湖南省长沙市长郡中学2018_2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题2.doc

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1、湖南省长沙市长郡中学2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题时量：120分钟 满分：100分得分_第一部分听力（共两节，满分12分） 第一节 （共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分） 听下面4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。每段对话仅渎一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C.1. What does the woman think of the course? A. Hard. B.

2、 Useless. C. Boring. 2. What is the man probably? A. A shop assistant. B. A bank clerk. C. A fashion designer. 3. What will the woman probably buy? A. A book. B. A dictionary. C. A dress. 4. How late was the man for the wedding? A. Twenty minutes late. B. Thirty minutes late. C. Fifty minutes late.

3、第二节 （共16小题；每小题0.5分，满分8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5段材料，回答第5至7题。 5. When does the conversation probably take place? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 6. What are the speakers talki

4、ng about? A. How to enjoy a game. B. How to ease the stress. C. How to make a speech. 7. What does the woman think important and useful when dealing with exam nervousness? A. Concentrating on the football game. B. Going to bed early. C. Making study plans. 请听第6段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the woman proba

5、bly? A. A tour guide. B. A travel agent. C. A hotel manager. 9. According to the man, why were some people ill? A. Because of the bad food. B. Because of the cold room. C. Because of the tiring tour. 请听第7段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How did the mans friends enjoy themselves in Ogasawara? A. By going fishing.

6、B. By going swimming. C. By going diving. 11. Why did the man get out of the water? A. He had a heart attack. B. He hurt his toes. C. He found some sharks. 12. What happened to the man in Kominato? A. He was bitten by a fish. B. He was frightened by a fish. C. He was stared at by many fishes. 请听第8段材

7、料，回答第13至16题13. What animal bothered the woman? A. A bat. B. A spider. C. A frog. 14. How does the man think the animal got into the house? A. Through the door. B. Through the windows. C. Through the roof. 15. What does the woman say about the animal? A. Its scary. B. Its harmful. C. Its short-sighte

8、d. 16. What does the woman have to do by this Friday? A. Mend the holes in the wall. B. Hand in her working plan. C. Get the animal out of her house. 请听第9段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is Sam probably? A. An adviser. B. A coach. C. A group leader. 18. Where should the rock climbing group meet Mike at noon?

9、A. In the gym. B. In the parking lot. C. In the library. 19. When will the horse riding group probably have lunch? A. At 12:30. B. At 1:00. C. At 1:30. 20. What does the speaker tell the last group to do? A. Have a bath before lunch. B. Go to the drama hall by bus. C. Meet their leader under the tre

10、es. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 211-535-7710 www.metmuseum.orgEntrances Fifth Avenue at 82nd StreetHours Open 7 days a week. Sunday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday and Saturday 10

11、:00-21:00 Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1，and the first Monday in May. Admission $ 25. 00 recommended for adults, $ 12. 00 recommended for students, includes the Main Building and the Cloisters（回廊）on the same day; free for children under 12 with an adult. Free with Admission All spec

12、ial exhibitions, as well as films, lectures, guided tours, concerts, gallery talks, and family/childrens programs are free with admission. Ask about todays activities at the Great Hall Information Desk. The Cloisters Museum and Gardens The Cloisters Museum and Gardens is a branch of the Metropolitan

13、 Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of Europe in the Middle Ages. The extensive collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century. Hours Open 7 days a week. March-October 10:00-17:15 November-

14、February 10:00-16:45 Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1. 21. When can people visit the Cloisters Museum and Gardens? A. At 11:00, on December 25th. B. At 9:30, on March 3rd. C. At 17:00, on February 16th. D. At 15:00, on October 20th. 22. How much may they pay if an adult with her 1

15、0-year-old son visits the museum? A. $12. B. $37. C. $ 25. D. $ 62. 23. The attraction of the Cloisters Museum and Gardens lies in the fact that . A. it opens all the year round B. its collections date from the Middle Ages C. it has a modern European-style garden D. it sells excellent European glass

16、 collections B I was now in my twenty-third year of residence in this island and was so naturalized to the place and to the manner of living that I finally enjoyed the certainty that no savagesc(野人) would come to the place to disturb me, and that I could have been content to spend the rest of my tim

17、e there, even to the last moment, till I had laid me down and died, like the old goat in the cave. I had also arrived to some little recreations and amusements, which made the time pass more pleasantly with me a great deal than it did before. At first, I had taught my Poll to speak. And he did it so

18、 familiarly and talked so clearly and plainly that it was very pleasant to me. And he lived with me no less than six years. How long he might live afterwards, I dont know; though 1 know people have an idea in Brazil that they live a hundred years. Perhaps poor Poll may be alive there still, calling

19、Poor Robin Crusoe to this day. I wish no other English man the ill luck to come there and hear him. But if he did, he would certainly believe it was the devil. My dog was a very pleasant and loving companion to me, for no less than sixteen years of my time, and then died of mere old age. As for my c

20、ats, they multiplied to that degree that I had to shoot several of them at first to keep them from eating up all I had. Besides these, I had two more parrots which talked pretty well and would all call Robin Crusoe, but neither like my first. Nor indeed did I take the pains with any of them that I h

21、ad done with him. I had also several tame sea-fowls, whose names I dont know, who I caught upon the shore and cut their wings and the little stakes which 1 had planted before my castle wall being now grown up to a good thick bush; these fowls all lived among these low trees and bred there, which was

22、 very agreeable to me; so that as 1 said above, I began to be very well contented with the life I led, if it might have been secured from the threat of the savages. 24. How many kinds of animals except humans are mentioned in this passage? A. 3. B. 5. C. 7. D. 9. 25. What does the underlined word th

23、ey in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Savages. B. Brazilians. C. Islanders. D. Parrots. 26. This passage is selected from a novel. The hero of this novel probably comes from A. Brazil B. Australia C. Britain D. the U.S. 27. Which of the following can best summarize the passage? A. Robin Crusoe loved animal

24、s and savages very much.B. Robin Crusoe trained his animals in pleasant ways. C. The animals raised by Robin Crusoe brought him much pleasure. D. The savages always spoiled Robin Crusoes happy life. C People traveling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land,

25、sea, or air. Hardly can anyone positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train carriages soon get crowded. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous(单调的) rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon makes you sleep. During the day, sleep comes in snatches. While

26、at night you rarely manage to sleep. Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted. Long car journey are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speed, but more often than not, the greater span of the jour

27、ney is spent on narrow, uneven roads which are crowded with traffic. By comparison, trips by sea offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs on the broad decks, play games, swim, meet interesting people and enjoy good food-always assuming, of course, that the sea is calm.

28、If it is not and you are likely to get seasick, no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of traveling on a ship. Airplanes have the reputat

29、ion of being dangerous and a little expensive. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet and at over 500 miles an hour is a pleasant experience. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight. The real relaxation can be a free fil

30、m show and some other services. An airplane also offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world. You really see the shape of the land. If the landscape is hidden from the view, you can enjoy the extraordinary sight of unbroken cloud plains that stretch on for miles before you, while the su

31、n shines brilliantly in a clear sky. The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and untired. 28. The author indicates that reading can help lessen . A.

32、the boredom of being in the train B. the tiresome clicking of the wheels C. the sleeplessness during the journey D. the poor atmosphere of the carriages 29. What can we learn about the long distance journey by car? A. It is safe because the car usually goes at high speed. B. It is unpleasant because

33、 reading is quite impossible. C. It is exhausting because you seldom manage to sleep. D. It is dangerous because the traffic is always too busy. 30. Traveling by air is quite different from traveling by other means in that . A. traveling by air is not so tiring as the others B. traveling by air brin

34、gs more fun than the others C. traveling by air is much more expensive than the others D. traveling by air offers more time for sleep than the others 31. Whats the purpose of writing this passage? A. To introduce diverse ways of traveling. B. To point out the best means of traveling. C. To emphasize

35、 the advantages of traveling. D. To introduce how to relax when traveling D Chinas box office numbers continue to grow rapidly. It is estimated that the revenues( 收入) may pass the U. S. markets as soon as this year. However, this cinematic party could be over just as its getting started. Some compan

36、ies are working to convince consumers that the ultimate viewing experience is not on the big screen. Instead, its on the small ones that are already in their pockets-thanks to the technology of virtual reality. Already,VR experience centers are popping up in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. T

37、hey give customers the opportunity to watch VR movies or play VR games for about the same price as a discount movie ticket. Online video sites, meanwhile, are also moving into the VR field. Some of them, like Youku, have launched(推出) their own VR apps and channels. China has more than 700 million sm

38、artphone users. A large percentage of them are already more than willing to download and watch TV shows and even full-length movies on their handsets. This potentially makes them more likely to embrace VR content than Americans and Europeans. But in fact, its not just Chinese companies and video web

39、sites that believe VR will pull viewers away from movie theaters. International production companies that, for years, have made block busters (大片) for cinema audiences are also warning that disruptive change is around the corner. Maureen Fan, chief executive of the Silicon Valley VR start-up Baobab

40、Studios, after bringing her companys animated VR short Invasion to the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, concluded that the field had been evolving much more rapidly than she expected. What I thought would take ten years has happened in one or two, she said. However, she also noted tha

41、t the industry needs more people who can create great stories to move VR beyond a niche product(小众产品 ) and into the mass market. The technology is already there. What continues to be lacking is good content, Fan said. Theres a certain amount, but we would love to see more. 32. What is the main idea

42、of the article? A. Chinas box office numbers might see a slight decline in the coming years. B. People dont need to mind their manners when watching VR movies. C. Movie theaters in China will be increasingly challenged by virtual reality. D. More and more Chinese online video sites have had their ow

43、n VR channels. 33. According to the article, Chinese people might be readier for VR movies than Westerners because . A. Chinas box office numbers have been growing faster than those in the West B. more Chinese people have experienced virtual reality than Westerners C. China has been more supportive

44、of the development of VR than Western countries D. more Chinese people have been watching shows on handsets than Westerners 34. According to the article, it could be hard for VR movies to move into the mass market until A. VR movies become available in theaters B. online video sites launch more VR c

45、hannels C. VR experience centers appear in smaller cities D. there is a larger amount of good content 35. Which of the following statements would Maureen Fan probably agree with? A. VR movies will completely replace traditional movies sooner or later. B. Virtual reality has been experiencing an enor

46、mous development. C. Content matters more than technology when it comes to making movies. D. The West will catch up with China in terms of the development of VR. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Winning an Oscar isnt all about acting ability While the awards claim

47、they recognize the top performances from around the world, a new study has found that youre more likely to win an Oscar if youre an American acting in a film that portrays American culture. 36 British actors are more likely to take home an award. Researchers say the trend suggests viewers are more l

48、ikely to perceive a performance as truly brilliant if they are members of the same social group as the actor. It can be seen, perhaps most famously, in the case of Leonardo DiCaprio, who finally won a long-awaited Oscar in the 88th Academy Awards for his role in The Revenant,which follows the story of an American frontiersman. 37 In 2014, Matthew McConaughey won an Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club,and Jennifer Lawrence took an award home in 2013