云南省昆明三中滇池中学2012-2013学年高一上期中考试英语试题.doc

昆明三中、滇池中学2012—2013学年上学期期中考试
高一英语试卷
命题人：高二年级备课组
注意：1、本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分, 满分100分, 考试用时120分钟；
2、1—65题请在机读卡上作答，其余各题请在试卷上直接作答。

第Ⅰ卷（三部分, 共80分）

第一部分：听力（共两节, 满分20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1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。

第一节 ：听下面5段小对话回答问题。(共 5 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 5分)
1. When will the speakers leave?
A. At 11:30am. B. At 1 pm. C. At 2 pm.
2. How does the man find the weather in Beijing ?
A. It’s hot. B. It’s cold. C. It’s dry.
3. How long will the man and his family stay in Italy an d France?
A. For 8 days. B. For 7 days. C. For 5 days.
4. What will the man do this evening?
A. Work at his office.
B. Watch TV at home.
C. Watch a game at the gym.
5. Why does the man feel happy?
A. He has a new car.
B. He has a beautiful cat.
C. He runs faster than the woman.

第二节 ：听下面5段对话或独白, 选出最佳选项。（共15题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
听第6段材料回答第6、7题。
6. What happened to the woman yesterday?
A. She was late. B. She was sick. C. She was hurt.
7. How will the woman go home?
A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.
听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. What kind of music does the man like best?
A. Classical music. B. Rock. C. Jazz.
9. Who can play the violin?
A. The woman. B. The man’s wife. C. The man.
听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。
10. What do we know about the woman’s sister?
A. She works in a company.
B. She studies abroad.
C. She is a boss.
11. What will the woman do this summer?
A. Learn English. B. Teach Chinese. C. Go to Weihai.
12. Why will the man go to London?
A. To study. B. To visit his parents. C. To travel.
听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。
13. When does the conversation take place?
A. On New Year’s Day.
B. On Mother’s Day.
C. During Christmas.
14. How does the woman feel?
A. Helpless. B. Upset. C. Nervous.
15. What is the woman’s brother fond of?
A. Photography. B. Shopping. C. Climbing mountains.
16. Where are the speakers?
A. In Japan. B. In China. C. In America.
听第10 段材料, 回答第17至20题。
17. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A. The memory of her father.
B. Planting trees in spring.
C. A family party.
18. Why did the old man plant a tree during the party?
A. He wanted to give his children a surprise.
B. His children liked planting trees.
C. Planting trees was his hobby.
19. What did the family do after the tree was planted?
A. They had some pictures taken.
B. They had a big meal.
C. They went to a forest.
20. What can we learn from the talk?
A. The speaker tries her best to protect trees.
B. The speaker loves her father very much.
C. The speaker loves nature very much.

第二部分: 英语知识应用(共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Buses here are always crowded with passengers, so I prefer there rather than a bus.
A. cycling; take B. cycling; taking
C. to cycle; take D. to cycle; taking
22. You can   us in the discussion if you want to.
A. join      B. join in      C. attend       D. take part in
23. We don’t need to do extra work this evening. Today’s work is almost now.
A. at an end B. in the end C by the end D. at the end
24. Peter is so that he won’t change his mind; you can always believe in him.
A. stubborn B. patient C. careless D. reliable
25. It was terrible earthquake and number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; a
26. what he said, he should really be familiar with our teacher.
A. Suffering from B. Judging from
C. Hearing from D. Learning from
27. It was my sister first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from ______ it begins to where it ends.
A. she; where B. that; what C. who; where D. and; what
28. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she the trip properly.
A. will organize B. organizes C. organized D. organize
29. I can’t quite remember you started doing the work.
A. that it was when B. when was it that
C. that was it when D. when it was that
30. --Are you fond of playing the piano?
-- . Actually, I just dislike playing it all day long.
A. Yes, sure B. Not really C. With pleasure D. No problem

第二节：完形填空（共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从31—50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My 31 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 32 . All day, I seem to remember, I 33 on the sand(沙滩) with strange 34 children. We made houses and gardens, and 35 the tide(潮汐) destroy them. When the tide went out, we 36 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock pools.
In those days the 37 seemed to shine always brightly 38 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 39 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 40 in one’s pockets or good places where one could 41 ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 42 is much the same as it was. I 43 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 44 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 45 any sand gardens, and I dislike sweets. 46 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 47 what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am 48 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 49 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 50 on too many ice-creams.

