Mid-term Examination English Paper For Senior II
I. Listening Comprehension (20)
Part A Short Conversations
Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. She thought shopping was bad.
B. She saw the man run out.
C. She thought shopping wasn’t bad.
D. She was sorry the man couldn’t buy anything
2. A. It was taken by mistake
B. It was picked up by the woman herself.
C. It was picked up by th e woman’s colleague.
D. It was lost
3. A. They will call a taxi B. The man isn’t rich.
C. The last bus has gone
D. They missed the bus.
4. A. The woman lost her key B. The man was her husband
C. The woman often lost her key.
D. The man was the apartment manager
5. A. change his plane B. send a fax
C. have breakfast
D. leave right away
6. A. reading a magazine B. shopping
C. preparing for a chemistry test
D. writing an article
7. A. He was sick B. He was on vacation
C. He was in bed
D. He was working
8. A. an airport B. a restaurant
C. a hospital
D. a shopping center
9. A. in the street B. at the zoo
C. in the theatre
D. in the shopping center
10. A. 4 pounds B. 8 pounds C. 10 pounds D. 6 pounds
Part B Longer Conversations
Directions: In Part B, you will hear two longer conversations. After each conversation you will be asked two questions. The conversations will be read twice, but the questions will only be spoken once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 and 12 are based on the following conversation
11. A. It’s sunny in most areas in the morning
B. It rains heavily in the morning.
C. It’s sunny all the day.
D. There won’t b e any rain in the evening.
12. A. 12°C B. 18°C C. 25°C D. 30°C
Question 13 and 14 are based on the following conversation.
13. A. his camera B. his passport
C. his sunhat
D. a tourist guide
14. A. do a business B. buy a camera
C. travel
D. read a tourist guide
Part C Passages
Directions: In Part C, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passage will be read twice but the questions will only be spoken once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage
15. A. The flood was very beg
B.Nobody else had known it
C.The flood came from a mountain village
D.There was no flood at all
16. A. sorry B. delighted C. angry D. proud
17. A. He was sorry he had made a mistake.
B.There was no flood at all.
C.No mistake had been made.
D.His newspaper was always the first to give exciting news. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage
18. A. bright B. dull
C. like the common crow’s
D. strange-shaped
19. A. in Australia B. in the East Indies
C. in New Guinea
D. in America
20. A. 300 years ago B. 500 years ago
C. 400 years ago
D. 600 years ago
II. V ocabulary (15)
21. While working in London, I found a bridge ten meters __________.
A. at length
B. go to length
C. in length
D. by length
22.I paid him a _________ his excellent progress.
A. conservation
B. cosmetic
C. compliment
D.
compliment on
23.The old man got out of bed and _________ himself.
A. extended
B. expanded
C. stretched
D. scratched
24.Income tax rates are usually ________ to one’s annual income.
A. related
B. dependent
C. connected
D. basic
25.In a word, we can judge the health of a person by his ___________.
A. attitude
B. manner
C. expressions
D.
appearance
26.Aerobics proved of great ________ to us.
A. beneficial
B. emphasis
C. rhythmic
D. benefit
27.The _________ colors persuade us to buy more food in the supermarket.
A. colored
B. colorful
C. restful
D. appetite
28.__________ is a person who studies how the mind works.
A. an optimist
B. a mourner
C. a psychologist
D. a bride
29.In the children’s minds spring is _________________ with picnics.
A. combined
B. associated
C. communicated
D.
regarded
30.Our holidays were _____ by bad weather.
A. split
B. spoilt
C. splashed
D. splited
31.The box _______ a colorful material is a gift to my father.
A. wrapped with
B. is wrapped round
C. wrapped in
D. is
wrapped by
32.On the top of the mountain snow hardly _____ all the year round.
A. display
B. distinguish
C. dissolve
D. resolve
33.Basically, A and B cannot be _______ in four basic types of blood.
