江苏省常州市08-09学年高二下学期期末教学质量调研（英语）

江苏省常州市08-09学年高二下学期期末教学质量调研
第一卷 客观题（满分74分）
第一部分：听力（共二节，满分20分）
第一节（共五小题；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。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How does the woman feel about the TV programs?
A. She thinks they are too bad.
B. She thinks they are good on the whole.
C. She doesn’t like watching TV at all.
2. What does the man plan to do next summer?
A. Save some money B. Finish his work C. Go on a trip
3. Why does the man work hard?
A. In order to find the job.
B. In order to make more money.
C. He enjoys the challenge lying in the job.
4. What’s the population of Hawaii?
A. About 1,000,000 B. About 100,000 C. About 10,000,000
5. When will the speaker go to dinner?
A. Next Saturday B. Next Sunday C. One the man’s birthday
第二节（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
听下面5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。听每段对话或独白前，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至8题。
6. What do we know about the woman?
A. She’s a Japanese living in Tokyo.
B. She’s a visitor who has just arrived in Tokyo.
C. She’s a foreigner who’s been staying in Tokyo.
7. What is the man worried about？
A. He can’t deal with the time difference.
B. He doesn’t know how to use chopsticks.
C. He won’t see his family or friends for some time.
8. What is the man going to do in the afternoon?
A. Sleep. B. Visit Tokyo. C. See a doctor.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What is the man most likely to do?
A. To persuade the woman to have a look at his car.
B. To sell his second-hand car.
C. To put up an advertisement.
10. Where is the man’s office?
A. In the city centre B. One Hill’s Road C. Near the hospital
11. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman will buy the car.
B. The woman has worked in the hospital for a long time.
C. The car has a history of four years.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Why did the officer want to see the driver’s license?
A. The driver was speeding.
B. The driver was a stranger.
C. The drive took the wrong turn.
13. What is the speed limit in business areas of that city?
A. 25 miles per hour.
B. 20 miles per hour.
C. 35 miles per hour.
14. What did the police officer finally do?
A. She took the man to the police station.
B. She just warned him and then let him go.
C. She asked him to see the sign.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What do you think Robert Redford is?
A. An actor. B. The man’s boss. C. The manager of the cinema.
16. What can we learn about Saturday?
A. It will be sunny.
B. They will stay at home that day.
C. A good film will be on that day.
17. What will they do before they go to the movie on Saturday?
A. Meet Eddy and Jean. B. Play tennis. C. Have a big dinner outside.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How many years did Jane Austin live?
A. 40 B. 42 C. 44
19. Why do Jane Austin’s books seem very real and interesting to so many people?
A. Because she was very interested in the people and things in her birthplace.
B. Because she began writing at a very early age.
C. Because she used people she knew as models for the characters in her books.
20. Why didn’t her four books have her name on them?
A. Because Austin didn’t want to have her books published.
B. Because. it was not proper for women to write books at that time.
C. Because Austin’s books were so famous that she didn’t have to sign her name.
第二部分 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
认真阅读下面各题，从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. —Do you know the 3G mobile phone has gone on market?
?—Really? It is said to be superior ______ any other model. I can’t wait to have ______.
A. to; one ? B. than; one C. to; it D. than; that
22. Hardly ______ at London ______ he turned against his old companions, even Joe, who had always been kind to him.
A. did Pip arrive; when ? B. had Pip arrived; when
C. would Pip arrive; than D. has Pip arrived; then
23. One of the arguments about the present education system is that students feel ______their lessons.
A. pressure doing B. pressured into doing
C. being pressured doing D. pressure into doing
24. On weekends some housewives like to go from shop to shop in search of real ______.
A. exchanges B. sales C. bargains D. businesses
25. There are instructions on the bottle to prevent the medicine from being ______.
A. reused B. abused C. used D. useless
26. The new building,______ our new lab building, will be opened for use next term.
A. to be intended as ? B. intends to be
C. intending for D. intended for
27. —What do you think makes the painter so well received?
