福建省莆田第八中学高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

福建省莆田第八中学2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。共150分，考试时间120分钟。 第i卷（ 共100分）第一部分：听力(共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分) 第一节听下面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。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. how will the woman get to lake street? a. by underground. b. by bus. c. on foot.2. what does the woman think of sharing a room with others? a. enjoyable. b. uncomfortable. c. troublesome.3. how much will the man pay? a. $ 120. b. $ 100. c. $ 80.4. why cant the woman reach kevin? a. he is having lunch. b. he is out of the office. c. he is talking on the phone.5. what will the speakers do next? a. go to the park. b. visit the museum. c. walk to the post office.第二节听下面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。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. why does the man thank the woman? a. she gave him a present. b. she helped him finish his job. c. she helped him manage the workshop.7. where are the speakers? a. at the womans office. b. at the mans house. c. at the mans workshop.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. an earthquake. b. a storm. c. a tree.9. what happened before the man fell asleep? a. birds made a lot of noises. b. a tree fell down. c. his house shook.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what does the woman want to do before leaving? a. have a shower. b. have breakfast. c. get the chairs out of the car.11. when will the speakers probably meet? a. in the early morning. b. around midday. c. in the late afternoon.12. what did the man forget? a. the umbrella. b. the gas. c. the sandwiches.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what is the woman doing? a. writing her new term plan. b. designing an exercise plan. c. making a review plan.14. why does the woman do running? a. to enjoy the fun. b. to keep her brain clear. c. to prepare for her running test.15. what does the woman care most? a. the score. b. the knowledge. c. the study method.16. what does the woman advise the man to do before a test? a. get enough sleep. b. study a whole night. c. get prepared one day before.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. when did muhammad ali become heavyweight winner of the world? a. in 1960. b. in 1964. c. in 1967.18. what happened to muhammad ali in 1971? a. he lost to joe frazier. b. he beat george forman. c. he joined the united states army.19. who did muhammad ali beat when he got his title back again in 1978? a. sonny liston. b. george forman. c. leon spinks.20. what do we know about muhammad ali? a. he lit the olympic flame of atlanta olympics in 1996. b. he got the title back three times. c. he changed his name in 1960.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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。ahave you got teenage children between 12 and 17? will they jump at the idea to go to south africa too? well, let me help you here. i will give you some great ideas about what teenagers can do in cape town and give you reasons why a stay in cape town will be cool for them too.you will read where to find really interesting activities and how much money you will have to pay for them and also how your children can gain as many great experiences as possible when holidaying or even living in cape town. mad about football not only for soccer fanswhere: cape town stadium (体育场), 15 mins from cape towns central business district (cbd). the new visitor center offers several tours. how much does it cost? r45.6 for adults or kids over 12, r17.1 for kids up to 12 and r11.4 per student for school groups. the biodiversity garden next to the stadium is interesting as well and can be added into tour at an additional cost. theme park with more than 23 rides and roller coasters (过山车)where: ratanga junction, century city, 20 mins north of cape town cbd. costs: r75 for kids under 1.3m and r152 for kids over 1.3m or adults, open only on school holidays and public holidays. sandboardingwhere: atlantis, 45 mins north of cape town cbd. costs: r595 for a half day of fun in the sand. ice skatingwhere: grand west casino complex, goodwood, 20 mins east of cape town cbd costs:r35 (including skates) enjoy mini golfwhere: several places around cape town cbd. muizenberg beach promenade, green point promenade, durbanville vodacom golf driving range or try cave golf at the v&a waterfront next to scratch patch. costs: r8. go bowlingwhere: several places around cape town cbd. costs: r25. how about climbing wallswhere: observatory, 20 mins south of cape towm cbd. costs: r50.21a visitor can get the following information about the activities in the passage except .a. location b. cost c. food d. distance22if a couple want to take their son aged 15 and daughter aged 9 to visit cape town stadium, they should pay .a. r182.4 b. r153,9 c. r125.4 d. r11423in order to have fun on the sand, visitors should go to .a. atlantis b. green point promenadec. ratanga junction d. grand west casino complex24which of the following activities costs least?a. theme park b. climbing walls c. bowling d. mini golfbto educate a girl is to educate a thousand people,” says maimouna samak, a mother of six children (including five girls). “if you put one seed in the ground and rain comes, it will grow to produce many seeds.”samak, one of 2,000 residents, lives in a small village, sounkala, in one of the worlds poorest countries. now she has a chance to see this wish come true thanks to build on, an american non-profit organization that is building a school in her community.for 17 years, build on has been sending american high