龙山中学2010—2011学年度第二学期期中考试卷
高一英语
注意：考试时间：120分钟 满分150分 将答案写在答题卷上
第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分20分）
第一节：听力理解（15小题，每小题1分，共15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1段对话，回答1- 3题。
（ ）1. What did the man buy there last week ?
A. A yellow shirt. B. A blue shirt. C. A blue coat. （ ）2. What’s wrong with it? A. It’s a little small. B. It’s a little large. C. The color ran easily. （ ） 3. Why cannot the man give it back?
A. The manager is out. B. He is very busy. C. He likes this fashion. 听第2段对话，回答4- 6题。
（ ）4. What do you think is the relationship between the two speakers ?
A. Father and daughter. B. Secretary (秘书)and boss. C. Teacher and
headmaster.
（ ）5. Why does Alice call Mr. Brown ? A. Because she has to ask for leave. B. Because Jimmy is ill.
C. Because she can’t finish off the report tomorrow. （ ）6. How do you like Mr. Brown ? A. I like him very much. B. He is kind-hearted. C. He is very careful.
听第3段对话，回答7- 9题。
（ ）7. What does the two speakers mainly talk about?
A. Weather. B. The way to start talk. C. Agreement. （ ）8. What does the man think of the weather in England ?
A. Changeable. B.Always good. C. Foggy（多雾的）. （ ）9. What’s not the reason for people to talk about weather ? A. One can never know what the weather will be. B. Weather will hurt nobody. C. People always like weather. 听第4段对话，回答10- 12题。
（ ）10. How many people were hurt in the accident?
A. 10. B. 11. C. 12 （ ）11. Which sentence best describes the accident? A. A moving truck hit a stopped school bus.
B. The accident was a result of drunken driving.
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C. Poor weather conditions led to the accident. （ ）12. About what time did the accident happen？ A. Shortly before 3 p.m. B. Shortly after 3 p.m. C. Shortly before 5 p.m.
听第5段对话，回答13- 15题。
（ ）13. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A. Whether to regulate every part of the Internet. B. Internet makes information accessible to people. C. To effectively regulate certain parts of the Internet. （ ）14. What does the speaker suggest?
A. Teaching people to use the Internet appropriately（正确地） and constructively（建设性地）.
B. People donate information to the Internet every day. C. Internet be a powerful source of good information. （ ）15. What can you infer（推断） from the speech? A. People are unable to enter unpleasant material.
B. Some social conflicts arise when people use the Internet. C. Internet is correctly used now. 第二节：信息获取（每小题1分，共5分）
听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为16—20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅读时间，录音读两遍。你有80秒钟的作答时间。
The results of the studying on fears
The results
41％: afraid of speaking in front of (16) 32％: fear of (17) 22％: terrified of insects
22％:afraid of deep water and (18) 19％: afraid of (19) 18％: fear of (20) 14％ : fear of loneliness 14％: fear of dogs
9％：frightened of driving or riding 8％：fear of dark 5％：fear of lifts
第二部分：英语知识运用（共三节, 满分52.5分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. Was it because his mother was ill ______ he didn’t go to school?
A. so B. that C. why D. when 22. ______ life began on earth is one of the biggest puzzles that scientist found hard ______.
A. How; solving B. When; to be solved
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C. How; to solve D. Which; to solve 23. Sir, you ________ take this seat. It’s just for the old.
A. oughtn’t to B. can’t C. won’t D. needn’t 24. Can you see that building ______ by trees? That’s ______ we study.
A. surrounded; which B. surrounding; where C. to be surrounded; in which D. surrounded; where 25. I hate ______ when people call me by my nickname (绰号).
A. that B. one C. it D. 不填
26. There is much chance ______ Xiao Li will recover fully from his injury in time for the contest.
A. that B. which C. until D. if
27. _________ wants to enter for the match should reach the given standard.
A. Anyone B. The one C. Whoever D. Who
28. He said it was this classroom _______ he found his lost watch and _____ he would take good care of it from then on.
A. where; / B. when; what C. that; what D. where; that 29. ________ many changes have _______, we should keep pace with the changes too.
A. Since; taken the place B. Because; taken place C. Now that; taken place D. As; been taken place
30. ______ the scene, he couldn’t help thinking of the description in a book ____ by a British novelist.
A. Seeing; written B. Seen; written
C. Being seen; writing D. Being seeing; written
31. I believe that those mountains ________ with trees in a few years’ time. A. are covered B. will be covered C. are covering D. will cover 32. According to Lee, it was Ben’s carelessness that _______ the accident. But Ben _______ his wrong doing.
A. led to; got the hang of B. caused; got away from
C. accounted for; got away with D. resulted in; went away with 33. Look! That fellow is too sleepy to work. He ______ up reading until midnight.
A. mustn't stay B. mustn't have stayed C. ought not to stay D. should not have stayed
34．Water, which seems so simple and common, is makes life possible. A．what B．that C．which D．how
35. ____ is amazing that such a young girl can be so good at shooting. A. What B. It C. This D. That
第二节： 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant（不断的） 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country. Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the
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room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 40 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 41 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 42 something from herself. Could her 43 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 44 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 45 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 46 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 47 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬礼) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day，Maria 49 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 50 in another loving mother’s chest. 36. A. change B. danger C. disorder D. pain 37. A. matched B. replaced C. controlled D. cooperated
38. A. finding B. phoning C. touring D. interrupting（打断）
39. A. rolling B. running C. walking D. jumping 40. A. corner B. bed C. man D. nurse 41. A. put B. support C. pass D. make 42. A. save B. recycle C. donate D. separate 43. A. heart B. brain C. husband D. spirit 44. A. reminded B. warned C. congratulated D. informed 45. A. give up B. carry out C. search after D. put off 46. A. noticed B. predicted C. found D. declared 47. A. decorating B. begging C. praying D. singing 48. A. attended B. joined C. watched D. witnessed 49. A. passed away B. left behind C. woke up D. dressed up 50. A. active B. alive C. necessary D. changeable 第三节： 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
The earth is a special planet in the solar system. The explosion of the earth produced carbon, nitrogen, vapor and other gases, 51 (make) the earth’s atmosphere. As the earth cooled 52 , water which is fundamental 53 the development of life appeared and stayed on the surface. The continued 54 (present) of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases into the oceans and
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