楚水实验学校2006-2007学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题[上学期]

2006年秋学期期中考试
高二英语试题
考试时间：120分 卷面总分：150分
第I卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力理解（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）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At a booking office. B. At a public library.
C. At an airport.
2. What is the time now
A. 2:02. B. 1:58. C. 2:00
3. Where did the woman probably write his paper
A. In the shop. B. At the party. C. On her way home.
4. How long did it take the man to write his paper
A. Less than an hour and a half. B. Not more than half an hour.
C. More than an hour and a half.
5. What does the man mean
A. He can’t go to the cinema.
B. He can go to the cinema on Saturday morning.
C. He can go to the cinema on Saturday evening.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What is wrong with the woman
A. She is wet all over.
B. She has a bad headache.
C. She has had a cough for three days.
7. What does the man tell the woman to do
A. Stay in bed for some time and take some medicine.
B. Go around from time to time.
C. Come to see him tomorrow morning.
8. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a garden. B. In the man’s office. C. In the woman’s house.
请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. How many days does the man go to school every week in his country
A. Five days. B. Five days and a half. C. Six days.
10. Where is the woman going
A. To a cinema. B. To the school. C. To the man’s house.
11. When will the woman begin to go to school
A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Monday.
请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What did the two speakers do just now
A. They watched a football match.
B. They visited a museum.
C. They saw a film.
13. Why don’t the two speakers have Chinese food
A. The woman doesn’t like it. B. The woman had it last night.
C. The man doesn’t like it.
14. What do the two speakers decide to eat finally
A. Pizza. B. Curry and rice. C. Hot dog.
请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Who is the woman
A. John’s mother. B. John’s sister. C. John’s teacher.
16. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers
A. Husband and wife. B. Classmates. C. Friends.
17. What do we know about John
A. He gave his teacher a gift.
B. He failed in the exam again.
C. He has studied harder than before.
请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why is a bicycle sometimes better than a car in the town
A. It has a basket at the front.
B. It is much cheaper than a car.
C. It is often faster than a car.
19. When does the speaker’s husband use the bicycle
A. When he goes for an outing.
B. When he goes to his office.
C. When he goes to see his friends.
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said
A. Riding saves her a lot of money.
B. Riding does her a lot of good.
C. Cycling is her favourite sport.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
单项选择题
21.“How did you find the lecture tonight ”“Very ______. I doubt if I will come for his lecture next time.”
A. encouraging B. encouraged
C. disappointing D. disappointed
22. Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV. There are pictures _____ in your mind instead of before your eyes.
A. to form B. form C. forming D. having formed
23. ____the programme, they have to stay there for another two weeks.
A. Not completing B. Not completed
C. Not having completed D. Having not completed
24. We didn’t play our art exhibition like that but if _____ very well.
A. worked on B. worked out C. tried out D. carried on
25. After trying several times, I _____ to see him.
A. attempted B. managed C. succeeded D. intended
26. As early as his second film, Chaplin had _____ his own manager of acting.
A. improved B. developed C. opened D. made
27. I ______ to go to the country for my summer holiday for some time.
A. have determined B. am determined
C. am decide D. determined
28. I meant _____ you , but I was so busy.
A. to have called on B. calling on
C. to call on D. calling at
29. I would rather _____ to see a film than _____ at hone watching TV.
A. go , stay B. going, staying C. went, stay D. go , staying
30. Tom failed but his sister _____.
A. got back B. got in her way C. got through D. got into
31. I _____when if began to rain.
A. was about to going out B. was in the point of going out
C. was on the point of going out D. both A & C
32. Thomas _____ in inventing many electrical machines.
A. was successful B. succeed C. was success D. successes
33. If they don’t come to their senses, they will _____ up in the same grave as Hitler.
A. come B. turn C. get D. end
34. Mr Brown expressed his hope that he would look forward _____ the city and ____ the
people there once more.
A. to visiting, seeing B. to visit, see C. visiting, to see D. to visit, see
35.“How could you do such a thing ”he sad angrily,_____ at the boy .
