英语卷2014届湖北省武汉二中等部分重点学校高一下学期期末统考

1、省市部分重点学校 2011-学年高一下学期期末统考英语试本试卷满分150分。 考试时间120分钟第一部分 （共5 小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分第一节听下面5段。每段后有一个小题，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。听完每段后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小WhatdothemansparentswanthimtoAnB. AC.AWhatwilltheweatherbelikeintheB. C.HowdidthemanfeelabouttheHelikedthelastpartofHelikeditveryHedidntlikeitatWhatwill

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5、AttendaC.Seea WhywilltheyplayTogettoknowtheTotakeaWhenwilltheygotoAt7:00p.m.onAt6:00a.m.onAt10:00a.m.onWhatisthearrangementonTheyarefreetodowhattheyTheywillhaveTheywilltakea第二部分 词汇知识运用（30 分第一节 多项选择（10110分Inordertopromoteitsbrand,thecompanyhasput alotofmoneyandenergytolaunchan A.B. C. D.Can you l me

6、thedifference between thewords “require” and “request” ? I sometimes get puzzled by the meanings. .A.B. C. D.Nancy, an American girl who took a trip to China last year just out of,is now addicted to the ancient Chinese culture.A.B. C. After-classreadingisagoodwayA.B.buildC. D.pickThe spoke at the bu

7、siness meeting for nearly two hours withoutA.bringing C.looking D.tryingTheboatsankquicklyA.B. D.MrsBrownisaboutherhouseworkthatfewservantswanttoworkforA.B.C. D.Whateverheexplained,hethe manthathehadntdrunkA.B.C. D.Dontintendtocheat - youwillA.getawayB.getridC.getawayD.getthehangThisproblemisnotdiff

8、icultatall,sowecanworkitA.inB.at noC.at D.with第二节 完形填空The _ 31_ teacher, Mr. Litmus, had asked his students to study some special animal. They would write a short report, and l the rest of the class their conclusions(结论). Some talked about dogs, others about horses, and some chose fish. But the most

9、 interesting _32_ of all was made by little Sophie.“Ifoundthat_33_areterriblyilltempered（脾气坏的）shesaid,verysureofEveryone sd, waiting for her to _34_. Then Sophie explained, “I spent hours in my house, watching flies. When they flied _35_, everything was OK, but when they found a _36_ they would real

10、ly be noisy. I had always thought they made that _37_ with their wings, but theydont. With my daddys escope I watched the flies really closely, and saw that what they were really _38_ wasshoutingand ing.Theywere so hysterical (歇斯底里的)that theycouldnt fly out of the window, and they would just _39_ th

11、eir heads against the glass again and again. If only they had _40_ the butterfly that passed by, they would have seen that the top of the window was _41_. The butterfly tried to lthem, but it had no _42_ at all. The flies just kept on shouting and complaining.”Mr.Litmuswas _43_, and explainedto the

12、classthatthat form of flys behavior had todowith_44_.Instead,itwasanexampleofanimalshavingdifferent_45_ofinligenceAnd this was what _46_ a big disorder in the science class. Many parents had to come and complain because their children had _47_ their parents among the least inligent of creatures! Thi

13、s, saidthe children,wasbecause theparentsdidnothingbut complain, andthey_48_ listened to anyone.Mr. Litmus had to do a lot of explaining, and quite a ferents _49_. It helped some themrealizedthat,althoughtheywerent_50_,theyoftenbehavednotterriblyinA. B. C. D. 37. A. B. C. D. turnedgonecalmedheld第三部分

14、 阅读理解（20240分阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABC和D）AElvis lives. At least he does today, in the hearts of tens of thousands showing their faithful love for the King on the 34th of his death. Refusing to let go of fond memories, fans are once again flooding to Graceland, Elvis house. This annual event is informally

15、 known as “Dead Elvis Week”, most religious journey in memory of Elvis death on August 16, 1977.Feeling like across between anEaster night and MardiGras, the week of sadness is hardly a sadaffair. Infact, it includesall kindsofparties,concerts,andmemorials. The highlight, however,isacandlelight nigh

