高二第一学期期中英语试题.doc

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兰州三十四中
2012—2013学年度第一学期期中考试卷
高二年级 英语命题人：王艳菊 审核人：李元英
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注意事项：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。
第一部分：听力 （共16题，每小题1分，总分16分）
第一节（共5小题）
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秒钟的时问来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题每段对话仅读一遍
l．When should the woman go to the zoo according to the man？
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A．On Sunday afternoon．
B．On Saturday afternoon．
C．On a week day.
2．Where are the two speakers？
A．In a hotel. B．At a dinner table. C．In the street.
3．Who are the two speakers？
A．A bus driver and a passenger.
B．A policeman and a driver.
C．A taxi driver and a passenger.
4．What will the weather be like on Thursday？
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A．Rainy. B. Fine. C．Cold.
5．What does the man suggest？
A．Come back for a later show．
B．Wait in a queue．
C．Come back in five minutes．
第二节（共11小题）
听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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至8题。
6．What does the man first invite the woman to do？
A. Go shopping. B. Go swimming. C. Go to the cinema.
7．When will the two speakers go out for supper together?
A．On Friday evening. B. On Saturday evening. C. On Sunday evening.
8．When and where will the man pick up the woman？
A．At seven at her house．B．At six at her house，C．At five at her office.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9．What is the possible relationship between the two speakers？
A．They are friends. B. They are strangers. C．They are co-workers.
10．Where is Jim going？
A．Going to the cinema. B．Going home. C．Going to watch TV．
11．What time of the day do you think it is？
A．In the morning. B. At noon. C．In the evening.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12．Why hasn’t Kate seen John lately?
A．He went on camping．
B．He was visiting his brother.
C．He’s been studying．
13．Why did Kate suggest John camping？
A．John can get in touch with the nature．
B．John can have a good rest．
C．John can go to many parks．
14．What did John think about camping？
A．Camping was very expensive．
B．They could camp anywhere they wanted．
C．Camping was unsafe．
听第9段材料，回答第15至16题。
15．Where did the conversation take place？
A．In Italy．B．In America. C．In China.
16. What did the man enjoy most during the holiday？
A．Meeting with his relatives．
B．Being together with his wife and his daughter.
C．Visiting friends．
第二部分：笔试部分
I.单项填空：（共20小题，每题1分，总分20分）
17. I was very ____ to find all the tickets had been sold out when I got there.
A. disappoint B. to disappoint C. disappointing D. disappointed
18. The door remained _____ .
A . locked B .to lock C .locking D .lock
19. When he came to life, he found himself ___ on a chair, with his hands ___ back.
A. to sit; tied B. sitting; tying C. sat; tied D. sitting; tied
20. The Emperor’s New Clothes , is an ____ text . All of us are ____ in it .
A .exciting ; exciting B .excited ; excited C .excited ; exciting D .exciting ; excited
21. In front of the farmhouse ______.
A. lay a peasant boy B. laid a peasant boy
C. a peasant lay D. did a peasant boy lie
22. Nowhere else in the world _____a place so beautiful as Beijing.
A. you can find B. can you find C. find you D. do you find
23. ----Look! there _________
----Oh; yes, there __________!
A. comes Tom ; comes he B. Tom comes ; he comes
C. Tom comes ; comes he D. comes Tom ; he comes
24. ----Will the Browns go abroad this summer?
　 ----No. They finally decided________ .
　　A. to B. not to C. not going D. not go
25. ----Do you think it's going to rain over the weekend?
　 ---- ______ .
　 A.I don't believe B.I don't believe it C. I believe not to D.I believe not
26. ___ the road, don’t forget to look both ways.
A. As crossing B. While you cross C. While crossing D. Cross
27. Do you know how many countries the UK_______?
A. is consisted of B. consists of C. makes up D. makes up of
28. A driver should_______ the road when_______________.
A. concentrate on; drive B. concentrate in; driving
C. concentrate to ; drive D. concentrate on; driving
29.----Why did the police take him away?
----Because he was _______ stealing.
A. accused for B. accused to C. accused of D. accused at
30. The farmers built fences in order to _________their sheep ______ wolves.
A. protect; for B. defend; against C. defend; for D. preserve; of
31. _______is no doubt that he can catch up with us.
A. It B. Which C. There D. As
32.I don't like ______ you speak to her.
A. the way B. the way in that C. the way which D. the way of which
33.---I'm sorry I'm calling you so late.
---_______okay.
A. This is B. You're C. That's D. I'm
34. I’d like one of you to do me a favor; I want to have the goods _____ .
A. packaged B. be packaged C. to be packaged D. to package
35. —Is Mr Green really very ill ?
     — _______ . He’s in hospital .
     A. I don’t think so    B. No , he isn’t      C. I hope so     D. I’m afraid so
36. — What a nice meal ! Thank you for having us .
     — _______ .
     A. It doesn’t matter    B. It was a pleasure     C. Not nice enough    D. With pleasure
II.完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，总分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从37～56各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A 37 thing happened 38 me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day __39__ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my 40 stopped. It was out of gas on a 41 road far from a town! I decided to walk 42 I found someone who could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile 43 I finally found a house near the __44__. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __45__. She said, “I’ve been __46__ for you here for a long time. Come in. 47 is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t 48 what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You 49 tea,” said she.
