高一英语下学期期中试题5.doc

2015—2016学年度第二学期期中测试
高一英语试卷
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共120分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共75分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
1. When can they reach the Overseas Chinese Hotel?
A. At 11：35.　　 B. At 11：45.　 C. At 12：00.
2. Why can’t the woman give up working?
A. She enjoys working while studying.
B. She wants to get money to buy beautiful clothes.
C. She needs money to help her family.
3. Where is the lady going now?
A. She’s going to join in the game. B. She’s going to the post office.
C. She’s going to the hospital.
4. What can you learn from the dialogue?
A. They’re old friends. B. They’re neighbors.
C. They meet for the first time.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. The man can change the answer later.
B. The man thinks the third question was wrong.
C. It’s no good crying over spilt milk.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听第6段材料， 回答第6、7题。
6. Where does this conversation take place?
A. At an airport.　　 B. At a railway station.　　 C. In a ferry.
7. What did Mrs. Jones forget?
A. Her passport.　　 B. Her husband.　　 C. Her friend.
听第7段材料， 回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man want to do?
A. He wants to buy a coat.
B. He wants to shorten the sleeves of his coat.
C. He wants to buy a pair of shoes.
9. Why is the coat 6 dollars cheaper this week than last week?
A. Because it is on sale this week.
B. Because its sleeves need to be shortened.
C. Because its material is all wool.
听第8段材料， 回答第10至12题。
10. When did the club open again?
A. On the twelfth. B. On the thirteenth.　 C. On the fourteenth.
11. What will Mary do on Saturday?
A. She will go to see a film. B. She will play tennis.
C. She will go home to see her family.
12.Why does Bill look for today’s newspaper？
A. To get some important news.
B. To find what films are showing this week.
C. To find today’s date.
听第9段材料， 回答第13至16题。
13. When will the woman’s vacation begin?
A. On the fourth of August. B. On the fifth of August.
C. On the fourth of October.
14. How many weeks does the woman want to take in fact?
A. Two weeks.　　 B. One week.　　 C. Three weeks.
15.Where is the woman planning to go？
A. To the beach.　 B. To a hotel.　 C. To her friend’s house.
16. What do you think the man will do at last?
A. He will go with the woman. B. He will enjoy himself at the beach.
C. He will take part of his vacation now.
听第10段材料， 回答第17至20题。
17. Which kind of the following balloons does the writer think are the best for sport?
A. Weather balloons.　　B. Gas balloons.　　 C. Hot air balloons.
18.Why does the most balloonists use hot air balloons？
A. They are safer.　 B. They are larger. C. They are hard to damage.
19.Why do Balloon pilots must be careful？
A. To watch for changes in weather.
B. To check if balloons are good enough to operate.
C. To make clear if balloons are full of enough hot air.
20.How long have Balloons been used for sport？
A.18 years.　　 B.100 years.　　 C. 20 years.
第二部分 英语知识综合运用
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. (共15小题，每题1分, 满分15分)
21. The telephone started ringing all of ______ sudden and ______ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.
A. the; the B. a ; / C. /; / D. a ; the
22. It was not until he came back ___ he knew the police _____ looking for him.
A. which; was B. that; were C. which; were D. that; was
23. It doesn’t make any sense for us to _______ foreigners on public occasions, which will in turn make them _________ us.
A. stare at; glare at B. look at; glance at
C. observe; glance at D. glare at; watch
24. He is one of my previous students and always come to see me whenever ___.
A. he is convenient B. he will be convenient
C. it is convenient to him D. it will be convenient to him
25. However hard I tried to think about it, what he said didn’t really _____to me.
A. figure out B. make out C. get across D. turn out
26. --- Here __________!
--- Here __________ with a young lady.
A. comes my brother; comes he
B. my brother comes; he comes
C. comes my brother; he comes
D. my brother comes; comes he
27. _________ in preparations for the press conference all day, she couldn’t afford any more time for the party.
A. To occupy B. Occupying C. Occupied D. Having occupied
28. It’s reported that women with demanding jobs are almost ________ to suffer a heart attack.
A. as likely twice B. likely twice as C. twice as likely D. twice likely as
29. John is to attend the meeting in place of the manager, who has _____ a bad cold.
A. come up with B. come down to
C. come down with D. come up against
30. Curiosity is a kind of quality, which is ______it takes to make any scientific discoveries.
A. that B. which C. what D. when
31. Farmers _________ great importance to this harvest after the last severe flood, but unfortunately, the storm _________ the crops, ________ the hope of the farmers.
A. attached; destroyed; ruining B. linked; damaged; ruined
C. paid; harmed; destroying D. applied; hurt; damaged
32. — What is upsetting you, dear?
— _____ it is necessary for us to move our home to the city.
A. Why B. How C. That D. Whether
33. The moment Hans finished his driving test perfectly, he got out of the car__________, for this was the third time he had taken the test.
A. in a hurry B. in relief C. in peace D. in shock
34. The book isn’t intended for general readers probably because the author _______ too many scientific terms in it.
A. wrote B. introduced C. analyzed D. employed
35. --Help! Help! police…
--_________. Madam. What’s the trouble?
A. Be quiet B. Calm down
C. Shut your mouth D. Don’t be so rude
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had 36 to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my 37 ，I had a good excuse: A business meeting had 38 and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the 39 ，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I 40 tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not 41 ," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. 42 , my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive 43 mad as well.
Several weeks later, when I 44 the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You 45 a classic mistake. You're stuck 46 your own way of thinking. You didn't 47 to be late. But that's not the point. What is 48 in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention 49 Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, 50 of us felt misunderstood and crazy.
Thinking more about Ken's words, I 51 recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really 52 . I should have started the conversation by expressing 53 my actions affected Eleanor and 54 the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really 55 her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.
