曲沃中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一卷第一部分听力(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。 例:How much is the shirt?A.19. 15. B. 9. 15. C. 9. 18.1. What color might the mans shirt be?A. White. B. Brown. C. Orange.2. What prevented the man from hearing properly?A. Trouble with his ears.B. Trouble with the manager.C. Trouble with the sound system.3. What does the man usually do on Saturday?A. Paint pictures. B. Have a rest. C. Work at home.4. What happened to the man?A. He took the wrong bus. B. He missed his bus stop. C. He didnt catch the bus.5. What does the woman tell her son to do?A. Keep his room in order. B. Do his homework today. C. Throw away his dirty socks.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第72和第73小题。6. What are the man and the woman talking about?A. How paper is made from trees.B. How much paper Americans use.C. Why so much paper is used.7. How many trees do Americans cut down in one year?A. 50 million. B. 85 million. C. 850 million.听第7段材料，回答第74至第76小题8. What are the man and the woman doing?A. Camping in the woods B. Looking at the photos C. Putting up a tent9. What does the woman say about the tent?A. It doesnt seem very big. B. It looks comfortable. C. It looks rather funny.10. Why does the man think they had a good time?A. It was the first time they had slept in a tent.B. They caught a few fish in the river.C. The camping trip was a great experience.听第8段材料，回答第74至第79小题11. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a post office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a department store.12. Why doesnt the woman choose the bowl?A. Its not easy to take it home.B. Shes not satisfied with its design.C. Blue and white are not her favorite colors.13. What is the woman likely to buy?A. A tablecloth. B. A silver plate. C. A suitcase.听第9段材料，回答第80至第83小题14. How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?A. Calm. B. Happy C. Bored15. What is the womans first response to the mans suggestion?A. She thinks it is a good idea.B. She doesnt show much interest.C. She wants to read about art first.16. Which city will the art exhibition go to next?A. Chicago. B. New York. C. Los Angeles.17. What are the man and the woman probably going to do?A. Visit the exhibition. B. Study modem art. C. Buy the exhibition tickets.听第10段材料，回答第84至第86小题18. What was one of the reasons for the man to study in Paris?A. It was easier to enter a medical school there.B. Central Europe had the best medical schools.C. There were three good medical schools in Paris. 19. How did the man improve his French?A. By staying with a local family.B. By studying in his own country.C. By helping the local families.20. Which of the following is TRUE about the man?A. He graduated from a top university.B. He remained healthy by walking to schoolC. He didnt plan to live close to the school第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)21. -How can I wake up so early, Jack?-Set the alarm at 5 oclock youll make it.A. butB. orC. and D. so22. With the development of science, more new technology to the field of IT.A. has introduced B. is being introduced C. is introduced D. was introduced网23. Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer _ it was 20 years ago, _ it was so poorly equipped.A. what; when B. that; which C. what; which D. which; that24. I _the poor rabbit, but I didnt have the right drugs with me at that moment.A. could save B. had saved C. could have saved D. saved25. _ leaves the room last ought to make sure that the windows are closed and the door locked. A. Whoever B. Who C. Who will D. Those who26. An earthquake of 9 magnitude struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, _ thousands of people dead and more missing.A .caused B. causing C. having caused D. to cause27. -The task is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can make it, Tom?-_ my partner have a try? I think she is the right person to do it.A. Will B. MightC. ShouldD. Shall 28- Tom, can you answer my question? -Er, Im very sorry, Miss Evens I_ about something else Ahad thought B. was thinking Cwill think Dhave thought29. Ive tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means _ with my progress.A. the teacher is not satisfied B. is the teacher not satisfied C. the teacher is satisfied