31. A. teacher
B. parents
C. nurse
D. younger sister
32. A. sea
B. lake
C. mountain
D. river
33. A. played
B. slept
C. sat
D. stood
34. A. moving
B. exciting
C. anxious
D. nervous
35. A. made
B. brought
C. watched
D. heard
36. A. rolled
B. jumped
C. turned
D. climbed
37. A. light
B. sun
C. moon
D. lamp
38. A. and
B. yet
C. but
D. or
39. A. exploring
B. examining
C. repairing
D. measuring
40. A. sweets
B. sand
C. ice creams
D. money
41. A. make
B. sell
C. buy
D. offer
42. A. house
B. holiday
C. garden
D. tide
43. A. hardly
B. almost
C. still
D. perhaps
44. A. waves
B. tides
C. hands
D. feet
45. A. destroy
B. fix
C. use
D. build
46. A. But
B. However
C. Otherwise
D. Besides
47. A. wonder
B. feel
C. understand
D. believe
48. A. strong
B. weak
C. young
D. old
49. A. children
B. boys
C. girls
D. grown-ups
50. A. happy
B. tired
C. sad
D. sick

第三部分：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, 从每小题所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
What is language for？Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words—the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地).
They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make language. But a people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put communication first.

51. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he _____.
A. never makes mistakes
B. often makes mistakes
C. can’t avoid(避免) making mistakes
D. always makes mistakes
52. The sentence “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” means that ______.
A. foreigners speak correct English
B. foreigners speak incorrect English
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
53. When we speak a foreign language, we should ______.
A. speak in the Chinese way
B. speak according to the rules
C. break the rules
D. not be afraid of making mistakes

B
Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?”, maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”
The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”
The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.
Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They do not know their real names, ages, and even sex (性别). They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

54. The Internet can not be used for ____.
A. studying B. shopping C. thinking D. playing
55. The Internet was born in about ____.
A. 1960 B. 1970 C. 1980 D. 1985
56. Which of the following is true?
A. Few students like going into the Internet.
B. Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends”.
C. These “unreal friends” often meet each other.
D. Students know the friends on the Internet very well.
57. What does the writer think of the Internet?
A. It is wonderful. B. It can make students study harder.
C. It is not good for students. D. It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.

C
Brief News Report
Castle fire
Winton Castle was damaged in a fire last night. The fire, which was discovered at about 9 o’clock, spread very quickly. Nobody was injured but two people had to be rescued from an upstairs room. A number of paintings are believed to have been destroyed. It isn’t known how the fire started.
Road delays
Repair work started yesterday on the Paxham-Longworth road. The road is being resurfaced and there will be long delays. Drivers are asked to choose another way if possible. The work is expected to last two weeks. Next Sunday the road will be closed and traffic will be diverted(改道).
Accident
A woman was taken to hospital after her car collided(碰撞) with a truck near Nor-stock yesterday. She was allowed home later after treatment. The road was blocked for an hour after the accident and the traffic had to be diverted. A policeman said afterwards, “The woman was lucky. She could have been killed.”

58. In the passage, we’re informed ______.
A. when the fire started
B. how the fire started
C. many paintings might have been damaged in the fire
D. why nobody was injured
59. As a result of the traffic accident yesterday, _______.
A. a lot of valuable things were broken
B. five hundred pounds and a car were lost
C. the traffic had to be diverted
D. a woman was too lucky to kill herself
60. The woman injured in the traffic accident ______.
A. was still being questioned by the police
B. had a narrow escape
C. had escaped in a car earlier in the day
D. is being controlled by the police
61. What do you know about the Paxham-Longworth road?
A. An accident happened there and the traffic was diverted.
B. Another road was open for the drivers during the road repairs.
C. The road was blocked for an hour after a traffic accident.
D. The surface of the road needed repairing for two weeks.

D
A visit to a museum contributes to our education. The British Museum is a great building in our London, not far from London University. Thousands of visitors go to it every year to see the rare, strange and beautiful things it contains. What interests many people more than anything else is the large library, in which there are millions of books. You can find any English book you want there, and many books in foreign languages or translated into English. The library is also a reading room, with tables and chairs for students who wish to study; but if you want to borrow books to read there you must first get a reader’s ticket from the office. One can’t borrow books to take away.
In other parts of the museum there are rooms and halls containing things which have been brought from countries all over the world. They help us to understand the history of foreign lands, and the people who live in them. Some of the things which have been dug up in places where old cities once stood were being worn out or used by men and women thousands of years ago. These cities now lie buried, covered with many feet of earth.
On the way out you can buy pictures of the most interesting things that are shown in the museum.

62. Why do many people like visiting museums?
A. because they like sightseeing in the museums.
B. Because people like to go there if they have nothing to do.
C. Because visits to museums can help gain knowledge.
D. Because museums give them relaxation from their work and study.
63. What interests people more than anything else in the museum?
A. Its large library. B. The structure of the building.
C. The books of the museum. D. The history of the library.
64. As a foreigner, if you have a chance to go to the museum, you would think EXCEPT ____.
A. UK is a great country to get so many things showed in the museum
B. UK shows its long history in the great museum
C. UK must have paid great effort to get things from other countries
D. All the books are not allowed to be borrowed away in order not to cause them lost
65. From the text we can infer that __________.
A. the writer of the text is probably British
B. the museum is the greatest cultural center of the world
C. the British Museum is the best museum in the world
D. people in the world may know about the great museum

第二节 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：请将答案填写在答题卷上指定位置。）
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it tak