景洪市第四中学2012-2013学年下学期期中试卷

高二英语（I卷）

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷1至10页，第Ⅱ卷11至12页，共12页。全卷100分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共75分）

注意事项：

1．答卷前，务必就自己的考号、姓名、考场号和座次号等信息正确填涂在机读卡或答题卡指定位置。

2．每小题选出答案后，请填涂在机读卡或第II卷上，答在试卷上无效。

第一部分：听力 （每小题1分，共计20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. Which?sign?should?it?be? A.?No?Smoking!??? ? B.?Be?Careful!?? ?C.?No?Photos!2.?Where?does?the?conversation?probably?take?place????A.?In?a?supermarket.?? ? B.?In?an?art?gallery.??? C.?In?a?bookstore.3.?What?can?we?learn?from?the?conversation????A.?Shakespeare?was?not?highly?educated.???B.?Shakespeare’s?plays?were?not?interesting.???C.?Shakespeare?was?famous?400?years?ago.4.?What?does?the?girl?have?to?read?today????A.?A?poem.????? B.?A?novel.??? ?C.?A?biography.5.?What?will?the?speakers?do?tonight???A.?Read?some?poems.? B.?Write?some?poems.?? C.?Listen?to?poetry reading.

第二节 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，每个小题将给出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和第7题。

6. What do you know about the woman?

A. She was ill for some time. B. She is the man’s wife. C. She was going to the States.

7. Why haven’t they seen each other lately?

A. The man has been to the States. B. The man has been busy. C. The man has been ill.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. When does the conversation take place?

A. On Christmas Eve. B. On Christmas Day. C. On New Year’s Day.

9. What did the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Hostess and guest. C. Employer and employee.

10. Why does the woman talk to the man?

A. To ask for a present.

B. To give him two days off.

C. To invite him to a holiday party.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why did Mr. Cervantes call the woman?

A. To order some stoves.

B. To report a problem about the stoves.

C. To get some information about the stoves.

12. What relation is Mr. Cervantes to the speakers?

A. Their client. B. Their workmate. C. Their partner.

13. What will the speakers probably do?

A. Reduce the price of the stoves

B. Send some stoves with new glass.

C. Make it up to Mr. Cervantes.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How does the woman often get books?

A. She borrows them from a library.

B. Her friends give them to her.

C. She buys them.

15. What do we know about the library in Greenville?

A. More than 5 books can be checked out .

B. Books can be kept for 5 weeks.

C. It is free to join.

16. What does the woman do first when she chooses books?

A. She looks over the titles.

B. She checks by her favorite writers.

C. She reads the first page of the books.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How did the speaker get to the island?

A. She swam. B. She walked C. She took a boat.

18. How did the speaker feel when she woke up?

A. Scared B. Cheerful. C. Exhausted.

19. Who came to look for the speaker and her friends?

A. Anne B. Anne’s father. C. Anne’s cousin.

20. What did the speaker do after she was saved?

A. She had a sleep. B. She called he father. C. She had something to eat.

第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21. ____ most efficient way to understand thousands of new words is t
o gain ____ good knowledge of basic word information.

A. A; a. B. The; / C. A ; / D. The; the

22. A good husband must know how to ____ his ideas to his wife.

A. contribute B. consult C. comfort D. convey

23. We have every reason to believe that our business has shown a(n) ____ to improve.

A. direction B. tendency C. aspect D. effect

24. I’m not ____ to getting up so early after the vacation.

A. accustomed B. appropriate C. ashamed D. average

25. Having walked in the desert for several days, we felt exhausted, but we had to find a pool before water in the bottle ____.

A. ran out of B. ran away C. ran out D. ran off

26. I think the answer is right but I’m not ____ sure about it.

A. exactly B. absolutely C. particularly D. eventually

27. Had I learnt English well, I ____ interview for
the job tomorrow.

A. would take B. would have taken C. must take D. could be taken

28.My pen is missing I can’t find ____ anywhere.

A. one B. this C. that D. it

39. It was last October ____ they finally came back to their hometown.

A. when B. that C. what D. until

30. ____ several times, the young scientist still kept on doing his experiments.

