重庆市万州第二高级中学高一英语上学期期中试题.doc

重庆市万州第二高级中学2016-2017学年高一英语上学期期中试题第一部分：听力部分（共两节，满分30分）请听下面5段对话, 选出最佳选项。1. how does the man feel about his job? a. he doesnt care much about it.b. he enjoys it very much. c. he doesnt like it.2. what is the woman probably going to do? a. ask tom to send an invitation.b. get the johnsons address. c. invite tom to the party.3. what does the woman mean? a. jane is looking for a summer job. b. jane doesnt want to go home. c. jane is eager to go home for the summer.4. why is the woman excited? a. she has got a drivers license.b. she has sold a lot of tickets. c. she is going abroad.5. what does the man think of picasso? a. he thinks that he is the greatest spanish painter. b. he doesnt consider him the best spanish painter. c. he is sure that he can become famous.请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the man wants to book a room for two.b. the man prefers a smoking room.c. the man chooses a room on the second floor.7. how much will the man pay for the room? a. 80 dollars.b. 88 dollars.c. 96 dollars.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. what can we learn about the boy? a. he has got a headache.b. he has got a fever. c. he has got a heart problem.9. what does the mother ask the boy to do? a. go to the hospital. b. stay in bed. c. buy some medicine.10. what does the boy want to do?a. watch tv. b. see the doctor. c. go to school.请听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。 11. what is the man going to do in the evening?a. take an exam. b. study. c. look for a job.12. what exam will the man take?a. the entrance exam. b. the mid-term exam.c. the final exam.13. what does the man think of the coming exam?a. easy. b. harder than the last one. c. too difficult to pass.14. what does the man think of his present job?a. he is not satisfied with it.b. its the best one in the world.c. its the worst one in the world.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. where does the conversation most probably take place?a. at the railway station. b. at the post office. c. at the airport.16. which country will the letter be sent to?a. england. b. japan. c. canada.17. how will the letter be sent?a. by air mail. b. by registered mail. c. by express mail.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. why did mr hills chickens lay hardly any eggs in the summer?a. it was too cool in his chicken house.b. it was too wet in his chicken house.c. it was too hot in his chicken house.19. what did mr hill do to earn more money?a. he put air conditioning into his chicken house. b. he bought more chickens.c. he put more food into his chicken house.20. what do we know from the text?a. mr hill was very poor.b. mr hill didnt want to put air conditioning into his house.c. mr hill couldnt afford to put air conditioning into his house.第二部分：阅读理解：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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑awinners clubyou choose to be a winner!the winners club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. it has been made to help you better manage your money. the winners club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!its a club with impressive features for teenagers.no account keeping fees!youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large fees. in fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!excellent interest rates!you want your money to grow. the winners club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month.convenientteenagers are busywe get that. you may never need to come to a bank at all. with the winners club. you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the internet, you can have money directly deposited into your winners club account. this could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!mega magazine includedalong with your regular report, you will receive a free magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. there are also fantastic offers and competitions only for winners club members.the winners club is a great choice for teenagers. and it is so easy to join. simply fill in anapplication form. you will have to get permission from your parent or guardian(so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. we cant wait to hear from you. its the best way to choose to be a winner!21. the winners club is a bank account intended for _.a. parents b. teenagers c. winners d. adults22. which of the following is true about the winners club?a. special gifts are ready for parents. b. the bank opens only on work days.c. services are convenient for its members. d. fees are necessary for the account keeping.23. if you want to be a member of the club, you must _.a. be an internet user b. be permitted by your parentc. have a big sum of money d. be in your twentiesbi really love my job because i enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. i also think my work is important. there was a time when i thought i would never have that sort of career（职业）.i wasnt an excellent student because i didnt do much schoolwork. in my final term i started thinking what i might do and found i didnt have much to offer. i just accepted that i wasnt the type to have a career. i then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. it wasnt too bad at first. but the problems began when i agreed to live in, so that i would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. we agreed that if i had to work extra hours one week, shed give me time off the next. but unfortunately, it didnt often work out. i was getting extremely tired and fed up, because i had too many late nights and early mornings with the children. one sunday, i was in the park with the children, and met megan who used to go to school with me. i told her about my situation. she suggested that i should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书） if i wanted to work with children. i didnt think i would be accepted because i didnt take many exams in school. she persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. my experience counted for a lot and i got on a part-time course. i had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. now ive got a full-time job there. i shall always be thankful to megan. i wish i had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you arent top of the class at school.24. what is the authors present job?a. working part-time in a college. b. taking care of children for a family.c. helping children with their schoolwork. d. looking after children at a kindergarten.25. when staying with the two girls family, the author _.a. was paid for extra work b. often worked long hoursc. got much help from her boss d. took a day off every other week26. why did the author leave her first job?a. she found a full-time job. b. she was fed up with children.c. she decided to attend a part-time course. d. she needed a rest after working extra hours.27. what has the author learned from her own experiences?a. less successful students can still have a career.b. qualifications are necessary for a career.c. hard work makes an excellent student.d. one must choose the job she likes.caccording to researchers, money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else. spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly bring you happiness, the team at the university of british columbia and harvard business school found.their experiments on more than 630 americans showed they were measurably (适度地) happier when they spent money on others-even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.