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1、高一上学期期中（含听力）英语试卷一、短对话What present does the woman send the man?A. A little cat. B. A toy car. C. A nice cake.What kind of person is Stan?A. He is selfish. B. He is cold. C. He is helpful.Who will arrive today?A. Mary. B. Susan. C. Bob.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a station. B

2、. At a restaurant. C. In a library.Why does the man hold a party?A. To celebrate the birth of a child. B. To celebrate his buying an old house.C. To celebrate his moving into a new house.二、长对话听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1 . What are the speakers talking about?A. Magazines. B. Paintings. C. Scenery.2 .Which one

3、 is painted by George Anderson?A new study has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5, 000 faces. That number comes from a group of researchers at the University of York in England. There have been many studies recently on facial recognition. But the authors of this study say their

4、s is the first time that scientists have been able to put a number to the abilities of humans to recognize faces.During the study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and oth

5、er public people. The results showed that the participants knew between 1, 000 and 10, 000 faces, which is very shocking to the researchers. Rob Jenkins, coauthor of the study, said one explanation about it may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. He also said it could b

6、e because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.The ability to tell individual people apart is “clearly important. In today s modern world of big cities, televisions and social media,

7、we meet thousands of people. Our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know.The people in the study included 25 men and women. They are between 18 and 61 years old. It would be interesting to see whether there is a peak

8、age for the number of faces we know” , Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.1. How is the study different from the previous ones?A. It is the first stu

9、dy on facial recognition.B. It lists the number of faces people can recognize.C. The study includes participants of all ages.D. Participants could only recognize faces from personal lives.2. What does the underlined word it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. The difference of social environments. B. People

10、, s natural ability to learn.C. The wide range of the numbers. D. The necessity of facial recognition.3. What will the researchers probably focus on after this study?A.Why older people remember more faces.B. How our ability to remember faces vary at different ages.C. Whether people s ability to reme

11、mber faces is necessary.D. When people can remember the most faces.4. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Human Beings Never Forget a FaceB. Face Recognition Benefits HumansC. The Brain Remembers Thousands of FacesD. The Key to Remembering More Faces五、七选五Universities are doing everything th

12、ey can to become a green campus. But there are also items students can do to make your campus more eco-friendly.1. Recycle everything, especially paper!There is a large amount of paper a college student goes through every term. 1. . We know that these things can, t be avoided, but the way you handle

13、 the use of all the paper can really help create a better green campus.2. Buy green.2.1. Paper, cleaning products and water are products that can be bought as recycled goods. They re slightly more expensive than the normal products, but it s worth it to make a green campus.3. Walk and bike to school

14、.Most campuses, especially those that are trying to become a more eco-friendly campus, have pretty good public transportation.3. . Walking or biking will help make your campus a green university.4. 4.A water bottle can be refilled at any water fountain and can easily be drunk in class or while ridin

15、g a bike. This will save the environment by decreasing the amount of plastic waste on your campus.5. Buy used clothing.It is usually thought of as something to do to save money. 5.Recycling clothes minimizes the use of resources to make clothing and puts a dent in the problem of worldwide sweatshops

16、.A. Carry a water bottle.B. Buy recycled goods as much as possible.C. It is also good for the environment!D. Paper made of this kind of wood is much stronger.E. It includes class notes, term papers, student newspapers and so on.F. On top of that, almost all universities are pedestrian （步彳亍 者）friendl

17、y.G. Universities call on all the students to learn to recycle all the waste paper.六、完形填空We hired two cabs and visited Abu. We fixed our luggage on top of the and started out. During the journey back, we stopped for a tea. That s when I noticed that the rope with which the luggage was in one of the

18、carriers had come loose and one of the was missing. It must have somewhere along the way. Although it didn t contain any things just clothes and some food, we decided to retrace （折返）our steps, driving back four kilometres, the bag. But Luck wasn t our friend: We could not it and returned to Ahmedaba

19、d unhappy.After about a（n） , one day, while in my office, I got a call from my assistant that a Mr Shah wanted to see me. I called him into my and asked him: How can we help you?” To which he said, “No, sir. I have not come for any official help.It is a(n) matter. Did you lose your bag?” I told him

20、about the lost bag from Mount Abu a month agoThen Shah said his side of the : “I was driving back to Ahmedabad when I a bag lying by the side of the road. I picked it up and there for an hour or so. Since no one turned up to claim (索要)it, I went to a nearby gas station and gave my to the manager wit

21、h a request that if someone asked him for the bag my details may be. About a month passed. Since I did not hear from anyone, I open the lock and found your visiting card, with your and address, inside. So, here I am. I was surprised and quite , too. I could not find the right words to express myself

22、. I somehow managed to speak a few sentences, but nearly not enough to express my feelings on his act of kindness.1. A. bicyclesB. cabsC. trucksD. trains2. A. suddenlyB. slowlyC. carefullyD. finally3. A. foundB. soldC. tiedD. made4. A. bagsB. walletsC. bottlesD.boxes5. A. taken offB. fallen outC. ta

23、ken onD. fallen off6. A.necessaryB. privateC. valuableD. Interesting7. A. looking forB. running intoC. getting overD. handing out8. A. passB. locateC. changeD. buy9. A. hourB. weekC. monthD. year10. A. strangeB. certainC. newD. dear11. A. homeB. schoolC. companyD. office12. A. basicB. importantC. pe

