江苏省上冈高级中学2012－2013学年度第二学期期中考试

高二英语试卷 2013.4.22

命题人：朱巨国

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How does the man come here?

A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.

2. Why isn’t Helen present?

A. She forgot to come. B. She changed her decision. C. She wasn’t invited.

3. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Doctor and patient.

4. What’s the man’s job?

A. A shop assistant. B. A tailor. C. A salesman.

5. What does the man mean?

A. He can’t go to the cinema.

B. He can go to the cinema on Saturday morning.

C. He can go to the cinema on Saturday evening.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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. When will the man go on holiday?

A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter.

7. Where is the man going?

A. Switzerland. B. Italy. C. Austria.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the man?

A. A businessman. B. A salesman. C. A scientist.

9. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. On a train. B. On a bus. C. On a plane.

10. Why is the woman traveling?

A. She is traveling on holiday.

B. She is traveling on business.

C. She is traveling to give some lectures.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why is the woman calling?

A. To buy a table. B. To book a table. C. To serve lunch.

12. When does this restaurant stop serving lunch?

A. 1 pm. B. 2 pm. C. 3 pm.

13. How many people will come with the woman for lunch?

A. One. B. Two. C. Four.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the man?

A. A nurse. B. A doctor. C. A chemist.

15. What is wrong with the woman?

A. She is wet all over.

B. She has a bad headache.

C. She has had a cough for three days.

16. What does the man tell the woman to do?

A. Stay in bed for some time and take some medicine.

B. Go around from time to time.

C. Come to see him tomorrow morning.

17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a garden. B. In the man’s office. C. In the woman’s house.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The Barcelona Olympic Games.

B. TV programs on Chinese television.

C. Effects of television on our lives.

19. Where was the survey of 300 youngsters made?

A. In Shanghai. B. In Wuhan. C. In Beijing.

20. According to the passage, what is quickly taking the place of printed material as the major source of news for most Chinese?

A. The Internet B. Television C. Radio

第二部分?英语知识运用?(共两节,?满分35分)

第一节??单项填空?(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---- I’m calling to _______ our lunch appointment. It’s tomorrow at twelve o’clock, right?

---- Absolutely.

A. confirm B. acknowledge C. determine D. recognize

22. He accidentally _______that he was actually in debts and a large sum of money was in great need to pay off the debts.

A. make out B. leave out C. let out D. carry out

23. Some cyclists make the _______ that traffic laws do not _______ them. It is not true, _______.

A. assumption; apply to; though B. thought; apply to; however

C. assuming; apply for; though D. idea; apply for; however

24. With so much _____ equipment, wood and paper in one place, there is a danger of fire.

A. electric B. electronic C. electrical D. electricity

25. The man said nothing but turned around and ____ everybody_____.

A. left; surprising B. leaving; surprised C. left; surprised D. leaving; surprising

26. —What happened to him? He promised to come by 9, but it’s now almost 8:50.

—Don’t worry. He is always _____.

A. punctual B. reasonable C. controversial D. accurate

27. Not only____ interested in football but ___ beginning to show an interest in it.

A. the father himself is; all his children are B. the father himself is; are all his children

C. is the father himself; are all his children D. is the father himself; all his children are

28. With a large amount of work _______, the chief manager couldn’t spare time for a holiday.

A. remained to be done B. remaining to be done

C. remained being done D. remaining to do

29. This passage puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to _____.

A. make it up B. make it out C. make it for D. make it over

30. ––– I hear Tom ______ playing games recently

––– ______ no wonder he is easy to feel sleepy in class.

A. is addicted to; There is B. addicts; There is

C. addicts; It is D. is addicted to; It is

31. Such good use had been his spare time_________ his English has improved a lot．

A. made of; as B. made of; that C. made in; that D. found in; as

32. Although all of the apples ________, none of them ________ good.

A. have been tasted; taste B. have been tasted; are tasted

C. have tasted; taste D. have tasted; are tasted

33. There ____ no buses, we had to walk home after work yesterday.

A. was B. were C. being D. had

34. To some extent, uncontrolled information from the website that many people turn _______ false.

A. to prove B. to proves C. prove D. proves

35. On returning home, she found a note _______ to the door, _______ “Call in later.”

A. attaching; reading B. attaches; saying

C. attached; which reads D. attached; reading

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37 to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. On 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her.

“Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47 her. I began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51 markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52 of place and belonging.

Think about it. 53 while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 person?

36. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have

37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried

38. A. what B. how C. which D. when

39. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy

40. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned

41. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially

42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered

43. A. long B. often C. soon D. much

44. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired

45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less

46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune

47. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt

48. A. happy B. enjoyable C. usual D. daily

49. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests

50. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably

51. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful

52. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense

53. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However

54. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning

55. A. unnamed B. unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal

第三部分　阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（A）

My first experience of modern city life was quite impressive. I was very curious when I arrived in London. First, I noticed so many people were on a trip in a busy way. When I first saw the machine on the underground where you are expected to feed your ticket in and have to run through moving barriers (拦板), I was completely fascinated (被迷住了) at it. Flashing with the light, the little green man, telling you when to cross the road, was also quite interesting, and so were those street advertisements which kept changing subjects as you look.

In my native place, my life is so different from people’s here. I am a market gardener from Makono, a village which is led by a market-managing group. People there usually walk two hours a day to get water from a well. What’s more, I am used to going, for many hours, without drinking, so it was strange to be offered cups of tea all the time here in London.

In my native place, on market days, I usually walk for several hours with my basket full of fruits and vegetables on my head, carrying them to the market for sale, to earn ￡1 per basket. Without the produce from my garden, I could not pay for education or healthcare for my children. Gardening is not a hobby for me – it’s survival. But here people are planting something only to kill their le