西南大学附中2012—2013学年度下期期中考试

高二英语试题

（满分：150分 时间：120分钟）

一、听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Send for a doctor for him. B. Ask for sick leave for him. C. Buy some medicine for him.

How is the man planning to go to New York?

A. By bus. B. By plane. C. By train.

What does the man think of the city?

A. Quite good. B. Not good enough. C. Just OK.

What program will be on at half past nine tonight?

A. English Learning for Children. B. Science and Health. C. Women’s Football Match.

Where are the two speakers?

A. At home. B. At a shop. C. At school.

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。每段对话后有几个小题，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题。

Which of the following does the man phone?

A. A post office. B. A newspaper office. C. A repair office.

What is the man’s telephone number?

A. 8741-71847. B. 8714-71847. C. 8714-71487.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。

Why did Bob give Nancy a call?

A. To ask her to buy some tennis tickets. B. To invite her to go to a concert.

C. To invite her to watch a tennis match.

What is Nancy going to do tomorrow evening?

A. Go to a concert. B. Clean up her flat. C. Go to a theater.

When will the concert on next Saturday evening be over?

A. At 5:30. B. At 7:30. C. At 10:30.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

What are the speakers talking about?

A. The man’s trip to New York. B. The lady’s trip to New York.

C. The lady’s physics class.

What did the lady see in New York?

A. The New York library. B. The New York City Park.

C. The Statue of Liberty.

What advice did the lady give the man?

A. Visit New York in spring or fall. B. Visit New York when it is hot.

C. Visit the Statue of Liberty.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。

Whom is the woman buying the gifts for?

A. Her cousin. B. Her nephew. C. Her brother.

How much does the woman want to spend on the gift?

A. Twenty dollars. B. Thirty dollars. C. Fifty dollars.

What gift did the woman give to him as New Year’s present?

A. A MP3 player. B. A football. C. A desk lamp.

What is most likely to happen next?

A. The woman will buy nothing. B. The woman will buy a desk lamp.

C. The man will give another suggestion.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。

Where can the listeners buy Beginning English?

A. In the bookshop. B. In the classroom. C. In the main office.

What can the listeners do during the break?

A. Go online. B. Walk around. C. Eat in the classroom.

What class is on Tuesday?

A. Maths. B. Typing. C. English.

二、单项填空（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。

Exploring ________ space is exciting, yet dangerous. There is _______need for both robots and humans for space exploration.

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

— I’m going to Paris next week.

— What a ________! So am I.

A. pity B. coincidence C. accident D. chance

John thinks it won’t be long __________ he is ready for his new job.

A. when B. after C. before D. since

— There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

— My goodness! I can’t imagine________that old.

A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been

_________ the unwritten rule goes, study is good, but health comes first.

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

Many grocery stores use misting, a process ________vegetables are sprayed with water, to keep vegetable fresh.

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

I told Sally how to get there, but perhaps I ________ for her.

A. had to write it out B. must have written it out

C. should have written it out D. need to have written it out

— We have to stop talking here outside. Listen, ________!

— Hurry up, or we’ll be late.

A. there the bell goes B. there does the bell go

C. there goes the bell D. goes the bell there

— Try not to work yourself too hard. Take it easy.

— Thanks. __________

A. So what? B. No way. C. What for? D. You too.

Gaining the knowledge ________ environmental protection will help you to become a qualified environmentalist.

A. addicted to B. concerned about C. related to D. appealed to

The teacher, along with 5 of her students, ________talking with a foreign teacher in the English Corner at that time.

A. was B. were C. had been D. would be

Will was lying on the grass, _______the sky thick with stars.

A. his eyes fixing on B. fixed his eyes on

C. his eyes were fixed on D. his eyes fixed on

— I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

— Oh, I _______my dog in the park then.

A. walked B. was walking C. had walked D. would walk

_______ details of this job, please contact our manager Mr. Smith at 8765323.

A. For B. In C. With D. On

________ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.

A. Based B. Basing C. Base D. To base

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

When I was 17, I read a quote: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made a(n) 36 on me，and since then，for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the 37 day of my life，would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to 38 something．

Remembering that I’ll be 39 soon is the most important tool to help me make the big choices in life, 40 almost everything—all expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—just falls away in the face of death, 41 only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to 42 . You are already naked．There is no reason not to follow your heart.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to 43 don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever 44 it, because Death is very likely to be the single best invention of Life. It clears out the old to 45 for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will 46 become the old and be cleared away.

Your time is 47 , so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice．Everything else is secondary.

A．surprise B．impression C．choice D．call

A．last B．first C．worst D．best

A．change B．supply C．provide D．achieve

A．dead B．fired C．murdered D．failed

A．despite B．because C．though D．if

A．including B．possessing C．leaving D．facing

A．value B．reach C．gain D．lose

A．sky B．space C．universe D．heaven

A．experienced B．encountered C．escaped D．observed

A．make good B．make up C．make way D．make clear

A．dramatically B．gradually C．regularly D．likely

A．important B．narrow C．perfect D．limited

B

Ling Ruiming has long dreamed of traveling around the world. But when the 86-year-old man was diagnosed with terminal cancer, it 48 that his dream would never come true.

49 a micro blog his granddaughter Ling Yifan posted on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, Ling Ruiming was able to travel around the world within several days.

“My grandpa is sick with few days 50 ,” she wrote. “All he wanted to do is to travel around the world. Could you please do him a favor of taking him around the world by taking a photo with his 51 at your place?”

Within three hours, the post was forwarded (转发) tens of thousands of times. Ling Yifan has 52 more than 20,000 replies with photos of her grandfather’s portrait at places around the world, including the River Thames in England and the Berlin Wall in Germany, even a picture at the South Pole.

Her grandfather was delighted and grateful to see his photo 53 different backgrounds from all over the world. Ling Yifan said, “It was not until three months ago, when my grandfather was diagnosed and moved to Peking University Third Hospital, that I realized the love between family members is the most precious and 54 part of life. What I did is just my way to fulfill the grandpa’s dream and 55 some of his regrets.”

A. looked B. proved C. supposed D. appeared

A. As for B. Thanks to C. Regard to D. Result in

A. remained B. followed C. left D. stayed

A. book B. diary C. portrait D. map

A. received B. accepted C. owned D. sent

A. against B. of C. for D. at

A. honorable B. responsible C. unforgettable D. irreplaceable

A. reduce B. remove C. replace D. reply

四、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

It was the summer of 1965. DeLuca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘You should open a sandwich shop.’ ”

That afternoon, they agreed to be partners, and they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront(店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.

But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We persuaded ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful; we are opening a second store.’ ” And they did—in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned