1、2007-2008学年大公中学第一学期期中考高二英语试卷I.听力（略）.单项选择（15分）21. Information has been put forward _ more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities. A. while B. that C. when D. as22. Whats an e-pal? Yes, you _ it! An e-pal is someone you write e-mail to. A. guess B. will guess C. guessed D. had gues
2、sed23. Indonesia _ some 3,000 islands stretching _ more than 2,000 miles from east to west. A. makes up, as long as B. makes the most of, as manyC. is made up of, as far as D. consists of, as much as24. _ she finds out that youve lost her book “1001 Songs and Poems in English”? A. Even if B. What if
3、 C. Only if D. As if25. Peters forecast _ to be quite wrong. The price of the computer is much lower than he predicted. A. broke out B. called out C. turned out D. went out26. If knowledge is power, _ Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1579, _ perhaps creativity can be described as the ability to use that p
4、ower. A. what; and B. as; then C. which; and D. that; then27. Rather than _ everything to the last minute, Lily always prefers to start early. A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. having left28. Boris is always so _; he can arrange and plan his things very carefully and effectively. A. organized B. co
5、ntrolled C. fixed D. arranged29. Theres a rumor(谣言) going around _ the firm is going to close very soon. A. what B. which C. as D. that30. _ the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday. A. Although B. Despite C. Because of D. According to31. It took quite a long time before we felt we _ in the city. A. i
6、mpressed B. constructed C. belonged D. created32. All the buildings in the district are _. A. a color B. of color C. of a color D. of colors33. Unless _ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference. A. invited B. being invited C. having invited D. inviting34. This is the first time that Jane
7、 has spoken to _ public about her experience in _ public. A. /; / B. the; / C. /; the D. the; the35. Pearls bright clothes always make her _ in a crowd. A. light up B. standing out C. send out D. stand out.完形填空（20分）When Trevor had completed his design for the radio he 36 a very important step; he we
8、nt to a special office and took out a patent(专利证书) on his idea. A patent is issued(发给) to people who can prove 37 they have thought up a new idea or produced a new design that no one else 38 before. Although clockwork had been around for many centuries, it had not been used 39 power radios 40 .Trevo
9、r wanted to design a clockwork radio 41 could be powered for one hour after 42 up for about 20 seconds. He also wanted the radio to be sturdy(坚固的) and able to withstand almost any climatic conditions. 43 , he wanted the radio to be able to operate on several local bands as well as short wave. This s
10、hort-wave band 44 the listener to pick up stations many thousands of miles 45 . For example, it would enable 46 in the west of China to 47 programmes from Beijing.The radio works like a clockwork alarm clock. The main 48 is that instead of the 49 being used up quickly by the ringing of the bell, it
11、is distributed(分散) 50 over a longer period of time. When the handle 51 the radio is turned, a spring(发条) inside is wound up tightly. The tightly 52 provides a reservoir of power 53 the radio for an hour. As the spring slowly unwinds, it turns a shaft(轴) that is connected to a very small 54 . This ge
12、nerator produces electricity 55 the radio.36.A. followed B. took C. remembered D. walked37.A. when B. why C. that D. whether38.A. thought up B. thought of C. has thought up D. has thought of39.A. to B. for C. by D. in40.A. already B. sometimes C. before D. later41.A. what B. as C. that D. it42.A. be
13、ing wound B. winding C. its winding D. being winded43.A. In general B. In another word C. At last D. In addition44.A. makes B. enables C. gets D. enlarges45.A. away B. far C. far away D. behind46.A. them B. radios C. clocks D. people47.A. send out B. pick up C. make D. set up48.A. difference B. idea
14、 C. course D. step49.A. radio B. power C. programmes D. money50.A. more quickly B. quickly C. more slowly D. less slowly51.A. inside B. outside C. off D. above52.A. wound radio B. alarm clock C. turned handle D. wound spring53.A. to keep B. to listen to C. to start D. to run54.A. generator B. handle
15、 C. power D. bell55.A. which makes B. which to make C. which operates D. which to operate.阅读理解（30分）AIm more of a host than a guest. I like people to stay with me but do not care about staying with them, and usually say I am busy. I think the life without friends is regrettable; the life without quie
16、tness is terrible.The only people I ask to stay with me are those I like. But I am still more delighted when they go, and the house is ours again. I feel that I may be mistaken in these guests, and this may happen at times. They leave me more room in which to live properly. My mind, like my body, we
17、ars its old clothes again. I like to think about life in this world, and it is not easy to do this when talkative people are all over the place.With guests about, I find myself a solid. But as soon as they have gone, I expand into a gas again. And a gas can have more delight than solid. So goodbye!G
18、ood.56. It seems to the author that the most enjoyable part of being a host is _. A. having a lot of friends with him B. showing his guests to the doorC. the arrival of the guests D. his friends come to his house too often57. He doesnt care much about staying with his friends because _. A. he usuall
