广东省揭阳一中2014-2015学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段考试试题.doc

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1、广东省揭阳一中2014-2015学年高一下学期第一次阶段考试英语试卷 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节 听力理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Conversation 11. What are the speakers most probably going to do?A. Have a picnic. B. Go shopping. C. Visit the womans dad.2. Whats the re

2、lationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Mother and son.Conversation 23. How much does the woman have to pay?A. 7 B. 20 C. 21 4. Where are the two speakers?A. At a cinema. B. At a clothing store. C. At a bookstore.Conversation 35. Where is the man going?A. To the Natio

3、nal Park. B. To West Hill. C. To the subway station.6. How long will it take to get there by subway?A. About ten minutes. B. About twenty minutes. C. About forty minutes.Conversation 47. Whats the relationship between Andy and the man?A. Friends. B. Brothers. C. Father and son.8. Who lost Alices pin

4、g-pong bat?A. James. B. Andy. C. Her sister.9. What does Alice want Andy to do?A. Bring a book to her. B. Play basketball with her. C. Buy a book for her.Conversation 510. What do we know about the book?A. Its about some people on an island. B. Its story about animals.C. Its based on a true story.11

5、. How did the woman find out the name of the book?A. By asking the man. B. By calling someone. C. By searching the Internet.12. What will the man do after the conversation?A. Go to another store. B. Get the book. C. Ask for another book.Conversation 613. Where can the sand cat be found?A. In Central

6、 Asia. B. In Central Africa. C. In South Africa.14. How long can a sand cat grow at most?A. 35 centimeters. B. 45 centimeters. C. 57 centimeters.15. What does the man want to be?A. A writer. B. A teacher. C. An animal expert.第二节 听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为1620的空格中。听

7、录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒的作答时间。My 16. Mary GreenPersonal informationborn in Chicagoattending Columbia University at the age of 17. Her teaching experiencehaving taught in the US, France, Italy and so onReasons why we like hertelling us about her 18._ in other countriesencouraging us to 19._helpi

8、ng us to be more 20. _II 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A school teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few 21 . Each tomato will be given a name of a person that the chi

9、ld 22 , so the number of tomatoes that a child will put in the plastic bag will depend on the number of people the child hates.So when the day came, every 23 brought some tomatoes. Some had two; some three while some up to five tomatoes. The teacher then told the children to 24 with them the tomatoe

10、s in the plastic 25 wherever they go.Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the 26 smell let out by the rotten tomatoes. Besides, those having more tomatoes had to carry 27 bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.The teacher a

11、sked: “How did you 28 while carrying the tomatoes with you for 1 29 ?”The children let out their frustrations and started 30 of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and 31 tomatoes wherever they go.Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the 32 . “This is ex

12、actly the 33 when you carry your hatred(憎恨) for somebody inside your heart. The unpleasant smell of hatred will pollute your 34 and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten tomatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the smell of ha

13、tred in your heart for your lifetime?”So 35 others is that best attitude to take!A. potatoesB. peachesC. applesD. tomatoesA. likesB. wantsC. knowsD. hatesA. boyB. childC. girlD. babyA. carryB. watchC. eatD. enjoyA. boxB. bagC. bowlD. bottleA. uncertainB. unhealthyC. unpleasantD. unimportantA. heavie

14、rB. largerC. betterD. dirtierA. feelB. surviveC. manageD. knowA. monthB. yearC. fortnightD. weekA. thinkingB. complainingC. approvingD. dreamingA. tastyB. bitterC. smellyD. saltyA. foodB. bagC. gameD. storyA. adviceB. situationC. informationD. noticeA. handsB. schoolbagsC. mouthD. heartA. forgivingB

15、. understandingC. knowingD. admiringIII 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3645的相应位置上。A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. 36 sat next to each other. “Whats that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside t

16、he old man. “Gold. There was nothing but gold,” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was 37 great surprise. Then he began to think about 38 to get the money. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man

17、39 (lie) down on the chair and fell asleep. The young man took 40 big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old mans body. Several times he tried to pull it out, 41 in vain（徒劳）. At last he took off his coat, 42 (think) that th

18、e gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.Worried but 43 (delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place 44 he thought the old man couldnt find him. He stopped and 45 (quick) opened the bag but he just found a great many o

19、f small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station hurriedly only to find that the old man was gone. 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。ATwenty years ago or so, I was a 13-year-old runaway from an Oxford boarding school. It was late at night and I had nowh

20、ere to go. A number of people walked past me and stared interestedly at me. I was very frightened. Anything could have happened to me that night, but I met you. I still remember your words as you walked past me for a second time. “Excuse me. It is so dangerous for a girl to walk on the street at nig

21、ht. Would you like to spend the night at my house?”You were a sensible-looking young woman. It seemed to obvious to me that I could trust you. You took me to your flat and let me sleep on the floor. You made me a cup of tea and left me to sleep somewhere safe and warm.In the morning, you convinced m

22、e to do “the right thing”. As I was leaving, you hesitantly admitted that a friend of yours had died and you had been “in a bad place” that night. You suggested that my presence had stopped you doing “something stupid” and I felt that we had helped each other. That knowledge helped me return to scho

23、ol.For some reason I didnt tell anyone where I had spent the night. I was worried they would criticize you for not calling the police. I told my mother about you several years later and I knew she wished that she could thank you for keeping me safe.I hope you understand that I am grateful. My life c

24、ould have been very different if someone else had found me that night. I hope you have recovered from your friends death. I hope youre OK now. And I hope you read this so that I can finally say “thank you”.46. People stared at the writer interestedly probably because they wanted to know why _.A. she

