南昌三中2012-2013学年度上学期期中考试

高一年级英语试卷

命题：李明霞 审题：高晶钰

一、听力理解

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. How is Linda feeling now?

A. Pretty good. B. Much better. C. Not very well.

2. What kind of quilt fiber（被纤维）is recommended（推荐）?

A. Wool. B. Bamboo. C. Cotton.

3. Why does the woman want to check out now?

A. She has to go to church. B. Someone is waiting for her. C. The shop is closing in 5 minutes.

4. What is the woman doing?

A. Asking for help. B. Seeing a doctor. C. Taking a lift.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. The man can meet with the president.

B. The man is hard to become president.

C. The man can become a popular singer.

第二节 （共15小题；每题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，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至7题。

6. What does the woman dislike?

A. The picture in her house. B. The style of the man's shirt. C. The color painted in her room.

7. What does the man offer to do?

A. Paint the room another color. B. Throw away his ugly shirt. C. Look after the woman's house.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where does the conversation take place most probably?

A. In an eyeglasses store. B. In a book store. C. In a lamp store.

9. What does the man want to do?

A. Buy a table lamp. B. Make his glasses work. C. Borrow some books to read.

10. What can we infer（推断）from the conversation?

A. Light is important when reading.

B. The man can read small print at night.

C. The woman isn't a good shop assistant.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is the woman's job?

A. A nurse. B. A hotel assistant. C. A hospital porter.

12. Why does the man want a room on the ground floor?

A. To ensure the safety. B. To go outside quickly. C. To avoid（避免）climbing the stairs.

13. What can we know about the room on the ground floor?

A. It is fashionable. B. It has been restored. C. It is a little old.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the man learning to do?

A. Cook a meal. B. Eat like an adult. C. Use a knife and fork.

15. Who cut the meat up for the man before?

A. His father. B. His sister. C. His mother.

16. What does the woman forbid the man to do?

A. Take too much on the fork.

B. Mess up（搅乱）all the things in the kitchen.

C. Break the plate when eating the bread.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the speaker suggest?

A. Building a picnic bench in the spare time.

B. Selecting a picnic bench depending on budget（预算）.

C. Using the redwood picnic bench on a solid surface.

18. Why does the speaker like a wood picnic bench?

A. He likes the warmth of natural wood.

B. A wood picnic bench is much cheaper.

C. It is easy to move a wood picnic bench.

19. Which of the following is the advantage of a recycled plastic bench?

A. It can stand salt air. B. It can last several years. C. It is made to look like wood.

20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. The ways of building a picnic bench.

B. The tips about buying a picnic bench.

C. The advantages of plastic picnic benches.

二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

21.--- This is the first time I ______ my first picture with my own hands .

--- It’s time that you ______ a picture for me .

A. took ; took . B. have taken , took C.took , will take D. will take , took

22. She lives in a house _____ window opens to the north.

A. which B. whose C. its D. whom

23. There is _____ argument about who will be the monitor.

A. no such B. no so C. such no D. so no

24. Ladies and gentleman, please fasten your seat belts , the plane _____.

A. takes off B. has taken off C. is taking off D. took off

25. What’s your attitude ____ going abroad ?

A. in B. of C. over D. to

26. ______ it is to jump into the water in hot weather !

A. What fun B. How funny C. What a fun D. How fun

27. After living in London for thirty years ,he returned to the place _____he grew up as a child .

A. which B. where C. while D. why

28. We _______ Christmas with a tree and presents every year.

A. celebrate B. celebration C. congratulate D. congratulation

29. Every time he thought of his past , he often _______.

A. burst into cry B. burst into tears C. burst in crying D. burst out into tear

30. I used to dig the garden every week , but I ____ when the rain washed all the plants away .

A. lose a heart B. lost my heart C. lost heart D. lose heart

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Thanksgiving Day was near. Mary , the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 31 to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 32 . When the students 33 their assignment, she found that most of them drew some pictures of their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. "What 34 students! How wonderful the pictures are!" she thought.

John , however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 35 boy. He didn't act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and 36 . He seldom 37 with other children during the break 38 they kindly invited him to. Mary treated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confident and have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a 39 . Nothing else. His abstract (抽象) picture 40 the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother's hand, for mother's hand gives children warmth and 41 . Another child guessed it was a farmer's hand. because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was a police officer's hand, because the police 42 people and care for people. And so the discussion 43 .

When the children were discussing it, Mary paused at John 's desk， 44 ，and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured(小声说) , “It’s 45 ,teacher.” John was most thankful for her hand . She was 46 and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She 47 how often she had said to him, "Take my 48 , John. We’ll go outside." or "Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or “Let’s do this together.”

The story speaks of 49 thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like John. They might not always say " 50 " out. but they'll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always.

31. A assignment

32. A sorry

33.A gave in

34. A lovely

35. A. strong

36. A. slow

37. A . played

38. A .because

39. A .hand

40 A. reduced

41.A.comfort

42. A. search

43. A ended

44. A. stood up

45.A.his

46. A. disappointed

47. A. forgot

48. A. hand

49. A rather than

50. A. I’m sorry

B. question

B. regretful

B. handed in

B. honest

B. kind

B. strict

B. exercised

B. though

B. face

B. ruined

B. praise

B. question

B. succeeded

B. pulled down

B. yours

B. annoyed

B. regretted

B. book

B. more than

B. Take care

C suggestion

C thankful

C put off

C brave

C different

C. angry

C. joked

C. as

C. ear

C inspired

C sorrow

C meet

C. continued

C looked up

C. my mother's

C. tired

C. recalled

C. lesson

C. anything but

C. I’m all right

D. solution

D. responsible

D. called off

D. friendly

D. humorous

D. sad

D. lived

D. since

D. leg

D. used

D. coldness

D. protect

D. failed

D. bent down

D. my father's

D. touched

D. understand

D. gift

D. nothing but

D. Thank you



四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

A

My younger brother and I were alone in our house. I was doing my homework while my brother was watching television. Suddenly the doorbell rang. My younger brother rushed to the door thinking that our parents had come home; he unlocked the door and opened it.

Outside stood a tall man wearing a black raincoat and black boots. He said that he was a salesman and asked politely if our mother or father was at home. Without thinking, my brother said, "No. "He asked if we would like to buy some books. I explained that we were not supposed to buy anything without our parents' permission. As I was about to close the door, he forced his way into our house, took out a knife and forced me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope which he took out from his pocket I tied up his hands but I tied them in a special way so my brother could untie (解开) himself. The man then tied my hands up and locked both of us in the kitchen.

Soon, he went upstairs to search the bedroom for valuables. I managed to teach my brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police ,but the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. Luckily, the robber (强盗) forgot to lock the kitchen window. My brother managed to get out of the house through the window and I told him to go to the neighborhood police station and ask for help.

My brother brought the police to our house and the robber was caught Soon, our parents were thankful that we were not hurt but they said I should have stopped my brother from opening the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

51. Before opening the door, the author's brother ______.

A. thought it was one of his friends B. didn't ask who it was

C. knew it was a stranger D. felt very frightened

52.We can learn form the second paragraph that ____________.

A. the author let the stranger in

B. the man left the author at a loss

C. the author wanted to buy some books

D. the author obeyed his parents.

53.The author tied up his brother’s hands because ____________.

A. he had no choice but to do that

B. he knew the police would come soon.

C. he wanted to win the trust of the robber

D. he didn’t like his younger brother

54. From the text , we can know that the author was _____________.

A. brave and smart B. impolite and selfish

C. well-behaved and energetic D. w