安溪一中2013——2014学年高一下学期期中考

英语试题（模块三）

命题：王荣欣

（本试卷分为第I卷和II卷, 答题时间120分钟, 满分150分）

第Ⅰ卷（共三部分, 满分105分）

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三个选择项中选择出最佳选项，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. When will the speakers get to the theater if they leave now??

A. At 7:10.?????? ? ? ?? B. At 7:25.????? ?????C. At 7:30.

2. What?did the man do yesterday afternoon?

A. He went out with Ken.?????? B. He played basketball.????? C.?He watched TV.

3. Where are the two speakers??

A. In a hotel.????? ???? B. At a dinner table.????? ??? C. At the man’s house.

?4. What does the man like doing best on Sundays??

A. Staying at home. ??????????? B. Visiting his friends.?????????? C. Walking in the forest. ?

5. What are the speakers talking about??

A. What they should read.?????? B. Business newspaper.???

C. A story about an elephant and a mouse.

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、7题。?

6. What day is it today?

A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.

7. What will the woman do first after class?

A. Go to the zoo. B. Go home. C. Go to the cinema.

听第7段材料，回答每8至9题。

8. What is the woman doing now??

A. Apologizing to the man. B. Inviting the man. C. Thanking the man.

9. What?did the woman do last night?

A. She held a great party. B. She talked loudly with someone.?

C. She watched a football match on TV.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The man’s trip to New York. B. The woman’s trip to New York.

C. The woman’s physics class.

11. What did the woman see in New York??

A. The New York library. B. The New York City Park. C. The Statue of Liberty.

12. What?advice does the woman give to the man?

A. Visiting the Statue of Liberty B. Visiting New York in spring or autumn.

C. Visiting the New York City Park

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What happened to the man?

A. He had an accident in the bus. B. His car drove into a bus.

C. He drank too much wine

14. What do we know about the car driver??

A. He was drunk. B. He was a new driver. C. He was good at driving.

15. Where did the car driver go after the accident??

A. The test center. B. The hospital. C. The police office.

16. Who was hurt in this accident??

A. Nobody. B. A little girl. C. The man.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why did the Speaker stay up to read books?

A. She loved reading. B. She wanted to know?The Three Kingdoms.

C. She had an exam the next day.

18. What do today’s adults think of pupils (students) in the speaker’s opinion??

A. Pupils don’t need to do any homework.

B. Pupils are always happy.

C. Pupils need to do lots of sports.

19. How was the speaker feeling when the clock struck 2??

A. Very tired and sleepy B. Very happy C. Excited and interested

20. Where did the speaker sleep that night?

A. In the bed. B. On the desk. C. On the floor.

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）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. Gun control is a subject ________ Americans have argued for a long time.

A. of which B. about which C. with which D. into which

22. Tom was still sleeping when the fire _________ and then it spread quickly.

A. pulled down B. pulled out C. broke down D. broke out

23. --Why does the lake smell terrible?

-- Because large amounts of water_______.

A. have polluted B. is being polluted

C. have been polluted D. has been polluted

24. After the party, we developed a better relationship, which _______, helped a lot in our study.

A. in turn B. in return C. on average D. on purpose

25. I’d appreciate _______ if you would like to teach me how to operate the new machine.

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

26. The tiny insect______ eyes are fixed on the cabbage shows great interest in the vegetable.

A. whose B. which C. its D. when

27. John opened the door. Outside ______.

A. had his angry father stood B. his angry father stood

C. did his angry father stand D. stood his angry father

28. He looked straight at the letter for a while and then _____ the handwriting.

A. knew B. realised C. recognized D. examined

29. The student was pushed away by his teacher and escaped ________ when the accident happened.

A. killing B. killed C. being killed D. to be killed

30. Scientists are working to make solar cars more ________, even on cloudy days.

A. convenient B. reliable C. attractive D. comfortable

31. Mr. Smith _______ for a job since 2008 when the economy began to go down.

A. has been hunting B. has hunted C. was hunting D. had hunted

32. The old man has a strange habit of always carrying his big case _______ he goes.

A. whatever B. whenever C. however D. wherever

33. He complained that it was too much homework _______ made him get to bed late.

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

34. I feel being with Ann is like reading a book _______ each word describes your thoughts.

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

35. Many people seem to have a _______ for dolphins compared to other sea animals.

A. preference B. responsibility C. solution D. ambition

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30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。

Heather West, 27, left “disabled” by a rare（罕见的）brain illness, plans to do a three-mile charity walk to encourage other patients.

