阜蒙县高级中学2013—2017学年度上学期期中考试
英语试卷
满分：150
时间：100分钟
命题人：王慧贤
一．单项选择。（25分）
1. At the news that her daughter was missing, a
________
look appeared on the mother's face.
A. frightening
B. frightened
C. frightful D. fright
2. Internet shopping will be ready to ________
when people make sure that it is safe.
A. take off B. take up
C. take over
D. take on
3. — Mum, I am going to attend the wedding of a friend tomorrow, but I can't find the suitable clothes.—Yes, such clothes are ________ now. Why not buy a new one after work?
A. out of shape
B. out of date
C. out of control D. out of reach
4. To be on time for work, I ________ up at 6：30 every morning when I was in London.
A. get B. have gotC. was getting
D. got
5. — Shall I lock the lab now before I go home?— ________. I'm check it myself later.
A. Go ahead B. No problem
C. No hurry
D. Don't bother
6. — What is the WHO?
— It's ________ the World Health Organization.
A. in short of
B. for short of
C. short for
D. short of
7. — What about having a picnic tomorrow?
— ________， but I've got to go to the hospital to attend to my mother.
A. All right B. Sounds great C. I can't
D. No, I am terribly sorry
8. — Hello. Can I speak to Mr. Brown?— I'm sorry, but it is 3 weeks ________ he worked here.
A. before
B. since
C. after
D. while
9. For further ________ about our products, please call us by telephone or visit our website.
A．review
B．descriptionC．information
D．news
________it is to jump into cool water on a hot summer day!
A．How a fun
B．How fun
C．What a fun
D．What fun
．He is patient ________ his little son and strict ________ him.
A．with；in
B．with；withC．in；with
D．in；in
—Whose advice do you think I should take?
—________.I can't decide for you.
A．It's your turn
B．It's up to you
C．It's to your advantage
D．It's beneficial to you
In the English speech contest，no one is allowed to ________ their notes.
A．look for
B．look up C．refer to
D．look into
At the opening ________ of the school, our headmaster gave a short speech.
A．ceremonyB．form C．matterD．event
—Tom，will you please show me around the city？This ___ the first time that I ________here.
—With pleasure.
A．is；have been
B．was；had beenC．is；am
D．is；had been
It is said that ________ trade centre will be put up as a landmark of the city.
A．a 129storeyshigh
B．a 129storeys highC．a 129 storey high
D．a 129storeyhigh
Her attitude________playing computer games is similar________mine.
A．to；in
B．to；withC．towards；to
D．of；to
How can I avoid________the same mistake again?
A．make
B．makingC．to make
D．made
—The streets become more and more crowded since most families own cars in my city.
—It is true ________ my hometown.A．with
B．toC．in
D．of
My father left for Shanghai ________ an early train，while I went to school ________ bike.
A．in；on
B．by；by
C．on；by
D．on；in
The beautiful scenery was______，so I decided to stay on the tourist spot for another two days.
A．attractive
B．boring
C．fortunate
D．particular With oil prices ________ up quickly，I have to think again about whether or not to buy a car.
A．to go
B．goneC．going
D．having gone
The painting hanging on the wall looks much better ________.
A．in the distance
B．in a distanceC．at the distance
D．at a distance
They are planning to tear down these apartments and ________ an office building here.
A．put away
B．put offC．put up
D．put downWhen we want to tell other people what we think about, we can do it with the help of words or with the help of signs（身势）. We sometimes move our 26
up and down when we want to say “27
“, and from side to side when we want to say “no”.
People, who cannot hear or speak , talk to each other with the help of their fingers. People who do not 28
each other’s language have to do the same. This story shows 29
they sometimes do it.
A man who could not speak 30
was once in Canada. One day he went to a 31
and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, the man opened his mouth, put his 32
in it. He wanted to say, “Bring me something to 33
.”
The waiter soon bought him a cup of 34
. The man moved his hand from side to side. The waiter 35
him and took away the tea. In a moment he brought a cup of coffee and put it on the table. The man moved his head from side to side. He was very 36
but he did not want to drink. He shook his head when the waiter brought him a lot of 37
drinks, but drinks are not 38
, of course.
The man was about to 39
when another man came in. When this man saw the waiter, he put his hand on his 40
. That was 41
. In a few 42
, a large plate of meat and vegetable was brought in front of him.
Now you may 43
, people can not understand the 44
of 45
so well as the language of words.
