石家庄市第一中学

2012—2013学年第二学期期末考试高二年级英语试题

试卷Ⅰ（共105 分）

注意事项：

本试卷分为试卷一和试卷二两部分，请把试卷一的答案转涂到答题卡上，试卷二的答案写在答题纸上。试卷满分为150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分 听力（共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的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。

1. What will the woman do at the weekend?

A. Go to Boston.

B. Look after her colleague.

C. Come to the man’s house for dinner.

2. How does the woman make her garden look lovely?

A. By hiring a gardener.

B. By planting more roses.

C. By looking after it carefully.

3. How much did the man pay for his ticket?

A. $300 B. $600 C. $900

4. What is the e-mail mainly about?

A. The time change of a meeting.

B. The crash of a telephone system.

C. Linda’s job at West Coast Office.

5. What are the speakers talking about in general?

A. A birthday party.

B. A wedding ceremony.

C. An anniversary celebration.

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，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、7题。

6. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To remind her of a letter.

B. To invite her parents to the trip.

C. To ask her to hand in the report tomorrow.

7. When does the conversation take place？

A. On Sunday. B. On Friday. C. On Wednesday.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the woman think of the news in the newspaper?

A. Unreliable. B. True. C. Absurd.

9. What do we know about the speakers？

A. They think the weather is nice.

B. They are both weather scientists.

C. They have different opinions on the climate.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does Malcolm do？

A. He is an actor. B. He is a writer. C. He is a director.

11. What is Malcolm’ s attitude towards work？

A. Serious. B. Casual. C. Careless.

12. What does the woman think is important in performing a part？

A. Being open to changes.

B. Acting like a real person.

C. Being close to the audience.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man doing?

A. Introducing a book. B. Telling a story. C. Having an interview.

14.What made the man make the decision？

A. A local product. B. A trip to Brazil. C. A Brazilian organization.

15. What do the organization members do?

A. They do business with local people.

B. They organize medical centers.

C. They help setting up schools.

16. What does the man find interesting in the book?

A. The climate change across the world.

B. The projects introduced in Netherlands.

C. The energy saving project of natural resources.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.When is the talk given？

A. At a birthday party.

B. At a routine meeting.

C. At an opening of a club.

18.Why does the speaker give Joan Miller a special welcome？

A. To wish her happy birthday.

B. To thank her for her coming.

C. To invite her to join the club.

19.What does the speaker say about the food provided?

A. Tasty. B. Rich. C. Fresh.

20. What is Woodville Lunch mainly aiming at?

A. Giving help.

B. Providing food.

C. Offering companionship.

第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45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. In today’s world of business ______ information is everything, so what we need to do is to get ______ information we need quickly.

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

22. — People should spare no efforts to protect the environment.

— ______. PM 2.5 does harm to our health.

A. Fine B. Go ahead C. Exactly D. All right

23. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished ______that the little black lamb was almost white.

A. to find B. finding C. find D. to be found

24. With two school-age boys and a baby daughter, the working mother has never been ______. She has hardly any time for social activities.

A. occupied B. most occupied C. more occupied D. the most occupied

25. ______ is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon ______can be used equally for good or evil.

A. Which; which B. Which; as C. It; that D. As; which

26. You play to win, and the game has little meaning ______ you do your utmost to win.

A. until B. if C. unless D. although

27. The parcel was a whole week late. How I wish I ______ air mail instead.

A. had chosen B. would choose C. chose D. choose

28. As a young man, Mr. White took over a soap plant, and ______ his career he gave away to charity a large part of his net profits.

A. against B. in spite of C. according to D. throughout

29. It was not until the 1980s ______ return to the mainland to meet his family.

A. was he able to B. that he was able to

C. that was he able to D. he was able to

30. ______ is widely accepted by Chinese parents, concerning the education of their children, is that an education abroad does bring about better chances for future career.

A. It B. As C. what D. Which

31. Up to now, historians ______that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture.

A. had assumed B. are assuming C. assumed D. have assumed

32. The teacher is telling the pupils a story about Monkey King, all of _____ seated around her ______attentively.

A. whom; listened B. them; listening

C. whom; listening D. them; listened

33. I was ______ by the salesman whose products turned out to be much less effective.

A. taken in B. taken up C. taken down D. taken out

34. All payments _______be made by the end of the month according to the agreement made by both sides.

A. may B. must C. should D. shall

35. The young couple has always wanted to buy an apartment of their own and they have just saved enough money to buy ______.

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

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。

As a boy, my family used to vacation in Oregon. Without even 36 it at the time, I formed a 37 attachment to those beautiful mountains and forests. Years later, this attachment would 38 itself in a powerful and life-changing way.

Sometime during my first year in college I began to get really restless. I grew __39 of school and wanted to do something else. Without analyzing the 40 , I quit school and took a well-paid job in a big construction company. It was my hope that this temporary change would provide me with a whole new 41 . Well it worked __42 I soon realized that I wanted something 43 . I wanted peace and quiet. I also wanted lots of space around me and a much slower pace.

Then it hit me what I 44 wanted was those beautiful forests of Oregon that I had visited when I was a boy. This is where my restlessness gained focus and my wants changed into an intention. At the time, I had no idea how I was going to pull it off, 45 I was completely certain that I would turn this new vision into a 46 .

My wants became the seeds of my 47 to create a whole new life for myself. In __48 , that intention moved me to take decisive action in the 49 of my new goal. Within two years, I had bought property, moved to Southern California and was living the 50 in Oregon. I had left everything familiar 51 . Besides the property, I had a tent, a jeep, and $1,000. I was 21 years old and it was an 52 adventure.

53 on your dreams is the only way to breathe life into them. Your life can be whatever you want it to be, but it won’t just 54 because you want it to be. One intention can 55 the course of your whole life; that’s what happened to me.

36. A. handling B. realizing C. considering D. enjoying

37. A. deep B. bitter C. simple D. hard

38. A. correct B. drag C. show D. pay

39. A. proud B. afraid C. ashamed D. tired

40. A. situation B. pressure C. requirement D. problem

41. A. chance B. idea C. world D. life

42. A. when B. unless C. because D. though

43. A. wrong B. distant C. special D. different

44. A. still B. really C. likely D. never

45. A. but B. and C. so D. thus

46. A. reality B. dream C. goal D. picture

47. A. steps B. intention C. efforts D. action

48. A. all B. particular C. turn D. conclusion

49. A. process B. state C. presence D. direction

50. A. forests B. schools C. towns D. cities

51. A. alone B. ahead C. behind D. below

52. A. disappointing B. moving C. amazing D. encouraging

53. A. Keeping B. Taking C. Acting D. Calling

54. A. come B. happen C. strike D. stay

55. A. challenge B. disturb C. develop D. change

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Now that the summer season is in full swing, many of us will be hosting picnics and socializing outside. Chances are that we’ll also have some unwanted guests in the form of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes seem to have a powerful ability to locate us. Zain Syed, a mosquito biologist with the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, has gone a long way toward determining how they do it. Zain studies olfaction (嗅觉) in mosquitoes and other insects and he points out that mosquitoes have a strong sense of smell. A big part of their brains are devoted to this sense. Only female mosquitoes feed on blood meals and they use the blood to produce eggs. And female mosquitoes find their blood meals through the use of smell. An understanding of the olfactory behavior of mosquitoes that lead them to feed on humans can play an important role in developing more effective methods of mosquito and disease control.

Zain is also researching the role that plants play in mosquito behavior. He points out that despite our occasional feeling that we are surrounded by lots of hungry mosquitoes, they spe