湖北省黄冈中学2011-2012学年度高一上学期期中考试英语试题

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湖北省黄冈中学2011-2012学年度高一上学期期中考试英语试题
（本试卷含四部分，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。）
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分，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. What’s wrong with Mike?
A. He has a headache. B. He has a backache. C. He has a toothache.
2. Who is Betty?
A. The woman’s student. B. The woman’s daughter. C. The woman’s pet.
3. What does the woman need?
A. Hot water. B. Bread. C. Hot tea.
4. Why does the woman want to drop math?
A. It’s not interesting. B. It’s not easy. C. It’s not important.
5. Why are the speakers probably going to do?
A. Wait for the next bus. B. Walk to the company. C. Take a taxi.
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，各个小题将给出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8题。
6. Who went to Tibet with Li Yang last year?
A. His parents. B. His uncle. C. His friends.
7. How did he go there?
A. By train. B. By car. C. By plane.
8. Why does the woman want to go by train?
A. To save money. B. To enjoy the view. C. To meet people.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. How many people are there in the man’s family?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
10. What do we know about Lisa?
A. She is 25 years old. B. She doesn’t have a job. C. She lives with her parents.
11. What does Sam want to be?
A. An engineer. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In an office. B. In the classroom. C. In a yard.
13. What is generally sold at yard sales?
A. Second-hand things. B. Brand-new things. C. Home-made things.
14. Why do people love to go to yard sales?
A. For the shopping environment.
B. For the unusual experience.
C. For the low prices.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What did the woman do last weekend?
A. She went to Peter’s place. B. She went to a game. C. She went to a bar.
16. What did Peter bring back from the snack bar?
A. A cup of juice. B. A bottle of Coke. C. A bottle of beer.
17. What does the woman think about Peter?
A. He is disappointing. B. He is amazing. C. He is selfless (无私的).
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When did the heaviest snow fall?
A. On January 30th. B. On January 27th. C. On January 26th.
19. At how many big airports had thousands of travelers been left?
A. Three. B. Two. C. One.
20. What happened in Washington D. C.?
A. 30,000 families lost their homes.
B. The traffic was a mess (混乱).
C. Hundreds of people lost their lives.
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. The teacher said that he was worried about Mary’s school work and that her private life wasn’t his .
A. concern B. schedule C. attitude D. suffering
22. Elizabeth is only 1.52 metres tall, which will be very much to her if she wants to be a dancer.
A. shortcoming B. shock C. disadvantage D. identity
23. Believe it or not, I’ve heard from a source that the company in which she is starting to work is doing very badly.
A. concerned B. calm C. native D. reliable
24. There is a(n) bus service into the centre of town, which makes it much easier for farmers to go to sell their vegetables there.
A. gradual B. frequent C. official D. fluent
25. As far as I can tell, Jack is a child, whom you cannot easily persuade to change his mind.
A. grateful B. stubborn C. sincere D. extreme
26. We’ve made up our minds that we’ll go to Wales for our summer vacation, but we still haven’t
when we’re going.
A. organized B. expressed C. settled D. requested
27. Mother told Ann that she would her chances of getting the job if she wore that miniskirt to the interview.
A. ruin B. hurt C. bend D. injure
28. They’ve been told that if they want to build a highway between the two towns, they should first try to how much it is going to cost.
A. recover B. ignore C. recognize D. determine
29. It is reported that by careful questioning the police managed to the information they were looking for.
A. dig out B. add up C. set down D. go through
30. — I’m sorry I stepped on your foot; it was an accident.
— It wasn’t! You did it .
A. as usual B. on purpose C. at an end D. right away
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，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system (神经系统). She was unable to 31 . In fact, she could hardly make any 32 . Although she believed that she had a 33 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 34 , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 35 . There, lying in her hospital bed, she 36 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 37 .
　　She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not 38 . It seemed that she was 39 . The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 40 that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, 41 doing her mental (精神的) exercise.
　　One day, 42 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle (奇迹) happened: The bed began to 43 ! “Look what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved!” she 44 .
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 45 . More importantly, they were running 46 safety.

