1、年级 班次 考号 姓名 2007 年下期 英语 学科期中考试试卷（年级： 高二 ） 听力 第1节 听下面5段读话，回答1-5小题，每段对话只读1遍 1、Why has the man been busy?（ ）A、Writing letters. B、Posting postcards. C、Reading English. 2、What does the man mean?（ ）A、He is afraid of going to college. B、He is a little afraid of growing up. C、He is a little afraid of leavin
2、g home. 3、Whats the weather like?（ ）A、Rainy. B、Cloudy. C、Sunny. 4、When does the woman suggest they meet?（ ）A、After class on Friday. B、Before class on Friday. C、After todays meeting. 5、What are the speakers probably doing?（ ）A、Booking a hotel. B、Writing postcards. C、Looking at photographs. 第2节 听下面5段对
3、话或独白，回答6至8题。每段对话或独白读两遍6、Where did Jim paint the pictures?（ ）A、At home. B、In the kitchen. C、At school. 7、What is in the sky in Jims pictures?（ ）A、A tree B、A plane. C、Jims mother and trees. 8、What does Jims mother think of this pictures?（ ）A、She thinks the picture are beautiful. B、She can hardly under
4、stand them. C、She understands them well.听下面1段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。每段对话读两遍9、What is the relationship between Mrs. Black and the man?（ ）A、Host and guest. B、Teacher and student. C、Mother and son. 10、What was the weather like when they had the picnic?（ ）A、Terrible. B、Rainy. C、Lovely. 11、Where did they have t
5、he picnic?（ ）A、Just outside Mrs. Blacks house. B、In the mountains. C、On an island. 听下面1段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。每段对话读两遍12、What can the woman be?（ ）A、She is a waitress at hotel. B、She is the secretary of Mr. Li. C、She works at the Blackwood Hotel. 13、How can the man get in touch with Mr. Green?（ ）A、Dial 411
6、 to find a proper phone number. B、Dial 707. C、Find the hotel. 14、Why does the man ask the woman to change the dollar?（ ）A、To pay for the information. B、To get on a bus. C、To make a phone call. 听下面1段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。每段对话读两遍15、Where does the dialogue most probably take place?（ ）A、In a hospital. B、At t
7、he doctors. C、At home. 16、What can we conclude about the man and the woman?（ ）A、The woman is a nurse. B、The man has caught a cold. C、The man doesnt have a cold at all. 17、What did the woman do with the mans trouble?（ ）A、She told him to go to bed. B、She got some hot water for him to use. C、She teleph
8、oned the doctor at last. 听下面一段独白，根据意思填空，每空不超过3个单词，听力材料朗读两遍：I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.The first one is about 18 .Secondly, noise.Thirdly, 19 the road.My next point is about litter.Finally, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 20 years of a
9、ge. 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)21. The telephone line was busy. I couldnt _ _. A. go by B. get through C. get up D. go around 22. Why do you get up early? _ the early bus.A. Catching B. Caught C. To catch D. Catch23. The book me.A. belongs to B. is belonged to C. belongs D. is belonging to24. Fish is to
10、 water grass is to sunshine Athat Bwhat Chow Dwhich25. its short history, there is a lot of good English poetryAExcept BBesides CBut DDespite26. Our class 25 boys and 35 girls.A. is made up of B. is making up of C. is consist of D. is consisted of27. China is famous the Great Wall.A. for B. as C. at
11、 D. with28. He wants to have his bike _. A. to repaired B. repairing C. repaired D. repair29. He came in, a book in his hand.A. held B. to hold C. hold D. holding30. in thought, he nearly ran into a car.A. Lose B. Lost C. To lose D. Be lost31. He is to smoking.A. addictingB. addictedC. addictiveD. a
12、ddiction32. I know a man Tom. A. calledB to be called C. having called D. being called33. The hotel was too expensive. _ _, it was close to the noisy road.A. HoweverB. ExceptC. BesidesD. Yet34. He hurried to the station, only the train had already left. A. find B. found C. being found D. to find35.
