江西省吉安市2012-2013学年高一英语上学期期中考试.doc

白鹭洲中学2012—2013学年上学期高一年级期中考试
英语试卷
考生注意：
1、 本试卷设试卷I 、II卷和答题卡纸三部分，试卷所有答题都必须写在答题纸上。
2、 答题纸与试卷在编号上是一一对应的，答题时特别注意，不能错位。
3、 考试时间为120分钟，试卷满分为150分。
第Ⅰ卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Doctor and patient. B. Father and daughter. C. Teacher and student.
2. What does the man think of the English class?
A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Useful.
3. What does the man plan to do this Sunday?
A. Read a novel. B. Play football. C. Watch TV.
4. What did the man’s daughter do?
A. Buy a flowerpot for the woman.
B. Break the woman’s flowerpot.
C. Break the man’s flowerpot.
5. Who will help the woman do the cleaning?
A. Tim. B. Tony. C. Lily.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What is the man’s problem?
A. He doesn’t like the weather there.
B. He can’t understand what others say sometimes.
C. He can’t often play outdoors.
7. What does the man think of the food there?
A. It is very salty. B. It is very good. C. It is too oily.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Which kind of novels does the woman like?
A. Science fiction novels. B. Romantic novels. C. Detective novels.
9. Why doesn’t the woman like history novels?
A. She doesn’t know anything about history.
B. She thinks history is very different from real life.
C. She doesn’t think she can learn much from them.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How soon is Spring Festival?
A. Four weeks away. B. Two weeks away. C. Four days away.
11. Why does the woman like Spring Festival shopping?
A. She thinks many things are very cheap.
B. She can buy many new things.
C. She can save a lot of money.
12. What does the man like about Spring Festival?
A. The Spring Festival rush.
B. The atmosphere of reunion.
C. Various kinds of food.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why did the man come back?
A. To celebrate his grandparents’ wedding anniversary.
B. To attend his sister’s wedding ceremony.
C. To attend the woman’s wedding ceremony.
14. Where does the man invite the woman to go with him?
A. A restaurant. B. A wedding. C. A party.
15. What will the woman do tomorrow?
A. Visit her grandparents.
B. Look after her sister.
C. Stay at home with her mother.
16. When will they meet?
A. Tomorrow evening. B. Friday evening. C. Saturday evening.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
17. Where do some people light a huge bonfire the night before Easter?
A. In Finland. B. In America. C. In Poland.
18. In which country are men NOT allowed to prepare the festival?
A. Scotland. B. Poland. C. Switzerland.
19. What do children do on the night before Easter in Finland?
A. Prepare Easter eggs.
B. Go begging in the street.
C. Play outdoor sports.
20. In Switzerland, who brings the Easter eggs?
A. The Easter bunny. B. The Easter cuckoo. C. The Easter spirit.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
21. For him _____ stage is just _____ means of making a living.
A. a; a B. the: a C. the; / D.a; the
22. The next year few years _____ a series of bad harvests.
A. watched B. heard C. saw D. happened
23. The newly-built café, the walls of _____ are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, especially after hard work.
A. that B. it C. what D. which
24._____ to train his daughter in English he put up an ad like this in the paper, “_____ an English teacher for a ten-year-girl.”
A. Determined; wanted B. Determined; wanting
C. Determining; wanting D. Determining; wanted
25. —Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
—Actually. I didn’t like _______.
A. both of them B. either of them
C. none of them D. neither of them
26. It was in the garden of his old house _____ he grew up ____ he dug up a pot of gold.
A. that; that B. where; where C. where; that D. that; where
27. The old man insisted that I _____ his wallet and ______ to the police station.
A. had taken; go B. take; should go
C. would take; had gone D. should take; go
28. —Your phone number again? I _____ quite catch it.
—It’s 6958442.
A. didn’t B. couldn’t C. don’t D. can’t
29. A great many new ideas _____ at this education conference to improve the students’ study.
A. came out B. came up C. put forward D. put away
30. I_____ Beijing in a few days, Do you know when the earliest plane_____ ?
A. leaves; takes off B. am leaving; is taking off
C. am leaving; takes off D. leave; is taking off
31. “Have you ever been to Shanghai?” he asked me.
He asked me______.
A. had I ever been to Shanghai
B. have I ever been to Shanghai
C. Whether I had ever been to Shanghai
D. if I have ever been to Shanghai

32. As soon as she saw me she ______ tears.
A. burst in B. burst upon C. burst out D. burst into
33. Nowadays, food safety has become the _____ of the government as well as the society.
A. advantage B. focus C. step D. anger
34. _____ the number of the cars, only _____ small number of people have attended the meeting.
A. Judging from; a B. Judged from; a
C. Judging from; the D. Judging from; the
35. —Oh, you sounded just like a native.
—___________ , I still have trouble expressing myself.
A. Well, not quite. B. I don’t care.
C. Yes, you are right. D. I’m glad you like it.
第二节：完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it—his way of asking to be petted. I___36___his begging for affection (喜爱), hurdled over him and ran for the waiting bus.
___37___, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me___38___, “Honey, I have some___39___news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and___40___. I’m so sorry.”
“No! It’s not true!” I was___41___. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling___42___, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was___43___.
When I got off the bus the next day, the___44___at home was deafening. Finally, my sobs (哭泣) bubbled up and erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop___45___. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.___46___could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.
Time passed, and against my will, I started to___47___some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ___48___ a dog. We can do everything right, but___49___things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s___50___. The best way to deal with the hard times is to___51___what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always___52___.
