馆陶一中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

第 Ⅰ 卷

第一部分：听力测试（共两节，满分20分；每小题1分）

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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项选出最佳选项，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. What do they prepare for the supper?

A. Rice B. Noodles. C. Dumplings.

2. When does the man want to get to Detroit?

A. At 10:30 B. Before 9:00. C. At 9:30.

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

A. Police and drive. B. Onlooker and drive. C. Boss and employee.

4. What does the woman want to do?

A. Attend the meeting. B. Book a room. C. Book two air tickets.

5. What happened to Tom this morning?

A. His uncle bought him a new bike. B. He lost his bike. C. His bike broken down.

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，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小题。

6. How much does the woman want to spend for her daughter’s birthday?

A. $13. B. $20. C. $30.

7. What present will the woman choose?

A. A basketball. B. A dictionary. C. A recorder.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10小题。

8. What are the two speakers doing?

A. They are talking about their jobs. B. They are working on a report.

C. They are discussing a letter of application.

9. What should the beginning of the letter be about?

A. Education. B. Working experience. C. Family.

10. What is the woman’s advice on the last part?

A. Making it shorter. B. Writing something about his family.

C. Adding something about his experience.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13小题。

11. What’s the relation between the two speakers?

A. Friends. B. Guide and tourist. C. Strangers.

12. What’s the man doing when the two speakers meet?

A. Taking pictures. B. Asking the way. C. Looking for his friends.

13. Which country are the speakers in now?

A. China. B. Australia. C. America.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16小题。

14. Why does the woman call the man?

A. Because she invites the man to an important meeting.

B. Because she wants the help the man get a job.

C. Because she wants the man to help her get a job.

15. How did the woman get to know the man?

A. The man went to the City Job Center before. B. The man called her before.

C. The man e-mailed a letter to the City Job Center.

16. What will the man probably do tomorrow?

A. Go to the college. B. Go to the job center. C. Meet his wife.

听第10段材料，Because she回答第17至20小题。

17. When did they do the volunteer work?

A. On a Sunday morning. B. On a Saturday morning. C. On a Sunday afternoon.

18. How many students did he volunteer work?

A. Sixteen. B. Thirty. C. Sixty.

19. How did they get the street park?

A. By bike. B. By bus. C. On foot.

20. What did Group 2 in the street park?

A. Picked up the rubbish. B. Cleaned the benches. C. Pulled up weeks.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1 分，满分15分）

21．—I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.

—____, Bill.

A. You’re welcome B. Go ahead C. Don’t mention it D. No problem

22．I recently paid _____ visit to my aunt, and her grandson kept _____ making fun of me.

A. a, \ B. the, a C. a, a D. the, \

23．If you put on more coal，the fire will ________.

A．burn down B．burn up C．burn out D．burn to the ground

24．—Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.

—Sorry. With so much work my mind, I almost break down.

A. filled B. filling C. to fill D. being filled

25．The old lady was ________at the thought of the ________experience in the forest.

A．terrified；terrifying B．terrifying；terrified

C．terrified；terrified D．terrifying；terrifying

26．Although this medicine can cure you _____your illness，it has a bad effect ________you.

A．for；in B．for；on C．of；on D．of；at

27．—Robin told me that he would leave tonight.

—What a pity! My brother wishes that he ________with him for a chat.

A．can stay B．will stay C．had stayed D．would stay

28．________writing the article，the author forgot that he had a meeting to attend.

A．Absorbed in B ．Absorbing at C．To absorb in D．Having absorbed by

29．I try to ______ a few minutes every day to do some exercises.

A. set out B. set off C. set up D. set aside

30．It was such a ________to hear that her son was found safe and sound in the forest.

A．ease B．assistance C．comfort D．relief

31 My TV has ________so I can't watch it and I don't know how to kill time.

A．broken in B．broken down C．broken out D．broken into

32． _____ a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not receiving B. Receiving not C. Not having received D . Having not received

33. It’s required that the students__ mobile phones in their school, so seldom _ them using one.

A. not use; will you see B. should not use; you will see

C. don’t use; will you see D. would not use; you will see

34. The movie The Pursuit of Happiness is _______from the true story of Chris Gardner．

A．adopted B．adjusted C．adapted D. addicted

35． It is in Qingdao _____ you’re going to pay a visit to _____ this kind of washing machine is produced.

A. / , that B. where, which C. / , where D. that, which

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，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 3 6 to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 3 7. So both of them agreed not to 3 8 after choosing a 3 9 at every fork (岔路口). A road sign at the first fork 4 0 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the 4 1 after a 4 2 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They 43 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 44 what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and 45 , for it brooked(容忍) no delay. If they hesitated (犹豫不决) they would miss 46 . Only 47 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 48 possible regret. Life is 49 like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 50 jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you 51 give up the other——you can get half of it. If you 52 weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 53 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 54 you have got half of the desirable things in life——something that is 55 to come by.

36. A. easy B. eager C. impossible D. possible

37. A. enough B. limited C. tight D. plentiful

38. A. retrace（折回） B. come C. go D. go back

39. A. main road B. branch C. crossing D. highway

40. A. showed B. pointed C. intended D. made

41. A. former B. later C. last D. the third

42. A. brief B. long C. no D. heated

43. A. hoped B. wanted C. favored D. got

44. A. getting B. taking C. grasping D. giving up

45. A. slowly B. immediately C. timely D. easily

46. A. less B. more C. most D. least

47. A. high B. slow C. short D. rapid

48. A. increase B. rid C. reduce D. raise

49. A. just exactly B. more or less C. hardly D. most

50. A. unwanted B. rejected C. enjoyable D. desirable

51. A. wish B. want C. must D. have to

52. A. spend time B. kill time C. have a hard time D. hope of

53. A. start with B. get up C. succeed in D. end up in

54. A. By no means B. Not in the least C. At most D. At least

55. A. stupid B. delighted C. hard D. supported

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Nobody likes staying at home in a public holiday, especially when the weather is fine. Last august we decided to spend the day in the country. The only difficulty was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea.? We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars. But at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time, stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we heard ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up our things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. There were about two hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

56. Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday because ________.

A. the weather is especially fine that day B. everyone is afraid of being busy at home

C. he feels too crowded at home that day D. each wants to have a good time in the country

57. The family stopped at a lonely farm__________.

A. to watch sheep B. to have a meal C. to visit someone D. to find something

58. They ran to their car_________.

A. to hide themselves B. to enjoy their dinner

C. so as not to be in the way D. to get their guns and shoot at the sheep

59. Which of the following is true?

A. the road to the country is very busy on a public holiday.

B. the cars were too many to move that day.

C. seeing 200 sheep coming, they were very afraid.

D. that day they didn’t have any meal.

B

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Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy．However，they sing most of the time for a