A. Having failed B. Having been failed C. Failed D. To fail

31. We were ____ to go out for a camp ____ it began to rain.

A. hardly; than B. around; as C. about; when D. nearly; while

32. ____, he does not know the answer.

A. As he is a teacher B. As he is
teacher C. A teacher as he is D. Teacher as he is

33. ____ he works hard, I don’t mind when he finishes the experiment.

A. As soon as B. Even though C. So long as D. So far as

34. The news has spread all over the country ____ the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth.

A. which B. that C. whether D. what

35. –– I’m sorry to have broken your pen. I wasn’t on purpose.

––_______. I’ve got another one.

A. Go ahead. B. Forget it. C. Come on. D. Take your time.

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，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。??? Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are__36___ than housewives．Evidence shows that? __37_ ? are in poorer health than the job-holders．A study shows that _38___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate in-creases correspondingly by 2%．All this comes down to one point：Work is helpful to health．? Why is work good for health? It is because work?___39_???people busy,?? _40__ loneliness and? solitude . Researches show that people feel unhappy，_41__ and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead，the happiest are those who are??_42___．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard . Work serves as?__43___? between man and reality．By work，people_44__ each other．By collective activity，they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work? __45__? the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and?__46_ ? him liable to disease． ?__47__ ，work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of _48__ ．Work makes one feel his value and status in society．When?__49__ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully?__50__ ? a patient or a teacher sees his students?__51_ ，they are happy?___52__ ． From the above we can?__53__? to the conclusion that the more you work,?_54___ and healthier you will be．Let us work hard，study well and?__55__? a happy and healthy life．36．A．richer????? ? ?B．weaker?? ?? C．?healthier??? ?? D．worse37．A．the old???? ? B．the busy??? ?? C．the hard-working??????? D． the jobless??38．A．whether ? ? B．whenever????? ? ?C．though???????? ? D．since39．A．forces??? ? ? B．keeps????? ? ?C．needs????????? ? D．require40．A．away from?? B．in lack of??? ? ?C．in touch with??? ? D in charge of?41．A．worried ?? B．joyful?????? ? ?C．concerned????? ? D．interested?42．A．free?? ?? B．busy????????? ? ?C．lazy????????? ?D．dull43．A．a bridge B．a gap??????? ?? C．a channel?????? ? D．a guard?

44．A．come across? ?????? B．look down upon C．come into contact with?? D．watch over45．A．stands?? B．means??? ?? C．helps? ??? D．matches46．A．makes???? ? B．orders???????? ?C．finds???? ?? D．forces47．A．Then? ? B?．Besides????????? C．However?? ??D．Yet48．A．disappointment ? B．?regret ? C．?achievement?? D．apology49．A．a worker??????? ? B．a farmer??????? ?C．a manager??? D．a writer50．A．makes friends with ?B．has a talk??? ? ?C．deals with ? ?D．operates on?51．A．raise????????? ? B．rise??????? ?C．grow????? ? D．increase52．A?．beyond words ? B．without a word?? C．at a word ?? D．in a word

53．A．?reach??? ? ? B．?come??? ?? ?C．arrive ?? ? D．draw54．A．?the happier? ? B．the weaker??? ?C．the stronger?? ?D．the lonelier55．A．?make? ? ?B．?lead??? ??? C．earn???? ?? ?D．share

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第三部分：阅读理解（每小题1分，共计20分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The Chinese word “Shanzhai” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes (假货), after “Shanzhai Cell-phones” produced by small workshops in southern China became popular in the mainland market over the past two years.

Besides “Shanzhai” electronic products, there are “Shanzhai” movies, “Shanzhai” stars and even a “Shanzhai” Spring Festival Gala (联欢晚会), a copy of the 25-year-old traditional show presented by CCTV on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve.

“Shanzhai” has become a culture of its own, meaning anything that imitates something famous.

In Chongqing, “Shanzhai” version “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube” woven by farmers with bamboo attract wide attention from tourists. Both are copies of the famous Olympic buildings in Beijing.

A literature critic said that taking the “Shanzhai” Gala as an example, when the traditional CCTV program becomes less and less attractive to the audience, the“Shanzhai” version appears timely to attract people. “Although it is often connected with poor techniques and operation, ‘Shanzhai’ culture meets the psychological needs of common people and could be a comfort to their