19、y has a lot of things to do B. he doesnt like all his friendsC. he likes quietness a bit more than friendship D. his friends come to his house too often58. The author says he turns into “gas” _. A. when being alone B. when being with the guestsC. when wearing the old clothes D. when talking with his
20、 guests59. The last sentence of the passage _. A. shows the politeness of the author B. is to make fun of the readersC. infers that being alone is better D. is nothing but the end of the passageBNoble SmugglerThis Thursday, Irena Sendler will be honoured for her work as a smuggler(偷运者). During World
21、 War , the Polish social worker smuggled nearly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto(聚居区). She gave them new identities, found them safe places with good-hearted Christians, and kept the childrens real names buried in jars in her neighbours gardens. (The play, Life in a Jar, based on her s
22、tory, is being performed.) At 93, Sendler lives in a Warsaw nursing home and is too weak to travel to Washington D.C., to receive the 2003 Jan Karski Award for Valor and Compassion from the American Center of Polish Culture. One of the children she saved will accept the award for her.You risked your
23、 life to save the children.I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning, you dont ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help. During the war, everyone was drowning, but mostly the Jewish children.How did you persuade parents to give up their children?I had to answer honestly that I d
24、idnt even know if we would get past the guards.What was the most frightening moment?When I saw a priest(牧师) in charge of an orphanage for jewish children in the ghetto walk with them out to be killed. The children were in their best Sunday suits. The priest was killed with them.How did you get the c
25、hildren to behave as you smuggled them out?I told the older children to act as if they were sick and sometimes gave the younger ones a sleeping pill. They were told to remember their new names. I also told the children to tell guards they had only been visiting a servant in the ghetto and were going
26、 back to their real homes outside.Did you tell your own two children what you did?I never told them. Only when my daughter went to Israel did she learn all about me. I thought it was only normal to do so. And it was a very painful subject. It was always on my mind that I couldnt do more. Samantha Le
27、vine60. We can learn from the passage that Irena Sendler _. A. will go to Washington to accept the award with her daughterB. was caught a few times while she was rescuing the Jewish childrenC. told those parents that their childrens lives would be guaranteedD. saved thousands of Jewish children at t
28、he risk of her own life61. The expression “everyone was drowning” can best be replaced by “_”. A. everyone was involved in the warB. all the people were drownedC. people were facing danger and deathD. Jewish children were being killed62. Which of the following could NOT be expected when Sendler was
29、smuggling the Jewish children? A. Some children were told to pretend to be sick in front of the guards.B. Some children pretended to be returning home after visiting servants in the ghetto.C. The children were asked to remember and use new names instead of real ones.D. The children pretended to be b
30、rothers and sisters from one big family.63. Sendler didnt tell her own children what she did in the war because _. A. she thought it was the most frightening experienceB. the topic was too painful and heartbreaking to mentionC. it was already recorded and made known to the publicD. she planned to bu
31、ry the secret in her heart until her deathC8:30 PMOutlookOutlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all thats new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the momen
32、t, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film the designer with the lastest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the New Outlook. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.9:00 PMDiscoveryWhen a 10-year old boy gets a first class degree in
33、 mathematics or an 8-year old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes or can any child be turned into a genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they
34、 do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson, the professor at School of Medicine, New York University will help you discover the answer.10:00 PMScience / HealthIs it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other
35、medical centers. After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, those devoted to weight loss-exercise and eating a low salt, fat foodlost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus, 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category(范畴). This week, Dr. Alan Duckworth
36、 will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to whats achieved with Hypertension drugs.64. From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about _. A. story tellers B. famous stars C. film companies D. music fans65. Who will be most probably interested in Disc
37、overy? A. Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine.B. Children who are good at mathematics.C. Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.D. Children who are interested in playing chess.66. In Science / Health, “Johns Hopkins” is _. A. a famous university B.
