江西省高安市第二中学2015_2016学年高一英语上学期期中试题.doc

高安二中2015-2016（上）期中考试高一英语试题第一部分 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，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小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1.What will the woman do tonight?A. Have dinner with the man. B. Go to the theater. C. Eat out. 2. How does Mary usually get to work?A. By bus. B. By car. C. By subway.3. What does the man suggest the woman do ?A. Work at home. B. Make a plan for a report. C. Finish her homework by Friday. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a hotel. B. At a restaurant. C. At a bank.5. What does the man mean?A. He will walk the dog later. B. He is ready to walk the dog. C. He doesnt feel like walking the dog.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。每段对话有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. How much is the activity?A.$220. B.$289. C. $298.7. What will the woman probably do?A. Go jogging.（慢跑） B. Join a 20-day fast. C. Help starving（饥饿的） children.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What day is the 24th? A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.9. What mistake does the woman make? A. She books two tickets B. She checks the wrong route(路线) C. She remembers the wrong date. 10. What do we know about the man?A. He is talking with the woman on the phone. B. He will take a family tour on the 23rd. C. He will go to Hong Kong on business by air.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.What did the man do just after he left his apartment?A. He started his car. B. He borrowed some money. C. He went back to get his wallet 12. What was wrong with the man?A. He couldnt find his wallet. B. He locked his car keys in his car. C. He parked his car in a wrong place. 13. What will the speakers probably do?A. Get into the mans car. B. Go to the womans house. C. Talk about the mans experience. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What is the woman doing?A. Asking the man to buy a ticket for her. B. Introducing a volleyball match to the man. C. Inviting the man to watch a volleyball match. 15. Where do the teams come from?A. Cuba and China. B. Cuba and Russia. C. China and Russia. 16. How much money does the man give the woman?A. Three pounds. B. Five pounds. C. Ten pounds. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Who is the speaker? A. A manager of a company B.A shop assistant C. A tour guide18. What does the company produce? A .Teaching equipment B. Office supplies C.Electronic(电子的) products 19. Who are the listeners? A. Students B. Teachers C. Workers20. How soon will the speaker be back? A. In half an hour B.In an hour C. In an hour and a half 第二部分、阅读理解（每小题2分，共计30分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AAn old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter（废弃物）. “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ Its just not yet . So, Ill do it for them.”Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbors dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man , out doing the same thing ! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.When I commented（评论） on what a good job he was doing, he said , “ Well , an older fellow in our street does this . And my friend and I thought it wasnt fair that he had to do it all the time , so now we take turns .”Not only was he taking a turn , not only did he have a friend join in as well , but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation（代）！By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children s friends had joined in !This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street sanitary . An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that !21. The old gentleman picks up the litter .A. to make money. B. to keep the environment clean.C. to set an example to children. D. to help the cleaners.22. The underlined word “ sanitary ” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.A. polluted B. crowded C. straight D. clean23. What can we learn from the text ?A. Two heads are better than one . B. Like father , like son .C. The power of example is endless . D. No pains , no gains .BYou may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white insidethinking like a Westerner and yellow outsidelooking like a Chinese.Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them dont speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the Peoples Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. And he is an American citizen.24. “ABC” in this text stands for “_”.A. three English letters B. a kind of bananaC. Americans born in China D. Chinese born in America 25. Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because _.A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outsideB. they think like Westerners but look like ChineseC. they were born in China but go to study in AmericaD. they are Chinese who look like bananas26. C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that _.A. American Chinese are great B. we love American ChineseC. American Chinese are not Chinese citizensD. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes27. This text is mainly about _.A. overseas Chinese B. different kinds of bananas C. the Nobel Prize D. the life story of C. N. YangC The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666 . In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city , where most of the houses were wooden and close together .Over one hundred people became homeless , but only a few lost their lives .The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the Kings baker（面包师）in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family , was able to get out through a window in the roof . A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房）into a small hotel next door .Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.By eight o clock three hundred houses were on fire . On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Pauls and the Guildhall among them.Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire, “People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.”The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fireWith nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stoneIn fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among which were St PaulsThe fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.28. How was the fire put out according to the text?A. The King and his soldiers came to help.B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.C. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled downD. People managed to get enough water from the river.29. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _.Asome people lost their livesBthe birds in the sky were killed by the fireCthe Kings bakery was burned downDmany famous buildings were destroyed30. Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?ABecause Pepys was among those putting out the fire.BBecause Pepys also wrote about the fire.CTo show that poor people suffered most.DTo give readers a clearer picture of the fire.31Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?(a) There was a strong wind.(b) The streets were very narrow(c) Many houses were made of wood. (d) There was not enough water in the city.(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.A(a) and (b) B(a), (b) and (c) C(a), (b), (c) and (d) D(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)DSteve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become good friends. At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always greeted Yaser warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Yaser. He even invited Yaser to have lunch with him. But after the term was over, Steve seemed distant. The two former classmates didnt see each other very often at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve didnt seem very interested in talking to him. Yaser was hurt by Steves change of attitude. “Steve said we were friends,” Yaser complained, “and I thought friends were friends forever.” Yaser was a little confused. As a foreigner, he doesnt understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans use the word “friend” in a very general way. They may call both casual acquaintances(相识的人；熟人) and close companions(伙伴) “friends”. These friendships are based on common interests. When the shared activity ends, the friendship may fade(逐渐消失). Now as Steve and Yaser are no longer classmates, their “friendship” has changed. In some cultures friendship means a strong lifelong bond between two people. In these cultures friendships develop slowly, since they are built to last. American society is one of rapid change. Studies show that one out five American families moves every year. American friendships develop quickly, and they may change just quickly as well. People from the United States may at first seem friendly. Americans often chat easily with strangers. But American friendliness is not always an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yasers , people whove been in this country for only a few months may consider Americans to be fickle(易变的). Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans avoid misunderstandings. It can also help them make friends in the American way.32 According to the passage, _made Yaser a little confused. A. Steves inviting him to dinner B. Steves cold attitude C. Steves studying with him D. Steves misunderstanding him33. We can learn from the passage that_.A. Americans use the word “friend” in a very special way and like to develop a close friendshipB. American friendliness is always an offer of true friendship and is of great valueC. Americans think the friendship will last for ever, even though the shared activity ends D. Americans always base their friendships with others on common interests34. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “they” refers to “_”.A. American friendships B. American families C. People from the United States D. misunderstandings35. This passage mainly tells us_.A. that people should not make friends with Americans. B. that everyone needs friends.C. the importance of keeping friendshipsD. how Americans view friendship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.选项中有两项是多余的. 36 Most of us have one or a few bad habits that wed like to get out of. But how do you do it? I have a few suggestions that have help you and people around me. Here are some tips that can help you to finally get out of that bad habit. 37 .If you tell people around you that you will stop smoking or start to exercise three times a week, then they will check up on you. And you will feel you have to keep your promise because it is let out into the world.Avoid temptations （诱惑）. 38 . Places where you are likely to spend too much money . Things in your cupboard that will not help you to get healthier and you should not have at home at all. And people that drag(拉) you down and back into your old ways. 39 . It may seem like a good idea to change your life all at once. In our daily life , stress and lack(缺乏) of energy usually lead to failure. Dont try to be Superman or Wonder Woman. Take it easy and break one habit at a time. 40 . You will probably not succeed the first time you do it. You fail and you make mistakes when you make changes and try new things. Thats just life an nothing to feel bad about. What should you do next is to try again.A. Know what usually gets you into bad habits.B. Simple tips for getting out of bad habits.C. See your future in your mind.D. If at first you dont succeed, please try again.E. Tell your friends and family .F. The reason why we need to make good habits.G. Dont break more than one habit at a time.第三部分 完型填空（每小题1.5分，共计30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful 41 , and knowing her husband could 42 it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the 43 , her husband told her how 44 he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He 45 her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and 46 a Bible. 47 , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so 48 that she left him. Many years passed and the lady was very 49 in business. She_ 50 large companies . She realized her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to 51 him. She wrote a