◎ 2011-2012学年新人教版贵州省遵义市第四中学高二英语上学期期中考试试题的第一部分试题
  •      听下面5段对话。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。听完每段对话后, 你都有10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

    1. When does the woman’s birthday fall?

    A. On April 1.              
    B. On December 25.            
    C. On January 1.

    2. What will the man probably do before he goes to the film?

    A. Buy some books.          
    B. Post some letters.            
    C. Have his hair cut.

    3. How long can the woman keep the book in all?

    A. One week                
    B. Two weeks.                  
    C. Three weeks.

    4. What can we learn from the conversation?

    A. The woman has waited for a long time.
    B. The woman’s mother is ill.          
    C. The woman works in the hospital.

    5. What is Lucy?

    A. An English teacher          
    B. A nurse          
    C. A student
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1-3题。

    1. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

    A. Losing weight.        
    B. Doing homework.        
    C. Their habit.

    2. Which way does the woman prefer to lose weight?

    A. Having sports            
    B. Eating less            
    C. Taking medicine.

    3. Why does the woman advise the man to swim as a means for keeping healthy?

    A. Because the man loves swimming.      
    B. Because it is very convenient for him.      
    C. Because swimming is better than other sports in losing weight.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1-3题。

    1. What probably is the man speaker?

    A. A history teacher.          
    B. A tourist      
    C. A businessman

    2. How does the woman advise Dean to travel to the New Shanghai Museum?

    A. By taxi                  
    B. On foot        
    C. By subway

    3.When will Dean return to England?

    A. On Sunday              
    B. On Saturday     
    C. On Friday
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1-3题。

    1. What is the woman?

    A. A bus driver            
    B. A tour guide            
    C. A tourist

    2.How long will they stay at the jewellery shops any more?

    A. Half an hour.            
    B. An hour                
    C. Fifty minutes.

    3.What is their next stop?

    A. The park                
    B. The palace              
    C. The museum.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1-3题。

    1. What is not allowed in the museum?

    A. Talking                
    B. Touching the exhibits      
    C. Flash photography.

    2. Why didn’t the man see the signs?

    A. Because his English was not good.      
    B. Because he was nearsighted  
    C. Because he was too careless.

    3.What happened at last?

    A. The man was fined $50.              
    B. The woman didn’t punish the man            
    C. The man’s camera was taken away by the woman.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1-3题。

    1.When was the Everglades National Park set up?

    A. In 1947              
    B. In 1957              
    C. In 1977

    2.What is the Everglades National Park famous for?

    A. The amusement          
    B. The diversity(多样性)of wildlife        
    C. Forests

    3.What endanger(s) the park’s health and future?

    A. Terrible weather      
    B. Polluted water    
    C. Human activities and development.
  • The more one is______the English-speaking environment, the better he or she will learn the language.
    [     ]
    A. exposed to    
    B. filled in             
    C. caught on         
    D. kept up
  • __________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them
    and had chats with them.
    [     ]
    A. Except for        
    B. Rather than          
    C. Apart from    
    D. Instead of
  • Not until the early years of the 19th century ________ what heat was.
    [      ]
    A. man did know      
    B. did man knew        
    C. didn't man know        
    D. did man know
◎ 2011-2012学年新人教版贵州省遵义市第四中学高二英语上学期期中考试试题的第二部分试题
  • — I hear that you will be on travel again.
    — Yeah. My boss __________ for me to discuss business details with someone from another company.
    [     ]
    A. asked  
    B. arranged              
    C. sent  
    D. called
  • I'm living in the apartment nearby. Come and see me whenever________.
    [     ]
    A. it is convenient    
    B. you are convenient    
    C. you have convenience    
    D. there is convenience
  • Our son doesn't know what to__________at the university; he can't make up his mind about his future.
    [      ]
    A. take in             
    B. take up          
    C. take over      
    D. take after
  • The audience________before TV sets are listening to Yi Zhongtian's stories with their eyes________
    upon him.
    [      ]
    A. seating; fixing      
    B. seated; fixing       
    C. seated; fixed        
    D. seating; fixed
  • It is required by law that the children above six years old in our country________to school to receive
    education.
    [     ]
    A. would be sent      
    B. are sent          
    C. be sent        
    D. will be sent
  • I guess we've already talked about this before but I'll ask you again just __________.
    [      ]
    A. by nature  
    B. in return          
    C. in case  
    D. by chance
  • Many journalists were sent to________the terrible disaster immediately the earthquake broke out in
    Sichuan Province on May 12th,2008.
    [     ]
    A. interview         
    B. investigate      
    C  catch         
    D. cover
  • He's got himself into a dangerous situation        he is likely to be accused of meeting someone.  
    [      ]
    A. where        
    B. which      
    C. while      
    D. why  
  • Which material can be thrown into the sea________on the nature of the material?
    [      ]
    A. depended  
    B. depending    
    C. to depend  
    D. depends
◎ 2011-2012学年新人教版贵州省遵义市第四中学高二英语上学期期中考试试题的第三部分试题
  • — I hope the result of the exams had not been told to us.
    — ________, why did you come here to see our teacher?
    [      ]
    A. If what         
    B. If so            
    C. If only          
    D. If not
  • With everything needed________, she declared that the party began.
     [     ]
    A. in the place      
    B. taking place    
    C. out of place      
    D. in place
  • A driver should           __ the road when            .
    [    ]
    A. concentrate on; drive          
    B. concentrate in; driving
    C. concentrate to; drove          
    D. concentrate on; driving
  • 完形填空

         Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n)  1   advertising the pups and set about nailing
    it to a post on the edge of his
    yard.  2   he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a sudden pull on his trousers.He_3_down into
    the eyes of a little boy.
         "Mister, "he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
         "Well, "said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his  4  , "these puppies come from fine
    parents and  5   a good deal of money."
         The boy  6   his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of
      7   and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirtynine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"
         "Sure, "said the farmer.
         And with that he  8   a whistle, "Here, Dolly!"he called.
           9    from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly  10   by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made
    their  11   to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse.  12   another
    little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others,
    d oing its best to  13  .
         "I want that one, "the little boy said,   14   at the runt (矮个子).
         The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you  15   want that puppy. He will never be
    able to  16    and play with you as other dogs would."
         With that the little boy   17   back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his
     18   . In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a
      19   made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and
    he will need someone who understands."
         The  20   is full of people who need someone who understands.
    (     )1. A. sight
    (     )2. A. Then  
    (     )3. A. put
    (     )4. A. nose  
    (     )5. A. spend
    (     )6. A. raised  
    (     )7. A. notes
    (     )8. A. let out
    (     )9. A. Up  
    (     )10. A. came
    (     )11. A. step
    (     )12. A. Quickly
    (     )13. A. get up
    (     )14. A. moving
    (     )15. A. mustn’t
    (     )16. A. run
    (     )17. A. stepped
    (     )18. A. clothes
    (     )19. A. simply
    (     )20. A. farm
    B. paper  
    B. Before
    B. looked
    B. neck  
    B. spare
    B. lifted
    B. change
    B. carried out
    B. Over  
    B. followed
    B. way
    B. Slowly
    B. stand up
    B. pointing
    B.don’t
    B. sit
    B. talked
    B. dresses
    B. specially
    B. country
    C. information
    C. As    
    C. knelt  
    C. head    
    C. make    
    C. fell    
    C. sugar  
    C. put out
    C. Out  
    C. went    
    C. walk    
    C. Oddly  
    C. catch up  
    C. calling
    C. can’t
    C. walk    
    C. climbed
    C. sweaters  
    C. carefully
    C. city    
    D. sign      
    D. After      
    D. stared    
    D. face      
    D. cost      
    D. dropped    
    D. goods      
    D. left out  
    D. In        
    D. caught    
    D. drive      
    D. Sadly      
    D. move up    
    D. turning    
      D. needn’t
    D. stand      
    D. fell      
    D. trousers  
    D. newly      
    D. world      
  • 阅读理解
          Where we live, on the eastern shore of Maryland, the gentle waters run in and out like fingers slimming at the tips.
         The Canada geese know this place, as do the white swans and the ducks.In autumn, they come home
    for the winter.Once or twice each year, snow and frozen rain move into the area.When this happens, if the river is at its narrowest, there is a freeze which hardens the water to ice.
         One morning, a friend of mine set the breakfast table beside the huge window, which overlooked the
    Tred Avon River.Suddenly she leaned forward and cried out, "There is a goose out there."
         We saw the figure of a large Canada goose, very still, its wings folded tight to its sides, its feet frozen
    into the ice.
         Then from the dark skies, she saw a line of swans.They floated from the top of the sky downward
    and at last landed on the ice.My friend was on her feet now, with one hand against her mouth, unbelieving.As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, she feared that life it still had might be pecked(啄) out by
    those great swan bills.
         Instead, those bills began to work on the ice.The long necks were lifted and curved down, again and
    again.It went on for a long time.At last, the goose's head was lifted.Its body was pulled.Then the goose
    was free and stood on the ice.And the swans stood in the air watching.Then, as if it had cried, "I cannot
    fly."Four of the swans came down around it.Their powerful beaks chipped off the ice held in the feathers.
    Slowly, the goose spread its wings as far as they would go, and moved slowly into the sky.
         This is a true story.I just think of it in the bad moment, and from it comes only one hopeful question:If
    so for birds, why not for man?

