1、天津市耀华中学 20112012 学年第一学期期末考试 高二实验四年级英语试卷 本试卷分第卷(选择题)、第卷(非选择题)和第卷(选择题)三部分。试卷共 150 分。考试时问为 120 分钟。请考生掌握好时间。祝各位考生考试顺利！第卷 第一部分：听力(共两节，满分 20 分)第一节(每题 l 分，共 5 小题)听下面 5 段材料。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，并涂在答题卡的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有 l0 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。1What are the speakers doing?AHaving dinner
2、 BHaving a class CReading 2What do we learn from the conversation?A.The train is crowded B.The train is late CThe train is on time 3How does the woman suggest the man prepare for Professor Yangs lesson?A.Review the details of all her lessons B.Focus on the main points of her lectures.CTalk with her
3、about his learning problems 4What does the woman imply?AThe Edwards are quite welloff BThe Edward should cut down their living expenses CItll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house 5What is the woman doing?A.Making suggestions B.Making excuses CMaking requests 第二节(每题 l.5 分，共 l0 小题)听下面 5 段对话或
4、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，并涂在答题卡的相应位置。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，你将有 5 秒钟时间回答各个小题。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6-8 题。6What has the man been engaged in?APreparing for the final exams BPreparing a speech report CWriting an article 7.What will the man do this evening?AGo on working B
5、Go to a concert.CGo to see a movie 8When will the woman meet the man?A.At 6：00 BAt 6：30 CAt 7：00 听下面一段对话，回答第 911 题.9What is the relationship of the speakers?Ashop assistant and customer BCo-workers.CWaiter and diner.10Where does the conversation take place?AAt MacDonalds BAt Kentucky Fried Chicken C
6、At an Italian Fast Food restaurant 11What have the speaker ordered?ASpaghetti，coffee，Coke and iced water BPizza,chicken salad and iced water CSoup,hamburger and cola 听下面一段对话，回答第 1215 题。12.Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?AColleagues BTeacher and student C.Classmates 13What does t
7、he man work for?AMoney BExperience C.Fun 14When will the woman leave for home?A.Tonight BTomorrow.C.Two days after.15Where will the woman go two days after?AAmerica BJapan C.China.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节：单项填空(共 15 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 l5 分)16.-I heard Back Street Boys would sing at the New Century Thea
8、ter -Where did you?A.put that up Bpick that up C.make that up Dtake that up 17The Chinese are looking forward to the first to land the moon after Yang Liweis successful trip to space A.measure Battempt C.purpose Ddesire 18The mayor has offered a(n)of$5000 to who can capture the tiger alive or dead A
9、reward；both Baward；others Creward；anyone Daward；another 19-Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?-Never it,actually Ahad I learned.Bhave I learned C.I learned D.was I learned 20There is an illness that can result in total blindness 1eft untreated.Aafter Bif Csince D.unless 21The a
10、chievements of the greatest minds in science could never have been reached the patient work of hundreds of others A.were it not for Bhad it not been because Chad it not been for Dif it had not been 22The poor man，ran out of the dark cave Atrembled and frightened Btrembling and frightened C.trembled
11、and frightening Dtrembling and frightening 23Last week my husband bought me a false diamond necklace at I thought was an extremely high price A.which Bthat Cit Dwhat 24Please tell me how the accident .I am still in the dark Aarouse Brise Craise D.arose 25He hasnt slept at all for three days he is ti
12、red out AThere is no point BThere is no need CIt is no wonder D.It is no way 26It is such a good place everybody wants to go and visit it is well known all over the world Athat：that Bas；as Cas；thatDthat；as 27Mary,its already 7 oclock.Im afraid there is not much time for you to for the ball A1eaving；
13、get dressing Bremaining；get to dress Cremained；get dress D1eft；get dressed 28.What the doctor really doubt is my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.A.when B.how C.whether D.if 29-Was there an answer to my telegram?-Margaret said there one A.must have been B.must have had C.seems to be
14、 D.seemed to have 30While riding in the street，.Asomeone called me from behind Bmy bike broke down C，I heard my name called Dan old man knocked down 第二节完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 l.5 分，共 30 分)从所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Is it difficult for you to get up in me morning?Do you sometimes over sl
15、eep?Are you often late for work or school?Yes?The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)31 bed for you.Hiroyukis bed will 32 you up in the morning!Here is how it 33 .The bed 34 an alarm clockFirst，the alarm clock ringsYou have a few minutes to wake upNext，a tape recorder in the bed plays 35 music or ot
16、her pleasant soundsThe tape recorder in Hiroyukis bed plays a recording of his girlfriendShe whispers in a sweet 36 ，“Wake up，darling，please”A few minutes later,a second recording 37 .The sound recording can be loud music or 38 soundsHiroyuki hears a recording of his bosss.His boss 39，“Wake up immed
