天水市一中2008级2009—2010学年第二学期第一阶段考试兰天班英语.doc

1、天水市一中 2008级 20092010 学年第二学期第一阶段考试兰天班英语 其他 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共 5小题 ; 每小题 1分，满分 5分） （ S=Salesgirl K=Karen） S： Hi, are you being helped K： 66 Im interested in some scarves（围巾） S： All our scarves are in this section What do you think of this one here Its made of silk. K： 67 S： Ma

2、ybe you would like a heavy wool scarf How about this one K： 68 How much is it S： Its seventyfive dollars plus tax K： 69 Do you think its possible to get a discount S： Hm， since you like it so much， how about a 10 percent discount Thats the best I can offer K： Thats good 70 S： Sure Is there anything

3、else I can get for you K： No， that should be it Thank you A Its a little expensive B Sure C I dont like the color D No. Im not E Could you wrap it up for me F I think thats what 1 want G Id like to have something warm for the winter 答案： 66-70 D G F A E 单项选择 * “The Olympic flame will burn forever,” s

4、aid Liu Qi, _ president of the Beijing organizing Committee of _ 29th Olympic Games. A不填 ; the B the; the C the; 不填 D a; the 答案： A I find it difficult to keep _ of my old friends. A company B track C touch D pace 答案： B _ Ive got my own car, I dont get as much exercise as I used to. A Even if B Excep

5、t that C Now that D Now and then 答案： C The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and _ him of speeding. A charged B blamed C accused D deprived 答案： C Why dont you buy it after so long a time of bargains I cant accept his _price. A unreasonable B unable C unique D unsensible 答案： A He was ver

6、y _ to find his suggestion _. A disappointed; to be turned down B disappointing; turned down C disappointed; turned down D disappointing; turning down 答案： C It was clear that the small grocer was _ people he owed money to. A at the expense of B at the risk of C in the way of D at the mercy of 答案： D

7、_ natural resources it is one of the poorest countries in Europe. A In the eyes of B In honor of C At the mercy of D In terms of 答案： D It is a beautiful car, but it is not _ the price that I paid for it. A cost B worthy C worth D value 答案： C The teachers efforts _ when one of his students was admitt

8、ed to Beijing University last summer. A paid back B paid off C paid for D paid out 答案： B Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer _ it was 20 years ago, _it was poorly equipped. A what; when B that; which C what; which D which; that 答案： C Its not wise of you to go on a trip in

9、such weather. Indeed! I didnt became _of it until on half the way. A awake B sense C aware D knowing 答案： C How much shall I pay for the phone cell You _. Its free of charge. A shouldnt B cant C dont have to D mustnt 答案： C Life is limited, _there is no limit to_ the people. A and; serve B but; servin

10、g C so; be served D besides; having served 答案： B It was _ that I asked Holmes to remain for the evening and he was finally taken from me by his father. A in turn B in vain C in time D in full 答案： B There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _ gave up. A eventually B unfortunately

11、 C generously D purposefully 答案： A As soon as Charles had _ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away. A returned B absorbed C dissolved D recovered 答案： D _ as the first lady of speech, Dr, Lillian Glass is recognized as one of the worlds leading experts on communication skills. A

12、Knowing B Having known C Known D To be known 答案： C This noon my boss replied _ the invitation _ before he went home. A on; receiving B to; received C on; accepted D to; accepting 答案： B After four months of investigating, she was found guilty, and lost her job _ of it. A as consequence B at a consequ

13、ence C in consequence D with a consequence 答案： C The Open University can _ you with different kinds of free instructions. A give B supply C apply D benefit 答案： B How did you _ with that idea I read a book. A come up B take off C run over D make up 答案： A From the cheers and shouts of _, I gathered th

14、at he was winning the race. A promise B urgency C encouragement D hesitation 答案： C It is believed _ he has gone to Shanghai. The problem is _ we cant get in touch with him. A when; that B that; that C that; whether D不填；不填 答案： B We all write _ , even when there is not much to say. A now and then B by

15、 and by C step by step D more or less 答案： A 完型填空 It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet 26 . The loaded plates I carried 27 to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didnt seem able to do anything 28 . As I made out a che

16、ck for a family with several children who had changed their ice cream 29 a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father 30 at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,” he said, “youve 31 us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness 32 . I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how Id like my

17、 first day, I said, “ 33 ! Those few words of praise had 34 everything. Praise is like 35 to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And 36 , while most of us are only too 37 to apply to others the cold wind of criticism (批评 ), we are 38 to give our fellows the warm sunshine of prais

18、e. Why so when one word of praise can bring such 39 ” Its strange how chary (吝啬的 ) we are about praising. Perhaps its 40 few of us know how to accept it. Its 41 rewarding to give praise in 42 in which an effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets admiration for a wonderful pictur

19、e, a cook for a 43 meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are 44 just right In fact, to give praise 45 one nothing but a moments thought and moments effort. 26 A rested B hurt C broke D slipped 27 A remained B became C seemed D had 2,4,6 45 A adds B leave

