◎ 2011-2012学年湖北省襄阳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, 并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What are the two speakers talking about? 
    A. A park.    
    B. A trip.    
    C. A cinema.
    2. When will the man leave?  
    A. On September  3.  
    B. On September 12.  
    C. On September 13.
    3. How will the two speakers go to New York? 
    A. By plane.  
    B. By train.  
    C. By car.
    4. Where does the conversation probably take place? 
    A. In a garage.  
    B. In a station  
    C. In an office.
    5. How long did the woman wait?  
    A. One hour.  
    B. Two hours.    
    C. Three hours.
  • 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟;听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
    1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
    A. In a hotel.  
    B. In a school.  
    C. In a shop.
    2. When will the pool open?
    A. At six o’clock tomorrow morning.
    B. At five o’clock in the afternoon.
    C. At eight o’clock in the evening.
    3. How much should the man pay?
    A. $16.    
    B. $60.    
    C. $160.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题。
    1. What does the man think of the tea the woman makes?
    A. Good.  
    B. Bad.      
    C. Ordinary.
    2. What’s the most important thing to make a pot of tea?
    A. Having a china teapot.
    B. Washing the teapot.  
    C. Pouring boiling water over the tea.
    3. How long does it take to make the teapot stand before drinking?
    A. At most two minutes.  
    B. At least five minutes.  
    C. Only ten minutes.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题。
    1. What will the woman’s mother receive for her birthday from the woman?
    A. A new shirt.  
    B. A new skirt.     
    C. A new car.
    2. Who will cook the special dinner?
    A. The woman.  
    B. The woman’s father.  
    C. A Chinese friend.
    3. Who will do the shopping?
    A.  The woman’s father and mother.  
    B.  The woman’s mother and her.
    C.  The woman and her father.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题。
    1. Where does the woman want to go?
    A. Yunnan.     
    B. Some places in China.  
    C. Her uncle’s house.
    2. What’s the weather like in Dali?
    A. Cloudy.  
    B. Very cold.     
    C. Fine.
    3.How many places are mentioned in Lijiang?
    A. 2.  
    B. 3.       
    C. 4.
  • 听下面一段材料, 回答第1至3题。
    1. What advantages are mentioned about book-reading in the library?
    A. A better experience and a different taste.
    B. More convenient and quicker.
    C. Saving a lot of money and time.
    2. How do people find a book that they need on the Internet?
    A. Through the search engine.
    B. Through other books.
    C. Through the contents.
    3. Which of the following ways does the speaker prefer reading in?
    A. The Internet.  
    B. The library.    
    C. Both the Internet and the library.
  • All the organizations concerned have made an urgent __________ to the government, asking for extra funding to help the earthquake victims.
    [     ]
    A. promise
    B. assessment
    C. appeal
    D. adjustment
  • Nowadays many university graduates are facing the __________ about whether they should apply for a job or pursue further study to get a postgraduate diploma.
    [     ]
    A. position
    B. dilemma
    C. opportunity
    D. possibility
◎ 2011-2012学年湖北省襄阳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
  • Although 3 people have died of the flu, most have _________ symptoms and will get over it without treatment in a few days.
    [     ]
    A. mild
    B. similar
    C. impressive
    D. previous
  • As the situation is not clear yet, it’s hard to take __________ measures to deal with it. So we’ll have to wait and see.
    [     ]
    A. special
    B. general
    C. rough
    D. specific
  • Although criticized by many foreign governments, the Chinese government insisted that its restrictions on resource exports are __________ with WTO rules.
    [     ]
    A. content
    B. constant
    C. consistent
    D. continuous
  • After cleaning the skin, she softly __________ an appropriate amount of face-cream to the face and neck, and then gently massaged until it was fully absorbed.
    [     ]
    A. pressed
    B. poured
    C. processed
    D. applied
  • During the election, the chairman again __________ his position on the issue that he would stick to the current economic policies.
    [     ]
    A. clarified
    B. classified
    C. purified
    D. simplified
  • In order not to __________ any important details for the presentation, he wrote an outline to refer to.
    [     ]
    A. bring out
    B. leave out
    C. let out
    D. make out
  • You throw food away because it doesn’t suit your taste and __________ children in some disadvantaged areas are starving.
    [     ]
    A. therefore
    B. consequently
    C. meanwhile
    D. moreover
  • A college-level course of study is intended to provide students with general academic knowledge __________ occupational training.
    [     ]
    A. less than    
    B. more than  
    C. other than  
    D. rather than
◎ 2011-2012学年湖北省襄阳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
  • 完形填空。
         Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an airline hostess 
      1   me and asked, “Would you mind changing your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only
    other   2   seat was next to a woman   3   both arms in casts(石膏), a black-and-blue face, and a
    depressed emotion. “  4   am I going to sit there” was my immediate thought.   5   then a deeper, quieter
    voice spoke, “Opportunity.” Finally I took my new seat and discovered that Kathy had been in an auto
    accident, and she was on her way for   6  .