24、rsonalD. formal13. A. backgroundB. taskC. tripD. story14. A. noticedB. leftC. metD. followed15. A. landedB. waitedC. sleptD. worked16. A. addressB. signsC. thanksD. guidance17. A.receivedB. collectedC. checkedD. shared18. A. droppedB. brokeC. burnedD. blew19. A. faceB. ideaC. nameD. date20. A. worri

25、edB. confusedC. helplessD. speechless七、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确 形式。Joanna Cole, born on August 11, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, has been credited to be one of the 1. (popular) children s authors of all time. She 2. (write) over 250 books so far. Cole has owed a large part of her passion

26、to one of her elementary school teachers.Joanna Cole continued her education and 3. (final) earned a bachelor s degree. In 1971 she decided to write her first book cockroaches. She did some research and discovered 4. had never been a book written for children about cockroaches. 5. , she thought she

27、would be the first. Cole wrote the first Magic School Bus in 1985.The book would go on to be published the 6. (follow) year and quickly became book series and cartoon series due to its 7. (succeed).Cole writes in a way that will hopefully inspire children8. (think) like a scientist. She does this by

28、 writing ideas instead of just facts. She also tries to ask questions in her books 9. require children to think and discover the answers as they read. This creates 10. engaging experience for children, so it is no wonder why younger readers are interested in her books.八、短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改

29、你同桌写的以下 作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词 的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线(/ )划掉。修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第n处起)不计分.Dear Bill,I m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather or my health. Now I d like to tell you anyt

30、hing about the smog.Since last winter, the smog has been occurred a lot of times. It has done great harm to our daily life一a great number people got sick; many traffic accidents happened and quite lots of flights had to be put up. Luckily, people have realized the serious harm causing by the smog an

31、d the importance of protecting the environment. People all over the country are taking measure to reduce the smog. As for me, I will go to school by bike or on foot, and I wou1d not throw the waste anywhere. Beside, I will tell people around to try their best to protect the environment. Would you li

32、ke to tell me some other good ideas?Looking forward to receive your reply.九、提纲类作文假如你是李华，想邀请你的朋友John在周六晚上去观看科幻电影The Wandering Earth,请用英语给他写一封邮件，内容包括：1 .发出邀请；2 .介绍电影（主题:保护人类共同的地球家园；观众评价等）；3 .请求回复。注意：1 .词数100左右;2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。A. The Slimmer Flowers. B. The Swiss Mountains. C. The Lovely Windows.听下面

33、一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1 .Why is today a big day for the man?A. He will get paid. B. He will attend a party. C. He will have a meeting.2 . Which tie does the man decide to wear?A. The red one. B. The blue one. C. The white one.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1 .Where did the woman move when she was young?A. To America. B.

34、To Mexico. C. To Japan.2 . What will the woman probably do after graduation?A. Join a company. B. Become a lawyer. C. Run her own hotel.3 .Who is studying management?A. Jim. B. Daisy. C. Zoe.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1. What are the speakers talking about?A. How to laugh. B. How to tell jokes. C. How to make

35、 people surprised.2. What makes the woman feel embarrassed （尴尬的）？A. Her jokes are not appreciated. B. Her friends often laugh at her.C.Her parents don t understand her.3. What does the man suggest to the woman?A. Laughing Loudly while telling jokes. B. Telling jokes to the right person.C. Not using

36、body language.4. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman doesn t understand her friends at all.B. When the man tells jokes, his friends seldom laugh.C. The man is better at telling jokes than the woman.三、短文听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1. When does the speaker help with cooking?A. In the morning. B.In

37、 the afternoon. C.In the evening.2. What does the speaker like best?A. Fishing. B. Telling stories. C. Riding a horse.3. Why are the other kids often laughing at the speaker?A.She dropped the hot dogs in the fire. B. She couldn t ride a horse.C.She got lost in the forest.4. How does the speaker find

38、 the summer camp?A.Surprising.B.Interesting. C. Disappointing.四、阅读理解You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration （灵 感）.Michael Dell, University of Tex

39、as at AustinAnd now you, ve accomplished something great and important here, and it s time for you to move on to what s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you ve been bl

40、essed（赐予）with and go.J. K. Rowling, Harvard UniversityHalf my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not richBut what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harva

41、rd suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.Steve Jobs, Stanford UniversitySometimes life s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don t lose faith*Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the onl

42、y way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven, t found it yet, keep looking and don t settle.Bill Gates, Harvard UniversityWe need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lea

43、d to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world? s inequities （不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.1

44、. What Michael Dell said is to encourage us to .A. listen to our heartB. run after our dreamsC. follow others exampleD. learn from our mistakes2. What did J. K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?A. Failure. B. Hunger.C. Poverty. D. Appearance.3. What does Bill Gates suggest peopl

45、e do?A. Master as much advanced technology as possible.B. Make contributions to the environment.C. Work together to solve some global problems.D. Take responsibility for their own behavior.Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not gettin

46、g the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he wou1d not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die,

47、 for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no mo

48、tor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his ir