第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21. Zhonguancun was set up ______ a special economic zone in the late 1990s.
A. like B. for C. as D. into
22. ______ as the Big Apple, New York is the busiest city of the USA.
A. Known B. Having been known C. Referring to D. Referred
23. If you don't see the point, let me put it in another way. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined part?
A. lay it B. explain it C. put it away D. set it aside
24. Look what you've done to my cup! You ______.
A. could watch out a bit B. should watch out a bit
C. wouldn't have watched out a bit D. might have watched out a bit
25. The man put down the phone with a long face, obviously about the information he received.
A. having known B. amazed C. to be happy D. upset
26. Two strong young men decided to enter the cave, ______ they expected to experience an adventure.
A. there B. in it C. where D. /
27. Density, ______ in kilograms per cubic meter, is the relationship between mass and volume.
A. measured B. to measure C. is measured D. measuring
28. Which of the following is wrong grammar?
A. It's possible for a person who can't swim to float around in the Dead Sea.
B. Possibly a person who can't swim will float around in the Dead Sea.
C. They are unlikely to arrive before 8 am because they started too late.
D. They are impossible to arrive before 8 am because they started too late.
29. Wasn't it ______ that an eight-year-old girl made such GREat achievements?
A. to amaze B. amazed C. amazing D. to be amazed
30.We've got to find out when on earth it was ______ the metal cooled off.
A. when B. that C. since D. before
31. –– I hate to say this, but this soup tastes too salty.
–– .
A. No problem. B. Sorry, sir. Shall I change the soup for you?
C. No, you mustn't D. Why didn't you tell me this earlier?
32. I saw her in the campus dining hall just now. She ______ be traveling in Vietnam.
A. mustn't B. may not C. shouldn't D. can't
33. We will have to spend three hours today making arrangements for our trip, you know, passports, visas, exchanging money, that sort of thing. ______, we will be able to start tomorrow morning.
A. Having done those B. Those being done
C. Doing that D. To do that
34. I think he's ______for the little he does. Which is the right word for the blank?
A. underpaid B. overpaid C. overworked D. underrated
35. We've got two chairs more than we need. We must have ______.
A. misapplied B. miscounted C. misbehaved D. misplaced
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 36 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which comes from the printed papers 37 on streets.
These printed things 38 newspapers but hardly have anything to do with 39 , you can only find reading materials badly made-up there — some are too strange for anyone to 40 ; others are scary stories of something 41 . However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42 reading, which 43 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(噩梦) and immoral(不道德的) ideas in 44 . Homework is left 45; daily games are lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well, The writers, publishers and printers,
46 they are, we never know, are 47 their silent money. The sheep-skinned wolf's story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not 48 this kind of thing? Yes, both parents and teachers have asked each other for stricter control of the young readers. 49 , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. 50 you may even find several children, driven by their curiosity, 51 one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand. It really does 52 to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the 54 need more interesting books to help them 55 those ugly papers.
36. A. writers B. readers C. students D. teachers
37. A. sold B. printed C. put D. found
38. A. work out B. look like C. act as D. depend on
39. A. them B. children C. young people D. it
40. A. think B. believe C. know D. look
41. A. still worse B. even better C. very good D. more interesting
42. A. wonderful B. interesting C. useful D. poisonous
43. A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes
44. A. sight B. common C. return D. use
45. A. unknown B. much C. undone D. less
46. A. what B. whoever C. whatever D. who
47. A. making B. spending C. wasting D. using
48. A. forbid B. separate C. leave D. make
49. A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. As a result D. Therefore
50. A. Always B. Hardly C. Sometimes D. Seldom
51. A. share B. get C. hold D. take
52. A. good B. harm C. favor D. wrong
53. A. surprised B. concerned C. disappointed D. confused
54. A. teachers B. parents C. readers D. writers
55. A. come into B. break down C. get rid of D. get off
第三部分 阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
（ A ）
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including doctors don't like the measures of making life longer, and they think that people should have the right to die when they want to. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity and to decide when they want to die. Others think that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. So the battle goes on and on without a certain answer.