A. pointed B. pointing C. was pointing D. to point
第二节：完形填空（20题，每小题1.5分，共计30分）
When I lived in South America, I could speak Spanish very well. When I came back to the United States I couldn’t 36 many opportunities to speak 37 . One of my friends gave me some 38 . She said that I could go back to school to 39 Spanish or that I could get a job 40 I would meet some Spanish-speaking people. I was very 41 . I did both!
I signed up 42 a Spanish course at the community college. 43 I couldn’t understand Mr Garcia, the Spanish teacher, but 44 a few weeks I could 45 most of what he said. But I still needed help with my 46 —I couldn’t speak Spanish without a strong American 47 . When I spoke to Mr Garcia about my 48, he said that I could go to the language lab 49 my pronunciation and that I would 50 him and his family at the weekend. They could really help me 51 my pronunciation. Well, I went to the Garcia’s 52 one Sunday afternoon and met Mrs Garcia and the three Garcia’s children. Mrs Garcia asked me 53 I could help her with the children in the afternoon after school. I was 54 ! This was just what I needed! I would be able to study Spanish in school 55 improve my pronunciation with the Garcia’s children every afternoon.
36.A. find B. give C. look D. hope
37.A. English B. French C. Spanish D. Chinese
38.A. plans B. questions C. answers D. advice
39.A. teach B. study C. speak D. work
40.A. where B. which C. when D. that
41.A. worried B. lucky C. unlucky D. afraid
42.A. in B. at C. for D. on
43.A. As a result B. As usual C. At last D. At first
44.A. before B. soon C. after D. later
45.A. understand B. speak C. tell D. say
46.A. homework B. lessons C. grammar D. pronunciation
47.A. sound B. accent C. voice D. noise
48.A. problem B. question C. worry D. mistake
49.A. practice B. practicing C. to practice D. practiced
50.A. visit B. tell C. telephone D. invite
51.A. develop B. improve C. exploit(开发) D. examine
52.A. office B. school C. shop D. house
53.A. that B. if C. what D. why
54.A. satisfied B. surprised C. worried D. disappointed
55.A. otherwise B. but C. and D. or
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
A
British scientists have done something that many people thought was impossible: they created the first clone of an adult mammal. The clone, named Dolly, is a seven-month-old sheep, grown from a cell of an adult female sheep.
What is a clone A clone is a copy—a genetic copy. Genes are the instructions for life. They tell a cell what to do and how to do it. Genes make each individual plant or animal different and unique. But a clone has the same genes as the original organism（生物体）.
Cloning is not new. Plants have been cloned for centuries. New plants are often grown from cutting from another plant. Also, plants like pineapples（菠萝）, strawberries and carnations（康乃馨）are sometimes cloned. One benefit of cloning is that we can make many copies of the best and healthiest plants.
It has been much more difficult to clone animals. Frogs have been cloned, but they died as tadpoles, never living long enough to become adult frogs. Mice, sheep and cattle have been cloned from embryos. But Dolly is the first healthy clone of an adult mammal. How did they do it
(1) An unfertilized egg was taken from a sheep.
(2) The egg nucleus（细胞核）was removed.
(3) A cell was taken from the udder（乳房）of a pregnant（怀孕的）sheep. It was “starved”， so that it stopped growing.
(4) The two cells were combined into, then implanted in a third sheep, where it grew normally.
(5) The clone was born. It was genetically the same to the pregnant sheep in Step 3.
This sounds much easier than it actually was. To end up with one clone, the scientists started with 277 udder cells. And they needed in a way to make the egg cell accept a new nucleus. They did that by starving the cell Step 3.
