河南省郑州市2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题和答案

1、河南省郑州市2017-2018 学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题第一部分听力（共两节,满分 30 分）做题时， 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转写到答题卡上。第一节（共5 小题；每小题1。5 分，满分7.5 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. what are the two speakers talking about the house? a. its view 。b。 its d

2、ecoration. c. its shape. 2. how long will it actually take them to complete the walk？a. 20 minutes 。b. 22 minutes. c. 42 minutes. 3. where does the conversation probably take place ？a. at the hotel. b。 at the meeting 。c。 on the phone. 4. what will julia do next ？a. stay in love with tony. b. break u

3、p with tony 。c. help tony stop drinking. 5. why does jane look unhappy? a。 she had her money stolen. b. she left her money in the bus. c。 a young man bumped into her 。第二节（共15 小题 ;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 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 ,各小题将给

4、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 did the woman think of the bike trip？a。 interesting. b。 exciting 。c. tiring 。7. what are they going to do tomorrow ？a. rest in a hotel 。b。 go to the beach。c。 continue the bike trip. 听第 7 段材料 ,回答第 8 至 10 题。8. what are they going to do this friday ？a. se

5、e a film 。b。 go out for a drive 。c 。find a western restaurant。9。 how will they go out this friday？a。 by bus。b. by subway 。c. by car。10. what is the possible relationship between the two speakers ？a。 classmates. b. workmates. c。 lovers。听第 8 段材料，回答第11 至 13 题 . 11。 what sports are popular in johns coun

6、try? a. tennis and golf 。b. football and swimming 。c. table tennis and basketball。12。 which sport are most people afraid to try? a. golf. b. table tennis. c。 extreme sports. 13. why do few people play golf in john s country？a。 they dont like it 。b。 it s expensive for them。c。 there re few courses for

7、 it 。听第 9 段材料 ,回答第 14 至 16 题. 14。 which is the function ( 作用）of bones？a. keeping people healthy. b. moving along the ground 。c。 protecting the inside of the body 。15。 which food is good for bones in the mans opinion ？a. milk 。b. fruit 。c. meat。16. why should people do regular exercise ？a。 to form a

8、structure. b. to relax their muscles. c. to make their bones strong. 听第 10 段材料 ,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. what do mark and his wife do for a living? a. sell vegetables. b。 run a guest house. c。 make gardening experiments. 18。 how many hours of direct sunshine do tomato plants actually need every day? a. fiv

9、e 。b。 eight. c. twelve. 19. why do irish potatoes grow better in the shade? a. they have wider leaves 。b. they have stronger roots. c. they have bigger flowers 。20. what might the speaker be? a。 a garden manager。b. a tourist guide 。c. a radio host. 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

10、文，从每题所给的a、b、c 和 d 四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a for students at the farm school in hamilton ， virginia ， the classroom is outside every day. jaclyn jenkins is the founder of the school 。 “ the no 。 1 question we get immediately from parents is what happens if it rains? and we say， bring an extra set o

11、f clothes! jenkins adds， “ we still educate them. their brains are working when they re moving。 so， our goal is to always be outside.” the farm school is a preschool， a place for 3 and 4-yearolds to learn and play 。alison huff has taught at other schools。 she says the farm school gives its students

12、more of a hands-on learning experience. for example， children use pumpkins to learn about colors and counting. they learn about measurement by planting seeds 30 centimeters apart。 huff adds， “ we can use everything a regular preschool uses, but out in the garden。” in addition to planting vegetables

13、and fruits ， children help prepare food and clean up afterwards。 the school teaches the children to cook using the food they have grown 。 “ they can see the benefits of what they have in the garden and taste it then instead of going to the grocery store and buying it ，” says huff.the preschoolers al

14、so learn words in languages other than english. huff speaks in both english and spanish。her assistant speaks french and arabic。 a 3-year-old in her class speaks four different languages 。farm animals are also an important part of the education program。 jenkins says the children learn about a differe

15、nt animal every month. two months ago ， she says ， that animal was a cow. “ we do actually have a cow that we bring to the school. they get to see what the cow is like， an learn what cows eat。 they use little gloves and pretend to actually milk a cow 。 they make butter and yogurt.” the children spen

16、t another month with a large bird a turkey。the idea for a school like this started after jenkins and her husband bought a farm in hamilton, with a late 18th-century house。 they called it “ one day farm” because years earlier they had hoped that “ one day” they would have a farm. “ thats when it star

17、ted， the spark of a farm school,” said jenkins.21。 what is the biggest difference between the farm school and others ？a。 there are many plants and animals at this school. b。 this school is mainly for students to learn fanning 。c. almost all the activities lake place outside at this school。d。 this sc

18、hool is quite popular among parents and children 。22。 what don t the children do at this school ？a. raise turkeys and cows. b. plant vegetables and fruits. c. prepare food and clean up。d。 recognize colors and count。23. how is paragraph 4 developed in the text? a. by listing. b. by comparison 。c. by

