江苏省赣榆县海头高级中学2011-2012学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题Ⅰ听力第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）：1.What are the speakers talking about?A.Mending cameras.B. Painting pictures.C. Taking photographs.2.Where does the conversation take place?A.At a hotel.B. At a library.C. At a post office.3.How does the woman feel about the acting?A.She thinks it not good.B. She likes it very much.C. She thinks it excellent.4.What is the boy complaining about?A.He is out of job.B. He wants a better job.C. He has to do yard work.5.What would probably happen next?A.The man would move the old man.B. The speakers would make a call.C. The woman would report to the police.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听第6段材料，回答第6, 7题6.How much time does the woman have to go to meet the man?A.30minutes.B. 45 minutesC. 55 minutes.7.How will the speakers go to the Smiths?A.Ride in a friend’s car.B. Go by bus.C. Go b y bike.听第7材料，回答第8, 9题8.Where does the conversation take place?A.At a clinic.B. At a restaurant.C. At a pharmacy.9.What can we learn about the woman?A.She was allergic to seafood.B. She ate too much yesterday.C. She ran too much.听第8材料，回答第10, 12题10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Schoolmates.B. Colleagues.C. Neighbors.11.Where are the speakers?A.In the US.B. In Vietnam.C. In Italy.12.What is the woman’s job?A.She’s a college lecture.B. She’s an assistant of a nurse.C. She’s an engine mechanic.听第9材料，回答第13至16题13.Where are the speakers?A. At a concert hall.B. At a fast food restaurant.C. At a movie house.14. What will the woman do next?A. Get some snacks and drinks.B. Get two better seats.C. Go over her lessons.15. What does the woman think of her last experience?A. It was terrific.B. It was terrible.C. It was interesting.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. Many people are at the opening.B. The man is over-weight.C. The woman is carless.听第10材料，回答第17至20题17. What caused the fire?A. An irresponsible driver.B. The dry weather.C. A lightning.18. Where probably is the lake?A. To the southwest of Stanton.B. To the northwest of Stanton.C. To the west of Stanton.19. How did the chief fire officer know the serious situation?A. A truck driver was sent back.B. The motorist himself told him.C. A message was sent back by radio.20. How did the chief officer decide to stop the fire at last?A. Clear an area through the forest.B. Send more firemen to the fire.C. Blow down the burning trees.Ⅱ单项选择21. For a long time they walked without saying______ word. Jim was the first to break ____ silence.A. the; aB. a; theC. a; /D. the; /22. Here is one thing that you must be_______, very few jobs are available here.A. aware onB. aware ofC. on awareD. aware23. The town hall__________ in the 1800s was the most distinguished building at that time.A. to be completedB. having been completedC. completedD. being completed24. Betty asked me, “Did you see your teacher?” Betty asked me whether I ________ my teacher.A. seeB. sawC. had seenD. have seen25. The doctor said to me, “Never smoke.” The doctor advised me_______.A. not to smokeB. not smokeC. did not smokeD. don’t smoke26. No one can be sure________ in a million years.A. what man will look likeB. what will man look likeC. man will look like whatD. what look will man like27. The new technical revolution will bring about________ in industry and agriculture.A. increaseB. a increaseC. the increaseD. an increase28. How do people react________ his speech against pollution?A. onB. toC. atD. in29. The teachers ________ to learn from Lei Feng.A. appeal to usB. call on usC. demand usD. A and B30. One-third of the area______ covered with trees.About 70% of the trees______ been planted recently.A. are; haveB. is; hasC. is; haveD. are; has31. I’m afraid you will________ your bright future if you continue to be so lazy on your work.A. destroyB. harmC. ruinD. damage32. The number of cars made each year_________ 300,000.A. have grown toB. has grown toC. has grown upD. have grown up33. All of them made Johnny ________ of the class soon after he returned to the school.A. monitorB. a monitorC. the monitorD. a head34. He has made a lot of mistakes in the paper, though he did not_________.A. attend toB. intend toC. intend forD. intend making35. -- _________?-- Quite a success.A. What was your class meeting aboutB. Why was your class meeting heldC. What was your class meeting likeD. How was your class meeting heldⅢ完形填空Many people believe everything or, almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio.A few years ago I 36 a story about a husband and a wife who made a 37 mistake. They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby 38 with them. After they had finished their shopping, they returned to their car to go home. 39 they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that 40 rode in for safety. The couple then 41 in their car toward home. After they had driven a few miles, they 42 the back seat to see how the baby was. To their surprise, the baby was not there. According to the 43 the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had 44 to put him inside the car. They had driven away with the baby on the top of the car.The couple drove back 45 the store but did not find the baby. The called the police, and the police said that they 46 the baby and that the baby was 47 . The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been 48 by his plastic seat. The 49 couple took their baby home and were always careful after that.There was one thing 50 with the story. It was not true. Stories such as this one are often 51 in newspapers and on radio and television. Because they are read and heard 52 that usually report the truth, many people believe them. People also believe them because, like the story 53 , they have something unusual or frightening about them. What is 54 is that newspaper and radio reporters 55 them too.36. A. wrote B. read C. told D. imagined37. A. puzzling B. terrible C. interesting D. harmful38. A. alone B. along C. away D. around39. A. Since B. Before C. While D. After40. A. they B. her C. we D. he41. A. went away B. drove off C. moved on D. left out42. A. searched B. glanced at C. examined D. thought of43. A. newspaper B. radio C. story D. report44. A. left B. planned C. forgotten D. expected45. A. around B. towards C. near D. for46. A. saved B. saw C. helped D. had47. A. dangerous B. dead C. comfortable D. fine48. A. protected B. saved C. covered D. caught49. A. satisfied B. puzzled C. grateful D. frightened50. A. wrong B. right C. important D. necessary51. A. reported B. told C. made D. written52. A. at ease B. in places C. for sure D. with joy53. A. told B. mentioned C. printed D. recorded54. A. surprised B. believable C. unlucky D. strange55. A. trust B. almost C. believe D. doubtⅥ阅读理解AAmbassador Hotel：Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.Dining RoomBreakfast is served in the dining mom from 8 a. m. to 9: 30 a.m. Alternatively, the room staff will bring a breakfast tray to your room at any time after 7 a.m. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed.Lunch: 12:00a.m. to2:30p.m.Dinner: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Room ServiceThis operates 24 hours a day; phone the reception desk, and your message will be passed on to the room staff.TelephonesTo make a phone call, dial 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays in putting calls through when the staffs are very busy. There are also public telephones in the entrance hall near the Reception Desk. Early calls should be booked with reception.Laundry（洗衣房）We have a laundry in the hotel, and will wash iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them.Bar The hotel bar is open from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.56. You would see this notice _________ .A. in a hotel barB. in a hotel dining roomC. in a bedroom of a large international hotelD. in the entrance of a small family hotel57. What should you do if you have arrived to stay at the hotel at 2 a.m. and want something to eat?A. Go to the hotel shop.B. Go to the hotel bar.C. Hang a message outside your door.D. Phone Reception.58. What should you do when you come back to the hotel to make an important call and see a lot of people around the Reception desk?A. Go to your room and phone from there.B. Ask at the Reception desk.C. Use one of the telephones in the entrance hall.D. Go out again and look for a public phone box59. What do you think a room staff’s last job is before he goes off duty at 6 p.m.?A. Lay the tables in the dining room.B. Check the bedroom doors.C. Start preparing the breakfast.D. Wake any of the guests who have asked for early calls.BAdvertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today’s advertisements , or ads, try to get consumers(消费者) to buy certain brands(品牌) . Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can. sometimes persuade a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing, eat a special kind of cereal(麦片) , or see a movie. Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it.For example, you probab1y do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket. There areprobably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves. You may not have space on a shelf for another. But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra-tasty and has a free prize in the box, you may want it.Advertising must get attention. To be effective, it must be exciting, entertaining, or provide some pleasure. The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product. The idea is what the ad is really selling. One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports. That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy.60. What is discussed in this passage?A. The content of modern advertising.B. The skills of modern advertising.C. The results of modern advertising.D. The writing of modern advertising.61. According to the passage, a good advertisement should .A. be both persuasive and effectiveB. give people useful informationC. show people a productD. show people a new idea of a product62. From the passage, we know that .A. modern advertising has less effect on customersB. once customers see ads about a new cerea1, they are sure to buy itC. cereal can make people strongD. cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people63. What can we infer from the passage?A. Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements.B. Customers should be persuaded by advertisements.C. It’s impossible for cus tomers to buy a product without advertisements.D. Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements.CLucky is the man who has no “ skeleton(骷髅) in his closet.” When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of and that he wants to hide, he is said to have a “ skeleton in his closet.” Some people may have more than one skeleton.As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expression begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.Before 1832, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helpful in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.After a time, people began to suspect every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase “ a skeleton in the closet” took on a broader, more general meaning. To describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, there is one more theory.One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.Balzac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there. He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. If she doesn’t admit her guilt, her lover will become a skeleton in the closet in years.64.Which of the following situations is suit able for using the phrase “ Skeleton in the closet”?A. You have stolen something precious and don’t want it discovered.B. You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research.C. If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep theskeleton a secret.D. You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep others from discovering it.65. From the text we know there are _____ theories about how the phrase “ Skeleton in the closet”came into being.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four66. Which of the following is right according to the text?A. In the 19th century, doctors realized the importance of anatomy (解剖) in the development ofmedicine.B. The doctors of the ancient times liked to collect as many skeletons as possible.C. The thieves stole skeletons from tombs in order to help the doctors.D. It is legal that corpses of anybody are cut open for scientific examination in history.DAncient people made clay pottery(陶器) because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they make for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes, and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself.The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique.The potter uses one of the Earth's most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. Most North American artisan potters now purchase commercially processed clay, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work.The most important tools potters use are their own hands; however, they also use wire loop tools, wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished potfrom its vase on the potter's wheel.After a finished pot is dried of all its moisture in the open air, it placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, and it is then ready to be glazed and fired again.For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later burn off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of decorative pattern that they want.67. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Different kinds of clay.B. The training of an artisan.C. The making of pottery.D. Crafts of ancient civilizations.68. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way that ancient people used pottery?A. To hold food.B. To wash clothes.C. To cook.D. To transport objects.69. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?A. Melted wax.B. A wire loop.C. A sponge.D. Plain wire.70. The word ‘pattern’ in the last sentence is closest in meaning to which of the following?A. Model.B. Color.C. Puzzle.D. Design.Ⅴ任务型阅读New research says 35% of child deaths worldwide are caused by hunger. The research comes from poor to middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.Robert Black from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland is the lead writer of the research. He says more than 3.5 million mothers and children under 5 die in poor countries each year because of hunger.He says more than two million children die from underdevelopment, either before or after birth. Millions of others who survive face a lifetime of disabilities or early death and the effects are not just physical. Poor mental development also results from hunger as children grow. Then the cycle of poverty and hunger often continues for their children.Doctor Black says hungry children are also more likely to have conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease as adults. He says the studies show that food programs need to place the greatest importance on the first two years of life. Hungry children can suffer their whole life damage from age two.It is high time their diets were improved. Diets should include foods rich in vitamin A and other useful vitamins and minerals. The researchers say early help such as this could reduce child deaths by 25%.This research has also faced some criticism. A medical aid group says the researchers underestimate(低估) the number of child deaths due to hunger. 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