1、英语广东省普宁市二中学年高一下学期期中考试172012-2013学年度第二学期普宁二中期中考 高一级英语试卷（2013.4） 命题人：张彩翼 陈静敏第一部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项。I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real _1_.He had gone out of the study for some 2 , leaving me alone.
2、 In his absence I looked to see what was on his 3 . In the 4 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 5 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.A(n) 6 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 7 . I did not. The subject of the Engl
3、ish Writing Prize was kept a 8 until the start of the exam so I could not 9 reading it.When the headmaster 10 , I was looking out of the window.I should have told him what had 11 then. It would have been so 12 to say: “Im sorry, but I 13 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. Youll ha
4、ve to 14 it.”The chance passed and I did not take it. I sat for the exam the next day and I won. I didnt mean to cheat, but it was still 15 anyhow.That was thirty-eight years ago when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor have I tried to explain to myself why not.1. A. plan B.
5、 fault C. grade D. luck2. A. reason B. course C. example D. vacation3. A. book B. head C. clothes D. desk4. A. drawer B. book C. middle D. box5. A. names B. words C. ideas D. messages6. A. honest B. handsome C. friendly D. active7. A. desk B. paper C. book D. drawer8. A. question B. key C. note D. s
6、ecret9. A. help B. consider C. practise D. forget10. A. disappeared B. stayed C. returned D. went11. A. existed B. remained C. happened D. continued12. A. tiring B. easy C. important D. difficult13. A. saw B. gave C. set D. made14. A. repeat B. defend C. correct D. change15. A. cheating B. having C.
7、 staying D. finding第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在非选择题答题卷上标号为1625的相应位置。Have you ever lived abroad？When living overseas in a place where people speak a different language，_16_ can be difficult to make yourself understood even in _17_（relative）simple but importa
8、nt areas of life，like shopping and getting around town. It can be really upset trying to ask for something in a store or to tell the taxi driver _18_ you are going.Sometimes you may be at a _19_（lose）as to what to do；sometimes you are certain that people understand you _20_ are just pretending that
9、they dont；and other times they make a very _21_（consider）effort to communicate with you.You should also be prepared to make changes in the diet and get accustomed to _22_ local foods and the limited selection of familiar foods in the stores and restaurants.Besides，you will experience some stress and
10、 anxiety _23_ you are living in a different culture with different values _24_ your own. You may find that some of your cherished and deeply _25_（hold）values about life may not be equally important to members of your new host culture.第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D选
11、项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their childrens safety on the roads Until now the local government have only been prepared to provide bus servic
12、es for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existedNow it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking pa
13、rt will be attending their nearest school The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington SchoolThe children live just within the three-mile limit and the local government have said in the past that they will not agree to provide free transport to the sch
14、oolBut now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the schools headmaster Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take partFinal calculations have still to be carried out, but a govern
15、ment official has said the cost to parents should be less than 20 a term They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to ImpingtonThe same bus would now just make one more journey
16、to pick up the Milton childrenThe official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new plan26. What is the aim of the plan? A. To prevent the students road acc
17、idents B. To relieve the traffic pressure C. To save time for the parents and students D. To help the parents save money27. How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost? A. By letting the bus run in the morning only B. By limiting the number of the students C. By obtaining
18、the support from the headmaster D. By linking the new bus service with the existing one28. The new bus service will be paid for by _ A. the parents B. the local government C. the bus company D. the local government and the parents29. Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out? A.
19、The bus company will make much more money B. The children can choose whatever school they like C. The parents can get rid of their worries D. The students in Impington School can have free bus rides30. This passage is most probably _ A. a personal letter B. an advertisement C. a headmasters report D
20、. a newspaper articleBTea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about teaPeople in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who c
21、ould afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people us
22、ed to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches. Tea remained scarce (缺少的) and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came
23、into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it. At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of teaUntil then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like
24、when milk was addedShe found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very f
25、ew Britons drink tea without milk. At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four oclock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. Sh
26、e invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so tea-time was born.31Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?A. The Britons got expensive tea from India. B. Tea reached Britain from Holland.C The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.D It was
27、 not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.32This passage mainly discusses_.Athe history of tea drinking in Britain Bhow tea became a popular drink in BritainChow the Britons got the habit of drinking tea Dhow tea-time was born33Tea became a popular drink in Britain_.A. in eighteenth centu
28、ry Bin sixteenth centuryCin the seventeenth century Din the late seventeenth century34People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because _.Ait tasted like milk Bit tasted more pleasant Cit became a popular drinkD. Madame de Sevinge was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to
29、copy the way she drank tea35We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of_. Aa famous French lady Bthe ancient Chinese Cthe upper social class Dpeople in Holland CPeople in the United States honor their parents with 2 special days: Mothers
30、 Day on the second Sunday in May and Fathers Day on the 3rd Sunday in June. These days are to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mo
31、thers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home and more fathers must help with childcare. These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On mothers Day, people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people atte
32、nd religious services to honor parents. Its also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(grave). On these days families get together at home as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecue for Fathers Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories. Another tradition is to give car