16、tthat more than10,000fansfromallovertheworldtookpart in.Intwosand threes, they walk uptothe small poolside gardenwhere Elvis is buried.“The King of RocknRoll” may be dead, but for these devotees, he is never truly gone.Elvis Aaron Presley wasnt born a king. As a matter of fact, he grew up dirt-poor

17、in rural Tennessee. Legend() has it that Elvis was working as a truck driver in Memphis when he made his recording:alatebirthdaygiftforhismother.Later,whenthe ownerofSunRecords, Sam PhillipsheardElvis stirring voice, hethoughthehad finally found what he had beenlooking for a white man who sounded bl

18、ack. Phillips boasted(夸口) that with Elvis on his label, he would make a million dollars.Early Sun recordings had Elvis on songs and guitar, supported by another guitar and a stand-up bass. He was playing the kind of material he would one daye famous for: blues and country songs. It was a long way fr

19、om the white jumpsuits and Las Vegas-style concerts everyone now connects with Elvis. But those early recordings helped what the world now knows as rocknroll come into being.WhendidtheauthorwritethepassageaboveaccordingtotheInB.InC.BetweenanEasternightandMardiD.NotWhatcanbeinferredfromtheunderlinedp

20、artinParagraphElviswasawhitemanwholookedlikeablackSamPhillipsdidntmanagetofindwhathehadbeenlookingInsomeway,theblackthenhadagreatergiftforsingingthantheSamPhillipshadbeenseekingawhitemanwhoactedlikeaWhatistheBESTtitleoftheElvisAaronB.DeadElvisC.Legendofthe D.TheOriginofBIf youve ever seen a James Bo

21、nd movie，youll know that the hero gets around in a smart Aston Martin car. Even if you know fully well that you could never afford such an expensive vehicle, you dont fet the name, or the car.Why?YouhavebeenaffectedbyproductCompanies pay a film to place their products in the movie. Product placement

22、 took off in the West in the 1980s and is now catching on in China. Two Hunan Salite TV dramas are recent examples：Ugly Wudi and Lets Go Watch the Meteor Shower (一起去看流星雨).Shampoo, mobile phones, cars and fitness centers anything can be product-placed. Advertisers value the mass appeal of the movies,

23、 knowing that a successful film can showcase their goods to hundreds of thousands of viewers. But when product placement takes over, artistic considerations can take a back seat.CaiZhiyonghas been product-placing for years. The Beijing-basedadvertiseradmitsthere isa betweenart andbusiness. He explai

24、ns theway one ad works. In IfYou are the One (诚勿扰the actress ShuQiplays aflight attendant. The moviecontains productplacement for airline companies.Cash-strapped filmmakers often have to give less consideration to the quality of their work because they need money from advertisers. In the original st

25、ory for Meteor Shower, thees motherowned anicecreamshop.Butno icecreamcompanywantedtosponsor赞助) the film. For this reason, the story was changed. In the film the man drinks 20 cups of milk tea instead of eating ice cream.So you may see the power of business over the movies, since the script (剧本) was

26、 perhaps written so that a product could be placed-whether it was ice cream or milk tea.JamesBondmoviesarementionedintheparagraphtohowpopularJamesBondB.howgreat theAstonMartincarC.howtomakeamoviemore Productplacementcanhaveabadeffectonofa A.B.massC.box-officeD.artistic ShortofB.WastingalotofC.having

27、enoughD.TryingtosaveWecanlearnfromtheexampleofMeteorShowerbusinesshasabigsayinthetheoriginalstorywasnotsuitableforafilmmakersareonlyconcernedaboutmakingmilkteaismorepopularthaniceCIt was Saturday night in London. I was waiting to catch the bus home with my friend Laura. I was dressed as the cartoon

28、character the Pink Panther, complete with pink cat ears attached to a hairband, a pink tail made of a long piece of pink cloth, and whiskers drawn on my face. Laura was dressed as a cat. It was, of course , Halloween, and we had been at a Halloween The night of October 31 is rfect excuse to dress up

29、 in silly costumes and have a party.Traditionallyitwas“AllSoulsDay”,whentheghostsofthedeadrosefromtheirIn the UK, however, it also means of British Summer Time. All the clocks are put backonehouronthelastSaturdayofOctober.Youwakeup onSundaymorningthinkingthat itis 8 am, and then remember with relief

