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郑州星源外国语学校2014-2015学年上学期期中考试高一 英语试卷说明： 1、本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。2、 将答案填在答题卷中。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）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1 when will the lecture begin?a. at 2:30 b. at 2:40 c. at 2:452 who is the man over there?a. jims brother b. jims uncle c. jims father3 what did the woman do in beijing?a. she visited some cultural relics. b. she attended a conference. c. she visited a friend.4 whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?a. colleagues b. couple. c. friends.5 which part of the movie does the man like?a. the end. b. the middle. c. the beginning. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5 分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6, 7题。6 where are the two speakers now, most probably?a. in beijing.b. in xian.c. in new york.7 what does the man most want to see in beijing?a. tiananmen square b. the forbidden city c. the great wall请听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。8 how many bedrooms does adams new house have?a. two b. three c. four9 what will the man do this afternoon?a. write an email to adam. b. go to visit adams house.c. check if he has received adams invitation.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12 题。10 how does the man feel now?a. confused. b. sad. c. annoyed.11 what was the topic of the speech contest? a. public transport b. writing c. basketball12 why didnt john do well in the contest? a. he was too nervous b. the topic was too difficult c. he was suffering from a bad cold听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13 how old is the man now?a. 22 b. 27 c. 3014 what does the man think has become a serious problem in his city?a. heavy traffic b. house prices c. air pollution15 what does the woman say about the life in the countryside?a. the life is boring. b. the vegetables are fresh. c. there are rare kinds of fruit.16 where does the woman most want to live?a. in a big city. b. in a smaller city. c. in the countryside.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17 with whom did the speaker visit charles bridge ? a. his friends b. his family c. his colleagues.18 when was the bridge first built? a. in 1357. b. in 1457. c. in 1557. 19 which of the following does the speaker like the most?a. a quiet walk on the bridgeb. street artists paintings. c. a jazz bands performance.20 what does the speaker think of his trip to the bridge?a. it was worth visiting b. it cost him lots of money. c. he wants to go there again.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。aevery one needs friends. we all like to feel close to someone. it is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do so many things together with. surely, there are times when we need to be alone. we dont always want people around. but we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.no two people are the same. sometimes friends dont get along well. that doesnt mean that they no longer like each other. most of the time they will go on being friends. sometimes friends move away. then they feel very sad. we miss them very much. but we can call them and write to them. maybe we would never see them again. and we can make new friends. it is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. families sometimes name their children after a close friend. many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in town. some libraries are named this way. so are some schools. we think of these people when we go to these places.theres more good news for people, if they have friends. these people live longer than those who dont have friends. why? it could be that they are happier. being happy helps you stay well. or it could be just knowing that someone cares about you. if someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.21. which of the following is what the writer doesnt say in the passage?_a. people are happy when their friends leave them.b. maybe people will never see their friends after their friends move away.c. people can know their friends in different ways.d. people like their friends very much if they get to know them.22. which of the following is the most probable place people name after friendly people?a. a houseb. a room.c. a villaged. a library23. if people have friends, they would live longer, because _.a. they feel happier and healthierb. they get a lot of help from their friendsc. they take better care of themselvesd. both a and c24. this passage tells us _.a. that people are all friendsb. that people need friendsc. how to get to know friendsd.how to name a place btoday, roller skating is easy and fun. but many years ago, it wasnt easy at all. before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. that changed because of a man named joseph merlin. merlins work was making instruments. in his free time he liked to play the violin. merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. people called him a dreamer. one day merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. he was very pleased and a little excited. as the day of the party came near, merlin began to think. he wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. merlin had an idea. he thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room. merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. these were the first roller skate shoes. merlin was very proud of them. he dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. he was sure that everyone would be very surprised. on the night of the party merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. everyone was really surprised to see him. there was just one problem. merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. he rolled on, playing the violin. then, with all eyes on him, merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. the mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. but nobody forgot merlins wonderful entrance after that.25. people called merlin a dreamer because _. a. he slept and dreamed a lot b. he was full of different ideasc. he was a talented violinist d. he always made peoples dreams come true26. what was merlins problem after he rolled into the room?_a. he couldnt stop his roller-skating.b. he couldnt attract a lot of attention.c. everyone was surprised at him.d. he couldnt play the violin while rolling.27. the text is mainly about_. a. a strange manb. an unusual partyc. how roller skating began d. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century cus president barack obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette makers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret. obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasnt completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will likely set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. as a former smoker i constantly struggle with it. have i fallen off the wagon sometimes? yes. am i a daily smoker, a constant smoker? no, obama said at a news conference. i dont do it in front of my kids, l dont do it in front of my family. i would say that i am 95 percent cured, but there are times where i mess up, he said. the new law gives the us food and drug administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products. at a white house signing ceremony monday, obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday. once you go down this path its something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is so important because what we dont want is kids going down that path in the first place, he said at the news conference. nearly 20 percent of americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the united states due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.28. according to the passage, obama_. a. has no plan to give up smoking b. still smokes as usual c. no longer smokes d. hasnt completely given up smoking29. what does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph?_ a. have i dropped from the wagon? b. have i stopped smoking completely? c. do i still smoke sometimes? d. do i still smoke as much as before? 30. which of the follow is not true? _ a. nearly 90% of the population of america smoke. b. nearly 90% of the smokers of america began to smoke before they turned 18. c. nearly one-fifth of americans smoke. d. smoking kills about 440,000 people a year in the usa.31. the new law first looks at _ health.a. adults b. middle-aged peoples c. womens d. childrensdwhen i was growing up in america, i was ashamed of my mothers chinese english. because of her english, she was often treated unfairly. people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. my mother has long realized the limitations of her english as well. when i was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend i was she.1 was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. one time i had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). i said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, this is mrs. tan. and my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, why he dont send me check, already two week late. and then, in perfect english i said, im getting rather anxious. you agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasnt arrived. then she talked more loudly. what he want? i come to new york tell him front of his boss. and so i turned to the stockbroker again, i cant tolerate any more excuse. if i dont receive the check immediately, i am going to have to speak to your manager when i am in new york next week.the next week we ended up in new york. while i was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real mrs.tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken english. when i was a teenager, my mothers broken english embarrassed me. but now, i see it differently. to me, my mothers english is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. it is my mother tongue. her language, as i hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. it was the language that helped shape the way i saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.32. why was the authors mother poorly served?_ a. she was unable to speak good englishb. she was often misunderstood.c. she was not clearly heard.d. she was not very polite. 33. from paragraph 2, we know that the author was _. a. good at pretendingb. rude to the stockbroker c. ready to help her motherd. unwilling to phone for her mother34. after the author made the phone call, _. a. they forgave the stockbrokerb. they failed to get the check c. they went to new york immediatelyd. they spoke to their boss at once35. what does the author think of her mothers english now? a. it confuses her.b. it embarrasses her. c. it helps her understand the world.d. it helps her tolerate rude people.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 36 you probably think you will never be a top student. this is not necessarily so, however. anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. heres how: plan your time carefully. when planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. after making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. first your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. 37 a weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time. find a good place to study. look around the house for a good study area. keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. no games, radios, or television. when you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject. make good use of your time in class. 38 listening carefully in class means less work later. taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. study regularly. when you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 39 if you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and youll remember it longer. develop a good attitude towards tests. the purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. they help you remember your new knowledge. the world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be over worried. 40 you will probably discover them after you have tried these. a. there are other methods that might help you with your studying. b. dont forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. c. take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. d. no one can become a top student unless he or she works hard. e. maybe you are an average student. f. make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class. g. this will help you understand the next class. 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。when i got up today, i found a cup of coffee on my table. this made me think of the old school days, when mom used to 41 me up by serving a cup of coffee. the taste is still so 42 in my memory. 43 my way to work, i was thinking about those days when mom used to 44 every meal for me. every night 45 i went to bed i ate the delicious food that mom prepared for me and i could not remember any single day when i slept without food. this thought brought 46 to my eyes and i decided to call mom. the first thing she asked was, is everything all right? i was 47 . when i was with her, i used to 48 her by calling her every hour when i was out with my friends. in those days she never asked me what was 49 , because she knew that it was my 50 . but today my call to her 51 that something was wrong with me. time has changed. she is still the same, but i have changed. i remembered how i used to tell her about all my daily 52 and how i always failed to ask about her days. it left me in tears. i 53 her. thinking of that, i was full of 54 . it was a cup of coffee that made me 55 her presence in my life. we are all here, away from our families, living with our 56 . we spend our lunch time with them, 57 about whats going on around us, weekend shopping with them and _58_ festivals, as most of us live too far from home. and when we call home, we are always in a hurry to 59 as most of us are busy. here i want to say 60 to all the mothers in this world for what weve done, thank them for what we are today and tell them, we will never be so busy as to forget to contact you. 41. a. ringb. wakec. pack d. bring 42. a. strange b. powerfulc. fresh d. sensitive 43. a. in b. forc. on d. by 44. a. cookb. sharec. buy d. send 45. a afterb. beforec. whiled. till 46. a. tearsb. happinessc. paind. love47. a. thankfulb. hopelessc. painfuld. speechless 48. a. troubleb. hurt c. begd. affect 49. a. specialb. wrongc. exactd. upset 50. a. requestb. excusec. habit d. dream 51. a. determined b. proved c. expected d. meant 52. a. events b. changesc. lessons d. hopes 53. a. admittedb. lostc. harmedd. missed 54. a. shame b. devotionc. appreciationd. confidence 55. a. believeb. realizec. know d. accept 56. a. classmatesb. childrenc. neighbors d. friends 57. a. concerningb. worryingc. talkingd. thinking 58. a. evenb. especiallyc. actuallyd. finally 59. a. call upb. hang upc. get upd. give up60. a. hellob. thanks c. sorryd. understanding第ii卷 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。a: why are you upset?b: ive been 61 of work since the financial crisis broke