2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题 (VIII).doc

2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题 (VIII)第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20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分，满分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答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What time will the play begin? A. At 7: 30. B. At 7: 45. C. At 8: 00. 2. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Ask Mary to help her. B. Type the data quickly. C. Put the data into the puter at once. 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A physics exam. B. An experiment. C. A health exam. 4. How much time is left before the movie begins? A. 6 minutes. B. 7 minutes. C. 15 minutes. 5. What does the man want to do? A. See a patient. B. Visit a friend. C. Make an appointment. 第二节：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。听完每段对话或独白后，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。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. When does the conversation take place? A. Before the exam. B. During the exam. C. After the exam. 7. What is the most probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student. 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What kind of money does the woman want? A. Renminbi. B. American dollars. C. British pounds. 9. What does the woman show before exchanging the money? A. Her passport. B. Her credit card. C. Her ID card. 请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the man buy? A. A shirt. B. A jacket. C. A coat. 11. Where did the man shop? A. In the brand shop. B. In the market. C. At the roadside stand. 12. How much did the man pay? A. 45 dollars. B. 50 dollars. C. 95 dollars. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where was the man stopped by the police officer? A. At a police station. B. Near a school. C. In the school. 14. At what speed was the man driving? A. 35km/h. B. 45km/h. C. 55km/h. 15. When should the man have renewed his license? A. Two weeks ago. B. On his birthday. C. The day before yesterday. 16. How was the man punished for speeding? A. He got a ticket. B. He was given a warning. C. He was forbidden to drive. 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the speaker mainly talk about? A. His writing career. B. His farm. C. His newly-built web. 18. What made Mr.White get the idea for Stuart Little? A. A little mouse. B. A funny dream of Mr. Whites. C. A railway sleeping car. 19. What does Charlottes Web talk about? A. A spider and a pig. B. A mouse and a pig. C. A spider and a mouse. 20. Why did Mr.White choose to write? A. He thought children preferred words to pictures. B. He wanted to make a living by writing. C. He was not good at drawing. 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Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is one of the most visited states in the country and the sunshine state attracts millions of visitors each year. Are you planning a vacation to it? Here our travel guide may help you.La Nouba at Walt Disney World ResortDuration: 90 minutesLocation: Orlando, FloridaWhile youre in Orlando, spend a day at the theme parks with a Cirque du Soleil show at Downtown Disney, La Nouba is the meeting of two different worldsthe fantastic world of the circus (马戏团) people who wear bright colors and the boring world of the people living in big cities who wear dark, lifeless clothes.Kennedy Space CenterDuration: FlexibleLocation: Orlando, FloridaSpend a day exploring the attractive Kennedy Space Center, just 45 minutes from Orlando. Learn about the history of the US space program and watch beautiful IMAX films. Dont miss the chance to walk under a Saturn V rocket, and experience a real moonwalk!Sea World OrlandoDuration: VariesLocation: Orlando, FloridaSpend a day at Sea World Orlando and e face to face with the oceans most attractive sea animals. With several upclose meetings with killer whales, sharks and turtles, youll feel the energy and excitement of all kinds of sea life.South Beach Cultural Food and Walking TourDuration: 2 hours and 30 minutesLocation: Miami, FloridaOn the South Beach Cultural Food and Walking Tour, youll explore the Art Deco district of South Beach on foot and along the way, youll taste a variety of foods that make South Beach such an internationally wellknown food region.Price information：Click the link below to check price information on your preferred travel date. Our price is constantly updated.21If you are interested in exciting performances, which of the following is the best choice?ALa Nouba at Walt Disney World ResortBKennedy Space CenterCSea World OrlandoDSouth Beach Cultural Food and Walking Tour22What can we learn from the text?AVisitors can enjoy real space travel at Kennedy Space Center.BVisitors can enjoy foods from different countries at South Beach.CSome dangerous animals can be found at Sea World Orlando.DLa Nouba is a funny person who performs in the Cirque du Soleil show.23Where does the text most probably e from?AA travel magazine.BA travel website.CA news report.DA geography textbook.BThe world is a truly strange place waiting to be explored. In addition to offering a lot of extraordinary locations and people, it also offers interesting festivals celebrated by people in various parts of the world. Here is a list of the oddest festivals that can be found around the world. Cheese Rolling Festival: A festival that is surely going to leave you with a sore neck if not a broken one! Celebrated in England, the Cheese Rolling Festival is something that you would rather watch than take part in. Okay! Heres