大寺中学2012-2013学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5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. When did the conversation probably take place?

A. Before the summer holiday.

B. After the summer holiday.

C. During the summer holiday .

2. What does Mary want to buy?

A. Some tapes on English. B. Some books on math. C. Some books on physics.

3. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man likes his teacher.

B. The man sometimes likes his teacher.

C. The man doesn’t really like his teacher.

4. How is the woman’s English study?

A. She finds English not easy to learn.

B. She does well in English.

C. She can remember a lot of things.

5. What do we learn about the two students in the dialogue?

A. Both of them were in class on Friday.

B. The man was in class on Friday but the woman wasn’t.

C. Neither the man nor the woman was in class on Friday.

第二节 （共15小题；

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。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秒钟的答题时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题。

6. What is Li Kang?

A. A worker. B. A student. C. A teacher.

7. Where are Li Kang’s parents now?

A. In Shanghai. B. In New York. C. Not mentioned.

听下面一段材料，回答第8至第10题。

8. Who are the two speakers?

A. Mike and Tyler. B. Ron and Tyler. C. Ron and Mike.

9. What are the speakers here for?

A. Doing some math work. B. Meeting an old friend. C. Attending a conference.

10. What seems to be Tyler’s major field?

A. Literature. B. Physics. C. Medicine.

听下面一段材料，回答第11至第13题。

11. What is the woman’s main purpose of going to New York?

A. To visit an American family.

B. To learn English.

C. To go sightseeing.

12. When did the woman come back from America?

A. On July 5th. B. On July 6th. C. On July 25th.

13. What in particular did the woman like about the American classes?

A. The teachers were kind.

B. The students were quite free.

C. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing were all taught.

听下面一段材料，回答第14至第17题。

14. Where dose the woman live?

A. In the restaurant. B. Nearby. C. Far from here.

15. What’s the woman’s job?

A. Waitress. B. Teacher. C. Headmaster.

16. What’s the man’s opinion towards school children?

A. It’s hard to teach them.

B. They like to listen to the teachers.

C. It’s quite easy to teach them.

听下面一段材料，回答第17至第20题。

17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A.A foreign expert. B. A group of new students. C. A group of visitors.

18. What is the total number of department in the college?

A. 6. B. 5 . C. 4.

19. Where are the teachers in the English department mainly from?

A. America. B. England and Australia. C. America and Canada.

20. What is the main topic of the talk?

A. The different parts of the college.

B. The history of the college.

C. The English department.

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，并填在答题卡上。

21．Helen said she would come to my birthday party, but she hasn’t yet.

A．dressed up B．turned up C．made up D．broken up

22．Americans spend more money than they have by using credit cards, so they are always .

A．in peace B．in danger C．in relief D．In debt

23．Many people have come to realize they should go on ________ diet and make room for ________ exercise．

A．a; 不填 B．the; an C．the; the D．不填; an

24．I am feeling sick now．I ________ so much chocolate．

A．needn’t have eaten B．couldn’t have eaten

C．mustn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten

25．Nobody knows ________ to visit our school ．

A．when will he come B． when does he come

C．when he will come D． when he does come

26．He has been doing the job for many years, but has never felt ________ it, though his workmates think it is a ________ one．

A．tired of; tired B．tired of; tiring C．tiring of; tired D．tiring of; tiring

27．I was just _______to go out when the telephone rang ．

A．/ B．about C．likely D．off

28. Please tell me the reason ____ you didn’t come here that day。

A. that B. which C. why D. for that

29. Don’t be too ______ about things you are not supposed to know.

A. funny B. strange C. curious D. interested

30. I hadn’t seen him for ages, but I ______ his voice on the telephone at once.

A. realized B. recognized C. heard D. discovered

31. I met my wife first in a shop quite by ______.

A. incident B. mistake C. misunderstanding D. accident

32. I was still sleeping when the fire _____ and then it spread quickly.

A. broke out B. put out C. came out D. get out

33. The sunlight came in ______ the windows in the roof and lit up the whole room.

A. through B .across C. on D. over

34. The naughty boy ______ to his mother that the eggs were ______ by himself.

A. lied; lay B. lied; laid C. lay; laid D. lay; lay

35． –How long are you staying?

