◎ 2008-2009学年人教版山西省晋中市高二英语上学期期末联考的第一部分试题
  • — I am sorry that I stepped on your foot!
    — Oh, ______!

    A. no problem
    B. pardon me
    C. you are wrong
    D. think nothing of it
  • Could I speak to ______ is in charge of  International Sales , please?
    [     ]
    A. whomever
    B. someone
    C. whoever
    D. no matter who
  • — Did the book give the information you needed?
    — Yes. But _____ it, I had to read the entire book.

    [     ]

    A. to find
    B. find
    C. to finding
    D. finding
  • _____ in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized be had left the cheque in the car.

    A. Waiting
    B. To wait
    C. Having Waited
    D. To have waited
  • So far this year we _____ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.

    [      ]

    A. saw
    B. see
    C. had seen
    D. have seen
  • No matter how frequently ______, the works of him still attract people all over the world.
    [      ]
    A. performed
    B. performing
    C. to be performed
    D. being performed
  • I called Mary many times yesterday evening, but I couldn't get through. Her brother _____ on the
    phone all the time!
    [     ]
    A. was talking
    B. has been talking
    C. has talked
    D. talked
◎ 2008-2009学年人教版山西省晋中市高二英语上学期期末联考的第二部分试题
  • — All the lights have gone out in the office building.
    — Yes, they have ______ electricity.
    [     ]
    A. cut off
    B. cut up
    C. cut in
    D. cut down
  • I always take something to read when I go to the doctor's ______ I have to wait.
    [     ]
    A. in case
    B. so that
    C. in order
    D. as if
  • A few people were killed in the fire, but _____ were saved.
    [     ]
    A. the most
    B. most of whom
    C. the majority of whom
    D. the majority
  • He ______ the job well, but he ______ so careless.

    A. hadn't done ; had been
    B. could have done ; was
    C. could do ; was
    D. had done ; had been
  • A modern city has been set up in ____ was a wasteland ten years ago.

    A. what
    B. where
    C. which
    D. that
  • In the dark forests ______, some large enough to hold several English towns.
    [     ]
    A. stand many lakes
    B. lie many lakes
    C. many lakes lie
    D. many lakes stand
  • ______ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research
    [     ]
    A. so curious the couple was
    B. So curious were the couple
    C. How curious the couple were
    D. The couple was such curious
◎ 2008-2009学年人教版山西省晋中市高二英语上学期期末联考的第三部分试题
  • I would love ______ to the party last night, but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
    [     ] 
    A. to go
    B. to have gone
    C. going
    D. having gone
  • 完形填空。
         A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She wanted to   1   because she didn't know what she
    had to do. She felt   2   of fighting and fighting. When one   3   had been solved, another just came.
         Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He   4   water into three pans. After boiling, in the first pan 
      5   some carrots, the second some eggs and the last was put with coffee. He waited without any   6   from
    his mouth.
         The girl closed her mouth and waited,   7   by what her father did. After about twenty minutes, her father 
      8   the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. After that the coffee was poured into the cup.
         Turning back to her daughter, he asked,"What do you   9  ?"
         "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she answered.
         Her father suggested her  10  the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were  11 . Then he asked her to take
    the eggs and break them. After  12  them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard.  13 , he asked her to smell the
    coffee. She asked  14 , "What's the meaning on earth, father?" He explained that  15  had experienced the same
    unfortunate-the boiling water, but made  16  responses. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after
    in the  17  water. The fragile eggs became hard after cooked. Coffee was very unique, but it could  18   water.
         "  19  are you?" asked her father,"When the suffering knocks at your door, how is your   20  ? Are you
    carrots, eggs, or coffee?"
    (      )1. A. catch up   
    (      )2. A. tired       
    (      )3. A. matter     
    (      )4. A. made       
    (      )5. A. was added   
    (      )6. A. breath     
    (      )7. A. judged     
    (      )8. A. turned off 
    (      )9. A. mean       
    (      )10. A. touching   
    (      )11. A. bad       
    (      )12. A. hitting   
    (      )13. A. Besides   
    (      )14. A. impatiently
    (      )15. A. nothing   
    (      )16. A. different 
    (      )17. A. cold       
    (      )18. A. influence 
    (      )19. A. Who       
    (      )20. A. feeling   

    B. wear out    
    B. thrilled    
    B. business    
    B. poured      
    B. were put    
    B. praises    
    B. frightened  
    B. turned up  
    B. see        
    B. eat        
    B. hard        
    B. peeling    
    B. Thus        
    B. shyly      
    B. anything    
    B. certain    
    B. boiled      
    B. spoil      
    B. Which      
    B. replacement 

    C. give up               
    C. confident       
    C. puzzle               
    C. put           
    C. remained             
    C. words             
    C. disappointed   
    C. turned down             
    C. suggest       
    C. to observe             
    C. soft           
    C. beating           
    C. Still           
    C. regretfully         
    C. each thing       
    C. more                     
    C. boiling     
    C. improve                 
    C. What           
    C. refusal       
    D. run out                                 
    D. promising                   
    D. problem                               
    D. turned                
    D. increased                           
    D. complaints                    
    D. confused                    
    D. turned away                                       
    D. explain                 
    D. kept                                    
    D. gentle              
    D. destroying                          
    D. Lastly                  
    D. bravely                             
    D. something                   
    D. unequal                                       
    D. changeable          
    D. change                                      
    D. How               
    D. reaction                      
  • 阅读理解。
         American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on
    October 19, 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has
    become one of London's main tourist attractions.
         Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and
    immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be
    life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.
         A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s.
    He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and
    his super model friends.
         Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever
    tricks aimed at getting a lot of attentionIn 1999, he was buried in a coffin (棺材) for one week and, in 2000,
    he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar (柱子) in the center
    of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.
         "I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they're able to do what they can do," he said. "They
    don't realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation."
         But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was
    unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.
    1. It is ____ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.
    A. pleasant
    B. delicious
    C. dangerous
    D. important
    2. Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that _____.
    A. he had become blind
    B. he had serious back pains
    C. he lost his sense of taste
    D. he was in weak health
    3. Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?
    A. Serious
    B. Adventurous
    C. Smart
    D. Crazy
    4. Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?
    A. Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box.
    B. Blaine was born and brought up in England.
    C. In Blaine's opinion, people can work a wonder.
    D. Blaine didn't have any food for 44 days.
  • 阅读理解。
         Only a small number of office workers have been trained in basic life-saving techniques.
         Just 33,526 of London's estimated 3.5 million workers signed up with St John's Ambulance and the British
    Red Cross to learn simple first aid last year. The figures coming from a new report show that nine out of 10
    people would not know what to do if a colleague was badly hurt, while 72 percent have never attended a
    first-aid course.
         Doctors describe the situation as appalling and have called for urgent training in schools and the workplace.
         Training in first aid should start at an early age and should be taught to everybody at school. First aid is very
    important because at best it can save lives and at worst it reduces pressure on hospital rooms. Employers get
    anxious when a worker has had some sort of accident in the office or factory and rush them to the
    hospital-even if all they require is a bandage.
         Last year 20,000 Londoners were trained in first aid by St John's Ambulance, the leading provider in
    life-saving courses, and 13,526 were trained by the Red Cross. According to St John's Ambulance, four out of
    five parents do not know how to carry out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (苏醒).
         Nick Suggitt, training manager with St John Ambulance, said,"We are training just a tiny part of the number
    necessary, and only touching the tip of the iceberg."
         "Not enough people know how to save a life, and since many emergencies occur at home or at work, these
    skills are often needed to save the life of a friend or a family member."
    1.The underlined word "appalling" in the passage probably means ______.
    A. surprising
    B. terrible
    C. rising
    D. challenging
    2. From the passage, we know that the problem lies in the fact that ______.
    A. many people won't provide first aid properly
    B. many people are unwilling to take the training
    C. most people know nothing or very little about first aid
    D. 90 percent of people never attend first-aid courses
    3. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
    A. about 33,526 workers don't know anything about first aid
    B. many people are rushed to the hospital with only slight injuries
    C. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is quite important for parents at home
    D. a number of people are trained
    4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
    A. First-aid Is Very Important
    B. First-aid Training Is Urgently Needed
    C. Training in First Aid Is Valuable
    D. Not Enough People Know How to Save a Life
  • 阅读理解。
         After Jon Corzine suffered serious injuries in a car accident on April 12, many of the reports focused on his
    failure to wear a seat belt. It's reported that seatbelt use has gone up by 10 percent since 2000, hitting a record
    81 percent nationwide in 2006. And the agency reports that safety belts saved about 15,434 lives in 2004. But
    for some groups, particularly teens and young adults, usage still lags. Sixty-two percent of the 5,135 young
    people ages 16 to 20 killed when riding in passenger vehicles (交通工具) in 2004 were not wearing safety belts.
    So if you're the parent of a teen, remind them to fasten up every time they get into a car. Yes, even it's just for
    a short ride and even if they're in the back seat. And for kids under 13, be sure to follow these safety guidelines
    (准则).
         ● Children from birth until age 1 or under 20 pounds should ride in the back seat in a rear-facing (向后)
    child safety seat.
         ● Children over 1 year old and weighing more than 20 pounds can ride in a forward-facing child safety seat
    in the back seat.
         ● All children who have outgrown child safety seats should be properly put in booster seats (幼儿加高座位)
    until they are at least 8 years old or 4 feet, 9 inches tall.
         ● Once children outgrow their booster seats, they can use an adult seat belt in the back seat as long as it fits
    properly.
         ● New rules require manufacturers(制造商 )to start using"smart" air bags for all 2007 cars. The new air
    bags are constructed so that they don't injure smaller passengers in the front seat.
