九江一中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

满分：150分 考试时间： 4月 27日

审题人：高二英语备课组

第Ⅰ卷（选择题）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节. 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，你将有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。

What is the women’s job?

A. A cook B. A waitress C. A saleswoman

2. What does the woman mean?

A. She can help the man. B. The machine was just repaired. C. The clerk doesn’t like to be troubled.

3. How does the man feel about his exam?

A. He is happy. B. He does not care. C. He is disappointed.

4. What competition did Janet win first prize?

A. The dancing competition. B. The diving competition. C. The driving competition

5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a class B. In a bookstore C. In a library

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至8三个小题。

6. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Workmates B. Schoolmates C. Teacher and student.

7. What might NOT the club teach?

A. Take photos B. Develop films C. Repair cameras

8. What day is it today most probably?

A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Thursday

听下面一段对话，回答第9至10 两个小题。

9. What will a party be held for?

A. For Mrs. Smith’s retirement. B. For Mrs. Smith’s birthday.

C. For Mrs. Smith’s coming to teach the speakers.

10. What do the speakers plan to send to Mrs. Smith?

A. A big cake B. Birthday cards C. Flowers

听下面一段对话，回答第11至13 三个小题。

11. Who may Alistair be ?

A. Bill’s friend B. Bob’s girlfriend C. Bob’s sister

12. When will Bill go to the woman’s house?

A. In half an hour B. In an hour

C. After he gets some sugar from Marilyn.

13. What else is Bill short of ?

A. Some sugar B. Nothing C. Some coffee.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至16 三个小题。

14. What is the advantage of the man’s vegetables?

A. They are grown with good chemical fertilizers . B. They look green.

C. They are safe to eat.

15. What does the woman think of the vegetables?

A. They are too green. B. They are too expensive. C. They are grown in bad environment.

16. What will be the result ?

A. The woman won’t buy the vegetables. B. The woman will buy some vegetables.

C. The woman will certainly buy the vegetables next week.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。

17. Which outside activities are organized by the service agency?

A. Family Day and Labor Day B. Celebrating Canada Day and Spring Festival

C. Culture Exhibition and Chinese New Year performance

18. What does the speaker think of career training programs?

A. Attractive B. Useless C. Interesting

19. What will you need if you want to become a sales manager?

A. To take some tests about market. B. To spend much money on it.

C. To get admission to the school of your choice.

20. Which one is introduced more detailed?

A. Outside activities B. Training Programs C. Interests

第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项选择（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

21. After working for two years, Tim Martin was ______ as the top manager in charge of the company.

A. ranked　　 B. classified C. appointed D. recognized

22. —Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?

—No, but we ______ to get in touch with them ever since.

A. had tried B. have tried C. have been trying D. had been trying

23. He had no special ______ and was treated just like every other prisoner.

A. privileges　　 B. possessions　 C. identifications D. treasures

24. I’ve always treasured the watch______ to me on my eighteenth birthday.

A. gives B. given C. to be given D. being given

25. The ______ boy was last seen ______ near the gate of the park.

A. missed, playing B. missing, play C. losing, to be playing D. lost, playing

26. The flowers ______ sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.

A. smelling B. smelt C. to smell D. to be smelt

27. —How is your recent trip to Sichuan?

—I’ve never had ______ one before.

A. a more pleasant B. a pleasant C. a most pleasant D. the most pleasant

28. They produced two reports, ______ of which contained any useful suggestions.

A. neither B. either C. all D. none

29. With everything______, the manager left for England to attend an important business meeting.

A. arranging B. to be arranged C. to arrange D. arranged

30. Jack has had no______ experience of this kind of job，but he got the job offer just due to his honesty.

A. obvious B. cautious C. previous D. precious

31. Only ______ as an interpreter ______ how important it was to grasp English.?? A. when I worked; did I realize B. when did I work; I realized??

C. when I worked; I realized D. when did I work; did I realize??

32. The ______ look on the student’s face suggested that your ______ question made him ______.

A. puzzling; puzzled; puzzled B. puzzling; puzzling; puzzled

C. puzzled; puzzled; puzzling D. puzzled; puzzling; puzzled

33. It’s impossible for him to escape ______ this time; he made such a big mistake.

A. punishing???? B. being punished C. to punish D. having punished

34. This is the second factory, ______ I used to work, many workers of______ still have a good relationship with me.

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

35. Our maths teacher set so difficult an examination problem ______ none of us worked out.

A. which B. that C. as D. so that

第二节：完形填空（共小20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even 36 New Zealand has quite free rules about 37 children, names beginning with a 38 are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman 39 .

In many countries around the world, 40 names for children are becoming more popular. In Britain, you can call a child almost 41 you like. The only restrictions on parents 42 to offensive(冒犯的) words such as swear words.

43 parents choose names which come from 44 culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf 45 the character in the Lord of the Rings(指环王) novels and films. 46 , names related to sport are fairly common – 47 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal(阿森纳) after the football team. Other parents like to 48 names, or combine names to make their own 49 names, a method demonstrated (证实的) by Jordan, the British model, 50 recently invented the name Tiaamii for her daughter by 51 names Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers).

Some names which were previously 52 as old-fashioned have 53 popular again, but the most popular names are not the strange 54 . The top names are fairly 55 , for example, Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.

36．A．when B．though C．in D．for

37．A．calling B．raising C．naming D．educating

38．A．number B．mark C．letter D．sign

39．A．however B．instead C．thus D．too

40．A．unusual B．outstanding C．common D．famous

41．A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything

42．A．relate B．to relate C．relating D．related

43．A．Many of B．Some C．A great many of D．Much

44．A．current B．mysterious C．popular D．present

45．A．for B．after C．by D．like

46．A．Equally B．Whereas C．Indeed D．However

47．A．in B．since C．after D．till

48．A．make up B．make for C．make use of D．make out

49．A．well – known B．double C．fantastic D．unique

50．A．who B．which C．that D．who that

51．A．changing B．separating C．combining D．dividing

52．A．thought of B．thought about C．thought D．thought over

53．A．formed B．sounded C．become D．developed

54．A．ones B．personalities C．characters D．varieties

55．A．convenient B．traditional C．classic D．contemporary

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

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Many parents have learned the hard way that what sounds like open communication is often the very thing that closes a youngster’s ears and mouth. One common mistake is the Lecture, the long monologue that often starts with “When I was your age….” Eighteen-year-old Kelly calls lectures “long, one-side discussions in which I don’t say much.”

Kids reflexively（条件反射地） shut down in the face of a lecture. Their eyes glaze over, and they don’t register any incoming information. Listen to 13-year-old Sarah describe her least favorite times with her mom and dad. “First, they scream. Then comes the ‘We’re so disappointed’ speech. Then the ‘I never did that to my parents’ lecture begins. After that, even if they realize how ridiculous they sound, they never take it back.”

Lines like “When you have children of your own, you’ll understand” have been seriously said by parents since time immemorial. But many of our expert parents, like Bobby, a registered nurse and mother of three, feel that by falling back on clichés（陈词滥调）to justify our actions, we weaken our position.

Since kids are creatures of here and now, the far-off future has no relevance to them. Therefore, good communicators like Bobby suggest, “Give specific reasons for your actions in present language: ‘I’m not letting you go to the party because I don’t think there will be enough adult supervisions（监护）.’”

Betty, who lives in Missiouri, uses an indirect approach. “I find that warnings are accepted more readily if I discuss a news article on a subject I am concerned about. My husband and I talk a