56. The best title for this passage is ____.
A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die
C. The Doctor's Duty D. Life is Better Than Death
57. According to some people whether a dying patient should die or live on should be decided by____.
A. doctors B. the quality of his / her life
C. his or her family D. the patient himself / herself
(B )
There was one shop in the town of Mufulira which was widely known for its racial discrimination. It was a drugstore. While Europeans were served at the counter, a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but were treated rudely by the shop assistants. One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing, and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store, I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me in a bastard (怪声怪气的) language which is only used by a boss when speaking to his servants. I stood at the counter and politely requested in proper English that I should be served. The manager became angry and said, “Even if you stand there till Christmas, I will never serve you.”
I went to the District Commissioner's office. Fortunately, he was out, for he was one of the old school; however, I saw a young District officer who was a friend of mine. He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that all I had to do was come to him personally and he wou1d buy my medicine for me. I protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to the manager. This he did, and I well remember him saying to the manager，“Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like a common servant.” The manager of the drugstore apologized and said, “If only he had introduced himself and explained who he was, then, of course I should have given him proper service.”
I had to explain once again that he had missed my point. Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store … any more than I should have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend? I want to prove that any man of any color, whatever his position, should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted, After all, the money which I paid across the counter was exactly the same money as was paid by a European customer.
58. The writer was, at the time of the story, _________.
A. a European officer B. an African servant
C. a drugstore assistant D. a black school teacher
59. The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in dirty words because
A. he could not speak English in a polite way
B. he thought the writer wouldn't understand English
C. that was the language he used when speaking to Africans
D. that was the only language he could speak when he was angry
60. In paragraph 2, the underlined sentence “he was one of the old school” means .
A. he stuck to those old racial ideas B. he graduated from an old white school
C. he was in charge of an old black school. D. he was an old official in the government
61. Why didn't the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other Africans?
A. He believed his white friends would help him out.
B. He wanted to fight for equal rights of all black people.
C. He thought he was educated and should he treated differently.
D. He thought, being an important person, he should not be kept waiting.
(C )
It is, everyone aGREes, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak and the fact that he does so in such a short period of time challenges explanation.
Language learning begins with listening. Children vary GREatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and the late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the world “obey” is hardly accurate (精确) as a description of the ready and eager cooperation(合作)usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
Any effort to trace(追踪) the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to GREat difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or tow noises sort themselves out as demonstrations of cheerfulness, distress(郁闷), sociability, and so on. But since these can't be said to show the baby's intention to communicate, they can hardly be considered as early forms of language. It's agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire(能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation(模仿) leads on to intentional imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. But then the problem comes up about at which point one can say that these imitations can be considered as language.
62. By Paragraph1, the writer means that ______.
A. no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon
B. no explanation has been made up to now
C. it's no easy job to provide a reasonable explanation
D. it's just time to provide an explanation
63. The third paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the development of babies' early forms of language
B. the problems in explaining the process of babies learning to speak
C. babies' strong desire to communicate
D. babies' intention to communicate
64. The writer means to tell us ______ in paragraph 2.
A. that children usually obey without questioning
B. that children are passive(被动的) in the process of learning to speak
C. that children are born cooperative
D. that children start to learn to speak by listening
65. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A. How Babies Learn to Speak
B. Early Forms of Language
C. A Huge Task for Children
D. Noise Making and Language Learning
第II卷
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分25分)
单词拼写，首字母已给出（每小题1分, 共5分）
1. Harvard is a private university, that is to say, neither the federal nor the local government will spend money running the university.
2. I used to try hard to give up drinking, but my effort didn't work at all. An itch for the bottle still often grabs me.
3. The artist is very sensitive to criticism(批评)about his works, so nobody will say anything negative about his new painting.
4. As many young working couples around this neighborhood have no time to take care of their babies, it is necessary to build a nursery somewhere here.
5. Rich parents won't guarantee one's success. Everyone has to depend on themselves when they are grown-ups.
根据要求完成下列句子（每小题2分，共10分）
1. The temperature at night in Shenzhen is affected by the sea. The temperature at night in Shenzhen ranges from 18℃ to 25 ℃. (将两句子合并，使用非谓语/非限定动词)
The temperature at night in Shenzhen is affected by the sea, ranging from 18℃ to 25 ℃
Or : Affected by the sea, the temperature at night in Shenzhen ranges from 18℃ to 25 ℃
2. The girl benefits a lot from her brother's example. The girl is growing into an outstanding writer. (同上)
Benefiting a lot from his brother's example, the girl is growing into an outstanding writer
3. After the president abolished the discriminatory laws, he asked employers to treat colored employees equally. (改成简单句，使用非谓语/非限定动词)
After abolishing / Having abolished the discriminatory laws, the president asked employers to treat colored employees equally
4. The tourists don't know what happens in Carnival. I am sure they have not been to Rio de Janeiro. (将第二个句子变成用情态动词表达)
They can't / couldn't / won't have been to Rio de Janeiro.
