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【绝密启用前 a】广东省东莞市南开实验学校2012-2013学年高一英语下学期期中试题新人教版本试卷共10页，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。第一节 听力理解 （4段共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）听下面一段对话，回答第12题。1. what are the two speakers going to do?a. go shopping. b. go to church. c. see an exhibition.2. what do we know about the man?a. he is a tour guide. b. he works in a shop. c. he lives in the city.听下面一段对话，回答第35题。3. what is the mans brother doing in china?a. travelling. b. studying. c. working.4. how will the two speakers probably go to the post office?a. on foot. b. by taxi c. by bus.5. what do the two speakers probably think of their time in new zealand?a. difficult. b. boring. c. pleasant.听下面一段对话，回答第68题。6. when did choset begin to build mobile robots?a. in middle school. b. in high school. c. in college.7. what were chosets classmates in college working on?a. toy cars b. humanlike robots. c. robotic snakes.8. what is the special feature of chosets snake robots?a. they can go where people cant.b. they can injure people if they bite them.c. they can help people keep away from natural disasters.听下面一段对话，回答第910题。9. how much weight has the man gained in the past three years?a. about 20 pounds. b. around 30 pounds. c. over 40 pounds.10. what will the woman do this evening?a. teach the man cook. b. join a health club. c. visit a friend.第二节 听取性息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）rules for you touse the libraryreturn the book in good _11_ .check out any books except _12_ books.check out for no more than _13_ days._14_ quietly.dont bring any _15_ or drinks.第三节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1630各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。sometimes, we tried to do one thing, but met with another thing instead: something fortunate we never would have expectedthat 16 to the myers family on a visit to madison the myers family, 17 their nicest wedding attire (盛装), decided to take a family photo in front of the wisconsin state capitol buildingmr myers put down his bag, found a nice sunny 18 in front of the building, told his wife and kids where to 19 , set his camera on a wall and pressed the timer buttonhe 20 to get into the picturethree two one snap! a perfect shot! the surroundings matched them so well then mrmyers went to get his bag from where hed left it, only to find the bag was goneinside were his cash, his credit cards, keys mrmyers ran around the building, but he didnt see anyone with his bagmrmyers glanced at all the fellows around, hoping to 21 something on their facesthen a fellow in red caught his 22 the guy seemed to 23 mrmyers eyeswhats more, he looked a little 24 but how could mrmyers 25 that he was the thief? then a good 26 struck him at oncehe quickly 27 his camera and looked at his photo carefully again, zooming (调焦) in this time: sure, “he is enough, there was the thief, caught in the act on the leftmrmyers shouted 28 _the thief!” but as he 29 , the fellow in red was missinghe showed the photo to police officersafter a few minutes, they found the thief and recovered the 30 bag if they had moved a little to their left, the thief wouldnt have been photographedif the timer had been set just a second later, the camera might have only caught a blur of the fleeing maneverything had lined up so perfectly 16ameantbhappenedcleddpassed17adressed inbglanced atcshowed off dcovered with18adistrict bhousecparkdspot19astandbrestcstaydlie 20awaitedbrushedcstoppedddecided 21atellbrecognizectestdread 22amindbarmcattentiondbreath 23aavoidbopencattractdcast 24asadbnervousccuriousdworried 25adreambbelievecprovedguess 26aexplanationbopinioncexcusedidea 27aturned onbpaid forcpassed by dasked about 28acalmlybexcitedlyccoldlydslowly 29ajumped out bwoke upcwalked outdlooked up 30abeautifulbstolencexpensivedbroken 第四节 语法填空 （ 共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）请在31 - 36小题的空格处填入合适的情态动词：31. at that time people _ starve if food was difficult to find.32. harvest and thanksgiving festivals _ be very happy events.33. something terrible _ ( happen ) if li chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did.34. i thought the story _ not be true.35. you _ ( not ) smoke in public places.36. young people _ respect old people.请在37 45 小题的空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空：37. we know youre hard-working. thats _ weve given you the letter.38. the earth became so violent that it was not clear _ the shape would last or not.39. _ is even more important is as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.40. they forget the fact _ canada is 5,500 kilometers from coast to coast.41. watching a family of chimps wake up _ ( be ) our first activity of the day.42. the police _ ( be ) people who catch thieves and robbers.43. since then, _ ( find ) ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.44. dr yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without _ ( expand ) the area of the fields.45. lin qiaozhi was a doctor who became a _ ( special ) in womens illnesses.