how it goes. Officials set a big cheese wheel to roll down a steep hill and participants run after it. The first one to catch it wins the petition and the cheese. Simple? Well, try it out and you will know! The Monkey Buffet: Now heres a country that actually feeds monkeys to their hearts content instead of chasing them away. Celebrated in Thailand, the Monkey Buffet is an annual event that brings together a lot of locals who offer fruit and vegetables to over 600 monkeys. Its a great feast as the monkeys dig into almost 3, 000 kilograms of fruit and vegetables. The people of Thailand believe this is a way to honor the Monkey King called Hanuman. La Tomatina: Heres your golden chance to get even with your friends who sprayed(喷洒)paint on you on your birthday. Celebrated in Spain, the month of August has nearly 250 pounds of tomatoes go down the drain(被浪费掉)in what is perhaps the largest tomato fight in the world. The event is conducted in the town of Bunyol and attracts nearly 30, 000 tourists around the world in addition to locals. Truckloads of tomatoes arrive and you are ready to go. The entire area is covered with slush and tomatoes within minutes. Its a good time to have fun with friends and family. 24. Whats the authors purpose in writing this passage? A. To discuss some foreign culture. B. To introduce some unusual festivals. C. To attract more people to travel to Europe. D. To talk about the authors interesting experiences. 25. What can we learn from the passage? A. Thai people celebrate the Monkey Buffet mainly to show their concern for animals. B. The Monkey Buffet is celebrated because monkeys are endangered there. C. The Monkey Buffet is a religious festival celebrated in Spain every year. D. Thai people celebrate the Monkey Buffet to honor Hanuman. 26. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. August may be a golden season to visit Bunyol. B. People will fight with their enemy at La Tomatina. C. Nearly 30, 000 people join in La Tomatina every year. D. People hold a tomato-eating petition at La Tomatina. 27. The underlined part“get even with”in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_”. A. have a great time withB. pay backC. get along well withD. make peace withCA pany in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into womens shoes. Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products. A San Francisco start-up pany called Rothys, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Rothy Martin is the panys co-founder. He explains how they turn plastic into soft material for your feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press it through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers are then bined, or knit together. This is done by a three-dimensional knitting machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the shoes. The knitted fabric and the inner part of the shoes are then attached to the shoes outer part, called the sole. This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber. Rothys shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They e in different colors and designs. They cost either $125 or $145 per pair, depending on the design. After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. Martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “Were not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. So we have an infinite supply of material, and I think that bodes well for our future. ”When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a pany that uses the recycled materials to make other products. For now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the pany says it will add international shipping in the near future. 28. Which one is the right procedure of making shoes? pressing small piecesbreaking down clean plastic bottlesknitting together cleaning plastic bottlesattaching the knitted fabric, the inner part and the outer partA. B. C. D. 29. Why did Rothys use a three-dimensional knitting machine to make shoes? A. Because it is easy to operate. B. Because it is cheaper than other machines. C. Because it is productive. D. Because it can reduce waste when making the shoes. 30. What can be learned from the passage? A. This kind of shoes are sold in the shop. B. The shoes are environmentally friendly. C. Customers can return them with little money to a pany. D. The shoes are available in the world. 31. Whats the best title of the passage? A. How to recycle plastic bottlesB. Recycled bottles find newlife on womens feetC. How a new kind of shoes became a hitD. How to make environmentally friendly shoesDElephants have impressed us for centuries. They are big, clever, and sociable. But what if someone told you that they may also hold the key to fighting cancer (癌症)?People have been wondering why elephants do not develop cancer, even though they have lifespans (寿命) that are similar to humans, living for around 50 to 70 years.Now scientists believe they know why. A team at the University of Chicago, US has found that elephants carry a large number of genes that stop tumors (肿瘤) from developing. To be precise, they found 20 copies of an antitumor gene called TP53 in elephants. Most other species, including humans, only carry one copy.According to the research, which was recently published on the online science network BioRxiv, the extra copies of the gene improved the animals sensitivity to DNA damage. This lets the cells quickly kill themselves when damaged before they can go on to form deadly tumors.“An increased risk of developing cancer has stood in the way of the evolution of large body sizes in many animals，” study author Dr. Vincent Lynch told The Guardian. If every living cell (细胞) has the same chance of being cancerous, large creatures with long lifespans like whales and elephants should have a greater risk of developing cancer than humans and mice do. But across species, the risk of cancer does not show a connection with body mass.This_phenomenon was found by Oxford University scientist Richard Peto in the 1970s and later named “Petos paradox”. Evolutionary (进化的) biologists believe it results from larger animals using protection that many smaller animals do not. In the elephants case, the making of TP53 is natures way of keeping this species alive.The study also found that when the same genes were brought to life in mice, they had the same cancer resistance (抵抗) as elephants. This means researchers could use the discovery to develop new treatments that can help stop cancers from spreading or even developing in the first place.“Nature has already figured out how to prevent cancer, ” said Joshua Schiffman, an oncologist at the School of Medicine, University of Utah, US.“Its up to us to learn how different animals tackle (处理) the problem so we can use those strategies to prevent cancer in people.”32Why are elephants unlikely to develop cancer?AThey have a large body size.B. Their genes suffer no DNA damage.C. Certain genes in their body kill existing tumors.D. They carry many genes that keep tumors from developing.33According to Dr. Vincent Lynch, what has been a risk in the evolution of large animals?A. A risk of deadly tumors.B. Human behavior.C. Extreme weather.D. Cells killing themselves.34What does the underlined expression “This phenomenon” in the sixth paragraph refer to?A. Larger animals have protection from TP53.B. The risk of cancer is not related to body size.C. The larger animals are, the bigger risk of cancer they have.D. Larger animals suffer the same risk of cancer as smaller ones do.35We can conclude from the last three paragraphs that _.A. humans are expected to stop cancer in the near futureB. depending on nature is not enough to fight against cancerC. this new treatment is more effective than the present onesD. the TP53 genes have proven useful in stopping cancer in mice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。 Tips to Be an Expert at Managing Your TimeDo you have too much to do and too little time? Of course! Actually, its the biggest problem facing most people today. The key to being more efficient is the ability to set priorities (优先顺序) and focus on one task at a time. 36 Learn from the experts.If you want to be a big success in any area, find out what other successful people in that area are doing. 37 And do the same things until you get the same results.Be open to new ideas.The most foolish person of all is either the person who feels he has no time to learn about time management or, the person, who feels that he already knows all thats needed to know on the subject. 38 Develop a plan.Successful men and women are both effective and efficient. 39 Develop a plan, then decide what is the most important thing to do and how to do it. 40 Start with your top tasks. Focusing on your highestvalue tasks is the starting point of getting your time under control, though small things are easier and are often more fun than the big, important things.A. Focus on the key tasks.B. Start from small things.C. They do the right things in the right way.D. But never forget to learn from their failures.E. However, the truth is that we have much to learn.F. Study the interviews, speeches, biographies of them.G. Here are several ways to get organized and get started.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) 阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，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。The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful.Cathy suffered some terrible _41_ in her early childhood. After years of regular treatment, she _42_ became healthy.Two years ago, while Cathy was watching the Olympics, a dream came into her sweet little headto be a swimmer. Last summer, she wanted to _43_ our local swim team. She practiced hard and finally _44_ it. The team practice, _45_， was a rough start. She coughed and choked and could hardly _46_ her first few weeks. Hearing her coughing bitterly one night, I decided to _47_ her from it all. But Cathy woke me up early next morning, wearing her swimsuit _48_ to go! I told her she shouldnt swim after a whole nights coughing, but she refused to _49_ and insisted she go.From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and didnt _50_ a single practice. She had a _51_ intention within herself to be the best she could be. My tenyearold was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this _52_ human being with a passion and a mission. There were moments of _53_ of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race. It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasnt a _54_ever. But that didnt stop her from trying.Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year. Cathy didnt expect any award but was still there to _55_ her friends and praise their acplishments. As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach _56_， “The highest honor goes to Cathy！” Looking around, he continued, “Cathy has inspired us with her _57_ and enthusiasm. _58_ skills and talents bring great success, the most valuable asset (财富) one can hold is the heart.”It was the greatest _59_ of my daughters life. With all she had been _60_ in her ten years, this was the hour of true triumph (成功)41A. failure B. pressureC. loss D. illness42A.