1、东省揭阳侨中 2009-2010学年高一下学期期末考试试题（英语） 完型填空 II. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 35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 21-35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。 You need to know when the events of a text take place. This will help you to see the _21_ of the text the reason things happen in a certain
2、order. Some texts 22 a period of many years, like Wuthering Heights. Others go through a _23_ period of time many poems try to capture one moment in time. Narrators (讲述者 ) can be immediate eyewitness, or they may be _24 the past. Some texts present two views of events: an eyewitness version, and a s
3、econd version, _25_ on the same events much later. This happens in Great Expectations, where the narrator, Pip, sometimes speaks and acts like a _26_, and sometimes like a mature adult. Look out for the _27_ that the events fit together, and how they are caused. This is called the plotthe story of t
4、he text. Action in a text is either_28_, or happens by chance. Take notes on how the action is described, eg. if the tone is angry or _29_ . Try to work out how the language of the passage is being used to create the tone, the characters and the descriptions. You should also ask why the text has bee
5、n written in the way it has your notes on who, what, when, where and how will help you to 30 your own conclusions. 21. A. structure B. content C. character D. substance 22. A. contain B. discover C. cover D. hold 23. A. hard B. difficult C. long D. short 24. A. looking forward to B. looking out for
6、C. looking back on D. looking after 25. A. relaying B. including C. writing D. reflecting 26. A. boy B. child C. girl D. student 27. A. way B. time C. place D. action 28. A. accurate B. considerate C. desperate D. deliberate 29. A. wonderful B. joyful C. thankful D. painful 30. A. hit B. come C. dra
7、w D. find 答案： ACDCD BADBC 阅读理解 III. 阅读 (共两节，满分 40分 ) 第一节：阅读理解（共 15小题；每小题 2分，满分 30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 As goods and services improved, people were persuaded to spend their money on changing from old to new, and found the change worth the expense. When an airline equ
8、ipped itself with jets, for example, its costs (and therefore air fare) would go up, but the new planes meant such an improvement that the higher cost was justified. A new car (or wireless, washing machine, electric kettle) made life so much more comfortable than the old one that the high cost of re
9、placement was fully repaid. Manufacturers still cry their goods as persuasively as ever, but are the improvements really worth paying for In many fields, things have now reached such a high standard of performance that further progress is very limited and very, very expensive. Airlines, for example,
10、 go to enormous expense in buying the latest prestige jets, in which vast research costs have been spent on relatively small improvements. If we abandon these vast costs we might lose the chance of cutting minutes away from flying times; but wouldnt it be better to see airfares drop dramatically, as
11、 capital costs become relatively insignificant Again, in the context of a 70 m. p. h. Limit, with lines of cars traveling so close as to control each others speeds, improvements in performance are actually irrelevant; improvements in handling are unnecessary, as most production cars grip（抓牢） the roa
12、d perfectly, and comfort has now reached a very high level. Small improvements here are unlikely to be worth the thousands that anybody replacing an ordinary family car every two years may have spent on them. Let us instead have cars or wireless, electric kettles, washing machines, television sets w
13、hich are made to last, and not to be replaced. Significant progress is obviously a good thing, but the insignificant progression from model-change to model-change is not. 1. The author is obviously challenging the social norm (社会规范 ) that _. A. it is important to improve goods and services B. develo
14、pment of technology makes our life more comfortable C. it is reasonable that prices are going up all the time D. slightly improved new products are worth buying 2. According to this passage, airfares may rise because _. A. the airplane has been improved B. people tend to travel by new airplanes C. t
15、he change is found to be reasonable D. the service on the airplane is better than before 3. According to the author, passengers would be happier if they _. A. could fly in the latest model of good planes B. could get tickets at much lower prices C. see the airlines make vital changes in their servic
16、es D. could spend less time flying in the air 4. When manufactures have improved the performance of their products to a certain level, then it would be _. A. justified for them to cut the price B. unnecessary for them to make any new changes C. difficult and costly to further better them D. insignif
17、icant for them to cut down the research costs 5. In the case of cars, the author advises that we _. A. cancel the speed limit B. further improve their performance C. change models every two years D. improve their durability (耐久性 ) 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D B It was 1961 and I
18、was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didnt know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in a dingy multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses hoofs from “Wagon Train
19、” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, wed sprawl on Mons bed and stare for hours at the tube. But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter t
20、han we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she cleaned books. So she came home one day, snapped off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And youre
21、going to write a report on what you read.” We moaned and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didnt have any books in the house other than Moms Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “Ill drive you to the library.” So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys
22、sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the childrens books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them. The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It w
23、as about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home. It didnt dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite
24、 different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page. Soon I began to look forward to visiting this hushed sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Betw
25、een the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldnt wait to get home to my books. Now my older brother is an engineer and I am
26、 chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Childrens Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still cant believe my lifes journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery. But I know whe