第五节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）awhen i was about 12, i had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. week by week her list grew: i was very thin; i wasnt a good student; i talked too much; i was too proud, and so on. i tried to bear all these as long as i could. at last, i became very angry. i ran to my father with tears in my eyes.he listened to me quietly. then he asked, “are the things she says true or not? janet, didnt you ever wonder what youre really like? well, you now have that girls opinion. go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. pay no attention to the other things she said.”i did as he told me. to my great surprise, i discovered that about half the things were true. some of them i couldnt change (like being very thin), but a good number i couldand suddenly i wanted to change. for the first time i got a fairly clear picture of myself.i brought the list back to daddy. he refused to take it. “thats just for you,” he said. “you know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. but you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. when something said about you is true, youll find it will be of help to you. our world is full of people who think they know your duty. dont shut your ears. listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” daddys advice has returned to me at many important moments. in my life, ive never had a better piece of advice.46. what does “week by week her list grew” mean?a. week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine.b. week by week the paper was filled with my shortcomings.c. week by week i was having more and more shortcomings.d. week by week my shortcomings grew more and more serious.47. why did her father listen to her quietly?a. because he had been so angry with his daughters shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.b. because he didnt know what to do next.c. because he wasnt quite sure which girl was telling the truth.d. because he thought what her daughters “enemy” said might be true.48. what did the father do after he had heard his daughters complaint?a. he told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.b. he criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.c. he told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.d. he refused to take the list and did not show any interest in it.49. what does “i got a fairly clear picture of myself” mean?a. i had my picture taken and it was a clear one.b. someone painted a clear picture of myself.c. i came to know myself clearly.d. the picture i got this time was clearer than those i had before.50. which do you think would be the best title for this passage?a. not an enemy, but the best friendb. the best advice ive ever hadc. my father d. my unforgettable childhoodb even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. you cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. the pull of the earth is called gravity. you can easily find out the pull of the earth. if you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you. since there is gravity, water runs downhill. when you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around. then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape the earths gravity and carry you into space. 51. in this passage, the word “gravity” means_. a. the pull of everything. b. the force of attraction among objects. c. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth d. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun. 52. when you slip(滑倒) you always fall to the ground because_ a. the earth always turns round. b. the earth has gravity c. the earths gravity is greater than your weight. d. you are careless. 53. gravity is strong that _ a. it can throw a ball into the air. b. it makes you jump only seven feet. c. it can let you fly away from the earth. d. it can keep everything on earth. 54. because of gravity,_ a. water flows everything. b. we can go everywhere by ship. c. water always flows downwards. d. fish can live in water. 55. we can get away from the earth by spaceship because_ a. the spaceship goes very fast. b. the earth cant pull the spaceship. c. the spaceship has a strong force. d. the spaceship can jump higher than other things. cearthquakes are something that people fearthere are some places that have few or no earthquakesmost places in the world，however，have them regularly（有规律的）countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous（多山的） the most talked about earthquake in the united states was in san francisco in 1906over 700 people died in itthe strongest one in north america was in 1964it happened in alaska strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most peoplein 1755，one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in portugalaround 2,000 people died in 1923，a very strong earthquake hit the tokyo，yokohama area of japana hundred and forty thousand people diedmost of them died in fires which followed the earthquake one of the worst earthquakes ever was in china in 1976it killed a large number of peoplethe worst earthquake ever reported was also in china，in which 400,000 people were killed or injuredthis earthquake happened in 1556 earthquakes worry people a lotthe reason is that we often do not know when they are comingpeople can not prepare for it 56earthquakes happen a. in all the places in the world bonly in the countries that have a lot of mountainsc. regularly in most places in the world d only in a few places along the coast57how many people died in the earthquake which happened in portugal in 1755？a 500 b 140,000 c 400,000 d 2,000 58whenandwherewastheworstearthquake ever reported？a 1964；alaska b 1556；china c 1923；japan d1976；china 59accordingtothepassage， whichofthefollowingis not true？