保定市九县职业教育协作区高二第一学期期末考试英语试题
第一部分 英语知识运用
第一节语音知识：从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其画线部分与所给单词画
线部分读音相同的选项(共5分，每小题1分)
1. music A. result B. population C. such D. difficult 2. lose A. rose B. top C. who D. hope 3. valuable A. area B. allow C. attend D. fashion 4. question A. promotion B. suggestion C. production D. population 5.protected A. climbed B. admired C. improved D. afforded 第二节 词汇与语法知识：从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项（共25分， 每小题1分）
6. The Summer Palace ______ in the north of Beijing city
A. located B. locates C. is located D. was located 7. The work _____next month.
A. will finish B. have finish C. will be finish D. have been finished 8. This beautiful sweater is made _______.
A. by her hand B, with her hand C. by hand D. with hand 9. The food ____delicious and the light music ____sweet. A. tastes; sounds B. is tasted ; is sounded C. taste; sound D. is taste; is sounded 10. ---Can I pay by credit card? --- _______.
A. Yes, here id your card B. Please sign here C. Thank you D. Sure
11. He is a hardworking student and he is sure _____his English greatly in a short time.
A. to improve B. improve C. study D. to speak 12. The compound word “moonlight” is ______by the words “moon” and light. A. form B. forming C. formed D. to form
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13. The salesgirls in Xiushui Market have set a good example ___us in leaning English.
A. to B. for C. with D. on 14. The secret of her success is that she puts what she has learned into ____. A. reality B. practice C. fact D. work 15. _____the Internet , we can communicate with people far away. A. With using B. Make use of C. With the help of D. Under the help of
16. Some people ____too much time ______television sitting on a sofa every day. A. take; to watch B. spend; watching C. cost; watch D. pay; for
17. Do you have any difficulty _____these flowers? I’d like to help you if you need. A. in planting B. for planting C. with planting D. to plant 18. The naughty boy often _______school and he ______school again yesterday. A. ran away from; stayed away from B. runs away from; stays away from C. stays away from; ran away from D. stayed away from; runs away from
19. As long as we ____the job on time ,we can get our salaries. A. finishing B. finish C. will finish D. to finish
20. By the end of this week, we surely ____ a satisfactory solution to the problem. A. have found B. will be finding C. will have found D. are finding 21. These old photos ___me ____my school days. A. reminds; of B. reminds; to C. remind; of D. remind; to
22. The old lady ____you told me yesterday was a famous professor from Beijing University.
A. who B. about whom C. whom D. with whom 23. This is the very room ______I slept in that evening.
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A. that B. which C. where D. at which 24. It is easier not_____smoking than ____it. A. to start; to quit B. to start; quit C. starting; to quit D. starting; quit
25. In face, smoking _____many bad effects ______ people’s health. A. have; on B. is; on C. has; on D. are; on 26. ---Why didn’t you answer the phone last night. ---I _______when you called.
A. had to have slept B. have to be slept C. must have been sleeping D. must have slept 27. If we handle our bad ____wisely, the situation may____. A. luckily; take turns for the better B. luck; take turns for the good C. luckily; take a turn for the better D. luck; take a turn for the better
28.______, St. Louis was ______by heat waves that summer. A. Unfortunate; stuck B. Unfortunately; hit C. Unluckily; attracted D. Unluckily; hitted 29.Hearig the bad news , the mother couldn’t help _______. A. to cry B. crying C. cry D. cries 30. The thief took away the woman’s wallet without ________. A. being seen B. seeing C. him seeing D. seeing him
第三节 完形填空：阅读下面的短文，从所给的每组A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确的答案（共10分，每小题1分）
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question,” What 31 are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable ”in the same way:“ She was wearing a 32 coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable color.”
But of course there are fashions 33 many things ,not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are 34
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fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages. Fashions 35 as time goes. 36 you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different 37 one of 1650.A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1850.
Today fashions change very quickly. We hear about things 38 more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country 39 another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will 40 new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
( ) 31.A.color B. clothes C. food D. money ( )32. A. nice B. beautiful C. expensive D. fashionable ( ) 33.A.at B. by C. in D. with ( ) 34.A.even B. must C. only D. already ( ) 35.A.change B. changes C. are changed D. changed ( ) 36.A.Where B. When C. If D. As ( ) 37.A.in B. for C. with D. from ( ) 38.A.very B. much C. too D. quite ( ) 39.A.in B. by C. to D. with ( ) 40.A.buy B. sell C. get D. use
第二部分 篇章与词汇理解 (共分三节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最恰当的答案（共30分，每小题2分）
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New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do .You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities too. The expense of living is high, and there are too many people in these big cities. Every year, many people move to the cities because of the chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive
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good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there. ( ) 41. In big cities people can A. go to different kinds of museums B. see all kinds of plays and films C. buy things from all over the world D. both A,B and C
( )42. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Big cities are not safe and clean enough.
B. People can easily find a good place to live in big cities. C. Big cities are safe, but not clean D. All people like to live in big cities
( )43. In this passage the writer advised people A. to move to a big city B. not to move to a big city
C. not to move to a big city without thinking about the problems there D. not to think too much about the problems before they move to a big city
( )44. If you want to live in a big city you must have A. much food B. much money C. little money D. many books ( )45. Which is NOT talked about in this passage?
A. New York and London are big cities, so is Paris B. Big cities are better than small cities. C. Big cities are exciting places to live in D. Big cities have a lot of serious problems.
B
A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road holding her hand out
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