27、n the journey began the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library. 46. We can learn form the beginning of the passage that _. A. the author and his brother had done well in school B. the author had been very concerned about his school work C. the autho
28、r had spent much time watching TV after school D. the author had realized how important schooling was 47. Which of the following is not true about the authors family A. He came from a middle-class family. B. He came from a single-parent family. C. His mother worked as a cleaner. D. His mother had re
29、ceived little education. 48. The mother was _ to make her two sons switch to reading books. A. hesitant B. unprepared C. reluctant D. determined 49. How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first A. They were afraid B. They were reluctant. C. They were impatient. D. They were eager to
30、 go. 50. The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that _. A. he began to see something in his mind B. he could visualize what he read in his mind C. he could go back to read the books again D. he realized that books offered him new experience 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题
31、 4】 B 【小题 5】 D C Standard English is the formal English that you need to use when you write in coursework or in the exam. Standard English is the form of English you learn in school. All written English should be standard that means it should be clear enough for anyone in Britain to understand it. S
32、tandard English developed as the main form of printed English in the 15th Century. At the time, every region of Britain used to spell words differently, but printers needed a fixed spelling. Printers like Caxton chose the East Midlands dialect form which was used in London and the South East. Soon S
33、tandard English replaced all written dialect forms the other forms of English spoken around the country. It also replaced French and Latin in law and in academic work. In the 18th Century, people wrote dictionaries and grammar books which standardized spelling Dr Johnsons Dictionary of 1755 fixed ma
34、ny of the spellings we still use today. All written English should be Standard English any grammar rules you learn are for Standard English and you will definitely need to learn them to avoid making mistakes in your work. The rules of Standard English mean using the correct forms of words with the c
35、orrect spellings. Avoid slang words words that your teachers or friends wouldn t understand. Youll lose marks if the examiners cant understand what you say or write. Dont use dialect words. Every region has words or phrases that are only used there. Dont use them in your coursework, because you wont
36、 be understood. Make sure you revise grammar and punctuation you have learned, and learn the list of commonly misspelled words you have made. Clichs are ideas or sayings which have been used so often that theyve become boring and unoriginal. Phrases like, “As good as it gets” “At the end of the day”
37、 “In the fullness of time” are all clichs. So are images like, “as fierce as a lion” “as cunning as a fox”. If you use them you will sound boring and unimaginative that could mean you lose marks for writing and speaking style. So avoid clichs. 1. What three things do you have to think about when usi
38、ng English a. no slang word or dialect b. no grammar and spelling mistake. c. no phrase d. no clich e. no punctuation A. abc. B. bcd. C. ade. D. abd. 2. What is standard English A. the English spoken by British people. B. the English spoken by American people. C. the English used in London. D. the E
39、nglish spoken by British people in 15th Century. 3. What is the clich according to the passage A. the English full of slang words. B. the boring ideas or sayings because of being used often. C. the long phrases which are used often. D. all the English which is used outside of London and the southeas
40、t of Britain. 4. Why do we need to use Standard English A. Because no one can understand dialect words. B. Because there are many kinds of English in the world, we need Standard English to make communication easier. C. Because local dialect belongs to certain region, not every one can understand it.
41、 D. Because standard English has been used for a long time. 5. Which statement is true A. Written English should be formal and standard. B. Standard English means people should use the words from Dr Johnsons Dictionary. C. All the spoken English should be Standard English. D. Standard English replac
42、ed all written dialect forms in the 18th century. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 第二节：信息匹配（共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分） 请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。 以下是有关博物馆、音乐厅、剧院、大学等的信息： A National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside represents the full collection of museums and gallerie
43、s in the city and offers the Eight Pass for a small fee, this enables the visitor a years unlimited visits to all eight establishments. B Although it is mainly associated with classical music, the Philharmonic Hall has branched out into popular music and the varied programme now includes country, ro
44、ck, jazz and pop concerts; similar acts can be seen at the Empire. There is also the Picket on Hardman Street, and The Life Cafe on Bold Street also has live music, including the occasional big name wanting to play in a smaller venue. C London Theatre may be separated into three parts. One section e
45、ncompasses the sophisticated end of the theatre spectrum- plenty of Shakespeare and excellent modern plays. There are also the West End shows- this refers to the big productions, not to where theyre located. There are many big-production plays and operas that make for a great evening out. D Humaniti
46、es College will set targets in three humanities-based specialist subjects. Applicants must choose a minimum of one key subject from history, geography or English. They will choose two other subjects from the following: religious education, citizenship, classics, English, history and geography. E. Da
47、nce performances tend to center on Sadlers Wells theater, where contemporary dance, ballet and opera can all be found. The Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Centre also house excellent productions, and the ICA is a mecca for experimental dance. F. Sefton college is the leading specialist catering
48、 training centre in the education sector. Everyday we offer healthy, innovation and exciting menus, which meet the government standards. We have provided catering and cleaning services to Saint Francis Xaviers College and the whole Liverpool for many years and recently won the contract to supply cat
49、ering to Manchester. So join us, you will get lot of practice. 以下是与广告相关的五个年青人，请匹配与他们各自可能去的地方。 56. Jon Murphy: I have worked for six months in California and have been to places as far as Bangkok, Australia, Canada and throughout Europe. Working with the communities is fantastic. 57. James Barton: I suppose I was born with a love of music. Everyday, I listen to music for at
