高一英语上学期期中试题81.doc

湖北省部分重点中学2016-2017学年度上学期高一期中考试
英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（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. Where did the woman have lunch?
A. At her house. B. At a café. C. On the riverbank.
2. What will the man do?
A. Book a restaurant. B. Have a rest. C. Send out invitations.
3. What time is it now?
A. 4:00. B. 3:30. C. 3:10.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Their university days.
B. A football match.
C. A person.
5. What homework is the boy doing?
A. English. B. Science. C. Maths.
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。每段对话后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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题给出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 will the woman have to do tomorrow?
A. Write a paper.
B. Hand in her paper.
C. Repair the man’s computer.
7. What is the woman most likely to be?
A. A computer programmer.
B. A secretary.
C. A student.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How did the man feel about his trip?
A. Pleased. B. Excited. C. Frightened.
9. What happened to the man in the wildlife park?
A. He ran into a tree.
B. He was attacked by a lion.
C. He was run after by a lion
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where is the man?
A. In Chicago. B. In New York. C. In Los Angeles.
11. How will the woman go to meet the man from the airport?
A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
12. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Book a hotel for her.
B. Talk to the salespeople and customers.
C. Spend some time with her in the centre of the city.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Why did the woman go to China?
A. To do business.
B. To learn Chinese.
C. To get experience on tourism.
14. Who could the woman probably be?
A. A teacher.
B. A student.
C. A tour guide.
15. Where is the woman now?
A. In Australia.
B. In America.
C. In Canada.
16. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She learned a lot in China.
B. She had been in China for a year.
C. She worked as a hotel manager in China.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did people use to think of the statue of Bronze Horseman?
A. Beautiful. B. Famous. C. Important.
18. How many people can St. Isaac’s Cathedral hold at most?
A. 14,000. B.4,000. C. 1,703.
19. What is special about the Winter Palace?
A. It is a museum actually.
B. It houses a great art collection.
C. It allows people to have a great view.
20. What is the talk mainly about?
A. An ancient Russian ruler.
B. Some historical places of interest in Europe.
C. The city of St. Petersburg.
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。
A
Paricutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At that time, Paricutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9, 000 feet high. Today Paricutin is asleep.
What is Paricutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February 20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their corn fields from the Mexican village of Paricutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noise deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.
Large quantities of stone and lava (岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes (灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paricutin went to sleep.
21. Paricutin was once the name of ________.
A. an old mountain B. a peasant C. a village D. a Mexican
22. What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage？
A. Volcanoes are always growing.
B. New volcanoes are active for only ten years.
C. Volcanoes are active from time to time.
D. New volcanoes may appear in places where people do not expect them to be.
23. In this passage the writer is trying to ________.
A. make us believe something B. make up an interesting story
C. tell us an interesting happening D. explain a scientific theory
B
I’ve always felt a need to be prepared for whatever situation I’ve found myself in．
My mother once took me to a store when I was seven years old. She and I got to the checkout counter, and she realized she had forgotten a couple of things on her shopping list. She left me with the cart and ran off to get what she needed.
“I’ll be right back.” she said.
She was gone just a few minutes, but at that time, I had loaded all the things on the belt and everything was rung up. I was left staring at the cashier, who was staring at me. “Do you have money for me, son?” she said. “I’ll need to be paid.”
I didn’t realize she was just trying to amuse herself. So I stood there, ashamed and embarrassed.
By the time my mom returned, I was angry. “You left me here with no money! This lady asked me for the money, and I had nothing to give her.”
Now that I’m an adult, you’ll never catch me with less than $200 in my wallet. I want to be prepared in case I need it.
I’ve always admired people who are over-prepared. In college, I had a classmate named Norman. One day he was giving a speech on an overhead projector(投影仪) and in the middle of his talk, the light bulb（灯泡）on the projector blew out. We would have to wait ten minutes until someone found a new projector.
“It’s Okay.” he announced. “There’s nothing to worry about.”
We watched him walk over to his bag and pull something out. He had brought along a spare bulb for the overhead projector. Who could even think of that?
I often told my students, “When you go into the wilderness, the only thing you can depend on is what you take with you.” And essentially, the wilderness is anywhere but your home or office. So take money. Pack a light bulb. Be prepared.
