湖北省武汉市江夏区山坡中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

第Ι卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，（满分30分）
第一节听下面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项,并标在试卷的相应的位置。

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 would the man like to drink?
A.Ice water.
B.Orange juice.
C.Coca-cola.
2.Which class might be easy for the man?
A.Math.
B.Physics.
C.Chemistry.
3.When did the plane probably take off?
A.At4:15.
B.At8:15.
C.At12:15.
4.What do we know about Lisa?
A.She may be ill.
B.She is taking to Frank on the phone.
C.She left a message for Frank.
5.How does the man feel?
A.Happy.
B.Confused.
C.Sad
第二节听下面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项,并标在试卷的相应的位置。

听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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。

Which activity does the woman dislike?
A.Sailing.
B.Fishing.
C.Swimming.
7.Where will the speakers stay?
A.In a cabin.
B.In a big hotel.
C.In a tent.
听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。

8.Who might the woman be?
A.A witness.
B.The man’s friend.
C.A policewoman.
9.What did the suspect look like?
A.He had brown hair.
B.He was very tall.
C.He was wearing blue socks.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。

What is the conversation mainly about?
A.Choosing subjects in school.
B.The most useful subjects.
C.The most interesting subjects.
11.What’s the woman’s concern?
A.Students would only choose those practical subjects.
B.Students wouldn’t learn many useful things.
C.Students would hate school.
12.What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A.Teacher and student.
B.Parent and child.
C.Classmates.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。

13.Who are the speakers?
A.Teachers.
B.Teacher and reporter.
C.parents.
14.How is this school different from other schools?
A.It only accepts disabled children.
B.It has special classes for gifted students.
C.It accepts all kinds of students.
15.What made the man decide to start the school?
A.The disabled children have nowhere to go.
B.The disabled and the normal children should grow together.
C.Some students’ talent can be better protected.
16.What happens when faster kids help the slower ones?
A.They benefit a lot from it.
B.Much of their time is taken up.
C.They end up being slow too.
听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。

17.What happened in Apt.407 ?
A.There was a robbery.
B.Mrs.Horn was attacked.
C.Mrs. Horn’s family caught a thief.
18.What will the security team do ?
A.Teach people self-defense.
B.Put a security guard at the front gate.
C.Put security alarms in all apartments.
19.What should people do if they have concerns about security?
A.Call the police.
B.Attend a meeting.
C.Lock all doors.
20.What is the best way to prevent theft according to the talk?
A.Being prepared.
B.Keeping strangers from entering the community.
C.Joining the neighborhood security team.
第二部分词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节单项填空(共10小题, 每小题1分，满分10分.)
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

