淮北师范大学附属实验中学2013—2014学年度第一学期期中考试试卷

高 一 英 语 命题：罗国珍 审题：何广宁 2014.4

第一部分：听力（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）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. What will the man do?

A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.

2. What’s the date of the woman’s birthday?

A. March 15th. B. March 11th. C. March 7th.

3. What does the man mean?

A. John has some personal problems.

B. The problem is common for young men.

C. It’s not common for young men to leave home.

4. What will the man most probably do?

A. Get some change from Jane.

B. Go and look for a payphone.

C. Use Jane’s mobile phone.

5. What does the man mean?

A. It was impossible for him to go to the party.

B. Everybody was surprised by his appearance at the party.

C. He had expected to go to the party for a long time.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?

A. To return some books.

B. To borrow some new books.

C. To find some test papers.

7. When does the library close?

A. At 9:00. B. At 9:40. C. At 10:00.

8. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. He asks her to return some books for him.

B. He asks her to borrow some books for him.

C. He asks her to go to the library with him.

请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What was the man doing when the story happened?

A. Sleeping. B. Swimming. C. Listening to the radio.

10. What happened to the little boy?

A. His eye was hurt by the sand.

B. He couldn’t find his parents.

C. He fell into the water.

11. What did the man do after hearing someone shouting for help?

A. He went on enjoying the music.

B. He looked for the boy’s parents.

C. He jumped into the water.

请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and secretary.

13. Where are the two speakers going?

A. The airport. B. The railway station. C. The bus station.

14. Why do the speakers call Brenda?

A. To ask her to change clothes.

B. To ask her when Mother arrives.

C. To ask her if she can go with them.

请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Where is Mary going?

A. Her home. B. The park. C. The zoo.

16. Why doesn’t Mary like walking through the street?

A. It’s too cold. B. There are too many people. C. It isn’t interesting.

17. When does the conversation most likely take place?

A. Late in the morning. B. In the late afternoon. C. Early in the morning.

请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?

A. At the age of 76. B. At the age of 39. C. At the age of 101.

19. What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?

A. She sold other artists’ works in a shop.

B. She worked on her farm.

C. She taught at a school.

20. What is the story mainly about?

A. A famous American artist.

B. Making money from painting.

C. Collecting paintings.

第二部分：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）

21. The song is familiar to me and it _____me someone special.

A. recognizes B. remembers C. replaces D. reminds

22. The teacher stood on the platform with her eyes_____ the naughty boy.

A. being fixed on B. to fix on C. fixed on D. fixing on

23. According to the new law, you______ visit your parents every now and then.

A. will B. must C. should D. might

24. Could it be in 2020_____the science technology will be more developed _____ each student owns an ipad to gain as much as information in class.

A.that; which B. which; that C. when; that D. that; when

25. This paper will be returned unless it is________ to four thousand words.

A. cut down B. cut up C. cut out D. cut off

26. ------Cindy, I have swept the floor of your bedroom.

------Thanks. You ______ it. I could manage it.

A. shouldn’t have done B. needn’t

C. mustn’t do D. needn’t have done

27. If you want to park your car here, you should have a parking_____ .

A. permit B. permission C. permitting D. allowing

28. My eleven-year-old daughter often______ some unreasonable problems which

leave her father dump as a wooden chicken.

A. bring forth B. bring in C. bring up D. bring out

29. Jasmine was holidaying with her family in a Badaling Wildlife Park_____ she was bitten on the leg by a lion.

A. when B. since C. while D. once

30. It is suggested_______ physical education test should be included as part of the national college entrance exam.

A. what B. when C. whether D. that

-----How did people feel when they heard there weren’t any news about the Flight MH370 crash?

------They can’t be _______.

