江苏省南通中学2005—2006学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
第I卷（选择题 共115分）
一、听力（30分）
第一节
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. Where is Lucy now?
A. Here. B. Europe. C. Australia.
2. What can we learn from this dialogue?
A. The train is crowded. B. The train is out of order. C. The train is late.
3. How many pills will the woman take a day?
A. 2 pills. B. 9 pills. C. 4 pills.
4. When did he see the woman’s sister?
A. Last year. B. Two years ago. C. Three years ago.
5. How long does it take the man to ride home when it isn’t rush hour?
A. Fifty-five minutes. B. Thirty-five minutes. C. Twenty-five minutes.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中的所给的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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7 题。
6. Where did the man and the woman know each other?
A. On the playground.
B. In the cinema.
C. At the disco.
7. What did the woman think of that man?
A. She didn’t like him. B. She forgot him. C. She felt he was very kind.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the relationship between the two persons?
A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Strangers.
9. What does the woman’s mother like ?
A. Cats. B. Dogs. C. Rabbits.
10. Whose letter did the woman receive?
A. Her brother’s. B. Her sister’s. C. Her mother’s.
听第8段材料，回答11至13题。
11. Where did the woman lose her daughter?
A. In the hospital. B. In the railway station. C. In the post office.
12. How old is the little girl?
A. Seven. B. Eight. C. Seventeen.
13. What color are the girl’s shoes?
A. Brown. B. Blue. C. Black.
听第9段材料，回答14至16题。
14. When does the man go swimming now ?
A. On Thursday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Saturday.
15. Why did not the woman see the man last Sunday?
A. Because he walked with Liz.
B. Because he went to watch a football game.
C. Because he went dancing.
16. What does the man like to do every Saturday night?
A. Going dancing. B. Going out with his friends. C. Working at the office.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How was the old man?
A. Very ill. B. Very strong. C. Very healthy.
18. What did the doctor do?
A. He took the old man to the hospital.
B. He thought the old man was healthy.
C. He found a lot wrong with him.
19. What did the doctor tell the old man ( not) to do?
A. Not to come again.
B. To come again if he did not feel better.
C. To turn his body around.
20. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The doctor was loved by people.
B. Something wrong with the old man’s throat.
C. The old man was not healthy.
二、单项填空：从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（15分）
21. ---How did you pay the workers?
---As a rule, they were paid ________.
A. by hour B. by an hour C. by the hour D. by hours
22. Edison’s theory________ to be correct.
A. turned out B. was turned out C. turned on D. turned off
23. This is the best way I could think of ________ the students ________ the rules.
A. to stop; breaking B. stopping; breaking
C. stop; to break D. stopped; from breaking
24. If you relate the results ________the cause, you will find things are not that simple.
A. with B. to C. from D. between
25. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ________ the film stars had left.
A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told
26. You can give the books to ________ need them most.
A. anyone you think B. whoever you think
C. no matter who you think D. those who
27. He decided not to attend her birthday party____ he had been invited to.
A. even if B. because C. as if D. if only
28. Television has so many advantages. It keeps us ________ of the ________ news, and also provides entertainment in the home.
A. informed; latest B. to know; later
C. learning; later D. to think; latest
29. ________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Being founded B. Having been founded C. Founded D. Founding
30. — What do you think of the coming Beijing 2008 Olympics?
— Oh, the table-tennis match is ______ to be the most exciting.
A. preferred B. wished C. expected D. proved
31. _____ is known to us that China is a developing country ____ the third world.
A. It ; belonging to B. What ; belonging to
C. As; belongs to D. Which; belonged to
32. Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A. result from B. contribute to C. attend to D. devote to
33. I never dreamed of there ________ such a quiet place in the noisy city.
A. was B. had been C. being D. to be
34. I _____ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time!
A. had fallen asleep B. have fallen asleep C. fell asleep D. fall asleep
35. When he came to, he found himself ________ on a chair, with his hands ________ back.
A. sitting; being tied B. seating; tying
C. sat; tied D. seated; tied
三、完形填空（30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Nowadays a hospital always manages to keep its beds full. This is good and it’s bad.
