2012—2013年度高三英语第一学期期中考试试题

安徽省望江中学2012~2013年度第一学期期中考试 高三英语试题   第I卷（选择题 共115分）   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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.     What is the age of the man now? A. 20            B. 22             C. 24 2. What does the woman mean? A. Things here are very cheap.     B. Things here are not cheap. C. Only some things are cheap here. 3. Where are the speakers? A. In Chicago.     B. In New York.      C. In California. 4. What is the relationship between the two speakers?     A. Friends.        B. Couples.        C. Workmates. 5. What day is it today? A. Sunday.        B. Friday.        C. Saturday. 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，从每题所给的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。 听第6段材料，回答第6至第8题。 6. Who is the man? A. A passer-by      B. The car driver.      C. The truck driver. 7. What happened according to the conversation? A. A car was hit on Highway 204. B. A truck was burned on Highway 204. C. The driver of a truck was badly hurt. 8. How soon will help come? A. In five minutes.    B. In ten minutes.    C. In fifteen minutes. 听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。 9. Which necklace does the man want to buy? A. The pink necklace. B. The necklace with a slightly irregular shape. C. The pink necklace with a regular shape. 10. Why does the man buy a necklace and a pair of earrings? A. To give his girlfriend as a Christmas present. B. To give his mother as a birthday present. C. To give a friend as a birthday present. 11. How much does the man pay? A. $ 120.        B. $130.        C. $ 140. 听第8段材料，回答第12至第14题。 12. What did the man do yesterday evening? A. He was busy preparing for a presentation. B. He watched the 53rd Grammy Awards. C. He read the article on global warming. 13. How many awards did Lady Antebellum get this time? A. 2.            B. 5.           C. 7. 14. Which song of Lady Gaga won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance? A. Need You Now.    B. The Fame Monster.    C. Bad Romance. 听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。 15. What does the woman say about the fire ants? A. They will attack each other for food. B. They look as bright as burning fire. C. They come from South America. 16. What is talked about in the newspaper report? A. Some animals and plants from abroad grow better in New Zealand. B. In New Zealand, some animals and plants from abroad do not hurt nature. C. Some animals and plants from New Zealand are very popular in China 17. What does the boy’s mother ask him to do now? A. Clean the floor.    B. Feed his fish.    C. Check where his fish from. 听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题。 18. How can you sometimes learn more about a person? A. By talking with him.    B. By listening to him.    C. By watching him. 19. What does the person mean if he taps his foot? A. He doesn’t agree with what he said. B. He isn’t interested in your talk. C. He’s tired of standing still. 20. Besides speaking, what can we learn from what the speaker said? A. Signs can help one follow a speaker along. B. A fast speaker often uses body language. C. Signs are usually used on TV.   第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分） 第一节  单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分） 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21. —How did it_    __ that you made so many mistakes in your homework? —I myself haven’t figured it out yet.  A. bring about         B. come about          C. come across       D. occur to 22. — I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day.    —Yes, ______news came as ______shock to all of us. A. the; the         B. a; /             C. the; a            D. /; a 23. By then, we ______ eight reporters to ______ the North Korea Nuclear Crisis. A. was sending; report      B. had sent; discuss C. had sent; cover          D. was sending; cover 24. It’s a common scene in the film Tangshan Earthquake that families cry helplessly over _____ is left of their homes. A. what         B. which            C. there                D. it 25. BP announced Thursday that oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf of Mexico,________ a few Americans think is untrue. A. where           B. what           C. which          D. that 26. ―Why? Where is my cellphone?  ―Dear me! You _______ it in the taxi！ A. have never left                   B. never left     C. haven’t left      D. didn’t leave 27. Knowing that he was admitted to Beijing University, everyone believes that he______  a hard time in the past three years．     A．should have had                  B．must have had C．would have had D．could have had 28. – Shall we pay a visit to the Great Wall tomorrow morning? -- ____ it rains. A. If              B. Until             C. since             D. Unless 29. – It is better for you to lose weight by taking exercise every morning.    -- I think your suggestion deserves ______. A. try             B. tried             C. to be tried         D. to try 30. Although we haven’t got accurate statistics, it is estimated that ______ 300 factories in this province closed down during the economic crisis. A. finally        B. previously       C. obviously       D. approximately 31. She said the pleasure she had harvested in devoting herself to teaching children in this remote village was different from ____ of any other kind.     A. one              B. that         C. the one          D. those 32. He put on an innocent look, insisting that he _____ John’s money. But all the signs suggested that he ______ a thief. A. shouldn’t steal; should be        B. hadn’t stolen; should be C. hadn’t stolen; was             D. shouldn’t steal; was 33. —How did you find your visit to the museum, Jane?  —__________. A. Oh, wonderful, indeed.            B. By taking a No. 3 bus C. I went there alone.                 D. A classmate of mine showed me the way. 34. ________ for not keeping his promise，Gary hung his head in shame. A. Blamed           B. To be blamed     C. Blaming     D. To blame 35. In the lecture ______ , saying that only ______ create history. A. a professor sat; people can       B. sat a professor; can people C. sat a professor; people can       D. a professor sat; can people   第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two __36__ songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. She __37__ about them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her __38__ a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds. One day the girl __39__ the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so __40__ that he would fly away. As he flew close, she __41__ him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in __42__ him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp (无力的). She opened her __43__ and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her __44__ love had killed him. She noticed the other bird moving __45__ on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for __46__. He needed to soar into the clear, blue sky. She __47__ him from the cage and tossed (抛, 掷) him __48__ into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times. The girl watched __49__ at the bird’s enjoyment. Her heart was no longer __50__ with her loss. She wanted the bird to be __51__. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her __52__. It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard. Sometimes love is somewhat like __53__ a kite in the sky. The fastest way to __54__ love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it __55__, which is a good lesson we should learn from the story. 36. A. missing          B. drowning             C. starving     D. escaping 37. A. learned          B. talked               C. worried      D. cared 38. A. with         B. as               C. in               D. by 39. A. made         B. left                 C. held         D. took 40. A. annoyed      B. excited          C. frightened       D. pleased 41. A. grasped          B. beat             C. pushed       D. struck 42. A. hunting          B. seizing              C. injuring     D. punishing 43. A. arm          B. eye              C. hand         D. heart 44. A. desperate        B. special              C. private          D. favorable 45. A. up and down      B. in and out           C. here and there   D. back and forth 46. A. love         B. freedom          C. food         D. help 47. A. carried          B. dropped          C. lifted           D. pulled 48. A. softly           B. slowly           C. quickly      D. heavily 49. A. carefully        B. devotedly            C. hopefully        D. delightedly 50. A. interested       B. concerned            C. surprised        D. satisfied 51. A. happy            B. sad              C. alone            D. alive 52. A. face         B. nose             C. head         D. shoulder 53. A. making           B. drawing          C. flying           D. sending 54. A. find         B. lose             C. get          D. win 55. A. wings            B. loves                C. minds            D. comforts   第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A TV Shows and Long Bus Trips     Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end— with ads thrown in every three or four minutes. The ads are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard appears outside the bus window. “Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” “Drink Good’n Wet Root Beer.” “Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”     The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed—new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly daring, the ride can be as exciting as a suspense(悬念) story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.     The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests—even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There are just no more ways to sit. 56. According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?    A. Buses on the road.    B. Films on television.    C. Advertisements on billboards.    D. Gas stations. 57. What is the purpose of this passage?    A. To talk about the similarities between long bus trips and TV shows.    B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.    C. To display the differences between long bus trips and TV shows.    D. To describe the billboards along the road. 58. The writer of this passage would probably favor         A. bus drivers who weren’t caring.    B. driving alone.    C. a television set on the bus.    D. no billboards along the road. 59. The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because          A. the ads both on TV shows and on the billboards along the road are fun.    B. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between. C. the drivers are always daring on TV shows just as they are on buses.    D. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.           B 14 days from just ￡ 2,090 pp Fully inclusive from the UK Price covers：International airfares，departure taxes，fuel charges，local transportation，accommodation，all meals，entrance fees，guides，daily tours and visas for UK citizens. Days 1­--3：UK—Shanghai Fly to the great city of Shanghai and in the evening sample traditional Shanghai food. Visit the beautiful Yu Gardens，Old Town，Shanghai Museum，cross the Great Nanpu Bridge and tour the Pudong area. Also explore Xintiandi with its 1920’s style Shikumen buildings and end your stay in Shanghai with an amazing Huangpu River evening tour. Days 4--­7：Shanghai—Yangtze River Tour Fly to Yichang and change (approx.one hour)to board your Yangtze River ship for the next four nights. Enjoy a tour of the Three Gorges Dam(三峡大坝)before sailing on the grand Yangtze River，passing through the impressive Three Gorges. We take a side trip to the Lesser Three Gorges or travel up the Shennong Stream in a peapod boat and enjoy various shore trips along the way. Day 8：Chongqing—Chengdu Get off in Chongqing and drive to Chengdu for an overnight stay. Days 9--­10：Chengdu—Xi’an Days 14：Beijing—UK Fly back to the UK，arriving home later the same day filled with happy memories. 