重庆市一中高一英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

2015年重庆一中高2017级高一上期期末考试英 语 试 题 卷 英语试题卷共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2.答选择题时，必须使用2b铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面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. why does the man like his new room?a. it is near the friends flats. b. it is close to the school. c. it is larger than the old one.2. how much will the man pay for two general tickets and two student tickets? a. $30 b. $40c. $203. what do we learn about jack? a. he worked there as a boss. b. he spoke to the boss. c. he gave orders like a boss.4. what does the woman suggest? a. the radio batteries have been replaced (替换). b. they should get a new radio.c. they dont really need to change the radio.5. what do we learn about the woman? a. she should plan for a good dictionary.b. she cant afford any dictionary. c. she has a better dictionary.第二节（共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分）请听下面4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至8题。6. what kind of color tv was the man going to buy?a. a small one. b. a big one. c. a cheap one.7. what kind of color tv set does the woman suggest the man should buy?a. a cheap one. b. a small one. c. a big one.8. why does the woman give the man such a suggestion?a. it will be a waste of money. b. he might have to change it in a few years time.c. his sitting room is not very big.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. which language is beautiful and popular, according to the speaker?a. english. b. french. c. portuguese.10. whats true about spanish?a. it is popular in south america.b. it is popular in european countries. c. it is popular in central africa.11. what determines the importance of a language?a. the number of the people who speak the language.b. the words and the structures of the language. c. the power of the country whose people speak the language.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what is the weather probably like at the weekend?a. rainy. b. windy. c. sunny.13. where will they go?a. mountains.b. seashore. c. desert.14 what does the man ask the woman to take with her?a. a bat. b. a cat. c. a hat.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. why is the woman moving?a. to have a better job in a new place.b. to find a nicer place to live in. c. to live together with her parents.16. where do her parents live?a. in a small village. b. in a big city.c. in a nearby country.17. why doesnt the woman take her dog with her?a. she cant take care of it. b. she thinks the dog might not be happy there.c. her parents dont want her to take it.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the total number of students at deep springs college?a. 17,000. b. 9,000. c. 24.19. which of the following is true of the deep spring college?a. its library is often crowded with students. b. its school buildings are old. c. it is located in a college town.20. what can students at deep springs do in their spare time? a. watch tv.b. go to the cinema.c. take a walk in the desert.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共l5小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. it is generally considered that air pollution is _ danger to _ nature.a. /; a b. /; the c. /; / d. a; /22. tom is an honest boy and he works really hard! it is the same _ you. a. as b. with c. about d. to 23. britain, as well as many other industrialized countries, _ major changes in the past 100 years.a. have experiencedb. has experiencedc. have been experiencedd. has been experienced24. in fact, he_ in bed all the morning without doing anything, but he _ tome about that. a. lied; lied b. lay; lay c. lied; lay d. lay; lied25. i have never been to the united states before. _! your spoken english is amazing.a. you cant be serious b. you got itc. i couldnt agree more d. i am not surprised at all26. children should make _ a rule to wash hands before meals.a. one b. that c. it d. this27. most american children go to state schools, but the private schools _ be very good.a. must b. can c. should d. may28. was it because jack come late for school _ mr smith got angry?a. why b. who c. where d. that29. the new teaching building _ by the end of last month.a. has been designed b. had been designed c. was designed d. would be designed 30. notuntilshe took off her glasses_ she used to be my neighbor.a. i realizedb. i had realizedc. had i realizedd. did i realize31. did jack come back early last night? yes. it was not yet eight oclock _ he arrived home. a. when b. before c. that d. until32.not every member _ the decision to give up the plan.a. shoulders b. hands c. heads d. backs33. _red paint with blue paint, you will get another beautiful paint of different colors.a. mixed b. mix c. mixing d. to mix34. happiness and success often come to those _ are good at recognizing their own strengths.a. whom b. who c. what d. which35. i saw jane _ at the desk, _ her homework carefully. a. seated; doingb. sitting; doesc. seat; does d. sit; doing第二节 完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分）(原创)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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。some years ago when i was in my first year in college, iheard salome bey sing for the first time. the moment was exciting. salomes 36 filled the room and brought the theater 37 life. i was so 38 that i decided to write an article about her.i 39 salome bey, telling her i was from essence magazine, and that i wanted to meet her to talk about her career. she 40 and told me to come to her studio next tuesday. when i hung up, i was scared out of my mind. i 41 i told a lie. i was not a writer at all and hadnt even written a grocery list. i interviewed salome bey the next tuesday. i sat there 42 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “can you please tell me” i soon realized that 43 salome bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was quite 44 . the pressure was hard to 45 .then i struggled for days wondering what to write. finally i put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and 46 it into a mailbox.it didnt take long. my manuscript 47 . how stupid of me! i thought. how could i compete in a world of professional writers? knowing i couldnt 48 the rejection letter(拒绝信), i threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.five years later, i was moving to california. while 49 my apartment, i came across the unopened envelope. this time i opened it and read the editors letter in 50 .ms. profit,your story on salome bey is 51 . yet we need some more relevant(相关的) materials. please 52 those and return the article immediately. we would like to publish your story soon.shocked, it took me a long time to get better. i lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article 53 in a major magazine. more importantly, i lost years of 54 writing. today, i have become a full-time writer. looking back on this experience, ive learned a very important lesson: you cant 55 to doubt yourself.36. a. voiceb. joyc. smiled. speech37. a. inb. onc. tod. with38. a. proudb. movedc. satisfiedd. active39. a. visitedb. emailedc. interviewedd. phoned40. a. refusedb. agreedc. hesitatedd. stopped41. a. explainedb. discoveredc. knewd. replied42. a. seriouslyb. nervouslyc. patientlyd. quietly 43. a. foolingb. tellingc. invitingd. thanking44. a. the otherb. the others c. othersd. another45. a. reduceb. believec. understandd. stand46. a. landedb. gavec. droppedd. hold47. a. disappearedb. improvedc. spreadd. returned48. a. faceb. sendc. forgetd. receive49. a. movingb. repairingc. leavingd. cleaning50. a. anxietyb. disbeliefc. frightd. trouble51. a. strangeb. normalc. awfuld. fantastic52. a. increaseb. changec. addd. mix53. a. showb. appearc. writed. read54. a. energeticb. enjoyablec. boringd. endless55. a. affordb. tryc. expectd. pretend第三部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）aa woman saw three old men with long white beards(胡须) sitting in her front yard, hungry. she did not know them but invited them in. “we do not go into a house together,” they replied. and she asked why.one of the old men explained: “his name is wealth,” pointing to one of his friends, “and he is success, and i am love.” then he added, “now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”the woman went in and told her husband what had happened. her husband was overjoyed. “how nice!” he said. “since that is the case, let wealth come in and fill our home with wealth!” his wife disagreed, “my dear, why not invite success?” their daughter-in-law gave her own suggestion: “wouldnt it be better to invite love? our home will be filled with love then.” “lets heed our daughter-in-laws advice,” said the husband to his wife. “go out and invite love to be our guest.”love got up and started walking toward the house. the other two also got up and followed him. surprised, the woman asked wealth and success, “i only invited love, why are you coming in?”the old men replied together. “if you had invited wealth or success, the other two of us would have stayed out. but since you invited love, wherever he goes, we go with him. wherever there is love, there is also wealth and success!”56. the underlined word “heed”means “_”.a. give b. refusec. followd. offer57. whats the best title of the passage?a. what a clever daughter-in-law! b. an old couple and love.c. which one is the best choice? d. wealth, success and love.58. from the story, we can know that the daughter-in-law is a woman with .a. careb. imagination c. loved. cleverness59. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the three old men usually went into a house together.b. the family didnt like the other two old men to enter their house.c. one can have wealth and success if he has love.d. the husband likes success better than other things.60. the story seems to be _. .a. a love story b. a fable c. a true story d. a novelbat the age of 16, clara barton was advised to become a teacher since she was quite shy. she taught in massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to bordentown, new jersey to teach in a school. she saw that these communities needed complimentary education for their citizens, and she took action by creating a free school, one of the first in her state. but later, officials named a male as the head teacher instead of her. disappointed, she left her job and moved to washington d.c., becoming the first woman employed by the us patent office.clara barton was forever changed by her experience with the army in the civil war. she saw doctors use leaves when dealing with injuries since they had nothing else. the medical supplies were well behind the army, who were moving faster than their medical supply lines. she brought in a truck of medical supplies that she collected personally some years ago. miss barton continued to work on