宁夏育才中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

(试卷满分150分，考试时间为 120 分钟) 命题人：张春燕

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. What is the man going to do next?

A. Call a taxi. B. Clean the windows. C. Drive Jenny to the hospital.

2. What does the woman want to buy?

A. Shirts. B. Shelves. C. Shoes.

3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a cinema. B. In a theatre. C. In a sitting-room.

4. What did the man do?

A. He tried to comfort the woman.

B. He played a joke on the woman.

C. He told the woman the wrong date.

5 What does the woman think of the subject they are talking about?

A. She likes it very much. B. She just likes part of it. C She doesn’t like it at all.

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、7题。

6. What is Mr. White doing now?

A. Answering a call. B. Attending a meeting. C. Going to the Grand Restaurant.

7. Who wants to discuss something with Mr. White?

A. Mr. Baker. B. Mr. Brown. C. Jenny Green.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What’s wrong with the woman?

A. Her head is injured. B. Her throat is infected. C. She has a problem with her lungs.

9. How does the woman feel?

A. Wanting to cough. B. Always being sleepy. C. Having no desire to eat.

10. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. To keep warm. B. To stay in hospital. C. To drink more hot water.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why is Lucy unhappy?

A. Because she didn’t sleep well last night. B. Because she has made so many mistakes.

C. Because she has quarreled with Mr. Scott.

12. Who is Mr. Scott?

A. Lucy’s friend. B. Lucy’s boss. C. Lucy’s neighbor.

13. What will Lucy probably do?

A. Write to the milkman.

B. Write to apologize to Mr. Scott.

C. Have a good talk with her neighbor.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How many things will the woman have to do before 5:30 on Saturday?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.

l5. What will the woman do at noon?

A. See a doctor. B. Clean the house. C. Pick up her brother.

16. What will the woman do for Julie?

A. Prepare the dinner for her.

B. Send for a doctor for her

C. Help her to finish her science project.

17. What will most probably happen in the evening?

A. The man will come to the woman’s house.

B. The woman will go to the man’s house to play games.

C. The woman’s mother will talk with the man about something.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What does the speaker explain in the text?

A. Some popular proverbs. B. Good advice on how to live. C. Some proverbs about birds.

19. Who have sent their favorite proverbs to the speaker?

A. His doctors. B. His listeners. C. His students.

20. How many proverbs does the speaker mention?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.

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）

—I’m terribly sorry that I made your clothes dirty.

—__________.

A. Never mind B. Don’t mention it C. That’s right D. Sorry

22._____ would be more convenient to place the toilets near the entrance to the cinema for disabled customers.

A. As B. That C. It D. Which

23.E-mail, as well as telephones, ______ an important part in daily communication.

A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play

24. Many Chinese universities provide scholarships for students _______ financial aid．

A．in favor of B．in honor of C．in face of D．in need of

25. This problem may lead to more serious ones if ______ unsolved.

A. making B. remained C. keeping D. left

26. ______ wants to go rafting this weekend, raise your hands, please.

A. Anyone who B. Those who C. Anyone D. Who

27. Also when you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to

make yourself continuously________ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.

A．accustomed to B．worried about

C．aware of D． familiar with

28. I’m not feeling very well today, ______ I would do the work myself.

A. so B. as a result C. however D. otherwise

29. At the age of 22, Dave was a loser, _____ in a small apartment near Sydney and _____ what to do about his future.

A. living; wondering B. lived; wondering

C. lived; wondered D. living; wondered

30. The search was________ when night came，even though the child had not been found.

A．approved B．acquired C．achieved D．abandoned

31. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us _____itself out of the water and then _____ down again, which was a whale..

A. thrown; crashing B. throwing; crashed

C. throwing; crashing D. thrown; crashed

32. I think it was a great honor for me _______ to speak to the public.

A. to invite B. to be invited C. inviting D. having invited

33. The people living in that apartment have free 　　　　to that swimming pool.They don't have to be charged.

A.time B.access C.entrance D.care

34. My mum suggested that I _____ some money each month for future use.

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

35. When you go to a new country, you must _____ yourself to new manners and customs.

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

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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。

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said. His mum just hugged him and said, “You 36 will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does my mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,” 37 so much could his dad say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still 38 why women cry. 39 he gave a call to God, and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so 40 ?”

God said, “When I made the woman she had to be 41 . I made her shoulders 42 enough to carry the weight of the world; yet, gentle enough to give 43 .”

“I made her 44 childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else 45 , and to take care of her family in spite of sickness and fatigue (劳累) without 46 . I gave her the sensitivity to 47 her children under any and all circumstances, 48 her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her wisdom to carry her husband through his 49 . I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never 50 his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him 51 . And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. She can use it whenever it is needed.”

“You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the 52 she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she 53 her hair. The 54 of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart and the place where love 55 .”

36. A. surely B. never C. probably D. seldom

37. A. only B. even C. almost D. hardly

38. A. hoping B. knowing C. wondering D. expecting

39. A. Actually B. Generally C. Luckily D. Finally

40. A. easily B. rarely C. simply D. excitedly

41. A. clever B. beautiful C. special D. ordinary

42. A. thick B. fat C. wide D. strong

43. A. sympathy B. comfort C. kindness D. mercy

44. A. stand B. load C. accept D. burden

45. A. gives in B. gives away C. gives up D. gives out

46. A. difficulty B. danger C. rest D. complaining

47. A. control B. love C. respect D. satisfy

48. A. even if B. in case C. so that D. as though

49. A.disagreements B. misunderstandings C.faults D.quarrels

50. A. minds B. helps C. refuses D. hurts

51. A. nervously B. tiredly C. determinedly D. unselfishly

52. A. clothes B. smile C. hair D. glasses

53. A. washes B. dyes C. cuts D. combs

54. A. figure B. intelligence C. beauty D. appearance

55. A. hides B. lives C. stores D. comes

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India. When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

56. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article would be.

A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims

57. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because______.

A. he asked to see the manager B. he entered the hall with a bike

C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

58. What made Friedlander want to come to China?

A. The stories about Marco Polo. B. The famous sights in Xi’an.

C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. His childhood dreams about bicycles.