天水一中2011级2012-2013学年度第二学期第二学段中考试

英语试题

命题 南静昭 审核 陈万生

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，考试时间120分钟。

第一卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。

1．Where does the conversation take place？

A. In a restaurant. B. At home. C. In a hotel.

2.What does the woman want to do with the dress?

A. Change it for another color. B. Change it for a larger one.

C. Change it for a smaller one.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. The man should lose weight. B. The man needs new jeans.

C. The man needs to eat more.

4. Who is going to the gym to watch the game?

A. The woman. B. The man. C. Both of them.

5. What was the best part in the woman’s vacation?

A. Going swimming. B. Having a picnic. C. Being with parents.

第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15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，每小题将给出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、7题。

6. What will the weather be like tomorrow?

A. Cloudy and snowy. B. Warm and sunny. C. Cloudy and rainy.

7. When did the man go for a picnic last year probably?

A. At the Spring Festival. B. On Mid-autumn Day.

C. At Christmas.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where do the people in the woman’s company exercise?

A. In sports clubs. B. In the office. C. In the gym.

9. What sports does the woman like?

A. Soccer. B. Golf. C. Volleyball.

10. How old is the man probably?

A. 20 years old. B. 18 years old. C. 22 years old.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Which city does the woman think was the best place?

A. Las Vegas. B. Washington D.C. C. Los Angeles.

12. What didn’t the woman do in Las Vegas?

A. Do a lot of shopping. B. Play in gambling houses.

C. Visit some museums.

13. How long did it take the woman to get to Las Vegas?

A. Less than 6 hours. B. 6 hours and 45 minutes.

C. 5 hours and 45 minutes.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

Why was the man born in New York?

A. His father worked there. B. His parents bought an apartment there. C. His parents met there.

Which city does the man think is his hometown?

A. New York. B. Los Angeles. C. Pheonix.

When did the man’s family move to Pheonix?

In 1974. B. In 1972. C. In 1973.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

How many people are living in the village now?

2,000. B. 500. C. 1,000

What makes this village a famous resort?

A..It has a long history. B. It has beautiful scenery. C. It has many ducks.

When do people in the village usually dance?

A. In the afternoon B. In the evening. C. In the morning.

What do the speaker do most probably?

A teacher B. A villager. C. A student

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）

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. ----Go for a picnic this weekend,OK?

---- ____. I love getting close to nature.

A. I couldn’t agree more B. I afraid not.

C. I believe not D. I don’t think so.

22. Sarah looked at _______ finished painting with _______ satisfaction.

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

23. I think Tom, rather than you, __________blame for the accident.

A. are to be B. are to C. is to D. were to

24. ______ the meeting himself gave us a great deal of encouragement.

A. He will attend B. He to attend C. He attended D. His attending

25. So funny ___ that everyone burst into laughing.

A. she looked B. was she looking C. did she look D. had she looked

26. _______ students should be given more free time is suggested by many experts

and welcomed by kids in school.

A. What B. Why C. Whether D. That

27. They disscussed the plan that they would like to see ________ the next year.

A. carrying out B. carried out C. to carry out D. carry out

28. .?In our class there are 50 students, ________ half wear glasses.

A. in whom B. in them C. of whom D. of them

29. ---- You should have prepared your speech for the meeting, Mr. Smith.

---- Yes, I know. But how could I ______ the meeting date fixed so soon?

A. while B. as C. after D. with

30. A _______ identification card is required when you purchase foreign money from

the Bank of China.

A. valid B. perfect C. beneficial D. flexible

31. Hot _______ the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the

long journey.

A. alaS

N\?? B. as C. while however

32.It was not until Mum agreed to take her to KFC, _____ was her favorite, ____ the

spoiled girl stopped crying.

A. that; that B. which; which C. that; which D.which; that 33. ---- By the way, when did you get your bedroom ______??

--- Last week.　　 A. to paint????? B. painted?? C. painting??? D. to be painted 34.Despite all the benefits of building a factory here,only a few people argued

______ the project.

A. in terms of B. in need of C. in praise of D. in favour of

35.______ seems to be no possibility ______ Li Hua can win the first prize in the

100-meter race.

A. It; that B. There; that C. There; whether D. It; whether

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago. 　 On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ___36___keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear. Do you still remember the happy ___37___about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your ___38___.You, a beautiful young lady, ___39___ us that you would live in our village. Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ___40___more time on their books ___41___ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ___42___ that one day you might leave. You ___43___a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their___44___ of your leaving. You went all out in the ___45___ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the ___46___ of one's life, so that must have been what you were ___47___ in those five years!　　One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ___48___ you had been crying ___49___.In your class, we ___50___ but looked away from your eyes. You ___51___for some time as if you were ___52___to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…? 　On the following morning, we ___53___ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ___54___The train took you away and your broken ___55___The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.　　36. A. forever B. seldom C. hardly D. soon　　37. A. scene B. condition C. sign D. sight　　38. A. report B. arrival C. explanation D. speech　　39. A. promised B. answered C. permitted D. agreed　　40. A. shared B. spent C. paid D. devoted　　41. A. even B. ever C. soon D. still　　42. A. considered B. feared C. supposed D. doubted　　43. A. wore B. pretended C. gained D. presented　　44. A. pule B. trouble C. question D. fear　　45. A. teaching B. middle C. course D. field　　46. A. way B. wealth C. value D. cost　　47. A. after B. for C. with D. against　　48. A. as if B. because C. even though D. before　　49. A. happily B. bitterly C. anxiously D. angrily　　50. A .listened B .talked C. discussed D. studied　　51. A. explained B. stopped C. talked D .spoke　　52. A. thinking B. worrying C. crying D. trying　　53. A. hoped B expected C. wished D. brought　　54. A. thanks B. satisfactions C. expressions D. rewards　　55. A. boy B. class C. heart D. memory第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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David Beckham was born on 2nd May, 1975, in the suburbs of London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skill award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led to him going for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy at secondary school he played for the schools of Essex and also for his county team. On 8th July, 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under- 21 team. On 2nd April, 1995, he played his first major football league game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both seasons , with David scoring many goals. His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1997/7 season, he scored an amazing goal from beyond the halfway line. Seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, David sent the ball over the goalkeepers head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially form free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157kph. He also had the ability to make the ball curl form left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. He could made it glide high th