1、金昌市四中2010-2011年第一学期期末英语试题一. 单词辨音:找出与划线字母读音相同的一项.(5分)1.valley A. battle B. agency C. racial D. analyse2.solar A. evolution B. atom C. float D. youth3.achieve A. machine B. march C. chorus D. technology4.support A. forward B. horror C. oxygen D. property5.grasp A. hesitate B. dissolve C. advise D. adv
2、ice二. 单项选择.(15分)6. Bob _ to Norfolk yet. He knows nothing about the place at all.A. cant have been B.mustnt have beenC.should have been D. neednt have been7. - The prison was _ fire last night. - Someone must have set fire _ it.A. on; with B. on; to C. over; with D. over; to8. With everything she ne
3、eded _ , Mum left the marketplace.A. to buy B. having bought C. buying D. bought9.If my mother _ here last Sunday, she _ me from going.A. had been; would have prevented B. had been; would preventC. were; would prevent D. were; would have prevented10. No sooner _ asleep than she heard a knock at the
4、door.A. she had fallen B. had she fallen C. she fell D. did she fall11、Entering the room, I found Mary at the desk and a letter.A、seated; wrote B、sitting, written C、seating; writing D、seated; writing12. The Chinese language is generally thought by the foreigners to be the hardest _.A. to learn B. to
5、 be learned C. learning it D. to learn it13. You cant imagine _ when they received these nice Christmas presents.A. how they were excited B. how excited they wereC. how excited were they D. they were how excited14. The ways you thought of _the work are really good for the very beginners.A. doing B.
6、to do C. in doing D. did15.The theory by Einstein was later to prove true, but at that time few people could accept it.A. put asideB.put togetherC. put outD.put forward16.Later, I wanted to return home but couldnt find a company I could use I had learnt.A.that;whatB. where;whatC. when;whatD.where;th
7、at17. It was midnight _ my mother came back from work.A. when B. while C. before D. that18. This problem is not so difficult as we expected. It is believed _ in a few days.A. settling B. being settled C. to be settledD. to have settled 19. The experiment _ to be _. A. turned out, great success B. tu
8、rned out, a great success C. turned into. greatly successful D. turned up, great success20. Now that she is out of job, Lucy _ going back to school, but she hasnt decided yet. A. had considered B. has been considering C. considered D. is going to consider 三.完形填空.(30分)Family time is one of the most i
9、mportant times in a childs lifeMy family and I 21 a lot of time together，including every 22 Even when my father is 23 on business，my mother，my sister，and I sit down at the table to eat and 24 our dayWe dont watch television but have 25 togetherAs a teenager， 26 with my parents is not the most fun th
10、ing I do but I feel it is necessaryI learn from them 27 we talk, whether it is about my dads job or my mothers day.I did a little research on the “family table” 28 Statistics show that only 50% of 29 sit down to dinner together each nightThats a 30 ，because researchers 31 that kids who have these re
11、gular family dinners have 32 behavior，grades，and a larger vocabularyThey are also less 33 to smoke，drink，do drugs，or have eating disorders Time with their parents makes kids more 34 and gives them a sense of 35 and safetyPlus，they learn better mannersNow with many singleparent families or homes 36 b
12、oth parents work，making time together has become harderThere have been many recent studies showing kids are“ 37 ”than they used to beI think its primarily parents 38 Only good things 39 taking 15 minutes away from television and five minutes from video games to have this time with your familyBy spen
13、ding 20 minutes with 40 ，I believe this idea of “wild kids” would decrease greatly21AspendBpassCtakeDcost22AmorningBdinnerCweekend Dparty23AawayBlonelyC.back Dalone24AwelcomeB memorizeC.discuss Dremember25AsnacksBmealCsports Dfun26Aputting upBgetting upC.keeping up Dhanging out27Aevery timeBbeforeCs
14、ome timeDsince28AplanBmannerC.idea Dproject29AparentsBsistersC.brothers Dfamilies2,4,630AwonderBshameC.miracle Dworry31AsupposeBclaim CassumeD doubt32AhigherBworseC.lower Dbetter33AunlikelyBprobablyC.likely Dimpossibly34AstubbornBnervousC.silent Dstable35AbelongingBanxiety C.honor Dachievement36Awho
15、seBwhereC.that Dwhich37AsmarterBquickerC.wilder Dslower38AdutyBfaultC.power Dburden39Acome outBcontribute toC.come from Dresult in40Athe otherBanother oneCthe restD.each other四.阅读理解.(40分)ASichuan (China Daily) - The beginning of 2007 will see another mass of graduates fresh from the campus hunting f
16、or jobs.Sichuan University has done something special to help its graduates. One morning last month, a lady stopped her Porsche (保时捷豪华跑车) in front of the students canteen (食堂). She stepped out of her expensive car and began to polish shoes for the students who were passing by. Later it was discovere
