2012树德中学半期测试

四川省树德中学2011-2012学年高一第一期期中考试英语试题

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）

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。 例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18 答案是B。

1. What is the weather like?

A. It‟s raining. B. It‟s cloudy. C. It‟s sunny. 2. Who will go to China next month?

A. Lucy. B. Alice. C. Richard. 3. What are the speaker talking about?

A. The man‟s sister. B. A film. C. An actor. 4. Where will the speakers meet?

A. In Room 340. B. In Room 314. C. In Room 223. 5. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a restaurant B. In an office. C. At home. 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。 6. Why did the woman go to New York? A. To spend some time with the baby. B. To look after her sister. C. To find a new job.

7. How old was the baby when the woman left New York?

A. Two months. B. Five months. C. Seven months. 8. What did the woman like doing most with the baby?

A. Holding him. B. Playing with him. C. Feeding him. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A way to improve air quality. B. A problem with traffic rules. C. A suggestion for city planning. 10. What does the man suggest?

A. Limiting the use of cars. B. Encouraging people to walk. C. Warming drivers of sir pollution.

11. What does the woman think about the man‟s idea?

A. It‟s interesting. B. it‟s worth trying. C. It‟s impractical. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. How long will the man probably stay in New Zealand?

A. One week. B. Two weeks. C. Three weeks.

13. What advice does the woman give to the man? A. Go to New Zealand after Christmas. B. Book his flight as soon as possible. C. Save more money for his trip.

14. What can we learn about flights to New Zealand at Christmas time?

A. They require early booking. B. They can be twice as expensive. C. They are on special offer.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. Why did Jane call Mike?

A. To ask him to meet her. B. To tell him about Tom. C. To borrow his car. 16. Where will Jane be in about one hour?

A. At Mike‟s place. B. At the airport. C. Mike will go the airport. 17. What can we infer from the conversation? A. Jane has just learned to drive. B. Jan‟s car is in bad condition. C. Mike will go the airport.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

18. What did the speaker ask the students to do the week before? A. Write a short story. B. Prepare for the lesson. C. Learn more about the writer.

19. Why does the speaker ask the questions?

A. To check the students‟ understanding of the story. B. To draw the students‟ attention to reading skills. C. To let the students discuss father-son relationships. 20. What will the students do in 10 minutes?

A. Ask more question. B. Discuss in groups. C. Give their answers. 第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节 语法和词汇知识(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 21. His first book _______ last month is based on a true story. A. published B. to be published C. to publish D. being published 22. --My TV set doesn‟t work, the water tap is dripping and my car is still under repair! --You ________ bad luck these days. A. had B. will have C. had had D. are having 23. --Hi, Mary!

-- Oh, it's you. Jack! I _________you. You look like a star with the glasses. A. didn't recognize B. don't recognize C. haven't recognized D. hadn't recognized 24. It's 7:30. Hurry up! Your train __________at 8:15.

A. leaves B. left C. is leaving D. has left

25. I in London for many years, but I‟ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China. A. have lived B. lived C. was living D. had lived

26. Nowadays more and more apartment blocks have been_____ in almost every city of China. A. taken up B. put up C. called up D. turned up

27. —May I ask you some questions about the lesson? —Sure. ___________! A. Go ahead B. You‟re welcome C. It‟s up to you D. It‟s your turn

28. You are ______ to knock at the door before entering the room. You should be polite. A. supposed B. allowed C. admitted D. sounded 29. —Why does the fish smell so awful? —It _______. A. goes bad B. has gone bad C. had gone bad D. went bad 30. He thought of an idea__________ good. A. to sound B. sounding C. sounded D. to be sounded 31. As far as I‟m concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn,______. A. the more for life are you equipped B. the more equipped for life you are C. the more life you are equipped for D. you are equipped the more for life 32. -- Thanks for the lovely and delicious food. -- .