?—______, I think.
A. Because of his unique style B. As a result of his unique style
C. His unique style D. Because he invented his unique style
28. The whole world are fighting against the N1H1 flu and will ______ defeat it.
A. generally B. extremely C. eventually D. gradually
29. —______ was it that you managed to get yourself excused this time? A flat tire or the heavy traffic?
?—What are you talking about ? My bike really broke down.
A. How ?B. What C. Why D. Where
30. The teacher was still speaking when the bell rang, ______ the end of class.
A. to announce B. to be announced C. announced D. announcing
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从31~50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened；tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl __31 with curd rice. She hates curd rice, but my wife believes it’s good for health and 32 her to eat it.
I 33 my throat, and picked up the bowl. “Sindu, darling, why don’t you take a few mouthfuls of it？ If you don’t , your mom will 34 at me. ”
Sindu softened a bit and 35 her tears with the back of her hands. “OK, Dad. I will eat—not just a few mouthfuls, but all of this. But you should…” Sindu 36 , “Dad, if I eat this entire curd rice, will you give me 37 I ask for？” “Yes, within 38 . ” I replied.
Slowly and 39 , she finished the food. Then she came to me with her eyes wide with 40 . “Dad, I want to have the hair on my head shaved（剃） 41 , this Sunday！” “ 42 ！” shouted my wife. “Sindu, darling, why don’t you ask for something else？ We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head. ” I said.
“Dad, you promised! Was it not you who told me that we should honor our promises no matter what？” In that case, I had to 43 my promise.
44 her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.
On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. About to go, I heard a shout from a boy, “Sindu, wait for me！” What struck me was the 45 head of that boy.
“Sir, your daughter is great indeed!” Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued “That boy is my son Harish. He is 46 from …leukemia（白血病）. ”She cried. “He lost all his hair due to the side 47 of the treatment and he’s afraid to come back to school. But,I 48 imagined Sindu would 49 her lovely hair to make him feel less different. She is a noble girl!”
?I stood for a while, and then wept. “My little Angel, you are teaching me how 50 real love is！”
The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own terms（信条）but are those who change their terms for the ones they love.
31. A. filled B. crowded C. full D. covered
32. A. advised B. forced C. warned D. allowed
33. A. raised B. cleaned C. emptied D. cleared
34. A. look B. shout C. arrive D. call
35. A. held B. swept C. rubbed D. wiped
36. A. disturbed B. wondered C. stopped D. hesitated
37. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whoever
38. A. reason B. sight C. time D. distance
39. A. angrily B. happily C. carefully D. painfully
40. A. puzzlement B. tears C. expectation D. reluctance（勉强）
41. A. away B. off C. out D. down
42. A. Interesting B. Available C. Important D. Impossible
43. A. make B. stick C. keep D. tell
44. A. With B. After C. On D. By
45. A. small B. hairless C. round D. smart
46. A. aching B. differing C. suffering D. resulting
47. A. action B. damage C. effects D. influence
48. A. never B. always C. once D. immediately
49. A. donate B. sacrifice C. contribute D. drop
50. A. valueless B. careless C. hopeless D. selfless
第四部分 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）
A
Rain to come to Shanghai in May
Xinmin Evening Post reports that a much anticipated live concert of South Korea singer Rain is scheduled to be held in Shanghai on May 20.
The concert has been planned since two years ago, but has met with various problems. Earlier this year, a Chinese performing company even filed a law suit（诉讼）against the star’s agency companies for failing to lay on the concert last March, citing Rain’s “tight schedule”. The stars South Korean agency then promised to set a clear date for a later Shanghai concert.
Before the concert, Rain is expected to hold a meeting with his fans in Shanghai.
Transformers to be shown in China
BEIJING, May 12—Paramount’s latest work Transformers will be able to meet its Chinese fans on July 11th, just one week after its premiere in the USA.
