扬州中学18-19高二上期中

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江苏省扬州中学第一学期期中考试

高二英语试卷 08、11

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项选择题（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．________such heavy pollution already the river is hard to be cleaned up

A．Having suffered B．Suffering of C．Suffered with D．To suffer

22．The teacher didn’t know who_________for the broken door.

A．blamed B．would blame C．was to blame D．to blame

23．In my opinion parents should___________ their children from spending too much time playing computer

games.

A．persuade B．discourage C．absorb D．limit

24．The new discovery of evidence led to _________.

A．catch the thief B．the thief being caught

C．the thief having caught D．caught the chief

25．On hearing the news, the man rushed out without hesitation,______the bag _____on the ground.

A．left, lying B．leaving, lied C．left, lay D．leaving, lying

26．Mr Smith’s business is not as good as before, so he has to _______the expenses of his company.

A．cut up B．cut off C．cut back on D．cut away

27．Along with the letter was his promise ______ he would pay me a visit next month.

A．that B．which C．whether D．what

28．Time after time the naughty bay was warned of the _______of his actions, but he wouldn’t listen.

A．effects B．results C．efforts D．consequences

29．The bus fares have been _______because the prices of oil are going up.

A．risen B．raised C．rose D．raising

30．The little girl _______her hand for the bottle on the shelf but it was out of her reach.

A．held on B．held to C．held out D．held on to

35．The scientist is always enthusiastic ________trying new ideas.

A．with B．about C．for D．to

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Computer hackers（黑客）have now got their hands on mobile phones. A phone virus（病毒）program can

36 your phone do things you have no control over, computer security experts 37 .

It might 38 the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing

company.

Or it could simply eat into the phone’s operating software, turning it 39 and erasing your personal

information.

Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners 40 in Japan and Europe.

Mr Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security in Fin-land said a virus “can get your 41 and

send them somewhere else. And it can record your 42 .”

Mobiles are now able to surf the net, send e-mails and 43 software. So they are easy 44 for the same

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hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.

“It’s technically 45 now,” said Stephen Trilling, director of re-search at anti-virus 46 .

“If the phone is connected to the 47 , it cant be used to transmit threats and 48 just as any computer

can. ”

In Japan, if you opened a certain e-mail message 49 your mobile, it would cause the phone to repeatedly

50 the national emergency number.

So phone operators had to 51 emergency calls until the 52 was removed.

In Europe, mobile’s short message service, 53 ,SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage 54.

Mobile users can 55 virus, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones without Web links, some

experts said.

36．A．get B．force C．make D．damage

37．A．speak B．talk C．tell D．say

38．A．lead B．cause C．control D．call

39．A．off B．out C．down D．on

40．A．interested B．angry C．excited D．terrified

41．A．messages B．passages C．news D．information

42．A．voice B．passwords C．music D．address

43．A．make B．destroy C．download D．develop

44．A．jobs B．tasks C．subjects D．targets

45．A．impossible B．possible C．useful D．valuable

46．A．hardware B．software C．computer D．equipment

47．A．computer B．television C．Internet D．radio

48．A．strike B．visit C．hit D．attack

49．A．in B．by C．on D．with

50．A．send B．dial C．count D．press

51．A．cancel B．ban C．stop D．prevent

52．A．bug B．mistake C．fault D．e-mail

53．A．and B．nor C．or D．but

54．A．recorders B．computers C．TVs D．phones

55．A．stop B．avoid C．kill D．find

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Besides giving off gases and dusts into the air, humans produce waste that is poured on the environment. Often,

this waste produced by major industries and people is harmful to both nature and human life.

One of the main causes of the large amount of dangerous waste is that people do not realize how large a problem

it is. Because it can be simply removed and sent to a landfill（废渣填埋场），the problem is often believed to end

there. In addition, industries have often shown an unwillingness to find ways to deal with dangerous waste

because of the re-lated expenses. Many industries and governments build simple landfills to store waste, and often

just pour waste chemicals into nearby bodies of water. Often, chemicals used for industrial production cause

dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has increased greatly in the past, but it is often difficult

and expensive to get rid of these chemicals or to store them in a way safe to human life and the environment.

Every year, major health problems result from dangerous waste. Sadly, it is often only after someone has died or