南京市2011-2012学年度第一学期期终调研测试

高二英语考试说明

一、 考试性质

本次考试的性质为高二上学期英语学科水平性测试。目的是了解我市新课改中高二年级英语教学状况，及时发现存在问题，调整教学策略，提高教学质量。

二、 考试形式与试卷结构

考试形式：闭卷书面笔答形式。

考试时间：100分钟。

试卷分值：满分100分。

难度：0.75左右。

试卷结构如下：

第一卷（三个部分，共55分）

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分10分）

第一节 （共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分）

第二节 （共6小题；每题1分，满分6分）

第二部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节  单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

第二节  完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

第三部分  阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

第二卷（三个部分, 共45分）

第四部分  任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

第五部分  阅读表达 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

第六部分  书面表达 （1题，满分25分）

卷中的第一部分至第三部分为客观性试题（55%），第四部分至第六部分为主观性试题（45%）。

三、 考查内容与范围

根据《全日制普通高级中学英语课程标准（试验稿）》的精神，检测学生高二第一学期应知应会的英语基础知识和基本能力。

考查内容与范围：

考题覆盖《译林牛津版普通高中标准实验教科书》（必修）英语模块五和模块六中内容。模块五内容占30%，模块六内容占70%。

词汇：

学会使用《译林牛津版普通高中标准实验教科书》（必修）英语模块五到模块六中出现的，《课标》要求掌握的单词、习惯用语和固定搭配。

本次考试的技能目标：

七级 听

1．能识别语段中的重要信息并进行简单的推断；
2．能听懂操作性指令，并能根据要求和指令完成任务；
3．能听懂正常语速听力材料中对人和物的描写、情节发展及结果；
4．能听懂有关熟悉话题的谈话并抓住要点；
5．能听懂熟悉话题的内容，识别不同语气所表达的不同态度。

七级 说

1．能在日常交际中对一般的询问和要求做出恰当的反应；
2．能根据熟悉的话题，稍做准备后，有条理地作简短的发言；
3．能就一般性话题进行讨论；
4．能根据话题要求，与人交流、合作，共同完成任务；
5．能用恰当的语调和节奏表达意图。

七级 读

1．能从一般性文章中获取和处理主要信息；

2．能理解文章主旨、作者意图；

3．能通过上下文克服生词困难，理解语篇意义；

4．能够通过文章中的线索，进行推理；

5．能根据需要从网络等资源中获取信息；

6．能阅读适合高中生的英语报刊、杂志；

7．除教材外，课外阅读量应累计达到25万词以上。

七级 写

1．能用文字及图表提供信息并进行简单描述；

2．能写出常见体裁的应用文，如信函和事物通知等；

3．能描述人物或事件，并进行简单的评论；

4．能填写有关个人情况的表格，如申请表等；

5．能以小组形式根据课文改编短剧。

四、题型示例

第一卷 （三个部分，共55分）

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分10分）

第一节 （共4小题，每小题1分，满分4分）

听下面4段对话，每段对话有一道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置上，听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话你将听一遍。

1. What’s the total price for two nights?

A. More than ninety pounds.  B. Forty-five pounds.   C. Ninety pounds.

第二节 （共6小题，每小题1分，共6分）

听下面2段对话或独白，对话或独白后有几道小题，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上，在听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第x段材料，回答第x至第x题。

6. What community is Regional Special about today?

A. Indian.        B. African.         C. American.

7. What programme will be on at 10:15 p.m.?

A. The News.        B. High Society.            C.Sports programme.

第二部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节  单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

11. ________ so much electrical equipment, wood and paper in one place, there is a danger of fire.

A. For       B. In    C. With      D. By

第二节  完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I received an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against _____21_____ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ____22____ have scored more than 80. ____23____, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always _____24____ it.

Well ,then, suppose my auto repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a  ____25____ .In a world where I have to work with my  ____26____ ,I’d do poorly.

Consider my autorepair man again .He had a habit of telling _____27____ .One time he said,“ Doc, a deaf and dumb (聋哑)man ____28____ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ____29___  movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook  his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk  _____30____ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ____31____ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀).  ____32____ do you suppose he asked for them? ”I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his voice and asked for them. I’ve been ____33____  that on all my customers today, but I knew ____34____  I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, I knew you couldn’t be very____35____ .”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

21. A. an average   B. at total     C. an exam        D. a number

22. A. always       B. possibly     C. certainly      D. frequently

23. A. Then         B. Thus         C. Therefore      D. Yet

24. A. fixed        B. checked      C. drove          D. changed

25. A. teacher      B. doctor       C. winner         D. fool

26. A. brains       B. effort       C. hands          D. attention

27. A. lies         B. jokes       C. news            D. tales

28. A. bought       B. tested       C. found          D. needed

29. A. cutting      B. hammering    C. waving         D. circling

30. A. brought      B. packed      C. sent            D. sold

31. A. clever       B. other       C. right           D. next

32. A. What         B. How         C. Who             D. Which

33. A. trying       B. proving     C. practicing      D. examining

34. A. for sure     B. at once     C. in fact         D. right now

35. A .clear        B. silly     C. slow              D. Smart      

 第三部分  阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

In an age when technology moves faster than most can keep up with, a small group of people still remain in the time of old-fashioned letters. Frankly speaking, I was once certain that traditional letters could never be replaced by other means of communication. But a story about online communication changed my mind. An old man, who suffered a lot from Parkinson’s disease, was not able to talk clearly and could hardly write his name. Living totally alone, he managed to keep in touch with nearly all the members of his family. How did he achieve this? He clicked out words on his computer keyboard. I, therefore, managed to get an E-mail box as soon as the opportunity came. My life changed.

E-mail, and all online communication, is something truly different. It has capabilities that few other products can match.