36. A. started B. agreed C. continued D. managed
37. A. relief B. surprise C. regret D. sorrow
38. A. broken out B. closed down C. faded away D. run over
39. A. house B. room C. restaurant D. supermarket
40. A. could B. must C. will D. might
41. A. movable B. comfortable C. acceptable D. avoidable
42. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise
43. A. her B. him C. me D. them
44. A. spread B. wrote C. translated D. described
45. A. knew B. made C. found D. took
46. A. in B. beyond C. for D. against
47. A. need B. prove C. pretend D. intend
48. A. funny B. important C. possible D. simple
49. A. while B. after C. until D. unless
50. A. all B. none C. both D. neither
51. A. usually B. merely C. hardly D. gradually
52. A. inspires B. matters C. improves D. challenges
53. A. how B. why C. when D. what
54. A. compared B. reported C. finished D. saved
55. A. showing B. satisfying C. understanding D. destroying
第三部分 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
A
Many English students did not realize that phrases such as “get off of” and “she was stood” were grammatically incorrect. It’s feared that the use of social networking websites and mobile phone text messaging is damaging children’s literacy(读写) skills.
Ministers have also complained that many young people spend too much time playing video games and watching TV instead of reading books. In the latest study, Cambridge Assessment, one of the country’s biggest examination organizations, surveyed more than 2,000teenagers in 26 English secondary schools.
They were presented with various phrases and asked to mark out those with non-standard English. Only 41 percent realized that an adjective had been used in place of an adverb in the phrase “come quick”.
Fewer than six-in-ten pupils correctly identified “get off of” and “she was stood” as ungrammatical. Around a quarter of students failed to spot errors in the phrases “it wasn’t me who done it”, “couldn’t hardly move”, “Tom had gotten cold” and “three mile”. At least a fifth failed to recognize that “more easier” was incorrect. And most one-in-ten students failed to spot the use of a double negative in the phrase “I didn’t break no vase”
Ian McNeilly, from the National Association for the Teaching of English, told the Times Educational Supplement, “For a lot of people—not just young people—their daily use of English is in new media, where non-standard grammatical constructions are more acceptable. That’s unavoidably going to lead to an increased lack of awareness of more standard constructions.”
Dr Beth Black, author of the latest report, said, “It is possible that these less well-recognized nonstandard English forms will find their way into standard English, especially given the view that teenagers are linguistic innovators(语言创新者) who bring about change in standard dialect.”
56. According to the first paragraph, what do people worry about?
A. Text message cost students too much money
B. students can’t use standard English grammar
C. Students are annoyed through social networking websites.
D. Students become violent by playing video games
57. From the result of the survey, about 10 percent of the students failed to___.
A. understand the correct use of the tense
B. know the proper place of an adjective
C. know the use of the adverb
D. find the misuse of a double negative
58. According to Ian McNeilly, which of the following caused the spread of non-standard grammar?
A. People use English in new media
B. People spend little time reading books
C. People didn’t learning grammar well at school
D. People are too careless in their writing
B
The Last Supper is regarded as one of the supreme masterpieces(杰作) in the whole field of pictorial art. Tradition has it that Leonardo Da Vinci worked for ten years upon the painting, the monks in the church annoyed at the delay. It was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals. But at other times he spent hours before the picture, lost in contemplation, examining, comparing, and measuring his figures.
This inactivity aroused the anger of the fussy Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believed that the busier a man seems, the more he accomplishes; and so he tried to find fault with the idle(空闲的) painter. Leonardo was slightly unhappy and explained to somebody else that there is a great difference between the work of the creative artist and the stonemason(石匠). The creative artist needs time for contemplation; he may be busiest when his hands are idlest. Just now he needed two heads to complete the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for where was the man to be found whose face would express the strength, and beauty, and tenderness, and deep sorrow of the Christ; then he also needed a head of Judas, and that was hard to find as well, for where was the man whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor（叛徒）. But he would look no further; if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take Prior as a model for Judas. This threat silenced the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to pass to descendants（后代）in such a fashion.
59. Why did the Prior complain about the delay?
A. Because he thought that the painter idled most of the hours.
B. Because he knew that genius (天才) might be busiest when seemingly idlest.
C. Because he liked the work of a stonemason.
D. Because he was eager to be taken as a model for Judas.
60. What does the underlined word “contemplation ” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. possibility B. intention C. deep thought D. great expectation
61. Which of the following is true?
A. The painter was pleased with the Prior’s anger.
B. The Prior was angry because he thought the painter did not work hard.
C. The painter took one of the monks as a model for Christ.
D. The painter took one of the monks as a model for Judas.
62. Why did the Prior stop complaining?
A. He did not wish to be remembered like an evil traitor after he died.
B. He wanted to be painted as a tender Christ.
C. He disliked to be painted in fashionable clothes.
D. He was pleased to be a fashionable model.
C
In the famous fairy tale, Snow White eats the Queen’s apple and falls victim to a curse; in Shakespeare’s novel, Romeo drinks the poison and dies; some ancient Chinese emperors took pills that contained mercury, believing that it would make them immortal(不朽的), but they died afterward.
Poison has long been an important ingredient in literature and history, and it seems to always be related to evil, danger and death. But how much do you really know about poison?
An exhibition, The Power of Poison, opened last month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, intended to give the audience a more vivid understanding of poison. The exhibition will continue until Aug 2014, reported The New York Times.
The museum tour starts in a rainforest setting, where you can see live examples of some of the most poisonous animals: caterpillars, frogs and spiders. Golden poison frogs, for instance, aren’t much bigger than a coin, but their skin is covered in a poison that can cut off the signaling power of your nerves, and a single frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown humans.
The exhibition also features interactive activities. In an iPad-based