with grades
B. fail to understand the real goal of education
C. lack proper practice in grammar drills
D. do well on tests but can’t understand what they read
C
Who are these people rushing by you in the street? More than 215 million people now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “American” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more often a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the general American society only in certain areas of their lives—such as in schools, business, and sports—but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. This living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.
1．More than 215 million people call America “home” because_______.
A. they have their houses there
B. they settle there now
C. they want to make their home there
D. they like that land very much
2．“Side-by-side” living style means _______.
A. to make friends with native people
B. to keep their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areas
C. the groups of people who live nearby
D. that they get closer to American society
3．according to the passage, people in the USA ________.
A. share American customs and culture
B. live in a kind of “side-by-side” society
C. keep their own customs and habits firmly
D. make no choice to accept American customs
4．Which of the following statements is true?
A. They always stick to their own customs and habits.
B. “Side-by-side” living style is not suitable.
C. They face the society they are not familiar with.
D. The advantages coming from the variety of cultures make life in America colorful.
5．Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Advantages and Disadvantages.
B. Different Customs and Habits.
C. Home for the People.
D. “Side-by-side” Living Style in America.
D
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another Earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-Born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas (海外) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not the people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist? C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.
1．What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. He wants to tell us something about “ABC”.
B. He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America.
C. He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language.
D. He wants to introduce the American culture to us.
2．Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because ____.
A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C. they were born in China but go to study in America
D. they like to eat bananas
3． C.N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ____.
A. American Chinese are great. B. we love American Chinese
C. The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
第II卷（非选择题）
四、阅读填空
I believe being honest is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names, 1 upright and straightforward. And it’s still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by.
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years, 2 (know)there is a lot about it that is not so good. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong impression 3____they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like 4 people. Most of them will act as rude fellows. But almost every week you read in the papers that a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their cars. Once, I found an emerald ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady 5 a lot of suitcases that day, so I went back to 6 I had dropped her off. It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you”. However, I 7 (feel) good because I had done what was right.
As far as I know, 8 (practice) everyone will give you something, because most Americans are fairly generous. I believe in God and try to be 9 good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the 10 (easy) it gets.
五、书面表达
31．假如你叫李华，是惠州的一名中学生。最近，当地政府正在实施快速公交和桥梁建设，结果引起人们的广泛争议。请你根据人们不同的观点，给当地报社写一封信，反映这一情况。
赞成观点
反对观点
1．能够解决交通问题，方便人民生活；
2．有助于发展经济，提高人民生活水平；
3．有助于提高惠州作为现代化旅游城市的形象。
1．会造成环境污染；
2．会产生噪音，打扰居民平静的生活；
3．时常造成交通堵塞。
[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．可适当发挥，但不能出现真实的学校和学生姓名。
3．短文开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入5个句子中。
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句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
参考词汇：快速公交系统BRT 高架桥overpass
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the road construction which is taking place in our city.




Yours truly,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、选择题
1-5 CBABA
6-10 ABCCC
11-15 ACBBA
?二、完形填空
1-5 DABDA???
6-10 CDABC
11-15 CDBCB
16-20 DDABC
三、阅读理解
A
1-4 BBCD
B
1-4 CDBD
C
1-5 BBBDD
D
1-3 ABD
四、阅读填空
1. like 2.knowing 3.that 4.other 5.With
6.where 7.felt 8.practically 9.a 10.easier
五、书面表达
Deer Editor,
I'm writing to talk about the construction project which is going on in our city.
Recently the local government has decided to broaden some narrow roads to build BRT, which has caused a heated discussion among the local people. Some agree that we should carry out this construction project because they can not only solve some traffic problems which is becoming worse and worse, but also help to make our life convenient and comfortable. Besides, they think that it helps promote the economy and improve people’s living environment as well as the image of Huizhou as a modern tourist city.
But others are against it, saying that they the project may cause air pollution. They also believe the noise produced by the project will disturb people's peaceful life. Personally, I think the construction project will certainly do a lot of good to the city and the people. If we focus our attention on the environment, all of us will lead a better life in the future.