重庆市璧山中学校2018_2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题.docx

重庆市璧山中学校2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题第卷第一部分：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）1. What does the woman want to do? A. Change the channel. B. Go to a movie. C. Watch a TV program.2. What will the woman do next? A. Watch TV. B. Use the bathroom. C. Clean the living room.3. What time is it now? A. 8:00. B. 7:30. C. 7:15. 4. How does the man feel about the interview? A. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Confident.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Shopping online. B. Saving money. C. Decorating a bathroom.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料,回答第6至7题。6. Who will probably pay a visit to the company? A. Some customers. B. Some tourists.C. Some reporters.7. Where will the woman meet the visitors? A. In her office. B. At a restaurant. C. At the factory. 听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。8. Who is the woman talking to? A. Her friend. B. A travel agent. C. A teacher. 9. What is true about Williamsburg? A. Its a very young city.B. It is in the south. C. Its buildings and gardens are all modern. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10. Where is the womans husband now? A. In London. B. In Beijing. C. In Paris. 11. Why did the woman come to Beijing？ A. To study space technology.B. To travel around. C. To attend an international meeting. 12. How often does the man come to Beijing? A. Every year. B. Twice a month. C. Every other year. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman want to know？ A. Why she got a low grade on her report.B. When she will get her grade. C. How to write a report.14. When was the womans report due? A. On September 3rd.B. On September 5th. C. On September 1st. 15. What is the most important part of Starbucks success, according to the man? A. Its store.B. The taste of its coffee. C. Its good service.16. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Do more research.B. Change the topic. C. Leave out some figures.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whom is the talk given to? A. A group of photographers.B. Some animal researchers. C. Tourists.18. Which animal hurt people last week? A. A koala bear. B. A zebra. C. A monkey.19. What are the audiences allowed to do? A. Eat and drink in their cars. B. Feed the animals. C. Get off their car to take a walk. 20. What is the talk mainly about? A. Protecting wild animals.B. Some safety rules. C. Animals and human beings. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ASummer Vacation Fun 2019 !The summer holidays are upon us again. Here is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!Peterborough MuseumThe Age of the Dinosaurs is the museums main attraction this summer. Get up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on exhibits! Watch out for monsters lurking around every ember! The museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, and from 12: 00 pm to 4: 00 pm on Sundays in August.Call 01733 864663 for details.Saxon Youth ClubSchool holiday fun: Young people aged 1319 will be able to produce their own music, compete in sports activities, or try their hand at cooking at Saxon Youth Club, Saxon Community Centre, Norman Road. Peterborough every Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 pm. PLUS an aero ball tournament will take place on Thursday 12th August between 3:30pm and 6:30pm.Call 01 353 720274 for details.Houghton Mill Alice through the Looking Class-a new production of the family favorite on Monday 30th. August. Bring rugs or chairs to sit on and a picnic if you wish to eat during the play. Gates open 5: 30 pm, performance 6:30 pm-8:30 pm. Tea room will be open until end of the interval. Adult 10. Child7. Family 20. Booking advisable on 0845 4505157.Farmland Museum and Denny AbbeyFarmland Gaines: From Wellie Wanging to Pretend Ploughing matches，come and join the Farmland Team. Collect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette that is fit for a winner！No need to book，just turn up between 12: 00 pm and 4: 00 pm on Thursday 19th August. Suitable for children aged four and above. Each child should be accompanied by an adult and all activities are included in the normal admission price. Tickets Cost7 per child.For further information, call 01223 810080.21. If you are interested in cooking, you can go to .A. Peterborough Museum B. Houghton MillC. Farmland Museum D. Saxon Youth Club 22. You want to watch the new play with your parents, so it will cost you .A. 7 B. 17 C. 20 D. 27 23. Which of the following activities needs parents company?A. Playing farmland games. B. Watching a new play.C. Competing in sports activities D. Visiting the dinosaur exhibition.BOne early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again. My interest was lifted only by the fact that the word “Poems” appeared in big, hot pink letters even before I opened the book. “Is it good?” I asked her.“Yeah,” she answered. “Theres one I really like and youll like it, too.” I leaned forward.“Patty Poem,” she read the title. Who is Patty? I wondered. The poem began:She never puts her toys away,Just leaves them scattered where they lay, 散乱的The poem was just three short sections. The final one came quickly:When she grows and gathers poise, 稳重Ill miss her harum-scarum noise, 莽撞的And look in vain for scattered toys. 徒劳地And Ill be sad. A terrible sorrow washed over me. Whoever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shock.