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1、省一中- 高二上学期期中试题英语I. 听力第一节共5小题；每题15分，共总分值75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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1How many dollars does the man still need to buy the dictionary？ AThree dollars. BFour dollars. CFive dollars2Whats Marys address？ A1664 Garden Street. B1640 Gar
2、den Street. C1646 Garden Street3Where is Miss White from？ A. America. B. Australia. CJapan4When is the womans birthday？ A. April 1 st. B. April 2nd. CApril 3 rd5What will Jack do？ AHe will play tennis BHe will ask Bill to play tennis CHe will go skating第二节共15小题；每题15分，总分值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
3、题，从每题所给的A,B、C三个选项中选出最正确选项，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，答复第6至8题。6What does the man advise the woman to do？ A. See a doctor. B. See a play. C. See a match.7Why does the woman refuse the mans suggestion about this Saturday evening？ ABecause she has to work
4、 BBecause she will meet her old friends CBecause she has promised to look after an old friend8When will they meet at the theatre？ AAt 7：30 next Monday evening BAt 7：00 next Monday evening CAt 7：30 next Saturday evening听第7段材料，答复第9至11题。9Where is Tom now？ AIn the school. BIn a restaurant. CAt the cinem
5、a.10Who answers the telephone？ AMrs Brown，Toms sister. BMrs Brown，Toms mother. CMrs Brown，Toms aunt.11What does Bill want Tom to do？ ABring some food for the picnic BBring some toys for the game. CBring some fruit for the trip听第8段材料，答复第12至14题。12How long did Mary have to stay in bed？ AOne day. B. Two
6、 days. C. A week.13How is Marys friend Ann？ A. Shes having a cold. B. Shes having a cough. CShes all right now.14Why does everybody seem to have a cold？ ABecause of the hot weather. BBecause of the cold weather CBecause of the changing weather听第9段材料，答复第15至16题。15What will they put on a show for? A. F
7、or money. BFor fun. CFor fame.16What will they perform in the show？ AThree popular songs. B. A musical play. C. Three pieces of music.听第10段材料，答复第17至20题。17Where was Alexander Graham Bell born？ A. The Great Britain. BThe United States. C. West Germany.18According to the passage，whats one of the chief
8、reasons why Bells family moved to Canada？ ABells long illness BBells father and grandfather had an experiment in Canada. CBell was invited to teach at the University of Boston19What was Bells main interest throughout his life？ AHelping the blind people BHelping the deaf people CHelping the black peo
9、ple20In which year did Bell succeed in inventing the telephone？AIn 1876BIn 1847CIn 1874II. 单项选择21.I failed in the last exam and only then _ the importance of studies. A. I realized B. I had realized C. had I realized D. did I realize 22.The farmers near the hotel _horses by the day. A. find out B. g
10、ive out C.let out D. break out 23. The _ Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction with his talks, _ that he had enjoyed his stay here.A. visiting; add B. visited; adding C. visiting; addingD. visited; added24. China Daily is _ a newspaper, it can also help us to improve our English.A. no more than
11、B. not more than C. less than D. more than25.Could you drive me to the supermarket at noon if ?A. its convenient of you B. you are convenient C. its convenient for you D. you will be convenient 26. _ your letter, I would have written back two days ago.A. If I receivedB. Should I receivedC. Had I rec
12、eivedD. If I could have received27. Its time we _ to bed.A. must goB. goC. wentD. have gone28. The suggestion has been made _ the basketball game _ put off.A. for; toB. that; beC. which; should be D. to ; being29Is there a shop around_ I can buy some clothes for my son? A. that B. which C. which D.
13、where30Amy joined a painting group but didnt seem to_, so she left. A. show off B. go up C. fit in D. come over 31. With so many different forms of poetry _ ,students may eventually want to write poems of their own. A. to choose B. to choose from C. chosen D. chosen from32. The factory is no longer
14、_ it was 5 years ago,_it was so poorly equipped. A. what , when B. that , which C. what , which D. which , that33. The doctors worked still_ for finding the best way to cure H1N1 flu.A. hard B. harder C. hardness D. hardly34. Last year the number of death increased by 2%-5% _the year before last.A.
