2013—2014（下）金堂中学高2015级4月期中试题

英语

命题人：张艳 审题人：曾昕

(时间：120分钟 总分：150分)

注意事项：

1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。

2．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座位号、考籍号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置上。

3．选择题务必用2B铅笔将答案按要求填涂在答题卡上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答案不能答在试卷上。

4．非选择题答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置，不能超出范围；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不能使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

Ⅰ卷 选择题（共10分）

一．单项填空(共10小题:每小题1分.满分10分)

请从A,B,C,D四个选顶中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. 1 felt very tired when I got home. and I straight to bed.

A. go B. went C. had gone D. have gone

2. It's not easy to change habits, with awareness and self-control, it is possible.

A. for B. or C.but D. so

3. John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of are family members

A them B. that C.which D. whom

4. we have enough evidence. we can't win the case.

A,Once B As long as C. Unless D. Since

5. It was with the help of the local guide the mountain climber was rescued.

A. who B. that C. when D. how

6. struck me most in the movie was the father’s deep love for his son.

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

7. - It rained cats and dogs this morning. I’m glad we took an umbrella.

- Yeah, we would have got wet all over if we

A. hadn’t B. haven't C. didn't D. don't

8. When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, me stories till I fell asleep,

A.having told B. telling C.told D. to tell

9. The parents were shocked by news that their son needed operation on his knee.

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

10.- Forgotten something? I can keep an eye on your kids if you want to go and get it.

- Thank you all the same.

A.It's very kind of you. B.Oh, how careless of me!

C.I might as well go and get it. D.Well, I can do without it.

二：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。

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 11 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 12 person.

I think my 13 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 14 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 15 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 16 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) 17 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 18 to help. That was really a big 19 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 20 are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new 21 , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my 22 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 23 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 24 her, so I took her place. She let me 25 . that making others feel good make me feel good, too, when she died, I was 26 , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much 27 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 28 these experiences. They have 29 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 30 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

11. A. since B. before C. or D. unless

12. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled

13. A. education B. career C. tour D. change

14. A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest

15. A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

16. A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty

17. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence

18. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened

19. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step

20. A. us B. which C. them D. whom

21. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck

22. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest

23. A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident

24. A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

25. A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see

26. A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless

27. A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer

28. A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze

29. A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

30. A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect

三．阅读理解（共20小题:每小题2分.满分40分)

A

When Josephine Cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. Although they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate.

Half a century later, Mrs. Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. She organized and ran a distribution center of a church, helping it become the organization's largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego. She was one of the 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited to Washington D．C. to receive an award.

“She was the main person who helped us make that program grow，” said Mike Doody, former director of the Food Bank. “She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. She was determined and stubborn, but in a good way. She had a good heart.” People knew her as “Grandma”because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. “She reminded people of their Grandma，” Doody said.

As a widow with a young child in 1979, Mrs. Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries. “She devoted her life to giving back，” said her daughter, Monica Cooper. It wasn't unusual for a local church to call Mrs. Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. “She would give people food out of her cupboard. Sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living in their car，” Cooper said.

Although Mrs. Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able to help others was her reward. She died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 93.

31．The underlined word “charity” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.

A. offering help B. donating money

C. providing services D. showing sympathy

32．The San Diego Food Bank is meant to ________.

A. distribute food in case of emergency

B. help hungry children and families

C. give basic first-aid treatment

D. train some senior volunteers

33．Which of the following is true of Mrs. Cooper?

A. She died at an early age.

B. She refused the national award.

C. She was kind and devoted.

D. She was not easy to get along with.

34．From what Monica Cooper said, we know that ________.

A. she is in financial trouble

B. she was finally rewarded

C. she once misunderstood her mother

D. she thinks highly of her mother

B

Whether it's a carol (圣诞颂歌) service or an evening of karaoke in the pub, many people will enjoy a good old singsong this Christmas. Singing aloud will not just lift the spirits—it's good for your physical health as well. Filling the lungs with air, increasing the heart rate and getting blood pumping round the body faster can all help our physical health.

For the past few years Heart Research UK has been running a Christmas campaign aimed at getting people singing, simply for the benefit it can bring. The organizer of the campaign says singing is a safe, simple and social activity that everyone can enjoy. “Singing is linked to long life, stress reduction, and general health protection. It also brings a great amount of happiness. It is impossible to sing well with a long face because it affects your pitch (音高)．”

Professor Graham Welch, who leads the International Music Education Research Centre at the University of London, has spent more than 30 years studying the effects of singing.He says that singing is a form of exercise. It means we're also having a strong aerobic activity (有氧运动) when we're singing, which results in increasing the feeling of pleasure while decreasing that of stress.

“And communal singing—like in a singing group, a church service or even a singsong in the pub—helps improve our sense of self-respect. It increases our sense of satisfaction with ourselves, a greater sense of feeling included.”

Helen Astrid, a singing teacher, also sees the great effects that singing brings. “It lifts us up on a spiritual level, it helps our self-respect, and it's great for all ages from small kids to grannies—you can have a good sing and let_your_hair_down.”

But she warns people not to have too many beers or glasses of wine, though a glass may help them gather courage before taking to the stage during the holidays.

35．Heart Research UK holds a campaign to ________.

A. encourage people to sing for God at Christmas

B. study the effects of singing on people

C. get people to sing and improve their health

D. bring happiness to people during holidays

36．What are the benefits of singing according to Graham Welch?

a. Singers' living longer.

b. Singers' general health protection.

c. Singers' feeling happier.

d. Singers' stress reduced.

e. Singers' self-respect improved.

A. a，b，c 　　 B. b，c，d　　

C. c，d，e 　　　 D. a，b，e

37．The underlined part “let your hair down” probably means ________.

A. feel at ease

B. protect yourself

C. dress casually

D. cover your nervousness

38．What can we infer from the passage?

A. Singing at Christmas is good for health.

B. In a low mood one is not able to sing well.

C. Experts have disagreement on singing.

D. Singing is the same as other aerobic activities.

C

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