茅盾中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（A卷）

一、听力（共20题，10分）

第一节：听5段短对话，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What’s the woman speaker’s problem?

A. She can’t get through to Sanny.

B. She can’t contact her parents.

C. She doesn’t know who to talk to.

2. Where does this conversation probably take place?

A. At the air station. B. At the travel agency. C. At the hotel.

3. What will they do next Friday?

A. They’ll pick all the tomatoes. B. They’ll have a picnic. C. They’ll water the tomatoes.

4. When will they have a trip?

A. Next month. B. This week. C. This weekend.

5. What kind of house do they need?

A. A new and interesting one. B. A big but cheap one. C. One with convenient traffic.

第二节：听5段较长对话或独白，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。

6. How many people does the man book the room for?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

7. When will the man check out?

A. This night. B. Tomorrow. C. Three days later.

听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。

8. What is the man going to do on summer holidays?

A. Stay at home. B. Go to the beach. C. Find a part-time job in a shop.

9. How long will the man stay at the beach?

A. Several days. B. Few days. C. One day.

10. Why does the woman turn down the man’s proposal?

A. Her mother needs her help. B. She needs to have guitar lessons. C. She doesn’t know.

听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。

11. What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?

A. Workmates. B. Customer and waitress. C. Employer and employee.

12. What’s the mainly reason for the woman to give up her job?

A. The long distant travel. B. The tiring work. C. The attitude of her colleague.

13. How long does it take the woman to go to work every day?

A. About 3 hours. B. About 1.5 hours. C. About 6 hours.

听第9段材料，回答第14至第17题。

14. What do you think the man is?

A. An actor. B. A student. C. A writer.

15. How often did they practice in the past?

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

16. When will they meet next time?

A. Next Thursday. B. This night. C. This weekend.

17. What can we infer from the conversation?

A. The man once loved acting but now he doesn’t

B. The woman finally persuaded the man to join them.

C. The man hasn’t made up his mind whether to join or not.

听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。

18. What did the woman make the phone for?

A. To tell the changes of the meeting. B. To book a room for the man. C. To invite him to a party.

19. When will the man’s speech begin?

A. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m. B. On Saturday at 2:30 p.m. C. On Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

20. Where will the man be invited to give the lecture?

A. Lecture Hall B. B. Room 208. C. Parking Building.

二、单项选择(共20题，20分)

21. ---Are you going to Tom’s birthday party?

---______. I might have to work.

A. It depends B. Thank you C. Sounds great D. Don’t mention it

22. He made _____ attempt to jump over ______ wall, but it was too high.

A. the/a B. an/a C. a/the D. an/the

23. Her parents don’t _______ of her marrying that young man.

A. agree B. admit C. approve D. prove

24. The Impressionists were the first painters ______ outdoors.

A. to work B. working C. worked D. had worked

25. ---Do you enjoy seeing foreign films?

---Yes. Some of them are good and the film Avatar ______ is excellent.

A. in common B. in total C. in particular D. in general

26. They are in danger. Even worse, their water and food _______.

A. have been run out B. have run out C. have run out of D. run out of

27. Cheating at the game ruined that player’s ________.

A. influence B. reputation C. impression D. knowledge

28. The boss demanded that Mary _______ it within a week.

A. finished B. finish C. have finished D. had finished

29. The young lady ______ a cry of surprise when she saw something strange moving in the dark.

A. gave off B. made out C. sent out D. let out

30. With _______ different forms of poetry to ______, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.

A. such many/choose B.such many/choose from C.so many/ choose D.so many/ choose from

31. Jane kept quiet about the accident ______lose her job.

A. so not as to B. so as not to C. so as to not D. not so as to

32. There is no doubt _____ John’s quick thinking and the first aid skills _____he learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life.

A. that/that B. whether/that C. that/what D. if/what

33. I would ask George to help us if I ______him.

A. had known B. knew C. have known D. know

34. ______, she didn’t like the party;_______, she was eager to see him at the party.

A. On the one hand; on the other hand B. Firstly; secondly

C. For one thing; for another D. The first; the second

35. It is a good habit to keep everything _______ in your study.

A. in place of B. in place C. out of place D. take the place

36. Only if you ask many different questions _______all the information you need to know.

A. you will acquire B. you acquired C. will you acquire D. did you acquire

37. ---Can your factory really afford ______ food for the people in the flooded area?

---I believe we can because we have _______ workers.

A. a large amount of/a number of B. a large amount of/the number of

C. plenty of/the number of D. a number of/plenty of

38. John was studying in his room ______ he heard screaming.

A. while B. as C. since D. when

39. I was ill that day, otherwise I ____ in the sports meet.

A. would take part B. took part C. had taken part D. would have taken part

40. ---I think you look very nice in the red dress.

---_______.

Oh,no,not nice at all B. Don’t like red C. You are kind,indeed D. Glad you think so

三、完形填空（共20题，10分）

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics , “The Art of Eating Spaghetti” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the 41 of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville 42 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 43 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic (外来的) treat in 44 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 45 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 46 it. What laughing 47 we had about the 48 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 49 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 50 it down simply for my own 51 , not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. 52 , I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 53 left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 54 my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the 55 papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti'. "

My words! He was reading my words out 56 to the whole class. 57 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 58 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 59 my words had the power to make people 60 .

41. A. memory B. thought C. knowledge D. experience

42. A. when B. where C. since D. after

43. A. produced B. served C. got D. made

44. A. their B. past C. last D. those

45. A. none B. one C. either D. neither

46. A. careful about B. good at C. fond of D. interested in

47. A. speeches B. lessons C. sayings D. arguments

48. A. nearly B. naturally C. curiously D. socially

49. A. Especially B. Probably C. Suddenly D. Fortunately

50. A. send B. put C. sit D. let

51. A. work B. story C. luck D. joy

52. A. However B. Therefore C. As for him D. Except for that

53. A. time B. excuse C. way D. idea

54. A. give up B. continue C. hand in D. delay

55. A. written B. graded C. collected D. mistaken

56. A. loud B. fast C. publicly D. calmly

57. A. People B. Nobody C. Somebody D. I

58. A. shock B. wonder C. worry D. pleasure

59. A. if B. for C. while D. although

60. A. excited B. satisfied C. think D. laugh

四、阅读理解（共15题，30分）

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The famous American gorilla(大猩猩) expert Diane Fossey had a completely new way to study gorillas — she pretended to be one of them. She copied their actions and way of life — eating plants and getting down on her hands and knees to walk the way a gorilla does. It was a new relationship.

Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story was made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist. It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorilla as a monster (a frightening animal), and helped to show a new idea: the real monster is man, while the gorilla is to be admired.

Today there are thought to be around 48,000 lowland gorillas and maybe 400—450 mountain gorillas in the wild. From the Congo in West Africa, to Rwanda and Uganda further east, they are endangered by hunting and by the cutting down of their forest homes.

Some time ago, I found in my letterbox a little magazine from the World Wide Fund for Nature. It had two photos side by side. One was of a young gorilla. “This is a species of mammal(哺乳类动物),” said the words below it. “It is being destroyed by man. We must save it for our own good.” The other photo showed a human baby. The words also read, “This is a species of mammal,” but then went on: “It is the most destructive(破坏性的) on earth. We must retrain it for its own good.”

61. The text mainly talks about _____.

A. Diane Fossey B. the gorillas in Rwanda

C. the protection of the gorillas D. the film Gorillas in the Mist

62. We can learn from the text that _____.

A. Gorillas in the mist was based on Fossey’s experiences

B. Lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas

C. King Kong showed us that a gorilla is admirable

D. Diane Fossey