浙江省杭州十四中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中英语试卷

浙江省杭州十四中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中英语试卷

考试说明：

1．考试时间：2014年4月22日13时30分至15时。

2．本试卷分试题卷和答题卷，试题卷6页，答题卷2页，全卷满分120分。

3．答题前，请在答题卡指定区域内填涂好相关信息。所有答案必须写在答题卡上，写在试题卷上无效。

I. 听力(共两节10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

第一节：（共5小题; 每小题1分，满分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，并标在试卷相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When will Mr Brown have to be at the airport tomorrow?

A. By 930 a.m.

B. By 1000 a.m.

C. By 1030 a.m.

2. Where will the speakers go first tomorrow?

A. To a museum.

B. To a garden.

C. To a castle.

3. Why did the woman have to go home?

A. To get her cheque.

B. To get some cash.

C. To fetch her ID card.

4. What are the speakers going to do?

A. Have dinner.

B. Watch a show.

C. Make a sandwich.

5. What does the man want the woman to do?

A. Go shopping with him.

B. Teach him some French.

C. Help him get the photos

第二节：（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面两段对话或独白。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。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至7题。

6. What does the man think of Paula Sherman now?

A. Thin.

B. Attractive.

C. Serious.

7. What does the man say about Ed Martin?

A. He looks thin and serious.

B. He is successful in his athletic career.

C. He used to be popular and active in sports.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题：

8. What is a must to take part in the singing competition?

A. One must be under the age of 65.

B. One must live near the city centre.

C. One must perform together with a dancer.

9. When does the sports hall usually open?

A. From 700 a.m. to 900 p.m.

B. From 800 a.m. to 1030 p.m.

C. From 900 a.m. to 900 p.m.

10.What do we know about the new swimming pool?

A. It will open a week earlier than planned.

B. It will open not later than the end of this month.

C. It will open to the public for free in the first month.

II.单项选择(共15小题，每题1分，满分15分）

11. ―Parents can make _____ big difference in dealing with _____ stress of their children,‖ said Professor Lee.

A. a; the

B. a; a

C. the; the

D. the; a

12. People all over the world are kept _____ of what is happening immediately by means of the Internet.

A. reminded

B. convinced

C. warned

D. informed

13. ________ it rain tomorrow, we would have to cancel the football match.

A. Were to

B. Would

C. Had

D. Should

14. One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away _____ my daughter heard cries for help.

A. after

B. while

C. since

D. when

15. Apple has exhibited a taller 4G-enabled iPhone at an event in San Francisco, ______ great pleasure to the global apple fans.

A. having brought

B. bringing

C. to bring

D. brought

16. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ____to its burning temperature.

A. is heated

B. will be heated

C. be heated

D. would be heated

17. The photographer needs to charge up the digital camera every day as the battery _____ quickly.

A. shuts up

B. uses up

C. runs out

D. tries out

18. Fireworks, ______ of gunpowder or flash powder ______ in a tight paper tube, make the big flash or boom effect.

A. consisting; wrapping

B. consisting; wrapped

C. consisted; wrapped

D. being consisted; wrapped

19. ______ in the leg made it impossible for me to walk as fast as usual.

A. Being injured

B. To injure

C. Having injured

D. Injured

20. Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have ______ schedules to make it easier to care for their children.

A. heavy

B. temporary

C. flexible

D. complex

21.________, they had no chance of winning the war.

A. They fought as bravely

B. As bravely they fought

C. As they fought bravely

D. Bravely as they fought

22. We have been told that under no circumstances ______ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.

A. did we use

B. we can use

C. we could use

D. may we use

23. ---Do you know if Linda is willing to take charge of the program?

---____, does it?

A. It takes no time

B. It counts for nothing

C. It doesn't hurt to ask

D. It doesn't make sense

24. ---Where shall we go to spend the weekend?

--- Nowhere______, anywhere you like.

A. in all

B. in place

C. in demand

D. in particular

25. Today _____ people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.

A. a number of

B. a good many of

C. the number of

D. a great deal of

Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

Though the number of the upper class is a mere one third of the population, they 26 at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has two parts upper-upper and lower-upper. Basically the upper-upper class is the ―old rich‖—families that have been wealthy for several 27 . A few are known across the nation, such as the no _28__ to the rest of the community and they draw their income from the of their inherited wealth. By contrast, the lower-upper class is the ―new rich‖. __29_ they may be wealthier than some of the old rich, the new rich have been __30___ to make their money like everyone else __31___ their class. ___32__ their status is generally lower than ___33___ of the old rich, who have not found it __34__

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its wealth is __36___ , the upper class is very enough money and leisure time to __37___ an interest in the arts and to ___38__ rare books and paintings.