5. It's really a pity that you didn't read the tips in the travel brochure. That's why you had the problems during your holiday in India. (改成一个虚拟句)
If you had read the tips in the travel brochure, you wouldn't / shouldn't / couldn't / mightn't have had the problems during your holiday in India
第二节：书面表达(满分10分)
假设你刚去过了一个旅游胜地，请描述你的旅游经历，包括出发，旅游景点的简介以及所享受的服务，自己的感受和归程。字数100-150。
常德市一中2005下学期期中考试英语试卷答卷 (April 20, 2006)
第I卷（共75分）
选择题 （请注意：听力第18至20小题为填词题，在本答题栏的最后面）
1-5 BCBBA 6-10 BCCCA 11-15 AABCB 16-17 BA
18. warmest congratulations 19. high prices 20.the same college
21-25 CABDD 26-30 CADCB 31-35 BDABB
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
36-40 DABAB 41-45 ADBCC 46-50 BAABC 51-55 ABBCC
56-60 BDDCA 61-65 BCBDA
An American teacher's travel diary in Beijing and Xi'an
May 21, 2005 Xi'an: Terro Cotta Warriors, Huaqing Hot Spring
We woke up with train still a few hours from Xi'an and we had daylight so that we could see all the details of the loess countryside.
We arrived at our new hotel which was better than the one in Beijing, we cleaned up and had breakfast.
Then we left for our first trip to visit the famous terra cotta warriors .we were met as VIP's again and given an introduction by the director. Then we were given a complete VIP tour of all the terra cotta warriors sites. In the notes to prepare for the tour I learned that Sun Tzu's the Art of War is called Bing Fa in China. I got lot of video and pictures trying to catch all the military detail. Then we were given another state like dinner at the museum.
We boarded the bus to visit the Huaqing Hot Spring which was a major center of the Tang Dynasty and the site of romance in the emperor's home. The site is filled with more beautiful building, gardens and lots of water. I got part of the regular play that is put on to tell the romantic story of the Emperor and his wife. The costumes were very beautiful.
We arrived back at our hotel and to find another state dinner with the head of CRI and local political leaders awarding us presents. Gao Huiying and I then made an effort to catch up on recording our experiences for CRI radio.
May 20, 2005 Beijing: Forbidden City, Summer Palace
We started with the Forbidden City. It is first off Tian'an Men and I decided to use the video camera because we had little things and I wanted to be able to get through the city and catch as many views as possible. I began the video of Tian'an Men and saw the GREat Hall of the people and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum and the Monument to the People's Heroes. Then we entered the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian'an Men) and I knew we were going to have to move fast. Therefore we moved quickly down the middle of the city. I also noticed that there was much reconstruction, on both sides of the city, so we wouldn't be able to see those sites.
One of my favorite scenes was to video and was coming through a connecting hallway into another courtyard. The most interesting change was when we entered the imperial garden, the trees and rock construction made it look like a fairy tale.
In the afternoon, we went to the Summer Palace, we started at Dong Dong Men and went south to the arch bridge and Nanmu Dao. We took a dragon boat to the marble boat. From there we went back to the boathouse and then up Longevity Hill (Wanshou Shan) from which we could view everything around Kunming Lake. Gao Huiying was very tired with the pace up the hill and said that she was still hurting from our run yesterday up the GREat wall. We came down the hill beside Leshou Tang and rejoined our group at Dong Dong Men.
We went back to CRI when I spent an hour recharging the video camera and talking with Li Peichun about how well his team was taking care of us. Then we found out we were late for dinner. we had dinner and hurried to the Beijing railway station. Gao Huiying told me, as we waited in the crowded station， that she had never been in an airplane. This was in response to my comment that it had been many years since I had been on a train.
