浙江省台州中学2012-2013学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

台州中学2012学年第一学期期中试题
高一 英语
注意：本试卷分为卷I（选择题）和卷II（非选择题）两部分，满分100分，考试时间120分钟；所有答案一律做在答题卷上。
卷I （选择题 满分70分）
一、听力（共两节，满分17分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the woman think of the coffee?
A. It’s cheap. B. It’s delicious. C. It’s pretty bad for local business.
2. What happened to the woman?
A. Someone knocked her down. B. Her wallet was stolen.
C. Her friend went to the hospital for an operation.
3. What are the speakers doing?
A. Having a dinner. B. Buying some fruit. C. Enjoying a holiday.
4. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Write something down. B. Call her sister. C. Give Mr. Peterson a message.
5. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. Next to a gas station. B. On the side of the road. C. In a car.
第二节 （共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
听下面对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6－7题。
6. What matters most to the woman about teaching?
A. Working with many different people.
B. Having long vacations. C. Staying with young people.
7. How does the woman feel about teaching?
A. It’s boring. B. It’s rewarding. C. It’s always tiring.
听第7段材料，回答第8－9题。
8. What is wrong with the girl?
A. She has a headache and a sore throat.
B. She has a cough and a fever. C. Her stomach hurts.
9. What will the man do next?
A. Take her to see the doctor. B. Give her some medicine.
C. Bring her something to drink.
听第8段材料，，回答第10－13题。
10. Why does the man go to that particular store?
A. He heard they had a discount for jewelry.
B. His wife likes that store a lot.
C. He always buys his wife presents from that store.
11. Why does the man want to buy his wife a present?
A. For Valentine’s Day. B. For their anniversary. C. For her birthday.
12. What does the man think of the first necklace?
A. It is beautiful but expensive. B. His wife already has something like it.
C. The diamond was too large.
13. How much does the man pay in the end?
A. $2000. B. $800. C. $720.
听第9段材料，回答第14－17题。
14. According to the talk, what makes a language easy to learn?
A. It is spoken by a lot of people.
B. It is similar in grammar and structure to your native language.
C. It doesn’t contain too much vocabulary.
15. Why is Chinese considered one of the most difficult languages to learn?
A. There are many characters with changeable meaning.
B. There are many different writing systems.
C. Its sentence structure is completely different from English.
16. Which languages’ writing systems are partly based on Chinese characters?
A. Japanese and Arabic. B. Korean and Arabic.
C. Japanese and Korean.
17. What can we learn about Arabic?
A. It is written left to right. B. It uses few vowels.
C. Many words come from English.
二、单项填空（共16小题；每小题0.5分，满分8分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
18.—We are going to have a picnic this weekend.
— Oh, really? ______
A. Congratulations! B. Have fun! C. Cheer up! D. Good luck!
19. In the face of danger, we need to stay ________. Only in this way can we come up with
good solutions.
A. still B. quiet C. calm D. silent
20. Barack Obama, _______ President of the United States, was given a Nobel Peace Prize in _______ year 2009.
A. 不填; the B. a; the C. the; the D. the; 不填
21. Have you _____ your things, Bob? We have to catch the 2:30pm train and we don’t have too much time.
A. added up B. hidden away C. set down D. packed up
22.—Have you finished your experiment report, Jane?
—Oh, my God. I’ve _____ forgotten all about that.
A. exactly B. finally C. entirely D. freely
23. All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he ______ badly wounded and that he ______ at once.
A. should be; be operated on B. were; must be operated on
C. be; was operated on D. was; be operated on
24. Mr. Black ______ Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane _______ on Sunday？
A. leaves; takes off B. is leaving; takes off
C. is leaving; is taking off D. leaves; is taking off
25. Unless you change your _____ towards your studies, you won’t make any progress, I believe.
A. point B. idea C. attitude D. sight
26. Is this the first time that Jack ________ this kind of food?
A. enjoys B. has enjoyed C. enjoyed D. had enjoyed
27. —Who called just now, Sam?
—It’s Terry. She asked _____.
A. that Alice was in B. if was Alice in
C. if Alice was in D. whether was Alice in
28. There was never any time for her to feel happy, _____ lots of people loved her.
A. ever since B. because C. as if D. though
29. I don’t think Lucy is a nice woman and I am tired_____ her empty talk.
A. of B. for C. with D. about
30. The _____ look on Tom’s face showed that he completely believed in himself.
A. surprised B. concerned C. excited D. determined
31. —Do you like traveling?
—Sure. I _____ to Australia six months ago, but I _____ anywhere since then.
A. went; didn't go B. have gone; haven't been
C. went; haven't been D. went; hadn't been
32. It was last month ______ we bought this house and moved in.
A. which B. that C. when D. what

