安徽省2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期中试题

1、A. To the concert hall.B. To the ci nema.C. To the Tow n Hall.安徽省 2016-2017 学年高一英语下学期期中试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 10 分）第一节（共 5 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 2.5 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 is the man going to do n ext?A. Swim in the sea.B.

2、Go running.C. Take part in a competitio n.2. How many people attended the meeting last Friday?A. 60.B. 50.C. 30.3. What are the speakers talk ing about?A. The homework.B. One importa nt pers on. C. The French Revoluti on.4. Where are the speakers?A. At a hotel.B. On a street. C. In a car park.5. Wha

3、t does the man mean?A. He has broke n his keyboard.B. He n eeds help with the in putt ing.C. He will finish the in putt ing on time.第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6 至 7 题。6. W

4、hen does the concert begi n?A. At 2:00.B. At 7:00.C. At 8:00.A. To the concert hall.B. To the ci nema.C. To the Tow n Hall.7. Where are the speakers going on Saturday evening?3听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 9 题。8. Why doesn t the man want to seeHollywood: The Real DealA. He thinks it boring.B. He has see n it bef

5、ore.C. He isn t interested in reality shows.9. What do the speakers decide to do in the end?A. Eat out.B. See the news show.C.Go for a bask etballfin al.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will the woma n do in Ho ng Kong?A. Go shopp ing.B. Visit her friend.C. Stay on a beach.11. How will the woma n go

6、to Siem Reap?A. By pla ne.B. By bus.C. By boat.12. Where will the woman stay during her trip?A. I n big hotels.B. In her friend s house.C.Insmallguesthouses.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the woma n doi ng?A. Suggest ing a job.B. Doi ng an in terview.C. Advertis ing a job.14. What kind of people

7、 does the job want?A. Someo ne who has an MBA.B. Some one who can speak foreig n Ian guages.C. Some one who has the experie nee of livi ng abroad.15. What is the date today?A. The 3rdof June.B. The 3rdof July.C. The 3rdof August.16. What will the woman do next?A. Complete the applicati ons.B. Have a

8、 meeting with the man. C. E-mail the man the4adverts.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What was the purpo se of Columbus first trip?A. To collect pla nts.B. To look for gold.C. To lear nabout America ncultures.18. Why does the corn feed milli ons of peopletoday?A. It is delicious and cheap.B. It can be co

9、oked in many ways.C. It grows easily in various conditions.19. What did Columbus bring back on his second trip?A. Chocolate bea ns.B. Fried potatoes.C. Sweet corn.20. What was the result of Columbus two trips to America?A. T hey made n ative America ns enjoy Europea n foods.B. They made native Ameri

10、can foods popular.C. They made n ative America n lifestyle well-k nown.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30 分）第一节 单项填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）从 A B、C D 四个选项中，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。24. We don t have eno ugh mon ey. _，we cannot afford to buy the new car.21. The man with a scar across his face is saidA. havi ng

11、stole nB. to stealstole n22. -Now, have you finished your work yet?-Yes, I_ it whe n you came.A. have finishedB. fin ish23. - I don t wantto ask him for help, for he is-But, in fact, he isglad to help.A. more tha nB. notmany valuableitems from the museumC. steali ngD. to haveC. had fini shedD. would

12、 fin isha hard man.C. less tha nD. much5A. BesidesB. However C. OtherwiseD. Therefore625. Evidenee has been found through years of studychildren s early sleepingproblems are likely to con ti nue whe n they grow up.A. whyB. thatC. whetherD. how26. .Helen always helps her mother even though going to s

13、chool_most of her day.A.takes up B. makes up C. saves up D. puts up27. The other day, my father drove his car at_I thought was a dangerous speed.A. asB. thatC. whichD. what,so lots of workers will be_meet ing.30._ is to do good all on es life and n ever do anything bad.she shared some of her 31 unde

14、rstanding with students. 32 the late afternoonon the edge of her34 and sat dow n there.28. This factory is clos ing upA. laid offB. laid outC. laid downD. laid aside29. The mayor willpers onally_ the goldmedal_the winning athletesat the sportsA. prese nt; byB. prese nt; withC. prese nt; toD. prese n

