衢州一中2012-2013学年高一下学期期中检测英语试题

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. What does Mary think of her job?

A. It’s good B. It’s boring C. It’s challenging.

2. What did Sally do last night?

A. Watched a movie 　 B .Called the man C. Went out for fun

3. What does the man ask the woman to eat ?

A. Strawberries. B. Ice cream. C. Chocolate.

4. How much did the woman pay for the sweater?

A. ￡67.50 B. ￡ 22.50 C. ￡ 90

5. What is the woman looking for?

A. Her credit card . B. Some postcards . C. A birthday card .

第二节(共15小题；每小题l分，满分15分)

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。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、7题。

6. What is the man going to do?

A. Pick up his mum. B. Exercise.　 C. Go out for lunch.

7. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman’s mum is coming. B. The woman’s sister is coming.

C. The man’s mum is coming.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where does the conversation probably take place ?

A. In the office B. In the school. C. On the phone

9. How old was the woman when she left the secondary school?

A. 11. B. 17. C. 18.

10. What does the woman want to do?

A. She wants to find an old friend of hers. B. She wants to send David an email.

C. She wants to call David.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does Betty want ?

A. Water. B. Fish. C. Mushrooms.

12. What can we know about Betty?

A. She isn’t hungry at all. B. She is picky about food. C. She is very ill.

13. What will they do next?

A. Go to another restaurant. B. Go on a boat trip. C. Go to the hotel.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Where is the man from?

A. Japan. B. India .　 C. England .

15. When did the woman open his first restaurant?

A. In 2006. B. In 2007. C. In 2008.

16. What food does the man’s restaurant mainly serve?

A. International dishes . B. English dishes. C. Indian dishes.

17. What can we learn from the conversation ?

A. It is generally thought that the English are good cooks .

B. The English dishes in the man’s restaurant are popular..

C. The man has opened many restaurants in several countries

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. When was the girl found?

A. At 1:00 am . B. At 1:30 am C. At 2:30 am.

19. Who brought the girl down from the tower?

A. A policeman. B. A fire fighter. C. A security guard.

20. What was the security guard doing when the girl climbed the tower?

A. He was washing . B. He was watching TV. C. He was sleeping.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 语法和词汇（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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. Independence Day is _______ national holiday in the States --- all government employees get _______ day off.

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

22. Beyond, a famous rock band, played its last concert in 2005 and then it officially ________ in Singapore.

A. broke away B. broke off C. broke up D. broke out

23. ---I’m sorry, I ______ at you the other day.

----Forget it. I was out of control at that time, too.

A. shouldn’t shout B. mustn’t have shouted

C. shouldn’t have shouted D. mustn’t shout

24. ---Why does she always ask you for help? ---There is no one else ________, is there?

A. who to turn to B. she can turn to C. for whom to turn D. for her to turn

25. People who have _______ eyes should be very careful while applying eye makeup as it might lead to watering and redness.

A. energetic B. attractive C. physical D. sensitive

26. Seeing the teacher _______ the classroom, the boy pretended _______ the text.

? A. walking in; to read?????????????????????????????????? B. coming in; reading??

C. entering; to be reading????????????????????????????? D. entered for; to have read

27. There was an oil painting _______ in the corner. It _______ there for several days.

A. laying; had laid B. lain; had laid C. lying; had lain D. laid; had been lain

28. It’s a little surprising that a house made of wood or bamboo may stay up in an earthquake while _______ made of steel and concrete may fall down.

A. one B. that C. it D. what

29. Being examined twice a year, whether it is a car or a bus or a truck, it is the rule that every driver____ obey in this city.

A. shall B. can C. has to D. need

30. If you cheat in the exam, you’ll never ______ it.

? A. keep up with?? ??????? B. get down to? ????? C. look forward to? ?? D. get away with

31. You should inspect the wheels regularly, and replace them ______ they cause you trouble.

? ?A. while? ??????????B. as?????? ??????????? C. before?????????? D. until

32. Would you please keep silent? The weather report ________ and I want to listen.

A. is broadcasted?? ??????????????????????????????? B. is being broadcast?

C. has been broadcasted? ??????????????????????? D. had been broadcast

33. They were_____ popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar_____ them.

A. so, with B. too, with C. so, to D. too, to

34. He was wearing a lot of clothes to _____ himself from the cold.

A. protect B. prevent C. keep D. stop

35 ---- Happy New Year to you!

