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九江一中2015-2016学年下学期期中考试
高一英语试卷

命题人：高一英语备课组 审题人：高一英语备课组

注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，答题时间120分钟。答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。
2. 第Ⅰ卷（选择题）答案必须使用2B铅笔填涂；第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）必须将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3. 考试结束，将答题卡交回，试卷由个人妥善保管。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分）
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. Who might be the man?
A. A visitor.　 B. A policeman.　 C. A waiter.
2. What was the woman probably doing last night?
A. Reading an interesting story book.
B. Expecting a phone call from the man.
C. Talking to her friends.
3. What does the man think of Mrs Anderson’s lesson?
A. Helpful.　 B. Boring. C. Unnecessary.
4. What’s happened to the man’s Spanish dictionary?
A. It’s too old to be used.
B. The man knows where the woman put the dictionary.
C. The woman probably lost it.
5. Where did Paul plan to go on his way home?
A. To the office.　 B. To the shop. 　C. To the bank.

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’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Teacher and student.　 B. Boss and secretary.　 C. Husband and wife.
7. What happened to the man?
A. He failed a test.　 B. He lost his job. C. He was injured in an accident.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What is the woman’s temperature?
A. 37.5 ℃.　 B. 38.5 ℃.　 C. 39.5 ℃.
9. What is the doctor’s suggestion?
A. Taking some medicine and drinking more water.
B. Staying in bed and having a good rest.
C. Staying in hospital for a few days.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the good news for the two speakers?
A. They will be better paid.　
B. They will have a better position.
C. They will have more vacation.
11. How did the man know the good news?
A. He heard it when announced. B. He got it from an official.
C. He learned it on the paper.
12. What does the woman think of the work?
A. Challenging.　 B. Interesting.　 C. Boring.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Which city is always warm?
A. Seattle.　 B. Boston.　 C. San Diego.
14. Which part of the United States is hot around the year?
A. The southern part.　 B. The eastern part.　 C. The western part.
15. What is the weather like in Portland?
A. It is very hot.　 B. It rains a lot.　 C. It is very cold.
16. What do we know about Chicago and Boston?
A. It is cold all year round.　
B. It is very pleasant in spring and autumn.
C. It is rainy in summer.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What’s the talk mainly about?
A. Traditional libraries.　
B. The importance of the Internet.
C. The good things about the Internet and the library.
18. What helps us find books easily on the Internet?
A. The search engine.　 B. Different micro-blogs.　C. Sending emails.
19. What does the speaker say about the library?
A. It offers a different kind of experience.
B. It’s more convenient and quicker.
C. It has many more books than the Internet.
20. What can be inferred from the talk?
A. The Internet will take the place of libraries some day.
B. Nowadays people don’t read books in the library any more.
C. The Internet and the library are both attractive in their own.

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
One of the first things you will notice about Britain is that they drive on the left, and the steering wheel is on the right. This causes a strange feeling, but driving on the left is not as unusual as you might think; about a quarter of the countries in the world drive on the left. Most of them are former British colonies like Australia, South Africa, and Ireland, but Thailand, Japan and Indonesia also do so. This driving habit is strange to us, but there is a perfectly good reason for it: up till the late eighteenth century, everybody traveled on the left-hand side of the road because it was the best way for mostly right-handed people to protect themselves in violent societies. So when strangers passed the road, they walk on the left to make sure that their sword arm was between them.
After the French revolution in 1789, however, the French government changed sides as part of a great social reorganization. Later, Napoleon, the ruler of France, spread the change to the rest of the continental Europe. He did this because he was left-handed himself, and he wanted his armies to march on the right so that he could keep his left arm between himself and any enemy. From then on, any part of the world which became part of the British Empire marched on the left, and any part controlled by the French marched on the right.
After the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the US became independent and decided to make traffic drive on the right in order to cut its ties with Britain. Once America became the center of the car industry, if you wanted a good car, you bought an American-made right-hand drive vehicles. From then on many countries changed out of necessity.
Today, the EU would like Britain to be the same as the rest of Europe, but this is no longer possible. It would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. The last European country to convert to driving on the right was Sweden in 1967, but there were far fewer cars there, and the population was much smaller.
21. Why did people travel on the left before the late 18th century?
A. They could be safer from attacks.
B. The government required them to do so.
C. There were more left-handed people back then.
D. They could prevent strangers passing by their left side.
22. What was Napoleon’s attitude to walking on the left?
A. Negative. B. Indifferent.
C. Supportive. D. Uncertain.
23. For Americans, driving on the right was a way to show .
A. the connection with France was broken
B. the American Revolutionary War had ended
C. America was the center of the car industry
D. the US was no longer controlled by the UK
24. The underlined phrase “convert to” in the last paragraph means .
A. insist on B. give up
C. change into D. disagree with

