邕宁高中2012年秋季学期段考试题
10. What did he put inside the letter to his brother?
A. A photo. B. Some money. C. A post card. 11. Why did he do that?
A. To show the woman he is considerate. （考虑周到的） 高二英语
出题、校对：高二英语备课组 2012.11
第一部分：听力（共两节，30分）
B. To tell his brother he’s always with him. C. To remind his brother to write back often. 第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，12. What was the man doing when his problems started?
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。A. Watching a game on TV. 每段对话仅读一遍。
B. Playing basketball with his friends. 1. Where was the man just now?
C. Putting his wife’s books in order. A. In the office. B. In the bedroom. C. In the living room. 13. What do we know about the ruined book?
2. How long will the girl stay with her parents?
A. It was started 2 years ago. A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks. B. Its electronic copy is kept safe. 3. Who is the man?
C. It was burned by the man.
A. A driver. B. A motorcyclist. C. A policeman. 14. What sort of reaction does the man expect from his wife?
4. What happened to the woman probably?
A. Disappointment. B. Surprise. A. She lost the key. B. Her book was stolen. C. She forgot to lock the car door. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 5. What does the woman think of the new DVD player? 15. What’s the price of the apples?
A. She has no idea yet.
A. $ 3 a kilo. B. $ 6 a kilo . B. It’s no better than the old one. 16. Why didn’t the man get fresh grapes?
C. It’s not as good as the computer.
A. They were too expensive. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
B. They were out of season. 听下面5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C. He didn’t bring enough money with him. 出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题517. How much money will he get back?
秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 A. $1. B. $2. 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 6. Why will the man go to New York? 18. When is Thanksgiving Day in America?
A. He got a new job there.
A. On the 4th Thursday of November. B. He’s going to take a holiday there. B. On the 4th Thursday of December. C. He’s going there for a business trip. C. On November 4th.
7. How will the speakers keep in touch?
19. Who started the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day?
A. By chatting online. B. By calling each other. C. By e-mail. A. The American Indians.
8. What is the probable relationship between them?
B. The American government. A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and secretary. C. Friends. C. The early English settlers in America. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 20. What is NOT usually eaten on that day?
9. When did the man get his brother’s letter?
A. Turkey . B. Apple pie. A. Last Monday. B. Last Wednesday. C. Last Friday.
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C. Anger. C. $ 9 a kilo. C. $3. C. Sweet potatoes.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）
第一节：单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。 21. The West Lake is ________ most beautiful lake in China, so it is worth visiting_______ second time.
A. the；a B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a
22. At weekends in Nanning , you can often see many people ________ outside some restaurants,
__________ to have dinners.
A. sit; wait B. seated; waiting C. seating; waiting D. sitting; wait 23. My father has never liked meat, but he always had a _________ for fruit and vegetables.
A. protection B. preference drugs.
A. That; how B. That; what a C. What; how D. What; what 25. It is getting up late in the morning that ______ being late for work.
A. devotes to
B. sticks to
C. refers to
D. leads to
C. It’s our duty to see you off D. Good luck
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分)
通读短文，掌握其大意，然后选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with 36 problems might go onto the Internet and write about his problems in a blog(博客). In many ways a diary and a blog are very 37 . So, what makes blogging different from writing in a 38 diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more 39 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 40 that she does not want to 41 .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 42 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 43 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 44 I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 45 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 46 that my sister might read it!
The biggest 47 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 48 about her in my diary, she would never know! 49 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend 50 read her blog and get a “cry”.
There are also 51 to blogging, of course. If I felt sad one day and wrote in my diary: “Nobody cares about me.” 52 would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would 53 respond (回应) and tell her how much they 54 her. Blogs help people 55 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
C. regulation D. devotion
24. ________ some teenagers don’t realize is ________ difficult their life can be after they get addicted to
26. The reason_________ he didn't come was _________ he had to take care of his sick mother.
A. why ; that B. why ; which C. which ; why D. that ; for 27. —Now that you like the portable personal computer so much? why not buy one? —Well? I can’t afford _____ computer at present.
A. a such cheap B. that expensive a C. so an expensive D. so a cheap 28.---Why do you want the book so much? ---_________. A. Studying
B. Studied
C. Studies
D. To study
29 He left the company last month, where he ________ for exactly three years.
A. had worked B. was working C. has worked D. worked 30. It was_____1945 when the war was over _____he got back to work.
A. until; that B. until; when C. not until; that D. before; when 31. You didn’t make __ clear when and where the meeting would be held. A. this
B. that C. it D. these
C. burn down
D. break down
32. They managed to______ the worn building to widen the street and beautify the city. A. put down B. pull down
33. You should let your children play ______ you can see them.
A. where B. when C. in which D. that 34. _____ a bit of large, the color and the style of the dress suit me well.
A. Besides
B. As well as C. Apart from D. Instead of
35.---It’s time to board the plane. Thank you very much for seeing me off. ---________. We’re glad to have met you A. It’s our great pleasure
36. A. the same 37. A. familiar 38. A. personal 39. A. attractive 40. A. thoughts 41. A. tell 42. A. instead of 43. A. web 44. A. Since 45. A. only 46. A. angry 47. A. problem 48. A. pleasant 49. A. Beside 50. A. should 51. A. reasons
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B. troublesome C. difficult B. special B. ordinary B. public B. puzzles B. share B. as well as B. diary B. Although B. already B. interested B. doubt B. wrong B. However B. will
C. similar C. traditional C. convenient C. mysteries C. publish C. in favor of C. report C. When C. still C. glad C. trouble C. mean C. Therefore C. must
D. daily D. different D. old D. quick D. secrets D. solve D. in spite of D. blog D. Because D. never D. worried D. mistake D. funny D. Then D. might
B. See you next time
B. disadvantages C. shortcomings D. advantages
52. A. everyone 53. A. happily 54. A. like 55. A. lose
B. no one B. especially B. miss B. stay
C. anyone C. quickly C. need C. get
D. someone D. slowly D. help D. find
B. No one knows exactly what materials were used to create the painting and how it might respond to treatment.
C. The health of the painting is suffering. D. Experts can’t agree on how to carry out repairs. A. The materials the Italian artist used. B. The way she smiles.
