湖北剩州市2017_2018学年高一英语上学期第五次双周考试题.doc

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1、湖北省荆州市2017-2018学年高一英语上学期第五次双周考试题第卷第一部分 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. What happened to Lily? A. She broke her legs last week. B. She broke her arm last week. C. She lost her alarm clock last week.

2、2. How does the man arrive there? A. By bicycle. B. By bus. C. On foot.3. What does the woman mean?A. Mary is healthier than she seems. B. Mary is in good health.C. Mary is in poor health like her.4. Where will the man go for the summer vacation? A. Tokyo. B. London C. Kyoto5. What are the speakers

3、talking about?A. Their neighbours dog. B. Their neighbours garden. C. Their neighbours character.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的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6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Why does Greener World develop educati

4、onal programs for schools? A. To show children how the oceans are being polluted.B. To tell children why over-fishing can happen. C. To make a contribution to these schools.7. Where will a speech be delivered? A. In Greener Worlds meeting hall.B. In the mans school meeting hall.C. In the womans scho

5、ol meeting hall.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Where will the woman move to? A. Guangzhou B. Hangzhou C. Hanzhong.9. When was the woman born? A. On October 11, 1968.B. On October 21, 1968. C. On October 11, 1986.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Whats wrong with the mans camera? A. Its battery runs out very quickly.B. Its bu

6、tton doesnt work properly. C. Its screen always goes black.11. Whats the type of the mans camera? A. IXUS210 B.IXUS220 C. IXUS31012. Where is the repair center? A. On the 17th floor, No. 1553 Palace Street. B. On the 7th floor, No. 1553 Palace Street. C. On the 7th floor, No. 1535 Palace Street.听第9段

7、材料，回答第13至16题。13. What course should the man take in order to graduate this year?A. A science course. B. A medical course. C. An art course.14. What was the man poor at in high school? A. Physics. B. Chemistry. C. Math.15. Which course will the man probably choose at last?A. Biology. B. Geology. C. A

8、stronomy.16. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man cant tolerate the smell in the lab. B. Dr. Cook taught the woman astronomy last term. C. The woman is taking a drama course right now.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What makes it possible for Nancy to fly anywhere in the world? A. Her high annu

9、al salary. B. Support of her flight company. C. Flexible schedule and cheap tickets.18. What do AAI volunteers do besides delivering donations? A. Help needy children with their studies.B. Plant gardens, dig wells, and build clinics.C. Dance and sing songs with needy children.19. What made Nancy hav

10、e a strong desire to give and then create AAI? A. The loss of her father.B. Local peoples suffering from poverty.C. Her trips to modern cities.20. What do we know about AAI?A. Most of its volunteers work in local communities. B. It has a history of fifty-four years. C. It has more than 3000 voluntee

11、rs now.第二部分 阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分，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.AMy father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-seri

12、ous way I knew so well, he said, How would you like to go to Eton? You bet, I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form o

13、f showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt e

14、mbarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100. This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict（冲突）with

15、 his fear of drawing attention to himself. It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them

16、. I remember my eyes stinging（刺痛）and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.Oh, he doesnt want to go away, said my mother, You shouldnt go on like this.” Its up to him, said my father. He can make up his own mind.”21. His father sold

17、his Roils-Royce because _. A. it made him feel uneasy B. it was too old to work well C. it was too expensive to possess D. it was too cheap22. What was the writers reaction to the idea of going to Eton? A. He was very unhappy. B. He didnt believe it. C. He was delighted. D. He had mixed feelings.23.

18、 We can know from the passage that _.A. Children who can go to Eton are very famous B. Children can go to Eton if they will C. It is very difficult for a child to get admitted by EtonD. Children dont have the right to decide whether they will go to EtonB As many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born

19、today have permanent hearing loss. When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions. These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants (人工耳蜗).Help Me Hear Foundation is

20、 a public charity that gives the gift of hearing to deaf children from families existing on very low incomes around the world. Help Me Hear Foundation believes that a childs first years of development are critical. Being able to hear is vital to human, and Help Me Hear Foundation seeks to provide a

21、positive lasting impression on society through its programs. Recipients of Help Me Hear Foundations benefits receive state-of-the-art hearing devices that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars per child over the course of their lifetime. The Foundation raises money through donations for hearing

22、aids and cochlear implants, which saves recipients and their families on average over $50,000 on related expenses.The Foundation tries to be a transparent charity, and wants to be a catalyst for allowing deaf and hearing-impaired children to develop in a typical fashion alongside their peers.Needy f

23、amilies can obtain information on specific services, and find out about deafness education by visiting the Help Me Hear Foundations website. The website offers helpful information on how hearing aids work, and how hearing aids ease many of the learning and language challenges that hearing-impaired c

24、hildren deal with on a daily basis.24. Help Me Hear Foundation was probably set up to _.A. build schools for deaf childrenB. research deaf childrens behaviorC. protect deaf children from being ignoredD. offer real help to poor deaf children25. We learn from the text that _.A. the local government is

25、 in charge of the foundationB. the work of the foundation depends on donationsC. even blind children can turn to the foundationD. poor deaf African children cannot get help from the foundation26. For whom is the text most probably written?A. Poor parents who have deaf children.B. Doctors who want to

