辽宁省大连市48中08-09学年高二下学期期末考试（英语）缺71-76

2008—2009学年度下学期期末考试高二试题
英语（外研）
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两大部分，共150分，考试时间：120分钟
第I卷（三部分，共115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）
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，你将有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。
例如：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.15 C. ￡ 9.18
答案是B。
1. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. There’s a cat in the corner.
B. The man doesn’t think Kate’s old enough.
C. Kate doesn’t put her things in order.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. She is sad because the ceremony has been put off.
B. She is worried about the safety of the ceremony
C. She is happy that the ceremony will be held on time.
3. What does the woman think about the new DVD player?
A. She has no idea yet.
B. It’s no better than the old one.
C. It’s not as good as the computer.
4. When will the man move into his new house?A. This month B. In two months C. Next month
5. What does the woman want to know?
A. The way to the king’s Road
B. The way to the college
C. The name of the college
第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后后几个小题，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。听对话前，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6-8题。
6．How was the woman’s holiday on the beach?A. Wonderful B. Just so—so C. Very tiring
7. What did the woman do during her holiday?
A. She slept in the open air.
B. She made campfires on the beach.
C. She sunbathed and learned to swim.
8. What do we know about the woman?
A. She didn’t pay for the training.
B. She has become a great swimmer.
C. She can’t swim even after the training.
听第7段材料，回答第9-11题。
9. What is relationship between the two speakers?
A. Boss and secretary B. husband and wife C. Manager and customer
10. What do we know about the man’s company?
A. It’s small.
B. It’s doing well.
C. It is in business trouble.
11. What is the man going to do at 1:30 pm the day after tomorrow?
A. Visit an exhibition B. Go to classes C. Attend a party
听第8段材料，回答12-14题。
12. Where are the private rooms?
A. Upstairs B. Downstairs C. Beside the public rooms
13. What is the most attractive?
A. The garden B. The yard C. The house
14. What can the woman most probably be?
A. A housekeeper B. A salesgirl C. A guide
听第9段材料，回答第15-17题
15. What do we know about the woman?
A. She feels nervous
B. She doesn’t work hard
C. She has never taken any test
16. What can help remove test tension?
A. Good luck B. Deep breath C. Kind advice
17. What is the man’s opinion?
A. Wait for the test B. often take tests C. Always work hard
听第10段材料，回答18-20题。
18. What was the weather like when the speaker went to the twin towers?
A. Cold, snowy and windy
B. Cold, rainy and windy
C. Cold, sunny and windy
19. What were New Yorkers like?
A. They were ready to help others.
B. They were willing to tell stories.
C. They were all hard—working
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. The twin towers were being built.
B. New York often has terrible weather
C. The twin towers will take on different looks.
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节；满分45分)
第一节： 从下面每个句子后面所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
21. your worries with the friend you trust, you will feel relieved.
A. Share B. To share C. Sharing D. Having shared
22. In face of failure, we should keep up good state of mind instead of being depressed.
A. / ; the B. a ; the C. the ; a D. / ; a
23. In the character—training of children, what really much is what their parents say and do.
A. matters B. concerns C. cares D. minds
24. —Tom is said to have been accused of mismanagement.
—It’s not fair. I don’t think him the person for what happened.
A. to be blamed B. to blame
C. blamed D. blame
25. fresh air, people may start to feel sick. So make sure you open the windows while working.
A. For the absence of B. In the absence of
C. In the honor of D. In the short of
26. is obviously right is to give all students equal opportunities to develop their special gifts.
A. Which B. What C. That D. It
27. —Why hasn’t Mr. Green showed up at the meeting yet?
—I’m not sure, but he in a traffic jam driving here.
A. could be caught B. can be caught
C. might have been caught D. must have caught
28. Giant pandas —Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan , offered by the Chinese mainland, have
their new home in Taipei Zoo.
A. appealed to B. agreed to C. applied to D. adapted to
29. You may use my room as you like, you clean it up afterwards.
A. so far as B. as well as C. as soon as D. so long as
30. From mum’s love, patience and understanding, I have learned what a huge responsibility
is to raise a child.
A. it B. that C. this D. one
31. The couple tried every effort to the judges, who tried the case, of their innocence, resulting in the contrary.
A. prove B. approve C. convince D. confirm
32. —I have got a headache.
—No wonder. You in front of that computer too long.
A. work B. are working
C. have been working D. worked
33. He put his finger to his lips to convey me that I shouldn’t’ say anything.
A. to B. for C. on D. with
34. We were greatly encouraged by the news of China another man—made satellite.
A. to launch B. to have launched
C. launch D. having launched
35. —How long are you staying?
— , but at least a week.
A. Have no idea B. Never mind
C. It doesn’t matter D. It depends
第二节：完形填空。阅读下面的短文，然后从文章后面所给的各个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使文章内容通顺、正确（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class. Having taught in 36 for 17 years. I had no 37 about my ability to hold their attention and to 38 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted.“ 39 !”The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 40 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly 41 calmness and began what I thought was a fact –packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps 42 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students 43 diaries. However, as I read them, the happy mood was gradually 44 by a strong sense of sadness. 45 her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised , I read diary after diary, each expressing a 46 theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 47 for all the works we’ll study in class, ”I complained. “How 48 they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it 49 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 50 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to rains 51 questions and provide enough background so that student could 52 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide 53 information as directly as possible. What a difference!
54 , I also learnt a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students made me a 55 American teacher, knowing how to in a different culture.
