宜城三中2012---2013年学年度

高二英语下学期期中考试试卷

时间：120分钟 总分：150分 命题人：

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. Why doesn’t the man open the door?

A. He hasn’t got the key.

B. The key doesn’t work.

C. He has got a wrong key.

2. What relation is the woman to Tom?

A. His manager. B. His girlfriend. C.　His colleague.

3. What are the speakers mainly doing?

A. Having a party. B. Cooking. C. Shopping.

4. What does the woman advise the man to do in the end?

A. Take a walk alone.

B. Wait for her in a park.

C. Wait until she finishes a letter.

5. What is the woman going to do?

A. See a doctor. B. Go to a party. C. Look after her children.

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. What is the woman thinking about?

A. The exams. B. The English class. C. The coming holiday.

7. What makes the man change his mind?

A. He thinks hiking is tiring.

B. He wants to be with the woman.

C. He wants to keep away from the cold weather.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Workmates. B. Classmates. C. Club members.

9. Why didn’t the woman receive the man’s e-mail?

A. He sent it to someone else by mistake.

B. There was a computer problem.

C. She changed her e-mail address.

10. What did the woman do last Saturday?

A. She attended a party. B. She took part in a meeting.

C. She went on a bike trip.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.

11. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.

12. What did Peter think of poems?

A. They are fun to read but difficult to write.

B. They are boring to read and hard to write.

C. They are fun to read and easy to write.

13. What did the woman do when Peter was little?

A. She asked him to recite poems.

B. She read nursery rhymes to him.

C. She taught him how to read poems.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题.

14. What does the man think of the Science Club?

A. It is funny. B. It is attractive C. It is not enjoyable.

15. Why do so many students like joining the Drama Club?

A. To be outstanding on campus.

B. To perform another person.

C. To develop their talent in drama.

16. What do we know about the man?

A. He hates drama. B. He is a drama star. C. He is handsome

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.

17. Where do children play games after school?

A. On the street corner. B. At home. C. At school

18. What do old people do after breakfast?

A. Read newspapers. B. Go to car races. C. Watch TV at home.

19. How do young people go on outings at the weekends?

A. By bike. B. By car. C. By train.

20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. Different ways of enjoyment for Australians.

B. Australians live a busy life.

C. Living in Australia.

第二部分 词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 单项填空(共10小题, 每小题1分，满分10分.)

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

21. I can’t trust David, for what he does is often not _______with what he says.

A. consistent B. popular C. familiar D. satisfied

22. These crops ________ well to the warm and damp climate here.

A. apply B. adapt C. adopt D. admit

23. The report should be handed in next Monday, so they ________ have to work on it this weekend.

A. extremely B. definitely C. specially D. entirely

24. About 270 million people in rural area in China have no _______ to safe drinking water.

A. entrance B. access C. solution D. sources

25. ----- Was his suggestion accepted at the meeting last night?

----- Partly. Some are ______ it, some are against it.

A. in charge of B. in case of C. in response to D. in favor of

26. He has a ______ sense of direction and never gets lost in strange places.

A. sharp B. steep C. pure D. narrow

27. Whenever she heard that someone had trouble, she would go to ______.

A. find out B. work out C. carry out D. help out

28. The river have ________, so they will have to spend much money irrigating(灌溉) the crops.

A. dried up B. built up C. broken up D. gone up

29. The country finally gained independence after being ________ by the British for so many years.

A. conquered B. managed C. governed D. commanded

30. They haven’t decided where to go, just travelling from one place to another without a _________.

A. destination B. preparation C. regulation D. conservation

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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.

I was shopping at my local supermarket, as I normally have for years. One particular day, I had done about 2 weeks worth of shopping and 31 toward the register to pay for what I bought. After the cashier(收银员) had scanned my items and I had bagged them up, she stated（说） that the 32 was $150.

