2005学年第一学期期末考试四校联考

2005学年第一学期期末考试四校联考英语试卷命题人：区旭艳审题人：关佟金第一卷一、听力（30分）：第一节请听下面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，个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第一段材料，回答第1和第2两个小题。

1.Where did the student get the book?A Rental library.B The public libraryC Bookstore2.What can we learn from the conversation?A The woman has got the book from the public library.B The man hasn’t finished reading the bookC The book is worth paying.请听第二段材料，回答第3和第5三个小题。

3.What is the relationship between the two people?A Headmaster and teacherB Teacher and student.C Father and daughter4.What reason did the woman give for being late yesterday?A She visited her grandfatherB She was ill and went to the hospitalC Her alarm clock didn’t work and the bus broke down.5.What did the woman say about her grandmother earlier?A She was going to have an operation.B She had already had an operationC She was at home.请听第三段材料，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6.When does this conversation most probably take place?A At the beginning of the term.B At the end of the termC During holiday7.What does the woman suggest that the man do?A Study hardB Take his mind off his testC To play table tennis8.What is the result of their game?A The woman is a beginnerB The man won.C The woman won请听第四段材料，回答第9至第12四个小题。

9.How old is the woman?A 16 years oldB 30 years oldC Over 30 years old10.How does the woman feel about the circus(马戏团)?A SatisfiedB ExcitedC Sad.11.When will the circus begin?A In an hourB In half an hourC In two hours12.How many people are there at the circus?A Many.B FewC None请听第五段材料，回答第13至15三个小题。

13.Why did the man refuse to buy a TV set in the past?A He thought it was uselessB He thought it wasted time.C He thought it was too expensive14.What did the man use to do in the evening?A He slept at home.B He played games at home.C He read books instead of watching TV.15.What can we learn from the talk?A The speaker is a person who can’t change his mind.B The speaker is a person who is eager to learn more.C The speaker is a person who can’t get along well with others.第二节请听下面一段独白。