athestrongerthe earthquakeis，the more people are killed bearthquakesoftencomeunexpectedly （出乎意料地） cearthquakes can cause fires d peoplestilldontknowhowtotell whenan earthquake will come 60what may be talked about in the seventh paragraph？ahow do earthquakes worry people？bwhat will people do to prepare for earthquakes？chow can we save people when earthquakes happen？dhow do earthquakes happen？din my long years of teaching, i often ask my student to read the texts until they can recite them, and i tell them that recitation is an important part of their homework. however, some of my students are tired of doing so, thinking that it is both hard and useless. they argue that it takes a long time to recite a text from memory and text itself never appears in a test paper.in my opinion, it naturally takes time to recite a text, but it is worth doing so. when you are able to recite a text, you are sure to be familiar with the words and expressions. when you need them in reading or writing or doing exercises, they will come to your mind quickly, and so you will give quick response to all kinds of language situation. how can we say that it is useless?61. the writer often asks his students to recite the texts,_.a. but they dont like to do so. b. and they are eager to do soc. but they wrote a letter to the department of education reporting the thing.d. but they do more exercises instead of reciting the texts.62. what do the students think about the teachers advice?a. the english teacher tries his best to help them with english.b. the english teacher is very kind to them.c. the english teacher asks them to do something useless.d. the english teacher should let them study on their own.63. according to the text, which of the following is correct?a. the teacher thinks the students are too naughty to learn english well.b. the students think they spend a lot of time in reciting the texts and get nothing.c. the students say that they often forget the words.d. the students take no interest in english.64. when the students are against his suggestion, the writer_.a. often criticizes themb. patiently explains to them why they should recite the textsc. wants to give up his idead. is afraid that he is criticized by the headmaster.65. why does the writer suggest that the students recite the text?a. reciting the texts can improve the ability of applying english.b. reciting the texts is the best way of learning english.c. the students should remember all the texts that the teacher has taught them.d. reciting the texts can greatly improve the classroom teaching.第六节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读以下相关信息，然后按照要求匹配信息。首先，阅读下面六种舞蹈介绍：a. cha-chait is a very famous ballroom dance. created in cuba, it includes african and cuban rhythms (节奏). it is an energetic dance. the cha-cha requires very small steps because of its rhythm.b. waltzit is a romantic ballroom dance in the triple time with a strong accent on the first beat. the dance is smooth and graceful in performance. the waltz was introduced to the united states via (经由) england in the early 19 century. c. hip-hophip-hop refers to street dance styles. hip-hop allows the dance to experience complete freedom while moving across the floor. with no age restriction (限制) to learn this dance form, it remains as one of the most popular styles to everyone, especially for the young. d. tangoit is a ballroom dance of latin-american origin. some people think it is a bit more difficult than waltz. in the early years of the twentieth century, the first european tango craze (狂热) took place in paris, soon followed by london, berlin, and other capitals.e. balletit is a theatrical presentation of group or solo dancing to a musical accompaniment, usually with costume and scenic effect, conveying a story or theme. the earlier years of ballet training is strict, with regular guidance and practice under the watchful eyes of an experienced teacher. f. sambait is a brazilian ballroom dance of african origin. the music of samba is one of the most popular forms of music in brazil. it is widely recognized as brazils national musical style. samba is a lively, rhythmical dance. the basic movement involves a straight body and a bending of one knee at a time. the feet move very slightly only a few inches at a time. 阅读以下有关人员的信息，然后为他或她选择合适的舞蹈。66. li ming used to be a shy boy in high school, but since he came to guangzhou university, he has become an optimistic and energetic boy. this term he wants to learn a dance which is suitable for young people and can give him much freedom. 67. dancing has always been wang gangs favorite activity since he was five. he has already learned how to dance the waltz, fox, and some other simple styles of dance. recently he is fascinated by latin-american dance. this time he wants to learn a kind of ballroom dance with more difficult skills. 68. huang qiang likes dancing very much. when he was four years old, his parents paid much to let him learn ballet. he likes the famous play swan lake. he wants to go on learning more and to perform at the new years evening party.69. in the town where gao mei lives, dancing is very popular with young people. she intends to invite her classmate kate to learn some rhythmical dance which can make people full of energy. 70. after watching football matches, zhang ning is impressed by brazilian footballers. to celebrate their victory, they often dance their national dance for a while. zhang ning was fascinated by their movements. he made up his mind to learn the dance