第一部分 单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21. Jenny found in music__ peace which was missing in__ world full of challenges. A. /; the B. /; a C. a; the D. the; a
22. Have you read the book, concerning the story of Song Dandan?
A．it B．one C．which D．the one
23. ----I hope you enjoyed the film last night．---How on earth do you know I went to a film? I _you． A. won’t tell B. didn’t tell C. haven’t told D．hadn’t told
24. Not far from the club, there was a garden, __owner seated in it, playing chess with a friend． A. whose B. its C. his D. which 25. I am sure that you’ll love our best-seller, _you can read some good novels in simple English． A which B. who C. that D. where
26. .—I’m going to the KFC for lunch.— you’re there, can you get me some French fries? A. As B. While C. Because D. If
27. To their disappointment, the couple __the house but couldn’t find the missing ring, which was to bring them into great trouble．
A．got through B. went through C. lived through D. looked through 28. The kid was offered ¥ 100 __ for helping his neighbor to find her lost dog. A. in charge B. in turn C. in reward D. in vain 29. If the coach had to choose between the two, he would say Lisa was __. A. good B. the best C. better D. the better 30. —What happened to the old lady?
—She was observed ______ of her handbag.
A. rob B. to rob C. robbing D. robbed
31. The teacher together with the students discussing Writing Skills that newly published in America. A．are; were B．are; was C．is; was D．is; were 32. The shop is just around the corner and you won’t miss it.
A. bicycle’s B. bicycle C. bicycles D. bicycles’. 33．The year 2007 ___ remarkable changes in Changzhou’s landscape.
A. sees B. has been C. saw D. had seen
34. They reached at last _______ was once a temple where the farmers used to keep cattle.
A. what B. that C. where D. which 35. —I’m terribly sorry that I made your table cloth dirty!
— .
A．Don’t mention it B．Never mind C. That’s right D．That’s terrible
第二部分 完形填空（共20小题，第小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I believe in miracles(奇迹) because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. \" There's a 36 in my upper jaw , \" she said. \"I told my own dentist it' s nothing, but he 37 I come to see you.\"
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would 38 to add something ,but she
stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over most of the 39 of her mouth. A careful examination later 40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the 41 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said , “ I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just 42 ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable 43 on my part , and kindness on her part because she wanted to 44 me , she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected , 45 treatment .
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 46 . “ How are you?” I asked.
\" I'm just fine, honey,\" she responded 47 high spirits. \"When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙) ? \"
Surprised to see her at all, I answered 48 , \" Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it . \"
I couldn't believe my eyes. The cancer that had 49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone -- only one small area of redness 50 .
I had read of such things happening ,but had 51 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting 52 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are all miracles, 53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it. 36. A. cut B. wound C. pain D. cancer 37. A. declared B. suspected C. insisted D. promised 38. A. refuse B. continue C. manage D. attempt 39. A. corner B. roof C. bottom D. surface 40. A. considered B. convinced C. confirmed D. concluded 41. A. possibility B. seriousness C. importance D. resolution 42. A. old B. sick C. glad D. fine 43. A. permission B. support C. effort D. approval 44. A. please B. persuade C. encourage D. astonish 45. A. provided B. declined C. received D. required 46. A. healthy B. optimistic C. elegant D. humorous 47. A. to B. between C. in D. by 48. A. confusedly B. worriedly C. patiently D. confidently 49. A. spread B. reached C. covered D. grown 50. A. cured B. faded C. remained D. expanded 51. A. ever B. also C. already D. never 52. A. rarer B. easier C. happier D. closer 53. A. or B. so C. for D. yet 54. A. read B. see C. keep D. make 55. A. whatever B. whoever C. wherever D. whichever 第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每题2分，满分40分) 第一节（共15题, 每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
I still remember the days when I was a youthful student in an engineering school. I lived a casual life, without caring about the future. I smoked, drank with friends and made girl friends. Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss.
Two years had passed and I was staring down a report card that highlighted FAIL in more than half the subjects. I didn’t care, at least not till my dad found out about it. You see, I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education, my dad financed me.
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking. He lost his temper but he just told me, “Son, your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”. It hit me like a roundhouse kick (回旋踢) from Bruce Lee. I was jolted (震摇) out of my bones! I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college. I owed everybody money: the grocery store, the bars, the restaurants, my friends, etc. I was living a life filled with credit.