　　People were crying, and equipment (设备) was 47 . You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t 48 that to Angela. She has 49 that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can 50 the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
31. A. see B. hear C. talk D. walk
32. A. progress B. difference C. movement D. achievement
33. A. poor B. little C. good D. special
34. A. all B. few C. some D. most
35. A. satisfied B. discouraged C. surprised D. happy
36. A. insisted B. forecast C. feared D. promised
37. A. doubtful (可疑的) B. certain C. true D. impossible
38. A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. stand up
39. A. undefeatable (不可战胜的) B. proud C. troubled D. upset
40. A. expecting B. imagining C. realizing D. thinking
41. A. carefully B. faithfully (忠实地) C. madly D. sadly
42. A. as B. since C. after D. before
43. A. move B. roll (滚动) C. fly D. speak
44. A. jumped B. wondered C. recovered D. screamed (尖叫)
45. A. frightened B. pleased C. touched D. encouraged
46. A. in B. by C. for D. with
47. A. rising B. missing C. falling D. gathering
48. A. tell B. do C. give D. show
49. A. noticed B. supposed C. discovered D. believed
50. A. shake B. push C. shock D. save
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，从每篇短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The famous American gorilla (大猩猩) expert Diane Fossey had a completely new way to study gorillas — she pretended (假装) to be one of them. She copied their actions and way of life — eating plants and getting down on her hands and knees to walk the way a gorilla does. It was a new relationship.
Diane Fossey was murdered in Rwanda in 1985 and her story was made into the popular film Gorillas in the Mist. It was a long way from King Kong, which is about a gorilla as a monster (a frightening animal), and helped to show a new idea: the real monster is man, while the gorilla is to be admired.
Today there are thought to be around 48,000 lowland gorillas and maybe 400 — 500 mountain gorillas in the wild. From the Congo in West Africa, to Rwanda and Uganda further east, they are endangered (put in a situation in which they could be harmed or damaged) by hunting and by the cutting down of their forest homes.
Some time ago, I found in my letterbox a little magazine from the World Wide Fund for Nature. It had two photos side by side. One was of a young gorilla. “This is a species (物种) of mammal (哺乳类动物),” said the words below it. “It is being destroyed by man. We must save it for our own good.” The other photo showed a human baby. The words also read: “This is a species of mammal,” but then went on: “It is the most destructive (破坏性的) on earth. We must retrain it for its own good.”
51. The text mainly talks about .
A. Diane Fossey
B. the gorillas in Rwanda
C. the protection of the gorillas
D. the film Gorillas in the Mist
52. We can learn from the text that .
A. Gorillas in the mist was based on Fossey’s experiences
B. lowland gorillas live longer than mountain gorillas
C. King Kong showed us that a gorilla is admirable
D. Diane Fossey was murdered by a gorilla
53. What message can we get from the two photos in the magazine?
A. Gorillas are man’s close friends.
B. Both man and the gorilla need to be saved.
C. Young gorillas are as lovely as human babies.
D. Man should live peacefully with the gorilla.
B
Say you are a 17th century construction (建筑) worker who’s worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor (皇帝).
Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips cut off so you can never build another one. Yes, that is the Taj Mahal, one of the most famous buildings in the world. And the tale (传说) behind the construction is just as impressive (印象深刻的) as the building itself.
First, there’s the emperor of northern India, Shah Jehan, also called the King of the World. In 1612, Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal. Madly in love, they had 14 children over the next 20 years. But then sadness came. As Mumtaz was about to give birth to child number 14, she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out. It was a sign of death. And as Mumtaz lay dying, she asked Jehan to build a lasting memorial (纪念物) to celebrate their love.
When the heartbroken Jehan appeared eight days after his wife’s death, his people were shocked to see that his coal-black hair had turned snow-white.
Putting away his sadness, Jehan ordered his wife’s dying wish carried out (执行). More than 20,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to complete the construction. In 1653, Jehan placed Mumtaz’s remains in the center under the building.
And then, son number five, Aurangzeb, murdered his brothers and took over the power from his aging father. Hehan lived the rest of his days — eight years, to be exact — imprisoned not far from the Taj Mahal. Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the timeless treasure from a distance (从远处). But never again would he be allowed to visit it — until he was buried next to his wife.
Today 25,000 people visit the Taj Mahal each day. Though the reason for building the tower was a strange, sad story, those who see its breath-taking beauty are reminded (使想起) of the happiness that inspired (激发……的灵感) its construction.
54. The first two paragraphs (自然段) were written to show that .
A. the Taj Mahal is an unusual historic building
B. ancient Indian emperors were cruel
C. construction workers led a hard life in ancient India
D. India has some of the most famous buildings in the world
55. The Taj Mahal was first built as .
A. a prison B. a gift to Mumtaz
C. a memorial building D. a tourist attraction (景点)
56. We learn from the text that Mumtaz probably died in .
A. 1626 B. 1632 C. 1634 D. 1653
57. The underlined word “happiness” in the last sentence refers to (指代) .
A. the married happiness of the emperor and his wife
B. the great pleasure Jehan once found in exercising his power
C. the happiness Jehan felt on completing the Taj Mahal
D. the pleasure tourists experience when visiting the Taj Mahal