    1. Which would be the best title for the passage?

    A. Why Not for Man?   
    B. Graceful Swans
    C. Swans' Brave Act    
    D. I Just Couldn't Believe It!

    2. What happened to the Canada goose?

    A. It was deserted by other geese.    
    B. It was stuck in the ice.
    C. It was wounded and couldn't fly.  
    D. It was lost in the water.

    3. At first the author's friend was worried that________.

    A. the swans would not help the Canada goose
    B. she didn't care about this matter any more
    C. the swans wouldn't identify with the Canada goose
    D. the swans would peck the Canada goose to death

    4. What did the swans do when they saw the Canada goose couldn't fly?

    A. They chipped off the ice held in its feathers.
    B. They waited patiently for the ice held in its feathers to melt.
    C. They came down and lifted it up to the sky together.
    D. They stayed with it and protected it.
  • 阅读理解
         Last year college students in America spent an estimated $700 on textbooks on average. The
    National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks
    and course materials.
        The association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now just make up
    2%~3% of sales. But he says that is expected to reach 10%~15% by 2012.
          Online versions(版本) are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. An
    etextbook can cost half the price of a new print textbook.But students usually lose access to them
    after the end of the term.And the books cannot be placed on more than one device(设备), so they
    are not easy to share.
         So what do students think of etextbooks?Administrators at Northwest Missouri State University
    wanted to find it out.Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.
        The university is unusual.It provides laptop computers for all 7,000 of its fulltime students.It does
    not require students to buy their textbooks either.They rent them to save money.The school aims to
    save even more by moving to etextbooks.
         The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy.They
    liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks.And 56% said they were better able to find information.
         But most found that using etextbooks did not change their study habits.And 60% felt they read
    more when they were reading on paper.In all, almost half the students said they still liked physical
    textbooks better.
         But the survey found that cost could be a big influence.55% said they would choose etextbooks
    if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.
         Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education at Northwest
    Missouri State University.He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the etextbooks now
    available because the majority are not interactive(交互式的).
         He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video, activities, games and other
    ways to interact with the information.The technology is improving.But for now, most of the books
    are just words on a screen.

    1. Etextbooks are not better than paper books in that________.

    A. they cost more money              
    B. they're difficult to carry
    C. they're not convenient to share        
    D. they can't be downloaded from the Internet

    2. How many surveyed students think paper books make better reading?

    A. 60%.
    B. 56%.
    C. 55%.
    D. 50%.

    3. It can be inferred from the text that in the future________.

    A. digital books will be more popular      
    B. the digital books available need improvement
    C. free digital books are available online      
    D. digital books will replace print textbooks
  • 阅读理解

         I am a good mother to three children.I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being
    a good parent.
         I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try to laugh.I am a good
    friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say.I am a good friend
    to my friends, and they to me.Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
         So here's what I want to tell you today:get a life.A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升),
    the bigger paycheck and the larger house.
         Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love, and who love you.And remember that love
    is not leisure(休闲) but work.Pick up the phone.Send an email.Write a letter.And realize that life is the
    best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
         It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.It is so easy to exist instead of
    living.
    I learned to live many years ago.Something really, really bad happened to me, something that
    changed my life.If I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all.And what I learned from it is
    what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
        I learned to love the journey, not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried
    to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally.And I tried to do that, in part, by
    telling others what I had learned.
        By telling them this:read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life
    as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.

    1. The best title of this passage probably is "________".

    A. Love Your Friends
    B. Live a Real Life
    C. Don't Waste Time
    D. Be a Good Mother and Wife

    2. How did the author form her view of life?

    A. Through social experience.          
    B. By learning from her friends.
    C. Through an unfortunate experience.      
    D. From her children and husband.

    3. By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of living." in the fifth paragraph, the author
    really means that people tend to________.

    A. make a living rather than live a real life    
    B. work rather than enjoy life
    C. waste a lot in life                      
    D. forget the most important lesson in life

