1、1江西省南昌三中 2013-2014 学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束时，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。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 秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.15
2、答案是 C。1. What does the man want to do?A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.2. What are the speakers talking about?A. A noisy night B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.3. Where is the man now?A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.4. What will Celia do?A. Find a player. B
3、. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至 7 两个小
4、题。6. What is Sara going to do?A. Buy John a gift B. Give John a surprise C. Invite John to France 7. What does the man think of Saras plan?A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?A. She has to give up her travel plan.B. She wants to visit another
5、 city.C. She needs to put off her test.9. What does Diana want Peter to do?2A. Help her with her study.B. Take a book to her friend.C. Teach a geography lesson.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10. Why does the man call the woman?A. To tell her about her new job.B. To ask about her job programC. To plan a m
6、eeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat?A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now?A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至 16 四个小题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?A. Where the restaurant is.B. Whether the prices are low.C. Ho
7、w well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A. After he came back to Sweden.B. Before he went to the United States.C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A. Talk to people in the street.B. Speak to taxi drivers.C. Ask h
8、otel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan?A. He cooks for a restaurant.B. He travels a lot for his work.C. He prefers American food.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至 20 四个小题。17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?A. Its a new building. B. Its a small town. C. Its a public place.18. When do parents and children lik
9、e going to the Plaza Leon?A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?A. Via Del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?A. It has an old stone surface. B. It
10、 is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）3第一节 单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)21. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I _it with my own eyes many times. A. observed B. witnessed C. proved D. supplied22. The clever boy made a hole in the wa
11、ll, _ he could see _ was going on inside house.A. which; what B. through which; what C. through that; what D. what; that 23It is recommended that the project _until all the preparations have been made. Ais not started Bwill not be started Cnot be started Dis not to be started24. The plan was _ when
12、it was discovered just how much the scheme would cost. A. released B. deserted C. resigned D. abandoned25. When you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make yourself continuously _ situations that will bring you nearer to your goals. A. aware of B. worried aboutC. familiar with D.
13、accustomed to26. Youre the only person _Ive ever met _could do it.A. who;/ B./; whom C. whom;/ D./; who27He _ having been frightened. Aacknowledged BconsideredCrecognized Dknew28.I can never forget the day _ we worked together and the day _ we spent together.A. when; which B. which; when C. what; th
14、at D. on which; when29. Tom was very angry about _ to Marys birthday party.A. not inviting B. being not invited C. not being invited D. not to be invited30. With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth _ each year.A. is washing away B. is being washed away C. are washing away D.
15、are being washed away31. The plan has to be _to meet the real situation. A. adjusted B. adapted C. produced D. discovered32. After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, Chinese astronauts_ walk in space. A. are anxious about B. are eager for C. are dying to D. are longing for33. _it rains when
16、 we cant find a place to escape from the rain? A. What if B. How come C. What about D. How about34. Its very wise of you to _ welltrained workers _ untrained ones in the assembly line. A. substitute; for B. substitute ; with C. replace; by D. replace; with435 _ Im concerned, the computer you want is
17、 not very expensive and you can afford it. AAs far as BAs long as CAs much as DAs well as第二节 完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 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。Waiting outside his classroom, 14-year-old Wasana stared idly at the heavy rain. Then his gaze fell upon the hill at the bac
18、k of the classroom. He 36 enormous amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and the water was also bubbling (冒泡) at the base of a boulder (大圆石) on the hill. Wasana felt it looked so 37 after staring at the water for a while.Then it 38 himthe scene was alarmingly similar to the slides he was shown
19、 during Disaster Management classes. 39 a coming disaster, Wasana shouted, “Run, run, dont stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to fall on us!” Chaos 40 as the students ran to the open area used as an emergency gathering point. After 41 the site where the water was bubbling up from the ground,
20、 Principal Nihal Gurusinghe knew the school was in great 42 . They began to climb the hill and tried to change the direction of the flow, 43 they were too late ten minutes later, massive rocks rushed down the hill with sand and mud. There was little they could do as they watched the earth 44 an enti
21、re school block.Returning home later with the muddy uniform that day, Wasana was 45 by his mother. He tried to 46 that he had saved 200 schoolmates but she didnt believe him.His mother finally realized that it was 47 when she saw a TV report about the disaster. Filled with 48 , she hugged Wasana and
22、 murmured that he was indeed a hero.No one was hurt in the 49 , thanks to Wasanas quick action and acute observation. The repairs, 50 $27,000, included a new retaining wall on the hill to 51 future landslides (泥石流). “The financial damage is nothing 52 to what would have happened had there been child
23、ren in the classrooms,” Gurusinghe says. Looking back, Wasana said he didnt think twice about the ridicule (嘲笑) that would have 53 if he had been 54 about the landslide. “It would be worse 55 I didnt do anything when I already knew it was going to happen,” he says.36 . A. heard B. noticed C. admitte
24、d D. imagined37 . A. distant B. close C. obvious D. familiar38 . A. interested B. disappointed C. hit D. impressed39 . A. Fearing B. Escaping C. Preparing D. Controlling40 . A. died down B. gave up C. broke out D. set off541 . A. visiting B. exploring C. discovering D. inspecting42 . A. peace B. tro
