山东省德州市平原县第一中学2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

高一年级2017-2018学年第二学期期中考试英语试题 本试卷分为I卷（选择题）和II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在试卷上无效。第I卷（满分100分）第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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，并标出在试卷的相应位置。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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the man do tonight?A. Go to a cinema. B. Attend a meeting. C. Stay at home.2. How much is the headphone?A.S30. B.$20. C.$14.3. What is the woman?A. A doctor. B. A secretary. C.A nurse.4. What does the man mean?A. He cant afford the trip.B. He doesnt like Hawaii.C. He cant make time for the trip. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The environment. B. The price of petrol. C. Electric vehicles.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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，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，每个小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出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 are the speakers?A. In a store. B. In the man s house. C. In a restaurant.7. What is in the refrigerator?A. A glass of lemonade. B. Large pieces of ice. C.Bottles of water.听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。8. What is the woman looking for?A. The Bakery Shop. B. The City Bank. C. The City Center.9. When will the next bus leave?A. At about 8: 30. B. At about 9: 00. C.At about 9: 30听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man feel tired?A. He moved to a new place. B. He went sightseeing. C. He walked a lot.11. What does the man say about the apartment?A. Nice but a bit expensive. B. Convenient but dirty. C. Big but old-fashioned.12. What does the woman suggest the man do tomorrow?A. Keep trying. B. Visit some guys. C. Go to school.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whats Mels father like?A. He was too protective. B. He liked taking risks. C. He gave Mel the freedom to dive.14. What does Mels brother like least?A. Diving. B.Skating. C. Surfing.15. What does Mel think of her life?A. Relaxing. B.Boring. C. Enjoyable.16. What do we know about Mel?A. Her father taught her to dive.B. She wasnt allowed to dive alone.C. She was the youngest kid to learn diving.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How did the speaker know about his first part-time job?A. From his brother. B. From his mother. C. From his neighbor.18. Where did the speakers sister work?A. In a drug store. B. In a grocery store. C. In a supermarket.19. What should people do first after logging on job searching websites?A. Searching job by position.B. pleting an application.C. Preparing for an interview.20. What is the main purpose of the talk?A. To share working experiences.B. To introduce ways of finding a part-time job.C. To explain the reasons for working part-time.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） 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。 A The 87th Academy Award（奥斯卡金像奖） nominations(提名) were announced on Jan 15, and The Grand Budapest Hotel stood out as a favorite with nine nominations, including Best Picture. Check out some other Best Picture nominees to see if you missed any of last years top Hollywood films.The Imitation Game This historical thriller is about British puter scientist, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the father of artificial intelligence. At the start of World War II, Turing was asked to join a select team of mathematical geniuses to decode the system the Nazis used to send military messages. Besides the actual breaking of the code, Cumberbatchs portrayal（扮演）of Turings personality, a mixture of decency（正派）and shyness, is also a highlight of the movie.Birdman This dark edy film is about how Riggan Thomson, a faded star once famous for his superhero roles, struggles to regain fame. American actor Michael Keaton, 63, who has a similar experience to Thomsons, plays the leading role.Selma A stellar cast(主要演员) including talk show queen Oprah Winfrey may be one reason to see Selma. But that the film focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.s struggle for civil rights（民权） also makes it worth viewing. Based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, the film is a chronicle(编年史) of Kings (David Oyelowo) campaign for political rights for African-American people.The Theory of Everything We know English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking for his significant scientific discoveries, especially his black hole theories. This biographical film reveals the scientists (played by Eddie Redmayne) secret romantic relationship with Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones), whom he meets and falls in love with at Cambridge and who later bees his first wife.Boyhood American Director Richard Linklater did an experiment in this film, using the same cast for 12 years to record a boys growth. In two and a half hours, we see Mason, a Texas boy from a divorced family, grow from 6-year-old boy to a freshman in college.21. How many Best Picture nominees are mentioned in the text? A. FiveB. SixC. EightD. Nine22. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Michael Keaton became famous overnight after starring in the movie Birdman.B. Alan Turing is a talented and outgoing man in The Imitation Game.C. Selma is the story of Martin Luther King Jr.s fight for voting rights for African-Americans.D. The Theory of Everything is about how Stephen Hawking discovered his black hole theories.23. What is Boyhood mainly about? A. How Richard Linklater did his decade-long experiment. B. The wonderful life of Mason. C. The growth of a young boy. D. How Mason spent his college years. BWatching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhoodWhen I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage. We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would e and rest in the trees and sing. There isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird. I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician. I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but eventually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician. I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the birds captivity my new pets mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby. The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care of my little bird, or so I thought. Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her young to die than to live in captivity.” Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.24.Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12? AHe had just got a new cage. BHe liked its beautiful feather. CHe wanted it to sing for him. DHe wanted a pet for a panion.25.The mockingbird died because it _. Awas frightened to death Bate the poisonous food its mother gave it Crefused to eat anything Ddrank the poisonous water by mistake26.What does the underlined word “ornithologist ” probably mean? A. a religious person B.a kind personC.a schoolmaster D.an expert in birds27.What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?AFreedom is very valuable to all creatures.BAll birds put in a cage wont live long.CYou should keep the birds from their mother.DBe careful about food you give to baby birds. CI travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me. After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a ment(评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while. I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadnt enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment. Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had e out of the kitchen and sat with me! When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience. 28. The author asked for room service because _.A. a lot of money would be saved in this wayB. he didnt like to eat with other people around C. he didnt wanted to be recognized by the waiters D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad 29. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author e in at 6:25? A. Dissatisfied. B. Pleased. C. Surprised. D. Angry.30. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk _. A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant B. found it hard to balance his work and his family C. was getting tired of his present job D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries31. The author wants to tell us that _. A. people are actually all lonely in their own way B. restaurants should put the need of customers first C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people D People can be addicted to different things e.g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are pulsive(强迫的):they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are pulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This pulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For pulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, pulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy. There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. pulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they dont need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason. It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, panies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider peoples needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, an d so on in their advertising and sales methods. Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.32. According to the psychologists, a pulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money _.A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buysA in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in lifeC. just to meet his or her strong psychological needB and feels he or she is cheated33. What is the text mainly about?A. The psychology of money-spending habits. B.The habits of pulsive spenders.C. A special psychology of bargain hunting.D.The use of the psychology of spending habits in business.34. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things.B. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of peoples spending habits to increase sales.C. Business people understand the psychology of pulsive buying better than scientists do.D. pulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.35. From the text we may safely conclude that pulsive spenders or pulsive bargain hunters _.A. are really unreasonable B. need special treatmentC. are really beyond drugs D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money 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。How Can I Fight Laziness? Lazy people will never gain anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind. 36 Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day. Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more positive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overe alone. 37 Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations(诱惑) that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. 38 plete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film. Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately. 39 Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. Itis difficult to practice laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people. 40 Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.A. Knowing how to fight laziness is importantB. To fight family laziness, set an example.C. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.D. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.E. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child.F. Laziness appears when you no longer feel in charge of your own mind.G. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.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）One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go 41 with some friends in Hawaii. As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old American girl was planning to bee a 42 surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark 43 her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam awaybut it took her 44 away with it.45,it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didnt even 46. As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the 47 and rushed to help.Having lost almost half the blood, Bethanys 48 was a miracle,according to doctors. But she wanted to do 49 just survive. “It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,” she recalled later. “I wondered whether I would actually be 50 to do it or not. But 51 I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.” With the support of her family,