杭州二中2011学年第一学期高二年级期中考试 英语试题 2011.11
命题和校对： 鲍信良 赵岚 方贤良
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第一部分 听力（共两节，满分15分）
第一节 （共5题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有5个小题，从题中所给的A, B, C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Make a kite for her. B. Buy a kite for her. C. Get her kite from the tree. 2. How will the woman deal with the tickets?
A. Return them back with a refund. B. Give them to a friend. C. Give them to the man. 3. How does the man feel about the final exam questions? A. He thinks they were very difficult. B. He doesn‘t have any idea about them. C. He thinks they were fairly easy.
4. Why do the speakers decide to take the subway? A. It‘s fast. B. It‘s cheap. C. It‘s direct. 5. What do we know about the man‘s wife? A. She isn‘t interested in the outside view. B. She likes taking elevators.
C. She wants to change to a lower floor.
第二节 （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A, B, C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6，7题。 6. Where did the man get the dog? A. From his father. B. From his neighbors. C. From a pet center. 7. What does the woman‘s cat like to do? A. Roll over. B. Scratch with her paws. C. Play dead. 听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。
8. When should the speakers get to the cinema? A. At 9:00 p.m. B. At 9:30 p.m. C. At 10:00 p.m. 9. Why should they arrive so early?
A. There will be many people there waiting to see the movie. B. They need to buy tickets there.
C. There‘s a ceremony before the show. 听第8 段材料，回答第10至12题。
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10. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In a classroom. B. In the professor‘s office. C In the school library. 11. Why has the professor given the girl a failing grade on her paper? A. She should have finished it earlier. B. Her work was not completed.
C. Her paper was not done individually. 12. What must she do to receive credit?
A. Give a talk to the class. B. Write another report. C. Take an extra exam. 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。
13. What does Sarah advise the man to do first? A. Think about his appearance.
B. Find information about the company. C. Recite the answers to some questions.
14. Why is it helpful for the man to get a general idea of the company? A. He‘ll get to know the hobbies and interests of the boss. B. He‘ll be able to answer the questions properly. C. He can fight all the others without defeat. 15. How many things does the man have to prepare? A. Two B. Three C. Four
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)
从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。 16. Tom thought he was ______ failure for the reason that he lost ______ face in front of the
audience.
A. a; / B. /; / C. a; the D. /; a
17. The New York Times ______ a wide circulation in that town and that people each ______ a
copy in the subway is a common occurrence. A. has; reads B. have; read C. has; read D. have; reads 18. I got out of the taxi, ______ the fare and dashed into the train station. A. paid B. to pay C. paying D. having paid 19. ----It‘s a pity you missed the plane.
----I just couldn‘t help it because all _______ to the airport were blocked! A. methods B. approaches C. items D. means
20. The mountain village had been ______ by the snow for almost a month before the rescue party
arrived.
A. cut off B. cut up C. cut down D. cut back 21. ----You've finally figured out the puzzle！ ----Yeah, in a complex way, _______. A. too B. though C. either D. yet
22. In the shop the lady had a preference for the latter and paid for it with the _______. A. 20 pounds remained B. 20 pounds to remain
C. remaining 20 pounds D. remained 20 pounds
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23. Kitty is very______ about what she wears, depending on what occasions she has to attend.
A. considerate B. special C. particular D. modest 24. ---- What should I do with this digital media now?
----______ the iPad Pocket Guide first.
A. Reading B. Read C. To read D. Having read
25. In the US coffee is the usual drink. Next after it, Americans are ______ to drink cola drinks, such as Coke or Pepsi, or other soft drinks. A．possible B．likely C．probable D．truly 26. Much _______ Maggie‘s regret, she saw her son cross for _______. A. to; having not been invited B. for; having not been invited
C. for; not having been invited D. to; not having been invited 27. With the help of his friends, he has ______a good business over the years. A. built up B. made up C. grown up D. picked up 28. Finding her Porsche 911 stolen, ______. A. a policeman was asked to help B. it was searched for everywhere
C. she hurried to a policeman for help D. the area was searching thoroughly
29. ______ it matters, but how did you spend so much money in such a short period of time? A. Now that B. So that C. Only that D. Not that
30. The cartoon movie, originally ______ teenagers, has turned out to appeal to adults so much. A. crowded in B. referred to C. intended for D. set on 31. ______ can you expect to get a pay rise.
A. With hard work B. Although work hard C. His working hard D. Only with hard work 32. Learning that their only son was sound and safe ______ the family _______.
