高一期末考试

1、2010-2011年度第一学期高一英语期末考试试卷第一卷 （三部分 共 85分）第一部分：听力 （共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给A、E、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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How many lessons should the man go over at the weekend?A. Six lessons. B. Five lessons. C. Four lessons.2. What is the ma

2、n 's problem with his English?A. His written English is quite good.B. His English handwriting is very bad.C. He can 't write English very well.3. What does the woman do?A. An office lady. B. A taxi driver. C. A waitress.4. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The boy is not good at his

3、 study.B. The boy can hand in his homework in time.C. The boy has stopped playing computer games.5. What do they think about TV programs?A. They enjoy watching TV programs.B. They don 't like TV programs.C. They find it interesting and wonderful.第二节 （共 15 小题，每小题1分，满分 15 分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小

4、题，从题中所给的A、E、C三个 选项中选出最佳选项。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6至 8题。6. How long does the film Saving the Planet last?A. Three hours.B. Two and a half hours.C. Two hours.7. Which film do they decide to see at last?A. Saving the Planet.B. Shakespeare In Love.C. The Rock

5、.8. What will they do after seeing the film?A. They will go swimming and dine out.B. They will go to visit an old friend of theirs.C. They will go swimming and bowling.听第 7段材料 ,回答第 9至11题。9. What happened when the man met his teacher?A. He didn 't recognize his teacher at first.B. His teacher kne

6、w who he was at once.C. His teacher recognized him after he introduced himself.10. Why didn 'tthe teacher teach now?A. Because he can't see very well.B. Because he lives too far away from the school.C. Because his youngest child has taken his place.11. Which of the following topics didn '

7、;tthe man and his teacher talk about?A. The things and people they knew.B. What the man does in his spare time.C. The man's life and work in the US. 听第 8段材料 ,回答第 12至 14题。12. What 'sthe right order for the things the boy does?A. Play football; watch TV; do homework.B. Do homework; play footba

8、ll; watch TV.C. Play football; do homework; watch TV.13. What time does the boy usually begin to do his homework in the evening?A. At about 7:00.B. At about 7:40.C. At about 8:40.14. What does the teacher want to find out?A. Why the boy likes football so much.B. Why the boy did so badly in the exam.

9、C. How much time the boy spends watching TV . 听第 9段材料，回答第 15至 17题。15. How long will it take them to get to Old-field by car?A. About a day.B. About an hour.C. About two and a half hours.16. Why do they choose to take a picnic?A. Because there are no restaurants in the park.B. Because the restaurants

10、 there are expensive.C. Because they prefer their own food and drinks.17. Where have they finally decided to go?A. Old-field Adventure Park.B. Newport Water World.C. A small zoo. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. What is this speech about?A. A special group. B. A new class.C. A wonderful concert.19. How o

11、ften will club members meet every week?A. Twice a week.B. Three times a week. C. Five times a week.20. What is required to do to become a member of the club?A. To fill in a form.B. To perform his own music.C. To pay some money.9第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节 单项填空 （共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分 ） 从 A,B,C,D

12、四个选项中 , 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. Hiking is great fun. You will get close to nature and take exercise at thesame time.A. a; theB. a; aC. a; theD. /; /22. Tom is the only one of the witnesses who reported the whole accident.A. has; seeingB. have; to seeC. has; to seeD. have; seeing23. The possibility he kne

13、w about the stolen document cannot be .A. which; ruled out B. that; removing C. that; ruled out D. which; getting rid of24. -Mary, will you go shopping with me tomorrow?-. I have to go to the airport to see my brother off.A. Go ahead B. My pleasure C. Take it easy D. I 'm afraid I can 't25.

14、The look on her face suggested that she what had happened.A. surprising; should not knowB. surprising; hadn 't knownC. surprised; hadn t know'nD. surprised; should not know26. He the popular music and listened excitedly.A. turned on B. put on C. put upD. put down27. Your parents were really

15、anxious about you. You home without saying a word.A. mustn 't leaveB. shouldn 't have leftC. couldn 't have leftD. needn't leave28. There was mud （泥） and water everywhere, it difficult to travel from place to place.A. made B. to make C. making D. makes29. In order to reach the destin

16、ation in time, they across the river.A. pushed their wayB. made their wayC. lost their way D. worked their way30. He is considering taking some pills, he thinks will help him become stronger.A. which B where C who D. that31. He must have attended the party last night, ?D. hadn 'theA. haven't