I 33 into my back right pocket to take the money to pay and noticed that there was no money there.? I started to get 34 .? I knew my purse was in the car and I was sure I had put the 35 in my back right pocket. I looked at the cashier with wet eyes and a 36 look not knowing what to do.? There were people behind me on the line.?She told me to speak with the courtesy counter (爱心柜台).??I 37 and said, “Really? It's 38 , no one would hand that in!”??But she 39 me to. “You never know…” she said.

I decided that there was no 40 in checking so I walked up to?a woman behind the counter and said?“I have to ask, did anyone 41 ?cash by any chance?” She asked “How much?” My face then 42 .??“$200 in the form of?one hundred dollar bills.” I replied.? She said, “ 43 , yes, someone did!” I was so 44 !?“Who? I want to thank her.”? She pointed to a young?girl about?10 years old and said, “She?did.”

I walked over to the mom and hugged her.?She said, “It wasn't me, it was my 45 ” .? I said “I?know, I wanted to thank you both, 46 she found it ... it's because of you that I?got this back.”?I was so happy. I was almost in tears.?

The next day at work, a person in another department 47 me tickets to the circus（马戏团).? He handed me 5 tickets.?Almost 48 that young girl’s face popped (突然出现) in my head.? After work I went back to the supermarket and stopped at the courtesy counter and asked if she had any idea who that woman was. She smiled and said, “Yes, She is a friend of mine”.??Then I asked her to do me a favor and pass along these 5 tickets to her.

She told me that the family of the little girl who found my money were not rich so they would really 49 this.? She also said that they had 3 children, so five was the 50 number of tickets!

31. A. showed B. retired C. hesitated D. headed

32. A. percentage B. product C. total D. luggage

33. A. reached B. searched C. checked D. looked

34. A. particular B. curious C. nervous D. serious

35. A. card B. money C. purse D. goods

36. A. shocked B. moved C. inspired D. confused

37. A. laughed B. screamed C. shouted D. blamed

38. A. reality B. evidence C. cash D. truth

39. A. forced B. encouraged C. discouraged D. promised

40. A. doubt B. need C. expense D. harm

41. A. work out B. hand in C. send for D. take away

42. A. broke up B. burst out C. send off D. lit up

43. A. Eventually B. Actually C. Finally D. Unfortunately

44. A. interested B. worried C. surprised D. absorbed

45. A. daughter B. husband C. mother D. friend

46. A. because B. although C. however D. besides

47. A. lent B. borrowed C. produced D. offered

48. A. simply B. constantly C. immediately D. previously

49. A. reject B. buy C. ignore D. appreciate

50. A. unique B. perfect C. official D. typical

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Thirty years ago not many people would have dreamed of doing the repairs and decorations in their own homes. In those days labor was fairly cheap and most people would have thought it worthwhile to employ a professional painter and decorator, unless of course they were either very hand up or were in the trade themselves.

Today, however, it is quite a different story. Men and women in all walks of life turn their hands to all sorts of jobs round the house including painting, papering, putting up shelves and wall units, and tiling walls and floors. Some people with no professional training of any kind have even successfully built their own houses. These jobs have been made easier today by the introduction of prepared materials, which require the minimum amount of skill to use. In every high street throughout Britain nowadays there is at least one “Do-It-Yourself” shop containing a vast range of timber, tiles, paints, wallpapers and floor coverings besides tools of every description including power drills and many accessories. “Do-It-Yourself” is a booming（繁荣的） business; all these shops do a roaring trade and look like continuing to do so. Probably the main reason for the craze is the high cost of present-day labor and the shortage of building firms willing to do small jobs.

51. Why did people employ professional workers to decorate homes thirty years ago?

A. Because they could not do it themselves.

B. Because professional workers were very cheap.

C. Because they had no time.

D. Because professional workers could do much better.

52. Thirty years later what changes took place?

A. People could do everything themselves.

B. Few people chose to be a professional worker.

C. People with no professional training successfully built their own houses.

D. New expensive materials required no skills at all.

53. What