江西省2009-2010学年度高二下学期期中考试英语试题

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。

— Can you lend her some money ?

—________. He hasn’t returned me the money I lent to her last week .

A. No problem     B. No way           C. No wonder        D. No need

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My classmate Andrew went to Vancouver , Canada in 2005 , and_____since .

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I think it quite foolish of you_______into buying such products as that .

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It was the second time that I_______of the changes of the timetable .

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Most of the developing countries are faced with lots of troubles , _____the financial problem is not the worst .

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While the ship was sinking very fast , the captain didn’t want to_____the ship .

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On his way home yesterday , Tom was hit on the head_____he had time to realize what was happening .

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I think you’ve got to the point where a change is needed , _____, you’ll fail .

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_____is widely known that you value more what you haven’t rather than what you have .

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Senior citizens in that country enjoy certain_______, such as free medical care and free entry to public parks ?

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Only by_______each other can we achieve our goals .

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My little brother is looking forward _______ to see the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My mother only had one eye . During elementary school , there was a time  36  my poor mom came to my classroom . She was such a(n)  37  that I threw her a hateful look and ran out . soon word  38  that I had a one-eye mother . Everybody  39  me . So I told myself that I would grow up and become  40  , because I hated my mom and our desperate  41  . Then I studied really hard and later became a powerful businessman . I was living happily in Seoul when my mother  42  came to see me . I felt  43  the whole sky was falling apart on me . My little daughter ran away ,  44  of my mom’s eye . I asked my mother coldly , “ Who are you ? I don’t know you !” as if she were a(n)  45  . My mother quietly answered , “ Oh , I’m sorry . I may have got the wrong  46  ,” and disappeared . Thank God ! She didn’t recognize me . I was quite  47  .

One day , a letter  48  a school reunion came to my office . I decided to take part . After the reunion , I  49  to my old home , only to find my mother falling on the cold ground with a  50  in her hand , which read :

My son ,

I think my life has been enough now . I won’t visit Seoul anymore , but would it be too much if I wanted you to visit me once in a while ? I  51  you so much . And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion . But I decided not to go to the school . I’m  52  that I was an embarrassment for you . You see , when you were very small , you got a(n)  53  , and lost your eye . As a mother , I couldn’t  54  watching you grow up with only one eye , so I gave you mine . I was so proud of my son seeing a new world for me , in my place , with that eye . You mean the world to me .

My world shattered（崩裂）. Then I cried for the person who  55  for me—my mother .

36    A   when               B.     which             C.               whose                   D     as

37    A   achievement     B.     experience      C.         encouragement  Dembarrassment

38    A   showed off       B.     moved about   C.               got around             D     turned over

39    A   turned to          B.     laughed at       C.               contributed to        D     cared for

40    A   generous          B.     devoted          C.               successful              D     lucky

41    A   poverty            B.     illness            C.               desire                    D     hunger

42 A       unfortunately    B.     Unnecessariy   C.        unlikely         Dunexpectedly

43    A   even though      B.     as if               C.             in case                   D     if only

44    A   afraid               B.     proud             C.               sure                      D     full

45    A   owner              B.     beggar            C.               relative                  D     friend

46    A   number            B.     way               C.               direction                D     address

47    A   depressed         B.     worried          C.               relaxed                  D     puzzled

48    A   including          B.     considering     C.               concluding             D     regarding

49    A   returned           B.     responded       C.               replied                  D     recovered

50    A   book                B.     photo             C.               newspaper             D     letter

51    A   hate                 B.     miss               C.               like                       D     envy

52    A   glad                 B.     delighted        C.               sorry                     D     excited

53    A   incident            B.     experience      C.               affair                    D     accident

54    A   stand                B.     help               C.               appreciate              D     understand

55    A   learned             B.     cried              C.               fell                       D     lived

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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Online TV Toolbar is a new kind of online TV system with channels in over 140 countries . With one single software you can enjoy watching thousands of worldwide channels with pictures of perfect quality . Online TV Toolbar is popular with business travelers or those people who are away from home or country . You can watch TV on your computer without need for a TV card . “ Is that possible ?” you may ask . Yes , everything is possible on Online TV Toolbar in a few simple steps .