When I went back to college, I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off. So I decided to make some changes, drastic changes. I quit smoking, cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road, starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books.
One year later, I went from a miserable failure to a magna cum laude (优等成绩). Life was never the same again. This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it, however small or large. Even today it still motivates me when I feel that I’m about to lose or give up. It reminds me that I can do it!
56. The author wrote this text with the purpose of ________. A. introducing his university life to the teenage readers B. encouraging those lazy students to study hard at school C. showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action D. calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college 57. The author didn’t care about his study until _______.
A. he entered the engineering school B. he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear C. he decided to give up smoking D. his allowance was cut in half
58. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author ________. A. paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more B. removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life C. never hung out with his friends but studied all day D. began to live a happy life due to his good grades 59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America. B. The author did well in making good friends in the school. C. The author made great progress with the help of his friends.
D. Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools.
B
Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks—we are not born with them. A baby has generally informed face features. A baby,
according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around—family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike. New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do. 60. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance _______. A. has little to do with culture B. is ever changing
C. is different from place to place D. has much to do with culture 61. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed _______.
A. as soon as one’s teeth are newly set B. sometime after new teeth are set C. around 15 years old D. before birth
62. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is from by _______. A. what he or she likes best B. how he or she raises his or her eyebrows C. how much he or she smiles D. the way he or she talks
C After the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at retaliatory(报复的) action against China for its “significantly undervalued” currency, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged the IMF to pressure China to adopt “more flexible, more market-directed exchange-rate management”. This is a coded message to China: You’re keeping on purpose your currency cheap, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. So cut it out --- or else. The normally dull IMF meeting became the latest battleground for the U.S. to be against a fast developing China. Our new conventional wisdom is that China’s policy leads to make trade deficits (逆差) greater and the loss of American jobs. Dozens of candidates have run ads attacking a competitor for allowing China to take advantage of us. In the election-year view, China grew 10% annually for the past decade while maintaining low inflation(通涨) only by taking advantage of its artificially low currency. The idea that the U.S. is not responsible for its own economy is a black-is-white view. It argues that China and its currency are causing the lion’s share of harm.
This is an argument born of fear. It covers a fact that the economies of China and the U.S. have become beneficial to each other. Those trillions in reserves that China accumulates: Where do they go? Back to the U.S. in the form of lending money to the federal government. Those made-in-China goods that account for the trade deficit: Whom do they benefit? China, yes, but also American consumers and companies. Without China, American companies could not have maintained their profitability in recent years. Take two brand names, Caterpillar and Nike. Both have their products made in China, but both also view China as a fast-growing market for their products.
George Soros warned recently that a currency war could put the world into disorder more damaging than anything caused by the financial crisis of the 1930s. He’s right. Whether we like it or not, we live in a global system. The zero-sum attitude toward China and its currency is a relic, the
remaining of an earlier time when nations defined economic life.
China is far from perfect and seeks its own advantage, but holding it accountable for our domestic problems is beyond outdated. It reflects a dangerous refusal to deal with the world as it is. Retaliating against China over currency will not regain high-end jobs in the U.S., which needs more our own demand. It will not renew construction or retool the American labor force. It will not rebuild rotting bridges or create a next-generation energy network. 63.Which of the following argument can be supported by the writer? A. China is the winner in the Sino-US trade.
B. China’s rapid development over the past ten years is based on its low inflation. C. The world’s economy will benefit from China’s policy changes on its currency. D. The US will get hurt if it tries hard on damaging China’s economy. 64.This passage is in a tone that is _.
A. in favor of China B. in the shoes of US
C. blaming China’s low currency policy D. helping IMF solve the world’s economic problem
65.The writer makes his point of view clear through the passage by using _. A. reasonable analysis B. leaders’ quotations C. figure examples D. moving stories 66.China’s currency policy __.
