广东省普宁市第二中学高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

普宁第二中学2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考高一英语试题试卷说明：1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.将卷答案用2b铅笔涂在答题卡上，将卷答案答在答题纸上。第一部分听力(共两节, 满分20分)第一节(共5小题; 每小题1分, 满分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. who lost a french dictionary? a. mike. b. bill. c. tom. 2. how will the man probably go to chicago? a. by car. b. by plane. c. by bus. 3. why was the man late? a. his alarm clock didnt work. b. he didnt hear the alarm. c. he forgot to set the alarm clock. 4. what is the man doing? a. waiting for a man. b. calling a taxi. c. driving a taxi. 5. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in a library. b. in a bookstore. c. in a supermarket. 第二节(共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15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 do we know about the womans grandfather? a. he works in a company. b. he has white hair. c. he wears glasses. 7. how old is the womans grandmother? a. 60. b. 65. c. 70. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。8. where is the work place of the company? a. in britain. b. in america. c. in australia. 9. how will the woman help the man? a. she will print his application letter. b. she will check his application letter. c. she will write a new application letter for him. 听第8段材料, 回答第1012题。10. what is the woman looking for? a. a friends house. b. a model desk. c. a golden metal desk light. 11. how much will the woman pay in the end? a. $2. b. $12. 50. c. $14. 50. 12. what will the woman do next? a. shell order one ahead of time. b. shell ask a friend for help. c. shell come back again. 听第9段材料, 回答第1316题。13. what is the relationship between the man and andy? a. neighbours. b. colleagues. c. classmates. 14. why does the woman refuse to have thirteen people for dinner on friday? a. it means bad luck in her opinion. b. there are not enough chairs for so many people. c. she cant cook so much food herself. 15. why cant andy bring his girlfriend to the dinner party? a. she will be having a meeting that day. b. she doesnt like to meet strangers. c. he has broken up with her. 16. who else will be invited to the dinner party according to the man? a. the mans another colleague. b. the mans sister. c. the mans mother. 听第10段材料, 回答第1720题。17. what is ellens problem? a. she cant respond to sounds. b. she cant speak very well. c. she cant hear very well. 18. what did ellen tell the speaker when she came home? a. she had a good coach. b. she took part in a sports meeting. c. she was encouraged by her friends. 19. why did the speaker try to encourage ellen? a. he thought it unlikely that she won. b. her coach didnt encourage her. c. ellen couldnt run very fast. 20. how did ellen perform in the sports meeting? a. she won two races. b. she was faced with defeat. c. she won almost all the races.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，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。a robert owen was born in wales in 1771. at the age of ten he went to work. his employer had a large private library so owen was able to educate himself. he read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工）at a manchester cotton mill. he was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the new lanark mill in scotland. when he arrived at new lanark, it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. nobody paid any attention to the workers houses or their childrens education. the conditions in the factories were very bad. there was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks. owen improved the houses. he encouraged people to be clean and save money. he opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. he limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. above all，he fixed his mind on the childrens education. in 1816，he opened the first free primary school in britain. people came from all over the country to visit owens factory. they saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than those in other towns. their children were better fed and better educated. owen tried the same experiment in the united states. he bought some land there in 1825，but the community was too far away. he could not keep it under control and lost most of his money. owen never stopped fighting for his idea. above all，he believed that people are not born good or bad. he was a practical man and his ideas were practical, too. if you give people good working conditions， he thought, they will work well and, the most important thing of all，if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people. ”21. for owen, his greatest achievement in new lanark was. a. improving workers houses b. helping people to save money c. preventing men from getting drunk d. providing the children with a good education22. from the passage we may infer that owen was born. a. into a rich family b. into a noble family c. into a poor family d. into a middle class family23. owens experiment in the united states failed because. a. he lost all his money b. he did not buy enough land c. people who visited it were not impressed d. it was too far away for him to organize it properly24. we may infer from the passage that no children in britain could enjoy free education until a. 1771 b. 1816c. 1825 d. 1860 bpart-time cleaning helpare you looking for a vacation job? can you clean the house and cook? then, i need you. the work is boring, but the pay is good. i need you from 2:00 pm5:00 pm, monday to saturday. please come to the cleaning center or call mrs. johnson at 544-9968.a fitness campfor overweight kidsare you too fat? can you run as fast as your classmates? have you failed your pe examination?our fitness camp can help you lose weight and get fit again. come and join us! please call nathan at 475-2300.next wave music store after 10 years of teaching the piano, david smith has made his first cd! come and meet him this weekend. special presents for the first 50 people.time: sat. 7:00 pm call marsha at 8732059.25. the cleaner will work hours one week. a. 12 b. 15 c.21 d. 18 26. needs a cleaner. a. mrs. johnson b. david smith c. marsha d. nathan 27. you can call , if you want to go to the fitness camp. a. 544-9968 b. 475-2300 c. 8732059 d. 475-2200 28. if youre the tenth to come to , you can get a special present. a. the cleaning center b. the fitness camp c. next wave music store d. the cooking camp cthe meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” there are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage(垃圾) from beaches and parks. volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. they are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. volunteers dont expect any kind of pay. at the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from india with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. she worked for two and a half weeks in one of mother teresas homes in calcutta. the following is her story. “i first heard about mother teresa in my high school, we watched a video(录像) about her work in india and all over the world. i was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after i graduated from high school, i too wanted to try her kind of work. so with two friends i flew to calcutta for a few weeks.” “i was asked to work in a home for sick people. i helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. i also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. i felt it was better to share with them