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2015-2016学年上学期期末考试高一英语试题时间：120分钟 总分：150分注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。祝考试顺利注意事项：1.答卷前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2b铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型a后的方框涂黑。2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.主观题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。第i卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）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. what will the man do next? a. ride a horse.b. go on a boat ride.c. buy some candy.2. what does the man want the woman to do? a. write something for him.b. help him type a letter.c. read a letter for him.3. who is the woman? a. the mans classmate.b. the mans teacher.c. the mans mother.4. how does the man sound? a. happy.b. impatient.c. disappointed.5. how did the woman get the book? a. she bought it in sydney.b. a friend gave it to her.c. she borrowed it from the library.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 did the man give the woman? a. his student card. b. his drivers license.c. a vip card.7. what will the man do next? a. call mr. peterson. b. have a meeting. c. drink some coffee.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. who didnt go home for christmas last year? a. the woman. b. the mans brother. c. the womans brother.9. why is the mans mother sad? a. he missed the plane. b. he will travel in south america. c. he cant attend christmas eve dinner.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. how many packages does the woman have in total? a. two.b. three.c. four.11. when will the larger package arrive in beijing? a. within a week.b. within ten days.c. within a couple of months.12. what is being sent to guangzhou? a. paintings.b. dvds and cds. c. books and magazines.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. where does the conversation take place? a. at the mans home.b. at a restaurant. c. at an office.14. when will the man meet his friend? a. at 6:00.b. at 6:30.c. at 7:00.15. what does the woman say about the rain? a. it wont last long.b. it is a terrible thunderstorm.c. it hasnt stopped for the last three hours.16. why does the man change his mind in the end? a. he doesnt want to use a pink umbrella. b. he wants to leave together with the woman. c. he doesnt want to meet a friend on a rainy day.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. who is the speaker? a. a supermarket clerk. b. a professional chef. c. a restaurant manager.18. what does household gourmet mainly sell? a. kitchen products.b. cook books.c. different meat dishes.19. what does the speaker say about the dessert? a. it can be made very quickly.b. the ingredients(原料) are simple.c. it takes a longer time.20. what will the speaker do next? a. introduce his assistant. b. show something to the audience.c. get the customers orders.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。ai was telling my boy sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). at the end i said, “ son, remember: be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. dont you think theres something to learn from the tortoise?”sonny opened his eyes wide, “do you mean next time when im entering for the 60-metre race i should wish that billy, tony and sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”i was shocked, “but the tortoise didnt wish that the hare would fall asleep!”“he must have wished that,” sonny said, “otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? he knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”“he didnt have such a wish,” i insisted. “he won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”sonny thought a while. “thats a lie,” he said. “he won it because he was lucky. if the hare hadnt happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. he could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but hed never have won the race. thats for sure.”i gave up. todays children are not like what we used to be. theyre just hopeless.21. the writer argued with his son because _. a. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares. b. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish. c. he tried to teach his son a moral lesson but the son had totally different opinion.d. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didnt.22. sonny believed that the tortoise _. a. won the race by his own hard working. b. took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race. c. was not given a fair chance in the race. d. in fact did win the race luckily.23. the writer thinks that his generation (一代人) _. a. are cleverer than sonnys generation. b. have the same ideas about life as sonnys generation. c. are more hopeful than sonnys generation. d. have different ideas about life from sonnys generation.bkids are cool to wear blue jeans and t-shirts today. it is fashionable like that. fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. its important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. for others, though, keeping up with trends isnt that important. the one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it always changes!during the 1960s and 1970s, hippies made bellbottomed blue jeans（喇叭裤）popular. also, in the 1980s, michael jackson made parachute pants（降落伞裤）all the fashion. now try to find these items in todays clothing stores!do you know why fashions change？