湖北省黄冈中学2008年秋季高二英语期末考试试题
命题：高二英语备课组
本试卷共四部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
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．How will the two speakers go to London? A. By car.
B. By air.
C. By train. C. He likes it. C. Last October.
2．What does the man think of the shirt? A. It looks nice. A. Last month.
B. It is too short.
3．When did the man last meet Jessie?
B. Two years ago.
4．Why can’t the man go swimming now? A. He must meet his professor. 5．What are the two speakers doing? A. Looking for some suitcases. C. Checking the woman’s baggage.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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，每小题将给出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至8题。 6．What day was yesterday? A. Monday.
B. Sunday.
C. Tuesday.
7．How many guests went to the party at Lisa’s home? A. Seventeen. A. Her brother.
B. Sixteen. C. Twenty. B. Her best friend.
C. Her boyfriend.
8．With whom did the woman watch the film? 听第7段材料, 回答第9至11题。 9．Where are the two speakers? A. At a booking office.
B. At a museum.
C. In a record store.
10．When will the Japanese music concert be held?
B. He must attend a class.
C. He must go out with his girlfriend.
B. Booking tickets for a journey.
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A. The 28th.
B. The 30th.
C. The 15th. C. By check.
11．How does the man pay for the tickets?
A. By credit card.
B. With US dollars.
听第8段材料, 回答第12至14题。
12．What language is the woman studying in the college?
A. Japanese.
B. Korean.
C. Chinese.
13．What does the woman think about the language?
A. It’s very hard to learn.
B. It’s interesting.
C. It’s difficult but interesting.
14．Why does the woman choose the Japanese language as her major?
A. She wants to do business for her company with that country. B. She wants to teach in that country. C. She wants to work in that country. 听第9段材料, 回答第15至17题。
15．What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Neighbors.
B. Friends.
C. Strangers.
16．What does the woman want to do?
A. To buy a new camera. C. To get her camera fixed.
17．Why does the man draw a map for the woman?
A. Because he thinks the map will help the woman find the shop more easily. B. Because he is sure the woman will get lost without the map. C. Because he wants to show the woman that he is a real friend in need. 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. If you need help, please turn to your teachers.
B. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this countrv. C. It is against the law for anyone to buy cigarettes or tobacco. 19．Who are not allowed to buy cigarettes?
A. Children under 16. A. Asking for opinion.
第二部分：英语语言知识运用（共三节，满分55分） 第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21．What you say is not important. It is what you do that really ________.
A. concerns
B. counts
C. affects
D. matches
B. Children under 17. B. Making request.
C. Children under 18. C. Giving advice.
20．What is the purpose of the speech?
B. To borrow a camera.
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22．Harry’s ________ to the problem is to make a list of all the pros and cons.
A. approach A. informed
B. access B. content
C. response
D. attitude D. patient
23．He kept talking all alone and wasn’t ________ of having hurt her feelings.
C. conscious
24．— I hear you are enjoying your new job.
— ________, I find it rather dull. A. The other way around C. In general A. intention A. gets through A. slightly A. reliable public life. A. adapted
B. belonged B. Setting aside
C. related
D. contributed D. Sending for
30．________ my wishes in the matter, what would you really like to do?
A. Looking up to
第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下列各小题, 根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末括号里的英语单词完成句子。 Chinese teenagers. (translate)
32．Everyone present at the conference agrees that the suggestion ___________________________
(学生应该学点实用的东西) is worth considering. (learn)
33．If you want _________________________ (确保赶上) the plane, take a taxi. (ensure)
34．________________________ (在紧急情况下保持镇静) and knowing what to do can mean the
difference between life and death. (calm)
35．____________________ (未来的生活是什么样子) is the topic for today’s class discussion. (be) 36．Jill has been living with HIV/AIDS for twelve years. How I wish she _____________________
(没有感染) it! (infect)
37．Dr Smith, what I want to know is ___________________________________ (全球变暖对地球
会有什么影响). (effect)
38．Despite the fact that he met some native speakers face to face for the first time, he ____________
(设法使自己听懂) in his broken English. (manage, make)
39．Not until I listened to some speakers _________________________ (我才意识到) that many of
the things I do every day are bad for the environment. (realise)
B. On all sides D. On the contrary C. alternative C. stands out C. regularly C. extraordinary
D. trend D. breaks down D. eventually D. available
25．We tried to persuade him to change his mind, but he insisted that he had no ________ of doing so.