17、iately,40 you11 be late!”If you dont get up 41 the second recording，you 42 be sorry!A mechanical“foot”is in the bedThe mechanical foot kicks you in the headThen the bed waits a few 43 minutes.What!Youre 44 in bed!Slowly the 45 of the bed rises higher and higherThe foot of the bed goes lower and lowe
18、r.46，the bed is vertical(垂直的)You slide off the bed and onto the floorYou are out of bed and become 47 .Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 48 a contestHe works for Honda Motor CompanyEvery two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees-“All Honda Idea Contest”The employees think of n
19、ew 49If their ideas win，the employees win 50 .Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed 31.A.expensive B.special Cvaluable Dcomfortable 32.Aget Bcatch Cmake D1et 33Aworks Bruns C.happens D.moves 34A.is separated from B.is made up of C.is connected to D.is made into 35A.loud B.classical
20、 C.pop D.soft 36A.sound Bvoice C.noise D.way 37A.sends B.turns C.plays D.appears 38A.pleasant B.interesting C.unpleasant D.funny 39.A.shouts Bcalls C.whispers D.persuaders 40A.and B.but C.so D.or 41A.before Buntil C.since D.after 42A.can B.will C.may D.would 43A.other Banother C.more D.one 44A.still
21、 Byet C.already D.even 45A.end Bmiddle C.body D.top 46.AHowever BFinally C.Therefore D.Otherwise 47A.angry B.asleep C.happy D.awake 48A.achieve Bwin C.gain D.defeat 49Aideas Bproblems C.facts D.ways 50.A.praises B.positions C.prizes D.medals 第三部分：阅读理解(共 20 小题：每小题 2.5 分，满分 50 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选顼(A、B、
22、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(A)Henry Ford，American car manufacturer,founded the Ford Car Company and produced Type T carsHe succeeded in making America a big car country Growing up on a far-away Michigan farm，Henry Ford knew little of fanning-but he soon showed signs that he belonged to a new generat
23、ion of Americans interested more in the industrial future than in the agricultural pastHis father,William，hoped that his eldest son would join him on the farm enable it to become larger,and at last，take it overBut Henry hated farm work and did everything he could to avoid itIt was not that he was la
24、zyFar from itGive him a mechanical job to do and he would set to work eagerlyIt was the daily life of the farm，with its repetitive tasks，that frustrated him，“What a waste it is，”he wrote years later,remembering his work in the fields，“for a human being to spend hours and days behind a slowly moving
25、team of horses”So Henry turned his attention elsewhereWhen he was twelvehe became very interested in clocks and watchesSoon he was repairing clocks and watches for friends，working at a bench he built in his bedroomIn l876，Henry left the farm，and three years later,he took a job as a mechanic in Detro
26、it.By this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henrys fascination According to Henry himself,he first saw a steamdriven road engine one day in 1877 when he and his farther in their horse-drawn farm wagon，met one on the roadThe engine driver stopped to let the wagon pass，an
27、d Henry jumped down and went to him with many technical questions about the engines performanceFrom then on，for a while；Henry became fascinated with steam engines.A chance meeting with an old co-worker led to a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company,the leading force
28、in another new industry.Power stations were being built and cables being laid in all of the United States major cities；the age of electricity had begunBut although Henry quickly learned the rules for his new jobso quickly that within four years he was the chief engineer at the Detroit power planthis
29、 interest in fuel engines had control of his lifeAt first in the kitchen，and later in a shed at the back of his house,he spent his spare time in the evenings trying to build an engine to his own design Henry learned it was a stow,hard business to build an engine by handEvery piece of every part had
30、to be made separately,checked and rechecked,and testedEvery problem had to be worried over and solved by the builderTo ease the burden，Henry joined forces with another mechanic，Jim Bishop.Even so，it was two years before they had succeeded in building a working carIt was a simple one,fixed on bicycle
31、 wheels and driven by a rubber belt that connected the engine to the back wheelsHenry called it the“Quadricycle”51Henry tried to avoid farm work because .Ahe was lazy B.farming was a waste of time Che didnt like working with horses D.the daily life and work on farm was boring 52Henry was most intere
32、sted in .A.clocks and watches B.steam engines C.electricity D.fuel engines 53To build an engine was slow and painstaking for the builders because .A.they didnt know how to do it B.they didnt have enough money Cthey had no car wheels Dthey had no machines and the job was complicated 54Which of the fo
33、llowing statements is NOT true?AHenry began to like machines in his childhood B.Henry built his first working car with his own efforts CIt took them two years of hard work to build their first car DTheir first car was more like a bicycle with four wheels 55Choose the correct order of the following e
34、vents related to Henry a.left the farm b.became fascinated with steam engines cbuilt the first car d.became interested in clocks and watches eworked as a mechanic in Detroit fbegan to work at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company Aa,d,e,b，c,f Bb,d，a，e，f,c C.d,a,b,e,f,c Dd,a,e，b，f,c(B)CBC is a famou
