高中英语真题-2012-2013学年下学期期中考试

高中英语真题:2012-2013学年下学期期中考试

一、听力测试 ( 共20小题，满分10分 )

第一节 （共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the woman mean?

A. She would like to go to the movies.

B. She was too tired to go to the movies.

C. She thought it wonderful to have a sleep.

2. What will the woman probably have?

A. Hot coffee. B. Hot tea.

C. Something cold.

3. Who are the speakers probably?

A. Students. B. Scientists.

C. Factory workers.

4. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At the ticket office. B. On the train.

C. In the street. 5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. TV stations. B. TV series.

C. TV ads.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What will the speakers do tomorrow?

A. Go to a museum.

B. Go over their lessons.

C. Visit their head teacher.

7. When will the speakers meet at the school gate?

A. At 7:00. B. At 6:45.

C. At 6:15.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What will the woman do this weekend?

A. Move into her dormitory.

B. Buy some furniture.

C. Sell her old furniture.

9. How many chairs does the woman need? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. When does the man feel nervous?

A. Before a game. B. During a game.

C. During a training.

11. What does the man think of their training?

A. Profitable. B. Exciting. C. Boring.

12. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man is worried about tomorrow’s game.

B. The man’s team will probably get the cup.

C. Northern City has won by four goals.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What’s the man’s phone number?

A. 6281-6569. B. 6821-6569.

C. 6821-5669.

14. Where did the man see the pictures of the furniture?

A. On the Internet. B. In the shop.

C. In a brochure (宣传册子).

15. What’s the man’s choice of sofa?

A. Three pieces, yellow. B. Four pieces, yellow.

C. Three pieces, white.

16. How will the man pay for the furniture?

A. By credit card. B. By check.

C. In cash.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did the doctors say about April?

A. She could never overcome difficulties.

B. She had trouble communicating with others.

C. She suffered from a severe learning disability.

18. What do we know about April?

A. She refuses to let learning challenges hold her back.

B. She learned to read and write as the doctors asked.

C. She worked her way into simple classes at primary school.

19. How can April get a better understanding than other students?

A. She uses special education equipment.

B. She always tries again and again.

C. She has developed a unique study method.

20. How much did April receive from state and national awards? A. $27,500. B. $27,050.

C. $20,750.

二、课文填空 请根据所学课文原文填写空缺处的单词 (共20个空格；每空0.5分，满分10分)

Aspirin was invented in 1897. However, the _____ chemical used to make aspirin can be found in nature. Nearly 3,500 years ago, people _____ on leaves or drank a kind of tea made from leaves _____ a special chemical to reduce body pains and _____.

It was in 1897 that a _____ chemist called Dr Felix Hoffmann produced aspirin from this chemical. The first _____ of this medicine took place in 1899, when the company Hoffmann worked for began _____ the medicine in powder form to physicians to use

with _____. A year later, in 1900, aspirin was sold in shops in the form of _____.

However, a recent survey _____ in the shows that 80 per cent

of Internet users _____ it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about _____. These statistics _____ that gathering information is the _____ use for the Internet.

Another truly wonderful _____ of the Internet is the way people

use it to build social _____. One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are _____ on common interests, rather than _____ or age. Young people from _____ backgrounds and different countries can form friendships that will last their _____ lives.

三、单词拼写 根据所给首字母或汉语写出空缺处单词的适当形式，使句子完整，语法正确，每空一词 (共10小题；每题0.5分，满分5分)

The Great Wall was first c_____ in the north of over 2,000 years ago.

The main d_____ of the Internet are that it has too much information that has not been evaluated for accuracy and that it is transforming the way people spend their time.

A large number of copies of the novelist’s latest work have been sold as soon as it was published; it is really a b_____ book.

Jim just graduated from college and he was not sure whether he had the q_____ for the job, but he applied for it anyway.