school students overseas to create schools in places where literacy (文化) and formal education are usually out of reach. the organization has built about 300 schools in mali, malawi, nepal, senegal, nicaragua and haiti. its goal is to get young americans in mostly urban areas to get involved in education. at the same time it can bring literacy to children and adults in poor villages in the developing world.sounkalas current school only has about 70 children; mud floors, poor lighting, few desks and an absence of books mean that the school is not the most ideal learning environment. therefore they certainly could use build ons help.samak hasnt been to school, but she wants a better future for her five daughters, including ramatou, 12, and mariam, 10. “when a woman attends school, she will teach what she learns to her children,” said ramatou, who wants to become a doctor. “she will also know how to take better care of her family.”build on tries to build schools for grades one to three. if things go well over those three years, they return to help build another school for grades four to six, and then set up evening adult literacy classes.ramatou and mariam will not learn inside the walls of build on school since they are already in the sixth grade, but samak hopes that they will be able to attend evening classes to continue learning.25which of the following aspects of build on is not mentioned in the text?a. its history. b. its goal. c. its approach. d. its sources of funding.26.according to the text, build on is most likely to help a school _.a. in a village in a developed countryb. in an urban area in a developing countryc. in a rural area in a developing countryd. in an earthquake-stricken area in a developed country27what do we know about samakand her family?a. samak only has daughters. b. samak is well-educated.c. ramatou is a doctor. d. mariam is in the sixth grade.28the text mainly tells us about _.a. peoples education conditions in poor areasb. a womans dream of going to schoolc. an organization that helps build schools for people in poor areasd. build ons great contributions to educationcit was monday. mrs. smiths dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.considering that there was no better way. mrs. smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “give my dog half a pound of meat.” then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “take this to the butcher (屠夫) and hes going to give you your lunch today.”holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butchers. it gave the paper to the butcher. the butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the ladys handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. the dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.at noon, the dog came to the shop again. it gave the butcher a piece of paper again. after reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.the next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. and as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. this time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers. but, the dog came again at four oclock. and the same thing happened once again. to the butchers more surprise, it came for the third time at six oclock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. the butcher felt a bit puzzled. he said to himself, “this is a small dog. why does mrs. smith give it so much meat to eat today?”looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!29mrs. smith treated her little dog quite _.a. cruelly b. kindly c. fairly d. friendly30it seemed that the dog knew well that the paper mrs. smith gave it _.a. could do it much good b. might do it much harmc. would help the butcher d. was worth many pounds31from its experience, the dog found that _.a. only the paper with mrs. smiths words in it could bring it meatb. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw itc. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meatd. mrs. smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher32at the end of the story, youll find that _.a. the dog was clever enough to write on the paperb. the dog dared not go to the butchers any morec. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animald. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dogdcan you remember the first time you learned to ride a bike or drive a car? learning theses kills changed your life forever and opened up new horizons (视野).learning about computers can be like learning how to ride a bike or drive a car. once you have employed the time to master the skills, you will never go back to the old days. the new technology is just too convenient and too powerful.technological developments all through the years have enabled us to do more with less effort. we have continuously looked for better ways of doing things. each invention and new development has allowed us to extend our capabilities. today we see one of the most dramatic technologies ever developedthe computer. it extends the capabilities of our minds.computers have saved organizations millions of dollars. furthermore, these same computer systems have opened up new opportunities that would have gone undiscovered or ignored. there is no doubt that computers have a positive influence upon peoples life, and the growth of computer usage is surprising. on the other hand, the computer can do serious damage. invasion of privacy (侵犯隐私), fraud (欺诈), and computer-related mistakes are just a few shocking examples. so the computer is like a double-edged sword. it has the ability to cut us free from some activities, but it can also cut deep into financial profits (利益), personal privacy and our