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北京市西城區(北區)2011—2012學年度第二學期學業測試
北京市西城區（北區）2011-2012學年度第二學期學業測試
高二英語
試卷滿分:150分 考試時間:120分鍾
Ⅰ卷 選擇題
Ⅰ. 聽力理解(共三節,滿分20分)
第一節(共4小題;每小題1. 5分,滿分6分)
聽下麵四段對話,每段對話後有一個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。每段對話你將聽兩遍。
1. Where is Ethan now?
A. At the office. B. At a factory. C. At a meeting room.
2. Why did the woman go to town?
A. Get some money from the bank.
B. Buy some groceries in a market.
C. Pay her bills in the bank.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
4. How will the man travel?
A. By car. B. By plane. C. By train.
第二節(共6小題;每小題1. 5分,滿分9分)
聽下麵三段材料,每段材料後有兩個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。每段材料你將聽兩遍。
聽第5段材料,回答第5至6題。
5. Why was Jimmy sent home from school?
A. He wasn't feeling well.
B. He didn't finish his homework.
C. He played tricks on his classmates.
6. Why is the woman upset?
A. A stranger broke into the house.
B. Jimmy climbed in through a window.
C. There was no one home waiting for her.
聽第6段材料,回答第7至8題。
7. What attracts the man most?
A. The business trip.
B. Professor Lee's lecture.
C. Movies shot by young directors.
8. Who will probably help the man?
A. His aunt. B. His cousin. C. His elder sister.
聽第7段材料,回答第9至10題。
9. What might be the speaker?
A. A performer. B. A tour guide. C. A school teacher.
10. When does the World of Color start?
A. At 7p. m. B. At 8: 30p. m. C. At 9: 30 p. m.
（聽力理解第三節見第Ⅱ卷)
Ⅱ. 單項填空(共15小題;每小題1分,滿分15分)
從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。
11. - I'll come to listen to your speech at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
- I regret to tell you that by then my speech ____.
A. had ended B. has ended C. will have ended D. will end
12. It was after he went to college __ he realized the importance of forming a reading habit.
A. that B. when C. since D. as
13. __ his telephone number or e-mail address, she had some difficulty getting in touch with John.
A. Not knowing B. Not to know C. Not known D. Not having known
14. It is said that they __ $ 200, 000 for the house up to now.
A. will offer B. are offering C. offer D. have offered
15. - Can you __ what these characters on the rock are?
- Not really.
A. carry out B. make out C. come out D. go out
16. - Oh, my cat is really fat.
- You __ have given her so much food.
A. wouldn't B. mustn't C. couldn't D. shouldn't
17. I didn't see your sister at the party. If she __, she would have met my brother.
A. has come B. had come C. did come D. came
18. - How come you are here?
- I came here for nothing else but to see you ____.
A. by chance B. in addition C. at random D. on purpose
19. __ is not possible that Bob can win the first prize in the competition.
A. This B. That C. It D. What
20. - I'm leaving tomorrow.
- Oh, what a pity! I won't be able to see you off. I __ a tele-conference the whole morning.
A. have B. am having C. will be having D. will have had
21. With the rapid development of the city, he can hardly find the place __ he used to play with his childhood friends.
A. where B. when C. there D. which
22. __ we have no disagreement on the plan, let's bring the discussion to an end.
A. Unless B. Until C. Although D. Now that
23. It matters much most of your group members support you.
A. if B. whether C. what D. that
24. To learn the piece of music quickly, you'd better hear it ___ as many times as possible.
A. play B. playing C. played D. to play
25. - What do you think of color of my handbag?
- Perfect! It is __ good match for your dress.
A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. the; the
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共20小題;每小題1分,滿分20分)
閱讀下麵短文,掌握其大意,從各題A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 28 - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 29 , some expensive, some delicate - telling them to help themselves to the 30 .
When all the students 31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is 34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no 36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even 37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, 38 the cup, but you 39 went for the best cups … And then you began 40 each other's cups. "
"Now consider 41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups 45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
26. A. stress B. progress C. condition D. pride
27. A. advisor B. professor C. monitor D. graduate
28. A. glasses B. bowls C. trays D. cups
29. A. plain-looking B. beautiful C. modern D. nice-looking
30. A. pot B. sugar C. milk D. coffee
31. A. made B. had C. cooked D. served
32. A. talked B. discussed C. noticed D. decided
33. A. leaving behind B. falling about C. leaving about D. falling behind
3g. A. strange B. wonderful C. normal D. important
35. A. source B. purpose C. doubt D. result
36. A. price B. quality C. sweet D. color
37. A. proves B. tastes C. hides D. steals
38. A. more than B. less than C. other than D. rather than
39. A. consciously B. wisely C. shyly D. carelessly
40. A. showing B. eyeing C. exchanging D. praising
41. A. it B. that C. this D. one
42. A. jobs B. money C. position D. life
43. A. change B. increase C. discover D. lower
44. A. try B. manage C. fail D. plan
45. A. envy B. drive C. support D. assess
Ⅳ. 閱讀理解(共兩節,滿分40分)
第一節(共15小題;每小題2分,滿分30分)
閱讀下麵短文,從各題A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出最佳答案。
A
Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
46. How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?
A. About two weeks. B. The whole season.
C. About one week. D. The whole day.
47. Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?
