宁夏育才中学2012-2013学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

(试卷满分 120 分，考试时间为 120 分钟) 命题人：周景娟

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试卷说明：本试卷分两部分，第一卷为选择题，第二卷为非选择题

第一部分：听力理解（共二节，20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1 How long will the man wait for the post office to open?

A. Fifteen minutes B.Half an hour C. An hour

2. When did the plane to Shanghai take off?

A. At 12:25. B. At 12:30. C. At 12:35.

3. How does the woman usually contact her friends?

A. By letter. B. By telephone. C. By e-mail.

4. What do the two speakers probably do?

A. They are reporters.

B. They are workers.

C. They are tourists.

5. What does the woman thank the man?

A. Because he is a good listener.

B. Because he lent her some money

C. Because he returned her lost money to her.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Repair the TV

B. Turn on the TV

C. Turn off the TV

7. Where does the woman ask the man to go ?

A. To the bedroom B. To the garden C. To his office

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What do the two speakers probably do?

A. They are teachers.

B. They are students.

C. They are photographers.

9. What day is it today?

A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the woman think of her new apartment?

A. It is very good.

B. It is far from her school.

C. It is small.

11. How does the woman go to school?

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

12. What happened to the man ?

A. He was punished.

B. He was late.

C .He lost his bike

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man busy with these days?

A. Shopping. B. Preparing for exams. C. Writing his term paper

14. Why did the man buy the book on the chair?

A. For his school paper.

B. For his brother’s birthday.

C. For the woman’s birthday.

15. What does the woman think of the man’s brother?

A. Boring B. Crazy. C. Different

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman prefers to buy books in the bookstore.

B. The man is almost finishing his term paper.

C. The man’s brother likes playing games.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did Lincoln’ s father do ?

A. He is a teacher. B. He is a worker. C. He is a farmer.

18. Why couldn’t Lincoln go to school?

A. Because his family was too poor.

B. Because he was too old for school.

C. Because there was no school near him.

19. How long did it take Mrs. Lincoln to make a trip to town?

A. A whole day . B. Half of a day. C. One and a half days.

20. Why did Mrs. Lincoln go to town?

A. To meet someone. B. To buy Lincoln. C. To join a birthday party.

第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项选空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.As is known to the world,_____30th Olympic Games will be held in London, which is _____pleasure to the English.

A. the ；不填 B.不填；不填 C. the；a D . a ；a

22. --Did you sleep well yesterday?

-- Never _____. I fell into a deep sleep the moment I went to the bed.

A. bad B. worse C. better D. best

23. My friend Alice _________the swimming club----she joined it two years ago.

A. belongs to B. is belonging to C. is belonged to. D. has belonged to

24. To be honest, it was what he meant ______what he said that made me so angry.

A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than

25. You must be tired now, Bruce. ______ you have been driving non-stop for at least two hours.

A. In all B. Above all C. After all D. First of all

26. Many wild animals will ________if people are allowed to kill as many as they wish.

A. die out B. die away C. die down D. die off

27. It was snowing hard and Mother told me to put on a thick coat to ______myself from the cold.

A. Prevent B. save C. explore D. protect

28. Parents ______importance to education. They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.

A. attach B. pay C. link D . apply

29--.May I watch TV for a while, Daddy?

--If you _____, remember to turn it down a bit.

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

30. She opened the handbag but couldn’t find the money _____she was to buy dog food.

A. for which B. with which C. by that D. of that

31. Tourists were told _____their sunglass to protect their eyes from the strong sunlight

A. to not take off B. not to take off C. not taking off D. not take off

32. --- Have you moved into the new office building?

---Not yet.It ______

A. is decorating B. has been decorated

C. is being decorated D. has been decorating

33. Mr. Li lent me a book last week, _____I have learned a lot about earthquakes.

A. to which B. for which C. from which D. with which

34._____time goes by, my grandfather’s memory seems to get worse and worse.

A. Though B. As C. Because D. Since

35. The Dragon Boat Festival, which is celebrated _______QuYuan, falls

on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

A. in praise of B. in search of C. in memory of D. in want of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Everyone needs water and a diet ___36___healthy foods. These foods should __37___some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on.

People need energy to live. They eat all kinds of foods___38__change into energy. Our bodies use different __39___of energy. The energy is measured in calories(卡路里).The more __40___we take, the more calories we burn. Even when you are _41___you are using energy ---about 65calories an hour. While you are at school, or walking home, your body is __42__up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you might be using 400 calories an hour. On _43___Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all, perhaps as___44__as 650 calories an hour.

The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world. It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is __45___in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many___46___countries in the world. That is __47___lots of people in China have white teeth.

People in the western world do no eat ___48__healthy foods. They eat too much fat and sugar and don’t take __49___exercise.Because of this, they _50___very easily. In order to __51___with the quick pace(步伐)of their life and work , they eat a lot of fast food . They eat a lot of sweets, soft drinks, potato crisp, chocolates, butter and ice cream and so on, ___52__are called __53__food by some epicureans (美食家).The result is that many of them become fat. In order to avoid __54___fat and __55___it is advisable (明智的)to eat a balanced diet and not eat too many foods that have a high calorie rating.

36. A. above B. Of C. at D. over

37. A. include B. hold C. contain D. make up

38. A. which B. what C. Where D. it

39. A. numbers B. amounts C. plenty D. deal

40 .A. exercise B. lesson C. sport D. games

41. A. waken B. running C. working D. asleep

42. A. running B. adding C. burning D. wasting

43. A. Children B. Work C. Sports D. Teacher

44. A. much B. many C. few D. little

45. A. poor B. low C. rich D. plenty

46. A. more B. other C. rest D. others

47. A why B. because C. because ofD. since

48. A so B. very C. much D. such

49. A. a number of B. too much C. masses of D. enough

50. A. lose weight B. put on C. die D. stay healthy

51. A. keep up B. carry on C. keep on D. go on

52. A. as B. these C. which D. they

53. A. bad B. disease C. healthy D. junk

54. A. to get B. becoming C. to becomeD. get

55. A. keep thin B. keep fit C. stay calm D. fall ill

四 阅读理解（分为两节满分30分）

第一节共10小题； 每小题2分，满分20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

Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Year’s Day (January 1), May Day and National Day as legal (法定的)holidays , as it was on Oct.1,1949 that the People’s Republic of China was founded. The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress has declared several days as legal holidays such as New Year’s Day (January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrated special events in the development of a country, such as Greece’s Independence Day, Italy’s Liberation Day and India’s Independence Day.

In the United States, banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and business do not close then. Those holidays include Valentine’s Day and Halloween.

56. From the passage we know that China’s National Day is _______

A. January1 B. May 1 C. October1 D. December25

57. In the sentence “China observes New Year’s Day (January 1)’’, observe means ______

A. praises B. spends C. celebrates D. cares

58．From the passage we can infer that _______

A. Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival

B. students don’t have to go to school on any holiday

C. Chinese and Americans share at least one holiday

D. Americans can easily draw money from banks on legal days.

59 Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a country’s development?

A. China’s National Day B. Valentine’s Day

C. Italy’s liberation Day D. Independence Day

60. If a legal holiday falls on Sunday in the USA, people usually celebrate on ______.

A. Sunday B. the following

C. the following Monday D.the following Tuesday.

B

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

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