C. The way Da Vinci painted the smile. D. It plays a trick upon the human eye.
58. What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingston?
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
IV、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，
A Fading beauty
She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.
“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state (化学状态).
Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.
In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.
During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell. 56. What does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the Mona Lisa”?
59. “Interesting stories” in the last paragraph probably refer to the following except ______.
A. the painting’s experiences.
C. how Da Vinci produced the painting. B
As people continue to grow and age, our body systems continue to change. At a certain point in your life your body systems will begin to weaken. Your strength may become weaker. It may become more difficult for you to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.
Many factors decide your health. A good diet plays an important role. The amount and type of exercise you get is another factor. Your living condition is yet another. But scientists studying aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.
There is nothing to be afraid of as old age comes. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often you get better understanding of yourself and the world.
What we consider old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows, with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years.
60. When people become aging, they will lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury, “ bounce back” here means_________. A. to escape from disease and injury
B. to improve one’s health after one’s disease and injury. C. to jump backward D. to run fast
61. In order to live longer ______.
A. we have to try to improve our food B. we should try to do more exercise
B. the identity (身份) of the woman painted in it. D. why Da Vinci loved the Mona Lisa so much.
A. The painted woman is not so beautiful any more. B. Ageing is something that affects us all. C. The painting needs repairing.
D. At such an old age, she is no longer popular. A. The wooden panel is thin and old.
57.What makes the repair work difficult?
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C. we should slow down the change of aging D. we should keep in high spirits 62. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time of living because _______. A. they consider their life has been a successful one B. they have come through the battle of life safely
C. they have less misunderstanding of themselves and the outside world
D. they have nothing to do all day long only to watch their grandchildren growing up around them 63. The best title for this passage should be ______ A. The daily life of the old.
B. The change of our body systems and the best medicine. C. The old people and their understanding of life. D. Will human being live a longer life?
C
These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint. Green buildings can also refer to environmentally friendly houses, factories, and offices. Green buildings mean “reducing the effect of the building on the land,” Taryn Holowka of the US Green Building Council in Washington, DC, said.
According to Holowka, buildings account for 65 percent of total US electricity use. But green buildings can reduce energy and water use. Also, the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways, so that people can drive their cars less. That could be good for the environment, because cars use lots of natural resources, such as gasoline, and give off pollution.
Green buildings are often built on developed land, so that the buildings don’t destroy forests or other wild habitats. Marty Dettling is project manager for a building that put these ideas into action. The Solaire has been called the country’s first green residential high-rise(高层的) building.
According to Dettling, “We’ve reduced our energy consumption(消费量) by one-third and our water by 50 percent.
The Solaire cuts energy in part by using solar power. The Solaire also has lights that automatically(自动地) turn off when people leave the room. Plus, the building has lots of windows. This allows people to use the sun for light instead of lamps during the day. 64. Green buildings are _______.
A. far away from public transportation B. built in the forests
C. earth-friendly D. often built on developing land 65. Green buildings are built near public transportation mainly for the purpose of ______. A. taking buses or subways easily C. driving private cars less A. locates near a forest
B. saving natural resources
D. protecting the environment
C. Recycling solar power. D. Using natural resources.
D
A child's birthday party doesn't have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth Anaclerio, an Evaston mother of two, ages 4 and 18 months.
“Having a party at home usually requires a lot of running around on the part of the parents, and often the birthday boy or girl gets lost in wild excitement. But it really doesn't have to be that way,” said Anaclerio. Last summer, Anaclerio and her friend Jill Carlisle, a Northbrook mother of a 2-year-old, founded a home party-planning business called “A Party in a Basket”. Their goal is to help parents and children share in the fun part of party planning, like choosing the subject or making a cake, while they take care of everything.
Drawing on their experiences mothers, they have created(制作) 10 ready-to-use, home party packages. Everything a family needs to plan a party, except the cake and ice cream, is delivered to the home in a large basket.
“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,” Anaclerio said, “and they're very interactive(互动) and creative in that they build a sense of drama based on a subject. For example, at the Soda Shoppe party the guests become waiters and waitresses and build wonderful ice cream creations.”
The standard $ 200 package for eight children includes a basket filled with invitations, gifts, games and prizes, paper goods, a party planner and the like. For more information, call Anaclerio at 708-864-6584 or Carlisle at 708-205-9141.
68. The main purpose of writing this text is ________.
A. to share information about party planning B. to introduce the joys of a birthday party C. to announce a business plan D. to sell a service
69. The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that _______.
A. it brings parents and children closer together B. guests play a part in the preparation of party C. parents are spared the trouble of sending invitations D. it provides a subject of conversation A. A party designed by specialists.
B. A plan requiring careful thought.
70. What does the underlined word “hassle” (paragraph 1) probably mean?
C. A situation causing difficulty or trouble. D. A demand made by guests.
66. The Solaire is thought to be “green” because it ________.
B. lies close to stores
D. was built with green materials
C. reduces energy and water use
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67. Which of the following is used to cut energy consumption in the Solaire?
A. Closing windows as long as possible. B. Reducing the time of using lights.