35、s air company which has over twenty planes carrying passengers and goods，flying along 12 fixed lines all over the worldIts service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2003 and 2004 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers
36、 who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table Those about passengers things carried by the plane are Baggage problemsCustomer service refers to service work which passengers are not satisfied withOver sales of seats are about the fact that more se
37、ats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safeRefund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money paid back to them because of what they have lostFares are problems about the price of tickets Consumer Complaints Received By the CBC Category 2003 2004 Flight problems 20
38、.2 22.1 Baggage 183 21.8 Customer service 3.1 11,3 Over sales of seats 10.5 11.8 Refund problems 10.1 8.1 Reservation&Ticketing 5.8 5.6 Tours 3.3 2.3 Smoking 3.2 2.9 Advertising 1.2 1.01 Credit 1.O 0.8 Special passengers 0.9 0.9 Others 6.0 5.3 Total Number of Complaints 2,988 1,792 56About how many
39、complaints about Credit were received by the CBC in 2003?A28 B29 C30 D.31 57By about what percent did the total number of complaints decrease from 2003 to 2004?A40 B60 C75 D100 58.If the circle graphs below show total consumer complaints for 2003，which graph shows a dark part that is about Flight pr
40、oblems and Refund problems together?59.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the table?a.In 2003 and in 2004,complaints about Flight problem，Baggage，and Customer service together took about 50 percent of all consumer complaints received by the CBC Company b.The number of Special pas
41、sengers complaints was unchanged from 2003 to 2004 cFrom 2003 to 2004 the number of Flight problem complaints increased by more than 2 percent.Aonly a Bonly b Ca and b Da and c 60From the passage we call know that A.customers are not satisfied with CBC Bsometimes CBC sells more tickets than its plan
42、es fixed seats CCBC has more than twenty planes which fly to all the capital cities of the world Dcustomers can only buy tickets with ready money(C)The Cave of Lascaux It was Thursday,September l2，1940Four French teens were out exploring in the woods off the northern slopes of the PyreneesMany years
43、 before，an old pine tree fell and left a large hole in the groundThe teenagers were out exploring in the woods off the northern slopes of the PyreneesMany years before，an old pine tree fell and left a large hole in the groundThe teenagers were curious and they started to explore the area and fell in
44、to one of the most important archeological finds of the twentieth century!There are over a hundred limestone caves in this region of FranceSome were inhabited by humans thousands and thousands of years agoBetween l5，000-17,000 years ago，humans painted lively creatures such as cows，bulls，horses，and e
45、ven cats on the walls of the cave Why did they mark these walls?Was it to tell a story?Was it to record a famous battle?There are many mysteries and ancient secrets still waiting to be discovered in the cave of LascauxThere were dots in many of the paintings.What do these dots mean?Were they meant t
46、o record time，a calendar?Deep in the cave，there is a drawing of a “birdman”,What does this mean?Was it a place for sacred ceremonies?No one knows for sure The actual cave of Lascaux was closed in l 963 due to the overabundance of tourists visiting the site.The carbon monoxide that people were breath
47、ing out，was causing damage to the fragile cave paintings.Up till now the Lascaux cave is still closed for touristsOnly a specialist can visit the cave by a special order that must be made out almost a year in advanceNot more than six persons can enter the cave per dayTwo days a week，the cave is comp
48、letely closed，Due to the great interest of numerous tourists,in l983 Lascaux was opened for tourismIt is an exact replica of the cave of Lascaux 61.The Pyrenees are the in France.A.mountains B.forests C.rivers Dcaves 62What does the underlined word inhabited mean?Abuilt Bexplored C1ived in D.destroy
49、ed 63In the authors opinion,the cave paintings are .Aold Bbeautiful Ceasily damaged D.interesting 64.The actual cave of Lascaux was closed in l963 because .A.tourists were destroying the cave paintings B.there were too many tourists visiting the cave Ctourists were taking photos and causing damage t
50、o the paintings Dit was very difficult for people to breathe in the cave 65Nowadays not more than experts can visit the cave each week A.6 B42 C12 D30(D)If there is one thing Im quite sure about,it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapersNot that newspapers are a neces
51、sityEven now some people get most of the news from the television or have the radio switched on in the background or in the car,many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday.But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.The basic British character wont ch