17、d that she was a special lecturer who had been invited to talk to students on career development.Li Hui, 42, started from scratch (白手起家) in 1998 and has expanded her shoe-polishing service from a single one-person stand on a street to a chain of 2,000 stands that operate in supermarkets, hotels and
18、office buildings.Li Hui said, “Apart from the existing and advertised job opportunities, there are plenty of other ways that people can try to make money. There is nothing ignoble if you are doing an off-line business on your own, such as car washing, house cleaning, shoe polishing, etc.”It is to be
19、 hoped that such a successful grassroots woman as Li Hui will give the coming rush of job hunters an insight into the job market in another way.41. According to the passage, Li Hui is a _.A. canteen manager B. university teacherC. businesswoman D. taxi driver42. Why did Li Hui polish shoes for the s
20、tudents?A. To earn money from them. B. To show the students how to polish shoesC. To set an example to job-hunting graduates.D. To show that shoe polishing is quite an easy job.43. The students can learn from what Li Hui said that _.A. no job is hard if you have a will to do itB. women can be succes
21、sful in all careers as menC. everyone can be rich and famous through hard workD. there are plenty of opportunities to succeed for everyone44. What would be the best title for the news report?A. A Successful Woman B. A Rich Shoe-PolisherC. Off-Line Jobs Help Make More Money D. Self-Employment - A New
22、 Way Out for Job HuntersBA quarrel at home may result in you falling ill. Dont laugh, its true. Family matters including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted (晕倒) in class when she he
23、ard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression (抑郁症), caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained.“We dont get sick or stay well by ourselves,” says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US.
24、 Ferrer shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research.The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.Unrel
25、ated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment affect our health, too.Ferrers research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick.We may never fully understand all the effects that fa
26、milies have on our health. But just as individual (个别的) problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferrer said.45. Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class?A. Because her classmates often quarreled in class.B. Because her parents u
27、sed to quarrel.C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations.D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her.46. According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. We get sick or stay well by ourselves.B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our
28、health.C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment.D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not.47. The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph2 probably means _.A. embarrassment B. faint C. tirednessD.sadness48. The best title for this passag
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34、ines doesnt allow customers to change their plans.BFreedom Airlines has the dearest ticket prices.CThe ticket one customer paid in advance includes all the fares.DMore customers will fly on Freedom Airlines than on any other airlines.52. Whats the best title for this ad?A Free Enjoyment by Freedom A
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36、out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pound.Why would things weigh only a quarter as much as they do at the surface of the earth if we took them 4 000 miles out into space? The reason is this:all objects have a natural gravity(引力)for all other objects; this is called gravitational a
37、ttraction(万有引力). But this power of attraction between two objects gets weaker as they are farther apart. When the butter was at the surface of the earth, it was 4 000 miles from the centre. When we took the butter 4 000 miles out, it was 8 000 miles from the center, which is twice the distance.If yo
38、u double the distance between two objects, their gravitational attraction decreases “two times two”. If you make the distance three times far away, it gets nine times weaker (three times three). If you make it four times far away, it gets sixteen times weaker(four times four)and so on.So this is one
39、 of the first things we need to remember: the weight of an object in space is not the same as its weight on the surface of the earth.53.Which of the following is right?A A things weight changes with its place in space. B.“Weight” is a fixed quality in an object.C.“Weight” is not a quality in an obje
40、ct. D. thing has the same weight everywhere in space.54.There is between .A. gravity; the two objects onlyB.power; all objects C. gravity; objects D.power; two things55.A 400 pound man-made satellite is sent to the place 2 000 miles out from the earth. Its weight is about .A.200 poundsB.a half pound
