嘉祥一中2012—2013学年高一下学期期末考试

英语

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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. On a train. B. In a cinema. C. In a restaurant.

2. Who is probably the woman?

A. Tom’s teacher. B. Tom’s mother C. Tom’s wife.

3. What can we learn about the exhibition?

A. It won’t open until March 8.

B. It will end in a few days.

C. It will end ahead of time.

4. What does the man think of the town?

A. Just so-so. B. Old. C. Great.

5. How much should the man pay?

A. 16 dollars. B. 18 dollars. C. 20 dollars.

第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

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，回答第6至7题。

6. What does the man think of the weather tomorrow?

A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.

7. What has Mary decided to do tomorrow?

A. Stay at home. B. Have a picnic. C. Do some reading.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How many flights are there to Beijing every day?

A. Nine. B. Five. C. Three.

9. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a store. B. At an airport. C. In a hotel.

10. How much will the man have to pay?

A. 500 yuan. B. 1,500 yuan C. 1,000 yuan.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the two speakers?

A. Doctors. B. Teachers. C. Students.

12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Noise in the office.

B. The trouble of a workmate.

C. A new meeting room.

13. What does Sam advise the woman to do?

A. Ask for a meeting room.

B. Move to another office.

C. Talk with Jack about the matter.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Father and daughter.

15. What day is it today?

A. Monday. B. Friday. C. Thursday.

16. Why does the woman hand in the paper so early?

A. Because her teacher asked her to hand it in.

B. Because she is a good student.

C. Because she will be away on Monday.

17. What will the man probably do during the weekend?

A. Visit his relatives. B. Write the paper.

C. Prepare for a test.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Where did Mary grow up?

A. In a rich family. B. In a poor family.

C. In a single-parent family.

19. Which of the following words can be used to describe Mary?

A. Careful. B. Proud. C. Kind.

20. What is the monologue(独白) mainly about?

A. Mary’s pets. B. Mary’s dream. C. Mary’s father.

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. ----Mary’s been offered a job in a university, but she doesn’t want to take it.

---- ___________? It’s a very good chance.

A. Guess what B. So what C. Who cares D. But why

22. Only when________the data again________that there was a mistake.

A. they had studied；did they realize B. they had studied；realized they

C. had they studied；did they realize D. had they studied；realized they

23. As a businessman he was a success，but as a husband he was________failure，so their marriage ended in________failure.

A. /；/ B. /；a C. a；a D. a；/

24. With the electricity________because of the road repairs，the whole building was completely dark.

A. cut up B. cut out C. cut off D. cut down

25. He hurried to the booking office only____that all the tickets had been sold out.

A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told

26. Whenever I made mistakes, the teacher pointed them out with ______.

A. patience B. satisfaction. C. envy D. curiosity

27. It was with the help of the local guide ____ the mountain climber was rescued.

A. who B. that C. when D. how

28. Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell _______ close you may be to victory.

A. how B. that C. which D. where

29. John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of ____ are family members

A them B. that C. which D. whom

30. You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is ________ the airplane ticket.

A. as cheap three times as B. as three times cheap as

C. three times cheaper than D. cheaper three times than

31. According to the statistics，young drivers are more________to have accidents than older drivers.

A. possible B. curious C. probable D. likely

32. The traffic on the main streets has a longer green signal than ___ on the small ones.

A. one B. this C. that D. it

33. Harry is feeling uncomfortable. He _______too much at the party last night.

A. could drink B. must have drunk

C. would have drunk D. should drink

34. Laura was away in Paris for over a week. When she got home, there was a pile of mail ________for her.

A. waiting B. to wait C. waited D. was waiting

35. The famous musician, as well as his students, ____ to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.

A. were invited B. was invited

C. have been invited D. has been invited

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And ??36??? otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always ???37?? to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this ???38??? after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy?? 39?? ?because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the?? 40? ?to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “?? 41?? for?it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the ???42?? of it! When I first started? 43??? the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much ???44? what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get ????45?? ?and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.?? 46?? ?, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to ???47??? ?on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t ???48?? “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the ??49?? and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive ??50?? in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the ??51??? ?— friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my ???52?? ?self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from ??“53”?? in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, ??54?? raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent ??55?? I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

36. A. as??????????? B. unless? C.?until?????????? D. though

37. A. chose B. agreed? C. meant? D. hoped

38. A. continued B. settled C. changed? D. started

39. A. belief B. plan C. idea?? D. saying

40. A. right? B. chance C.?patience D. ability

41. A. cheering B. looking C. going D. applying

42. A. half B. point C. rest D. basis

43. A. enjoying B. preparing C. watching D. attending

44. A. less B. later? C. worse D. further

45. A. committed B. confused C. embarrassed D. motivated

46. A. InterestinglyB. Hopefully C. Obviously D. Fortunately

47. A. rely B. act C. focus D. try

48. A. want B. do C. support D. know

49. A. rules B. orders C. steps D. games

50. A. roles B. part C. mind D. value

51. A. process B. operation C. movement D. situation

52. A. expressed B. preserved C. improved D. recognized

53. A. dreaming B. playing? C. relaxing D. hiding

54. A. by? B. to? C. with D. for

55. A. lucky B. sure??????? ??? C.?happy???? ??? D. satisfied

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

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A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.

First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.

Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility, to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.

In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions (养老金). Furthermore, some institution should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly practical answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.

One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.

To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.

56. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The problems faced by the old in society.

B. Why we should take responsibility for the old.

C. How we can improve the lives of the old.

D. Where the old ca