2012-2013学年高一英语下学期期末考试 新课标

1 20122012 20132013 学年度下学期期末考试高一英语试题学年度下学期期末考试高一英语试题 新课标新课标 满分 100 分 100 分钟 I Listening Comprehension 24 Section A Directions In section A you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a conversation and the question about it read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard 1 A In a post office B On a farm C At a clinic D At a restaurant 2 A Thursday 9 am 5 pm B Saturday 9 am 5 pm C Sunday 10 am 5 pm D Monday 10 am 6 pm 3 A He needs to sleep for three or four hours B He wants to buy a set of coffee cups C He needs more coffee to stay awake D He has been wide awake for some time 4 A In the office B In the suburb C In the city centre D In a flat 5 A They are shopping B They are driving C They are walking D They are hunting 6 A Go to the party B Go for a ride C Prepare for her interview D Change her clothes 7 A She doesn t have an email address B Her computer is infected with virus C She doesn t know how to use a computer D She needs to check her email 8 A The air pollution is caused by the development of industry B The city is poor because there isn t much industry C The woman doesn t want to live in the city any more D There are no factories where the speakers live 9 A Boring B Demanding C Challenging D Exhausting 10 A She called the man but the line was busy B She didn t come back until midnight C She had been planning for the trip D She visited her friends all night Section B Directions In Section B you will hear two short passages and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages The passages will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once When you hear a question read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage 2 11 A He failed his diving test three times B He is uncertain about the coming test C He can t remember the traffic rules D He broke the traffic rules during the day 12 A Surprised B Disappointed C Confident D Upset 13 A He broke a lot of traffic rules B He hadn t practiced long enough C He drove the wrong way D Something unexpected happened Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14 A More than one million B More than two million C Less than one million D Half the population 15 A They prefer to spend their holidays in Australia B Most of them do physical exercise regularly C Shopping is one of their favourite recreations D They stay at home watching TV most of the time 16 A A typical Briton is most likely to get up late in the morning B The life of Britons hasn t changed much over the past decades C Britons spend more money on their holidays compared to the past D British people are quite famous for their unique sense of humor Section C Directions In Section C you will hear two longer conversations The conversations will be read twice After you hear each conversation you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Write your answers on your answer sheet Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation Telephone Information Name 17 English Language Center Application deadlines the end of 18 Tuition 19 dollars Ways to apply Mail back the application form Fill out the application form 20 Complete the form Write ONE WORD for each answer Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation What does the man ask the woman to do for him Taking care of his dog during 21 What does the dog like to do at 3 00 p m He likes to watch 22 on Channel 4 Why does the man ask the woman to scratch the dog every day Because otherwise he would 23 3 What is required during the dog s nap time Some 24 Complete the form Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer Grammar and Vocabulary 26 Section A Directions Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence 25 The art show was being a failure it was a great success A far fromB along withC next toD regardless of 26 I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting It s not your fault With rush hour traffic and heavy rain it is no wonder you were late A a aB the theC D a 27 The CDs are on sale Buy one and you get completely free A otherB othersC oneD ones 28 My parents in Hong Kong They were born there and have never lived anywhere else A liveB livedC were livingD will live 29 I send you 100 dollars today the rest in a year A followsB followedC to followD being followed 30 With April 18 s railway speedup highway and air transport will have competed with service for passengers A goodB betterC bestD the best 31 When he the door he found his keys were nowhere A would openB openedC had openedD was to open 32 The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front to arrive A is expectedB is expectingC expectsD will be expected 33 I like getting up very early in summer The morning air is so good A to be breathedB to breatheC breathingD being breathed 34 Distinguished guests and friends welcome to our school the ceremony of the 50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni 校友 from home and abroad A AttendB To attendC AttendingD Having attended 35 He was busy writing a story only once in a while to smoke a cigarette A to stopB stoppingC to have stoppedD having 4 stopped 36 Who should be responsible for the accident The boss not the workers They just carried out the order A as toldB as are toldC as tellingD as they told 37 you have seen both fighters will win A Since do you think whoB As who you think C When whoeverD Since who do you think 38 It s thirty years since we last met But I still remember the story believe it or not we got lost on a rainy night A whichB thatC whatD when 39 Students are always interested in finding