高二英語U8 U2 The universal language測試題 一。單項選擇。 1. After living so any years with the old an, To felt a great affection _____ hi. A. for B with C. in D. by 2. ?Would you like soe ore soup? --______. It is delicious, but I’ve had enough.(2006, 重慶) A. Yes, please. B. No, thank you. C. Nothing ore. D. I’d like soe. 3. The eeting was ____________ when the chairan fell ill. A. cut down B. cut out C. cut off D. cut short 4. They rushed over to help the old an whose car had __________ A. broken down B broken up C. broken out D. broken in 5. That scary ovie was so ___________ that ark felt ___________ at the thought of it. A. terrified, frightened B terrifying, frightening C. terrifying, frightened D terrified, frightening 6. Owing to a strange __________ disease he forgot his own nae. A. ental B. edal C. etal D. odel 7. any politicians are totally out of _______ with the needs of ordinary people. A. sound B voice C tune D noise 8. Does the idea of working abroad ________ you? A. apply for B appeal to C anchor in D. affect to 9. To learn English well, we should develop a habit of reading English _________ every orning. A. aloud B. loudly C. loud D. aloudly 10. I’ve tried very hard to iprove y English. But by no eans ___________ with y progress.(2006, 重慶) A. the teacher is not satisfied B. is the teacher not satisfied C. the teacher is satisfied D. is the teacher satisfied 11. _____ the publishing house will publish the book consists ____ the quality of the book. A. Whether, of B. If, in C. Whether , in D. If , of 12. This is a word which even soe native speakers of English find _____. A. confuse B. to confuse C. confused D. confusing 13. In order to change attitudes _____ eploying woen, the governent is bringing ______ new laws. A. about , in B. towards , in C. of, about D. on , on 14. The flowers _____ sweet in the garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature. A. to sell B. selling C. selt D. to be selt 15.A story goes ______his ancestors grew rich on the hard work of the slaves. A. when B. where C. what D. that 16.Coparison ay ake soething appear ore beautiful than it is when_____ alone. A. to see B. seeing C. is seen D. seen 17. It was said that other possibilities _____at the eeting yesterday. A. were never paid attention B. were never paying attention to C. never paid attention to D. were never paid attention to 18.The doctor was _______ iediately the boy fell off the ladder and hurt hiself. A. sent for B. cared for C. asked for D. called for 19.________uch oney one possesses, it can’t ______a healthy body. A. How , atch B. However, copare C. No atter , defeat D. However , atch 20. _______the influence of parents is iportant to children is _____ to any. A. That , known B. What, clear C. How, obvious D. Why, concerned 21. The ayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olypics _____ by 2006. A. has been copletedB. has copleted C. will have been copletedD. will have copleted 22. ______ two exas to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend. A. WithB. Besides C. As forD. Because of 23. .It is recoended that the achine ______ together in no tie. A. will be put B. ust be put C. be put D. ought be 24. ______, judging a an only on the basis of the appearance can lead to false judgent. A. On all sides B. In all C. To be exact D. In general 25. Graar is _____ a language ______ law is to a country. A. for , as B. to, that C. to, what D. towards, which 26. ----Go for a picnic this weekend , OK? ----_______ .I love getting close to nature. A．I couldn’t agree oreB．I’ afraid not C．I believe not D．I don’t think so 27. It was back hoe after the experient . A．not until idnight did he go B． until idnight that he didn’t go C．not until idnight that he went D． until idnight when he didn’t go 28. I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person. A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless 29. ______ by the teacher , we ______ uch to the classroo discussion. A. Encouraging, joined B. Encouraged, contributed C. Encouraged, added D. Encouraging, devoted 30. Don’t leave the water while you brush your teeth . A. run B. running C. being run D. to run 二、完型。 Several days ago, I et a stranger in the street who stopped and asked e directions. I __31__ to show hi the way to the destination（目的地），but to y __32__, he coldly refused y offer. I asked hi why. Finally he told e that he was __33___ I would ask hi for oney if I __34_hi in this way. oney! I 35_ deep into thought. Is it oney that coes between us? oney itself has no__36__; Yet it cannot siply be __37__ to be good or bad. The proble __38___ what attitude we have towards it. At present, we have a ore__39__ aterial life than before, but we’re becoing ore and ore__40__. Why? In y opinion, the __41__ is the change in people’s personal __42__. They wrongly believe that __43__oney should be their only ai in life, so they __44__ all sorts of ways they can to __45__this ai. They are afraid of being__46__ and fooled. If everyone acts like this, what will our __47__ be like? Needless to say, oney is becoing ore and ore iportant in our society, __48___ it shouldn’t be the “be-all and end-all” of life. If a person only concentrates on ___49__, he will be lonely and void(空虛). It is up to us to ake our lives happy, not oney. We should try our best to help others__50__ and freely. If everyone does so, our society will be better and better. 