天水一中2012级2012-2013学年度第二学期段中考试

英语试题

命题：缑小芸 审核：赵良璧

（满分：100分 时间：90分钟）

第一卷（选择题）

I. 听力理解（每小题1分，共10分）

第一节

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.What does the woman want to do?

A. To have an X ray. B. To go to the hospital. C. To help the wounded man.

2.Where and when will the meeting be held?

A. Room 303, 3:00 pm. B. Room 303, 2:00 pm. C. Room 302, 2:00 pm.

3.When would Thomas and Lily like to leave?

A. Tomorrow. B. Next Monday or Tuesday. C. This Monday.

4.What is the man’s choice?

A. He prefers train for trip. B. He doesn’t like traveling. C. Not mentioned.

5.According to the woman, what should the man do at first?

A. He should ask about the flat on the phone.

B. He should read the advertisements for flats in the newspaper.

C. He should phone and make an appointment.

第二节

听下面2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，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7题。

6.How long is it since they met each other?

A. More than one year. B. Less than one year. C. Three months.

7.Which of the following is true?

A. The woman speaks German better than Spanish.

B. Tom, John’s son, is in Grade Three.

C. The man has two children.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.Who are the two speakers?

A. A man and his wife. B. A man and his sister. C. A man and his girlfriend.

9.Why is the man unhappy about their weekends?

A. They seldom invite friends over.

B. They seldom go out for a picnic.

C. They seldom spend weekends together.

10.Which aspect of the picnic do the man and woman differ on?

A. Who should get the car ready.

B. How many friends they should invite.

C. What food and drink they should prepare.

II. 单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）

11. You should _____ these bad habits.

A. get yourself rid of B. rid yourself of

C. get rid of yourself with D. rid of yourself with

12. When reading, you should _____ your attention on the main idea and the structure of the passage, not on specific words or sentences.

A. pay B. focus C. put D. expand

13. We are considering _____ a trip around the island.

A. take?? B. to take? ?C. to be taking ?? D. taking

14. There is no need for you to look up every new word you ______ when reading. You have to learn how to guess the meanings of new word according to the context.

A. come up with B. come out C. come along with D. come across

15. Not only I but also David and Iris ______ fond of playing basketball.A. am B. is C. are D. was

16. _____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass.A. Two fifth; is?????????? B. Two fifth; are?????????? C. Two fifths; is???????? D. Two fifths; are

17. — What made you so unhappy?

— _____ my new bicycle.

A. Losing B. Lost C. Lose D. Being lost

18. —I’m going out tonight.

—Well, I’d rather you _____.

A. aren’t B. don’t C. won’t D. didn’t

19. She is one of the few girls who _____ in the kindergarten.A. is well paid??????????? B. are well paid?????????? C. is paying well???????? D. are paying well

20.I hope you don’t mind ____ at your newspaper.

A. I look?? B. my looking? C. I looking? ? D. my to look

21. Now Tom with his classmates _____ football on the playground.A. play　 　B. are playing　 C. plays? 　 D. is playing

22. The fact _____ she works hard is well known to us a11．

A．that B．what C．why D．which

23. Most young people don’t want _____ the kind of life that their parents ______.

A. to lead; used to live B. living; used to live

C. to live; used to living D. leading; used to live

24. The book, which _______ children, became popular with adults.

A. was planned for B. was meant by C. was intended for D. was designed by

25. Only when your identity has been checked ______.

A. you are allowed in B. you will be allowed in

C. will you allow in D. will you be allowed in

III. 完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）

One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our 26 we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 27 a new place or country, we 28 what it will be like. We predict the way people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 29 . Things are often very different from the way we 30 them to be.

One of the famous dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 31 to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had studied and analyzed (分析)the problem from every angle(角度)for days, but there 32 to be no way of 33 out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 34 up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 35 . The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke softly: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 36 .You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your eyes will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep. You will hear my voice and _37_ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are _38_ asleep, and when you wake up you will _39_ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to _40_ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

26. A. brains B. senses C. minds D. sights

27. A. visiting B. seeking C. reaching D. discovering

28. A. imagine B. know C. feel D. guess

29. A. quickly B. simply C. correctly D. neatly

30. A. required B. wished C. left D. expected

31. A. managing B. trying C. thinking D. hoping

32. A. used B. ought C. seemed D. had

33. A. making B. finding C. turning D. letting

34. A. gave B. sat C. woke D. got

35. A. dream B. lesson C. research D. exercise

36. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything

37. A. believe B. repeat C. take D. understand

38. A. really B. extremely C. actually D. almost

39. A. accept B. remember C. hear D. receive

40. A. count B. say C. add D. speak

IV． 阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

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Three blondes (金发碧眼的女人) were being trained to become detectives by a policeman. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect (嫌疑犯), the policeman showed the first blonde a picture for five seconds and then asked how she could recognize him. She thought it easy, for the suspect had only one eye. The policeman felt disappointed at this funny answer. He showed the second lady the picture for five seconds and asked her how she would recognize him. The second blonde giggled, flipped her hair, and said, "Ha! It’s easy to find the one-eared person!" Her answer also made the policeman angry. Turning to the third lady, he asked, "This is your suspect, and how would you recognize him?" He added quickly, "Think hard before giving a stupid answer." The third blonde looked at the picture carefully for a moment and said, "HMMMM ... the suspect is wearing contact lenses (隐形眼镜)." The policeman was surprised and speechless, because he really didn't know himself if the suspect wore contacts or not. "Well, that is a good answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file." He left the room and went to his office, checked the suspect's file in his computer and returned with a beaming smile. "Wow! I can't believe it ... it's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such a wise observation?" "That's easy," the blonde replied, "he can't wear glasses because he only has one eye and one ear!"41. Which of the following cannot conclude from the passage that detectives should have?

A. They must be charming. B. Their observation must be keen.

C. They must be humorous. D. They must be good at thinking.

42. According to the passage we can infer that ________. ?A. the suspect was easy to be recognized?B. the picture was just a side of the suspect?C. the suspect must be a disabled person?D. the suspect was caught by the policeman

43. What will probably happen to the three blondes after this test??A. The first blonde may be accepted as a detective at once.?B. The second blonde may be accepted as a detective at once.?C. The third blonde is good at thinking and needn’t any training.?D. All of them may be given more training courses or fired

B

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