60．The underlined word“sample”in the passage probably means“________”． A. buy                       B. reserve           C. taste                      D. make 61．The first and the last scenic spots to be visited in Xi’an are________. A. the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque B. the Terracotta Warriors and Shaanxi Provincial Museum C. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque D. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarter 62．Which of the following is TRUE according to the ad? A. The tourists will have to pay extra for fuel and meals. B. The tourists will visit the 1920’s Shikumen buildings in Beijing. C. The tourists will take a side trip to the Three Gorges Dam during the tour. D. The tourists will stay in Beijing for three nights before leaving for the UK. 63. The ad is mainly intended to________. A. encourage the British to travel in China B. attract the British to traditional Chinese food C. offer services of booking air tickets to tourists D. provide the British with a better understanding of China   C     A week ago, I had the great pleasure of reading an e-book, When Money Talks, Listen! By Rich Ezzo．It took only about an hour to read．     When I first received a copy, I thought it was a Get Rich Quick type of publication．Nothing is wrong with Get Rich Quick, but my mind just doesn’t chase after dreams of wealth．I think that if God ever wants me to be rich, he knows where to find my purse．     When I began reading When Money Talks, Listen!, I was overjoyed to find that Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry either．He, too, is hungry far more important than money．     Since I love this e-book so much, why wait a week to write the review? Simple．I wanted to see if the effect it had on me was a keeper．After reading the last word of the e-book, I totally agreed with the subtitle which promised to forever change the way we thought about money．I had so many thoughts running around my mind that I had to install（安装） a stoplight to stop some while others made their way into the picture, then I yielded（让路） them as a few ones arrived in town．I had a mental traffic jam, which only goes to show how slow the traffic usually is．     It has been a week and the effect is the same．I truly do look at money differently and have even done a few things differently this week．This is an e-book you’ll want to read, I promise．I often recommend books to my daughter, and this is one that I didn’t just “suggest”---I left it open at the bottom of the computer and told each one, “Read it, you’ll love it．”     I would never point someone in a direction I wouldn’t go myself．I urge you to visit the author’s website, Myster Money, and to download the e-book．You won’t regret it． 64．The author wrote this passage to _________.     A．point out Rich Ezzo isn't money hungry 　  B．show the author's attitude to money 　  C．introduce the general idea of an e-book 　  D．strongly recommend an e-book 65．According to the passage, a Get Rich Quick type of publication ______．     A．is what the author really cares for     B．is more popular than e-books     C．is also an e-book written by Rich Ezzo     D．deals with how to make money 66．The author didn't write the review as soon as he finished reading the book because________． 　  A．he wondered if the book would have long influence on him 　  B．he was not sure whether he did well 　  C．he had to wait for Rich Ezzo's permission 　  D．he was too excited to write anything 67．By saying the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4, the author probably __________． 　  A．shows how bad the traffic is in town 　  B．shows that the book brought him many new thoughts 　  C．describes the difficulty in understanding the book 　  D．explains it's hard to change one's attitude to money D A town in Oxford shire has become the first in the UK to have bio-methane（生物甲烷）gas from human waste piped to their homes for gas central heating and cooking. Up to 200 families in Didcot now receive the gas via the national gas power system. Head of energy and technology at British Gas, Martin Orrill, said customers wouldn’t notice any difference as the gas is purified（提炼）to the highest standard and has no smell. The gas is produced at a sewage（污物）treatment works plant in Didcot. The entire process takes only less than three weeks, with the sewage being collected and sent first to settlement tanks. The solid waste material is then fed into digesters, where anaerobic bacteria（厌氧菌）digest the sewage, with the aid of enzymes（酶）to speed up the process. The digestion process produces methane, which can be burned to drive machines to produce electricity, or can be purified and fed into the gas network and piped to homes and businesses. British Gas says supplying the gas rather than electricity is far more efficient since around two-thirds of the energy is lost in producing electricity. Partners in the Didcot project, British Gas, Scotia Gas Networks, and Thames Water, all hope to expand the process to other towns, and other companies such as Electricity and United Utilities have also announced bio-methane projects being planned. One of these projects, in Manchester, could be supplying 500 homes with bio-methane by mid next year. Another British Gas project in Suffolk will provide gas from digestion of brewery wastes to around 235 families. The Didcot project cost ￡2.5m and was influenced by promises of government aids aimed at encouraging companies to develop renewable technologies. An EU directive means the UK must ensure at least 15 percent of its energy is from renewable sources by 2020. The UK produces about 1.73 million tons of sewage annually. If all sewage treatment works in the UK were fitted with the technology, they could supply gas for up to 350,000 families. 