A. No thanks B. Never mind C. All right D. My pleasure

33. I wish you‟d do ________ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better. A. a bit less B. any less C. much more D. a little more 34. Have you seen the film \"Rambo V\ leading actor is world-famous? A. which B. that C. whose D. which 35. My father prefers classical music________ rock is my favorite. A. while B. when C. as D. although 36. _________ developed countries, China remains back-ward in quite a number of fields. A. Comparing with B. Compared with C. Compare with D. To compare with

37. The wise little girl can ride a horse and swim, and she can shoot ________. A. also B. either C. as well D. as well as

38. This book tells life story of Steve Jobs, who left school for lack of money at a young age.

A. the; a B. a; the C. the; / D. a; /

39. I'm moving to the countryside because the air there is much fresher than in the city. A. ones B. one C. that D. those

40. Judging from the _______ look on her face, she was greatly _________by our appearance. A. frightened; frightened B. frightening; frightened

C. frightened; frightening D. frightening; frightening 第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 41 his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always_42__ his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 43 to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 44 made through years. At the airport he had to accept the 45 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 46 . Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 47 for his watch. So

while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 48 fake（假货）. When he was 49 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 50 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 51 hearing Glen‟s words. Glen was 52 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 53 . From many times of entry-exit 54 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and 55 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 56 reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be 57 by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep 58 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 59 , which he would remember as the 60 of his success forever. 41. A. went up B. took up C. set up D. picked up 42. A. contains B. creates C. logs D. owes 43. A. objected B. decided C. refused D. asked 44. A. books B. things C. savings D. pounds 45. A. routine B. average C. ordinary D. common 46. A. look B. inspection C. test D. experiment 47. A. it B. one C. them D. these 48. A gorgeous B. serious C. worthless D. fantastic 49. A. afraid B. ashamed C. hard D. proud 50. A. whose B. what C. which D. as 51. A. at B. in C. on D. by 52. A. embarrassed B. amazed C. disappointed D. bored 53. A. frequently B. strictly C. quickly D. curiously 54. A. conditions B. chances C. experiments D. experiences 55. A. stopped B. urged C. warned D. hoped 56. A. came out B. found out C. sent out D. set out 57. A. hit B. praised C. charged D. blamed 58. A. impression B. idea C. thought D. expression 59. A. lies B. bravery C. goods D. honesty 60. A. secret B. lesson C. choice D. belief 第三部分 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)。 A

It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. “I‟m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” Deluca recalls saying. “Buck said, „you should open a sandwich shop.‟ ”

That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn‟t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.

But business didn‟t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn‟t know how badly, because we didn‟t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

Deluca was managing the store and went to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They‟d meet on Monday evenings and

brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, „We are so successful, we are opening a second store.‟” And they did — in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners‟ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their supplies. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn‟t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” Deluca says.

And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” Deluca adds.

Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain. 61. Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________.

A. support his family B. do some research

C. help his partner expand business D. pay for his college education 62. Which of the following is true of Buck? A. He rented a storefront for Deluca.

B. He was a professor of business administration. C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport. D. He put money into the sandwich business

63. They decided to open a second store because they _________. A. had enough money to do it

B. wanted to make believe（假装）that they were successful C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers D. had succeeded in their business

64. What contributes most to their success according to the author?

A. Finding a good partner. B. Making friends with supplies. C. Learning by trial and error. D. Opening chain stores. B

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is \"blown up\" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stunt men are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform

some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stunt girls too。 65. Stuntmen are those who ______. A. often dress up as actors B. often perform seemingly dangerous actions C. prefer to lead dangerous lives D. fight each other for their lives 66. Stuntmen earn their living by ______. A. selling their special skills B. playing their dirty tricks C. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains 67. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______.

A. his safety is generally all right B. he will be covered with a mattress C. his life is endangered D. he needs little protection

68. What can be inferred from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman? A. The cliff is too high.

B. The percentage of serious accidents is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman. C

SHANGHAI--Partly because of the July 23 train crash in Wenzhou, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway was not as popular in its first month of operation as many had expected.

In a news released on Monday, the Ministry of Railways said the railway had transported 5.26 million passengers from July 1 to July 31, or 170,000 passengers a day on average.

And an average of 179 trains including both those that run at 200 km/h and at 300 km/h trains - were on the line every day, and the trains had an occupancy rate (上座率) of 107%, the ministry said. To many who traveled, that last figure no doubt seems puzzling. How, after all, could carriages that were often half empty have been 107% occupied? Zhao Jian, professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, said the figure is not a good reflection of reality. He accounted for it by noting that a seat aboard one of the trains would be said to have a 200% occupancy rate if one passenger had sat in it from Beijing to Tianjin and then another passenger had occupied the same seat from Suzhou to Shanghai.

Despite the impressiveness of those figures, travelers will find, perhaps to their surprise, that they will have little trouble buying tickets to ride the 1,318-km-long high-speed rail line. By 7:30 pm on Monday, passengers could still buy 754 second-class tickets and 148 first-class tickets for a high-speed train that is to leave from Shanghai for Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, according to the China Railway Customer Service Center's website. The train contains 1,066 seats.

The story was different for those who want to travel by air between Shanghai and Beijing. Luo Zhuping, board secretary of China Eastern Airlines, said seats on the company's flights on that route are selling well: 90 percent of them continue to be occupied.

The situation was different in the first week after the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train began operating on the last day of June. The airline then saw the number of travelers using its service fall by 20 percent and began offering generous discounts to draw in more passengers. Few such incentives are being given now, he said. Still, passengers have not totally abandoned high-speed rails in the days following the Wenzhou train crash, which has killed 40 passengers and injured 191.

69. Which of the following is NOT true about the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train? A. It began operating on June 30th.

B. There are trains that run at different speeds.

C. On average, 5.26 million passengers take it a day in July.

D. An average of 179 trains were on the line every day. 70. What made many people who traveled puzzled?

A. The train's speed. B. The number of the trains. C. The seats number of the train. D. The train's occupancy rate. 71. According to Zhao Jian, the occupancy rate of the train is ________. A. abnormal B. unbelievable C. inaccurate D. unreasonable 72. What can we know from the 4th paragraph?

A. Passengers can buy tickets only at 7:30 pm on Monday. B. The distance from Beiling to Shanghai is 1318 km.

C. There is some trouble buying the tickets from Shanghai to Belling. D. There are 754 second-class seats and 148 first-class seats in a train D

Predicting when an earthquake or volcanic eruption will take place is extremely difficult, even with the advanced technological equipment available to modern scientists. There are some people, however, who believe they can sense when a major geological(地质学上的) event is coming. They claim to be \"earthquake sensitive\".

Sensitivity to the earth's movements, according to those who say they have it, is revealed in different ways. Some say they are unusually clumsy and keep dropping things and having small accidents just before a big event. Others suddenly have a strong desire to eat popcorn, and don' t know why. Though it may sound crazy, they say it tells them that a big earthquake is less than 24 hours away.

The most common sign of an approaching disaster among earthquake sensitive people is said to be a bad headache. Arguably the first person to connect her own headaches to coming geological events was an American woman called Charlotte, King. She became famous for her prediction of the eruption of Washington's Mr. St. Helens on May 18, 1980, when she was accurate to within 12 minutes of the actual event.

King was tested by doctors and scientists and found to possess unusual hearing abilities. She could hear sounds in frequencies that most human beings cannot, and claimed to have been hearing such sounds since 1976. Three years later, she noticed that when the sounds changed in pitch or rhythm, giving her unpleasant headaches, a large earthquake would be reported within 72 hours. 73. It is stated in the first paragraph that there may be ________.

A. people who are developing new methods of preventing earthquakes B. people who are able to detect earthquake activity

C. new machines to help earthquake sensitive people make predictions D. new machines that will soon be able to accurately predict earthquakes 74. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. A magical ability B. Charlotte King

C. Human vs Machine D. Earthquake and volcanic eruption 75. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a sign of an approaching earthquake? A. An urge to eat popcorn. B. A painful headache.

C. A very loud noise. D. A tendency to drop things. 76. What enables Charlotte King to predict a geological event?

A. Her special hearing ability B. The frequency of a sound. C. The headache. D. The pitch or rhythm of a sound.

E

The shell-shocked students walked out onto Tottenham Court Road from the University &College London Office where they'd just finished their final exam. After months of study, they are near graduation and don't quite know what they'll do with themselves next. Some will go onto further study. Others will travel, and some lucky ones will get a job.

According to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit, up to 10,000 of this year‟s nearly 400,000 graduates will still be searching for jobs in six months' time. That is twice as many as last year. These students are the biggest group of graduates ever. And they‟ re the first to have paid £ 3,000 in additional fees for every year they studied. The class of 2009 is part of the New Labour generation: the most educated, but also the generation that owes the most money and has the poorest chances of a job.