52、ange，and one of the characteristics of the British is that we dont much 1ike talking to each other when we get upSo，what better way is there to keep yourself thinking in the morning than to wrap yourself in a newspaper?Over the past couple of centuries,human beings have developed a close relationshi
53、p with the newspaperIt has become as natural as breathing or enjoying the sunAnd it is not just the British who love newspapersOn Suburban trains in CalcuttaFor instance，just one person in the whole car will buy a newspaper and read aloud the best bits to his fellow passengers,much to everyones enjo
54、yment.The nature of what is news may change，What essentially makes news is what affects our lives and the big political stories，the coverage of the wars，earthquakes and other disasters，will continue much the sameI think there will be more coverage of scientific research，thoughIts already happening i
55、n areas that may directly affect our lives，like genetic engineering(基因工程)In the future I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we dowhether its love or depressions we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.It
56、s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from the national equivalents of Fleet Street(伦敦的舰队街，以报馆集中而著称)and printed out in our own homes，In fact，Im pretty sure that is how it will happen in futureYou11 probably select from a menu，making up your own bespo
57、ke newspaper by picking out the things you want to read.You might even have an intelligent screening device to do the job for you I think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different mediaThey actually have a relationship，feeding off each otherIt was once predi
58、cted that television would kill off newspapers，which hasnt happenedWhat is read on the printed page is more enduring than pictures on a flickering screen or sound lost in the skyAnd as for the internet,its never really satisfying to read something just on a screen.66The writer of the passage is prob
59、ably from .ARussia BIndia CBritain D.America 67According to the passage the future of newspapers .Awill be mainly connected with scientific research Bwill report more important political activities Cwill directly cover more on science Dwill build a bridge between different people 68The underlined pa
60、rt“bespoke newspaper”of the passage probably means .A.a newspaper which dares to report the truth Ba newspaper edited to ones own interest Ca newspaper edited and published for the public Da newspaper which only cover the life of family members 69The writer thinks that competitions between different
61、 media .Ahave a relationship，depending on each other B.will destroy some media in the word Cdo great harm to people D.are becoming more and more severe(严重)70.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AIt was centuries ago that newspapers came into being B.Televisions have taken place o
62、f newspapers CThe internet will gradually take place of newspapers DThe British are active 第卷 第四部分写作(共两节，满分 35 分；请将卷的答案写在答题纸上)第一节 阅读表达(共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 l0 分)阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。(注意字数要求)Many American schools have a student exchange programme with foreign countries Along with this programme,there is
63、usually another one called the“American Host Family”programme As its name indicates，the programme gets American families involved in foreign students lives in America and offers homes for them Foreign students generally welcome such an opportunity to have a“family”here，but there are also those who p
64、refer to stay“homeless”Many American families volunteer to host foreign students.However，if there，is a shortage of host families，schools also contact local people and recommend foreign students to them The“American Host Family”programme varies in length of timeIt can go from a few days to a few year
65、s，depending on each individual schoolIt is typical that a host family invites its foreign daughter or son over,and they cook the students home food together Many foreign students establish a close relationship with their host families，especially during their first year in this countryIn some cases，t
66、his relationship extends to a considerably long period of time The“American Host Family”programme has bridged a mutual understanding between American people and students from all over the worldIt is a country-wide programme and has existed for many yearsAs long as foreign students come to study in A
67、merica,it will keep bringing more and more people into friendly families.71What does the passage mainly tell us?(no more than l5 words)72How long is the“American Host Family”programme?(no more than l5 words)73What does the program do?(no more than 20 words)74.What does the underlined words“Host Fami
68、ly”mean in English?(no more than 15 words)75What do you think of the program?And give your reason.(no more than 25 words)第二节：书面表达(满分 25 分)目前，学校存在少数学生考试作弊现象。某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文，标题是“My Opinion On Cheating in Examinations”。请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文稿。主要原因考试偏多、偏难 不用功、懒惰 取悦父母、老师 个人看法作弊不对，违反校规 要诚实，努力学习（其他看法)注意：1短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；2短文标题与开始已为你写好，不计入总词数；3词数：不少于 l00。4参考词汇：作弊 cheat v.“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school
