高一英语下期中考试
2013-2014学年度第二学期高一年级期中考试英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共115分）
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）
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.Where is the conversation taking place?
A. In an office
B. In a supermarket
C. In a post office
2. What is Mrs Brown probably?
A. A shop owner
B. An art teacher
C. A music teacher
3. What will the man do today?
A. Visit Bill
B.Play tennis
C.Go swimming
4. When will the two speakers leave?
A.At 5:30
B.At 6:00
C.At 7:10
5. What’s the realationship between the two speakers?
A.Mother and son
B. Doctor and nurse
C.Teacher and student
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和第7两个小题。
6.What kind of car does the woman prefer to buy?
A.A small one
B.A large one
C.A medium-sized one
7.What’s the woman’s suggestion in the end?
A.Asking Frank for help
B.Having a look first
C.Buying the car right now
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A.Take a vacation
B.Hold a meeting
C.Employ more people
9.Why doesn’t the man have a break?
A.He must interview more people.
B.He wants to make more money.
C.Nobody can do his job instead of him.
10.What will the man do in tomorrow’s meeting?
A.Ask for a break to take a vacation.
B.Find a chance to employ more people.
C.Tell his manger to employ more people.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.What kind of language does the woman’s little sister learn?
A.French
B.Chinese
C.Japanese
12.What will the woman do at the weekend?
A.Meet her friend.
B.Go to the south.
C.Go to an art exhibition.
13.When will the two speakers go to the cinema probably?
A.This week
B.Next week
C.Next month
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14.What pet does the man have?
A.A dog
B.A cat
C.A bird
15.What should the woman do when the dog barks?
A.Let the dog sleep in a box.
B.Take the dog out for a walk.
C.Give the dog some food and water.
16.When will the man be back?
A.On April 16
B. On April 20
C. On April 22
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.What did everyone expect the man to be?
A.A doctor
B.A football judge
C.A chocolate tester
18.Why didn’t the man want to be a football player?
A.He didn’t like football at all.
B.He couldn’t play football very well.
C.He preferrd to be a football judge.
19.What does a professional judge look like?
A.Having lots of experiences.
B.Winning lots of football matches.
C.Running faster than football players.
20.What made the man want to be a reporter?
A.His hobby
B.His teacher
C.His experiences
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识运用（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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. The naughty boys would play ______trick on ______neighbours who didn’t give them any sweets on Halloween.
A. a; 不填
B. a；the
C. the; 不填
D. 不填; the
22. My son has changed so much that I could hardly _______ his voice on the phone.
A. hear
B. realize
C. recognize
D. find
23. My sister ______ me into buying the Five Friendlies (奥运福娃).
A. wanted
B. advised
C. persuaded
D. told
24. —________be blamed for what he had done，he made an apology.
—It’s really wise of him.
A．So as to not B．In order not to
C．So as not to D．In order to not
25. Professor John Smith is always very ______ to the reaction of the audience when he gives a speech in the lecture hall.
A. competitive
B. attractive
C. positive
D. sensitive
26. That is a beautiful kingdom ___ three mountains join together .
A. which
B. whose
C. that
D. where
27. You are ______ to suffer from bad health if you keep smoking.
A. likely
B. possible
C. probable
D. perhaps
28.I didn't know his telephone number. ____ it, I ____ then.
A. If I had known；would ring him up
B. If I should know；would have rung him up
C. If I knew；would ring him up
D. If I had known；would have rung him up
29.Out _______, gun in hand.
A．did he rush B．rushed he C．he rushed D．had he rushed
30.It is reported that the United States uses________energy as the whole of Europe.
A.as twice
B.twice much
C.twice much as
D.twice as much
31. The little baby, if _______ by other people, will wake up and cry.
A. disturbing
B. disturbed
C. to be disturbed
D. being disturbed
32.Great changes ________ in the city since 1979.
A. have taken place
B. have happened
C. have been taken place
D. have been happened
33. You can’t imagine the difficulty we had ______the task.
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B.to complete
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34. ______is known to all, the Amber Room belongs to the Russians.
A. As
B. Which
C. That
D. What
35. —What about having a picnic in Nan Shan Park this weekend?
—___________. I think it’ll be interestin g.
A. That’s all right
B. Thank you
C. I couldn’t agree more
D. I hope not
第二节：完形填空（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36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. Even before I learned to write, I would listen 36 to stories read to me. Then I would 37 them to my friends. But I usually 38 things I didn’t like and added things that I thought would 39 the story. I was not sure if my ―improved new‖ stories ma de a lot of sense----- but my 40 seemed to enjoy them. In a way, I have been still doing the 41 things: listening to stories and telling them in a new way.
