1、2012-2013学年云南芒市中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 短语互译（每空 1分，满分 10分） 【小题 1】 make sense 【小题 2】 turn ones back to 【小题 3】 on the contrary 【小题 4】 be content with 【小题 5】 defend against 【小题 6】活跃起来 【小题 7】对 挑剔 【小题 8】丢脸 【小题 9】对 好奇 【小题 10】提前 答案： 【小题 1】讲得通；有意义 【小题 2】背对；背弃 【小题 3】相反 【小题 4】对 满足 【小题 5】保卫 以免受 【小题 6】 come t
2、o life 【小题 7】 be particular about 【小题 8】 lose face 【小题 9】 be curious about 【小题 10】 in advance 单项选择 * _ How can we get to the Five -star Hotel Go straight ahead till you see the tall building at the end of the road. Thanks very much. A Help! B Excuse me. C Look out! D How are you 答案： B 试题分析：考查交际用语。 A
3、救命； B请问；打扰一下； C当心； D你还好吗？ 请问：到五星宾馆怎么走？根据句意说明 B正确。 考点：考查交际用语 点评：交际用语的考查要放在上下文中进行，在平时要加强对一些重点的交际用语的识记和理解。本题的 C项是考查的重点。 As a _ rule, most flowers appear in spring. A common B ordinary C general D original 答案： C 试题分析：考查形容词辨析。 Common 意为 普通的 ， 平常的 ，指常见的，常常发生的，不足为奇的。用于是通常的、常发生的、广泛使用或众所周知的；ordinary 意为 通常的 ，
4、 普通的 ，有 日常的 ， 随时都可以碰到的 。指种类普通且不能从其他中加以区别的 . General普遍的，一般的； original原始的；句意 ;作为一个普遍的规则，大部分的花都是在春天开放。故 C正确。 考点：考查形容词辨析。 点评：对于一些意义相近的形容词要注意其意义的细微差别，在平时要加强辨析。 _ of the students here _ from the countryside. A Three-fourths; are B Three-fourth; is C Three-fourths; is D Three-fourth; are 答案： A 试题分析：考查分数表达法
5、和主谓一致。当分子大于等与 2的时候，分母的序数词使用复数形式。当分数做主语的时候，如果后面的名称是可数名词复数形式，谓语动 词用复数。如果后面的名词是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。本题是三分之二，且后面的名称是 students.故 A正确。 考点：考查分数表达法和主谓一致。 点评：当分子大于等与 2的时候，分母的序数词使用复数形式。当分数做主语的时候，如果后面的名称是可数名词复数形式，谓语动词用复数。如果后面的名词是不可数名词，谓语动词用单数。 Though he was _, he looked down upon those who had a lot of money. A well
6、off B rich C badly off D well-known 答案： C 试题分析：考查形容词辨析。 Well off=rich富有 ;badly off贫穷； well-known著名；句意：尽管他很穷，但是他却看不起那些有钱的人。根据句意说明 C 正确。 考点：考查形容词辨析 点评：对于一些特殊的形容词短语在平时要加强记忆和辨析，如 Well off=rich富有 ;badly off贫穷。 Were talking about the piano and the pianist _ were in the concert we attended last night. A wh
7、ich B whom C who D that 答案： D 试题分析：考查定语从句。本题的先行词是 the piano and the pianist，既有人又有物，故使用关系代词 that.所以 D正确。 考点：考查定语从句 点评：定语从句的关键在于分析句子成分，以及 that， which等关系代词的特殊用法，当先行词既有人又有物，故使用关系代词 that。 The girl sat there quite silent and still with her eyes _ on the wall. A fixing B to be fixed C to be fixing D fixed
8、答案： D 试题分析：考查 with复合结构。 With复合结构： with+宾语 +宾语补足语。当宾语的名词和宾语补足语的动词构成主动关系的时候，使用现在分词的形式。当过二者形成被动关系，使用过去分词。本题的 eyes与 fix构成被动关系，所以使用过去分词的形式。 B项是不定式的被动形式，而不定式表示将来。故 D正确。 考点：考查 with复合结构 点评： With复合结构： with+宾语 +宾语补足语。当宾语的名词和宾语补足语的动词构成主动关系的时候，使用现在分词的形式。当过二者形成被动关系，使用过去分词。 Some people fear that _ air pollution m
