重庆一中2012-2013学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

秘密启用前2013年重庆一中高2014级高二下期半期考试英 语 试 题 卷 英语试题卷共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5 小题；每小题1分，满分 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。1. How much was the TV set? A. $60.B. $120.C. $90.2. Where is the mans mother now? A. At home.B. In a hospital.C. At a bus stop.3. Where is the man going first? A. To the Healey Supermarket. B. To the airport. C. To Canada.4. On which days next week will the man have examinations?A. Every day except ThursdayB. Monday, Wednesday and FridayC. Monday, Tuesday and Friday5. What does the woman mean? A. She doesn't have a bike. B. Her mother made up the story. C. She didn't tell the man the truth.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。听第6段材料，回答第6至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11题。9. What's the weather like? A. Warm and sunny.B. Cold and cloudy.C. Snowy.10. Who will drive the man to work? A. The man himself.B. The woman.C. Fred.11. When is it now? A. In the morning.B. In the afternoon.C. In the evening.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What can we know about the singing group? A. Its made up of 15 girls. B. It practices once every other week. C. Every member comes on time for each practice.13. What is the singing group doing these days? A. Practicing eight songs.B. Performing a new song. C. Practicing for a school show.14. What can we know about the new song? A. Its name is Sundays. B. Its written by a famous musician. C. Its written by a singer of the group.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What happened to Tony today? A. He lost his job. B. He was criticized by his boss. C. His vacation in summer was cancelled.16. How did he feel about it? A. Astonished. B. Extremely angry. C. Sad but not surprised.17. What is he going to do? A. Wait to be called back to the company.B. Talk with his boss about his problems. C. Start to look for a new job.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the main idea of this passage?A. How you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket.B. What people like to buy in a supermarket.C. How a supermarket makes people spend more money.19. Why does the food that everybody must buy spread all over the store?A. To lead customers to all sections of the store.B. To make it easy for customers to locate the food.C. To provide a good service.20. How much do people spend after they have been in a store for 30 minutes? A. 30 cents each minute.B. 1,500 cents in total. C. Five dollars each minute. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）：单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）（原创）21. How did you find the movie So Young ? I have never watched _ one before. A. a touching B. the more touching C. the most touching D. a more touching 22. Where are you working now? In Chongqing. But I _ in Shanghai for 5 years. A. was working B. worked C. had been working D. had worked 23. Large quantities of people are unable to find work nowadays. Yeah, some of them _ jobs for years. A. are seeking B. had been seeking C. have been seeking D. sought 24. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical, and this special chemical, _, affects our brains, making us feel happy. A. in turn B. in return C. in particular D. in advance25. In that college, whether Chinese literature should be a compulsory course or a/an _ one has remained _; people are still arguing about it. A. special; controversial B. optional; controversial C. optional; contradictoryD. special; contradictory 26. I quarreled with my girlfriend yesterday and she broke up with me. I wish you _ your temper then. A. havent lost B. didnt lose C. hadnt lost D. wouldnt lose27. I suggest you _ by these weight-losing medicines. They will do harm to your health. _ in my position, you would do anything to lose weight, whatever it costs. A. wont be taken in; If you are B. not to be taken in; If you were C. not be taken in; Had you D. not be taken in; Were you 28. So charming _ that most girls simply cant resist loving him _ they see him. A. the man looks; for the first time B. looks the man; the first time C. does the man look; the first time D. does the man look; for the first time 29. The terrible earthquake arrived _ the people could leave their houses. A. until B. before C. as D. if30. He marked the island _ they were sailing. A. where B. what C. on which D. for which 31. _ is known to us that it was _ his wife that resulted in their divorce. A. It; because of his betraying B. It; his betraying C. As; because he betrayed D. As; after he betrayed 32. How did it _ that all the flowers died? I had forgotten to water them. A. come on B. come up C. come down D. come about33. I regret _ that his invitation was _ by Mary. If only you hadnt. A. to tell Tom; turned up B. telling Tom; turned down C. to tell Tom; turned down D. telling Tom; turned up34. Misunderstandings _ from lack of social communication, unless _ properly, may lead to serious problems. A. rose; handling B. rising; handled C. arose; handling D. arising; handled35. Would you please relieve me of my heavy bags? _, for I am in a hurry to pick up my son. A. I will B. I wont C. Id love to D. Im afraid not 36. Believe it or not, _ you have, Im always on your side. A. how great difficulty B. what great difficulty C. no matter what great difficulty D. however great difficulty37. The contract was signed quickly as both sides were satisfied with the conditions of _. A. others B. the other C. either D. another38. Could we bring some apples with us? No, you _. At no time _ in the library. A. couldnt; food is allowed B. couldnt; does food allow C. cant; is food allowed D. cant; allows food39. Do you have any vacant position in your company? Im afraid not. _, well inform you. A. If necessary B. If possible C. If ever D. If any40. China is a country _ culture influences its neighboring countries. A. which B. who C. where D. whose第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Theres almost nothing good about goodbyes, but if something is missed, it is because it was good. I really need to 41 people who helped me through this year, people who made 42 in a different country easier.Of course, the first person I got to meet was Carla. Thats