四川省德阳五中高二上学期期中考试英语试题

德阳五中高2013级英语半期考试题
第I卷（选择题共90分）
第一部英语知识运用（共两节，共40分）
第一节单项填空
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。

（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
1.Generally speaking, the music of one country has quite a lot in _______ with her culture.
e
B. common
C. order
D. same
2.The brothers differ ____ each other ____ their interests.
A.to; from
B. in; from
C. from; in
D. from; to
3.Don’t worry. The hard work that you do now _______ later in life.
A.will be repaid
B. was being repaid
B.has been repaid D. was repaid
4.To their relief, their students _____ escaped from the shaking house.
A.narrowly
B. slightly
C. nearly
D. lightly
5.____________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.
A. Strange as might it sound
B. As it might sound strange
C. As strange it might sound
D. Strange as it might sound
6. China has got a good ______ for fighting against pollution with its careful and smooth organization.
A. influence
B. impression
C. reputation
D. knowledge
7. The bell ______ the end of the period rang, _______ our heated discussion.
A. indicating; interrupting
B. indicated; interrupting
C. indicating; interrupted
D. indicated; interrupted
8. I’m getting on just fine, ________ I understand the local accent.
A. ever since B now that C. so that D. in order that
9. — Can you lend me the book GONE WITH THE WIND?
— Sorry, I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ______.
A. affordable
B. acceptable
C. valuable
D. available
10. —Look! Somebody ______ the sofa.
—Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.
A.is cleaning
B. was cleaning
C. has cleaned
D. had cleaned
第二节完形填空
阅读后面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）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。

