天津市天津一中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试 英语第一卷

I. 听力(共20小题，每题0.5分，满分10分)

第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5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。

例：How much is the skirt?

A.￡ 19.15 B.￡ 9.15 C.￡9.18

1. What will the man probably do?

A. Go to a party. B. Meet his boss. C. Take a rest.

2. What do we know about the man?

A. He has been caught copying a report.

B. He won’t leave till the last minute.

C. He is not free at the moment.

3. What is the woman concerned about?

A. Her health. B. Her appearance. C. Her character.

4. What does the man mean?

A. The room will be warmer.

B. The fridge will be fixed.

C. The lights will be switched on.

5. What does the man imply?

A. He doesn’t care where to put the new shoes.

B. The woman already has too many shoes.

C. The new shoes do not look good enough.

第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why doesn’t the man want to fly?

A. He likes taking the bus.

B. He thinks it’s dangerous.

C. He wants to enjoy the scenery.

7. Which means of transport does the woman prefer?

A. The car. B. The train. C. The bus.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why is the woman worried?

A. She has no time to write her book.

B. She doesn’t know what to read.

C. She hasn’t finished her task.

9. What do we know about the man?

A. He has finished reading all the books.

B. He has forgotten to write his reports.

C. He has been to Europe with the woman.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What helps to impress the interviewer in the first place?

A. Natural voice.

B. Excellent memory.

C. Appropriate body language.

11. What should the man do before the interview?

A. Get some information about the company.

B. Recite the answers to possible questions.

C. Practice handshaking.

12. What advice does the woman offer about the topic of salary?

A. Not to bring it up in a roundabout way.

B. Not to mention it at the first interview.

C. To let the interviewer mention it next time.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the man kill time?

A. By watching TV. B. By taking a walk. C. By eating potato chips.

14. What does the woman dislike?

A. The city. B. The square. C. The parks.

15. What does the man think is the most important?

A. Quietness. B. Income. C. Entertainment.

16. What do the man and woman disagree on?

A. Whether the city needs a symbol.

B. Whether the square is a good place for a walk.

C. Whether the amusement park should be built.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What kind of English lessons does the speaker recommend?

A. Listening and speaking.

B. Reading and writing.

C. Examination skills.

18. How can a learner take the lessons when he is not online?

A. By making conversations with others.

B. By using the downloaded sound files.

C. By reviewing words, phrases and idioms.

19. What is mentioned as an advantage of the speaker’s online course?

A. It helps learners to make friends.

B. It offers learners better study methods.

C. It improves learners’ English skills quickly.

20. What’s the speaker’s idea about learning English?

A. Learning English little by little.

B. Having clear learning goals.

C. Being confident in learning.

II. 单项选择（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）

21. In ______ history of the NBA, Michael Jordan is ______ really great success, who now still holds many records.

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

22. It is widely accepted that babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ______.

A. rewards B. prizes C. awards D. results

23. The position of the department chief is ______ now.

A. vacant B. empty C. blank D. hollow

24. When I opened the door, I found my son sitting in his chair, completely ______ a magazine.

A. absorbing in B. absorbed in C. absorbing to D. absorbed on

25. In the dark forests ______, some large enough to hold several English towns.

A. stand many lakes B. lie many lakes

C. many lakes lie D. many lakes stand

26. He left his homeland, ______ never ______ back again.

A. determined, to come B. being determined, to come

C. determined, coming D. determine, coming

27. He was educated at the local high school, ______ he went on to Beijing University.

A. after which B. after that C. in which D. in that

28. He was told that it would be at least three more months ______ he could recover and return to work.

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

29. ---The weather has been very hot and dry.

---Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables ______.

A. wouldn't die????? B. didn't die?????

C. hadn't died???????? D. wouldn't have died

30. Is that Doctor Brown? I’m calling just to ______ your appointment at 3 o’clock this afternoon.

A. make B. confirm C. determine D. examine

31. George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he ______ more on its culture.

A. focus????? ????? B. focused???????? ? C. would focus?? ? D. had focused

32. The price of goods usually rises when the supply is not ______ for the demand.

A. valued B. normal C. adequate D. average

33. It was ______ back home after the experiment.

A. not until midnight did he go B. until midnight that he didn’t go

C. not until midnight that he went D. until midnight when he didn’t go

34. I really enjoy meeting the teachers and telling them how we, the students, feel about things, and ______ in the school.

A. what we think should happen B. what should we think happen

C. we think what should happen D. we should think what to happen

35. ---Will Thursday or Friday ______ you?

---Either will ______.

A. fit; be B. fit; OK C. suit; all right D. suit; do

36. In our country the cold weather in the north ______ sharply ______ the hot weather in the south.

A. combines; with B. relates; to C. compares; to D. contrasts; with

37. While walking along the bank, he fell into the river but fortunately he was ______ by a passing boat.

A. picked up B. taken up C. made up D. turned up

38. He was a hard-working student and scored ______ average in most subjects.

A. below B. of C. on D. above

39. In 2008, Obama was ______ the first black president in the American history.

A. chosen B. picked C. selected D. elected

40. ---What about going to the movies after the conference tomorrow?

---______ I’m concerned, some other arrangements would be more satisfactory.

A. As long as B. As far as C. As well as D. As soon as

III. 完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. ___41___, for example, the neatly-dressed woman I ___42___ to see--or look at--on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter ___43___ the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On ___44___days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime ___45___out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. ___46___, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I ___47___ all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how ___48___ I expected to see her each morning. You might say I ___49___ her.

“Did she have an accident? Something ___50___?” I thought to myself about her ___51___. Now she was gone, but I felt as if I had ___52___ her. I began to realize that part of our ___53___ life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar ___54___: the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who ___55___walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are ___56___markers in our lives. They add weight to our ___57___ of place and belonging.

Think about it. ___58___, while walking to work, we mark where we are by ___59___ a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though ___60___ person?

41. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have

42. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried

43. A. what B. how C. which D. when

44. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy

45. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned

46. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially

47. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered

48. A. long B. often C. soon D. much

49. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired

50. A. better B. worse C. more D. less

51. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune

52. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt

53. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily

54. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests

55. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably

56. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful

57. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense

58. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However

59. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning

60. A. unnamed B. unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal

IV. 阅读理解（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

A

I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me to find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stopped treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.

My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But a