the battlefields throughout the war.she helped in the recognition of 13,000 dead union soldiers. this non-stop work made her fully exhausted. following the advice of her doctor, she traveled to europe where she recovered energy and enriched herself.while in europe, and still in poor health, miss barton was moved by the hardship on people caused by the france-prussia war. she helped in their relief effort, which encouraged her to create the red cross, which served the whole army and common people under a neutral flag.clara barton returned to america and then began the establishment(建立)of the american red cross. the us government did not think there would ever be another war after the civil war. but she made them believe that the red cross would be valuable to serve in times of natural disasters as well. this was her lasting legacy(遗产), an agency that still provides aid to all people today.61. what does the underlined word “complimentary” mean in the first paragraph? a. public. b. personal. c. free. d. modern62. why did clara barton bring her personal medical supplies? a. there were no medical supplies for the army at all. b. the armys supplies couldnt catch up with them. c. the armys supplies werent good enough to treat soldiers. d. the enemies cut off the connection between the army and medical supplies.63. clara barton set up the red cross because of _. a. her experiences in europe b. her poor health c. the lack of supplies for the army d. her work in the us patent office64. the us government agreed to establish the red cross because clara barton _. a. gave a lot of her legacy b. said there might be wars in the future c. explained it would help people in peacetime as well. d. believed it could save people from the france-prussia war.65. what does this passage mainly talk about? a. the history of american civil war. b. a general introduction to clara barton. c. clara bartons contributions to the us. d. the establishment of the american red cross.cfor some people, music is no fun at all. about four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” people who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes(音调). amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.as a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. life can be hard for amusics. their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. it can be difficult for other people to identify(识别) with their condition. in fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. that is why many amusics have to stay away from places where there is music. however, this can result in withdrawal and social loneliness. “i used to hate parties,” says margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. by studying people like margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. the difference is complex, and it is not connected with defective hearing. amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. they also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. scientists compare amusics to people who just cant see certain colors.many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed (诊断). for years, margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. now she knows that she is not alone. there is a name for her condition. that makes it easier for her to explain. “when people invite me to a concert, i just say, no thanks, im amusic,” says margaret. “i just wish i had learned to say that when i was seventeen and not seventy.” 66. which of the following is true of amusics?a. listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.b. they love places where they are likely to hear music.c. they can easily tell two different songs apart.d. their situation is well understood by musicians.67. how did scientists learn to identify amusics?a. by studying different kinds of music. b. by going to parties regularly.c. by studying amusic people. d. by comparing music to color. 68. according to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably onewho _.a. dislikes listening to speeches b. can hear anything nonmusicalc. has a hearing problem d. lacks a complex hearing system69. in the last paragraph, margaret expressed her wish that _.a. her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierb. she were seventeen years old rather than seventyc. her problem could be easily explainedd. she were able to meet other amusics70. what is the passage mainly concerned with?a. amusics strange behaviours. b. some peoples inability to enjoy music.c. musical talent and brain structure. d. identification and treatment of amusicdsince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. brain-computer interface (bci) technology could help people with disabilities send orders to machines.recently, two researchers, jose millan and michele tavella from the federal polytechnic school in lausanne, switzerland, showed a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts.in the laboratory, tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. he could even talk as he watched the wheelchair and guided it with his thoughts.“our brain has billions of nerve cells(神经细胞). these send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓)to the muscles(肌肉) to give us the ability to move. but spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles.” tavella says. “our system allows disabled people to communicate with outside world and also to control the machine.”the researchers desig