广东省普宁市第一中学高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

普宁第一中学2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考高一英语注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、姓名填写在答题卡上。考生要认真核对答题卡上粘贴的条形码的“准考证号、姓名、考试科目”与考生本人准考证号、姓名是否一致。2.第卷每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，在选涂其他答案标号。第卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔书写作答.若在试题卷上作答，答案无效。3.考试结束，监考员将试题卷、答题卡一并收回。第i卷 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）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. when will daniel meet professor king?a. at 7:30 p.m.b. at 8:00 p.m.c. at 8:30 p.m.2. what does the man think of jack?a. strange.b. indifferent.c. patient.3. what will the speakers probably do tomorrow?a. to stay at home.b. to go to hospital.c. to go to the military museum.4. where does this conversation most probably take place?a. in a library.b. outside a bookstore.c. on an art show.5. what does the woman mean?a. the man cheated in the test.b. the man was late for the test.c. the man cant change his answer now.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、7题。6. where does the woman work now?a. in america.b. in japan.c. in italy.7. when does the woman usually read newspapers?a. in the morning.b. during the day.c.in the evening.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. how does the man learn to play the violin?a. by taking some lessons.b. by talking with others.c. by learning online.9. whats the relationship between the speakers?a. friends.b. assistant and customer.c. interviewer and interviewee.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what troubles the woman recently?a. she cant find a suitable job.b. she cant decide whether to study or work.c. she doesnt have time to have fun.11. what does the man advise the woman to learn? a. law.b. medical science.c. management.12. what do the womans parents expect her to do? a. to go to university.b. to get a job at once.c. to think about her future.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. why did the man miss the film? a. he went to the airport. b. he went to see another film. c. he read the newspaper.14. what does the woman think of the plot of the film? a. exciting.b. too long.c. difficult to understand.15. how long did the woman spend seeing the film last night? a. 180 minutes.b. 150 minutes.c. 120 minutes.16. what can we know about the film? a. it has won some awards. b. the man read the comments about it. c. there are not many advertisements in it.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what do we know about overweight animals? a. they are more likely to have shorter lives. b. they are more likely to have fixed routines. c. they are more likely to get more care form the owner.18. how should you help a parrot exercise according to the speaker? a. by getting to know its routine. b. by letting it spend time out of the cage. c. by researching more information about it.19. why should you take your pets to the vet regularly? a. to make sure they are healthy. b. to avoid them becoming too fat. c. to help them stretch their muscles.20. what is the speaker talking about? a. the tips on choosing pets. b. the tips on training pets. c. the tips on taking care of pets.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。aevery year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. most of these people are old people and children. old people often get hurt or die because they cant see or hear very well. children usually meet with accidents because of their carelessness. they forgot to look and listen before they cross the road. how can we lessen(减少) traffic accidents? all of us must obey the traffic rules. for the drivers, they shouldnt drive too fast. if they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. for the pedestrians(行人), its very important to be careful when they are walking on the road. therefore, when we walk across the road, we must try to walk along the pavements. we must stop and look both ways before crossing the road. look left first, next look right, then look left again. only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. the right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. its not safe to run. if people run across the road, they may fall down. teens should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and never play in the street.21. which of the following is not the right way to cross the road? a. stop and look both ways.b. run quickly. c. make sure that the road is cleard. walk quickly.22. why do most old people often get hurt or die when they are crossing the road? a. because they are not careful.b. because they forget to look and listen. c. because they cant see or hear very well.d. because they often run across the road.23. the best title for this article may be . a. how to lessen traffic accidents?b. how to cross the road? c. please obey the traffic rules. d. meeting with traffic accidents.24. as a student, you can to try to lessen traffic accidents. a. let drivers drive slowlyb. play in the street carefully c. run across the road quicklyd. help children to cross the roadz-x-x-kbit was one of the hottest days of the dry season. we had not seen rain in almost a month. the crops were dying. cows had stopped giving milk. the streams were long gone back into the earth. if we didnt see some rain soon we would lose everything.i was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when i saw my six-year old son, billy, walking toward the woods. he was obviously walking with a great effort. trying to be as still as possible. minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. this activity went on for over an hour: walking very carefully to the woods, then running back to the house. finally, my curiosity got the best of me. i quietly walked out of the house and followed him on his journey.he was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(洒出) the water he held in them. branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. he had a much greater purpose. as i looked at him secretly, i saw the most amazing site.several large deer appeared threatening in front of him. but billy walked right up to them. i almost screamed for him to get away. and i saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lift its head z-x-x-k.comwith great effort to lap up the water cupped in my beautiful boys hand.i stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart i have ever known working so hard to save a life. as the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. and more drops. and more. i looked up at the sky. it was as if god, himself, was crying with pride.25. why did the author follow her son?a. because there might be danger. b. because her son was doing a good deed.c. because she was curious. d. because she intended to help. 26. which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?a. rain was in great need. b. billy carried water with his small hands.c. billy walked into the woods and then returned over and over again.d. there were few trees in the woods. 