学年度第一学期半期考试A. Carl doesn't need 密 封 线班级：_______________ 姓名：_______________ 考号：________________C. In front of a statue.11. How long does it take to walk to the post office?A. About 15 minutes.B. About 10 minutes.C. About 25 minutes.12. How will the woman go to the post office?A. On foot.B. By bus.C. By taxi.听第9段材料，回答第13～16小题。

13. Why does the man ask for leave?A. To take care of his fatherB. To take care of his children.C. To stay at home to finish his work.14. How long is the man going to be away'?A. For at least one week.B. For at least two weeks.C. For at least three weeks.15. How many children does the man have now?A. Three.B. One.C. Two.16. Who is going to take the man's place?A. Tom.B. Jane.C. Linda.听第10段材料，回答第17～20小题。

17. How was the man injured?A. He was injured in a car accident.B. He was injured in an earthquake.C. He was injured in a football game.18. How long did the man play as a football player?A. Eleven years.B. Ten years.C. Two and a half years.19. What did the doctor say to the man?A. He should listen to his heart.B. He couldn't walk again.C. He could practice playing football.20. What is important in the man's life?A. Having role models.B. Having a happy family.C. Keeping healthy.第二部分笔试（共三节，满分60分）第一节阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）AA 50-year-old American came back to his school. The teachers asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said “Boys and girls I studied in this scho ol forty years ago. When I was at your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now? ”No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. “Good boy! Please answer me dear” said the officer.With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, “If you speak long enough,we won’t have to have maths and biology lessons this morning.”21. The old man came back to the school______.A. to listen to a talkB. to have lessonsC. to give a talkD. to see the children22. The old officer found that the children at that school were______ ever before.A. as good asB. as well asC. as happy asD. much happier than23. How many years did the old officer graduate from this school?A. Fifty yearsB. Forty yearsC. Fifty-five yearsD. Thirty years24. According to the story, we know that________ .A. the short boy didn’t like studying his lessonsB. all the children liked the talkC.the short boy liked the talk very muchD. some children liked to listen to funny talkBMark 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 the 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 in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t 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 wh en he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m 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 mosquitoe s are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people 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.25. That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.A. to see one of his friendsB. because he wanted to do something there for his writingC. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes thereD. to see one of his relatives26. The waiters felt sorry because _____.A. they did something wrong to Mark TwainB. their hotel was too smallC. the room was not very cleanD. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room27. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong roomB. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room numberC. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presentsD. Mark Twain made a joke28. From the story we know _____.A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the nightB. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at nightC. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that ni ghtD. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longerCThere have always been a lot of commonly believed but false ideas about being fat and doing exercise. Some people believe that they can’t help putting on weight as they get older, while others hold that if they stop exercising, their muscles will turn into fat. Here are some more myths:I’ll never lose weight-I come from a fat familyWrong! While we can’t change the body type we are born with, we can’t blame our genes for making us fat. There’s plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families, and the main reason is that they share the same habits of eating too much and exercising too little.I am fat because I burn calories slowly.Wrong！Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism(新陈代谢). In fact, although fat people consume more energy than slim people, they also fail to realize how much they eat! Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately. Exercise is boringWrong! Anything will become boring if you do it repetitively. The key is to develop a balanced and varied program that’s fun as well as progressive. If you enjoy a Sunday walk, take a different route. If you do yoga, try a tai chi class. If you like exercise regularly, set yourself a distance or time challenge.No pain, no gainWrong! Exercise is not meant to hurt. Indeed, pain is your body telling you something’s wrong, and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury. You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly, but this is your body adapting to the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear relatively quickly. If they don’t, rest and seek medical advice.29.What does the author think about being fat?A. It is the family genes that make people fat.B. People are fat because they consume too little energy.C. A diary of exercise can prevent people from becoming fat.D. It is the result of people’s unbalanced lifestyle.30.According to the author, how can we make exercise more interesting?A. By taking different exercise.B. By choosing simple exercise.C. By doing regular exercise.D. By sticking to outdoor exercise.31.What is the author’s opinion about “No pain, no gain” in exercising?A. Keeping fit is basically a painful experience.B. Exercise should be stopped if continuous pain is felt.C. Pain in exercise is a must for reaching your goal.D. Getting used to pain leads to positive changes in your body.32.W hat is the purpose of the passage?A. To show the importance of keeping fit.B. To make some false ideas about keeping fit clear.C. To prove what has long been believed about keeping fit.D. To explain some medical facts about being fat and doing exercise.DThe Hunger Games is a book by an American author Suzanne Collins. It came out in 2008 and has sold millions of copies. You can buy it in 26 different languages.The story happens in the future, after the destruction(毁灭) of North America. There are twelve districts governed by the rich Capitol.The Capitol organized the Hunger Games every year. One boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 in each of the twelve districts are chosen to fight. Only one person will live. The whole country must watch the games on television.The story is about Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen-year-old girl. Her younger sister, Prim, is chosen, but Katniss volunteers to go instead. She has to fight with a boy named Peeta.Where did the idea for The Hunger Games come from? One night in 2003, Suzanne Collins was watching TV. At that time, there was a war between the US and Iraq. The only programs she could find on TV were “reality” programs and news about the war. Suzanne says that the two things started to mix together in her head and she had the idea for The Hunger Games.Some parents in the US have complained about the violence in the book. But Suzanne says she is very worried about how much violence we see on TV nowadays. Suzanne is also worried about the amount of reality TV we watch. “We put too m uch of our lives on TV,” she says. “and we care less for people because of this.” She says that writing about death and violence in the story was the hardest thing for her to do and she hopes it will make people think about what they watch in the future.33. The Hunger Games are organized for those aged______________.A. 6-10B. 11-15.C. 12-18D. 20-2534. Suzanne got the idea for The Hunger Games when she was ___________.A. watching TVB. taking a showerC. playing a gameD. reading a book35. We can learn from the text that ____________.A. Suzanne doesn’t think people put too much of their lives on TVB. some parents don’t think The Hunger Games is a good bookC. The Hunger Games is only popular with kidsD. there are ten poor districts in the story第二节（每小题2分，共10分）根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。