13、PRC the Peoples Republic of China. A. stands out B. stands in C. stands for D. stands by 完形填空Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till Id got one.I had seen an agency （中介机构） advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out
14、 of the 36 in search of it. I was wildly excited , and as 37 as if I were going on the stage. Finding the 38 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, it you please. ”The simple atmosphere of the office 39 me. The woman looked carefully at me 40 through her
15、glasses, and then 41 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden, I started to feel rather 42 . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43 . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 44 to get a job without 45 . I wondered whether I ought to leave, 46 the telephon
16、e on her desk rang. I heard her say:“ 47 , Ive got someone in the 48 at this very moment who might 49 .”She wrote down a 50 , and held it out to me, saying:“Ring up this lady. She wants a 51 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”“Oh yes,” said I -
17、 52 having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53 her again and again, and rushed out to the 54 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.I spent the next few hours 55 cook books.36、（ ）A、bed B、hous
18、e C、agency D、office37、（ ）A、proud B、pleased C、nervous D、worried38、（ ）A、family B、door C、place D、stage39、（ ）A、calmed B、excited C、frightened D、disturbed40、（ ）A、as usual B、for a while C、in a minute D、once again41、（ ）A、advised B、examined C、informed D、questioned42、（ ）A、encouraged B、dissatisfied C、hopeless
19、D、pleased43、（ ）A、place B、job C、advice D、help44、（ ）A、difficult B、helpless C、 possible D、unusual45、（ ）A、ability B、experience C、knowledge D、study46、（ ）A、after B、since C、until D、when47、（ ）A、Above all B、As a matter of fact C、As a result D、In spite of that48、（ ）A、family B、house C、office D、restaurant49、（ ）
20、A、hire B、accept C、suit D、offer50、（ ）A、letter B、name C、note D、number51、（ ）A、cook B、help C、teacher D、secretary52、（ ）A、almost B、never C、nearly D、really53、（ ）A、answered B、promised C、thanked D、told54、（ ）A、outside B、local C、closest D、nearest55、（ ）A、borrowing B、buying C、reading D、writing 阅读理解AA characteris
21、tic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man- the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and c
22、ommands greater respect in the community than the common labourer or even the skilled factory worker , he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as farmer or labourer of some sort.This attitude toward manual（体力的） labour is now still seen in many aspects of American life.
23、 One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortable but even luxuriously（豪华地）furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children, yet the hostess probably will cook t
24、he dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely or something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful
25、 preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living
26、, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. 56、From Paragraph 1, we can know that in America .（ ）A、people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man B、people can always rise to the top through their own efforts C、college professor
27、s win great respect from common workers D、people feel painful to mention their fathers as labourers57、According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because .（ ）A、servants in America are hard to get B、she takes pride in what she can do herself C、she can hardly afford servants D、it
28、 is easy to prepare a meal with canned food58、The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “ ”.（ ）A、work in a furniture shop B、keep accounts for a bar C、wait to lay the table D、serve customers in a restaurant59、Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?（ ）A、A
29、Respectable Self-made Family B、American Attitude toward Manual Labour C、Characteristics of American Culture D、The Development of Manual Labour BThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and
30、 Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244,000 square kilometers.The United Kingdom is made up of four parts: England, Wales, Scotland ,and Northern Ireland .Their capitals are London ,Cardiff ,Edinburgh ,and Belfast respectively .Great Britain consists of England
31、, Scotland and Wales and does not include Northern Ireland .But in everyday speech “Great Britain” is used to mean the United Kingdom .The capital of the UK is London.The British Isles are separated from the continent by the North Sea and the English Channel .The western coast of Great Britain is wa
32、shed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.Shakespeare called Britain a “precious stone set in the silver sea” because of its natural beauty .It has different sorts of countryside where you can find mountains, plains, valleys and sandy beaches. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain, but it
33、 is only 1343 metres high.There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain .But they are not very long .The Severn is the longest river, while the Thames is the deepest and the most important one.The mountains, the Atlantic Ocean and the warm waters of Gulf Stream influence the climate of the British Isle
34、s .It is mild the whole year round.The UK is a small country .Its population is over 58 million . About 80% of the population live in cities.60、The UK is made up of .（ ）A、Great Britain B、Great Britain and Ireland C、England and Ireland D、England ,Wales ,Scotland and Northern Ireland61、The capital of
