重庆市重庆一中2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题试卷

2013年重庆一中高2014级高三上期半期考试英 语 试 题 卷 2013.11

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，请先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂或转填到答题卡上。

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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In a hotel. B. At home. C. In a library.
2. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man can take part in the sports meeting.
B. The woman wants to stay home for a rest.
C. The man is down with a fever.
3. What nationality is Sheila?
A. Japanese. B. English. C. American.
4. How are the guests going to New York?
A. By taxi. B. By plane. C. By bus.
5. What does the man imply?
A. He has already tasted the chocolate pudding.
B. He doesn’t want any chocolate pudding.
C. Chocolate is his favorite flavor.

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7两个小题。
6. What did the man reserve?
A. A King’s room for two nights.
B. A single room for one night.
C. Any room available for him.
7. Why can’t the man have what he wants?
A. He didn’t attend the meeting.
B. He didn’t reach the hotel in time.
C. He didn’t make a reservation early enough.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She was born in Hawaii.
B. She has never been to Hawaii.
C. She has been working in Hawaii for many years.
9. How will the woman most likely travel around the island after the conversation?
A. By renting a car. B. By bus. C. On foot.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. Why did the woman want to see the man’s license?
A. He was speeding. B. He was a stranger. C. He took the wrong turn.
11. What is the speed limit in business areas?
A. 20 miles per hour. B. 25 miles per hour. C. 35 miles per hour.
12. What does the woman finally do?
A. She gives the man a ticket.
B. She takes the man to the police station.
C. She just warns him and lets him go.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In the open air. B. In a photo studio. C. At a photo exhibition.
14. What are the two speakers mostly discussing?
A. Outdoor photography. B. Photography experience. C. Photography equipment.
15. Why does the woman come to see the man?
A. To look for a job. B. To ask for some advice. C. To borrow some equipment.
16. What surprising information does the man tell the woman?
  A. She shouldn’t go to Alaska at this time of the year.
B. She’d better take some extra photography lessons.
C. She needs more photography equipment.
听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. What do we know about the pyramids?
  A. The “Step” pyramid is more famous than the “Bent” pyramid.
B. They have stood there for nearly 5,000 years.
C. Some of the pyramids have fallen into ruins.
18. Why do some pyramids remain in a good state?
  A. They have been taken good care of.
B. They have been buried in sand.
C. It seldom rains in Egypt.
19. What caused the most damage to the pyramids?
A. Thief and stone hunters. B. The Nile River. C. The war.
20. Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?
  A. We have found paintings showing their construction plans.
B. We have studied them and the tools used to build them.
C. We have found descriptions of how they were built.


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）
请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
21. ______ earlier online survey shows that ______ quantity of Chinese believe Yuan         Longping deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to fighting world hunger.
  A. The; the B. The; a C. An; / D. An; the
22. It is difficult for us to learn a lesson in life ______ we’ve actually had that lesson.
  A. until B. after C. since D. when
23. You’ve failed to do what you ______ to and I’m afraid the teacher will blame you.
  A. will expect B. will be expected C. expect D. were expected
24. ---What’s that unpleasant noise?
---Oh, the road before the main gate ______.
  A. is repairing B. is being repaired C. is repaired D. has been repaired
25. ---I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.
---Don’t worry. You ______ have it by Tuesday.
  A. could B. shall C. must D. may
26. My doctor advised me to reduce the amount of sugar ______ to the milk I drink.
  A. add B. to add C. adding D. added
27. Mr. Luke, in ______ supermarket we bought an i-Pad last week, will give us a report on how to choose a career this evening.
  A. who B. which C. whose D. who’s
28. ---Xiao Ming, will you take part in the coming National English Speech Contest?
   ---______, we should catch the precious opportunity.
  A. No way. B. Why not? C. What for? D. Why bother?
29. What made the archeologist feel excited was that he finally found two ancient vases in  ______ seemed to him to be a king’s bedroom.