A. will help increase the demand in the US.
B. is unable to equip the American labor force with new working skills C. could guide the world economy for the next decade
D. is to be controlled by the international currency groups
D
To get an extra 14 years of life, don't smoke, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and drink alcohol in a proper amount．That is according to a study published this Monday in the Public Library of Science Medicine Journal．
After tracking more than 20,000 people aged 45 to 79 years in the United Kingdom from about 1993 to 2007, Kay-Tee Khaw of the University of Cambridge and his colleagues found that people who adopted these four healthy habits lived all average of 14 years longer than those who didn't．
“We've known for a long time that these behaviors are good things to do, but we've not seen this benefit before, ”said Susan Jebb, head of Nutrition and Health at Britain's Medical Research Council．“The benefit was also seen regardless of whether or not people were fat and what social class they came from．”
Study participants（参与者）scored a point each for not smoking, regular physical activity, eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day and moderate alcohol intake．
Public health experts said they hoped the study would inspire governments to introduce policies helping people to adopt these changes．But because the study only observed people rather than testing specific changes, it would be impossible to conclude that people who suddenly adopted these healthy behaviors would surely gain 14 years．
“We can't say that any person could gain 14 years by doing these things, ”said Dr．Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization．“The 14 years is an average across the population of what's theoretically（理论上地）possible．”
“Most people know that things like a good diet matter and that smoking isn't good for
them, ”Susan Jebb said．“We need to work on providing people with much more practical support to help them change．”
67．Which of the following DOESN'T belong to the four healthy habits? A．Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day． B．Do proper exercise in the morning every day．
C．Drinking alcohol in the proper amount every day． D．Having a cigarette before going to bed every day． 68．We can learn from the passage that ． A．Susan Jebb did not take part in the study．
B．the study observed people as well as tested specific changes． C．there's no need for people under 45 to adopt these good habits． D．only those from first class can benefit from these healthy behaviors． 69．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．All the people are well aware of the harm of their bad habits． B．People aged 45 to 70 have bad habits in the United Kingdom．
C．Governments should take measures to help people change their bad habits． D．People have adopted the four healthy habits after knowing they're good． 70．What would be the best title for this passage? A．Smoking and Drinking Cuts You 14 Years B．How to Live a Much Healthier Life
C．Healthy Habits May Give Extra 14 Years D．How to Make Your Life Longer Than Others
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds._71____. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.
__72___. The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. __73______. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky. ___74_____. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment. ____75______ .She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
A. She gave them some delicious food and left. B. Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.
C. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.
D. One day she left with the two birds at home alone. E. She took them home and put them in a small cage. F. One day the girl left the door of the cage open.
G. She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.
第四部分: 写作(共两节, 满分35分)
第一节：短文改错 (共10分,每小题1分,满分10分)
文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ＾), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。
修改： 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。
The water we drink and use was running short. We all have to learn what to stop wasting water. One of the steps that we should take are to find ways of reusing it. Today in the most large cities, fresh water is used only once and then it runs in waste system. But that is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying factory, there the used water can be treated with chemical materials by the workers so that it can reused. But even if every large city purified and reused it’s water, we still would have enough water.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
在学习、生活和工作中，学会与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息，写一篇题为”Being a Good Partner”的英文演讲稿。词数不少于100. 1．现在社会必备的能力 为何与人合作 2．可省时间和精力 3．更多互相学习机会 与喜欢的人合作 心情愉快，同甘共苦 与谁合作 与不喜欢的人合作 学会容忍，努力挖掘其优点 你的看法 ？ 注意：演讲稿的开头和结束已给出。 Good afternoon, everyone! The topic of my speech today is “Being a good partner”.
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Thank you for your listening!
2010---2011学年度下学期高二期中测试题
英语参考答案
I.单选
21—25 DDBBD 26---30 BBCDD 31---35 CBCAB II完型
36—40CCDBC 41—45 BDCAB 46—50 BCACC 51—55DBCBC III. 阅读
56—59 CDBA 60—62DBC 63—66 DBAB 67---70 DACC 71---75 EFBGC IV. 改错
第一句was改为is 第二句what改为 how 第三句are后加is
第四句drop “the”; in 改为into
第五句that改为 it; there改为where; can后加be 第六句it’s改为 its; would后加not
参考范文
Good afternoon, everyone! The topic of my speech today is “being a good partner”.
In this busy, modern world, if we want to complete our work more efficiently, we must all learn to cooperate with others, because not only can cooperation save us a lot of time and energy, but also we can learn much from each other.
We’ll be lucky enough to find someone we like to cooperate with due to the fact that we can share our joy and sadness with him. However, it can be difficult to cooperate with someone we dislike. In this case, we'll have to learn to put up with some of his shortcomings and try to discover his advantages.
In my opinion, to be a good partner, we should try to listen to others’ opinions, never force our ideas on others and if he makes mistakes, try to point them out in a polite way.
Thank you for your listening!
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