高二年级英语第二学期诊断性检测（一）
英 语 试 题
(Book 7 Units 3～5） 2008.03
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：听力
第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节)
第一节：语法和词汇知识(共 15 小题)
从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. The two sisters decided to hold a family party to ______ their parents’ silver wedding.
A. memorize B. congratulate C. celebrate D. welcome
22. The moment the 2008th Olympic Games ______ open, the whole world cheered.
A. declared B. have declared C. have been declared D. were declared
23. It’s strongly recommended that your car ______ every year.
A. be checked B. should check C. is checked D. check
24. I would be grateful if you would ______ receipt of this letter.
A. accept B. acknowledge C. inform D. admit
25. Nowadays most young people can easily ______ the new life of abroad.
A. prefer B. refer to C. adjust to D. adapt themselves
26. ______ you were born?
A. Where was it that B. Where it was that
C. Was it where that D. It was where that
27. ______ I am concerned, everything will go smoothly.
A. As long as B. As much as C. As well as D. As far as
28. I did not know she was in trouble, at that time, ______ I would have given her a hand.
A. therefore B. otherwise C. however D. though
29. Three years later, her boyfriend disappeared, never to be ______ again.
A. heard from B. heard of C. hearing about D. heard
30. At last nothing but some trees remained, with some branches ______ the wall.
A. to stick out of B. stick out of C. sticking out of D. stuck out of
31. Not that I am unwilling to lend you a hand, ______ I am too busy for the moment.
A. because B. but that C. but D. although
32. As you ______ new words in the English story, it is a good method for you to guess their meanings.
A. come about B. come out C. come up D. come across
33. —Is this the small town you often refer to?
—Right, just the one ______ you know I used to work for years.
A. where B. that C. which D. what
34. Little Tom had to ______ his journey because of his mother’s illness.
A. quit B. leave C. abandon D. desert
35. —Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.
—Many thanks. You ______.
A. needn’t do B. needn’t have done C. shouldn’t have done C. mustn’t do
第二节：完形填空(共 20 小题)
阅读下面短文、掌握其大意、然后从 36~55 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My life story
Sometimes, when I look at the pile of school books and my reflection in the mirror, I sigh.
No, it’s not 36 unhappiness, just the realization that everything’s going so 37 . It seemed like yesterday I was still a little girl in 7th Grade. 38 being a freshman looks 39 enough to touch, if I reach out my hand? I can almost feel the responsibilities, the burdens of 40 , pressing against my shoulders.
Yes, I’m still a 41 in many ways. I do not want to grow up and actually I’m fighting against it. But I know it is a losing 42 . And as I have realized that, I come to the 43 where I have to 44 what I want to do with my life.
What I never told anyone was that I want the 45 life: I want to go to the university only ten-minute walk away, to be 46 my family and friends , to get a job in this city. I want to live with my parents(I can’t remember the 47 time I called them mommy and daddy) and be a little girl 48 .
You see, being ordinary is all very 49 . I like being ordinary most times, but I like being exceptional 50 . What I do not want is to become one of those people whose 51 have been washed away by time. I do not want be someone who lives everyday 52 about the next day’s salary, someone whose highlight is to have a good table for poker, someone who can say 53 when a child asks for a life story. As boring as life stories are, isn’t it 54 to have nothing to tell?
This is my life story 55 , and I hope I have more to tell in the future.
36. A. as usual B. as if C. because of D. in general
37. A. fast B. strange C. difficult D. wrong
38. A. But B. So C. Though D. When
39. A. wonderful B. likely C. soon D. close
40. A. history B. family C. competing others D. growing up
41. A. pupil B. loser C. child D. fighter
42. A. battle B. dream C. goal D. wonderland
43. A. conclusion B. point C. place D. limit
44. A. think B. decide C. know D. tell
45. A. ordinary B. comfortable C. easy D. great
46. A. around B. near C. beside D. for
47. A. only B. happy C. fun D. last
48. A. then B. instead C. forever D. otherwise
49. A. well B. simple C. right D. natural
50. A. indeed B. more C. lately D. least
51. A. stores B. dreams C. interests D. news
52. A. worrying B. caring C. setting D. complaining
53. A. no B. nothing C. something D. such
54. A. sad B. right C. silly D. funny
55. A. in fact B. after all C so far D. in all
第三部分：阅读理解(共 15 小题)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University has noticed the difference in the style of boys’ and girls’ conversations from an early age. She says that little girls’ conversation is less definite than boys’ and expresses more doubts. Little boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners.
