湖北省部分重点中学上学期高一英语期中试卷新人教版.doc

湖北省部分重点中学2013-2014学年度上学期高一期中考试英 语 试 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. where does the man say to put the book? a. on the floor. b. in the bookcase. c. on the shelf.2. what will the man do tonight? a. buy a record. b. watch a game. c. take a history exam.3. who is the boy going to meet? a. his classmate. b. his coach. c. his basketball team.4. what will the woman do this afternoon? a. help the man with his math. b. take her mother to see the doctor. c. go for a ride with her mom.5. what does the woman think of the man? a. he drinks too much. b. he has a weak heart. c. hes overweight.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. who is the man? a. the womans husband. b. the womans boss. c. the womans classmate.7. what did the woman bring back? a. some presents from the party. b. some documents（文件） for the company. c. some information about her classmates.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. where will the speakers take a trip? a. to a popular scenic spot. b. to a wild place. c. to a wildlife zoo.9. what advice does the man give to the woman? a. leave some food for the animals. b. stay far away from fire at night. c. do not leave garbage everywhere.10. what will the speakers do today? a. climb a mountain. b. rest at home. c. go fishing.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. food. b. a painting. c. an old man.12. what is the small boy doing? a. sitting at the table. b. standing at the side of the table. c. playing under the table.13. how does the woman feel? a. hungry. b. strange. c. interested.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. what was the main reason that the man wanted to join the army? a. his uncle suggested that he do so. b. most of his toys were tanks. c. he often heard stories about the army.15. what did the woman and her sister use to do? a. visit different shops. b. pretend to be shopkeepers. c. make money by selling waste things.16. what is the subject of the conversation? a. childhood dreams. b. hard work and success. c. unhappy memories in life.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. in which direction has the snowy weather in europe moved? a. the west. b. the east. c. the north.18. how did the snow affect farmers in bosnia? a. their cows froze to death. b. they couldnt feed their cows. c. their crops were ruined.19. what did the government in rome do? a. it used buses to help remove snow. b. it sent people out to help remove snow. c. it asked people to buy snow-moving equipment.20. what does the speaker offer at the end of the talk? a. heavy criticism. b. advice.c. appreciation.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，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。21. i havent seen sara since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond _. a. hearing b. recognition c. strength d. measure 22. professor lis health was completely_ by ten years of hard work.a. hurt b. injured c. ruined d. damaged23. the question is bound to _ at the meeting to be held next week.a. come about b. come up c. come up with d. come across24. although the new road is being used, it has not yet been _opened.a. gradually b. actually c. officially d. frequently 25. he was watching her doing it with a _ look on her face, as if to say that she would not change her mind. a. reliable b. determined c. stubborn d. straight26. if he works hard at his lesson, i guess he can _the final exams.a. get through b. go through c. look through d. live through27. have we met each other before? im afraid your name _ me.a. escapes b. traps c. forgets d. loses28. the team has worked hard and its efforts have been _with success.a. rewarded b. awarded c. pleased d. filled 29. it is reported that by careful questioning the police managed to _ the information they were looking for. a. add up b. set down c. dig out d. give up30. millions of people have been thrown _ due to the global economic depression. a. out of place b. out of sight c. out of control d. out of work第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，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。 i took a trip after lunch and on my way home i stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. i really wanted to enjoy the 31_ wind of one of the last days of summer. i know i still have a lot of time left according to the _32_. but ive seen too many summers suddenly_33_ when i had a rest at a _34_ , a man came, who was about my _35_ . maybe we could have common topics. “good _36_ , my friend!” he said as he _37_ down on the opposite side of the table. “you dont live _38_ , do you?” “no, im just _39_ . i live about an hour and a half from here.” “what do you do for a living?” he asked. “im a _40_ .” “well, i should have known,” he said.now he had my _41_ . how could he possibly know what i did for a living just by _42_ at me? “you were dreaming and wondering just like an author. i could see in your eyes. most people see how _43_ the town is, but you see many other things most people dont take the time to see.” i just wondered about his _44_ . “what do you do for a living?” “_45_ im a journalist (记者) for our local paper. but i call myself a reflection because i _46_ what i see in my job. my words can _47_ the world around me. i can write about what i know faithfully and i know these people for i have been _48_ here so long. so you can imagine how _49_ the news is here. they are in turn a reflection of me.”if you had to _50_ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? i hope youre a good reflection.31. a. cool b. hot c. strong d. cold32. a. schedule b. weather c. calendar d. experience33. a. start b. change c. worsen d. disappear34. a. chair b. table c. restaurant d. station35. a. height b. weight c. accent d. age36. a. night b. afternoon c. evening d. morning37. a. sat b. settled c. calmed d. lay38. a. distantly b. nearby c. comfortably d. alone39. a. passing by b. giving up c. thinking over d. walking off40. a. designer b. thinker c. painter d. writer41. a. interest b. secrete c. trust d. patience42. a. shouting b. working c. smiling d. looking43. a. busy b. scenic c. wide d. peaceful44. a. career b. situation c. history d. advantage45. a. originally b. actually c. really d. recently46. a. report b. consider c. remember d. study47. a. record b. decorate c. monitor d. reflect48. a. watching b. waiting c. living d. traveling49. a. funny b. important c. truthful d. numerous50. a. copy b. describe c. draw d. guess第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ain 1978, i was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from sydney, australia. i was looking forward to having five days off from duty. unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in sydney had already left. so i thought id hitch a ride (搭便车). i waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as gordon. he said that although he couldnt give me a lift, i should come back to his house for lunch. he noticed me standing for hours in the november heat and thought i must be hungry. i was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使放心）me i was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. when we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. after lunch, he helped me find a lift home. twenty-five years later, in 2003, while i was driving to a nearby town one day, i saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. i thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour id been given decades earlier. i pulled over and picked him up. i made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water. after