A. transfused
B. mixtured
C. mixed
D. inherited
34.It is very _____ for such a person like her to be lost in the big city.
A. nature
B. grateful
C. rare
D. pure
35.His _______ promotion stimulated him to work harder.
A. unknown
B. unexpected
C. untouched
D.
unsettled
III. Grammar
36.It was really very dangerous; you ________ him seriously.
A. might injure
B. might have injured
C. could injure
D. could have injured
37.______ he realized it was too late to return home.
A.No sooner it grew dark when
B.Hardly it grew dark than
C.Hardly did it grow dark than
D.It was not until it grew dark that
38.I wrote it down ________ I should forget it.
A. as if
B. in case
C. in only
D. in order that
39.He was unable to make much progress,______________.
A. how he tried hard
B. though hard he tried
C. Hard as he tried
D. Try as he did
40.She pretended ______ me when I passed by.
A. not to notice
B. not noticing
C. to not have noticed
D. don’t notice
41.I would rather _______ you the news at once, so I’d rather you ______
here now.
A. to tell… are
B. tell…are
C. to tell…were
D. tell…were
42.If I followed his advice, I __________ be a fool.
A. will
B. were
C. was
D. would
43.On hearing the joke, no one ____________ laughing.
A. can’t help
B. can help
C. feels like
D. keeps
44.I think it’s time they ____________ a les son.
A. to learn
B. were learned
C. learned
D. will learn
45.Nearly a month ____ by before she showed some sigh of giving in to his
demand.
A. had gone
B. had it gone
C. it went
D. did it go
46.He found there __________ a notebook on the ground.
A. lies
B. laid
C. lay
D. lain
47.Now the need _____ other people’s language is becoming greater and
greater.
A. to learn
B. learning
C. to be learned
D. being learned
48.He was injured and sent to the hospital just now, so _________ the piano in
the neighboring room.
A. can’t play
B. can’t have played
C. might not play
D. might not have played
49.That isn’t an easy problem __________.
A. to work it out
B. to be worked out
C. to work out
D. to work out it
50.He set out ___________ a history of civilization.
A. to write
B. writing
C. to be writing
D. to writing
IV. Cloze Test (10)
Bedtime stories are one of the delights of early childhood. But according to Dr. Julie Spreadbury from Queensland University, parents should not___51____ up reading to their children __52____ they enter primary school. She says listening to, reading and discussing the stories help children’s _____53____.
“My research ____54______ that ___55_______children can read themselves, most parents stop reading to them,” Dr. Spreadbury says.
“ ___56____ may be at the end of Year 1, which is far too ______57_______.”
Dr. Spreadbury says ___58______ reading not only gives children a good start at school, but brings parents and their children closer.
“ This makes it ___59____ for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them, or things they are ____60_____ in their everyday life.”
51. A. speed B. keep C. give D. hold
52. A. after B. until C. if D. unless
53. A. thinking B. comprehension C. relaxation D. development
54. A. is shown B. indicates C. represents D. is symbolized
55. A. though B. as far as C. once D. supposing
56. A. Some B. Most C. They D. That
57. A. difficult B. early C. much D. informal
58. A. daily B. healthy C. fast D. bedtime
59. A. easier B. fantastic C. virtual D. more often
60. A. reading B. promising C. celebrating D. receiving V. Reading Comprehension. ( 20 )
( A )
Should school children take part-time jobs?
Editor: Today our topic is part-time jobs. Are they good for school children or not?
Headmaster: Certainly not. Children have got two full-time jobs already: growing up and going to school. Part-time jobs make them so tired that they fall asleep in class.
Mrs. Barnes: I agree. I know school hours are short, but there’s homework as well, and children need a lot of sleep.
Mr. Barnes: Young children perhaps, but some boys stay at school until they’re eighteen or nineteen. A part-time job can’t harm them. In fact, it’s good
for them. They earn their pocket - money instead of asking their parents
for it. And they see something of the world outside school. Businessman: You’re quite right. Boys learn a lot from a part-time job. And we mustn’t forget that some families need the extra money. If the pupils didn’t take part-time jobs they couldn’t stay at school.
