2014年11月
（120分鐘完卷，滿分150分）
第一卷（共100分，請在第10頁答題卡上作答）
一、單項選擇。（30分）
1.---- Do you mind if I smoke here, madam? ---- ________, sir.
A. Of course not. It’s not allowed hereB. Great! I’d rather do that myself
C. I’d rather you didn’t, actuallyD. No, you can’t
2. Please keep us ________ of how things are going on.
A. told B. informed C. ignored D. announced
3. The reason ________ he hasn’t come is ________.
A. that; because he is ill B. that; because of his illness
C. why; for he is ill D. why; that he is ill
4. Only in this way ________ make progress in your English.
A. you can B. can you C. you are able to D. will you able to
5. Fans still ___ Michael Jordan though he doesn’t fight for the Chicago Bulls any more.
A. look down on B. look up C. look up to D. look on to
6. The British Isles is a group of islands that lie the west coast of Europe.
A. on B. along C. in D. off
7. We have only a short holiday, so let’s the most of it and try to enjoy ourselves.
A. make B. take C. get D. have
8. There is no point ________ time ________ with him.
A. to spend; to argue B. in spending; arguing
C. to spend; arguing D. in spending; to argue
9. With the advanced technology, our factory produces ________cars as we did last year.
A. as twice many B. many as twice C. twice as many D. as twice as many
10. When I saw Jane, I stopped and smiled, but she ________ me and walked on.
A. refused B. ignored C. avoided D. Missed
11. ________ the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it.
A. While B. As C. Because D. If
12. Facing this ________ problem, I found myself ________ about how to work it out.
A. puzzled; puzzled B. puzzled; puzzling
C. puzzling; puzzling D. puzzling; puzzled
13. ---- I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.
---- But by then my performance will have ended and I ________ reporters in the meeting room at that time.
A. will be meeting B. will meet C. are going to meet D. am meeting
14. ________ around the Tian An’ men Square, the tourists from Iceland were taken to visit the Palace Museum.
A. Showing B. Having shown C. Being shown D. Having been shown
15. ---- There’s no light on. ---- They ________ be at home.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. oughtn’t to
16. A well-written composition _________ some writing skills, such as good choice of words and clear organizations.
A. calls on B. calls for C. calls up D. calls in
17. Will you please keep quiet now? You shouldn’t talk until ________ to.
A. askingB. having asked C. to ask D. asked
18. ---- Do you think he has improved his English much enough?
---- Yes. You couldn’t hope for _________ at this time.
A. a good result B. the better result C. a better result D. the best result
19. Tom worked hard, but _________ didn’t please the boss.
A. it B. one C. what D. which
20. After great efforts, he finally achieved his goal, _________.
A. being pleased but excited B. pleasant and excited
C. pleasantly but excitedly D. pleased and excited
二、完形填空（30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選能填入相應空白處的最佳選項。
I’ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that 21 is an occupational disease. But one year, my 22 gave me the cure for my homesickness.
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet--- a stuffed penguin (企鵝) that 23 about five inches tall. Attached to its left wing 24 a little sign with the hand-painted declaration “ I Love My Dad!”. I immediately 25 the penguin on my table.
On my next trip, I put the 26 in my suitcase. That night when I called home, my daughter Jeanine was 27 because the penguin had disappeared. “Honey, he’s here with me,” I explained, “ I brought him 28 ”.
29 , the penguin came with me --- as necessary as my briefcase. And we 30 along the way. In Albuquerque, I checked into a 31 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting. When I returned, the maid had 32 the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.
One night, I discovered the penguin 33 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I’d 34 it in my previous hotel room, 35 it had been rescued by a maid. I 36 a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk. In the hotel lobby (大廳), other tired business travelers were 37 at the reunion of my penguin and me --- I think with a touch of 38 .
Jeanine is in college now, and I don’t travel 39 . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion. All those years on 40 , it was the one thing I never left home without.