17、 heB. mustn't heC. didn 't he32. The school I visited the other day was not the one I once studied.A. which, thatB. where, where C. where, which D. which, where33. After several hours they to put out the fire and save the town.A. tried B. succeeded C. managed D. decided34. Please pass me the

18、 book cover is black.A. of which B. whose C. that D. Its35. At the foot of the mountain A. a village lieB. lies a villageD. lying a villageC. does a village lie第二节：完形填空 （共 20 小题 ,每小题 1，满分 20 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。It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an el

19、derly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital.I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment（ 约会）at 9:30.The nurse had him take a 36in the wait ing area,37 him it would be at least 40mi nu tes38 some one would be able to see him. I saw him 39 his watch and decided,since

20、I was 40 busy- my patie nt did n' 41 at the appo in ted hour, I would exam ine hiswound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor' s appointment.The gen tlema n said no and told me that he 42 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 43 . He told me that

21、 she had been44 for a while and that she had a specialdisease. I asked if she would be 45 if he was a bit late. He replied that she46knew who he was, that she had not bee n able to47 him for five years no w. I was 48 , andasked him, d Aou 49 go every morning, even though she doesn' t know who yo

22、u are? ”He smiled and said,“ She doesn ' t know me, but I know who she is.” I h0d to hold backas he left.Now I 51 that in marriages, true love is 52 of all that is. The happiest peopledon ' t 53have the best of everything; they just 54 full use of everything they have.36. A. breathB. testC.

23、seatD. break37. A. tolerat ingB. promis ingC. un dersta ndingD. telli ng38. A. ifB. beforeC. sinceD. after39. A. taking offB. fix ingC. look ing atD. wi ndi ng40. A. veryB. alsoC. quiteD. not41. A. show upB. show offC. come onD. go away42. A. neededB. forgotC. agreedD.happened43. A. daughterB. wifeC

24、. motherD. sister44. A. lateB. wellC. aroundD. there45. A. lo nelyB. worriedC. ashamedD. hungry46. A. so farB. n eitherC. no Ion gerD. already47. A. recog nizeB. an swerC. believeD. expect48. A. convincedB. disappo in tedC. surprisedD. satisfied49. A. onlyB. thenC. howeverD. still50. A. curiosityB.

25、tearsC. wordsD. schedule51. A. realizeB. suggestC. hopeD. prove52. A. agreeme ntB. expressi onC. accepta neeD. expla nati on53. A. n ecessarilyB. completelyC. n aturallyD. shortly54. A. learnB. makeC. setD. try55. A. Adve ntureB. BeautyC. TrustD. Life第三部分：阅读理解 （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、

26、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项55 isnt about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.AYou are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so

27、 it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catchin

28、g fire, are professionals（专业人士 ）. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to

29、hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress（ 垫子 ）. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this kind, it also requires a high de

30、gree of skill and training. Often a stuntman 's success depends on careful tim. ing For example, when he is“blown up ” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosionjust at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They of

31、ten get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute（ 降落伞） failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when

32、 actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntwomen too.56. Stuntmen are those who .A. often dress up as actorsB. prefer to lead dangerous livesC. often perform seemingly dangerous actionsD. often fight each other for their lives57. Stuntmen earn their living by .A. p

33、laying their dirty tricksB.selling their special skillsC. jumping out of high windowsD.jumping from fast movingtrains58. When a stuntman falls from a high building, .A. he needs little protectionB.he will be covered with amattressC. his life is endangeredD.his safety is generally allrightBMay: Happe

34、nings from the PastMay 5,1884Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.May 9,1754Benjamin Franklin 's Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the

35、 first American political cartoon （漫 画） , showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words “Join or Die ”printed under the picture.May 11,1934 The first great dust storm of the Great Pla ins Dust Bowl , the result of years of drought（ 干旱）,blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.M

36、ay 19,佃94Jacqueli ne Lee Bouvier Kenn edy On assis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.May 24, 1844Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message, What Hath God Wrought,” over the experimental Ion g-dista nee telegraph line

37、 which runs from Wash ington, D,C, to Baltimore, Md.59. We know from the text that Bucha nan is .A. Isaac ' fatherB. a winning horseC. a slave tak ing care of horsesD. the first raci ng horse in Ken tucky60. What is the title of the first American political cartoon?A. Join or DieB. Penn sylva ni

