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安新中学20022003学年度第一学期期中考试英语试题（二套）. Listening:第一节：Text 1-5 Questions 1-51. whats the possible relationship?A. Sister and brother B. ClassmatesC. Mom and son.2. Where was Lucy yesterday?A. At school B. AT home C. in hospital3. Why is the woman moving to a new house?A. She finds a new job. B. The new house is cheaper.C. She finds a new job.4. What time is it now?A. 2:15 B. 2:30 C. 2:455. How does the man usually go to work?A. On foot B. By bike C. by bus第二节：Text 6 Questions 6-86. What time was it when they thought of stopping the car?A. 10:30 B. 12:30 C. 2:307. Why did they want to stop the car?A. To eat something B. To have a walk C. To look at the cows.8. Where did they decide to stop at last?A. In another field B. In a small village C. On a piece of grass.Text 7 Questions 9-11:9. Whats wrong with Tom?A. His bike was broken B. His leg was hurt C. He lost his way home 10. What does the doctor ask Tom to do ?A. To worry about his lessons. B. To go back to schoolC. To stay in bed for several days.11. Who will help Tom with his lessons?A. Ann B. The doctor C. To stay in bed for several days Text 8 Questions 12-13:12. Whats the man asking Mary to do ?A. To read the letter. B. To type the letter. C. To ask Tom to type the letter13. Whats the matter with Tom?A. He doesnt know how to type B. He cant read the letterC. Both A and B Text 9 Questions 14-1614. Where does the man want to go ?A. To the post office B. To the Olympic Village.C. To the police station 15. How many people are there in the dialogue?A. Two B. There C. Four16. How is he going there?A. On foot B. By bus C. By carText10. Questions 17-2017. Whey did the robbery happen?A. At 11 oclock on Tuesday morning. B. At 10 oclock on Tuesday morning.C. On Wednesday afternoon.18. Where did the sounds of guns come from?A. From the car B. From the bank. C. From the rest room.19. What did the author do that afternoon?A. He went shopping B. He went to the movies.C. He went to the bank.20. What do we learn from the passage?A. The robber was eating a chocolate bar when he was caught.B. The speaker called the police from the rest room.C. The speaker got a $100 reward from the bank. Make the best choice.21. These children are_ with these _ lessons.A. bore, bored B. bored , boring C. boring , bored D. boring , boring22. Thats the reason _ the wasnt here yesterday.A. why B. which C. what D. in which23. One was to understand thousands of new words is to gain _ good knowledge of basic word formation.A. / B. the C. a D. one 24. This film he made _ a great success.A. enjoyed B. was C. showed D. made25. It must have snowed last night, _A. hasnt it B. was C. showed D. made26. -_ that he got to the village? -Before dark.A. When was it B. When it was C. Was it D. When did27. He lay in bed with his eyes_.A. wide open B. wide opened C. widely open D. widely opened28. _ number of the boys in this class in 40 . Its _ than that of the girls.A. A, larger B. The , larger C. A, more D. The , more 29. Can you imagine _ such foolish things?A. him to do B. him doing C. he doing D. he does30. Im sue youll succeed_ .A. in time B. on time C. at a time D. in no time 31. _ it is to listen to music!A. How fun B. How a fun C. What a fun D. What fun32. _ little birds eat _ many insects.A. Such, so B. So, so C. Such, such D. So, such33. I make _ a rule to do some reading before going to bed every evening.A. it B. that C. / D. this 34. He spoke loudly to make himself_.A. hear B. heard C. hearing D. to be heard35. Next time you _, please make a call.A. come B. came C. will come D. have come. Cloze Test Suppose every person on the earth ate only one kind of food. And one year that food disappeared. _36_ that happened, all humans would soon disappear too. Luckily, humans dont face the problem . However, another creature may. The animal is the giant panda, one of the worlds 37 animals. It has been discovered that the bamboo plants the giant pandas eat are dying. As a result, many of the pandas are dying of 38 . In the wild, the giant panda eats only two kinds of bamboo plants. One is the umbrella bamboo, 39 is the fountain bamboo（喷泉竹）. Both kinds can live 100 years. In its 40 year that bamboo plant blooms, has seeds and dies. Last year the umbrella and the fountain 41 that grow in China became 100years 42 . The plants grow from seeds formed in the late 1870s . Now almost all of these bamboo plants are dead. Young shoots now grow from the seeds. 43 , it will be many months before the shoots are large 44 to be eaten as food by the pandas. So the large black and white animals continue to 45 . Can the wild pandas be 46 ? A group of American scientists went to China to study the pandas in their habitats （栖息地）. The studies took place in the areas of Sichuan Province in southeast China. The scientists especially wanted to find out 47 about the animals food . They wanted to see 48 the pandas are able to change to other foods 49 the two kinds of bamboo are growing. The Chinese government recognizes the world-wide concern 50 the giant pandas and has taken steps to save the animals. Large 51 the giant pandas; habitats have been set aside as wildlife preserves（自然保护区） 52 the pandas can live freely. At the same time, Chinese scientists are trying to increase 53 number of giant pandas 54 some of the animals in zoos. The 55 baby panda was born in Beijing Zoo in the autumn of 1978.36. A. Unless B. Since C. If D. Because37. A. big B. lovely C. good D. beautiful38. A. hunger B. heat C. thirst D. cold39. A. anotherB. the second C. otherD. the other40. A. one hundredB. hundredthC. hundredsD. hundred41. A. kinds B. ones C. bamboosD. plants42. A. large B. youngC. old D. long 43. A. Therefore B. ButC. HoweverD. Then 44. A. enough B. more C. muchD. too45. A. grow B. dieC. liveD. eat46. A. saved B. saving C. deadD. dying47. A. something B. more C. anythingD. much48. A. why B. if C. howD. when49. A. if B. and C. while D. for50. A. in B. at C. aboutD. animals51. A. areasB. numbersC. placesD. animals52. A. where B. there C. thatD. which53. A. theB. a C. some D. any 54. A. to raise B. by raisingC. to keepD. keeping55. A. secondB. firstC. lastD. third. Reading Comprehension.ASkin is the name of the special covering on our bodies. It is in different colors such as black, brown, white, yellow and red. The color of skin is not important. All skin has one important job: to protect what is inside our bodies.Skin has two parts. The top part