    1. In 2000 about ______ percent people use seat belts nationwide.
    A. 10
    B. 71
    C. 81
    D. 91
    2. The underlined word "lags" in Paragraph 1 means ___.
    A. develops slowly
    B. moves very quickly
    C. holds still
    D. slows down
    3. According to the safety guidelines, we can learn that ______.
    A. children can never use an adult seat belt in the back seat
    B. when the children are in the back seat of the car, they needn't wear a seat belt
    C. a 2-year-old child can ride in a forward-facing child safety seat in the back seat
    D. the smaller passengers in the cars with new air bags won't have danger
    4. What can we infer from the passage?
    A. Jon Corzine was putting the seat belt on when the accident happened.
    B. You don't have to wear a seat belt when you are just going for a short ride.
    C. 62% of the young people were killed when riding in passenger vehicles in 2004.
    D. Teens and young adults should always remember to wear seat belts.
  • 阅读理解。
         It's 2035. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.
         Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from
    sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged (重新设置) in your shirt to change its
    color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With
    amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You're not even
    middle-aged.
         As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your cereal (谷类 )breakfast into a bowl, you hear: "To
    lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box
    to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?"
    A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies. 
         "Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter." In 2005 only specially trained astronauts
    went into space.- and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your
    best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said
    you need these for space travel." Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots (疫苗注射) are a thing of the
    past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front
    door.
         It's time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. "My office.
    Autopilot (自动驾驶)." you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic
    on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer.
    Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
    1. What changes the color of your shirt?
    A. The mirror.
    B. The shirt itself.
    C. The counter.
    D.The medicine.
    2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal?
    A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
    B. By listening to the doctor's advice.
    C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
    D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.
    3. The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.
    A. breakfast
    B. lunch
    C. vaccines
    D. nutrition
    4. How is the text organized?
    A. In order of time.
    B. In order of character.
    C. In order of preference.
    D. In order of importance.
  • 阅读理解。
         At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse.Today, however, America is facing its
    worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all
    hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten(= say that you will hurt somebody ff they don't do
    what you want)the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing
    field.   
         What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility
    is the fact that woman have greater career options (职业选择). In the past, women who chose to work outside
    the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but
    their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact,
    women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs
    with higher pay and greater status (地位). A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as
    "merely a nurse". Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered (劝导)
    away from nursing, told by teachers that they are"too bright to be a nurse".   
         Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly
    patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS
    and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long
    drawn-out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that
    the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
    1. Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?   
    A. Because the demand of nurses has been doubled.   
    B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.   
    C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.   
    D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.   
    2. The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for _____.   
    A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US   
    B. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students   
    C. not asking the government to raise the nurses' payment   
    D. persuading the students not to be nurses   
    3. The author wrote this passage in order to ______.   
    A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US   
    B. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem   
    C. tell us women's free choice of jobs today   
    D. call on women not to be nurses   
    4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?   
    A. high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses.   
    B. Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.   
    C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.   
    D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women.
  • 短文改错。
          此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:
         如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
         此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
         此行缺一个词;在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
         此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
         注意:原行没有错误的不要改。
    Nowadays, paper still come from trees. Unfortunately, we use a
    lot of paper every day. We must not waste paper and there will 
    not be any trees leaving on Earth. No tree means no paper. We
    need 17 trees make one ton of paper. We must start using less
    paper now because it takes about 100 years of a tree to grow.
    How can we save paper? Firstly, we can use both the sides 
    of every sheet of paper. We can re-use envelope. We can choose
    drinks in bottles instead of drinks on cardboard cartons. We can
    use plastic cups and plates instead of paper one. We can also 
    use handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues. We can use less paper
    shopping bags and we can re - use these paper bags later as well.
    1. _____
    2. _____
    3. _____ 
    4. _____ 
    5. _____
    6. _____
    7. _____
    8. _____
    9. _____
    10. _____

  • 书面表达。
         现在,网上购物作为一种新兴的购物方式越来越受到消费者的欢迎。请根据以下内容提示,用英
    语写一篇文章。网上购物的好处:方便,省时,时尚,可以买到市场上买不到的产品网上购物的弊端:
    质量难以保证;无法体验商品;网上付费有风险要求:
          1. 内容应包括所有要点,并提出自己的建议;
          2. 词数:120左右
                                          The Advantages and Disadvantages of Shopping on Net
         With the rapid development of the information technology, more and more people like shopping on the net.
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