31.A. advised B. offered C. asked D. wished 32.A. joy B. fear C. exciteent D. surprise 33.A.anxious B. glad C. sorry D. afraid 34.A.stopped B. told C. asked D. helped 35.A.fell B. took C. kept D. caught 36.A.proble B. way C. life D. use 37.A.appeared B. done C. connected D. seeed 38.A.takes in B. depends on C. results in D. leads to 39.A.powerful B. poor C. enjoyable D. healthy 40.A. cold-hearted B. war-hearted C. good-looking D. huorous 41.A. answer B. oney C. an D. creature 42.A. health B. honor C. respect D. values 43.A. taking B. costing C. giving D. aking 44.A. think up B. hold up C. give off D. break out 45.A.realize B. recognize C. take D. shoot 46.A.found B. discovered C. cheated D. followed 47.A.school B. society C. belief D. oney 48.A.or B. but C. if D. since 49.A.life B. nature C. society D. oney 50.A.wrongly B. coldly C. ainly D. whole-heartedly 三、理解。 A Beautiful usic flows fro his dancing hands and speaks a language for all people — young and old, rich and poor — to hear. It is a language of love and roance. With "Pour Elise" (《致愛麗絲》) and "Ballade Pour Adeline" 《水邊的阿蒂麗娜》), French pianist Richard Clayderan is loved by illions all over the world. His lively, yet soft piano playing is his tradeark. And now, he has ixed his usic with the sounds of the East. Clayderan, with his blonde (金色的) hair and blue eyes, recently cooperated with China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra (CBCO，中國廣播民族樂團) to record his latest albu "New Era" (《新時代》), which was released across the world last Wednesday. "I have been intoxicated (陶醉) by Chinese folk usic. It's a treasure worthy of being introduced to the world. I hope y piano and interpretation (闡釋) can bridge the West and the East," said the 49-year-old pianist. Soe of the ost faous folk usic in China, including "Faraway Place" (《在那遙遠的地方》) and "Kang Ding Love Song" (《康定情歌》), is interpreted by the pianist, who is also known as the "Prince of Roance". Clayderan has created a whirlwind of passion, which sweeps listeners off their feet and off to a faraway grassland. And for the first tie in his life, Clayderan plays the piano alongside traditional Chinese instruents such as the erhu, pipa and flute (笛子). "The agic erhu works very well with the piano and helps to create a sense of quietness and ystery in the peaceful beauty of the usic." To record "Cicada" (《蟬之歌》), a folk song of the Dong ethnic group (侗族), the usician ade several visits to the ountainous villages where the Dong people live in Yunnan Province. "Cicada", he says, is a conversation between the piano and erhu. It is also a counication between western and traditional Chinese usic. Clayderan is not the first western usician to be chared by Chinese folk usic. In 1992, Heinrich Schweizer, a coposer (作曲家) in Switzerland, wrote the "East and West Syphony" (《東西之聲交響樂》) to celebrate the cultural eeting of China and the West. His work weaves Chinese traditional folk songs with classical Western usic to produce an original (原創(chuàng)的) orchestral sound. Traditional ways of life are disappearing in this fast developing world. So, cobining the old with the new is iportant in keeping alive the great diversity (多樣性) of cultures. "This cooperation with western usic is an efficient way to proote Chinese folk usic to the world," said Zhang Gaoxiang, vice-director of CBCO. 51.What akes Richard Clayderan different fro other usicians? A. He is called Prince of Roance. B. Pour Elise ≈ Ballade Pour Adeline. C. East and West Syphony. D. His vibrant yet soft piano playing. 52.It was the pianist's hope to ________ through his latest albu. A. play the piano alongside traditional Chinese usic instruents. B. celebrate the cultural eeting of east and west. C. create a world of quietness and ystery. D. interpret Chinese usic in his own way. 53. What does the word in the tenth paragraph "weave" ean? A. ix. B. Include. C. Play. D. Sho B Norah Jones had a sleepless night on February 23. The 23-year-old Aerican jazz singer, who found her voice in the sall clubs of New York, doinated (統(tǒng)治) the 45th annual Gray Awards — the usic industry's ost prestigious (赫赫有名的) award cereony. She seeed as surprised as everyone else that her first albu, "Coe Away With e", was such a big success. It won her the ost wanted awards, including Albu of the Year (年度最佳專輯), Song of the Year and Best New Artist. "I can't believe this, I feel really blessed and really lucky to have this year," said the wide-eyed girl at the cereony. Jones grew up in Texas, US, with her