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2013年重庆一中高2014级高三上期半期考试

英 语 试 题 卷 2013.11

英语试题卷共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。

2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。

4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，请先将答案划在试卷上。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或转填到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a hotel.

B. At home.

C. In a library.



2. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man can take part in the sports meeting.

B. The woman wants to stay home for a rest.

C. The man is down with a fever.

3. What nationality is Sheila?

A. Japanese.

B. English.

C. American.



4. How are the guests going to New York?

A. By taxi.

B. By plane.

C. By bus.



5. What does the man imply?

A. He has already tasted the chocolate pudding.

B. He doesn’t want any chocolate pudding.

C. Chocolate is his favorite flavor.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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和第7两个小题。

6. What did the man reserve?

A. A King’s room for two nights.

B. A single room for one night.

C. Any room available for him.

7. Why can’t the man have what he wants?

A. He didn’t attend the meeting.

B. He didn’t reach the hotel in time.

C. He didn’t make a reservation early enough.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She was born in Hawaii.

B. She has never been to Hawaii.

C. She has been working in Hawaii for many years.

9. How will the woman most likely travel around the island after the conversation?

A. By renting a car.

B. By bus.

C. On foot.



听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Why did the woman want to see the man’s license?

A. He was speeding.

B. He was a stranger.

C. He took the wrong turn.



11. What is the speed limit in business areas?

A. 20 miles per hour.

B. 25 miles per hour.

C. 35 miles per hour.



12. What does the woman finally do?

A. She gives the man a ticket.

B. She takes the man to the police station.

C. She just warns him and lets him go.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the open air.

B. In a photo studio.

C. At a photo exhibition.



14. What are the two speakers mostly discussing?

A. Outdoor photography.

B. Photography experience.

C. Photography equipment.



15. Why does the woman come to see the man?

A. To look for a job.

B. To ask for some advice.

C. To borrow some equipment.



16. What surprising information does the man tell the woman?

A. She shouldn’t go to Alaska at this time of the year.

B. She’d better take some extra photography lessons.

C. She needs more photography equipment.

听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What do we know about the pyramids?

A. The “Step” pyramid is more famous than the “Bent” pyramid.

B. They have stood there for nearly 5,000 years.

C. Some of the pyramids have fallen into ruins.

18. Why do some pyramids remain in a good state?

A. They have been taken good care of.

B. They have been buried in sand.

C. It seldom rains in Egypt.

19. What caused the most damage to the pyramids?

A. Thief and stone hunters.

B. The Nile River.

C. The war.



20. Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?

A. We have found paintings showing their construction plans.

B. We have studied them and the tools used to build them.

C. We have found descriptions of how they were built.

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）

请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

21. ______ earlier online survey shows that ______ quantity of Chinese believe Yuan Longping deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to fighting world hunger.

A. The; the

B. The; a

C. An; /

D. An; the



22. It is difficult for us to learn a lesson in life ______ we’ve actually had that lesson.

A. until

B. after

C. since

D. when



23. You’ve failed to do what you ______ to and I’m afraid the teacher will blame you.

A. will expect

B. will be expected

C. expect

D. were expected



24. ---What’s that unpleasant noise?

---Oh, the road before the main gate ______.

A. is repairing

B. is being repaired

C. is repaired

D. has been repaired



25. ---I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.

---Don’t worry. You ______ have it by Tuesday.

A. could

B. shall

C. must

D. may



26. My doctor advised me to reduce the amount of sugar ______ to the milk I drink.

A. add

B. to add

C. adding

D. added



27. Mr. Luke, in ______ supermarket we bought an i-Pad last week, will give us a report on how to choose a career this evening.

A. who

B. which

C. whose

D. who’s



28. ---Xiao Ming, will you take part in the coming National English Speech Contest?

---______, we should catch the precious opportunity.

A. No way.

B. Why not?

C. What for?

D. Why bother?



29. What made the archeologist feel excited was that he finally found two ancient vases in ______ seemed to him to be a king’s bedroom.