19、logic. d。 by example. 24. what made jenkins found this school ？a。 parents preference for a farm.b. her desire to own a farm. c. a request from the government. d. children s love of playing outside.b for years now， i ve been wanting to sell our house ， the place where my husband and i raised our chil

20、dren. but to me， this house is much more than just a building 。in the front room, there s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my children s growth. every growth stage is marked in grey, with each child s name and the date when they were measured. most people i know have

21、 been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home。of all the objects and memories, it is this thing in a home that is the hardest to leave behind。 friends i know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. a new p

22、aint job wouldnt normally be greeted by tears ， but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it should。 our children grow in so many ways ， but the wall is the physical evidence of their progress ， right there for everyone to see. over the years ， ive talked about how much i would hate le

23、aving that wall behind when i moved， even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my children stopped growing 。so one day, while i was at work, my children decided to do something about it。 they hired jacquie manning ，a professional photographer 。 she came to our house， and over several ho

24、urs ， took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines ， little grey fingerprints and old marks 。 somehow， she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly 。 afterwards ， she put all the photos together into one image, changing them into a beautiful history of my family 。three weeks

25、later， my children s wonderful gift made its way to me a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents an entire lifetime of love and growth。25. why did die author use her friends example in paragraph 3? a. to show the meaning of keeping good memories 。b. to share her memory o

26、f motherhood with readers 。c. to persuade her family to leave the wall as it was. d. to explain why her house badly needed a new paint job. 26。 what can we infer about the author from the passage? a. she was strongly against selling their house 。b. she kept marks for family members every year. c。 sh

27、e was not happy with the gift from her family. d. she put great love and care in raising her children 。27. what is the main purpose of the passage? a。 to give advice on how to make gifts for parents. b。 to suggest a special way to record family history 。c. to show that memories of love and growth ma

28、tter 。d. to introduce several ways to communicate with children。c as soon as the thanksgiving holiday is over ， santa clauses start appearing everywhere。 it takes more than red clothing and a white beard to be a professional santa in fact many successful santas attend special classes。the cw howard s

29、anta school, one of the oldest santa claus school in the world ， is in midland ， michigan. it celebrated its 80th anniversary last year. over 250 santas gathered at the school to prepare for their seasonal work. charlie howard was the santa claus in the macy*s thanksgiving day parade for 17 years。 h

30、e started the school in 1937. “ at that time, there was a gr eat need for good santas。 santas didn t portray the character that we want. santa claus stands for all good things hut some of the gentlemens images （形象）werent up to the expectation ，” said charlie. the three-day santa workshop teaches peo

31、ple “ santa sign language， facts about deer and clothing and makeup style 。 the future santas also become familiar with the newest wish list toys， gain (获得 ) interview experience for radio and television and even get advice on how to do their business taxes. its said that about 15,000 students have

32、graduated from the santa school。 they come from all over north america, europe ，africa and australia to study 。 last year the school welcomed santas from all 50 states as well as many other countries. the santas never claim （声称 ) to be the one and only “ real ” santa。 instead, they describe themselv

33、es as “ the spirit of christmas”. at the schools opening- night activity, they tell visiting children they are the “ cousins of santa”.robert davis says they also never promise children anything. instead ， they say they will try their best. after all ， as charlie howard liked to say ， “ he is wrong

34、who thinks santa enters through the chimney （烟囱)。 santa enters through the heart。28. what can we learn about santa from the text ？a。 professional santas are more popular nowadays。b. a professional santa must be trained in a santa school 。c. to be a professional santa is quite easy for most people. d

35、。 it just lakes red clothing and a white heard to be a real santa. 29. the underlined word “ portray” in paragraph 3 probably means“” . a。 form b。 change c。 draw d. act 30。 which of the following is not among the duties of a santa? a. promising the children anything they want. b. getting familiar wi

36、th the newest wish list toys. c。 gaining interview experience for radio and television. d. taking part in school activities to meet visiting children。31. what can be inferred from the text? a. the santas always describe themselves to be real ones. b. the aim of the training is to spread the spirit o

37、f christmas。c。 the santas are trained to enter the house through a chimney。d。 people care more about the gifts than the encouragement they get. d scientists are using robots to study the health of waters in and around venice ， italy 。 the robots are designed to act like fish ， other underwater creat

38、ures and plants 。 the scientists are working with several universities and research centers as part of a group called subcultron. the european union gives money to the project as part of its horizon 2020 program whose aim is to take great ideas from the lab to the market and support science and inno

39、vation （创新 ) in europe. the scientists want to use the artificial intelligence of the robots to help humans understand what is happening under the water of the venice lagoon ( 潟湖）。subcultron, a collective artificial intelligence project, plans to create the biggest shoal (鱼群 ) of robot fish in the w

40、orld. the project s aim is to improve knowledge of the seabed and try to turn human abilities into hitech items。alexandre campo， a computer scientist， says the scientists have looked at the way animals learn to work in groups to understand how robots can learn to work together. the subcultron projec

