湛江市2012-2013学年度第二学期期末调研考试

高二英语（选修7、8）试卷

注意事项：1. 本卷为笔试部分，满分150分，测试时间为120分钟。

2. 答题前，请考生在答题卡上填写自己的学校、班级、姓名和学号。

3. 将试卷答案填写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

I. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1～15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。

Practice, practice, and practice! That’s how Tiger Woods became a champion golfer.

Tiger Woods 1 golf when he was very young. 2 with other children of his age, he showed special interest in golf. Finding that his son had a 3 for this game, Tiger’s father decided to train him on his own. To his father’s surprise, Tiger was a (n) 4 golfer even at the age of 6.

However, being a child, Tiger couldn’t focus all the time, but he never gave up. Tiger listened to soft music to improve his 5 . His father helped him learn to focus in spite of the 6 . Sometimes his father stood in front of Tiger and said, “I’m a tree in your way. ” He would have to hit the ball over his father. Sometimes his father would dance and sing when it was Tiger’s turn to hit and Tiger had to focus on the 7 .

The training helped him. Once a 8 made a loud noise while Tiger was playing. He said he never heard the broadcast because he was so 9 on the game. Tiger cannot stand losing. If he loses, he will go out and 10

even harder in order not to make the same mistake.

In the year 2000, when he was 24 years old, he 11 four major golf competitions—the US Open, the US Amateur, the British Open and the British Amateur. But during the 2008 season it became clear that Tiger was 12 pain in his knee. In April his left knee was operated on and he 13 the PGA tour season. After an eight-month period of 14 he returned to play again in February 2009. He didn’t make his fans 15 . He won again.

He is so much better than the other golfers that some say he is the greatest golfer to ever play the game.

1. A. looked up

2. A. Dealt

3. A. trick

4. A. lucky

5. A. confidence

6. A. failure

7. A. music

8. A. teammate

9. A. curious

10. A. cry

11. A. judged

12. A. examining

13. A. missed

14. A. research

15. A. worried

B. set up

B. Compared

B. plan

B. common

B. strength

B. carelessness

B. ball

B. teacher

B. quick

B. practice

B. watched

B. avoiding

B. offered

B. traveling

B. troubled

C. took up

C. Living

C. skill

C. amazing

C. patience

C. determination

C. coach

C. radio

C. serious

C. think

C. conducted

C. suffering

C. escaped

C. learning

C. surprised

D. gave up

D. Competing

D. gift

D. careful

D. energy

D. disturbance

D. ground

D. fan

D. focused

D. argue

D. won

D. reducing

D. joined

D. rest

D. disappointed





第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16—25的相应位置。

In recent years, with the development of the Internet, more and more people would like to use Web Language in writing and communication. Some people even speak Chinese mixed 16 English letters，so our class have had a discussion about 17 we should use Web Language. 40 % of the students hold the view 18 it is kind of ridiculous and hard to understand and in their opinion, using Web Language not only has bad effects 19

learning English, but also 20 (make) the Chinese language less standard and pure, 21 (final) ruining our mother tongue. However, the 22 ，60 % of our class, are fond of the Web Language for the reason that it is simple, convenient and helpful in expressing 23 and what’s more, it makes the language more interesting. In my opinion, it’s not 24 good habit to use the Web Language. It may be popular as some people think, but you may also make yourself 25 (misunderstand).

II. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15题；每题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

Angela Chang didn’t know it would be so hard to turn her singing hobby into a career. Her agent used to take her to lots of auditions（试唱）at different recording studios but the Taiwanese girl was always turned down for looking too young and small.

Chang’ s talent was at last recognized in 2002 by the Decca Record Company. When she was offered a contract she burst into tears. Two years later Chang, 21, is a star. With the release of her debut album “Over the Rainbow” this year, she won the “Most Promising New Artist in Taiwan” at the CCTV-MTV Music Awards in July. In September she won the “Best New Artist” in the Fourth Chinese Music Billboard Awards.

“You just can’t believe that such an amazingly powerful voice comes from such a small body,” said musicians after hearing Chang sing “Over the Rainbow.” “It’s such a special voice. You cannot forget it.” Chang can hit very high motes（高音）clearly and beautifully.

Her tunes make Chang stand out from the numerous newcomers in the music world. But mainland fans also know her for her girl-next-door performances in Taiwanese TV dramas, “My MVP Valentine” and “At Dolphin Bay”.

But few people know that while filming her first TV series, Chang acted so badly that the director wanted to fire her. At one time it took her a record of 27 attempts to shoot one scene.

“I cried my heart out when I went back home.” Change said, “But I know that defeat is often a temporary condition. By giving up you remain defeated.”

Though she looks very girlish, Chang said she has a boy’s personality. “The way I release pressure is to have a sound sleep. When I wake up, everything is new.”

26. The first paragraph mainly tells us .

A. Chang’s hard way to success B. Chang’s appearance

C. Chang was looked down upon D. Chang has no talent in singing

27. When Chang’s talent was recognized, she .

A. felt doubtful B. was too astonished

C. was full of sadness D. was mixed with various feelings

28. What musicians said shows .

A. Chang has a common voice B. Chang isn’t suitable to sing

C. they think highly of Chang D. they will give Chang some direction

29. The author thinks Chang .

A. should take up singing instead of acting

B. begins to be familiar to audience in the mainland by her performances

C. has made some achievements in acting

D. takes pride in her talent in singing and acting

30. The underlined sentence shows Chang .

A. had some pleasure on the way to acting B. made the director disappointed

C. worked hard D. based her success on continuous efforts

B

Have you eaten too much over the holidays? You should try fidgeting for a while. Those around you might not like it, but scratching (moving your nails against a part of your body) and twitching (moving suddenly and quickly when you don’t want to) is an important way of burning up calories .

American researchers have found that some people’s squirming (continuously turn your body when nervous) and wigging (move in small movements, especially from side to side) equals several miles of slow running each day.

The scientists, based at the National Institute of Health’s laboratory in Phenix, Arizona, are studying why some people get fat and other stay slim.

In one study 177 people each spent 24 hours in a room in the institute where the amount of energy is measured by their oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. By the end of the day, some people had burned up 800 calories in toe-tapping, (moving the front part of your foot up and down) finger-drumming (hitting your fingers continuously and lightly against something hard) and other nervous habits. However, others had burned up only 100 calories.

The researchers found that slim women fidget more than fat women, but there was no significant difference in men. Heavy people burn up more energy when they fidget than thin people do.

31. Which of the following can be used to explain the meaning of “fidgeting”?

A. scratching and twitching B. squirming and wigging

C. slow running D. moving one’s body nervously

32. According to the scientists, the reason why some people get fat and other people stay slim is that ____ .

A. thin people burn up less calories than fat people

B. fat people burn up more calories than thin people

C. those who burn up more calories than others will be thinner

D. those who fidget more than others will be thinner

33. Scientists found in the experiment that _________ .

A. the energy burned up by fat people when they fidget was more than that burned up by thin people

when they fidget

B. some people’s fidgeting burned up more than 800 calories, but some people’s fidgeting burned up less

than 100 calories

C. slim women fidget more than fat women but fat men fidget more than thin men

D. thin men fidget more than fat men

34. If someone is thin in a pleasant way, we say they are __________.

A. skinny B. bony C. slim D. underweight

35. Scientists think a fidget habit to be ___________.

A. a way to lose fat B. a nervous habit annoying the people around

C. a better exercise than slow running D. a habit of thin people

C

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he o