15、comparing to B. comparing with C. to compare with D. compared with35.Last term our maths teacher set so difficult an examination problem _ none of us worked out. A. that B. as C. so that D. whichIII. 完形填空You have waited 40 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes break between classes. But when the bell
16、for the next class rings, you cant 36 how quickly time has passed.If you are familiar with this 37 , youll know how time flies when you are having fun-and 38 when you are bored. Now scientists have 39 a reason why this is the case.Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 40 according
17、to how we focus on a task. When we are 41 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 42 the clock is ticking more slowly.In an experiment 43 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 44 researchers monitored their brain activity.The volunteers were told to 4
18、5 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then 46 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that 47 was more active when the volunteers paid 48 subjects.It is thought that if the brain is 49 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 50 its reso
19、urces, and pays less attention to the clock. 51 , time passes without us really 52 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 53 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 54 , time seems to drag.Next time you feel bored 55 , perhaps you should pay more attentio
20、n to what the teacher is saying!36AguessBlearnCbelieveDdoubt37AviewBpointCsceneDexperience38AdragsBstopsCbacksDgains39Athought overBmade upCsuggestedDcome up with40AchangeBdevelopCgrowDslow41Asleepy BboredCexcitedDactive42AreportBthinkCdecideDsee43AproducedBcarriedCtriedDperformed44AsoBwhenCwhileDbu
21、t45ApartlyBquicklyChowDfirst46ArememberBfocus onCforgetDtell apart47Athe researchersBthe experimentCthe clockDthe brain48Amuch attention toBmore attention toCattention to manyDattention to more49AbusyBlikelyCreadyDsure50AfocusBgatherCreachDspread51AHoweverBFurthermoreCThereforeDFinally52Arecognizing
22、BwatchingCnoticingDcounting53AenoughBfullCrightDproper54AIn factBAs a resultCFor exampleDInstead55Ain classBwith workCin mindDof lessons阅读理解30分 ASeveral years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual thing. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we
23、 felt ashamed of, guilty about or regretted. The next week he invited participants to read their lists aloud. This seemed like a very private matter, but theres always some brave soul in the crowd who would volunteer. The man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story:“While making my lis
24、t, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town in Iowa. There was a Sheriff in town that none of us kids liked. One night, my two friends and I climbed the tall water tank in the middle of town, and wrote on the tank in bright red letters: Sheriff Brown is a fool. The next d
25、ay, the town arose to see our glorious sign. Within two hours. Sheriff Brown had my two friends and me in his office. My friends admitted what they did and I lied, denying the truth. No one ever found out.Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Browns name appears on my list. I didnt even know if he was stil
26、l alive. Last weekend, I dialed information in my hometown back in Iowa. Sure enough, there was a Roger Brown still listed. I dialed his number. After a few rings, I heard: “Hello? I said, Sherriff Brown? Pause. Yup. Well, this is Jimmy Calkins. I want you to know that I did it. Pause. I knew it! he
27、 yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were: Jimmy, I always felt bad for you because your friends got it off their chest, and I knew you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me for your sake. Jimmy gave me much inspiration an
28、d I know that no matter how difficult the situation is, it is never too late to clear up the past and begin anew. 56What does the underlined word “denying in the second paragraph mean?A. accepting B. recognizing C. refusing to accept D. hiding 57Which can be inferred form Roger Browns closing words?
29、A. He was always feeling sorry because Jimmy didnt admit it.B. He felt sorry because Jimmys friends got it off their chest.C. He was glad that Jimmy didnt forget that matter all these years.D. He was glad that now Jimmy got that matter off his mind.58. Which of the following statements is true?A. Sh
30、erriff Brown is a man that is not welcome. B. The writer learns a lot from Jimmys story.C. We should forget the past as quickly as possible.D. Jimmy Calkins is very brave because when he was a kid he dared to climb to the tall water tank.59. What can be the best title of this passage?A An Interestin
31、g Story B Be Brave to Tell Your StoryC It Is Never too Late to clear up the Past and Begin Anew D Jimmy Is A Brave Man BWhitman was one of the most original and inspiring American poets,well known for his art and his role as a poet. He devoted himself to poetry praising the native American experienc
32、e. As Americas first epic poem, Leaves of Grass ran nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in free forms, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. The tide implies rebirth, renewal, or green life. As Whitman once said, “Leaves of Grass was the outcropping of my own e
33、motional and other personal nature - an attempt, from first to last, to put a person, a human being freely, fully and truly on record.For Whitman, science, democracy 民主 and spirituality 灵性 were the three things that underlay the structure of modern poetry. Whitman tried to combine the world of scien
34、ce, the democracy and the spiritual feeling of life into one, into his poetry. For Whitman, he poetic form should be free. Therefore, he threw aside the traditional form and had his own form. Both the form and content of his poems are revolutionary. With its frequent use of oral language and everyda
35、y events, his poem represented a turning point in the history of American poetry - poetry fashioned out of specially American experience in a clearly American idiom. Whitmans unique poetic creation has developed a very significant tradition in American poetry. In his poems, he celebrated new America
36、 rather than regretted it. He was against slavery, idolized 崇拜的 Lincoln, supported strikes, and combined the ideal of the common people and that of the ragged individual. 60. Which is right? A. Whitman called on others to write poems like him B. Whitman praised the native rich Americans C. Whitman w
37、rite poems to tell about the native American D. He wanted to become a great poet61. _ in Whitmans poems. A. There are fixed beat and regular rhyme scheme B. We could see rebirth, renewal or green life C. We could only see science, wars and damage. D. There are not emotional nature62. What does the w
38、ords the ragged individual mean? A. the rich people B. the poor people C. the poem writers D. the American lawyers CFading beauty She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa. The health of the famous picture,
39、painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed. “The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago, the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but
40、 repairing the worlds most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state(化学状态). Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when y
41、oure not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops, said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “Its because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows. Howeve
42、r, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to Frances King Francis I in 1519. In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of t
43、he museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later. During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces. Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories
44、to tell.63. What does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the Mona Lisa? A. The painting woman is not so beautiful any more. B. Ageing is something that affects us all. C. The painting needs repairing. D. At such an old age, she is no longer popular.64 What makes the repair work difficult?A
45、.The wooden panel is thin and old.B.No one knows exactly what materials were used to create the painting and how it might respond to treatment. C. The health of the painting is suffering. D. Experts cant agree on how to carry out repairs.65. What makes her so mysterious according to Professor Livingston?A. The materials the Italian artist used. B. The way she smi