A. laid; at ease
B. made; in ease
C. set; with ease
D. put; at ease
33. The accused man ________ himself by saying that he killed the man totally out of self-defense
and it was completely an accident. A. guarded
B. protected C. defended D. prevented
34. The idea that China has been in the first ________ of world powers is more or less subjective. A. rate B. rank C. stage D. pace
35. _______ with the speech ________ by the graduate, the boss determined to give him a job offer. A. Impressed; delivered B. Impressing; directed
C. Impressed; inspired D. Impressing; commented
第二节 完形填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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。
Hot words on the Internet don‘t stay hot for long. ―Geili‖ and ―fuyun‖, last year‘s biggest linguistic innovations, are practically ___36___ in Internet terms. What‘s hot now is ―hold steady‖.
The ___37___ comes from a section on the Taiwanese TV show which features Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on ___38___ to behave like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus.
The funny lecture is mainly an over-the-top mockery（嘲笑）of the fashion world, but Miss
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Lin makes a ___39___: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
Holding steady, Internet slang for ―staying poised‖, is one of the ___ 40___ the public has been looking for lately ___41___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was shown by a girl named Su Miaoling this year. The contestant in the TV singing competition Super Girl carried herself with an ___42___ of confidence on the stage and kept her cool when others got nervous.
―I like your poise. Very few contestants on this stage can keep calm like you do,‖ said one of the show‘s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users called Su ―Sister Poise‖.
Poise is ___43___ appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a well-mannered person. Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People.
Kate Middleton ___44___ it onto the list in 2010 ―for the poise and dignity with which she ___45___ herself in the public spotlight‖. The Duchess of Cambridge was also highly praised earlier this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding.
Good news for many, poise is ___46___ genetic. It can be acquired with a bit of effort.
About-personal-growth.com, a Malaysia-based website ___47___ personal growth guidance, gives tips on how to stay poised.
―Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that ___48___ your patience; practice yoga ___49___ to calm your nerves; use self affirmation（自我肯定）by saying ?I choose to be calm in any situation‘; write down your affirmation daily to achieve the goal,‖ ___50___ the site.
36. A. prehistoric B. unconvincing C. ever-lasting D. misunderstanding 37. A. explanation B. term C. association D. approach 38. A. why B. how C. what D. when 39. A. point B. content C. consideration D. dash 40. A. statements B. qualities C. occasions D. bonds 41. A. while B. where C. so D. as 42. A. air B. rate C. gesture D. ease 43. A. however B. anyway C. also D. therefore 44. A. set B. starred C. led D. made 45. A. conducted B. inspired C. eased D. greeted 46. A. only B. entirely C. particularly D. not 47. A. against B. beyond C. beneath D. on 48. A. reacts B. tests C. proves D. rids 49. A. curiously B. fiercely C. regularly D. stiffly 50. A. writes B. puts C. reads D. talks
第三部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；51-60题每小题2分，61-65每题1分；满分25分）
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。
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One day in l965, when I worked at View Ridge School in Seattle, a fourth-grade teacher approached me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a
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challenge. \
Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shift appeared. \he asked.
I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue books that I was beginning to think had actually been returned but were misshelved with the wrong cards in them. He said, \kind of a detective job?\
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced, \air. She won.
The next morning, he arrived early. \day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis, it was easy to say yes. He worked untiringly.
After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announced that the family would be moving to neighbouring school district. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library. \find the lost books?\
When the time came, I said a reluctant good-bye. I missed him, but not for long. A few days later he came back and joyfully announced: \library. My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge. My dad will drop me off on his way to work. And if he can‘t, I'll walk!\
I should have had an inkling(感觉) such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go. What I could not have guessed, however, was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age: Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft and America's richest man. 51. What was the boy told to do on his first day in the library?
A. To rearrange the books according to the new system. B. To put those overdue books back to the shelves. C. To find out the books with wrong cards in them. D. To put the cards back in the long-overdue books.
52. The boy got transferred back to View Ridge because _______.
A. he did not like his life in the new school B. the transportation there was not convenient C. he missed his old schoolmates and teachers
D. he was not allowed to work in the school library
53. What impressed the author most was that the boy _______.
A. had a thirst for learning B. had a strong will C. was extremely quick at learning D. had a kind heart
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It‘s ―laughably absurd（荒谬）‖ on one blog and a ―magical revolution‖ on another. Bloggers are talking about the same thing, the same divisive device. They‘re referring to the much-hyped Apple iPad that hit store shelves last week.
The new e-tablet product starts from $499, and has split the tech world so sharply that experienced New York Times tech writer David Pogue says he‘s never seen such a polarizing
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