21.-----How about eight o’clock outside the cinemas ?
------That _____ me fine.
A.fits
B. meets
C.satisfies
D.suits
22.If you send the application form in straight way, I can ____you an interview.
A. violate
B. embarrass
C. guarantee
promise
23.He succeeded in _____ her to give up her part-time job and she decided to spend all her time in
Studying.
A.persuading
B.promising
C.inviting
D.supporting
24.He spared no _____ to save the drowning boy.
A.attempt
B.effort
C.trouble
D.power
25.A love marriage ,however does not necessarily ____much sharing of interest and responsibilities.
S.hold on B.take over C.result in D.set about
26.Li Hua, who was busy preparing a report ,couldn’t _____ the loud noise so he kept all the windows
Shut all day long.
e up with
B.put up with
C.catch up with
D.keet up with
27.They couldn’t run the _____ of letting an incredible person take charge of the factory.
A.danger
B.chance
C.trouble
D.risk
28.Unemployment is on the increase.a growing number of young people , ____ , are finding themselves
out of work .
A.all in all
B. In case
C.in particular
D.in total
29.It was _____ of her to forget everything she was told to do.
A.normal
B.typical
mon
D.ordinary
30.-----Do you think it’s a good idea to make friends with your student ?
------______,I do.I think it’s a great idea.
A.Really
B.Obviously
C.Actually
D.Generally
第二节完形填空（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分)
The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “Platicos” and is used to describ e 3 1 which can be easily shaped
The history of plastics is longer than you might 32 In fact 3 3 manmade plastics ever to appear on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid(赛璐璐)”.It was discovered by both an Englishman and an American in the same year. 3 4 it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale during the year 1860.Everybody was 35 by this new material which could be molded (用模子做) into shapes and 36 so cheap to buy.
Poor young men 37 in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were 38 to buy white celluloid collars(领子).The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men 39 rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers, 40 had not been able to afford playthings 41 their children, were now able to buy them playthings 42 of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly 43 children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid.
For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. They had 44 success. Then in 1932 an American scientist called Backland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn. 45 became known 46 bakelite(酚醛塑料).Other plastic materials like bakelite were 47 produced. They 48 to make electrical fittings and plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe, but rich people 49 them because they were cheap, and because they could only be made 50 dark colors.
31. A. something B. everything C. thing D. anything
32. A. Wish B. Think C. Want D. hope
33. A. Firs t B. at first C. for the first D. the first
34. A. So B. And C. But D. As
35. A. Surprised B. excited C. told D. frightened
36. A. Be B. Were C. was D. is
37. A. waiting B. Running C. Walking D. working
38. A. Going B. About C. able D. Sure
39. A. could B. ought to C. Must D. should
40. A. Which B. who C. whom D. that
41. A. for B. like C. in D.of
42. A. done B. produced C. Worked D. made
43. A. between B. On C. among D. about
44. A. Much B. Great. C. Never D. little
45. A. The man B. He C. It D. The scientist
46. A. as B. with C. by D. to
47. A. already B. Still C. also D. yet
48. A. used B. Hoped C. were used D. had
49. A. took B. loved C. enjoyed D. disliked
50. A. in B. By C. From D. Of
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题, 每小题2分，满分40分）
A
I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word o f the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person.I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
51.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.
A. he had no money to buy a ticket
B. he wanted to lose himself in the c
C. he tried to know the city in this way
D.it was late and there were no buses passing by
52. The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t understand what the writer
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the
writer
53. From the story we know that the policeman______.
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D.was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
54. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
C. The writer found he was
D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
B
Every human being has a unique(唯一的，独特的）arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable. Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.
The ridge structure on a person’s fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by new one, which bears a reproduction of the original（最粗的，原始的）pattern. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed. Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.
Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer’s ink. They can by recorded easily. With special methods, identification（辨认，鉴定）can be achieved successfully within a short time. Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.
When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye. Special techniques are used to “develop” them. Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.
55. Scientists and experts have proved that the pattern of a human being’s finger skin ________.
A. is similar to his mo ther’s
B. is valuable to himself only
C. is like that of others with the same type of blood
D. is different from that of all others
56.If your fingers are wounded by knife, fire or other means, the structure of skin will ________.
A. be changed partly
B. be replaced by a different one
C. be the same when the wound is recovered
D. become ugly
57.Some criminals remove their own finger-prints by ________.
A. using printer’s ink
B. injuring the inner skin
C. damaging the outer skin
D. damaging the color
58.Finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case because it ________.
A. is complicated but reliable
B. is simple and not expensive
C. is expensive but easy to do
D. can bring a lot of money
C
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beriberi(脚气病）. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beriberi. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local pe ople were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate —refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other d iseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
59. The underlined word “cure” in Paragragh1 probably means ______.
A. a medical treatment
B. a kind of vitamin
C. a kind of germ
D. a kind of rice
60. Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.
A. spend his holiday
B. find ways to grow better crops
C. do some research about the island
D. help the Javanese with their illness
61. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A. To eat them.
B. To carry out his experiments.
C. To give the Javanese a surprise.
D. To make money by selling them.
62. If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.
A. eat more rice
B. eat more meat
C. eat some chicken
D. eat vitamin pills
D
A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe. Airlines have stopped or changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.
Grimsvom is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe. What makes Grimsvom different is that it lies under a huge glacier（冰川）of ice up to 12 meters thick. The hot volcano heats up the ice above it, which then forms a layer（层）of water between the glacier and the volcano. This layer of water puts pressure on the volcano, keeping it stable. As the water flows out from under the glacier, the pressure lifts.The lava（岩浆）from the volcano then comes up to the surface. This is exactly what happened today.
Now, airlines have to make changes to their flights so as not to fly through the clouds of volcanic ash. According to KLM，one of Europe’s biggest airlines, airplanes cannot go under the
cloud or over it. Going through the cloud can result in ash getting stuck in the airplane’s engines, causing damage to the plane.
The eruption has also caused problems for animals in Iceland. The volcano left ash and sharp glass-like
rocks all over the countryside. Farmers are keeping their animals inside to stop them from eating ash- covered grass or the sharp object.
63. What makes Grimsvom different from other volcanoes?
A. It is below ice.
B. It lies under the sea
C. It is the largest volcano
D. It is lava affects the airlines
64. What keeps Grimsvom still?
A. The slow flow of water
B. The low water temperature
C. The thick glacier
D. The water pressure
65. Which of the following is the result of the volcanic eruption?
A. People stop traveling in Europe
B. Airlines suffer from the loss of planes
C. It becomes dangerous for animals to eat outside
D. Farmers have lost many of their animals
66. This text is most probably taken from _______.
A. a research paper
B. a newspaper report
C. a class presentation
D. a geography textbook.
E
When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.
Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.
Costa Rica also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.
Education is very important to the Costa Rica. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.
67. What’s the main idea of the f irst paragraph?
A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.
B. How Costa Rica got its name.
C. What the Costa Rica wore.
D. What language the Costa Rica spoke.
68.The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.
A. p ink and red
B. grey and black
C. blue and green
D. yellow and orange
69. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.
A. must go to school
B. study in the same school
C. do not have to go to school at all
D. can choose to stop schooling at any time
70. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.
A. have lessons every day
B. have their examinations
C. help their parents pick coffee beans
D. help their parents decorate their houses
第Ⅱ卷
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各个小题，根据所给的整句汉语提示，用句末括号的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

