南昌三中2013—2014学年度下学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束时，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.18 C. ￡9.15

答案是C。

1. What does the man want to do?

A. Take photos. ??????????????????????????? B. Buy a camera. ?????????????? C. Help the woman.

2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A noisy night ??????????????????? B. Their life in town. ????????? C. A place of living.

3. Where is the man now?

A. On his way. ????????????????????? B. In a restaurant. ?????????????? C. At home.

4. What will Celia do?

A. Find a player.??????????????????????????? B. Watch a game. ?????????????? C. Play basketball.

5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?

A. Saturday.??????????????????????????? B. Sunday.????????????????????????? C. Monday.

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至7两个小题。

6. What is Sara going to do?

A. Buy John a gift????????????? ? B. ?Give John a?surprise??? C. Invite John to France

7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan?

A. Funny.????????????????????????????? B. Exciting. ?????????????????????? C. Strange.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题

8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?

A. She has to give up her travel plan.

B. She wants to visit another city.

C. She needs to put off her test.

9. What does Diana want Peter to do?

A. Help her with her study.

B. Take a book to her friend.

C. Teach a geography lesson.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To tell her about her new job.

B. To ask about her job program

C. To plan a meeting with her.

11. Who needs a new flat?

A. Alex.?????????????????????????????? B. Andrea. ???????????????????????? C. Miranda.

12. Where is the woman now?

A. In Baltimore. ????????????????? B. In New York.?????????????????? C. In Avon.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至16四个小题。

13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?

A. Where the restaurant is.

B. Whether the prices are low.

C. How well the food is prepared.

14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?

A. After he came back to Sweden.

B. Before he went to the United States.

C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.

15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?

A. Talk to people in the street.

B. Speak to taxi drivers.

C. Ask hotel clerks.

16. What do we know about Jan?

A. He cooks for a restaurant.

B. He travels a lot for his work.

C. He prefers American food.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。

17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?

A. It’s a new building.????????? B. It’s a small town. ??????????? C. It’s a public place.

18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?

A. Saturday nights. ??? B. Sunday afternoons.??????????? C. Fridays and Saturdays.

19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?

A. Via Del Mar Street.????????????? B. Fernando Street.????????? C. Hernandes Street.

20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?

A. It has an old stone surface. ?? B. It is named after a writer.? C. It has a famous university.

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)

21. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I ____it with my own eyes many times.

A. observed B. witnessed C. proved D. supplied

22. The clever boy made a hole in the wall, _____ he could see _____ was going on inside house.

A. which; what B. through which; what C. through that; what D. what; that

23．It is recommended that the project ____until all the preparations have been made.

A．is not started B．will not be started C．not be started D．is not to be started

24. The plan was _____ when it was discovered just how much the scheme would cost.

A. released B. deserted C. resigned D. abandoned

25. When you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make yourself continuously _____ situations that will bring you nearer to your goals.

A. aware of B. worried aboutC. familiar with D. accustomed to

26. You're the only person ______I've ever met ______could do it.

A. who;/ B./; whom C. whom;/ D./; who

27．He _____ having been frightened.

A．acknowledged B．consideredC．recognized D．knew

28.I can never forget the day _______ we worked together and the day ______ we spent together.

A. when; which B. which; when C. what; that D. on which; when

29. Tom was very angry about ________ to Mary’s birthday party.

A. not inviting B. being not invited C. not being invited D. not to be invited

30. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth _________ each year.

A. is washing away B. is being washed away

C. are washing away D. are being washed away

31. The plan has to be ______to meet the real situation.

A. adjusted B. adapted C. produced D. discovered

32. After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, Chinese astronauts______ walk in space.

A. are anxious about B. are eager for C. are dying to D. are longing for

33. ______it rains when we can’t find a place to escape from the rain?

A. What if B. How come C. What about D. How about

34. It’s very wise of you to ____ well—trained workers _____ untrained ones in the assembly line.

A. substitute; for B. substitute ; with C. replace; by D. replace; with

35． _____ I’m concerned, the computer you want is not very expensive and you can afford it.

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

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，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。

Waiting outside his classroom, 14-year-old Wasana stared idly at the heavy rain. Then his gaze fell upon the hill at the back of the classroom. He 36 enormous amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and the water was also bubbling (冒泡) at the base of a boulder (大圆石) on the hill. Wasana felt it looked so 37 after staring at the water for a while.

Then it 38 him—the scene was alarmingly similar to the slides he was shown during Disaster Management classes. 39 a coming disaster, Wasana shouted, “Run, run, don’t stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to fall on us!” Chaos 40 as the students ran to the open area used as an emergency gathering point. After 41 the site where the water was bubbling up from the ground, Principal Nihal Gurusinghe knew the school was in great 42 . They began to climb the hill and tried to change the direction of the flow, 43 they were too late: ten minutes later, massive rocks rushed down the hill with sand and mud. There was little they could do as they watched the earth 44 an entire school block.

Returning home later with the muddy uniform that day, Wasana was 45 by his mother. He tried to 46 that he had saved 200 schoolmates but she didn’t believe him.

His mother finally realized that it was 47 when she saw a TV report about the disaster. Filled with 48 , she hugged Wasana and murmured that he was indeed a hero.

No one was hurt in the 49 , thanks to Wasana’s quick action and acute observation. The repairs, 50 $27,000, included a new retaining wall on the hill to 51 future landslides (泥石流). “The financial damage is nothing 52 to what would have happened had there been children in the classrooms,” Gurusinghe says.

Looking back, Wasana said he didn’t think twice about the ridicule (嘲笑) that would have 53 if he had been 54 about the landslide. “It would be worse 55 I didn’t do anything when I already knew it was going to happen,” he says.

36 . A. heard B. noticed C. admitted D. imagined

37 . A. distant B. close C. obvious D. familiar

38 . A. interested B. disappointed C. hit D. impressed

39 . A. Fearing B. Escaping C. Preparing D. Controlling

40 . A. died down B. gave up C. broke out D. set off

41 . A. visiting B. exploring C. discovering D. inspecting

42 . A. peace B. trouble C. silence D. surprise

43 . A. but B. if C. as D. because

44 . A. fled B. covered C. passed D. overlooked

45. A. recommended B. cornered C. searched D. scolded

46.A. understand B. realize C. complain D. explain

47.A. true B. puzzling C. funny D. practical

48. A. ambition B. pride C. confidence D. patience

49. A. operation B. incident C. pressure D. attempt

50. A. saving B. earning C. wasting D. costing

51. A. prevent B. predict C. remove D. discover

52. A. referred B. compared C. added D. associated

53. A. remained B. stopped C. followed D. ended

54. A. upset B. worried C. wrong D. mad

55. A. before B. if C. so D. Though

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

A

Thank you. President Bok，former President Rudenstine，incoming President Faust，members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers，members of the faculty，parents，and especially，the graduates.

I want to thank Harvard for this honor. I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this：“Dad，I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I’ll be changing my job next year，and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class. I did the best of everyone who failed.

I applaud the graduates for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part，I’m just happy that the Harvard Crimson called me “Harvard’s most successful dropout”．

But taking a serious look back，I do have one big regret，I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities (不平等) in the world. I learned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences. But humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveri