许昌市高二下学期第一次五校联考

英 语 试 卷

考试时间：3月30日上午8：00——10：00

命题学校：长葛一高 命题人：付春卉 审题人：赵红超

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卷上（答题注意事项见答题卡），在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡交回。

注意事项：

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保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。

第I卷

第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节(共5小题：每小题1．5分，满分7．5分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，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．What did the speakers probably do just now?

A．They cooked a fish B．They went fishing C．They had a meal

2．What does the man mean?

A．He had a wonderful party

B．He wanted to have a party the next weekend

C．He didn't want to attend the party at all

3．What does the man advise the woman to do?

A．To repair the lock by herself

B．To have Mr Black fix a new lock

C．To buy a new door at Mr Black's

4．How does the man feel about volleyball?

A．Great B．Violent C．Boring

5．Where does the conversation take place most probably?

A．In a hospital B．In a school C．At home

第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5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、7题。

6．What does the man do three times a week?

A．He plays ping-pong B．He has a short swim C．He gives a lesson

7．Why is the woman unable to go to the gym?

A．The gym schedule is too tight for her

B．It costs her a lot of money and time

C．Study has been her first concern

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．Where does the conversation take place?

A．In the classroom

B．In the library

C．At the circulation desk（借书台）

9．What does the woman suggest doing sometime?

A．Watching a play

B．Going dancing

C．Changing their work schedules

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What are the speakers doing?

A．Looking at some photographs

B．Repairing camera equipment

C．Having a photography

11.What is the major advantage of the woman's camera?

A．It has a lot of specialized lenses（镜头）

B．It focuses automatically

C．It advances the film automatically

12.What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The woman's camera is very expensive

B．The woman knows a lot about photography

C．The man will go to Head Fields to check out the prices．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．How to get to the bus station

B．How to get to the zoo

C．How to get to the train station

14.How many buses should the speakers take to go to the destination?

A．2 B．3 C．4

15.What day is it today?

A．Sunday B．Friday C．Saturday

16.How will the speakers go to the destination?

A．By car B．By taxi C．By bike

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.How long has the West known about pandas?

A．For nearly one century

B．For about one and a half centuries

C．For more than 2 centuries

18.When did Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt come to China?

A．In 1928 B．In 1936 C．In 1938

19.What is Su Lin?

A．Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt's gift from their father

B．A character in the movie "The Lady and the Panda"

C．A baby panda taken back to the US by Ruth

20.Which of the following is true according to the conversation?

A．David took a trip to South China in the 1860s

B．Panda skins are still used as gifts now

C．Many Westerners came to China to buy pandas in the 1930s

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。

21.It is said that ____ wool produced in Australia is of ____ high quality.

A．/ ; / B．the ; / C．the ; a D．the ; the

22.—Kathy and her sister are so alike.

—I can’t tell one from ____.

A．another B．other C．the other D．others

23.A new report ____ on Monday by the Census Bureau ____ a sophisticated method to measure poverty rates has found that 46.6 million Americans are living in poverty.

A．released;used B．releasing;used

C．released;using D．releasing;using

24.Then ____ that the war was over.

A．the news came B．came the news

C．did the news come D．did come the news

25.The reason ____ their failure you know is _____ they didn’t get fully prepared for the experiment.

A．why; that B．that;why C．for;that D．why;because

26.I am really worried about _____ I have hurt his feelings, though I didn’t mean to.

A．whether B．what C．if D．how

27.—Can I pay the bill by check?

—Sorry,sir.But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment ____ be made in cash.

A．can B．will C．shall D．may

28.There is a growing_____of interest between her position and her business activities.

A．demand B．concern C．awareness D．conflict

29.We should make the world be aware of the fact that the land hunger ____ population growth

before we carry out our population policy.

A．contributes to B．leads to C．results in D．results from

30.Amy insists that she ____ the secret to lose weight. But she won’t share it with us.

A．had discovered B．discovers

C．has discovered D．will discover

31.We met an old friend in New York ____ our expectation.She waved at us ____ the street when she

saw us.

A．with;in B．out of;next to

C．in;out of D．beyond;from across

32.I don’t remember how many years ago____ State Street began its business in China.

A．it was when B．it was that

C．was it when D．was it that

33.What a great artist! It seemed only a couple of minutes ____ he had finished this wonderful

painting!

A．until B．when C．after D．before

34.Now young people like to go to the fast-food restaurant,____ ,as the name says,eating doesn’t take

much time.

A．which B．that C．what D．where

35.—Well,it’s getting late.I must be going.Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party.

—______.

A．Oh,it’s so late B．Thank you for coming

C．All right D．I really had a happy time

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher if I grew up，simply because I wanted to write on the chalkboard！My teachers seemed to be the 36 printers，curving their letters just so，and I wanted to do it 37 ！Now，after "higher education"，and three 38 career paths，I have come back to want to be a 39 ，but my reasons have changed. I was 40 in my years of high school，to have teachers that really 41 me as an individual, and I want to 42 this back.

A teacher's gentleness needs to be shown when 43 or encouraging the students. It is important to make the corrections in order for the students to learn. 44 ，this needs to be done in a 45 that will help to 46 the student to make the changes necessary,___47___ discouraging them from learning.Being patient is also extremely important，because the class needs to know what to 48 from the teacher.This will also help to build a better agreement with the students，and help both the teacher and students to learn more about each other.

If a teacher exhibits a true love of 49 and helping students learn，many of the qualities ___50___ above will just fall into place. The teacher that had the most 51 on me had the best fame in the school. She was strict，and she did demand a lot, but she was able to show us it was ___52___she cared for us. She knew each of us was worth it，and she knew we each could do it. She __53___ knowledge，gently, firmly, patiently，respectfully, and most effectively. She gently encouraged us to make 54 when we needed to，and 55 us when we did. She was a true teacher, not just someone who taught，and this is the kind of teacher I hope to be.

36.A．funniest



B．greatest



C．strangest



D．cleverest



37.A．too



B．either



C．also



D．hard





38.A．ordinary



B．familiar



C．difficult



D．different





39.A．teacher



B．doctor



C．lawyer



D．secretary





40.A．diligent

B．active



C．successful



D．fortunate





41.A．cared about



B．believed in



C．longed for



D．thought about



42.A．take



B．keep



C．give



D．hold





43.A．talking



B．working



C．correcting



D．stressing





44.A．Besides



B．Moreover



C．However



D．Otherwise



45.A．sense



B．class



C．means



D．manner





46.A．prevent



B．motivate



C．force



D．forbid





47. A．beyond



B．through



C．without



D．towards





48.A．result



B．hear



C．suffer



D．expect





49.A．teaching



B．learning



C．considering



D．treating





50.A．discussed



B．referred



C．mentioned



D．engaged





51.A．goal



B．impact



C．affect



D．duty





52.A．while



B．although



C. since



D．because





53.A．passed on



B．pulled on



C．kept on



D．turned on





54.A．decisions



B．choices



C．changes



D．attempts





55.A．blamed



B．ignored



C．helped



D．praised





第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer last surnmen The training

I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.

My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket,because she couldn't always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight,