福建省安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中

2012—2013学年度下学期期末联考

高一英语试题

（考试科目：英语 满分：150分 时间： 120分钟）

命题：肖江波 审卷：王志龙 吴雪明

July 5, 2013

第I卷（选择题 共115分）

第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。

What is the woman doing?

Reading B. Writing a story C. Buying a book

What does the man want to buy?

A. A football. B. A volleyball. C. A basketball.

Why won’t the woman accept the man’s invitation?

She is too busy.

She thinks she is unqualified.

She can’t speak Chinese.

Which season are the speakers in?

A. Winter. B. Autumn. C. Summer.

What do we know about the job?

The salary is too low.

The working hours are too long.

The office is near the man’s house.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。

What will the woman do this morning?

A. Meet some friends. B. Go to school. C. Visit a garden.

How will the man probably go to his destination?

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

听第7段材料，回答第8－9题。

Which country is the woman going for her vacation?

A. Australia. B. The UK. C. America.

What does the woman want to do there?

See some animals. B. See a performance. C. Go diving in the sea.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Famous mountains. B. Travel plans. C. Different habits.

What does the woman pay close attention to in her magazines?

Weather reports. B. Historical events. C. Mountain climbing tips.

What does the woman still need to do before her trip?

Find a partner.

Get some professional training.

Buy the plane tickets.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Where are the speakers?

At the office.

At the woman’s house.

In a café.

What is the woman doing?

A. Reading a book. B. Writing a novel. C. Making coffee.

Where is the man probably from?

A. China. B. England. C. America.

How does the woman usually get her coffee?

She makes it herself.

She buys it in the supermarket.

She has it in a café.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

How high above the earth did Baumgartner jump from?

28 kilometers. B. 31 kilometers. C. 36 kilometers

When was the current world record for the highest skydive set?

A. 43 years ago. B. 48 years ago. C. 52 years ago.

What do we know about Joe Kittinger?

He is helping Baumgartner.

He is from Austria.

He wants to break the world record.

What does the speaker say about Baumgartner’s next jump?

He will jump from a tall building.

He will probably go faster than 805 kilometers an hour.\

He will use a balloon made in Malaysia.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 单项填空：语法和词汇（共15小题，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。

21. _______ party they held last night was completely _______failure.

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

22. ---How is he getting along with his English?

---_________ spoken English is concerned, he stands first in our class.

A. As well as B. As long as C. As soon as D. As far as

23. A completely new situation will ________ when the examination system comes into existence.

A. rise B. raise C. arise D. arose

24. I think it is Henry who ________ for the result of the experiment.

A .is to blame B. should blame C. is to be blamed D. is going to blame

25. The 2012 Taippei Flower Expo was a global _____ that was hosted by Taiwan and attracted thousands of people around the world.

A. affair B. occasion C. event D. business

26. The crowd suggested ________ the injured driver to the hospital to prevent him ________ worse.

A. sending; getting B. sending; to get

C. to send; getting D. to send; to get

27. It rained heavily in the south, ________ serious flooding in several provinces.

A. caused B. having caused C. causing D. to cause

28. --- Madam, that red dress fits you well and the price is really reasonable.

--- Yes, ________. I’ll take it.

A. It’s expensive B. I’d like to choose another

C. It’s a bargain D. Please give me a discount

29. The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people, many of ____ left their village homes for a better life in the city.

A. whom B. which C. them D. these

30. After the long journey, the three of them went back home, ___________.

A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired

C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired

31. People’s attitude towards drinking is reported _______nowadays because of many deaths in drunk driving accidents.

A. changing B. changed C. to have changed D. to change

32. The driver was holding the telephone in one hand and the wheel in ________.

A. another B. other C. others D. the other

33. An increase in the price of drugs has ________ the rising cost of medical care.

A. turned to B. appealed to C. refer to D. contributed to

34. In order to find the missing child, villagers _______ all they can over the past two years.

A. did B. do C. have been doing D. had done

35_______exercise early in the morning has become part of his retired life.

A. Take B. Takes C. Taken D. Taking

第三部分 完形填空：(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)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。

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the 36 person.

When I first knew Bill , back in 37 , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虑）people I had ever 38 . He was always ready to have a party. He thought 39 of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old 40 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and 41 was never dull when he was 42 . With him there was one wild 43 after another. Sometimes I wonder how we 44 to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 45 , I wasn’t even sure it was 46 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 47 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 48 thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main 49 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never 50 Bill changing so much. My image of him 51 the one I had formed 52 the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it’s 53 to expect people to remain the same, especially 54 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 55 the same way about me.

36．A．proper B．usual C． same D．right

37．A．childhood B．the army C．his thirties D．college

38．A．considered B．met C．supposed D．expected

39．A．most B．much C．nothing D．none

40．A．movie B．hospital C．man D．country

41．A．learning B．life C．work D．fun

42．A．in B．out C．around D．away

43．A．joke B．mistake C．chance D．adventure

44．A．managed B．continued C．decided D．hoped

45．A．First of all B．At first C．Now and then D．All the time

46．A．that B．him C．there D．us

47．A．thought B．spent C．argued D．talked

48．A．first B．next C． last D．only

49．A．interest B．event C．subject D．problem

50．A．forgot B．minded C．imagined D．liked

51．A．remained B．reminded C．suggested D．became

52．A．since B．from C．at D．till

53．A．unnecessary B．foolish C．common D．unusually

54．A．because B．that C．how D．when

55．A．discovered B．acted C．looked D．felt

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

A

Surtsey was born in 1963. Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain's (船长) feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano was breaking out. Red-hotrocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November.

Scientists flew there to watch it. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky.

Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967. It was 175 metres high and 2 kilometres long. And life was already coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.

56. Surtsey is_______.

A. an island not far from Iceland B. a captain

C. a fishing boat D. a place in Iceland

57. Scientists flew there_________.

A. to help the captain B. to save the fishing boat

C. to learn about the island D. to build a house

58. When did scientists fly to Surtsey?

A. Before the volcano broke out.

B. As soon as the volcano broke out.

C. About four days after the volcano broke out.

D. After the volcano stopped rushing up.

59. The best title of this article probably is______.

A. A New Island B. The Birth of an Island

C. A New World D. Scientists Discovered Surtsey

B

England has been the birthplace of most of the great English-language theater written throughout history. Most of the plays in England that are truly famous have something in common. They usually come from a playwright(剧作家) with several famous plays.

Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is considered the most famous British playwright. Shakespeare has a large catalog(目录) of tragedies, comedies and history plays, and each category is home to some of the most famous plays ever written. Ha