The domestic portal, sina. com, reported on Friday that the movie has passed that scrutiny（审查）of the state film bureau, citing a sourse from the Huaxia Film Group, the importer of the movie.
16 bands to tout capital audiences
May 12—16 jazz bands from Beijing, Shanghai and other countries like the United States, Russia and Austria will bring a jazz banquet to Beijing audiences starting from May 25.
The second Beijing Ninegates Jazz Week, which was named after the nine city gates of old Beijing, is part of the Sino-French Cultural Exchanges.
Big names like violinist Didier Lockwood from France, drummer Rony Holan from Israel and veteran jazz pianist Emil Viklicky from Czech Republic are expected to team up with local jazz musicians like Liu Yuan and Xia Jia’s band and jazz singer Coco from Shanghai.
51. Why did Rain’s South Korean agency promise to set a clear date for the Shanghai concert?
A. Because Rain wants to make more money.
B. Because Rain’s schedule is very tight.
C. Because he once failed to lay on a concert as planned.
D. Because he has come across a variety of trouble in his personal life.
52. What does the underlined word “premiere” mean?
A. First being made B. Being planned
C. Being shot D. First being shown
53. What can Li Lei do to celebrate his birthday on May 31st ?
A. Attend Rain’s Shanghai concert.
B. Enjoy jazz music brought by the 16 bands.
C. Make an interaction with Rain on his meeting with fans in Shanghai.
D. See the movie Transformers in a cinema.
54. Which section of a newspaper would this article probably be from?
A. Economy. ????? B. Politics. ???? C. Entertainment. ???? D. Culture.
B
What is it that makes a house a home? A home is a place of companionship with people in it who love each other, who are harmonious and closer inside with one another than they are outside with those in the workplace or with classmates at school. A home is a place that's so magnetic that it's difficult to leave. In a home there is love, sharing and appreciation, and the members help one another,
I have seen families on the street. But if they live, sleep, talk, and eat together, they are a family, even if they are poorly off. You don't need a roof to make a home. The truly homeless are some of the rich people who build multi-million-dollar houses and are too busy to really live in them. The truly homeless are those who have turned their home into a hotel lobby. The parents work. The children do wrong. They don't talk and eat together every day. They rarely see each other. The truly homeless people are those with babysitters, caretakers, gardeners and maids. Parents are unaware, too busy making money outside the home that they don't live in. This is another way of looking at the rich and the homeless. Who is to be pitied?
Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. If the computer is on all the time, the house turns into an office, even if everyone is at home. Many homes these days are just offices. Human communication has stopped. The computer eats up the time thatone should be giving to others within the home. Using the computer moderately gives us time for gentleness, play and communication, not with a screen, but with a human being.
55. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?
A. How to Make a House?
B. What Makes a House a Home?
C. Who Are Homeless, the Poor?
D. What Is a Home for?
56. The underlined word "those" refers to_____________.
A. people who build multi-million-dollar houses
B. people who have lost their family members
C. people who don't spend time with the family
D. homeless families living on the street
57. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A. A home is a place where you are willing to stay.
B. Even the poorest person can have a happy home.
C. Computers and Internet are important for a happy home.
D. Sometimes it’s the rich that should be pitied.
58. According to the passage, what is NOT mentioned as an element (要素) of a home?
A. Communication. ????? B. Appreciation. ????
C. Companionship. ???? D. Selflessness
C
A new report by the International Monetary Fund（the I. M. F. ）estimates（估计） that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this year. That would be the worst performance in more than sixty years. Three months ago, the I. M. F. predicted a small growth for this year.
Major industrialized economies are expected to see the biggest decreases, shrinking by almost four percent. The I. M. F. predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.
The I. M. F. says the world will slowly return to growth of almost two percent next year. But the lending organization warns that strong policies to supervise（监管） and support the financial system are needed if the world economy is to fully recovery.
