湖南省益阳市高一英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

湖南省益阳市2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题总分：150分时量：120分钟第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 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。 例：how much is the shirt? a. 19. 15b. 9. 18c. 9. 15 答案是 c。1. what will lucy do at 11:30 tomorrow?a. go out for lunch.b. see her dentist.c. visit a friend.2. what is the weather like now?a. its sunny.b. its rainy.c. its cloudy.3. why does the man talk to dr. simpson?a. to make an apology.b. to ask for help.c. to discuss his studio4. how will the woman get back from the railway station?a. by train.b. by carc. by bus.5. what does jenny decide to do first?a. look for a job.b. go on a trip.c. get an assistant.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. what time is it now?a. 1:45.b. 2:10.c. 2:15.7. what will the man do?a. work on a project.b. see linda in the library.c. meet with professor smith.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.8. what are the speakers talking about?a having guests this weekend.b. going out for sightseeing.c. moving into a new house.9. what is the relationship between the speakers?a. neighbors.b. husband and wife.c. host and visitor.10. what will the man do tomorrow?a. work in his garden.b. have a barbecue.c. do some shopping.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.11. where was the man born?a. in philadelphia.b. in springfield.c. in kansas.12. what did the man like doing when he was a child?a. drawing.b. traveling.c. reading.13. what inspires the man most in his work?a. education.b. family love.c. nature.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题.14. why is dorothy going to europe?a. to attend a training program.b. to carry out some research.c. to take a vacation.15. how long will dorothy stay in europe/a. a few days.b. two weeks.c. three months.16. what does dorothy think of her apartment?a. its expensive.b. its satisfactory.c. its inconvenient.17 what docs bill offer to do for dorothy?a. recommend her apartment to jim.b. a new apartment for her.c. take care of her apartment.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题.18. what are the tourists advised to do when touring london?a. take their tour scheduleb. watch out for the trafficc. wear comfortable shoe.19. what will the tourists do in fifteen minutes?a. meet the speaker.b. go to their rooms.c. change some money.20. where probably is the speaker?a. in a park.b. in a hotel.c. in a shopping centre.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） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2135题各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）acentral park photo tour $79with sam l.come to shoot in the central park of new york that will allow you to take home digital postcards. this tour is a great introduction to central park and combines views of the bridges, lakes and skyline.at each stop of the photo tour, i will provide you with explanations around photography(摄影)，camera settings etc. you will be able to put these tips to good use immediately.new york runmng tour $50with sebastien b.love running? love new york? do you want to see the sites of the city? contact me and well take a special tour. all youll need to do is to put on your sports shoes and well be off. ill show you my favorite running spots along the hudson river or north of central park and away from all the tourists.if you re thinking of training for something, ill give you the explanations and tips to make the best of your time training!greenwich village food tour $75with manhattan w.discover unbelievable places to eat. this is the real greenwich village gastronomic(美食的) experience. along the way, find out how the village has kept its unique character throughout the years, from the dutch and english controlled periods to today.tour runs every day from 12:30 pm2:30 pm.new york by night photo tour $115with sam l.we have already prepared nyc for the most unique points for you. during the -hour walking tour, we share these special comers of nyc.the night tour teaches night photography techniques while discovering the “darker” side of the city that never sleeps： the un headquarters, 42nd street, grand central terminal, the chrysler building, rockefeller center and radio city music hall.21. who will you contact if you want to take pictures of the central park?a. sam l. b. sebastien b.c. manhattan w. d. rockefeller-22. how much can you spend running along the hudson river with sebastien b?a. $79. b. $50.c. $75. d. $ 115.23. what can you do if you choose manhattan w as your tour guide?a. you can shoot some pictures.b. you can do some sports.c. you can enjoy some delicious food.d. you can learn night photography techniques.24. in which part of a magazine can you read this kind of passage?a. advertisement. b. history.c. science. d. politics.btheres something about minot that im always going to carry with me. when it got hit last year by the worst flooding in its history, there was this feeling of helplessness. youjustwatched this water slowly rise and flood the city. it was heartbreaking. but this is a community of people that are extremely strong and not afraid to roll uptheirsleeves and work to get it back to normal.ive tried to bring as much awareness to minot as i can, and raise as much money as i can. we held a concert last year,where my wife singer fergie talked her band the black eyed peas into coming in and doing a benefit concert. from it we raised $2 