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江苏省邗江中学（集团）2012-2013学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（新疆班） .
第Ⅰ卷 （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. What does the woman mean
A. She plans to write a letter herself.
B. She can’t type the letter now.
C. She has to turn down the man’s request.
2. Where did the woman stay while she was in Brighton
A. She stayed in her friend’s house.
B. She camped outside.
C. She lived near a school campus.
3. What do we learn from the conversation
A. Some students at the back can’t hear the professor.
B. The professor has changed his reading assignment（作业）.
C. Some of the students are not on the professor’s class list.
4. When will the train to London leave
A. At 11:35. B. At 11:45. C. At 12:00.
5. What does the woman mean
A. She doesn’t like salad.
B. She will do anything to help.
C. She prefers making something else.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. How does the man usually do home shopping
A. By TV. B. By Internet. C. By mail order.
7. What does the man think of what he bought last year
A. It is unfit. B. It is expensive. C. It is unnecessary.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。
8. Why did the man fail in an exam
A. Because he didn’t work hard for it.
B. Because the questions were too difficult.21世纪教育网
C. Because he didn’t prepare carefully for it.
9. What will the woman do if she fails in an exam in her country
A. Take the exam again. B. Pay some money for it. C. Take the whole course again.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。
10. Who won the chess match
A. Carl. B. David. C. John.21世纪教育网
11. How many players did John defeat during the chess match
A. 3. B. 12. C. 15.
12. What can we learn from the conversation
A. Carl came out the fifth.
B. David played the worst.
C. Carl and David are usually competitive.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。
13. What is the woman’s purpose
A. She wants the man to review the lessons before finals.
B. She wants the man to go canoeing（划独木舟）with their classmates.
C. She wants to borrow the man’s camping equipment.
14. What is one of the attractions the woman tells the man about canoeing
A. This is their last break before the final exams.
B. If it gets too hot they can swim.
C. Many students will go so he can know more people.
15. What does the man have to bring
A. Drinks. B. Food. C. A bathing suit.
16. What will the woman confirm with the man soon
A. The exact time when they’ll set out.
B. What he needs to bring.21世纪教育网
C. Whether he has decided to go or not.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。
17. How does Mr. Stevenson make a living
A. He runs a store selling appliances.
B. He is a sales manager.
C. He is a master of ceremonies.
18. Why do many couples walk away after their inquiry（咨询）
A. Because they fail to find their favorite models.
B. Because they feel disappointed at the poor services.
C. Because they just come to see the prices of the goods.
19. What did Mr. Stevenson guarantee the young couple
A. He will be with them whenever they need advice.
B. He will be responsible for the quality of what he sells.
C. He will offer them a free wedding ceremony.
20. What made the young couple decide to place an order
A. Stevenson’s self-confidence.
B. Stevenson’s truthfulness.
C. Stevenson’s generosity（慷慨）.
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)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。
21. He, along with his brothers, ______ how serious the situation is.
A. haven’t realized B. hasn’t realized C. don’t realize D. didn’t realize
22. My uncle has a lot of books, _______ are about computer science and technology.
A. most of them B. most of that C. most of which D. and most of which
23. ________ in a heavy traffic jam is quite an unpleasant experience.
A. Caught B. Having caught C. Being caught D. To catch
24. The map was ____ for the driver, so he can have the destination in mind and could drive straight there without wasting time.
A. laid aside B. laid up C. laid off D. laid out
petition for ______ to the country’s top private schools has always been tough.
A. mission B. admission C. possession D. permission
26. After his wife died, he kept himself _____ from other people and the outside world.
A. taken off B. taken on C. cut off D. cut up
27. _______ difficult it is, he is determined to _________ the experiment.
A. No matter how, have a go at B. However, have a go in
C. Whatever, have a go in D. No matter what, have a go at
28. The government _______ whatever it can to assist the people suffering from the floods.
A. committed to do B. is committed to doing
C. committed to doing D. has committed to do
29. Mr Green stood up _______ the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one to blame.
A. in time of B. in terms of C. in defense of D. in case of
30. ________ of danger in the street at night, she had to go home with a friend ________ her.
A. Warned; accompanied B. Having been warned; accompanying
C. Warning; accompanied D. Having warned; accompanying
31. It’s really noisy outside. I would appreciate ______, to be frank, if you raise your voice to make yourself ______ in the back.
