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广东省揭西县河婆中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期期中试题注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、班别填写在答题卡上。2非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。3考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。第一部分 听力 你将听到两段独白，每段独白播两遍。听完独白后，填出文段中空白部分，一空只填一词。（共15小题，满分15分） AOnce upon a time, there was a young mermaid (人鱼) princess (公主). She was swimming on the surface of the sea, and _1_the weather turned terrible, the sky was dark and a big storm was coming. At that time, a man was 2 overboard into the water. She swam over and saved him, but then she swam away.Over the next days, the young mermaid became very sad. She had 3 in love with the handsome young man. So she went to the sea witch (巫婆) to help her become a human. The sea witch said with an evil (邪恶的) look. “I will take your beautiful voice as a payment, but if the man 4 someone else, you will die and turn into foam (泡沫).”After the young mermaid became a human, she went to the surface. She found out that the young man was 5 a prince . But she couldnt tell him who she was. She had lost her voice. Soon the prince announced that he was going to marry another princess, the little mermaids 6_ almost broke.So, she jumped into the sea to die. But the sea witch had died. She didnt turn into foam. 7 , she became a beautiful angel.BI live in New Mexico, and I used to give a lot of money to the 8 , feeling sorry for them. But as time 9 , I became a single mom with a huge debt (债). I stopped giving to the people on the side of the road.One day we saw a homeless person with the sign, “Will work for 10 .” I passed by. My daughter said, “Mommy, you used to always give money to those people in need.” I 11 , “Honey, they just use that money for bad things.” She said 12 . But when I said that, it didnt feel right.Three days later, I was driving to pick up my daughter. A man was standing on the 13 , and something deep inside me said, “Just help the guy.” So I rolled down my window, and he ran over happily, saying, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I 14 into my bag and there sat 3 pounds and 2 pennies.I gathered it up and gave it to him. He burst out with joy and tears in his eyes, “Wow, you just made it 15 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much. The bus is leaving in 20 minutes!” It was a moment Ill never forget. 第二部分 阅读理解 第1页第一节 （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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AW is the UKs biggest and best online guide to the performing arts including theatre, opera, classical music, dance and so on. The Lion KingMusical: The stage adaptation of the Disney film taken from an original African story. A young lion grows up and learns that taking over the pride requires wisdom and maturity (成熟)Place: Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, LondonTelephone: 0870 243 9000Date: Friday, 18 Nov. 2011Ticket price: 37.5 OliverMusical: Dickens story of a boy in a London workhouse and his adventures on the way to discovering his family. The songs include Food glorious food, Youve got to pick a pocket or two, Who will buy this wonderful morning, I am reviewing the situation and Consider yourself at home.Place: Theatre Royal, Catherine Street, LondonTelephone: 020 7494 5061Date: Thursday, 17 Nov. 2011Ticket price: 25 but now save 20% Jersey BoysMusical: It tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: the bluecollar kids from New Jersey formed a singing group and became famous. The musical features many of the groups popular songs such as Big girls dont cry, Oh, what a night and Cant take my eyes off you.Place: Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, LondonTelephone: 0870 850 9191 Date: Saturday, 19 Nov. 2011Ticket price: 22.5 Alls Well That Ends WellPlay: A romantic story. Helena, daughter of a poor physician, loves Bertram, son of a Countess (女伯爵). Place: Shakespeares Globe Theatre, Park Street, LondonTelephone: 020 7401 9919Date: Sunday, 20 Nov. 2011Ticket price: 40.51If Mary is free on Friday, which of the following should she call to buy a ticket? ()A0870 850 9191.B020 7494 5061.C0870 243 9000.D020 7401 9919.2In the musical Jersey Boys, you will hear all of the following EXCEPT_.AWho will buy this wonderful morning BCant take my eyes off you CBig girls dont cry DOh, what a night3If you want to buy a ticket at a discount(折扣), you should go to_.AShakespeares Globe TheatreBTheatre Royal CPrince Edward TheatreDLyceum Theatre 第2页BIf you feel at present that you dont have enough friends in your life, one reason may be that you have let yourself become too busy to spare time for the relationships you already have. Starting and keeping friendships requires effort and commitment(义务). Our lives let many of us become so busy with work and other things that we dont get around to scheduling （安排）time for pleasure and talking with our friends, relatives and acquaintances（熟人） we already have.Making an effort to call your friends more regularly and accept more of the invitations you receive from others can improve your social life quickly! Are there any people you could call right now and are assured of a pleasant welcome? Are there people that you could count on to help you in the time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun when you are together? Are you happy to have them in your life?If you havent seen most of them lately, is it because you have become too busy? Have you lived apart? Was there an argument?If the main reason that you havent been getting together with the people you already know is that you have gotten too busy, take a good look at how you spend your time. Compare it with your real values and priorities(优先考虑的事) in life. Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the quality of life that you want?If you have become too busy to have time for friends, why does this happen? Are you seeking material joys in your life at the expense of relationships with other human beings? Have you allowed your time to be overcommitted because you never say “No” to anyone? Do you insist on doing things by yourself that could be delegated to others? If so, why? Do you believe that everything depends on you?Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately reflects your deepest values and priorities. Make sure that you schedule adequate （足够的）time for the things that are truly most important to you.If you really want to keep friends in your life，make space in your schedule and in your heart for them.4In this passage the author mainly discusses _.Ahow to spend our spare time Bhow to balance friendships and workCwhether we should keep friendshipsDwhether we should invite friends to dinner5Which of the following doesnt indicate（表明） a good relationship?AYou feel depressed about others in life.BYou have someone to have close talks with.CYou have fun when you are with someone.DYou have someone to count on when you are in trouble.6What does the underlined word“delegated” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?Adeclined（降低）BreplacedCappointed （委任）Dhandled（处理）7The reasons why you have become too busy to have time for friends may be the following EXCEPT that _.Ayou feel it difficult to keep friendshipsByou stick to doing everything all by yourselfC. you never refuse whatever other people ask you to doD. you spend too much time seeking material joys in your life CBarack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father, Barack Obama Sr., who were both young college students at the 第3页University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father returned alone to Kenya in the end, where he worked as a government economist(经济学家).Baracks mother remarried(再婚) an Indonesian oil manager and moved to Jakarta when Barack was six. He returned to Hawaii, where he was brought up by his grandparents. The family lived in a small apartmenthis grandfather was a furniture salesman and an unsuccessful insurance agent(保险代理人) and his grandmother worked in a bankbut Barack managed to get into Punahou School, Hawaiis top preparing academy(学院). His father wrote to him regularly, though he traveled around the world on official business for Kenya, he visited him only once, when Barack was ten. Obama attended Columbia University, but found New Yorks racial（种族的） tension inescapable(不可避免的). He became a community(社区) organizer for a small Chicago churchbased group for three years, helping poor South Side residents (居民)deal with a wave of plant closings. He then attended Harvard Law School, and in 1990 became the first AfricanAmerican editor of the Harvard Law Review. He turned down a prestigious judicial clerkship(有声誉的司法办事员), choosing instead to practice civilrights law back in Chicago, representing victims of housing and employment discrimination（歧视） and working on votingfights legislation (立法)He also began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, and married Michelle Robinson, a fellow lawyer. Eventually(最终) he was elected to the Illinois state senate, where his district included both Hyde Park, and some of the poorest ghettos (犹太人区)on the South Side.In 2004 Obama was elected to the US Senate as a Democrat, representing (代表)Illinois, and he gained national attention by giving an inspiring and wellreceived keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In 2008 he ran for President, and despite(尽管) having only four years of national political experience, he won. In January 2009, he was sworn in(宣誓就职) as the 44th President of the United States, and the first AfricanAmerican ever elected to that position.8What do we know about the family Obama was born into?AHis parents are colored American people graduating from the same university.BHis father left him and his mother and then returned to his home country without any reason.CHis grandparents played very important roles in bringing him up.DHis father kept in touch with him but he never returned to see him later.9Which of the following shows that Obama had great interest in politics (政治)according to Paragraph 3?AObama found New Yorks racial tension inescapable.BObama became a community organizer, helping the poor.CObama attended Harvard Law School. DObama practiced civilrights law in Chicago.10Of the following jobs, Obama was most unwilling（不愿意） _.Ato represent victims of housing and employment discriminationBto become the AfricanAmerican editor of the Harvard Law ReviewCto work on votingfights legislation Dto take on a prestigious judicial clerkship 第4页11In the passage it is suggested that _.AObamas mother cared greatly for himBObama didnt study well enough at schoolCObama is good at making speeches in publicDObama has only four years of national political experience DIf you want to learn