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2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

注意事项：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷第1至10页，第Ⅱ卷第11至12页。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。考试时间120分钟, 满分150分。

第 Ⅰ 卷（共105分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题词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。

What would the man want to buy?

A. A house in the city. B. A house down the mountain. C. A house near the sea.

2. What are the speakers doing?

A. Talking about what to do after work.

B. Talking about seeing the woman’s uncle.

C.skinny Talking about gong to the Xinhua bookstore together tomorrow.

3. Where is the man at the moment?

A. At home. B. In the shop. C. In the elevator.

4. What are the leaving gate number and the flight number?

A. 35; CZ 346. B. 35; CZ 364. C. 25; CZ 364.

5. What job does the woman probably do?

A. A policewoman. B. A doctor. C. A bank clerk.

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和第7两个小题。

6. What is wrong with the CD player?

A. It is broken.

B. The woman dropped it on the ground.

C. The woman doesn’t know how to use it.

7. What will the woman do in the end?

A. She will apologize to the man.

B. She herself will repair the CD player.

C. She will ask her uncle to repair the CD player.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第第10三个小题。

8. Why is the man away?

A. To be on business. B. To buy a present. C. To go sightseeing.

9. When is the man’s birthday?

A. Three days later. B. Four days later. C. Five days later.

10. Which of the following is true?

A. The man will be back in four days.

B. The woman has a present for the man.

C. The man has a present for the woman.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第第13三个小题。

11. Where does this conversation most likely take place?

A. Over the phone. B. At the woman’s home. C. In the street.

12. What is the woman going to do tonight?

A. Help her sister with her foreign language.

B. Meet her friend at the station.

C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.

13. When can the woman most probably go to see a film with the man?

A. Sometime next week. B. This weekend. C. Tonight.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

14. What is the main reason that Sally has put on weight?

A. She got married. B. Her husband is a good cook. C. She does not take exercise.

15. Who might the man be?

A. Sally’s husband,. B. Sally’s fiend. C. Sally’s cook.

16. What do we know about the man from the conversation?

A. He feels better after taking regular exercise.

B. He feels tired after taking regular exercise.

C. He looks thin because of taking regular exercise.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What can we learn from the talk?

A. People still prefer to live in the same place where they have always lived.

B. People nowadays don’t stay in the same place all their lives.

C. No people still live where they used to live.

18. How old is the man?

A. 70 B. 85 C. 100

19. What is the secret of long life according to the man?

A. Laughing and taking exercise.

B. Talking to people as often as possible.

C. Moving from place to place.

20. How many times has the man been married?

A. Only once. B. Twice. C. Three times.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节， 满分35分）

第一节、语法和词汇知识运用（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选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Tom, I am very happy you today. I do wish I will have another chance to meet you.

A. to treat B. to be treating C. to have treated D. to be treated

22. His actions him to be an honest man.

A. declared B. considered C. thought D. decided.

23. It is said that dogs will keep you __________ for as long as you want when you are feeling

lonely.

A. safety B. company C. friend D. accompany

24. Their daughter has _________ the young actor for two years.

A. got married with B. been married to C. been married with D. got married to

25. Many people _________ the car accident, so it was not difficult to investigate.

A. witnessed B. controlled C. swallowed D. dragged

26. _________ as a torchbearer is a rather glorious and happy thing.

A. Being chosen B. Choosing C. Chosen D. To choose

27. The ________ of the hill in the lake was very clear.

A. mirror B. sight C. reflection D. shadow

28. The dog seemed to be __________ of the danger and started to run away.

A. aware B. clumsy C. fragile D. careful

29. If I can help _________ , I don’t like working late into the night.

A. so B. that C. it D. them

30. -----Mr. Smith said he would go to see you next Sunday.

----- ________ he doesn’t come?

A. What about B. How come C. Why not D. What if

31. The driver should have warned the children it’s very dangerous to ________ their hands.

A. stick out B. knock out C. stick to D. throw out

32. What he said at the meeting was quite relevant ________ the subject we are discussing.

A. with B. for C. to D. on

33. It was 5 p.m. _________ we reached the small village.

A. that B. until C. since D. before

34. He said he had worked with children, so he knew what ________ in his new job.

A. expected B. to expect C. to be expected D. would expect

35. With the final exams drawing near, the students were _________ their lessons.

A. occupied with B. assisting in C. suffering from D. prevented from

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，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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his everyday jobs and go out again later in the evening to do the same 　36　.

During sunrise he would 　37　 a break and climb up the fence so that he could see the house with golden windows 　38　 the distance. He thought 　39　 great it would be to live there and his 　40　 would wander to imagine the modern equipment and electric devices（设备） that might 　41　 in the house. “If they could 　42　 the golden windows, they 　43　 have other nice things.” He then 　44　 himself, “Some day I will surely go there and see that wonderful place.”

Then one morning his father told him to stay at home and he would do the everyday jobs. 　45　 that this was his chance, he packed a sandwich and　46　 the field towards the house with golden windows.

He walked and walked. As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the long 　47　 and something else was very wrong. As he 　48　 the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad 　49　 of a painting surrounded by a broken-down fence. He went to the tattered (破烂的) door and 　50　. A small boy very 　51　 his age opened the door.

He asked him if he had seen the house with 　52　 windows. The boy said “Sure, I know” and 　53　 him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from 　54　 he just came; the sunset 　55　 the windows of his house to gold there.

36. A. ones B. classes C. cleaning D. homework

37. A. start B. give C. do D. take

38. A. from B over. C. in D. across

39. A. how B. what C. very D. much

40. A. feet B. mind C. eyes D. heart

41. A. have B. find C. exist D. disappear

42. A. afford B. share C. provide D. change

43. A. can’t B. have to C. must D. need

44. A. persuaded B. supported C. pitied D. promised

45. A. Hearing B. Realizing C. Imaging D. Ignoring

46. A. chose B. found C. planted D. crossed

47. A. situation B. distance C. thought D. opinion

48. A. noticed B. considered C. enjoyed D. approached

49. A. need B. memory C. part D. case

50. A. listened B. waited C. knocked D. leaned

51. A. close to B. familiar with C. fond of D. satisfied with

52. A. worn B. favorite C. golden D. beautiful

53. A. begged B. ordered C. frightened D. invited

54. A. when B. where C. why D. what

55. A. made B. turned C. drove D. put

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分 40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

56. The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____.

she hoped to make the king the richest in the world

She wanted to teach the king a lesson

She loved gold too

She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold

57. When the foods and drinks turned into gold, the king was _____.

A. excited B. worried C. hungry D. happy

58. The king’s daughter beca