江苏省盐城中学11-12学年高一上学期期中考试(英语)

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精
江苏省盐城中学2011—2012学年度第一学期期中考
试
高一年级英语试题（2011.11）
命题人：郭乃华王志玲审核人：高
洪洋
试卷说明：本场考试时间120分钟.全卷共两个部分。

第Ⅰ卷（105分）
一。

听力（20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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1。

What was the woman doing at five yesterday afternoon？
A. Making a call.
B. Buying a cell phone. C。

Sending text message。

2. Why does the woman want to see Sean?
A. To cut his hair.
B. To have her hair cut.
C. To have coffee with him。

3. What are the speakers mainly talking about？A。

The man’s grandfather。

B. The woman’s father。

C. The man’s father。

4。

How does the woman suggest the man travel？
A。

By bus。

B。

By subway. C. By taxi.
5. Where does the conversation take place？
A. At a supermarket.
B. At a grocery store.
C. At a fast-food restaurant.
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、7题。

6. How does the girl feel about her maths homework?
A。

Worried。

B. Confident。

C。

Uninterested. 7。

What do we know about the boy？
A。

He is good at maths.
B. He will call his brother later.
C。

He has finished his maths homework.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man want to buy？
A。

A pen。

B。

A book. C. A notebook.
9. How much sales tax does the man have to pay？
A. About 4 cents。

B. About 5 cents。

C。

About 9 cents。

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the woman suggest the man do？
A。

Play sports. B. Listen to music. C。

Take more trips.
11。

What does the man think is a sport?
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A。

Going out with friends。

B. Playing a computer game.
C. Walking up and down his room。

12。

What does the man like doing?
A。

Cooking. B。

Dancing.
C。

Singing。

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.
13。

What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Doctor and nurse。

B. Nurse and patient。

C. Doctor and patient。

14. What is the man’s problem?
A. He often gets exhausted。

B. He doesn't feel like eating。

C. He can't sleep well at night.
15. How does the man feel when doing exercise？
A。

Annoyed。

B. Excited.
C. Bored.
16. What does the woman suggest the man do？
A。

Take more exercise。

B. Take vitamins regularly. C. Eat as much as possible.听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20题。

17。

When did Laura meet Tyler?
A。

At work. B。

At university。

C. At high school。

18。

How did Laura feel about Tyler’s invitation?
A. Regretful。

B. Nervous.
C. Pleased。

19。

What do we know about Laura and Tyler’s first date？
A。

Laura was late.
B。

Tyler paid for the dinner。

C。

The weather spoiled their date。

20. How old was Laura when she got married？A。

22. B. 24.
C. 27.
二. 单项选择（15分）21．-—-——-- Would you mind opening the door? It is too hot。

-—----- ________
A。

Not in the least。

B。

Yes，I do.
C. No, I won’t.
D. Ok.
22．-—-—What ________ great fun it would be if we could light candles to celebrate his birthday！
—--—Forget it！The teacher in ________ charge of our dorm won’t be happy to see that.
A。

/; / B。

/; the
C。

a；the D. a；/
23. The way ______ was thought of by him
______ the experiment was similar to the way _____ you carried it out.
A。

that, doing, which
B. which，of doing，in which
C. what，to do，\
D。

it, of doing, that
24．________ the boss has arrived，let’s begin our discussion right away。

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A. If
B. When C。

Now that D。

Even if
25．We were listening closely to the lecture yesterday evening when suddenly the light _______。

A. had been gone out B。

was going out
C。

was gone out D。

went out
26．The school headmaster forbids ______ in the office.
A. smoking
B. to smoke C。

us smoke D。

from smoking
27. I think I must watch TV now, Mum. I _________ which team will win the game. A. don’t wait for know B。

can’t wait for knowing
C。

don’t wait to know
D. can’t wait to know
28. I didn’t feel like ________, so he suggested ________ an English song right away.
A。

reading；practising singing
B. reading; practising to sing
C. to read；practising singing
D。

to read；practising to sing 29．This kind of fruit ___________ large amounts of vitamin，vitamin C. A。

includes; including B。

takes；containing
C. holds; included
D. contains; including 30．The chance should be made __________, since you have got it.
A. up of B。

the most of C. best of D. a good use of
31．He __________ to go abroad for his further study.
A。

is hoped B. is dying C. is wanting D. dies
32．None of them could understand your meaning, _________?
A. could they
B. didn’t he
C。

do they D。

could it 33．She is considered ___________ the work ahead of time。

A. finishing
B. to finish
C. having finished
D. to have finished
34. He used to ______ cards, but now he is used to _______ a walk after supper。

A。

play; taking B. playing；take C。

play；take D. playing; taking
35. I have many foreign friends，
some are businessmen.
A．of them B．from which
C．who of D．of whom
三. 完型填空(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.
Hot words on the Internet don't stay hot for long。

“Geili” and “F uyun", last year’s biggest creations，are actually ____36____ on
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Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady".
The term(术语）comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin （Xie Yilin）giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus。

