湖北省宜昌市葛洲坝中学高一英语上学期期中试题.doc

宜昌市葛洲坝中学2015-2016学年第一学期高一年级期中考试试卷 英语试题 考试时间：2015年11月第i卷第一部分 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. where does the conversation take place?a. in a restaurant b. in a shop c. in a hotel2. how long is the museum open on sundays?a. eight hours b. six hours c. four hours3. why does the woman come to san francisco? a. to do business b. to look after her husband c. to take a holiday4. what does the man think of his history teacher? a. respectable b. annoying c. talkative5. what does the woman ask the man to do? a. make friends with her boyfriend. b. give her some advice. c. meet her parents.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. why does the woman come to the man? a. to ask for leave. b. to ask him to fill in a form. c. to invite him to a picnic.7. what does the woman offer to do on thursday? a. pick up the man. b. work overtime . c. host a dinner.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what does the woman want to do? a. open a new showroom.b. change employee benefits. c. buy industrial equipment.9. what does the man suggest the woman do?a. go to the showroom next week.b. shop more often at his showroom.c. think more of workers safety.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what relation is the man to the woman? a. her boss b. her husband c. her customer11. what does the man think of the womans words? a. unbelievable b. funny c. reasonable12. what is the woman likely to do during her holiday? a. listen to music b. buy a book c. take photos听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. what is the probable relationship between the speakers? a. flatmates b. interviewer and interviewee c. relatives14. what is the first question about? a. how long the man spends on tv. b. what the man likes watching. c. whether the man fixes a tv in the bedroom.15. how many quiz questions are discussed in the conversation? a. four b. five c. six16. what do you know about the man? a. the man gets a low score. b. the man has a bad studying habit. c. the man is addicted to tv.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what will the man do at 6:30 tonight? a. conduct a tv debate. b. host a radio program. c. give a lecture on shopping habits.18. what does the man say about selfridges? a. it opened in 1919. b. it used to have a special room only for men. c. it was the first store to sell mens clothes.19. what was mens shopping habit in the 1970s in britain? a. all men didnt buy clothes themselves. b. married men began to do food shopping. c. single men usually shopped with their mother.20. what can we learn from the conversation? a. most men help write the shopping list now. b. products for men didnt change much over years.c. shopping girlfriends used to help men choose clothes.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节：从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。a my first impression of miss vicki was a highly authoritative(权威的) person towering over me. she spoke in a loud voice and the earth shook whenever she marched. that was in the first year of high school. she was a knowledgeable literature teacher then. however, during my first year in school, she struck terror into my heart. and everyone elses of course. just the mention of her name made the most annoying classes silent. however, the two years of junior high passed by rather quickly. soon i went to senior high class. i had worked hard and got the subject combination that i wished for. together with a group of old friends, i soon settled down in class comfortably. to everyones surprise, she was fortunate enough to be my teacher that year. i was shocked when i heard the news. this time round, however, i decided not to hide in terror whenever she was near. i decided to face the fact. instead of trying too hard to lick her boots , i tried my best to be my natural myself in front of her. still, i could not shake off the ice-cold impression that she put in my heart. true, her jokes sometimes sent me into fits of laughter, yet at other times these jokes simply fell flat the moment she told them . my lovely class, however, was always ready to laugh at the right time of her amusing stories. after all, we would not want to run the risk of making her angry. unluckily, life was not to remain boring. one day we received news that miss vicki was to leave singapore for the philippines where she would take part in a voluntary teaching program for the poor. we did not know what to say actually. all of us cried at the airport. 