9、ay bring about changes in _ weather around the world. A /; the B the; / C an; the D the; a 答案： A 试题分析：考查冠词。 Air pollution是抽象名词，单独使用，不要冠词；第二空用 the特指全世界的天气。句意：一些人担心空气污染会给全球的天气带来变化。故 A正确。 考点：考查冠词 点评：对于冠词的考查主要集中在 the表示特指， a/an表示泛指。另外要注意一些固定结构和不要冠词的情况。 I was _ when I heard the _ news! A disappointing; di
10、sappointed B disappointed; disappointing C disappointing; disappointing D disappointed; disappointed 答案： B 试题分析：考查形容词用法。 Disappointing另人失望的 (常用来形容事物 )；disappointed感到失望的（常用来形容人）；句意 :当我听见那个令人失望的消息的时候，我感觉很失望。故 B正确。 考点：考查形容词用法。 点评：过去分词转换的形容词通常用来形容词人，现在分词转换的形容词通常形容事物。 The picture on the wall is painted b
11、y my nephew. A having hung B hanging C hangs D hang 答案： B 试题分析：考查分词用法。动词 hang表示悬挂的时候没有被动语态，与 picture形成主动关系，故使用现在分词短语做定语修饰 the picture相当于 that hangs on the wall。句意悬挂在墙上的画是有我的侄儿画的。故 B正确。 考点：考查分词做定语 点评：分词做状语要注意主动和被动的关系。当名词和动词构成主动关系的时候，使用现在分词的形式；如果二者构成被动关系，使用过去分词的形式。 It is no good _ him. He doesnt help
12、himself. A helping B having helped C helped D help 答案： A 试题分析：考查固定句型。固定句型 It is no good doing sth做某事是没有用的。排除 CD项。 B项使用完成式，不符合句意。句意：帮助他没有用处，他自己也不帮自己。故 A正确。 考点：考查固定句型 点评：固定句型 It is no good doing sth做某事是没有用的 Can you _ your sister from that group of girls A bring out B pick up C pick out D bring up 答案：
13、C 试题分析：短语辨析。 A 出版；取出；呈现； B 捡起，用车接；恢复； C 挑选；取出； D抚养；呕吐；句意 ;你能从这群女孩子里把你的妹妹挑选出来吗？根据句意说明 C正确。 考点：考查短语辨析 点评：本题考查了动词 bring与 pick的短语，在平时要加强识记和理解，特别要注意一词多义的现象。 It was at the railway station we first met 16 years ago. A where B which C that D when 答案： C 试题分析：考查强调句型。强调句型的基本结构为： it is/was被强调成分that/who其它成分；最大的特
14、点是去掉 it is/wasthat/who 句子仍然成立。本题强调的是 at the railway station句意： 16 年前正是在火车站我们第一次见面了。故 C正确。 考点：考查强调句型 点评：强调句型的基本结构为： it is/was被强调成分 that/who其它成分；最大的特点是去掉 it is/wasthat/w ho 句子仍然成立。 Only through a lot of practice such skills and experience. A you can gain B can you gain C you gain D gain you 答案： B 试题分析
15、：考查倒装句。当 only放在句首，且强调的是状语的时候，使用部分倒装的形式。本题 only放在句首。强调的是方式状语 through a lot of practice，所以使用部分倒装，故 B正确。 考点：考查倒装句 点评：当 only放在句首，且强调的是状语的时候，使用部分倒装的形式 Not only his family but also he Chaplins movies. A like B likes C have liked D has liked 答案： B 试题分析：考查主谓一致。 Not onlybut also 做主语的时候，谓语动词遵循就近一致的原则。本题与 he 保
16、持一致，使用单数形式。故 B正确。 D项的时态错误。 考点：考查主谓一致 点评： Not onlybut also 做主语的时候，谓语动词遵循就近一致的原则。 对于一些就近一致的短语要注意归纳总结。 Would you please keep silent The weather report and I want to listen. A is broadcast B has been broadcast C is being broadcast D was broadcast 答案： C 完型填空 Mary was seven years old. Her parents recently
17、 moved to a new town, and so Mary was going to a 36 school, which was a few kilometers from the house they lived in now. A school bus going around picked up 37 every morning and brought them back to their 38 every afternoon, and as both of Marys parents 39 to go to work, she always went on this bus.