A this; hear B that; heard C it; heard D you; hear
32. There is still high possibility, ______ can be seen at the moment, ______ our company can beat the opponents.
A. which; when B. where; that C. that; which D. which; that
33. —Thank you for reminding me of the time, or I ________ late yesterday.
—Don’t mention it.
A. should be B. would be C. would have been D. will have been
34. Before the old man passed away, the old couple were married for 40 years and never once ______ with each other.
A. they had quarreled B. they have quarreled
C. have they quarreled D. had they quarreled
35. —Do you think I should join the singing group, Mary
—________ If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.
A. None of your business. B. Why not C. It depends. D. I don’t think so.
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，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, 36 I was happy.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: 37 . I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the 38 , the will and the grades, but I didn’t have the 39 . Even basic things like food, water and shelter weren’t 40 available.
Young people in poverty have little or no 41 to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging 42 someone helped.
When I left primary school, I was in the same situation as many other 43 disadvantaged youth. 44 , during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was founded and I received a 45 . Today, I am on record as being the first student to be 46 to this school.
In 2006, my school joined The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain employable 47 . After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT 48 . In addition, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only 49 ourselves but other people.
With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, 50 networking 10,000 African girls worldwide, all Sisters 51 to sending information to their villages. This can be to promote financial freedom, advance information 52 health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only 53 to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights (突出) the huge challenge in 54 the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will spread 55 they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
36. A. and B. but C. so D. therefore
37. A. education B. money C. career D. status
38. A. promise B. wealth C. health D. drive
39. A. news B. sources C. resources D. references
40. A. readily B. truly C. suddenly D. obviously
41. A. means B. access C. use D. chance
42. A. unless B. in case C. as D. which
43. A. positively B. emotionally C. physically D. financially
44. A. Generally B. Unfortunately C. Luckily D. Casually
45. A. scholarship B. degree C. gift D. credit
46. A. invited B. presented C. permitted D. admitted
47. A. talents B. skills C. performances D. grades
48. A. course B. entertainment C. industry D. engineer
49. A. worry about B. talk about C. care about D. bring about
50. A. pointing at B. aimed at C. thrown at D. laughing at
51. A. commit B. add C. adapt D. refer
52. A. contributed to B. attached to C. related to D. adjusted to
53. A. adaptable B. acceptable C. admirable D. available
54. A. narrowing B. making C. facing D. changing
55. A. that B. what C. which D. where
第三部分 阅读理解（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、D选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Heal the wounds
This is an excerpt of US President Barack Obama’s speech following the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14.
…. The majority of those who died today were children. They were beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them—birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers—men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill（实现）their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today—for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago—these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies（悲剧）like this from happening, regardless of the politics. This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we’ll tell them that we love them, and we’ll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
56. What is the main purpose of Paragraph 1 of Obama’s speech
A. To show the importance of gun control.
B. To seek suggestions of how school safety can be improved.
C. To awaken people’s sympathy for those victims.
D. To give exact information about what had happened.
57. Why did Obama say their hearts “are broken for the parents of the survivors as well”
A. Their children were mentally hurt by what had happened.
B. Some of their children were badly injured.
C. The tragedy makes them scared about their kids’ safety.
D. It will be difficult for them to ease the pain of losing friends.
58. Obama delivered this speech in order to __________.
A. do away with violent crimes taking place in schools
B. encourage people to love their families and friends
C. state the government’s determination to ensure safety in schools
D. call on people to unite and help those who are suffering from the tragedy
59. Which best describes Obama’s tone (腔调) in the speech
A. Anxious. B. Sorrowful. C. Sharp. D. Faithful.
B
Beatles’ music lives on
The news that albums by the pop and rock band The Beatles（披头士乐队）are soon to be re-released worldwide is sure to delight their fans, or rather their new fans. The teenagers, now adults, who listened to them back in the 1960s likely already own most of their albums.
The re-release of The Beatles’ music catalogue（目录）is clearly aimed at today’s teenagers who want to discover for themselves the pop band their parents loved. It’s proof of the genius（天才）of the fantastic four’s music that today’s teenage generation want to listen to them.
A four-member band from Liverpool, England, that formed in 1960 and broke up in 1970, The Beatles were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed（称赞）bands in the history of popular music. The two most famous band members were Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
The band’s innovative（创新的）music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still clear today. When the US music magazine Rolling Stone made a list in 2004 of the 100 greatest artists of all time, it surprised no one that they gave The Beatles the top spot of number one.