38、 a medical centerC. a well-known doctor D. a drug company67. According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drugs? A. Exercise plus a healthy diet. B. Loss of thirteen pounds in weight.C. Six months of exercise without drugs. D. Low salt and low fat fo
39、od.DComplete silence is found only in laboratories called anechoic rooms. The walls and ceilings, made of blocks of special soundsucking materials, are more than three feet thick, while floor coverings are six-foot layers of feathers or cotton wool. Silence here can be as painful to the ears as the
40、din(continuous loud noise) of a steelworks or a rocket blast-off, yet scientists get used to this and stay in these silent rooms for hours at a time, using microphones and electronic equipment to test the various materials being developed to make the world a less noisy place.Architects have used sci
41、entific discoveries to solve noise problem in a number of ways. Walls are hollowed (having empty space inside) and then filled with sound-sucking materials similar to cotton wool. Extra-thick carpets(毯子) cover the floors, and thick woolen curtains cover the windows. Airconditioning and heating chann
42、els are made less noisy by having the air passing through hundreds of tiny holes in baffles(屏蔽) made of sheets of soundsucking materials.Unfortunately, these techniques and others often work too well in some buildings. Noise-proof rooms become almost anechoic and people living in them are disturbed
43、by the lack of sound. One way of handling this problem is to use what they call “sound perfume”-artificial(similarly produced, made by man) noise is piped to rooms through small loudspeakers.68. The writer implies that _. A. performing experiments in anechoic rooms can be a frightening experienceB.
44、architects make practical use of the information gathered by scientistsC. untrained people can not stay long in anechoic roomsD. scientists do not care for noise problem69. In paragraph 2 the writer mainly describes the methods used to _. A. find noise B. reduce noise C. produce noise D. hear noise7
45、0. People suffer in anechoic rooms probably because _. A. they are allowed to move and speak B. the greater air pressure hurts their earsC. there is a lack of air in anechoic rooms D. they are used to hearing noise around them71. The passage suggests that _. A. loudspeakers are as important as sound
46、-proofing materialsB. anechoic rooms will be included in all new buildingsC. pipes should be used as sound-proofing materialsD. scientific devices(设备) are sometimes too successfulEThe old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack tha
47、t personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of retail(零售的) trade, but also a social meeting place. Go
48、ssip(闲谈) was always exchanged over the counter and the shopkeeper was often the most well-informed person in the neighbourhood.A prosperous(繁荣的) general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems of a managerial nature(经营性质) as far as the staff were concer
49、ned(就人员而言). But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.Every morning the manager must,
50、like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store, to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and take decisions on any problems that arise, but his staff have their own re
51、sponsibilities for their various departments, and so the manager delegates(委托) certain duties to them. Then he may interview people who have applied for jobs in the supermarket, together with the staff supervisor(监督). Special promotions or displays may have to be discussed. Prices may have to be alt
52、ered(改变) after careful study of the current market prices list; for example, the wholesale price of cabbages may have dropped, or meat may have gone up. But no matter what he has to do throughout the day, the store manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise, no matter how unexpected. The
53、y say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.72. The writer _. A. misses the old fashioned stores B. is against the old fashioned storesC. welcomes supermarkets D. enjoys modern management i
54、n supermarkets73. Why is it a pity that there are fewer old-fashioned general stores now? A. There is less retail trade.B. There used to be a lot of gossip in the old days.C. There is less personal contact between manager and customer.D. The supermarket manager has far more problems than before.74.