Editor: Well, we have got two for, and two against. What do our readers think?
61. How many people join the discussion?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
62. Who have the same opinion?
A.Mr. And Mrs. Barnes
B.Editor and Mr. Barnes
C.Headmaster and Mrs. Barnes
D.Businessman and Headmaster
63. Mr. Barnes thinks that young children maybe_____________.
A.need to stay at school until they are eighteen or nineteen
B.should see something of the world outside school
C.need to have some pocket money
D.need to have a lot of sleep
64.What does the editor think of part-time jobs?
A.Part-time jobs are good for school children
B.Part-time jobs can help students from poor families
C.Part-time jobs cannot harm school children
D.We are not told.
65. Where can you find this kind of discussion?
A. On the radio
B. At school
C. In a newspaper
D. In a book
( B )
Sandra Garratt is a better clothing designer than she is a business-woman.
Garratt had a brilliant idea: to design women’s clothes that are all the same size and would fit anyone.
Garratt earned a lot of money from her idea.
At first, Garratt designed clothes for a large company. Because she was not well paid, she scrubbed floors and cleaned toilets to help make money for her family.
She borrowed money to open a shop to sell the one-size-fits-all clothing she was designing. Later, she sold part of her company to get enough money to open shops all over the U.S.
Women liked Garratt’s styles. The clothes were inexpensive and
convenient to buy because women didn’t have to try them on before buying them. Garratt’s companies sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of clothes every year.
But then she allowed other people to take control of the clothing company she started. She didn’t make good business deals. The people she borrowed money from now control the companies she started, and they are earning billions.
Garratt says she has more good ideas for business. But next time, she says, she won’t let success at business slip away from her.
66. The main idea of the article is:____________.
A.a businesswoman can make lots of money in America.
B.Sandra Garratt was a brilliant designer, but she lost control of her
company.
C.inexpensive clothes are convenient to buy because women don’t have to
try them on
D.Sandra Garratt scrubbed floors and cleaned toilets to help her family
67. Sandra Garratt scrubbed floors and cleaned toilets because________.
A.she designed one-size-fits-all clothing
B.she allowed other people to take control of her business
C.she needed money to open shops all over the country
D.her job didn’t pay a lot of money and her fami ly needed more money.
68. The people who took control of Garratt’s companies____________
A.should all be sent to jail
B.were better business people than Garratt
C.were better designers than Garratt
D.let her business slip away from them
69. Women liked Garratt’s c lothes because____________
A.they didn’t cost a lot of money and they were easy to buy
B.they didn’t cost a lot of money
C.they cost a lot of money, but they were easy to buy
D.they cost a lot of money, but they weren’t easy to buy
70. If two brothers bought themselves one-size-fits-all clothing, they could
_________.
A.make a lot of money
B.wear each other’s clothes to school.
C.borrow money to open shops
D.have a brilliant idea
( C )
When the early settlers, especially the English, arrived in the New World. The hardships and dangers awaiting them were totally unexpected. Had it not been for some friendly Indians, the settlers never would have survived the terrible winters. They knew nothing about planting crops, hunting animals, building sod houses, or making clothing from animal skins. Life in England had been much simpler, and this new life was not like what the Spanish explorers had reported.
The settlers did introduce iron tools, muskets for hunting, domesticated animals, and political ways to the Indians. In exchange, the settlers learned to build canoes for water transportation and snowshoes and toboggans for winter traveling. The Indians also taught them to blaze trails through the forest, to hunt large animals and trap smaller ones, and to spear fish in the lakes and streams.
The natives also introduced to the settlers foods such as turkey , corn, squash, beans, and pumpkin. Everything possible was done in order to make their new settlement resemble the homes they had left behind.
