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江苏省扬州中学2009—2010学年度第二学期期末考试
高 二 英 语 试 卷 2010.7
第一卷（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15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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. 1l. 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题。
12. For what is Mr. Gates talking to the woman？
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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14至16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．Because she wanted to go abroad for further study． B．Because she was interested in cooking French food． C．Because she failed in cooking for her family． 听第10段材料，回答第17至20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。 21. Pirates from Somalia who hijacked _____European carrier in _____ Indian Ocean threatened to kill its 25 crew members if any rescue operation was attempted. A. the; 不填 B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
22. Ad-makers choose words and brand names very carefully in order to make a creative image of the product they are ____.
A. processing B. producing C. providing D. promoting
23. Your room is terribly dirty; you get it cleaned in two hours, or Mum will be angry. A. can B. might C. shall D. may 24. --- Remember the first time we ______ , Peterson?
--- Of course, I ______ . We’ve been close friends ever since. A. met; do B. met; did C. had met; did D. have met; do 25. —I got an email from Susan, _____ said she was going abroad for sightseeing. —Fantastic! That’s what she has been dreaming of.
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A. which B. she C. who D. it
26. The little girl showed no anxiety before the competition. She seemed _____ for it pretty well. A. to prepare B. to have prepared C. having prepared D. to be preparing 27. Annie often tells her classmates ______ at the remote school in the mountain area and what she has done there as a volunteer. A. life is how hard
B. what hard life is C. how hard life is
D. how hard is life
28. That light rail transit line(轻轨), __ _in July 2009 and ___ in 2012, will be China’s longest light rail transit line in history.
A. starting, completing B. started, to be completed C. to start, completed D. starting, completed
29．Several hours later, with the help of the police, the students managed to escape from the dangerous place, _______.
A. hungry and frightened B. hungrily and frightening C. hungry and frightening D. hungrily and frightened 30. ---Don’t you agree with what he said at the meeting? ---Yes, _____! It can’t be better.
A. approximately B. incredibly C. probably D. absolutely
31. In no country ____ France, as is often said, ______ taste so many kinds of delicious cheese. A. rather than; can one B. other than; can one C. rather than; one can D. other than; one can
32. It is reported in Washington Post that an unknown terrorist group has ______ responsibility for this morning’s bomb attack.
A. claimed B. evaluated C. bid D. confirmed
33. Although the necklace is not made of real crystal, it still ______ young tourists to this beautiful ancient city.
A. appeals to B. attracts to C. accounts for D. apply for 34. --- Were all the passengers in the bus injured in the traffic accident? --- No,____ only three of them who got hurt.
A. it were B. there was C. it was D. there is
35. She spent all her spare time learning the courses, or she________ the first place in her school in
the 2010 College Entrance Examination.
A. wouldn’t take B. wouldn’t have taken C. hadn’t taken D. couldn’t take 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，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 recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him 36 he thought he was able to be so much more 37 than the average person. He 38 that it all came from a(n) 39 with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he 40 the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor. When his mother came in, 41 shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, \what a great and wonderful 42 you have made! I have 43 seen such a huge pool of 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
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milk. Well, the damage has already been 44 . Would you like to get down and 45 in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?\Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, \this, eventually you have to 46 everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?\His mother then said, \know, what we have here is a 47 experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two 48 hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can make it.\The little boy learned that if he 49 the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful 50 ! This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be 51 to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 52 for learning something new, which is, 53 , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment \ 54 ,\ 55 from it. 36. A. why B. what C. when D. how 37. A. capable B. able C. creative D. original 38. A. responded B. reacted C. recalled D. reminded 39. A. coincidence B. experience C. incident D. conflict 40. A. fell B. lost C. escaped D. dropped 41. A. rather than B. instead of C. other than D. in place of 42. A. picture B. mass C. map D. mess 43. A. rarely B. happily C. frequently D. angrily 44. A. obtained B. suffered C. done D. received 45. A. jump B. play C. enjoy D. draw 46. A. recover B. return C. restore D. regain 47. A. failed B. successful C. fantastic D. painful 48. A. strong B. tiny C. thin D. weak 49. A. controlled B. possessed C. seized D. grasped 50. A. example B. teaching C. lesson D. instruction 51. A. anxious B. nervous C. fearful D. afraid 52. A. situations B. opportunities C. occasions D. turns 53. A. after all B. above all C. first of all D. in all 54. A. do B. finish C. go D. work 55. A. worthy B. costly C. valuable D. interesting
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，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 Enjoy the sumptuous Easter lunch buffet and children will be given the lovely Easter chocolate eggs. Time：Mar, 28-mar 30, 2010 11:00 am—3:00 pm Place：lucky corner coffee shop（hotel first floor） Price：150 + 15% service charge half price for children under 12 years old. 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
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