So why nearly 40 years after the band’s split are they still so popular According to Barry Miles, Sir Paul McCartney’s biographer（传记作者）, the answer is that they were the first of their kind. “They were essentially（本质上）the first rock band. The Beatles were the first of the British singer-songwriting bands and they just happened to be the best. They were the first band to play stadiums, to have their own products, they were ground-breaking in every way,” he says.
They were also unbelievably talented, as Miles also points out, “They had great performing and songwriting talent, not only John and Paul, but George wrote some fantastic songs and the chance of having three gifted songwriters in the same band is very remote.”
60. The re-release of The Beatles’ albums is intended for __________.
A. all The Beatles’ fans B. today’s teenagers’ parents
C. today’s teenage generation D. those who were teenagers in the 1960s
61. What’s the purpose of the fourth paragraph
A. To highlight The Beatles’ uniqueness.
B. To show The Beatles’ great influence.
C. To introduce The Beatles’ achievements.
D. To explain why The Beatles remain popular.
62. The Beatles broke through in the following ways EXCEPT that __________.
A. they were the first rock band
B. they were the first band to perform in stadiums
C. they were the first band to perform all around the world
D. they were among the first British bands to have several songwriters
63. What can we conclude after reading the passage
A. The Beatles had a successful start but an unhappy ending.
B. It’s not rare for a band to have several talented songwriters.
C. The band’s fans in the 1960s have lost interest in The Beatles today.
D. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote many of the songs for the band.
C
About 15 years ago, readers of The Independent, a daily national newspaper, were asked by its travel journalists what they missed when they were away from home, and what they looked forward to when they returned. Apart from “family”, “friends” and “favorite foods”, many people mentioned “the Sunday newspapers” and “the crossword puzzle”.
It’s certainly true that among their many hobbies, the English enjoy words, above all reading them and playing with them. Reading books is one of the most popular relaxation activities, with approximately 100,000 books a year published. Over 80 per cent of the population regularly read a daily newspaper, and there are more newspapers per person than any other country except Japan. The weekend newspapers generally contain hundreds of pages, and even the most popular hobbies — fishing, stamp collecting, train-spotting, bird-watching, walking, sports, pets, flower-arranging, knitting and pigeon-fancying — have at least one, if not several specialist magazines, devoted to them. In fact, many people probably spend more time reading about their hobbies than actually doing them.
It’s also undoubtedly true that word games, puzzles and competitions are hugely popular in newspapers, on the radio and even on television. One of the most popular television games in the 1980s and 1990s was “Call My Bluff” where two teams of players had to guess which of three meanings of an unfamiliar word was correct. In many cases newspapers have a word games section, such as a “Words within Words” competition where the aim is to make as many words as possible with the letters of a single word. Above all, crossword puzzles are the most familiar word game, with clues ranging from words which have the same meaning as other words, to the “Cryptic” where the meaning of the word is expressed in a very indirect way, and in a variety of linguistic(语言学的) and cultural references. Apparently, some people choose their newspaper not because of the quality of the news coverage but because of the crossword puzzle.
You may think that you would need an excellent command of the English language to enjoy playing with words as much as the English do. But many of the word games are very simple and good fun, and in fact, the only skill you must have is to speak and listen or read and write a little.
64. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph Two refer to
A. a magazine B. a person C. a page D. a hobby
65. How many types of word games are mentioned in the passage
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
66. The best title for the passage may be __________.
A. A love of words B. A description of hobbies
C. An account of word games D. An introduction of newspapers
67. What is the author’s purpose of writing the article
A. To encourage readers to read newspapers.
B. To tell readers the functions of the newspaper.
C. To report the result of a survey by The Dependent.
D. To entertain readers with what is written in the article.
D
Five-year-old Joe Brown isn’t backward at coming forward about what he thinks of his big sisters, Rosie and Matilda.
“They’re horrible and ugly,” he said, with a grin（冷笑）. “Horrible and ugly.”
Then again, his sisters aren’t always over-fond of their young brother, either.
“When Joe was born, Matilda said she was going to kill him before he was three because she really envied him,” said the eldest, 13-year-old Rosie. “She used to get all the special attention and now she doesn’t any more.”
As for Matilda, 11, she too can be quite cruel. “Joe’s the one that’s most annoying,” she said.
It’s somehow certain to know that kids act the same no matter who their parents are — in this case actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward.
