咸阳中学2008-2009学年高二英语第一学期期末试卷人教实验版（本试题四部分，满分150分。
考试时间120分钟。
）一、听力（共两节，满分35分）听力文件略第一节：听力理解（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）听下面一段对话，回答第1—3三个小题。
1. Where was the play “Pygmalion” first performed?A. In GermanyB. In ViennaC. In London2. When was the play made into a successful movie?A. In 1956B. In 1914C. In 19643. What did the writer George Bernard Shaw win for the play?A. Oscar AwardsB. Nobel Prize for LiteratureC. Both听下面一段对话，回答第4—6三个小题。
4. What is the topic of this talk?A. Women’s clothingB. The Change in men’s clothing in America.C. Dress requirements in America.5. What are American men beginning to do?A. Be more formalB. Not worry about lifeC. Be more informal6. What have restaurants done?A. They have admitted womenB. They have changed dress rules.C. They have closed.听下面一段对话，回答第7—9三个小题。
7. Why did men live in the caves long, long ago?A. Men liked dry and warm caves.B. Caves were easy to buildC. Men didn’t know how to build houses.8. How did the cave men tell stories?A. By writing on bamboo sticks.B. By writing on animal skins.C. By drawing on the stone walls.9. What can we learn from the text?A. All the caves have been found so far.B. The caves men hunted wild animals for their bones.C. We can know something about cave men through the picture stories.听下面一段对话，回答第10—12三个小题。
10. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. The importance of money.B. The development of money.C. Different kinds of money.11. When was paper money invented?A. No one knows.B. Around the 10th century in China.C. Around the 9th century.12. What does the speaker believe?A. The Euro dollar will be used instead of the American dollar.B. The American dollar will be used for international trade.C. All the world will use the same money.听下面一段对话，回答第13—15三个小题。
13. How many experiments did it take before Dolly was successfully cloned?A. 267B. 276C. 27714. What does the dodo bird look like?A. It is very large.B. It easily adapts to any climate.C. It is very friendly.15. What’s the attitude of the woman towards the cloning of the extinct animals?A. ForB. AgainstC. Not mentioned听下面一段对话，回答第1—3三个小题。
第二节：听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）Who Action ObjectEdison had made much more 16_______________One suggestion was that the nation 17___________________ a minute or two of totalblackoutPerhaps this suggested plan made Americans fully 18______________ what Edison and hisachievements meant to themShutting it off for even ashort timewould have led to 19__________________In this way they 20_________________ the man二、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：完形填空（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。
British scientists have done something that people thought was impossible: they21___the first clone of an adult mammal. The 22 , named Dolly, is a seven-month-old sheep, grown from a cell of an adult female sheep. What is a clone?A clone is a genetic 23 . Genes are the instructions for 24 . Genes 25 each individual plant or animal different and unique. 26 a clone has the same genes as the original organism. Cloning is not 27 . Plants have been clonedfor 28 . It has been much more difficult to clone animals. It may soon be 29to clone many types of animals. Will we also be able to clone human organs, or evenwhole human beings? We have only begun to 30 the morality of cloning technology. Maybe the question to ask is not whether we can clone humans, but instead, whetherwe should clone humans?21. A. found B. created C. made D. built22.A. clone B. sheep C. cell D. animal23. A. problem B. theme C. copy D. idea24. A. plants B. animals C. life D. humans25. A. keep B. make C. tell D. let26. A. But B. And C. So D. For27. A. exciting B. different C. interesting D. new28. A. centuries B. years C. decades D. months29.A valid B. difficult C. possible D. able30. A. think out B. mark out C. take in D. care about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。
Pygmalion is a play about recognizing a person’s position in society by theway they behave and speak. At the beginning of the play, Eliza was only a flower girl. One day when she was ____31 (sell) flowers in the street, she found a man taking notice of 32 she said. She was very angry and confused for fear thatthe man was a policeman in disguise. At the moment, Professor Higgins appeared, saying that he could change 33 poor-educated man into a man in the 34 class.The next day, Eliza went to the Higgin’s and wanted him to be 35 teacher.At first Higgins wouldn’t like to accept her. However, Pickering wanted to havea bet with him, so Higgins accepted Eliza 36 his student.Though it was difficult to teach Eliza, Higgins taught her with great 37 (patient). Finally, Eliza made great progress and she was taken 38 attend a grand party. She behaved in 39 good manners that a young gentleman fell inlove with her. He couldn’t recognize she was a flower girl in the street.After the party, Higgins and Pickering celebrated their success. However, theyleft Eliza alone, 40 made Eliza disappointed. Finally, she couldn’t stand itany more. She decided to live independently.三、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、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。