B. preference B. lights up B. properly
26．Among mystery writers, Agatha Christie ________ as a real master.
27．The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been ________ filled in.
28．Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are ________ in grocery stores.
B. responsible
29．Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience ________ greatly to his success in
C. Calling up
31．Once __________________________ (译成) Chinese, the book became very popular with
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40．It is perhaps still unknown to some that 20％ of the people on earth _______________________
(喝不到) clean drinking water. (access)
第三节： 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
I can never forget her — the little girl with a 41 so strong and powerful. We could hear her halfway down the block. She was a(n) 42 peasant who asked for money and 43 gave the only thing she had — her voice. I paused outside a small shop and listened. She brought to my mind the 44 of Little Orphan Annie. I could not understand the words she 45 , but her voice begged for 46 . It stood out from the noises of Arbat Street, pure and impressive, like the chime of a bell. She 47 from under an old-style lamp post (柱子，杆) in the shadow of a building, her arms extended and 48 thrown back. She was small and of ordinary looks. Her brown 49 escaped the bun (发髻) it had been pulled into, and she occasionally removed it from her 50 . Her clothing I can’t recall. Her voice, on the other hand, is always 51 on my memory.
I asked one of the translators about the girl. Elaina told me that she and hundreds of others like her throughout the 52 Soviet Union add to their families’ income by working on the streets. The children are unable to 53 school, and their parents work fulltime. These children know that the result of an unsuccessful day is no 54 for the table. Similar situations 55 during the Depression (萧条) in the United States, but those American children were faceless shoeshine boys of the twenties. This girl was real to me.
When we 56 past her I gave her money. It was not out of pity 57 rather admiration. Her smile of 58 did not interrupt her singing. The girl watched us as we walked down the street. I knew this because when I looked back she smiled again. We 59 that smile, and I knew I could never forget her courage and inner 60 .
41．A. will 43．A. in return 44．A. voice 45．A. said 46．A. attention 47．A. laughed 48．A. hands 49．A. glasses 50．A. face 51．A. made
B.force B. Chinese B. in turn B. image B. love B. cried B. feet B. hair B. leg
C. voice C. in need C. story C. used C. food C.jumped C. head C. eyes C. body C. sent
D. determination D. Russian D. in silence D. looks D. sang D. mercy D. sang D. face D. watch D. finger D. put
42．A. American
C. Japanese
B. murmured
B. impressed
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52．A. latter 53．A. attend 54．A. milk 55．A. broke 56．A. walked 57．A. and
58．A. anger 60．A. power
B. rich B. finish
C. former C. leave C. meat C. occurred C. flied C. but
D. great D. enjoy D. food D. went D. removed D. or D. thanks D. exchanged D. intelligence
B. vegetables B. remained B. swam B. while B. pity
B. shared B. strength
C. bitterness C. won C. weakness
59．A. stopped
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡
A
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 song.
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 unaccepted for guests to appear on time. Being the first to arrive — looking eager — is social death. When my mother is asked to a party at 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-up 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 of surprise.
61．The underlined words ―off their heads‖ probably mean _______.
A. tired
B. crazy
C. happy
D. encouraging
62．Jane and David’s story is used to show that _______.
A. party invitations can be confusing 上将该项涂黑。
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B. party-goers usually get hungry at parties C. people should ask for food at parties
D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are dull
63．For some young people, arriving on time for a students’ party will probably be considered
_______.
A. very difficult
B. particularly thoughtful D. socially unacceptable
C. friendly and polite
．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. There’s no need to read invitations carefully.