--I don’t know． __________．

A． That’s OK B． Never mind C． It depends D． It doesn’t matter．

第二节: 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(30分)

Fire can 31 many things. It is dangerous to everyone, but it is 32 useful. We cannot live without 33 .In other words; fire is both the 34 and enemy of us. This 35 on whether we use it wisely or not.

To the people 36 live in the forest area, fire is particularly dangerous. It is the location（地方）37 most of their houses are made of wood, which 38 catches fire. Especially in winter the air is 39 and the wind is often 40 .If one of these houses is on fire, the wind will 41 the fire to the neighboring houses quickly, and the fire wills soon 42 all over the area. If this happens 43 , it may not be too bad. 44 if it happens at night, the situation（情况） will be very bad, for most people are 45 , and many of them cannot run away in time. If they can, they will just 46 all the things behind. Some people even do not know 47 is going on, and they 48 in their dreams.

We should do our best to 49 the breakout of fire, which is mostly caused by people’s carelessness. Therefore, not only the people of the 50 areas but everyone else should be very careful in using fire.

31. A. make B. build C. lose D. destroy

32. A. also B. too C. hardly D. not

33. A. water B. air C. food D. fire

34. A. help B. friend C. companion D. neighbor

35. A. happens B. lies C. depends D. decides

36. A. where B. which C. what D. who

37. A. because B. so C. why D. that

38. A. easily B. hardly C. carefully D. friendly

39. A. thick B. thin C. wet D. dry

40. A. cold B. freezing C. gentle D. strong

41. A. makes B. let C. blow D. give

42. A. cross B. passes C. happen D. spread

43. A. at night B. on Sunday C. in the evening D. in the day time

44. A. But B. When C. So D. Even

45. A. careless B. sleeping C. afraid D. frightened

46. A. leave B. take C. bring D. have

47. A. that B. what C. who D. which

48. A. think B. smile C. die D. live

49. A. help B. prevent C. develop D. keep

50. A. city B. developing C. factory D. forest

第三部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题:每小题2分，满分30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，并在

答题卡上将该项涂黑·

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Three wishes（愿望）

A man and his wife were very poor. They kept hoping for new clothes and good food. The man enjoyed eating, and he especially liked cakes. One night an old woman came to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes. They could wish for anything they wanted.

The man had just finished eating a piece of bread for his dinner, but he was still hungry. He said, “I wish I had a big cake!”

Suddenly a cake appeared on his plate.

“You fool!” His wife cried. “You could have wished for a house full of wonderful food, but you wished for a cake. I wish that cake was on the end of your foolish nose! ”

Immediately the cake stuck to the end of his nose.

Then the man and his wife started blaming each other. “It’s your fault!” the man cried. “No, it’s your fault!” she answered. What could they do? The cake was still stuck to the husband’s nose.

“Oh!” the wife cried. “I wish none of this had ever happened!”

Immediately the cake was gone, and the man was saying, “I’m still hungry. How I wish I had some cakes! ”

But of course nothing happened.

56. The man quarreled with his wife because ___.

A. he always enjoyed eating

B. his wife hoped that he asked for a house

C. the cake stuck to the end of his nose according to his wife’s wish.

D. he didn’t want anything except cakes

57. The wrong statement（陈述） of the following is ___.

A. the man made his wishes before dinner

B. the wife made two wishes, which worked

C. the wife wanted her husband to wish for more than a big cake

D. the man wished that the cake were not on his nose

58. Why did the old woman NOT satisfy(满意) the man’s wish when he said he was still hungry and wanted some cakes?

A. Because the old lady was angry with them

B. Because this was the fourth wish.

C. Because the man had made this wish before.

D. Because the cake had been gone.

B

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