When I learned how to write, I 42 that I wanted to be a writer who would see stories he himself wrote in magazines, newspapers and books. The 43 ―books‖ I wrote were for my family and friends. I liked my stories to have 44 , but I was n’t very good at drawing. 45 , my brother Daniel loved drawing, so he 46 for many of my first ―books‖.
In the second grade, I thought I was 47 to become a published writer. With my mother’s 48 , I started sending my stories to some big New York 49 . Although the editors never bought my stories, some of them 50 me to keep writing.
All the time I was hoping to be a published writer and my brother was 51 becoming a full-time book painter. So I was taking classes to improve my 52 . My brother was going to a 53 school to learn more about skills of painting. Usually, when I 54 a new story, Daniel would paint for it. We would get ourselves published as a picture book 55 and a painter.
36. A. sincerely B. casually C. carefully D. carelessly
37. A. hand B. retell C. teach D. return
38. A. made for B. changed into C. left out D. looked through
39. A. enjoy B. forget C. explain D. improve
40. A. teachers B. friends C. sisters D. families
41. A. different B. same C. useful D. new
42. A. showed B. decided C. wished D. learned
43. A. first B. last C. best D. old
44. A. ends B. covers C. pictures D. readers
45. A. Happily B. Strangely C. Unhappily D. Importantly
46. A. wrote B. spoke C. looked D. drew
47. A. unwilling B. lucky C. determined D. ready
48. A. invitation B. help C. agreement D. education
49. A. publishers B. writers C. schools D. artists
50. A. encouraged B. forbade C. allowed D. forced
51. A. asking for B. dreaming of C. laughing at D. leading to
52. A. reading B. listening C. writing D. drawing
53. A. business B. music C. medical D. special
54. A. started B. wanted C. finished D. read
55. A. lover B. editor C. author D. talker
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Ali, who was working a long way from home，wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin.
Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late,"he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife , "said Ali , Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?" "What does that matter?" answered Ali.
"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." Ali went away quickly.
56. Ali wanted to____to his wife.
A. write a letter
B. have a letter written
C .bring some money D. say good-bye
57. At last he found the house of_____.
A. a writer
B. a seller
C. an old man
D. a letter-writer
58. Nasreddin said that his writing was_____.
A. easy for anyone to read
B. strange but everyone can read
C. too strange for anyone to write
D. too difficult for anyone to read
59. This story tells us______.
A. not to ask anybody for help
B. not to trouble others at night
C. not to ask for help without money
D. not to believe others
(B)
It’s time to do something for your fa ther –the man who for many people has been an encouragement and support since your birth.
The third Sunday of June is Father’s Day. The holiday honors not only fathers, but also all men who act as father figures, such as stepfathers, uncles and grandfathers. The idea of Father’s Day came from the love and appreciation of American lady called Sonore Smart Dodd in 1909.
Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. He raised six children by himself on a countryside farm in Washington State after his wife died
during the birth of their sixth child.When Dodd became an adult, she realized the selflessness her father has shown in raising his children as a single parent.It was her father who did all for his children. In the eyes of his daughter, William Smart was a courageous, selfless and loving ma n.Dodd’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Washington on June 19th, 1910.
In 1924, US President Cal vin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June as Father’s day.
So this is a perfect chance to let your father know what he means to you. To show your love and respect, you need not buy an expensive gift. You can send him a home –made card; You can call him every day; Even you can give him a sweet smile when he comes back from work. All these little things are easy for us to do, but they can show your care and love to your f ather.
60．Father’s Day always falls on .
A．the same day every year B．the third Sunday of June
C．the last day of June D．June 16th of each year 61．Which of the following was NOT used to describe the character of Dodd’s father? A．Loving B．Selfless C．Courageous D．Humorous
62．Who declared the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day?
A．President Coolidge. B．President Washington. C．President Johnson. D．President Lincoln. 63．What’s the best title for this passage?
A．Being a Good Father B．Father’s Day
C．Dod d’s Father D．Showing Love to Your Father
（C）
Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising.
It may seem strange, but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems:
●have v ivid imagery and impressive sound;
●are richly symbolic;
●operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling;
●are by nature brief, clear, economical with words;
●are narrative sometimes, non-narrative other times.
But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than simple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If there’s drama in a poem, it’s more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important difference to observe is that poems do not
mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages seeking to control or mislead your thinking and behavior.
Similarities and differences aside, it’s possible that being good at interpreting (释义) the subtle, unspoken messages in ads makes a person more skillful at interpreting poetry. It’s the same process of observation and inference. You observe the imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to friendship, popularity, happiness, liberty, and success. (Never mind that this might not be the whole truth.) This is the same process you would use to interpret, critically or uncritically, the images in poems.
As wonderful and ea sy as some poems are right away, it’s true that sometimes reading poetry can seem a little bit like work. A poem that requires a bit of work isn’t necessarily a bad poem, although some of you might think so. But that tough work to open poem actually is well worth the effort.
64. According to the passage, both poems and advertisements always use ________.
A. brief words
B. colorful pictures
C. imagery and impressive music
D. narrative stories
65. Poems are likely to express ___________.
A. simple and sentimental emotion
B. complex and deep feelings
C. feelings on the surface
D. emotion without any change
66. What does the underlined word ―subtle‖ mean in paragraph 4?
A. clear
B. difficult
C. simple
D. wordy
67. The main idea of the last paragraph is _________.
A. poem reading is wonderful and easy.
B. reading poems requires most work.
C. people’s different attitudes towards poetry.
D. poem reading is well worth the effort.
(D)
Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes, and the bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words? Often, bags and clothes show the name of company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products. They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company. it is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: ―Just do it.‖ Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it. All
advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisements are saying to you, ―Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.‖ You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this particular product?
68. From the passage, we know that _______.
A. all advertisements around us are written in English
B. many bags have the name of the company that made them
C. having soft drinks makes a person young and modern
D. advertisements are only after young people
69. A good logo is _______.
A. easy to remember
B. a useful product
C. difficult to understand
D. easy to buy
70. All advertisements are designed to _______ ..
A. sell y ou something you don’t want
B. make you young and modern
C. make you buy the product
D. show you what you need to buy
71.The best title of this passage is .
A. Advertisements all around us.
B. All kinds of advertisements
C.Make people buy a product
D. Advertisements often use funny situations
(E)
Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your be havior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive(不坦率的)person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You’re very stubborn(顽固的), but you aren’t very ambitious. You’re usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up (卷曲),you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You
know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.
72. According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality .
A. only in a normal night
B. only when you go to sleep
C. only when you refuse to show yourself to the word
D. only when you change sleeping position
73. Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person’s personality?
A. He or she is always open with others.
B. He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others.
C. He or she is always easily upset.
D. He or she tends to believe in others.
74. Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach?
A. He or she is careful not to offend(冒犯) others.
B. He or she doesn’t want to stick to his or her opinion.
C. He or she can’t be successful in any business.
D. He or she likes to bring others happiness.
75. It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because .
A. he or she always shows sympathy for people.
B. he or she has confidence and is not careless.
C. he or she has more strengths than weaknesses
D. he or she often annoys people.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）
第一节：任务型读写（满分10分）。
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
1. Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside en ough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
2. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3. Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
4. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
5. Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
第二节：书面表达。（满分25分）
假如9月22日你所在的城市和另外107个城市开展了"无车日"活动,倡议人们选用公共
汽车、自行车或步行等绿色交通方式来代替开私家车。该活动得到了全国人民的支持,提高了人们节约能源与保护环境的意识活动很成功。下面请你用英语写一篇短文介绍该活动并谈谈开展该活动的必要并号召更多的城市和居民参与到该活动中来。
注意:
1. 不要逐句翻译,可适当发挥,以使行文连贯;
2. 词数:120左右。
3. 参考词汇: 无车日Car-free Day; 开展launch
2013-2014学年度第二学期高一年级期中考试英语试卷参考答案
听力部分：
1-5 CBCAA 6-10 BBACC 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 BABAC
单项选择：
21-25 BCCBD 26-30 DADCD 31-35 BAAAC
完型填空：
36-40 CBCDB 41-45 BBACA 46-50 DDBAA 51-55 BCDCC
阅读理解：
(A) BDDB (B) BDCB (C) ABBD (D) BACA
(E) BCCB
任务型读写：
76.method(s) 77.Advantage(s) 78.that 79. concentrate / focus 80.Take/Make 81.less 82.Read 83. understand 84.overly 85. knowledge 写作：
Car-free Day was launched in our city and 107 other cities on September 22, to encourage people to take public transport, ride bicycles or walk instead of driving private cars.
The campaign has gained much support all over the country and has raised awareness among all people of energy saving and environmental protection. It's a real success.
With the development of the economy, more and more families have bought private cars, thus leading to much heavier traffic problems and more serious air pollution. Therefore, I think it's necessary to launch such campaigns. And I hope more and more cities and their residents will take part in this type of activity.