25、uble C. silence D. surprise43 . A. but B. if C. as D. because44 . A. fled B. covered C. passed D. overlooked45. A. recommended B. cornered C. searched D. scolded46.A. understand B. realize C. complain D. explain47.A. true B. puzzling C. funny D. practical48. A. ambition B. pride C. confidence D. pat
26、ience49. A. operation B. incident C. pressure D. attempt50. A. saving B. earning C. wasting D. costing51. A. prevent B. predict C. remove D. discover52. A. referred B. compared C. added D. associated53. A. remained B. stopped C. followed D. ended54. A. upset B. worried C. wrong D. mad 55. A. before
27、B. if C. so D. Though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 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。AThank you. President Bok，former President Rudenstine，incoming President Faust，members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers，members of the faculty，parents，and especially，the graduates.I want
28、to thank Harvard for this honor. Ive been waiting more than 30 years to say this：“Dad，I always told you Id come back and get my degree.” Ill be changing my job next year，and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class. I
29、did the best of everyone who failed.I applaud the graduates for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part， Im just happy that the Harvard Crimson called me “Harvards most successful dropout”But taking a serious look back，I do have one big regret，I left Harvard with no real awarene
30、ss of the awful inequities (不平等) in the world. I learned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences. But humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveriesbut in how those discoveries are applied to reduce ineq
31、uity. Whether through democracy，strong public education，quality 6health care, or broad economic opportunity，reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.I left campus knowing little about the millions of young people cheated out of educational opportunities here in this country. And I knew not
32、hing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries. It took me decades to find out.You graduates came to Harvard at a different time. You know more about the worlds inequities than the classes that came before. In your years here，I hope youve had a ch
33、ance to think about how，in this age of accelerating technology，we can finally take on these inequities，and we can solve them.Now，this task is openended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge can change the world. Yes，inequity has been with us forever，but the new t
34、ools we have to cut through complexity have not been with us forever. They are new. They can help us make the most of our caringand thats why the future can be different from the past. The defining and ongoing innovations of this agebiotechnology，the personal computer，and the Internet give us a chan
35、ce weve never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease.56Who is the speaker of the article?AA Harvard graduate. BA dropouts parent.CA fresh student in Harvard. DA principal.57What did the speaker learn while he was in the university 30 years ago?AApproaches to solving
36、 poverty. BEconomic and political discrimination.CAdvances in science. DNew ways to change the world.58What could be the best title of the passage?AHumanitys greatest advance BHarvards most successful dropoutCInequity in the USA DThe best student in Harvard59Which of the statements is TRUE according
37、 to the passage?AHumanitys greatest advances are in its discoveries.BThere is no way to make any change about the inequity in the world.CThe graduates now know more about the world than those before.DThe new discoveries help us relieve inequity and poverty.60What can we learn about the speaker?AHe r
38、egrets not having got his degree earlier.BHe is concerned about the phenomena of inequity in the world.CHe believes there is no difference between the past and the future.DHe hopes the students in Harvard can receive their degrees like him.BAfrican leaders are meeting in Chad to push the idea of pla
39、nting a tree belt across Africa from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east. The Great Green Wall project is supported by the African Union and is aimed at stopping the advancing Sahara Desert. The belt would be 15km (nine miles) wide and 7,775km (4,831 miles) long. The plan, worked out five ye
40、ars ago, has not started because of a lack of funding and some experts worry it would not be 7maintained properly.The BBCs Tidiane Sy in Senegal says the plan has the full support of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who is in Chad with 10 other heads of state to discuss desertification（沙漠化）. His
41、 government has created the website serving the Great Green Wall. But our reporter says many other leaders seem ready to forget the project.The trees should be “drought-adapted species“, preferably native to the areas planted, the Great Green Wall website says, listing 37 suitable species. The plan
42、says it hopes the trees will slow soil loss; slow wind speeds and help rain water leak into the ground, to stop the desert from growing. Senegal says it has spent about $2m (1.35m) on it and communities are being encouraged to plant trees. The BBCs former Chad journalist Celeste Hicks says older peo
43、ple in NDjamena - where the conference is being held - talk about how the capital city has become a dustbowl（干旱尘暴区）over the last 20 years as the Sahara Desert has stricken southwards. The country has made efforts to plant a green belt of trees around the capital, and tens of thousands of young trees
44、 are being grown in nurseries（苗圃）on the suburbs of the city, she says. But so far little has been done to transplant these trees to the northern desert areas to become part of the Great Green Wall.61. According to the passage, we can know the present situation of the Great Green Wall project is _.A.
45、 encouraging. B. unoptimistic. C. satisfying. D. hopeful.62. How will the Great Green Wall resist the Sahara Desert?By protecting the soil. By stopping the desert from growing.By holding more water. By expanding its width and length gradually.By influencing the windA. B. C. D.63. The Great Green Wal
46、l project _.A. was started five years ago. B. was in the charge of Senegal.C. would concern 11 countries in all. D. is to keep people away from Sahara Desert.64. The trees in the green wall _.A. should be native to the involved countries.B. should be provided by nurseries of NDjamena.C. should be approved at the Great Green Wall website.D. should be suitable to grow in drought environment.65. Which of the following is wrong?A. Few countries put the green project into practice.B. The green belt would be abo
