北京四中2013届高三上学期期中测验英语试题英语试卷（试卷满分150分，考试时间为120分钟）第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话或独白后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话或独白你将听一遍。1. How will the woman go to the meeting? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.2. What will the woman most probably do tonight? A. Go to the theater. B. Stay at home. C. Make some plans.3. What does the man mean? A. He is a big fan of chocolate. B. He doesn’t want any chocolate cake. C. He has already tried some of the chocolate.4. Where are the speakers? A. In a repair shop. B. In a camera store.C. In a photography studio.5. Why does the man say sorry? A. The house is in disorder. B. The plates and cups are broken. C. He has been away for a long time.第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）听下面4段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What are the speakers talking about? A. When to have a holiday. B. Whether to go on a holiday. C. Where to spend their holiday.7. Where do the speakers live? A. In England. B. In France. C. In Spain.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Who is Dave? A. A police officer. B. A victim. C. A thief.9. How does the woman feel about Dave’s end? A. Satisfied. B. Surprised. C. Sad.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the woman have to do? A. Do too much work. B. Do something interesting. C. Finish lots of work in a short time.11. What do we know about the man? A. He is good at Asian culture. B. He went to China a long time ago. C. He can’t provide useful information for the woman.12. What will the man do for the woman? A. Write the research project for her. B. Search the information online. C. Have a talk with the professor.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. What did the woman do last week? A. She had an argument with the man. B. She bought a present for her mother. C. She went to an expensive restaurant.14. What day is today? A. Tuesday. B. Thursday. C. Sunday.15. What does the woman suggest? A. Asking for help. B. Making a budget. C. Choosing a cheaper restaurant.第三节（共5小题; 每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面的一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词，听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间，这段对话你将听两遍。A Story CompetitionTitle Holiday AdventureContent About a difficult but 16. journey anywhere in the worldLength Between 17. and 1,000 wordsDeadline 18. 15thExtra requirement Being original No more than one story With your full name and 19. on the back of each page of the storyAddress Up For It, radio Nova, 33-41 Saxon Court, London EC2 4AWPrize A trip across 20. 第二部分 英语知识应用（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）从A, B, C, D四个选项中．选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．21．She is _____ newcomer to _____chemistry but she has already made some important discoveries.A. the; the B. the; / C. a; / D. a; the22. — Shall we go and have a picnic at the weekend? — ______. According to the weather forecast, there might be a cold front by then．A. Why not B. We can wait C. No, let's not D. It depends23. — Isn’t it hard to drive downtown to work? —Yeah, that’s why I ______ to work by train.A. have gone B. have been going C. was going D. will have gone24. This ticket _____ one adult and one child to the show.A. promises B. enters C. admits D. includes25. He failed in the exams and only then _____ how much time he had wasted.A. he realized B. did he realizeC. he had realized D. had he realized26. —Where _____ Mary have put the empty bottles? — She _____ them away. They must be somewhere.A. can; can’t have thrown B. must; needn’tC. must; must have thrown D. can; mustn’t have thrown27. — They have discussed the problem for hours. — Have they come to any_____?A. end B. result C. opinion D. conclusion28. _____, the worse I seem to feel.A. When I take more medicine B. The more medicine I takeC. Taking more of the medicine D. More medicine taken29. _____ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory. A. To throw B. Thrown C. Being thrown D. Throwing30. You are saying that everyone is equal, _____ is _____ I disagree.A. that; what B. which; what C. that; where D. which; where31. — David, your application for a loan has _____. —Thank goodness! I badly need it now.A. gone through B. pulled through C. gone over D. signed over32. The little girl sat at the door with her legs _____ and kept her eyes _____at the planes flying in the sky.A. crossed; looking B. crossing; lookingC. crossed; looked D. crossing; looked33. — I really don’t know how to thank you enough. — _____.A. No problem B. Think nothing of itC. Not at all D. It doesn’t matter34. — Did a letter come for me this morning? — Yes. _____ came for you.A. That B. It C. One D. The letter35. _____ you didn’t know the rules won’t be an excuse for your failure to report. A. That B. What C. Because D. How第二节 完形填空 （共20小题; 每小题 1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped(低垂), this one looked as if it were 36 itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an) 37 price of $28, which was popular just then with 38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that 39 of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.John 40 the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile "Did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said, 41 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 42 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness(作对)and reasoned discussion replaced fierce 43 . He became more mannerly and 44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 45 his behavior.When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and 46 what caused the changes, she said laughing. "It 47 be his coat!" Another teacher told him she was giving him a good 48 not only because he had earned 49 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?" he asked surprisingly, 50 John's new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.John and I both know we should never 51 a person's clothes for the real person within them. 52 there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 53 what is on the inside to what is on the outside.For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to 54 as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 55 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