C
The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy (喜剧), that is exactly what happens.
Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical (典型的) American way of life, except for one thing — he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!
The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever (永远).
Director (导演) Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive (吸引人的) comedy about an ordinary (平凡的) man in extraordinary (非凡的) situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance (表演) as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic (经典).
The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!
58. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To tell the reader about the American government.
B. To discuss the Americans’ ideas about the President.
C. To make a comparison (比较) between Dave and other films.
D. To introduce a new film to the reader.
59. Who plays the role of the President in the film?
A. Ivan Reitman. B. Kevin Kline. C. Bill Mitchell. D. Sigourney Weaver.
60. The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to .
A. the President B. the director C. an actor D. a look-alike
61. Which of the following is best supported (证实) by the text?
A. The author (作者) makes fun of the President.
B. The author thinks highly of the film.
C. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.
D. The author wishes to become the American President.
D
Discover
Newsmagazine of science devoted to the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the educated general reader. Published (出版) by Disney Magazine Publishing Co., Discover tells many of the same stories professionals (专业人员) read in Scientific American. A truly delightful family science magazine, each issue (每期) brings to light new and newsworthy topics to make dinnertime and water-cooler conversations interesting.
Cover Price: $59.88
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You Save: $39.93 (67%)
Issues: 12 issues/12 months
Self
Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Self is a handbook devoted to women’s overall physical (身体的) and mental (精神的) health. Every issue contains usable articles (文章) such as “Style Lab”, in which wearable clothes are mixed and matched (混合搭配) on non-models and the “Eat-right Road Map”, with tips on how to eat properly.
Cover Price: $35.86
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You Save: $20.86 (58%)
Issues: 6 issues/12 months
InStyle
InStyle is a guide (手册) to the lives and lifestyles (生活方式) of the world’s famous people. The magazine covers the choices people make about their homes, their clothes and their free time activities. With photos and articles, it opens the door to these people’s homes, families, parties and weddings, offering ideas about beauty, fitness and in general, lifestyles. Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company.
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Wired
This magazine is designed for leaders in the field of information engineering including top managers and professionals in the computer, business, design and education industries. Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Wired often carries articles on how technology changes people’s lives.
Cover Price: $59.40
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You Save: $49.40 (83%)
Issues: 10 issues/12 months
62. Which of the following magazines is published monthly?
A. Discover.            B. Self.                 C. InStyle.              D. Wired.
63. Which two magazines are published by the same publisher?
A. Wired and InStyle.                   B. Discover and InStyle.
C. Self and Discover.                    D. Self and Wired.
64. Which magazine offers the biggest price cut?
A. InStyle.          B. Wired.           C. Discover.        D. Self.
65. The “Style Lab” in Self provides readers with articles which .
A. offer advice to ordinary women on clothes
B. show how a woman can become famous
C. introduce places with the best food
D. discuss ways of training models
66. Those who are interested in management and the use of high technology would probably choose .
A. InStyle.           B. Self.            C. Wired.          D. Discover.

