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平阳三中2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题说明：本卷考试时间为100分钟，总分为120分。第i卷：听 力 理 解 部 分：（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每题1，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. what will the man probably do ?a. prepare for the exams b. have a break at home c. go to the concert.2. whats wrong with the man?a. he came down with a cold.b. he met a foolish doctor.c. he also has to take a rest in a few days.3. how often does the womans son have piano lessons starting next week?a. once a week b. twice a week. c. find a job.4. what will probably happen later to maria?a. she will feel sick.b. she will eat more chocolate.c. she will blame her mother.5. what does the man mean?a. he doesnt believe the woman can write another poem.b. he is not so interested in the womans poems.c. he likes the womans poems very much.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题。6. what does we know about josh?a. he is new in the university. b. he doesnt like the university. c. he has been in the university for two years.7. why does the woman have many friends?a. she always does something special. b. she minds her appearance at all times. c. she cares about other peoples feelings.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。8. what happened on highway 107?a. a car was hit by another car. b. a car was hit by a bus. c. some students were hit by a car.9. what do we know about the driver of the car?a. he walked away from the car. b. he was badly hurt. c. he was killed.10. when will the ambulance arrive?a. at 4:50 b. at 4:40 c. at 4:30听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。11. how does the woman feel about the news?a. surprised. b. happy c. disappointed12. what will the man mainly do at the concert?a. play the guitar? b. sing songs. c. play the drum.13. what do we know about the band?a. they are very fashionable. b. they have played a lot concerts. c. they usually play in a garage.听下面一段对话，回答14至17题。14. what would the man like to drink?a. water with lemon. b. coca-cola. c. tea.15. who are the speakers?a. they are working together.b. they used to be co-workers. c. they just met at the caf.16. how did the man quit his bad habit?a. quickly and suddenly.b. slowly and steadily.c. back and forth17. what makes people drink too much coffee according to the man?a. the taste of coffee. b. sleeping problems. c. work pressure.听下面一段对话，回答18至20题。18. what does the man say about tv?a. it is not as popular as it used to be. b. it is not a good way to get good quality news.c. it can help explain difficult stories using simple language.19. what is true about “junk food” news?a. it is expensive for news companies to produce. b. it is unhealthy for children to watch. c. it involves entertainment stories.20. why dont many news reports criticize the government?a. news companies want to remain popular with citizens and officials.b. the government controls the news groups.c. it is always illegal. 第二卷：笔 试 部 分（共70分）一单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d 四个选项中，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。21it will make _big difference if this experiment becomes _ success.a. a; a b. a; the c. /; / d. a; /22. a lot of searching and rescuing dogs are needed to _ the soldiers _ searching for people buried and trapped in the ruins.aassist；that bassist；in cassist；of dassist；from23youd better cut your hair short. our school doesnt _ long hair. a. approve students wearing b. approve students to wearc. approve of students wearing d. approve of students to wear24your neighbours may _ you of playing the piano at midnight. i know. they never say anything favorable to me. a. blame b. charge c. warn d. accuse 25_trying to persuade his father to give up smoking, his letter was rejected.aaiming at baimed at cbeing aimed at dto aim at26now a lot of new technologies can _ problems in industry. a. be applied to solve b. apply to solve c. be applied to solving d. apply to solving27while the internet is creating a global village and bringing people together, we are _ producing a society where people spend their lives in front of a screen, and become unable to communicate face to face.a. in the process b. in progress c. in danger of d. in my opinion 28if they _ earlier than expected, they _ here now.a. had started, would have beenb. had started, would be c. started, might be d. will start, might have been29why does acting as a career _ so many young girls?a. attractive b. agree with c. approve of d. appeal to 30michael was late for mr. smiths oral class this morning. _? as far as i know, he never came late to class. a. why not b. so what c. how come d. what for二完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第3150 各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c 和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。as a high school coach, i did all i could to help my boys win their games. i 31 as hard for victory as they did. a dramatic incident, 32 , following a game in which i acted as a referee , 33 my view on victories and defeats. i was 34 a basketball game in new rochelle, new york, between new rochelle and yonkers high. new rochelle was coached by dan obrien and yonkers 35 les beck. the gym was full, and the volume of noise made it 36 to hear. the game was well played and 37 competed. yonkers was leading by one point as i 38 the clock and discovered there were but 30 seconds left to play.yonkers, in 39 of the ball, passed off-shot-missed. new rochelle 40 -pushed the ball up court - shot. the ball rolled around the edge and off. the fans shrieked(尖叫着). new rochelle, the home team, took 41 of the ball again, and tapped it in for what looked like 42 . the noise was deafening. from the 43 i saw that the game was over. i hadnt heard the final buzzer because of the noise. seeking help in this 44 , i approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. he said, mr. covino, the buzzer rang as the ball rolled off the rim, 45 the final tap-in. i 46 tell coach obrien the sad news. “dan, yonkers won the game.” his face 47 . the young timekeeper came up, saying, “im sorry, dad.” 48 , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, coach obrien s face lit up. “thats 49 , joe. you did what you had to do.i m proud of you,” he said. turning to 50 , “i want you to meet my son, joe.”31. a. played b. thought c. studied d. worked32. a. therefore b. however c. besides d. anyway33. a. changed b. supported c. proved d. developed34. a. watching b. playing c. refereeing d. discussing35. a. for b. with c. by d. of36. a. surprising b. exciting c. timely d. impossible37. a. closely b. continuously c. easily d. happily38. a. thought of b. glanced at c. ran to d. asked for39. a. honor b. pride c. search d. possession40. a. refused b. returned c. recovered d. removed41. a. control b. examine c. expect d. touch42. a. failure b. victory c. mistake d. bravery43. a. noise b. audience c. ball d. clock44. a. disorder b. court c. hurry d. team45. a. if b. and c. befored. though46. a. must b. can c. had tod. ought to47. a. brightened up b. clouded over c. turned around d. hid away48. a. actually b. luckily c. finally d. suddenly49. a. okay b. interesting c. unfair d. wonderful50. a. him b. her c. me d. them三阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。