out they can go with a new teacher A how soonB how oftenC how longD how far 40 The place the bridge is supposed to be built should be the cross river traffic is the heaviest A which where B at which whichC at which whereD which in which 41 I wonder how much you charge for your services The first two are free the third costs 30 A whileB untilC whenD before Section B Directions Complete the following passage by using the words in the box Each word can only be used once Note that there is one word more than you need A focus B examining C expressive D communication E significantly AB neglect AC distinguishing AD reliably AE recognition BC considerate People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in 42 facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why Rachael Jack University of Glasgow researcher said that rather than scanning evenly 均匀地 across a face as Westerners do Easterners 43 their attention on the eyes We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions Jack said Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure whereas Easterners favor the eyes and 44 the mouth According to Jack and her colleagues the discovery shows that human 45 of emotion is more complex than previously believed As a result facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to 46 convey emotion in a cross cultural situation The researchers studied cultural differences in the 47 of facial 5 expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western people and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of 48 faces and put them into categories happy sad surprised fearful disgusted angry or neutral 中立的 They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made 49 more errors than did Westerners The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions Jack said Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less In short the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion From here on 50 how cultural factors have differed in these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion Otherwise when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation Reading Comprehension 35 Section A Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A B C and D Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context Do you think that a universal language will emerge within the next century English is 51 the lingua franca in many parts of the world and is the best language currently to know 52 business and science 53 I don t think English will 54 become a universal language I think that if a language becomes the world language it should be an artificial one 55 it might seem to many as an effort to 56 a certain cultural group The 57 with a universal language is how to 58 it and how to get the governments of the world to agree 59 its implementation If this were to happen the international language would be the 60 second language of all countries and legally it would still play second fiddle to the current language of that country It could allow different tribes in Africa to communicate or 61 communication between small villages in India that each speaks different languages Not to 62 it would mean that one would only have to learn two languages no matter 63 in the world he travels What 64 specifics what writing 65 should it use Where should its words come from Should the language be highly inflected or very analytical And furthermore how will the language be established 51 A preciouslyB uncertainlyC indefinitelyD currently 52 A forB underC overD in 53 A soB moreoverC butD therefore 54 A evenB hardlyC stillD ever 55 A OtherwiseB MeanwhileC NeverthelessD So 56 A promoteB exceedC conductD predict 6 57 A problemB impactC benefitD result 58 A setB buildC rankD publish 59 A forB aboutC inD on 60 A normalB officialC legallyD suddenly 61 A causeB enableC makeD persuade 62 A tellB mentionC sayD speak 63 A howB whatC whereD whether 64 A aboutB forC ifD kind of 65 A organization B changeC managementD system Section B Directions Read the following four passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read A Below is adapted from an English dictionary Use the dictionary to answer the following questions figure f g noun verb noun 1 a number representing a particular amount especially one given in official information the trade sales figures 2 a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9 a six figure salary 3 informal the area of mathematics that deals with adding multiplying etc numbers 4 a person of the type mentioned Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history 5 the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly 6 a person or an animal as shown in art or a story a wall with five carved figures in it 7 the human shape considered from the point of view of being attractively thin doing exercise to improve one s figure 8 a pattern or a fine figure of man woman a tall strong looking and well shaped person figure of speech a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect figurehead someone who is the head or chief in name only with no real power or authority verb 1 to think or decide that sth will happen or is true I figured that if I took the night train I could be in Scotland by morning 2 to be part of a process situation etc especially an important part My opinion of the matter didn t seem to figure at all 3 to calculate an amount or the cost of sth We figured that attendance at 150 000 1 figure in to include in a sum Have you figured in the cost of hotel 2 figure on to plan on to expect sth to happen I haven t figured on his getting 7 series