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1、省20122013 度第一学期期中考试高三年级英语试题2012.11 试卷说明：本场考试时间120分钟，总分120分。 第一局部：听力共两节,总分值20分)第一节共5小题；每题1分,总分值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三个选项中选出最正确选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. where is the man now?a. he is on the bus.b. he is at the sea front.c. he is near a bus stop.2. how did th

2、e man send a message to the woman?a. in the flowers.b. by letter. c. by voice mail.3. what has happened to the man?a. he has broken his arm.b. he has hurt his arm.c. he has hurt his leg.4. what is the mans suggestion?a. buying a used car.b. buying a new car.c. using the bus or the taxi.5. what is th

3、e woman going to do?a. to repair the toilet.b. to read her book.c. to call a repairman.第二节 共15小题；每题1分,总分值15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三个选项中选出最正确选项,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, 答复第6至7题。6. how long will the man stay in beijing?a. for four days

4、.b. for five days.c. for a week.7. whats the relationship between the two speakers?a. workmates.b. strangers.c. husband and wife.听第7段材料, 答复第8至10题。8. what is mr li most likely to be?a. he is a sales manager.b. he is a personnel manager.c. he is an assistant manager.9. what is the man?a. a new manager

5、.b. a new employee.c. a new secretary.10. whats the best thing the man can do now?a. to leave a message.b. to make another appointment.c. to wait for half an hour.听第8段材料, 答复第11至13题。11. where are they talking?a. on the phone.b. on the radio.c. in the chat room.12. what do we know about the woman?a. s

6、he is a teacher.b. she is a hostess of a radio program.c. she is a saleswoman.13. what do we know about the man?a. he is one of the womans best friends.b. he is satisfied with what he does every day.c. he is quite likely to pick up a book for a change.听第9段材料, 答复第14至16题。14. what is the relationship b

7、etween the two speakers?a. shop assistant and customer. b. passenger and conductor.c. waiter and customer.15. what does the woman prefer?a. wool gloves.b. leather gloves.c. fur gloves.16. what can we know about the woman?a. the woman bought a pair of gloves.b. the woman didnt buy anything.c. the wom

8、an bought a pair of glasses.听第10段材料, 答复第17至20题。17. why did the accident happen?a. because the weather was awful.b. because the mans grandfather was drunk.c. because the other car was out of control.18. why didnt the people help the mans grandfather?a. because they were unable to do so.b. because the

9、 mans grandfather didnt give them money.c. because the doctors asked them not to do so.19. why did the person speak to the mans grandfather?a. because he was asking the mans grandfather for money.b. because he was one of the mans grandfathers friends.c. because he wanted to distract the mans grandfa

10、thers attention.20. whats the passage mainly about?a. people in the town were cold-hearted.b. sometimes encouraging words are also important.c. the mans grandfather was brave but the others were not.第二局部 英语知识运用(共两节,总分值35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题, 每题1分,总分值15分.) 21. _ super hurricane of sandy, sweeping across

11、the usa and many parts of america, has up to now caused _ loss of over 50 billion dollars to the usa alone.a. the; theb. a; thec. the; ad. a; a22. in his lecture, the professor referred to the belief _ the elderly are wise, _ is particularly dominant(支配的) in chinese culture.a. that; oneb. that; one

12、thatc. which; whichd. that; that23. mo yan, a famous contemporary chinese writer, this years nobel prize winner for literature, abandons the _ writing style and advocates his unique way of magic realism. a. permanentb. artificialc. conventionald. theoretical 24. the wfp has helped more than one bill

13、ion people since it was set up, which is _ an amazing achievement. a. in doubtb. without doubtsc. beyond wonderd. beyond doubt25. _, according to the study in 6 out of 10 patients, all symptoms _ what the researchers had expected.a. to conclude; corresponded tob. in a conclusion; corresponded toc. h

14、aving drawn a conclusion; corresponded withd. to be concluded; corresponded with26. if your friend comes here with any more criticism about how we bring the children up, i'll tell him to _ his own business.   a. take pleasure inb. go aboutc. be trapped ind. cater to27. with the fight agains

15、t piracy _, more and more people find that authentic cds and dvds deserve _. a. furthered; buyingb. furthered; to buy c. furthering; to be boughtd. furthering; buying28. staying in hospital and taking special medicines _ drug users an opportunity to stay away from drugs, which is_ the key to breakin

16、g the addiction to drugs lies. a. serves; whereb. provides; whatc. give; thatd. allow; where29. _, and students having returned, the school will start with _ effort in the work that lies before it. a. the summer vacation is over; refreshing b. as the summer vacation over; renewed c. the summer vacat

17、ion being over; renewed d. with the summer vacation being over; refreshing30. the employers often give the job to _they believe have work experience with strong sense of duty. a. whoeverb. those whoc. whod. whomever31. _yan yanhong, a kindergarten teacher in zhejiang province _ the boy by holding up

18、 him by his ears, his feet about 10 cm off the ground, she _ free to live her own life now.a. if; didnt abuse; would beb. had; not abused; would have beenc. if; shouldnt abuse; should have beend. had; not abused; would be32. never should we forget the war and sufferings _ caused to the people. a. it

19、b. whichc. thatd. what33. you seem to know little about yancheng middle school. arent you a teacher here? no, but i _. a. hope tob. hope thatc. hope itd. hope to be34. ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow morning. im sorry, by then my performance _ and i _ reporters in the meeting room.

20、 a. will end; will meetb. will have ended; will be meeting c. will be ended; am going to meetd. is to end; will be meeting35. we missed our train, and _ the next train was delayed, _ we had to wait for another two hours. a. on top of that; sob. as a result; thus c. what was worse; therefored. apart

21、from that; then第二节 完形填空共20小题；每题1分,总分值20分阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中,选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。my memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. but there are some that i am often 36 of and which may have had some 37 on my love of 38 . when i was small i w

22、as somewhat 39 of lightning and thunder. my father explained it. the explanation was in 40 that a child could understand but was basically correct. i gained a better 41 later, but i didnt have to unlearn anything.what he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 42 it traveled to the ground

23、like a spark (火花). when it traveled 43 the air it made the air so hot that it 44 . then there was nothing 45 the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 46 the space. he clapped his hands together very loud, 47 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. when i hear thunder,

24、i can still hear that 48 . he explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was clear. it was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. but there were more stars than you could 49 and they had color too. he said that if there were no

25、clouds, we had no blankets and were 50 to the universe. our warmth was going to 51 the whole universe. when there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. i 52 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.i am sure there were many other lessons that i 53 but n

26、o longer remember. what i did learn, in general, was that there were 54 and that the more i understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. i was not taught that there were 55 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. this may be why i have always been interested in scie

27、nce.36. a. suspectedb. remindedc. chargedd. recommended37. a. influenceb. importancec. infection d. inflation38. a. scienceb. naturec. weatherd. universe39. a. sureb. fondc. afraidd. tired40. a. wordsb. depthc. gesturesd. data41.a. understandingb. knowledgec. commandd. confidence42. a. butb. andc. f

28、or d. or43. a. aboveb. to c. alongd. through44. a. shoneb. expandedc. burnedd. broke 45. a. whereb. whatc. whend. whether46. a. fillb. makec. avoidd. break 47. a. tryingb. proving c. pretendingd. hoping 48. a. clap b. remark c. voiced. crash49. a. exploreb. foresee c. identifyd. imagine50. a. commit

29、tedb. exposed c. related d. led51. a. extendb. protect c. heatd. light52. a. everb. also c. evend. still 53. a. selectedb. arranged c. absorbedd. delivered 54. a. explanationsb. editionsc. expressionsd. extensions55. a. memoriesb. blanketsc. mysteriesd. thunders第三局部 阅读理解共15小题；每题2分,总分值30分阅读短文,从每题所给的四

30、个选项a、b、c和d中,选出最正确选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aresearchers at the university of kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.“shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers, the authors wrote in the new