21. A. cold B. hunger C. loneliness D. fever
22. A. boy B. daughter C. friend D. mother
23. A. stood B. lay C. jumped D. climbed
24. A. wrote B. turned C. was D. had
25. A. threw B. lost C. gave D. placed
26. A. bear B. penguin C. dog D. rabbit
27. A. upset B. happy C. glad D. excited
28. A. up B. off C. along D. down
29. A. From now on B. In the future C. In future D. From then on
30. A. had friends B. had friend C. made friends D. made friend
31. A. school B. hotel C. shop D. supermarket
32. A. given B. turned C. made D. carried
33. A. sleeping B. going C. living D. missing
34. A. forget B. left C. ordered D. sent
35. A. there B. when C. where D. how
36. A. ran B. walked C. hurried D. drove
37. A. surprised B. frightened C. looked D. laughed
38. A. anger B. envy C. sadness D. illness
39. A. as many B. as seldom C. so little D. as much
40. A. the hotel B. the meeting C. the road D. the house
三、閱讀理解。（40分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出最佳選項。
A
I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away from you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
41. Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?
A. Because it smelt terrible.
B. Because it was mixed with something else.
C. Because his father drank too much that night.
D. Because it had been kept for years.
42. What the author’s father said __________.
A. made the author puzzled when he was a little child.
B. was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author.
C. threw the author into deep thought then.
D. was an excuse to drink the wine.
43. In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.
A. do it better B. save much time
C. graduate from college more quickly D. miss something useful to us in life
44. Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?
A. Well begun is half done. B. More haste（匆忙）, less speed.
C. Failure is the mother of success. D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
B
There was a king who gave his daughter a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. So the king asked to search for it and put a reward for＄50,000 for anyone who found it.
One day, a clerk was walking home along a river when he saw something shinning in the river and when he looked, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it to get the ＄50,000 reward.
He put his hand in the river and tried to catch the necklace, but somehow missed it and didn’t catch it. He took his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried again.
But strangely, he still missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling sad. Just then, an old man walking by saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn’t want to share the secret with him, thinking he might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell him anything.
The old man could see this man was troubled. He again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk told him about the necklace and how he tried and tried to catch it, but kept failing.
The old man then told him that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was hanging on the branch of a tree. He had been trying to take a reflection of the real necklace all this time.
45. The clerk tried to get the diamond necklace to __________.
A. make the king happy. B. keep it for himself.
C. get the big reward. D. sell it at a high price.
46. Before the old man asked the clerk what was the matter, the clerk .
A. was searching in the water B. was trying to find help
C. felt rather tired D. was not feeling good
47. Where did the clerk find the necklace at last?
A. On the tree B. On the bank C. In the river D. In the sand
48. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. A beautiful diamond necklace B. A king’s promise
C.A lucky young clerk D. Changing the way of thinking
C
As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself”（DIY）trend in the US continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $520. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I have finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
49. We can learn from the text that many newly married people__________.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
50. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to __________.
A. run a DIY shop B. make or repair things
C. save time and money D. improve the quality of life
51. Jim decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when__________
A. his car repairs cost too much B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. He couldn't possibly do two jobs D. keeps house and looks after his children
52. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim_________.
A. makes shoes in his home B. does extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs D. keeps house and looks after his children
D
In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India, the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.
About 300 B.C. an Indian writer described forest that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game beasts was carefully supervised(監(jiān)視). Some animals were fully protected．Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut timber(wood for building), burn wood for charcoal(炭), or catch animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were caught or killed outside the park so that other animals would not become uneasy.
The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand species of animals are in danger of extinction, and the rate of extinction was about one species every fifty years from A.D. 1 to 1800, but now it is about one species every year. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of protecting wildlife caring for the rapid growth of the world’s population.
53. In forest of ancient India __________.
A. people were permitted to hunt for fun
B. only few kinds of animals could be killed
C. the killing of game beasts was strictly limited
D. no killing of beasts was allowed．
54. Dangerous animals were caught or killed outside the park so as to __________.
A. keep human visitors safe B. free the rest of the animals from worry or fear
C. both A and B D. supply other animals with more food
55. The underlined word “extinction” probably means __________.
A. being hungry B. dying out C. growing slowly D. being killed
56.The example of man’s connection with wildlife protection can date back to _______.