of movements performed on ice figure skating be become a figure of fun be become sb that others laugh at cut a figure of a person to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket put a figure on sth to say the exact price or number of sth home too late 3 figure out to work out understand by thinking Have you figured out how much the trip will cost It That figures informal That seems reasonable logical and what I expect 66 She was coming late again for the work That s typical of her You just can t do anything to stop her doing that A It figures her outB It figures C It cuts a poor figureD She is a figure of fun 67 The phrase watch my figure in the sentence Don t tempt me with chocolate I am watching my figure means A add the numbersB have sports C try not to get fatD watch games 68 Which underlined word in the following sentences is used as figure of speech A John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet B In some countries bamboo can be used to build houses C We all regard Mr Smith as an important figure in our company D I didn t really mean my partner was a snake B It takes two to duet 二重唱 and one question for scientists is how these coordinated 协调的 performances arise in birds Are they the result of cooperation a way in which one pair signals to others that they ve got it together Or are they the result of conflict evolving to avoid one partner s song interfering with the other s A study of duetting in Peruvian warbling antbirds 蚁鸟 suggests that it might be a little of both and that context is everything Joseph A Tobias and Nathalie Seddon of the University of Oxford show in Current Biology that sexual conflict can cause the female of a pair that normally cooperates to jam the male s song by singing over it The researchers exposed antbird pairs to recorded songs of other antbirds and monitored the songs the pairs produced In one experiment they played the songs of an intruding pair In this case the resident pair both are likely to lose their territory so both should cooperate Dr Tobias said And they do They produce a coordinated duet that in effect tells the intruders to keep away But when the researchers played the song of a single female the pair behaved differently You d expect the resident female to be highly motivated to defend her position in the partnership Dr Tobias said And that s what occurs The male sings its heart out flirting 调情 with the single female and 8 the female of the pair does its best to interfere with the song by singing over it apparently to make her mate less attractive to the other female It s clear that the male doesn t like what she s doing Dr Tobias said The behavior breaks up what is otherwise a very cooperative situation into a more complicated signal he added It s the first evidence of this kind of signal jamming among pairs Dr Tobias said And in that it leads the male to alter its song to avoid the female s interfering notes it shows that this kind of conflict could over a long period drive the evolution of coordinated song 69 What is the key factor of antbirds duet A Their cooperation B Their conflict C The context D Their instinct 70 How did the researchers conduct the experiment A They put the antbird pairs back to nature and observe them B They played different recorded songs of other antbirds C They put an antbird to the other s territory and observed D They played the songs of an intruding pair 71 Why did the female bird sing according to Paragraph 4 A It wanted to show its singing talent to the partner B It aimed at keeping the partnership with the male C It wanted to frighten the other females D It wanted to make her mate more attractive 72 Which of the following is the topic of this passage A The special phenomenon about birds pairs B The conflict of bird pairs C The cooperation of bird pairs D The piece of music for bird pairs C The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s remarkable musical talent was apparent even before most children can sing a simple nursery rhyme Wolfgang s older sister Maria Anna who the family called Nannerl was learning the clavier an early keyboard instrument when her three year old brother took an interest in playing As Nannerl later recalled Wolfgang often spent much time at the clavier picking out thirds 三度音 which he was always striking and his pleasure showed that it sounded good Their father Leopold an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court recognized his children s unique gifts and soon devoted himself to their musical education Born in Salzburg Austria on January 27 1756 Wolfgang had composed his first original work by age five Leopold planned to take Nannerl and Wolfgang on tour to play before the European courts Their first venture was to nearby Munich where the children played for Maximillian III Joseph elector of Bavaria Leopold soon set his sights on the capital of the Hapsburg Empire Vienna On their way to Vienna the family stopped in Linz where Wolfgang gave his first 9 public concert By this time Wolfgang was not only a skilled harpsichord player but he had also mastered the violin The audience at Linz was amazed by the six year old and word of his genius soon traveled to Vienna In a much attended concert the Mozart children appeared at the Schonbrunn Palace on October 13 1762 They completely attracted the emperor and empress Following this success Leopold received a lot of invitations for the children to play for a fee Leopold seized the opportunity and booked as many concerts as possible at courts throughout Europe A concert could last three hours and the children played a