a language and become fluent in it, you really need to start as early in life as possible, because the older you get, the harder it can be to get your tongue round new words and sounds. However, that is not a reason to put off learning a language later in life, because there are still many advantages to it.As you get older, it can become more and more tempting to stick to things you are most familiar with. However, giving yourself something new to do can help to keep your brain active, and the more active your brain is, the younger you will feel. We all need new challenges every now and again. It makes life interesting. Dont set your expectations too highyou arent going to become fluent in a couple of months, for example. Instead, set yourself shortterm goalsto finish a textbook or to practice your skills on a language speaker. The challenge will provide you with a renewed energy for life.Many people, especially when they are older, are put off going overseas because they are worried about communicating with the local people. However, once youstart to learn a language, you will have much more confidence to travel in countries where the language is spoken. Once you are able to buy things, ask directions and have free conversations, you will find traveling much more enjoyable.One of the best reasons for learning a language later in life is simply because you can. When younger, you probably had little spare time. Now, you probably have more time in hand because your family has grown up and you may even have retired. There are so many tools you can use to learn languages these days (the television and Internet are two obvious ones), so you may not even have to pay.12It is commonly believed that when a person is old，_.Ahe will stop learning Bhe is slow in thoughtChe can hardly learn anything new Dhe has got no time to do anything13The author suggests that an old person_.Ado the things he is familiar with Bset a high goal for later lifeCtake up something new Dsave his brain for future14The reason that old men can learn a foreign language is that_.Athey are planning to travel abroad aloneBthey have more time than the youngCthey have been left behind by families Dthey have a better memory15Which would be the best title for the passage?ALearn a Language Later in Life BGain Advantages in Later LifeCBuild up Confidence When Old DOlder People to Meet Challenges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。 I teach economics (经济学)at UNLV. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been._16_He then asked me 第5页why I always seemed to be so cheerful(高兴的).His question reminded me of something Id read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day，” I said.“_17_”“Let me give you an example，” I continued.“This university is 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. _18_I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldnt turn over. So I put my flashers on and marched down the road to the college.”“As soon as I got there.I arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. A teacher asked me what had happened. This is my lucky day， I replied, smiling at her. _19_What do you mean？ She continued to ask. I live 17 miles from here. My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didnt. Instead, it broke down off the freeway, within walking distance of here. Im still able to teach my class and arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. I explained to her. ”“Her eyes opened wide, and then she smiled._20_” So ended my story.I scanned the sixty faces. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. In fact, it had all started with a students observation that I was cheerful. A. I choose to be cheerful. BYoure your own master.CBut just then my car died.DI smiled back and headed for class.EOnes life depends on ones attitude.FYour car breaks down and today is your lucky day?GOne young man said that his weekend had not been so good.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共三节，满分60分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）I still remember my first day as a waiter in a busy London restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet were _21_. The loaded plates I carried _22_ to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged（沮丧的）, I wasnt able to do anything _23_. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their icecream _24_ a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father _25_ at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done，” he said, “youve _26_ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness _27_. I smiled back, and later, when the _28_ asked me how Id like my first day, I said, “Fun！” Those few words of praise had _29_ everything. Praise is like _30_ to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too _31_ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism（批评）, we are _32_ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Whywhen one word of praise can bring such _33_？It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about _34_. Perhaps its _35_ few of us know how to accept it. Its _36_ rewarding(值得的) to give praise in areas in which _37_ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned(没有被提到的). An artist gets admired for a beautiful picture, a cook for a _38_ meal. But do you ever tell your laundry(洗衣店) manager how pleased you are when the shirts