江苏省无锡市辅仁高级中学2011-2012学年高二上学期期中考试英语
试题
注：本试卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟。请将本试卷选择题做在答题卡上，非选择题做在答卷上。
第I卷（共67分）
一、听力（10分，每小题0.5分）
第一节（共5小题）
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.What’s the probable relationship be tween the two speakers?
2. A. Father and daughter. B. Mother and son. C. Brother and sister.
3.How will they go there?
4. A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot.
5.Where may the dialogue take place?
6. A. In the office. B. At the airport. C. At home.
7.What’s the woman’s chec k number?
8. A.0033295104. B.7396547. C.7395647.
9.What can we learn from the dialogue?
10. A. The man liked the school, especially the buildings.
11. B. The man preferred the teaching center to lecture rooms.
12. C. The woman is unfamiliar with the school.
第二节（共15小题）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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，各小题给出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7题。
6.When were great changes made?
7. A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year.
8.How long has the man been in Chicago?
9. A. A week. B. A month. C. It’s not mentioned.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
10.What is Smith?
11. A. A program designer. B. A bookseller. C. A book collector.
12.Why did they like flea(跳蚤)market?
13. A. It’s very near from Smith’ s garage sale.
14. B. They could find some old but rare books.
15.C. It’s a good place for fun.
16.How could readers get good books in flea market?
17. A. With a lot of money. B. By changing their books. C. With good luck.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
18.When will the wonderful film begin?
19. A. At ten fifteen. B. At ten. C. At nine forty five.
20.What does the man want to see?
21. A. A football game. B. A wonderful film. C. A basketball match.
22.What does the woman really mean by saying “Oh, no t again!”?
23. A. She didn’t agree with him again.
B. She was not afraid of him again.
C. She didn’t watch the film w ith him.
听第9段材料，回答14至17题
24.What were they talking about?
25. A. Where to live in the future.
B. How to live in the countryside.
C. How to live in a big city.
26.Who liked living in a big city ?
27. A. The woman. B. The man. C. Both of them.
28.What will the woman like to do later ?
29. A. She expects to live in a place.
B. She liked moving here and there.
C. She liked living in New York or London best.
30.What do we know about the man?
31. A. He regretted living in the same city for so long.
32. B. He only liked living in big cities, such as New York or Paris.
33. C. He might like the city’s lifestyle.
二、单项选择（15分，每小题1分）
21.________ wide range of activities have been organized to call on people to live ________
low-carbon life.
22. A. A; a B. A; the C. The; a D. The; the
23.---- Who will you _______ to write the article?
24.---- _______ is fit for the job.
25. A. have; Anyone B. get; Whoever C. hope; Anyone D. suggest; No matter who
26.---- I think it is the bus driver that ________ for the accident.
27.---- I totally agree with you.
28. A. is to blame B. should blame C. is to be blamed D. is going to be blame
29.In the future, we have to limit the use of our natural resources as they ________.
30. A. are used out B. are using up C. are running out D. are running out of
31.It is said that his new apartment is ________ the old one. Which one can’t be used?
32. A. three times larger than B. three times as large as
33. C. three times the size of D. as three times large as
34.In most cases, it ________ that humans can’t really benefit when they damage the
environment. Only by protecting nature can they really win.
35. A. ends up B. turns out C. turns up D. figures out
36.Betty’s handbag was left in a taxi accidentally, never ________ again.
37. A. to find B. to be found C. finding D. being found
38.According to the speech ________ by an Italian doctor, some scientists are ________ humans,
in spite of much opposing voices in the world.
39. A. delivered; on their way to cloning B. made; on their way to clone
40. C. delivered; in their way to clone D. made; in their way to cloning
41.When ________ in the police office, he declared that his ________ had never been to get
himself ________ in the crime.
42. A. questioning; intention; connected B. asked; purpose; linked
43. C. questioned; intention; involved D. asking; purpose; concerned
44.________ from endless homework on weekends, the students now find their own activities,
such as attending school literature clubs.
45. A. Having freed B. Freeing C. To be freed D. Freed
46.Don’t refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its
meaning may be ________ clearly in a given context.
