湖北省荆州市高一英语上学期期中试题.doc

高一年级20172018学年上学期期中考试英语试卷 第一部分 听力（共两节 20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）面5段听下对话，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 does the man do in the park?ahe plays soccer. bhe plays basketball. che plays baseball.2. why did the woman call the man in the afternoon?ato ask for leave.bto ask about the homework.cto help with his homework.3. what did the man prefer to do in middle school?ahe played basketball.bhe listened to music.che went hiking4. what frightened the man?athe lions. bthe snakes. cthe elephants.5. what does the man mean?ahe will walk the dog later.bhe doesnt mind going for a walk.che is unwilling to walk the dog.第二节（共15小题；每小题一分，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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. what is the rent for a mini car for 3 hours?a25. b45. c60.7. why cant the man rent a car?ahe is short of money.bhe is under the age.che forgot to bring his drivers license.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what does the woman think of buying a mountain bike?auseful.breasonable. cunnecessary.9. what will the man do next?ahave his old bike repaired.bbuy a mountain bike.cask somebody else for money.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what is the girls problem?ashe cant find places to stay for her friends.bshe cant find a proper place to study.cshe cant walk in the rain.11. why did the girl leave the classroom?ait was closed for repairs.bit was not quiet enough.cit would be used by others.12. where will the girl probably go?ato the city library.bto a club.cto the reading room.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what do we know about the woman?ashe will go shopping on saturday.bshe gets more money than she expected.cshe hasnt finished her maths homework.14. what day is it today?afriday.bsaturday.csunday.15. what does the woman ask the man to do on saturday?ato baby-sit for her.bto check her homework. cto play basketball with her.16. how does the woman feel in the end?aregretful.bunhappy.cexcited.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the speaker doing?adoing exercise.bintroducing a book. creading a newspaper.18. what is step one of five easy steps to healthy living?adont smoke.beat a balanced diet. chave a good breakfast.19. according to the speaker, what should people do in the evenings?awalk around.bwalk stairs up and down.ceat lots of fruit.20. what will be followed next?aan article.badvertisements.cmusic.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。aweve all been there: we go to the gym for a few days, and then we give in because its too tiring. even though you have great determination in the beginning, you find it difficult to make daily exercise a habit. so, how can you do it?1. plan the timetake your day and break it into hours on a piece of paper. its suggested by many experts that you exercise in the morning. not only do you burn more calories at that time, but it will make you energetic.2. choose your exercisewhat do you like to do? whether its swimming, running, cycling, or something else, find something you enjoy. if doing the same thing every day makes you bored, do something different. change and make it fun!3. set your goalwhat do you want to get out of this? whatever it is, write it down. put a note by your bed with that goal written on it to motivate you to get up in the morning and actually get out the door.4. stick to your planonce you decide that youre going to do something, stick to it. dont think that it will be easy. if you can make it through the first few weeks then youre fast on your way to making exercise a habit. what exactly does building a habit do for you? most importantly, it makes exercise a priority(优先的事物) in your life. people who have a habit of exercising wont feel right if they dont get in their daily exercise time.21. why do experts suggest doing sports in the morning?a. because the air is fresher at that time. b. because it can help to keep us warm. c. because it makes us burn more calories and energetic. c. because it is the only free time we have during the day.22. the author thinks it difficult for us to _.a. form a good living habit. b. make daily exercise a habit. c. find proper sports. d. make the determination to exercise.23. if we fell tired of the same sport, we can_a. do it the other day. b. stop it for a certain period of time.c. set up another goal of exercising. d. change it for some other sports.24. which of the following could be the best title of the passage?a. how to start a habit for your health. b. how to exercise in the gym every day. c. simple exercises you can do anywhere.d. the importance of habits in your life. bof all the things that will make life entirely happy, the greatest is the possession of friendship. one loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. friends are very rare jewels, indeed. they make you smile and encourage you to succeed.on the first sunday in august, its time to recognize your friends and their contribution to your life. the first sunday in august was fixed as national friendship day by the u.s. congress in 1935, and remains a tradition in many countries and cultures. in 1997, the united nations named winnie the pooh as the worlds ambassador of friendship.obviously, there are several friendship holidays, all of which fall on fixed dates.national friendship day is on the first sunday in august.womens friendship day is on the third sunday in september.international friendship month is february. old friends, new friends week is the third week of may.people show their