30、 that you actually have another hour in bed.The troubleis,the buses hadnotchangedtheir timetables. Thenightbusdriverswerestill operating according to their original hours. However, the day bus drivers had already put their watches back, and were looking forward to that extra hour in bed. So Laura an

31、d I waited and waited and waited. People who went past stared, laughed, or made funny comments “Someone locks the cat out of the house tonight?” or “Who lets the cat out of the bag?”FinallythebuscamethreehourslaterBythat timewehadmadefriendswithlocalshop owners as they opened for morning business, a

32、s well as with a friendly tramp (流浪汉) sitting in the street with his dog.Halloween may be a party night just dont fet the practicalities (实际情况) youreintheUK.ItcouldgetreallyWhatcanwelearnfromthePeopleusuallydressthemselvesuponHalloweenisonthenightofOct.IntheUK,Halloweeniscelebratedinexactlythesamewa

33、yasotherOnHalloween,thenightbus andthedaybusbothoperatedaccordingtotheoriginal WhydidtheauthorandherfriendhavetowaitforthreehoursforthebusthatBecausethebuswasBecauseitwasHalloweenthatBecausetheclockswereputBecausetheywerelateforthenightHowdidthepassers-byreacttotheauthorandLaurasTheywereTheysdatThey

34、wereWhatdidtheauthorandLauradowhilewaitingfortheTheyhelpedthelocalTheymadefriendswithlocalshopownersandaTheyhelpedaTheytookcareofahomelessDChocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain. Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health. They describe chocolate as “something to die for”

35、 or say “death by chocolate”Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:AhappierScientists at Harvard University recently examined 136 studies on cocoathe main ingredientinchocolateandfoundthatitdoesseemtostreng

36、thentheheartStudieshaveshown heart benefits from increased blood flowThese benefits are the result of cocoas chemicals, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation(炎症)If yours is high, chocolate may helpJeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University recently found that peoplewithhighbloodpressur

37、ewhoate 3.5ouncesofdarkchocolate perdayfortwoweeks saw their blood pressure drop quicklyChocolatemilkmayhelpyourecoverafterahardworkout(锻炼)Inasmallstudyat na University, people who drank chocolate milk between workouts did better on a tiredness test than those who had some sports drinksGerman resear

38、chers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every dayAfter three months, the womens skin was moister(滑润的)and smootherThe research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the skin, improving its appearanceIt sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that choco

39、late may improve your memory, attention span, reactiontime,and problem-solving by increasing blood flowto the Whichofthefollowingis ChocolatemayhelpyouloweryourbloodPeopleearlyknowchocolateisgoodfortheir Whatsthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentenceinthefourth SportsdrinkscanmakepeopleeasytobeDrinkingmilkc

40、ankeepyouenergeticat WhatsthemainideaoftheChocolate, a Healthy FoodBMoreChocolate,LessHealth CChocolate and Blood PressureDAdvice on Eating Chocolate scientistsatHarvardCscientists at na University DGerman researchersWhatsthemeaningof“bitetheirtongues”intheThinkofBSpeakC. StopDListentoEA camera, agl

41、ove,a handtool,evenatoothbrushtheyare all upthere,above the clouds, going around and around the Earth. There are also thousands of pieces of metal and plastic. Someof themareonly aboutthesizeofafingernail.Manyaremuch larger.Scientistsconsiderall these objects to be space junk, and they are a problem

42、.Since people launched rockets into space in the 1950s, we have been leaving behind all sorts of things. Muchof the space junk is made up of little pieces of things that were once bigger objects, until they struck each other and broke apart. Sometimes larger pieces survive the extreme heat through t

43、he atmosphere and hit the ground or the ocean at great speeds.But space junk falling on housetops is not the biggest worry. Scientists are concerned about the Kessler syndrome. It is named after the American scientist who thought of the idea in 1978. Imagine what happens whenanemptyrocket strikes an

44、otherwhile orbitingtheEarth. Two big thingse many smaller things. They then hit other things. The pieces get smaller and smaller until they form a cloud of junk that blocks the path of future space vehicles.MarcoCastronuovo, an Italian Space Agency researcher, suggested launching a salite into space

