广东省湛江第一中学2013-2014高一下学期中段考英语试题

广东省湛江第一中学2013-2014高一下学期中段考英语试题

I. 听力 （共两节，满分15分）

第一节：听力理解 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请听下面四段对话或独白，回答问题，每段对话或独白读两遍。 请听第一段对话，回答第1~2题。

1. How many more movies in the series does the man plan to watch? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 2. What will the man do tonight ? A. Prepare for his math test. B. Go and see his cousins. C. Watch movies at home.

请听第二段对话，回答第3~5题。

3. Where does the woman think ice cream was invented? A. In Italy. B. In France. C. In China. 4. What do we know from the conversation?

A. Ice cream was first brought to America by the Italians.

B. George Washington once served ice cream in the White House . C. The hand-turned ice cream freezer was invented by an American. 5. When was the first ice cream business opened in Maryland? A. In 1660. B. In 1846. C. In 1851. 请听第三段独白，回答第6~8题。

6. What did the speaker?s mother ask her father to do ? A. Get some wine from the supermarket. B. Drive her to the supermarket. C. Teach the speaker to drive.

7. What happened after the speaker started the car? A. She hit a tree. B. She crashed into a wall. C. She crashed into another car. 8. How did the speaker ?s father react? A. He scolded the speaker. B. He comforted the speaker . C. He stood there in silence.

请听第四段对话，回答第9~10题。

9. Why does the woman want to go to the Tate Modern? A. She wants to take some pictures. B. There isn?t any charge for admission. C. She wants to visit the Tower of London by the way. 10. What do we know about the man?

A. He visited Westminster Abbey the day before yesterday. B. He didn?t visit Big Ben because of rain. C. He is travelling with his friend.

第二节：听取信息（每空1分，满分5分）

听下面一段独白，根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为11~15 的空格中。录音读两遍。(注意: 每空填1—2词)

The history of photography

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Time In 1826 In 12 In about 1840 By the end of the 9th century Events Niepce invented a very simple camera and used it to take a picture of his 11 . Daguerre could take pictures in which everything could be seen very clearly. People took pictures of famous buildings, 13 and mountains. Photographers could take pictures of people and 14 . 15 became a kind of art.

II. 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~ 25的相应位置上。 All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition—to be the lucky customer (顾客) who did not have to pay for her shopping. This was 16 the notice at the entrance promised. It said, “Remember, once 17 week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!”

For several weeks, Mrs. Read hoped to become a lucky customer. She dreamed 18 the day when the manager of the supermarket would come up to her and say, “Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free.” With the 19 (determine) to become a lucky customer, she never gave up shopping there. Her husband tried to persuade 20 out of it, but she was stubborn. The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things 21 she did not need.

One afternoon, with her shopping 22 (finish), she took the goods to her car. Suddenly, she

23 (find) that she had forgotten to buy some tea. She rushed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. She was about to pay the tea 24 the manager of the supermarket come up to her. “Madam”, he said, 25 (hold) out his hand, “Congratulations! You are our lucky customer. Everything you have in your basket is free!” 第二节 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26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Obviously, Human beings are constantly attacked by cancer, which means death. A woman named Bonnie 26 a series of discomforts caused by the treatment of cancer. She didn?t regard cancer as a 27 disease, but a laughing matter. She treated it in a humorous way. To put it in another way, she is teaching people that even though cancer isn't 28 , we can treat it in a humorous way.

Her second child was going to be born three months away when she was diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly, a 29 mother turned into a helpless woman afraid of her own life. It was after she had her baby delivered that she had a ( an ) 30 . Then came chemo（化疗）and her life seemed to be made up of fears and 31 . But the 32 moment in her life came after she lost all her hair and a free wig(假发) arrived. She tried it on as her older son Kyler watched.

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