E
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager (渴望的) to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding (很费力的) job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure (数字) caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives (亲戚) and from a bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers (吸引顾客). The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
    Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks (店员), Richard and Mary together earn (赚) about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
67. When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that .
A. they had to put their plan into practice B. health was more important than wealth
C. heart trouble was a serious illness D. they both needed to stop working
68. After Mary got well from her illness they began .
A. to study industrial management  
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
69. How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
70. According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is .
A. to pay for their children’s education       B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores                     D. to do what they like to do
第四部分：书面表达（共两节; 满分40分）
第一节 完成句子 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面各小题, 根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的单词完成句子。
71. Mother asked her if she was very hot (穿着么多衣服). (with)
72. (正如我们所知), British English is a little different from American English. (know)
73. The reporter asked the writer (他作品中的人物是以谁为原型的). (base; character)
74. It is the first time that (他交谈) with some native English speakers face to face. (talk)
75. It was Wang Wei, Wang Kun’s sister, (首先想到) to cycle along the Mekong River. (idea)
76. Although the flat delta made it easier (我们骑车), we got warm very quickly. (cycle)
77. Peter is very fond of medicine, but his parents insist (他学) law. (study)
78. Soon after the earthquake, workers built shelters for survivors
(家园被催毁的). (destroy)
79. In Tangshan Earthquake, thousands of families were killed and many children
(成了孤儿). (leave)
80. On that mountain (耸立着一座庙宇), from whose top tourists can enjoy a wonderful view of the whole city. (stand)
第二节 短文写作 （共1题；满分25分）
某英语报社拟成立“微笑俱乐部”，现向全球征募会员。要求申请者提交一篇题为“I Want to Smile”的英语短文。请你以申请者的身份，根据以下思路图的提示用英语写一篇短文。
注意：1. 根据思路图适当展开，以使行文连贯；
　　 2. 词数：120左右。
3. 参考词汇：in a word 总之 (In a word, …)
　　 I Want to Smile


参考答案
1-5 BCABC 6-10 BCBCA 11-15 CAACB 16-20 BACAB
21-30 ACDBB CADAB 31-40 DCCBB ABBAB 41-50 BAADA CCADA
51-53 CAD 54-57 ACBA 58-61 DBDB 62-66 ADBAC 67-70 ACBD
完形填空解析
31．D 由第三段可知，是她的腿有毛病。
32．C 由于神经系统方面的毛病，她的肢体几乎不能活动。
33．C 由although引导的让步状语从句可知，虽然她相信还很有康复的可能，但医生认为得了这种病，要想恢复到正常状态的可能性如果有的话也很小。
34．B 参阅上题解析。
35．B 由下文知，虽然医生告诉她得这种病的后果，但她仍很乐观，没有丧失战胜疾病的勇气。
36．A 参阅上题解析。insist坚持认为……,其余选项都不合题意。
37．B 不管医生说什么，她都确信她能重返校园。certain肯定的、无疑的。
38．B 上文医生已经告诉她康复的可能性几乎没有，任何可能的办法都用了，但是她仍不放弃 (give up)。get up起床，起身；turn up出现，露面；stand up起立，站起。
39．A 经历了那么多治疗带来的痛苦，但是因为有信念在支撑着她，所以看起来她是不可战胜的 (undefeatable)。
40．B 医生们都喜欢她，教她去想象她一定能成功。从42空后面可以看出来。
41．B 在医生的鼓励和自己坚强毅力的支撑下，Angela每天都会躺在病床上，忠实地(faithfully) 做精神方面的治疗。
42．A as引导时间状语从句时表示“当……时候”。
43．A 由下文可知因为发生了地震，所以床开始动了起来，而她以为她的腿能活动了。
44．D 以为腿能活动了，她非常激动以至于大声叫了起来。
45．A 因为发生了地震，所以医院每个人都很恐惧。
46．C for介词，表目的：“为了”。
47．C 根据常识，一些仪器和设备都震落到地上。
48．A 虽然是地震让她的腿活动起来，但为了让她还心存希望，大家都不忍告诉她真相。
49．D 由下文 “just as she had never doubted…” 可知，她已经相信她的腿一定会好起来。
50．A 一个能让地球震动的人，这样的小病难道不是一个小问题吗？