根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填在答题纸标号为16~20的空格中。

你将有2分钟的作答时间。

本段独白读两遍。

二、单项选择（15分）：21.--You didn’t invite John to the party?--_____him, too?A Must I inviteB Must I have invitedC Should I inviteD Should I have invited22.English words are not always spelled _____.A the way they soundB they way which they soundC the way that soundsD as they are sound23.Like many others who travel around, Louis admitted that the worst part of touring is not being able to see her family and friends _____ she would like.A more thanB less thanC as well asD as much as24.The car ran down the hill, and the driver _____, according to the newspaper, to have been killed.A saidB was sayingC was saidD had said25._____it is to go for a picnic on such a fine day!A What a funB What funC How funD How a fun26.We are short of money, which _____ our difficulties.A adds upB adds up toC adds toD adds27.--What do you think of the meal?--Although some dishes _____, it really is a nice meal.A don’t agree with meB don’t agree to meC are not used to meD used to me28.Mother _____him to give up smoking, but he wouldn’t listen.A promisedB permittedC persuadedD advised29.This kind of stone _____ cool in summer and warm in winter.A is being feltB is feltC feelsD has been felt30.--Would you mind my sitting on the seat beside you, sir?--_____.A Sure, with pleasureB Yes, help yourselfC I’m sorry, but it’s takenD Well, never mind31.I often have conversations with John over _____telephone, while I keep in touch with Tom by _____letter.A /; theB the; /C /; aD the; a32.The men will have to wait all day _____ the doctor works faster..A ifB unlessC whetherD that33.—I am green at everything.--Don’t worry. _____ you get older, you get more experience.A WhenB TillC AsD While34.I’m Mr. Brown from the police station. Could you tell me _____the butcher found moving slowly across the square?A what was it thatB what it was thatC what was it whichD what dide _____. I’ll introduce my _____friend, Bob, to you.A closely; closeB close; closelyC close; closeD closely; closely三、完型填空（20分）：Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship __36__ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without __37__the people in the film.The man who knows the __38__ is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film __39__. He may be __40__ to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be told to create a __41__ effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. In a __42__ for one movie there was a big glass bowl __43__with water in which small fish __44__ swimming. The director of the movie__45__ the fish to stop swimming suddenly __46__ they seemed to stare at(盯着) an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish suddenly __47__ be ordered to do anything. It was quite a __48__.The special-effects man __49__ about this problem for a long time. The resultwas an idea for __50__ the fish with a harmless use of electricity. __51__he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be totally still(静止的). Then he rapidly reduced the __52__ of electricity allowing the fish to be free. __53__ he got the humorous effect the director wanted.__54__in other parts of movie making there are those who have developed __55__ skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes.36. A burned B sank C fell D dropped37. A telling B harming C protecting D organizing38. A reply B question C message D secret39. A factory B making C field D company40. A forced B ordered C allowed D chosen41. A terrible B ill C good D special42. A scene B step C stage D room43. A covered B asked C filled D fitted44. A liked B enjoyed C was D were45. A hoped B wanted C decided D designed46. A while B since C so that D as long as47. A mustn’t B may not C shouldn’t D can’t48. A question B failure C problem D disappointment49. A talked B set C quarreled D thought50. A controlling B operating C driving D lighting51. A As a result B Immediately C First D Above all52. A price B number C amount D speed53. A Even B Thus C Finally D Actually54. A Like B So C As D Yet55. A certain B particular C advanced D careful四、阅读理解（40分）：APeople in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer a chance to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child-care.These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one stands for a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services(宗教仪式) to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit their graves. On these days, families get together at home and in restaurants. They often have outdoor BBQs for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Manypeople make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephones companies and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.56.Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?A Parents bring childrenB Parents give love and care to childrenC Parents educate children to be good persons.D Parents pass away before children grow up57.What do you know from the passage?A Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.B Fewer women worked outside the home in the pastC Not all the children respect their parentsD Fathers are not as important as mothers at home58.Which do you think is right about “carnation”?A It only has two kinds of color.B It is a special kind of clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.C It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.D People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.59.What do you think “florists” do?A They sell flowersB They made bread or pastryC They offer enough room for having family parties.D They sell special clothes for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.BLet children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle…They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake. If it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in such routine(日常的) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what he does not know.60.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by_____.A listening to skilled people’s advice.B asking older people many questionsC making mistakes and having them correctedD doing what other people do61.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?.A Give children correct answersB Allow children to mark mistakes.C Point out children’s mistakes to them.D Let children mark their own work62.According to the writer, teachers in school should _____A allow children to learn from each otherB point out children’s mistakes whenever foundC correct children’s mistakes as soon as possibleD give children more book knowledge63.