appreciation for friendship in various ways. some expressions may be practical ones, such as flowers, particularly the pink friendship roses, cookies, chocolates, souvenirs from their vacations, a tape of favorite songs, farewell dinners, and welcome balloons.recipe for friendship: 2 cups of patience, 1 heart full of love, 2 handfuls of generosity, 2 cups of loyalty, 1 cup of understanding, with some laughter. mix them all well. spray (喷洒) generously over a lifetime and serve everyone you meet. friendship helps to bring peace and positive things to the globe, another great reason to celebrate! although our friends certainly deserve thanks on more than just one day of the year, what better day to honor them than friendship day!25. which of the following proverbs supports the main idea of the first paragraph?a. friendship cannot stand always on one side. b. a friend in need is a friend indeed. c. a friend without faults will never be found. d. a life without a friend is a life without a sun. 26. which of the holidays happens first in a year?a. national friendship day.b. womens friendship day.c. international friendship month. d. old friends, new friends week.27. what is most needed to make friendship grow, develop and last?a. inviting your friends over for a party.b. looking on your friends as relatives.c. honoring your friends on friendship day.d. being loyal and generous to your friends.28. “recipe for friendship” here actually means _.a. a prescription (处方) for curing friends b. a method of keeping a friendshipc. the pleasure of having friends d. the importance of friendship cgood reporters are able to deal with a number of topics and talk with a variety of people. they can see the unusual, think through all the possibilities and organize a large amount of information to find the important parts.once they are assigned a story, they go after it. they make phone calls and keep trying if they dont make contact. they remember the sign that once hung in the los angeles times news room: goya/kod, get off your ass（别闲坐着）/knock on doors.good reporters arc curious. they take pleasure in the new as well as in the old that got us where we are. they enjoy reading and appreciate the details.they adopt a friendly nature with those they meet. they are grateful guests, with a belief in the basic goodness of people. they convey to those they meet that they are tolerant of them and their ideas, even though they do not like them. they are good listeners.a good reporter is honest. he seeks the truth and acts independently. he does what he says hes going to do, and doesnt do things he promised to avoid. he keeps thinking about accuracy and double checks his facts with call-backs.good reporters also need courage. they approach strangers. they take pleasure in being good and in being the first. they are willing to make a mistake and willing to write something that may hurt someone,as jon franklin, a reporter, author and teacher, said, “back when i first started, i thought intelligence was the most important quality a reporter should have. i have changed my mind. you do have to be intelligent, but the big thing is courage, which helps open your mind and makes you willing to admit mistakes. you need courage to take criticism, grow with your experiences, and accept what you dont understand. most of all, you should have courage to see what is there and not what you want to think is there.”29. the purpose of this text is to tell us .a. the qualities of a good reporterb. the methods that a good reporter usesc. what truth means to a good reporterd. how a good reporter should report a story30. when a good reporter is assigned a story, he will .a. pursue the story and not give up easilyb. make a call or two to check whether he can make contactc. go through all information to find the parts he is interested ind. visit unusual people by knocking on their doors31. which of the following is not true about good reporters?a. they should be able to deal with a number of topics.b. they enjoy reading and appreciate the details.c. they may do things that they promised to avoid.d. they are willing to write something that may hurt someone.32. from jon franklin, we can learn that .a. intelligence is the most important thing for a good reporterb. good reporters have courage to insist on their own opinionsc. good reporters have intelligence to accept ideas they dont understandd. courage is very important to good reportersd a father of three handed himself into police four months after his 15-month-old son died, which was because he was left alone in the back seat of a hot car for more than seven hours.“he continues to have the support of his family and close friends,” the mans lawyer, john gulash, said in a statement on tuesday. “it is a difficult time for everyone.”kyle seitz has two daughters and a son. he was supposed to take his son benjamin seitz to day care on july 7, but forgot and instead went to work, police said. he reportedly left his son alone inside his parked car for more than seven hours as temperatures climbed to the upper 26.7. he only realized his mistake when he returned to his car.after discovering benjamin lying unresponsive (无反应的)on the cars back seat, he rushed his son to danbury hospital. there the doctors pronounced that he was dead.just weeks after benjamins death, the childs mother, lindsey rogers-seitz, said she forgave her husband of 12 years. and she described him as an “amazing father”.“i love my husband,” she told the associated press at the time. “of course i forgive him. but it doesnt mean that our lives arent different now.