E-mail is convenient. It takes less time with its fast speed and 24-hour connection. The slow postal service is no match. If you wouldn’t want to have a face-to-face talk with your manager, you might talk with him through E-mail even if you are in the same office.

Naming all the good things about online communication is not easy. But wait. E-mail can be inconvenient. It can waste time and energy. Just think what may happen when you take a short vacation and return to find your E-mail box filled with 200 unread messages. You could easily spend half a day clearing junk ads.

Then, online communication will keep us staying at our computer while it connects us to distant strangers. Once we throw ourselves into the machine, we may forget the human touches we once held so dear. I’m sure there is and always will be a place for the old-fashioned letter, phone call, and face-to-face meet-ing... even in the world of modern communication.

As I listen to the sound of the modem(调制解调器), I was excited at stepping out to the outside world but, at the same time, I sensed a loss of control over something valuable in my personal life.

36. What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word "junk" in paragraph 7?

    A. Old and useless.       B. New and useful.    

    C. Short but valuable.    D. Long but clear.

37. What caused the writer to become interested in E-mail and online communication?

A. The sound of the modem.         B. His own illness.

C. The changing of his life.       D. A sick old man’s experience.

38. What does the writer think of online communication?

A. It should replace old-fashioned letters completely.

B. It is perfect and always does good to you.

C. It is extremely useful and convenient, but it may be inconvenient or even harmful.

D. It does more harm than good.

39. According to the writer, traditional means of communication will never disappear because ________.

A. they are convenient and popular though they are slow

B. they help to keep the friendly relationship between people

C. most people cannot keep up with the development of technology

D. modern means of communication does too much harm

40. How did the sick old man keep in touch with his family members?

A. With the help of his computer.   B. By writing letters with his pen.

C. By making telephone calls.      D. By visiting them regularly.

第二卷（三个部分，共45分）

第四部分  任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。

For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the "sixth sense" of direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer.

One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass(指南针).

Our earth itself is a big magnet(磁体). So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines itself with the big earth magnet to point north and south. When people discovered that idea about a thousand years ago and invented the compass, it allowed sailors to navigate (航海)on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies. Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature.

Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that?

A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon. Not all pigeons can find their way home. Those that can are very good at it, and they have been widely studied. One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds’ heads to block their magnetic sense—just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons. Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with magnets could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense.

Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees. These insects also seem to have a special sense of direction.

In spite of the experiments, the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would an animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass？

An answer came from an unexpected source. A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the mud of ponds and marshes. He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one direction—north.

Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside, which proved magnetic. The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earth’s magnet.

The big news was that a living thing, even a simple bacterium, can make magnetite. That led to a search to see whether animals might have it. By using a special instrument called magnetometer, scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds, and even in fish. In each animal, except for the bee, the magnetic stuff was always in or closer to the brain.

Thus, the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable.

第五部分  阅读表达 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容，在规定的字数范围内，回答下列5个问题。

My First Long Run

Two weeks ago, I had a quarrel with my husband .After he had driven off in anger, I realized that I wasn’t going to feel any better just sitting there. Feeling abandoned and guilty, I put on my gym shoes to get some fresh air.

Our driveway has a slope (科技) that is easier just to jog down if you are lazy, taking advantage of gravity. Instead of stopping at the end of the lope, I decided to see if I could just jog to the end of the street. I had tried a few moths ago and failed miserably. Since that first attempt I had been jogging regularly and was significantly fitter, but still very lazy. However this time around I managed to reach the stop sign with ease and I figured I would go a little further.

After about one kilometer, however, I noticed that my upper body was tense . To make the movement easier I had to relax my body, and tried to take deep breaths of fresh air.

I kept giving myself the excuse to stop. No one would be disappointed. No one would even know. But I didn’t stop. I wanted to keep going harder, better, faster, stronger, To my great surprise, I ran 4.9 km in 31 minutes. When I got back, I had tears in my eyes. I did something I thought I could never do.

It was the first run of my life. Since then, I have improved my stride(步幅) and time. After every run I feel fitter, happier and motivated to keep progressing. I love the runner’s high. I normally jog because I want to look good. I want to run because it makes me feel good.

56. Why did the author feel guilty? (no more than 9 words)

57. What did the author fail to do miserably a few months ago?(no more than 11 words)

                                                              _   

58. What excuses did the author keep giving herself to stop? (no more than 9 words)

                                                               _  

59. How is running different from jogging to the author?  (no more than 14 words) 

                                                                  __  

60.（省略）

KEYS:

56. She had a quarrel with her husband.

57. She failed to jog to the end of the street.

58. No one would be disappointed or even know.

59. Running makes her feel good while jogging makes her look good.

第六部分 书面表达 （1题，满分25分）

高考文理分科与否在不同人群中反响各一，请根据图画所给提示，用英语写一篇短文，发表自己的感想。

注意：

1. 仔细品读图画中的文字，要突出自己的感想，不要作简单描述；

2. 词数150左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

3. 参考词汇：全能的 overall        高考 CET

One possible version:

Whether to cancel the division of science and art students in senior middle school is an issue of controversy nowadays. We have heard many different voices about it.

Some experts hold the view that the division of science and art limits the overall development of the students, and they believe students can develop their overall abilities if such division is canceled. They strongly believe that only when students learn both science and art subjects can they develop in all round way, which lays a solid foundation for their future study.

However, as we can see from the cartoon, the student is still heavily loaded with lessons when there is no such division.   The students think that it makes no difference whether to cancel the division of science and arts if the CET system is not changed, as students have to learn more subjects than before.

From my point of view, I suppose that it may have more advantages than disadvantages to learn both science and art subjects. Although it will take us more time and energy, it’s beneficial to students in the long run.

                                                 南京市教研室

       2011.11.3