九江一中2013-2014学年上学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分:150分
第一卷（三部分 共115分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中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 does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a bank. A. Tired. A. Once a week.
B. In a library. B. Happy.
C. In a restaurant.
2. How does the woman feel now?
C. Disappointed.
C. Five times a day.
3. How often does the man eat out?
B. Five times a week.
4. What dose the man want to know?
A. How to get to the station. B. When to get to the station. C. Where to find a set of traffic lights.
5. Why could the woman finish the work on time?
A. She worked very hard.
B. The man helped her.
C. Joan helped her.
第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题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，回答第6至7题
6. When did the interview most probably take place?
A. Monday. 7. What does Burt want to do?
A. Have an interview. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题
8. How will the man spend his next birthday?
A. Going back to his old school. A. He thinks it was boring. expected.
C. He thinks it was interesting. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. When will they meet?
A .At 8:00 a.m. 11. How will they go there?
A. By bike. B. By car.
B. Friday. C. Saturday.
C. Be a director.
B. Change his job.
B. Having a party.
C. Climbing hills.
9. How does the man like the last party he took part in?
B. He thinks it was far better than
B. At 8:30 a.m.
C. At 9:00 a.m. C. By bus.
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12. What is the weather like tomorrow?
A. It’s cloudy. 13. Why is Linda in the garden?
A. To review her lessons. B. To enjoy fresh air. C. To wait for Tom. 14. How many units have Tom reviewed?
A. 3. 15. What test will they have?
A. Geography.
B. Language.
C. History.
16. What are they going to do soon after the dialogue?
A. Go back home and have a good sleep. together.
C. Go to the restaurant together. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17．When can the speaker be home from work?
A. At 8:45. A. Suzy.
B. At 9:15.
C. At 9:45.
C. Billy. C. The floors.
18. Who will set the table?
B. Peggy.
19. Which place will Jack clean?
A. The basement. A. Four.
B. The bathroom.
20.How many children does the speaker have?
B. Five. C. Six.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. My aunt visits me __________ she comes to this city on business.
A. many times time
22. __________ to give up smoking, he threw away his__________ cigarettes.
A. Determining; remained B. Determined; remaining C. Determined; left Determining; leaving
23. —Stay a bit longer，please. It’s been such________fun having you here. —Thank you，but I’ve got________early start tomorrow morning.
A. /；the A. open up closing our doors.
A. where if B. where C. if D. if where 26．—Mr. Smith never means what he says. I dislike him. —__________，as the saying goes. A. Single flower does not make a spring B．A still tongue makes a wise head
C．A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds D．Actions speak
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B. It’s rainy. C. It ’s sunny.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
B. 4. C. 6.
B. Invite another friend to dinner
B. the time when C. all the time D. every
D.
B. a；an
C. /；an
D. the；an
24. Now we've got a chance, we are hoping to __________ a big market in China.
B. put forward
C. carry on
D. wind up
25. We are in a difficult situation __________ we do not develop new products, we will end up
louder than words
27．The firefighters were searching the burning train for survivors, with masks __________ their mouths.
A．covered B．covering C．to cover D．to be covered 28. ___ __ he realized it was too late to return home.
A. No sooner it grew dark than B. Hardly did it grow dark when
C. It was not until dark that D. It was until dark that
29．George said that he would come to school to see me the other day, but he __________ .
A．wouldn’t B．didn’t C．hasn’t D．Hadn’t
30．The high-speed train accident has once again __________ our awareness that safety should always come first in the process of development.
A．raised B．spotted C．claimed D．placed 31. —It has become a nationwide requirement that every student__________ have daily exercise for one hour.
—Yeah. It is high time that we__________ special attention to physical exercise. A．must；should pay B．should；paid C．will；shall pay D．should；pay
32．As the sun sank in late afternoon, the mountain looked magnificent __________ the color of the sky.
A．in B．below C．beside D．against 33．—Do you think that the 11th Chinese National Games were a success?
—Yes，__________ ！It couldn't be__________ .
A．relatively；better B．approximately；worse C．absolutely；better D．fortunately；worse
34．On snowy days，you have to drive very__________ to avoid traffic accidents.