阅读理解解析
A篇
51．C 文章第一段谈到Diane Fossey 对大猩猩的研究；第二段谈到根据她的事迹所拍摄的影片；第三段谈到大猩猩数量减少的原因；第四段谈到保护大猩猩宣传措施。
52．A 由第二段第一句可知。
53．D 第一张图片“为了我们自己的利益要挽救大猩猩”，第二张“重训人类，为了他们自己好”，两幅画并排，说明宣传者号召人类和大猩猩和平共处，不要伤害他们。
B篇
54．A 由前两段内容可知。
55．C 由第三段最后一行可知。
56．B 1616年结婚，其后20年里生下了14个孩子，生第14个时死去。1616+20=1632。
57．A 因为Shah Jehan在去世前要求她丈夫建一所永久性的建筑以纪念他们的爱情，所以参观泰姬陵的游客们会得到提醒，不要忘了他们的爱情。
C篇
58．D 文章首先点出电影的主题，介绍演员、导演、内容，最后要你去观看这部影片。
59．B 第二段第一句。
60．D 第三段前两句谈到总统要用一些和他长得相像的人代替他出席一些公众场合，Dave正是其中之一。这里用one来指代同类中的一个。
61．B 第四段第一句作者使用了popular and successful，接着又用attractive，说明作者赞赏这部电影。
D篇
62．A 第一则广告最后一行：12 issues/12 months可知。
63．D 由第二、四则广告可知，Self和Wired共同由Conde Nast Publications Inc.出版。
64．B 由各则广告中You Save可知，Wired削价最多：$49.40 (83%)。
65．A 第二则广告前几行和第三行…mixed and matched on non-models (非模特儿) 可知。
66．C 对应Wired的广告内容。
E篇
67．A 第二段。
68．C 由第三段可见，他们在做市场调查。
69．B 第四段最后说道，他们投入$100,000元的资金；由第五段开始可知收入为$120,000，因此他们刚刚顾本。
70．D 第一段和最后一段。

完成句子

71. with so many clothes on
72. As we know; As is known to us
73. who(m) he based his characters on/upon;
who(m) his characters were based on/upon
74. he has talked
75. who/that first had the idea
76. for us to cycle
77. that he (should) study;
on/upon his/him studying
78. whose homes had been destroyed
79. were left without parents/orphans
80. stands a temple

短文写作Sample writing
One Possible Version
I Want to Smile
There are many advantages of smiling. It can not only make us happy, but also please others. If we smile at life, life will smile on us in return. So I want to smile at all whenever and wherever possible.
First, I would like to smile at my parents because they have given me life and taken all the trouble to bring me up. They arrange almost everything for me. With their help, I have made great progress. I would like to say “Thank you” to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, for only in this way can I gain more confidence in smiling my troubles away and live a better life.
In a word, let’s greet every day with a smile. Tomorrow is another day.