It may soon be possible to clone many types of animals. Will we also be able to clone human organs, or even whole human beings We have only begun to think about the morality of cloning technology. Maybe the question to ask is not whether we can clone humans, but instead ,should we clone humans
56. Dolly is a sheep _____ because she is grown from a cell of an adult female sheep.
A. that has not her father B. that has not her mother
C. that has no parents D. that has not any tail
57. Tell which of the following statements is TRUE
A. Only plants can be cloned.
B. Only strawberries and carnations can sometimes be cloned.
C. Animals and plants have quite a long history of cloning.
D. Genes can tell a cell what to do and how to do it during cloning.
58. From the fourth paragraph we can know that _____.
A. a tadpole is the early stage of a grown-up frog
B. a tadpole is a frog without a tail
C. a tadpole is a kind of animal
D. a tadpole is a clone of an adult mammal
59. Which is the right order in the process of the clone of Dolly
a. Taking an unfertilized egg from an adult female sheep.
b. Removing the egg’s nucleus.
c. Combining the two cells into one and then implanting it in a third sheep.
d. Taking a cell from the udder of a pregnant sheep.
A. a d c d B. c a b d C. a b d c D. d c b a
B
A bike travel and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat.& Sun.). At 5:30 a.m, the rider will leave Tian’anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as training leg. Then the next 55-kilometer leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the travel. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.
The second racing leg of the travel will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers, Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. A noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: 200 yuan.
Telephone: 4675027.
60. From the notice, we can know some information about _____.
A. a wonderful race at the weekend B. riding bikes as a training leg
C. where to buy tickets for the race D. prices to take part in the race
61. If you take part in the race, you will ride for _____.
A. 55 kilometers B. 75 kilometers C. 90 kilometers D. 110 kilometers
62. The underlined word“leg”in the text means_____.
A. race B. walk C. part of the training D. part of the travel
63. The race will be on for _____.
A. one day B. two days C. three days D. half a day
C
We must have water to live. If the water we use is not clean and fresh, it can make us ill. The animals that live in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water.
Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now polluted. They are filled with dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for most uses.
Lake Erie was once a beautiful lake. Now it has been called‘a dying lake’. Waste from nearly homes and factories has dumped into it. Fish can no longer lived in much of its polluted water.
George Washington once called the Potomac‘the finest river in the world’. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is a soupy（羹汤类的）green. Suds（肥皂水）, from detergents（清洁剂）used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot be made in factory. Once water is polluted, it is hard to make it clean and safe. We must learn to take care of the water we now have.
64. The worlds‘a dying lake’in Paragraph 3 mean_____.
A. a polluted lake B. a very large lake
C. a beautiful lake D. a lake full of water
65. George Washington once called the Potomac‘the finest river in the world’means____.
A. this river was not polluted
B. this river was visited by many people
C. this river was full of polluted water
D. the water in the river was used by everyone
66. We must learn to take care of the water now we have because ______.
A. we can’t live without water B. the water is to be used up
C. the water cannot be produced by man D. both A and C
67. The passage chiefly tells us______.
A. not to use the polluted water
B. that we must prevent the water from being polluted
C. that the polluted water will make us ill
D. our water is still clean and safe
D
I am a keen fisherman. Every Sunday I get up early, and with all my fishing equipment I cycle to a river about five miles away from my house. I have to walk part of the way because you cannot ride a bicycle through the fields.
Recently my wife decided that she did not want to spend every Sunday on her own and asked me to take her with me. As there were two of us, we went by car as far as we could and then walked the rest of the way. When we arrived, we both sat down and I started to fish . In two hours I caught nothing.“Why don’t you show me what to do and let me try ”asked my wife. “All right, ”I replied. She caught six big fat fish in half an hour. “I’ll take them home and cook them for lunch. You can get the bus home, ”she said. I stayed by the river but caught only an old shoe. I arrived home feeling a little angry with myself. I am supposed to be the fisherman in the family! Anyway, the fish was delicious. When the next Sunday arrived, I asked my wife if she wanted to go with me again. “Oh, no!”she exclaimed. “I’d rather stay at home. It’s so boring catching fish.”
68. The writer usually went to the river_____.
A. by car and then rode a bike B. by bus and then rode a bike
C. by bike and then walked D. on foot and then took a bus
69. Why did his wife ask to go fishing with him Because _____.
A. she became interested in fishing
B. she wanted to spend the holiday with her husband
C. she knew she was good at fishing
D. she liked fishing very much
70. Which of the following statements is true
A. The husband didn’t show his wife how to fish.
B. The wife caught six fish within two hours.
C. The husband went home by bus.
D. The wife went home to cook the fish for dinner.
71. The reason why the wife caught six fish was that ______.
A. she was a clever learner
B. her husband was a good teacher
C. her husband was very angry with himself
D. she had very good luck that day
E
What’s person to do if he or she is unhappy with a job Should he or she leave Some people do. Others find a better way to do their work.
