四川省南充高中2012-2013学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

南充高中2012—2013学年度上学期期中考试
高2012级英语试题
命审题：孔思尹 邱 勇
考试时间：100分钟 总分：120分
第I卷（选择题 共85分）
I、听力部分（共两节，满分20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 Mary usually do at a dancing party?
A. Sits and watches others dancing. B. Dances with others. C. Plays music
2. What are they going to do?
A. Join a party B. Go to a concert. C. Talk about music.
3. What is the woman doing?
A. Playing music. B. Cooking dinner. C. Neither.
4. Why was the boy late for class?
A. He overslept. B. He didn't catch the bus.
C. He spent much time in repairing his broken watch.
5. What is the probable relation between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student B. Husband and wife. C. Mother and son.
听下面5段对话或独白，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6至8题。
6. Why did the man travel so much?
A. To do business. B. To take pictures. C. To take holidays.
7. Where did the man go most often?
A. To Europe. B. To America. C. To Africa
8. Why did the woman fail to visit China last year?
A. She was too busy. B. She was not in good health.
C. She knew too much about China.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where are they?
A. At the gate of the music hall. B. At the concert. C. On a bus.
10. How many tickets do they have?
A. 2. B. 3 C. 4.
11. What kind of tickets do they get?
A. Good ones. B. Bad ones C. Middle ones.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a shop. B. In a hotel. C. In a bar.
13. How much does renting a TV cost per day?
A. 15 tents. B. 25 cents. C. 50 cents.
14. What should the man do if he decides to rent a TV?
A. Call room service. B. Call the manager. C. Ask the woman for help.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What do the speakers think of San Francisco?
A. Big. B. Great. C. Crowded.
16. What does the woman think of cell phone interruption(打断)?
A. She considers it rude. B. She doesn't mind it. C. She likes it.
17. Why does the man answer his cell phone?
A. He just feels like answering.
B. He wants to know who is calling.
C. He thinks that it could be something important.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Who is the main character of the movie?
A. Jessy. B. Beckham C. An American girl
19. Which is WRONG about Jessy?
A. She is an Indian. B. She is a fan of Beckham. C. She lives in East London.
20. What will Jessy do when she plays football with boys?
A. Put posters on her room. B. Wear Beckham’s shirt. C. Study his movie.
Ⅱ、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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
21. — Would you please help me with the box ?
— ________
A. Yes , please B. No , please don’t C. With pleasure D. My pleasure
22. The Ice Hotel in Sweden is like _____ wonderful fairytale world. Thousands of visitors came to _____ hotel every day.
A. the ;the B. /; the C. a; a D. a; the
23. I hear ___ boys in your school like playing football in their spare time, though others
prefer basketball.
A. quite a bit B. quite a few C. quite a lot D. quite a little
24. In ____ ,some people in ____ fifties began to go to universities for education
A. 90s ; the B. the 90s ; / the C. the 90s ; their D. 90s ; /
25.They are going to build a _____ hotel, which is to be the tallest one in the city.
A. 100-meter-high B. 100 metres high C. 100-metres- high D. 100-metre high
26. With everything she needed _______, she went out of the shop, with her hands full of shopping bags.
A. bought B. to buy C. buying D. buy
27. On hearing the ____ news that they had won the match, they shouted for joy in ____voices.
A. exciting; exciting B. excited; excited C. excited; exciting D. exciting; excited
28. How can I _____ you, Mr. Green?
A. contact with B. contact for C. contact to D. contact
29. Since Liu Qian, a famous Taiwan magician, performed on CCTV, magic once again has ____ all over China．
A. taken on B. taken up C. taken off D. taken in
30. —It was my sister Mary and his sister Jane who helped the old man.
—That was why I praised you as much as________.
A. he            B. she          C. his          D. him
31. Owen wouldn’t eat anything ____________ he cooked it himself.
A. until B. since C. unless D. while
32．_______ that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere.
A. So successful her business was B. So successful was her business
C. So her business was successful D. So was her successful business
33. This is the second time that our company’s products ___ in the international exhibition.
A. have shown B. are shown C. have been shown D. were shown
34. — Your friend’s spoken English is beautiful, Lily.
—It’s no wonder. She__________ in the USA for a year as a visiting professor.
A. worked B. has worked C. had worked D. has been working
35. _“Haven’t seen you for ages! Do you still work in Beijing?”
“____ It’s two years since I worked there.”
A. Yes, I have B. Yes, I do C. No, I haven’t D. No, I don’t
第二节．完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
One hundred years ago, my great-grandfather, Abraham Bank was forced into the Russian army. At the time, he was twenty-one years old. The prospect (前景) of twenty-five years of army service was 36 to Abraham, so he decided to 37 a few clothes and personal belongings and 38 his hometown during the night. He 39 his girlfriend, Rebecca, that he would write.
Abraham traveled from Finland to Stockholm, Sweden, where he worked 40 a stevedore(装卸工). He earned his passage to Edinburg where he 41 to work. His goal was to earn enough money to 42 the footsteps of his uncle, who had already moved to Australia. Three years 43 leaving his hometown, Abraham was finally able to buy a ticket on a 44 that would take him to Australia.
However, he 45 into two difficulties. The first was that he would not be able to get food in the steerage (统舱) class of the ship. The second was the 46 he would have in getting from Edinburg to London over Passover (逾越节) ， 47 the holiday ended on the night before the ship would be boarding. 48 , Abraham decided not to use his ticket. He 49 in Edinburg for a few months and then moved to South Africa. Eight years later Rebecca ___50 him and they got married. Since then they lived there and had a big family. It was not until 1987 51 Abraham’s grandson ------ my father and his family made the 52 to Australia.
I have good cause for being 53 to Abraham for deciding not to use that ticket all those years ago. In fact, it might have been the 54 decision he ever made. The ship he had 55 up boarding got caught in a storm and struck (撞击) on the Great Barrier Reef.
36. A. useful B. bad C. unthinkable D. important
37. A. wear B. buy C. find D. pack
38. A. protect B. leave C. love D. destroy
39. A. refused B. promised C. advised D. asked
40. A. for B. with C. out D. as
41. A. stopped B. started C. continued D. pretended
42. A. follow B. stand C. bring D. catch
43. A. before B. since C. after D. till
44. A. plane B. train C. ship D. bus
45. A. came B. ran C. fell D. entered
46. A. pleasure B. method C. time D. trouble
47. A. as B. so C. however D. when
48. A. First B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Shortly
49. A. left B. remained C. survived D. traveled
50. A. joined B. refused C. admitted D. avoided
51. A. when B. that C. which D. why
52. A. move B. decision C. trip D. impression
53. A. pitiful B. powerful C. thankful D. pleasant
54. A. first B. worst C. final D. best
55. A. taken B. given C. looked D. come