71.___________,Shanghai World Expo was held in Shanghai firstly on May 1ST, 2010.(delight)
使我们高兴地是，上海世博会首先于2010年5月1号在上海举行。

72.My English teacher ofter _________________ my English. (assist)
我的英语老师经常帮助我提高我的英语水平。

73. ______________that she had been admitted into Oxford University, I sent an e-mail to congratulate her.
(moment)
我一听到她被牛津大学录取的消息，就马上法电子邮件向她表示祝贺。

74.Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months _______________begin her project.
(allow)
她母亲头几个月来帮她的忙，着才使得她得以开始自己的计划。

75._____________ to me who will win the game. (difference)
睡会赢得这场比赛对我来说没有区别。

76.I have to draw some money from the bank before our money ___________.(run)
在我们的钱用完之前我得从银行取出些钱。

77. Liu Xiang＿＿＿＿＿＿the championship in hurdle race in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,
but unfortunately his foot was hurt badly. (win)
刘翔本可以在2008年北京奥运会跨栏项目中获得世界冠军，但不幸的是他的脚严重受伤了。

78. It is easy __________ taking drugs, but it’t very difficult to get rid of it. (habit)
染上吸毒的习惯很容易，但是戒掉它很难。

79. According to the investigation, it was a cigarette end ____________ the forest fire. (result)
根据调查，是一根烟头导致了这场森林大火。

80. The manager can’t be here today, so I’m going to speak ___________ .(behalf)
经理今天不能来这，所以我代表他发言。

第二节：短文写作（共1小题，满分30分）
假如你是李华，一名刚刚进入高三的学生。

2013年高考在即，面对压力，想和父母说说心里话，
请你用英文以书信的形式表达出来。

内容要点如下：
注意：1.短文须包括所有内容要点。

2.字数：120左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。

Dear Mom and Dad,
The annual College Entrance Examination is around the corner. On this special occasion,how
I wish I could have a heart-to -heart talk with you. __________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Ｙours ever,
Li Hua。