12013-2014 学年度高一下学期期中考试 英语试卷本试题分为第一卷和第二卷两部分，考试时间为 120 分钟，满分 150 分。第卷（选择题,共 100 分）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. How is the man trying to lose weight now?A.By eating more fruit.B. By going on a diet.C. By riding a bike.2. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In the street.B. On a bus. C. In a furniture store.3. What did the man do last night?A.He prepared for a test.B. He stayed in the library.C. He went to a party.4. What happened to the man?A. He broke his arm while swimming.B. He hurt his leg in a car accident.C. He broke his leg while skating.5. What does the man think of his grades?A.Disappointing. B. SurprisingC. Satisfying.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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What is Dr. Jones doing at the moment?A.Having an important meeting.B. Having lunch outside.C. Performing an operation.27. Why does the man want to speak to Dr. Jones?A. To borrow a book from him.B. To discuss something with him.C. To ask him to give a lecture.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What can we learn about the two swimming pools from the conversation?A. The two pools are almost the same.B. The pool in town is bigger and more modern.C. The pool in the Park Road is bigger and more modern.9. What are the two speakers going to do on Thursday?A. To swim.B. To eat at a Chinese restaurant.C. To eat at a French restaurant.10. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Friends. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What caused Mr. Miller to be late this morning?A. Watching a play on TV last night.B. Watching a football match on TV last night.C. Watching a basketball match on TV last night.12. How does Mr. Miller usually go to work?A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.13. What happened to Mr. Miller after his explanation?A. He was warned. B. He was fired. C. He was fined.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What kind of pay does the man get?A. Unreasonable pay. B. Low pay. C. Satisfactory pay.15. How does the man spend his money?A. He spends some money on books.B. He uses all his money on trips.C. He saves all his money.16. Which bank does the man deposit（存） his money in?A. The college bank.B. The bank near the college.3C. The bank close to his home.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What can we learn from the news?A. Over 200 people were made homeless.B. 15 houses were badly damaged.C. No villager was killed.18. How many people were badly injured in the storm?A. Nine.B.Seven.C. Ten.19. What do we know about the farmer?A. His wife was missing.B. His house was destroyed.C. One of his children was killed.20. What did the woman do when she saw her house shaking?A. She tried to take something out.B. She told her husband not to leave.C. She rushed out with her children.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA person has to be sixteen to drive, seventeen to see certain movies, and eighteen to vote. People can get terrific discounts on all sorts of stuffprovided theyre over sixty-five. Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and cant do. But creativity has no boundaries, no limitations. Anyone can invent. And they do. Inventors are popping up at the youngest ages.Sitting in the car waiting for her mom to return from shopping, Becky decided she might as well try to finish her math homework. But it was growing dark and getting hard to see the paper.“I didnt have a flashlight, and I didnt want to open the car door because then the whole car would light up.” recalled Becky. “So I thought it would be neat to have my paper light up somehow, and thats when the idea came to me.”4It isnt every day that a ten-year-old invents a product eagerly sought by several businesses, but thats exactly what Becky Schroeder did when she created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark. Her invention? The Glo-sheet. That night Becky went home, trying to imagine different ways of making her paper glow in the dark. She remembered all sorts of glow-in-the-dark toyslike balls and Frisbeesand wondered how they were made. She was determined to find a solution. So they very next day, Becks dad took her on an outing to the hardware store. They returned with a pail (桶) of phosphorescent paint. She took the paint and stacks of paper into the darkest room in the housethe bathroom. There, she experimented.“Id turn on the light, turn it off, turn it on,” said Becky. “My parents remember me running out the room saying It works, it works! Im writing in the dark! ”She used an acrylic board and coated it with a specific amount of phosphorescent paint. She took a complicated idea and made it work rather simply. When the coated clipboard is exposed to li