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华宁高中2013年春季高一年级期中考试英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中的所给的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。1where does the conversation take place?ain a hotelbin a post officecin a bank2which means of transport will the man take?athe busbthe taxicthe subway3why does the woman want to see sean?ato cut his hairbto have her hair donecto have coffee with him4what does the woman think of professor johnsons lectures?athey are fantasticbthe are just so-socthey are hard to follow5what do we know about the woman?ashe doesnt have a computerbher computer is the latest modelcshe has fallen behind others at work第二节听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有一个小题，从题中的所给的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、7题。6why is the girl nervous?ashe has some difficulty preparing for a testbshe has no time to do her homeworkcshe hasnt finished her homework7what will the boy do next?awork out the problembring someone for helpchand in his homework听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8why does the girl want to take up singing?ashe likes meeting interesting peoplebher classmates asked her to do socshe has the gift for singing9what is the matter with the girl?aher parents dont support herbshe was accepted by an arts collegecshe doesnt get along well with her parents10what can we learn from the conversation?athe girl often does as her parents tell herbthe girls parents usually give in to hercthe boy prefers to take up performing听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11what does the man find interesting?aplaying musicbgoing to the moviescpreparing food for his friends12according to the man, what is a sport?aplaying on the computerbplaying a game with his friendscwalking up and down his room13what do we know about the man?ahe usually takes a trip once a monthbhe seldom goes travelling with his friendsche often communicates with his friends online听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14what is the woman doing?acomforting the manbgiving suggestionscoffering information15how does the man think of doing exercise?atiringbexcitingcunenjoyable16why shouldnt the man eat too much too fast?ahe would become exhaustedbhe would get stomachacheche would put on weight17what does the woman tell the man to do?ato be on a dietbto take vitamins regularlycto feel like a young man听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18what can we learn from the talk?athere are seven million young people in americabamericans have strong opinions about their livescnearly half of the americans are under 2519what are american college students fond of especially?amaking a better life for everyonebbeing in charge of the nationcgiving chances to everyone20what do american college students find difficult to know much about?athe truth of their own livesbbeliefs in american familiescthe formation of american families第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）21the captain all his soldiers before him, telling them to get ready for the fight. aselected belected cgathered dcollected 22he couldnt afford the fare to australia, so he worked his .aadventure bcabin cpassage dharbour23if he had his natural ability with hard work, he should have been very successful.ameasured bcombined cmultiplied ddigested 24my mother bought a new skirt for me at a yesterday.apay bdiscount ccost dbargain 25when she was at home alone last saturday, my sister gave in to her by calling the number she saw on tv.abrain bstrength ccuriosity dability 26as we all know, no one is perfect, and everyone has his own . amistake bweakness climit dbelief27you have to have a lot of when you are dealing with those naughty kids.aviolence bevidence cpatience dsilence28the top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly .aatmosphere bstate csituation dphenomenon29people try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this creates further problems.ain short bin case cin doubt din turn30when asked, the man that he was going to retire.acheered bconfirmed cconfused dcontrolled第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。rain was falling as my sister jill and i ran out of the church, eager to get home and play with the 31 that santa had left for us. across the street was a gas station where the bus stopped. it was 32 for christmas, but i noticed a family standing close to the locked door in an attempt to keep 33 .we were on the way to our grandparents house for the christmas dinner. we were approaching our destination（目的地） 34 my father u-turned in the middle of the road and said, “i cant 35 it! they are standing in the rain. theyve got children. its christmas. ”when my father 36 the gas station, he rolled down his window. “merry christmas. you are waiting for the 37 ?” father asked.the man said that they were. they were going to birmingham, where he had a brother and 38 of a job.“why dont you all get in the car and ill 39 you up there. ”after they settled in, father looked back over his 40 and asked the children if santa had found them yet. their sad faces gave him the 41 .“well, i didnt think so,” my father said, “ 42 when i saw santa this morning, he told me that he was having 43 finding all, and he asked me if he could leave your toys in my 44 . well just 45 them first before i take you to your destination. ” all at once, the three childrens faces shone with 46 .when we got out of the car at our house, the children 47 the front door and straight to the christmas tree. one of the girls picked up jills doll and 48 hugged it to her breast, and the other girl seized（抓住）something of mine.all this happened many years ago, but the memory of it remains 49 . that was the christmas when my sister and i learned the 50 of making others happy.31aballs bpresents cparcels dtrees32a. open bfamiliar cclosed dunexpected33a. clean benergetic cactive ddry34awhile bwhen cnow that deven if35aunderstand badmit cdeserve dstand36apulled into bdrove away cpassed by dlooked at37atruck bbrother cbus ddriver38achances bbenefits cemergencies ddiscoveries39ashow bseek cbring ddrive40awindow bhead cshoulder dchildren41asympathy banswer cproblem dbelief42abecause bthough cas if dso43apleasure btrouble cconfidence dsuffering44acompany bcar cshop dhouse45arecognize bbuy cfetch dfind46adoubt bdisappointment ccuriosity dexcitement47aran through bstared at cwatched out dlooked through48ashyly bimmediately cquietly dslowly49asensitive bworthwhile cfresh dweak50ajoy baward cpatience dattention第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ait was a cold december and mrs. bell wanted to do a lot of shopping. she waited until it was saturday, when her husband was free, and she took him to the shops with her to pay for everything and to carry for her what she had bought. they went to a lot of shops, and mrs. bell bought everything she could think of. she often stopped and said, “look, peter! isnt that beautiful?“all right, my dear. how much is it?” answered mr. bell, and then he took money out to buy it for her.it was almost dark when they came out of the last shop, and mr. bell was tired. he was thinking about a nice drink by the side of a warm fire home. suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said, “look at that beautiful moon, peter!” without stopping, mr. bell answered at once. “all right, dear. how much is it?” then he took his wallet out of his pocket. 