“we wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said elizabeth dunn, a psychologist at the university of british columbia.they asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.“regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” dunn said in a statement.dunns team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000.“employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social (有益社会的) spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal science.they gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.“these findings suggest that very minor alterations in spending allocations (分配) -as little as $5-may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” dunn said.28. according to the passage, _.a. the more money you spend on others, the happier you areb. spending money on others can bring you happinessc. elizabeth dunn is a psychologist from harvest business schoold. six hundred volunteers took part in the experiment29. the 16 employees mentioned in the passage _.a. were given clear instructions on how to spend the bonusb. had more happiness than the size of the bonus itselfc. experienced greater happiness after receiving their bonusd. felt happier after they contributed much of the bonus to charities30. dunns statement suggested that _.a. those who spent money on others felt happier no matter how much they earnedb. those who spent more money on themselves felt happierc. people thought spending money could make themselves happierd. the money spent was as important as the money earned31. the best title of this passage is _.a. experiment on money spendingb. devoting your money to charitiesc. spending money on others makes one happierd. bonus and pro-social spendingda characteristic of american culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made manthe man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his月hands. while the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and wins greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in america as a farmer or laborer of some kind. this attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of american life. one is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even expensively furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist just of something quickly and easily mixed from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. instead, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. a professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. his wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. the son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a group of workers on the highway in order to pay for his education.32. from paragraph 1, we know that in america _.a. people feel painful to mention their fathers as laborersb. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made manc. people can always rise to the top through their own effortsd. college professors win great respect from common workers33. according to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _.a. she can hardly afford servants b. servants in america are hard to getc. she takes pride in what she can do herself d. it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food34. the expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_”.a. wait to place the table b. keep accounts for a barc. work in a furniture shop d. serve customers in a restaurant35. which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?a. a respectable self-made family. b. the development of manual labor.c. characteristics of american culture. d. american attitude toward manual labor.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。q & aquestion: i have recently got a senior position within my companyone of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. during my first meeting, i presented and then opened the floor to questions 36 _ my first reaction was to answer defensively(防卫地;戒备地)later, i realized that i shouldnt have felt that waybut how can i keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?answer: congratulations on your new position! presenting in front of your peers (同事)is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify (使清楚) the message and strengthen key points 37 _ 38 when a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification buy timewhen facing a hard question, most people cant give an answer immediatelybuy time by repeating the question in your own words 39 these techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question suggest a private meeting.a one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers 40 ashow your true interestbrestate the question with respectcsome ideas can be quite concretedthere were many difficult questionseit can also be more effective in exchanging ideasfyou may also ask for clarification on the questionghere are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting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。many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. but first he wanted to _41_ whether they deserved his help. so he placed a very large _42_ in the center of the main road into town. then he _43_ behind a tree and waited. soon an old man came along with his cow.“_44_ put this stone in the center of the road？” said the old man, but he did not try to _45_ the stone. instead, with some _46_ he passed around the stone and _47_ on his way. another man came along and did the _48_ thing; then another came, and another. all of them _49_ about the stone in the center of the road, _50_ not one of them tried to remove it. late in the _51_， a young man came along. he saw the stone and said, “the night will be very _52_. some neighbor will come along later in the dark and will _53_ against the stone.”the young man then _54_ to move the stone. he pushed and pulled with all his _55_ to move it to one side. but imagine his _56_ when under the stone he found a bag full of _57_ and this message: “this money is for the _58_ person who removes this stone from the road. that person _59_ help.”therefore, never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is gods hand for that person. when we all treat each other with _60_， we live better together, we work better together, we cooperate. sure, there will always be fools, but if we can make them a minority, society will be better on a whole.41a. turn outb. find outc. call outd. watch out42a. stone b. bagc. packaged. ball43a. jumped b. walked c. hid d. drove44a. whyb. whoc. howd. when45a. removeb. cut c. pull d. throw46a. angerb. curiosityc. doubt d. difficulty47a. continuedb. got c. focusedd. based48a. badb. same c. differentd. wonderful49a. arguedb. thoughtc. complainedd. talked50a. and b. but c. so d. or51a. morningb. noon c. afternoon d. night52a. close b. dark c. dangerous d. frightening53a. fall b. fight c. play d. lean54a. refused b. began c. hoped d. hesitated55a. energyb. force c. strength d. effort56a. surpriseb. satisfactionc. luck d. fear57a. cards b. books c. letters d. money58a. thoughtfulb. selfish c. strongd. powerful59a. needsb. offers c. deserves d. owes60a. considerationb. successc. pleasured. attention 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。founded in yanan in 1941, beijing foreign studies university (bfsu) is now a famous university located in the haidian district of beijing, a place in 61 the key institutions of higher 62 (educ