26. A. fingers
B. necks
C. heads
D. bodies
27. A. yes
B. no
C. certainly
D. something
28. A. speak
B. hear
C. know
D. understand
29. A. how
B. why
C. when
D. where
30. A. British
B. English
C. Canadian
D. Chinese
31. A. hotel
B. restaurant
C. shop
D. school
32. A. arm
B. wrist
C. hand
D. fingers
33. A. read
B. write on
C. eat
D. drink
34. A. milk
B. wine
C. coffee
D. tea
35.A. understood
B. knew
C. heard
D. believed
36.A. tired
B. angry
C. hungry
D. thirsty
37.A. same
B. different
C. pleasant
D. unpleasant
38.A. meat
B. vegetables
C. rice
D. food
39.A. leave
B. speak
C. eat
D. drink
40.A. mouth
B. head
C. stomach
D. back
41.A. enough
B. more
C. much
D. good
42.A. seconds
B. minutes
C. hours
D. whiles
43.A. hear
B. see
C. observe
D. find
44.A. speech
B. use
C. meaning
D. language
45.A. heads
B. hands
C. signs
D. fingers
三．第一节：阅读理解（40分）
A
We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜厨) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture (家具)was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
46. In fact the husband _______ the cupboard.
A. would like very much to buy
B. badly wanted
C. was glad to have bought
D. would rather not buy
47. Other drivers thought they were _______.
A. carrying a cupboard to the church
B. sending flowers to the church
C. carrying nothing but a piece of furniture
D. going to attend a funeral(葬礼) at the church
. The police will be more polite to those who are _______.
A. driving in gathering darkness
B. in great sorrow (悲痛)
C. driving with wild glowers in the car
D. carrying furniture
. What did the husband think of this matter?
A. It was very strange.
B. He felt ashamed of it.
C. He took great pride in it.
D. He was puzzled at it.
50.The price of the cupboard may be__________.
A.
￡￡0
C. ￡0
D. ￡20Jack used to curse(咒骂) the front yard as if it were a living thing. He was the man who lived with my grandmother for thirty years. He was not my grandfather, but an Italian who came down the road one day, selling fruit in Florida.Jack stopped at my grandmother’s house to sell her some oranges just a stone’s throw from downtown Miami, and he was delivering her whiskey a week later. He stayed for thirty years. Jack hated the front yard because he thought it was against him. There had been a beautiful lawn(草坪) there when Jack came along, but he let it wander off into nothing. He refused to water it or take care of it in any way.
Now the ground was so hard that it gave his car flat tires(轮胎) in the summer. The yard was always finding a nail to put in one of his tires or the car as always sinking out of sight in the winter when the rains came on. The lawn had belonged to my grandfather, who lived out the end of his life in an insane hospital. It had been his pride and joy and was said to be the place where his powers came.
51. It can be inferred（推断） that the real reason Jack had problems with the yard was that _______.
A. he didn’t like the lawn.
B. the author’s grandfather was against Jack working on the lawn
C. the lawn was full of living things
D. he himself did not take care of the lawn
52. We can learn from the passage that when the lawn belonged to the author’s grandfather, it had been _______.
A. beautiful
B. worn out
C. wasted
D. full of nails
53. What do we know about Jack and the author’s grandfather?
A. They both hated the front lawn.
B. Jack was jealous (嫉妒)of the author’s grandfather.
C. They sold fruit in Florida.
D. They came from Italy and lived together.
54.Which of the following is not the problem caused by the lawn.for Jack?
A. it gave his car flat tires(轮胎) in the summer. finding a nail to put in one of his tires
C. the car always sinking out of sight in the winter when the rains came on.
D. make him fall off his bicyle.
55.In your opnion,Jack is __________
A.hard-working
B . patient
C.energetif
D. lazy and selfish
第二节： 七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。the next few weeks ,as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered
daily gradually dwindled(缩小) down .He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
____57____He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. ____58____and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
____59____He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
60
It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.”
A The boy cried.
B The first day , the boy had driven 37 nails into fence.
C You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.
D Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all.
E The days passed.
F The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
G The father looked sad.
四. 英文写作
第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Dear Susan,
I'm very glad to hear you are coming to visit to me the next Friday. Unfortunate, I won't be able to meet you at the airport although I have classes in afternoon. You won't find difficult to get to the city center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and will take you to the Friendship Hotel. My classes will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will took you together to a hot restaurant for dinner and we'll talk with our plan for the weekend over dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you Friday.
Yours,
Zhang Ming
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
学校广播室请你用英文写一篇报道，介绍在英语竞赛(competition)中取得第一名的李华同学学习英语的情况，内容如下：1．李华是二班的一名学生，学习英语已五年；
2．起初，在英语学习中遇到了许多困难(如记不住生词，听不懂教师讲课等)，几乎失去了信心(lose heart)；
3．在老师的帮助下，经过刻苦努力，取得了进步，赶上了其他同学；4．李华决心更加努力地学习英语，争取更大的进步。注意：内容要完整，词数：100左右。