25、 was so frightened B. she ran out of schoolC. the woman helped her D. she walked the street alone at night47. The writer trusted the woman mainly because _.A. she was very kind to the writer B. she told the writer about her secretC. she was sad about her friends death D. she persuaded the writer to

26、do the right thing48.The underlined phrase “in a bad place” can be replace by “ _ ”.A. in a bad position B. in a bad moodC. in a bad manner D. in a bad relationship 49. If the writer met others that night, they would probably _ .A. call the police for help B. ask the writer to return to school C. st

27、op the writer doing something stupid D. provide the writer with a safe and warm place50. What is the writers attitude towards the woman?A. Thankful B. Doubtful C. Disappointed D. Frightened BTwinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a charming song for children, but it contains two misunderstandings. First, s

28、tars arent little. Some may be Earth-sized, but most are bigger than Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Second, they dont twinkle; they shine. And the brightness and color of the light from each star provide information about its temperature, size and even its age and likely fate.Viewi

29、ng the stars from Earth is a bit like looking at them through a water filter because the atmosphere is dense(稠密的) compared to the emptiness of space. Moreover, air is always moving, son starlight appears to be moving, too. The atmosphere also makes stars appear dimmer than they would be if we could

30、see them from space.If you stop and examine the sky on a dark and moonless night, its easy to recognize color differences among stars. The color of a star is a visual signal of its surface temperature. The hottest stars are blue, and the next hottest are white. Yellow stars like the sun are next, wh

31、ile red stars are the coolest of the visible stars. Many red stars are so dim that people cant see them at all, and some stars hardly send out any light at all. One reason that stars differ in brightness is that hotter stars produce more energy than cooler ones, but another important reason is that

32、some are much bigger than others.Some stars appear brighter to human beings simply because theyre closer. Astronomers rank the brightness of stars which are seen form Earth by assigning them a number known as apparent magnitude(视星等) - the smaller the apparent magnitude, the brighter the object. They

33、 have also designed a measure that ranks stars according to how bright they are when compared to each other. With an apparent magnitude of minus 26.7, the sun is the brightest object in the sky.51. From the song quite familiar to children, the writer wants to prove that _.A. most stars are smaller t

34、han Jupiter B. Jupiter is bigger and brighter than EarthC. stars are very large and always shine brightlyD. starlights brightness and color reflect its temperature52. The underlined phrase “a water filter” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A. the atmosphere B. the cloud C. the air D. the earth53. From Para

35、graph 3, we can know that _.A. a red star often sends out much brighter lightB. a blue or white star is hotter than a red or yellow starC. a yellow star like the sun is the hottest in spaceD. a blue star is much bigger than stars in other colors54. Apparent magnitude is designed to measure _.A. how

36、far a star is from Earth B. how far a star is from other starsC. how bright a star is seen from Earth D. how bright a star is compared to other stars55. Which is the best title of this passage?A. What do stars look like? B. Which song do children like best?C. How to view the stars from Earth? D. Why

37、 are many stars so dim at night?CI recently read a book named Silent Spring writer by Rachel Carson. In this book, she warned that some chemicals used in pesticides(杀虫剂) were polluting the air, the water, the earth, and all creatures on earth. After reading the book, I felt deeply concerned. So you

38、may ask, “Are pesticides really dangerous to use?” My answer is yes. And here are my reasons. Do harm to life in water.Pesticides do not stay in one place. Their particles(颗粒) fly through the air when they are used, sinking into the soil in the end. The chemicals are then carried away by runoff wate

39、r, often into rivers and oceans, where they can kill water plants. In the US, for example, pesticides flow into the Mississippi River every year. They then travel to the Gulf Coast, where the rest chemicals kill off yards of wetlands. According to experts, plants in rivers and oceans provide 80 perc

40、ent of the oxygen content. When pesticides harm these plants, life in rivers and oceans will be harmed as a result. Pesticides not only go into water sources, causing problems there, but they also cause problems on land. When species on land often contact these chemicals, the result can be those ani

41、mals lowered weight, lowered power to fight diseases, loss of attention, and even death.Do harm to humansHumans are immune(免疫的) to the effects that wildlife experiences. Pesticides may become part of the food eaten by humans. They remain and increase gradually in our bodies. Some chemicals in pestic

42、ides can cause cancer. They may also harm skin and lungs. Recent studies have shown that pesticides can affect human brainwave activity and cause loss of memory and inability to concentrate.Now we can conclude that pesticides are really dangerous to use. They should be replaced for the sake of natur

43、e and our health.56. When reading the book Silent Spring, the writer was extremely _.A. interested B. bored C. inspired D. worried57. Chemicals in pesticides can do harm to life in water mainly because _ .A. their particles fly into rivers and oceans B. pesticides are used to kill animals in waterC.

44、 running water carries them to rivers and oceansD. food with such chemicals is used to feed life in water58. What would be the best subtitle for paragraph 3?A. Do harm to plants in water B. Do harm to the environment C. Do harm to wildlife on land D. Do harm to food for wildlife59. Recent studies sh

45、ow that pesticides can lead to A. cancer in humans B. poor memory in humansC. decrease in humans weight D. damage to humans skin and lungs60. Whats the writers purpose in writing the passage?A. To persuade us not to use pesticides. B. To encourage us to read Silent Spring.C. To explain why we should

46、nt use pesticides.D. To prove that pesticides are dangerous to use.DPet lovers are always arguing whether cats are better than dogs. Now there is a report showing that it may be a difficult choice - at least when it comes to drinking water.In 2010, a team of researchers observed how some cats drank water. What they discovered was that cats had found an efficient and nice way to drink water. They began by gently touching the surface of the water with their tongue and then quickly action allowed some water to stick to t