One day I went to see a(n) 36 friend at the hospital. I first went to the 37 desk, where I could get a permit to visit the patient.
38 I could ask what room my friend was in, the lady took down my name, age, filled out a form and 39 a bell. I was just about to tell her what I was coming for when two men arrived with a wheelchair, 40 me in it and pushed me down the hall.
“I’m not ill ,” I shouted. “I’m just looking for a friend.”
“When he comes, ” one man said, “we’ll 41 him up to your room.”
In a minute I 42 myself in a small room. In no time they 43 me and pulled some other things 44 me. One man said, “If you need anything, press the button.”
“I want my clothes back,” I begged.
“Oh, you 45 believe in us,” a 46 said, “Even if the 47 happens, we will 48 your wife gets everything.” They left and locked the door behind them.
I was trying to figure( 想) 49 to escape by the window when Dr. Ward came in with several of his 50 .
“Thank heavens you 51 came,” I said.
“It hurts 52 bad?” he asked.
“It doesn’t hurt at all.”
Dr. Ward looked 53 . “If you don’t feel any pain, that means it’s much more 54 than we expected.” Then he turned to his students: “This is the toughest (困难) kind of patient to deal with because he refuses to 55 he is ill. Since he won’t tell us where it hurts, he will never be well again until we find out for ourselves by doing exploratory surgery (探究性手术) .”
36. A. ill B. original C. adventurous D. sick
37. A. operation B. office C. information D. department
38. A. Before B. After C. While D. When
39. A. pressed B. struck C. rang D. took
40. A. pushed B. placed C. hit D. invited
41. A. put B. carry C. drive D. send
42. A. left B. realized C. found D. locked
43. A. examined B. undressed C. watched D. visited
44. A. on B. from C. over D. to
45. A. need B. dare C. shall D. can
46. A. noise B. voice C. sound D. boom
47. A. accident B. hardest C. worst D. trouble
48. A. wish B. make sure C. expect D. manage
49. A. how B. what C. why D. where
50. A. patients B. nurses C. friends D. students
51. A. already B. still C. finally D. nearly
52. A. that B. completely C. hardly D. almost
53. A. excited B. worried C. satisfied D. surprised
54. A. difficult B. terrible C. serious D. unpleasant
55. A. say B. recognize C. agree D. admit
四、阅读理解：（40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I had run into.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia—lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery .
My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
56. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. A Childhood Dream. B. A Mother’s Love.
C. A Graduation Party. D. A Special Birthday.
57. The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because _______.
A. she could take care of things herself
B. she hoped she would find a boyfriend
C. she wanted her to be happy and strong
D. she thought education was most important
58. Who was the sender of the flower?
A. A boy the writer had run into. B. One of the writer’s neighbors.
C. One of the writer’s classmates. D. The writer’s mother.
B
To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence？The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.
If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.
He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns, “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”
Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.
Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial(人工的) being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must solve two problems.
The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files（文件） are sorted in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.
Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process（处理）information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.
59. From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website .
A. which is specially designed to help Smarter Child
B. where we people can find Smarter Child
C. where weather forecasts are made
D. which is about artificial intelligence
60. It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to .
A. tell us how to spell a difficult word
B. tell us how the American government is run
C. provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare
D. learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones.
61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.
B. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.
C. Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own.
D. We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears.
62. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A New Web Child B. Smarter Child
C. The Future of Internet D. Intelligence Development
C
The officer gave Leakey two tickets and calmly explained that if he had to drive to work, a judge would probably allow him a restricted（受限制的）license（执照）.
“No,” Leakey shouted. “I am not going to talk to any judge! I am going to settle this with you!”
An hour later, the officer saw Leakey’s car coming. “What dose he want now?” he said to himself.
Leakey drove slowly by the side of the police car. Then a bullet hit the officer’s face.
