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1、|下关一中 20172018 学年高一年级下学期期末考英语试题试卷满分 150 分 考试时间 120 分钟第 I 卷（选择题，共 100 分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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 does the man like to drink? A. Tea

2、. B. Coffee. C. Water.2. What does the man usually do on Sunday afternoons?A. He goes shopping.B. He works in the garden.C. He reads the newspaper.3. When will the match begin, according to the man?A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.4. What will the man do next? A. Go to the movies.B. Keep on studyi

3、ng.C. Check out some books.5. Who is the girl talking to? A. Her dentist. B. The police. C. A vet.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 225 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。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、7 题。6. Where does the woman want to go? A.

4、To a school. B. To a car factory. C. To a bank.7. How can the woman get there? A. Go along the road, turn left and go straight.B. Go along the road, turn right and go straight.C. Turn around and go along the road.|听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the man do in Mr. Turners shop last week? A. He bought

5、a suit.B. He ordered a suit.C. He returned a suit.9. What will the man do in the afternoon?A. Go to the shop.B. Call Mr. Turner.C. Attend a meeting.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will Millies mother receive for her birthday?A. A shirt. B. A skirt. C. A small cake.11. Who will cook the special dinne

6、r?A. Millies father. B. Millies friend. C. Millie.12. Where will the speakers go this afternoon? A. To a bakery. B. To a grocery store. C. To a gift shop.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What month is it now? A. January. B. February. C. June.14. Where will Lily spend Spring Festival? A. In the city center

7、.B. In her hometown.C. In the mans hometown.15. What does Lily think of the festival?A. Boring. B. Ordinary. C. Interesting.16. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Brother and sister. C. Co-workers.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What day is it today?A. Sunday. B. Monday.

8、 C. Tuesday.18. What should people be sure to do today? A. Stay inside.B. Wear sunglasses.C. Take an umbrella.19. How much rain will come tomorrow?A. Only a little. B. None at all. C. Quite a lot.20. What might the weather be like on Friday?A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Stormy.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）|第 1 节

9、 （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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AVancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of British Columbia. Vancouver is the largest city in the province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km. It is surrounded by

10、water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast Range. Its climate is one of the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3C in January and 18C in July. Vancouvers most rainfall occurs in winter.Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver area by 500 BC. British nava

11、l captain George Vancouver explored the area in 1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the 1870s. The city was united in 1886 and renamed after Captain Vancouver.As the main western terminus of Canadas transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver is the primar

12、y city of western Canada, as well as one of the nations largest industrial centres.The Port of Vancouver is Canadas largest and most various port, trading more than $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. Port activities generate 69,200 jobs in total with $4 billion in gro

13、ss domestic product (GDP) and $8.9 billion in economic output. Vancouver is a major tourist place. In addition to the citys scenic location, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens and world-famous Stanley Park, one of more than 180 city parks, and a combination of natural forest and parklands near the cit

14、y centre.21. Which of the following description about Vancouver is NOT true, according to the passage?A. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada.B. Vancouver is a city located on water.C. Vancouver is not far from the Coast Range.D. The largest industrial centre in Canada lies in Vancouver.22.

15、 According to the passage, originally Vancouver is the name of _.A. a British man who explored the cityB. a sawmill settlement called GranvilleC. the leader who controlled the area D. a transcontinental highway 23. The passage mainly tells us _.A. the Port of Vancouver, the largest one in CanadaB. h

16、ow Vancouver got its nameC. Vancouvers history D. a brief introduction of the city of Vancouver |BJohn Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines, though he never dealt with criminals. One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study, but he had no ideas. So

17、 he decided to go to the cinema.When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his house. The visitor had had a drink, smoked several of his cigarettes and had read his story. The visitor left him a note.“I have read your story and I dont think it is very good. Please

18、 read my suggestions and you can finish it. By the way, I am a thief. Im not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return.”John read the thiefs suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiti

19、ng for his “visitor” to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story in his study.24. John went to the cinema because .A. he was too tiredB. he wanted to look for a thiefC. he could not finish his story and hoped to get some ideasD. he wanted to enjoy himself in

20、the cinema25. The visitor came to Johns house in order to .A. steal something B. read the storyC. have a drink D. visit the writer26. The visitor .A. stayed in Johns house for a nightB. took some of Johns things awayC. left John some adviceD. was a good friend of Johns27. John would like to .A. have

21、 a talk with his visitorB. get more ideas from the visitorC. make friends with the visitorD. catch the visitor and take him to the police CJust 50 years ago Manx seemed to be on the point of disappearing. “If you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, it was considered provocative and you w

22、ere likely to find yourself in a fight,” recalls Brian Stowell, a 76yearoldislander who has written a Manxlanguage novel, The Vampire Murders, and presents himself in a radio |show called Manx Radio spreading the language every Sunday.The language itself is similar to the Gaelic tongues spoken in th

23、e islands neighbours, Ireland and Scotland. A century ago, “Moghrey mie” would have been commonly heard instead of “Good morning” on the island.“In the 1860s there were thousands of Manx people who couldnt speak English,” says Stowell. “But only a century later it was considered to be so backward to

24、 speak the language that there were stories of Manx speakers getting stones thrown at them in the towns. I learnt it myself from one of the last surviving native speakers back in the 1950s.”Recession in the mid19th century forced many Manx people to leave the island to seek work in England. And pare