24. Why was the boy angry with his mother?
A. His mother forgot to buy something． B. He had just quarreled with the cashier．
C. His mother left him alone． D. He lost face in front of the cashier．
25. Why did the cashier ask the boy to pay for the purchases?
A. The boy’s mother was away for something else．
B. The boy was shopping by himself．
C. The boy’s mother asked her to do so．
D. The cashier was playing a joke on him．
26. Why did Norman bring a spare bulb with him?
A. He knew the classroom equipment was of poor quality．
B. He knew the bulb on the projector would blow out．
C. He was always well-prepared．
D. His speech was about bulbs．
27. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Chances favor those who are well-prepared． B. Money is the key that opens all doors.
C. Accidents happen almost every day． D. In fair weather, prepare for a rainy day．
C
Fourth-grader Jaden Darnell has an Xbox 360 and a PlayStation 3. Like many other kids, he also plays games on his phone. At times, he says, it can be hard to tear himself away from a device (设备), especially when he’s playing NBA General Manager.
What makes some video games so attractive? Raph Koster, an expert on game design, says game makers employ a great deal of knowledge about what keeps people playing. He says that whether they know it or not, players like getting feedback (反馈) that they can see or hear. The game Peggle, for example, plays the song “Ode to Joy” every time you succeed at beating a level. “It gives you this amazing amount of celebration,” says Koster.
Game makers also know that once players have put in the time and effort to achieve a goal, they don’t like to give up. So some games are easy at first and become more challenging (挑战性的). At that point, the players may be offered a resource (资源) that makes winning easier. “The game creates a problem that it offers to solve for you in exchange for cash,” explains Ian Bogost, a professor who studies video games at the Georgia Institute of Technology. When players are connected to the Internet, developers can observe what they do. By recording players’ choices, game companies can find out what keeps people interested in and what makes them most likely to buy things.
Besides game developers, scientists are also paying attention to the power of games. Adam Gazzaley, a scientist at the University of California, has developed games that improve attention and memory in older adults. Now Gazzaley and his team are designing brain-building games for kids. “We think that how video games really pull you in and demand your attention can be used to help improve how the brain process (处理) information,” he says. To test the games’ effects on the mind, Gazzaley records brain activity while people play. He says that one day doctors might advise patients to play video games to improve their intelligence.
28．It’s difficult for Jaden Darnell to ______.
A．play NBA General Manager B．play with other kids
C．turn his attention to new games D．stop playing games
29．Why do game makers create games that are easy at first and then become more challenging?
A．To attract more players.
B．To challenge players.
C．To offer a resource that makes winning easier.
D．To make more money.
30．What’s Adam Gazzaley’s attitude towards the future of video games?
A．Worried. B．Doubtful. C．Hopeful. D．Uninterested.
31．What would be the best title for the text?
A．More than a game? B．The future of video games
C．It is game time! D．Say no to video games
D
Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much.
Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive（手写体）, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
32. From Paragraph 1 we can learn .
A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting
B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting
C. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in the teaching job
D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely
33. Which of the following is NOT true for traditional handwriting in the USA?
A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.
B. To write in cursive is taught first.
C. Handwriting includes two skills.
D. The letters are repeated many times.
34. The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. easy to write B. easy to read C. unexpected D. unreadable
35. The best title for the passage is .
A. How to improve handwriting in school B. Handwriting involves two skills
C. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out
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。
How to free your imagination
Believe in yourself
Why is it important to use your imagination? 36 It came from an idea that probably sounded crazy at first. So you should believe in your ideas.
Get inspired
If your imagination needs a kick-start, take inspiration from other people. 37 Exposing (使受影响) yourself to all this activity is certain to get you thinking.
Make it
38 Just pay attention in class, ask questions if you’re not sure about anything, try your hardest and don’t talk during lessons. Easy!
Act up
Spend an afternoon pretending to be someone else. Use your imagination to create funny characters for your friends to pretend to be, too. Give them cool clothes and have a laugh. 39
Dream ideas
When you sleep, your mind can throw out amazing ideas in the form of dreams. People have been known to have created parts of songs in their sleep! 40 Who knows where they could lead?
Write it
Read a story, then stop three quarters of the way through. Then get a pen and paper, or sit at your computer, and make up your very own ending! Let your imagination go crazy.
A．Whoever comes out of character first has to be punished!
B．Every idea and invention in the world first started in someone’s imagination.
C．Read a new book or check out works of art.
D．It can give us good feelings as we let our imagination take over.
E．So keep a dream diary and start writing down your ideas.
F．If you are a shy person, imagine someone who you want to be.
G．Want to stay on the good side of your teachers?
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
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，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。
I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife’s operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were 41 waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the 42 . He he