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翔宇教育集团宝应中学2008—2009学年度第一学期期中考试 高 二 英 语 试 卷 第一卷（选择题 共85分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 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，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. How much did Richard pay for his ties? A. $40 B. $45 C. $50 2. What is the woman doing now? A. Teaching at school B. Going into politics C. Doing business 3. What does the woman suggest the man doing? A. Spending more time. B. Talking more with English speakers C. Studying harder 4. How does David probably feel? A. Disappointed B. Happy C. Surprised 5. How long did the concert last? A. 30 minutes B. 60 minutes C. 90 minutes 第二节（共10小题；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。 听第6段材料，回答第6 至8 题 6. What does the man find hardest in learning English? A. speaking B. Writing C. Listening 7. What does the woman suggest the man do about his listening? A. Listen to BBC English program B. Buy a radio and listen to English Programs C. Find an English pen friend 8. What had the man better do to improve his writing? A. Listen to BBC or VOA English program every day. B. Need a lot of practice. C. Find an English pen friend 听第7段材料，回答第9至 11题 9. Where does the dialogue most probably take place? A. At the station B. At the post office C. At the airport 10. Which country will the letter be sent to? A. England B. Japan C. Canada 11. How will the letter be sent? A. By airmail B. By registered mail C. By express mail 听第8段材料，回答第12至13小题 12. For what is Mr. Gates talking to the woman?
A. To ask for a job B. To ask her to make a website C. To invite her to play computer games 13. What will probably happen after the conversation? A. The woman will call Mr. Gates. B. The woman won’t make the website C. The woman won’t get in touch with him. 听第9段材料，回答第15至16小题 14. What has the woman just done? A. She has just opened her own restaurant. B. She has just got a head cook position in a restaurant. C. She has just finished her cooking study. 15. How long haven’t the two speakers met with each other? A. Three years B. Seven years C. Five years 16. Why did the woman change her mind about cooking? A. She wanted to go abroad for further study. B. She was interested in cooking French food. C. She failed in cooking for her family. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题 17. What do college students today have strong opinions about? A. About their future B. About what is old and new C. About what is right and what is wrong in society. 18. What kind of people makes up nearly half of the American population? A. young people under twenty-five B. Adult people above thirty C. Young people above twenty-five 19. What do American young people find difficult to know much about? A. The beliefs in American families. B. The population of American families C. The truth of their own lives 20. According to the passage, in which country is there a big gap between young people and their parents? A. Only in America B. In your country C. In many countries 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. We don’t doubt ________ he can do a good job of it. A. whether B. that C. what D. if 22. My mother always gets a bit _______ if we don’t arrive when we say we will. A. anxious B. ashamed C. weak D. patient 23. _______ online shopping attracts a certain group of people, there will always be some who enjoy shopping for their own groceries. A. When B. As C. If D. While 24. ---What should I do with my weight, doctor? ---I _______ you to take more exercise and eat less sugar and fat. A. suggest B. advise C. hope D. agree 25. Dr. Baker is a professor of physics. ________, he is a famous writer. A. In all B. In brief C. In fact D. In addition 26. My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was _______ it. A. in favour of B. in memory of C. in honour of D. in search of 27. The boss believed in the method at first, however, it _______ that it didn’t work well in practice. A. happens B. turned out C. showed D. turned 28. ---Do you know why Ann is ill? ---Yes, she _______ more than she can cope with. A. takes out B. takes down C. takes on D. takes in 29. I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise _______. A. going on B. goes on C. went on D. to go on 30. No wonder you caught a cold. You _______ out last night without a coat. A. shouldn’t have gone B. mustn’t have gone C. couldn’t have gone D. mightn’t have gone 31.No matter ________ he said, I don’t like him. A. how B. what C. that D. why 32. ---What do you think of the book? ---Oh, excellent. It is worth _______ a second time. A. reading B. being read C. to read D. to be read 33. Alice trusts you. Only you can ______ her to give up the foolish idea. A. suggest B. attract C. attempt D. persuade 34. The old couple decided to _______ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own. A. catch B. bring C. adopt D. receive 35. I don’t want to buy the dictionary. _______ , it is too expensive; _______ I don’t have enough money with me at present. A. Because; and B. At first; then C. On one hand; on the other hand D. On the hand; on other hand 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the __36__ was he found himself unable to ask for help---his mobile phone went out of __37__ as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but to __38__ in cold wilderness. It was eight hours later that day broke, and then __39__ of the rescue. It is almost __40__ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his __41__: “First of all I checked up my __42__, checked up my&nb