Online TV Toolbar is very easy to use . It will allow you to add your favorite channels to your personal list for easy viewing . The most important feature of our Online TV Toolbar is that there are channels from over 100 countries around the world . Moreover you can use 1,000 channels free of cost . Online TV Toolbar is very simple and it’s totally free to watch live TV , movies and videos . It has lots of choices and you can use any kind of channel from any country and you can watch right away ! Let me show you the steps .

After downloading , you can see some small icons on the top of the toolbar and you can see a small TV-like icon over the toolbar . They are the very sections（部分）of programs and you can choose any program from any country’s channels and press the play button ; within a matter of a few seconds you can start viewing the most perfect programs from the channels on your windows media player . Online TV Toolbar allows the user to watch TV without having to experience the annoyances（使人烦恼的事）of a website . Interestingly , on our Online TV Toolbar there is no extra equipment required for watching TV . It supports all major media types .

You can feel really happy with one software .

56. Online TV Toolbar is liked by those who are traveling abroad because_____.

A. it is the new generation online TV system with many channels

B. it is simple and easy to use with programs in over 140 countries

C. travelers can watch TV on the computer without need for a TV card

D. travelers can enjoy their favorite channels at any time

57. According to the author , Online TV Toolbar provides us with_____.

A. more than 140 channels           B. a very good picture quality

C. software for doing business online    D. easy TV-viewing for a little fee

58. Which of the following is the right step of using Online TV Toolbar ?

a. picking out a channel

b. pressing the play button

c. downloading the software

d. finding a small icon over the toolbar

A. a—b—c—d    B. a—c—b—d    C.c—d—b—a     D. c—d—a—b

59. We can learn from the passage that Online TV Toolbar_____.

A. is the new way to enjoy Internet TV on your computer

B. is a tool for adding your favorite channels to your personal list

C. should be used only with windows media player on the computer

D. should be used with additional equipment required for TV-viewing

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E

Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield , Missouri . He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky . Then he moved with his family to Chicago , Illinois . He attended the University of Chicago . He studied mathematics and astronomy .

He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909 . He was also an excellent boxer . Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college . Instead , he decided to continue his studies . He went to Queen’s College at Oxford , England . At Oxford , Hubble studied law . He was interested in British Common Law , because his family had come to America from England many years before . He spent 7 years at Oxford .

In 1913 , Hubble returned to the United States . He opened a law office in Louisville , Kentucky . After a short time , however , he decided he did not want to be a lawyer . He returned to the University of Chicago . There , once again , he studied astronomy .

Hubble watched the night sky with instruments at the university’s Yerkes Observatory . His research involved a major question astronomers could not answer : What are nebulae（星云）?

In his research paper , Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments . And those instruments had not yet been developed .

Soon after , Hubble bagan working with a larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson . Its mirror was 250 centimeters across . It was the most powerful telescope in the world for 25 years .It had the power Hubble needed to make his major discoveries .

From 1922 on , Edwin Hubble began examining more and more distant objects . His first great discovery was made when he recognized a Cepheid variable star . It was in the outer area of the great nebula called Andromeda . Cepheid variable stars are stars whose brightness changes at regular periods .

Hubble’s discovery ended a long dispute . He proved wrong those who believed nebulae lay inside the Millky Way . And he proved that nebulae were galaxies themselves . Astronomers now agree that far distant galaxies do exist .

72. Why did Hubble close his law office ?

A. Because it could not bring him fortune .

B. Because he was tired of office work .

C. Because he wanted to be devoted to astronomy .

D. Because he couldn’t control himself sometimes .

73. The larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson_______.

A. belonged to the state of Kentucky

B. was once the most powerful

C. cost Hubble all his money

D. was of little help to Hubble’s research

74. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Edwin Powell Hubble ?

A. He studied law for three years at Oxford , England .

B. He corrected people’s wrong idea about nebulae .

C. He made some important discoveries at Mount Wilson .

D. He showed little interest in sports while studying astronomy at college .

75. Cepheid variable stars’ brightness can be described as__________.

A. changeable       B. fixed          C. weak           D. colorful

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第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。

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