18、 Marys parents always 40 their alarm clock for seven oclock so that none of them would be 41 . But one morning the alarm 42 to go off, and it was not until a quarter past eight that Marys mother suddenly 43 , looked at the clock and said, “Whats ever happened to that clock ” and then 44 into Marys r
19、oom to wake her up. “Im sorry, dear,” she said, “ 45 youll have to wash and dress very quickly, have an even 46 breakfast and then Ill 47 you to school on my way to the office.” “But how can you find the 48, Mum ” Mary said, “Youve been to school only once.” “Yes,” her mother answered, “but youve do
20、ne the 49 several times now on the bus, so you can be my guide to get there, cant you ” “Oh, yes,” said Mary, “I suppose so.” She washed, and 50 and had a quick breakfast, and then they set off. Mary told her mother to turn each time they came to a place she 51 .In this way she made her mother drive
21、 round most of the town 52 they got to her school. When they arrived, her mother saw that it was not really very far from her house. “Why ever did you make me go such a long way round, Mary, instead of the most 53 way ” her mother asked her. “Well, Mum,” answered Mary, “it was because I didnt know 5
22、4 else to get here. Thats the way our bus always goes to 55 the other children to school. 【A big B nice C different D distant 小题1】 A pupils B teachers C parents D passengers A offices B towns C classrooms D homes A seemed B had C refused D used A found B set C cleaned D fixed A late B ready C lazy D
23、 asleep A started B stopped C failed D continued A stood up B stayed up C put up D woke up A rushed B stepped C escaped D jumped A but B and C so D then A later B quicker C easier D heavier A bring B fetch C leave D drive A truth B bus C way D guide A homework B shopping C trip D reading A rose B dr
24、essed C move D showed A wondered B realized C recognized D designed A unless B after C if D before A comfortable B helpful C important D direct A how B when C what D which A look for B pick up C drop by D deal with 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 A 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A
25、【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 B 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 C 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 D 【小题 18】 D 【小题 19】 A 【小题 20】 B 试题分析： 【小题 1】 C 上下文串联。他们来到了一个新的城市 ，那么太要来到一个与以前不一样的学校。 【小题 2】 A 上下文串联。根据上下文的 school bus那么校车应该是来接学生的。 【小题 3】 D 考查常识题。校车每天下午都送学生回家。 【小题 4】 B 上下文串联。下文 she went on this bus说明父母不能送她上学，是因为他们要上班。 【小题
26、 5】 B 固定词组。 Set the alarm设定闹钟。 【小题 6】 A 上下文串联。人们在早晨设闹钟主要就是为了防止早晨无法准时起床而迟到。 【小题 7】 C 上下文串联。根据下文可知闹钟没有响，他们迟到了。 Fail to do sth未能做某事。 【小题 8】 D 短语辨析。 A站立 B熬夜 C搭建，留宿 D苏醒；妈妈突然醒了过来。 【小题 9】 A 动词辨析。 A冲 B踏 C逃跑 D跳；妈妈冲进她的房间把她叫醒。 【小题 10】 A 固定搭配。 I am sorry, but 对不起 ; 【小题 11】 B 形容词辨析。 A更晚 B更快 C更容易 D更重；她要更快点吃早饭。 【小
27、题 12】 D 上下文串联。根据下文内容可知妈妈开车送她上学。 【小题 13】 C 名词辨析。 A真相 B公交车 C路 D导游；她问妈妈她怎么会认识去学校的路。 【小题 14】 C 名词辨析。 A家庭作业 B购物 C旅行 D阅读；指她乘车上学的旅行已经好多次了。 【小题 15】 B 上下文串联。她同意妈妈的安排很快就穿好衣服，吃好饭了。 【小题 16】 C 动词辨析。 A想知道 B意识到 C认出 D设计；每次她认识的地方都让妈妈转弯。 【小题 17】 D 连词辨析。在她们到达学校之前把城市绕了一大半了。 【小题 18】 D 形容词辨析。 A舒服 B有助于 C重要 D直接；妈妈问她为什么不走直接
28、的路。 【小题 19】 A 句意分析。她不知道走别的地方如何能到这里，因为校车就是走那条路线的。 【小题 20】 B 句意分析。这条路就是校车每天接学生多走的路线 。 Pick up用车接某人。 考点：考查故事类完型 点评：本文讲述了 Mary一家来到一个新城市开始新的生活，有一天闹钟没有响，妈妈开车送她上学，结果他们绕了很多的路才来到学校，原来 Mary只认识校车的路线。考查仍然是以上下文的词义辨析为主，要求考生能够在上下文语境在各种词性和词义的辨析，注意语法规则的合理运用。 阅读理解 Science, as we think, was born when the Greek philoso
29、pher ( 哲学家 ) Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.) asked a difficult question: What makes up our universe No one had a ready answer, so Thales went on studying the earth around him, the sky and the stars. He saw so much water on earth and so much water falling from the sky as rain that he decided water must
30、be the basic substance ( 物质 ) of the universe. Other Greek thinkers became interested in this question. They suggested other answers. One said that because air lies around the earth, it must be air that makes up all things. Another said that fire, appearing in different forms, was the building block