A. that

B. what

C. where

D. which



30. The play ______ next month aims at mainly to reflect the local culture.

A. produced

B. being produced



 C. to be produced

D. having been produced



31. It is only when an NBA player has aged and been through many battles ______ he learns an important lesson: there is no “I” in “team”.

A. after

B. before

C. what

D. that



32. After four years’ research, we now have a ______ better understanding of the disease.

A. very

B. far

C. fairly

D. quite



33. A gift made by one’s own hands is better than ______ bought in a shop.

A. it

B. that

C. one

D. the one



34. ______ that many south-east Asian countries suffered a lot.

A. So strong the Super Typhoon Haiyan became

B. So the Super Typhoon Haiyan became strong

C. Strong became so the Super Typhoon Haiyan

D. So strong did the Super Typhoon Haiyan become

35. ---Nowadays children are bearing too heavy a learning burden.

---______. So much homework do they have to do that they almost have no time for other activities.

A. So what?

B. It cannot be better



 C. Good idea

D. I cannot agree more



第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

A

“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown 36 Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of 50, and in just a few years, she has made 37 progress!

Ellen chose to study at Englishtown because no evening classes were 38 in the German countryside where she lives. At Englishtown, she joins 39 classes online and speaks with live native English-speaking teacher.

In 2010, Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly 40 . “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my 41 after 2 years and studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should also be 42 ! I really like the online conversation classrooms, in which I can learn so much about other cultures and traditions. I am open for all 43 .”

Ellen has been able to 44 her English to use by visiting England five times! “I am very thankful to Englishtown because most of the English I know now was learned here,” Ellen says. “My life has 45 with Englishtown.”

36. A. professor

B. friend

student

reporter



37. A. amazing

B. challenging

C. discouraging

D. disturbing



38. A. satisfied

B. offered

C. attended

D. represented



39. A. conversation

B. composition

C. listening

D. reading



40. A. dropped

B. brushed

C. awarded

D. progressed



41. A. channels

B. schedules

C. courses

D. papers



42. A. fun

B. waster

C. weakness

D. wonder



43. A. measures

B. topics

C. timetables

D. fashions



44. A. take

B. set

C. make

D. put



45. A. ruined

B. started

C. changed

D. turned





B

Laziness is a state of inaction. It is something that you do, not something that you are. Being lazy means you have no 46 to do anything. This is obvious but the mistake that many people make is 47 themselves as someone who is lazy.

Lazy people are often seen as useless. 48 , are they really being lazy or are they acting lazy? There is a huge difference between saying you are lazy sometimes and you are a lazy person. One is suggesting that your laziness is 49 while the other suggests that it’s permanent. This is the myth of laziness. People who are lazy aren’t lazy; they 50 are people who are temporarily acting that way.

So what causes a person to be inactive? The answer is a lack of goals. If you give someone a good enough 51 to do something, he will do it. People who don’t seem to do anything just haven’t found a good enough reason to do something. Lazy students don’t study because they don’t see the 52 in studying. For example, if you are too lazy to clean out the garage, would someone 53 a gun to your head help you take action? The reason can be positive or negative 54 it’s strong enough to induce(引起) action.

To motivate someone who is lazy, what you need to do is to help him find enough 55 to work towards a certain goal.

46. A. motivation

B. question

C. promotion

D. courage



47. A. agreeing

B. denying

C. identifying

D. refusing



48. A. Otherwise

B. Besides

C. However

D. Therefore



49. A. correct

B. false

C. temporary

D. inspirational



50. A. simply

B. occasionally

C. often

D. hardly



51. A. excuse

B. gift

C. chance

D. purpose



52. A. point

B. success

C. situation

D. difficulty



53. A. dropping

B. pointing

C. shooting

D. hiding



54. A. as long as

B. as soon as

C. so that

D. in case



55. A. reasons

B. money

C. energy

D. confidence





第三部分：阅读理解（每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面五篇短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A

Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.

“Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?” My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.

“I won’t be cutting this year,” my husband Bob said. “Dan