41、t wants its robots to learn to work together so they can watch out for changes and new problems in the water. one problem the researchers had in the beginning was how the robots would communicate with each other。wi- fi and gps equipment don t work underwater. instead，the robots can use sonar (声呐 ) a

42、nd an electric field 。another problem was charging batteries. the robots come up to the water s surface and stay near a boat or a power station to charge without any electrical cables. besides, how to be water proof, especially for some key pads of the robots, was really tough。 fortunately, a specia

43、l mixture has been created to be pinned on the robot, which successfully stands the test of water. the health state of the lagoon is pretty good 。 there are no industrial polluters, and the city now has a modem sewer (污水管 ) system. it s not like before when all the waste flushed directly into the wa

44、ter. the robots in venice will continue their work until 2019。 the subcultron project hopes they develop into “ an artificial society underneath the water surface” that serves “ a human society above the water”。32. what can we learn about the project in paragraph 1? a. its researchers arc all from u

45、niversities. b. the european union has financially supported it。c。 it uses robots to clean the waters in and around venice。d。 it is aimed to support science and innovation worldwide. 33. what can we infer according to alexandre campo ？a. scientists have got an idea for robots from the animals 。b. th

46、e robots are working separately to perform their tasks. c。 subcultron is to turn human abilities into hitech items。d. the health state of the lagoon has greatly improved recently. 34. the underlined word “ they ” in the last paragraph probably refers to “” 。a。 scientists b。 animals c。 robots d. huma

47、ns 35。 what does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage? a。 robots are coining into our cities soon 。b。 animals can tell us how to clean the water. c。 waters in venice have been greatly cleaned. d。 robot fish watch out for the waters in venice. 第二节（共5 小題；每小題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

48、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。grow your vocabulary by learning root (词根）words english is called one of the most difficult languages for nonnative speakers。 one reason is that english has so many rules and almost as many exceptions of those rules. sometimes, this leaves learners confused （困惑的 ). 36

49、 not all words can be pronounced by their spelling。 and, maybe the worst thing of all is that there are many idioms, or expressions in english. 37 that is why there are many funny mistakes resulting from the misuse of idioms. 38 a root word is the most basic form of a word。 root words can help you t

50、o break down large, new words into smaller units to discover their meanings. 39 as a result, by learning 20 or 30 root words， you can enlarge your english vocabulary to include hundreds of new words. a root can be any part of a word that carries meaning: the beginning ， middle or end prefixes （前缀），

51、bases, and suffixes （后缀 ) are types of roots. the prefix appears at the beginning of a word, the base in the middle and the suffix at the end. 40 one simple method is to first look at a base word and then look for familiar prefixes and suffixes that go with that base. for example， the word “ constru

52、ct is a verb that means “ to build”。 the prefix “ con - means “ together or “ with ”。 so, “ construct” means “to put things together to build or create something”. a。 another reason is related to the english pronunciation 。b. you can say we use idioms like theyre going out of style 。c. the second di

53、fficulty lies in the spelling of the english words. d. having a good knowledge of grammar is also useful for english learners. e。 building vocabulary through root words is quite useful for english learners。f。 learning just one root word can help you understand several words in english 。g. however, i

54、t s comforting to know learning root words can help english learners. 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a、b、c 和 d 四个选项中， 选出可以填入空处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。i m told that during an international game of chess ，many beautiful moves could be made on a chessboard。 in a dec

55、isive 41 in which marshall was matched with a russian master player ， he found his queen under serious attack。 there were several ways of 42 ，and since the queen is the most 43 piece， the audience thought marshall would 44 move his queen to safety. deep in thought, marshall used all his time to 45 t

56、he condition 。 and then， he 46 his queen, paused， and placed it down on the most 47 square of all a square from which the queen could be 48 by any one of three enemy pieces. marshall had sacrificed （牺牲 ) his queen an unthinkable move. everyone else was 49 。then， the russian and the players realized

57、that marshall had actually made a 50 move. it was clear that no matter how the game was taken, the russian would soon be in a losing 51 。 seeing this, the russian 52 his defeat。when the audience 53 from the shock of marshall s daring， they showered the chessboard with money. marshall had achieved 54

58、 in a very unusual and daring way - he had 55 by sacrificing the queen. to me， it is not important that marshall won, 56 what counts is that he had 57 standard thinking to make such a 58 . he had looked further the usual patterns of play and had been 59 to consider an imaginative risk on the basis o

59、f his judgment alone. no matter how the game 60 ， marshall was the winner 。41. a. experience b. step c。 game d。 situation 42。 a. support b. attack c。 protection d. escape 43. a。 powerful b. attractive c. reliable d. valuable 44. a。 regularly b。 naturally c. frequently d. quietly 45. a。 check b. reco

60、gnize c. consider d. improve 46。 a. picked up b. cared about c. turned to d。 watched over 47. a. doubtful b. useless c. peaceful d. dangerous 48. a。 ignored b。 caught c. replaced d。 discovered 49。 a。 frightened b. shocked c. determined d. excited 50. a. wise b。 wrong c。 calm d。 difficult 51。 a. jour