the answer is probably as simple as the fact that people change. over time, the new replaces the old. people are influenced greatly by popular culture, including athletes, musicians, movies stars, as well as popular films, television shows, books and music. we are also influenced by the fashion industrys advertising.the stars of popular culture are always searching for a new angle to maintain（保持）their popularity. often these new angles come in the form of new clothing or hairstyles. when people see these new styles, they often want to imitate(模仿) their favorite stars. to do so, they seek out the latest fashions to make themselves look like the people they want to imitate. in this way, fashions evolve and change over time.clothes have been used to separate people into groups for many years. even today, brand-name, clothing that is more expensive than other types of clothing can be used by some people to make themselves different from others.unfortunately, this can often have the effect of distancing certain groups from others. dont forget that its always ok to develop your own sense of style that is unique and separate from what the fashion world determines! stay true to yourself and let your personality not your clothes speak for who you are!24. what does the example of bellbottomed blue jeans and parachute pants in paragraph 2 suggest?a. fashion always changes. b. stars are always influential.c. people have different dressing styles. d. hippies and michael jackson are good designers.25. what causes the changes of fashions?a. advertisements change rapidly.b. popular culture influences people.c. movie stars are changing over time.d. new films and shows replace the old.26. we can learn from the text that _ .a. fashion is all about clothes.b. the author has gone out of fashion.c. clothes may separate and distance people.d. people like imitate others dressing style.27. what does the author mainly want to stress in the last paragraph?a. the advantages of staying unique.b. the bad effects of following fashion.c. the good influences of popular styles.d. the importance of having ones own personality.calthough american children still spend part of their days reading, they are spending less time doing it for pleasure than years ago, with large gaps(差距) in proficiency(熟练)，according to a recent report.“it raises an alarm,” said vicky rideout, the lead author of the report. “were witnessing a really large drop in reading among teenagers and the speed of that drop is getting faster and faster.”the report found that the percentage of nine-year-old children reading for pleasure once or more per week had dropped from 81 percent in 1984 to 76 percent in 2013, based on government studies. about a third of 13-year-olds and almost half of 17-year-olds reported in one study that they read for pleasure less than twice a year.of those who read or are read to, children often spend on average between 30 minutes and an hour daily with that activity, the report found. older children and teenagers tend(倾向于) to read for pleasure for an equally long time each day.rideout warned that there may be differences in how people come across texts and the included studies may not take into account stories read on line or on social media.the report also found that many young children are struggling with literacy(识字). only about one-third of fourth grade students are “proficient” in reading and another one-third scored below “basic” in reading skills.despite the large percentage of children with below-basic reading skills, reading scores among young children have improved since the 1970s, according to one test that measures reading ability.the reading scores among 17-year-olds, however, reminded relatively unchanged since the 1790s.about 46 percent of white children are considered “proficient” in reading, compared with 18 percent of black children and 20 percent of hispanic kids.those gap remained relatively unchanged over the past 20 years, according to the report.“to go 20 years with no progress in that area is shameful”, rideout said.the report stresses some behaviors that have been tied to children being more frequent readers. those behaviors include parents setting aside time to read with their children and parents reading themselves to model good behavior.28. the figures in paragraph 3 show that_. a. fewer children read for pleasure. b. older children are busier than young children. c. teenagers are more interested in online reading.d. more elder children gain pleasure from reading.29. which of the following is true about the report findings? . a. the reading scores among older children have improved.b. the reading scores among young children havent changed. c. the gap between black children and white children has narrowed. d. black children have lower proficiency in reading than white children.30. what is the vicky rideouts attitude towards the report findings? a. uncaring. b. doubtful.c. positive.d. worried.31. to make children frequent readers, parents should _. a. improve their reading skills.b. read as many books as possible. c. set a good example to their children.d. spend more time with their children.dthe reason why women love to spend hours in shops while men prefer to be in and out of the high street in minutes can trace back(追溯) to their hunter-gathering past, find scientists.while women spent their days gathering food, often with children, men were hunters who made plans about how to catch and kill their prey (猎物). these two ways of getting food in the past show how we shop in modern times, the study believes.women would spend hours trying to find the right things, because they had in the past spent ages trying to find the best quality and health-giving food. men, on the other hand, decided in advance what animal they wanted to kill and then went looking for it. once it was found and killed, they returned home.daniel kruger, professor of the university of michigan, said the study could be the answer to why there are a lot of collisions when couples go shopping together. he said it could also help couples to avoid fights in the shops if they understood the reasons why each sex had different ways of deciding on the perfect present.