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2007-2008学年度第二学期期中学段检测 高二英语(选修7)试题 2008 .4. 注意事项 ：1. 本试卷共12页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 2. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、班别和成绩号填写 在答题卷相应的位置上。 3. 选择题每小题选出答案后，把答案卷上对应题目的答案涂黑；非选择题必须用黑 色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答案卷各题目指定的区域内，并保持卷面整洁。 Ⅰ. 听力（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：听独白或对话（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 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5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。 请听第一段材料, 回答第1至第2小题. 1. Where does the man most probably live? A. In the countryside. B. In a big city. C. In America. 2. Why does the woman think that New York is the only place to live? A. It has a large population. B. If offers an exciting life. C. It’s not only interesting but quiet. 请听第二段材料, 回答第3至第4小题. 3. How long is the dinner time at the restaurant? A. Five hours. B. Six hours. C. Seven hours. 4. What can we infer from the conversation? A. Mr. Bryant is a boss of a company. B. Mr. Stone will treat his friends. C. They will be having a meeting at dinner time. 请听第三段材料, 回答第5至6题. 5. When does the conversation take place? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 6. Who is the visitor? A. Mr. Baker. B. Mrs. Jones. C. Andrew Jones. 请听第四段材料, 回答第7至9题. 7. Who is the woman buying the gift for? A. Her husband. B. Her son. C. Her daughter. 8. How much does the woman want to spend on the gift? A. $ 20. B. $ 50. C. $ 10. 9. What is the first gift the man suggests to the woman? A. A basketball. B. A recorder. C. A pen and a notebook. 请听第五段材料, 回答第10至12题.
10. Who is the man? A. The woman’s roommate. B. The woman’s uncle. C. Landlord. 11. How many rooms does it have? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 12. When will the woman come to see the house? A. Tonight. B. Today. C. Tomorrow. 请听第六段材料, 回答第13至15题. 13. Who is Paul Harding? A. A director. B. A guide. C. A customer. 14. Who is the most probable audience of his speech? A. His parents. B. Customers. C. His friends. 15. What is Harding’s dream? A. Living in his beautiful secret island all the time. B. Visiting his beautiful secret island every summer. C. Enjoying his holidays in his beautiful secret island.
Name (16) _____________________ Phone No. (17) ____________________ Address (18) ______ Twyford Avenue, West Ealing Occupation (19) a_________ of Barclays Bank Looking for (20) ________________________
Ⅱ. 单项选择( 共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分 ) 21. ______, there are not many people in the world like me. A. In words B. Keep your word C. In other words D. Word came 22. When she first saw the robot, she felt______. A. alarm B. alarming C. to alarm D. alarmed 23. How awful ______ by her, Claire thought. A. to discover B. to be discovering C. to discovered D. to be discovered 24. From James’s face, I could see he was _____ of _____ by us. A. terrified / being abandoned B. terrified / abandoning C. terrifying / being abandoned D. terrifying / abandoning 25. You have to ____ a whole new way of life, which can take ___ all your concentration in the beginning. A. use to / away B. be used to / off C. get use to / down D. get used to / up
26. She seems _____ what she is _____ for. A. to have forgotten / looking B. to have been forgotten / looking C. to forget / to be looking D. to be forgetting / being looked 27. I am not interested in the topic _____ now. A. discuss B. being discussed C. discussing D. to be discussed 28. This is the first time ____ we have met. A. that B. who C. which D. what 29. She is the most direct young woman I have ever ______. A. come about B. come back C. come across D. come out 30. They were all waiting there, _____for news. A. thirst B. thirstying C. be thirsty D. thirsty
Ⅲ. 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） While you're struggling to improve your English, you might be encouraged by the fact 31 the Chinese language has also proved 32 among young people overseas. The Third National Chinese Speaking Competition for High School Students was held in South Korea on May 18. The 30 final contestants impressed the 33 with interesting topics and attractive performances. Lots of schools and colleges in South Korea and the United States 34 Chinese courses every week. Many students also come to China to learn the language. 35_ the Chinese Ministry of Education, by the end of last year, nearly 30 million people from 85 countries and areas were learning standard Chinese -- putonghua. I think a good 36 of Chinese can help me get a good job back in my country as there is a 37 number of companies setting up operations (业务) in China, said a 24-year-old student at Peking University from South Korea. She 38 that a certificate (证书) of the Chinese Proficiency Test, or Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK), is important when seeking a job in a large South Korean company. China has offered the HSK test throughout the world 39 1990. In its first 10 years the number of test takers grew by up to 50 per cent every year. It was almost as popular as the American Educational Testing Service's Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL，英语托福考试). The majority of people now 40 the test are from South Korea, followed by Japan, the United States, Germany and Italy. 31. A. which B. that C. when D. how 32. A. popular B. interesting C. successful D. helpful 33. A. Chinese B. contestants C. judges D. students 34. A. receive B. offer C. take D. hold 35. A. Even if B. As far as C. Because of D. According to 36. A. knowledge B. information C. interest D. experience 37. A. small B. growing C. reducing D. raising 38. A. introduced B. spoke C. added D. asked 39. A. since B. in C. until D. before 40. A. are taking B. taking C. taken D. to take
Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共20小题，满分40分） A George Crum was a cook at a hotel in the same town of Saratoga Springs, New York. One day in 1853 a customer complained (抱怨) because his fried potatoes were