15、t; forA.WhicheC. No matter what is hard D. All what ishard第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题1 分，满分 20 分）I once had a teacher whose husbanddied of heart attack. About a week afterhis death,sun lightcame shinning in and theclass was nearly 33 ,she moved afew thi ngs asideWith a gen tle look of reflect ion(反思)on her

16、 face, she paused and said,Class isover. I would like to 35 withall of you, a thought that is 36 toclass, but whichI feel is very37.Each of us is put here on earth to lear n, share, love and give of ourselves.38of us knows when this fantasticexperienee will end. It can be 39 atany mome nt. Perhapsth

17、is istheevery single day. ”Her eyes were 41to water, but she went on,So I would likeyou all to make7me a42 .From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to43.It could be the 44 of the breeze（微风）slightly rustli ng the leavesin thetrees, or the way the morni ng lig

18、ht catches one autu mn leaf as it 45 gen tly to the_ground.“Please look for these things, and 46 them. It is the 47 thingsthat we areput here on earth to enjoy. We must make it importa nt to no tice them, for at 48 it_can all be taken away. ” The class was completely 49 . We all picked up our books

19、and walked out of the roomsilently. That 50 , I noticed more things on my way home from school tha n I had that whole semester.Remember, life is not measured by the nu mber of breaths we take, but by the mome ntsthat take our breath away.31. A. closeB. limitedCsadD.deep32. A. AsB.ForC. WithD. Once33

20、. A. offB. outC. overD. away34. A. classroomB. sofaC. computerD.desk35. A. wo nderB .doubtC.shareD. talk36. A. uni ikelyB. un relatedC. unnoticedD. un fair37. A. importa nt B.moder nC. funnyD. embarrass ing38. A. EachB.AllC. No neD. Neither39. A. taken awayB. throw n awayC. put awayD. give naway40.

21、A. lowestB. worstC. mostD. least41. A. stopp ingB. endingC. con ti nuingD. begi nning42. A. prin cipleB. predict ionC. promiseD. rule43. A. playB. smellC. spreadD. no tice44. A. soundB.noiseC. voiceD. scream45. A. knocksB. fallsC. ieachesD. pou rs46. A. provide B.followC. hideD. appreciate47. A. lit

22、tleB. greatC. generousD. formal8第三部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分 30 分）In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-m on th-old baby ina most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories inthe world.In June 1977, a baby girl became seriou

23、sly ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctorswere un able to find out the cause of her ill ness with con fide nee, so she was sent toHammersmith Hospital in London. She was the n only semi-c on scious and on the Da ngerouslylee list. A team of doctors hurried to exam ine the baby only to discover tha

24、t they, too, did nt know. While theywere discuss ing the babys case, a nurse asked to speak to them.Excuse me, said Nurse Marsha, but I think the baby is suffering from thalliumpoisoning.What makes you think that? Dr. Brown asked. Thallium poisoning is rare. A few daysago, I was reading a novel call

25、ed A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie, Nurse Maitland expla in ed. I n the book,somebody uses thallium pois on, and the symptoms are described. Theyre exactly the same as the babys.Youre very thoughtful and you may be right, another doctor said, Well carry outsome tests and find out whether its thalliu

26、m or not.Tests showed that the baby had beenpoisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once theyknew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correcttreatment.She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the

27、poison might have come from anin secticide used in Qatar.51. The one who first suggested the correct cause of the babys ill ness was_ .A. a doctor in Qatar B. Nurse Maitla nd C. Dr. Brow n D. Agatha Christie52. As far as we can tell from the passage, Agatha Christie_.A. had n ever met this babyB. ha

28、d spe nt a long time study ing the babys case48. A. no timeB. a timeC. any timeD. some time49. A. quietB. worriedC.crowdeD. excited50. A. morningB. afternoonC.noonD. ni ght第一节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）953. It seems from the passage that the babys ill ness had someth ing to do with_ .A. a dan gero

29、us pair of glassesB. the water in QatarC. a harmful substa nee used to kill in sects D. a dead writerBWomen make better drivers than men for many reasons. Why is that? If you ask me, I dlike to say, men know that wome n are better drivers but do not have the courage to admitthe truth wome n are quee

30、 ns of the road.Un like men, wome nstop for directio nswhe n they have no idea as to where they are going.We don t drive around for hours pointlessly wasting a tank of gas only to find ourselves headi ng in the wrongdirect ion. Have you ever bee n in a car with a man who is lost? He tells you to shu

31、t up whe n you begi n to open your mouth. And every five minu tes or so he takes a turn going forty- five miles per hour only to find out he s made another wrong turn.Speedi ng is what men do best on the road. There is a reas on why men get more speed ing tickets thanwomen. Not because we trick to g

32、et out of tickets but only because we don tget pulled over as frequently. We don t speed. Wehave more intelligeneethan sens elesslyto put our own lives as well as the lives of others in dan ger.My largest issue with male drivers is how a majority of them drive with one hand onthe wheel and the other

33、 hand doing only God knows what. The seat is backed as far as possible, and th ey retotally lost into loud music beyond a necessary level. You don t ever seewome n drivi ng like that.I feel that the above evidenee more than proves my points that womenare not only better drivers but alsosafer drivers

34、 tha n men. We wome n rule the road. Oh, and men, if you want to continue criticiz ing （扌比评）wome n for being bad drivers, bring it on.54. If a woma n driver feels lost, she will_ .A. tell the man n ext to her to shut upB. take the wrong turns at a high speedC. stop the car and ask people for helpD.

35、driveaimlessly for hours withoutC. visited the baby in the hospital D.gave Nurse Maitland some advice on the phone10stopp ing55. In Paragraph 3, the writer tries to tell us that_.A. women drivers often play tricks on the police in charge11B. men drivers usually have to be pulled over to the roadside

36、sC. men drivers are more con fide nt and skillful in drivi ngD. wome n drivers have more resp on sibility for lives56. Accord ing to the passage, men drivers_ worries the writer most.57. Which of the follow ing shows the structure of the passage?=paragraph 5）CFor more tha n twenty years scie ntists

37、have bee n searchi ng for sig ns of life on otherpla nets. Most of these searches have bee n done over the radio. The hope is that some onein outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scien tists also have sent radio andtelevisi on messages on spaceships traveli ng through space, on the cha

38、 nee that some one may be r eceptive（善于接受的） to such messages.Scien tists are using powerful radio telescope to liste n to sig nals from about 1,000stars, all with in 100 light years of earth. In additi on, they will sca n （扫视）the en tiresky to“listen ” for radio messages from more distant stars. Usi

39、ng a computer, they willbe able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any sig nal that sta nds outfrom the backgro und no ise.Of the 200 billio n stars in the Milky Way galaxy（银河星系），scie ntists find thatfive percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a

40、planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reas on abledista nee from the star for temperatures to be right for the evoluti onA. not pay ing full atte ntionB. mak ing jokes about womenC. not stopp ing for directionsD. getting more speeding ticketsABC|P（=paragraph 12=paragraph2 ;3=paragraph3 ;4=para

41、graph4 ; 12of life. Based on the in habitable （that can be lived in） pla nets in our galaxy, mostscie ntists agree that cha nces are likely that one or more of these pla nets support some life.However, many scientistswonder whether intelligent（有智力的） life existspla nets. Some believe that twenty year

42、s of search ing without any in telligible的）messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evoluti on of in tellige nee comparableto ours is un likely.Other scie ntists believe that our search has n t bee n long eno ugh to rule out thepossibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy

43、. Although our sun family in only about five billion yearsold, our galaxy is about 20 billions years old. In that ti scientiststhink it is likelythat civilizationsare much more advaneed than ours,these civilizations（文明） send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized thethey have sent us. If we h

44、ope to find in telligent life, these scie ntists believe that wehave to keep look ing.58. Accord ing to the passage, how many pla nets in our galaxy might be in habitable?A. 5 billio nB. 10 billio nC. 15 billio nD.billi on59. The underl ined word“ monitor ” in the passage means “_ ”.A. findB. follow

45、C. checkD. form60. Which of the statements is TRUE based on the information in the passage?A. The earth is one of the oldest pla nets in our galaxy.B. Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planet.C. Scien tists are trying differe nt ways to find sig ns of life on other pla