than to think that i have helped them. to be honest, i dont think i was helping very much. it was then that i realized that i had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture(文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”29. according to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who _. a. is willing to help those in need without pay b. can afford to travel to different places c. has a strong wish to be successful d. has made a big fortune in life30. tracy started her work as a volunteer _. a. after she met mother teresa b. after she finished high school c. when she was touring calcutta d. when she was working in a hospital31. why did tracy choose to be a volunteer? a. she liked to work with mother teresa. b. she had already had some experience. c. she was asked by mother teresas example. d. she wanted to follow mother teresas example.32. what is tracys “new idea” (paragraph 2) of being a volunteer? a. going abroad to help the sick. b. working in mother teresas home. c. doing simple things to help the poor. d. improving oneself through helping others. dare you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? many people feel this way after lunch. they may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. however, the real reason lies inside their bodies. at that time about eight hours after you wake up your body temperature goes down. this is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. the people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. they slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.in many parts of the world, people take naps(小睡) in the middle of the day. this is especially true in warmer climates(气候), where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. researchers are now saying that naps are good for everyone in any climate. a daily nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. in countries where naps are traditional (传统的), people often suffer less from problem such as heart disease.many working people, unfortunately, have no time to take naps. though doctors may advise taking naps, employers do not allow it! if you do have the chance, however, here are a few tips about making the most of your nap. remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. a short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy afterward. this can also happen if you sleep for too long. if you do not have enough time, try a short nap even ten minutes of sleep can be helpful.33. why do people feel sleepy in the early afternoon according to the text? a. they eat too much for lunch. b. they sleep too little at night. c. their body temperature becomes lower. d. the weather becomes a lot warmer.34. if you get up at 6:30 am, what is the best time for you to take a nap? a. about 12:30 pm. b. about 1:30 pm. c. about 2:30 pm d. about 3:30 pm35. what would be the best title for the text? a. just for a rest b. all for a nap c. a special sleep pattern. d. taking naps in warmer climate. 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入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 its not just women who wear skirts. 36 in scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. the kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition.a kilt is a coloured skirt reaching down to the knee. it has checks (格子) on it with different colours, like red or blue. 3738there are many stories about it. one story is that the kilt was invented in the 1720s by an english factory owner, thomas rawlinson. rawlinson had a number of scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. 39 today, most scotsmen see kilts as formal (正式的) dress. they usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. 40 scots also wear kilts in parades (游行) when they play their traditional musical instrument: bagpipes (风笛). the army still has kilts as the dress uniform, but they no longer wear them to fight. a. each family in scotland has its own colours. b. there are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. c. how did the scots start to wear kilts? d. it was important for scots to wear a kilt every day. e. so he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt. f. wearing skirts is very beautiful for women.g .men can wear them, too.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。once there was a farmer in africa named hafiz who was happy and content.one day a wise man came to him and told him about a glory of diamonds and the 41 that goes along with them. the intelligent man said,“if you had a diamond the size of a tennis ball, you could have your own city. if you had a diamond the size of a basketball, you could probably own your own 42 .”with that said, he went away. that night the farmer couldnt sleep. he was unhappy and he was 43 .the next morning he sold off his farm, took care of his family and went 44 diamonds. he looked all over africa and couldnt find any. he looked all through europe and couldnt find any. when he got to spain, he was emotionally, 45 and financially broke, he got so 46 that he threw himself into barcelona river.back home, the person who had 47 his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it 48 like a rainbow. he picked up the stone and 49 it in the living room.that afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. he asked, “is hafiz 50 ?” the new owner said, “no, why do you ask?” the wise man said, “because that is a diamond. i recognize one 51 i see one.” the man said, “no, thats just a stone i discovered from the stream. come, ill show you. there are many more.” they went and picked some samples and sent them for 52 . sure enough, the stones were diamonds. they found that the farm was indeed 53 with diamonds.when our 54 is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. opportunity is always under our feet. we dont have to go anywhere. all we need to do is to recognize it. when people dont know how to recognize the opportunity, they complain of 55 when it knocks.the same opportunity never knocks twice. the next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.41.a. historyb. powerc. meaningd. legend42.a. farmb. housec. factoryd. country43.a. discontentb. tiredc. confusedd. sick44.a. in need ofb. in search of c. by name ofd. by way of 45.a. personallyb. graduallyc. physicallyd. actually46.a. puzzledb. fiercec. impatientd. discouraged47.a. robbedb. seizedc. boughtd. explored48.a. smoothb. flowc. rised. shine49.a. hidb. putc. desertedd. stored50.a. backb. outc. awayd. dead51.a. before b. whenc. untild. unless52.a. inspectionb. displayc. operationd. review53.a. providedb. suppliedc. equippedd. covered54.a. attitudeb. methodc. goald. spirit55.a. noiseb. appearancec. wasted. trouble第ii卷第二节 语法填空（共10分；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（不多于3个单词），并将相应答案写在答题纸上。 over time i have been changed quite a lot. i began _56_ a calculating machine in 1642 . it took nearly two hundred years _57_ i was built as an analytical machine. then in 1936 alan turing wrote a book and built a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problems. from then on，i grew rapidly both in sizes and brainpower. by the 1970s, i _58_(grow)as large as a room and i wonder if i would grow any larger._59_, this reality also worried my designers.luckily,_60_ time going by, i have been made smaller. and i _61_(use) in offices and homes since the 1970s.these changes would not be possible without my improved memory,_62_became so large that i couldnt believe it. in the early1960s,