高中会考试卷（不含听力）英语II. 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）16. Paris is ＿＿＿most beautiful city，where you can see＿＿＿famous Eiffel Tower．A．a；the B．a; 不填C．the；a D．不填；the 17. The corn powder with two other things _______ water to make allkinds of good.A. are mixed withB. is mixed withC. are mixed byD. is mixed by18. Maria has to baby-sit．That’s＿＿＿she can’t come out with us．A. whyB. howC. whenD. what19. Nelson Mandela was born ______ July 18, 1918.A. forB. onC.atD. in20. David showed me around the town, ______ was very kind of him.A. whatB. whomC. thatD. which21. —Are you coming to the party this evening?—I’m not sure. My aunt ______ come to see me.A. shallB. mustC. mayD. need22. I hear you ______ for Beijing next week. Have you got everythingready?A. have leftB. leftC. are leavingD. were leaving23. ______ I have found somewhere to live, I will send you my address.A. WhereB. WhenC. So thatD. Even if24. —Which sport would you like to play at the moment, football orbasketball?—______. I just want to play pingpong now.A.NoneB. BothC. EitherD. Neither25. —Did you visit the famous museum?—No. We _____ it, but we spent too much time shopping.A. could have visitedB. must have visitedC.can’t have visitedD. shouldn’t have visited26. After the long journey,the three of them went back home,_____.A.hungry and tiredlyB.hungry and tiredB.C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired27.For most English learners,______English is more difficult thanwritten English.A.speakingB.spokenC.the speakingD.the spoken28.Students______not to cheat in exams.A.will requestB.requestC.are requestingD.are requested29.—Tom,shall we start the work now?—______ .A.It’s your opinionB.That’s all wrightC.It doesn’t matterD.It’s up to you30. —I’m afraid I will fail my driving test again tomorrow.—______ ! I’m sure you can make it!A. Cheer upB. Good luckC. Have funD. Of courseIII. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 31 ask. Well, the answer is this. To get some 32 , bee-keepers and farmers used to 33 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 34 the box with honeycomb. 35 , there was no way of getting the honey out 36 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical 37 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.Now, bee-keepers 38 beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden 39 with spaces between them 40 can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now 41 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in 42 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 43 this 44 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and 45 jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.31. A. need B. may C. should D. must32. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. space33. A. put in B. put away C. put off D. put out34. A. fill B. cover C. supply D. satisfy35. A. Still B. And C. However D. So36. A. for B. in C. by D. without37. A. on B. close to C. in the front of D.far from38. A. want B. take C. use D. expect39. A. squares B. boxes C. sticks D. bowls40. A. many B. they C. it D. which41. A. full B. filled C . afraid D. emptied42. A. the B. a C. another D. 不填43. A. for B. in C. like D. to44. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives45. A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. got intoIV、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AA strange thing happens to nearly everybody at night. They turn off the lights, put up the covers and close their eyes. Six or seven hours later, they wake up again. Strange, isn’t it?Sleep puzzles science. Scientists and doctors would rather talk about why one can’t fall asleep. They are not so sure what causes sleep.The best conditions for sleep, they say, are good health and meal neither too big nor too small. No worries and a comfortable place to sleep in are important, too. They advise against two in one bed.Strange things happen during sleep. For example, you move often.You would feel tired if you didn’t. You also dream. Part of your brain is still awake when you dream. Dreaming happens when the memory and imagination parts of your brain are still awake. Experiments have shown that bad dreams may be caused by a stomachache.Don’t worry if you dream. Some great stories and poems were begun while the writers slept.46. Sleep puzzles scientists because they are not certain _______.A.why one can’t fall asleepB. why one wakes up six or seven sleeping hours laterC.both A and BD. what causes sleep47. You would feel tired during sleep if you ________.A. move oftenB. sleep on your backC. didn’t moveD. went back too later48. Dreaming happens when _______.A. you are in a deep sleepB. you are not comfortableC. part of our brain is still awakeD. there’s too much noise in the room49. The best title for this passage is ________.A. Why You DreamB. The Strangeness of SleepC. What Happens During SleepD. The Cause of SleepBIn recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible forpeople to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They saw that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite answer.50、The best title for this passage is _____.A. The Right to LiveB. The Right to DieC. The Doctor’s DutyD. Life Is Better Than Death51、In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of _____ .A. the development of medical technologyB. big hospitalsC. good doctorsD. both B and C52、According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to ___________ .A. the doctorsB. the surroundingsC. his or her familyD. the patient himself or herself53、In the writer’s opinion _____ .A. death is better than lifeB. life is better that deathC. neither death nor life is goodD. none of the aboveCLillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and whather aims were.54. Mrs. Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _____.A. she hadn’t got enough moneyB. she was a country girlC. the banker ordered her not to borrow any moneyD. the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children55. The computer students welcomed Mrs. Hanson warmly because ______.A. she had got an excellent result in the examB. she was good at telling funny storiesC. they wanted to get her help in their studiesD. they were deeply moved by her spirit56. Mrs. Hanson is the sort of person who ________.A. cares for study very muchB. likes to borrow money from the bankC. never misses a chance to talkD. tries to save any money for her family57. In which order did Mrs. Hanson do the following things?a. she began her studies at college.b. She finished high school.c. She got married and gave birth of nine children.d. She had her 73 rd birthday.e. She went to the bank to borrow money.A. a c b e dB. b e c a dC. b c e d aD. e d a c bDA man had seven sons, who were always quarreling with each other. Some bad men were looking forward to the death of their father, to trick out of their money by making them quarrel about it.One day, their father, the good old man, called his sons around him. He laid before them seve n sticks, which were tied together. He said, “ I will pay a hundred dollars to the one who can break them.”Each one tried their best to break the sticks. After a long try, they all said that it could not be done.“And yet, my boys,” said the father. “Nothing is easier to do.” He then untied the sticks. and broke them one by one.“Ah!” said his sons. “It is easy enough to do it so; anybody could do it in that way.”Their father replied, “ As it is with these sticks, so it is with you, my sons. So long as you stay together and help each other, you will be prosperous (兴旺的) , and none can hurt you. But if the link of union is broken, it will happen to you just as it has to these sticks, which lie here broken on the ground.”Home, city, country, all are found prosperous by the powerful link of union.58.Some bad men were looking forward the death of the fatherbecause they ______.A. wanted to kill his sonsB. wanted to get the seven sticksC. had been forced out of their homesD. wanted to trick his sons out of their money59. According to the old man, the son who could break the seven stickstied together would get ______.A. $10B. $100C. $1,000D. $10,00060. Why did the old father ask his sons to break the sticks?A. Because he wa sn’t fond of the sticks.B. Because the sticks would hurt his sons.C. Because he wanted to teach them a lesson.D. Because some bad men asked him to do so.61. What can be learned from the story?A. Like father, like son.B. It takes two to make a quarrel.C. Things united become stronger.D. It is easier to get money than to keep it.EWhat if someone told you about a kind of grass as tall as the tallest trees?A grass as strong as steel? Would you believe that person? You should, for that grass is bamboo, the “wood” of 1,001 uses. It is not just a material for making useful products. Young bamboo is eaten, oftenmixed with other vegetables.Bamboo grows in many parts of the word. In the US it grows in many states like Virginia and Florida. Most bamboo, however, is found in warm, wet climates, especially in Asia and on the islands of the South Pacific Ocean.In most Asian countries, bamboo is nearly as important as rice. Many Asians live in bamboo houses. They sit on bamboo chairs, fence their land with bamboo and use it to cage their chickens and pigs. This unusual material is used not only to build large buildings but also tomake water pipes, musical instruments and paper.Bamboo is light, strong and bends without breaking. Bamboo is cheap, floats on water and almost never wears out. Nothing else on earth grows quite so fast as bamboo. At times you can even see it grow! Scientists have recorded growths of more than three feet in just 24 hours!There are over 1,000 kinds of bamboo. The shortest is only about three inches while the tallest is more than 200 feet. No wonder, then, the lives of nearly half the people on earth would change greatly if there ere no longer any bamboo.62. According to the passage, bamboo is actually a kind of ________.A. grassB. steelC. treeD. vegetable63. According to this passage, bamboo grows ______.A. only in AsiaB. only in the USAC. in wet, warm climatesD. all over the world64. What is talked about in paragraph 3?A. When to grow bamboo.B. Where to plant bamboo.C. What use to make of bamboo.D. What food to prepare with bamboo.65. It can be learned from the passage that ______.A. there are only 1,000 kinds of bambooB. bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plantC. bamboo is light and easy to breakD. half of the world’s population live on bambooV.单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）66.He has a good__________(掌握)of English,which makes him have an advantage over others.67.The old man has been__________(遭受)from caner for many years.68.He looks honest,but__________(实际上)he is a thief.69.__________(忽视)the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.70.I hope I can speak English as__________(流利)as you can.ter in the next century,people from England make__________(航行)to other parts of the world.72.After__________(痊愈；恢复)from his heart attack,he changed his way of life.73.You can find much information available on the__________(官方的)website.74.I have a lot of trouble__________(解决)their differences.75.After the big fire,the house lay in__________(废墟).VI.单句改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）76．The film is so interesting that I have seen it many time. 77．China is much big than Japan, which is the third largest country in the world.78．Besides, I have few friends. I don’t know that they don’t like to talk with me.79．It is known to everyone that it is famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals.80．At once I apologize and controlled myself at my best till the dinner started.81．On the night before my first day, I was too excited to go to sleep and as a result, I got up lately in the morning.82．Bill was standing by the car, talking to two men which were helping him to repair it.83．Thousands of people go to the seaside in every year.84．My grandma was the best cook in the world but could make the mostdelicious dishes.85．The boy suggested our go for a walk after dinner.I thought it was a good idea.VII.书面表达（共30分）某英语报纸正举行“我的选修课程(elective course)体验”主题征文活动。
