广东省广州六中10-11学年高二上学期期末考试（英语）

www.klxkc.com 2010-2011学年度第一学期 高二级英语科四校联考期末考试试卷 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共12 页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。 2、选择题每小题选出后，有2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。 第一部分选择题(共95 分) 一、听力：（共两节，满分20分） 第一节 听力理解 (共五段，15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) 每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放及相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听第一段独白，回答第1-3题。 1. How does Kate’s uncle come here? A. By taxi. B. By train. C. By plane. 2. How many people will come to see Kate? A. Only one. B. Two. C. At least three. 3. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Go to see him off. B. Go to see his parents. C. Bring her cousins to his house. 听第二段对话，回答第4-6题。 4. How does the man help the woman? A. He gives her advice on farming. B. He helps her to clean the ground. C. He helps her to examine the soil carefully. 5. What is the man? A. An expert in environment. B. A specialist in irrigation. C. An expert in agriculture. 6. What should be planted around the field according to the man? A. Fruit trees. B. Vegetables. C. Wheat. 听第三段对话，回答第7-9题。 7. Why is the woman going to the US? A. To attend university. B. To make more money. C. To meet her family. 8. Which of the following is the most important for the woman? A. English literature. B. A good job offer. C. Meeting the right person. 9. What can we learn about the woman? A. She will study English education at Chicago. B. She dreams to be a teacher in a Chinese university. C. She will stay for five years in the US. 听第四段独白，回答第10-12题。 10. Where did Nat usually spend his holidays? A. In Spain. B. In Madrid. C. In England. 11. Why was Nat knocked down by a bike? A. Because was crossing a busy street. B. Because he forgot about the traffic law in Spain. C. Because he crossed the road when the red light was on. 12. What did an old man want to do after Nat was knocked down? A. Tell him where he was. B. Sell a map to him. C. Go to help him. 听第五段对话，回答第13-15题。 13. What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A. A couple. B. Father and daughter. C. Landowner and renter. 14. How much do they have to pay for their bills this month? A. About $575. B. About $550. C. About $610. 15. What will things be like for them after paying the bills? A. They will be short of money. B. They will have enough money left. C. They will have no money left. 第二节 听取信息(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答卷标号为16-20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 I. Eating Preferences ﹡Different racial, national, and (16) __________ develop their own food preference. This preference is passed on to the children. ﹡Food choices have little to do with (17) __________. Some people order the (18) __________ on a menu, just to show that they can afford them. II. Decisive Factors ﹡Your feelings and your appetite work together. ﹡You may overeat when you are (19) __________. ﹡People sometimes eat when they feel insecure or think that no one likes them. ﹡Some think that skinny is beautiful. They may even become (20) __________ or sick from not having enough food. 二、语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分) 第一节: 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-45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。 I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an 21 voice and a direct way of speaking, but she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me. Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my 22 . She wanted to know how I thought we should 23 things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew nothing about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her questions. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to 24 them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how reliable I was, so I began to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself. Mrs. Neidl’s 25 that year was, “Try it. We can always paint over it later!” I began to take 26 . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be 27 . I learned to dip my brush into the paint and 28 create something. The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was 29 in the program as “Student Art Assistant” because of the time and effort I’d put in. It was that year that I 30 I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design. Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and abler than I had thought, but I also 31 a world that I hadn’t known existed. She taught me not to 32 what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not to be 33 . Mrs. Neidl gave me comfort when I was upset. Her 34 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined 35 . 21. A. unpleasant B. excellent C. interesting D. uncertain 22. A. impression B. information C. opinion D. intention 23. A. make B. keep C. change D. handle 24. A. hold B. follow C. form D. invent 25. A. message B. motto C. saying D. suggestion 26. A. steps B. controls C. turns D. risks[ 27. A. improved B. acted C. looked D. reflected 28. A. easily B. carefully C. confidently D. proudly 29. A. introduced B. recognized C. identified D. considered 30. A. confirmed B. decided C. realized D. suggested 31. A. developed B. discovered C. took D. created 32. A. accept B. care C. judge D. wonder 33. A. bored B. lazy C. sad D. afraid 34. A. trust B. patience C. curiosity D. interest 35. A. comfortable B. enjoyable C. possible D. favorable 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，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为36-45的相应位置上。 In order to know a foreign language completely, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 36 spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with 37 (confident) and without hesitation. Thirdly, we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are 38 (grammatical) correct. There is no easy way to succeed 39 language learning. 