湖南省永州市第四中学高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

2016年上期永州四中高一年级期中考试综合检测英语（试题卷）注意事项：1.本卷共72题，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。2.考生领取到试卷后，应检查试卷是否有缺页漏页，重影模糊等妨碍答题现象，如有请立即向监考老师通报。一.听力（每题1.5分，共30分）1.who is the woman? a. mary. b. marys sister. c. marys mother.2.when did the man live in london? a. last year. b. last month. c. when he was a child.3.what happened to the man just now? a. he met an old friend on the street.b. he mistook the woman for his friend.c. lydia paid an unexpected visit to him.4.why did the man change his mind probably? a. he didnt bring enough money. b. he forgot his wallet. c. he didnt need that much fruit. 5.what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. the role of shopping in peoples lives.b. how to promote sales.c. the importance of mass media. 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至8题。6.whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?a. friends. b. husband and wife. c. neighbors.7.what are the speakers doing?a. making a birthday cake.b. cooking a huge dinner. c. preparing for a party.8.what has the woman finished doing?a. putting up a big sign. b. buying a tape. c. putting candles on the cake.听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。9.how many pictures did the woman take in all?a. one. b. two. c. three.10.where will the speakers take another picture together?a. in front of the garden. b. near the flowers. c. near the falls.听第8段材料，回答第11、12题。11.what is true about the factory tour?a. tourists can visit the factory anytime.b. it is sponsored by the car company.c. it is only good for the company.12.what will the man do next?a. make a phone call to get some information.b. book tickets to go home.c. go to the factory to make an appointment.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.what makes the suit special?a. its style. b. its material. c. its color.14.how much does the woman want for the suit today?a. $600. b. $750. c. $900.15.what does the man think of the suit?a. its good but a little expensive.b. its stylish but a little uncomfortable.c. its a little old-fashioned.16.why cant the woman reduce the price of the suit?a. the material comes from france. b. she is not the owner of the shop.c. it is already on sale.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.what season is it now?a. fall. b. spring. c. summer.18.what was the weather like this afternoon?a. windy. b. rainy. c. foggy.19.what will the weather be like this evening?a. cold. b. pleasant. c. cloudy.20.what will the daytime temperature be in the next three days?a. about 40 degrees. b. about 50 degrees. c. about 60 degrees. 二.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）a smoking bans in public places are linked with falls in childhood asthma (哮喘) attacks and preterm births (早产), according to the biggest analysis of the influence of public smoking bans on child health. the finding should remove fears that such laws could have the opposite effect because they may lead people to smoke more at home. several countries, such as japan and australia, have tightened laws on smoking in public places over the last few years. meanwhile, some countries, such as the netherlands and germany, still allow smoking in pubs and restaurants. only about half of us states have comprehensive bans, and there are few restrictions in poorer nations. opponents often claim that bans could result in people smoking more at home, which would be worse for their childrens health. asthma is one of the main concerns as second-hand smoke harms childrens airways in several ways. researchers led by jasper been at maastricht university medical centre reviewed as many as 11 studies that examined how hospital admissions for childhood asthma and preterm births changed after smoking bans came in. the studies involved more than 2.5 million births, and nearly 250,000 hospital admissions for asthma. the result shows that both asthma admissions and preterm birth rates fell by about 10 percent within a year after smoking restrictions were carried out. the effect on preterm births could also have been caused by pregnant women being more likely to quit or cut down following a public ban, says been. but been also says the studies could not completely prove that smoking bans directly caused these changes. however, as a matter of fact, because the analysis included several smoking bans introduced in different countries in different years, and most saw health improvements. such findings are useful for countries and states where there is ongoing debate about how strict smoking bans should be, especially as hospital care for premature babies is so expensive. this might be one of the most important things to know in order to strengthen legislation (立法). other studies have shown that rates of heart attack and stroke also tend to fall after smoking bans are introduced.21.according to the passage, some oppose smoking bans in public places because .a.they have much difficulty in quitting smokingb.they believe it will cause people to smoke more at homec.smoking bans contributing to health cant be provedd.the laws might cause opposite effect on smokers22.which is not the proper effect of the result of research by jasper been?a.people would accept the laws on smoking bans in public places.b.more and more countries and states will strengthen smoking bans.c.hospital care for premature babies and asthma will be cheaper.d.pregnant women will be more likely to follow public smoking bans.23.which of the following statements about beens research is true?a.it