2013海淀区高二年级级英语第一学期期中练习.doc

海 淀 区 高 二 年 级 第 一 学 期 期 中 练 习 英 语 2012.11学校 班级 姓名 成绩 第一部分（选择题 共74分）一、听力理解 （共两节，共15分）第一节 （共12小题; 每小题1分, 共12分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听两遍。1. Which train should the woman take?A. Number 2. B. Number 4. C. Number 5.2. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.3. Where are the two speakers? A. At a gas station. B. At a repair shop. C. At a sales shop.4. What are the speakers doing? A. Taking photos. B. Doing eye exercises. C. Taking medical examinations. 5. Why is the man late? A. His watch was lost. B. His watch was advanced. C. His watch went wrong.听下面一段独白，回答第6至8小题。6. Where does the announcement take place?A. At a baseball stadium. B. At a department store. C. At an amusement park.7. What does the girl look like? A. B. C. 8. Where is the girl now?A. In the toy section. B. At the cashier. C. At the information table.听下面一段对话，回答第9至10小题。9. When did the man get his TEFL certificate? A. Three years ago. B. Four years ago. C. Five years ago.10. What can we learn about the man?A. He is having a job interview.B. He has no working experience.C. He likes teaching Chinese.听下面一段对话，回答第11至12小题。11. What does the woman dislike about the man? A. Eating soup with a spoon. B. Looking a bit fat and ugly. C. Keeping elbows on the table.12. How will they pay the bill? A. They will share it. B. The man will pay it. C. The woman will pay it.请将试卷翻到第7页，请看听力理解第二节。二、单项填空 （共10小题; 每小题1分, 共10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。13. Have you seen the film Ice Age 4 ?No. I regret _ the fantastic film A. to miss B. missing C. missed D. being missed14. Im sorry, but smoking is not allowed here. Sorry, I _ that. I wont do it again. A. didnt know B. dont know C. wont know D. havent known15. Some people feel that their EQ is _ determines _ they are going to do in life. A. that; how well B. that; how good C. what; how well D. what; how good16. Whats up, dear?Nothing much. I just got my finger _ in the door.A. to catch B. catching C. caught D. being caught17. She took a book with her to the canteen _ she had to wait long for lunch.A. so that B. as long as C. even though D. in case 18. What do you think of your new diet?Well, I have to admit that I find _ a real struggle to cut sugar out of my diet.A. that B. it C. this D. one19. Has Peter finished his book review on Little Women yet? Im not sure. He _ on it last week.A. has worked B. had worked C. would work D. was working 20. It was after she survived on the day _ the storm hit the city _ she realized nothing was important compared with ones life. A. when; that B. that; where C. which; that D. that; when21. How did you survive the fire?The firefighter _ my screams, as I felt myself being grabbed out of the smoke.A. must have heard B. should hear C. must hear D. should have heard22. A heavy rain in Beijing this summer destroyed 13,400 homes in Fangshan District, _ the life of 800,000 people. A. to affect B. affected C. affecting D. having affected 三、完形填空 （共20小题; 每小题1分，共20分）阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。The Circus TicketsOnce, when I was a teenager, my father and I were waiting to buy circus tickets. Finally, there was only one family 23 us and the ticket counter.This family made a big 24 on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could 25 they didnt have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, 26 they were clean. The children were in high spirits. They were 27 talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night. One could 28 they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be an unforgettable 29 of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be.The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. The father proudly 30 , “Eight childrens tickets and two for 31 , please.”The ticket lady quoted(报价) the price. The mans wife let go of her husbands hand, her head 32 , and her lips began to shake slightly. The father leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?” The ticket lady quoted it again. How was he supposed to 33 and tell his eight kids that he didnt have enough 34 to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled 35 a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground 36 . Then, he 37 down, picked up the bill, and patted the man on the shoulder saying, “Excuse me, sir, this 38 out of your pocket.”The man knew what was going on. He wasnt begging for a handout but certainly 39 the help in a heartbreaking and 40 situation. He looked straight into my dads eyes, 41 my dads hand in both of his and said, “Thank you, sir. This really 42 a lot to me and my family.” Tears were running down his cheeks.My father and I drove home directly. We didnt go to the circus that night, but we didnt go without.23. A. behindB. among C. betweenD. from24. A. impressionB. influenceC. changeD. difference25. A. commentB. tellC. predict D. confirm26. A. soB. orC. andD. but27. A. casually B. constantly C. excitedlyD. silently28. A. senseB. claimC. determineD. complain29. A. honour B. experienceC. dream D. surprise30. A. respondedB. reflectedC. rewardedD. repeated31. A. guests B. passengers C. adultsD. teenagers32. A. nodded B. moved C. liftedD. dropped33. A. walkB. turnC. escape D. return34. A. moneyB. timeC. ticketsD. chances35. A. out B. upC. overD. in36. A. accuratelyB. secretlyC. obviouslyD. anxiously37. A. looked B. calmedC. slowedD. reached 38. A. flewB. leftC. fellD. stuck39. A. recognizedB. offeredC. refusedD. appreciated40. A. encouraging B. astonishing C. embarrassingD. annoying41. A. took B. pulled C. shook D. raised42. A. servesB. increasesC. savesD. means四、阅读理解 （共两节，共32分）第一节 (共12小题; 每小题2分, 共24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。 AIt was the afternoon in our new house, and I was in the workshop of the garage. I noticed a piece of carpet sticking out of the ceiling, which was strange. I pulled on it, and suddenly a doorway to the attic(阁楼) appeared. I took a ladder and headed up. I climbed into a space above the workshop that was walled off from the rest of the attic. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw a metal container that I recognized as something my grandfather used to store tools in on his farm. I opened it and was shocked: several rolls of money tied up in orange lines. My god, like $800!But there was more than one box of money. I found another seven boxes full to the top, plus two big black trash bags full of cashabout $45,000 in all. My first thought was that this was a gift from Godthe means to fix up this run-down house; or just to make life easier for our two young sons. But I knew as soon as I had those dreams that the right thing was to return the money to the former owners. So I called them and asked them to drop by.They were shocked not only about the money but that I was returning it. They said it must have been their dad who had hidden the money. What made him do it? I thought about the hundreds of times he had gone to his shop, cut off a length of orange line, and tied up a roll of money. I like to think he did it for his children.There were balls of those orange lines still hanging on the wall of the workshop when we moved in. I used them to tie up Christmas presents last year for my kids. I hope it reminded them of the gift greater than money that my wife and I gave them by returning the $45,000. We did the right thing and our children will never forget that. 43. The author found the hidden money in _.A. the workshop of the garageB. the attic above the workshopC. the place right outside the atticD. his grandfathers metal container44. Who probably hid the money? A. The former owners grandfather. B. The former owners father. C. The authors grandfather. D. The authors father.45. From the passage, we can learn that _. A. the $45,000 was found in the eight boxes B. the author planned to fix up his house with the money C. the former owners moved out without knowing the money D. the author left the money to his two children to make life easier46. According to the passage, the author wanted his children to _. A. give back the hidden money B. fix up the run-down house C. like the gifts from their parents D. know the importance of honestyB (CNN)Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, was watching the Olympics with his daughter when she saw itan ad featuring a man in a wheelchair suffering from a severe brain injury and holding a sign with the text: “Where r.” “This is the text message that caused the car accident that changed my life forever,” the man said.According to Stephenson, the ad did its job. “She said, Dad . thats heavy,” he said. “I said, its supposed to be heavy. It got your attention and thats what were trying to accomplish.”The ad, from AT&T, is part of the mobile companys “It Can Wait” campaign aiming to limit texting and driving. What the campaign is calling is “No Text on BoardPledge Day.” AT&T is asking all Americans to visit on or before that day and take a pledge not to text behind the wheel.According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, texting while driving increased by 50% in one year (2010). People texting are 23 times more likely to get into an accident than other drivers.Several AT&T competitors, including Sprint and Verizon, have their own anti-texting-and-driving campaigns in one form or another. “If its just AT&T owning this issue, it doesnt get the power it needs,” he said. But with the ads like the one Stephenson watched with his daughter, AT&Ts campaign has been most visible. Stephenson makes no apologies about the frank nature of the ads, another of which features a woman sharing the one-word text shed sent to her sister, who was reading it behind the wheel when she turned over her car and died.“I dont think youre going to move the needle without making people uncomfortable,” he said. As to the pledge, Stephenson admits that such efforts can be spotty in terms of proved results. But anything that draws attention to the problem is a plus, he said. “Weve all made these pledges, and some stick and some dont,” said Stephenson. “But just the act, the effort of going to a website and taking the pledge . now youre aware.” 47. Seeing the ad on TV, Stephensons daughter felt it _.A. unbelievableB. creativeC. attractiveD. unpleasant48. The underlined part “take a pledge” in Para. 3 means _ . A. make a promiseB. make a protestC. make an apology D. make a change49. What can be inferred from this article?A. People complain about the pledge of the campaign.B. The ads are effective in drawing peoples concern.C. It has been fixed when the campaign will be launched.D. The frank nature of the ads is impossible to understand.50. Which might be the best title for the passage? A. Effects of Ads on Car Accident Prevention B. Texting While Driving Causing Serious Injury C. Ads Drawing Public Attention to Texting and Driving D. Bad Results of Texting While Driving behind the WheelCA New York Times article described “Quest to Learn”, an experimental school that uses a video game format as a primary framework for teaching. Instead of grades, students achieve levels of experience. On some levels, using a video game approach to learning a subject makes a lot of sense, and might work well with kids. One of the big complaints kids have about school is that they cant see how and why what they are learning applies to life. Creating a game task that requires English skills or history knowledge to finish provides context and explains the connection with individual skills. And changing the emphasis from grades to knowledge is far more proper. After all, its not your grades that matter. Its the knowledge, skills and understanding you require and retain after the test is over. But what about adults? Can employers make working for a defense contractor（经销商） a larger-scale version of Star Wars: the old republic? And can a website that offers video game rewards for doing real-world tasks like cleaning the toilets really motivate adults to do unpleasant tasks? For all the appeal of gaming, Im skeptical（怀疑的）. Even if we respond well to silly little rewards or birds smashing against castle walls, video games do not operate like life. For one thing, there is no task that is anywhere near as unpleasant as cleaning the toilet. Video games are, relatively speaking, all fun. Life is not always all fun. Second, in video games, things happen in a line. Your character proceeds along a task, then a sub-task. But each task requires great focus, and is a fairly straightforward challenge. Real life is multidimensional, multitask, and in most cases, hugely complex. Third, there is no such thing as sad and hopeless failure in a video game. Educators at “Quest to Learn” are trying to replace the sense of failure in kids with “I havent succeeded yet.” It works in video gamesyou get killed 20 times, and finally defeat the opponent when you develop better playing skills. But in a job, where you are paid a certain amount to perform a certain task, the “oh, well, you failed for six months, keep trying” approach is not realistic. In the real world, you are expected to perform at a certain level. Its not about learning but doing. And both the possibility of real failure, and real consequences for that failure, are, well real. 51. One of the advantages of the video game approach is that it enables the students to _.A. recognize knowledge and skillsB. get a higher grade in each subjectC. put their knowledge and skills into useD. combine history knowledge and English skills52. In Para. 3, the author tries to convey that the video game approach _.A. wont work at all in adult lifeB. will be adopted by some contractorsC. motivates adults to do unpleasant tasksD. helps people adapt to new job tasks well53. In the last three paragraphs, the author argues that _.A. real life is not always all fun indeedB. there is real failure in real life for sureC. playing video games well doesnt help muchD. video games and real life are different in several senses54. The “I havent succeeded yet” sense is meant to _.A. encourage the students to keep on tryingB. symbolize a common motto in the job fieldsC. prove that failure in real life can be ignoredD. show the students determination to move on 第二节 (共4小题; 每小题2分, 共8分) 根据短文内容, 从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 How to love Love is expressed as an action and experienced as a feeling. The question of how you should love is really only a question that you can answer. However, here you can get some ideas on how to love. 55 Love isnt simply about the relationship between two loversto define it so narrowly is to take the beauty and full extent of love away from you. Love is a feeling, drive or emotion that we experience in association with people, pursuits and nature, and love can be found in many places, situations and relationships.Begin by loving yourself. You can only truly love another being when you love yourself properly. Otherwise, you risk spending a lot of your life projecting inner hurts, pain and other negative emotions onto other people, seeing the worst in them so as to avoid facing it inside yourself. 56 Loving yourself is about having self-respect, discovering what really makes you active and spending your life being true to your real talents. Its about not putting yourself down and not comparing yourself to others. Be tolerant（宽容的）. Love is about acceptance and tolerance. You cannot say in one breath that youre a loving and caring person and in the other breath say that you hate a particular person or type of person. To do so is to deny the reality of love, which is accepting of even the things you find hard to love in another person. Love doesnt judge. 57 Love those who dont love you. Love teaches you that hateful people are of