51mrs. bell took her husband to the shops because ahe liked beautiful things bhe liked to do shopping too. cshe wanted him to pay money dhe was always free 52mrs. bell bought in the shops. anothing ba drink cthe most beautiful thing da number of things 53mr. bell shopping. awas addicted to bwas thinking about cwas tired of dwas very interested in54according to the last paragraph, we know mr. bell . awanted to buy the moon bdid not really know what his wife was saying cwas a millionair ddid not like the idea of buying the moon bmany facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. i feel there are a number of reasons for this. some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. this has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. if there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food. there is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. i agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. if children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives. there is a third reason for this situation. children these days take very little exercise. they do not walk to school. when they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. not only is this an unhealthy pastime, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. what they need is to go outside and play active games or sports. the above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steer them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits. 55according to the text, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food? athose who often take exercise. bthose who often watch television. cthose who often have meals at home. dthose who often walk to school. 56the author thinks that children are becoming overweight because atheir parents often cook meals for them bthey are too busy to go out and play cthey can t choose what to eat dthere are too many fast food shops around 57the word steer underlined in the last sentence most probably means . aforce bguide cexpect dobserve 58the main purpose of the text is to . atell a story bprovide factscgive advice dcompare opinions c do you like my dress? she asked a passing stranger. my mommy made it just for me. she said with tears in her eyes. i think its very pretty, but why are you crying? with a quiver（颤抖）in her voice the girl answered after mommy made me this dress she had to go to the heaven（天堂）finally the woman realized what the child meant. she gently held the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.then suddenly the little girl stopped crying, stepped back and began to sing. she sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. it was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard almost like the song of a very small bird.after the child stopped singing she explained to the lady: my mommy used that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever i started crying and it would make me stop.see, she said, it did, and now my eyes are dry!as the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve（袖子）. madam, can you stay just a minute? i want to show you something. of course, she answered.pointing to a spot on her dress, she said: right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here, pointing to another spot, and here is another kiss, and here, and here. mommy said that she put all those kisses so that i would have her kisses for everything that made me cry.then the lady realized that she wasnt just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother.who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurt that she knew her daughter would get. so she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore.she no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. she saw a child wrapped（包裹） in her mothers love.59why does the girl start to sing?abecause she wanted the woman to stay longer.bbecause she wanted to stop the woman crying.cbecause her mother had told her to sing when she was sad.dbecause her mother had asked her to be nice to strangers.60the mother had put kisses on the girls dress because she had hoped .aher daughter would wear the dress proudly all the timebher love could help her daughter get through the troublescher love could get her daughter things dher daughter would think of her kisses while she was crying 61what is implied between the lines of the story is .ahow much the mother had cared about the girlbhow much the girl had depended on her mothercthat the woman was very helpful to the girldthat no one can take the place of a mother62which of the following can be the best title of the passage?ain a pretty dress with mothers kisses bwith a crying girl in a pretty dresscfrom her mother with deep love dfor love from a mother in the heavenddoctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. the noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories of loud music or other common sound at home and at work. a person only needs to hear the noise for little more than one second to be affected.an american scientist has found that using aspirin (阿斯匹林) increase the temporary（暂时的）hearing loss or damage from loud noise. he did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. he gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. he found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. the hearing loss was about two times as great.the scientist said millions of persons in the u.s. use much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in his experiment. he said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise.63doctors have long known that .aone may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise.bone may become deaf when he hears a loud noise.cloud noises can cause damage to the hearing of the young people onlydcommon sounds at home are not harmful to the ear64one conclusion you can draw from the passage is that aspirin .amakes hearing damage from loud noise worsebshould never be taken more than four gramsccan damage ones hearing when it is given more than four grams dailydalways increases hearing loss by two times65millions of americans are in danger of suffering hearing loss because they .atake too much aspirin boften take air tripsclike listening to loud music dhave too much loud noises at home and at work66the american scientist did his experiment in order to find . ahow much aspirin would affect a persons hearing bhow much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noisecwhether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noisesdwhether the people who had hearing damage should use aspirinemost people today think of chocolate as something sweet to eat or drink and can be easily found in stores around the world. it might surprise you that chocolate was once highly treasured.the wealthy people of spain first enjoyed a sweetened chocolate drink. later, the popularity of the drink spread throughout europe. chocolate remained a drink that only wealthy people could afford to drink until the eighteenth century. during the period known as the industrial revolution, new technologies helped make chocolate less costly to produce.farmers grow cacao trees in many countries in africa, central and south america, but these trees are difficult to grow. they require an exact amount of water, warmth, soil and protection. after about five years, cacao trees start producing large fruits called pods, which grow near the trunk of the tree. the seeds inside these pods are harvested to make chocolate. growing cacao is very hard work for farmers. today, chocolate industry officials, activists, and scientists are working with farmers. they are trying to make sure that cacao can be grown in a way that is easy for the farmers and safe for the environment.the market value of the yearly cacao crop around the world is more than five billion dollars. chocol