71. Whose earlier explorations and findings misguided the English settlers?
A. Spaniards
B. Indians
C. other Englishmen
D. political leaders
72. Which of the following did the new settlers teach the Indians?
A. new ways of fishing
B. new means of water travel
C. new political ways
D. how to trap animals
73. Which of the following was not taught to the new settlers by the Indians?
A. corn
B. building sod houses
C. domesticated animals
D. trapping animals
74. The article leads us to believe that corn, squash and pumpkin__________.
A. were plentiful in England
B. did not exist in England
C. grew only in some parts of England
D. were expensive in England
75. Which of the following is not true?
A. The settlers were well prepared for the hardships they would meet with.
B. The settlers evidently found the winters severe.
C. The Indians taught the settlers how to build canoes.
D. The settlers brought tools and weapons to the New World.
( D)
( This is part of a speech. )
By March this year, we shall have raised enough money, we hope, to buy the equipment for the Youth Club. When we have raised the money, we are planning to go back to the Youth Club leaders in order to discover exactly what is needed most. Plans have been made for the Book Sale which will be held on 15th February. This means that many of us will be spending the first two weeks of February collecting books. The event is likely to be held in the Town Hall. If there are problems here, however, we hope that other Club members might come up with some alternative suggestions.
As we are proposing to sponsor a student from Africa on a three-month language course in this country, we also intend to hold a Charity Dance in spring. Such event are apt to(可能)be difficult to organize , so all members of the Club are invited to contribute or help in any way they can.
The moment I was asked if we could possibly help in some way with the new Club for the Disabled, I said yes. As Chairman, I am bound (肯定) to say that this is the sort of social work many Club members would like to do, other than simply raising money. We are therefore planning to ask members if they can perhaps help out on one Saturday every month.
Finally, by January next year the Club will have been going for twenty years, and the Committee intend to mark this anniversary with some kind of dinner, a dance or a party. We have already been offered (unofficially) the use of the dance hall at ‘ The Forest Hotel’. However, we shall be devoting one of our meeting in the near future to a full discussion on the form of the event, etc. Any suggestions will be welcome.
76. The Committee will be going back to the Youth Club leaders_____________.
A. to ask for money in March
B. to tell them about the equipment
C. to find out what the Club needs
D. to collect old books
77. The Committee does not yet know _______.
A. when books will be collected
B. when the Book Sale will be held
C. how to get the books to the Town Hall
D. where the Book Sale will take place
78. Every Club member has been asked _________.
A. to help with Charity Dance
B. to sponsor a foreign student
C. to write to an African student
E.to organize something for the Dance
79. In order to help the new Club for the disabled, members will be asked _________.
A. to raise some money
B. to make a contribution
C. if they can plan a Club program
D. to help at the Club once a month
80. There will be an event next January________.
A. because the Club has been offered ‘ The Forest Hotel’
B. to celebrate the Clu b’s twentieth birthday
C. to raise money for a student from Africa
D. which will take the form of a discussion evening
VI. Translation(10)
1.这个健康中心为所有来这儿健身的人提供了良好的服务. (provide; keep fit)
_______________________________________________________________ 2.蓝色不仅有安全之意,它还能让我们想到大海和天空. ( not only…but also…; make)
_______________________________________________________________ 3. 当她意识到所发生的事情时, 她的脸色发白了. ( realize)
______________________________________________________________ 4. 人有许多欲望, 其中有些欲望是相互冲突的. ( fight )
_______________________________________________________________ _____
5. 确保三岁以下的孩子不得碰这瓶阿司匹林. ( make sure)
_______________________________________________________________ VII. Writing(10)
Write a letter to complain about ‘Wang-Pai dumbbell(哑铃)’. ( The dumbbell broke and hurt your feet) ( in about 100-120 words )
The company address: Sunshine Building, Bright Road.
Your address: Helen School, Friendship Road.
Your name: Tinker
Date: 2002.3.20
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