2013~2014学年第二学期高一期中考试

英语学科试题

本卷时间120分钟，满分150分 注意：答案全部写在答卷上

一、听力（共两节；每小题1分，满分20分）

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 does the woman’s sister go to university every day?

A. On foot. B. By underground. C. By bus.

2. What does the man mean?

A. He used to like boating very much. B. He won’t go boating with the woman.

C. He thinks it is too cold outside today.

3. What will the woman probably do this afternoon?

A. Go for a job interview. B. Give the man some advice. C. Ask the man for help.

4. Why does the man want to know how to take care of babies?

A. He wants to be a baby sitter. B. He is going to be a brother.

C. His wife is pregnant.

5. What does the man think of the woman’s experience?

A. Unusual. B. Dull. C. Exhausting.

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. What should the woman do when she arrives on 112th Street?

A. Turn left and keep walking until she passes three lights.

B. Turn right and keep walking until she passes two lights.

C. Turn right and keep walking for about a mile.

7. Where is the supermarket?

A. At the beginning of 56th Street. B. At the end of 112th Street.

C. Around the corner on 56th Street.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What size car does the man want?

A. A large car. B. A midsize car. C. A small car.

9. How much will the man have to pay?

A.＄160. B.＄200. C.＄240.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the man most probably?

A. A teacher. B. A salesman. C. A scientist.

11. What does the woman want the robot to do?

A. Talk with her. B. Do her homework. C. Do her housework.

12. What do we know about the robot from the conversation?

A. It is not for sale at the moment. B. It can do a lot of dangerous work.

C. It doesn’t operate on batteries.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the woman look now?

A. Tired. B. Upset. C. Excited.

14. What does the woman think of Linda?

A. Intelligent and pretty. B. Popular and lovely. C. Hard-working and smart.

15. What’s the weather probably like now?

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

16. What will the man probably do next?

A. Go to the library. B. Go to the dormitory. C. Go to the teaching building.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Which grade was the new student in?

A. The third grade. B. The fourth grade. C. The fifth grade.

18. What could the new student do when he met his new classmates for the first time?

A. Do experiments with them. B. Recognize them by their names.

C. Immediately remember their names.

19. What was the level of the new student’s daily conversation?

A. It was limited to that of an adult.

B. It was limited to that of a fifth-grader.

C. It was limited to that of a five-year-old.

20. What does the new student usually like to do after class?

A. Spend time with teachers. B. Help the elderly with shopping.

C. Shaking hands with the sixth graders.

二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21. All through history, big changes have taken place in ________ English language, especially when Henry IV became ________ King of England.

A. the; the B. 不填; the C. the; 不填 D. an; 不填

22. There was a _______ look on her face when she met with the _______ problem.

A. confusing; confusing B. confused; confused

C. confusing; confused D. confused; confusing

23. It is_______ that I can still remember_______ was discussed at the meeting.

A. sure; when B. sure; what C. certain; when D. certain; what

24. This restaurant wasn't that other restaurant we went to.

A. half as good as B. as half good as C. as good as half D. good as half as

25. It has been raining every day so far. I hope tomorrow will ________fine.

A. turn to B. turn out C. turn into D. turn up

26. While watching television, .

A. the doorbell rang B. the doorbell rings

C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings

27. The teacher and writer as well as some students something when we entered the room.

A. discussed B. were discussing C. have discussed D. was discussing

28. When _______how a statue from distant Greece could have appeared in China, researchers explained that no doubt this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence.

A. to be asked B. asking C. asked D. being asked

29. A new _______to teaching English is being used here, and it has proven to be very helpful to the students.

A. way B. system C. approach D. method

30. We should look up to _________ lend a hand to the people in trouble.

A. whoever B. those who C. whomever D. no matter who

31. The news _______ Li Jianrou won the first gold medal for China in the Sochi Olympics was reported in yesterday’s newspaper.

A. which B. when C. what D. that

32. —Flora has made much progress these days.

— , and ___________.

A. So has she; so you have B. So she has; so have you

C. So has she; so have you D. So she has; so you have

33. Doctor Smith has made another wonderful discovery, _______ great importance.

A. which I think is of B. which I think it is of

C. which is I think D. I think which is

34. While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ______ the nurse Florence Nightingale.

A. in memory of B. in place of C. in search of D. in charge of

35. —How do you find the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier?

—___________. The film is well worth seeing.

A. It makes no sense B. Oh, wonderful indeed

C. By chance D. It all depends

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 group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon 36 into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 37 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 38 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 39 looking, some expensive, some delicate — telling them to 40 themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 , the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 42 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 43 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 44 of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself 45 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. 46 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 47 the best cups. And then you began 48 each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the 49 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor 50 the quality of life we 51 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 52 to enjoy the coffee God has 53 for us. God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just 54 the best of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 55 to God.

36. A. devoted B. exchanged C. thought D. turned

37. A. sitting-room B. living-room C. bedroom D. kitchen

38. A. cups B. pans C. bowls D. aprons

39. A. plain B. clean C. ugly D. fine

40. A. devote B. help C. take D. pick

41. A. stomach B. hand C. eye D. mouth

42. A. running B. leaving C. hiding D. piling

43. A. wise B. important C. normal D. necessary

44. A. reason B. energy C. resource D. source

45. A. likes B. reduces C. adds D. relies

46. A. As B. What C. That D. Which

47. A. for B. into C. by D. on

48. A. looking B. guiding C. eyeing D. exchanging

49. A. tea B. water C. wine D. coffee

50. A. worsen B. beat C. change D. rise

51. A. dislike B. live C. make D. use

52. A. fail B. succeed C. wish D. try

53. A. sold B. gave C. bought D. provided

54. A. keep B. say C. make D. do

55. A. cups B. argument C. rest D. thinking

四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

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