33. Rather than ______ a car, our maths teacher prefers ______ a bicycle to go to school.
A. drive; to ride B. driving; to ride C. to drive; riding D. to drive; ride
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从34－48各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
It was still early when I arrived at my workplace. My watch said it was only 6 am. “Hi, I’m Janet.” I tried to sound cheerful, although I already knew that it was 34 to work with Rose.
Rose, a middle-aged woman, stopped what she was doing and 35 me over her glasses. I could tell from her expression that she wasn’t 36 to see a student worker.
“What do you want me to do? Start the coffee?” Rose 37 and went away. I filled the pot with cold water and began making coffee when Rose suddenly 38 and took over, “That’s not the 39 to make coffee.” I was 40 as I just followed the steps our supervisor (视导员) showed us.
41 I did pleased her. All morning her eyes missed nothing and her words 42 me. Totally tired, I came home late that afternoon. Fighting back 43 , I thought of my situation alone in my room. Should I see if my supervisor would change my 44 ? But I didn’t want to 45 . Then I had the answer — I needed to 46 her.
Working with Rose the next morning, I 47 her sharp words and did things in her way as much as possible. Things began to change over the next few days. She became 48 to me. As I worked with this woman, I listened to her — something no one else had done.
I never see Rose again after that summer, but I still remember her. That summer I learned a lesson that love is the best way to turn an enemy into a friend.
34. A. useful B. interesting C. strange D. difficult
35. A. smiled at B. shouted at C. looked at D. glared at
36. A. sad B. pleased C. nervous D. interested
37. A. nodded B. shook C. spoke D. stood
38. A. agreed B. decided C. appeared D. requested
39. A. time B. way C. place D. student
40. A. serious B. excited C. bored D. shocked
41. A. Nothing B. Something C. Anything D. Everything
42. A. attracted B. hurt C. moved D. taught
43. A. fear B. worry C. pride D. tears
44. A. mind B. plan C. work D. tool
45. A. get down B. give in C. go away D. come up
46. A. notice B. trust C. show D. love
47. A. enjoyed B. heard C. ignored D. considered
48. A. helpful B. friendly C. angry D. thankful

四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，然后从49－64各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
A
Once I had an unforgettable experience which has changed and directed the way I think and act even nowadays.
When I was about seven years old, my grandfather took me to a fish pond on a farm and told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone. “You may create lots of circles in your life, but the waves that come from those circles will disturb the peace of all your fellow people,” he said thoughtfully. “Remember that your circle may touch many other circles, meaning that your thoughts or actions may disturb others’ lives. You are responsible for what you put in your circle. You will need to live in a way that allows the good or peace that comes from your circle to be sent to others. At the same time, the anger or jealousy(嫉妒) coming from your circle may also spread to other circles. You are responsible for both.”
For the first time in my life, I realized that each person’s inner peace or discord(不和谐) can flow out into the world. If we are filled with inner conflict(冲突), doubt or anger, we cannot create world peace. We spread the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever circles are inside us, they are spreading into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
49. The author’s grandfather took him/her to the fishpond to_______.
A. go fishing together B. play a fun game with the author
D. correct his/her wrong doings D. teach him/her a meaningful truth of life
50. What does the author want to say by telling us his unforgettable experience?
A. We only have to be responsible for our own feelings
B. What we think and do can affect others’ lives.
C. We’d better not keep in touch with other people.
D. It’s not easy to keep a good relationship with other people.
51. The author would probably agree that we should________.
A. share our happiness with other people
B. complain about the misfortune in our lives
C. send our anger to other people
D. hide our feelings and never express them to others
B
Everybody is unique in this world, that is, no one is the same as one another. But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?
As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs. These are influenced by society, our family, the education we receive and so on. Once this value system is set up, it's not easy to change later in life.
Financial experts say that everyone also has their own belief of how to manage their money. This is part of our value system and it has a great effect on the way we look after our money.
According to our different values, experts put us in three categories. They are: the ant, the cricket (蟋蟀) and the snail.
◆The ant — works first
Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don't care about enjoying the moment. They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest（投资） in some funds and stocks with low risk.
◆The cricket — fun first
The cricket cares about everything at the moment but not the future. They even borrow money when they really want something. Many young people now belong to this group. These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.
◆The snail — lives under pressure
The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves. They take big long-term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they may not be able to afford it. This can cause problems in the future. They should plan more carefully.
52. One’s beliefs and values are affected by the following except _____.
A. money B. family C. education D. society
53. People with the character of the cricket will probably _____.
A. care about the moment and work hard as well
B. borrow money to live a luxury life
C. take the risk of investing a large sum of money
D. enjoy life now without thinking much about the future
54. Of the three types of people, the one that has no weakness is_________.
A. the ant B. the cricket C. the snail D. none of them
55. This passage mainly talks about _____.
A. the insects in nature B. people’s ways of dealing with money
C. people’s values and beliefs D. the relation between man and insects
C
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56. The underlined word “leisurely” in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.
A. relaxing B. tiring C. expensive D. interesting
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58. A tour to the Bay of Islands helps tourists learn about New Zealand’s _______
A. culture B. agriculture C. population D. history
59. According to the passage, who will be interested in having these trips?
A. people who love traveling