大连22中2016-2017学年高一上学期英语期末试卷及答案.doc

2016—2017学年度上学期期末考试
高一英 语 试 卷
考试时间：120分钟 试题分数：150分
第I卷
第一部分：听力 （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 do we learn about the woman from this conversation?
A. She studies at night. B. Her classes aren’t difficult. C. She enjoys teaching herself at home.
2. Why didn’t the man get the job?
A. Because he was late for the interview. B. Because he had no working experience.
C. Because he was not good at writing.
3. What did the man buy?
A. A new chemistry textbook. B. A used chemistry textbook of the first edition.
C. A used chemistry textbook of the third edition.
4. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. A blouse. B. A clothes store. C. A skirt.
5. What is the man probably doing?
A. Paying for the breakfast. B. Looking for a job. C. Renting a house.
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后，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 woman think of McDonald’s?
A. Crowded. B. Expensive. C. Convenient.
7. How many McDonald’s restaurants are there in the US?
A. About 2,020. B. More than 8,000. C. Over 11,000.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers?[来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#K]
A. Guide and tourists. B. Driver and passenger. C. Guest and receptionist.
9. Where can the man go to listen to music?
A. The garden. B. The tea house. C. The recreation center.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What type of problem is usually shown in the morning?
A. A short news. B. New TV series. C. Sports events.
11. When is the golden time in this country?
A. From 5 pm to 9 pm. B. From 6 pm to 10 pm. C. From 6 pm to 11 pm.
12. What do most people do in the evening in this country?
A. Get together with friends. B. Relax at home. C. Do sports in the gym.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the woman need to do at the travel agency?
A. Buy her plane ticket. B. Have her plane ticket changed. C. Arrange her accommodations in Europe.
14. Why doesn’t the woman want to give up her apartment entirely?
A. She doesn’t have time to move.
B. She doesn’t like sharing a room with others.
C. She would have difficulty finding another apartment around here.w w w .x k b 1.c o m
15. How long will the woman be in Europe?
A. Three weeks. B. Three months. C. Over a year.
16. What will the woman most likely do with her apartment?
A. Rent it to Michael. B. Leave it for no one. C. Rent it to the man she’s talking with.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What should you do when introduced to a group of Germans?
A. Shake hands with everybody. B. Hug everybody including children. C. Kiss everybody’s cheek.
18. What can’t you do when invited to a German family for dinner?
A. Be late. B. Take wine. C. Arrive early.
19. What do Germans usually do on Sundays?
A. Go shopping. B. Stay with their family or friends. C. Work overtime in the office.
20. What can be known about shopping in Germany?
A. You can shop with a credit card in most stores. B. You can buy discount products on weekends.
C. You have to pay in cash for your purchase in most stores.
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
Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life? If yes, don't care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you'll make it!
Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant (No Pay with Free Meals)
Place: Manchester
Hours: Part Time
We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!
Role:
You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.
Skills and Experience Required:
You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.
21. The purpose of the text is to ______ .
A. leave a note B. send an invitation C. present a document D. carry an advertisement
22. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.
B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job.
C. You'll earn a good salary/pay from this job.
D. You'll succeed in getting this job.
23. The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______.
A. to get some financial support B. to properly protect themselves
C. to learn some new living skills D. to realize their own importance
B
My shoe lesson number one.
Back in my days as a salesman, I was on my way to deliver a speech in Newfoundland. Sitting comfortably in the airplane seat, I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat as I realized I had left my dress shoes at home. I was wearing running shoes for an important speech.
I knew I could buy a new pair when I landed. Too late; the stores were already closed. What about in the morning? No, the next day was Sunday and my speech was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Ninety seconds later, however, my cold sweat has been replaced with a single idea.
The next morning, I began my speech, “You might be wondering why I am wearing running shoes today. Well, it’s about this request here. When I’m done speaking, I’ll be running door to door and I want every one of you to come running with me, too.” My little “goof-up” became a clever demonstration(示范) of action speaking louder than words.
My shoe lesson number two.
My brother was getting married. We had just witnessed the signing of the papers at their house, and they were rushing over to another place for the ceremony. As we locked up their house, my wife’s shoes broke. So off to the nearest shoe store we flew. We knew they would wait for us before starting the ceremony. What we did not know was how long they would wait.