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23、arn. Its real value for money and you can pay by monthly payments. Did you know The OU is in the top 15% of all UK universities for teaching quality 25% of all British MBAs come from the OU Over 30,000 employers have offered chances to their staff on OU courses 40,000 OU students are online from hom

24、e There are 9- month courses and new diplomas as well as degrees AMBA Accredited Send for your free instructions now Send to: The Open University, PO Box 625, Milton Keynes MK 76 AA Please send me a copy of the Courses, Diplomas and BA/BSC Degrees instructions Please send me a copy of the postgradua

25、te instructions Tick here if you have contacted the OU in the past Title Initials Surname Address Postcode Tel Date of Birth / / 200 OU Hotline (24 hours) 0870 9000 301 Website: www.open.ac. uk/advert/ 62 This is an advertisement of A selling valuable books B attracting students C setting up Open un

26、iversity D looking into English learning 63 As a student of the Open University, you dont need to . A buy any course materials B choose which course to learn C pay any money for your study D have lessons all the time at the university 64 The Open University can supply you with A different jobs to ch

27、oose from B a course for training your English C different kinds of free instructions D a classroom and a library for study 65 We can learn from the text that . A OU courses are very popular in Britain B money for learning must be paid off at one time C we cant telephone the university during the ni

28、ght D people cant be employed without finishing OU courses 答案： On a good night when there is no Moon and the air is clear, only up to 4,000 or so stars can be seen by the unaided eye. From ancient times star 星座 ) to which names were given. Observation of the night sky every few hours shows that in t

29、he northern hemisphere(半球 ) the stars appear to turn anticlockwise (逆时针方向 ) about a point near the Pole Star. As they turn, the stars keep the same positions in relation to each other, and in fact the appearance of the constellations has changed very little over the centuries. Like the Sun and Moon,

30、 the stars have a daily journey across the sky, rising upwards in the east and setting in the west due to the Earths daily spin. The Circumpolar Stars, those near the Pole Star, are an exception to this; they are so close to the pole that they never disappear below the horizon (地平线 ) Although the st

31、ars always rise in the same places they do not do so at the same time every day. They rise about 4 minutes earlier each day since the Earth is progressing in its orbit around the Sun; in almost but not exactly a year they again rise and set at the same time. If a certain star is seen to rise in the

32、east exactly when the Sun sets on a particular day, a few weeks later it will be seen well above the eastern horizon at sunset. 58 Which do you think is the best title of the passage above A The Earth, the Moon and the Stars. B Motion of the Stars. C How to Watch the Stars. D Appearance of the Stars

33、. C A science textbook. D A collection of science fiction stories. 答案： On the night of May, 7,1942, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to stop German fighters over the English Channel. The pilot of the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking eastward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in

34、a row, moving at an extremely high speed. As an experienced flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking that they might be a new German weapon, he decided to follow them. But when he swung the plane around and headed directly for the lights, they disappeared. Captain Nash may have been the

35、 first to see such orange lights but he wasnt the last. His experience was repeated several times by pilots during World War in Europe and the Far East. What were they No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to explain them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space ani

36、mals animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea. These space animals, the theory says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are invisible from the earth. They feed in part on the air and partly on energy from su

37、nlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can give light at night. During the day they become invisible. Before World War , continues the theory, there was little radiated (辐射 ) energy available on the earths surface. Then came the development of rockets, atomic reactor (核反应堆 ), and hydroele

38、ctric (水力发电的 ) plants. The space creatures are attracted by these sources of energy. At night when no energy is sent from sunlight, they go down into the lower levels to search a meal. They may even come into the scope of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted now and the

39、n from the earth since 1942. 54 Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage A The secret of nature can be completely explained. B Captain Nash may have been the first to see the lights in space. C Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights moving at a high speed. D According to an int

40、eresting theory, the orange lights are space animals. 55 The strange orange lights were first seen . A from the ground B from a rocket ship C during World War I D during World War 56 The theory says that during the daytime the space animals . A cant be seen B shine brightly in the sky C can be seen

41、from the earth D visit the earths surface 57 If the space theory is true, the creatures go down to the lower places in order to . A make connection with man B search for man made energy C attract curiosity D escape detection 答案： 2,4,6 Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to th

42、e public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what he wants them to learn from him. What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out bu

43、t difficult to explain, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should neve

44、r have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion (运动 ) and at rest; their choices show that these aspects (方面 ) of the world are worth looki

45、ng at, and that they contain beautiful sights. Modern artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, and that there is nothing more in it. Yet they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects. If one painter chooses to paint a de

46、caying (腐烂 ) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing out attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, explaining something all of which means that he is trying to teach us. 50 According to the passage, all of the follo

47、wing is true except_. A An artist wants to show something meaningful B An artist hopes that the public will understand and learn from him C An artist asks the public to believe what he says in his work D An artist intends to present something that has not been said before 51 It is hard to explain wh

48、at a painter is saying, because . A a painter uses unusual words and phrases B a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words C most painters do not express themselves well D many painters do not say anything 52 Modern artists might say their choice of subject . A only provides interesting patterns B carries a message to the public C has no patt