B
A solar bag is a long plastic bag made from very thin plastic and colored black to take in solar energy. The heated air inside the bag causes the bag to float. Although the solar bag looks similar to a regular black trash bag, the key difference is the thickness of the plastic. A great science experiment might be testing bags of different thicknesses to see which one floats the highest!
Materials
v Solar bag
v Solar bag string
Notice that the bag is made out of a lightweight plastic material. Be careful when dealing with the bag since the plastic will tear easily.
Carefully take the plastic bag from the packaging and hold one of the open end of the bag. Tie this end with string.
The best time for a launch is in the cool morning. We have not had much success with a launch in the middle of a hot day.
Choose a proper place for the launch. Find a field clear of any buildings, trees and power lines. Choose a day to do the experiment when it is sunny and free of any wind.
Put the solar bag onto a soft surface like grass. Have one person hold the bag open as you begin to run around and fill the bag with air.
Fill the bag with air until about 2 feet remains without air so that you can hold it in your hand. Close the end and use a string to keep it on the ground.
The last part of the work is done by the sun. Gather around the giant bag but try not to touch it—sharp fingernails will easily break the thin plastic. Be careful! The outside of the bag also gets very hot to the touch. It’s important to remember that it may take as long as ten minutes for the air inside to heat up enough to cause the bag to float.
25. What’s the difference between a Solar Bag and a regular black trash bag?
A. The weight. B. The thickness.
C. The material. D. The color.
26. The best time to launch a Solar Bag is in .
A. a sunny cool morning without any wind
B. a sunny hot afternoon without any wind
C. a sunny cool morning with some wind
D. a sunny hot afternoon with some wind
27. A good place for a launch is .
A. between buildings B. in an open area
C. on top of a tree D. near a power station

C
Anna Schiferl hadn’t even got out of bed when she reached for her cell phone and typed a text to her mum, one recent Saturday. Mom was right downstairs in the kitchen. The text? Anna wanted an egg for breakfast. Soon after, Joanna Schiferl called, “If you want to talk to me, Anna, come downstairs and see me?” Anna laughs about it now. “I was kind of being lazy,” she admits.
These days, many people with cell phones prefer texting to a phone call. And that’s creating a communication divide—the talker vs. the texters. Some would argue that it’s no big deal. But many experts say the most successful communicators will, of course, have the competence to do both. And they fear that more of us are unable to have—or at least are avoiding—the traditional face-to-face conversations.
Many professors say it is not common to see students outside of class. “I sit in my office hours lonely now because if my students have a question, they email me, often late at night,” says Rence Hosuton, a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state. “And they never call.”
As Anna sees it: “There are people you’ll text, but won’t call. It’s just a way to stay in touch with each other.” Some believe that scores of texts each day keep people more connected. “ The problem is that conversation is not very deep,” says Joseph Grenny, co-author of the book Cultural Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.
“The problem has been there since we’ve had telephones—probably since the time of a telegraph,” Grenny says. Texting is just the latest way to do that. Though they may not always be so good at deep conversations themselves, Grenny suggests that parents model the behavior for their children and put down their own cell phones. He says that they also should set limits, as Anna’s mom did when she made the “no texting to people in the same house” rule.
28. According to Paragraph 1, Joanna .
A. was very strict with her daughter B. did not know how to use a cell phone
C. was angry that her daughter got up late D. did not have any breakfast that morning
29. Which statement about Rence’s students is true ?
A. They often work late at night. B. They often ask strange questions.
C. Few ask questions face to face. D. Many email her if she feels lonely.
30. In Joseph Grenny’s opinion, .
A. cell phone makes people lonelier
B. telephone help people communicate clearly
C. texting helps people have deeper conversations
D. talking should be encouraged instead of texting
31. What is the main idea of the text?
A. It tells us a wonderful experience of Anna Schiferl.
B. It introduces a new tool used for communication.
C. It discusses the problem caused by sending texts.
D. It talks about the important role of phones in our life.

D
Walking in daffodils (水仙花) on her farm in Camden, US, Roxane Daniel greets different kinds of the flower by name as if they’re dear friends.
“That’s Professor Einstein,” says Daniel, 72, as she reaches down to pick an orange daffodil. “There are Golden Dawn and Early Cheer, and over there is Fortune, one of my favorites.”
Each spring Daniel’s fields are covered with 3 million daffodils, which include more than a thousand kinds.
“I am a painter and live on a hill and always thought how wonderful it would be to look out and see a lot of colors,” says Daniel, who began planting daffodils on her farm during the 1960s.
Daniel always welcomes visitors who pose against the beautiful flowers for their photos.
Nineteen years ago, when money was needed to repair the railroad station in Camden, Daniel got an idea. The idea has developed into the Camden Daffodil Festival organized by the town. It attracts several thousand visitors each March and keeps the town lively all year around.
“The station needed repairing, and I had given all the money we could afford to give,” says Daniel. “It was March, and our daffodils were in blossom. My friend and I were standing in my front yard and I said, ‘If this was for charity, do you think that people would pay to see these flowers?’ ”
Daniel painted a poster, which volunteers displayed at local churches and businesses, inviting flower lovers to her farm.
Each spring, more and more people attend the festival, along with the daffodils and attractions. Visitors get on buses to tour several flower gardens and historic homes. Other festival attractions include an art show and story-telling.
Money from the Daffodil Festival is used to support projects of the Historical Society, and downtown wall paintings, benches and flower boxes.
“Because of Roxane’s idea and her interest in her community, the festival has an important part to play here,”says Sammie Briery, 68, who has 1, 400 daffodils in her own front yard. “The whole town has been caught up in the fun and excitement of having so many visitors.”
32. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that Roxane Daniel .
A. gives each flower a name B. sells daffodils in the spring
C. has a deep love of daffodils D. grows daffodils with her friend
33. What do we know about Roxane Daniel?
A. She has 1, 400 daffodils in her yard.
B. She is kind to people who visit her farm.
C. She began planting daffod