40 good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 41 (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, 42 (study) the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are 43 (satisfy) with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those 44 are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language 45 we can. 三、 阅读 (共两节，满分50分) 第一节 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua) --- Torrential (倾泻的) rains that troubled southern China for days have killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. “Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them,” said an official with the ministry. The floods have torn down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to move from their homes, the official said. From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslides and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people. The disasters have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan, according to the ministry. The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work. In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province. Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m. The number of people who died in floods in Guangxi has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority. More than 1.97 million people have been affected after the floods caused by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday. According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of crops were affected, resulting in 529 million yuan in direct economic losses. There are fewer rainstorms and the rain belt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few days, according to the latest forecast of the region’s meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon. 46. The underlined phrase “torn down” (para. 1) is closest in meaning to __________. A. knocked down B. placed down C. set down D. torn open 47. In Meizhou city, 49 roads were damaged and by 7:00 p.m. only __________ roads can be used again after the repair work. A. 66. B. 29. C. 20. D. 19 48. Which of the following statements is true according to the news? A. Hubei is one of the provinces struck by the torrential rains. B. The floods have caused a total loss of nearly 3 billion yuan. C. 13 people died in Guangdong province as a result of the floods. D. The rain belt will remain in Guangxi in the next few days. 49. What’s the best title for this news story? A. A Disaster. B. Heavy rains. C. A Flood. D. Heavy rains in Southern China. 50. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. The rainstorms are becoming stronger. B. The water levels in major rivers are to go down soon. C. The rainstorms are becoming less powerful. D. In the next few days, rainstorms will stay in Guangxi. B I’ve been writing detective stories since I was a teenager. Some people think it’s a strange profession for a woman, but I think crime fiction is for everyone. I’ve started giving writing classes and the most common question people ask is, “Where do you start?” It’s impossible to give fixed rules, but there are some general tips that people often find useful. Before you start writing, choose a time period and place that sound realistic. A useful tip is to ‘write about what you know’. If you were born in Paris or London, it makes sense to set your story in a European city. Of course, you can write about any continent and any century, but you’ll need to do a lot more research to make your story believable. The character of your detective is very important. He or she must have qualities that help them solve the crime, but they also need characteristics that make them an individual. He or she must also fit in the time and place of your story. Readers are very knowledgeable and they will notice if you get any details wrong about the time period. Every detective story needs a crime, of course. You need to explain what happens before the crime, the crime itself and what happens afterwards. Remember that you don’t always have to write about a murder. Some readers don’t enjoy stories full of guns and blood. So, why not write about a theft, kidnapping, or something different like an environmental crime? Clues are important to keep the readers’ interest. They must be interesting, but not too complicated or repetitive. The readers also need to know who the suspects (嫌疑犯) are and if they have an alibi, which means whether they can prove that they were somewhere else when a crime was committed. Decide at the beginning how the crime will be solved and how all the clues will be brought together. Readers love a ‘twist’ at the end of a story — a surprise or a new fact that brings the action to its conclusion. 51. The writer of the text is __________. A. a man B. a woman C. a teenager D. a criminal 52. Why is it a good idea to ‘write about what you know’? A. You can write about any period in history. B. You will have time to do your research. C. You will believe in your story. D. You won’t have to do so much research. 53. What does the writer say about readers of crime fiction? A. They are only interested in the detective. B. They don’t know how to solve the crime. C. They know if the writer has made a mistake in the context. D. They don’t care about the time or place. 