In the year 1870, Jan Matzeliger found himself faced with an unhappy job situation. Jan was a shoemaker. Not only was shoe construction hard work, but the hours were long. It took many hours to finish just one pair of shoes by hand. Workers often became unhappy.
In order to change this, Matzeliger devoted the next ten years of his life to finding an easier way to make shoes. He worked on building something that would ease（减轻）the process of shoe construction. He finally completed a machine that would help to form a“last”, the shape over which a shoe is formed.
The machine was a success. It worked. It made the shoe making process faster and easier. However, like many inventors, Matzeliger sold rights to the machine very cheaply. Others made money on his invention. Jan Matzeliger died a poor man, although in some ways he had realized his dream.
72. Jan Matzeliger was tired of _____.
A. his poor life B. a job as a shoemaker
C. making shoes by hand D. using machines
73. In this passage, the underlined word“last”means_____.
A. a shoemaking material B. the opposite of“first”
C. part of one’s foot D. a shape for making shoes
74. This story is mainly about _____.
A. a change in Jan Matzeliger’s life
B. the inventor of the shoemaking machine
C. Jan Matzeliger’s bad luck
D. what the shoemaking machine looks like
75. Jan Matzeliger changed his job situation by _____.
A. leaving for a new one B. selling his invention
C. inventing a new machine D. making more money
第二卷（共35分）
一、对话填空（10题，共计10分）
Jenny：Do you think our manager is going to have a new factory b_____ 76._________
People have been talking of it a lot recently.
Mei Ge：I simply don’t know. He may have plans, but he hasn’t y______ 77.__________
Jenny：Do you think it’s p________ that it will happen 78._________
Mei Ge：Of course. Right now we can’t p_____ goods quickly enough for all 79._________
our c_____. Many of them have to wait six months for their goods. 80._________
Jenny：What’s the problem with building the new factory then
Mei Ge：The problem is f_____ land for it. The majority of people in the 81._________
town want to encourage new industry in the area. New jobs are
needed b_____ a number of people are out of work. But some 82.________
people don’t want good farmland to be built on.
Jenny：I can see the problem. What do you think is l_____ to happen 83._________
Mei Ge：I think our manager will persuade the government to let h_____ 84._________
build a new factory. It’s quite likely that a decision will be made
b_____ the end of the year. 85._________
二、书面表达（25分）
假如你是一名高三学生，名叫李华。你正在为主题班会“学习与健康”做发言准备。你准备在班会上阐述以下内容：
1、最近你发现大部分学生整天忙于学习，不注意身体健康。
2、你认为你们应该每天进行体育锻炼。
3、注意一日三餐，并保证睡眠。
注意：
1、可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
2、长度：100词左右。
高二英语期中试卷答案
第一卷
一、1~5 ACCAC 6~10 CACBB 11~15 CCBAC 16~20 ACCAB
二、21~25 CCCBB 26~30 BBAAC 31~35 CADAB
36~40 ACDBA 41~45 BCDCA 46~50 DBACA
51~55 BDBAC
三、56~59 CDAC 60~63 ADDB 64~67 AADB
68~71 CBCD 72~75 CDBC
第二卷
一、76. built 77. yet 78. possible 79.produce 80. customers 81. finding 82. because
83. likely 84. him 85. before
二、One possible version
Recently , I have found most of the classmates have been busy with their studies all day long and paid little attention to their health. As one of the students of Senior 3. I can’t agree more that we should spend more time on our studies for the coming National College Entrance Examination. But“All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.”So I think we should take all kinds of exercise every day. We should also eat our three meals regularly and have enough sleep every day. Exercise , good meals and enough sleep can keep us healthy so that we will have more energy to study better.
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