Miss West fell ill with flu last year. She 36 from the flu but a month later she 37 suffering headache and poor balance. Her doctor gave her some medicine, but it didn’t 38 her condition and ten days later her father took her to the hospital. However, her condition got 39 : her speech slowed, her eyes couldn’t look in one direction and she had 40 in walking. By the time the test results came out showing great 41 to her brain, she had become oblivious(无知觉的) . Doctors told her parents it was a rare brain illness and 42 them she could die.

43 , her father said his daughter was very strong-willed and that she wouldn’t 44 her life. For six weeks, he read to his daughter, though there was no 45 that showed she could hear. To the doctors’ 46 , the 27-year-old made a recovery, which is so 47 — it affects just eight in a million people each year, and nobody has 48 . Gradually Miss West improved. Her eyes, which stared（盯着）in different 49 , got better. She learned to communicate by 50 her finger to say “yes” and putting it down to say “no”. Doctors 51 it would take her 12 weeks to learn to walk again, but Miss West 52 it nearly half the time.

“She was always 53 and that was what helped her through,” said her father. Miss West, who will do the Race for Life to help Cancer Research on Sunday, 54 , “Walking the three miles will be a big 55 and I hope it will encourage others.”

36. A. recovered B. suffered C. resulted D. escaped

37. A. minded B. avoided C. remembered D. started

38. A. discover B. bother C. improve D. satisfy

39. A. worse B. quicker C. weaker D. better

40. A. difference B. advantage C. feeling D. difficulty

41. A. pressure B. control C. attention D. damage

42. A. advised B. persuaded C. warned D. promised

43. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Instead

44. A. deal with B. give up C. look into D. give in

45. A. need B. connection C. sign D. symbol

46. A. shame B. surprise C. expectation D. sadness

47. A. frightening B. hopeless C. sensitive D. uncommon

48. A. recovered B. died C. screamed D. worked

49. A. shapes B. colors C. directions D. sizes

50. A. moving B. raising C. rising D. changing

51. A. predicted B. prepared C. feared D. heard

52. A. supported B. lost C. made D. accepted

53. A. proud B. determined C. careful D. kind

54. A. responded B. added C. asked D. requested

55. A. loss B. magic C. debate D. achievement

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

New archaeological（考古）discoveries suggest that trade between Europe and Asia along the Silk Road probably began in some form many centuries earlier than once thought. The findings, coupled with a widening range of scientific and historical research, could add a fascinating new page to the epic（史诗）of the Silk Road.

The latest and most surprising discovery is pieces of silk found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy（木乃伊）from about 1,000 BC, long before regular traffic on the Silk Road and at least one thousand years before silk was thought to be used in Egypt. Other research may extend human activity along this route back even further, perhaps a million years to the migration（移民）of human ancestors into eastern Asia.

The official origin of East-West communication along the road is usually placed in the late 2nd century BC when an agent of the Chinese Emperor Wudi returned from a dangerous secret mission (使命) across the western desert into the remote high country of Central Asia. The agent, Zhang Qian, travelled as far as Afghanistan and brought back knowledge of even more distant lands such as Persia, Syria and a place known as Lijien, perhaps Rome. Historians have called this one of the most important journeys in ancient times. His journey opened the way for what have been thought to be the first indirect contacts between the ancient world’s two superpowers, China and Rome. Chinese silk, first traded to central Asian tribes（部落）for war horses and to the Parthians of old Persia in ex