These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amounts—although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for women, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy (亲密，亲近). For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.
Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.
Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is pre-programmed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias (倾向性) in its programming, otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.
56. In the opinion of the writer, women encourage men to talk more because .
A. it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship
B. it well help to establish status with their listeners
C. it well help to express more clearly
D. it well help to communicate better
57. There are in little girls’ conversation than in boys’.
A. fewer doubts B. more demands C. more doubts D. fewer uncertainties
58. Some scientists believe that brain is pre-programmed for language. The word “pre-programmed” means .
A. programmed already B. programmed before one is born
C. programmed early D. programmed by women
59. In private conversation, women speak .
A. the same things as men B. less than men
C. more than men D. as much as men
60. The theme of this article is .
A. women are naturally more helpful
B. men and women talk different languages
C. men talk most and interrupt other speakers more
D. little girls’ conversation is less definite
B
More than four out of five people admit to telling little white lies at least once a day and the preferred way of “being economical with the truth” is to use technology such as cell phones, texts and e-mails, a survey last Thursday said.
The research by UK Pollsters 72 Point found that “techno-treachery (高科技说谎)” was widespread with nearly 75 percent of people saying gadgets made it easier to fib (撒小谎).
Just over half of respondents (被调查者) said using gadgets made them feel less guilty when telling a lie than doing it face to face.
The workplace was a favorite location for fibbing with 67 percent of the 1,487 respondents admitting they had lied at work.
The top lie was pretending to be ill (43 percent) followed by saying work had been completed when it hadn’t (23 percent). Worryingly for bosses 18 percent said they lied to hide a big mistake.
But, employers were not the only ones on the receiving end of dishonest statements. Just over 40 percent of the respondents said they had lied to their families or partners.
Key topics to lie about were: buying new clothes or the cost of them (37 percent), how good someone looked in something (35 percent), how much they had eaten (35 percent) and drunk (31 percent) and how much they weighed (32 percent).
61. The underlined phrase “being economical with the truth” probably means ________.
A. telling lies B. making apologies
C. feeling guilty D. admitting mistakes
62. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. employers sometimes lie to their employees, too
B. 75% of people have ever lied to someone
C. without gadgets, people may feel more pressure when telling white lies
D. more people lie to their family than to their bosses
63. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Cell phones make people more likely to lie.
B. Some people might lie to their bosses when they are not doing their work well.
C. 40% of employers admit that they have lied to their families or partners.
D. Nearly 1500 people were questioned in the survey.
64. According to the passage, in which of the following situations are you most likely to lie?
A. You are going to spend the night at your friend’s, which your parents won’t allow.
B. Your friend is wearing a new dress and asks you how you find it.
C. You are a little too fat, and you’re trying to tell your friend how heavy you are.
D. You want to ask your boss for a sick leave, although you are not ill.
65. The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. people are getting more likely to lie
B. gadgets are seen as the best way to tell white lies
C. most people tell white lies at the workplace
D. 18% of people lie to their bosses
C
Having returned from her round trip (往返旅程), the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. "The railway owes me￡12," she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. "You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12."
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the office, Madam," he said politely. "I'll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd."
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd.How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. "You look sunburnt," he said to her. "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?"
"Yes," she answered, shyly. "The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!"
"That's fine," said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three…"
"I'm four," the child said proudly. "I'll be four and a half." Harry turned to the mother. "I remember your ticket, Madam," he said. "But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?"
"Er, well……" the woman looked at the child. "I mean ...... she hasn't started school yet. She's only four."
"A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs……let me see ……￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine……"
The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.