Olivier Blanchard is the chief economist for the I. M. F. He has said that banks are still in the process of rebuilding their financial positions. He added that securities markets（证券市场）are still operating poorly
Economic experts believe the world financial industry is moving towards recovery but with more losses to come. In all, the I. M. F. says worldwide financial losses could be as high as four trillion dollars by the end of next year. ?World trade is expected to drop eleven percent this year, after expanding by three percent last year.
The I. M. F. report says international lending may not fully recover until two thousand eleven. The financial crisis has made the I. M. F. more important than ever. The world's largest economies promised to increase the size of the fund by about five hundred billion dollars. They did so at the G-Twenty meeting in London earlier this month. This week, President Obama proposed that the United States lend the I. M. F. one hundred billion dollars as part of that promise
Last week, Mexico became the first nation to borrow from the I. M. F. under a new program to provide emergency credit to nations with strong economies. Mexico received a forty-seven billion dollar line of credit for one year. Poland and Colombia are also seeking loans from the program.
59. Because of ______, the I. M. F is playing an even more important role than ever.
A. the G—20 meeting in London B. the financial crisis
C. Olivier Blanchard D. President Obama
60. The world economy won’t full recover until_________________.
A. developing economies play a more important role than major industrialized economies
B. the International Monetary Fund lends more money to more countries
C. there has been a strong supervising and supporting financial system
D. securities markets operate well enough
61. We can know from the passage that ________________.
A. at least three countries have borrowed from the I. M. F. since last week
B. the world financial industry is recovering and will suffer no more losses
C. developing economies are likely to continue to grow slowly for the year
D. worldwide financial losses have been as high as four trillion dollars so far
62. What is this news report mainly about?
A. The biggest decreases that the world economy is suffering.
B. The slow recovery that the world financial industry is moving towards.
C. The steadily growing International Monetary Fund.
D. The recent world economic situation.
第五部分 任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上最恰当的单词。
注：请将答案写在第二卷答题纸上。
Long school day = More learning? Not necessarily
Recently we talked about how some American schools have made changes in the traditional school year. Their goal is to improve student learning.
Some have extended the school year, or reorganized it to avoid a long summer break. Another choice is to extend the school day. A new report from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University examines research into how effective this is.
The traditional school day has not changed much in more than a century. Activities or special programs might mean a longer day. But younger children usually go to school from about nine o'clock in the morning until about three in the afternoon. Older ones are traditionally in school from about seven a. m. until around two p. m.
Some high schools have changed to later start times because of findings that teenagers learn better that way. But the new report says results have been mixed. Teachers say students are more awake. But students say the changes interfere with after-school activities or jobs.
By 2001, almost one-third of all secondary schools had some form of block scheduling（区段时间表）. The idea is to provide longer periods in the school day to teach basic subjects.
More class time should mean better results. This is the thinking, at least. Yet a 2001study found that secondary schools with traditional schedules had higher test scores by comparison. Schools with block scheduling did have higher scores in science, though.
In any case, the study agreed with earlier findings that students feel better about their schools in systems with nontraditional scheduling.
So how useful is a longer school day? Not surprisingly, the policy experts at Indiana say it is what educators do with the extra time that has the largest effect on student learning. They note a criticism that education leaders often make scheduling changes without changing the learning environment of a school.
The experts say teachers must be trained to use the added time effectively. Professional development is needed. The report notes that simply adding time to a program that is not very good or very interesting will not increase student learning.
Community（社会） support is also valuable for any changes. And there is another consideration. Schools may need a lot of extra money to pay for an extended day.
Theme
New changes in American school year to 1 student learning.
Main Changes
● 2 school year;
● 3 school year to avoid a long summer vacation;
●later start times of school day, expecting better learning effects;
●block scheduling to provide time for 4 subjects
Research Findings on the Changes
Long school time doesn’t 5 mean better results. Traditional schedules and block scheduling each have its own 6 as fas as test scores are concerned, but students feel 7 about their schools in system with the changed scheduling.