society in general. the choice is yours, and only through a knowledge of computer systems will you be able to avoid the dangers while enjoying the many, many benefits of the computer age.33why does the writer think learning about computers is like learning how to ride a bike or drive a car?a. because both need a lot of practice.b. because both are simple and practical.c. because both lead people to new life experiences.d. because both take much time to master the skills.34what can we do to avoid the bad effects of computers according to the writer?a. tell people not to misuse computers.b. have strict rules over the use of computers.c. make more improvement in the technology.d. have a good knowledge of computer systems.35this passage is probably written for _.a. computers players b. computer producersc. computer users d. computer programmers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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。what do you do in a situation like this? youre eating dinner with friends in a nice restaurant. youre having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. a man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems hes having with his girlfriend. he talks for almost ten minutes! 36 many people find cell phones useful in their day-to-day lives. but weve all sat next to someone talking too loudly on a cell phone. you may want to tell the loudmouth to end the conversation, but let the management take care of noisy customers. 37 here are a few rules: off means off! 38 if a sign says “turn off cell phones”, dont use your phone. 39 speak softly and for a short time. try to move away from other people. lights off, phone off! never take calls in a theater or at the movies. 40 talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. and watch where youre going when youre walking down the street and talking on the phone.as more people use cell phones, things are only going to get worse. so, the next time youre getting ready to make a call, stop and consider the people around you.a. pay attention! b. try to make yourself understood!c. keep private conversations private!d. you can only control your own behavior.e. always make yourself available to your phone.f. follow the rules of restaurants and other public places.g. this happens all the time on buses, in restaurants, everywhere!第三部分：英语知识运用第一节：完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。when i was young at school, i loved to talk, a characteristic not always appreciated by miss jordan, my tenth-grade english teacher.she was a teacher no one wanted because she was so _41_. she stood about five-foot-five, was very thin and wore her hair pulled back in a way that gave her a horsy _42_. she wore those half-circular reading glasses. whenever she got upset, she would lower her head and look at you over the top of her glasses.one day in her class i was busy talking. i didnt _43_ she had stopped teaching and was _44_ straight at me. “young lady, i would like to see you after school.”later miss jordan _45_ in a low, but very firm voice that showed she expected me to listen when she was talking. for _46_ she told me to write a thousand-word essay on education and its effect on the economy. she wanted it in by the following wednesday.well, i met my deadline. i was _47_. it was a good paper. and i expected a sign of _48_ from her. the next day in class,_49_, she was looking at me over her glasses. she called me forward and _50_ my paper. “go back and rewrite,” she said. “remember, each paragraph is supposed to begin with a topic sentence.” when she gave my paper back a second time, she _51_ the grammar. the third time, the spelling. the fourth time, it was punctuation. the fifth, it wasnt neat enough. i was _52_!the sixth time, i rewrote the whole paper _53_, in ink, leaving generous space. when she saw it, she removed her glasses and smiled she finally _54_ the paper. after that, i put the whole thing out of my _55_.two or three months passed. one day miss jordan came into the class and said to us: class, do you still _56_ an essay contest held citywide? theyve announced the _57_. i am happy to inform you that mary has won third prize in the essay contest on the impact of education on the economy.”i was amazed and _58_. it was the first time i had ever won a prize. years later, i told a reporter that story, and my comments including my unfriendly _59_ of miss jordans appearance. miss jordan wrote me, and said that her appearance wasnt what was important. what was important was the _60_ i had learnt. when i wrote and rewrote that paper for her, i began to learn how to discipline myself.41a. open-mindedb. strictc. carefuld. cold-hearted42a. lookb. shapec. styled. character43a. guess b. believec. imagined. realize44a. wavingb. laughingc. staringd. running45a. complainedb. whisperedc. explainedd. apologized46a. objectionb. motivationc. punishmentd. encouragement47a. confidentb. concerned c. nervousd. helpful48a. suggestionb. praisec. commentd. respect49a. otherwiseb. moreoverc. howeverd. therefore50a. changedb. torec. openedd. returned51a. masteredb. correctedc. taughtd. identified52a. relieved b. grateful c. relaxed d. sick53a. carelesslyb. eagerlyc. quicklyd. slowly54a. publishedb. accepted c. finishedd. studied55a. mindb. list c. questiond. sight56a. rememberb. enterc. expect d. organize57a. plansb. winnersc. participantsd. names58a. curiousb. anxiousc. thrilled d. enthusiastic59a. conclusionb. reactionc. recommendationd. description60a. lessonb. meaningc. skilld. result第卷第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分40分）第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。the first foreign l