54. What two points does the writer make about detective stories? A. You can write about a range of crimes and readers like a shock at the end of a story. B. Don’t write about murder and give a lot of clues at the beginning of the story. C. You can write about guns and blood but don’t surprise readers at the end of the story. D. You should explain the crime but don’t say who the suspects are. 55. Why did the writer write this text? A. To describe being a story writer. B. To give advice on writing a detective story. C. To keep the readers’ interest. D. To tell a real detective story. C Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behaviour agree that there is an epidemic (流行病) of sleepiness in the nation. “I can’t think of a single study that hasn’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-lack crises can be traced back to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and our personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat in their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr. David. “They think they’re okay because they can manage with 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 or even more to feel ideally energetic.” Perhaps the most cruel robber of sleep, researches say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on their programme. “In our society, you’re considered energetic if you say you need only 5.5 hours’ sleep. If you have to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.” To determine the consequences of sleep-lack, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “We’ve found that if you’re lacking in sleep, performance suffers,” says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, so are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.” 56. What is the main topic of the passage? A. Research on the causes and consequences of sleep-lack. B. The epidemic of sleepiness in the modern times. C. The history of people’s sleeping patterns. D. The minimum of our sleeping hours. 57. Which of the following is Dr. David’s opinion? A. People who think they are sleeping enough are better off than those who don’t. B. Some people can remain energetic with only 6.5 hours’ sleep a night. C. If they get 8.5 hours’ sleep, people will be full of drive and ambition. D. People’s performance becomes worse if they are lacking in sleep. 58. People in the 18th and 19th centuries slept about 9.5 hours a night because __________. A. they were forced by their parents to do so B. they knew what was best for their health C. they had no electricity D. they were not so energetic and ambitious as modern people are 59. The major cause of sleep-lack of modern people is _______. A. the endless TV programmes in the evenings and on the Internet B. the heavy work load of the day C. the enough energy modern people usually have D. loud noises in the modern cities 60. What does the word “subject” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Person or thing that is being discussed or described. B. Branch of knowledge studied in a school. C. Person or thing being treated in a certain way or being experimented on. D. Any member of a State apart from the supreme ruler. D It was a quarter past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she would be working. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She decided she would start out half an hour earlier the next day. Once inside the building, she had to stand at the lifts and wait several minutes before one arrived. When she finally reached the office marked “King Enterprises”, she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no answer. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no reply. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went in. Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had had the interview with Mr. King, it looked quite different now. In fact, it hardly looked like an office at all. The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking. At the far end of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in. For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her. Then one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one paid any mind to Marie. Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office. Hardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. King, who would arrive at any moment. Then Marie realized that the day’s work in the office began just before Mr. King arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35, so that his staff knew exactly when to start working. 61. Marie felt nervous when she knocked at the door because __________. A. she had never met the boss once before B. she was a little bit late for work C. she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place D. there was no answer from inside the office 62. Marie could hardly recognize the office she went into as __________. A. she had been there only once B. Mr. King was not in the office C. nobody was doing any work D. the office had a new appearance 63. The people in the office suddenly started working because __________. A. they saw a stranger in the office B. they had finished their morning break C. no one wanted to talk to Marie D. the boss was about to arrive 64. We can infer from the passage that the employees of the enterprise _________. A. would start their work day by listening to a joke B. were considerate to newcomers C. were always punctual for work D. lacked devotion to the company 65. What is probably the best title for the passage? A. A Cold Welcome B. Punctual Like a Clock C. An Unpunctual Manager D. Better Late Than Never 第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 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。 以下是电影信息： A. War Horse War Horse is set at the outbreak of World War I, when Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the army and shipped to France. He is soon caught up in enemy fire, but Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he goes on a mission to find him and bring him home. B. Legally Blonde College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods (Sheridan Smith) doesn’t take notes for an answer. So when her boyfriend, Warner (Duncan James), upsets her for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law School! Legally Blonde the Musical is the Broadway sensation. C. An Inspector Calls The story begins with the mysterious Inspector Goole arriving unexpectedly at the rich Birling family home. Their peaceful dinner party is destroyed b