1、雙城鐵路中學高二學年第二學期期末考試姓名：_班級：_考號：_一、閱讀理解（每空2 分，共40 分）閱讀理解AThere was ice on the road, and the doctor's car hit a tree and turned over three times. To his surprise , he was not hurt. He got out of the car and walked to the nearest house. He wanted to telephone the garagefor help. The door was opened b

2、y one of his patients." Oh, Doctor," she said, " I have only just telephoned you. You must have a very fast car. You have got here very quickly indeed. There has been a very bad accidenton the road outside. I saw it through the window. I am sure the driver will need your help."1.

3、 Where was the doctor going in his car?A. We don't know. B. To a patient's home.C. To a garage. D. To his own home.2. Which of the following was the cause of the accident?A. Careless driving B. A tree had fallen across the road.C. A slippery road. D. There was a thick fog.3. The doctor went

4、to the house because _.A. he knew one of his patients lived thereB. he had received a call to go thereC. he wanted to use the telephoneD. he was injuredand could walk no further4. Why did the woman patient telephone the doctor?A. She needed medical treatment.B. She believed somebody else needed a do

5、ctor.C. To ask how quickly the doctor could come.D. To ask whether the doctor was coming on his regular visit.閱讀理解BIs your family interested in buying a dog? A dog can be a good friend to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dog, it can cause you a lot of trouble.Families should sit down

6、 and discuss the problems before buying a dogEven if the children in your family are the ones who want the dog，the parents are the ones who are really responsible(有責任的) for seeing that the animal is properly cared forIf you dont know much about dogs，its a good idea to go to the library for books abo

7、ut different kinds of dogs，as well as books about how to train a young dog. Dogs of different kinds change in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular dogs these days is the German shepherd(牧羊犬). This is because it provides protection. The family should be warned that these dogs grow u

8、p to be very big, and may he too powerful for children, If your house is not big, a toy dog may be a good choice(選擇). These dogs are very small and easy to train. They dont need to be walked daily.5According to the passage，who should take care of the dog？AChildren B Parents C Family D Friends6The wr

9、iter suggests one can get information about the different kinds of dogs A by reading books about dogs B by buying a dog from a pet shopC by watching dogs in a zoo D by asking some friends7. The passage is mainly about           .A. how to take care o

10、f dogs        B. different kinds of books about dogs C. how to choose the right dogs for family pets   D. different kinds of dogs閱讀理解C    I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps（快照）, maybe occasi

11、onally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the came

12、ras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed（不安）. “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didnt quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied. “Theres nothing wrong with it?” This made him look

13、 a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. No, no. But you should try. it, he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.”    I looked across at the others：shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with eac

14、h company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same tw

15、o certainties that I had entered the store with：first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.     But something in the human soul whispers that you ca

16、n beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppersand when he st

17、arted to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.     Why do we think that new options（選擇）still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real cho

18、ices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine. 8. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should      .     A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it    B. compare the camera he had chosen with th

19、e others    C. get more information about different companies    D. trust him and stop asking questions9. What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it”（Paragraph2）？    A. He should get a 50discount.     B. The pri

20、ce of the camera was unreasonably high.     C. The quality of the camera was not good.     D. The camera would soon fall in value. 10. It can be inferred from the passage that in the writers opinion.      A. people waste too much money on cameras

21、0;   B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life    C. we dont actually need so many choices when buying a product    D. famous companies care more about profit than quality閱讀理解DFarmers can produce more by planting several different crops in the

22、 same field.But their success depends on which crops they plant together and how they mix (混合) them in the filed.In the past, the only way the farmers could learn which crops grow best together is to plant them and wait for the results.Now, however, a computer can give them answers.A new computer pr

23、ogram written by Dr John Vanderwell of Michigan University can tell a farmer which plants grow well together and which do not.It can tell him how to plant the different crops; if he should plant each in a separate row, or mix the crops in the same row.It can tell the farmer how changes in planting e

24、ach of the crops will affect the production of all of them.And it can tell him which plants can help reduce losses (損失) from diseases.11Which of the following best gives the main idea of the passage?   AComputer helps find the best program for mixing plants.   BComputer helps pro

25、duce more crops.   CComputer helps protect against insects and diseases.   DComputer helps grow different plants.12According to the passage, to get the best result, one needs to choose carefully _.   Athe kinds of crops to be planted together   Bthe way for di

26、fferent crops to be mixed   Cboth A and B         Deither A or B13It seems the new computer program can NOT tell us _.   Awhether we should grow cotton and tomato together   Bhow we should plant cotton and tomato together 

27、60; Cwhat will happen if we grow potato, instead of tomato, together with cotton   Dhow we can grow rice in the tomato field14The new computer program seems most useful in saving us _.   Aman power     Bseeds   Ctime     Dland15Wh

28、ich of the following is NOT true?   AComputers can tell farmers how many plants can grow together.   BWith the help of computers farmers don't have to do a lot of work.   CWith the help of computers farmers can get better results.   DThe change of one plan

29、t may cause a change in production.七選五閱讀理解  Children have gentle minds. To find the best way to teach children to share and care is easy. Kids are naturally attracted to animals.   16   Also we can show them the cow eating grass on a farm.    Making them have

30、a look at the animals that are dying out and rare pictures from newspapers is another exciting way to make them love animals. The effects of pollution are difficult for them to understand.     17   There are great pictures of animals like cute rabbits and gorillas. 