Leakey ran away. The officer was unable to see. His voice was gone. His tongue had been torn into small pieces. Touching his face, he discovered that he had no upper jaw, no nose, no cheek-bones. He managed to get out of the car, but sank to the ground.
He thought of his grandmother, seriously wounded while saving two other soldiers. She received a medal for bravery.
He recognized the voice of Detective Dole. “Can you hear me?” Dole asked, taking the officer’s hand gently. “Squeeze （挤眼）once for yes and twice for no.” The officer squeezed once.
Through some questions, the detective learned important facts---the gunman was a black man. The officer couldn’t remember the gunman’s name, but the license plate number was fixed in his mind. He signed for paper and pen and wrote--- “6800 BAB.” On his way to the hospital, a detective told him that Leakey had been caught.
The pain was very great. With no upper jaw or teeth, he could eat only soft foods.
Leakey was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The officer received his gold sergeant’s badge（徽章）in 1993.
63. The entire structure of the officer’s ________ had been _______.
A. jaws; wounded B. teeth; broken C. face; torn off D. cheekbones; hurt
64. The officer had difficulty in ________ and ________.
A. talking, reading B. writing, signing
C. thinking, squeezing D. eating, hearing
65. Which of the following do you think is the best topic for this passage?
A. The Black Man Without Mercy（仁慈）. B. The Officer Who Wouldn’t Give Up.
C. A Badly Wounded Officer. D. The Bravest Officer in the World.
D
The other day, my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party. The time printed on the invitation was 7:30 pm. Jane went off with her husband, expecting a merry evening of wine, food, and songs.
By 9:45, everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared. Jane and David were restless. Other guests began whispering that they, too, were starving. But no one wanted to leave, just in case some food was about to appear. By 11:00, there was still no food, and everyone was completely off their heads. Jane and David left hungry and angry.
Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need “to be made clearer”. Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently. Most of us would agree that 6:30—8:30 pm means drinks only, go out to dinner afterwards; 8:00 pm or 8:30 pm means possible dinner, but 9:30 pm and any time thereafter means no food, eat beforehand, roll up late.
But this is not always the case. If asked to a students’ party at 6:30 pm, it is normal for guests not to appear before midnight, if at all, and no one cares. Being the first to arrive—looking eager—is social death. When my mother is asked to a party for 6:30, she likes to be there, if not on time, then no later than seven. My age group (late thirties) falls somewhere between the two, but because we still think we’re young, we’re probably closer to student-time than grown-time.
The accepted custom at present is confusing, sometimes annoying, and it often means you may go home hungry, but it does lend every party that precious element(成分) of surprise.
66. The underlined words “off their heads” probably mean ________.
A. tired B. crazy C. curious D. hopeless
67. Jane and David’s story is used to show that ________.
A. party-goers usually get hungry at parties
B. party invitations can be confusing
C. people should ask for food at parties
D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are boring
68. For some young people, arriving on time for a students’ party will probably be considered ________.
A. very difficult B. particularly thoughtful
C. friendly and polite D. socially unacceptable
69. According to the writer, people in their late thirties ________.
A. are likely to arrive late for a party B. care little about the party time
C. haven’t really grown up yet D. like surprises at parties
70. What is the general idea of the text?
A. It’s safe to arrive late just when food is served.
B. It’s wise to eat something before going to a party.
C. It’s important to follow social rules of party-going.
D. It’s necessary to read invitations carefully.
E
It’s you and I who are to blame(责怪) for the state of the earth . No question about it . It’s our life-style that is threatening life on Earth , so we must make the changes . The good news is that many of those changes are really quite simple , even enjoyable , but for every careful step we take as individuals , we must press government and industry to take a big step on our benefit . And we must start now . Tomorrow’s too late .
My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train , and leave their cars behind too . My gardens have been pesticide(杀虫剂)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(处理) point .
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away . She disappeared into a shop , and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed(难堪的)---she worked there , and the boss gave her a ticking –off too . I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol . These are small things , but we have to start somewhere , and every little does help .