         When the snack of nuts and juice arrived,   7   did not take me long to realize that Kathy would not be able to  8   herself. I considered offering to feed her but   9  , as it seemed too close and familiar a service
    to offer to a stranger. But then I decided that Kathy’s need was more important than my   10  . I offered
    to help her eat, and although she too was uncomfortable about   11   it, she did. The experience was
    pleasant, and she and I   12   close in a short period of time.   13   the end of the five-hour trip, my heart
    was fully   14  , and the time was   15   better spent than if I had just sat by myself.
         I was very glad I had reached beyond my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her.   16  
    sometimes flows beyond human borders and dissolves the fears   17   keep us separate. When we stretch
    to serve another, we grow to live in a larger, more   18   world.
         Help me move   19   the small self so I can connect with the hearts of others. 
         When I give love to another, I   20   my own soul.
    (     )1. A. touched      
    (     )2. A. suitable    
    (     )3. A. with        
    (     )4. A. No case      
    (     )5. A. So          
    (     )6. A. holidays    
    (     )7. A. that        
    (     )8. A. help        
    (     )9. A. held up      
    (     )10. A. discomfort  
    (     )11. A. attending  
    (     )12. A. grew        
    (     )13. A. To          
    (     )14. A. awake      
    (     )15. A. increasingly
    (     )16. A. Love        
    (     )17. A. what        
    (     )18. A. answering  
    (     )19. A. toward      
    (     )20. A. meet        
    B. attracted
    B. available
    B. around  
    B. No way  
    B. Otherwise
    B. treatment
    B. what    
    B. dress    
    B. kept up  
    B. guilt  
    B. accepting
    B. kept    
    B. In      
    B. alone  
    B. properly
    B. Self    
    B. that    
    B. demanding
    B. across  
    B. calm    
    C. approached
    C. acceptable  
    C. for        
    C. No manners  
    C. And        
    C. sightseeing
    C. this        
    C. support    
    C. gave up    
    C. convenience
    C. concerning
    C. stayed      
    C. From        
    C. alive    
    C. reasonably  
    C. Care        
    C. whether    
    C. rewarding
    C. beyond      
    C. serve      
    D. conducted  
    D. comfortable
    D. from      
    D. No means  
    D. But        
    D. interview  
    D. it        
    D. drink      
    D. cheered up 
    D. situation
    D. b ehaving
    D. remained  
    D. By         
    D. asleep  
    D. certainly  
    D. Sympathy  
    D. when       
    D. offering
    D. through    
    D. feed      
  • 阅读理解。
         Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car
    yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape
    route-through the boot (行李箱).
         Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice
    and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. "I couldn’t
    force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in."
         Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other
    motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
         Later he said, "It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket
    and I used it to unscrew(拧开) the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer
    trying to make someone hear, but no help came."
         It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the
    boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. "It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud
    poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out as the car filled up."
         His hands and arms cut and bruised, Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked
    after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed
    like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into
    two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
    1. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
    A. The hammer.
    B. The screw.
    C. The coin.
    D. The horn.
    2. "Finally it gave"(Paragraph 5) means that _____.
    A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end
    B. At last the wrench went broken
    C. The chance was lost at the last minute
    D. The lock came open after all his efforts
    3. Which statement is true according to the passage?
    A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.
    B. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the icy road.
    C. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
    D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.
    4. What is the best title for this newspaper article?
    A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman
    B. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot 
    C. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route
    D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident
  • 阅读理解。
         TODAY, Friday, November 12
         JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.
         DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tel: 682-1158.
         SATURDAY, November 13
         JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.
         MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789-6749.
         FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.
         JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
         THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 789-4536
         SUNDAY, November 14
         DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
         FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-members 70p. Tel: 688-4626. 
         HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.
         THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.
    1. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?
    A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.
    B. At the Bull on Saturday.
    C. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.
    D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.
    2. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
    A. 688-4626.
    B. 682-1158.
    C. 789-4536.
    D. 789-6749.
    3. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?
    A. The sing-along at The Black Horse.
    B. Disco at The Lord Napier.
    C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.
    D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
    4. You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?
    A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
    B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.
    C. Musical Hal lat The Star & Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.
    D. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.
  • 阅读理解。
         Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries
    play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international
    contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some
    truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that
    sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murders
    of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national
    contests.
         One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had
    been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions. They
    believed that one of their goals should have been allowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair.
    Their manager was in great anger when he said: “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the
    suspension(停赛) of the team for at least three years.
         The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a
    disputable(有争议的) end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that
    the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to
    play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player
    popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An
    appeal jury (评审委员会) debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result
    would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
         Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of
    the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams, might be
    too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义).
    1. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ____.
    A. created goodwill between the nations
    B. hardly showed any international friendship
    C. caused only false national pride
    D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred
    2. What did the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are
    finished”?
    A. Hockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.
    B. His team would no longer take part in international games.
    C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.
    D. The Federation should be ended.
    3. The basketball example implied that ____.
    A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident
    B. the announcement to make the match last longer was wrong
    C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision
    D. The American team was right in receiving the silver medals
    4. Which statement best summarizes this passage?  
    A. Athletes should compete as individuals.  
    B. Different teams often have disputes when fighting for the first place.  
    C. Any team that has disrespectful behavior should be suspended.  
    D. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.