And the couple agreed to let their children have freedom when it came to them participating in a Telling-the-Truth ABC TV program about brothers and sisters. The TV program invites an American expert on the subject, Frank J. Sulloway, who tells how our personalities are often shaped by our order of birth, position in the family and relationships between brothers and sisters.
First-borns tend to be conservative（保守的）, ambitious and close to their parents. Those coming later have to make a conscious effort to be different in order to successfully compete for their parents’ attention. As a result, the youngest children tend to end up history’s great risk-takers, rebels（叛逆者）or movers and shakers.
“This kind of relationships is really the key personality-forming relationships of all our lives,” said Ms Sauers, a secondary school teacher. “The relationships are generally the longest relationships we have; they go from childhood to old age.”
“A lot of people feel those relationships really ground them because, with brothers and sisters, you can’t get away with anything bad.”
“As for Joe, Rosie and Matilda, their daily battles over clothes, musical instruments, who performs best in sport and parental love are as regular as any other kids.”
“And considering who their mum and dad are, they’re very normal and unaffected.”
68. What do the underlined words “ground them” mean
A. monitor them B. surround them C. keep them D. worry them
69. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage
A. Children envy each other and can’t get along well enough.
B. Joe, Matilda and Rosie’s parents are mentioned in the passage.
C. Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are the three children’s parents.
D. Actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward are asked to act Joe, Matilda and Rosie’s parents.
70. What’s the readers’ impression about Joe Brown after reading the passage
A. Joe Brown doesn’t like to go back when he comes to see his big sisters Rosie and Matilda.
B. The little brother Joe Brown is a little backward compared with his big sisters.
C. Joe Brown is ready to say something ill about his big sisters.
D. Young as Joe Brown is, he isn’t forward and actually is as backward as his big sisters.
第Ⅱ卷（共 35 分）
第四部分：任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
Called the “embodiment（化身）of pure intellect（智力）”, Albert Einstein has long been considered one of the most brilliant men who ever lived. During his life, and ever since his death, people everywhere have wondered how one man could have possessed such genius.
Now, over 50 years since he died, a new study by Falk of Florida State University, US, has uncovered more about the physicist’s brain, thanks to some newly presented photos.
When Einstein died in 1955 at the age of 76, a scientist named Thomas Harvey removed Einstein’s brain and preserved it. Harvey sliced（切片）the brain into hundreds of pieces and took 14 photos from several angles. Harvey showed these brain slices to the public, but kept the photos private.21世纪教育网
The displayed brain slices allowed scientists a glance into the source of Einstein’s genius, but the findings were very limited. In 1999, for example, researchers at McMaster University, US, compared Einstein’s brain with those of about 90 normal people and found that “one area of his brain was significantly different from most people’s”.
Three years after Harvey died, his family finally donated the 14 photos to the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington DC in 2010. Falk and her team began analyzing the photos in 2011 and have made out several previously unrecognized unusual things.
In the new study, published Nov 16 in the magazine Brain, Falk found that the size and shape of Einstein’s brain are both normal, but the brilliant physicist had extra folding in his brain’s gray matter, which is responsible for conscious thinking. Scientists believe that more folding creates more connections between distant brain cells, allowing one to make mental leaps（跳跃）more easily.
In addition, a part called the frontal lobes（脑前叶）, which plays a key role in abstract（抽象）thought, also had unusual folding. This may have helped Einstein develop the theory of relativity.
Look into Einstein’s mind
71 for the study ◆Albert Einstein is considered one of the most brilliant men worldwide.◆People everywhere always wonder 72 could make a man with such genius.
Harvey’s contributions ◆Harvey took out and 73 Einstein’s brain when he died.◆Harvey cut the brain into pieces and showed them to the public, but he kept private the 74 he had taken.
Researchers’ findings from the brain slices ◆There are significant 75 between Einstein’s brain and most other people’s in some area.
Donation of Harvey’s family ◆After Harvey died, his family donated the 14 photos, which helped 76 more about Einstein’s brain.
Falk’s findings ◆Einstein had far more folding in his brain’s gray matter, which is in 77 of conscious thinking.◆ 78 , Einstein had unusual folding in the frontal lobes, which plays a key role in abstract thought.
A new 79 of the scientists Was Einstein born with the extraordinary brain or did he 80 it through his scientific work
第五部分:书面表达(满分25分)
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2.词数150左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
3.短文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
How we can build up a harmonious family
A harmonious family is essential to our personal development and our physical and mental health.________________________________________________________________________
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