21. during the first year in school, the author thought miss vicki was _. a. proud but patient b. beautiful but strict c. scholarly but serious d. humorous but single-minded22. what does the underlined phrase “lick her boots” in paragraph 3 mean? a. win her favor b. upset her c. shock her d. follow her closely23. what can we learn from paragraph 4? a. miss vicki was a good joke teller. b. miss vickis jokes were always boring. c. students liked miss vickis class very much. d. students pretended to laugh to please vicki.24. what can we infer about miss vicki from the last paragraph? a. she was dismissed from the school. b. she was not accepted by the students.c. she was unwilling to leave her students.d. she had a strong sense of social responsibility. b mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. the areas city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. the neighborhood faced many problems. mark looked at the chart taped to the walls. there are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings. people were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. it was too much for mark. “ the problems are too big. ” he thought. he turned to the man next to him and said ,“ i think this is a waste of my time. nothing i could do would make a difference here.” mark thought some more on his way to the bus stop. “ people should just take care of themselves.” he decided. “thats enough to do. i cant take on all the problems of the world.” as he neared the bus stop, mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. she was trying to unlock her car, but she didnt have a free hand. as mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. the woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved , her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out. mark ran to take the boys arm and led him back to his mother. then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. “ thanks!” she said. “you have got great timing!” “ just being neighborly,” mark said. as he rode home, he had a quick look at the walls of the bus. on one of them was “small acts of kindness add up.” mark smiled and thought, “ maybe thats a good place to start.” 25. the underlined word “darted” in paragraph 5 can be replaced by _.a. walked b. marched c. climbed d. rushed 26. which phrases cant describe the woman in the passage? a. at a loss b. at a panic c. helpless d. scared to death 27. what does “ maybe thats a good place to start ” suggest? a. if you are kind you will be treated in the same way. b. all small acts will add up to kindness. c. everyone can play his part to make things better.d. its a small act to help a person in need. c like many new graduates, i left university full of hope but with no real idea of what i wanted to do. my degree, with honors, in english literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. i knew i wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but i had no idea how to do that. thats when i learned about the lighthouse project.i started my journey as a lighthouse project volunteer by reading as much as i could about the experiences of previous volunteers. i knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that i would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. in short, i did not take my decision to apply for the lighthouse project lightly, neither did my family.finally, however, i won the support of my family, and i sent in all the paperwork needed for the application (申请). after countless interviews and presentations, i managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. several months later, i received a call asking me to report for duty. i would be going to a small village near abuja, nigeria.after completing my training, i was sent to the village that was small and greatly in need of proper accommodation. though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes and food as if i were their own family. i was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. for the next year or so, i taught in it. but i sometimes think i learned more from my students than they did from me.sometimes during that period, i realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though i did not get anywhere with the local language, and i returned to the usa a different man. the lighthouse project had changed my life forever.28. what do we know about the author? a. his dream at university was to become a volunteer. b. he took pride in making contributions to the world. c. his university education focused on the theoretical knowledge. d. he had dreamed about being a volunteer since he was in college.29. according to paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author _. a. felt happy to leave his family and friends. b. discussed his decision with his family. c. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work. d. attended special training to finish difficult tasks.30. the underlined word “accommodation” in paragraph 4 means _. a. drinking water . b. english teachers. c. living places and food d. teaching buildings.31. what can we infer from the authors experiences in nigeria? a. he was chosen as the best teacher by his students. b. he found some difficulty getting used to the local culture. c. he had learned to communicate in the local language. d. he had overcome all his weakness before he left for home. d sleep is just as important as diet and exercise, and not getting enough sleep can lead to obesity, heart trouble and other health problems. now scientists are adding more wake-up call to that list: lack of sleep damages the brain. people who regularly have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep (one study drew the line at 6.8 hours ) show changes in brain-actual shrinking(缩小)，in some cases- in area important for memory and problem solving. “weve always believed that we can take the weekend to catch up and be fine,” says sigrid veasey, a researcher in university of pennsylvania, but that may not be the case. when she stopped mice from sleeping for 3 days, they lost 25% to 30% of the neurons (神经元) important for focused attention- and