41、s C.100 poundsD.300 pounds56.If we make the distance between objects five times as far away, .A. it gets twenty-five times weaker B. their weight gets twenty-five times weakerC. their gravity gets twenty-five times weaker D. their gravity gets twenty-five times strongerERecently a Beijing father sen
42、t in a question at an Internet forum (论坛) asking what PK meant. My family has been watching the Super Girl singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what PK meant, but I had no idea, explained the puzzled father. To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online
43、, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, PK is short for Player Kill, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other. In the case of the Super Girl singing competition, PK was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for o
44、nly one chance to go up in competition ranking. Like this father, Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write compositions with simple lang
45、uage, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didnt understand. My GG came back this summer from college. He told me Ive grown up to be a PLMM. I loved to FB with him together; he always took me to the KPM, went one composition. GG means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). PLMM refe
46、rs to Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). FB means Fu Bai (corruption). KPM is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds. Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language. If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female) or a Qing Wa (f
47、rog, referring to an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao! 57. What does the writer think about the term PK? A. Fathers cant possibly know it. B. The daughter should understand it. C. Online game players may know it. D. Super Girl shouldnt have used it. 58. The examples
48、 of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons_ . A. are used not only online B. can be understood very well C. are welcomed by all the peopleD. cause trouble to our mother tongue 59. The underlined word jargons means _ in Chinese. A. 行话 B. 粗口 C. 歌词 D. 趋势 60. W
49、hat would be the best title for the passage? A. A puzzled father B. Do you speak Internet-ish? C. Keep away from Internet-ish D. Kong Long or Qing Wa? 五.补全对话.(5分)根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。- What do you find hardest in learning English? - 61 Sometimes its just impossible to
50、 understand.- 62 The more you listen to English, the easier it becomes. - Thats easier said than done! - 63 Then you can listen to Radio Beijing or VOA English programmes on the radio.- Do you think that would help? - 64 And why not buy some English tapes and some books to go with them? Im sure youl
51、l find them useful.- Yes, thats a good idea. But I have another difficulty. 65 - Oh! Well, for that, youd better find an English pen friend. A. Of course.B. Certainly not.C. Im afraid I need your help.D. Why dont you buy a radio?E. I find listening really hard.F. Well, you just need lots of practice
52、.G. My written English isnt very good either.六.单词拼写.(10分)66. One day he saw a fellow _ (罪犯)being taken to the execution ground(刑场)。67. The _ (改革)and open policy has brought us Chinese people a rich and colorful life. 68. We can draw the conclusion that the best way of fighting against the spread of
53、SARS is _.(预防)69. He _ (瞄准)the gun at the enemy officer.70. Thomas didnt _ (犹豫)for a moment about taking the job that he was looking forward to.71. Scientists have made a _ (突破)in their treatment of that disease.72. The dog _ (咬)him and made his leg bleed.73. I couldnt present myself, but I sent my
54、_ (代表)to the meeting.74. The famous writer was warmly welcomed on his _.(到达)75. James is _ (安排)a big surprise for his wifes birthday.七：短文改错 （满分15分）Dear Jim, Id like to tell you something more about our school 76._ _sports meet. It was holding on Oct.6, which was a 77. _fine day. There were over 1,00
55、0 students and teachers78. _attend it. Wang Bin, a student from my class won the 79. _100-meter race. He finish the race in 12.6 seconds 80. _and broke in the school record. The sports meet 81. _was really success. That was because we were 82. _all trying to do my best. 83. _Although I was not one o
56、f the winner, I 84. _was proud of that we had done. 85. _Looking forward to receiving your letter.第三节: 书面表达( 满分30分)假如你叫李华, 你班正在开展一场讨论,主题是: 要不要参加学校组织的早锻炼. 根据下面信息, 用英语给校报写一封信,介绍讨论情况. 55% 的同学认为:1.应参加学校组织的早锻炼.2.参加学校组织的早锻炼需要早起,这是磨练意志的好机会.3.跑步能增强体质, 减少疾病. 好身体是学习的首要条件.4.早锻炼能使大脑休息,使学习效果更好.45% 的同学认为:1.不应参加学校组织的早锻炼.2.早锻炼浪费时间.3.早锻炼使人疲劳, 不利于学习.4.锻炼中易受伤.注意: 信的开头已为你写好,不计入总词数. 词数: 120字左右.Dear Editor, Im writing to tell you about a discussion weve had about whether we students should take morning physical exercise.