第三节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
On Christmas Eve, a year ago, the Wal-Mart in Cleburne, Texas, was crowded. Dozens of people were waiting in long lines at checkouts(付款台) to pay for their goods.
The woman standing in cashier(收银员) Jeffrey Kandt’s line seemed poor. Her clothes were worn. She held a single item in her arms as she patiently waited to move to the front of the line. Her son would get the one present he had asked for: a Sony PlayStation 2. She had saved all year for this; with tax, the total would be $220.
As Kandt scanned (扫描) the game player’s bar code(条形码) into his register(收银机), the woman panicked. Where was her money? It wasn’t where she remembered putting it earlier in the day. Her fear became obvious to the customers in line behind her as she started to cry.
“Why my line”, Kandt thought as he watched the anxious woman search through her clothes. He was going to have to call his manager to cancel the sale and return the game player. He’d have to shut down his checkout line and wait for her to come – not something that any store manager or cashier wants on Christmas Eve. “I’m going to be late for church,” Kandt thought.
And then an amazing thing happened. At the back of the line, a man took out his wallet, pulled out $100 and passed it forward. As the cash moved up the line, a twenty-dollar bill was added here, a ten-dollar bill there.
When the collection finally reached the register, Kandt counted $220 and there are still $15 left. Strangers had fulfilled a poor woman's Christmas wish to give her son his dream gift. And Jeffrey Kandt wasn't late for church. The people in his line in the Cleburne, Texas, Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve 2002 had become one.
56. According to the passage the woman couldn’t pay because ___.
A. she had no money at all B. her purse was stolen
C. she didn’t find her money D. she didn’t want to pay
57. What would Kandt do with the woman?
A. Ignore the woman.
B. Call his manager to solve the problem.
C. Pay the money for the goods himself.
D. Pretend nothing was happening.
58. People offered money to the woman for the purpose of ___.
A. helping her out of trouble
B. paying more quickly.
C. not being late for church
D. stopping her crying
59. How much money was offered finally by the people?
A. $100 B. $120 C. $220 D. $235
60. From the passage, we know that ___.
A. Kandt was late for church at last
B. the woman’s son got his favorite presents
C. all customers were busy going home
D. the manager solve the problem quickly

B
You probably know you should say “ please” and “thank you ” at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. Not one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears, so even if you are alone when listening to our MP3 player, you shouldn’t have it turned up too high.
Take Them off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don’t have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it just doesn’t make sense to listen to your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once in a while it’s okay just to take out one earphone and not other. Imagine you are listening to your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.
It’s Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is the best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 Players when reading books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.
61. The underlined word “volume” in Paragraph Two probably means .
A. the type of music B. the words of a song
C. the amount of a sound D. the length of a song
62. We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music .
A. is not enjoyable B. makes us tired
C. people will think you are rude D. hurts our ears
63. If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, .
A. we will miss part of the play B. other people might get angry
C. others won’t hear the play well D. the theater won’t allow it
64. We can take one earphone out except when we .
A. show others the way B. answer the phone that’s not for us
C. order food at a fast-food restaurant D. watch a sporting event
65. What can be the best title of this passage?
A. Music Lovers B. MPS lovers
C. Music Manners D.MP3 Player
C
Peanuts allergies are among the most common and most dangerous food allergies. A tiny exposure to peanuts can mean big trouble for a person with a peanut allergy. Some people die from the exposure.
But a tiny exposure may help scientists find a cure. A recent study suggests that some children may be able to beat back their allergic reactions to peanuts by gradually introducing a small number of peanuts into their diets. It’s to early to say for a certain, so if you have a peanut allergy, do not try this at home. But the first results look promising(有希望的).
Two teams of scientists have been experimenting on a group of 29 children, with an average age of 5, who are allergic to peanuts. At the beginning of the study, each kid received less than 1/1,000th of a peanut per day. Over the course of the study, the children gradually increased the number of peanuts in their diets.
Ten of the children have been received the treatment for two years. Half of those ten now appear to be free of their peanut allergies, says Wesley Burks, a pediatric allergist. These five kids can eat peanuts without problem. “They are putting peanuts in their diet,” Burks says. The two teams of scientists are now doing a follow-up study on two groups of children with the allergy. Children in one group will receive the gradual peanut treatment, and the others will not. Burks and the other researchers hope this study will help them learn if