嘉兴一中2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

嘉兴市第一中学2013学年第二学期期中考试

高二英语

满分[100]分，时间[120]分钟 2014年4月

一、听力测试（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

第一节 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. Where will the woman go first?

A. To the beach. B. To the bank. C. To the bathroom.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. The man forgot to do his hair. B. The man forgot to put on a tie.

C. The man is wearing clothes that don‘t match.

3. How does the woman probably feel?

A. Annoyed and unconcerned. B. Hungry and impatient. C. Surprised and excited.

4. Why was the woman worried?

A. The man lost his phone. B. The man would be back very late.

C. The man didn‘t answer the phone.

5. Who did the woman want to call?

A. James. B. Drake. C. Daniel.

第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。

6. What does the man order?

A. Hot dogs and fries. B. Burgers and fries. C. Sandwiches and sodas.

7. How much does the man give the woman as a tip?

A. Three dollars. B. Two dollars. C. One dollar.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where are the speakers?

A. In a car. B. On a boat. C. On a motorcycle.

9. What is the woman doing?

A. Looking at a paper map. B. Trying to find a website.

C. Using a phone to give directions.

10. What will the speakers do next?

A. Give up and go home. B. Ask a person for advice.

C. Listen to some instructions.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does the man like about YouTube?

A. Watching funny home videos. B. Learning about the special TV channels.

C. Putting his own videos on the website. 12. What kind of meals do the guys make in Epic Meal Time ?

A. Low fat meals. B. Unhealthy meals. C. Vegetarian meals.

13. What happens to the meals in the end?

A. They are tasted by the audience. B. They are given to the homeless.

C. They are eaten by the cooks and their friends.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Their vets. B. Money spent on pets. C. Ways to buy dogs‘ medicines.

15. What is the man‘s dog‘s name?

A. Brett. B. Fargo. C. Ferguson.

16. What doesn‘t the woman like about her vet?

A. The limited services. B. The prices her vet charged.

C. The difficulty of getting an appointment.

17. What isn‘t one of the man‘s suggestions?

A. Going to his vet. B. Looking online. C. Going to a special pet store.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. When will the fire arrive close to Lakewood?

A. By six o‘clock in the evening. B. By five o‘clock in the evening.

C. By six o‘clock in the morning.

19. Where shouldn‘t residents go to escape the fire?

A. Springfield. B. Western Hill. C. Point Cabina Station.

20. What are residents advised to do before they leave?

A. Leave all pets behind. B. Stay calm and do not panic.

C. Tell the state police where they are going.

二、单项填空（本题有20小题；每小题0.5分，共10分）

21. —Waiter, ______?

—Wait a minute, sir. That‘s $ 80 altogether.

A. would you charge me B. how much did we eat

C. may I have the bill, please D. would you take the money

22. It is known that water is not ______ endless resource, nor ______ that can be made once more.

A. the; / B. an; one C. an; that D. /; one

23. ______ in the regulations that you should not tell others the password of your e-mail account.

A. It is required B. What requires C. What is required D. It requires

24. — Ann is in hospital.

— Oh, really? I ______ know. I ______ go and visit her.

A. didn‘t; am going to B. don‘t; would C. don‘t; will D. didn‘t; will

25. BRIC, an organization ______ Brazil, Russia, India and China, will play a more and more

important part in the international stage.

A. made up for B. consisted of C. made up of D. made up

26. I have never before thought of ______ a strong possibility _______ he will win the tennis

match this time.

A. there being; that B. it is; whether C. there to be; how D. there to be; that

27. It was in the small house ______ was built with stones by his father ______ he spent his

childhood. A. where; that B. that; where C. that; that D. which; in which

28. Your sister is said ______ in the super market when she was doing shopping yesterday.

A. to be treated badly B. treating badly

C. being badly treated D. to have been badly treated

29. The retired man contributed most of his savings to the school damaged by the earthquake in

Yushu, ______ the students to return to their classrooms.

A. enabling B. having enabled C. to enable D. to have enabled

30. Last night Mr Crook didn‘t come back at the usual time. ______ , he met some friends and

stayed out until midnight.

A. However B. Yet C. Instead D. Meanwhile

31. Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ______ to, and more easily troubled by,

emotional and relationship problems.

A. sceptical B. addicted C. available D. sensitive

32. More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities _______ space.

A. in search of B.in place of C. for lack of D. for fear of

33. Children _______ good or bad habits by watching what their parents do in daily life.

A. turn up B. take up C. make up D. pick up

34. When considering how to settle the problem, she had ______ the most important factor—

weather.

A. left behind B. left over C. left out D. left alone

35. Hearing he dog barking fiercely, away ______.

A. fleeing the thief B. was fleeing the thief

C. the thief was fleeing D. fled the thief

36. Mary was only too ready to help others, seldom, _____, refusing them when they turned to her.

A. if never B. if not C. if any D. if ever

37. ______ prevent himself from harm, he ______ being made use of by his manager.

A. So as to; refused B. In order to; denied

C. In order to; refused D. So as to; denied

38. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country but half way in his

speech, he suddenly ______ to another subject.

A. applied B. switched C. attached D. slided

39. ______ she stopped asking questions, I got up and went out of the room.

A. The instant B. For an instant C. On the instant D. In an instant

40. —I don‘t think I‘ll be able to go mountain-climbing tomorrow.

— ______ ?

A. And how B. How come C. How‘s it going D. How about it

三、完型填空（本题有20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

It‘s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it

―extremely embarrassing‖ in a company-wide e-mail, which he wrote because he felt he needed to

explain that what I did was something 41 in the company should ever do.

I wish I could give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could 42 it

somehow — 43 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I‘m 44 ,

experienced and I know better.

45 I work with some very kind people. For the past couple of days many of them have

taken time to 46 by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared