高二英语下学期杏坛中学中段考试卷
高二英语试题（2008.4）
本试卷共10页，四大题，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。

Ⅰ. 听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：听对话或独白（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
每段播放两遍。每段材料后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A，B，C选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听第1段材料，回答1—3题。
听第2段材料，回答4—6题。
听第3段材料，回答7—9题。
听第4段对话，回答10-12题。
听第5段对话，回答13-15题。
第二节：听取信息（共5小题，每小题分，满分5分）
听下面一段对话。请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16—20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅读时间，录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。

Ⅱ.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完型填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A，B，C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The latest reform in testing is the computerized test. Test questions and answer choices are presented on the 21 and students can answer with a tap of the keyboard or a click of the mouse. Before the actual test begins ,there usually is an instruction showing how to use the computer to 22 the questions. Scores are displayed on the screen at the end of the test so that a student has immediate feedback 23 having to return several days later for results.
Some computerized tests are “adaptive ”.This means that a test question is selected from a large pool of items based on how the test taker has responded to the 24 question. The first question presented is of medium difficulty .If the test taker answers 25 ,the next item will be more difficult. If he or she answers incorrectly ,the next question will be easier. The computer 26 questions by level of difficulty and many other factors such as sex, race and age references ,subject area the question is drawn from ,and form of question ,before presenting it on the screen. In this way ,the questions are “adapted ”to find the true skill 27 of the test taker.
Among all the conveniences of computerized testing ,there are some 28 .No longer can you have a quick look at the 29 test ,answer the easy questions first ,and come back later to finish the difficult ones. Test items are presented one at a time ,and you must choose an answer in order to move on to the next question .Once you have confirmed your answer ,you cannot go back to 30 it if ,later on ,you realize that your answer was wrong .
21. A. screen B. paper C. board D. surface
22. A. put aside B. concentrate on C. respond to D. apply to
23. A. other than B. rather than C. regardless of D. as to
24. A. previous B. basic C. following D. single
25. A. briefly B. smartly C. correctly D. thoughtfully
26. A. classifies B. answers C. considers D. recognizes
27. A. standard B. factor C. pattern D. level
28. A. qualities B. limits C. services D. features
29. A. formal B. objective C. final D. entire
30. A. identify B. exchange C. change D. overlook

第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31---40的相应位置上。


Ⅲ 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
.第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A， C B，，D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The American Revolution was a citizen's revolution. Ordinary men took a large part in it. One of them was Paul Revere, a silver worker. He lived in Boston many years ago during the time when many people in the British colonies in America felt that they were being used for Britain's gain. They felt that they were being taxed without fair representation in the British government. The people of Boston were especially angry, and additional British troops had been sent there to keep the excited colonists under control. Paul Revere was one of those who believed that the British would soon be on the march against the villages and farms near Boston.
On the night of the eighteenth of April,1775,Revere rowed across the Charles
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