31、;    18    Tell them they are our friends, so we cant hurt them. Take them to the conservation park and show them a monkey or a rare bird. Show them the types of penguins. Teach your children that animals can feel pain but cannot express themselves like us.   

32、 19    If you have pets at home, let them accompany your children deal with them well.One could call an ambulance for injured dogs or nurse a sick animal back to health. Taking a nature walk is liked by kids and also the best way to get along with the family. Kids love to see som

33、e newborn dogs and the mother nursing them.     20     .A  Emotions are well understood by children and they may have the same feeling.B  Children all like small animals, but they don t consider them as their friends.C  Teach them never to throw

34、 stones to hit animals.D  This can make children know how to care others.E  One could teach them to be kind to ants and show them how they carry food to save for the rainy day.F  Parents should protect the environment first.G  Therefore one could tell them that the environment sh

35、ould be (kept ) clean.二、完型填空（每空？ 分，共？ 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。It was 4 oclock in the morning on June 9, 2003 when I received the phone call. “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just  21  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. W

36、e have called for a(n)  22  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was  23  .The doctor described the  24  , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue

37、hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they  25  the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames  26  my sons shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.  27  , one of the boys was quick-minded, gra

38、sped my son, and  28  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  29  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars. After he  30  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months  31  it takes t

39、hat long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very  32  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean

40、 they will not  33  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesnt matter to you.”I  34  this wisdom on to my son. He kept my advice in  35  and returned to school with his head held high-glad he was alive.By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided

41、 that the scars didnt  36  , so he made the  37  to give up any plastic surgery.We all have “scars” that we believe  38  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us bet

42、ter.But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same  39  standards. Put your imperfections(缺點；瑕疵) out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  40  yourself, and your beauty will shine through.21. A. brought

43、      B. given        C. turned       D. showed22. A. doctor        B. hospital      C. aircraft     D. ambulance23. A. serious  B. terrible 

44、0;    C. dangerous        D. important  24. A. event    B. process       C. reason       D. accident25. A. got      B. lit      C. burned

45、60;     D. moved26. A. took          B. held         C. caught D. attracted27. A Fortunately   B. Surprisingly      C. Happily     D. Slowly28. A. pushed   

46、;     B. threw       C. dropped    D. rolled29. A. shape         B. place   C. fact     D. time 30. A. benefited     B. recovered       

47、; C. suffered     D. relaxed 31. A. if        B. while  C. because      D. although32. A. normal        B. violent      C. obvious       

48、60;  D. popular33. A. mention      B. notice       C. laugh  D. hide34. A. sent      B. kept   C. handed       D. passed35. A. mind   B. life    C. practice   

49、D. heart36. A. grow            B. matter       C. exist         D. appear 37. A. mistake       B. effort       C. decision    

50、; D. request  38. A. invite         B. cause C. allow        D. remind39. A. false    B strict    C. moral        D. general  40. A. by    B. over  &#

51、160;      C. beyond       D. within 三、英語知識運用（每空？ 分，共？ 分）    Everybody knows how to learn. Learning is a _41_(nature) thing. It begins the minute we are born. Our first teachers are our families. At home we learn to talk and to dre

52、ss and to feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by  _42_(follow).Then we go to school. A teacher tells us what to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many tests and exams. Then people say we are educated.Are we really educated? Lets think about the real meaning

53、 of learning. Knowing facts doesnt mean being able to solve problems. Solving problems requires  _43_(create), not just _44_ good memory. Some people who dont know many facts can also be good at solving problems.Henry Ford is a good example. He _45_(leave) school at the age of 15. Later, when h

54、is company couldnt build cars fast enough, he solved the problem. He thought of the assembly line. Today the answer seems simple. Yet, just think of the many university _46_(graduate) who never solve any problems.What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to remember? Well, yes, we mus

55、t sometimes remember facts. But a good teacher _47_(show) how to find answers. He brings us to the stream of knowledge so we can think for ourselves. When we are thirsty , we know _48_ to go.True learning combines intake _49_ output. We take information into our brains . Then we use it. Think of a computer; it stores a lot of information , _