31、 of the universe. The Greek philosophers were feeling their way towards the ideas on which chemistry is based. Centuries later, scientists proved that the universe is made up of certain basic substances. But the list is much more complicated than the Greeks realized. We now know of 103 basic substan
32、ces which we call “ elements ( 元素 )”. 【小题 1】 Thales, the famous Greek philosopher, died when he was about _. A 94 years old B 106years old C 40 years old D 46 years old 【小题 2】 The meaning of the underlined word “complicated” in the last paragraph is “ _”. A not difficult B not simple C not famous D
33、not different 【小题 3】 After reading the passage, we can be sure that_. A nothing ever changes in the universe B Thales decided that the basic substance of the universe was air C the universe is made up of four different substances D the early Greek thinkers did much valuable work for the progress of
34、science 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 D 试题分析： 【小题 1】 A 计算题。根据 Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.)说明他出生与公元前 640年，死于公元前 546年，故活了大约 94岁。 A正确。 【小题 2】 B 猜测词义题。根据 But the list is much more complicated than the Greeks realized. We now know of 103 basic substances which we call “ elements ( 元素 )”说明名单上列出来的物质的数量要比人们原
35、来认为的要多得多，故该词应该指复杂，故 B正确。 【小题 3】 D 推理题。根据文章 3,4段说明希腊的思想家们做了很多的推测和想象，为科学的发展做了很大的贡献，故 D正确。 考点：考查历史知识类短文阅读 点评：文章介绍了科学的起源以及希腊的思想家们对于科学的探索和他们对科学的发展做出的贡献。本文内容较为简单，只要读懂文章，根据题目要求定位考查点即可。 Ten years ago I used to be very fit (健康的 ). I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play
36、tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didnt earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasnt a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing. Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a
37、 car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didnt have any time for things like that any more. Theres a lot of stress (压力 ) in my job. Perhaps thats why I starte
38、d drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all. Two months ago I had a heart att
39、ack. At first I just couldnt believe it. Luckily it wasnt very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just havent any time! My job takes everything out of me! Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps
40、 I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I wont earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just dont know what I should do. What do you think 【小题 1】 Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now A His job. B His pay. C His means of tra
41、nsport. D His health. 【小题 2】 According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true A He got higher pay. B His working hours werent long. C He found it very stressful. D He had little free time at weekends. 【小题 3】 After the author had a heart attack, the doc
42、tor advised him _. A not to work any longer B to take a long vacation abroad C to stop smoking and take exercise D not to eat out any more 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 试题分析： 【小题 1】 D 推理题。根据文章第四段 Two months ago I had a heart attack.说明因为工作的关系他现在的身体出了问题，患上了心脏病。故问题出在了健康方面，故 D正确。 【小题 2】 B 推理题。根据第二段第 2行
43、 The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer.说明得到好的工作以后，他的工作时间也会变长，故 B的说法是错误的。故 B符合题意。 【小题 3】 C 细节题。根据第四段 2,3行 The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise.说明 C正确。 考点：考查健康类短文阅读 点评：文章介绍了作者原来的工作很轻松有很多的时间去锻炼身体，后来换了工作，压力变大，工作时间变长，健康
44、方面出了问题。以推理题的考查为主，解推断题最主要的方法是根据词义关系推断具体细节。 Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all t
45、he time. One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that hed better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动 ) his hand and said, “It doesnt matter
46、. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I dont think they will come to visit me.” After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry
47、 about that. “Im very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him. Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didnt come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people
48、present laugh heartily. But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night. 【小题 1】 That day Mark Twain went to the town _. A to see one of his friends B because he wanted to do something there for his writing C because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