Although the lecture is mainly a mockery（嘲笑)of the fashion world，____39____ Miss Lin makes a point：We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy。

The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV sing ing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage，she kept ____46____ when others got anxious。

“I like your poise（淡定)。

Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do，” said one of the show's judges, Hu Haiquan，to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise"。

Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People。

Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public。

The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal—growth。

com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised。

“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation"；write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal，” reads the site。

36. A. fashionable B. outdated C。

hot D. popular
37。

A. which B。

where
C。

that D. who
38。

A. sound B。

feel
C. look
D. act
39. A. yet B. however C。

but
D. and
40. A。

Held B。

Hold C。

Holding D. Being held
41。

A. looking for B. looking back on C. looking at D. looking down
42。

A。

as B。

so C. with D. though
43. A. explained B. exhibited C。

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equipped D. exchanged
44。

A。

turned down B. turned around C。

turned on D. turned up
45。

A. Taking B. Giving C。

Carrying D。

Earning
46。

A. nervous B。

upset C。

frightened D。

cool
47. A。

well-behaved B。

well—organized
C。

well—done D. well—balanced
48. A。

called B。

elected
C. chose D。

selected
49。

A。

which B。

in that
C。

how D。

in which
50. A。

early B。

earlier C. earliest D。

former
51。

A. that B. what C。

it
D. this
52. A。

effect B. effort C. affect D。

afford
53。

A。

advices B. lectures
C。

tips D。

courses
54。

A. regularly B。

commonly
C。

usually D. normally
55. A。

set B. make C。

have D. achieve
四．阅读理解(40分）
（A)
One day a few years ago，a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase。

At the airport desk，he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
56. Who wrote the story?
A。

Rupert’s teacher.
B. The neighbor’s teacher。

C。

A medical school teacher。

D。

The teacher’s neighbor。

57. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A。

He needed it for the summer term in London.
B。

He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C。

He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
58. What happened at the airport?
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A. The skeleton went missing.
B. The skeleton was stolen。

C. The teacher forgot his suitcase。

D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase. 59。

Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident？
A. He was angry。

B。

He thinks it very funny。

C. He feels helpless without Rupert。

D。

He feels good without Rupert.
60. Which of the following might have happened afterwards？
A。

The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B。

The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D。

The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert。

(B）
A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash—desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy，"run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs。

Five minutes passed。

The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir，” he reported to the traveler，” you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room。

"
61. The traveler _______.
A。

ran down the street
B. came downstairs hurriedly
C。

ran so quickly that he fell down
D. came into the hotel hall very quickly 62。

Which statement is true？
A. He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes .
B。

It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel。

C。

He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station 。

D。

He had nothing but 15 minutes。

63. According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
A。

a boy whose work is to ring the bell
B. a boy who plays with a bell
C. a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags
D. the hotel owner's boy
64. The traveler asked the boy _____ .
A. to go upstairs
B。

to look for his parcel
C。

to fetch the parcel he had left in his room
D. only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room
65。

Five minutes later, the boy ______ .
A. ran up to the room
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B. came downstairs
C。

reported to the traveler in the room
D. came down to the hall but brought nothing back
(C)
What exactly is a lie？Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that？For example，suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you。

You say “I wish I could help you，but I am short of money myself。

" In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie？
Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of southern California has made a scientific study of lying。

According to him, women are better lies than men, particularly when telling a “white lie”, such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it’s terrible。

However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies，such as making a promise that they have no intention of carrying out. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at：the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small，unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time，they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying “I wish I were somewhere else now”. They also tend to touch certain parts of the face，particularly the nose。

One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to changes and the increased pressure makes it itch.
Another gesture that gives liars away is what the writer Decmond Morris in his book Man Watching calls the “mouth cover”. He says that there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers，touch the upper lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side off the mouth. Such a gesture can be understood as an unconscious（未察觉的）attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself from lying.
Of course，such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth，moving about in a chair can not be taken as proof that the speaker is lying。

They simply tend to happen more often in this situation。

It is one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and in particular the context(上下文) which the lie is told。

66。

According to the passage，a white lie seems to be a lie ______。

A。

that other people believe
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B。

that other people don’t believe
C。

told in order not to hurt someone’s feelings
D。

told in order to take advantage of someone
67。

Research suggests that women _____.
A. are better at telling less serious lies than men
B. generally lie for more than men do
C. often make promises they intend to break
D。

lie at parties more often than men do 68.Researchers find that when a person tells lies _____.
A。

his blood pressure increases measurably B。

he looks very serious
C。

he is likely to make some small changes in his behavior
D。

he uses his unconscious mind
69。

The writer of the passage______.
A. hates lying
B. enjoys lying
C. often tells a lie
D. tries to study about lying
70。

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as a sign of lying ？
A. Touching one's ears
B. Rubbing the nose
C. Moving in a chair D。

Covering the mouth
（D）
Many Chinese students who have learnt English for more than ten years are still unable to speak English very well when they meet a foreigner。

They seem to have mastered the basic language structure（结构), but a conversation in English will make them feel uneasy。

They are afraid that other people might find out their mistakes。

It's uncommon that many students who are bad speakers of English can write English perfectly. This proves that they are unable to organize their idea in English. The center of the problem is that they lack practice and confidence (自信）.
Why should you be afraid？Do you fear those foreigners with whom you are speaking？Don't be shy, they will not laugh at you just for a little mistake you make. The best way to get rid of trouble is to learn to speak by speaking more。

I am sure that constant practice will help you succeed。

71. What’s the best topic for the passage？
A. How to Speak to Foreigners
B。

How to Study English Well
C。

How to Organize the Idea in English D。

Practice Speaking English All the Time 72. Many Chinese students can write English
very well，but they cannot speak English
fluently because _______________。

A. they seldom meet foreigners
B。

they seldom practice speaking English
C。

they had no chance to speak English
D。

they think it’s enough to master the basic language structure only
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73。

So many Chinese students are afraid to speak to foreigners because ______________.
A。

they are afraid they can’t understand foreigners
B。

they don't think their English is poor
C. they worry about making mistakes in their speaking
D. they didn't like speaking to foreigners 74。

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true？
A. We can speak English fluently by doing more speaking.
B。

If you can write English perfectly，you are able to organize your idea in English.
C. If you can write good English composition, you can speak English very well。

D。

Any Chinese students can’t speak
English fluently because they are afraid of
making mistakes。

75. In the last paragraph, the expression "get rid of” means_______.
A. throw away B。

free oneself from
C。

give up D。

do with
第Ⅱ卷（45分)
五．单词拼写（10分）
(根据首字母或中文提示写出单词，每空一分,共10分)
76. We have an old m________ instrument。

It is called a clavichord。

77. Nearly everybody enters for “The Nicest
Garden C____" each year, but Joe wins every time。

78. They were e________ a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa。

79. Do you have any idea of the ___________（平均）size of classes in the UK.？
80.Good ________（准备）should be made before we have the Mid-term examination.
81. __________ (注意力集中) more on your work or you will be fired.
82. The difficulty of the problem c__________ me to find a solution.
83. I found it difficult to keep my b________ on the icy road。

84。

In China most teenagers still depend on their parents, while those in the USA at their age try to be i_________.
85。

The college student i__________ that he should be sent to the west，where he was
most needed。

六．任务型阅读(10分）
Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure，teachers, parents or others often say to us or perhaps we say to ourselves, “Never give up。

” These can be encouraging words and words of determination。

A person who believes in himself will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have。

Therefore，I believe that we should never give up。

One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything。

It is not unusual
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for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel disappointed and should try again。

Besides，if we always give up when we fail，we will not be able to develop new skills and grow.
Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we can not make the same ones. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted。

Finally，we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence，and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals。

Whether we succeed in the end or not，we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident。

Furthermore，if we give up, we have no chance of attaining our goals any more，but if we keep making great efforts，there is always a chance that we will succeed one day。

七．书面表达(25分）
近年来中国中学生中出现了“出国学习热”，成千上万的中学生已经去国外学习，而许多其他学生还一直在设法出国，对此人们有不同的看法。

请根据下面表格提
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2．词数；120左右;开头已给出(不计入总词数)。

Studying Abroad
In recent years，studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students。

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参考答案
I. 听力
1-5 C B A B C 6—10 A B C B A 11—15 B A C A C 16-20 B A C C B
II. 单选
21-25 A B A C D 26-30 A D A D B
31-35 B A D A D
III。

完型
36-40 DCCAC 41—45 AABDC
46-50 DADDB 51—55 CBCAD IV。

阅读
（A）56-60D B A B B （B）61—65 B A C C D
(C）66—70 C A C D A （D）71—75 D B C C A
V。

单词拼写
76。

musical petition 78。

expecting 79.average 80.preparations 81。

including 82。

challenged 83。

failure 84.independent 85。

insisted
VI. 任务型阅读
86。

encourage 87succeed 88。

reason 89。

nothing 90。

disappiont/discourage
91. make 92.lesson 93。

improve 94.chance/ opportunity 95。

succeed VII.书面表达
One possible version:
Studying Abroad
In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students。

Tens of thousands of them have gone to foreign countries to study. Many more are trying their
best to go abroad。

As for this，different people have different opinions。

There are many advantages in studying abroad. First，students who study abroad can make friends with people of different cultures. Second, they can learn much more advanced knowledge of science and technology from foreign countries. Still，they can improve their foreign languages more quickly。

On the other hand, there are some disadvantages。

Most of the students are too young to live by themselves without any living experience。

Moreover，being far away from their motherland, they may eel lonely and homesick./ miss their families. And further, the high cost is also a problem for common families .
In my opinion，it is advisable to take as many things into consideration 。

They can ask teachers or students who have studied abroad for advice and they should try to get everything ready before attending school abroad.。