aabout six years ago i was eating lunch in a restaurant in new york city when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. i couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation. at one point the woman asked: so, how have you been? and the boywho could not have been more than seven or eight years oldreplied, frankly, ive been feeling a little depressed lately.this incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. as far as i can remember, my friends and i didnt find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.the evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. children dont seem childlike anymore. children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. childhood as it once was no longer exists. why? human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status(身份). children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. in the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been installed in 98 percent of american homes. it is called television. television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. unable to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑), many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced. children must read simple books before they can read complex materials. 51. according to the author, feeling depressed is _. a. a normal sign of a psychological problem in a child b. something hardly to be expected in a young child c. a nice phase of childrens mental development d. a strange state present in all humans, including children52. traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _. a. without contact with society b. gradually and under guidance c. by teaching themselves d. by watching tv53. the phenomenon that todays children seem adultlike is attributed by the author to _. a. the widespread influence of television b. the poor arrangement of teachers c. the fast pace of human intellectual development d. the constantly rising standard of living54. why is the author in favor of communication through print for children? a. it enables children to gain more information about adults. b. it develops childrens interest in society. c. it helps children to enjoy the temptation. d. it can control some other information. 55. what does the author think of the change in todays children? a. he feels amused by their good behavior. b. he thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note. c. he considers it a positive development. d. he seems to be pleased with it. byou may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. but in fact, almost everyone can invent. its just that they do not recognize that their idea could be the start of an invention. once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they dont let them slip away. for example, the inventor of the dishwasher, american josephine cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. but she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. she decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. so, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself. like cochranes, most inventions are created to solve a problem. so, the first and most important step is to find the problem. you can start by looking at what is wrong with things you use now. you can ask grandparents or neighbours if they remember ever saying: i wish someone would invent something for. or you can look at people in different areas such as on the street, or at school. then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement. remember to record your ideas and work. this will help you develop your invention and protect it when it is completed. the next step is to think about possible solutions. an invention is a new way of solving a problem. so think of many, varied, and unusual ways. you can often come up with a solution for a problem by looking at it from a different angle (角度) or thinking about it in a new way. example 1 instead of thinking of shoes as protecting your feet from the ground, think of using something to protect the ground from your feet. example 2 instead of thinking about how you can carry oranges home from a store, think of how they can come to you by delivery or growing your own. example 3 instead of experimenting with only one solution, can you put two or three solutions together, or arrange them in different orders? and if one solution doesnt work, can it be put to other uses? that was how yellow post-it notes (n次贴) came about a failed adhesive (粘合剂) experiment proved a weak adhesive had good uses too! after all, most inventions are not brand new. they do not come out of nowhere, but come out of things or ideas that already exist. and the hardest part of inventing, even for a lot of inventors, is coming up with a problem and finding a solution. once you have an idea, you can always get help building your invention. this problem-solving technique can also work in your everyday lives. so, why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world? 56. the main idea of this story is _.a. how to put your ideas to other usesb. that you can invent and how you will be able to do soc. problem-solving techniqued. how inventors invent57. what makes inventors different from other people is probably that _.a. they consider every thing as an inventionb. they are full of energyc. they enjoy solving their own problemsd. they look for problems and try to solve them in a new and better way58. what made josephine cochrane decide to invent the dishwasher?a. her love of parties.b. her dislike of dishwashing.c. her desire for something that could do the dishwashing better.d. her love of dishwashing.59. which of the following is one of the ways to find a problem?a. make friends with creative peopleb. find out things that people are not satisfied with.c. do experiments at home.d. let the practical idea slip away.60. the underlined phrase come about probably means to _.a. come into being b. come back c. work d. stick c each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. some call it the summer learning setback. put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more they forget. the only thing they seem to gain is weight. most american schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. some schools follow a year-round calendar. they hold classes for about eight weeks at a time, with a few weeks off in between. the national association for year-round education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count.they were spread among forty-six of the fifty states. but many experts point out that the number of class days in a year round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. brenda mclaughlin is a research director at the national centre for summer learning at johns hopkins university. she says studies of year-round schooling have not found strong learning gains. lead researcher paul von hippel said, year round schools dont really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. they simply spread it out across the year. across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. experts say this can be prevented. they note that many schools and local governments offer programmes that can help.however, calling such programmes summer school could be a problem. the director of the summer learning centre at johns hopkins, ikon fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in chicago and baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term summer school. in american culture, the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. the parents preferred other terms like summer camp, “extra time” and hands-on learning. 61. according to the first paragraph, the summer learning gap_. a. helps children to gain weight b. leads children to work harderc. improves childrens memories d. affects childrens regular studies62. compared to those in traditional schools, students in the year-round schools_. a. perform better and learn more b. have much less time for relaxation every year c. have generally the same number of class days d. hold more classes and have more weeks off63. why do almost all parents dislike the term summer school? a. they cherish the childrens rights and freedom. b. they are worried about the quality of the summer schools. c. they want their children to be forced to make