陕西省咸阳市彩虹中学2012-2013学年高二英语上学期期中考试试题.doc

陕西省咸阳市彩虹中学2012-2013学年度高二上学期期中考试英语试题
注意事项：
1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
2. 情景对话题和信息匹配题若选E项时，请在答题卡上涂AB，F涂AC，G涂AD。
第Ⅰ卷（两部分，共95分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
从每小题的A, B, C, D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
1. loop
A. bedroom B. loose C .cook D. goods
2.break
A. great B. creative C. eat D. treat
3.radium
A. attend B. challenge C. bat D. radiation
4.clothes
A. cloth B. clothing C. month D. theme
5.expose
A. example B. explain C. expert D. explanation

第二节 .情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Jerry: Hi , Mike. Look like you’ve got some sun.
Mike: I guess so. I spent the weekend on the beach.
Jerry: Really? That sounds exciting. __6__
Mike: At my friend’s house .He invited me to stay there for as long as I wanted.
Jerry: __7__
Mike: Oh, I have a paper to work on.
Jerry: _ 8__ I mean besides lying out in the sun.
Mike: I play some volleyball. I never realized how hard it is to run on sand.
Jerry: _9__ Did you go swimming?
Mike: I intended to. __10__So I just went fishing.
Jerry: All sounds so relaxing.
A. What a pity!
B. It must be cool.
C. Where did you stay?
D. But how did you get there?
E. So what else did you do out there?
F. But the water wasn’t warm enough
G. Then why not stay there for a longer time?

第三节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
11. The sun was shining brightly, ____everything there look more beautiful.
A. making B. to make C. and make D. and making
12. ______ I toured Zhangjiajie, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time B. At first C. It was the first time D. The first time
13. Every minute is made full use of ___ our lessons.
A. to study B. studying C. studied D. study
14. I can’t stand ___ with Jane in the office. She just refuses ___ talking while she works.
A. working; stopping B. to work; stopping C. working; to stop D. to work; to stop
15. They demand that the library ______ open during the vacation.
A. must be kept B. is kept C. would be kept D. be kept
16.Not until he failed the exam，______ he ______ he wasted too much time playing.
A. do; realize B. did; realize C. has; realize D. /; realized
17. The government of Philippines has______ the release of a total of 8 million dollars to help the farmers whose crops were damaged by typhoons.
A. agreed B. approved C. applied D. assessed
18. Her composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any _______ of it.
A. meaning B. message C. excuse D. sense
19. A driver should __ the road when .
A. concentrate on; drive B. concentrate in; driving
C. concentrate to; drove D. concentrate on; driving
20. At first, his teacher couldn’t realize that Lang Lang had a _______ for music though he wanted to learn the piano so much.
A. knowledge B. present C. gift D. patience
21. If you _______this university，you’ll have to pay as much as five thousand dollars a year..
A. apply for B. applied to C. applied for D. apply to
22. The poor man, ________，ran out of the dark cave.
A. tiring and frightened B. tired and frightened
C. tired and frightening D. tiring and frightening
23. As far as I know, they spent _______ winter of 2009 in _______ UK.
A. the; the B. /; / C. the; / D. /; the

24. — Do you feel like _______ there or shall we take a bus?
— I’d like to walk. But since there isn’t much time left, I’d rather we _______ a taxi.
A. walking; hire B. to walk; hire C. to walk; hired D. walking; hired
25. ___________ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.
A. Which B. When C. What D. As
第四节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。
The story of “Making Pancakes” reminds me of Mother’s Day in Georgia in 1970. That 26 , my family and I were at the Church 27 for the preacher (牧师)to begin when I looked around noticing our 12-year-old son was 28 . My wife and I looked at each other with 29 eyes, thinking he was 30 outside playing with his friends.
Thirty minutes later the preacher was well into his sermon (布道) and 31 no son .Since we only 32 about a block from the Church , all through the sermon I was 33 he had gone home to watch television . 34 the preacher finished his sermon , my wife and I rushed for the door . With 35 building with every step I took toward the house , I 36 what I would say and what I would do as soon as we found him.
With all that tension and anxiety 37 , can you imagine our surprise when we walked into the house and found him sitting on the sofa waiting for us with a(an) 38 ? I was just about to let it all 39 , when without saying a word he stood, took his mother by the hand, and 40 her into the kitchen.
There before us was a 41 table of food spread our 12-year-old son had 42 for my wife as his Mother’s Day gift with his smile. Later, we learned he left 43 after Sunday School to rush home to have it ready for his mom.
In our life, we often look at our circumstances and think how 44 things are. Then when we see the 45 of the cases, we can only bow our humble (卑微的)heads in amazement at how things turned out for our good!
26. A. Monday B. Wednesday C. Sunday D. Tuesday
27. A. calling B. waiting C. looking D. searching
28. A. absent B. present C. naughty D. honest
29. A. tearful B. friendly C. frightening D. questioning
30 A. surely B. probably C. actually D. exactly
31. A. already B. ever C. still D. either
32. A. lived B. worked C. studied D. traveled
33. A. remembering B. forgetting C. proving D. thinking
34. A. Now that B. In order that C. As soon as D. Even though
35. A. joy B. anger C. sadness D. pride
36. A. explained B. confused C. ignored D. imagined
37. A. growing B. changing C. dropping D. stopping
38. A. apology B. excuse C. smile D. frown
39. A. up B. out C. down D. in
40. A. forced B. drove C. talked D. led
41. A. beautiful B. terrible C. magical D. dreamful
42. A. bought B. carried C. prepared D. borrowed
43. A. slowly B. immediately C. carefully D. secretly
44. A. bad B. lucky C. good D. strange
45. A. beginning B. ability C. power D. outcome

