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北京市西城区（北区）2011—2012学年度第二学期学业测试
高二英语
试卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟
Ⅰ卷 选择题

Ⅰ. 听力理解(共三节，满分20分)
第一节(共4小题；每小题1. 5分，满分6分)
听下面四段对话，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。每段对话你将听两遍。
1. Where is Ethan now?
A. At the office. B. At a factory. C. At a meeting room.
2. Why did the woman go to town?
A. Get some money from the bank.
B. Buy some groceries in a market.
C. Pay her bills in the bank.
3. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
4. How will the man travel?
A. By car. B. By plane. C. By train.

第二节(共6小题；每小题1. 5分，满分9分)
听下面三段材料，每段材料后有两个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段材料你将听两遍。
听第5段材料，回答第5至6题。
5. Why was Jimmy sent home from school?
A. He wasn't feeling well.
B. He didn't finish his homework.
C. He played tricks on his classmates.
6. Why is the woman upset?
A. A stranger broke into the house.
B. Jimmy climbed in through a window.
C. There was no one home waiting for her.
听第6段材料，回答第7至8题。
7. What attracts the man most?
A. The business trip.
B. Professor Lee's lecture.
C. Movies shot by young directors.
8. Who will probably help the man?
A. His aunt. B. His cousin. C. His elder sister.
听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。
9. What might be the speaker?
A. A performer. B. A tour guide. C. A school teacher.
10. When does the World of Color start?
A. At 7p. m. B. At 8: 30p. m. C. At 9: 30 p. m.

（听力理解第三节见第Ⅱ卷)
Ⅱ. 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答案。
11. — I'll come to listen to your speech at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
— I regret to tell you that by then my speech ____.
A. had ended B. has ended C. will have ended D. will end
12. It was after he went to college __ he realized the importance of forming a reading habit.
A. that B. when C. since D. as
13. __ his telephone number or e-mail address, she had some difficulty getting in touch with John.
A. Not knowing B. Not to know C. Not known D. Not having known
14. It is said that they __ $ 200, 000 for the house up to now.
A. will offer B. are offering C. offer D. have offered
15. — Can you __ what these characters on the rock are?
— Not really.
A. carry out B. make out C. come out D. go out
16. — Oh, my cat is really fat.
— You __ have given her so much food.
A. wouldn't B. mustn't C. couldn't D. shouldn't
17. I didn't see your sister at the party. If she __, she would have met my brother.
A. has come B. had come C. did come D. came
18. — How come you are here?
— I came here for nothing else but to see you ____.
A. by chance B. in addition C. at random D. on purpose
19. __ is not possible that Bob can win the first prize in the competition.
A. This B. That C. It D. What
20. — I'm leaving tomorrow.
— Oh, what a pity! I won't be able to see you off. I __ a tele-conference the whole morning.
A. have B. am having C. will be having D. will have had
21. With the rapid development of the city, he can hardly find the place __ he used to play with his childhood friends.
A. where B. when C. there D. which
22. __ we have no disagreement on the plan, let's bring the discussion to an end.
A. Unless B. Until C. Although D. Now that
23. It matters much most of your group members support you.
A. if B. whether C. what D. that
24. To learn the piece of music quickly, you'd better hear it ___ as many times as possible.
A. play B. playing C. played D. to play
25. — What do you think of color of my handbag?
— Perfect! It is __ good match for your dress.
A. a; the B. the; a C. a; a D. the; the

Ⅲ. 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about 26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 28 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 29 , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the 30 .
When all the students 31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is 34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no 36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even 37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, 38 the cup, but you 39 went for the best cups … And then you began 40 each other's cups. "
"Now consider 41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups 45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
26. A. stress B. progress C. condition D. pride
27. A. advisor B. professor C. monitor D. graduate
28. A. glasses B. bowls C. trays D. cups
29. A. plain-looking B. beautiful C. modern D. nice-looking
30. A. pot B. sugar C. milk D. coffee
31. A. made B. had C. cooked D. served
32. A. talked B. discussed C. noticed D. decided
33. A. leaving behind B. falling about C. leaving about D. falling behind
3g. A. strange B. wonderful C. normal D. important
35. A. source B. purpose C. doubt D. result
36. A. price B. quality C. sweet D. color
37. A. proves B. tastes C. hides D. steals
38. A. more than B. less than C. other than D. rather than
39. A. consciously B. wisely C. shyly D. carelessly
40. A. showing B. eyeing C. exchanging D. praising
41. A. it B. that C. this D. one
42. A. jobs B. money C. position D. life
43. A. change B. increase C. discover D. lower
44. A. try B. manage C. fail D. plan
45. A. envy B. drive C. support D. assess

Ⅳ. 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.