a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “you havent changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” i couldnt remember where id met him. he then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. it was gordon.51. the author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because _.a. she was going home for her holidaysb. she missed the only train back homec. the town was far away from sydney d. her work delayed her trip to sydney52. which of the following did gordon do according to paragraph 2?a. he watched the girl for three hours. b. he gave the girl a ride back home. c. he bought sandwiches for the girl. d. he helped the girl find a ride.53. the reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that _.a. she had known him for decades b. she realized he was gordonc. she wanted to repay the favour she once gotd. she was going to the nearby town54. what does the author want to tell the readers through the story?a. giving sometimes produces nice results.b. people should offer free rides to others.c. good manners bring about happiness.d. those who give rides will be rapid.balmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. we do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient asiathe oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in slovenia. it is over 5,100 years old. evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though. this could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.but it could also be because of a difficult situation. while wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. there had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design. in the mid-1700s, a frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer (层) of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. a scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. at around the same lime, metal hubs (the central part of a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmac roads (柏油路). as wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.55. what might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time?a. the existence of transport wheels was not known.b. humans carried farming tools just as well.c. animals were a good means of transport.d. few knew how to use transport wheels.56. what do we know about road design from the passage?a. it provided conditions for wheel design to develop.b. it was easier than wheel design.c. it was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.d. it improved after big changes in vehicle design.57. how is the last paragraph mainly developed?a. by giving examples.b. by making comparisons.c. by following time order.d. by making classifications.58. what is the passage mainly about?a. the beginning of road design.b. the history of public transport.c. his invention of fast-moving vehicles.d. the development of transport wheels.cwhen i was 12, all i wanted was a signet (图章) ring. they were the in thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. on my 13th birthday, my mum gave me a signet ring with my initials (姓名首字母) carved into it. i was in heaven.what made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasnt being replaced. wed been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everythingso most of the “new stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what wed lost. but not my ring. my ring was new.then, only one month later, i lost it. i took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. i was sad and searched everywhere for it. but it seemed to have disappeared. eventually, i gave up and stopped looking for it. and two years later, we sold the house and moved away.years passed, and a couple of moves later, i was visiting my parents when mum told me that she had something for me. it wasnt my birthday, nor was it easter or christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. mum noticed my questioning look. “youll recognize this one, she said, smiling.then she handed me a small ring box. i took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. the family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. when they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. as it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. theyd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. and it still fits me.59.the underlined word in in the first paragraph probably means _.a. practical b. available c. fashionable d. renewable60.when she got the ring back, the writer was about _.a. 13 years old b. 15 years old c. 26 years old d. 28 years old61.which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the writers family moved several times.b. the writer never stopped looking for her ring.c. the writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.d. the writers ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.62.what would be the best title for the passage?a. my new ring b. lost and replacedc. lost and found d. an expensive ringdeducation is not an end, but a means to an end. in other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. our purpose is to fit them for life.in some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid, one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. but we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. but we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. if no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns.in fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we are educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability, and secondly, that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of ones work. only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.63. the writer of this passage thinks that_.a. free education for all probably leads to a perfect worldb. free education can solve all of the worlds problemsc. free education wont help to solve social problemsd. all the social problems cant be solved by free education 64. the writer wants to prove that _.a. a farmer is more important than a professor b. our society needs all kinds of jobs c. our society needs free education for alld. people with university degrees earn more money65. according to the passage, _.a. work with hands is low workb. work with hands is dirty and shameful c. work with hands is the most important d. we cant regard work with hands as low work66. the purpose of education is _.a. to prepare children for their future life b. to let everyone receive education c. to choose a system of educationd. to prepare children for well-paid jobs ebelow is a selection from a popular science book.if blood is red, why are veins (静脉) blue?actually, veins are not blue at all. they are more of a clear, yellowish colour. although blood looks red when its outside the body, when its sitting in a vein near the surface of the skin, its more of a dark reddish purple colour. at the right depth, these blood-filled veins reflect less red light than the surrounding skin, making them look blue by comparison.which works harder, your heart or your brain?that kind of question depends on whether you are busy thinking or busy exercising. your heart works up to three times harder during exercise, and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a supertanker. but, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even when youre sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart, and it takes four to five tunes as much blood to feed it.why do teeth fall out, and why dont they grow back in grown-ups?baby (or milk) teeth do not last long; they fall out to make room for bigger, stronger adult teeth l