27. which is the correct order of the development of the story? the author was moved to tears. billy fed the water to the baby deer. billy walked towards the large deer. it began to rain. the author followed billy into the woods.a. b. c. d. 28. which of the following is the best title for the passage?a. importance of water b. the water of life c. how to save animals d. animals in dangercearly one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep. he had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run around the needle without any problems. though he was tired, howe slept badly. he turned and turned. then he had a dream. he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. when he tried to do so, howe ran into the same problem as before. the thread kept getting caught around the needle. the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe. they came up towards him with their spears raised. but suddenly the inventor noticed something. there was a hole in the tip of each spear. the inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine. elias howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. thomas edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. so did the great physicist albert einstein. charlotte bronte also drew in her dreams in writing jane eyre. to know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are z-x-x-kasleep. even then, a part of your mind is still working. this unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. it stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. it is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. however, the unconscious part acts in a special way. it uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. this is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.29. the problem howe was trying to solve was_.a. what kind of thread to use b. how to design a needle which would not breakc. where to put the needle d. how to stop the thread from getting caught around the needle30.thomas edison is spoken of because_.a. he also tried to invent a sewing machine b. he got some of his ideas from dreamsc. he was one of howes best friends d. he also had difficulty in falling asleep31.dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _.a. strange images are used to communicate ideas b. images which have no meaning are usedc. we can never understand the real meaning d. only specially trained people can understand themd for some people, music is no fun at all. about 4% of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. people who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes. amusic people often cannot tell the differences between two songs. as a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. many amuics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. life can be hard for amusics. in fact, most people cannot understand what it feel like being amusic. just going to a restaurant or a shopping center 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 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(辨别) this unusual condition. scientists say that the brains of amusics are different for those of people who can enjoy music. the difference is complex(复杂的), and it is not connected with poor hearing. amusics can understand other non-musical sounds well. they also have no problems understanding common 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 music problem. now she knows that she is not alone. that makes it easier for her to explain. “when people invite me to a concert, i just say ”no, thanks. im amusic.” says margret. “ i just wish i had learned to say that when i was seventeen and not seventy.”32. amusics are the people who _.a. like music b. are born unable to enjoy musicz-x-x-kc. dont like music d. have poor listening33. life is hard for amusics mainly because _. a. music seems noise for them. b. amusics hate parties, restaurants or shopping center. c. amusics try to stay at places full of music d. people dont understand amusics 34. 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 amusics35. what is the main idea of the passage? a. some peoples inability to enjoy music. b. musical ability. c. amusics strange behaviors. d. identification and treatment of amusic.第二节（共5小题；每小题 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白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。cell phones: hang up or keep talking millions of people are using cell phones today. in many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. 36 they find that the phones are more than a means of communication having mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected. the explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity(负面报道)of such ideas. _37_ on the other hand, signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. in one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. 38 this man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. 39 the answer is radiation(辐射). high-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about. as the discussion about the safety continues, it appears that its best to use mobile phones less often. _40 use your mobile phone only when you really need it. in the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. so for now, its wise not to use your mobile phone too often. a. they will possibly affect their benefits. b. in many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people. c. what do the doctors worry about? d. what is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? e. they say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health. f. he couldnt remember even simple tasks. g. use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完型填空（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四个选项（a、b、c、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。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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。one of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. however, life can be 41 when you are not busy finding fault with it.several years ago i 42 a letter from seventeen-year-old kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always 43 by things. people were always doing things that annoyed her, and 44 was ever good enough. she was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. she became a really 45 person.unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 46 . her best friend was seriously hurt in a car accident. what made it almost 47 to deal with was that the day before the 48 , kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing (批评) her 49 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things that kerry felt she needed to 50 . it wasnt until her friend was badly hurt that kerry 51 her habit of finding fault. very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 52 everything so harshly ( 刻薄) . she was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 53 as well.perhaps most of us arent as extreme at fault-finding, 54 when were honest, we can be sharply 55 of the world. im not suggesting you 56 problems, or that you pretend things are 57 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are 58 most of the time, and especially when its not a really big 59 .train yourself to “bite your tongue”, and with a little 60 , youll get really good at letting things go. and when you do, youll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.41.a.greatb.lonelyc.quietd.uneasy42.a.expecte