广东惠阳高级中学高中部2012－2013学年度高一下学期第二次段考

英语试题

时间120分钟，总分150分 2013.6

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节　完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a 　1　 ticket.

“How are three people going to travel on only one 　2　?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their 　3　 but all three Apple engineers cram(拥挤) into a restroom and close the door behind them.

　4　 after the train has departed（离站）, the conductor comes around 　5　 tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack(缝) and an arm 　6　, ticket in hand. The 　7　 takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a 　8　 idea.

So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to 　9　 the Apple engineers (as they always do) on the return trip and save some 　10　. When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their 　11　, the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one 　12　 Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a 　13　 and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers 　14　 his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are 　15　.

He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please...”

1．A．cheap B．single C．return D．special

2．A．ticket B．route C．means D．railroad

3．A．routes B．chances C．turns D．seats

4．A．Directly B．Shortly C．Nearly D．Quickly

5．A．examining B．receiving C．collecting D．delivering

6．A．appears B．sticks C．holds D．rises

7．A．employee B．policeman C．conductor D．engineer

8．A．strange B．foolish C．useful D．clever

9．A．learn B．copy C．accept D．watch

10．A．money B．time C．energy D．space

11．A．excitement B．agreement C.disappointment D．astonishment

12．A．touched B．puzzled C．frightened D．delighted

13．A．bedroom B．sitting-room C．restroom D．dining-room

14．A．enters B．crosses C．leaves D．reaches

15．A．hiding B．sitting C．traveling D．enjoying

第二节语法填空(共1 O小题；每小题1．5分，满分1 5分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business. As he was 16 a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, 17 when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them already taken except one. There was a soldier 18 (sit) in the seat beside 19 . Wondering why this one had not been taken, Mr. Robinson at once went towards it.?

When he reached it, however, Mr. Robinson saw that there was a notice stuck on the seat. It said, “This seat 20 (keep) for proper load balance, thank you.” Because he had never seen such a kind of 21 (usual) notice in a plane before, Mr. Robinson was a little surprised. But he thought that the plane must be carrying something 22 (particular) heavy in it, so he walked on and found 23 empty seat, not beside a window, to sit in.?

Two or three people tried to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the notice and went on. When the plane was nearly full, a very pretty girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, 24 was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside his and in this way succeeded in having the company of a 25 (beautiful) during the whole trip.

ⅱ 阅读(共两节，满分40分)

第—节 阅渎理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读—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

Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned. He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or? the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the?five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”

26. Mark Twain earned his first money _________.

A. when he was a student B. when he became a writer

C. when he taught at a school D. when he was beaten by his father

27.Mark Twain’s father______.

A. was happy to give him the money

B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school

C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news

D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money

28.Mark Twain’s father gave Mark Twain the money and beat him because______.

A. he wanted to teach the boy a lesson

B. he didn’t want the boy to broke the desk again

C. he didn’t want to give him the money

D. he didn’t want to have his family disgraced（丢脸）

29. Mark Twain______.

A. gave the money to the teacher

B. bought a desk for the school

C. asked his father to go upstairs

D. kept the money for himself

30. Mark Twain was beaten_______.

A. at home B. only by his father

C. at school D. both at school and at home

B

English songs have been very popular for people around the world for many decades. Songs from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin, from the Beatles to Eminem and from Natalie Cole to Britney Spears have all been enjoyed by people around the world, even for people who don’t speak English, and even for people who speak zero English.

From my experience, some people listen to English songs for 20-30 years but still don’t achieve any good English skills. Some people choose English songs to be their main learning method, but most of them fail.

Listening to English songs does not help you to speak English fluently. It does help you gain some vocabulary, but most of these words are unusual ones that you don’t use in everyday life. You won’t learn the sentence “It is a difficult project. We really need to meet the deadline.” in any English songs. All you will hear are love, passion, infection, hate and blue, for the feeling, not the color.

People like using English songs to practice English skills because it’s easy and enjoyable. They think that sitting in the car listening to English songs day after day will improve their English skills. It actually will not.

You will definitely not improve your listening skills because normal people don’t speak with a tune. People don’t talk like Eminem’s songs. You can’t get yourself familiar with English pronunciation or accent just from listening to English songs. The words that they pronounce in the songs are not the words that you will hear in your everyday life. They can even confuse you more about how English is pronounced.

I would fully encourage you to watch English movies and listen to radio news or other normal talks, but not music. Of course, you can consume it for fun but not with the aim of improving your English skills. Having good English skills is not that easy. Remember you should work hard to improve your English step by step.

31. According to the passage, listening to English songs can help you _________.

A. improve your English grammar B. speak English more fluently

C. gain the skills of writing D. learn more new words

32. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Most people think it is convenient to learn English by listening to English songs.

B. It’s hard for people to improve their listening skills by listening to English songs.

C. It’s a good idea to learn to speak with an English accent by listening to English songs.

D. It’s rare to hear normal people speak English like they are singing.

33. What can we learn about the words in English songs?

A. Most of them are vivid and interesting.

B. They are seldom used in people’s everyday life.

C. English learners should learn more of them.

D. They can help people improve their pronunciation.

34. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer may be _________.

A. an experienced English learner B. a well-known pop singer

C. a Chinese music fan D. an American teacher

35. The last paragraph is written mainly to _________.

A. give us some advice on how to learn English

B. encourage us to go to see more films

C. tell us learning English is hard for everyone

D. warn us not to listen to music in our daily life

C

Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.

So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.

Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived — a well-known sage (a wise person) who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.

He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.

Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout: “What