官渡区第二中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷1至8页，第Ⅱ卷第9页。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

第一卷 （选择题，共115分）

注意事项：

答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。

每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号。答在试卷上的答案无效 。

第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分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1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 is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Brother and sister. B. Father and daughter. C. Teacher and student.

2. How will the woman go to New York?

A. By plane. B. By train. C. By car.

3. What does the man mean?

A. He has no money with him now.

B. It is not necessary for the woman to buy new CDs.

C. The woman’s music teacher wants to deal with the old CDs.

4. What does the woman think of the man’s decision?

A. Smart. B. Interesting. C. Stupid.

5. What does the man mean?

A. John does not care about others.

B. John works too hard.

C. John should stop his experiments.

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。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. Where are the two speakers now?

A. In the office. B. On the river bank. C. At home.

7. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man doesn’t know how to swim.

B. The water was running very fast.

C. The little girl was frightened.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. How much does the gold purse cost?

A.40 dollars. B.32 dollars. C. 22 dollars.

9. What will the woman do?

A. Borrow some money and come back the next day.

B. Go to another store and buy a purse below 25 dollars.

C. Save some money and come back next week.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题

10. What is the woman going to do this summer vacation?

A. Teach some Asian students English.

B. Learn some Korean from the man.

C. Find a better job with the man.

11. What did the man do when he attended a Korean course?

A. He practised writing.

B. He practised speaking.

C. He read a lot of books in Korean.

12. What do we learn about the two speakers from the conversation?

A. Both the man and the woman are from England .

B. The man wants to teach English during this summer vacation.

C. The woman was travelling in Asia last summer.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题

13. When was the painting painted?

A. Yesterday. B. Last summer. C. Last winter.

14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

A. He learned to paint all by himself.

B. He learned to paint about twenty-three years ago.

C. He is more interested in playing the piano than painting.

15. What is the man now?

A. A famous teacher. B. A famous painter. C. A famous pianist.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman did not know the man could paint.

B. The man does not think learning to paint is difficult.

C. The woman is the man’s student.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. What parents should do for their children.

B. It is important for parents to find a good job.

C. Parents need a lot of money to raise a child.

18. When do children go to nursery schools in the speaker’s country?

A. From Monday to Friday.

B. From Monday to Saturday.

C. From Monday to Thursday.

19. According to the speaker, what do parents usually do to make their children happy?

A. Buy the toys their children like.

B. Offer their children chances to learn an instrument.

C. Buy them books with pictures.

20. Why don’t many couples want children in the first several years when they are married?

A. They have low-paid jobs and don’t have enough money.

B. They want to enjoy their life of two.

C. They don’t want to work too hard.

第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21. --- Hello, could I speak to Mr Smith?

--- Sorry, wrong number. There isn’t ________ Mr Smith here.

A. / B. the C. a D. one

22. Whether the viewpoint is right or wrong, it is just ________ opinion.

A. a matter of 　　B. the matter of

C. as a matter of 　　D. no matter what

23. The committee ________ of fifteen members.

A. is consisted B. consists C. formed D. make up

24. I think you’d better ________ the holiday to practise your spoken English.

A. use up B. make the most of C. spend D. pay

25. It was not until she got home ________ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.

A. when B. where C. that D. before

26. Japan lies ________ the east of China ________ the east of Asia. It faces the Pacific on the east.

A. in; on B. to; in C. on; to D. to; on

27. Students should be encouraged to finish their homework ________.

A. of themselves B. of their own C. for their own D. on their own

28.________ matters most in learning English is enough practice.

A. What B. Why C. Where D. Which

29. The electricity was cut off because of the storm. Luckily we had plenty of candles ________ store.

A. with B. at C. for D. in

30. ________ he will go to work in a mountain village surprises all of us.

