江西省白鹭洲中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试 英语

考生注意：

本试卷设试卷Ⅰ、Ⅱ卷和答题卡纸三部分，试卷所有答题都必须写在答题纸上。

答题纸与试卷在试题编号上是一一对应的，答题时应特别注意，不能错位。

考试时间为120分钟，试卷满分为150分。

第Ⅰ卷 （共三部分，满分为115分）

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。

How will the man go to Chicago?

A. By bus. B. By air. C. By car.

What does the woman think of the skirt ?

A. It's too expensive. B. It's fashionable. C. She dislikes the style.

How long will it take the speakers to go to the play?

A. Half an hour. B. An hour. C. One hour and a half.

What does the man go to Wimbledon to do every year?

A. Watch tennis matches. B. Play tennis matches. C. Watch baseball matches.

Where did the man go last weekend?

A. To the lake. B. To the mountains. C. To the city center.

第二节（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，从每题所给的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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

What is the relationship between the speakers ?

A. Teacher and student. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues.

What does the man think of Miss White?

A. She was too critical. B. She was honest. C. She was right.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

Why does the man eat so much junk food?

A. He likes it. B. He's too busy to have meals. C. It's cheap.

What is the man's problem?

A. He is too fat. B. He often feels tired. C. He can't sleep well.

What does the doctor ask the man to do?

A. Take some medicines. B. Do more exercise. C. Follow the booklet.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

Why can't the woman's mom look after her kids any more?

A. Her kids are naughty. B. Her mother is old. C. Her mother has got a job.

What do the man's kids do after school?

A. Join the after-school program. B. Do homework at home. C. Play at the school.

At what time does the man go to pick up his kids?

A. 6:00. B. 7:00. C. 6:30.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

What is Hetty Feather like?

Funny and humorous. B. Brave and optimistic.

C. Outgoing and changeable.

What is the best time for the woman to write?

A. After breakfast. B. Before going to bed.

C. Before breakfast.

What is the suggestion of the woman?

A. Getting up early. B.Keeping a diary. C. Form good habits.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

Which is not one of the speaker's hobbies?

A. Going fishing. B. Walking outdoors. C. Going swimming.

What was the speaker's work like?

He never rested. B. He suffered much pressure. C. He often traveled .

Why did the speaker's wife plan to leave him?

He earned too little.

B. He drank and smoked.

C. He had no time for family.

What does the speaker think of the life now?

A. Peaceful and easy.

B. Peaceful but boring.

C. Boring and easy.

第二部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45）

单项填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15）

21. _____ relation between China and Russia has developed steadily since Vladimir Putin was re-elected ________ president last May.

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

22. The lack of an ______ education denies them a chance to get a good job.

A. accurate B. urgent C. excessive D. adequate

23. ------ What do you think of Tom? I want to recommend him ____ my manager.

------ Not bad.

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

24. It was not yet dawn ______ the boy got to the school.

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

25. The study showed a deep fear among the old people of _____ to the care of strangers.

A. abandoned B. to be abandoned C. being abandoned D. abandoning

26. Tom wants to know if we can ____ John for the night, since he has lost all his money and can go nowhere.

A. put off B. put on C. put up D. put down

27. I’m not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had ____ today.

A. as a tiring day as B. as tiring a day as

C. tiring as a day as D. day as a tiring as

28. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it _____.

A. worthy B. worthwhile C. worth D. deserve

29. It is the most severe situation _______ Japanese _______.

A. that, has faced B. where, has faced

C. that, have faced D. where, have faced

30. There was nothing we could do that day ____ him down but _____ him in the house.

A. calm, lock B. to calm, to lock C. calming, locking D. to calm, lock

31. We’ll learn _____ benefits us no matter which country it comes from.

A. which B. all C. whatever D. anything

32. Everything he _______ to his country.

A. had donated B. had been donated

C. had to be donated D. had was donated

33. -------Thank you very much.

-------My pleasure. I’m glad to have been _______.

A. of help B. helped C. helped out D. help you

34. Order came that all the army supply ______ to the front before daybreak.

A. be sent B. should send C. were sent D. should have sent

35. ------What about going to the cinema this weekend?

------ I’d love to, but I have a lot to deal with. Let’s make it _________

A. the other day B. another day C. one day D. some day

完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30）

In the morning, Slim got up and prepared breakfast for his wife as usual. Nicole, his wife was listening to music in the bedroom. __36_, he felt that his body was shaking. Slim had the __37__ response that there was an earthquake! He __38__ quickly: “Dear, earthquake! Go to the toilet！” Nicole heard the shouting, 39 the first aid box quickly and ran into the toilet. The house was 40 even more dramatically (剧烈地)．

Bathroom was the next door to the kitchen. Slim picked up a kitchen __41__ and two pieces of bread outside the kitchen. Slim tried to __42__ along the wall to help Nicole.__43__, it got dark suddenly with an explosion. The house __44_____down and many things fell from above. Nicole was quickly buried in 45 .She felt breathing very difficult. She tried to stand up, but 46 .

A few minutes later, the land was __47 .Nicole heard the sound of short __48_ and thought it was Slim! She shouted to him but no __49__！ He probably fainted. Nicole kept saying his name and she finally heard a response, two people encouraged and __50__ each other. They knew that there must be a way to 51 .

Slim found that they were close and were 52 by the fallen stones and some powder. He started to dig with the kitchen knife. He felt __53__ from his fingers. Finally, he removed the last piece of larger stones. Slim touched Nicole's one hand, then dug the __54__ stones of her body. Finally, Nicole had a __55__ breathing slowly. Two people sat on the ground and hugged together.

36．A. Suddenly B．Actually C．Unfortunately D．Really

37．A. recent B．rapid C．late D．slow

38．A. warned B．howled C．jumped D．shouted

39．A. used up B．found out C．took up D．put away

40．A. burning B．falling C．shaking D．moving

41．A. tool B．cook C．fork D．knife

42．A. walk B．wander C．run D．jump

43．A. However B．Therefore C．Instead D．Besides

44．A. lay B．crashed C．broke D．bent

45．A. ruins B．ashes C．dirt D．pieces

46．A. senseless B．impossible C．impractical D．invaluable

47．A. normal B．usual C．flat D．silent

48．A. steps B．breath C．movements D．pauses

49．A. response B．sign C．hope D．result

50．A. touched B．held C．calmed D．called

51．A. relax B．communicate C．succeed D．escape

52．A. wrapped B．separated C．fastened D．limited

53．A. pain B．cold C．water D．warmth

54．A. sticking B．beating C．surrounding D．spreading

55．A. complete B．constant C．steady D．weak

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)

A

When I was learning calligraphy (书法), my teacher told me a story.

A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practiced handwriting with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you'll write better.”

The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered，“When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn't matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn't pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you'll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you've made rapid progress.”

Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspaper”．We don't care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlessly—the “old newspaper” is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.

Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there's no chance for us to draft. That's because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.

Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.

56．The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought ________.

A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper

B．it was comfortable to write on the best paper

C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper

D．the