Joyce, 21, a computer science student, is taking a risk. She told The Guardian , \"I'm going to pack my bags and go traveling. None of my friends has found a job, so I'm not alone. ” Fight or flight

That fight-or-flight pattern can be seen in a study by The Guardian. A survey of 55universities, including 20 top colleges, shows a big rise in applications for master's courses. It's a way the “fighters” try to make themselves look better to possible bosses.

For those who don't “fight”, “flight” is calling them. Figures provided by the student travel group STA Travel suggest a rise in people going traveling.

Fiona Sandford, director of careers at the London School of Economics, told The Guardian that, in hard economic times, students do one of two things: they work harder at getting ahead, or they give up.

One common UK student response is “I‟m off to Thailand\". But next year they will be in competition with those who are just coming out. When the economy improves, bosses want fresh graduates. 77. Which is NOT characteristic of this year's UK graduates? A. They are among the largest number of graduates.

B. They have to pay much more for their higher learning. C. They have better job chances than next year's graduates. D. They have to bear the biggest job-seeking pressure.

78. Which is NOT a way graduates fight for better job opportunities? A. Apply for master's study. B. Go traveling abroad. C. Join working holiday programmes. D. Go on searching for job possibilities. 79. According to the passage, what does the writer imply?

A. When those fresh graduates giving up hunting jobs this year come back next year, they will find it tougher to get a job.

B. Any friends of Joyce haven't found jobs, nor has she.

C. This year's graduates with fewer debts are the most educated.

D. Some graduates travel abroad for working experience to look more competitive in job hunting. 80. The underlined word \"flight\" is closest in meaning to _______ A. taking a plane B. running away C. travelling abroad D. making a comeback

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据句中空格处所给出的首字母或汉语写出单词的正确形式。 81. Without o________________ and water, Man can‟t live on the earth. 82. Your idea sounds p_______________ good.

83. In our school, every student has a________________ to books in the library.

84. Recently a s_______________ has been made in our school about whether we should have a good breakfast or not.

85. The “web browser” allowed computer users to get d_______________ from other computers.

86.The government has promised to provide more teaching _______________ (设备) to schools in poor areas.

87. When you cool a metal, it ____________________ (收缩)

88. It is reported that some people didn‟t_______________(幸存) the Thailand flood. 89. People are wondering what is the _________________（来源）of the pollution. 90. This is the first web browser ____________(设计) by Berners-lee.

第二节 按课文内容填空，一空一词（共20空，每空0.5分，满分10分）

对许多村庄而言，生活正变得越发困难，而且有些村庄正在消失。对这一情况，有许多的原因。 Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are disappearing. There are _________ __________ __________ reasons __________ this.

我想在蒙特利尔和渥太华两所大学间选择，因为它们理应有很好的物理系。

I‟m going to try to go to _________ Montreal _________ Ottawa University, ________ both _________ __________ __________ have good Physics Department. 房价在上涨，因此当地的人买不起房子。

The price of homes __________ __________ and people from the area cannot __________ __________ buy a house there.

Berners-Lee使每个人用上互联网成为可能，而不仅仅是大学和军队。

Berners-Lee made ____________ ___________ for everyone to use the Internet, __________ ___________ universities and the army.

95. 在5年之内，互联网用户的人数从60万增加到了4千万。

__________ five years, the number of Internet users ___________ from 600,000 to 40 million. 按照括号里的提示翻译句子（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 美国由50个州组成。( consist of )

我过去常常晚起床，但现在我习惯早起。 (used to)

十六岁的李华住在中国西部，大约距成都100公里。 （away from）

99. 当他散步时，他想出了这个题的解法。 （come up with）

他参军已经有三年了。 （It be +一段时间+since句型）

参考答案 听力理解 BACAB ACCAA CCBBC ABBAC 单项选择 ADAAB BAABB BDACA BCCCA 完形填空 CDBCA BACDC CBBDC BCADA

阅读理解 DDBC BAAD CDCB BACA CBAB 单词拼写

oxygen 82. pretty 83. access 84. survey 85. documents

86. facilities\\equipment 87. contracts 88. survive 89. source 90. designed 课文填空

a number of ; for

either or; as; are supposed to 93. goes up; afford to

94. it possible; not just 95. within; rose 翻译句子

The USA consists of 50 states.

I used to get up late, but now I am used to getting up early.

Sixteen-year-old Lihua lives in the west of China, about 100 kilometers away from Chengdu. He came up with the approach to the problem while he was walking. It has been 3 years since he joined the army.