million towards the rebuilding effort, which was really cool. we won a contest for oak park as well, to start rebuilding on that.roosevelt park zoo is one of my oldest memories. irememberhaving a birthday party there as a kid. we used to go to look at the monkeys and other animals inthesummer when it was open. but after last years flood, it was almost washed away, and theyve got go start from scratch. i think the $25,000 dollars is a great start, but were going to have to raise alot more to get it back to right. luckily,thecommunity itself is developing, so its just a matter of those doing whatever they can to helpthe community to get it back to normal. however, its going to be a number of years for a third of the homes were lost. that will take a long time to heal, and if anyone in the world can get through it, its the people in minot.25. the author helped minot fight against the flood by_.a. raising money for it through various activitiesb. donating as much money as the couldc. calling for the peoples awareness to stay calmd. asking his wifes band to play to comfort the people26. the author helped rebuild roosevelt park zoo mainly because_.a. it was important for the childrenb. many performances were held therec. it was destroyed the mostseriouslyby the floodd.it reminded him of his happy childhood27. which of the following did the author show to us in the text?a. the ways of helping each other inthefloodb. his deep love to his hometownc. the difficulty of rebuilding homes in his hometownd. his worry about the future life of the people in minot cnot every parent looks forward to the day when their child goes off to school. in fact some parents are not sending their children to school at all. instead they are choosing to teach their children at home. this is called homeschooling. parents, caregivers, or private tutors educate children individually at home instead of sending them off to be formally educated in public or private schools. in the u.s. only about three percent of children are homeschooled.there are many reasons why some parents choose to homeschool. one reason is that some parents do not feel their children are safe in school because of bullying (恃强凌弱). it is said that bullying is very common in the school. other parents want their childrens education to be based on their religion or moral beliefs. yet other parents think the education in school is not good enough. homeschooling is also seen as a choice for families that live in rural areas, and families that move frequently.there are many different ways to homeschool, and homeschooling allows parents to design lessons based on their childrens needs. families can purchase textbooks to use or create their own materials. some parents follow a philosophy called unschooling, which allows a child to determine when and how they want to learn based on their natural ability. some worry that homeschooling means students wont have opportunities to communicate with others.to solve this problem, some families have created activities, where a group of homeschooled students will learn and play together and participate in activities that would normally happen in school like field trips.besides, being homeschooled doesnt mean a student cannot go to college. most colleges accept homeschooled students. and the homeschooled students can get the same degrees, too.28. how many american students go to public or private schools?a. about 97%. b. about 3%.c. about 50%. d. about 70%.29. which is the reason that some parents choose homeschooling?a. some parents cannot afford the education fees in school.b. school bullying exists in some schools.c. some children want their education to be based on their religion.d. some parents think the school is too far away.30. what will the parents do to help their children communicate?a. the parents can buy some textbooks.b. the parents will allow children to choose what to learn.c. the parents will teach the children by themselves.d. the parents will organize the children to play together.31. what can we conclude from the last paragraph?a. homeschooled students cannot get enough chances to go to college.b. american colleges are fond of the homeschooled students.c. homeschooled students have the same rights as students who are formally educated in schools.d.homeschooled students find it easy to go to some american colleges.dindia now leads the world in smartphone growth. it saw a 55% increase in the number of smartphone in 2014. the number of web users increased by 37 %. smartphones were the source of 65 % of its internet traffic and 41 % of its e-commerce, according to a report by the analyst mary meeker, titled “internet trends 2015”.indias internet boom has started. within three or four years, almost every adult in india will own a smartphone. they will be used to order goods, read news, monitor crop growth and so on.indian adults will be very interested in these devices just as young americans are. 87 % of americans between the ages of 18 and 34 who own smartphones say they never separate from these: “my smartphone never leaves my side.” four out of five say that the first thing they do on waking is to reach for their smartphones. and three fifths believe that in the next five years everything will be done on mobile devices.in the business world, the rise of mobile platforms is dramatically transforming many industries all over the world. what indian software developers have to do is to start thinking about solutions to old problems