A．cautiously B．neatly C．smoothly D．properly 35．Girls used to take fewer advanced math courses than boys but now they are taking just __________.
A．as much B．too much C．as many D．too many
第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项A,B,C,D中，选出最佳选项。 A
At first my new 36 were difficult to tolerate. The air seemed thin, 37 its combination of gas had little oxygen left. Hit by 38 fresh air, my head ached. Just as I tried to make necessary adjustment 39 this new situation, Wang Ping appeared. “ 40 this mask”, he advised, “It will make you feel much better”. I feel better 41 . Soon I was back on my feet again and following him to collect a hovering carriage 42 by computer. Wang Ping fastened my safety belt and showed me how to use it. Soon I could fly as fast as him. However, I lost sight of him when we reached 43 looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying 44 all directions. 36．A．surrounds
D．surrounded
B．what if
C．as if
D．only if
B．a lack for B．on B．Put on B．driving
C．lack for C．to
C．Have on
D．lacks of
37．A．even if 38．A．a lack of 39．A．of
40．A．Put up 41．A．in a time 42．A．to drive
B．surroundings C．surrounding
D. at D. Take up
D. in no time
D. drives
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B．in one time C．in short time C．driven
43．A．it 44．A．by
B．that
C．which C．by in
D. what D. by at
B．at
B
According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one 45 10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to 46 from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation's total population. The 47 for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.
In China, people have a belief that \the parents as they get old\．But this 48 is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road 49 better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents 50 ．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their 51 for support when they're old．China has increased its basic social security plan which is a program 52 those 53 , including the old, the disabled and others． 54 these programs are now broad, they are still not highly developed．With more people 55 old , China will have fewer working people, which will slow down economic growth．
45．A．where
B．when
C．which
D．that
D．a report
D．survey D．way
D．in face of
46．A．a article 47．A．conclusion 48．A．tradition 49．A．in favor of 50．A．out
51．A．friends
B．an email B．opinion
C．a magazine
B．character B．in search of B．off B．relatives B．predicting
B．in need
B．When
C．figure C．saying
C．in the way of C．parents C．in debt
C．ahead D．behind
D．children D．in disaster D．preventing D．Now that D．growing
52．A．punishing 53．A．in danger 54．A．While 55．A．grew
C．protecting C．Since C．grow
B．grown
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A,B,C,D中，选出最佳选项。
A
Do you want to write your password down so that no one can see it, or do you want to send someone a secret message? Knowing how to make an invisible ink message will have you feeling like a secret agent in no time. These are instructions for making invisible ink using baking soda. Difficulty: Easy
Time required: A few minutes What you need:
Baking soda, Paper, Water, Light bulb, Paintbrush, Measuring cup, Purple grape juice Here's how:
There are at least two methods of using baking soda as invisible ink. Mix equal amounts of water and baking soda.
Use a paintbrush to write a message onto white paper, using the baking soda solution (溶液)
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as \
Allow the ink to dry.
One way to read the message is to hold the paper up to a heat source, such as a light bulb. The baking soda will cause the writing in the paper to turn brown.
The second way to read the message is to paint over the paper with purple grape juice. The message will appear in a different color. Tips:
If you are using the heating method, avoid burning the paper.
Baking soda and grape juice react in an acid-base (酸碱) reaction, producing a color change in the paper.
Grape juice concentrate (浓缩物) results in a more visible color change than regular grape juice.
56. is not needed for making invisible ink.
A. Baking soda
B. Paper
C. Water
D. Ink
57. What's the function of the paintbrush?
A. To draw a picture.
C. To write a message onto the white paper. A. read it in the daytime C. Put it in hot water
D. To help the \
58. How can you read the message in invisible ink easily?
B. read it near a heater D. put it in a fridge
B. Because baking soda reacts with D. Because of the special paper. C. a little difficult B. To allow the \
59. Why will the message appear in a different color in the second way to read the massage?
A. Because there is enough grape juice. grape juice.
C. Because of the use of water. A. very hard
D. not easy
B
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, self-improvement. Ask a bachelor(单身汉）,why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Couples with baby children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up
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60. From the process, we can know that making invisible ink is .
B. not difficult