（共20题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神经系统）.She was unable to 11 .In fact, she could hardly make any 12 .Although she believed that she had a 13 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 14 ,if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 15__.There, lying in her hospital bed, she 16 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 17 .
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not 18 _. It seemed that she was 19 _.The doctors were all fond of her and taught her
about 20 that she could make it . Every day Angela would lie there, 21 doing her mental exercise.
One day, 22 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇迹）happened: The bed began to 23 ! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I
moved! ”she24 .
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 25 _.More importantly, they were running 26 safety.
People were crying, and equipment was 27 _. You see, it was an ear thquake. But don’t28 that to Angela. She has 29 that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can 30 the earth, such a disease is a small p roblem, isn’t it?
11．A．see B．hear C．talk D．walk
12．A．progress B．difference C．movement D．achievement
13．A．poor B．good C．little D．special
14．A．few B．all C．some D．most
15．A．satisfied B．delighted C．surprised D．discouraged
16．A．insisted B．sighed C．feared D．promised
17．A．true B．doubtful C．certain D．impossible
18．A．get up B．give up C．turn up D．stand up 19．A．disappointed B．proud C．troubled D．undefeatable
20．A．thinking B．expecting C．pretending D．imagining
21．A．sadly B．madly C．carefully D．faithfully
22．A．as B．since C．after D．before
23．A．fly B．move C．roll D．speak
24．A．jumped B．wondered C．screamed D．recovered
25．A．frightened B．pleased C．touched D．encouraged
26．A．in B．by C．for D．with
27．A．rising B．falling C．missing D．gathering
28．A．tell B．do C．give D．show
29．A．noticed B．supposed C．believed D．discovered
30．A．push B．shock C．shake D．save
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，共50分）
第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（共20题；每小题2分，共40分）
A
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms(习语）, though my teacher emphasized（强调）the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was showed in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished, gently shaking his
head ,shrugging his shoulder s, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was puzzled, I thought, perhaps this is not a proper topic. Well, I had better change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall by the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, eve rybody back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent(壮丽的）.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk
like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it. ” Soon I was inte rrupted again by his order “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it”.“Well, I didn’t request you to do so,” He answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “You don’t say actually means ‘really’. It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms”. Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idioms.
31. A year ago, I did not pay attention to English idioms because_______.
A. English idioms were too difficult to master
B. I cared little about the teacher’s instruction
C. My teacher didn’t emphasize the importance
D. I had no interest in English learning
32. When I first heard “ You don’t say!” I thought _______.
A. the Englishman was not interested in the topic
B. the Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall
C. I had talked too much
D. I had to stop talking at once
33. Which of the following is true_________
A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall
B. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it
C. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it was worth visiting
34. After the Englishman explained the idiom, ____________.
A. I thought the Englishman had made me a fool.
B. the Englishman became a real fool
C. I felt very silly
D. I became more careful in everything
B
Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to shar e your children’s curiosity.
Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished a nswering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?” This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a sci ence discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by
saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a convers ation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标) for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.
35. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is _______.
A. to let them see the world around
B. to share the children’s curiosity
C. to explain difficult phrases about science
D. to supply the children with lab equipment
36. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ______.
A. any questions
B. any problems
C. questions from textbooks
D. any number of questions
37. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.
A. ask them to answer quickly
B. wait for one or two seconds after a question
C. tell them to answer the next day
D. wait at least for three seconds after a question
38. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curi osity except that adults should ________.
A. tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts.
B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves.
C. be patient enough when their children answer questions.
D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own.
C
In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The fattened (压平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles(麦田怪圈）” because they appear in the fields of grain - usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmer had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks(痕迹), and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circle to communicate with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles - the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
39. In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that __________.
A．some of his wheat had been damaged
B．his grain was growing up in circles.
C．his grain was moved into several circles
D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground.
40.According to the text, the unde rlined part “hoax” (in the 3rd paragraph) probably means __________. A．an attempt made to fool people
B．a special way to plant crops
C．a research on the force of winds
D．an experiment for the protection of crops.
41.Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man?
A．The farmer couldn’t step out of the field.
B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.
C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.
D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.
42.A proper title for this passage is ___________.
A．An Unsolved Mystery
B．Strange Flying Objects
C．The Power of Natural Forces
D．The discovery of Strange Circles
43. How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
44. How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?
A. $10.8 B．$10.08 C．$ l8 D．$10
45. When you visit New York , You should ______________.
A. do as much shopping as possible
B. take a taxi whenever you go out
C. stay at the best hotel-the Plaza
D. try Italian and Chinese food
46. From the passage, we can learn that _____________.
A. you should take a bus to travel because it’s much cheaper.
B. you should never go shopping in New York, for things are more expensive
C. people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot.
D. you’re not allowed to go hom e without climbing the Statue of Liberty(自由女神)
E
Anyone who reads a book and then goes to see a movie based on that book generally leaves the movie feeling a little disappointed. Why might this be? Both books and movies serve the purpose of entertainment. Both books and movies offer characters and plots. And, both books and movies provide a setting for a story. Books, however, offer a more attractive and complex form of entertainment than movies.
Although movies are entertaining to watch, books have advantages over them. First, books, in comparison to movies, can more easily seize the depths of characters and create a complex setting through the use of rich description. Books leave it up to the reader to interpret（理解）, imagine, and recreate the story in his or her own mind. However, movies are action packed and provide lots of visual stimuli(视觉刺激);Still, it is the movie not the viewer that interprets the characters, plot and setting. Second, books are not limited to time. A writer can write as much or as little as necessary in order to create and tell a story. Movies , on the other hand, are limited to an hour and a half to two hours of entertaining time before the audience(观众)begins to get restless. Last, reading is an intellectual form of entertainment. Readers can improve their level of reading and vocabulary in a harmless, healthy, and pleasurable away. Movies, on the other hand, are not as complex and entertaining as books, and they leave nothing to interpret. Therefore, the advantages and entertainment value of books outweigh(胜过)those of a movie.
To conclude, books, through interpretation, help the reader develop a sense of relationship to the characters and the story itself, but a movie strictly entertains. Books are a better form of entertainment than movies.
47.According to the author, .
A. movies often make people disappointed
B. more and more people prefer books to movies
C. books have many advantages over movies
D. both books and movies strictly entertain
48.The underlined word “intellectual” in the second paragraph may relate to .
A. training
B. learning
C. translation
D. memory
49.We learn from the text that .
A. movies can easily seize the depths of characters
B. books provide more visual stimuli than movies
C. books leave readers nothings to interpret and imagine
D. movies are usually time limited compared with books
50.Which of following would be the best title for the text?
A. Movies: Easy Form of Entertainment
B. Books: Better Form of Entertainment
C. How to Produce Movies Based on Books
D. Why Are We Disappointed at Movies
第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

