2012-2013学年度（下）半期考试高一年级

英 语 试 题

英语试题卷共12页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

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. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18.

答案是B.

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

A. ￡7.5. B. ￡15. C. ￡50.

2. Which is the right gate for the man’s flight?

A. Gate 16. B. Gate 22. C. Gate 25.

3. How does the man feel about going to school by bike?

A. Happy. B. Tired. C. Worried.

4. When can the man get the computers?

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

5. What does the man think of the shirt for the party?

A. The size is not large enough.

B. The material is not good.

C. The color is not suitable.

第二节 （共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What can we learn about Mr. Brown?

A. He is in his office. B. He is at a meeting. C. He is out for lunch.

7. What will the man probably do next?

A. Call back. B. Come again. C. Leave a message.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What kind of room does the man want to take?

A. A single room. B. A double room. C. A room for three.

9. What does the man need to put in the form?

A. Telephone and student card number.

B. Student card number and address.

C. Address and telephone number.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Fellow clerks.

B. Boss and secretary.

C. Customer and salesperson.

11. What does the man like about his job?

A. Living close to the office.

B. Chances to go abroad.

C. Nice people to work with.

12. What do we know about the woman?

A. She likes traveling.

B. She is new to the company.

C. She works in public relations.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When will the visitors come?

A. In March. B. In April. C. In May.

14. How many visitors are coming?

A. 8. B. 10. C. 12.

15 What will the visitors do on the second day?

A. Go to a party. B. Visit schools. C. Attend a lecture.

16. Where will the visitors go on the final day?

A. To London. B. To Scotland. C. To the coast.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the first word the baby tried to say?

A. Truck. B. Ok. C. Duck.

18. How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?

A. About 18 months. B. About 21 months. C. About 24 months.

19. What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?

A. He corrected the baby.

B. He tried to stop the baby.

C. He hid himself somewhere.

20. Why did the mother pretend not to know the baby?

A. She got angry with the father.

B. She was frightened by the noise.

C. She felt uneasy about the noisy baby.

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20小题；每小题1分，满分20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. As for most westerners, _____ friendship is mostly _____ matter of providing emotional support and spending time together.

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

22. — There are probably aliens living here on earth.

— Oh, _____ I can’t believe you said that!

A. Come on! B. It depends.

C. Sounds good! D. What fun it is!

23. Have you ever been in a frightening situation _____ you can’t calm yourself down?

A. that B. when C. what D. where

24. Chongqing, _____ in the southeast of Sichuan Basin, is an important industrial and economic center.

A. locating B. located

C. having located D. being located

25. The coffee tastes strange! It isn’t like anything I ______ while in London.

A. was having B. have C. have had D. had

26. _____ you start with one small positive thing during your day, you’ll begin to move into a more positive situation.

A. Even if B. In case C. In order that D. As far as

27. — I saw Dave in the lift this morning.

— Really? He _____ around here for a long time.

A. won’t be seen B. wasn’t seen

C. hasn’t been seen D. hadn’t been seen

28. The author received tons of congratulations _____ his great success in writing.

A. in B. on C. from D. by

29. Alice, together with two boys, ______ for having broken the rules.

A. was punished B. has punished

C. were punished D. have punished

30. The word “positive energy” is becoming more than common in newspapers and magazines _____ you could notice.

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

31. Mo Yan, a Chinese writer, was given the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature, ____ himself world famous at once.

A. making B. to make C. made D. having made

32. Some of the garbage has been collected. What shall we do with _____? Waiting for a garbage truck?

A. the ones B. the other C. others D. the rest

33. Our teachers always tell us that it’s no use _____ over spilt milk.

A. cry B. to cry C. crying D. cried

34. — _____ made him so absent-minded in classes?

— Homesickness.

A. Why was it B. Why it was that

C. What was it that D. What it was

35. I will take the dress _____ the cost.

whatever B. wherever C. whenever D. however

36. — How do you find the book you bought last week?

— _____.