    4. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

    A. the author is a success in personal life
    B. the author doesn't try her best to work well
    C. the author spends all her time caring for her children
    D. the author likes traveling very much
  • 阅读理解
         Inventor, physicist, surveyor, astronomer, biologist, artist... Robert Hooke was all these and more.
    Some say he was the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century.Once he worked with
    renowned(有名声的) men of science like Christian Huygens, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Boyle,
    Isaac Newton and the great architect, Christopher Wren.
         Hooke's early education began at home, under the guidance of his father.He entered Westminster
    School at the age of thirteen, and from there he went to Oxford, where he came in contact with some
    of the best scientists in England.Hooke impressed them with his skill at designing experiments and
    devising(发明) instruments.In 1662, at the age of twenty-eight, he was named Curator of Experiments
    of the newly formed Royal Society of London.Hooke accepted the job, even though he knew that it had
    no money to pay him!
         Watching living things through the microscope was one of his favorite occupations.He devised a
    compound microscope for this purpose.One day while observing a cork (软木) under a microscope, he
    saw honeycomb-like structures.They were cells-the smallest units of life.In fact, it was Hooke who
    coined the term "cell" as the boxlike cells of the cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery(修道院).
         Perhaps because of his varied interests, Hooke often left experiments unfinished.Others took up
    where he left off and then claimed sole(独占的)credit.This sometimes led to quarrels with colleagues.
    One work that he finished was his book MICROGRAPHIA, a volume that reveals the immense potential of the microscope.The book also includes, among other things, ideas on gravity and light which may have
    helped scientists like Newton while they were developing their own theories on these phenomena.
         Hooke made valuable contributions to astronomy too.A crater(陨石坑) on the moon is named after
    him in appreciation of his services to this branch of science.

    1. From the first paragraph, we can know that Robert Hooke __________.

    A. was famous because he worked with many scientists
    B. liked making friends with the famous people
    C. received a lot from other scientists
    D. made contributions to many different fields

    2. Robert Hooke probably went to school in __________.

    A. 1647      
    B. 1634          
    C. 1662      
    D. 1640

    3. Robert Hooke made himself known to some of the best scientists in England by __________.

    A. learning by himself with his father's help
    B. introducing himself to them
    C. designing experiments and instruments
    D. refusing any reward from Royal Society of London

    4. Robert Hooke couldn't get along well with his colleagues because __________.

    A. he couldn't finish his work on time sometimes
    B. he had all kinds of interests in his daily life
    C. he was too proud to look up to them
    D. the other scientists took the fruits of his experiments
  • 阅读理解
    阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项
          __1__  To begin with, cleaner environment, enjoying the game with hundreds of sports athletes and
    entertainment stars, and the opportunity of contacting people from all over the world seem exciting to the
    citizens.  2__  In most cases, bidding for the Olympics is well supported by both the public and the
    central government.
          Unfortunately, this is not the entire view of the pretty picture. If looking from another angle, the
    Olympic bid might bring about some sideeffects to a city.
         __3__  It includes the increasing pollution of cars, more pressure on water resources, huge amount
    of wasted leaflets and other materials used for public activities, which are most probably neglected. In
    order to broaden the streets, some trees may have to be cut. Reduction of farmland may be caused b
    y the need of setting up new sports centers or accommodation facilities. These environmental
    consequences can be especially serious in a resourcelimited and crowded city in a thirdworld country.
         Besides, if not well managed and organized, the big event may not be so beneficial, and the new
    facilities may be forever empty after the games.__4__
         Finally, let's think about the lowincome groups in the city.__5__ More tax, more fees, more
    expensive property prices, and higher cost of living. These definitely are not good news for them.

    A. Hosting the Olympics surely would bring about much gain to a city.
    B. We can only benefit from it for a short time.
    C. What will they get from the Olympics bidding?
    D. First of all, it will bring a lot of environmental problems.
    E. There are many reasons for not hosting the Olympic Games.
    F. There have been cases that host cities ended up with large debts.
  • 短文改错
        
    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文
    中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
    增加:在此处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在其下面写出修改的词。
    删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
    修改:在错的词下划一横线, 并在其下面写出修改后的词。
    注意:
    1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
    2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从十一处起)不计分。

         When I first learned to write in English, I ran into much difficulties. The main problem was in that I
    always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. My teacher advised me to keep
    my diary. I followed her advice and should put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy
    talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a little story
    and showed to my teacher. She liked it very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was a good
    one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.
    _________________________________________________________________________________
  • 书面表达
         
    假设你是李华, 你的美国朋友Chris给你发来e-mail, 询问你校正在开展的“低碳生活”
    活动情况。请根据以下要点用英语写一封回信。
    活动主题:行动改变世界                        
    活动目的:倡导低碳生活
    具体内容:
    1.尽量乘公交车、骑自行车或步行;      
    2. 使用电子贺卡;
    3. 双面使用纸张;                   
    4. 节约用电、用水……

    注意:
    1.词数100左右;    
    2. 可适当增加细节, 使行文连贯;  
    3. 开头语已给出, 不计入总词数。
    Dear Chris,
          I’m happy to receive your e-mail asking about what we are doing to promote a low-carbon
    lifestyle. ______________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________