I quickly 50 that my car was out of 51 , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept 52 me Alfred and talking about how long it had been 53 she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was 54 to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my 55 , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t 56 anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
37. A. happy B. strange C. common D. bad
38. A. on B. in C. upon D. to
39. A. and B. so C. but D. that
40. A. car B. bus C. bike D. truck
41. A. narrow B. lonely C. crowded D. busy
42. A. when B. so that C. until D. because
43. A. before B. after C. while D. as
44. A. street B. path C. way D. road
45. A. came B. answered C. opened D. appeared
46. A. asking B. looking C. calling D. waiting
47. A. Gas B. Coffee C. Tea D. Lunch
48. A. consider B. understand C. accept D. think
49. A. like B. liked C. used to like D. liking
50. A. answered B. explained C. refused D. promised
51. A. gas B. tea C. strength D. energy
52. A. calling B. call C. to call D. called
53. A. until B. before C. since D. when
54. A. anxious B. interested C. glad D. ready
55. A. accident B. incident C. experience D. surprise
56. A. wound B. injury C. hurt D. frighten
III.阅读理解(共20小题，每题2分，总分40分)
A
Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. As a child, he was slow to learn to talk.As a pupil, he was backward. But when he was fourteen years old, he became clever. He taught himself maths from textbooks. He studied hard because he wanted to be a physicist.
In 1901,Einstein began teaching. In 1902 he continued his studies at the University of Zurich.Several years later, he formulated(系统地阐述)his famous Theory of Relativity(相对论).To most people the law of relativity is difficult to explain. But once Einstein explained it very well to a group of young students. He said,"When you sit with a good girl for two hours, you think it is only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours.That is relativity."
After Hitler came into power in Germany,Einstein went to America. In 1940 Einstein became an American citizen.In 1955, Einstein's life ended at the age of seventy-six.
57.When Einstein was a pupil of twelve, he _______ .
A.was not quick in learning to talk B.was poor in his studies
C.studied very hard D.hardly lagged behind
58.The law of relativity is_______ .
A.very hard for most people to understand
B.too hard for Einstein himself to explain
C.too hard to explain to anybody except Einstein
D.easy to understand only for the young students
59.When did Einstein become an American citizen?
A.He became an American citizen in 1940.
B.Not until he had reached the age of 61 did he become an American citizen.
C.He did not become an American citizen until 1955.
D.He became an American citizen in the year when Hitler came into power.
60.Which of the following do you think is true?
A.The Germans owed their scientific progress to Einstein.
B.The Americans owed all their economic development to Einstein.
C.Einstein owed a great deal to the modern world.
D.Einstein made a very great contribution to modern science.
61.The title for this passage should be " _______ ".
A.Theory of Relativity B.An American Citizen
C.Albert Einstein D.Einstein's Contribution
B
Mauritius, an island country, lies 1,200 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa, and just east of Madagascar, another African island country, which is larger by far than Mauritius. It covers 788 square miles and has a population of 1,100,000, about 750,000 Indians, 300,000 Clioers, 30,000 Chinese and 20,000 Whites included. They are living together peacefully.
The country can be divided into many parts with different climates all because of its peculiar terrains（地形）.In the center there are volcanoes(火山)several thousand feet high, and 90 percent of its arable land（耕地） is covered with sugarcane.（甘蔗）
There were no people living on the island before the Dutch landed on it in 1638. The Dutch abandoned it in 1710, and five years later, the French came and succeeded in planting sugarcane there. It was conquered（征服） by Britain in 1810.
Mauritius was extremely poor when it declared（宣告） its independence in 1968. In the past ten years, obvious economic prosperity（繁荣）has shown itself in this island country.
62. The underlined words “abandoned it” in third paragraph means___
A. took its place B. gave it up C. left for it D. held it out
63. The right order that shows the history of Mauritius should be .
a. seized by the French b. became its master
c. ruled by the Dutch d conquered by the British
A. b, a, c, d B. a, c, d, b C. d, c, a, b D. c, a, d, b

64. According to the passage all of the following statements are true except .
A. Arable land covers 90 percent of the country’ s total area
B. It was the rule of foreigners that made the Mauritius people live in poverty
C. More than half of Mauritius population are Indians
D. Britain ruled the island longer than French and Holland
C
Almost every family in America or England buys at least one copy of a newspaper each day. Some people buy as many as two or three different papers.
Why do people read newspapers?
Newspapers supply us with news about events in our hometowns, in our country, and in other parts of the world. Today we can read about important things that took place in foreign countries on the same day they happened, even in countries far away. But hundreds of years ago, news of things took months or even years to travel from one country to another. In those times, news was often passed from one person to another and never completely true. Newspapers today supply us with more than just what happened in our country or in other countries. If we want to know what the weather will be like, we can read the weather reports. If we want to find out what films are being shown, or what plays or concerts we can go to we can look in the newspapers.
In many countries people put notices in newspapers if they are trying to get a job, hunting for a house or rooms that they can rent, or even when looking for a person who is lost.
65. This article tells us ________.
A. most people in America or England read newspapers every day
B. all people in America or England read newspapers every day
C. every person in America or England reads newspapers every day
D. all families in America or England read newspapers every day
66. Newspapers supply us with ________.
A. only home news B. only world news
C. home news and world news D. important things
67. Today we can read in our newspapers about important events________.
A. that took place hundreds of years ago
B. that took place in faraway countries soon after they happened
C. that will take place in foreign countries
D. that will take place in the world
68. Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The habit of reading newspapers is found among most people.
B. Newspapers not only supply us with news from all over the world but also give us a lot of useful information.
C. Hundreds of years ago news was not completely true because it was told in spoken words.
D. If you have no place to live in, you can put notice in a newspaper and then you will certainly get a room to live in.
D
The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the world. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen Daid, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.
The idea of forming a