广东省揭阳二中2009-2010学年高二下学期期末考试试题（英语）.doc

1、广东省揭阳二中 2009-2010学年高二下学期期末考试试题（英语） 其他 第二部分：语言知识与运用（共两节，满分 45分） 第一节：完形填空（共 10小题；每小题 2分，满分 20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 21-30各题所给的 A、 B、 C和 D项中选出最佳选项。 If you wear socks on your ears, you wont be punished. Crossing a street against a red light is another matter its against the law. Laws are _21_ rules made by

2、 governments. They keep peace and create order. _22_ people break laws, their governments punish them. Long ago, people lived only in small tribal groups. They lived together, followed the same _23_, and worshipped the same gods. There were no formal laws. _24_, people were guided by their customs,

3、morals, and religion. Over time, cities began to form. Laws became more formal and were written down in legal codes. In about 1750 BC, the king of Babylon _25_ one of the first legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi. It listed certain crimes and told how they should be punished. The ancient Romans helpe

4、d shape our modern view of law. In the 600s BC, citizens of Rome wrote down all of their basic laws on twelve bronze tablets. The Romans declared that no citizen, _26_ the ruler, was above the law. Modern law codes are rooted in the Roman system. Such law codes are statutory, meaning they are create

5、d and changed by legislatures, not by courts. Another system of law _27_ later in England. Before the 12th century AD., each part of England had its own rules and customs. From the 12th century onward, England became a single nation. The courts of the land made sure people _28_ a common set of custo

6、msthe English common law. Unlike the Roman system of law, the common law was never written down in one place. Instead, the courts made decisions about the law _29_ earlier court decisions. Those decisions are called examples. Each case must be decided in the same way as earlier cases. But if a case

7、has some new aspects, the decision made will set a new example. That way, courts gradually change the law _30_ society changes. 21. A. police B. political C. official D. officer 22. A. Unless B. Until C. Though D. When 23. A. laws B. traditions C. action D. principles 24. A. Instead B. Including C.

8、Besides D. Moreover 25. A. imagined B. assumed C. created D. supposed 26. A. except for B. not even C. in addition to D. besides 27. A. took effect B. made up C. got over D. picked up 28. A. formed B. provided C. presented D. followed 29. A. set about B. based on C. came to D. taken over 30. A. befo

9、re B. after C. despite D. as 答案： 21-25 CDBAC 26-30 BADBD 第二节：信息匹配（共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分） 下面是 一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余的。 首先，请阅读下列职位招聘的信息： A Friendly young person wanted for evening work (six evenings per week) in busy bar. Phone 87904 for details. B Driver, male o

10、r female, needed for evening work. No weekends. Please ring 23407. C Lady with experience of children wanted to look after two small boys, 8:30-4:00 Mon. to Fri. Phone 42356 after 6:00 pm. D Cook wanted for small country. Evenings and all day at weekend. Tel: 54328. E. Gardener needed one morning pe

11、r week. Tel: 81164. F Person with driving license needed for pizza delivery. Six evenings per week. Please ring 712087. 请阅读以下职位申请者的信息，然后匹配申请者及其要申请的职位： 56. Greg is a student, aged nineteen. He likes meeting people. He is not free during the day. He cant cook or drive a car. 57. Peter is sixty-five. H

12、e would like to work out of doors. He would prefer not to work in the evenings. 58. Jenny is forty. She does not like children. She can cook and drive, but she isnt available for work at weekends or in the mornings. 59. Audrey does not want to work at weekends. She is a good cook but she cant drive.

13、 She has two children. Now grow up. She wants to work indoors, but she doesnt like housework much. 60. Gary, aged thirty, like cooking and gardening. He wants to work as many hours a week as possible and would prefer to work all day on Saturdays and Sundays. He has never worked with children. 答案： 56

14、60 AEFCD 第二节：读写任务（共 1小题，满分 25分） 阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇 150词左右的英语短文。 According to a report from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the sale of computer games in the United States of America has more than doubled in the past 10 years, from $2.6 billion to $7 billion in 2005. Analysts (分析家 ) say t

15、hat these numbers are very alarming and many people are asking, “Can gaming become an addiction ” Elizabeth Woolly said, “Computer games, like any other activity, can be hard to stop once an addiction has been formed.” Many students are addicted to computer games and they even forget eating and bath

16、ing. They dont go to school, playing games for hours of days. It is said that last year, seven people in South Korea died as a result of too much gaming. “We have kids who dont know how to communicate with people face to face because they have spent three years playing games and talking to others th

17、rough a computer. Eventually computer games have spoiled their eyes,” said a father. 写作内容 1.用大约 30个词概括短文的内容要点。 2.用 120个词就 “中学生该不该玩电脑游戏 ”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下要点： 1）你认为中学生该不该玩电脑游戏。 2）说明你的理由。 写作要求 你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 评分标准 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯 答案： According to the survey, many st

18、udents become addicted to computer games and some even play computer games for a long time without eating and bathing, which has bad effect on their studies and health. From my point of view, I am strongly against students playing computer games because it causes many disadvantages. First, students

19、addicted to computer games cant concentrate on their study and therefore they may fall behind the other students and their scores get worse and worse. Second, spending too much time playing computer games instead of taking exercise will do harm to the students eyesight and make their body in bad con

20、dition. Third, some computer games are full of violence, blood and sex, where students may imitate them and do something wrong to society. In conclusion, students should keep off computer games even though they have no lessons. They should make full use of time to work hard at their lessons and take

21、 more exercise for the sake of their future. 阅读理解 三、阅读（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案：写在答题卷上。（共 15小题，每小题 2分，满分 30分） A Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must

22、you agree that nothing can be done about it To be sure, people are different. You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between. But