45、 that would get very close to some of the larger pieces of space junk. The salite would conne mall rocket to the useless object. When the rocket explodes, it pushes the junk into a lower and slower orbit, nearer the Earth. After a time, the junk burns up in the atmosphere.Scientistshavebeenconcerned

46、about spacejunkfor manyyears.Right now,the costsofthe clean- up have been too great. Mr. Castronuovo says hissystem could be put in place for a much more reasonable amount of money.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“spacejunk”inParagraph1referItreferstosmallpiecesofthingsthatwereoncebiggerItreferstoobjectsth

47、atsurvivedtheextremeheatthroughtheItreferstocloudsthataremadeupofsmallobjectsinItreferstoallkindsofobjectsthathavebeenleftbehindinWhydoscientistsconsidertheKesslersyndromeabigSpacejunkcloudsarelikelytoblockthepathof SpacejunkmightfallontotheEarth,causingSpaceesbiggerandbiggeruntilhardtogetridWhatism

48、ainlytalkedaboutintheSmallerobjectscometogethertoformcloudsofspaceHumanbeingsareresponsibleforspaceSpacejunkisabigproblemhumanbeingshavetofindwaystoAnItalianresearcherhasfoundagoodwaytoremovespaceWhat is the authors attitude towards Marco Castronuovos method of cleaning up space 第四部分 表达（共两节，满分50分第一节

49、 完成句子（10220分Sheisafraid. todayslifemadehimgiveupthechancetostudyabroad.IdontinthenovelthatmadehimburstintoHemadeasomeday,hewouldhelpthepoorchildrencouldntgotoYoullfindtaxiswaitingatthebustoreachyouristhattheyarecreativeandstrong-Itisnotogive upWhowouldyouratherNobody but Gongli and Zhang ziyia film

50、directed by a foreign director up till now.(star)byhimselfbecausehisfatherwasa第二节 短文写作（共 1 题;满分 30 分） As adolescents, we may come across occasions whenwe have quarrels or even withourparentsoveravarietyofthings.I1561031353640 4650 A year ago when I was in junior 3, I got into the habit of surfing th

51、e Internet with my even in class. When my class teacher told my parents what had happened, my father turned red withanger andblamed me inthe presence of the teacher. I couldnt bear it , shouting “I hate you!” and ran away. Only when my parents finally got me back at midnight did I realize that I was

52、 wrong and that they did care, which could be seen from their eyes.We had a heart-to-heart talk that night. It was then that I began to understand that parents arethepeoplewholoveusmost,soitsnecessarytokeepagoodrelationshipwiththem.Besides, they have experienced more and always try their best to pro

53、tect us from any danger. If we often talk with them about our life and experience, we will know each other better. In addition, if sometimes we dont come to an agreement , its vital for us to learn to put ourselves into their shoes and soon well have a better understanding of them.W: What doyouwant

54、tobeinthefuture? M:Myparentswantmetobeanengineer. W: What about you?M:IhopeIwontletthemdown. Text 2W: Seeing the doctor at home, shop at home, oh, we can do so many things at home M:Wecertainlycan.Wellhavearobottodothehouseworksomeday! Text 6M:Mom,IdliketotakesomecookinglessonsbeforeImoveout.Idontre

55、allyknowhowtocook W:Well,ofcourseyoudont.Youveneverofferedtohelpmeinthekitchen. M: So, does that mean I can go?W:Idontknowifwe canaffordthat.Youknowweneed tobuyfurniture foryournewapartment. And you need some new clothes. So why dont you start hel me in the kitchen and Ill teach you how to cook.M: T

56、his is one of the nicest museums Ive ever been to. Its a pity Sandy couldnt get that WeveseensolittleofhimonthisW:Well,hehasntbeenhimselflay. M: Is he still upset about that job?W:Yes,heisreallyM:Hecantgoonbeingsadforever.HehastostartlookingforsomethingW:Yes,hesapplyingforanotherjobnow.Oh,itsagreatj

57、ob,verysimilartotheonehedidntItsanevenlargercompany,butitsinLosAngeles.SandyhasabrotherwholivesM:DoesitlookW: No, I really dont think get it, and, well, I know this sounds selfish, but in a way I am happy. I mean, Los Angeles is two thousand from here.W: Nice tomeet you, Professor Wang.Can you l me what the most important ho