安徽省周集中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2012—2013学年度第一学期期中测试高二英语试题满分为150 分，考试用时为135 分钟。

1．注意事项：开始答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，考号，班级，座位号涂写在答题卡和答题卷上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在试题卷上。

考试结束，考生将答题卷和答题卡一并交回。

否则不予计分。

一、听力（共两节，满分15分）做题时，先将答案写在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转抄到答题卡上。

第一节(共8 小题,每小题1 分,满分8 分)PART B : Role Play(角色扮演)In this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to a speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.情景介绍：角色：你是男士的朋友。

任务：（1）和男士谈论环游中国的经历及感受；（2）根据谈话内容回答问题。

Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the question. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.Q1: 你最喜欢北京的哪个景点？————————————————————————————————Q2：你们还去了哪些城市？————————————————————————————————Q3：在中国碰到友好的人了吗？————————————————————————————————Now please get ready to answer five questions. You are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question.Q1: Listen to question 1.A1: ______________________________________________________________Q2: Listen to question 2.A2: _____________________________________________________________Q3: Listen to question 3.A3: ______________________________________________________________Q4: Listen to question 4.A4: ______________________________________________________________Q 5: Listen to question 5.A5: ______________________________________________________________第二小节(共7 小题,每小题1 分,满分7 分)PART C：Retelling(故事复述)In this part, you are required to listen to a monologue and then retell it based on what you have heard.It was a cold morning in 9._______. Many people suffering the cold were waiting for the doctor. An old woman was at the head of the line. She came to visit her daughter from the 10._______. Having a bad cold, she came to the 11._______ very early, so she got seated 12.________ to the doctor’s door, hoping to see the doctor early. Just then a man walked quickly to the doctor’s door. Thinking he was 13.________ the queue, the old lady stood up to stop him. To her 14.________, the man answered that he was the doctor there, and everyone should be 15.________him.二、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空.Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river 16 (run) through it . The river plays 17 important part in the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history, people 18 （use）rivers for transportation. Among all the rivers in the United States, the 19 (long) one is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. 20 transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people 21 live along their banks.However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow 22 size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes 23 （pollute）with chemicals and other materials. People will learn the 24 （important）of doing more to keep their rivers clean 25 they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.三、完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet 26 anything about the Chinese 27 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 28 given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not 29 and she also found this type of tea rather 30 . However, since she had been given the tea, she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it 31 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not 32 , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host 33 giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had 34 , but it seemed to have no 35 . Her cup kept being 36 , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her 37 , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just 38 the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 39 culture, she felt it too 40 to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!26. A. got B. learned C. taught D. remembered27. A. culture B. language C. food D. habit28. A. hardly B. certainly C. carefully D. immediately29. A. tired B. happy C. thirsty D. interested30. A. bitter B. sweet C. nice D. cold31. A. in time B. slowly C. gradually D. quickly32. A. take B. have C. like D. buy33. A. practiced B. insisted on C. stopped D. tried34. A. some B. enough C. all D. a little35. A. value B. end C. effect D. importance36. A. filled B. moved C. changed D. emptied37. A. talk B. visit C. party D. investigation38. A. left B. drunk C. absorbed D. filled39. A. modern B. ancient C. Western D. Eastern40. A. impolite B. polite C. easy D. uneasy四、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)(A)The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became very angry when the child tried to decorate a box under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and crie d, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is said that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession anyone could hold more precious than this.41. The little girl used the gold wrapping paper to __________.A. make a Christmas treeB. make a present for her DadC. make a boxD. make a gift box more beautiful42. The little girl gave _________ to her father as a Christmas present.A. a boxB. a kissC. her loveD. a roll of gold wrapping paper43. When the little girl explained what the present was, her father felt _________.A. happyB. guiltyC. movedD. surprised44. According to the author, the most valuable present for us is __________.A. moneyB. love from our relatives and friendsC. kisses from our childrenD. a box full of kisses45. The best title of this passage would be “__________”.A. A box full of kissesB. A good girlC. A cruel fatherD. A sad story about a girl and her father(B)Chinese and Western eating habits are different. In China, the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares. It is always polite to let guests or elderly people at the table taste every dish first. But in the West, everyone has his or her own plate of food.Although there are no strict rules on how to set chopsticks and spoons, there are some things you should never do during a Chinese banquet (筵席).Firstly and most importantly, don’t put your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. Instead, lay them on your dish. The reason for this is that when people die, family members give them a bowl full of rice with a pair of chopsticks sticking out upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it appears that you want someone at the table to die.Make sure the spout(容器嘴) of the teapot is not facing anyone, as this is impolite. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward from the table.Don’t tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. Beggars tap on their bowls, so th is is not polite. Also, when the food is coming too slow in a restaurant, you should not tap on your bowl. If you are in someone’s home, it is like insulting the cook.46. What is the difference between Chinese and Western eating habits according to Paragraph 1?A. In China people are very polite, while in the West people are not so.B. In China people share the dishes, while in the West people eat separately.C. In China people use the chopsticks, while in the West people use the knife and fork.D. None of the above.47. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?A. The reason why chopsticks shouldn’t be put upright in the rice bowl.B. The Chinese use chopsticks to eat.C. The Chinese eating habits.D. How to use chopsticks.48. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. It is polite to taste the dishes before the guests or the elderly.B. You can put your chopsticks wherever you want.C. Never tap on your bowls with the chopsticks during the meal.D. Teenagers can stick their chopsticks in the rice bowl.49. The underlined word “insulting” in the last paragraph probably means “_________”.A. playing jokes onB. laughing atC. treating badlyD. looking down upon50. Why is it impolite to tap on your bowl when you eat in a friend’s home?A. Because it means that you don’t respect the cook.B. Because it means that somebody will die.C. Because tapping on the bowl will bring bad luck.D. Because it means that your friend is a beggar.(C)Two American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.The scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on earth, but the way we live has changed greatly. Our body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknesses. These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times. So they are called “diseases of civilizati on（文明）”. Many cancers and diseases of the blood system, including heart attacks and stroke (中风) are examples of such diseases．Scientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol (酒精) or tobacco, probably none. Ancient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and life today. Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animals. They also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruits. They did not use milk and other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains. But today, we eat a large amount of dairy products and grain foods. We eat six times more salt than stone-age people．We eat more sugar. We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein (蛋白质) and much less vitamin C．People today probably do not want to live as people thousands of years ago did, but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods．51. The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate ______．A. more foods as humans living 10,000 years ago didB. as humans living 10,000 years agoC. more kinds of foods eaten by people living over 10,000 years agoD. more of the same kind of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago．52. New kinds of sicknesses have been found because _____．A. the human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earthB. the way we live has changed a littleC. our body can’t deal with the changes in life styleD. the way we live today is proper for the human body53. What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?A. Ancient people did a great deal of physical exercise.B. People today have a lot of alcohol.C. People today have more tobacco.D. Food is quite different between life today and life in ancient times.54. Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of ．A. milk and other dairy productsB. grain foods and farm animalsC. salt and sugarD. wild animals, fresh wild vegetables and fruits55. From this article, we know that____________ are not good to our health．A. protein and vitamin CB. milk and grain foodsC. wild animals, vegetables and fruitsD. a huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods(D)It’s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it. It’s our life-style that is threatening life on Earth, so we must make the changes. The good news is that many of those changes are really quite simple, even enjoyable, but for every careful step we take as individuals, we must press government and industry to take a big step on our benefit. And we must start now. Tomorrow’s too late.My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train, and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide(杀虫剂)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(处理) point .I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed--she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking–off too. I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol . These are small things, but we have to start somewhere, and every little does help.56．We can learn from the first paragraph that____________.A．you and I are responsible for looking after the environmentB．the government and industry are responsible for looking after the environmentC．the government is responsible for looking after the environmentD．both A and B57．To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT_________.A．taking the train instead of a carB．throwing away the old carsC．avoiding the use of pesticidesD．running after those who throw articles carelessly58．The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted__________.A．to find out where she workedB．to give her back the piece of paper she had lostC．to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelesslyD．to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper.59．The word “ticking-off ” in the last paragraph probably means_________.A．blaming B. a piece of paper C．prize D. ticket60．The purpose of this passage is to__________.A．persuade his friends to take the trainB．inform us of the good newsC．make clear who is responsible for the environmentD．try to advise us all to protect our environment第II卷(共55分)五、单词拼写（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10分）61. The committee c___________ of ten members.62. Our classroom should be _________ up (打扫) after class every day.63. This building was c________ in the 1810s and it has a history of over 200 years.64. She cut her finger on a piece of glass and it is b___________.65. The position of the house combines quietness and ____________ (方便).66. There are several __________ (开关) on the wall. Can you tell me which one turns on the halllights?67. He is a p____________. He often takes photos for the students.68. While he was playing football, one of his a__________ sprained and he can’t walk now.69. He is a ________ (天才的) musician and promises to be a famous musician.70. They have found some evidences that are __________ (联系) to this murder.六、句型转换（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）71. A: From the facts John Snow concluded that polluted water carried the disease.B: From the facts John Snow ________ _______ _______ that polluted water carried the disease.72. A: It’s actually very interesting to me.B: It’s actually _____ ________ _______ to me.73. A: When she saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots and otherobjects on show, she felt very proud of her country.B. _______ many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots and other objects onshow, she _______ ______ ______ her country.74. She finally found her lost keys.She finally _______ ______ ______ ______ her lost keys.75. A: I felt better immediately.B: I felt better _______ ________ ________.七、完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）76. You should try your best to _______ ________ _______ (改掉) such bad habits.77. When he got there, he _________ _______ ______ (看见) the ship on the sea but soon it was______ _____ _______ (看不见了).78. He has been _______ _______ (指控) murder and may be sentenced to death.79. Someone __________ (阻止) him ________ ________ _______ (说实话). So he was afraid to do so.80. I can’t _______ ________ ________(看不懂)that painting.八、任务型写作（满分25分）阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。