25、nts were not willing to pass the language down through the generations, with many people believing that to have Manx as the first language would affect job opportunities overseas.There was a fall in the language. By the early 1960s there were perhaps as few as 200 who spoke the tongue. The last nati

26、ve speaker, Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. UNESCO pronounced that the language died out in the 1990s.Now there is even a Manx language primary school in which all subjects are taught in this language, with more than 60 pupils attending it. Manx is also taught in other schools across the island.28. If y

27、ou spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, you would_.A. be attacked B. be praisedC. be ignored D. be encouraged 29. What does “ Moghrey mie” mean according to the passage?A. All the best. B. Congratulations.C. Never mind. D. Good morning.30. Which of the following about Brian Stowell is TRU

28、E?A. He is a teacher from Ireland.B. He wrote a novel in English.C. He works at a radio station.D. He learned Manx in the 1950s.31. What is the passage mainly about?A. The Manx language.B. The life of Manx people.C. The Manx Island.D. The Manx language schools. DUS private rocket company SpaceX has

29、announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon. The mission is planned for late 2018. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, “This gives humans an opportunity to return to deep space for the first |time in 45 years.“The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for it

30、s first unmanned test flight later this year. The co-operation of Americas NASA space agency had made the plan possible. Mr. Musk said, “The two passengers will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them.“ Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will trave

31、l into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration.“We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year. The first mission would be unmanned, and the next onewith crewwas expected in the second

32、 quarter of 2018,“ the rich businessman and inventor said, “The first passengers are entering this with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here. Theyre certainly not childish, and well do everything we can to reduce that risk, but its not zero.“The space tourists would make a circle ar

33、ound the Moon, scanning the lunar surface and then going well beyond. However, the mission will not involve a lunar landing. “If NASA decided to take part in a lunar fly-by mission, then the agency would have privilege(优先权 ). “ Mr. Musk said. The US has not sent astronauts to the Moon since the earl

34、y 1970s.32. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A. The two tourists cant afford to fly around the moon.B. Space travels are rooted in the spirit of human exploration.C. Initial training is expected to be conducted at the beginning of 2018.D. The two tourists are expected

35、to fly at a slow speed.33. The agency has privilege becauseA. it needs co-operation with Mr. MuskB. it has previous technical skillsC. it will be able to remove all the risksD. it has to make money for research34. Where can you most probably read the text?A. In a textbook. B. In a science fiction.C.

36、 In a travel brochure. D. On a news website.35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. The Coming Moon Trip of Two Private CitizensB. An Opportunity to Explore Space for the First TimeC. A Paid Trip Planned by SpaceX to Land on the Moon|D. Two Unmanned Missions of Circling around the Moon 第二节（

37、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。The world is a colorful landscape of different languages, skin colors, and different cultures. 36 One way to develop this appreciation is to try to learn about other cultures around the world.There are several ways to become knowledgeab

38、le about different cultures. One way is to read books written by authors from a particular culture. Reading works by authors from a particular culture allows people to gain an authentic glimpse into the food, music, language, religion and way of a life of a particular group of people. 37 38 A person

39、 can choose a language she has always wanted to learn. She can attend a foreign language class in order to learn in a more formal setting. Making contact with people who are native speakers of the language allows her to gain first-hand knowledge of a particular culture as she struggles to learn the

40、language. Seeking out restaurants that feature authentic food from a variety of countries is also a good way. 39 And it allows people to gain an insight into a particular cultural groups way of life.People who love to meet people in faraway areas of the world may not be able to travel in person, but

41、 they can always sign up for a pen pal. 40 Various websites offer pen pal services, offering to connect individuals with pen friends located around the world. Corresponding with people from other countries through email or mail is another useful way to become familiar with different cultures.A. Diff

42、erent countries have different cultures.B. Food is an important part of different cultures.C. You can interact with people who are language learners.D. Another way to learn about different cultures is to try to learn a foreign language.E. The Internet has made it possible for people to communicate w

43、ith others from different countries.F. Its important to develop an appreciation of different cultures in order to become a well-rounded person.G. For example, to learn about various tribes of Native Americans, you can read books like The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin. 第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）|第一节：完

44、形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 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）, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress managementAs she raised a glass of water，everyone in the class 41 they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full question 42 ， with a smile on

45、 her face，she asked the students，“How 43 do you think this glass of water weighs？“ Answers called out 44 from 100ml to 300ml She quieted the students down and then replied， “It does not matter on the absolute weightIt 45 on how long you hold it If I hold it for a minute，it is OKIf I hold it for an h

46、our，I will have an ache in my right 46 If I hold it for a day，my arm will feel numbIn each case，the 47 of the glass of water doesnt change，but the 48 I hold it，the heavier it becomesWhy?“ Lost in 49 ，all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully “Our 50 and worries in life are

47、 like that glass of waterIf we 51 our burdens all the time，sooner or later，we will feel exhausted，even 52 to carry on 53 you have to do is put all your burdens down as 54 in the evening as possibleDont carry 55 through the evening into the night； by doing this，we can get 56 next morning and are able

48、 to move forwardMore 57 than not，life gets terrible when we think too muchAnd the moment you 58 your burdens，youll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed So rather than being upset and feeling 59 for yourself，start doing something about itAfter all，life is too short to 60 yourself to anything that is not making you happy 41. A. wondered B. agreed C. expected D. argued42. A. Instead B. Meanwhile C. Anyhow D. Therefore43. A. full B. little C. heavy D. much44. A. replied B. ranged C.