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汕头市金山中学2012-2013学年高一下学期期末考试

英语试题

第一卷

I. 听力理解 (5段共15小题，满分15分)

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅读时间。请根 据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A，B，C项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1?3题。

1. Where does the young girl want to go with her father?

A. To the park. B. To the movies. C. To the swimming pool.

2. Based on the conversation, what time will they most likely leave?

A. 9:30 am. B. 12:45 pm. C. 2:00 pm.

3. What does the father suggest they do at the end of the day?

A. Go to a restaurant. B. Watch a fireworks display. C. Play a board game.

听第二段独白，回答第4?6题。

4. What’s the average sleep time for the old?

A. 10 hours a night. B. 6. 5 hours a day. C. 6. 5 hours a night.

5. Among the following famous people, who had 413 beds?

A. Benjamin Franklin. B. King Louis XIV. C. Mark Twain.

6. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Old people need more sleep time than young people.

B. It’s easier for famous people to be sleepless.

C. Different people have different sleep time.

听第三段对话，回答第7 ?9题。

7. Where are they planning to go in the morning?

A. To a park. B. To an art museum. C. To a shopping center.

8. Why does the man want to visit the zoo in the afternoon?

A. The zoo will be closed the rest of the week.

B. The zoo is free to visitors that day only.

C. There are unusual animals on display.

9. How do they plan to get to the seashore at the end of the conversation?

A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By subway.

听第四段独白，回答第10?12题。

10. Why did the British official have to use Pidgin English?

A. Because he should do by the local customs.

B. Because it was the language all of them understood.

C. Because the story happened in China.

11. What can we learn about the Pidgin English from the passage?

A. It had something to do with the Pigeon’s language in the past.

B. It is spoken in the way English babies talk. C. It is a mixture of languages.

12. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. In the story the French sailor would take the Chinese girl to his homeland.

B. Pidgin English is spoken widely in all Pacific Islands.

C. Pidgin English was born in the 17th century in China.

听第五段对话，回答第13?15题。

13. What is the problem with the woman?

A. She is having a heart attack. B. She was hurt in an accident. C. She is having a baby.

14. Where is the man now?

A. On the freeway. B. Downtown in traffic. C. In the airport parking lot.

15. The operator tells the man to .

A. help the woman breath easier B. keep the woman calm and warm

C. put something soft under the woman’s head

II. 单项填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C和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。

16. The serious expression of the captain kept his crew _________.

in the distance B. from a distance C. in a distance D. at a distance

17. It must have rained last night, ________ the ground is wet now.

A. for B. because C. since D. now that

18. It was an unpleasant subject ____ we _____ for a long time.

A. about which…discussed B. about which…argued

C. over them…argued D. which…argued

19. Black clouds had completely ___ the sun.

A. blocked off B. broken out C. blocked out D. broken off

20. How did you ___ to paint the whole house in a week?

A. try B. manage C. win D. succeed

21. A heavy learning burden leads to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which ___ damage the health of students.

A. in its turn B. in return C. in turn D. by turns

22. Perseverance is a kind of quality --- and that’s ________ it takes to do anything well.

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

23. Rather than ___ on a crowded bus, Tom always prefers __ a bicycle.

ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding

24. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some ________ over 90 metres.

are measured B. measuring C. measured D. measure

29. Nobody in our class but Tom and I ___ that our monitor is going abroad for further education.

know B. am to know C. have known D. knows

30. Mr. Smith suggested the student ___ to be given a prize.

A. refer B. referred C. referring D. would refer

III. 完形填空（共15小题； 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Long long ago, there was a small village．This village had a 31 tradition．At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年) was given land and money to build a home．The boy had to 32 his home before winter．If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not 33 him in any way．

One 34 , Paul and Marc reached their majority．They 35 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes．In each village, they found the nicest 36 and talked to the owners．Each owner gladly offered 37 ．

After Marc saw several homes, he 38 the best ideas and went back to his own land．Paul, however, continued collecting more ideas．Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 39 some of them．But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village．

Marc began building his home．He had several false starts, 40 his home gradually rose from his land．By fall, Marc had finished his home．It wasn't perfect，but it was strong and he could 41 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 42 with home owners．The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 43 back to his land．He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was weak．The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 44 ．The vil
lagers mourned for him．

Marc survived the winter．Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better．He became a leader in the village, 45 a family, and lived a happy, content life．

31．A．strange B．hopeful C．literary D．cultural

32．A．find B．make C．complete D．buy

33. A．help B．encourage C．scold D．persuade

34．A．winter B．summer C．autumn D．spring

35．A．exchanged B．received C．recognized D．advice

36．A．girls B．jobs C．houses D．presents

37．A．rooms B．drinks C．attention D．advice

38．A．expected B．gathered C．created D．understood

39．A．forget B．believe C．replace D．doubt

40．A．because B．although C．but D．so

41．A．repair B．rebuild C．sell D．improve

42．A．conversations B．achievements C．struggles D．arguments

43．A．drove B．rushed C．flew D．moved

44．A．blindness B．death C．sadness D．illness

45．A．brought B．earned C．contacted D．raised

IV、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

Growing up, I wanted to be just like my mom. She was kind. People always seemed to feel comfortable in her presence. For years, she was a volunteer in our community. I loved going to the local nursing home with her where she taught a ceramic class.

On one summer day, Mama told me to get changed and meet her at the car.

I had planned to spend the day at the lake with friends. Why did she have to ruin everything? I imagined the cool lake water. Irritated, I climbed into the car and slammed the door shut. We sat in silence. I was too upset to make conversation.

“Tasha, would you like to know where we are going?” Mama asked calmly.

“No,” I said.

“We are going to volunteer at a children’s shelter today. I have been there before and I think it would benefit you,” she explained.

When we reached the shelter, Mama rang the doorbell. Moments later, we were greeted by a woman. She led us to the front room where all of the children were playing. I noticed a baby whose body was scarred with iron marks. I was told it was because she wouldn’t stop crying. The majority of the children had noticeable physical scars. Others hid their emotional wounds.

As I took in my surroundings, I felt a gentle tug on my shirt. I looked down to see a little girl looking up at me. “Hi. You want to play dolls with me?” she asked. I looked over at Mama for reinforcement. She smiled and nodded. I turned back and said, “Sure.” Her tiny hand reached up and held mine, as if to comfort me.

My mom taught me a valuable lesson that summer. I returned to the shelter with her several times. During those visits, some of the children shared their troubled pasts with me and I learned to be grateful for what I had. Today as I strive to instill (逐渐灌输) these values in my own child, I reflect back to that experience. It was a time that I will never forget.

46. The author admired her mom for ________.

A. her kindness to others B. her excellent teaching

C. her quality of honesty D. her positive attitude to life

47. According to Paragraph 3, when she was asked to go out with her mom, the author was ________.

A. excited B. angry C. surprised D. worried

48. From the passage we learn most children in the shelter ________.

A. were often punished by staff B. weren’t allowed to go outside

C. were once treated badly D. all suffered from mental illness

49. The underlined word “reinforcement” in the passage is closest in meaning to “________”.

A. truth B. help C. comfort D. support

50. What lesson did the author learn from her experience?

A. To value what you take for granted. B. To play with children is fun.

C. To love others is to love yourself. D. To do as what your parents do.

B

Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked．

Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup（基因构成）as human beings．What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival．Perhaps the best reason f