55、Why is the manager like a commander of an army division? A. He no longer knows his customers.B. He has a very large staff.C. The supermarket is too large to inspect.D. He used to be an army officer.75. You cannot be an experienced manager in the supermarket until _. A. you have more than one hundred
56、 problemsB. you have worked as a manager for ten yearsC. you know all your customersD. you have dealt with many serious problems and crises(危机)第二卷第一节 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。Jack:Id like to mail this box to Hong Kong. How much will it be, ple
57、ase?Laura:Do you want to send it first class or second class?Jack:How much is first class and how (76)l_ does it take?76._Laura:It s a light box. First class would cost $ 8.20. I (77) g_ it will take about eight to ten days to arrive.77._Jack:And second class?Laura:Sending it second class would be (
58、78) c_, but it wouldnt arrive (79) u_ about a month from now. You11 pay $ 4.90 only.78._79._Jack:Oh, I want it to arrive (80) e_ than that. I11 mail it first class.80._Laura:Whats in the box? I need to know in order to (81) c_ the form.81._Jack:A set of glasses. Are there any other (82)f_ I need to
59、fill out because its going to a foreign country?82._Laura:Yes, one more. You have to write clearly what is in the box and the (83) v_.83._Jack:Here it is.Laura:You forgot to put a return address on this box. Its not a post office rule, but we usually (84) a_ people that all mail have a proper return
60、 address.84._Jack:Ok. Ill do it right now. Ill also buy ten 60-cent stamps.Laura:Lets see. The box and the stamps. Your (85) t_ bill comes to $ 14.20.85._Jack:Thank you. Have a nice day.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是某中学学生李明。最近，你班同学正在参加中国日报21世纪中学生英文报“大家谈”栏目的一个讨论。本次话题为：父母的收入有没有必要让孩子知道? 请你根据下表所列情况给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论情
61、况，并谈谈你的见解。70的同学认为：30的学生认为：你的观点：父母的收入应该让孩子知道。父母的收入没有必要让孩子知道。121知其来之不易，能够更加努力学习；1如果知道父母收入较好，会助长乱花钱风气；2可以理解家长艰辛，学会节俭，为大人分忧。2知道父母收入后，会以为不用努力，也能靠父母，影响学习动力。 注意：1词数：120左右。 2信的开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数内。 3参考词汇：form a wasteful habitDear editor,Im writing to tell you about the discussion weve recently had about whether
62、 we should know our parentsincome._ _. Yours, Li Ming.2125 BCCBC 2630 BAADB 3135 CCABD3640 BCDAC 4145 CADBA 4650 DBABC 5155 BDDAC5659 BCAC 6063 DCDB 6467 BCBA 6871 ABDA 7275 ACBD第一节 对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)76. long 77.guess 78.cheaper 79.until 80.earlier plete 82.forms 83.value 84.advise 85.total第二节
63、书面表达(满分25分)One Possible Version:Dear editor, Im writing to tell you about the discussion weve recently had about whether we should know our parents income.We do have different opinions on this matter. Most of us(about 70%) think we should know our parents income since it will help us understand how
64、hard our parents have to work, no matter how much they earn. Then we will study harder and will not waste money any more. We may also learn to share our parents trouble.About 30% of my classmates think it unnecessary to let the children know how much their parents earn. If they know their parents have enough money to support the family, they will not study hard since they neednt worry about the future. It is said，especially when their parents have a higher income, the children will easily form a wasteful habit. In my opinion, -
