江苏省扬州中学2013-2014学年高一下学期
期中考试 英语试题
第I卷（共85分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题;每小题1分，满分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. When does the conversation take place?
A. At 5:00. B. At 5:15. C. At 5: 30. 2. What do we know about the woman?
A. She didn’t talk to Mary. B. Mary thinks well of the concert. C. Mary is ill.
3. How many novels will the woman read next term? A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. 4. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. Cold. B. Rainy. C. Windy. 5. Who will leave?
A. Carol. B. Carol’s uncle. C. Carol’s sister. 第二节（共15小题;每小题1分，满分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6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a clinic. B. At a drugstore. C. At a restaurant. 7. What restaurant did the woman go to first last night? A. Italian. B. Chinese. C. American. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What did the woman do after the party?
A. She worked on her homework. B. She went home to sleep. C. She studied history.
9. What does the man feel difficult to do?
A. Sleep during the day. B. Work well under stress. C. Organise a birthday party. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What was Paul concerned about?
A. His professor. B. His final exam. C. His physics grades.
11. Why did the woman tell Paul not to worry?
A. The average was important. B. Chemistry was not his major. C. He needed to concentrate on physics. 12. What did the woman suggest doing?
A. Studying harder. B. Going for a coffee. C. Repeating the class.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What blouse does the woman want first?
A. A blue cotton one. B. A blue silk one. C. A cream silk one.
14. Why doesn’t the woman take the blouse first mentioned? A. It’s not on sale. B. It’s sold out. C. It’s not of good quality.
15. What does the woman think of the cream silk blouse recommended? A. Pretty and not expensive. B. Pretty but expensive. C. Expensive and not pretty.
16. How much should the woman pay for the air tickets?
A. ￡45. B. ￡ 90. C. ￡ 450. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where did chocolate originally come from?
A. Spain. B. Mexico. C. England. 18. What did the Indians mix to make the chocolate drink? A. Chocolate powder with water. B. Chocolate powder with sugar.
C. Chocolate powder with milk and sugar.
19. When was the first solid milk chocolate made?
A. In 1897. B. In 1876. C. In 1715. 20. What’s the benefit of drinking dark chocolate? A. Helping reduce the calories people take in. B. Helping people recover from heart attack. C. Helping lower people’s blood pressure. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题后所给的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。
21.As is known to all, ______ languages keep borrowing words from _______ other languages.
A. the, the B./; / C./; the D. the; / 22.To our great _________, my grandma wasn’t tricked into buying the fake medicine. A. relief B. aid C. surprise D. puzzle
23. I think it ______ to let farmers have their own land. In that way, they can farm the land by themselves, and food production will be higher.
A．no good B. no use C. makes sense D. makes contributions 24. Either the judge or the lawyers _______ wrong.
A．does B. make C. is D. are
25. Many young people think Shanghai __________ the most important position in China’s economy, and also has more job opportunities
A. approaches B. consists C. explodes D. occupies 26. After three days’ waiting, there was a little doubt in the mother’s mind _______ the police could find her lost child.
A. how B. that C. where D. whether 27. I simply couldn't _________ his meaning.
A. reach out B. figure out C. watch out D. get out
28.To be honest, the living and working environment in that city _________ me a lot. A. attach B. attract C. attack D. appeal 29. It was a matter of __________ would take the position.
A. who B. whoever C. whom D. whomever 30. Most of us ignored his good advice, _________ we knew it to be true. A. even though B. because of C. as though D. as if
31. Is this the reason________ she gave for not finishing her homework yesterday? A. why B. for which C. that D. to which 32. It worried me a bit _________my hair was turning grey.
A. while B. that C. if D. for
33. I think the official is _____ to tell us the truth, but I’m not sure. A. possible B. likely C. impossible D. certain 34. Thai is the only way we can imagine _____________the overuse of water in students' bathrooms.
A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. reduce 35.---$100, but that is my last offer. ---______________
A. Good idea! B. What did you say? C. Oh, it’s up to you. D. OK. It’s a deal. 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dad was always full of advice. When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (割草) yards during the summer to earn pocket 36 Dad offered our service to neighbors at a price they could not 37 . My brother and I got $ 10 per yard. I later found out our friends were 38 $20 or more for the same amount of work.
Every time we 39 out to mow lawns, Dad stood watching our work in the heat when he could have been inside relaxing 40 air conditioning and an icy drink.
One afternoon we were 41 our neighbor’s yard. She always waited 42 the grass was knee-high to call us over. What made matters 43 was that we had an old lawn mower that kept shutting off as we worked through her lawn. This particular afternoon, I was 44 up and was tired and sweaty.
Approaching the end, I pictured the tall glass of icy drink I would have to 45 down pretty soon. I thought about the 46 change I was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it 47 broke the mower. 48 Dad called out, \missed a piece.\