A. the third century B. more than 2000 years ago
C. A. D. 1 to 1800 D. over 300 years ago
E
As we all know, any country has good reasons to want its citizens to be as healthy as possible. This led to the introduction of a health service in many countries. France has developed into a country in which all citizens can get most of the health treatment free. The money for this is partly from the people who are willing to offer.
But there are different opinions about the Health Service. The number of patients treated every year and the cost of treatment are much greater than expected. This means that the people who work for the Health Service --- doctors, nurses and other hospital workers, have much more work to do, and as a result they have little time for preventive treatment.
However, the tough problem is that as many people are able to receive treatment more expensive than they can pay, sometimes people go and visit their doctors when they don’t really need to. As there are many patients, doctors cannot spend time long enough with each patient. So some people prefer to pay for their own treatment so that their doctors can examine them more carefully. In fact, some rich people feel that they should pay more free money, which would be given to other citizens.
57. France is described as an example to show that __________.
A. people have to pay part of the medical care
B. everyone in France enjoys free medical care
C. it is a country with the Health Service
D. it is a very rich country in Europe
58. What is the problem in the Health Service?
A. Money is not enough to employ more medical workers.
B. There are not enough well-treated doctors.
C. People can get more preventive treatment.
D. Doctors and nurses are not working hard.
59. Why do many people go and see the doctors even when they really don’t need to?
A. To keep himself even more healthy. B. To receive treatment free of charge.
C. To take back some expensive medicine. D.To get necessary protective treatment.
60. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The Health Service is quite successful so far.
B. People should not go to the doctors unless necessary.
C. There is much to improve the Health Service.
D. The rich should be allowed to pay for the treatment.
第二卷（共50分，請在試卷上作答）
四、根據(jù)句子意思和首字母寫出單詞，完成句子。（10分）
61. It’s o__________ that he hasn’t read the book because he can say nothing about it.
62. The little girl hopes to meet a handsome prince, just like a princess in a fairy t__________.
63. He was__________(好奇的) to know what was happening in the office.
64. The little girl is a __________(有天賦的) dancer.
65. The photo will r__________ me of the days when we were together.
66. Their father bought some new f__________ last week, such as a sofa and a table.
67. I can’t remember__________(精確地) what she said.
68. J__________ from her letter, Mother seems to be feeling a lot better.
69. We should keep a balanced diet and exercise__________ (規(guī)律地)to keep fit.
70. He __________（預言）that war would break out in the next few years.
五、短文改錯。（15分）
此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾(√)，如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤)，則按下列情況改正：
該行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉；
該行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞；
該行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線．在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。
I am worker at the tap water company. I find that 71. __________
people were becoming more and more careful about 72. __________
health .If the tap water appear a little bit unclear 73. __________
and muddy, the telephone will ring again and again. 74. __________
Fortunately, people do not pay equal attention to the 75. __________
protection of water resources .For the sake of our 76. __________
health, we should take good care our water resources 77. __________
and environment. There is a saying “whether we do 78. __________
not careful protect our environment, the last drops 79. __________
of water we will see them will be our own tears.” 80. __________
六、書面表達（25分）
假設你是李華，你的美國筆友Peter曾表示希望來中國教書。你校現(xiàn)需招聘外教，請給他寫封信，告知招聘信息。內(nèi)容主要包括：1.教授課程：英語口語、英語寫作、今日美國、今日英國等; 2.授課對象：高中生; 3.工作量：1）每周12課時，任選三門課，至少教三年; 2）擔任學生英語俱樂部或英語校報顧問（advisor）
注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右； 2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，使行文連貫。 3.開頭已給出。
Dear Peter,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
2013-2014學年度第一學期期中考試
四、根據(jù)句子意思和首字母寫出單詞，完成句子。
61.obvious 62.tale 63.curious 64.talented 65.remind
66.furniture 67.exactly 68.Judging 69.regularly 70.predicted
五、短文改錯：
71.am后加a 72. Were改為are 73.appear改為appears
74.第一個and改為or 75.Fortunately 改為Unfortunately
76.√ 77.care后加of 78.whether改為if 79. careful改為carefully 80.去掉them
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