A. happy B. more frustrated C. frustrated D. happier

______angry the netizens(网民) are, Obama expressed his opinions about the phone-hacking scandal(窃听门） without regret.

A. Whatever B.Whenever C. Wherever D. However

33. As we all know, Hawking’s mother is a _____ woman who never loses his temper.

A. violent B. confident C. gentle D. crazy

34. ______you’ve failed the first monthly test, you should get down to working hard for the mid-term exam.

A. In that B. As though C. Even though D. Now that

35. ------Can I go out to relax myself for a while?

-------________. It’s too hot.

A. It sounds great. B. You’d better not. C. No problem. D. Why not?

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。

In Mr. Allen’s high school class, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but imitations (模拟). These ceremonies sometimes become so noisy that the loud laughter???36???out the voice of the “minister(牧师)”.???37???the two students getting married often begin to laugh quietly.

The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and???38???business. He wants young people to understand that there must be many???39???after marriage. He believes that the??40???for these psychological and financial adjustments (心理和财政调整) should be understood before people???41??.

Mr. Allen doesn’t only???42??his students to major problems faced???43??marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also lets them know the???44???problems they will face every day. He wants young people to know about all the difficulties and troubles that can throw marriage to the???45???point. He even familiarizes（使熟悉） his students with the problems of divorce (离婚) and the???46???that divorced men must pay child???47???money for their children and sometimes pay monthly some money to their???48??.

It has been nervous for some of the students to???49???the problems that a married couple often faces.???50???they took the course, they had not felt much???51???about the problems of marriage.???52???both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen’s course is???53??and have supported the???54???publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have made the school more firmly believe that it’s necessary to???55???the course again.

36. A. drowns????????????????????B. ?makes??????????????????C. dies?????????????????????????D. takes

37. A. Just??????????????????????????B. Still????????????????????????C.Yet? ?????????????????????????D. Even

38. A. funny???????????????????????B. terrible????????????????? ?C. serious???????????????????D. beautiful

39. A. choices????????????????????B. events????????????????? C. changes???????????????????D. children

40. A. chance?????????????????????B. need??????????????????????C. possibility????????????? ?D. way

41. A. graduate??????????????????B. teach??????????????????????C. learn??????????????????????? D. marry

42. A. lead??????????????????????????B. put??????????????????????????C. introduce?????????????? D. explain

43. A. to?????????????????????????????B. in???????????????????????????? C. against???????????????????D. on

44. A. practical??????????????????B. painful????????????????????C. physical????????????????? D. proper

45. A. boiling?????????????????????B. freezing????????????????? C. breaking?????????????????D. melting

46. A. truth?????????????????????????B. fact???????????????????????? C. view???????????????????? D. reason

47. A. support????????????????????B. medicine?????????????????C. education??????????? D. care

48. A. parents????????????????????B. lawyers????????????????????C. wives??????????????????????D. families

49. A. settle????????????????????????B. see???????????????????????????C. face?????????????????????????D. forget

50. A. Since????????????????????????B. When???????????????????????C. Until??????????????????? D. After

51. A.?satisfied???????????? ?????B.?excited??????????????????? C. disappointed??????????D. worried

52. A. However???????????? B. Therefore????????????????C. Indeed????????????? D. Besides

53. A. worthless??????????? B.?interesting???????????? ?C. valuable????????????? D. tiring

54. A. marriage????????????? B. problem???????????????????C. course????????????????????D. content

55. A. continue????????????????? B. stop???????????????????????? C.??improve??????????? D. offer??

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，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。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

Apple has entered the textbook market. The tech giant（科技巨头） introduced iBooks textbooks a couple of weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform. They are digital books（电子书）in many subjects taking in science, maths, history and geography.

Apple developed its iPad-based textbooks in conjunction with（连接）major textbook publishers. The company offers a collection of textbooks for high school students.

Apple says it offers a “new textbook experience” and suggests its iBooks textbooks are “the next chapter in learning”. It sounds like good news for pupils and students. Think of it. No more carrying heavy backpacks full of textbooks. Every textbook you require can be store