2013级第四学期半期考试题

宜宾龙文实验学校高2013级第四学期半期教学质量检测英语试题第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。

例: How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.15.C. ￡9.18.答案是B。

1. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore.B. In a classroom.C. In a library.2. At what time will the film begin?A. 7:20B. 7:15C. 7:003. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Jane.B. A weekend trip.C. A radio programme.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train.B. See the man off.C. Go shopping.5. Why did the woman apologize?A. She made a late delivery.B. She went to the wrong place.C. She couldn't take the cake back.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟:听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料.回答第6. 7题。

6. Whose CD is broken?A. Kathy's.B. Mum's.C. Jack's.7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl?A. Buy her a new CD.B. Do some cleaning.C. Give her 10 dollars.听第7段材料.回答第8、9题。

8. What did the man think of the meal?A. Just so-so.B. Quite satisfactory.C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for?A. The food.B. The drinks.C. The service.听第8段材料，回答第I0至12题。

10. Why is the man at the shop?A. To order a camera for his wife.B. To have a camera repaired.C. To get a camera changed.11. What colour does the man want?A. Pink.B. Black.C. Orange.12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Make a phone call.B. Wait until further notice.C. Come again the next day. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play.B. Stay at home.C. Visit Kingston.14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?A. Attend a party.B. Meet her aunt.C. See a car show.I5. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?A. To call up Betty.B. To buy some DVDs.C. To pick up Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Fellow workers.C. Guide and tourist.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where does Thomas Manning work?A. In the Guinness Company.B. At a radio station.C. In a museum.18. Where did the idea of a book of records come from?A. A bird-shooting trip.B. A visit to Europe.C. A television talk show.19. When did Sir Hugh's first book of recordsA. In 1875.B. In 1950.C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next?A. More records of unusual facts.B. The founder of the company.C. The oldest person in the world第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）ALang Lang was born in Shenyang. His father Lang Guoren is also a famous musician who specializes in the erhu, a Chinese instrument. At the age of two, Lang Lang watched Tom and Jerry cartoon on television when he first heard Western classical music. According to Lang Lang, this first contact with Western music is what motivated him to learn piano. He began lessons with Professor Zhu Yafen at three. At the age of five, he won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition.When he was nine years old, Lang Lang attended his audition (试音) for Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, and, having difficulties with his lessons, he was forced to leave his piano tutor’s studio for lack of talent. His music teacher at his state school noticed Lang Lang’s sadness, and decided to comfort him by playing a record of Mozart’s Piano sonata (奏鸣曲); she asked him to play along with the second movement (乐章). This reminded Lang Lang of his love of the instrument. “Playing the sonata brought me hope again,” said Lang Lang.Lang Lang was later admitted into the conservatory under the study of Professor Zhao Pingguo. In 1993, Lang Lang won the Xinghai Cup Piano Competition in Beijing and was awarded first prize for outstanding artistic performance at the fourth International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany, the next year. In 1995, at thirteen, he played the Op. 10 and Op. 25 études (练习曲) by Chopin at the Beijing Concert Hall and, in the same year, won first place at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Japan. At thirteen he was a featured soloist at the China National Symphony’s inaugural (开幕的) concert, which was broadcast by China Central Television and attended by President Jiang Zemin.21. What can we infer from the first paragraph?A. Lang Lang’s father played the erhu well.B. Lang Lang didn’t like cartoons when young.C. Lang Lang’s family forced him to learn piano.D. Lang Lang began his piano lessons at five.22. Which of the following orders can correctly describe Lang Lang’s process of growth?①Lang Lang began his piano lessons with Professor Zhu Yafen.②Lang Lang won first place at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians.③Lang Lang was later admitted into the Central Conservatory of Music.④Lang Lang was awarded first prize at the fourth International Competition for Young Pianists.⑤Playing Mozart’s Piano sonata brought Lang Lang hope again.A. ①③④②⑤B. ①⑤②③④C. ①⑤③②④D. ①⑤③④②23. When was Lang Lang born according to the text?A. In 1982.B. In 1985.C. In 1993.D. In 1995.BHalf the world’s population could face a shortage of food by 2100 due to climate change, a new report by US scientists warns. Rapid global warming is likely to reduce crop production in the tropics and subtropics (热带和亚热带地区), according to Professor David Battisti of the University of Washington.The most extreme summers of the last century will become common, he says. We must immediately create crops that can bear heat and drought if we are to adapt in time, he writes in Science journal.“The stresses on global food production from temperature alone are going to be huge,” said Mr. Battisti. “And that doesn’t take into account water supplies stressed by the higher temperatures.”He worked with Professor Rosamond Naylor on Food Security and the Environment, to examine the influence of climate change on the world’s food supplies. They predict there is a greater than 90% probability that by 2100, the average growing season temperatures in the tropics and subtropics will be higher than any temperatures recorded there to date.“We are taking the worst of what we’ve seen historically and saying that in the future it is going to be a lot worse unless there is some kind of adaptation,” said Professor Naylor. “This is a powerful reason for us to invest (投资) in adaptation, because it is clear that this is the direction we are going in terms of temperature and it will take decades to develop new food crop varieties that can better bear a warmer climate.”In the tropics, the higher temperatures could be expected to cut production of the primary food crops by 20-40%, the researchers said. Rising temperatures are also likely to reduce soil moisture (湿度), cutting production even further.Three billion people live in the tropics and subtropics now, and their number is expected nearly to double by the end of the century.“You are talking about hundreds of millions of additional people looking for food because they won’t be able to find it where they find it now,” said Professor Battisti.Crop failures would not be limited to the tropics, the scientists concluded.24. According to Professor David Battisti, what should be done to deal with crops reduction caused byglobal warming?A. To plant more crops.B. To develop new crops.C. To control population growth.D. To improve farming technology.25. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. To reduce the temperature.B. New food crop variety.C. To invest in adaptation.D. Some kind of adaptation.26. We can know from the text that _____.A. the number of people living in the tropics is reducingB. temperatures will rise most in the tropicsC. crop failures will be a global problemD. new food crop varieties will be developed soon27. The text intends to tell us that _____.A. our world is becoming warmer and warmerB. high temperatures may cause food shortagesC. the consequences of global warmingD. the ways to adapt to high temperaturesCMost people consider skydiving (高空跳伞) a product of the 20th century, but its history actually goes further back than that. The Chinese attempted to parachute (跳伞) in the 10th century, a thousand years before we did. The Chinese did what we would today call base diving; that is, they jumped off a place that would allow them to float from a height to the ground.The first person to attempt to parachute was a Frenchman named Jacques Garnerin. He jumped from his hot-air balloon at the end of the 18th century and did tricks on the way down and stupefied the crowds by landing safely on the ground. At the end of the 19th century, Kathie Paulus, a brave German woman, became famous for her skydiving skills.Once the airplane was invented, skydiving took on a whole new form. The airplane made it possible to dive from greater heights at greater speeds, allowing for more range in the movements in the air. A woman named Tiny Broadwick became the first woman to jump from a plane in 1913 and dive free fall in 1914.Skydiving was not called skydiving until the middle of the 1950s, when Ronald Young invented the word. It had been called parachuting before this and was mainly used by the military to land troops in inland locations, or for pilots to jump out of their planes when necessary. Once World War Iwas over, parachuting became a sport, which we now call skydiving.After World War II, this activity became more a hobby than a military action. Soldiers were trained in parachuting and enjoyed the thrill so much that they continued on for fun. From this, teams and competitions were formed. Skydiving schools appeared in the late 1950s and now it is a recognized extreme sport enjoyed by many.28. The underlined word “stupefied” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.A. disappointedB. encouragedC. surprisedD. attacked29. Who was the first woman to jump from a plane?A. Jacques Garnerin.B. Kathie Paulus.C. Tiny Broadwick.D. Ronald Young.30. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The Chinese attempted different skydiving skills in the 10th century.B. Skydiving became popular after the airplane was invented.C. The word skydiving was first used in a military action.D. There were no skydiving schools until the late 1950s.31. What would be the best title for this text?A. The history of skydivingB. The popularity of skydivingC. What is skydiving?D. Why is skydiving an extreme sport?DIn this article you will discover several techniques you can use to improve your interpersonal relations with friends, family, coworkers, and employees. In fact, you can use these techniques to influence others to have a positive attitude toward you in just about any type of relationship.1. Don’t crit icize or complain about people.There’s no faster way to create resentment (忿恨) toward you than to criticize or complain about a person. Instead of telling people they’re doing something wrong, consider asking them questions to try to find out why they do what they do. Offer them an alternative in a way that comes across as (给人以……的印象) trying to help. Show them how doing things the way you would like them done can benefit them or lead to reward.2. Appreciate people.I’ll let you know a secret that can vastly improve your interpersonal relations very quickly: whenever you see someone, imagine them wearing a flashing sign on their chest that says APPRECIATE ME, PLEASE! Then, give them what they want.3. Be genuinely interested in others.You’ll make a lot of friends by being interested in others. Not everyone will admit it, but t hetruth is, most people’s favorite subject is themselves. Use this to your advantage. Become genuinely interested in other people. Ask them questions. Talk to them about things they’re interested in. Put the focus on them. You’ll quickly gain their friend ship.4. Be a good listener.This goes back to the principle of focusing on the other person. Listen more than you speak and encourage others to talk about themselves and you’ll quickly develop good interpersonal relations with them.5. Make others feel important.If someone is important to you in any way, tell them so! This goes for any type of interpersonal relationship! People like to feel important. Give them what they want and they will love you for it.32. When your friends do something wrong, you are advised to ______.A. point out their mistakesB. correct their mistakesC. put forward a new planD. solve the problem for them33. What’s the purpose of an imagined flashing sign on people’s chest?A. To attract others’ attenti on.B. To remind people to talk to them.C. To remind people to praise them.D. To help people to remember them.34. What should we do if we want to improve interpersonal relations according to the text?A. Listen more than we speak.B. Try to argue when we are right.C. Get people to be interested in us.D. Talk more about things we’re interested in.35. Which of the following is true?A. You can tell people directly when they are doing something wrong.B. You’ll make a lot of friends only by being interested in others.C. The fastest way to create resentment towards you is to criticize or complain about a person.D. All the people’s favorite subject is themselves.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。