? ---- ______! By the way, how do people ______ New Year in your country?

A. Thanks; honour????????????????????????? B. Happy New Year to you; respect?????

C. It’s kind of you; congratulate????????????? D. The same to you; celebrate

36. Children are often full of __________ and they take great interest in everything.

A. concern B. purpose C. curiosity D. strength

37. The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

A. in need of B. in search of C. in favour of D. in memory of

38. According to the recent survey, cancer is the leading cause of death among the old persons in this area ____________ women. A, extremely B, exactly C, specially D, especially

39. Little children should go to school to learn something. ______，they should learn how to behave well in social life.

A．After all B．In all C．At all D．Above all

40. —Do you mind if I open the window?

— ??????????I feel a bit cold

A. Of course not.??? ?? B. I'd rather you didn’t. C. Go ahead. ??????????????? D. Why not?

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was about 11 years old, and I’II never forget it. I was at my friend Jenny’s __41__ after school one day, and we were doing (or not doing) homework.. __42__ I was there, Jenny’s mom came over to visit.

I don’t remember her name__43__ what her face looked like. I just remember her hands, her voice and the__44__ she taught me.

I can still see her hand __45__ for mine in our introduction. __46__ were so beautiful, I thought; rich, dark skin__47__ complemented(涂了) by the orange colored polish on her nails. Then I __48__ her saying, and not at all in a condescending(居高临下的) __49__ .“Oh no, that is NOT how you shake hands. Let me show you _50___.”

After that, I just remember her voice __51__ the importance of a good handshake, conveying（传递） a positive sense of self, looking at _52___ person in the eye, making that first moment matter…I think in that exchange I first understood__53__.

I respected her for __54__ the time to teach me about one of those subtleties(细微之处) in life. I appreciated the fact __55__ she didn’t look down upon me because I was 11 or because I didn’t know something. And so because of that I felt somewhat respected. I mean the _56___ she treated me. It felt good to be __57__ like a real person. I also appreciate her idea that _58__ someone doesn’t pay attention to something, be patient and point him or her__59__ the right direction. I__60__ her every time I meet someone and shake hands. And I’m so thankful for her little lesson.

41

A. office

B. house

C. family

D. room



42

A. Although

B. As

C. During

D. If



43

A. and

B. but

C. even

D. or



44

A. homework

B. English

C. lesson

D. knowledge



45

A. reaching down

B. reaching up

C. reaching out

D. reaching far



46

A. It

B. That

C. These

D. They



47

A. patiently

B. beautifully

C. strongly

D. thickly



48

A. listened

B. found

C. heard

D. saw



49

A. manner

B. means

C. method

D. voice



50

A. that

B. it

C. how

D. what



51

A. explains

B. explained

C. explain

D. explaining



52

A. the other

B. other

C. another

D. others



53

A. politeness

B. saying

C. friendship

D. respect



54

A. costing

B. spending

C. taking

D. using



55

A. what

B. which

C. that

D./



56

A. place

B. position

C. way

D. time



57

A. talking about

B. talked to

C. talking to

D. talked about



58

A. as soon as

B. as long as

C. once

D. if



59

A. from

B. at

C. in

D. to



60

A. think over

B. think of

C. think about

D. think out





第三部分：阅读理解（第一节15小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共40分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项

A

Many people watched the lift-off of the space shuttle Columbia on March 21, 1982. But none watched more closely than eighteen-year-old Ted, as Ted’s insects were on board the shuttle.

The Shuttle Student Involvement Program invited students to make a science experiment. The experiment would be done by astronauts on the space shuttle.

Ted had always been interested in space and flight. Insect flight especially interested him. Ted noticed that insects need gravity to take off and land. They need gravity to fly in a straight line. But in space, there is no gravity. Could insects fly in zero gravity? That is what Ted wanted to find out.

Ted made an experiment called “Insect in Flight Motion Study”. He entered his experiment and soon news came that it was a winner.

A large team of scientists and engineers helped Ted get his experiment ready to fly. There were many questions to be answered first. Wh