35、Scotland is_.（ ）A、London B、CardiffC、Belfast D、Edinburgh62、The important river in Britain is .（ ）A、the Atlantic B. the Thames C、the Severn D、the silver sea63、If you visit Britain ,you can see .（ ）A、the sea and plains B、sandy beaches C、mountains and valleys D、all the aboveCThe year is 2094. It has bee
36、n announced that a comet（彗星） is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earths atmosphere（大气层） with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed , but
37、the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometres an hour. Cities on the Afr
38、ican coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The c
39、ities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north wont escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almo
40、st zero. Crops are ruined. The sun wont be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs（恐龙）were on th
41、e Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?64、What is mainly desc
42、ribed in the passage?（ ）A、A historic discovery B、 An event of imagination C、A research on space D、 A scientific adventure65、When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it cause .（ ）A、an earthquake B、damagers to cities C、an Earth explosion D、huge waves66、Why cant the northern half of the earth esca
43、pe for long?（ ）A、Because the land is covered with water. B、Because the light and heat from the sun cannot reach the Earth. C、Because people there cannot live at the temperature of zero. D、Because wars break out among countries.67、By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove . （ ）A、a
44、nimals could not live in the cold climate B、what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story C、the human beings will die out in 2094 D、the Earth could be hit by other objects in spaceDReading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to r
45、ead different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.There are four parts in the book:Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and
46、 a test on text messages.Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal（正式的） English in biography（传记）. There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.Part 3 is
47、Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descript
48、ions of clothes and of a computer.You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it.68、We can find the introduction to a product in .（ ）A、Part 1 B、Part 2 C、Part 3 D、Part 469、Which of the
49、 following is most probably written in informal English?（ ）A、A letter of complaint B、A computer handbook C、A letter to a friend D、A story of a president70、The passage is most probably written for .（ ）A、test designers B、 students C、test-takers D、teachers71、What is the best title of the book?（ ）A、Test
50、 Your Reading B、Help with Your Writing C、Learn Different Kinds of English D、Practise English in Different WaysEOne day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of Londons big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was a
51、t the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton（人体骨骼） to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase（箱子）. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspap
52、er. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.72、Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?（ ）A、He needed it for the summer t
53、erm in London. B、He needed it for the lecture he was going to give. C、He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research. D、He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.73、What happened at the airport?（ ）A、The skeleton went missing. B、The skeleton was stolen. C、The teacher forgot his s
54、uitcase. D、Someone took his suitcase by mistake.74、Which of the following best tells the teachers feeling about the incident?（ ）A、He is very angry. B、He thinks it rather funny. C、He feels helpless without Rupert. D、He feels good without Rupert.75、Which of the following might have happened afterwards
55、?（ ）A、The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert. B、The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert. C、The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase. D、The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. 根据句子意思，用方框中的单词填空：match , social, Poetry, predict , mistaken, switchfurniture, recom
56、mend, general, narrow , value , Modernism76. The color of the shirt does not that of the coat.77. It is impossible to who will win the football match.78. Lets the discussion to another topic.79. He has a very active life.80. The old table is a very valuable piece of .81. was invented in the 1920s by
57、 a group of young architects who wanted a change of society with buildings that went against peoples feeling of beauty.82. also calls up all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world. 83. Can you a good dictionary to me ?84. A college education is of great in ones life.8
58、5. In , your design is good. 书面表达请根据下面的汉语提示写一篇介绍威廉莎士比亚的文章。1、威廉莎士比亚在1564年出生于一个小城镇，13岁因家境贫穷而辍学，以后便开始自谋生计。（William Shakespeare）2二十多岁的莎士比亚去了伦敦，不久便去了伦敦的一家剧院并找到了工作，后来做过演员、导演。3、莎士比亚一生至少写了37个剧本、2首长诗和150多首十四行诗，他的作品以语言优美而著称。4、莎士比亚是英国历史上伟大的诗人和剧作家，他对英国文学做出了巨大的贡献。注意：1、要求词数在80-100之间。 2、内容要包括以上要点。 常德市六中二六年下学期期中考试高
59、二答卷（学科： 英语）年级 班次 考号 姓名 密封线 选择题（1-20题每题1.5分，21-35题每题1分，36-55题每题1.5分，56-75题每题1分）：12345678910111213141516172122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747518、 19、 20、 根据句子意思，用方框中的单词填空（每空1分，共10分）：76、 77、 78、 79、 80、 81、 82、 83、 84、 85、 书面表达（25分）：