other. Her parents separated before she was born. She began singing in church choirs (唱詩班) at the age of five and started piano lessons two years later. At the age of 15, Jones entered the High School for the Perforing Arts in Washington. She won Best Jazz Singer and Best Original Coposition (最佳原創(chuàng)作品) at the 1996 and 1997 Student usic Awards. She had always enjoyed singing, but felt the piano would be a ore solid foundation in life. So Jones chose to study jazz piano usic at the University of North Texas for two years before taking a trip to New York city. The trip started out as a suer vacation. But Jones soon realized she wanted to stay for a while. "The usic scene in New York is so huge and exciting. Everything opened up for e. I couldn't leave," she said. Jones becae friends with local songwriters and was inspired (激勵) to write her own songs. She began to sing and play the piano in a band. She got her break in 2001 and released "Coe Away With e" the following year. The albu is a blend (融合) of jazz, country and folk-pop. It has now sold ore than 6 illion copies around the world and has won uch praise fro the usic industry. "She akes an albu that people will reeber in 20 years," said Aerican country singer Faith Hill. What is jazz? Jazz is generally thought to have begun in New Orleans, US. It developed in the latter part of the 19th century fro African work songs, songs of sorrow and hyns (贊美詩). The character of Jazz is spontaneous (自然的) and eotional. It is usually played by sall bands ade up of a cornet (短號), clarinet (單簧管), trobone (長號) and guitar. 54. Norah Jones had a sleepless night on February 23. Fro this sentence, we can see she was ______ that night. A. tired B. having difficulties going to sleep C. excited D. too busy to sleep 55. What does the writer ean by saying"…who found her voice in the sall clubs of New York" in the first paragraph? A. She once lost her voice and after soe edical treatent in New York, she found her voice. B. Her experiences in those clubs helped her realize she was a good singer. C. She started to sing in those clubs. D. Her experiences in those clubs helped her develop her singing style. 56. At the end of paragraph 3, the writer uses the description "wide-eyed" to show Norah was ______. A. a girl with big eyes B. very surprised C. inexperienced D. opening her eyes wide 57. Put the events listed below in the correct order. a. Norah started learning the piano b. she won Student usic Awards c. she studied Jazz piano usic d. she sang in church choirs e. she took a trip to New York A. abcde B. dabce C. dcabe D. abdce 58. At the end of the last paragraph but two (倒數(shù)第二段), the writer entions that "she got her break in 2001". What does it ean? A. She got a rest that year. B. She ade soe changes that year. C. She reached a high point that year. D. A lucky chance appeared and she ade soe achieveent that year. C As we all know, the Dragon Boat Festival is our country’s traditional festival, but do you know there is also a Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea, which also falls on ay 5 of the lunar calendar(陰歷)? It has been reported that South Korea will apply to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO 聯(lián)合國教科組織) to ake the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival its own intangible cultural heritage (非物質的化遺產(chǎn)). If successful, people fro other countries ay see the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation. As the birthplace of the yearly event ore than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. "It would be a shae if another country successfully ade a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China," said Zhou Heping, deputy(副) culture inister. The inistry of Culture is even thinking of aking its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event. It is thought that the festival is held in eory of the great poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), who lived in the State of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu was known to be a patriot (愛國者) and adired by ordinary people. ww He is said to have juped into iluo River, because he had lost hope in his country's future. When people heard about Qu's death, they sailed up and down the river searching for his body. They also beat the drus to frighten away the fish and threw Zongzi into the water to stop the fish touching Qu. Dragon boat racing is said to coe fro this search for the poet's body. Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Na, as well as South Korea, the festival has ixed with and becoe part of the local culture. 59. The Dragon Boat Festival _______. A. is also kept by South KoreaB. coes fro South Korea C. was created by South KoreaD. is South Korea’s cultural heritage 60. What is the reaction of the inistry of Culture to South Korea’s intending to ake the Dragon Boat Festival its own culture heritage? A. Fighting against South KoreaB. Telling South Korea it’s not right to do so C. Considering to do the siilar thingD. Asking South Korea not to do so. 61. What is the purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival’s being held? A. In eory of Qu YuanB. In eory of all the patriots of China C. To frighten away the fishD. In honor of QuYuan’s birthday 62. After Qu Yuan’s death, Zongzi was thrown into the water to _______. A. feed hi.B. protect his body fro going bad. C. prevent the fish biting his bodyD. attract his soul 63. Now, the Dragon Boat Festival has becoe ______ activity. A. a nationwideB. a worldwideC. an AsianD. a foreign D When a consuer (消費者) finds that soething he or she bought is faulty or in soe other way does not live up to what the producer says for it, the first step is to present the warranty (擔保), or any other records that ight help, at the store of buying. In ost cases, his action will produce results. However, if it does not, there are various eans the consuer ay use to gain satisfaction. A siple and coon ethod used by any consuers is to coplain (投訴) directly to the store anager. In general, the "higher up" the consuer takes his or her coplaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consuer’s favour, taking it as true that he or she has a just right. Consuers should coplain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of buying, it is acceptable to phone or write the coplaint in a letter. Coplaining is usually ost effective when it is done politely but firly, and especially when the consuer can show clearly what is wrong with what was bought in question, if this cannot be done,the consuer will succeed best by presenting specific inforation as to what is wrong, rather than by aking general stateents. For exaple, "The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coing out of the right one is unclear" is better than "This stereo (立體聲音響) does not work". The store anager ay advise the consuer to write to the producer, if so, the consuer should do this, stating the coplaint as politely and as firly as possible. But if a polite coplaint does achieve the expected result, the consuer can go a step further. He or she can threaten (恐嚇 ) to take the seller to court or report the seller to a public organization responsible for protecting consuer's rights. 64. When a consuer finds what he bought has a fault in it, he should first__________ A. coplain personally to the anager in a loud way B. show soething provable in written for to the store C. threaten to take the atter to court D. write a fir letter of coplaint to the store 65. If a consuer wants a quick settleent of his proble, it's better to coplain to _______ A. a shop assistant B. the producer C. a public organization D. the store anager 66. The ost effective coplaint about what was bought can be ade by_______ A. showing the fault of it to the producer B. saying firly it is of poor quality C. asking politely to change it D. explaining exactly what is wrong with it 67. The passage tells us __________ A. how to ake the coplaint have a better effect B. how to settle a consuer's coplaint C. how to avoid buying soething wrong D. how to deal with coplaints fro consuers
四、單詞拼寫。 71. This achine has a u_____________ use in the hoe. 72. The guy who invented coputers ust have ade a f_________ by no 73. A coputer consists of thousands of c____________. 74. arting Luther King is a brave fighter against racial d________________. 75. This laill coe into effect when the national security is t___________. 76. any natural ____________（現(xiàn)象）can be explained by advanced science. 77. Don’t forget that using the car is a ___________（特權）, not a right. 78. I stood there _________ (發(fā)抖) with anger. 79. The arts of China have not ____________（衰落） in spite of Western influence. 80. His __________（光輝的）iage will forever live in the hearts of the people. 答案 一、單項選擇 1-5 ABDAC 6-10 ACBAD 11-15 CDBBD 16-20 DDADA 21-25 CACDC 26-30 ACABB 二、完型 31---35 BDDDA 36---40 ACBCA 41---45 ADDAA 46---50 CBBDD 三、理解 A) 51. D 52. B 53. A B) 54. C 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. D C) 59. A 60. C 61. A 62. C 63. B D) 64. B 65. D 66. D 67. A E) 68. C 69. A 70. B 四、單詞拼寫 71. universal 72. fortune 73. coponents 74. discriination 75. threatened 76. phenoena 77. privilege 78. trebling 79. declined 80. splendid
五、書面表達 A possible version:
In the English class last week, we were learning the words to an Aerican song. I was tired that day, having stayed up late the night before to study for a ath test. I could not keep y eyes open, and eventually I fell asleep. I dreaed that I was teaching English graar in a classroo. I ust have been a boring teacher, because all of y students were asleep. Then I woke up, and everyone in y class was laughing at e, even the teacher. They said the teacher had shouted at e to wake e up, and then I had shouted “Wake up” because of y drea! I thought it was pretty funny, too, but I couldn't help feeling ebarrassed.
