鱼台一中2012-2013学年高一下学期期中检测

英语

第一部分：听力（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。

What does the woman suggest?

A. Waiting on the corner. B. Taking a taxi. C. Calling the hotel.

Where are the speakers?

A. At home. B. In a flower shop. C. At school.

What will the man probably do?

A. Have dinner. B. Clean the table. C. Read the notebook.

How many countries has the woman been to so far?

A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.

When does the bakery close?

A.At 7:00. B. At 6:55. C. At 7:30.

第二节（共15小题；每小题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，从每题所给的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，各小题将给出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8题。

Who gave New York its nickname?

A. Painters. B. Musicians. C. People living in New York.

What is the woman interested in seeing?

A. A painting show. B. A play. C. A modern dance show.

What does the word “apple” in “The Big Apple” refer to?

A. A city. B. A theatre. C. A concert.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

What sports does the man like to play after work?

A. Table tennis, running and golf. B. Tennis, jogging and golf.

C. Tennis, running and golf.

How often does the man play golf?

A. About once a week. B. About once a month. C. About once a year.

What time will they meet at the club?

At 1:30 pm. B. At 1:30 am. C. About 2:30 pm.

听第8段材料，回答第12至15题。

Why is the woman waiting ?

A. She is waiting for the man. B. She is waiting for her mother.

C. She is waiting for a bus.

According to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?

A. Cool. B. Hot. C. Dry.

How often should the bus come to their stop?

A. Every twenty minutes. B. Every half an hour. C. Once a day.

Where has the man lived for ten years?

A.In Florida. B. In New York. C. In California.

听第9段材料，回答第16至17题。

Who is the man?

A. He is the girl’s brother. B. He is the girl’s boyfriend. C. He is the girl’s father.

How does the woman feel about the news?

A. Sad. B. Angry. C. Excited.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

How many laws are there discussed in the speech?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

Who does the speaker give advice to?

A. Travelers to the country. B. Women who take along children.

C. Children under 16 years old.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. If you need help, please turn to your teachers.

B. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country.

C. It is against the law for anyone to buy cigarettes or tobacco.

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. Obama made _______ history by being elected as ________ first black president of the US.

A. 不填；the B. a; the C. a; a D. the; a

22. Many citizens urged their government to take measures to _______ their carbon emission to reduce greenhouse effects.

A. cut off B. cut up

C. cut out D. cut down

23. --How was your weekend, Rose?

--Awful! This was the first time I ________ alone at home, bored to death.

A. had left B. had been left

C. have been left D. have been leaving

24. Who do you think will _______ since the president has resigned?

A. take over B. take up C. take in D. take off

25. I missed the last bus and had no money for a taxi; so I could do nothing but_______ home last night.

A. to walking B. walk C. walking D. walked

26. With the second ring road overpass _______ at present in Chengdu, the local citizens have to choose another way to avoid traffic jam.

A. being constructed B. to construct

C. to be constructed D. to be constructed

27. Britain’s first and only female prime minister , Margaret Thatcher, died on April 8 at the age of 87, after suffering a stroke (中风), _______ has aroused a flood of comments about her political life again.

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

28. The actress looked so charming in the beautiful Vera Wang dress that photographers took _______ pictures of her.

A. a great many B. mass of

C. the number of D. a large amount of

29. She said she was sorry ________ the train, so she had to stay for another day.

A. missing B. having missed

C. to miss D. to have missed

30. I don’t know the reason _______ you were absent from the meeting, and I am not sure that someone will tell me the reason _______ you haven’t told me.

A. why; that B. that; why

C. because; why D. of which; that

31. Thousands of people lined up to lay flowers in front of a 28-story high-rise in Shanghai, _______a terrible fire killed at least 58 people.

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

32. I don’t think she noticed the headmaster just at that moment, for she _______ the game on her cellphone.

A. played B. was playing

C. is playing D. has been playing

33. _______ he was the last man I wanted to see, I did all that I could to help him.

A. As B. Now that C. While D. As though

34. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city _______ name will create a picture of beautiful trees and green grass in our mind.

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

35. --I think our school’s selective courses are of great use and I have learnt a lot from them.

--Yes _______.

No problem B. I couldn’t agree with you more

C. I don’t think so D. It doesn’t matter

第二节 完型填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、 C和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。

One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 36 .

Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room, 37 I see is hair." Once you've 38 what your missing tile is, explore whether getting it will 39 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 40 , or forget about it and 41 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively 42 life, yet are often unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but 43 remain happy.

The first 44 is gratitude. All happy people are 45 . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 46 , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret, is 47 that happiness is a byproduct(副产品) of something else. The most obvious 48 are those pursuits(追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 49 studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 50 to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 51 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We 52 a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy, it should 53 this truth: if you choose to find the 54 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is 55 your decision to make.

36. A. different B. missing C. short D. broken

37. A. nothing B. none C. all D. anything

38. A. determined B. predicted C. assumed D. imagined

39. A. completely B. naturally C. hopefully D. really

40. A. tile B. brick C. ceiling D. house

41. A. look on B. focus on C. count on D. decide on

42. A. peaceful B. difficult C. easy D. ordinary

43. A. certainly B. merely C. hardly D. generally

44. A. secret B. factor C. rule D. key

45. A. wealthy B. grateful C. proud D. generous

46 A. upset B. quarrel C. complain D. depress

47. A. admitted B. assuming C. proving D. realizing

48. A. sources B. results C. answers D. goals

49. A. among B. from C. through D. for

50. A. probable B. possible C. likely D. capable

51. A. value B. destination C. survival D. existence

52. A. need B. lack C. demand D. expect

53. A. involve B. include C. absorb D. mean

54. A. worst B. best C. positive D. negative

55. A. absolutely B. totally C. exactly D. Largely

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷上。（共10小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

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The Louvre Museum is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous museum in the world. It is famous for holding several of the world’s most valuable works of art. Its collections’ number is over 380,000 objects, though not one of the world’s largest collections, arguably one of the finest. The art treasures of the Louvre Museum cover 5,000 years and are displayed in over 10 kilometers of galleries. The oldest artifact in the museum is 9,000 years old. Mona Lisa(1503-1506), painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. The artist’s use of very deep space in the background with a half-length portrait is typical of Renaissance painting style. This painting hangs in the Louvre, Paris. It is one of the most famous collections in the Louvre.

On November 8th, 1793, the Louvre was opened as a public museum.

It is open from 9 am to 6 pm all days except Tuesdays. The entrance fee is 7.5 before 3 pm. It is free under 18 years old. The Louvre Museum in Paris had a reco