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成都七中实验2014届高三上期半期考试英语试卷 说明: 1）本试卷共两卷, 第一卷和第二卷。第一卷的答案请涂在答题卡上, 第二卷的答案请写在答题卡上的规定位置。交卷时交答题卡。 2）试卷总分为150分, 考试时间为120分钟。 第一卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分 听力测试（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5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. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Go to bed early.B. Stay up longer. C. Wake up now. 2. Who does the raincoat belong to? A. The man. B. The womans brother. C. The mans brother.3. What are the speakers doing?A. Walking to somewhere. B. Asking for directions. C. Waiting for the bus.4. Who might the man be?A. A store owner.B. A farmer. C. An animal doctor.5. Whats the mans problem?A. He is annoyed by his reading.B. He is distracted by the noise.C. He has no time for shopping.第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the man think of the subway?A. It is convenient. B. It is crowded. C. It is very complicated.7. How long is the subway in service in the womans country? A. 20 hours a day.B. 18 hours a day.C. 14 hours a day. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至第9题。8. Whats the relationship between the speakers? A. Friends.B. Colleagues. C. Neighbors.9. What does the man want to do? A. Sleep.B. Join the party. C. Listen to the music.听第8段材料, 回答第10至第12题。10. How does the boy recognize what the girl is doing? A. He saw one in college. B. His dad told him about it.C. He used to play with one.11. Why is the man surprised about the thing the girl plays with? A. It takes a few days to learn.B. It will come back.B. C. No one else asked about it.12. Why does the girl suggest watching her first? A. It could be dangerous to play.B. It would be more interesting.C. She wants to show herself.听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。13. Who is the gift for?A. The girls mother.B. The girls father.C. The mans father. 14. What is the brown wallet like?A. It has a beautiful design.B. It has no place to put pictures.C. It is more expensive than the black one.15. What does the girl decide to buy at last?A. A black wallet.B. A brown wallet.C. A tie.16. How much does the girl pay in the end?A. 5 dollars. B. 10 dollars.C. 15 dollars.听第10段材料, 回答第17至第20题。17. What did Alma do at the age of six? A. She wrote an opera.B. She wrote a song.C. She sat through an opera.18. Where does Alma like to write music? A. In the park.B. In her garden.C. In her room.19. Where did the idea for The Sweeper of Dreams come from? A. A dream.B. A book. C. The English National Opera.20. What does Alma think of herself? A. She wants to be like Mozart.B. She is not famous.C. She wants to be herself.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASingapore Swimming Lessons My son was a water phobic(恐惧症) but he recently won the swimming competition held by his school! Three years ago, my family and I were invited to a house warming party. My son, who didnt know how to swim, accidentally fell into the swimming pool while he was playing with the other kids around the pool side area. He looked at me and shouted for help continuously, scared to death. I felt so helpless as I wasnt able to swim as well. I decided to sign my son as well as myself up for private swimming lesson through Happy Fish Swim School. The instructor was patient and friendly and helped my son overcome his phobic of water. Now, my entire family is able to swim and we still head to the pool every week. From: Mrs Cheng (Bedok, Singapore)Our Swimming Instructor Our swimming lessons are conducted by professional swimming instructors certified by Singapore Sport Council (SSC) and Singapore Swimming Teachers Association (SSTA). They are fully trained in CPR and Life-saving skills to ensure the safety of all students (that means you).Why Should You Learn Swimming with Happy Fish? We have a powerful teaching system to conduct ALL swimming lessons. This will save your time and unnecessary costs of learning from different instructors and ending up being on good! You may choose your preferred timing and location for your swimming lesson. Learn how to swim in spite of your busy schedule. We organize group swimming lessons at almost all public swimming pools. Meet new friends and learn new skills at the same time! We also provide private swimming lessons at your convenience. You can be assured of 100% attention from your personal swimming instructor throughout your lesson.We will travel to your designed location at your preferred timing to conduct swimming lessons just for you. Hurry! Just us for the fun in the water today!21. A letter from Mrs Cheng is used to _. A. show the necessity for the children to learn swimming B. advise parents to take good care of their children C. warn people to be careful when learning to swim D. show the importance of finding a good instructor22. What is stressed in the paragraph “Our Swimming Instructor”? A. The training time B. Their training methods C. The swimming lessons D. Their professional team23. According to the text, the groups swimming lessons _. A. are organized at personal swimming pool. B. can help you make new friends. C. are only provided at the appointed places and time. D. are expensive for ordinary people to afford.B Every morning on the way to school, I see the same people I always see: the old lady walking the dog, the man at the newsstand, the skipping twins on their way to the bus stop. I dont know any of their names. In a strange way, I consider them as my friends. Every day, I smile at them, and they smile at me. At school, I like all the subjects. I have friends I have known as long as I can remember. Its as comfortable as being at home. Today at breakfast my parents announce that were going to move because my father has gotten a promotion. On my way to school I look at everything as if seeing it for the first time. The old lady waves at me; her dog wags its tail and gives a tiny bark. The man at the newsstand greets me. The skipping twins run past me to the bus stop. I feel like a different person, a stranger. For the first time ever, my school day is not comfortable. Going home from this day is a relief. Every day, my parents tell me something about the town that will become our new home. There is a statue honoring heroes, an annual strawberry festival and the mayor used to be a pro-football player. There are oak trees in our new neighborhood, just like the one in our yard. On the day before we move, I walk in the same direction as I would if I were going to school. When I see the old lady, I tell her good-bye. The man at the newsstand shakes my hand, too. The twins wave as they board the bus. I walk home slowly. The moves are carrying boxes while my parents are loading suitcases into our car. Soon our house will be empty. But not for long; I know that somewhere there are parents telling their children about a town filled with oak trees, a place where you can get the best milkshake in the world, a place where, if youre lucky, you might see the same people everyday. 24. What can learn from paragraph one? A. The author is a boy of few words. B. The author walks the dog every morning. C. The author gets used to the life he is living. D. There are few people in the authors neighborhood. 25. The authors parents tell him something about the new town every day to _. A. let him forget all his old friends B. make him decide whether to move C. remind him to say goodbye to his classmates D. help him stop worrying about the new home 26. Why does the author take a walk on the day before the family moves? A. to say goodbye to what has been familiar to him. B. to visit the statue in the middle of the town. C. to see if the same people are still in the same places. D. to be away from home when the movers come. 27. The author describes the same people three different times to show that _. A. his life is boring because nothing ever changes B. he feels at home in this town because nothing ever changes C. the new town the family is moving to will have similar people to meet D. the new children who move to his house will become comfortable in it C How to describe the rising philosophy of the day? Id say it is data-ism. We now have the ability to gather huge amounts of data. This ability seems to carry with it certain cultural assumptionsthat everything that can be measured should be measured; that data is a transparent and reliable lens(镜头) that allows us to filter(过滤) out emotionalism and ideology(意识形态); that data will help us do remarkable thingslike foretell the future. At the outset let me celebrate two things data does really well . First, its really good at exposing when our intuitive（直觉的）view of reality is wrong . For example, nearly every person who runs for political office has an intuitive sense that they can powerfully influence their odds(概率) of winning the election if they can just raise and spend more money. But this is largely wrong. After the 2006 election, Sean Trende constructed a graph comparing the incumbent（在任的）campaign spending advantages with their eventual victory. There was barely any relationship between more spending and a bigger victory . Likewise, many teachers have an intuitive sense that different students have different learning styles: some are verbal and some are visual, some focus on details and some on whole. Teachers imagine they will improve outcomes if they tailor their presentations to each student. But theres no evidence to support this either. Second, data can clarify patterns of behavior we havent yet noticed. For example, Ive always assumed people who frequently use words like “I,” “me,” and “mine” are probably more self-centered than people who dont. But as James Pennebaker of the University of Texas notes in his book, The Secret Life of Pronouns, when people are feeling confident, they are focused on the task at hand, not on themselves. High-status, confident people use fewer “I” words, not more. In sum, the data revolution is giving us wonderful ways to understand the present and the past. Will it transform our ability to predict and make decisions about the future? Well see.28. What do people running for political office think they can do? A. Use data analysis to predict the election result. B. Win the election if they can raise enough funds. C. Manipulate public opinion with favorable data. D. Increase the chances of winning by foul means.29. Why do many teachers favor the idea of tailoring their presentations to different students ? A. They think students prefer flexible teaching methods. B. They will be able to try different approaches. C. They believe students learning styles vary. D. They can accommodate students with special needs.30. What does James Pennebaker reveal in The Secret Life of Pronouns ? A. The importance of using pronouns properly. B. Repeated use of first-person pronouns by self-centered people. C. Frequent use of pronouns and future tense by young people. D. A pattern in confident peoples use of pronouns.31. Why is the author skeptical of the data revolution ? A. Data may not be easily accessible. B. Errors may occur with large data samples. C. Data cannot always do what we imagine it can. D. Some data may turn out to be outdated. D It is widely known that any English conversation begins with the weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expressions in Dr. Johnsons famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak. Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles. Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider. Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding. 32. The author mentions Dr. Johnsons comment to show that_. A. most commentators agree with Dr. Johnson B. Dr. Johnson is famous for his weather observation C. the comment was accurate two hundred years ago D. English conversations usually start with the weather 33. What does the underlined word “obsession” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to? A. A social trend.B. An emotional state. C. A historical concept. D. An unknown phenomenon. 34. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that_. A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather B. there is nothing special about the English weather C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty 35. What is the authors main purpose of writing the passage? A. To explain what English weather-speak is about. B. To analyze misconceptions about the English weather. C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman. D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Practical ways to get motivatedBe mindful of your why.If I need to clean the floor, but I really dont like cleaning, then I wont feel very motivated to do it. However, if I have a big enough reason to do it because Im having some guests to come over, or I love the feeling of having a clean floor, then that bigger purpose can be strong enough to get me to act, even though I dont enjoy cleaning. If I stay mindful of why Im doing it, I can get motivated to do it. 36 Celebrate your successes. Its easy to get down on yourself because you havent reached your goal yet. You may overlook all of the hard work and small goals that youve accomplished. Remember to reward yourself and to celebrate your successes. 37 In the same way, how can you motivate yourself if youre not going to reward yourself and celebrate your successes? 38 Imagine how good youll feel when youve reached your goal. Take a moment and think about how youll feel and what youll think after youve achieved it. What does it feel like? 39 Focus on that feeling, and use it to drive you right now to move towards your goal. Just think of how good it will be.Get inspired. Read stories, watch movies, listen to other people who have achieved what you want to achieve. Imagine what they had to go through to get to where they are. Imagine how big the heart is of some of your biggest heroes and how badly they wanted what they achieve. 40 A. Imagine having already achieved it.B. Get help and support when youre not feeling motivated.C. So remind yourself of why youre doing what youre doing.D. What kind of self-talk would you use to motivate yourself?E. Let them inspire you to access your own great desire within.F. You might feel proud, happy, satisfied, or any other emotion.G. Would you be able to properly train a dog without rewarding him?第三部分 英语知识运用第一节 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，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Im an American who has lived in France for nearly 20 years. Ive complained with other Americans about how the French are 41 for friendship. Ive had a 42 time making a living here. Three years ago, I moved to a new neighborhood and felt a strong 43 to meet people so I went to the cinema for Womens Day. I was 44 about the possibility of finding a way to connect to French women through the 45 we would have after the film, perhaps to make friends and get more work. Outside the cinema was a woman with long gray hair asking for money. I 46 my wallet to give her a Euro and then something made me 47 and enter into conversation with her. I said, “Look, all the women going to the cinema here on a Tuesday night are seeing a film that could 48 our life. Id rather buy you a 49 than give you money.” So she came in, 50 behind me because she said the people running the cinema didnt like her. She sat next to me. Then I 51 some women were looking at me 52 . I encouraged the woman to come the following night to an event. I 53 her to an agency that helped women in her 54 . Then, a woman came toward me and said, “Are you the person who 55 a ticket for the woman outside the cinema asking for handouts(救济品)?” When I said yes she said, “I want you to come to the community center where I work. Could you please 56 other employees there?” This was the 57 of a deep friendship and colleague relationship. The woman I took to the cinema that night isnt 58 any longer and she now is a secretary. 59 reaching out to her I make many great friends, have a great job, and 60 myself of many judgments about the French.41. A. suitable B. cold C. anxiousD. famous42. A. local B. good C. perfectD. hard43. A. sympathy B. desireC. memoryD. stress44. A. excited B. nervousC. patientD. angry45. A. argument B. improvementC. discussionD. explanation46. A. gave up B. Picked outC. took onD. Reached for47. A. stop B. leaveC. refuse D. return48. A. defend B. valueC. changeD. spare49. A. ticket B. meal C. presentD. dress50. A. shaking B. strugglingC. hidingD. shouting51. A. guessed B. noticedC. wonderedD. accepted52. A. eagerly B. naturallyC. carelesslyD. curiously53. A. directed B. appointedC. rushedD. attracted54. A. power B. situationC. turnD. place55. A. found B. bought C. charged D. needed56. A. introduce B. hireC. train D. meet57. A. result B. failureC. beginningD. example58. A. homeless B. wordlessC. heartbrokenD. unfriendly59. A. Upon B. Except C. Through D. Before 60. A. persuade B. remindC. tell D. free 第二卷（非选择题，共50分）第三部分 英语知识运用第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内
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