by using all the features of these new devices. they need to take advantage of the unique properties of smartphones and tablets. as indian software developers and enterprises master the smartphone, they will be able to export their solutions to the rest of the world.this will make possible a new tech revolution that is greater than what created indias it industry in the 1980s and 1990s. we can expect the rapid transformation of india when a billion people become connected and have equal access to information and services.32. loads of numbers are used in paragraph 1 to show _.a. india has the most advanced it industry in the worldb. indias smartphones increase most rapidly in the worldc. india will be a superpower pretty soond. india will export new smartphones to the rest of the world33. what will most young americans do first the moment they wake up?a. get their smartphones. b. shop online.c.read news. d. check e-mails.34. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. india is the largest mobile maker in the world.b. indian farmers use smartphones to monitor crop growth.c. indian software developers have made great profits by selling their products abroad.d. india saw a great boom in it industry some 30 years ago.35. which can be the best title of the text?a. more people, more smartphonesb. no dream, every indian owns a smartphonec.a small smartphone, a big use d. at hand, indias next tech revolution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。有两个选项为多余选项。we all wish we had just a bit more time. just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on._36_but i can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.get out of bed earlierif you normally get up at 7; 30 am, try getting up at 7:00 am. that half-hour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book youve been meaning to finish. _37_do the important tasks firstonce you get to work, get the important ones done first（not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones）.you can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones._38_the urgent tasks will still get done, and you wont miss the important ones.reduce interruptionsif colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter. constant interruptions dont just eat up time, they also break your concentration.when youve got a big task to focus on, let your calls go to voicemail. _39_wearing headphones makes it less likely that people will try to strike up a conversation._40_a few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted over the course of a day. when youre working, work. if your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. and if youre facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that its easier to deal with.astay focused on your workbtake breaks when necessarycwould you want me to make your day longer?di cant magically make all your days 25 hours longeor simply to get your day off to a calm and organized startfif you have an office door, close itgif you work like this, youll usually save time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。 mr. bard is the manager at his familys shoe company. he really _41_ ability in his workers. he always tells the _42_ and hard-working employees that he is _43_ of them. but mr. bard does not only show his appreciation through words. the most competent workers are also paid _44_.mr. bard thinks when an _45_ works harder and produces higher quality shoes, the company earns more money. _46_, the employee should also earn more. but many of the less competent workers _47_.“we are equal,” they protest (抗议). “we do the same job, so we should get the _48_ pay!”he is a kind man, but he is also _49_. if he keeps hiring the less competent workers, the whole company will _50_. and perhaps all employees will lose their jobs. it will also be bad for his family and for the companys _51_.to _52_ the situation, mr. bard creates evening workshops (工作坊) to help _53_ the employees who are not working at company _54_. they watch the most competent workers, who receive a special bonus for _55_ their co-workers, and make lots of notes. they inspect the production line, ask lots of questions, and _56_ until they are skilled and _57_.production at the company _58_. and the customers are happier with the high _59_ shoes! as sales increase, mr. bard is able to pay his workers better. and _60_ the companys smart pay system, the most competent workers can be highly rewarded.41. a.describes b. appreciates c. absorbs d. agrees42. a. skilled b. excited c. born d. considerate43. a. worried b. confused c. proud d. painful44. a. worse b. less c. further d. more45. a. employer b. employee c. degree d. guarantee46. a. however b. on the contrary c. in other words d. therefore47. a. disagreed b. disliked c. disappeared d. discouraged48. a. high b. low c. same d. distant49. a. silly b. wise c. likely d. simple50. a. select b. shake c. suffer d. scold51. a. customers b. teachers c. cooks d. drivers52. a.come up b. put up c. delay d. improve53. a. forget b. sell c. train d. harm54. a. standards b. limits c. borders d. patience55. a. picking b. teaching c. tolerating d. weighing56. a. practice b. sneeze c. sob d.warn 57. a. straight b. affected c. strict d. productive 58. a. goes down b. goes away c. goes against d. goes up59. a. quantity b. ability c. quality d. equality60. a.instead of b. thanks to c. regardless of d. in spite of第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。tom was shocked to realize that