新疆乌鲁木齐市第一中学2012--2013学年高一第二学期期中考试

英语试题

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分10分）

第一节（共5小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分2.5 分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1.How will the man go to the park ?

A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.

2. What will the man do first this evening ?

A.Go to the cinema. B. Call on his friends. C.Go for a walk.

3. What does Betty like collecting ?

A. Stamps . B. Coins. C. Cards.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A.In a store . B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant.

5. What is the conversation mainly about?

A.A film star. B. A book . C.A picture.

第二节（共15小题，每小题0.5分，满分7.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6.What’s wrong with the woman ?

A.She has a headache . B. She has a toothache.

C. She has a stomachache.

7.What day is it today ?

A.Tuesday . B.Wednesday. C.Thursday.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.Why won’t the man go to Michigan?

A.He has to deal with his family emergency.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How much younger is the man than his sister?

A.Three years . B.Two years. C.One year.

11.How do the man and his sister keep in touch with each other usually?

A.By phone. B.By e-mail C.By QQ.

12.What organization does the woman probably work for ?

A.A radio station . B.A TV station. C.A website.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Which bus will the man take?

A. Bus 204 . B. Bus 306. C.Bus 403.

14.How long does it take to get to Guilin from Guangzhou by bus?

A.About seven hours . B.About eight hours.

C.About nine hours.

15.How much will the man pay for the tickets ?

A.150. B.300. C.450.

16.What do we know about the man ?

A.He has once traveled to Guilin by bus .

B.He will buy the ticket on the bus.

C.He prefers the air-conditioned bus.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.When did Betty Jameson win the Southern Championship?

A.In 1932. B. In 1934. C.1939.

18.Which title did Betty Jameson win in 1947?

A.The United States Amateur competition.

B.The United States Women’s Open. C.The Western Open.

19.Which sport was Betty Jameson good at ?

A.Golf. B.Basketball. C.Tennis.

20.How old was Betty Jameson when she died?

A.About 70 years old. B. About 80 years old.

C. About 90 years old.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

21.___________ everyone is here, let’s start work.

A. For B. Although C. After D. Now that

22.There was a _________ look on her face so I repeated the question.

A. puzzled B. puzzling C. puzzle D. puzzlement

23.The boy ________ to me that the hen had ________ two eggs the day before.

A. lay; laid B. laid; lain C. lied; laid D. lied; lain

24.After 10 years of hard work , the lady has turned into a movie star, _________ she dreamed of becoming in her childhood.

A.whose B. what C.that D.which

25.----Where does your little daugher want to go during her holidays ?

----She always looks forward to _______ to the Wutai Moutain.

A.take B.being taken C. taking D.be taken

26.One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away _______ my daughter heard cries for help.

A.after B.while C.as D.when

27.During her childhood Susan read a lot about Chinese history, from which she _________ greatly in her work in China now.

A.observes B.recovers C.recognises D.benefits

28.He found the boy __________ to a tree in front of the house.

A.tying B.tie C.tied D.to tie

29.Today’s papelr carries an exciting _______________ of the match.

A.discount B.account C. count D.accountant

30.The thought came to him ________ he should immediately leave the hotel.

A.if B.what C.that D.as

31. Don’t worry, sir! All payments ____ be made by the end of the month.

A. will B. shall C. can D. must

32.Sarah hopes to become a friend of ________ shares her interests.

A.anyone B.whom C.whomever D.whoever

33.Pointing to the house on _____ roof grew lots of bush , the old man told me that was ________ I would stay.

A.its ; what B.whose; what C.whose; where D.its; where

34.---Can I call you back at two o’clock this afternoon?

---- I’m sorry , but then I ______ to Beijing . How about five ?

A.fly B.will be flying C.will fly D.am flying

35.--- A medical team was sent to Japan by air five hours ago.

---So they_____ have arrived by now. The flight usually takes four hours or so.

A. might B. could C. need D. must

36.---Thank God you are safe!

---I stepped back , just _________ to avoid the racing car.

A.in need B.in case C.in time D.in turn

37.Your friends were all worried about _______ you were sick.

A.that B. which C. what D. the fact that

38.It was _______ you had done _______ made it possible for you to improve your English.

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

39.We passed through some beautiful _______ on our journey through the Lake District.

A.view B. scenery C. sight D.scene

40.---Is Sarah coming ?

--- No. She should have let us know earlier , but _______ she has been very busy recently.

A.to be sure B.to be honest C. to be fair D.to be exact

二、完形填空.（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl ?41? to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl ??42?__?the mother would not return to her eggs and she ??43? ?to take them home. There she carefully ??44?? the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days ??45? the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the ??46 ___.

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. ??47 ?, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they ??48? , the girl was able to ??49? her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to ??50. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when ??51?? and in her dreams. Later, she had an ??52 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in ??53 ?. She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about ??54 ??safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not ?55? ?or follow him, and ??56 ?slept in the grass.

One day, the girl ?57 ?into the plane, started it and soon left the ??58?. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds ??59??flapped（拍打）their wings and ?60?. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. ?

41. A. managed????????? B. attempted????? ????C. happened??????? D. supposed

42. A. realized??????????? B. expected????????????C. imagined??????? D. admitted

43. A. helped???????????? B. decided????????????? C. afforded???????? D. meant

44. A. placed???????????? B. protected???????????? C. treated????????? D. examined

45. A. ago?????????????? B. out????????????????? C. later??????????? D. long

46. A. family???????????? B. lake???????????????? C. home?????????? D. world

47. A. But?????????????? B. Also???????????????? C. Thus??????????? D. Still

48. A. increased?????????B. improved???????????? C. rose???????????? D. grew

49. A. ask?????????????? B. lead????????????????? C. want??????????? D. allow

50. A. fly?????????????? B. race????????????????? C. swim??????????? D. sing

51. A. asleep??? ????????B. away????????????????? C. around????????? D. awake

52. A. idea????????????? B. opinion??????????????? C. explanation?????D. excuse

53. A. sky?????????????? B. heaven??????????????? C. flight?????????? D. plane

54. A. his?????????????? B. her?? ???????????????? ?C. their?????????? D. its

55. A. respect???????????B. remember?????????????C. recognize?????? D. receive

56. A. so??????????????? B. instead??????????????? C. hardly????????? D. too

57. A. climbed??????????B. looked???????????????? C. reached???????? D. fell

58. A. house???????????? B. floor????????????????? C. water?????????? D. ground

59. A. secretly??????????B. disappointedly????????C. patiently??????? D. eagerly

60. A. looked away?????B. set out????????????? C. went by?? ?????D. turned back

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”。

??? I was going to have my examination the next day.? “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer，In fact I dared not.

??? The clock struck twelve. “ Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures（生物） in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

??? The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的）now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed，“Oh，God，please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later，with my head on the desk，I fell asleep.

??? 61.The underlined word “wretched”in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

??? A. very happy. ??? B. disappointed.

??? C. very unhappy. ??? D. hopeful.

??? 62.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because??? ? .

??? A. it was too late at night.??? B. he was very tired.

??? C. his eye lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open.

??? D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination.

??? 63.What do you suppose happened to the author？

??? A. He went to a church to pray again.

??? B. He passed the