高级中学2012—2013学年第二学期期中测试

高一英语

说明：本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分：语言知识及应用（共二节，满分45分）

单项选择（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。

1. You will succeed in the end ______ you give up halfway.

A. if B. unless C. since D. although

2. ---What’s that noise?

---Oh, I forget to tell you. The old machine ______.

A. was tested B. will be tested C. is being tested D. has been tested

3. I was told that there were about 50 foreign students ______ Chinese in the school, most ______ were from America.

A. study；of whom B. study；of them C. studying；of them D. studying；of whom

4. ______ made things worse, he said, was that his roommate never took part in any of the cleaning work.

A. What B. Which C. That D. Who

5. The kid, rather than his parents, ______ said to have had an accident while travelling.

A. is B. are C. were D. will be

6. The newly-built café, the walls of ______ are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, specially after hard work.

A. that B. it

C. what D. which

7. ---Have you heard the story of The Million Pound Bank Note?

---No. When and where does the story ______?

A. take up B. take out C. take place D. take off

8. Mary’s mother was about to leave the house ______ she received Mary’s telephone.

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

9. Mr. Sweater had carefully prepared this speech and he ______ it very effectively.

A. has delivered B. was delivering

C. delivered D. had delivered

10.With Father’s Day around the corner, I have taken some money out of the bank ______

presents for my dad.

A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. to have bought

11. Please tell us when your next novel will ______.

A. come out B. publish C. take out D. carry out

12. It is convenient to live downtown. ______, it is full of noise and dirty air.

A. Because B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. On the other hand

13. In my opinion, no search engine can ______ Baidu in search scope and speed.

A. compete B. equal C. win D. suit

14. As soon as we went ______ the ship, it left port.

A. aboard B. to aboard C. abroad D. board

15. John is smart, polite, and hardworking. ______, I think he is one of the best students in our class.

A. In conclusion B. In total C. On average D. After all

第二节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-30的相应位置上。

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 16 . Now she was Portia, a strong-willed 17 in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice(《威尼斯商人》). The theatre was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 18 from her.

In fact, Roberta had never 19 in her life before the audition (选拔试演). The shy girl had never thought she was good enough at anything to 20 much attention. She had few friends. She had excellent grades, but she always thought that something was 21 .

Roberta’s mother 22 her to join in the audition.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 23 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us? You’re just a little scared (害怕). Everyone gets scared. You know you can do it. ”

So Roberta had made an appointment with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself 24 by the idea of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, memorizing the 25 by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she 26 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a few 27 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many 28 .

On the day of the audition, she 29 two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club 30 the part was hers.

16. A. sing B. dance C. speak D. report

17 . A. member B. actress C. player D. character

18. A. weakly B. smoothly C. rapidly D. slowly

19. A. regretted B. competed C. acted D. practiced

20. A. avoid B. focus C. pay D. attract

21. A. necessary B. important C. coming D. missing

22. A. encouraged B. requested C. forced D. reminded

23. A. accept B. play C. offer D. learn

24. A. active B. confused C. excited D. energetic

25. A. lines B. words C. characters D. works

26. A. disliked B. loved C. expected D. bore

27. A. consideration B. description C. selection D. understanding

28. A. papers B. meanings C. levels D. bases

29. A. practiced B. performed C. planned D. delivered

30. A. announced B. joked C. told D. published

第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The baby elephant Ishanga was lying in the bushes, scared, starving, and struggling to breathe. Until just a few days before, she had been with her mother, walking through the sweeping grasslands of Tsavo National Park in the African country of Kenya.

The baby’s mother was killed, most likely by a poacher. On Wednesday, November 17，2010， an anti-poaching team was removing the deadly wire traps that poachers set throughout the park. Luckily, a member of the team spotted the baby and rushed to help her.

Suddenly, a lion sprang from the bushes and clamped its mouth around her neck. One person managed to pull out his gun and fire shots in the air. The shocked lion released (释放) the baby and backed away.

Now the weakened baby had a grave（严重的） wound on her neck. About 300 miles north of Tsavo is a place that helps baby elephants. Over the years, the orphanage(孤儿院）has raised 130 elephants and successfully released them back into the wild.

After a tense wait and a plane ride, the baby’s rescuers made it to the orphanage. The medical staff worked frantically to treat her wound. She was scared and wild. She screamed, and wouldn’t let any humans get near her, refusing to eat or drink.

After two hours of intense medical care, Ishanga awoke and slowly struggled to her feet. Two keepers and a veterinarian had been with her all night. They were relieved that she seemed to be recovering.

The next day, though Ishanga remained weak, her keepers introduced her to some of the other 14 young elephants living at the orphanage. The keepers stood back as the other elephants extended their trunk in friendly greetings. The older elephants led Ishanga around, giving her a tour of her new home.

Over the past year, Ishanga’s wounds have healed. She has made many friends. It’ll be up to Ishanga to decide when she’s ready to leave the orphanage. Returning to the wild is a long process that can take more than 10 years. For now, she is in no rush to leave this extraordinary community of elephants and humans. Ishanga has a long, happy life ahead of her.

31. The underlined word “poacher” in paragraph 2 probably means_____.

A. someone who hunts illegally B. someone who protects wild animals

C. someone who is an elephant keeper D. someone who works in the park

32. When the baby elephant was saved by the team, she was_____.

A. badly ill B. very dangerous C. dead D. badly wounded

33. The baby elephant was sent to _____by plane.

A. hospital B. nature C. the orphanage D. National Park

34. According to the passage, we can know that_____.

A. Ishanga is eager to leave the community after recovering

B. the anti-poaching team shot the lion and saved Ishanga

C. it will probably take Ishanga a long time to return to the nature

D. a year later, Ishanga still didn’t adapt（适应）to living in the orphanage

35. The passage is mainly about _____.

A. the rescue of a baby elephant

B. the importance of animal protection

C. a brief introduction to the elephant orphanage

D. a story about poachers and an anti-poaching team

B

Dave Bruno works as an online marketing manager. Several years ago, one weekend Bruno and his family did a major house cleanup and then donated several bags of unneeded items to the local Goodwill store. “After all were done, I looked around and realized that I still had too much stuff”，says Bruno, “It occurred to me that maybe I wanted to lead a simple life but in reality I behaved differently.” That realization prompted the 39-year-old father of three to try an experiment, “The 100 Thing Challenge（挑战）”.

With the goal of breaking free of what he calls a “bad habit of consumerism”，Bruno was determined to live for one year with just 100 personal items. He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes. He created some guidelines for the experiment since his wife and daughters did not participate（参与）family-shared and household items did not count as personal items. He also grouped together some basic things such as underwear and socks. Bruno began blogging about his new lifestyle and eventually wrote a book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul.

Since completing the experiment, Bruno has continued to live by the motto: reduce, refuse, and rearrange and maintains just 110 personal things. “ Nearly three years of living with a minimal（最少的）amount of personal possessions, I’m no longer in the habit of consuming (消费) for the sake of consumption，” he wrote in his blog last week, “That has freed me up for all sorts of better endeavors than shopping—like spending time with family and writing a book and planning for business opportunities.”

Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally, many of whom post their