31、study published in the journal of research in personality. “shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages. people tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.medical daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the stud

32、y include a persons general age, their gender, income, political affiliation, and other personality traits, including someone's emotional stability.lead researcher omri gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someones shoes. in the study, 63 university of

33、 kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.so, what do your shoes say about your personality?some of the re

34、sults were expected: people with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts外向性格的人.however, some of the more specific results are intriguing. for example, “practical and functional shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable people, whil

35、e ankle boots were more closely aligned with “aggressive personalities.the strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking shoes tend to have “calm personalities.and if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety, s

36、pending an inordinate amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.there was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive shoes.the researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual pers

37、onality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.56. we learn from the text that shoes one wears may .a. convey useful information including ones emotional stabilityb. show thick and

38、 useful information about ones personalityc. only convey some information about ones personalityd. be used to judge others personality accurately57. which of the following is not true according to the text? a. people wearing uncomfortable looking shoes tend to be calm.b. people wear practical and fu

39、nctional shoes may be hard to deal with.c. ankle boots are closely aligned with “aggressive personalities.d. people with high incomes probably wear expensive shoes.58. what does the underlined words “attachment anxiety probably mean?a. attached happiness to ones personality.b. feeling always worried

40、 about everything.c. wasting an inordinate amount of time.d. often feeling worried about his or her appearance.59. what can be the best title for this article?a. shoes one wearsb. shoes and informationc. shoes and ones personalityd. judging ones personalityb what do you do when you need to look some

41、thing up? go to the library? open an encyclopedia? click onto the internet? these days, most people go straight to wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. but how reliable is it? theres no denying the popularity and usefulness of wikipedia. it attracts as many as 78 million visitors every month, and the

42、 site is available in more than 270 different languages. its one of the most comprehensive resources available，which includes almost all details，facts and information that may be concerned. its got much more information than an ordinary encyclopedia. the site is updated on a daily basis by thousands

43、 of people around the world. anyone with an internet connection can log on and edit the contents or add a new page. and you dont need any formal training. of course, there are some controls. wikipedia has a team of more than 1，500 administrators who check for false information. and main targets for

44、harmful comments(such as politicians) are off-limits to public editing. but with more than l6 million articles to keep an eye on，it isnt easyso，while wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it's also open to “vandals(破坏他人财产者). some of the damage

45、 is easy to notice. one person drew devil horns and a moustache on microsoft chairman bill gates photo, while another edited greek philosopher platos biography to say he was a “hawaiian weather man who is widely believed to have been a student of barney the purple dinosaur and to have been deeply in

46、fluenced by his dog，cutie. but other things are harder to spot. the most common form of vandalism involves adding tiny items of false information into the biography of a famous person. unbelievably, some of this misinformation has appeared in newspapers，with the daily mail，the guardian and the indep

47、endent all having fallen victim to the dirty ticks. for example，in an article about british comedian sir norman wisdom, one newspaper claimed that he co-wrote dame vera lynns wartime hit “therell be bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover. he did no such thing. and in another article, it was report

48、ed that tv theme tune composer ronnie hazlehurst had written the s club 7 hit “reach once again, not true.so，if youre going to use any information from wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.60. whats the writers attitude to wikipedia? a. criticalb. doubtfulc. objectived. negative61. which o

49、f the following would the author of the passage most probably agree with? a. though popular and widely used，wikipedia provides little information that is reliable. b. before using the information from wikipedia，one should first check it again and again. c. it is understandable that some people add f

50、alse information to wikipedia. d. updated on a daily basis, any information from wikipedia is reliable62. we can learn from the passage that . a. because of its popularity, 78 million people from 270 counties visit wikipedia monthly b. updated by people around the world，the site is more likely to be

51、 damaged by hackers c. anyone who has access to the internet can edit any contents of wikipedia as they like d. the primary job of the administrators is to make sure true information is conveyed63. paragraph 5 is mainly to tell us . a. it is really difficult to find out tiny items of false informati

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