鱼台一中2013—2014学年高一下学期期中检测

英语

第一部分 听力（共两节 满分30分）

第一节：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。例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18.

1. What does the man like about the play?

A. The story. B. The ending. C. The actor.

2. Which place are the speakers trying to find?

A. A hotel. B. A bank. C. A restaurant.

3. At what time will the two speakers meet?

A. 5:20. B. 5:10. C. 4:40.

4. What will the man do?

A. Change the plan. B. Wait for a phone call. C. Sort things out.

5. What does the woman want to do?

A. See a film with the man. B. Offer the man some help. C. Listen to some great music.

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。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7小题。6. Where is Ben?

A. In the kitchen. B. At school. C. In the park.

7. What will the children do in the afternoon?

A. Help set that table. B. Have a party. C. Do their homework.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9小题。8. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A family holiday. B. A business trip. C. A travel plan.

9. Where did Rachel go?

A. Spain. B. Italy. C. China.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12小题。10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?

A. From young smokers. B. From a newspaper article.

C. From some smoking parents.

11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?

A. He has just become a father. B. He wears dirty clothes. C. He is a smoker.

12. What does the woman suggest smoking parents should do?

A. Stop smoking altogether. B. Smoke only outside their houses.

C. Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16小题。13. Where does Michelle Ray come from?

A. A middle-sized city. B. A small town. C. A big city.

14. Which place would Michelle Ray take her visitors to for shopping?

A. The Zen Garden. B. The Highlands.

C. The Red River Area.

15. What does Michelle Ray do for complete quiet?

A. Go camping. B. Study in a library. C. Read at home.

16. What are the speakers talking about in general?

A. Late-night shopping. B. Asian food. C. Louisville.

听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20小题。17. Why do some people say they never have dreams according to Dr Garfield?

A. They forget about their dreams. B. They don’t want to tell the truth.

C. They have no bad experiences.

18. Why did Davis stop having dreams?

A. He got a serious heart attack.

B. He was too sad about his brother’s death.

C. He was frightened by a terrible dream.

19. What is Dr Garfield’s opinion about dreaming?

A. It is very useful. B. It makes things worse.

C. It prevents the mind from working.

20. Why do some people turn off their dreams completely?

A. To sleep better. B. To recover from illnesses.

C. To stay away from their problems.

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l分，满分l5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---Would you mind my using your dictionary?

---________

A. Yes, of course not. B. Certainly, go ahead, please.

C. Of course not, go ahead. D. No, please don’t use it.

22. John, _______ university professor, is considered to be _______ success as ______ expert in the agriculture research.

A. a; a; an B. an; / ; an C. the; /; an D. a; the; an

23. No matter who breaks the law, he cannot _______ with it.

A. get around B. get away C. get down D. get through

24. Actually, what you did ______ what you said made your parents disappointed.

A. rather than B. more than C. better than D. less than

25. — Has the little boy who saved the drowning girl left the school?

— Not yet. He _______in Room203 of the teaching building right now.

A. in interviewing B. is interviewed

C. has interviewed D. is being interviewed

26. The hunter _____ his gun against the tree and ____ down for a rest. A lay /laid B. laid / lay C. lied / lay D. laid / lied27. Now that the sign reads, “No person ______ smoke here”, please choose a seat in the smoking area over there if you _______ smoke. A. must; shall B. will; must C. shall; must D. can; should

28. The reason _______ he felt frustrated was ______ he lost his MP4.

A. why/that B. that/why C. why/because D. that / because

29. She speaks English fluently _____ she were a native American.

A. as though B. even if C. as long as D. ever since

30. You can trust him because he always ________.

A. keeps his words B. stick to his promise

C. keeps his word D. keep his promise

31. The children all look forward to _______ the carnival next week.

A. take part B. take part in C. taking part D. taking part in

32. ---Are you coming to Betty’s wedding?

---I’m not sure. I ______ go to Beijing on business that day.

A. must B would C. should D. might

33. ___ in London, the penniless American wandered on the pavement, ___ to find a job to make a living.

A. Lost; hoped B. Losing; hoped

C. Lost; hoping D. Losing; hoping

34. Mark Twain _____ along the Mississippi River, which was _____ to his writing.

A. was grown up / benefit B. brought up / benefit

C. grew up / of beneficial D. was brought up / beneficial

35. He______ his work, otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.

A. must have completed B. should have completed

C. ought to complete D. must complete

第二节 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A，B，C，D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项（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，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night.

As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a 36 asked if I could mind a child. I was quite 37 ??but I could tell the man was quite desperate（绝望的）. So I had to make a 38 ?with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to 39 ??something in the shop.

This was quite 40 for the man to do; I could ???41 ??he was quite poor by the ???42 ??he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his ???43 ??clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out ?44 ? he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his ???45 ??were also a bit shabby（破旧的）and the heels（鞋后跟）were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of ???46 ? for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could 47 ??with a bit of cheering up.

Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit ???48 ??as the poor little kid was sitting ??49 ? his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was ???50 ??to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would 51 ??up and come back for his son's ???52 .

At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I ???53 ??he didn't get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected（拒绝）it. I ???54 ??he felt as if I had just abused（虐待） him. Of course I didn't mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good 55 ??whatever happened. ?

The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.

36. A. voice ????? B. sound ???????? C. noise? D. tune

37. A. pleased ???? B. frightened ???? C. annoyed? D. interested

38. A. deal? B. decision? C. promise? D. date

39. A. leave? B. buy C. do? D. eat

40. A. easy? B. natural? C. hard? D. possible

41. A. explain? B. prove? C. think? D. tell

42. A. manner ???? B. means? C. method? D. way

43. A. poorest? B. best? C. prettiest? D. oldest

44. A. even though? B. so that? C. as if? D. now that

45. A. socks? B. gloves? C. pants? D. shoes

46. A. sweets? B. cigarettes? C. cookies? D. cakes

47. A. laugh? B. speak? C. do? D. help

48. A. relaxed? B. nervous? C. satisfied D. worried

49. A. on?? B. of? C. by? D. for

50. A. touched???? B. disappointed?? C. astonished??? D. excited

51. A. hurry???? B. give???? C. turn???? D. run

52. A. chance???? B. benefit???? C. future???? D. job

53. A. hoped???? B. imagined??? C. doubted??? D. guessed

54. A. clarified（分类）B. assumed??? C. confused??? D. ignored

55. A. luck???? B. progress??? C. supper???? D. night

第三部分 阅读理解（每题2分，共20题，满分40分）

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Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback（退步）. Simply speaking, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.

Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar. Students get winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time, with a few weeks off in between. The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than three thousand such schools at last count. They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said, “Year-round schools don't really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.”

Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and loca