银川一中2012/2013学年度(下)高一期末考试

英 语 试 卷

命题人：罗丽冬 朱俊英

第一卷 （共105分）

Ⅰ、听力（两小节， 共30分， 每题1.5分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1.What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Doctor and patient. B. Manager and staff.

C. Travel agent and customer.

2.What is the woman’s favorite free-time activity?

A. Watching TV. B. Reading a book.

C. Listening to music.

3.What does the man do?

A. A doctor. B. A professor

C. A student.

4.When will the two speakers probably meet this month?

A. On the 20th. B. On the 21th.

C. On the 22nd.

5.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. The weather. B. The weekend.

C. The holiday

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6，7题。

6 .What does the women think of the traffic?

A. Orderly. B. Terrible. C. Just so-so.

7. How does Tony Berelli go to the office?

A. By bus. B. By subway. C. On foot.

请听第7段材料，回答第8, 9题。

8.How many choices does the man have to answer the questions?

A. 3 B. 4. C. 5.

9.How often does the man use the public transport?

A. Hardly B. Often C. Sometimes.

请听第8段材料，回答10至12题。

10. What kind of holiday does the woman have?

A. A beach holiday. B. An adventure holiday.

C. A touring holiday.

11. Which is the best part of the woman’s tour?

A. Hiking. B. Climbing. C. Skydiving.

12. What did the man do during his vacation?

A. He watched TV at his relative’s.

B. He took lots of pictures.

C. He stayed at his own house.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.When was the man supposed to hand in his paper?

A. Two days ago. B. The day before yesterday.

C. Yesterday.

14.What part of New Zealand does the man’s paper cover?

A. The population. B. The custom. C. The tourist spots.

15.How was the man planning to finish his paper?

A. By downloading some material from the Internet..

B. By asking his professor for some advice.

C. By copying some points from a book.

16. What does the woman think is the point of the paper?

A. Writing a list of all the books.

B. Writing the man’s own ideas.

C. Finish it in time.

请听第10段材料，回答17至20题。

17. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At a fashion show. B. In a clothing store.

C. In a TV studio.

18. What was the woman’s original plan when she went to Florence?

A. To stay there for half a year.

B. To find a better job to support herself.

C. To sell leather goods for a British company.

19. What has the woman been doing for a living since 1988?

A. She has been designing fashion items for several companies.

B. She has been modeling for a world-famous Italian company.

C. She has been serving as a sales agent for Burberry’s.

20. What do we know about the woman?

A. She mainly designs leather jackets.

B. She will return to England next year.

C. She likes working in Italy.

Ⅱ、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。

21. —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door?

—It ______ be Father, but I’m not sure.

A. must; must B. can; may C. must; can D. may; must

22. Don’t try to cheat the taxman(税务人员); you’ll never ______it.A. get out of??? B. get into?? C. get along??? D. get away with

23. It’s accepted that men like playing football more than women.

A. especially B. generally C. simply D. totally

24. China is a country, but America is a country.

A. developing; developing B. developed; developed

C. developing; developed D. developed; developing

25．__________ has been announced, we shall have our final exam next month.

A. As B. It C. That D. What

26．Perhaps it is true that nobody in the world knows exactly how the earth __________.

A. came up B. came out C. came to power D. came into being

27．He always tells ____ lies, to tell you ____ truth, I don’t believe what he said at all.

A. /; / B. the; the C. /; the D. the; /

28．The lazy waiter ______ to his boss that he had ______ the table.

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

29．—I’ve read another book this week.

—Well, maybe _______ is not how much you read but what you read that is important.

A. this B. that C. there D. it

30. What he had said and done in the school ______ his parents and teachers.

A. was pleased B. pleased C. pleased by D. pleased with

31. —How much is the T-shirt ___________?

—65 dollars．

A．worth B．cost C． worthy D．paid

32. Many experts agree that there is a possibility _______ in this area in the following days.

A. when some more earthquakes may happen

B. that some more earthquakes may happen

C. where may some more earthquakes happen

D. what may some more earthquakes happen

33. I’m afraid we can’t have coffee; there’s _________ left. ?A. nothing???????????B. no one? ?C. none????????????D. no any

34. When the clock ________ 12, I was about to leave for the supermarket.

A. knocked B. hit C. beat D. struck

35. The determined mother has devoted all she has to ________ her son out of trouble.

A. helping B. help C. have helped D. having helped

第二节 完形填空（共20小题， 每题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__36__ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 37__.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 38 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 39 and landed in the grass.

My 40 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 41 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!” I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 42 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

Kyle was the 43 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 44 to prepare a 45 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 46 .So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 47 !” He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 48 those who helped you make it through those 49 years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 50 you can give him.”

I just looked at my friend with 51 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 52 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 53 me from doing the unspeakable.”

Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 54 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 55 a person’s life. For better or for worse.

36. A. How B. When C. Why D. Where

37. A. stupid B. clever C. wonderful D. anxious

38. A. throwing B. knocking C. taking D. snatching

39. A. lost B. sending C. broken D. flying

40. A. heart B. head C. hands D. thought

41. A. While B. As C. Because D. Once

42. A. passed by B. came up C. went on D. turned out

43. A. top B. hardest C. favorite D. luckiest

44. A. pride B. honor C. pleasure D. chance

45. A. class B. school C. graduation D. college

46. A. excited B. nervous C. proud D. crazy

47. A. great B. famous C. praised D. honored

48. A. reward B. remember C. thank D. congratulate

49. A. happy B. exciting C. old D. hard

50. A. chance B. gift C. help D. favor

51. A. wonder B. anxiety C. disbelief D. pride

52. A. kill B. enjoy C. test D. hurt

53. A. protected B. freed C. warned D. prevented

54. A. price B. use C. power D. meaning

55. A. destroy B. change C. save D. understand

Ⅲ、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

第一节 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。

A

Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

Why is more and more land becoming desert？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water. Without plants，the land can become desert more easily.

56. Deserts ______________ .

A. never have any plants or animals in them

B. can all be turned into good land before long

C. are becoming smaller and smaller

D. get very little rain

57. Small?green?plants?are?very?important?to?dry?places because ________.

A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier

B. they don’t let the wind blow the soil away

C. they hold water

D. All of the above.

58. Land?is?becoming?desert?little?by?little?because ________.

A. p