Determining Factors
what educators do with the extra time
Suggested Counter-
measures（对策）
●Education leaders must change the learning environment while making 8 in school schedules.
●Educators’ professional 9 must be taken into consideration.
●There must be 10 support for the new changes besides extra money needed.
第二卷（非选择题，共4大题46分）
第六部分 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题0. 5分，满分5分）
根据句子的意思及首字母或中文提示，完成或写出相应的英语单词。
1. She has a lot of hobbies, r from playing chess to winter swimming.
2. Traffic lights are there to guide traffic in an （有序的） way.
3. It appears that so many Chinese are considering buying a car that one must make a r in order to get an ideal car timely.
4. A lot of food and clothes were d to the villagers immediately after the earthquake.
5. Our policy is to include high-quality films, r of who makes them.
6. It was obvious that she （爱慕） the talented artist as she kept visiting him from time to time.
7. Even he was captured and （折磨） by the enemy, he refused to let out the secret.
8. In order to stand firm in NBA, Yaoming is playing more and more （侵略性地）
9. In order to avoid （婚姻）, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die.
10. After his first book of poetry was published, Robert Burns was transformed and became famous （一夜之间）.
第七部分 根据要求，完成句子（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
1. During World War II, when London was bombed, many underground stations functioned as bomb shelters. （填入一词，完成下面句子，并保持两个句子意思一致）
Many underground stations were as bomb shelters during World War II, when London was bombed.
2. A hard life and a weak constitution shortened Robert Burn’s life. （填入一词，完成下面句子，并保持两个句子意思一致）
Robert Burns didn’t live owing to a hard life and a weak constitution.
3. When drivers do not pay attention to surrounding traffic, they are not prepared when another driver does something wrong, like changing lanes without signaling or giving wrong signals. （填入一词，完成对上面这段话的总结）
One of the major of road accidents is given in the above sentences.
4. Because of his musical talent and fame, Tchaikovsky travelled to many countries as a conductor, including a transatlantic voyage to the USA in 1891. （填入一词，完成下面句子，并保持两个句子意思一致）
Because he was and famous in music, Tchaikovsky travelled to many counties as a conductor, including a transatlantic voyage to the USA in 1891.
5. Other foods you could use to make a picture of Pizza Faces include eggplant, ham and sugar cubes, most of which can be found at your local grocery. （填入一词，完成下面句子，并保持两个句子意思一致）
You could use other foods to make a picture of Pizza Faces, eggplant, ham and sugar cubes, most of which can be found at your local grocery.
6. Classics are the antiques of the literary world. They are novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were so well written and well received that people still read them today. （填入一词，完成下面的总结或评价）
The above sentences tell readers classic literature is.
第八部分 书面表达（共一小题，满分25分）
对于如何更好地欣赏文学名著，不同的同学有不同的看法，请根据下表陈述同学们的观点及你的看法，字数150左右。
学生
观点
理由
部分同学
看根据名著改编的电影
省时，高效。
有趣，易懂。
部分同学
直接读名著
细节生动，语言优美，有助于提高写作水平
有些电影改编曲解原著的含义
你的观点及理由
……
……
As to how to fully enjoy famous literature works, different students have different ideas.


参考答案
第一部分：听力（共二节，满分20分）（略）
第二部分 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
21-25 ABBCB 26-30 DCCDB
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
31-35 ABDBD 36-40 DBADC 41-45 BDCAB 46-50 CCABD
第四部分 阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分）
51-55 CDBCB 56-60 CCDBC 61-62 CD
第五部分 任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1. improve 2. longer/extended 3. reorganized 4. basic 5. necessarily
6. advantages 7. better 8. changes 9. development 10. community
第六部分 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题0. 5分，满分5分）
ranging
orderly
reservation
distributed
regardless
adored
tortured
aggressively
marriage
overnight
第七部分 根据要求，完成句子（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分）
used
long
causes
talented
including
what
第八部分 书面表达（共一小题，满分25分）
范文：（略）