“so we have to move forward with a new different reality for us, and its always going to be that way.”mrs rogers-seitz has since set up a website, the . on it she writes about her feelings and daily life following benjamins death.she has also become an advocate for technology that could help prevent people from leaving children in cars by accident. “if it can happen to us, it can happen to anybody, she said.33. why did the father go to the police?a. his son was missing.b. he killed someone in a car accident.c. his son died because of his carelessness.d. his son was killed in a car accident.34. the underlined word, “pronounced”, in the fourth paragraph probably means_.a. said officiallyb. developed quicklyc. replied nervouslyd. answered immediately35. what did the mother do after her sons death?a. she went into a technology company.b. she set up a website.c. she left her husband.d. she was completely lost in sadness. 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。when i was 8 years old, my father took me and my brother on a picnic. 36 it was a sunny day and i was very happy. when we arrived there, my father warned me that the river was dangerous and made me promise not to walk up into it. 37 i forget why i walked into the river. maybe i was curious. i walked into the river and fell down. i cried out loudly, but nobody was there, except my younger brother.i remembered that my younger brother was very scared and did not know what he could do because he was just 7 years old and he could not swim. 38 both of us cried out.fortunately, a farmer working there saved me first. 39 i cried louder and shouted to the farmer, “please save my brother!” he was very shocked because he had only seen me. he asked me, “are you sure that your brother fell into the river?” “of course, i am sure!” i answered. he jumped into the river again.then, my father and my mother arrived and started looking for my brother in the river. 40 luckily, my younger brother is alive, or else i could never forgive myself.a. he had to turn to our parents for help. b. at that time, i could no longer see my brother. c. i promised my father, but i did not keep my promise. d. finally, they found him and took him to the hospital. e. i decided to have a swim in the river because it was hot.f. on that day, i did something wrong, and i will never forget it.g. he jumped into the river, but that just made the situation worse.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）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c、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。some years ago, a young man came to me for advice. he told me that reading a whole paragraph 41 made him tired. his 42 was that he was working at a dead-end job for two years. all his friends, none of whom enjoy reading, were in the same 43 . they were all working at low-level jobs with no 44 .i told him he had to learn to read well. however, he said he wanted to be successful at something that didnt 45 reading. i told him that this was not a matter of 46 . the only jobs that have 47 to do with reading were the jobs they were doing. and they would even soon be 48 by younger people with better education. he finally accepted the 49 that he had to become a good reader. he began taking courses in reading. he 50 a technical institute（技术学院）. because of his poor education, it took him almost three years to 51 a two-year program in biomedical engineering.a small company employed him at $22,000 per year. it was not much, but he 52 it. he 53 to read and studied. in his third year, he was 54 by a company with $40,000 per year. two years later, an international company 55 his success and employed him at more than $50,000 per year, with other 56 .in eight years, he 57 a lot, from a low-paid worker to a high-paid one. he led a 58 life. the interesting thing was that as he went around 59 his old friends, he found they were still working as before. eight years seems like a 60 time in life, but it passes quickly when you are busying doing something and getting continually better at it.41. a. rarely b. hopefully c. narrowly d. actually42. a. duty b. danger c. problem d. hobby43. a. part b. situation c. way d. place44. a. pay b. experience c. future d. luck45. a. need b. prevent c. ruin d. affect46. a. chance b. choicec. attitude d. thought47. a. something b. everything c. anything d. nothing48. a. forgotten b. replaced c. hated d. doubled49. a. honour b. invitation c. fact d. report50. a. founded b. left c. consulted d. joined51. a. complete b. plan c. design d. explore52. a. understood b. offered c. stopped d. accepted53. a. continued b. started c. tried d. decided54. a. found b. trained c. awarded d. employed 55. a. learned from b. listed out c. heard about d. spoke of56. a. benefits b. services c. results d. tips57. a. dreamt b. changed c. corrected d. requested58. a. busier b. better c. quieter d. longer59. a. welcoming b. guiding c. visiting d. telling60. a. long b. certain c. free d. valuable第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5，满分15）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词或括号内单词的正确形式）。anne lived in amsterdam during world war two. in order not to be caught by the german nazis, she and her family 61 (hide) away for nearly 25years, during 62 she set down a series of facts in a diary.it was owing to being indoors for long 63 she grew crazy about everything to do with nature. although she felt extremely 64 (fright), she wanted to have a good look at the moon by herself. 65 , she didnt dare open the window that night as the moon looked much 66 (bright) than ever before. 67 (fortunate), she had a chance t