why shes the first person I thank, because of all the help with classes and the 43 she had with me.Since as an exchange student I cant drive, I would like to thank all the people that sometimes offered me 44 . Thanks to all the people that were nice to me, no matter what. They were friendly 45 not knowing me, not having a good day themselves, not understanding my 46 .Theres a lot more to be thankful for, but all I can say is that this is 47 the best year of my life, and part of it is because of some people I met in this 48 high school. Some of these people are already 49 , some are graduating, and some I just met this school year.I strongly believe that friends are always friends, regardless of age, 50 , race or anything else. All the friends I made there will always be on my mind. 41. A. remember B. recognize C. thankD. introduce42. A. touring B. working C. studying D. wandering43. A. patience B. promise C. agreement D. satisfaction 44. A. wines B. meals C. maps D. rides45. A. still B. even C. once D. only46. A. thought B. expression C. feeling D. accent47. A. doubtfully B. relatively C. frequently D. definitely48. A. new B. poor C. popular D. modern49. A. graded B. graduated C. reported D. applied50. A. area B. community C. nationality D. district BAdults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can 51 swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still 52 away. A mother who has not 53 the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as following: 54 we have learned something, additional learning increases the 55 of time we will remember it.In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and 56 ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White. We not only learn but 57 .The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination, 58 it may result in a passing grade, is not a 59 way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, 60 , is usually a good investment toward the future.51. A. onlyB. even C. hardlyD. still 52. A. ride B. move C. drive D. travel53. A. cared for B. showed upC. thought about D. brought up54. A. BeforeB. Until C. Once D. Unless55. A. accuracyB. unit C. limit D. length56. A. recallB. remind C. warn D. inform57. A. reciteB. research C. overlearn D. improve58. A. ifB. though C. so D. after59. A. satisfactory B. swift C. convenient D. demanding60. A. in the end B. at most C. by the way D. on the other hand 第三部分：阅读理解（每题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。AThere are three reasons why I dont think that we are ready for cloning. Firstly, we dont know exactly what the consequences of cloning would be. For example, if scientists cloned a man, they might know what he would look like, but they wouldnt know his dominant traits. What would happen if scientists cloned another Hitler or others like him? Do you really think we would survive if this became a reality? Secondly, cloning raises many ethical questions. Look back at the cloned man I presented and ask yourself these questions:“Do you really think that he would be a man?”“Who would be responsible for him?”“Do you think he should have the same rights as we have?”I dont think that we can answer these questions now.Lastly, we dont know exactly what the meaning of life is. In my opinion, creating life is the duty of nature, and we must not interfere with that task because we cant understand the extremely complicated relationships among lives that are defined by nature. Usually these relationships are extremely complex. Sometimes, they seem to be so untouchable that they cannot be changed. From my point of view, we have to look at the natural environment around us. We can see that an ecosystem is composed of a lot of different kinds of life, and each life has its own function within the system. If we interfere with that, I think it could lead to our extinction.Even though cloning may have a lot of benefits for humans, I think we should stop cloning because we do not understand it and cant control all of its effects. Maybe in the future, we will be ready to do it, but that time has not yet arrived.61. In the third argument the author fears that we will, if we create life freely, . A. suffer from overpopulation B. change the natural environment around us C. disturb the ecosystem in nature D. speed up the extinction of animals62. According to the author, we are not ready for cloning because . A. scientists wouldnt be sure about the personalities of the cloned people B. cloning has not been permitted by the government C. then two or more people would have the same appearance D. cloning has few benefits for humans63. According to the author, ethical questions refer to . A. the rights and responsibilities of the government B. the education and academic qualifications of a person C. whether a persons personality is good or not D. the relationships among people64. Which of the following would be the BEST title for the passage? A. To Clone or Not.B. A Scientific Research on Cloning C. Why Should We Stop Cloning?D. The Advantages and Disadvantages of CloningBNowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as drivers than men.In a survey done for insurer MetLife, 51% of women said they drive more safely. The evidence is on their side: Men are 3.4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for drunk driving. "Women are on average less aggressive and they are drivers more likely to obey traffic rules, which leads to fewer accidents," the report says. However, not all male drivers share the same opinion. Of the men surveyed by MetLife, 39% claimed male drivers were safer. The findings did back them up on one point: auto(汽车) knowledge. The report showed that more men are familiar with current safety equipment such as electronic stability control, which helps prevent rollover accidents.Auto safety, of course, matters to Money. Insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims(索赔), and for now, that mainly includes women. In general, women pay about 9% less for auto insurance than men. A study by the website Insweb also showed that auto insurance rates are lower for women in most states. Among individual states, women get the greatest advantage in Wyoming (where they pay 20% less), South Dakota and Washington, D. C., where their insur