47. A. picked out B. broken out C. brought out D. taken out
48.---- Where did you meet him for the first time?
49.---- Maybe it is in the museum ________ we listen to the lecture ________ we got to know
50.each other.
51. A. that; that B. where; that C. which; that D. that; which
52.Not ________ news reports on facts, the reporter was criticized by the chief editor.
53. A. based B. to base C. having based D. basing
54.Which of the following sentences is wrong?
55. A. I must have sounded very proud of myself after the test, saying loudly how easy it was.
56. B. He has no doubt whether the manager will adopt his plan.
57. C. The world’s population has grown by six times what it was in 1800.
58. D. If I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.
59.---- Mike, you know, I have read the book twice!
60.---- ________? I have read it so many times that I can recite it now.
61. A. How come B. Why not C. What for D. So what
三、完形填空（20分，每小题1分）
My mother had been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become ___36___ so that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my ___37___ to it.
As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came ___38___ to most. I had problems with writing, reading, and especially speaking. I did not talk the way ___39___ kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert(敏感) to my surroundings. My reading was poor ___40___ with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to ___41___. My writing was not at the ___42___ it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers were ___43___.
My mother ___44___ all my challenges and, as a professor with a Ph.D., decided to ___45___ the situation early in my development. She did not want me to ___46___. After a while, ___47___ did indeed conquer all the problems that had troubled us. She spent hours every day ____48___ me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. ___49___ her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.
In addition, she gave ___50___ for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high ___51___ she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She
would not allow her son to be incapable. She never ___52___ on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a ___53___ person if I continue to follow her lead. She ___54___ me to work for my grades and attend college.
She used her gifts as a ___55___ to help a child ——her child ——and now I have the opportunity to become something.
36. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
37. A. mind B. brain C. feelings D. work
38. A. smoothly B. strongly C. frequently D. easily
39. A. average B. ordinary C. normal D. common
40. A. just B. even C. ever D. only
41. A. hear B. write C. read D. understand
42. A. level B. length C. speed D. degree
43. A. problems B. excuses C. worries D. duties
44. A. suffered B. observed C. removed D. experienced
45. A. study B. find C. change D. keep
46. A. fight B. strike C. struggle D. challenge
47. A. it B. I C. they D. we
48. A. teaching B. giving C. supporting D. reminding
49. A. Without B. Except C. Besides D. Beyond
50. A. information B. advice C. promise D. expectation
51. A. before B. though C. because D. unless
52. A. set up B. pushed up C. gave up D. looked up
53. A. rich B. famous C. successful D. powerful
54. A. suggests B. encourages C. demands D. hopes
55. A. woman B. doctor C. sister D. teacher
四、阅读理解（22分，每小题2分）
A
Friendship continues to be central to our lives. Friends often affect our health and energy. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support and sharing rather than just communicating with their relatives. We may have a very unclear understanding of what makes a friend but we all want to have many good friends around us. There are certain steps that can win you friends or at least help you get close to those whom you want to make friends with.
The first st ep to make friends with someone is to make him like you. If they don’t like you in the first place, it is unlikely that they’ll be eager to become your friends. To let someone know that you are interested in him, simple gestures like a little smile and calling him by his name can help. To make the other person feel important, you need to be a good listener and encourage the other person to talk. Give your honest and real opinions but do not make fun of him or her.
The second step is to develop a full consideration between each other. You need to share his or her opinions. So, it is necessary for you to develop a habit of seeing things from the other person’s point of view. To become a best friend, you must show concern and consideration for your friend’s desires and opinions.
The third and final step is to show your support and encouragement towards your friend. Moreover, you also need to be very clear about your expectations from your friend. If what you expect from the person you want to make friends with matches with what that person can and want to do in friendship, the developing friendship between you and your friend is sure to be easy and successful.
56.What can we learn about friends and friendship?
57. A. Friendship is less important in our life.
58. B. Friends do harm to our health and energy.
59. C. Friends can provide us with support.
60. D. Relatives can not become friends.
61.Which is the right order of making friends according to the writer?
62.①When you meet some questions, you ask him for help.
63.②When he is in trouble, you tell him your idea.
64.③You smile to him to make him know that you like him.