A. Across the fields. B. Along the highway.
C. In the garden. D. Outside the yard.
48. Which of the following is NOT true about the writer's sister-in-law?
A. She is seriously ill. B. She is twenty years old.
C. She lives far away from the writer. D. She is not in close touch with the writer.
49. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Value now and don't lose chances.
B. Visit our relatives only after they get ill.
C. Refresh our wonderful moments every year.
D. Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field.
B
The necktie looks set to follow the top hat in being handed over to the fashion museum by office workers within the next 50 years, according to research.
Nearly three quarters (74%) think the tie will not survive within British firms beyond the next half a century with the popularity of the open-collared shirt. Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach.
Once considered an important part of business dress, the tie has become a victim of the spread of "casual Fridays" into other weekdays, according to researchers.
The poll, by Deal Jungle. com, which helps small and medium enterprises, found more than half (51% ) thought the tie would die out in offices within the next 20 years and almost a quarter (22%) believed it would last less than 10 years.
A spokesman for the site, which has 20, 000 registered members, said: "Ties have been around seemingly forever but increasing numbers of office workers are telling them to get away."
"The success of businesses such as Facebook and Google, where even the CEO turns up wearing jeans and a hoodie, also seems to have had a corrosive (侵蝕性) effect on the idea of dressing formally for work."
"Many of our members keep their expenses to a minimum by working from home so they feel no need to dress up to go to work. We know that when they meet with clients, they still put on a business suit, but a tie is no longer seen as an essential part of the suited-and-booted look."
"Instead, many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar. The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible, too. "
50. Why are ties expected to disappear in offices?
A. CEOs in creative businesses set a rule to forbid wearing ties.
B. The idea of casual weekdays is increasingly accepted.
C. Office workers are tired of wearing ties daily.
D. The tie-less look appears more modern.
51. According to the spokesman, how are their members dressed before clients?
A. Business suits and casual jeans. B. Formal suits and a shirt with a tie.
C. Casual suits and buttoned-up shirt. D. Business suits and an open-collared shirt.
52. What kind of image does the tie-less suit create?
A. Accessible in business. B. Professional in fashion.
C. Casual in working. D. Creative in dressing.
53. What does the underlined word "demise" mean in Para.2?
A. popularity B. survival C. disappearance D. development
C
The British are being encouraged to holiday at home as a major tourism drive offering Olympic themed discounts is launched next week.
A new campaign offering 20. 12% discounted bills at participating venues (場所) will be announced publicly for the first time by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday to encourage "staycations".
The scheme includes hotel accommodation, meals, guided tours and entry to attractions, with discounts funded by the industry. Government officials said more than three million hotel rooms were already lined up under the project, which is being backed by a range of companies, including Butlins. Attractions, such as the London Eye and Alton Towers, are also taking part. Reduced prices will also be offered on stays on the Royal yacht Britannia, now harboring in Leith, Edinburgh, and visits to Chatsworth, the historic house in Derbyshire.
Tourists will be able to take advantage of the discount by using a dedicated website before the end of the Paralympics on September 9 to make bookings for this year and 2013.
Mr. Hunt said, "With the Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympic Games, this year is the perfect opportunity for more of us to holiday in the UK "
Mr. Hunt has travelled the UK, urging companies to take part in the scheme, telling them, "It's now or never for London tourism. We will never have a year like 2012 to show the world that this is, quite simply, the most exciting, vibrant, cosmopolitan city on the planet. The unavoidable complaints in the run up to an Olympics must not cloud the scale of the opportunity -including our biggest ever tourism marketing campaign to make sure we get a lasting benefit from being in the global spotlight. "
The scheme will be promoted by a ￡3 million television advertising campaign - the first of its kind in the UK.
The government hopes the " Holidays at Home are Great" campaign - launched by VisitEngland - will create 12, 000 jobs, create 5.3 million extra short overnight breaks, and generate ￡480 million in extra spending over three years.