these remaining were damaged. whats more, these brain cells never grew again. clearly, something important is happening while we sleep, but exactly what sleep does for the brain has been a mystery. thats why scientists got excited when researchers at the university of rochester medical center recently offered a new theory. while observing the brains of sleeping mice, they discovered a kind of brain-cleaning system that clears away neural waste, the buildup of which is connected with alzheimers. in another study, young healthy people whose sleep was limited to 7 hours per night for one week showed damaged brain function. scarier is that with long-lasting short sleep, you may feel fully rested. when study subjects were limited to 4 hours of sleep for 5 days, they reported feeling very tired following the first night but they didnt get any sleepier after that.whats more, a 15,000 person study found that getting an average of less than 5 hours of sleep per night for several years resulted in a decrease in memory performance equal to the brain aging 2 years.have we persuaded you to turn in early tonight ? excellent.32. the text is mainly about _. a. how lack of sleep damages our brain. b. why we feel rested without enough sleep. c. how much sleep we should get every day. d. why we have trouble falling asleep sometimes.33. sigrid veaseys research shows that _ a. lack of sleep doesnt affect our attention. b. damaged brain cells can not recover. c. sleeping on weekends can make up for lost sleep. d. most neurons will die if we sleep poorly for 3 days.34. according to paragraph 5, after several days of short sleep people may feel _. a. tired b. sleepy c. energetic d. angry35. according to the 15,000-person study, lack of sleep may cause _. a. heart trouble b. obesity c. death d. memory loss第二节：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。 aquarium (养鱼缸) an aquarium can be a small container for a few goldfish. 36 aquariums give people the chance to observe an ecosystem (生态系统) very different from their own.people who like fish often keep aquariums as a hobby. popular fish for home aquariums include goldfish, guppies and bettas. home aquariums can be as small as a bowl or as large as an entire wall. for their fish to survive, owners must make sure that their aquariums stay clean and that the water is the right temperature. they must not put too many fish or natural enemies together. 37 found in many large cities, public aquariums are buildings with large tanks of fish and other water animals. different tanks contain fish, and salty waters. people come to see and learn about fish and their habitats. 38 . marine biologists (海洋生物学家) help the animals to get well and then return them to the wild.people have kept fish in man-made habitats for at least 4,500 years. the ancient sumerians, egyptians, and romans kept fish in aquariums. 39 man-made ponds filled with fish later became popular in european gardens. the trend spread to north america in 1800s. in 1853 the zoological society of london, england, opened the first public aquarium. 40 more people also began keeping fish in small aquariums at home.a. the chinese kept goldfish in ponds and bowls.b. public aquariums soon opened in many other major cities.c. they also must provide the right type and amount of food.d. public aquariums often care for sick or injured water animals, too.e. there are some open-air aquariums in places where the climate(气候) permits.f. it can also be a building that displays a large collection of water animals.g. fish have been raised as food in pools and ponds for thousands of years.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。my mind seems always to return to the day when i met carl. i got on a bus, and 41 a place to sit. 42 , i spotted a place near the back.the occupant( 占有者) of the 43 next to the one i was going for was an older man. taking the seat next to the man, i began to read the 44 i d been carrying. the man 45 next to me introduced himself by asking if i d read any other books like the one i was 46 holding. when i told him i had, he seemed to become interested, and, to tell the truth, 47 did i. his name was carl. he told me about how he loved jazz music and we 48 many stories and a lot of laughs. carl and i talked about a lot of different things. the more we talked, the more 49 we became at how much the two of us really had 50 ,despite (尽管) the age 51 . finally, carl happily 52 at his stop. i havent seen him since then, but the thought of our 53 that day never leaves my mind.carl really makes me think about how much we can learn from each other 54 we just 55 the barriers (障碍) weve got. i mean, i would have 56 thought before that day that i could have anything in common with someone so much 57 than i . but carl 58 me no matter how old we are ,we are just people, and we should make an extra 59 to try and get to know our neighbors and people we see every day. if we all took the time to try to 60 each other, the world would be a much better place.41. a. gave up b. took over c. looked for d. picked out42. a. above all b. at last c. after all d. in all43. a. seat b. room c. car d. position44. a. map b. story c. newspaper d. book45. a. standing b. seated c. lying d. walking46. a. presently b. rightly c. frequently d. fortunately47. a. neither b. as c. so d. su