36. A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Austria
37. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience
38. A. impress B. put C. leave D. count
39. A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up
40. A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried
41. A. launched B. returned C. regained D. followed
42. A. more B. even C. yet D. still
43. A. passed B. borrowed C. kept D. read
44. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. reflected
45. A. typically B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably
46. A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual
47. A. happening B. characters C. development D. background
48. A. should B. need C. will D. must
49. A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually
50. A. that B. what C. those D. ones
51. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual
52. A. draw B. get C. decide D. give
53. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious
54. A. Therefore B. However C. Beside D. Though
55. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better
第三部分 阅读理解
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Paris has the Eiffel Tower, New York the Statue of Liberty; and Brussels, the Manneken Piss.
Think of the Belgian capital and, if anything, you think of the small peeing(撒尿)boy—a 60-centimeter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him.
Some might laugh. But for Jacques Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them.
“I’m proud of him. People come from all around the world to see him,”says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boy. As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of Belgians.
The original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one after the original was destroyed.
There are many stories surrounding the legend of Mannekin Piss. Nobody knows why he was created. One story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed piss. But the most believable story is that the boy, the son of a wealthy man, was kidnapped(绑架). The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was found –peeing against a tree.
Perhaps best –known for his naked beauty, the “peeing boy”has also been clothed in some of the finest clothes money can buy.
Stroobants has been changing his clothes for the last 29 years. On average, he has clothes on 300 days a year. and on special occasions, he “pees”beer.
A few of the ways he’s been dressed are ; a football player, Mozart and an army general. Now, he has more than 600 pieces of clothes.
There is no strict charge for those wishing to provide clothes for the little boy. But certain conditions must be met.
“The clothes cannot include either advertising or political message,”said Stroobants, because they would cheapen the national treasure.
But the peeing boy’s image is still something local people can make money from-by selling all kinds of souvenirs.
56. Which of the following is NOT true about Manneken Piss?
A. It has a history of more than 600 years.
B. It stands in Brussels
C. It is best known for the clothes he wears.
D. It is 60-centimeters high.
57. The Manneken Piss has a special place in the heart of Belgians because .
A. it’s good looking with water running constantly
B. it brings joys to people who see it
C. it helps people make money
D. it’s a symbol of the city
58. We can learn from the passage that .
A. for most of the year, the boy is naked
B. Stroobants is probably in charge of taking care of the statue
C. people can provide any clothes for Manneken Piss free of charge
D. people make money by advertising Manneken Piss
D
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhark Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child, and so he has braces(支架) on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(双拐).
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.
But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars(小节), one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap(嘣断)—it went off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do.
We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage—to either find another string for this one. But he didn’t. instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.
When he finished , there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”
59. By saying “getting on stage is no small achievement for him”, the author really means .
A. it’s very difficult for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings
B. it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to get on the stage because he is disabled
C. it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to face such a large audience
D. it’s really great achievements for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings
60. Itzhak Perlman when one of the strings of the violin broke.
A. gave up playing
B. didn’t know what to do
C. went on playing the same piece of music
D. went on playing a different piece of music
61. What did the audience feel when Itzhak Perlman finished playing?
A. Surprised B. Disappointed C. Moved D. Satisfied
62. Itzhak Perlman can be best described as a man who is .
A. clever B. strong willed C. humorous D. quite skilled
C
What is the colour of the universe? Astronomers had not answered this question until two months ago. That is when two American astronomers reported on their study of all the light in the universe. They said that the universe would appear to the human eyes to be a light greenish colour.
Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, reported their finding in January. They resented the research at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. They said that finding ding colour of the universe was not part of their more serious scientific research. They did it for fun.
However, earlier this month, the scientists admitted making a mistake. They said their finding was much more colourful than it should have been. They now say the light from our universe is closer to white. It is more like a milky or creamy white colour.
Their study attempted to show what people might see if they could observe the universe from far away. The scientists found the average colour by combining light from about two-hundred-thousand star systems. Their information came from an observatory in New South Wales, Australia. They said it was a very pretty light green. Many newspapers and television stations reported their finding.
Other scientists and colour engineers attempted to reproduce the result. Mark Fairchild of the Rochester Institute discovered a mistake in the computer software program used by the Johns Hopkins scientists.
When the mistake was corrected, the results changed. The new colour of the universe is much less colourful. It is very close to white.
63. The colour of the universe is .
A. light greenish B. black C. blue D. close to white
64. The two scientists found the color of the universe by .
A. combining light from about 200,000 star systems
B. observing at an observatory in India
C. making long-term scientific research
D. using computer software programs
65. Who found the mistake in the Johns Hopkins scientists’ finding?
A. Karl Glazebrook B. Ivan Baldry
C. Johns Hopkins D. Mark Fairchild
66. This passage mainly tells us .
A. what the colour of the universe is
B. the light from our universe is a light greenish colour
C. the new colour of the universe is much more colourful
D. the finding of the colour of the universe is difficult
D
According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University has noticed the difference in the style of boy’s and girls’ conversations from an early age. She says that little girls’ conversation is less definite than boy’s and expresses more doubts. Little boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners.
These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amounts –although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that , for women, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy(亲密，亲近). For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.
Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tanner, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and therefore more power in conversation. When a women teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tanner does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.
Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is pre-programmed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias(倾向性) in its programming, otherwise male speech patterns would not arises at all.
67. There are in little girls’ conversation than in boys’.
A. fewer doubts B. more demands
C. more doubts D. fewer uncertainties
68. Some scientists believe that brain is pre-programmed for language. The word“pre-programmed”means .
A. programmed already B. programmed before one is born
C. programmed early D. programmed by women
69. In private conversation, women speak .
A. the same things as men B. less than men
C. more than men D. as much as men
70. The theme of this article is .
A. women are naturally more helpful
B. men and women talk different languages
C. men talk most and interrupt other speakers more
D. little girls’ conversation is less definite
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 71
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 72 Mental exercise (done with the mind) is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents