昆明三中、滇池中学
2012-2013 学年上学期阶段测试
英语试卷
第一卷（共三部分 满分 60 分）
第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分 10 分）、
第一节 根据所听到的句子，选出恰当的应答语。听音前你有 10 秒的读题时间，
意听两遍。（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 1. A. You are welcome. B. That s’right. C. It doesn’tmatter. 2. A. By listening to English tapes. B. By watching English movies C. By studying with a group. 3. A. Yes, I do. B. Yes, I did. C. No, I don’t. 4. A. Me, too. B. Me neither. C. So have I. 5. A. Oh! I am going to get it pierced. B. Oh! I am going to get it cut.
C. Oh! I am going to get it washed.
第二节 听短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 听音前你有 15 秒钟的读题时间，注意听三
遍。（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分
6. Which is the most important festival in China?? A. The Mid - Autumn Festival. B. The Spring Festival. C. Children ’ s Day.
7. When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated（庆祝）？ A. In March or April.?? B. In May or June. C. In January or February. 8.???????? ? is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China. A. Chicken?? B. Dumpling? ?C. Fish 9. What ’ s the meaning of the food “ dumplings ”peopleforChinesetheSpring
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Festival?? A. Look up.?? B. Help yourself.? C. Come together.
10. The family ???????? when they are having dinner together on the Spring
Festival Eve（除夕） .
A. give each other the best wishes? B. buy each other presents C. sing, dance and play cards
第二部分 英语知识运用 （共二节，满分 30 分） 第一节 单选填空
从 A 、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入空白处或替换划线部分的最佳答案。（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
thinks that watching English movies _______ a good way to learn English. A. are B. has C. is D. have
12. I want to improve my _______ English, I need to have a partner to practice English _________.
A. spoken; with B. speaking; to C. spoken; to D. speaking; with
13. ---I have much trouble ________ English.
--- Why _________ ask the teacher _________ some advice. A. to learn; don’t; for B. learning; not; for C. to learn; not; about D. learning; don’t; about
14. --- _____ going to the countryside to have a picnic with us tomorrow? --- Good idea. A. Would you like B. Why not C. Could you please D. What about
15. If you don’tknow how ______ new words, _____ in the dictionary. A. to spell; look it up B. spelling; look them up C. to spell; look them up D. spelling; look it up
16. We can easily become unhappy,________ we deal with our problems. A. until B. unless C. if not D. without 17. I used to ______ late, but now I am used to _______ early. A. get up; getting up B. getting up; get up C. get up; get up D. getting up; getting up 18. Her lovely dog’s _________ made her very sad. A. dying B. die C. dead D. death. 19. On National Day, we had 8 days ________ . A. on B. up C. off D. down 20. --- How crowded the bus is!
--- Oh! I would rather ______ than_______ the bus next time. A. walk; take B. to walk; take C. walking; taking D. walk; to take 21. ---Jack, is this your notebook?
--- No, it ’s not _______. It belongs to ________.
A. my; my brother ’s B. mine; his C. mine; the boy’s D. mine; my brother
22. He was too tired_______ doing his homework.
A. because of B. because C. so D. to
23. Basketball is so popular in the world that _____ people play it for fun and exercise. A. million of B. millions of C. millions D. two millions of
24. Mr. Green is a doctor of _____ and his son, Tom is _______ student. A. 50-year-old, an 18 years old B. 50 years old, an 18-year-old
C. 50 years old, a 18-year-old D. 50-years-old, a 18 year old
25. We should be strict _____ ourselves _______ our work. A. with; in B. with; with C. in; in D. in; with
26. I am _______ tired because I have_______ work to do every day. A. too much; much too B. too much; too much C. much too; too much D. much too; much too , where is your father?
--- I ’m not sure. He________ in the garden.
28. ---I can’tsleep before taking a big exam.
--- if I _______ you, I would listen to light music.
A. am B. is C. was D. were
29. You won’tget good grades if you don’tgive up playing computer games.
A. left B. missed C. failed D. stopped 30. Don’tchicken out. Be a man.
A. 别退缩。 B.别养鸡。 C. 别吃鸡肉。 D.别宰鸡。第二节 完型填空
从 A 、B、 C 三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。 （共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10分）
Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?
Li Jun, a middle school boy ,felt shy when he was making a speech the
otherday .Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of __31__classmates.
“ I was wrong.It was very different and much ___32___than talking to my classmates during playtime, Li ’’said. “I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute( 哑巴） and wanted to leave the classroom___33__”
Li is not alone. many middle school students now have the same ___34__;they can talk about their ideas freely___35___their best friends after class,but can ’speakt in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of ___36___.
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their __37___,such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want also gives some advice to students“.During your free time you should you’ re speaking in public, take it easy,Just imagine you ’ re talkingtonobody and speak up your ideas clearly. Zhou” said. That” __40___a fine public speech and you feel confident’ll. ” . her B. my C. his . harder B. easier C. better
B. quickly C. sadly B. subject C. problem B. beside C. with B. speaking C. reading B. eyes C. minds
B. So C. And B. practice C. write B. keeps C. makes
第三部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题，满分 20 分）
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Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so. But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have. Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!
Sometimes, good things happen because of mistakes. Once I got on the wrong train. That was a big mistake .But on that train, I saw a good friend I was so happy I made that mistake! Another time I ruined a surprise .My mother planned a surprise party for my father. She told me it was a secret.But I was just a little boy and I couldn ’ t Ikeeptold mythe fathersecret.
about the party .At first ,my mother was mad at me. But then my father said he was happy he
knew about it. He said he didn ’ t like surprises.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（ A）误（ B）。（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）
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