第二部分：阅读理解：（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
After the first World War, a small group of veterans (老兵) returned to their village in Britain. Most of them managed to get along fairly well, but one—Francis Blustering, who had been wounded and who never recovered his strength— was unable to work like others. In time he became very poor. Yet he was too proud to accept anything from the people in the village.
Once, these veterans held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made a good deal of money. Grandin produced a curiosity（珍玩）—a large old gold coin. Each man examined it with interest as it passed around the long table. All, however, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, so that the gold piece was soon forgotten. Later, when Grandin remembered it and asked for it, the coin was missing.
One of them suggested everyone be searched, to which all agreed, except Blustering. “You refuse, then?” asked Grandin. Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it.”
One by one, the others turned out their pockets. When the coin failed to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering. Under the pitying stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home.
A few years later, Grandin made his house repaired. A workman found the gold coin, buried in dirt between planks (木板) of the floor. Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him.
“But why didn’t you allow yourself be searched?”
“Because I was a thief,” Blustering said brokenly. “For weeks we had not had enough to eat and my pockets were full of food that I had taken from the table to carry home to my wife and hungry children.”
46Francis Blustering lived a poor life because _____________.
A.he was badly wounded in the battle
B.he was unable to work like ordinary people
C.he was too proud to get on well with other people
D.he was waiting for his chance
47The coin was missing because _____________.
A. all the friends were drunk B. the room was too noisy
C. they were too excited to pay attention to it D. Blustering hid it in a secret place
48. When Blustering turned red and refused to be searched, all people thought _____________.
A. he was really a poor fellow
B. he must have stolen the gold coin
C. the coin must be hidden somewhere in the room
D. poor Blustering had hidden some food in his pockets
49. What can we learn from the story?
A. Think twice before you make a judgment.
B. Blustering is a poor father and husband.
C. Blustering would rather live alone than be considered a thief.
D. Blustering is an example we should learn from.
B
In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people’s health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.
People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（织） cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people’s life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.
It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分贝） can cause deafness. Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.
In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.
50. The passage is mainly about ______ .
A. air pollution B. water pollution
C. noise pollution D. world pollution
51. According to the passage, a continuous noise of _______decibels can make people deaf.
A. less than 85 B. less than 65 C. about 65 D. more than 85
52. 10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because _______ .
A. they are working in noisy places B. they often listen to pop music
C. they live near airports D. they are too busy to listen to others’talk
C
Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been shown that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins(维生素) to water without vitamins, even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a sweet smell was added to the vitamins-enriched water, the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it, even after the vitamins were changed to the clear water. In time(最后), however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.
In experiments, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a room with a wide choice of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating habits, but that over a period of time they managed to choose a well-balanced diet.
So in choosing food, rats and babies do seem to know and act on what's best for them. Clearly, there is a kind of “body wisdom”, which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by old habits. Some people eat foxes, dogs and blackbirds, while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how many they eat seem to be greatly influenced by what is going around them.
53. In the experiment on rats, a sweet smell was added to the rats’ drinking water to .
A. encourage rats to drink vitamins-enriched water
B. find out rats’ preference in flavor(口味)
C. test whether rats know which drink is good for them
D. show the vitamins are tasteless
54. Talking about eating habits, babies and rats are just like each other because .
A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet
B. both prefer flavored food and drink
C. both have the same eating habits
D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors
55 In the experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were .
A. given many choices of drinks B. given all kinds of baby food
C. placed and fed in a hospital D. trained to select a balanced diet
56. According to the passage, grown-up people’s eating habits differ from those of babies in that _______ .
A. they know better than babies what kinds of food are good for their health
B. they usually cannot say no to all kinds of delicious foods
C. their eating habits have much to do with the social and cultural customs (文化习俗)
D. they have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns

D
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