There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
46. How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?
A. About two weeks. B. The whole season.
C. About one week. D. The whole day.
47. Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?
A. Across the fields. B. Along the highway.
C. In the garden. D. Outside the yard.
48. Which of the following is NOT true about the writer's sister-in-law?
A. She is seriously ill. B. She is twenty years old.
C. She lives far away from the writer. D. She is not in close touch with the writer.
49. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Value now and don't lose chances.
B. Visit our relatives only after they get ill.
C. Refresh our wonderful moments every year.
D. Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field.
B
The necktie looks set to follow the top hat in being handed over to the fashion museum by office workers within the next 50 years, according to research.
Nearly three quarters (74%) think the tie will not survive within British firms beyond the next half a century with the popularity of the open-collared shirt. Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach.
Once considered an important part of business dress, the tie has become a victim of the spread of "casual Fridays" into other weekdays, according to researchers.
The poll, by Deal Jungle. com, which helps small and medium enterprises, found more than half (51% ) thought the tie would die out in offices within the next 20 years and almost a quarter (22%) believed it would last less than 10 years.
A spokesman for the site, which has 20, 000 registered members, said: "Ties have been around seemingly forever but increasing numbers of office workers are telling them to get away."

"The success of businesses such as Facebook and Google, where even the CEO turns up wearing jeans and a hoodie, also seems to have had a corrosive (侵蚀性) effect on the idea of dressing formally for work."
"Many of our members keep their expenses to a minimum by working from home so they feel no need to dress up to go to work. We know that when they meet with clients, they still put on a business suit, but a tie is no longer seen as an essential part of the suited-and-booted look."
"Instead, many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar. The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible, too. "
50. Why are ties expected to disappear in offices?
A. CEOs in creative businesses set a rule to forbid wearing ties.
B. The idea of casual weekdays is increasingly accepted.
C. Office workers are tired of wearing ties daily.
D. The tie-less look appears more modern.
51. According to the spokesman, how are their members dressed before clients?
A. Business suits and casual jeans. B. Formal suits and a shirt with a tie.
C. Casual suits and buttoned-up shirt. D. Business suits and an open-collared shirt.
52. What kind of image does the tie-less suit create?
A. Accessible in business. B. Professional in fashion.
C. Casual in working. D. Creative in dressing.
53. What does the underlined word "demise" mean in Para.2?
A. popularity B. survival C. disappearance D. development
C
The British are being encouraged to holiday at home as a major tourism drive offering Olympic themed discounts is launched next week.
A new campaign offering 20. 12% discounted bills at participating venues (场所) will be announced publicly for the first time by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday to encourage "staycations".
The scheme includes hotel accommodation, meals, guided tours and entry to attractions, with discounts funded by the industry. Government officials said more than three million hotel rooms were already lined up under the project, which is being backed by a range of companies, including Butlins. Attractions, such as the London Eye and Alton Towers, are also taking part. Reduced prices will also be offered on stays on the Royal yacht Britannia, now harboring in Leith, Edinburgh, and visits to Chatsworth, the historic house in Derbyshire.
Tourists will be able to take advantage of the discount by using a dedicated website before the end of the Paralympics on September 9 to make bookings for this year and 2013.
Mr. Hunt said, "With the Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympic Games, this year is the perfect opportunity for more of us to holiday in the UK "
Mr. Hunt has travelled the UK, urging companies to take part in the scheme, telling them, "It's now or never for London tourism. We will never have a year like 2012 to show the world that this is, quite simply, the most exciting, vibrant, cosmopolitan city on the planet. The unavoidable complaints in the run up to an Olympics must not cloud the scale of the opportunity —including our biggest ever tourism marketing campaign to make sure we get a lasting benefit from being in the global spotlight. "
The scheme will be promoted by a ￡3 million television advertising campaign — the first of its kind in the UK.
The government hopes the " Holidays at Home are Great" campaign — launched by VisitEngland — will create 12, 000 jobs, create 5.3 million extra short overnight breaks, and generate ￡480 million in extra spen