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are____A different from learning other skillsB the same as learning skillsC more important than other skillsD not really important skills64.The title of this passage could probably be_____A Let Us Teachers Stop WorkB Let Us Make Children LearnC Let Children Correct Their ExercisesD Let Children Learn by ThemselvesCThat cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The dooropened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.65.How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?A Cold and sickB Lucky and hopefulC Satisfied and cheerfulD Disappointed and helpless66.From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.A solving her problem at the bankB taking part in various city activitiesC learning acting in an evening schoolD preparing for the first night show67.On her way home the writer_____A lost her wallet unknowinglyB was stopped by a garbage truck driverC was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knifeD found some homeless people following her68.In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?A Someone offered to take her back homeB A red-haired man came to see her.C She heard someone call her nameD Her wallet was found in a garbage truck69.From the text, we can infer that the writer_____A would stop working at nightB would stay on in San FranciscoC would make friends with cleaners.D would give up her job at the bankDBringing Art into Hospitals.The medical world is slowly realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to recover(康复).As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places, some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard, modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have collections of art in passages(走廊), waiting areas and treatment rooms.These recent movements were first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970’s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by more people.A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5000 visitors each week. What a good place to hold exhibitions(展览) of art! Senior held the firstexhibition of his own paintings in the waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.The effect is amazing. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitors experience a full view of fresh colors, playful images(形象) and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that a patient who had a view onto gardens needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with(与……相比) patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.70.Some best artists of Britain have been called in to_____A set up new hospitalsB make the corners of hospital collect paintingsC bring art into hospitalsD help patients recover from serious illness71.After the improvement of the hospital environment, _____A patients no longer take drugs to kill their painsB patients don’t have to stay long in hospitalC patients need fewer pain killers when they suffer from an illnessD patients feel happy in hospital72.It can be inferred from the passage that_____A the role of hospital environment is being recognizedB hospital artists have done more than doctorsC exhibitions attract more people in hospitals than in museumsD the hospitals is a better place for people than the museum in BritainEBefore Nicholas Clapp got there, he had half hoped that he might run into some of Ubar’s ruins sticking(凸出) out of the sand. But finding the city wasn’t that easy. During the summer, he and his 40 helpers dug at 35 different spots. The only things they found were ground spiders, giant ticks, and deadly snakes.Just before Thanksgiving says Clapp, “We were within a whisker of total failure.”But then Clapp’s team looked at the high-tech maps again and saw something surprising. Many of the caravan routes(沙漠商队路线)on the high-tech maps came together on the same spot marked “Omani Marketplace”on Ptolomy’s map. Two maps, made almost 2000 years apart, pointed the team toward the same area!In December 1991, Clapp arrived at the spot where, according to the maps, the caravans met. Clapp had a handheld instrument that could detect(探测) objects below the ground. It showed ruins under the sand! He and his team started digging. And then they found it! A tower buried in the sand. They slowly unearthed a giant, eight-sided fortress(堡垒). It had nine towers and many rooms. People had lived in this fortress 2000 years ago. Outside its walls, they had found buried remains of nearly 40 campsites. They seemed to be camping areas for traders(商人).More digging found shards, or pieces of pottery(陶瓷) from ancient Rome, Greece, China, Egypt, and Syria. Diggers and scientists agree that people were here for about 5000 years. Clapp and his team were excited as they continued to discover more pieces of the past that seemed to prove that it was the lost city of Ubar.“We started with this hopeless myth(神秘),” says Clapp, “and then finally found the truth behind the myth.”But is this unearthed site really the once-great Ubar? Experts aren’t totally persuaded.Donald Whitcomb is an archeologist(考古学家) at the University of Chicago. He doubts that Clapp really discovered Ubar. “There’s probably some truth to this myth,”he says. “But Ubar is described as a place with walls all made of gold, and the rubies and emeralds(宝石).” No gold or precious stones have been found by Clapp.“I’m not sure whether they discovered Ubar because I’m not sure if Ubar really existed,” Whitcomb says.73.The following statements are true according to the reading EXCEPT_____.A Clapp made this discovery with the help of caravan routes on the mapsB Clapp made this discovery with the help of some high technologyC Clapp was not sure that he had found UbarD Donald Whitcomb was not sure if Clapp had found Ubar74.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part?A We were ready for any failureB We were on the point of giving up hopesC We would never stop digging though there was difficulty.D We decided that we had failed to find Ubar.75.It can be inferred from the reading that Nicholas Clapp is _____A a person of courageB a person of determinationC a very young personD a person who is good for nothing第二卷听取信息16)____________________; 17)____________________;18)____________________;19)____________________; 20)__________________五、用下列词组的正确形式填空（10分）：suffer from; calm down; burn down; on purpose; have an effect on; depend on; be based on; fix one’s eyes on; in some ways; a series of1.Violence shown in movies and in TV plays _______________________________ children’s mind and behaviors.2.The story and the book are ___________________________ related to each other.3.To our sadness, the whole building was ______________________during the fire.4.Though the children __________________________________ what the magician was doing, they were not able to see clearly how she made the rabbit disappear.5.____________________strange happenings were noticed on the campus, which caused much suspicion(猜疑).6.Others can only help you to help yourself; you have only yourself to __________.7.Try counting to 10 before you shout at anybody. That’s a good way to __________ yourself________.8.Poor people __________ a lot __________heavy taxes(税收), high prices and lack of equal rights.9.He didn’t do it ____________________ ; that is to say, he didn’t mean to hurt you.10.After reading the text he learned that Old English _________________________ German rather than French.六、书面表达（25分）：请按照下面6幅图画的提示和所提供的主题句，写一篇题为“Changes in Our Life”的英语短文（字数：100字左右）。