泰州二中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

命题：杨爱银 审核：纪如宾

第I卷 (共85分)

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）

听下面五段对话，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，你都有十秒中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。

When does the supermarket close?

A. At 9:00 p.m. B. At 11:00 p.m. C. At 12:00 a.m.

2. What made the man so tired?

A. A basketball game B. A trip to Scotland C. A dream

3. What does the woman think of the man’s words?

A.Exciting B.Unbelievable C.Encouraging

4. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a theatre B. In an office C. In a restaurant

5. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Refuse Liz next time

B. Get her things back.

C.Borrow things from Liz.

第二节（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

听下面5 段对话和独白。每段对话和独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话和独白前，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。每段对话和独白读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6---7题。

6. What do we know about the man?

A. He was badly hurt in a car accident

B. He got in a car accident a month ago.

C. He didn’t get money from the insurance company.

7. Why did the man’s girlfriend break up with him?

A. He forgot her birthday

B. She has a new boyfriend

C. He didn’t send her a present.

听第七段材料，回答第8---10题。

8. Where is the woman now?

A. At home B. At the barber’s C. At a gym

9. What is the woman’s hair like now?

A. It is short and curly B. It is brown and long C. It is short and straight

10. How did the woman become thin>?

A. She went on a diet

B. She did a lot of exercise

C. She traveled to many places.

听第八段材料，回答第11---13题。

11. What does the man think of the science club?

A. Boring B. Helpful C. Attractive

12. Why do so many students like joining the drama club?

A. To know more drama lovers.

B. To become a college star

C. To develop their interest in drama.

13. What do we know about the man?

A. He likes drama. B. He is a drama star. C. He is handsome.

听第九段材料，回答第14---17题。

14. Why does the girl look unhappy?

A. She has no friend to travel with.

B. She has no money to travel.

C. She has to stay in the city.

15. Where will the boy serve as a volunteer?

A. At an animal shelter. B. At an outdoor club. C. at a church

16. What does the girl like doing?

A.Sleeping at home B.Camping. C.Waking up early

17. Who can the girl take on hiking trips?

A. Animals B. The boy C. Homeless children

听第十段材料，回答第18---20题。

18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. The necessary parts of a relay race

B. What is means to be a team member.

C. The spring track and field events.

19. Who is probably giving this talk?

A. A team leader B. a sports trainer C. A sports organizer

20. What will the speaker do next?

A. Teach how to pass the baton

B. Declare the start of the relay

C. Choose the runners for each team.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

单项选择（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。

21.________ Second Youth Olympic Games , _______ important international event , will be opened in Nanjing in 2014.

A. The ; an B. A ; the C. A; an D. The ; the

22 .It was after he got what he had desired ______ he realized it was not so important.

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

23. Happy birthday, Alice! So you have _____ twenty-one already.

A. become B. turned C. grown D. passed

24. He accidentally _______ that he had quarreled with his wife and that he hadn’t been home for a couple of weeks.

A. let out B. took care C. made sure D. made out

25.___ _____ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.

A. The president will attend B. The president to attend

C. The president attended D. The president’s attending

26. Not far from the club, there is a garden, its owner __________ in it ___________ bridge with his children every afternoon.

A. seated; plays B. seats; plays C. seated; playing D. seating; playing

27. We should look up to __________ lend a hand to the people in trouble.

A. whoever B. those who C. whomever D. no matter who

28. One way to make a long sentence easier __________ is to use the preparatory subject it.

A. understood B. understanding C. to understand D. to be understood

29. I know little English now, though I_________ it for four years in university.

A. studied B. had studied C. have studied D. was studying

30.The swimming pool is _______ only in summer. So you can’t go there now.

A. present B. available C. precious D. convenient

31._______ the secret of nature, the young scientist has little time for entertainment.

A. Devoted to bring out B. Devoted himself to bringing out

C. Devoted to bringing out D. Devoting to bring out

32.Whoever ________ the knowledge of this field will also have the opportunity to be admitted to this company.

A．possessed B．owned C．enjoyed D．appreciated

33.The computer was used in teaching.As a result，not only ________，but students became more interested in the lessons

A．saved was teachers’ energy B．was teachers’ energy saved

C．teachers’ energy was saved D. was saved teachers’ energy

34. Had I known about this computer program，a huge amount of time and energy ________.

A．would have been saved B．had been saved

C．will be saved D. was saved

35 .Maggie has been fortunate to find a job she loves and ,______,she gets well paid for it .

A. sooner or later B. what’s more C .as a result D. more or less

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

Mama’s voice floated through the apartment as she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life. “Hola,” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom. “Please speak to me in ___36___,” I interrupted. She paid no attention and ___37___ speaking in Spanish. The words ___38___ me of my grandparents and birthday parties in Mexico, but I knew my mother’s life would be ___39___ if she learned to speak English. We had lived in the United States for three years, and she still had difficulty ___40___ to store owners and my teachers. I was determined that she should try. “Why won’t you speak English?” I ___41___. “Don’t you want to be ___42___ to talk to people here?” “Isabel,” she whispered. Mama always whispered when she was upset with me. “What?” I was not ___43___ with her, either. She ___44___ for the English words. “Come with me to the, uh — how do you say it? Meeting.” “What kind of meeting? Where is it?” I ___45___ her, but now she refused to answer. In ___46___, we drove across town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. I was ___47___. I had expected a meeting at someone’s ___48___ — a garden club or a parents’ group. Then I ___49___ a sign on a door. My mother was ___50___ night classes to learn English!

“I don’t understand. ___51___ you’re learning English, why won’t you speak English at home?” I asked. “You’ll learn faster if you ___52___ with me.” “I speak English here,” she said in her thick accent. She hesitated, putting the words together, and then went on, “I speak Spanish at home ___53___ you.”

I ___54___ understood — she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn’t forget the words, songs, and ___55___ of Mexico. I said, “O. K., Mama, estabien.”

36. A. Spanish B. Indian C English D. Russian

37. A. remembered B. considered C. avoided D. continued

38. A. reminded B. informed C. warned D. accused

39. A. brighter B. fresher C. busier D. easier

40. A. explaining B. gesturing C. agreeing D. speaking

41. A. repeated B. insisted C. stated D. requested

42. A. kind B. able C. equal D. worried

43. A. friendly B. happy C. bothered D. annoyed

44. A. searched B. accounted C. called D. cared

45. A. begged B. examined C. blamed D. questioned

46. A. turn B. action C. silence D. order

47. A. shocked B. puzzled C. frightened D. embarrassed

48. A. college B. house C. office D. company

49. A. spotted B. witnessed C. watched D. scanned

50. A. grasping B. enjoying C. taking D. preparing

51. A. If B. Once C. Because D. Unless

52. A. train B. play C. perform D. practice

53. A. to B. with C. for D. at

54. A. suddenly B. fortunately C. easily D. partly

55. A. situations B. effect C. memories D. language

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school! The driver of the bus is the teacher! It is a school bus, but it doesn't take children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels (车轮).

Every time the bus comes, the farmers come running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus!

When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!

56. The driver of the bus is ________.

A. the teacher B. the student C. the farmer D. the school

57. The bus school will ________.

A. take children to school B. stay there for lunch

C. go round from place to place D. take the fathers and mothers to school

58. When the school bus comes, the farmers________.

A. stop working B. warmly welcome it C. be happy D. Both B and C

59. Which one of the following is true?

A. A school bus is a real school for farmers' children.

B. The bus sc