“in modern times, women are much more likely than men to know when a specific type of item will go on sale. women also spend much more time choosing the perfect color and texture.”professor kruger said his study was important because if men and women understood each others shopping habits they could avoid arguments while shopping.32. what has decided the different shopping habits of men and women? a. different ways of keeping food in the past.b. different ways of eating in the past. c. different ways of buying food in the past.d. different ways of gathering food in the past.33. in comparison(比较) with men, women were less likely to_. a. catch the right animal and kill it.b. spend much time on shopping. c. choose the right color and texture. d. know when a specific item was on sale.34. what does the underlined word mean in the fourth paragraph? a. requestsb. arguments. c. concerns.d. differences.35. according to kruger, his study can help to _. a. develop good shopping habits.b. avoid arguments in shopping between men and women. c. give people tips on choosing good gifts.d. make sure people buy safe food for children.第二节：任务型阅读。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，请把答案写在答题卡上。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)im 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that i want to share with you. here are the 4 lessons that life has taught me in the past 30 years.take care of your body. life is “unfairly” biased (偏向的) towards people who “look good”, like it or not. so its important that you do all that is in your power to look your best. 36 .you will live longer, and you will live happier, if you take care of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job. remember that your health is really your greatest wealth. 37 no one taught me to save when i was growing up; no one told me the importance of saving. fortunately, i was able to learn the value of saving through reading great books like “the millionaire next door”. what i want to teach others is to save at least twenty percent of your income. if you are to be wealthy, you must not just earn a lot, you must save a lot.think in the long term. in high school i was thinking about college, in college i was thinking about life after college. im designing my life and im making decisions today that will enable me to live the life i desire when im in my 40s, 50s and 60s. you have to think in the long term; you have to see the “ big picture”. 38 realize the power of focus. focus, focus, focus 39 . if you fail in this lifetime, you will fail because of broken focus. if you focus on the goals that are most important to you, you will achieve them. the problem is that there are so many distractions(使人分心的事). 40 winners decide to major on majors, and they even let important things slip, because they just focus on achieving what is critical(极重要的) to their goals.a. save your money.b. the importance of saving.c. if you plan your future properly, you will live into your plans.d. i mean dressing nicely, working out and eating right.e. its critical that you pursue(追逐) relationships with individuals who are good first.f. nothing is more critical than focus.g. what separates the winners from the losers is that the winners learn to focus on their goals.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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。as eric hoffer once said, “the hardest arithmetic（算术）to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”according to a legend(传说), a young man while wandering around the desert came across a spring of delicious clear water. the water was so41and he filled his leather canteen（水壶）so he could bring some back to a tribal（部落）elder who had been his teacher.after a four-day journey he42the water to the old man, who took a deep43, smiled warmly and thanked his44for the sweet water taken back from the45. the young man46to his village with a happy heart.later, the teacher let another student taste the water. he spat（吐）it out, saying it was47. it48 had become smelly because of the old leather49.the student asked his teacher, “master, the water is awful. why did you50to like it？”the teacher51, “you only tasted the water. i tasted the52.the water was simply the container for an act of lovingkindness and nothing could be sweeter.”i think we understand this53best when we receive innocent（天真无邪的）gifts of love from young children. whether its a handmade paper plane or a painting drawn by them, our54and proper response is appreciation because we love the idea55the gift.gratitude（感恩）doesnt56come naturally.57, most children and many adults value only the thing given58the feeling expressed in it. we should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of 59.after all, gifts from the60are really gifts of the heart.41. a. sweet b. bitter c. beautifuld. icy42. a. mailed b. presented c. deserved d. picked43. a. breathe b. noticec. gesture d. drink44. a. student b. sonc. friend d. customer45. a. mountain b. lakec. desertd. river46. a. returned b. arrived c. came d. vis