A. What B. That C. Whether D. if

31. ________ with so many trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face

32. He hurried to the booking office only ________ that all the tickets had been sold out.

A. to tell B. to be told C. telling D. told

33. Along with the letter was his promise ________ he would visit me this coming Spring Festival.

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

34. --- Excuse me, Sir, is the swimming pool open all day?

---________. Only from 6:00 p.m. to 10: 00 p.m.

A. That’s right 　　B. Yes, of course

C. Sorry, I’m not sure 　　D. Sorry, I’m afraid not

35. ________ and I’ll get the work finished.

A. Having one more hour B. Give me one more hour

C. Given one more hour D. If I have one more hour

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，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D 中选出最佳选项。

Since smoking is considered to be very dangerous to the health, it is especially difficult for children to buy cigarettes. One shopkeeper, Mr Smith, has always been 36 about this. If his customers are very 37 , he always asks them whom the cigarettes are 38 .

One day a little girl walked into his shop and demanded a packet of 20 cigarettes. She had the exact amount of money in her hand and 39 very sure of herself. Mr Smith was so 40 by her confident(自信的) 41 that he forgot to ask his 42 questions. He asked her what kind of cigarettes she 43 . The girl 44 quickly and handed him the 45 . While he was giving her the cigarettes, Mr Smith said laughingly that she was so young and she should 46 the packet in her pocket in order not to be 47 by a policeman. However, the little girl seemed not to find this very 48 . Without even smiling she 49 the packet and walked 50 the door. Suddenly she stopped, turned round, and 51 steadily(稳定地) at Mr Smith. There was a moment's deathly 52 and the shopkeeper wondered 53 she was going to say. All at once, in a clear 54 , the girl said, "My dad is a policeman." And 55 those words，she walked quickly out of the shop.

36. A. successful B. careful C. safe D. mind

37. A. old B. young C. weak D. strong

38. A. on B. about C. for D. with

39. A. seemed B. watched C. listened D. noticed

40. A. used B. pleased C. encouraged D. surprised

41. A. manner B. spirit C. part D. words

42. A. further B. often C. usual D. strange

43. A. had B. wanted C. bought D. sold

44. A. replied B. said C. told D. talked

45. A. cigarettes B. tobacco C. money D. packet

46. A. press B. keep C. lay D. hide

47. A. found B. looked C. searched D. had

48. A. secret B. necessary C. interested D. valuable

49. A. left B. gave C. took D. threw

50. A. from B. through C. into D. towards

51. A. pointed B. looked C. laughed D. knocked

52. A. form B. chance C. movement D. silence

53. A. how B. when C. why D. what

54. A. voice B. noise C. sound D. shout

55. A. around B. to C. without D. with

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A; B; C; D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Darwin was not a bright boy. He was much slower than his younger sister, and he was in many ways a naughty boy. However, at the age of eight he was trying to make out the names of all plants he saw, and he was busy collecting all sorts of things. and he even imagined producing coloured roses by watering them with certain coloured liquids. Once he read the book Wonders of the World, he wished to work wonders himself some day.

One summer vacation Darwin became a great collector of beetles(甲虫).At that time he only collected them but made no scientific study of them. One day on tearing off the bark(树皮) he saw some unusual beetles, and seized one in each hand, then he saw a third and new kind, which he didn’t want to lose, so he put the one that he held in his right hand into his mouth. But it sent out some gas, which burned his tongue. He was forced to spit it out. It was lost, so was the third one.

Darwin accepted the offer by the navy(海军)to go on a voyage to explore the Southern Sea in the name of the government on a warship at the age of twenty-two. He was on board for five years. And during the long voyage he collected a great many of facts in Natural Science.

56. In his early years, Darwin was _________ in producing coloured roses.

A. successful　　　　 B. interested　　　 C. helped　　　 D. not interested

57. In the first paragraph "to work wonders" means _________________.

　 A. to work with surprising results　　　　 B. to have a wonderful job

　 C. to make something difficult to understand D. to produce beautiful things

58. Darwin put one beetle into his mouth in order to ________________.

A.