54. What Mr. Hunt said indicates that .
A. he has no interest in the scheme B. he supports the idea of staycation
C. he doubts the benefit of the scheme D. he cares most about London tourism
55. What does the underlined sentence (in Para. 6) mean?
A. London tourism will never have a precious opportunity.
B. It is too golden an opportunity for London tourism to lose.
C. It is now too late for London tourism to take this opportunity.
D. London has ever had a valuable opportunity like the one in 2012.
56. How will the "Holidays at Home are Great" campaign probably benefit London?
A. It will offer 20. 12% discount to travelers' expenses.
B. It will attract more international travelers to visit London.
C. It will create more job opportunities and bring in more money.
D. It will prove London the most exciting, vibrant, cosmopolitan city on earth.
57. In which section of a newspaper will this article be presented?
A. Entertainment. B. Politics. C. Finance. D. News.
D
Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children's school week is framed by pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then skim the text for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated (國家指定的) state test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some reasonable methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First, one looks at a commercially available test. Then, one distills (提取) the skills needed not to master reading, say, or math, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write or calculate might infer the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of the basics of skills make this fundamental confusion because people are test-centered rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with phonic and grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are capable of taking tests and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can't see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grade that they have' no time or ease of mind to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
58. As is indicated in the second paragraph, the author finds it strange that __.
A. tests are used to assess students' skills
B. skills are determined before tests are set
C. teaching is aimed to prepare students for tests
D. teachers use some reasonable methods of assessment
59. The crisis of comprehension most probably results from __.
A. students' poor phonic and grammar skills
B. teaching that takes up much of students' free time
C. teaching that emphasizes details rather than the whole
D. students' lack of ability to think about what they read
60. According to the author, we can infer that __.
A. the basics of skills have been discussed too much
B. the nature and quality of what is taught are fully concerned
C. skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students
D. doing well in a test does not necessarily mean acquiring the skill
Ⅱ卷 非選擇題
Ⅰ 聽力理解
第三節:(共5小題;每小題1分,滿分5分)
聽下麵一段材料,根據題目要求在相應的橫線上寫下第l題至第5題的關鍵信息。此段材料你將聽兩遍。
Ⅱ. 閱讀理解
第二節(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分)
閱讀下麵短文和問題,根據短文內容,在相應題號後的橫線上寫下相關信息(不多於五個單詞),完成對該問題的回答。答語要結構正確,書寫工整,字跡清楚。
1. Cousins
You could say that the alligator and the crocodile are cousins because they belong to the same animal group. The group is called Archosauria (ark-o-SOR-ee-ah). The name means "ruling lizards."
The alligator and the crocodile are alike in many ways. Both have hard, bumpy skin. Both
lay eggs in nests that they build near water. Both are reptiles (爬行動物), too.
2. Look Again
Even though alligators and crocodiles are similar, there are ways to tell them apart. Adult alligators are usually gray or black, and they are darker than crocodiles. Adult crocodiles may be tan, green, or brown. Most types of alligators have broad snouts. Crocodiles' snouts are different. Their snouts are long and narrow.
Look at the picture of the alligator. Whenever an alligator closes its mouth, only the top teeth show. Now look at the picture of the crocodile. Do you see a difference? Whenever a crocodile closes its mouth, some of the lower teeth also show.
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Alligators and crocodile also have different ways of doing things. Alligators like freshwater. They sometimes wander into salty seawater, but they don't stay in the water very long. The salt can be bad for them. Alligators usually make their nests at the edge of freshwater lakes, rivers, or swamps. They use grass and leaves to make their nests. Crocodiles, on the other hand, usually build their nests in mud or sand. Sometimes they construct these nests near salty water. The salty water doesn't hurt them.
Alligators and crocodiles do other things differently, too. A mother alligator stays near her nest. When the eggs hatch, she carries the babies to water. They may even ride around on her head as she swims. They depend on her to help them stay safe. Crocodile babies don't rely as much on their mothers. In fact, the babies leave the nest a few days after they are born.
1. Where do they (alligators and crocodiles) lay eggs?
2. According to Part 2 "Look Again", how can we tell alligators and crocodiles apart?
3. What might be a suitable heading for Part 3?
4. According to the passage, who rely more on their mothers?
5. Who is the passage most likely intended for?
Ⅲ. 完成句子(共5小題;每小題3分,滿分15分)
根據括號中所給的提示翻譯下列句子。
1. 眾所周知,少吃肉和鹽對我們的健康有好處。(be good for)
2. 據報道本次事故中無人受傷。(report)
3. 如果我再有機會回到學校,我會更加努力學習。(虛擬語氣)
4. 不管她到哪兒,她總能很快適應新環境。(adjust to)
5. 多數人認為勤奮工作往往可以彌補智力的不足。(make up for)
Ⅳ. 短文填空(共10空,每空2分,滿分20分)
根據短文的意思和結構,選擇方框中合適的詞並用其恰當形式填空。(每詞隻用一次)
conscious fill fireman hunger kitchen lucky sleep spread wait while
You won't believe what happened two days ago.
It was a Wednesday evening and my roommate was out for the night. I was feeling a little 1 so I decided to make something to eat. I went down to the kitchen to fix myself some toast. I put two slices of bread into the toaster and decided to watch some TV while I 2 …I must have been very tired because I soon fell 3 .
I woke up what seemed like seconds later, in my front yard, coughing and staring up at some 4 .They told me that my toaster had caught fire while I was asleep and the flames quickly 5 to the curtains on my kitchen window. In no time it seemed my whole 6 was on fire and smoke filled my entire house… My neighbour, 7 , saw the smoke and called the fire department. When they got to my home the fire had spread from the kitchen into the living room and the house was 8 with smoke. Two of the firemen broke down my front door with an axe 9 the others were putting out the fire with water. They found me lying 10 on my sofa. If they had come only 5 minutes later I don't think I would be here today talking about it.
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V. 書麵表達(滿分20分)
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