“Its you, honey,” My mother said sadly.To my mother, the poem showed a parents feelings when her child grows up and leaves. To me, the “she” in the poem was horror. It was my mama who would be sad. It was so terrible I burst out crying. “Whats wrong?” my mother asked.“Oh Mama,” I cried. “I dont want to grow up ever!”She smiled. “Honey, its okay. Youre not growing up anytime soon. And when you do, Ill still love you, okay?”“Okay,” I was still weeping. My panic has gone. But I could not help thinking about that silly poem. After what seemed like a safe amount of time, I read the poem again and was confused. It all fit so well together, like a puzzle. The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a persons world.I have since fallen in love with other poems, but “Patty Poem” remains my poem. After all, “Patty Poem” gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.24. Why was the writer attracted by the book Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again? A. Something on its cover caught her eye.B. It was a thick enough book.C. Her mother was reading it with interest.D. It has a meaningful title.25. After her mother read the poem to her, the writer felt at first.A. afraid B. excited C. sad D. confused26. The writers mother liked to read “Patty Poem” probably because .A. it reflected her own childhoodB. it told her what might happenC. it was composed by a famous poetD. it was written in simple language27. It can be concluded from the passage that “Patty Poem” leads the writer to .A. experience great homesickness B. recognize her love for puzzlesC. find her eagerness to grow up D. discover the power of poetryCIn a time when a dangerous number of people are overweight, many people seem to have forgotten the most important way to keep healthy and slim-exercise. And as a new study carried out on mice in the lab has shown, exercise early in life can reward you in your adult years. A team of researchers at the University of California studied the effects of early exercise on adult physical activity, body mass and eating. They found that early-age exercise in mice has positive effects on adult levels of voluntary exercise in addition to reducing body mass.These results may have an effect on the importance of regular physical education in elementary and middle schools, said Theodore Garland, a professor of biology, who led the research project. If kids exercise regularly through their school years, then they may be more likely to exercise as adults, which could have far-reaching positive effects on human health and well-being or happiness.Although the positive effects of early-life exercise lasted for only one week, it is important to note that one week in the life of a mouse is the same as about nine months for humans. Our results suggest that any positive effects of early-life exercise on adult exercise will need to be kept up if they are to be long-lasting.His team of researchers found, too, that all mice that had access to early exercise were lighter in weight than non-exercised mice.Garland explained that, in general, exercise will stimulate appetite sooner or later. However, it is possible that certain types of exercise, done for certain periods of time or at certain light levels, might not stimulate appetite much, if at all, at least in some persons.If we could understand what sorts of exercise these might be, then we might be able to tailor量身打造 exercise recommendations in a way that would bring the benefits of exercise without increases in appetite, leading to a better chance of weight loss, he said.28. How long do the positive effects of early-life exercise last for a mouse?A. One day. B. Nine months. C. One month. D. One week.29. What can we learn from the article?A. Early-life exercise has no negative effects on people.B. More study is needed to better understand on the matter of exercises.C. The new study on mice mainly focused on how exercise affects appetite.D. Kids should be encouraged to do exercise as early as possible to ensure physical health.30. The underlined word stimulate in the second to last paragraph is closest in meaning to .A. change B. decrease C. improve D. harm31. What is the article mainly about?A. The positive effects of early-life exercise.B. How to do exercise properly.C. The possible risks of doing exercise. D. New ways to fight against being overweight.DThe unusualness of life in space never quite goes away. Here are some examples.First consider something as simple as sleep. Its position presents its own challenges. The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag. If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity重力, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet dancer. “Im an inside guy,” Mike Hopkins says, who returned from a six-month tour on the International Space Station. “I like to be wrapped up.”On the station, the ordinary becomes strange. The exercise bike for the American astronauts has no handlebars. It also has no seat. With no gravity, its just as easy to pedal踩踏板 violently. You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want. But astronauts have to be careful about staying in one place too long. Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you breathe out has a tendency to form an invisible (隐形的) cloud around you head. You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache.Leroy Chiao, 54, an American retired astronaut after four flights, describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, “Your inner ear thinks youre falling. Meanwhile your eyes are telling you youre standing straight. That can be annoyingthats why some people feel sick.” Within a couple of daystruly terrible days for some astronauts, brains learn to ignore the signals from the inner ear, and space sickness disappears.Space travel can be so delightful but at the same time dangerous. For example, astronauts lose bone mass. Thats why exercise is considered so important that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule. The focus on fitness is as much about science and the future as it is about keeping any individual astronauts return home. More importantly, it is about how to maintain strength and fitness for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to Mars.32. What is the major challenge to astronauts when they sleep in space?A. Choosing a comfortable sleeping bag.B. Deciding on a proper sleep position.C. Seeking a way to fall asleep quickly.D. Finding a right time to go to sleep.33. The astronauts will suffer from a carbon-dioxide headache when .A. they circle around on their bikesB. they exercise in one place for a long timeC. they use microcomputers without a stopD. they watch a movie while pedaling34. Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because .A. their brains receive messages which are quite differentB. they have to stand up straightC. they float out of their seats unexpectedly D. whether they are able to go back to the station35. One of the NASAs major concerns about astronauts is .A. how much exercise they do on the stationB. whether they can recover after returning homeC. whether they are able to go back to the station D. how they can remain healthy for long in space第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Easter is a very popular holiday in Christian countries. 36 .Easter is a “movable” holiday, as it is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox(春分).Easter is known mostly as a Christian holiday. 37 .The holiday was first meant to celebrate the coming of spring and to welcome the birth of plants, animals and all the bright flowers. 38 .Then later the eggs were given as gifts. Sometimes the eggs were exchanged by lovers. Giving special eggs to those who they love is very similar to giving presents on Valentine s Day.Most countries celebrate Easter by decorating eggs, getting together with family, eating chocolate and sweets and playing egg hunts. Many children enjoy Easter because of egg hunts. 39 . Then the children run around searching for them. The most famous egg hunt is done every year on the lawn of the White House in Washington D.C.For many children, Easter and the Easter Bunny are second in popularity only to Christmas and Santa Claus. The Easter Bunny, a young rabbit, is a character that represents everything wonderful for spring: life and playfulness. The Easter Bunny first came from Germany and was brought to North America later. 40 . There are even Easter Bunnies made of chocolate!A. Others have hidden eggs around the houses or outsideB. Its a holiday to celebrate Jesus Christs return to lifeC. However, many celebrations during this time have nothing to do with ChristianityD. During Easter in Germany, a lamb is a popular symbolE. The most interesting part of the holiday is looking for eggsF. The practice of painting eggs was first done to represent the coming of springG. Its a very popular character for Easter第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节,满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）Jarrett Little was road testing his mountain bike outside of Columbus, Georgia, when his 41 partner, Chris Dixon, stopped suddenly. Something in the 42 moving among the trees had caught her attention. It turned out to be a little Great Dane(大丹犬).“He was really thin, bony, and had a 43 leg,” Little told CBS News. The 44 fed the dog and shared their water. They also quickly 45 that they had to take the dog with them, although they had no 46 how. They were more than seven miles from downtown and riding bikes. “We couldnt 47 him,” Little told the Ledger-Enquirer. “ Out there next to the Oxbow Meadows, he was going to 48 asalligator (鳄鱼) food.” Little, a young CEO, had an idea. He 49 picked up his new friend and slipped the 38-pound dogs back legs into the 50 of his cycling suit. Then he 51 the dogs front paws（爪） over his shoulders.“He was injured, so he wasnt trying to 52 ,”Little says,” He was also happy that we were there, touching and 53 him.” They arrived at a bike store, where they got more 54 and food for the dog. That was 55 Andrea Shaw, a lawyer on business, happened by. The dog headed straight for her, licking her,” says Dixon. Shaw was 56 and, after learning what had happened, declared her plan,” I will 57 this dog as my new family member.” Shaw called him Columbo and 58 an operation on his leg. Today, Columbo is living a(n) 59 life on a farm with a horse, a pony, a six-year-old boy to keep him 60 . He is literally the luckiest dog alive. 41. A. hikingB. ridingC. swimmingD. hunting42. A. airB. centerC. distanceD. open43. A. brokenB. weakC. balancedD. religious44. A. cyclistsB. travelersC. businessmenD. gymnasts45. A. admittedB. combinedC. realizedD. consulted46. A. planB. ideaC. excuseD. belief47. A. punishB. followC. forgetD. leave48. A. show upB. end upC. dress upD. clear up49. A. powerfullyB. hurriedlyC. excitedlyD. carefully50. A. seatsB. shouldersC. pocketsD. collars51. A. placedB. pushedC. treatedD. touched52. A. fightB. apologizeC. challengeD. wave53. A