广元市实验中学2014级2015年春季英语半期考试

考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分

第一部分：听力（共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. What does the man want to do?

A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.

2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A noisy night B. Their life in town.

C. A place of living.

3. Where is the man now?

A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.

4. What will Celia do?

A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.

5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?

A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.

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。听每段对话或独白后，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7 题。

6. What is Sara going to do?

A. Buy John a gift B. Invite John to France

C. Give John a surprise

7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan?

A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.

听下面一段对话, 回答第8 至9 题。

8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?

A. She has to give up her travel plan. B. She wants to visit another city.

C. She needs to put off her test.

9. What does Diana want Peter to do?

A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.

听下面一段对话, 回答第10 至12 题。

10. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To tell her about her new job

B. To ask about her job program

C. To plan a meeting with her.

11. Who needs a new flat?

A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.

12. Where is the woman now?

A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.

听下面一段对话, 回答第13 至16 题。

13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?

A. Where the restaurant is.

B. Whether the prices are low.

C. How well the food is prepared.

14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?

A. After he came back to Sweden.

B. Before he went to the United States.

C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.

15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?

A. Talk to people in the street.

B. Speak to taxi drivers.

C. Ask hotel clerks.

16. What do we know about Jan?

A. He cooks for a restaurant.

B. He travels a lot for his work.

C. He prefers American food.

听下面一段独白, 回答第17 至20 题。

17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?

A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.

18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?

A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoon.

C. Fridays and Saturdays.

19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?

A. Via Del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandez Street.

20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?

A. It has an old stone surface.

B. It is named after a writer

C. It has a famous university.

第二部分 英语知识运用 （共40 分）

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Once there was a baby eagle living in a nest on a cliff. The baby eagle loved his nest. It was warm, soft and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food and love that his mother could give. whenever the baby eagle was hungry, his mother would always come just in time with the delicious food he liked.

He was growing happily day after day. But suddenly his world changed. His mother stopped coming to the nest. He was full of sadness and fear. He thought he would die soon. He cried, but nobody heard him.

Two days later his mother appeared with some nice food. The baby eagle was wild with joy. But his mother put the food at the top of the mountain and then looked down at her baby. The baby eagle cried out.”Mum, why did you do this to me? I’m hungry. Don’t you know I will die if i have nothing to eat?”

“Here is the last meal I give you. Come and get it by yourself.”his mother said. Then she flew down and push the baby eagle out of the nest.

The baby eagle fell down, faster and faster. He looked up at his mum.”why do you abandon me?”He looked down at the earth. The ground was much closer. Then something strange happened. The air caught behind his arms and he began to fly! He wasn’t moving to the ground any more. Instead, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.

“you are flying! You can make it!”his mother smiled.

21. Which of the following is TRUE about the baby eagle’s life before his mother stopped coming to the nest.

He lived in a nest in the tree.

His mother offered him nice food.

He was always cold and hungry

He lived very happily with friend.

How did the baby eagle feel as soon as he saw his mother coming again?

A.sad B.happy C. afraid D. Angry

We can infer from the story that______

A. The baby eagle lost his mother

B. The baby eagle was still angry with his mother

C. The baby eagle could get food himself

D. The baby eagle fell down and died.

B

NEW YORK—America has been experiencing the longest economic(经济的) increase in its history. Incomes have risen, unemployment has fallen, and cities such as New York are bursting with new office buildings.

But just a short walk from Manhattan’s skyscrapers, George Brown sits on the sidewalk, cooking a lunch of rice and bits of fish over a can of cooking fuel.

Brown is homeless — one of the 2.3 million people in the US who end up on the street. During the day, Brown collects aluminum cans and sells them for five cents a piece. At night, he sleeps on the street.

“I have been on the street about eight or nine years, something like that,” said the 62-year-old former construction worker.

Brown admits he’s had problems with alcohol（酒精） and has smoked cocaine. But he said he still wants a more stable (稳定的) housing arrangement. He could afford it just with the money he earns by collecting cans and small pieces of metal, if only truly low-income housing were available.

However, he sees no hope of finding affordable housing in New York.

With the strong economy and unemployment down, beautiful housing is being built to meet demand. A US report shows rents in New York City rose more than 27 per cent between 1984 and 1999, from US $549 to US $700 a month. One of the side effects of the strong economy is that rents have been going up.

The most of people who experience homelessness really just need some affordable housing help. But few housing companies have been built for the poor. Many small apartments in the city now rent for US $1,500 a month or more.

Brown, the homeless New Yorker, said he has a daughter who lives in the city but he rarely sees her. She is angry about his drinking and won’t allow it in her house.

Smiling, he said he also has seven grandchildren whom he’d like to see more often.

“All I’ve got to do is clean up my act,” he said.

24. From George Brown’s life we can find that________.

A. old Americans lead a hard life B. old Americans want to live alone

C. American cities are full of poor people D. bad habits play a role in poor people’s Life

25. It can be inferred from this passage that________.

A. America is short of housing companies

B. the poor can’t benefit from the increasing economy

C. poor people in America will become rich

D. housing companies will build more houses for the poor

26. If this passage comes from a paper, on which page would it be?

A. Society. B. Science. C. Economy. D. Business.

27. What character does George Brown have?

A. Selfish. B. Lazy. C. Warm-hearted. D. Open-hearted.

C

Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do，and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can go to the laundry(洗衣房); food can be bought, cooked, canned or preserved; bread is baked and sent by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meats can be had at the restaurant，the work’s canteen(食堂)，and the school dining-room.

It is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at home，and his children rarely，if ever，see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father’s occupation，and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money，and soon demands a feeling of economic independence. In textile（纺织品） areas it has long been customary for mothers to go out to work，but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now not an unusual factor in a child’s home life，the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years. With mother earning and his older children drawing large wages ,father is seldom the dominant(重要作用) figure that he still was at the beginning of the century. When mother works, economic advantages accrue，but children lose something of great value if mother’s employment prevents her from being home to greet them when they return from school.

28. The writer mentions home as workshop because______.

A. fathers often pursue employment at home

B. parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily-life

C. many families produce goods at home for sale

D. both fathers and mothers in most families are workers

29. The writer says that home has become much less of a workshop. He means ______.

A. in the past, home was more like a workshop

B. home is much more of a workshop now

C. home-workshops are becoming fewer and fewer

D. home was less like a workshop in the past

30.The word “accrue” in the sentence “When mother...accrue，”is closest in meaning to _______.

A. change B. reduce C. double D. increase

31. What makes father no longer the only dominant person in a family?

A. With their earning, mother and children do not need to depend on father for their life.

B. There are many choice of employment for mothers and children.

C. Father does much less for his children today than he used to.

D. The number of married women in employment has increased greatly now.

D.

“Exams will be the death of me.”I can remember thinking in school. I was not a good student. Even when I studied hard(which was not often enough)my grades never seemed to improve. The mid-term exams are over and some of you may also be thinking.”Exams will be the death to me.”You studied hard bu