  • 阅读理解。
         The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
         The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being
    free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of
    packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
         During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet,
    showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
         In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.
         At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they put
    themselves into the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in
    drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
         If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by
    scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this
    makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
         No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as
    aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms.
    1. The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.
    A. 4
    B. 5
    C. 6
    D. 3
    2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?
    A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.
    B. Colds are not caused by cold.
    C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.
    D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had one.
    3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.
    A. they are working in the isolated Arctic regions
    B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
    C. they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions
    D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world
    4. The passage mainly discusses ________.
    A. the experiments on the common cold
    B. the false opinion about the common cold
    C. the reason and the way people catch colds
    D. the continued spread of common colds
  • 阅读理解。
         Two Chinese farmers who became an overnight sensation (轰动) when their heart-rending version
    of a famous pop song appeared on the Internet took to the stage in front of thousands of fans in Shanghai
    last Saturday.
         Wang Xu, 44, and Liu Gang, 29, sang “In the Spring” alongside the song’s star composer Wang Feng, in front of about 80,000 people at the Shanghai Stadium.
         The audience buzzed with excitement and let out deafening cheers, the moment as they were introduced on the stage and then when Liu started the first sentence of their parts of the song.  
         The two migrant workers became stars after singing the tearjerker (催人泪下的) song during an
    evening drinking session in a 6-square-meter rented room in a late August evening. A friend recorded the
    performance on a cell phone and posted it on the Internet.
         "If someday I am dead, please bury me in the spring," they sing. Wang’s penetrating chorus (合唱),
    delivered with his eyes closed, has moved thousands to tears.
         Wang and Liu consider the song a true portrait of lower-class groups like themselves. “With no credit
    card, no girlfriend, or a home with hot water, but only a guitar, I am singing happily, on streets, under
    bridges or in the wild country, though nobody pays attention to the music,” they sing.
         To support his wife and two sons, Wang came to Beijing in 2000 from the countryside and has worked as a boiler man, and street peddler, before becoming a medical warehouse keeper, with a monthly pay of
    around 1,500 yuan. Little is left after he pays 600 yuan for rent and buys food.
         Liu came to Beijing in 2002. “I wanted to try my luck in the big city,” he said. He had worked as a
    guard, roadside peddler, and porter, but never had a stable job. Street performing was his main income,
    even after he married and became a father three years ago.
         Wang and Liu are still uncertain where their fame will lead. Wang has started learning to use a
    computer. They even have a microblog(微博) account to communicate with fans.
    1. Wang Xu and Liu Gang first became nationally known after ______.
    A. they sang the song “In the Spring” with a star composer Wang Feng
    B. they started their microblog
    C. they sang on streets and under bridges
    D. the video of them singing “In the Spring” was posted on the Internet
    2. People like Wang and Liu's version of “In the Spring” because ______.
    A. it is a heartfelt expression of the two singers as migrant workers
    B. they were introduced to the public by the song writer himself
    C. it was specially composed for them two
    D. they sang the song better than other singers
    3. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
    A. migrant workers’ conditions will be improved soon
    B. a song showing people’s real life and feelings is more likely to be accepted
    C. they will learn to write songs on computers
    D. singers from migrant workers are more likely to become popular
    4. The best possible title for the passage is______.
    A. A Successful Internet Performance
    B. “In the Spring” - A Touching Song
    C. Internet Farmer Stars Make Stage Appearance
    D. No Pains, No Gains
  • 完成句子。
    1. Only if you ask many different questions ____________________ (你才会获取信息) you need to know. (acquire)  
    2. To my relief, he has promised to keep me ____________________ (了解) what is happening to him abroad. (inform)  
    3. Since it is well-preserved, the chances of your car _____________________ (抛锚) on the freeway are rather low. (break)
    4. _____________________ (暴露在阳光下)for too long, especially in hot summer, you’ll feel faint and sick. (expose)
    5. At the conference, the representatives form all over the country put forward a common idea _____________________ (我们应加快) the development in all fields. (speed)
    6. If you had told me about her arrival in advance, I ______________________ (会安排他) to meet her at the airport. (arrange)  
    7. The man _______________________ (被怀疑) committing the murder is reported to have been arrested last week. (suspect)  
    8. By the time they finished half the journey, they ____________________ (已经用完) petrol, and accordingly they had to abandon the car and walked home. (run)
    9. It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism ____________________ (竟然曾经居住) in London. (live)  
    10. It’s commonly accepted that it is hard work, which is taken lightly sometimes, __________________(对…有影响)one’s academic performance. (difference)
  • 短文写作。
    根据图画写一篇短文,叙述东东与其妈妈发生的故事。

    要求:
    1.不仅要表述出图中的内容,还要就此现象要发表自己的感想;
    2.字数:100左右;
    3.开头已给出。
         On Monday morning, on his way to school, Dongdong found a little girl lying on the ground, crying.