湛江一中2012-2013学年度第二学期期中考试

高二级英语科试卷

考试时间: 135分钟 满分: 150分 命题教师：QXJ

I. 听力(共两节, 满分15分)

Part A 朗读部分只作为试听，不作为考试内容

Part B: Role Play角色扮演(共8小题，每小题1分, 共8分)

In this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to the conversation, ask three questions and then answer five questions.（录音只听一遍。）

角色：你是Mike。

任务：（1） 询问Susan相关的信息；

（2）根据谈话内容回答问题。

Please get ready to ask three questions in English according to the following Chinese tips.

（请把问题填在横线上。）

1. 你妈妈为什么给你打电话？

Q: ____________________________________________________

2. 你上次为什么跟你的室友吵架？

Q: _____________________________________________________

3. 你为什么不愿搬出去？

Q: ____________________________________________________

Please get ready to answer five questions in English.(请把答案填在横线上。)

4. 现在请准备回答第一个问题。

A: _____________________________________________________

5. 现在请准备回答第二个问题。

A: _____________________________________________________

6. 现在请准备回答第三个问题。

A: _____________________________________________________

7. 现在请准备回答第四个问题。

A: _____________________________________________________

8. 现在请准备回答第五个问题。

A: _____________________________________________________

Part C: Retelling故事复述（共7小题，每空1分，共7分）

以下是录音内容的故事复述，请在横线上填写所听到的相关信息内容(横线上可能是单词或短语)，录音听两遍。

I was going to visit my sick mom, who passed away 9 my visit. After I arrived at the airport, I went to buy some breakfast. My breakfast dropped on the floor because I stepped on the water and 10 . I was 11 and was also feeling down because of the situation of my mom. Feeling all eyes in my direction, I then went to sit in a different part of airport and began to 12 . Soon later, a man came up to me and bought breakfast for me. I thanked him for his 13 . That breakfast gave me not only 14 but also spiritual strength. I just felt loved and got the strength to face anything. I want to do 15 things for other people. I want to give them strength when they are down. I will never forget that morning at the airport.

II. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 1937, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(小矮人) caught the imagination of children all over the world. The princess, from Grimm's fairy tales, was weak and 16 , waiting for her prince to rescue her from the 17 stepmother. But that's not the case in recent movie fairy tales.?In?the new movie Mirror Mirror, Snow White still ends up in the prince's arms. But she also outsmarts(智胜) the queen and wins the kingdom, and she even 18 the prince!

“Children are interested in these 19 versions of fairy tales”, says Wendy Tucker, a librarian at an elementary school in Washington area, “When the movies come out, they want the 20 , which is great for me.?I try to 21 them to read the book before the movie, and oftentimes they've seen the movie and I tell them there is a book. They get 22 .” ? While going for the newer takes, kids still 23 the classic tales. “They give us varied looks of 24 time periods and how people acted back then,” says one young student at the library. “Also they include magic and fantasy.” “ 25 I like the calm elegance of the old ones,” says another, “But sometimes I feel like I need a big production to be in front of me.” Once upon a time, according to Tucker, parents used to read these 26 to their children to teach them 27 . “They wanted to emphasize how 28 something was in order to make the beauty shine and better,” says she, “and a lot of fairy tales and fables were told to children before television was invented, as a way for 29 to control and teach good against evil.” The stories still 30 today, but the lessons have been modernized for a new generation.

A. brave B. helpless C. strong D. useless

A. old B. pretty C. wicked D. kind

A. saved B. assisted C. lost D. defeated

A. classic B. old C. traditional D. new

A. ticket 　 B. disc C. book D. seat

A. encourage B. forbid C. teach D. command

A. puzzled B. disappointed C. shocked D. excited

A. refuse B. appreciate C. foget D. doubt

A. hard B. modern C. different D. permanent

A. Always B. Seldom C. Never D. Sometimes

A. movies B. stories C. poems D. proverbs

A. lessons B. languages C. skills D. characters

A. dark B. bright C. strange D. unfair

A. teachers B. parents C. librarians D. actors

A. help B. matter C. work D. teach

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland 31 she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of 32 (fly)away, the little butterfly changed into 33 beautiful fairy(仙女).

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish 34 can help you get what you want.” The little girl thought 35 a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her, whispered in her ear and then disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land 36 (happy) than her. Everyone asked her about the secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer, “The secret of 37 happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she 38 (die)， the neighbors all gathered around her, fearing that her 39 (believe) secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us 40 the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me!”

III. 阅读（满分30分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I grew up in Jamaica Plain. My best friend Rose and I used to dream about raising a family of our own someday and living next door to one another.

? ? ?Our dream remained alive through school and beyond. Rose was my maid of honor when I married Dick. Later, Dick was stationed in Alaska and we moved. Rose was sad to see me leave, but wished me the best of luck. We remained in touch for a few years before we lost track.

　 I thought of her several times over the years. All of my children now have families of their own, and Dick passed away a few years ago. Basically, a lifetime has passed. Then one day, near my 80th birthday, I received a phone call “Hi Natalie, it’s Rose,” the voice on the other end said, “ I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be best friends in Jamaica Plain when we were kids.”

　　We have spent hours on the phone catching up. Even after 52 years of separation our personalities and interests are still extremely similar. We both share a passion for several hobbies that we each picked up independently several years after we lost touch with one another. It almost feels like we are picking up right where we left off.

Her husband died a few years ago as well, but she mailed me several photographs of her family that were taken over the years. It’s so crazy, just looking at the photos and listening to her description of her family reminds me of my own: a reasonably large, healthy family. Part of me feels like we led fairly similar lives.

I don’t think the similarities between our two lives are a coincidence either. I think it shows that we didn’t just call each other best friend; we truly were best friends and even now we can be best friends again. Real friends have two things in common: a compatible(相容的)personality and a strong-willed character. The compatible personality is what starts the connection between two people. A strong-willed character at both ends is what maintains the connection. If those two ingredients are present in a friendship, the friendship is for real, It can pass the tests of time and long distance between one another and will never disappear

41. From the passage we may know that the author .

A. lived next door to Rose in her childhood B.was Rose’s maid of honor when she was married

C.lost touch of Rose since she moved to Alaska D. missed her friend although they lost contact

42. After 52 years of separation, they .

A.had a lot to talk on the phone B. sent each other photographs of their family

C.they lived the same life D. developed different personalities and hobbies

43.What does the underlined phrase “pick up” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. Restart their friendship　 B. Find out what has happened

C. Refer to or develop a topic D. Get together again

44. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to .

A. Rose’s description B. coincidence C. best friend D. the similarities between our two lives

45. The author thinks that .

A. the similarities between their lives are coincident

B. although they’re not best friends, they have much in commom.

C. they both have a compatible personality and a strong-willed character

D. only those who have similar characters can be real friends

B

“A messy(凌乱的) desk can actually lead people towards clearer thinking”, say researchers from Germany．

The researchers found in a series of linked studies----using a messy desk and a messy shop front(店面)----that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand.

Visual and mental mess forces human beings to focus and think more clearly. Famous thinkers and writers such as Albert Einstein and Roald Dahl have been well-known for their untidy desks.

“Messy desks may not be as harmful as they appear to be. As the problem-solving approaches they seem to cause can increase work efficiency or improve employees' creativity in problem-solving,” say the authors.

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