66. The woman was angry because ______.
A. she couldn't use the ticket for her round trip
B. she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
C. she spent more money than she had expected
D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
67. Harry was worried because ______.
A. the woman was angry with him B. he had not done his work properly
C. the Jersey timetable was wrong D. the little girl didn't have a return ticket
68. Harry started talking to the little girl ______.
A. because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
B. because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D. when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
69. When Harry said," The law is the law, but since the fault was mine……," he meant that ______.
A. they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his
B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn't want to
C. the woman had to pay him￡1.50 and the railway would pay for the hotel
D. she should pay￡1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
70. The woman left the office without saying anything because ______.
A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child's ticket
B. she was so angry that she didn't want to have anything more to do with the young man
C. she was moved by Harry's kindness
D. she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted
第 Ⅱ 卷
第四部分：书面表达 (共两节)
第一节：阅读表达(共5小题)
阅读下面短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的字数要求)
What do Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and Phil Collins all have in common? They were all bullied (欺负) at school.
If you’re being bullied, it doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you. You have a right to feel safe. If you are being bullied at school, __________________________. If you are being attacked outside school, the police have the responsibility to help you.
The bully is the one with the problem
A lot of bullies are already being bullied themselves. They feel powerless and so they look for ways to feel tough at school or on the street.
Often, the bully is envious of other kids, so he picks on those who are cleverer, or those kids who have cool dress or more money. Usually bullies don’t like themselves, so they take out their frustrations (沮丧) on someone else, e.g. you.
What can you do？
★Look calm and confident even when you are not! You can practise this in the bathroom mirror.
★If possible, ignore the bully. Bullies want a reaction (反应) — if you don’t seem upset or angry, they’ll often leave you alone.
★Walk away. Just because a bully starts an argument, it doesn’t mean you have to hang around and finish it.
★Avoid being alone. Bullies are cowards (懦夫) who only pick a fight only when they know they can win. If you are with friends, they are more likely to leave you alone.
Get help！
Tell an adult you can trust. This doesn’t mean you are weak. In life you often need to get help from other people. When you have a broken leg, you get help from a doctor—it doesn’t mean you are weak. If you are being bullied you also get help. Bullies want you to keep quiet. When you speak up, you refuse to play the bully’s game. Telling others about the problem is a brave move.
71．What is the best title of the passage？（Please answer within 10 words.）
72．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
When you meet a bully, don’t be nervous and pretend to be confident.
73．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（Please answer within 10 words.）
74．What do you know about the bully from the passage? （Please answer within 30 words.）
75．Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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第二节：写作
假如你是高二(1)班同学李梅, 最近你发现学校里的浪费现象特别严重。如教室里的长明灯, 水龙头里的长流水, 食堂里乱倒的饭菜, 以及垃圾桶里乱扔的物品等等。你对这些很不安, 特向校长信箱写一封信, 反映这些情况, 并建议校长呼吁同学们提倡节约, 反对浪费。
字数要求：120字左右。
参考生词: 美德: virtue 提倡: promote 反对: oppose
Dear Headmaster,
I am a student in __________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Mei
高一年级第二学期诊断性检测 (一)
(Book 7 Units 3～5)
参 考 答 案
听力部分：1-5 BCBBA 6-10 AABCB 11-15 BBCAB 16-20 ACABB
语法词汇：21-25 CDABC 26-30 ADBAC 31-35 BDACB
完形填空：36-40 CAADD 41-45 CABBA 46-50 BDCAB 51-55 BABAC
阅读理解：56-60 ACBDB 61-65 ACCDB 66-70 CBADD
阅读表达：71. What will you do facing bullies? / How to avoid being bullied?
72. Look calm and confident even you are not!
73. it is the school’s responsibility to stop it
74. The bully is the one with the problem. He feels powerless and often is envious of others.
75. 在生活中，你经常需要从别人那里得到帮助。你摔断了腿，就得寻求医生的帮助，这并不表示你软弱。如果你被欺负了，你也的寻求帮助。
写 作： (One possible version)
Dear Headmaster,
I am a student in Class One Grade Three. My name is Li Mei. Now I am very anxious about the waste in our school. You see, the lights are burning day and night in the classrooms. The taps are left running all the time. Food is thrown away everywhere in the dining room and there are a lot of useful things in the litterbins, taking a few for example. It’s true that we are getting richer and richer now. But saving is still a virtue of our Chinese people. So I am writing to you to put forward my suggestion. Would you please call on all the students in our school to promote saving and oppose waste? I would be very glad if you could take the advice.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Mei