东莞市四校联考2013—2014学年度第二学期期中考试
高一年级英语试卷
I 听力（共两节，满分15分）
第一节 听力理解 （2段共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，每段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 听第一段对话，回答第1~2题。
1. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A job interview B. The job lay-offs C.A new company 2. How did the speakers feel about the news?
A. Angry B. Excited C. Anxious
听第二段对话，回答第3~5题。
3. What is the speaker’s major?
A. Physics B. Photography C. Geography 4.What is the speaker going to do next week？
A．Paint from nature B. Take Pictures C. Observe trees 5. What does the speaker think of the class?
A. Fun B. Difficult C. Boring
第二节 听取信息 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为6~10的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 One pattern: It covers about one in 6__families. Parents and married children live close together but in separate 7__. It occurs in 8___ rather than middle class families.Different family patterns in modern Britain The other pattern: Parents and married children live further apart. It covers about 9___of the population. It is found especially in the 10___of England. [来源:Z_xx_k.Com][来源学科网Z,X,X,K][来源:Zxxk.Com][来源学&科&网]
II语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
Sometimes, we tried to do one thing, but met with another thing instead: something fortunate we never would have expected．That 11 to the Myers family on a visit to Madison．
The Myers family, 12 their nicest wedding attire (盛装), decided to take a family photo in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building．Mr Myers put down his bag, found a nice sunny 13 in front of the building, told his wife and kids where to 14 , set his camera on a wall and pressed the timer button．He 15 to get into the picture．Three ．．．two ．．．one ．．．snap! A perfect shot! The surroundings matched them so well．
Then Mr．Myers went to get his bag from where he’d left it, only to find the bag was gone．Inside were his cash, his credit cards, keys ．．．Mr．Myers ran around the building, but he
didn’t see anyone with his bag．Mr．Myers glanced at all the fellows around, hoping to 16 something on their faces．Then a fellow in red caught his 17 ．The guy seemed to 18 Mr．Myers’ eyes．What’s more, he looked a little 19 ___. But how could Mr．Myers 20 that he was the thief?
Then a good 21 struck him at once．He quickly 22 his camera and looked at his photo carefully again, zooming (调焦) in this time: Sure enough, there was the thief, caught in the act on the left．Mr．Myers shouted 23 , “He is the thief!” But as he 24 , the fellow in red was missing．He showed the photo to police officers．After a few minutes, they found the thief and recovered the 25 bag．
If they had moved a little to their left, the thief wouldn’t have been photographed．If the timer had been set just a second later, the camera might have only caught a blur of the fleeing man．Everything had lined up so perfectly． 11．A．meant B．happened C．led D．passed 12．A．dressed in B．glanced at C．showed off D．covered with 13．A．district B．house C．park D．spot 14．A．stand B．rest C．stay D．lie 15．A．waited B．rushed C．stopped D．decided 16．A．tell B．recognize C．test D．read 17．A．mind B．arm C．attention D．breath 18．A．avoid B．open C．attract D．cast 19．A．sad B．nervous C．curious D．worried 20．A．dream B．believe C．prove D．guess 21．A．explanation 22．A．turned on 23．A．calmly
24．A．jumped out 25．A．beautiful
B．opinion B．paid for B．excitedly B．woke up B．expensive
C．excuse C．passed by C．coldly C．walked out C．stolen
D．idea
D．asked about D．slowly D．looked up D．broken
第二节 语法填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词语或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空, 并将答案填写在答卷上标号为26~40的相应位置上。
26. The little boy was curious________everything in the exhibition hall. 27. His ________ (arrive) brought complete silence to the room. 28. What reminded me ________ your father is the way you speak. 29. Mr. Li Yang thinks ________necessary that we read English aloud.
30. Henry Adams ________ (walk) through the street when he caught sight of a tailor’s shop. 31. We had our wallet ________ ( steal) when doing shopping in the supermarket yesterday. 32. ________ George saw in China is different from what he had heard before. 33. As it is a small house party, we _______ dress up so formally.
34. The shells on the sand were placed in ________ shape of the letters PKU.
35. The topic we are discussing is ________ the rescue will come in time if such a thing happens. 36. The ________ (puzzle) teenager worked very hard to find out what had happened to the space
capsule.
37. His parents died in the strong earthquake, so he_________ (bring) up in the SOS Village. 38. The organization aims to settle newcomers __________in the city.
39. They were very excited to hear the news ________ their son was admitted to Beijing University. 40. The Prime Minister was ________ (true) sorry that his speech was unable to satisfy the audience.
Ⅲ 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第—节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
When Mount St. Helens broke out at 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Washington-based Bruce Nelson and Sue Ruff, both 22, were camping with four friends on the banks of the state's Green River--a probably safe 14 miles north of the volcano eating marshmallows for breakfast. But the anger of St. Helens spared nothing in her reach, and within minutes nearly every tree in 15 miles had been destroyed out of the ground.
Nelson and Ruff were blown into a deep hole left by a up-rooted tree. After the violent explosion ended, the couple hid under a pile of debris (残骸) as huge ice pieces fell from the sky. Later, they heard two of their friends, Brian Thomas and Dan Balch, calling for help. Balch had been severely burned by a heat molten rock, which had melted the flesh off his arms, and he had no shoes. Thomas had been hit by a tree, which broke his back. Nelson and Ruff made a safe place for Thomas, walked Balch to the river, and then began walking through hot, knee-high ash to find help.
That night, they were found by emergency helicopters and rescued. Nelson argued with the National Guard pilot until he agreed to take him back up to the camp to get his friends. By then, Balch had been given an extra pair of shoes by a group of passing survivors and had walked out with them, and Thomas was later sent away by a small helicopter. Five days after the explosion, the police agreed to fly Nelson back up to his camp to look for his other two friends, Terry Crall and Karen Varner, who were still missing. He found them in their tent, Crall's arm wrapped protectively over Varner--both dead, with a tree on their bodies.
41. Which of the following tells the right order of what happened to Nelson and Sue Ruff?
a. They were spotted and saved by helicopters.
b. They were blown into a deep hole. c. They were camping with four friends. d. The volcano of Mount St. Helens exploded. e. They went through hot, knee-high ash to find help A. d, e, b, a, c B. b, d, c, e, a C. c, d, b, e, a D. a, c, e, b, d 42. They were all rescued EXCEPT _______.
A. Nelson and Ruff B. Brian Thomas and Dan Balch C. Terry Crall and Karen Varner D. Brian Thomas and Karen Varner
43. The police agreed to fly Nelson back up to his camp to look for his other two friends _______. A. on May 23, 1980 B. on May 18, 1980 C. on May 20, 1980 D. that night. 44. From the passage we can infer that _______.
A. Crall and Varner were both dead B. Crall loved Varner very much C. Thomas had been severely burned D. Balch had been hit by a tree 45. The best title for the passage would be ________.
A. Terror Rained from the Sky B. The Anger of Mount St. Helens C. A Couple And Their Friends D. Rescued by Helicopters
B
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often; we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.
No more angry shouts and no more horns!When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared. 46. The author has discovered that people will feel happy when ______. A. they offer their help B. they receive others’ help C. they feel others’ kindness D. they show their weakness 47. The author feels sad sometimes because ______.
A. he has a soft heart B. he relies much on others
C. some people pretend to be kind D. some people fail to see the kindness in others 48. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?
A. They speed up to pass. B. They waited with patience.
C. They tried their best to help. D. They put on their flashlights too. 49. In this passage, the author advises us to ______.
A. handle problems by ourselves B. accept help from others C. admit our weakness D. show our bravery 50. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Wheelchair Experience. B. Weakness and Kindness. C. Weakness and Strength D. A Driving Experience
C
PALO AITO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.
A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.91 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.
“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿
科专家) at Stanford University.
“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.
In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.
Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.
“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.
“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added. 51. The purpose of the first two paragraphs is ______.
A. to report the time children spend watching TV B. to show that more TV time leads to getting fatter C. to tell us the best way to reduce weight D. to introduce the background of the research
52. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.
A. is more than four hours a day B. is less than four hours a day
C. doubled in the last twenty years D. is more than on any other activities 53. The time the 100 children spend on TV every day is about _______ in the study.
A. a quarter of an hour B. four hours C. three hours D. one hour 54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ? A. Weight increase owes to the result of a reduction in TV viewing.
B. The percentage of children getting fatter has doubled in the last 20 years. C. Children usually eat less while watching TV. D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV. 55. The main idea of the passage would be ______. A. less TV time helps reduce children’s weight
B. fewer meals is a must in reducing children’s weight C. the less you eat, the thinner you will be
D. more exercise is of great benefit to reduce weight
D
For the first time in Hong Kong’s history, an entertainer has been written into middle school textbooks. He is considered one of the best actors in Hong Kong. Yes, he is Chow Yun-fat.
The example of his long hard struggle for success has been used in a chapter in a Hong Kong middle school textbook. Using his experience, students can learn to make the most of their time and to grab every opportunity to succeed.
On hearing about this, Chow said happily, “I really hope that my experiences can make young people understand that one should not be afraid of difficulties and setbacks , for they are the only way to success.”
Indeed, Chow has travelled a long and difficult path to reach his success. In 1955, he was born into a poor family in Hong Kong. When he was 17, he had to leave school. He worked in a number of jobs—as a postman, camera salesman and taxi driver. These experiences paved the way for him to play all kinds of roles later in life.
广东省东莞市四校2013-2014学年高一下学期期中联考英语试题(有答案)AqnHHP