That day, my wife performed a miracle(奇迹)that no other woman had done before or since. She went into the store and came out just five minutes later with the perfect pair of shoes.
Perhaps the most important lesson here is that, contrary/opposite to popular belief, the shoe does not make the man/woman. But the lack(缺乏) of shoes can surely build character.
24. Upon thinking of his shoes on the plane, the author felt________
A. proud B. delighted C. panicky and tense D. encouraged
25. What does the underlined part “goof-up” probably mean?________
A. Image B. Mistake C. Success D. Present
26. Before entering the shoe store, the author thought it _________
A. strange to be in a dilemma/trouble for a second time
B. a great pity to have to miss his brother’s wedding
C. important to test the quality(质量)) of a new pair of shoes
D. unlikely for his wife to finish shopping in a short time
27. What’s the message the author shows in the text?_________
A. Emergencies(紧急情况) can help shape our character.
B. You can never judge (判断) a person by his looks.
C. It’s hard to change our character overnight.
D. Never buy shoes without trying them on first.
C
We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？Shouldn’t we know who they are?
Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions. According to Mclean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
Her students agree. One young man with a patent(专利) for an unbreakable umbrella is a walking proof of Mclean’s statement. “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper’s invention,” said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major,” “I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rain storm into something so constructive/useful.” Lee is currently considering to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.
Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light. It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
28. By mentioning/referring to “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates/shows that countless inventions are .
A. beneficial/helpful, because their inventors are famous
B. beneficial, though their inventors are less famous
C. not useful, because their inventors are less famous
D. not useful, though their inventors are famous
29. Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.
A. add color and variety to students’ campus life
B. inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention
C. carry out the requirements by Mountain University
D. prepare students to try their own inventions
30. Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.
A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer
B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper
C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm
D. not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures
31. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?
A. How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?
B. How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?
C. Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
D. Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?
D
The oddness of life in space never quite goes away. Here are some examples.
First consider something as simple as sleep. Its position presents its own challenges. The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag. If you leave your arms out, they float(漂浮) free in zero gravity(重力), often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny balled (芭蕾)dancer. “I’m an inside guy,” Mike Hopkins says, who returned from a six-month tour on the International Space Station. “I like to be wrapped up.”
On the station, the ordinary becomes strange. The exercise bike for the American astronauts has no handlebars. It also has no seat. With no gravity, it’s just as easy to pedal(骑车)violently. You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want. But station residents/citizens have to be careful about staying in one place too long. Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon-dioxide you breathe in has a tendency to form an invisible (隐形的)cloud around your head. You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache.
Leroy Chiao, 54, an American retired astronaut after four flights, describes what happens even before you float out of your seat. “Your inner ear thinks you’re falling. At the same time your eyes are telling you you’re standing straight. That can be annoying—that’s why some people feel sick.” Within a couple days —truly terrible days for some ---- astronauts’ brains learn to ignore the panicky and nervous signals from the inner ear, and space sickness disappears.
Space travel can be so delightful but at the same time invisibly dangerous. For instance, astronauts lose bone mass. That’s why exercise is considered so vital/important that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule. The focus on fitness is as much about science and the future as it is about keeping any individual astronauts healthy. NASA is worried about two things: recovery time once astronauts return home, and, more importantly, how to maintain/keep strength and fitness for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to Mars.
32. What is the major challenge to astronauts when they sleep in space?
A. Deciding on a proper sleep position. B. Choosing a comfortable sleeping bag.
C. Seeking/Looking for a way to fall asleep quickly. D. Finding a right time to go to
33. The astronauts will suffer from a carbon-dioxide headache when _____.
A. they circle around on their bikes B. they use microcomputers without a stop
C. they exercise in one place for a long time D. they watch a movie while pedaling
34. Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because _____.
A. their senses stop working B. they have to stand up straight
C. they float out of their seats unexpectedly D. Their brains receive opposite messages
35. One of the NASA’s major concerns/worries about astronauts is _____.
A. how much exercise they do on the station B. how they can remain healthy for long in space
C. whether they can recover after returning home D. whether they are able to go back to the station

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。
Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article entitled Stress (压力) and Sleep, indicates/shows that stress and sleep are directly related. Dr. Winkle says, “ 36 If we can find a way to get a good night’s sleep,” he adds, “we can often find the energy to deal with what’s worrying us.”
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