江苏省无锡一中学高一英语下学期期中考试试卷.doc

1、江苏省无锡一中08-09学年高一下学期期中考试（英语）一、听力（0.5×20=10）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音结束后，将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。1what is the man?aa worker.ba driver.ca teacher.2what is the man going to do this weekend?ameet a

2、friend of his.bgo to beijing.chold a birthday party.3what did the woman buy her husband for christmas?aa book.ba watch.ca record.4how does the woman feel?asurprised.blight-hearted.cworried.5what does the man tell the woman?ashe is mistaken.bhis dog likes chasing cats.cthere is another cat that looks

3、 like hers.第二节听下面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，每小题将给出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8题。6whats the woman going to do?abuy a birthday gift for david.bbuy a pet for her husband.cbuy some animals for the zoo.7how many kinds of animals are menti

4、oned in the conversation?a2 b3 c48what can we learn from the conversation?athe man likes keeping rabbitsbthe man built a zoo.cthe man doesnt like snakes.听第7段材料，回答第911题。9how many goals did jacks team score?a3 b2 c110what do we know about the woman?ashe watched the game on tv.bshe knew about the game

5、over the radio.cshe watched the match at the stadium.11when is jacks next match?aon friday this week bon saturday this week con friday next week听第8段材料，回答第1214题。12what are the two speakers talking about?aa flight timetable bhiring a taxi cthe way to the union street13where is woman going on saturday?

6、agarden hotel b the airport cthe railway station14what time does the woman want to leave?aat 7:00 am bat 7:00 pm cat 5:00 pm听第9段材料，回答第1517题。15who is the man going to meet tomorrow?adave btony chis girlfriend16what is the probable relationship between the two speakers?ahusband and wife bclose friends

7、 cboss and secretary17where are the two speakers going to have dinner? ks5uain a restaurant bin the womans house cat the mans home ks5u听第10段材料，回答第1820题。 ks5u18what is the topic of this passage? ks5uachinas education bchinas history cchinas development ks5u19how many school-age children have dropped

8、out of the school? ks5uaover 2 million bover 4 million cover 12 million ks5u20what is the biggest problem in helping the poor children? ks5ualacking （缺乏）love from society ks5ublacking money ks5ucparents ignorance ks5u二、课文填空（0.5×20=10） ks5u1 hello, nigel, i said. meeting you here! hi, elizabeth,

9、 nigel answered. i was just wondering how to spend the morning until i saw you. youre not busy doing anything, are you? then ill come with you, he answered. theres always to read in the waiting room! ks5u2 i was being tested for a driving license for the third time. i had been asked to drive in heav

10、y traffic and has done so successfully. after having been to drive out of town, i began to acquire . ks5u3 apparently to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. the crowd suddenly grew quiet. the drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. when the bull got close

11、 to him, he stepped aside to let it pass. the crowd into ks5uand the drunk bowed. ks5u4 outside, the fog _like a thick, grey cloud. there was no one in sight, polly set off towards park street. as she walked along, she heard the sound of , but by the time she reached the comer of the street,. sudden

12、ly polly felt a rough hand her face and she heard a man's voice in her ear saying 'sorry.' ks5u5because of this, modern english includes many latin and greek words. pronunciation also _ huge changes during this period. however, this is not the end of the changes in the english language.

13、even today, where a person comes from will their style of speech. this is called a . ks5u6the city was _ for many years until the 18th century when a farmer found some stone with _ on it. people started to dig in the area for , which caused much . when we went to the city, we saw the city walls, pal

14、aces, temples, workshops and towers. we found the most interesting. there was an ancient water system that through the middle of the city. ks5u三、单词拼写（0.5×10=5） ks5u1there's an e_ amount of information on the internet. that's why many people likesurfing the internet. ks5u2professor wang

15、in the english department is making a study of the s_ and differences between america and england. ks5u3 all the buildings were completely d_ _ in the area by the powerful earthquake. ks5u4that professor w_ _ so that he could not be heard by the others present. ks5u5the people living in that apartme

16、nt have free a_ _ to that swimming pool. they don't have to pay anything for swimming in it. ks5u6this office closed _ _ （暂时地）due to a power failure, and soon it reopened. ks5u7it's not the first time for us to meet. once i sat _ _ （对面）you during the meal. ks5u8the school was _ _ （原先，起初）very

17、 small, but now it has been enlarged. ks5u9though the dog looked _ _ （凶猛的）, it was gentle actually. ks5u10the group of mountain climbers _ _ （惊慌失措）when they realized that they were lost in the mountain. ks5u四、动词填空 （0.5×10=5） ks5u1the rumor（传言）that the famous singer got divorced（离婚）soon _ （sprea

18、d）from mouth to mouth. ks5u2-would you please come and help me with my homework. dad? ks5u-sorry, but i can't help _ （do）it for you, as i'm so busy now. ks5u3with all his homework _ （finish）, he felt quite relaxed. ks5u4the worker has to work for the boss without _ （pay）. ks5u5he is a man ea

19、sy _ （get）along with. ks5u6by the time we got to the meeting room, they _ （come）to an end. ks5u7i _ （paint）my new flat all day. so look! how dirty i am! what i need most now is a good bath. ks5u8passing the manager's office, i heard him_ （interview）a young man from beijing university. ks5u9the p

20、olice found that the house had been broken into and a lot of things _ （steal）. ks5u10in the past ten years scientists _ （achieve）great advances in information technology. ks5u五、句型转换 （0.5×20=10） ks5u1james and his classmates were told to finish the task in two days, which made them crazy. ks5uja

21、mes his classmates was told to finish the task in two days, them crazy. ks5u2it was unfortunate that the robber hit tom's head and took his bag away. ks5uthe robber tom _ _ head and took his bag away. ks5u3the class made up of 50 students is on the second floor. ks5uthe class _ _ 50 students is

22、on the second floor. ks5u4it's said that one of the famous writer's novels has been translated into several languages. ks5uthe writer is so famous that one of his novels is said _ _ _ translated into several languages. ks5u5the expert not only made some comments on the project but he also ga

23、ve some suggestions for further improvement. ks5unot only _ the expert _ some comments on the project but he gave some, suggestions for further improvement _ _. ks5u6the serious car accident resulted from the driver's carelessness. ks5uthe driver's carelessness_the serious car accident. ks5u

24、7confucius had a great influence on the development of china's culture and education. ks5uconfucius_ _ the development of china's culture and education. ks5u ks5u六、完成句子（0.5×20=10） ks5u1尽管他时不时去做兼职，他在学习上还是取得了很大进步，因为他能充分利用他的学习时间。 ks5udoing part-time jobs now and then, he has great in his s

25、tudies, for he can make of his time for study. ks5u2总经理生病去世后，他唯一的女儿接管了他的生意。 ks5uafter the general manager fell ill and died, his only daughter _ _ the business _him. ks5u3现在很多人用电子邮件来替代信件，这表明越来越多的人使用电脑了。 ks5unowadays many people _ letters _ emails, which shows the wide use of the computer. ks5u4他给公司挽

26、回了损失，作为回报，公司给了他一间公寓。 ks5uhe saved a lot for the company; the company gave him a flat . ks5u5总体上说，我们必须依靠政府来防止我们的环境受到污染。 ks5ua , we must depend on our government to our environment polluted. ks5u6他能及时实施他的计划的可能性很小。 ks5uthat he can his plan in time are very small. ks5u七、单项选择（1×20=20） ks5u21_ annoys

27、 me is that kirn never returns the books she borrows on time. ks5uathis bit cwhat dthat ks5u22ten years ago the population of our village was _ that of our neighbor's. ks5uaas twice much as btwice large than ks5uctwice as much as dtwice as large as ks5u23it's quite_ _that dr smith will be pr

28、esent at the meeting. ks5uacertain bsure ccertainly dsurely ks5u24_ is known to us all that the 2008 olympic games took place in beijing. ks5uawhat bit cas dwhich ks5u25he is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them _ in his lecture. ks5uainterested binteresting cinterest dto

29、interest ks5u26nowadays, a large number of women, especially those from the countryside, _ in the clothing industry. ks5uais working bworks cwork dworked ks5u27she was the only one of the girls who _ late for yesterday's party. ks5uaare bwere cis dwas ks5u28the result of the experiment was very

30、good, _ we hadn't expected ks5uawhen bthat cwhat dwhich ks5u29when _, the museum will be open to the public next year. ks5uacompleted bcompleting cbeing completed dto be completed ks5u30it was not until last night_ he finally made up his mind. ks5uabefore bwhen cthat dsince ks5u31last year, the

31、number of people who died increased _ _ 2% _ 5% the year before last. ks5uaat; comparing to bto; comparing with ks5ucfor; to compare with dby; compared with ks5u32australian english differs _ british english _ that some of the vocabulary has special meanings. ks5uafrom; in bwith; in cfrom; except dw

32、ith; except ks5u33do you know anything about the difficulty he had _him? ks5uapersuaded bpersuading cto persuade dfor persuading ks5u34at the railway station, the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was ks5uaout of sight bout of reach cout of order dout of place ks5u35-are you still

33、 busy? ks5u-yes, i_my work, and it won't take long. ks5ua, just finish bam just finishing ks5uchave just finished dam just going to finish ks5u36after staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to_ his health. ks5uatake up bpick up ccarry up dmake up ks5u37they ca

34、ught the enemy _, who were seriously wounded but still _. ks5ualiving; live blive; living calive; alive dalive; live ks5u38- it has rained for a day. what a timely rain it is! ks5uaso it is bso is it cso it has dso has it ks5u39i have read the material several times but it doesn't make any _ to

35、me. ks5uameaning bimportance csense dsignificance ks5u40i can't go home now. a lot of work _ to be done. ks5uais remained bleft cremains dhave ks5u八、完形填空（1×20=20） ks5uthe elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my hours. since it is not far away, i could go home for lunch and find my m