also proves smoking bans lead to falls of heart attack and stroke.b.it is related to millions of asthma hospital admissions and births cases.c.it offers conclusive evidence about smoking bans causing health benefits.d.it is supposed to prove the effect of smoking bans in public places on health.24.in their analysis, the researchers drew their conclusion by .a.comparison b.experimenting c.questionnaire d.example bsometimes ideas do not appear when you are concentrating your attention and mysteriously appear when you are not. modern science recognizes this as a result of incubating(酝酿) the problem in your subconscious(潜意识) yet cant account for why it occurs.when you quit thinking about a subject and decide to forget it, your subconscious minddoesnt quit working. your thoughts keep making associations. this is why youve experienced suddenly remembering names, getting solutions to problems youve forgotten about, and ideas out of the blue when you are relaxing and not thinking about any particular thing.you may try solving a problem with your subconscious mind bywriting a letter to it.now let go of the problem. dont work on it. forget it. do something else. this is the incubation stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness, in your unconscious. open the letter in two days. the answer mightmagically pop into your mind.an advertising agency was under pressure to come up with a marketing campaign. bert, the creative director, wrote the following letter which he addressed to his subconscious mind.secret expert，i need to come up with a new marketing program to introduce a new season of television shows. im interested in some kind of campaign that will capture the audiences attention more than one time. is there something people need that we can advertise on?what kind of products, foods and services should we investigate? i need your idea about a fresh approach to advertising.thanks, bertbert mailed the letter to himself and when he read what he had written, he got his brainstorm, which was to advertise on “eggs”. somehow an association between “foods”, “need” and “fresh approach” inspired the thought of using “fresh eggs to advertise.” he arranged to put the ad for the television showson eggssome thirty million.the consumers look at a single egg at least a few times, when they buy the eggs at the store, when they transfer them to the refrigerator, and when they crack them open. its unlike any other ad medium in the world, because youre looking at it while you are using it.25. you remember names though you are not thinking about them because your subconscious mind_.a. stops workingb. is still workingc. is full of namesd. improves your memory26.during the incubation stage, your focused awareness _.a. doesnt workb. controls your thoughtsc. waits for an answerd. helps your unconscious27. which of the following was included in berts letter to his subconsciousmind?a. what he wanted it to do.b. when he would need its help.c. what product could be advertised.d. how the solution could be found.28. in what way did the ad put on eggs help?a. it greatly increased the sales of eggs.b. it helped bert to get a brainstorm.c. it made sure that consumers could get fresh eggs.d. it made the tv shows known to people repeatedly.ctelevision has turned 88 years old on september 7, 2015, and it has never looked better. in its youth, television was a piece of furniture with a tiny, round screen showing unclear pictures of low-budget programs. in spite of its shortcomings, itbecame popular. between 1950 and 1963, the number of american families with a television jumped from 9% to 92% of the population.as the audience got larger, the technology got better. television sets became more reliable through the 1960s. the reception (接收效果) improved. the picture improved. the major networks started broadcasting programs in color1 .even greater improvements were coming according to sanford brown, who wrote an article for the post in 1967. surprisingly, just about every prediction he madein the article became a reality. for example: all sets in the not-distant future will be color1 instruments. he also predicted that tv sets would become smaller, simpler, more reliable and less expensive and may forever put the tv repairman out of work. smaller sets do not, of course, mean smaller screens. tv engineers expect screens to get much bigger. however, todays 3-d tv is even farther away, if its coming at all. there is some doubt whether the public would be eager to pay for it, in view of peoplescold reception given to 3-d movies.but the technology with the greatest potential, according to brown, was cable television (有线电视), which was still in its early stages then. as he predicted, the future of cable television was highly interactive (互动的). it wasnt cable television that gave americans their electronic connection to the world, however. it was the internet. he even foresaw the future office: using picture phones, big-screen televisions for conferences, and computers providing information at the touch of a button.brown ever said, “the future of television is no longer a question of what we can invent. its a question of what we want.”29. what can we infer about television sets in the 1960s?a. they were very popular with americans.b. the reception showed no improvement.c. they showed black-and-white pictures.d. they were out of order now and then.30. which of the followings did sanford brown fail to predict?a. televisions good quality.b. the invention of 3-d tv.c. the future offices model.d. the potential of cable tv.31. what is the text mainly about?a. the shortcomings of television.b. the bright future of television.c. the development of television.d. the invention of television.dfor most caffeine(咖啡因)consumers, its chief benefit is that it helps you get more done. this is what makes it unusual, says stephen braun, author ofbuzz: the science and lore of alcohol and caffeine.