广州市第二中学2006学年度第一学期中段考试
高一级英语试卷
I. Listening(22.5分):
第一节: 请听下面5段对话, 选出最佳选项(15分):
听第1段对话,回答第1至第3题:
1. Who enjoys the stay in Hong Kong?
A. Mr Bush B. Miss King C. Mrs Brown
2. What kind of food does the man prefer?
A. Chinese food B. European food C. American food
3. Where will the speakers have lunch?
A. At a Chinese Restaurant
B. At a Korean Restaurant
C. At Brown’s Restaurant
听第2段对话,回答第4至第6题:
4. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student
B. Manager and secretary
C. Father and daughter
5. How did the woman do her work?
A. Efficiently B. Quickly C. Carelessly
6. What is the customer’s name?
A. Sam B. Seam C. Sean
听第3段对话, 回答第7至第9题:
7. Where are the two speakers now?
A. In the office B. At the airport C. On the street
8. What is the most probable result of the conversation?
A. The woman refuses to help the man.
B. The woman helps to type the report immediately.
C. The woman accepts the man’s request.
9. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues B. Classmates C. Cousins
听第4段对话,回答第10至第12题:
10. What is the man’s telephone number?
A. 56061640 B. 55061640 C. 57061640
11. Which language will the man learn?
A. German B. French C. Japanese
12. Which level of class will the man take?
A. Elementary B. Secondary C. Advanced
听第5段对话, 回答第13至第15题:
13. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Holidays B. Mr Green’s son C. The weather
14. When does Tom go to school?
A. At 8:00 B. At 7:45 C. At 8:30
15. How does Tom go to school?
A. By bus B. On foot C. By bike
第二节:听取信息(7.5分):
听下面一段独白,请根据题目要求,从所给的内容中获取必要的信息,填入16—20题的空格中。
The Culture Communication
The 10-year-old boy Mabonzo Dedina comes from The Republic of Congo and the performance took place on the night of 16 .
He is the 17 and one of the most famous artists in the Republic of Congo.
There are over 18 different languages spoken in Africa and 19 plays an important role in the lives of 20 .
Ⅱ Choose the best answer(15分):
21. Only when your identity has been checked ______.
A. you will be allowed in B. will you be allowed in
C. you are allowed in D. will you allowed in
22. She came into the house, ________ wall there was a portrait of Einstein.
A. whose B. of which C. on whose D. where
23. It was so dark that he ______.
A. didn’t dare to go out to fetch some water B. not dared bring some water
C. dares to go out to bring some water D. to dare to fetch some water
24. Mike insisted that he ______ nothing wrong and ______ free.
A. did… set B. had done…be set
C. do…should be set D. had done… must be set
25. Ten people have been ___________ in a road accident.
A. hurted B. injured C. wounded D. harmed
26. I can ________ his voice because it is familiar _________ me.
A. know… to B. recognize… to
C. know… with D. recognize… with
27. The number of people invited __________ fifty, but a number of them _______ absent for different reasons.
A. were… was B. was… was
C. was… were D. were… were
28. His wife _____ his husband to give up smoking; but she failed.
A. adviced B. persuaded C. tried hard to persuade D. warned
29. When the sun _____ in the east, the little hero tried hard ______ the red flag to the top of the pole.
A. rising… to rise B. rose… to raise
C. rose… raising D. rising… raising
The criminal _____ prison for 20 years.
A. had been put in B. had been sent to
C. had been thrown into D. had been in
31. She burst _____ when she heard the sad news.
A. into laughter B. into laughing C. out crying D. out tears
32. I’ve got to go --- something has just ______ at home and I’m needed there.
A. come up B. added up C. brought up D. gone up
33. Is this the first time that Jack ________ this kind of food?
A. enjoys B. has enjoyed C. enjoyed D. had enjoyed
34. Was it something _______he did _______ made her cry so sadly?
A. that… which B. that… that
C. that… what D. what… which
35. While watching television, ________.
A. the doorbell rang B. the doorbell was rung
C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings
III. Cloze Test(30分):
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 36 .On their faces was confidence(信心).This was their 37 exam—then on to graduation(毕业)and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 38 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 39 and able to take control(控制)of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 40 task, as the professor had said they could bring 41 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 42 each other during the test.
43 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 44 on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed 45 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 46 faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?” 47 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 48 .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 50 many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common(普遍)in everyday 52 .” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 53 this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just 54 .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the 55 he taught.
36. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
37. A. only B. first C. very D. last
38. A. would B. must C. had to D. used to
39. A. glad B. ready C. sorry D. nice
40. A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual
41. A. no B. either C. any D. some
42. A. listen to B. look at C. care for D. talk to
43. A. Hardly B. Happily C. Quickly D. Carefully
44. A. appeared B. changed C. failed D. stopped
45. A. then B. as C. before D. after
46. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved
47. A. Not B. Once C. Only D. Even
48. A. all B. none C. one D. it
49. A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected
50.A. even B. already C. so D. still
51. A. exam B. subject C. question D. college
52. A. job B. class C. practice D. study
53. A. pass B. fail C. take D. start
54. A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded
55. A. subject B. questions C. words D. things
IV. Reading(40分):
A
“Here is the Eight O’ Clock News.”
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“Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.”
“The children of Beijin