46、net.D. Scientists don t believe that there might be life on other planets.DIf music is the medic ine of the soul（灵魂）,let it play on, said a famous pers on.I think he said so because probably he got some help from music. Music has some stra ngeabilit ies. Medical scie ntists have found that a pers on

47、 that feels stressed can actuallyliste n to some kind of music and become well.The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events such as startingon other（可理解me, somePerhapssig nals20013a new family, starti ng a new bus in ess, and starti ng a new job, one can actually liste n t

48、ogood music and feel good because good music touches the human mind in a positive way. Music helps you toforget the life events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happe ned in your life.Depression（ 抑郁） is a disease caused by stress, smoking, social problems and so on.D

49、epressi on is also caused by problems such as failure in bus in ess. Depressi on may bringus weak ness, headache, and loss of concen trati on. Good music makes one remember happymoments or good days. If you play music about love, it makes you feel like falling in loveaga in though you may have had s

50、everal upset experie nces. And such good feeli ngs make you healthy.An xiety（ 焦虑）is ano ther health problem that can be con trolled by music. An xiety isa sid e effect of some major health problems such as cancer of the liver and cancer of thebreast. Good music makes you feel relaxed and removes the

51、 pains from these diseases andyou feel all right.Good music can send you to sleep. And you n eed to know that sleep puts your body ina healthy con diti on. Sleep takes away the effects of stress, depressi on and an xiety froma pers on.61. Accord ing to the famous pers on in Paragraph 1, music can_ .

52、A. treat many kinds of diseasesB. help you keep healthy in your mindC. take the place of medici ne in treati ng ill ness D. make you remember things happe ned inthe past62. Good music helps people remove stress mainly by_A. lett ing people have a good sleep B. making people think positivelyC. showin

53、g something new to people D. making people focus only on important things63. Which of the following is NOT a reason for depression mentioned in the passage?A. Stress.B. Smok ing.C. Failure in bus in ess. D.Lossofconcen tratio n.64.Accord ingto the passage, one who has cancer will most probablyexperi

54、e nee _1465. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. The Health Ben efits of Liste ning to MusicB. Stress Can Bring Us Many Kinds of DiseasesC. Some Diseases Have Somethi ng to Do With MusicD. Tips For Us to Live a Healthy And Comfortable Life第二节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。

55、选项中有两项为多余选项。（每小题 1.5 分，共 7.5 分）Most of us lead a busy life. 66 We think,“ If I reached my goal, the n I would behappy” , or “ If I coul d get a better job, then I wouldenjoy life. ” But why not enjoylife right now?Firstly, take time to no tice and appreciate the beauty in your own surr oundin gs. 67

56、_“There is a great big world of wonder and beauty around us!” And as Brodersen explains,Look for the beauty of the sun rise and of a friend s smile that brighte ns your day. Open your eyes to see thebeauty you might not no rmally see. Doing so helps to cheer you up.”Secondly, taking time to experien

57、ee some simple pleasures also can bring joy to yourheart and ease your stress. Take mefor example. 68 One un iversal simple pleasure isfinding things that make you laugh. Make time to laugh every day.Thirdly,don t take your family and friends for gran ted. Rich, reward ing relatio nshipsadd greatly

58、to the enjoyme nt of life. When you th ink of some one, why not call, e-mail or write them? 69_As Wayne Lawt on expla ins, “ In vest time in relati on ships. Remove theattitude, what s in it for me? Happ in ess is found in putt ing other s in terests, desiresand concerns ahead of our own whenever po

59、ssible. Selfishness is a dead-end street. ”70A. Be aware of beauty in n ature.B. So please treasure relati on ship.C. You don t need to travel far to find beauty.D. Driven by the “ urge nt ” , we forget to enjoy life.E. In my spare time, I enjoy collecting stamps and reading novels.F. A short e-mail

60、 or pho ne call can make a world of differe nee to some one.G. I delight in simple things like my favorite tea drink, a bubble bath or family photos.A. stressB. depressionC. an xietyD. upset15第四部分：书面表达第一节、单词拼写：根据首字母或汉语提示写出下列单词（每题 1 分，共计 5 分）71. Without h , he jumped into the river to save the child.