“its appeal is that it helps us earn more money,” he adds. “what makes it different from other drugs is that its used as a productivity tool not for pleasure.”many of historys creative minds have also been associated withalarge amount of caffeine consumption.according to one biographer, the french novelist and playwright balzac drank as many as 50 cups of coffee a day. “were it not for coffee one could not write, which is to say one could not live,” he once insisted.for seven years, the film-maker david lynch ate at the samelos angelesdiner every day, drinking up to seven sweetened cups of coffee “with lots of sugar” in one sitting, which he said would guarantee that“lots of ideas”arrived.ludwig van beethoven was said to have painstakingly counted out exactly 60 coffee beans per cup when he brewed(煮)coffee.perhaps recent tales of caffeine excess featured the singer robbie williams, whoreportedlyconsumed 36 cups of black coffee and 20 cans of red bull a day.it is the routine task itself, as much as the stimulating(刺激的)effects of caffeine, that makes the process so important, says mason currey, author ofdaily rituals: how artists work.“a lot of artists use the process of making coffee as a gateway to the creative process,” he adds. “you need to get into the right mindset to do that sort of work, and the preparation process provides a focus.” one problem with attempting to control caffeine, says braun, is that it affects everyone differently it is impossible to work out a “safe” limit that works for everyone. “eventually, you have to become your own scientist there isnt an alternative to carefulself-experimentation,” he says.32. stephen braun mainly stresses caffeines_.a. creating ideasb. improving work efficiencyc. helping people to relaxd. stimulating people33. the examplesof some famous people are given to show that_.a. most artists like drinking coffeeb. drinking coffee helps artistsmake more moneyc. theres a link between drinking coffee and creating ideasd. drinking coffee makes artists become more successful34. what leads to the artists creative process according to mason currey?a. getting a good mindset.b. drinking the coffee.c. being lost in thought.d. brewing the coffee.35. what does braun advise us to do in the end?a. to drinklesscoffee.b.never to take more coffee than you need.c.never to limit caffeine use.d. to work out a safe level of caffeine use.e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。 how to improve your study habitsperhaps your are an average student with average intelligence. you do well enough in school, but you probably think you will never be a top student. 36yes, even students of average intelligence can be top students without additional work. here are some tips for you: 1.plan your time carefully. make a list of your weekly tasks. then make a schedule or chart of your time. fill in committed time such as eating, sleeping, meetings, classes, etc. then decide on good, regular times for studying. 37its important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies, and entertainment as well. furthermore, it will enable you to plan your activities so that you have adequate time for both work and play. 2.find a good place to study. choose one place for your study area. it may be a desk or a chair at home or in the school library, but it should be comfortable, and it should not have distractions. when you begin to work, you should be able to concentrate on the subject. 3. 38listening to what the teacher says in class means less work later. sit where you can see and hear well. take notes to help you remember what the teacher says. 4.study regularly. 39review important points mentioned in class as well as points you remain confused about. if you review your notes and textbook regularly, the material will become more meaningful and you will remember it longer. regular review leads to improved performances on test. 5.develop a good attitude about tests. the purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. the world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont worry excessively about a single test. tests provide more than grades. 40a.be volunteer to raise questions.b.make good use of your time in class.c.go over your notes as soon as you can after class.d.those who make the best of their time study with more ease.e.they also let you know what you need to spend more time studying on.f.of course, studying shouldnt occupy all of the free time on the schedule.g.this is not necessary the case, however. you can receive better grades if you want to.三.语言知识运用（共两节，共45分）【一】完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将题涂黑。（每题1.5分，共30分）our character,41, is a combination of our habits. “sow a thought, harvest an action; sow an action, harvest a habit; sow a habit, harvest a character; sow a character, harvest a42,” the saying goes.habits are powerful factors in our lives. because they are consistent, often unconscious43, they constantly, daily express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness.as horace mann, the great educator, once 44it, “habits are like a rope. we weave a string of it every day and soon it cannot be broken.” i personally do not agree wit