B Information for Visitors to the Hunterian Museum Opening times The Hunterian Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission is free and the museum is open to all. Christmas closure dates The Hunterian Museum is closed for the Christmas holiday from 5:00 pm on Tuesday 23 December 2008 until 10:00 am Tuesday 6 January 2009. Location and local transport network The Hunterian Museum is located inside The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE How to find us The College is centrally located at Lincoln’s Inn Fields within easy walking distance of Holborn (Piccadilly and Central lines) and Temple (District and Circle Lines) underground stations. It is underground journey from most major rail stations. Tel: 020 7405 3474 Group bookings All groups must book in advance. An online booking form for groups is now available. Admission is free. A donation of £3 per person is encouraged. To book a visit please contact the museum on 020 7869 6560 or email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk Curator (馆长) led tours for groups Tours of the museum can be booked for up to 30 people: An introductory tour lasts 30 minutes and is £100 plus VAT (). A specialized tour lasts 45 minutes and is £130 plus VAT.
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65．The Hunterian Museum is open _______.
A. at 11:00 am Friday Dec 19, 2008
B. at 10:00 am Tuesday Dec 30, 2008 D. at 4:00 pm Sunday Jan 11, 2009
C. at 5:00 am Wednesday Jan 7, 2009 A. has to take a taxi to the museum
B. must take another underground to the museum C. can walk to the museum D. has to go to the museum by bus 67．Which of the following statements is true?
A. Everyone will have to donate (捐献) $ 3. B. Group bookings are not needed in advance. C. Tours for schools are expersive.
D. A group can telephone to book a free tour to the museum.
C
Michael Phelps and his U.S. teammates crowned the greatest single Olympic performance Sunday morning with a win in the 4×100–meter medley relay.
The victory gave Phelps his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, the most golds ever won by an athlete at one Games. With gold No. 8, Phelps earned a singular place in the Olympic record books.
\"There is no comparison in the swimming world for what Michael has done,\" said Gregg Troy, coach of U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who finished third to Phelps in two races here in Beijing but also won gold alongside him in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. It’s hard to find comparisons even in the sports world overall. Phelps is solidly in the company of seemingly invincible (不可战胜的) superstars such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
―I think years and years down the road we’ll realize more and more how amazing he is and how special he really is.‖ U.S. teammate Natalie Coughlin said. The 23-year-old from Baltimore capped a brilliant meet at the Water Cube. He set a world record in every event except the 100 butterfly which he narrowly won on Saturday, completing a program of 17 races in nine days.
Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals and 16 total medals. He holds the record for most medals won by a man, surpassing Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, who won 15 from 1972 - 1980, Soviet female gymnast Larysa Latynina holds the record with l8.
At the 2004 Athens Games, Phelps won six gold medals and two bronze. He has already said
66．If a tourist gets off the underground at the Temple underground station, he _______.
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he’ll swim in the 2012 London Games. Phelps’ victories in Beijing include: 200–meter freestyle, 200 and 400 individual medleys, 100 and 200 butterfly, 4×200 free relay, 4×100 medley relay, and 4×100 free relay.
68．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Phelps wins 4×100-meter medley relay B. Phelps writes Games gold history C. Phelps plans to attend 2012 London Games D. Phelps finishes his competitions
69．Why are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?
A. To emphasize Phelps’ unique (独一无二) position in swimming. B. To indicate Phelps’ great efforts to his championship. C. To attract the world’s attention to the young Phelps. D. To memorize the two heroes’ contributions to the world. 70．The world records Phelps has set do not include _______.
A. 200-meter freestyle C. 200-meter butterfly
B. 200 individual medleys D. 100-meter butterfly
71．It can be inferred from the text that _______.
A Phelps is a swimming genius by nature B. Phelps succeeded in Athens at the age of 18 C. Phelps has won the most golds all by himself D. Phelps will have a bright future in the 2012 London
D
In today’s society, a college degree tells little about what you know in comparison to what it tells about what you can learn. For example, the IT world is constantly changing. Anything you learn today will probably be useless in a few short years. The point is to learn to learn.
Blogging（写博客）works exactly the same way. And I believe this to be true regardless of your end goal. If you’re trying to make money, this is very clear. There’s always more money to be made. If you’re teaching on a subject, you are constantly looking for new information to share. Even if you’re just sharing your words with others for pleasure, you’re continuously improving your writing and storytelling so people don’t get bored of you.
