2012——2013学年度第二学期期中练习

高 二 英 语2013.4

（测试时间：100 分钟）

第Ⅰ卷 满分85分

第一部分：听力理解(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1. What is the woman trying to do?

A. Finish some writing B. Print an article C. Find a newspaper

2. Where are the two speakers?

A. In a car shop B. In a garage C. In a parking lot

3. When will the magazine probably arrive?

A. Wednesday B. Thursday C. Friday

4. Where did the speakers plan to go?

A. A shopping center B. An opera house C. The parking lot

5. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit. C. How to handle pressure.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的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5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What is the man?

A. A policeman B. A student C. A taxi driver

7. What is the woman doing?

A. She is taking a taxi.

B. She is having a road test.

C. She is repairing a car.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. How does the woman respond to the service here?

A. By complaining B. By questioning C. By ignoring

9. What does the man promise to do?

A. To pay back the woman’s money.

B. To make an apology to the woman.

C. To inform someone in charge of the matter.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who are the two speakers?

A. Policeman and victim. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.

11. Why did the first girl ask the woman the way to the nearest MTR?

A. To find her way to the MTR.

B. To hide the truth from the woman.

C. To help the woman realize the truth.

12. What are the two girls?

A. Passers-by B. Policewomen C. Thieves

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. How did Europeans know the exact time in the late 1700s?

A. By looking at clocks at home.

B. By looking at clocks in factories.

C. By looking at clocks in public places.

14. When did people regard watches as a sign of wealth in Europe and the US?

A. In the 1800s B. In the 1850s C. In the 1900s

15. What did industrialization bring about in watch-making?

A. The quality of watches was improved.

B. More watches could be produced.

C. More types of watches were available.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）

听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。

Things making Harrods famous for?

 16 Hall and Egyptian Hall.



Peoples’ feeling when in the Egyptian Hall.

They feel they are in another 17 .



The way Harrods to get most of its power

By producing 18 itself.



The number of customers during the January sales

 19 customers a day.



The record for one day during the January sales

Nine 20 pounds.





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)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

21. She has ________ quickly to the new climate since she settled down in that city.

A. stuck B. devoted C. adapted D. suited

22. Yesterday the teacher asked each of the students to make a/an ________ in class to talk about our favorite movie.

A. mistake B. decision C. apology D. presentation

23. Fresh air is ________ to our health.

A. beneficial B. suitable C. adequate D. clumsy

24. I try to ________a few minutes each day to do some exercises.

A. set back B. set aside C. set down D. set about

25. What a child should do, ________, is to do well in his studies.

A. in all B. after all C. above all D. at all

26. I’ve been taking these pills for three days, but so far they’ve had no ________.

A. answer B. effect C. help D. work

27. He made a very positive ________to the overall success of the project.

A. education B. congratulation C. phenomenon D. contribution

28. If you fill in the application form right away, I can ________you an interview.

A. appoint B. guarantee C. conduct D. envy

29. You look pretty in this dress and there is only one of this kind left here. I wonder if you would buy________.

A. one B. it C. some D. any

30. We’re having a meeting in half an hour. The decision ________ at the meeting will influence the future of our company.

A. to be made B. being made C. made D. having been made

31. In college, Spring Break is usually associated with the beach, parties and sleepless nights, ________ about relaxation and free time.

A. bring B. brought C. bringing D. to bring

32. Robert is said ________abroad, but I don't know what country he studied in.

A. to have studied B. to study

C. to be studying D. to have been studying

33. Last summer holiday, I went back to my hometown, ________ the neighbours and the house ________I used to be familiar with were gone.

A. only finding; where B. only to find; that

C. only to find; where D. only finding; that

34. ---What did he want to know, Anne?

---He asked ________ we could finish painting the room .

A. When was it B. It was when that

C. It was when D. when it was that

35. ________ at the result, the boss left without saying any word.

A. Having disappointed B. Disappointing

C. To be disappointed D. Disappointed

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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 36 lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!”

She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 37 . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew 38 , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life.

No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having 39 her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 40 of her daughter. She stopped at each of the rescue missions (收容所) with a simple 41 . “Would you allow me to 42 this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 43 at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 44 listening to the service, all the while letting her 45 wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

She couldn’t 46 until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” 47 she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 48_ to be true.

It was night, but she was so 49 by the message that she started walking home. 50 the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 51 her way timidly (胆怯地). As she knocked, the door 52 open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 53 , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms. The daughter said, “I was so worried and 54 someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 55 .”

36. A. modern B. religious C. awful D. simple

37. A. earn money B. help others C. get free D. become famous

38. A. lonelier B. slower C. angrier D. older

39. A. told about B. heard of C. learned from D. talked to

40. A. sight B. charge C. search D. need

41. A. request B. remark C. question D. speech

42. A. print out B. look at C. give off D. put up

43. A. record B. advice C. message D. notice

44. A. sensitively B. absent-mindedly C. devotedly D. carefully

45. A. eyes B. hands C. thoughts D. imaginations

46. A. help B. move C. wait D. listen

47. A. After B. Since C. Until D. As

48. A. lucky B. good C. happy D. certain

49. A. astonished B. touched C. interested D. ashamed

50. A. By B. At C. During D. Before

51. A. had B. led C. made D. held

52. A. seemed B. blew C. proved D. flew

53. A. safety B. health C. danger D. life

54. A. observed B. realized C. found D. thought

55. A. pushed B. opened C. locked D. fixed

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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

The central part of the United States suffered its own economic crisis(危机)in the nineteen eighties. Unemployment reduced the population. The Spencer public library worked to help people in the town of Spencer, Iowa, to find jobs. It created a list of jobs and offered books on job skills and training.

One cold January morning in nineteen eighty-eight, library workers found a small, almost frozen kitten in the book drop. A book drop is the small metal door in the wall of the building where people can return books when the library is closed. No one knows who put the kitten there or why. But it turned out to be lucky for both the kitten and the town.

The library held a contest to name the cat. The winning name was Dewey Read more Books. Library officials agreed to permit him to live in the building. Dewey loved to keep people company while they chose books or used