which we can see in called the epidermis. It is very thin layer of dead skin. The body replaces this layer all the time. People lose about twenty kilos of skin in their lives.The inner layer of skin is called the dermis. The skin in this layer is living. The dermis makes new skin for the epidermis. In addition , the dermis has tiny oil glands.The oil glands are important because they produce oil and help to keep our skin soft. The dermis is also important because it helps our bodies to lose some heat. In this way, our bodies do not get too hot.56. A god title for this article is _.A. Skin Color B. Human SkinC. Functions of oil glands 57. The word “replace” means _.A. makes soft B. puts oil C. puts again D. changes58. We may say that _.A. the epidermis protects the dermis B. the dermis is usually hardC. the epidermis is more important than the dermisD. the dermis is more important than the epidermis59. Oil glands are in _.A. the dermis B. the epidermisC. neither A nor B D. both A and B60. The dead skin which humans lose all the time is _.A. the dermis B. the epidermisC. the oil glands D. none of the threeBIn the United States, 30 percent of the adult population has a “weight problem”. To many people , the cause in obvious: We eat too much . But scientific evidence does little to support this idea. Going back to the America of 1910, we find that people thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less , and didnt watch television.Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on average than thinner people. In fact, some investigations , such as a 1990 study of 4,538 London office workers, report that, on balance, fatter people eat less than slimmer people .Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study of a research group at Standford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts:The more the men ran, the greater loss of body fat.The more they ran, the greater their increase in food intake.Thus, those who ran the most, ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.61. What kind of physical problem do many Americans have?A. They are too thin. B. They work too hard.C. They are too fat. D. They lose too much body fat.62. Based upon the information given in the article, suppose there are 500 adult Americans, about how many of them will have a “weight problem”?A. 30 B. 80 C. 100 D. 15063. Which of the following words can take the place of the word “slim” in this passage?A. poor B. thin C. healthy D. rich64. Compared with the adult American population today, the Americans of 1910 _.A. ate more food and had more physical activitiesB. ate less food but had more activitiesC. ate less and had less physical exercisesD. had more weight problem65. What have modern medical and scientific researches reported to us?A. Fat people eat less food and less active.B. Fat people eat more food than slim people and are more active.C. Fat people eat more food than slim people but are less active.D. thin people run less, but have greater increase in food intake.CBike for a Better CitySome people think they have an answer to the problem of automobile crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or bike.In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They say that if more people rode bicycles to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown area of the city and then less dirty air from car engines.For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanes for bicycles only on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.But no bicycle lanes have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks this is a good idea. Taxi drivers dont like the idea- they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets dont like the idea - they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park - the largest open space in New York - is closed to cars and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Betty City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. Until that happens, the safest place to bicycle may be in the park.66. “ Bike lanes will slow traffic.” The same meaning can be expressed by _.A. if we had bike lanes, traffic would be slowerB. traffic moves slowly in bike lanesC. only slow traffic drives in bike lanes 67. “Store owners dont like the idea.” This is to say _.A. store owners dont think about the ideaB. they think the idea is reasonableC. the idea is not good, they think.68. “There would be fewer automobiles and then less dirty air.” This tells us that_.A. there is less dirty air though there are fewer carsB. because there are fewer autos, there will be cleaner airC. there would be cleaner air and fewer autos69. “If there is less traffic, they will have less business.” This sentence can be best explained by _.A. if more people pass by, more people will buy thingsB. if there is more business , people will pass byC. if there is less business, people will pass by 70. “Most people live too far from downtown to ride a bike to work.” means_.A. most people who ride bikes to work go too farB. most people who dont ride bikes to work live far from downtownC. most people ride to work down on bikesDLook on the brighter sideEVERYTHING has two sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is a deadly disease, which causes fear. There were 2,601 cases recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government figures. Some 115 people have died and numbers keep rising.But, theres another side.SARS is a reminder of how fragile life can be. Suddenly, its not just the old people who are thinking about death. Everyone now realizes there might not always be a tomorrow.Wang Xinying, a Senior 3 student in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, came into contact with a suspected SARS patient in mid-April. He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks. “Watching TV about more and more SARS patients dying, I never knew that death could be so close. Life is valuable and Im going to treasure every singly day.” He said.SARS teaches people to be grateful, not only for their own lives, but also for others. Doctors and nurses, for example, have to spend all their time with infected patients. As a result , more than 20 percent of SARS cases in China are medical workers.Xu Bing , a Senior 2 student of Beijing No.5 Middle School wants to be a doctor when he grows up. “Although they certainly know of the dangers, doctors and nurses remain bravely dedicated to saving people