36、other 41 for me. ks5uat that time, i did not consider this a luxury（人生难得的享受） 42 today it certainly ks5uwould be. i took it for granted that mothers were the sandwich-makers, and the 43 monitors（监督者）.so i never 44 that this hardworking and intelligent woman, 45 had had a career before i was born and

37、would return to a career, would spend every lunch hour just with me.when the noon bell rang, i 46 race breathlessly home. my mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me with a look that suggested i was the only 47 thing she had on her mind. for this, i am forever 48 . ks5uo

38、ne lunchtime, when i was in the third grade, will 49 me always . i had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had patiently helped me practice my 50 . but no matter how 51 i recited them at home, 52 i stepped onstage, every word 53 from my head. ks5ufinally, my te

39、acher took me aside. she 54 that she has written a narrators part to the play, and asked me to 55 roles. her words, kindly spoken, 56 hurt me, especially when i saw my part go to another girl. ks5ui didn't tell my mother what had happened when i went home that day . but she sensed my 57 , and in

40、stead of helping me practice my lines , she asked if i wanted to 58 in the yard. ks5umy mother bent down by one of the elm trees, “i think im going to 59 all these dandelions （蒲公英）,” she said , “from now on , well have only roses in this garden.” ks5u“but i like dandelions ,” i protested（抗议）. “yes.

41、all flowers are beautiful-even dandelions.” said mother . “my dear , dont lose 60 whatever difficulties you might meet with.” ks5u41acrying bpreparing clooking dwaiting ks5u42aalthoughbifcunlessdsince ks5u43ahouseworkbhomeworkchousedhome ks5u44apredictedbhatedcdoubtedddislike ks5u45awhombthatcwhodwh

42、ich ks5u46awouldbshouldcmightdcould ks5u47aimportantbunluckycsimpledcommon ks5u48aangrybpuzzledcinteresteddgrateful ks5u49abreak away frombrefer to cstay with descape from ks5u50adances bexperiments cpapers dlines ks5u51adifficultly bslowly ceasily dlowly ks5u52aas soon asbwhilecbecausedin case ks5u

43、53aturned up bshowed off cdisappeared dcame ks5u54aliedbpretendedcexpresseddexplained ks5u55acheck bchange cprovide dimprove ks5u56aalreadybneverchardlydstill ks5u57aexcitement bsatisfaction csadness danger ks5u58awalk brun crecite dpractice ks5u59abring in bdig up cbring back dtake along ks5u60away

44、 bmind cbreath dheart ks5u九、阅读理解（2×10=20） ks5ua ks5ulast week my youngest son and i visited my father at his new home in tucson, arizona. he moved there a few years ago，and i was eager to see his new place and meet his friends. ks5umy earliest memories of my father are of a tall，handsome，succes

45、sful man devoted to his work and family，but uncomfortable with his children. as a child i loved him；as a school girl and young adult i feared him and felt bitter about him. he seemed unhappy with me unless i got straight as and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as

46、he was. whenever i went out with him on weekends，i used to struggle to think up things to say，feeling on guard. ks5uon the first day of my visit，we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. we walked along that afternoon，did some shopping，ate on the street table，and laugh

47、ed over my sons funny facial expressions. gone was my fathers critical air and strict rules. who was this person i knew as my father，who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around？what had held him back before? ks5uthe next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few st

48、ories about his own childhood. although our times together became easier over the years，i never felt closer to him at that moment. after so many years，i m at last seeing another side of my father. and in so doing，im delighted with my new friend. my dad，in his new home in arizona，is back to me from w

49、here he was. ks5u61why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult? ks5uahe was silent most of the time. ks5ubhe was too proud of himself. ks5uche did not love his children. ks5udhe expected too much of her ks5u62when the author went out with her father on weekends，she would feel_.

50、ks5uanervous bsorry ctired dsafe ks5u63what does the author think of her father after her visit to tucson? ks5uamore critical. bmore talkative. ks5ucgentle and friendly. dstrict and hard­working. ks5u64the underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to_. ks5uathe authors son bt

51、he authors father ks5ucthe friend of the authors father dthe cafe owner ks5ub ks5uholidays ks5uholiday news ks5uvacancies （空位）now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in devon. this comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from th

52、e sea. the food is simple but good. children and pets are welcome. reduced prices for low season. ks5uthe snowdonia center ks5uthe snowdonia center for young mountain climbers has a mountain 1068.the beginners' costs are 57 for a week, including food and rooms. equipment is included except walki

53、ng shoes, which can be hired at a low cost. ks5uyou must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. this could be the beginning of a lifetime of lifetime of mountain climbing adventure. ks5uthe world sea trip of a lifetime ks5uour world sea trip of 2008 will be unlike a

54、ny holiday you have ever been on before. instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another. ks5uon board the ship, you will be well taken care of. every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home. ks5uduring the trip, you can rest on deck（甲板）, enjoy yourself in the games