I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone___53___, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no___54___for others like Belle – my new dog.
Best of all, I realized that Tippy___55___all of my good memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!
36. A. met B. ignored C. promised D. preferred
37. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Finally
38. A. excitedly B. quickly C. nervously D. seriously
39. A. good B. sad C. dull D. happy
40. A. escaped B. wounded C. killed D. knocked
41. A. in disagreement B. in anger C. in silence D. in shock
42. A. lost B. sleepy C. crazy D. uncertain
43. A. gone B. missing C. alive D. stolen
44. A. noise B. quarrel C. silence D. sound
45. A. waiting B. crying C. thinking D. expecting
46. A. Why B. What C. Which D. How
47. A. forget B. recall C. understand D. change
48. A. to B. about C. out D. into
49. A. surprising B. bad C. amazing D. amusing
50. A. nature B. human C. life D. rule
51. A. figure out B. picked out C. try out D. put out
52. A. disappear B. overcome C. help D. pass
53. A. grows B. lives C. suffers D. dies
54. A. chance B. room C. possibility D. doubt
55. A. thought of B. brought up C. left behind D. picked up
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
There are new findings that not enough sleep may cause people to gain weight. Researchers say a lack of sleep can produce hormonal(激素的) changes that increase feelings of hunger.
In one study, researchers in the United States examined information on more than 1000 people. The people had高@考#资￥源%网 taken part in a long-term study of sleep disorders.
Some people slept less than five hours a night. They had 15 percent higher blood levels of a hormone called ghrelin than people who slept eight hours. And they had 15 percent less of the hormone leptin. Experts say ghrelin helps make people feel hungry; leptin makes you feel full.
The scientists say these hormonal changes may be a cause of obesity in Western societies. They note the combination that sleep limitation is common and food is widely available.
The results were not affected by how much people exercised. People who are awake longer have more time to burn energy. But the researchers say loss of sleep may increase hunger especially for high-calorie foods, so people gain weight. It seems that, for survival, the body may be designed to store more fat during times with less sleep.
Researchers from Stanford University in California and the University of Wisconsin did the study. They found that the best amount of sleep for weight control is 7.7 hours a night.
The Public Library of Science published the findings in its journal Medicine . Internet users can read the full study, free of charge, at plos. org.
56 Not enough sleep can cause obesity by ______.
A. burning more of your energy
B. making you want to eat more food
C. keeping you from doing exercise
D. helping you feel great without food
57. Which would be a point supported by the reported findings?
A. The more you sleep, the farther away you are from obesity.
B. Those who don’t sleep at all are the most likely to put on weight.
C. Sleeping contributes more to obesity than eating.
D. It’s not wise to use sleep hours for exercise.
58. When you sleep 7.7 hours a night, you will ______ .
A. have your ghrelin level rise and leptin level drop
B. have your leptin level rise and ghrelin level drop
C. have your ghretin and leptin levels properly balanced
D. have your hunger increase and your weight decrease
59. The writer wrote this passage to _______ .
A. make a news report B. offer a piece of medical advice
C. make an advertis高@考#资￥源%网ement D. keep a record of the old findings
60. You can read the findings________.
A. only on the Internet
B. only in Medicine
C. both on the Internet and in Medicine
D. neither on the Internet nor in Medicine
B
People seem to always love themselves. When put to a test, we are willing to go an extra mile for our friends.
In an experiment, people were asked to squat (深蹲) against a wall, which became increasingly painful with time. They were told to keep squatting for as long as they could, and paid 1 dollar for every second. People performed the exercise five times, once for themselves and four times for their friends or partners.
The result paints a more selfless picture of society than we might expect these days. Of the 17 people, ten squatted longer for their friends or partners. Some people squatted twice as long for their closest friends as for themselves.
Dr Freya Harrison said, "I think that if our results stand in general and people really do go the extra mile for close friends, it points to the importance of cooperation in our species. It suggests that keeping social relationships and ' working together have been important roles in the success of humans as a species."
A study found people were unwilling to squat any longer for their brothers or sisters than for themselves. "Maybe that's because friends are a lot more important in deciding social benefits than brothers and sisters，" Dr Harrison said. Perhaps we can depend on help from parents or brothers and sisters because people almost have no reason for helping someone who has the same genes (基因) as them.
It could be that the role of a brother or a sister doesn't need working on, because family members have genes in common already.
61. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It isn't hard for people to squat for a long time.
B. People don' t like to take part in this kind of experiment.
C. The result of the experiment is better than expected.
D. In order to get money, people squat as long as possible for themselves.
62. From the experiment, we can know .
A. the importance of working together
B. people are unwilling to help strangers
C. friends can become a great help to us in the future
D. people are willing to do more for friends than for themselves
63. What works as a key role in the success of humans as a species?
A. Developing personal skill and technology.
B. Keeping social relationships and cooperation.
C. Getting enough daily goods and supplies.
D. Having a happy family as well as a career.
64. In Harrison’s opinion, _.
A. friends can influence our social benefits much more
B. friends are true friends for ever
C. family members offer more to us than friends
D. people are selfish
65. What is the best tittle for the passage?
A. Why we should make friends. B. Family is important to people.
C. Friends are more important than family.
D. Why we’ll go an extra mile for our friends.
C
The iPhone, the iPad, each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad(一时的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” – and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer – which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet –adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear – popular in the US and UK – that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of London’s Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.
In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.
Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? Accordi