This is one of the reasons that bloggers burn out. They forget this. They think they have an unlimited amount of content just waiting to burst from their brain. They get comfortable. Then they start to run out of juice. Sure, at times it seems that some bloggers just have it. They are experts in their fields and will simply feed us with invaluable content forever. But this is not true. Pay attention. Even famous bloggers would run out of content eventually without constant learning.
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The point is easy to see. Don’t think you’ve succeeded. There is no summit. What happens when someone thinks they’ve hit the summit? They quickly begin falling down the other side. Always be learning from your experiences. See what posts work for your readers. Which get the best response? Which are completely ignored? Which bring in the most Google traffic, or get the most Absence clicks? Don’t settle or your blog will close for ever eventually.
72．Judging from the article, if you have got a college degree, say, in engineering, it means _______.
A. you’re good at engineering
B. you’ve finished learning engineering D. you can find work relating to engineering B. have academic degrees D. know everything before starting
C. you’ve chosen to learn engineering A. be constant learners C. keep on writing _______.
A. the failure in keeping on writing C. the ability of constant learning A. learn from their experiences C. update their knowledge
E
The first English dictionary was published in 1604. The dictionary was actually nothing more than a list of about 3, 000 difficult words, each followed by a one-word definition.
The author, Robert Cawdrey, made no attempt to include everyday words in his dictionary. No one, he reasoned, would ever have to look up a word in a dictionary if he already knew the meaning of the word. During the 1600’s more dictionaries were published. Each followed Cawdrey’s lead and presented a few thousand hard words. Around 1700 one dictionary maker, John Kersey, did define easy words as well as hard words. But until the 1750’s all the dictionaries were rather crude and not very valuable.
A man named Dr Samuel Johnson changed all this. In 1755 Dr Johnson produced the first modern dictionary. He included in his dictionary all important words, both easy and hard, and he gave good meanings. He also gave good sentences to show how each word was actually used in speech and in writing. By the end of the 1700’s most dictionary makers had followed Johnson’s example. Dictionaries were getting better and better.
The 1800’s saw the greatest improvement in the quality of dictionaries. In England scholars planned and prepared the Oxford English Dictionary, a twenty-volume (卷；册；部) work. One of the most interesting features of the Oxford Dictionary is its word histories. It traces (追溯；探索) the history of each word from its earliest recorded use up to the time of the printing of the dictionary.
B. the knowledge needed for blogging forever D. the comfort enjoyed from blogging B. learn from others D. reach blogging summit
73．The writer thinks Blogging works in a way that it requires the writers to _______.
74．The writer uses the word ―it‖ in the underlined sentence ―Sure, at times … have it‖ to refer to
75．The questions in the last paragraph are asked to advise bloggers on how to _______.
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76．The first English dictionary _________.
A. defined easy words as well as hard ones
B. was just a list of difficult words with one-word definitions C. included a number of everyday words D. was considered to be a very valuable one
77．According to the passage, before 1755 all English dictionaries _________.
A. were of no value B. only defined hard words
C. defined both easy words as well as hard words D. were far from being perfect
78．Which of the following statements is not true about Dr Johnson’s dictionary?
A. It was not very valuable.
B. It was the first modern English dictionary. C. It included easy words as well as hard ones. D. It gave sentences to show the usage of words.
79．The most interesting feature of the Oxford Dictionary was that _________.
A. it had a complete list of difficult words
B. it gave sentences showing how each word was actually used C. it was a 20-volume work D. it showed the history of each word 80．This passage is mainly about _________.
A. the difference of English dictionaries
第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）
鉴于现在很多独生子女不知道怎样与人打交道这一现象，请你写一篇题为 ―How to Get Along Well with Others ‖ 的文章
要点：1. 日常生活中我们不得不与人打交道
2. 要做一个诚实的人，要做到表里如一
3. 要谦虚，骄傲的人是得不到别人的尊重的，更不用说友谊了 4. 不能自私，要学会关心他人
注意：1. 词数100左右 2. 可适当增加细节
3. 生词：谦虚的 humble 自私的 selfish
In our daily life, we have to come into contact with people in every walk of life. _____________ __________________________________________________________________________________
B. the origin of English dictionaries D. the features of English dictionaries
C. the development of English dictionaries
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