68. Which of the following is true of the bio-methane gas?    A. It’s an environmentally friendly gas.    B. It’s mainly made from rotting plants.    C. Its production process is too long. D. It’s easily recognized by the customers. 69. What is the function of the enzymes?    A. To speed up the digestion process.    B. To help get rid of anaerobic bacteria.    C. To help purify the bio-methane.    D. To digest the solid waste material. 70. According to British Gas, the bio-methane gas had better be used _____.    A. as the power for the vehicles         B. to produce the electricity    C. for the heating and cooking               D. to drive a variety of machines 71. What should the text belong to?    A. Computer science.             B. Engineering. C. Business.                     D. Energy. E Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet .... We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.    Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤)  instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.    On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we  don’t  have  to  work  to  get  results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.    The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.    Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them. 72. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ______. A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products C. diet products are misleading people D. people are fed up with diet products 73. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to ______. A. try out a variety of diet foods B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods C. pay attention to their own eating habits D. watch their weight rather than their diet 74. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______. A. diet products bring no pain          B. it costs a lot to lose weight C. losing weight is effortless          D. diet products are free from calories 75. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______. A. are over-consumed                B. lack basic nutrients C. are short of chemicals               D. provide too much energy 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共35分） 第四部分　写作(共两节，满分35分) 第一节　任务型读写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 One of the definitions of a symbol is that it is “something that stands for something else.” We can divide symbols into three kinds: the conventional, the accidental, and the universal symbol. The conventional symbol is the best known in everyday language. The letters t-a-b-l-e stand for the thing “table” we see, touch, and use. But there is no inherent（内在的）relationship between the meaning and its letters or sound. The only reason the word symbolizes the thing is the convention of calling this particular thing by a name. After being repeated over and over, the word is accepted in the language. Besides words, pictures also act as symbols. A flag, for instance, may stand for a specific country, and yet there is no inherent connection between the specific colours and the country for which they stand. It has been accepted after repeated uses. The opposite to the conventional symbol is the accidental symbol. Supposing that someone has had a saddening experience in a city, he will easily connect the name with a mood of sadness when hearing its name, just as he would connect it with a mood of joy had his experience been a happy one. Obviously, there is nothing in the nature of the city that is either sad or joyful. It is the individual experience connected with the city that makes it a symbol of a mood. The connection between the symbol and the experience symbolized is entirely accidental. The universal symbol is one in which there is an inherent relationship between the symbol and the symbolized. Take, for instance, the symbol of fire. Fire gives us the impression of power, of energy, and of lightness. When we use fire as a symbol, we describe the inner experience characterized by the same elements—the mood of energy, lightness, movement, etc. The universal symbol is the only one in which the relationship between the symbol and that which is symbolized is not coincidental, but inherent. It can be called universal because it is shared by all men, in contrast not only to the accidental symbol, which is entirely personal, but also to the conventional symbol, which is shared by the people of the same convention.  Title: (76)________ Definition Something that (77)________ something else. Kinds Examples Characteristics Conventional symbol ·The letters t-a-b-l-e stand for the thing “table” ·A flag may (78)________ to a specific country There is no inherent relationship between words (or pictures) and what they stand for. They’ve been accepted simply for being used (79)________ by the people from the (80)________ group. Accidental symbol ·A city’s name is (81)________ with joy or sadness. The connection between the symbol and the experience symbolized is completely (82)________ so the symbols are merely shared by (83)________ person. Universal symbol ·Fire (84)________ us of the image of power, energy, and lightness. The relationship between the symbol and the symbolized is inherent and the symbols are shared by (85)________ .     第二节 书面表达 (满分25分) 你校开展了“争做好学生好公民” 活动，请你就活动前后同学们的言行变化写一篇英语报道，同时发表你个人看法。 注意： 词数：120左右；开头已写好，不计入总词数。 At the beginning of the term, a campaign “to be a good student and a good citizen” was launched in our school, and great changes have taken place since then.                             _______________________________________________________________________                  _________________________________________________     _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________       _________________________________________________     _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________       _________________________________________________     _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________