23、even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice. It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all degrees

24、of reading ability. Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their reading were discovered, they were given special instruction and practice i

25、n reading. After a few months, another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores. 41. With the example of basketball players, the author shows _. A. why certain people are poor readers B. that there are differences in peoples abilities C. why

26、some people are good basketball players D. that good basketball players can be good readers 42. To improve their reading ability, people should _. A. work long and hard B. take different forms of tests C. have special help and practice D. try different reading materials 43. The experiments mentioned

27、 in the text show that _. A. good readers seem to enjoy reading B. almost all poor readers can make progress C. causes of poor reading were difficult to find out D. tests help people improve their reading ability 44. What does the underlined sentence “many would be in between” mean A. It means that

28、many are the best basket players. B. It means that many are the worst basket players. C. It means that many are standing in the middle of the line. D. It means that there are several levels of players in many students. 45. Whats the purpose of the authors writing this passage A. To encourage people

29、to improve their reading ability. B. To suggest that readers should do practice only in reading. C. To tell us that readers cant improve their reading ability without special help. D. To tell us that to be a good reader, one should be guided in the right way. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D

30、【小题 5】 A B At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible site for a house. I have thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live. In imagination I have bought all the farms, one after another, and I knew their prices. The nearest thing that I came to actual o

31、wnership was when I bought the Hollowell place. But before the owner completed the sale with me, his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it, and he offered me additional dollars to return the farm to him. However, I let him keep the dollars and sold him the farm for just what I gave for it. The

32、 real attractions of the Hollowell farm to me were its position, being about two miles from the village, half a mile from the nearest neighbor, bounded (相邻 ) on one side by the river, and separated from the highway by a wide field. The poor condition of the house and fences showed that it hadnt been

33、 used for some time. I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest area, and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the apple trees, and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fiel

34、ds. I wanted to buy it before he made any more of his improvements. But it turned out as I have said. I was not really troubled by the loss. I had always had a garden, but I dont think I was ready for a large farm. I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted (无牵挂的 ).

35、 It makes but little difference whether you own a farm or not. 46. What do we know about the author A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he live. B. He made a study of many farms before buying. C. He made money by buying and selling farms. D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the co

36、untry. 47. Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place A. It was of good market value. B. It was next to the highway. C. It was is a good position. D. It was behind a nice garden. 48. Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry A. He was afraid the owner might change his mind. B. He

37、hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm. C. He wanted to keep the farm as it was. D. He was eager to become a farm owner. 49. The underlined words “the loss” in the last paragraph refer to _. A. the money the author lost in buying the farm B. the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place C. the remo

38、val of the trees around the house D. the failure to possess the Hollowell place 50. What does the author believe as important in life A. To own a farm. B. To satisfy his needs. C. To be free from worries. D. To live in the countryside. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 C C Latest data s

39、hows an estimated 39.5 million people around the world are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. According to the report, this means every eight seconds somebody in the world is infected with HIV, resulting in 11,000 people becoming newly infected every day. The director of UNAIDS, Peter Piot

40、, says most of the new infections, nearly two-thirds, are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But, the biggest increases are in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where infection rates have risen by more than 50 percent since 2004. He says 2.9 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses this year, the highest

41、number ever. UNAIDS senior epidemiologist(流行病学家 ), Karen Stanecki, says infections are rising in countries where HIV prevention programs have not adapted to the changing nature of the epidemics(流行病 ). Stanecki noted， In Thailand, one of our past success stories, a large percentage of new HIV infecti

42、ons are occurring in people considered to be low risk. One third of new infections are among married women. It says data shows increased use of condoms has resulted in drops in HIV prevalence(流行 ) among young people between 2000 and 2005 in a number of African countries, including Botswana, Kenya an

43、d Zimbabwe. Nevertheless, the report notes young people between the ages of 15 and 24 account for 40 percent of new HIV infections. It finds the risk behavior, such as injecting drug use, homosexuals, is a factor of concern in many regions of the world, especially in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin A

44、merica. The report notes the emergence (出现 ) of injecting drug use as a factor of HIV in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and South Africa is a recent development in Sub-Saharan Africa. 51. According to the news report, how many people are newly infected with HIV a year A. 39.5 million. B. 2.9 million. C. 3

45、.5 million. D. 4 million. 52. The highest rate of new HIV infection is in _. A. Sub-Saharan Africa B. Eastern Europe C. Central Asia D. both A and B 53. The underlined word “noted” in the third paragraph mean A. specially mentioned B. said angrily C. fully noticed D. uttered weakly 54. Which of the

46、following statements is Not True A. Most of new infections of HIV are among married women. B. Two fifths of the new infections are among young people aged 15 to 24. C. The risk behavior, such as injecting drug use and homosexuals, exists in many parts of the world. D. Injecting drug use occurs in ma

47、ny African countries. 55. What is the main idea of the new report A. More and more women in the world are getting new HIV infection. B. The AIDS epidemic continues to grow in the world. C. The AIDS epidemic has been reduced in the world. D. No one can tell when the AIDS epidemic will be completely c

48、ontrolled. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B 阅读填空 第二节：语法填空（共 10小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 15分） 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空， 并将答案：填 在标号为 31-40的相应位置。 In country after country, talk of nonsmokers right is in the air. While a majority of countries have taken little or 31 action yet, some 30

49、nations introduced steps based on the law to control smoking. Many laws have been made in other 32 to help clear the air for nonsmokers, or to cut the quantity of cigarettes. In some developed countries the quantity of cigarettes has become more or less fixed. However, in many 33 (develop) nations, smoking is seen as a sign of economic progress and is 34 encouraged. As more tobacco compa