65. A. ②①③ B. ①②③ C. ③①② D. ③②①
66.What is the main purpose of the writer in writing the passage?
67. A. To tell us the importance of making friends.
68. B. To tell about advantages and disadvantages of making friends.
69. C. To tell us how to make friends step by step.
70. D. To tell us that friends are hard to make.
B
China’s government has been trying all measures to reduce pollution in the past few years. Now people can enjoy a fresh environment everywhere. The following two graphs are adopted from the column of “City Information” on the webpage of Beijing Review.
Notes:
**API stands for Air Pollution Index(指数).
**Particulate matter (PM10) is a major component of air pollution that threatens both our health and our environment. It consists of very small liquid and solid particles floating in the air.
**Sulfur dioxide(SO2) acts as an acid．Inhalation(吸入) results in labored breathing, coughing, or a sore throat and may cause permanent lung damage.
59.According to Graph 1, which of the following cities has the worst air pollution?
60.A. Qinhuangdao. B. Tianjin. C. Qingdao D. Shenyang
61.If your city is symbolized by either red or purple, the pollution in your city is ___________.
62.A. Moderate or high. B. Moderate or slight.
63.C. Medium or high. D. Medium or slight.
64.Which of the following statements is TURE?
65.A. With API value below 150 the air is free from being polluted.
66.B. The colors from purple to yellow indicate the air quality is becoming much worse.
67.C. When there are floating solid particles and dust in the air, it is dangerous pollution.
68.D. On September 8th the color-symbol of Beijing City’s air quality is ‘Blue’.
69.When more citizens are beginning to have labored breathing soon after they are in the open air,
it suggests that _____________.
70.A. there is a large amount of sulfur dioxide in the air
71.B. it is so cold that they may have caught a cold
72.C. they are starting to cough or have a fever
73.D. they must be infected with permanent lung disease
C
For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killers. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing.
Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder”probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.
A cold fish is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy. Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.
Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.
63.There are _________ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage.
64. A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 7
65.If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you
will say _________.
66. A. she is a cold-blooded killer B. she gets cold feet
67. C. she is a cold fish D. she is out in the cold
68.We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover
without mercy.
69. A. cold-blooded B. cold shoulder C. cold feet D. cold-hearted
70.The topic of this passage is about _________.
71. A. the relationship between cold and our body
72. B. some expressions about friendship
73. C. some expressions connected with cold
74. D. how cold weather comes into being
第II卷（共53分）
五、动词的适当形式填空（5分，每小题0.5分）
67.__________ (judge) from his response, the professor hasn’t been informed of the news.
68.The meeting __________ (hold) yesterday on desertification was hosted by a famous
environmentalist.
69.No one is permit __________ (enter) this room without the permission of the boss.
70.When faced with the evidence, the factory had to admit __________ (pour) chemical waste into
the lake.
71.__________ (determine) to protect the environment, the local government has closed most of
the chemical plants around the lake.
72.__________ (take) according to the instructions, the medicine, I think, will work on your
headache before long.
73.This is the first time that a human embryo __________ (clone).
74.__________ (see) the front door __________ (paint), he had to enter through the back door
75.Though he knew nothing about the book, he pretended __________ (read) it.
六、根据所给的中文完成句子（7分，每小题0.5分）
76.很多科学家认为人类必定能从克隆技术中获益。
77.Many scientists hold the view that man is sure to __________ __________ cloning.
78.不管代价如何, 当地政府已经下定决心来治理太湖污染。
79.__________ __________ the cost, the local government has decided to improve the
environment in Tai Lake.
80.为保护这里的环境，两个非官方的特别项目正在实施之中。
81.Two special non-governmental projects are __________ __________ to protect the
environment here.
82.尽管受到各种各样的反对, 那个科学家还是一心想要努力推进克隆人类胚胎的研究。
83.Despite various objections, the scientist was bent on __________ __________ __________ the
experiment on cloning human embryos.
84.家长为自己孩子的不良行为向老师道了歉, 希望老师能够原谅他的所作所为。
85.The parents __________ for their child __________ the teacher for his bad behavior,
__________ that the teacher would __________ their child __________ what he had done.
七、句型转换（6分，每小题0.5分）
86.Our psychological needs should develop at the same rate as our physical growth.