38、a GazetteC. What Hath God WroughtD. Ken tucky Derby61. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?A.1934B.1960C.1964D.199462. Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?A. Washi ngt on, D.C.B.New York City.C. Ken tuckyD.Penn sylva niaCMost people think of

39、rac ing whe n they see greyho unds （灰狗）and believe they n eed lots of exercise. They can actually be quite lazy! Greyho unds are good at fast races but not Ion g-dista nee running. They do n eed regular exercise but they like to run for a short burst and the n get back on the bed or a comfortable se

40、at. Ano ther misun dersta nding is that greyho unds must be aggressive （好 斗的） because they are big in size. In fact greyhounds love people and are gentle with children.Greyhounds can live for 12-14 years but usually only race for two or three years, and after that they make great pets. They don '

41、;tneed a lot of space, don 'make a lot of noise, and don 'teat a lot for their size.Normally, greyhounds can be as tall as 90 cm. There is, however, a small-sized greyhound, which sta nds only 33 cm. Greyho unds come in a variety of colors. Grey and yellowish-brow n are the most com mon. Oth

42、ers in clude black, white, blue, red and brow n or a mix of these.Greyho unds have smooth body coats, low body fat and are very healthy. Because they 're slim （苗条的）they don 'have the leg problems like other dogs the same height . But they do feelthe cold, especially since they would much rat

43、her be at home in bed tha n walk ing around outside.63. The text is writte n mai nly A. to tell people how to raise greyho undsB. to let people know more about greyho undsC. to explain why greyho unds are aggressiveD. to describe greyho unds of differe nt colors64. It can be inferred that greyhounds

44、 .A. love big doghousesB. like stay ing in bed all dayC. make the best guard dogsD. n eed some exercise outdoors65. Why does the author say that greyho unds make great pets?A. They are big in size.B. They live a very long life.C. They can run races for some time.D. They are quiet and easy to look af

45、ter.66. If you keep a pet greyho un d, it is importa nt.A. to keep it slimB. to keep it warmC. to take special care of its legsD. to take it to ani mal doctors regularlyDAs any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist

46、Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotap ing（录像）the families while theyate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. B

47、ut as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the pare nts "efforts to con trol the loud no ise they make. That can have an importa nt effect on the childre n. In gen eral the more questi on-ask ing the pare nts do, the higher the childre n ' IQ scores, ” Lewis says. A

48、nd the more children there are, the less question-asking there is. ”The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings（ 兄弟姐妹 ）.Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner con versatio n is likely to cen ter

49、 on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youn gest, who n eeds the most atte nti on. Middle childre n are in visible. ” says Lewis. When you see some one get up from the table and walk around duri ng dinner, cha nces are it "the middle child. ” There is, however, one thing

50、that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: When the TV is on, ” Lewis says, dinner is a non-eve nt. ”67. Pare nts with large families ask fewer questi ons at dinner because.A. they are busy serving food to their childrenB. they have to pay more atte nti on to youn ger chi

51、ldre nC. they are busy keep ing order at the dinner tableD. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family68. By say ing Middle childre n are in visible ” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle childre nA. have to help their parents to serve dinnerB. get the least attention from the f

52、amilyC. are often kept away from the dinner tableD. find it hard to keep up with other children69. Lewis 'research provides an answer to the question .A. why TV is important in family lifeB. why parents should keep good orderC. why children in small families seem to be quieterD. why middle child

53、ren seem to have more difficulties in life70. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?A. It is important to have the right food for children.B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.D. Elder children should h

54、elp the younger ones at dinner第二卷 主观题（共 35 分）第四部分 : 任务型阅读 （共 10小题；每小题 0.5分，满分 5 分） 请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上一个最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填 1 个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surpr

55、ising because productivity （生产效率 ） every hour is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain, and Germany, and it is growing at a similar （ 相似的 ） speed.In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosento work less. In other words, they have dec

56、ided to“ spend ” a part of their extra income on a fullerpersonal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But this is not true in the United States. One reason may be lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Ano

57、ther may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.Longer hours do of course increase the GDP （ 国内生产总值 ）. The United States has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that America 'GsDP every head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity every hour is the same.It ' s not clear which of the two situations is better. It is too early to explain the diff erent trends （趋势 ） in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that