选项中有两项多余选项。

（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
(注：请将51-55的答案涂在机读卡上61-65的位置上)
—Welcome back. We all miss you so much.
—Thanks. 51
—What do you think of your experience as an exchange student?
—Fantastic and rewarding. It broadened and enriched my life.
—52
—Many things seemed amazing. And above all, the way to teach children.
—53
—In China students learn to memorize, while in Britain students learn to experience.
—54
—You’re right. And parents will spend much time playing with their children.
—Maybe that’s what they call quality time.
—55 And I hope the education in China will make a change for the better.
第三部分写作（共三节，共60分）
第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
阅读下面的短文，并用英语回答问题，请注意问题后的词数要求。

Before I went to university, it seemed to be such a holy（神圣的）place. As for me, it meant glory, respect, freedom, knowledge and a promising future. I have learned much from my four years at university, such as hard work, self-control, friendship and teamwork.
University is full of competition. If you don't want to fall behind other students, you have to study very hard. Besides, the pressure of hunting for a desirable job after graduation also forces you to grasp every minute to equip yourself with as much knowledge as possible.
Self-control is another thing that I have learned in university. Here, the absence of parents' control and the loose control of the school give me more freedom. So I have to learn how to control myself.
University life makes me have a deeper understanding of friendship. Far away from my parents, my friends have become my dearest family members. When I feel lonely, they always sit beside me, let me pour out my secrets to them, and softly comfort me. When I am in trouble and feel helpless, it is my friends who reach out their hands and help me out.
Last but not least, university teaches me the importance of teamwork. There are lots of activities in university that you cannot accomplish on your own, but have to rely on your cooperation with other people.
In a few months' time, I am going to graduate from university. Looking back into the past four years, I must say that my university life is a worthwhile experience. What I have learned here has made a good preparation for my future life.
答题卷
(请将答案写在答题卷对应的地方)
第二节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
1．What has the author learned at university？(no more than 7 words)
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2．What does the author think of university life according to Paragraph 2？(no more than 5 words) _________________________________________________________________
3．What does university life mean to the author when talking about friends？(no more than 10 words) _________________________________________________________________
4．What does the author learn through activities in university？(no more than 4 words) _________________________________________________________________
5．What does the author mainly want to tell us？(no more than 6 words)
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第三节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
下列短文中有10处语言错误。

请在有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）。

并在其下面写出修改后的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉。

修改：在错词后划一横线并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每句不超过两处错误。

2.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

3.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Tom was having much troubles getting up in the morning and was always late with work. His
boss wanted to fire him if he didn’t start coming on time, but he went to the doctor for a help. The
doctor gave him some medicine and told him to take them before he went to bed. The man did as
told and slept really well, wake up before the alarm had even gone off. He had time for a properly breakfast and was still the first reach the factory. “Boss,”he said, “that medicine really works!”
“ I’m pleasing to hear it” ,said his boss, “but where are you yesterday?”
第三节书面表达（共35分）
假设你是李华，最近你和同学学习了英式英语和美式英语的差别，并就“Which is the best variety of English to learn?”展开了讨论。

请根据以下提示用英文介绍同学们的不同观点，并说明自己的看法
注意：1. 词数120左右；
2. 开头语已为你写好；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
4. 文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。

参考词汇：莎士比亚Shakespeare 英国广播公司：the BBC
Recently, we had a discussion on which variety of English is the best to learn.
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高二英语半期考试答案
单项选择1—5 BCAAD 6—10 CABDC
完形填空11—15 DCBAD 16—20 ACBDD
21—25 DABCA 26—30 CBACC
阅读理解31—35 BADCB 36—40 CDADA
41—45CABAD 46—50CCBDB
补全对话51—55 EDCAG
阅读表达
1.hard-work, self-control, friendship and teamwork
2.It is full of competition.
3.It makes him have a deeper understanding of friendship.
4.the importance of teamwork
5.He is prepared for the future.
短文改错
1.troubles—trouble;
2.with—for;
3.so—but;
4.去掉for a help 中的a;
5. them—it;
6.wake—waking;
7.properly—proper;
8.the first后加to;
9. Pleasing—pleased;
10.are—were.
书面表达
Recently, we had a discussion on which variety of English is the best to learn. Different students have different views. Some of them are in favor of British English, as it is the language used by Shakespeare and many other great writers. Besides, the BBC and many international newspapers use it as the official language. However, other students prefer to learn American English. In their opinion, American English is widely used in most of the international business. What’s more, most of the En glish films are American English.
As for me, a few differences between British English and American English do exist, such as spelling, accent and grammar. But I don’t think people speaking the two varieties of English have any difficulty understanding each other. So it makes no difference to me whether we should learn British English or American English.。