87.Our psychological needs should __________ __________ __________ our physical growth.
88.Since the demand is decreasing at a rate of 10%, the company has no choice but to reduce its
production.
89.Since the demand is decreasing at a rate of 10%, the company has no choice but to __________
__________ __________ its production.
90.Strict laws must be ready before the scientists start to clone human beings.
91.Strict laws must be __________ __________ __________ before the scientist start to clone
human beings.
92.If you continue to waste money like this, you will soon run out of money and become a beggar
at last.
93.If you continue to waste money like this, you will soon run out of money and __________
__________ __________.
八、任务型阅读（10分）
A technical secondary school in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, planned to order Korean-style school uniforms for students, but parents opposed the move, believing that the new uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students, the Jinling Evening Paper reported Monday.
Parents
“My daughter was so excited about the Korean-style uniform, saying it’s her dream to wear miniskirt to school every day,” a mom surnamed Cheng complained. “My daughter also called her classmates to talk about how handsome the boys looked in the uniform!”
Cheng looked on the Internet and found that most Korean schoolboy uniforms are similar to western suits. “They are so handsome! My daughter is a fan of Korean fashion; that’s why she is crazy about the uniform!” Cheng said. “If the students wear such beautiful uniforms, how can they study well? I prefer the sports-wear which make me think of health and positive thinking.”
School
“The plan to change the current school uniform from sports-wear has been called off.”an employee of the school told the Jinling Evening Paper.
“The students dislike the current uniform, so the school took advice from the students last November, knowing that most students prefer Korean or Japanese-style school uniforms. We know cities like Shanghai and Guang zhou have changed their sports-wear school uniforms to styles in fashion,” an employee surnamed Lin said.
“However, we had to give up the plan because many parents are strongly against it. Some parents think it’s just a way for the school to make money, and others think the new uniforms will take students’ attention away from their studies.” Lin said.
When asked about the possibility of problems with early romance between students because of the fashionable uniforms, Lin said they hadn’t considered it. He, however, agreed that the Korean-style uniform makes the students more charming.
Students
The disappointment of the students is beyond doubt at the school’s final decision. They think the sports-wear uniforms make them look androgynous(难分性别的).
They said the Korean-style uniform has many advantages such as raising interest in class; lifting confidence; improving solidarity(团结) and creating good temperaments(气质).
As for concerns about romance, the students believe that love is love and bears no relationship to the uniforms.
Education department
“We don’t have a unified(统一的) standard for school uniforms. The schools can choose their own styles. Either sports-wear or uniforms are OK,” an official from the Nanjing Bureau of Education said.
Title: Do pretty school uniforms lead to early romance?
八、书面表达（25分）
越来越多的转基因食品被摆上了餐桌。它的利弊引起了人们激烈的讨论。根据一项调查，不同的人对此持有不同的观点。请根据下表内容写一篇不少于120词的短文，开头已经给出，不计入总次数。(ecological 生态的pesticide 农药)
debate. Is it a hope or danger to us?
高二英语试卷答案
Keys
一、听力：
1—5：ABCCA 6—10 ACBBC 11—15 CAAAB 16—20 ACAAB
二、单项选择：
21—25 ABACD 26—30 BBACD 31—35 CBDBD
三、完形填空：
36—40 BADCB 41—45 DAABC 46—50 CDAAB 51—55 CCCBD
四、阅读理解
56—58 CDC 59—62 DCDA 63—66 CCDC
五、动词填空
67. Judging; 68. held; 69.to enter; 70. pouring/having poured;
71. Determined; 72. Taken; 73. has been cloned; 74. Seeing; being painted
75. to have read;
六、完成句子
76. benefit from 77. Regardless of 78. under way 79. pushing ahead with
80. apologized; to; hoping; forgive; for
七、句型转换
81. keep pace with 82. cut back on 83. put in place 84. end up begging
八、任务型阅读
85. attitudes 86. against 87. encourage/cause 88. focus/concentrate
89. favor 90. confident 91. fashionable 92. consideration/account
93. cancel/stop 94. disappointed