2013~2014学年度第一学期

高一年级英语学科期中试卷

命题单位：东山中学 2013.11

一、听力 （ 20’ ）

第一节 请听下面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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How is the weather now?

A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Windy.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. Sally is always lying. B. Sally has a bad memory. C. Sally will come on time.

3. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Where to live. B. How to go to work. C. What to do with the traffic.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a restaurant. B. In the woman’s house. C. In the man’s house.

5. When will the two speakers meet?

A. At 5:30 B. At 6:30 C. At 7:00

第二节 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. Why does the woman feel sorry for the man?

A. She refused his invitation. B. She didn’t meet him on time.

C. She forgot to help him with his apartment.

7. What do we know about Susan’s old apartment?

A. It has two bedrooms. B. It’s on 1312 Rose Avenue.

C. Its rent is $1,000 a month.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why didn’t the woman write back to the man?

A. She hasn’t checked her mailbox yet B. She didn’t receive the man’s e-mail.

C. She has been busy all the morning.

9. When will the two speakers meet?

A. At 10 am. B. At lunch time. C. At 2 pm.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man in Hainan?

A. To attend an exhibition. B. To go on holiday. C. To visit his friends.

11. What does the man’s room look like?

A. Large and bright. B. Large but dark. C. Small and dark.

12. How does the woman solve the man’s problem?

A. By calling her manager. B. By returning his money.

C. By changing a room for him.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What‘s the woman’s major?

A. English. B. International business. C. Computer.

14. How much will the woman get every month at the beginning?

A. About $ 306. B. About $316. C. About $ 360.

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A. 30 hours. B. 35 hours. C. 40 hours.

16. What do we know about the woman?

A. She was a good student at college. B. She will live with other colleagues.

C. She never took part in English corners.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How old is Nicholas McMahon?

A. 18 months old. B. 4 years old. C. 18 years old.

18. What lessons does Nicholas have at the West London Institute?

A. Computer. B. Language. C. Drawing.

19. What did the teachers do when Nicholas went to school at first?

A. They played some games with him. B. They just gave him pictures to color.

C. They prepared special lessons for him.

20. Which of the following words can describe Nicholas?

A. Slow. B. Strange. C. Talented.

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二．单项选择：（15）

21. Every day we students are expected to _________ at least an hour _______ English.

A.spend…to learn B. cost…on

C. devote…to learning D. take…on learning

22. Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet ______ life has developed gradually. A. that B. where C. which D. whose

23. --–It’s useless crying over spoiled milk , ?

--–It’s better late than never. Actually, no one has expected it, ___________?

A. isn’t it; have they B. isn’t it; hasn’t he C. is it; have they D. is it; hasn’t he

24. His health required that he_________ as early as possible.

A. go to bed B. would go to bed C. was going to bed D. went to bed

25. The reason ______ he missed school this morning was _______ he had to look after his sick mother A. why; because B. why; that C. which ; because D. which; that

26. China has hundreds of islands, _____ is Taiwan.

A. the largest of them B. and the largest of which

C. and the largest of them D. the largest of those

27. _______ his coming back, don’t forget to tell him about it.

A. As soon as B. The moment C. For the moment D. Upon

28. Water _______ electricity widely all over the world.

A. is used to producing B. is used to produce

C. used to produce D. used to producing

29. Surely it doesn’t matter where the Student Association get their money from; what ________ is what they do with it. A. concentrates B. contains C. counts D. charges

30.Our English teacher insisted that the homework ____________ tomorrow morning.

A. would be handed in B. must be handed in C. hand in D. be handed in

31.The boss __________ during working hours and all the workers __________ in that company.

A. forbids smoking; are fo
rbidden to smoke B. forbids to smoke; are forbidden to smoke

C. forbids smoking; forbid from smoking D. forbids to smoke; are forbidden from smoking

32. Tom is a man of much and he had a lot of interesting in his life.

A. experience；experiences B. experiences ; experience

C. experience ; experience D. experiences ; experiences

33. Is this reason ________ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

A. why he explained B. the one he explained

C. how he explained D. he explained

34. This kind of fruit large amounts of vitamin(维生素), vitamin C.

A. includes; including B. takes; containing

C. holds; included D. contains; including

35. —Congratulations on your winning the first prize in the physics competition, Tom!

—Don’t _______. I am not good at physics, you know.

A. pull my leg B. rain cats and dogs

C. be the top dog D. be a wet blanket

三、 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36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not 36 them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be 37 . Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she said, “he’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they 38 .

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what 39 . “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into the house 40 ,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is 41 ,”pointing to one of his friends ,and then pointed to another one and said, “He is Success ,and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and 42 with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!” he said, “ 43 that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him 44 and fill our hom
e with wealth!” His wife 45 . “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was 46 from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “Wouldn’t it not be 47 to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us hear our daughter’s 48 ,” said the husband to his wife .“Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the 49 old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our 50 .” Love got up and started walking 51 the house. The other two also got up and 52 him.

53 , the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love , why are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth 54 Success, the other two of us would
have
stayed out , but since you invited Love , wherever he goes, we go with him. 55 there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

36. A. recognize B. invite C. meet D. see

37. A. thirsty B. tired C. sleepy D. hungry

38. A. thought B. promised C. replied D. agreed

39. A. appeared B. happened C. followed D. meant

40. A. alone B. separately C. only D. together

41. A. Love B. Success C. Health D. Wealth

42. A. fight B. agree C. discuss D. quarrel

43. A. Since B. Until C. Unless D. Although

44. A. go B. come C. leave D. start

45. A. disappeared B. demanded C. disordered D. disagreed

46. A. listening B. speaking C. writing D. watching

47. A. good B. well C. better D. worse

48. A. conclusion B. advice C. decision D. order

49. A. all B. three C. one D. other

50. A. guest B. friend C. host D. servant

51. A. against B. from C. towards D. into

52. A. refused B. encouraged C. supported D. followed

53. A. Pleased B. Excited C. Surprised D. Disappointed

54. A. or B. but C. and D. with

55. A. However B. Wherever C. Whenever D. Whatever

四、 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

A

In most developed countries the government provides free education for children because it realizes that educated citizens are useful to the country in their
later life. Most countries also have private (私立的)education. This means that parents can pay to send their children to certain schools. People who agree with this system say that it gives parents a larger choice of schools. Other people think that private schools give the children who go to them an unfair advantage over other children.

At the age of three, many children go to nursery school. Two or three years later, they enter a primary school. At the age of 11 they go to a secondary school. Then they may have a chance .of continuing their studies at a university or college.

Universities and colleges are places where some young people go to continue their education after leaving school. Most university students study one main subject, though they may also study a number of others. Teaching is usually by lectures, or by discussions between a lecturer and students.

Most students stay a