71．We can learn from the first paragraph that .
A．you and I are responsible for looking after the environment
B．the government and industry are responsible for looking after the environment
C．the government is responsible for looking after the environment
D．both A and B
72．To help the environment , the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT
.
A．taking the train instead of a car
B．throwing away the old cars
C．avoiding the use of pesticides
D．running after those who throw articles carelessly
73．The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted .
A．to find out where she worked
B．to give her back the piece of paper she had lost
C．to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly
D．to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper.
74．The word “ticking-off ” in the last paragraph probably means .
A．blaming B. a piece of paper C．prize D. ticket
75．The purpose of this passage is to .
A．persuade his friends to take the train
B．inform us of the good news
C．make clear who is responsible for the environment
D．try to advise us all to protect our environment.
第II卷（非选择题 共35分）
第一节：单词拼写（5分）
1. The new airport is still under c____________ and it will come into use next year.
2. The United Kingdom c______________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
3. They had a wonderful holiday d_____________ the bad weather.
4. ---- While you are away, who will be in charge of the company?
---- Mr Thompson will during my a____________.
5. When you are learning a foreign language , you should not be always t___________ everything into your own language.
6. The boy was so ______________(沉溺于) to the computer games that he failed in the exam.
7. During our trip, what _____________(给……极深印象) us most was the traditional architecture.
8． This old Chinese square table is a very valuable piece of _____________ (家具).
9． Come and see me whenever it is _______________ (方便的) to you.
10. The doctors are thinking of ______________ (推荐) this new kind of medicine to the patients.
第二节：短文改错（10分）
Dear Susan,
I’m very glad to hear
you are coming to visit
1.__________
me next Friday. Unfortunately , I won’t able to 2.__________
meet you at the airport although I have classes in the 3.__________
afternoon. You won’t find difficult to get to the city 4.__________
center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and 5.__________
will take you rightly to the Friendship Hotel. My class 6.__________
will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will 7.__________
take you to a hot-pot restaurant for a dinner 8._________
and we’ll talk with our plan for the weekend then. 9._________
Having a pleasant trip and see you on Friday. 10._________
Yours,
Zhang Ming
第三节：书面表达（20分）
上周你校同学举行了一场英语辩论会。辩论的题目是：“是否应该发展小汽车？”参加辩论的A组和B组的同学意见截然不同。请根据下表提供的信息，给某杂志社写一篇英语短文，客观地介绍辩论的情况。
A组的意见 B组的意见
1．应发展小汽车。 1. 应该限制小汽车的发展。
2．给人们带来许多方便。 2. 马路太窄，大量小汽车会造成交通堵塞和空气污染.
3．创造就业机会. 3. 应该发展公共交通。
注意： 1. 词数100字左右。
2．不得逐字翻译。
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命题、校对：高二备课组
Key
I. 1—5 BCBBC 6—10 CABAB 11-15 CACBA 16—20 AABBC
II. 21—25 CAABB 26—30 DAACC 31—35 ABCCD
III. 36—40 DCACB 41—45 DCBAD 46—50 BCBAD 51—55 CABCD
IV. 56—60 BCDCD 61—65 BBCAB 66—70 BBDAC 71—75 DBCAD
V. 1. construction 2. consists 3. despite 4. absence 5. trnaslating 6. addicted 7. impressed 8. furniture 9. convenient 10. recommnending
VI. 1. Right 2. able前加be 3. although—because/ as 4. difficult 前加it 5. minute—minutes 6. rightly—right 7. or—and 8. 去后一个a 9. with—about 10. Having—Have
VII. One possible version:
Last week, we had a debate about whether we should develop cars.
During the debate, Group A said we should develop cars, since it would bring great convenience to people, and create more jobs, while Group B thought the government should limit the number of cars, since most of the roads are too narrow for a large number of cars. Too many cars would certainly cause traffic jams. Besides, cars would sent out large amount of gas, which would cause air pollution. They thought public transportation, such as buses and subways, should be developed.