26、 improve skills.C. Students who cannot see the blackboard clearly.D. Teachers who have deaf children in their class.27. The author writes the text mainly to _.A. tell how to avoid permanent hearing lossB. explain how hard a life deaf children liveC. introduce Help Me Hear FoundationD. advise people

27、to give money to Help Me Hear Foundation C Whats delicious to eat and comes in a variety of colors? Eggplant! And no, it has nothing to do with chickens! This strangely named vegetable is, however, as versatile as an eggIt can be steamed, fried, and bakedIt can be eaten by itself or combined with me

28、ats and other vegetablesEggplant was first grown in India in the 5th century BC. Its popularity soon spread to China and then throughout AsiaFinally, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know todayInstead,

29、it resembled a white egg. Due to this egg-like appearance, eggplant got its nameIn its early days, the vegetable was so bitter that people often called it amad apple. This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for ones health. People actually thought eggplant could cause in

30、sanity and cancerFortunately today people know that eggplant doesnt cause insanity or cancerIn fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent cancerIn addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this super vegetableSince its high in fiber, eggplant can improve digestionItaly, Turkey, Egypt, Chin

31、a and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world todayDepending on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellowwhiteAnd it can be as small as a tomato or as large as a cucumberDish varieties range from simple to complex, with all of them being deliciousToday, thousands o

32、f people gather in Loomis, Calif, for the annual Loomis Eggplant FestivalThe main activity at the festival is eating delicious eggplant dishesThere is plenty more to do and see, thoughRecipe contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and childrens activities all “eggcite” festivalgoersMost people

33、at the festival would agreeeggplant is an “eggcellent” vegetable28. Eggplant got its name because of its _ Acolor Btaste Cappearance Dvalue29. Which of the following does NOT belong to the qualities of eggplant? AIt can be cooked in various ways BIt can prevent cancer CIt is valuable and priceless D

34、It is easy to digest30. Which of the following is true according to the passage? AEggplant can be eaten to cure cancer BEggplant used to taste bitter CIndia produce the most eggplant in the world today D Eggplant has a history of nearly 1,000 years31. Most people come to the Loomis Eggplant Festival

35、 to_ A. enjoy food with eggplant B. promote eggplant C. take part in recipe contests D. see arts and craftsD We know that cigarette smoking kills. So, producers made electronic cigarettes as a safer smoking choice - safer than tobaccoAlthough e-cigarettes contain the drug nicotine like cigarettes, t

36、hey do not use tobacco and you do not light themThey are powered by battery （电池） However, if e-cigarettes are so safe, why has the United States Center for Disease Control（CDC） seen an increase in telephone calls about e-cigarette poisonings? The answer is childrenMost of the calls are from people w

37、orried about children who have played with the devices, In the period of one month this year, the Center said 215 people called the Center with e-cigarette concerns More than half of these calls were for children aged five and younger The devices had made them sick Tim McAfee is director of the Cent

38、ers Office on Smoking and Health. He says the problem is regulation, meaning the USfederal government does not control e-cigarettes even though they contain liquid nicotineMr.McAfee adds that liquid nicotine is a well-known dangerMrMcAfee explains that nicotine poisoning happens when it gets into th

39、e skin, gets into the eyes or is swallowedIt can cause stomach pain or a sense of unbalanceAnd too much nicotine can kill. Tim McAfee says e-cigarettes do not create the level of risk to people that tobacco products doHe notes that almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cigarettesSo, cigarettes

40、 are the winner in that contest E-cigarettes do not contain hundreds of harmful chemicals that are found in real cigarettesSo, the USSurgeon General Boris D.Lushniak has suggested that e-cigarettes may be a useful tool for adults trying to end their tobacco use But McAfee worries that teenagers may

41、think electronic cigarettes are harmless They could become addicted to the nicotine and then start smoking real cigarettes In other words, he fears that for young people fake e-cigarettes could be a gateway to the real thing32What do the producers think of e-cigarettes?A Dangerous B Expensive C Safe

42、r D Cheaper33Why did the CDC receive so many calls about e-cigarettes?A Parents feared that their children might get poisoned,B Parents found the device useless in quitting smokingC Children swallowed the liquid nicotine from the deviceD Children might get addicted to playing with the device34It can

43、 be inferred from the passage that A the CDC wants to develop a better type of e-cigarettesB the government is in favor of the use of e-cigarettesC Surgeon General Boris D Lushniak is a heavy smokerD smokers most probably cant quit smoking using e-cigarettes35What is Tim McAfees opinion about smokin

44、g?A Adults should use harmless e-cigarettesB Smoking e-cigarettes can make a person sickC He claims that regulations should be made to ban smokingD He is concerned about the teens using e-cigarettes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。If something that youre doing doesnt ch

45、allenge you, then it doesnt change you We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all 36 So challenge the following limits: 1 Figure out what youre scared of and do it continuously If youre a salesman, and youre scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being

46、scared and thinking youll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call 37 But dont stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, Go on, Im not scared! 2 38 Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on Apart from helping you challenge yoursel