【英语】江苏省无锡一中2012-2013学年高一下学期期中考试25

1 江苏无锡一中 2012—2013学年度下学期期中考试 高一英语试题

无锡市第一中学2012—2013学年度第二学期期中试卷 高 一 英 语 命题 蔡珺 审核 钱晓霞

注意：请将听力、单选、完形、阅读的答案按顺序填涂到答题卡上；文字题的答案一律写在答卷纸上。 I．听力 （共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5分） 请听下面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 seems to be the man’s problem? A. He hasn’t got used to such a big apartment. B. He is still looking for a better apartment. C. He cannot afford the new apartment. 2. What does the man think of the lecture? A. Boring. B. Excellent. C. So-so. 3. Why isn’t the woman going to see the movie? A. Because she is too busy. B. Because she isn’t feeling well. C. Because she doesn’t like the movie. 4. Where is the man from? A. Atlanta. B. New York. C. Washington, D.C. 5. How much is usually the man’s telephone bill a month? A. $50. B. $30. C. $25. 第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分） 请听下面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。 请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What’s the weather like now? A. A little cold. B. Very warm. C. Too hot. 7. What will Lily do this afternoon? A. Go for a picnic with the two speakers. B. Stay at home and watch TV. C. Go fishing with Mike. 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 2

8. Which bus goes to the Agricultural Museum? A. The No. 19 bus. B. The No. 16 bus. C. The No. 8 bus. 9. Where will the woman probably go next? A. To the city’s biggest mall. B. To the Agricultural Museum. C. To the Military Museum. 请听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。 10. How long will the painting classes last? A. 7 weeks. B. 17 weeks. C. 20 weeks. 11. How much will a member of the Painting Club pay for the painting classes? A. $140. B. $100. C. $70. 12. When can the man sign up for the painting classes? A. On February 16th or 17th. B. On February 17th or 18th. C. On February 19th or 20th. 请听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。 13. How does the woman feel now? A. Hot. B. Thirsty. C. Tired. 14. What does the man probably do? A. A singer. B. A writer. C. An editor. 15. What did the woman do this afternoon? A. She read a book. B. She went shopping. C. She went to a concert. 16. What is the woman probably going to do next? A. Eat out. B. Cook some food. C. Order some Chinese food. 请听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。 17. What did the professor want to find out? A. How clever a monkey is. B. Whether animals are clever. C. Which animal is the cleverest. 18. What did the professor want the monkey to do? A. Find all the boxes. B. Find the food. C. Open the door. 19. What surprised the professor? A. The monkey was watching him through the keyhole. B. The monkey hid himself in one of the boxes. C. The monkey found and ate the food. 20. What can we learn from the text? A. The professor likes animals. B. The monkey didn’t like the food. C. Food was put only in one small box. II．课文填空 （请根据课文原文填空） （共20空，每空0.5分，满分10分） 3

1. As Polly _______ the passengers on the train, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark overcoat. At last the train arrived at Green Park station. 2. When Polly got to the station entrance, it was empty. Outside, _______ she looked the fog _______ like a thick, grey cloud. … The man moved away. She could feel her heart _______ with fear. 3. “Here we are. King Street.” He stopped. “Thank you so much for coming to my _______,” said Polly in _______. “Would you like to come in and rest for a _______?” 4. Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic. Then two Germanic groups from the European _______—the Angles and the Saxons—_______ Britain. … Both the English language and the English people are _______ after the Angles; the word Angle was _______ Engle in Old English. 5. Modern English appeared during the Renaissance in the 16th century. Because of this, Modern English includes many Latin and Greek words. _______ also went _______ huge changes during this period. Of course, this was not the end of the changes in the English language. 6. People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was put under _______ protection so it could be _______ and studied. 7. I saw several houses which were _______ with wall paintings. I also saw the people who had been _______ alive. 8. A _______ from the local _______ institute, Professor Zhang, told us that around the year 1900 the European explorer Sven Hedin discovered the _______ of the Loulan Kingdom. III．单词拼写 (用单词的正确形式填空) （共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分） 1. You need to have a large v_______ as well as a good knowledge of grammar in order to learn English well. 2. Shanghai, as a c_______ center in the east of China, attracts thousands of business people every year. 3. Peng Liyuan shows great c________ for children suffering from AIDS and often visits and comforts them. 4. Many customers have c_______ a lot to the company about the low quality of their products recently. 5. All the students in our school have a_______ to the library and the Internet center. 6. Your experiences as a _______ (志愿者) matter a lot when applying for a foreign university. 7. As an English learner, you need to know how to _______(辨别) between American English and British English. 8. President Xi Jinping paid an _______(官方的，正式的) visit to Russia recently to improve the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. 9. His interest in this subject _______(逐渐地) decreases as the teacher isn’t able to make the lessons lively. 10. There was a terrible explosion in Boston on April 16th. People there _______(恐慌) at the sound of the explosion. IV．动词填空 (用动词的正确形式填空)（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 1. Fear prevented him from moving when he heard the sound of footsteps _______(approach). 2. Both the driver’s carelessness and the bad condition of the road that day _______(lead) to the accident.