A. By chance B. With my father’s help

C. Worth reading D. On the Internet

We have only one earth. Don’t leave the tap _____ all day long.

run B. running C. to run D. having run

After he returned from America, he _____ looking into the cause of the murder.

set out B. set down C. set about D. set off

Seldom _____ to others, so there must be a reason.

does he lie B. lies he C. will he lie D. had he lied

Taiwan is not the only one of the islands which _____ the coast of the mainland.

A. lies on B. lies off C. lie on D. lie off

第二节 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。

I met a boy named Jack 20 years ago. At that time, he had experienced more 41 and greater challenges in his six years of living than most of us could imagine. His birth mother began abusing (虐待) him 42 before he was born by taking in things that damaged his body developing. The abuse 43 after his birth in a variety of ways. As a result, Jack was about the size of a 3-year-old, and 44 on a level younger than that. He couldn’t speak or walk. He was partly 45 , partly blind and no one was sure how much he 46 what was going on around him. He never 47 , which is understandable because the best thing in his life was the fact that his abusive mother 48 him.

Unfortunate? Perhaps. But hopeless? 49 .

On the other side of the 50 a single mother was longing for a second child. She 51 several adoption agencies and finally she heard about Jack. She started loving him almost immediately. So Martha flew across the country to 52 her new son and brought him home to nurse, 53 and love. And Jack began 54 immediately and remarkably. Within a short time he was walking and learning to do things for himself. It turned out he could hear and 55 better than anyone thought he could, and he could understand quite a bit. Oh, and there’s another thing he started doing: smiling, a lot, 56 when he was with his new mother.

People were 57 at how well Jack was doing and they called it a miracle. And maybe it is. But it isn’t a 58 . Everyone knows that 59 is a power. It’s just that Jack had never really 60 it – until his new mother appeared.

41. A. happiness B. pain C. laughter D. worries

42. A. even B. still C. also D. yet

43. A. stopped B. changed C. developed D. continued

44. A. played B. thought C. functioned D. practiced

45. A. mad B. deaf C. stupid D. disabled

46. A. understood B. suffered C. disliked D. benefited

47. A. woke B. rested C. slept D. smiled

48. A. hated B. cared C. created D. abandoned

49. A. Never again B. All right C. No way D. For sure

50. A. city B. village C. country D. earth

51. A. contacted B. found C. begged D. examined

52. A. look after B. call on C. search for D. pick up

53. A. raise B. help C. save D. train

54. A. learning B. correcting C. growing D. progressing

55. A. drink B. see C. learn D. smell

56. A. simply B. actually C. especially D. naturally

57. A. touched B. disappointed C. puzzled D. amazed

58. A. surprise B. gift C. question D. success

59. A. mother B. love C. family D. truth

60. A. discovered B. experienced C. valued D. realized

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A

When Ben delivered milk to my home one morning before Christmas, he wasn’t his usual sunny self. He told me a customer had left without paying the bill, $79, nor leaving her new address. So it meant that he had to cover the loss.

“She was a pretty woman,” he said, “with six children and another on the way. She was always saying. ‘I’m going to pay you soon when my husband gets a second job.’ I believed her, but she left. Isn’t it annoying?”

“Give her the milk. Make it a Christmas present to the kids who need it.” I said.

The holidays came and went. On a sunny January morning two weeks later, Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street, waving money. He recognized her immediately — the woman who didn’t pay her bill.

“I’m so sorry.” she said. “I really have been meaning to pay you.”

She explained that her husband had come home one night and announced he’d found cheaper apartment. He’d also got a new job. With all that happened, she’d forgotten to leave the new address. “But I’ve been saving,” she said. “Here’s $20 toward the bill. “

“That’s all right,” Ben replied. “It’s been paid.”

“Paid!” she cried. “What do you mean? Who paid it?”

“I did,” Ben said, “It went to the children as a Christmas present!”

61. Ben was upset one morning because _____.

A. he lost $ 79 on the way of the delivery

B. a customer left without paying the bill