安徽省合肥市庐江县2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

1、安徽省庐江县2014/2015学年度第二学期期末考试高一英语试题本卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。第卷第一部分：听力理解(共两节。满分30分)第一节(共5小题：每小题15分，满分75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。例：how much is the shirt? a. 19.15b. 9.15c. 9.18答案是b。1. how many people will have dinner t

2、ogether?a. 2. b. 3. c. 4.2. what will the man do on sunday?a. help the woman accommodate. b. eat breakfast with the woman.c. tell the woman about his daily life.3. who will go to canada?a. the woman. b. the woman's brother. c. the man and ken.4. on which day doesn't the woman like to go shop

3、ping?a. on fridays. b. on sundays. c. on saturdays.5. what does the woman mean?a. she doesn't like the lecture as others do. b. she agrees with the man.c. everyone in the class likes mr. li's lecture.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。每段对话或独白听两遍。听第6段材料，

4、回答67题。6. how does wang ling like mrs read's favorite food?a. very nice. b. it's just so-so. c. it's nothing special.7. what are the two speakers doing?a. talking about cooking. b. having a meal. c. preparing for a picnic.听第7段材料，回答89题。8. what do we learn about bill?a. he just got out of t

5、rouble. b. he did something right.c. he enjoyed what he had done.9. what kind of film does the woman prefer?a. something exciting. b. something educational. c. something relaxing.听第8段材料，回答1012题。10. where does the conversation most likely take place?a. at the reception desk of a hotel. b. at the offi

6、ce of a hotel.c. at the counter of a restaurant.11. what promise does the woman get?a. she can keep her room till 2o'clock this afternoon.b. she has to leave her room before 12 noon tomorrow.c. she may stay in her room till 2 p.m. tomorrow.12. what time does the man suggest the woman start off?a

7、. two hours before the plane takes off.b. three hours before the plane takes off.c. two and a half hours before the plane takes off.听第9段材料，回答1316题。13. where was the man when the blackout happened?a. in his office. b. in the elevator. c. in the bathroom.14. how did he feel at first?a. very scared. b.

8、 calm. c. a little nervous.15. what did he do then?a. he slept on the floor until the next morning.b. he shouted but no one came to help. c. he walked back home.16. what did he say about that night?a. it was the most relaxing night in a long time.b. it was the most horrible night of his life. c. it

9、was an interesting experience. 听第10段材料，回答1720题。17. what is the talk mainly about?a. an unusual experience. b. a special kind of animal.c. fun activities in the yellowstone park.18. what did the family do first when they got to the park?a. they put on their tent. b. they went exploring c. they had a

10、rest19. what was tom's suggestion?a. waiting patiently for the bear to come out.b. putting some honey outside the tent.c. shouting at the bear to drive him away.20. where did they sleep that night?a. in the tent. b. in the car. c. in a hotel.第二部分：英语基础知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从a、

11、b、c和d、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. which of the two jackets do you prefer?_. i don't like their colors.a. bothb. allc. neitherd. none22. to avoid_, the professor explained the concepts clearly and patiently.a. conclusionb. confusionc. decisiond. revision23. john had to get used to a completely new w

12、ay of life when he studied abroad, _took up all his concentration in the beginning.a. whenb. thatc. whichd. where24. thousands of people poured into the museum to have a look at the dinosaur fossil_ in it.a. hiddenb. discoveredc. presentedd. displayed25. when does our class teacher get to the office

13、?_, 7 o'clock.a. in generalb. as usualc. above alld. in fact26. the speaker _ now and then during his speech, which made him a bit unhappy.a. was interruptedb. is interrupted c. has been interrupted d. had been interrupted27. studying at university is quite different from_ at high school, so you

14、 need to make some preparations first.a. itb. thatc. thisd. those28. i've got a full mark in the mid-term examination in physics.congratulations! you _have worked hard on it.a. couldb. shouldc. mustd. need29. _is obviously right is to give each child equal opportunities to develop their potentia

15、ls.a. whichb. whatc. thatd. as30. the cruise eastern star sank unexpectedly because of the violent storm, _ more than 400 deaths and a few missing with only 14 survivors,a. leaveb. to leavec. having leftd. leaving31. greg kloehn, _artist in oakland, california, is using his skills to help_ homeless.

16、a. an; theb. the; thec. an; /d. the; /32. so you missed the get-together._. i got to the five-star hotel half an hour before it finished.a. no wayb. never mind c. i think sod. not really33. i felt_ to have you injured when playing football.a. positiveb. negativec. uneasyd. active34. the thin but fit

17、 girl suddenly_ on the final circle, caught up with other runners and came first in the 5,000 meters.a. put upb. speeded upc. took upd. turned up35. the smog in the north was_ heavy this morning that many people had no choice but to stay at home.a. suchb. soc. tood. very第二节：完形填空（共20小题,每小题1. 5分；满分30分

18、）阅读下面短文,掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。the only survivor of a ship that was missing in the sea was washed up by the wind onto a small, lonely island. he 36 eagerly for god to rescue him, and every day he examined the horizon point by point for 37 , but none seemed to be 38 the way.extremel

19、y tired, he finally managed to build a little 39 out of wood that floats on the water to 40 him from the bad weather, and to 41 his few possessions. the hut was his only hope. but then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in _42 , the smoke rolling up to the sky.

20、 in a minute, the hut burnt to ashes. the 43 had happened; everything was lost.he was shocked with 44 and anger, and he was so desperate. "god, 45 could you do this to me!" he cried.early the next day, 46 , he was waken up by the sound of a ship that was 47 the island. it had come to 48 hi

21、m. "how did you know i was here?" the 49 man asked one of his rescuers. "we saw your smoke 50 ," he replied.it is easy to get 51 when things are going bad. but we shouldn't lose 52 , because god is at work in our lives, 53 in the middle of pain and suffering.remember, next ti

22、me your little hut is 54 to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that is sent for the grace (恩惠) of god.for all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, god has 55 answers for them.36. a. searchedb. prayedc. calledd. looked37. a. permissionb. advicec. helpd. forgiveness38. a. inb. withc.

23、 byd. on39. a. boatb. hutc. tabled. gun40. a. hideb. cutc. preventd. protect41. a. storeb. cleanc. throwd. buy42. a. smokeb. waterc. flamesd. ruins43. a. bestb. leastc. strangestd. worst44. a. pleasureb. sadnessc. thoughtd. laughter45. a. whatb. whenc. whetherd. how46. a. thereforeb. besidesc. howev

24、erd. moreover47. a. leavingb. approachingc. watchingd. passing48. a. rescueb. killc. examined. warn49. a. funnyb. kindc. humorousd. tired50. a. signb. signalc. pictured. scene51. a. happyb. excitedc. discouragedd. amazed52. a. moneyb. heartc. speedd. face53. a. quiteb. evenc. everd. rather54. a. bur

25、ningb. breakingc. fallingd. losing55. a. right b. pleasantc. positived. proper第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中选出最佳选项。ai live in a big scandinavian city that unluckily has a lot of homeless people. but there are many ways of helping them even though you may not have a lot of m

26、oney. one way is to buy their monthly magazines. by doing this one day, i got to know a young homeless man who was often standing at the train station, selling the magazine.he was from another country and i can only imagine what kind of psychological scars (心灵创伤) he must have had from living in a wa

27、r-torn (饱受战争摧残的) country. after a while, i found that his birthday was close to mine which meant that we were born under the same sign of the zodiac (星座). i met him last year shortly after his birthday, and without thinking, after congratulating him, i asked if he had had a good day. he said he hadn

28、't really celebrated. i just couldn't bear the thought of this nice, young man being alone on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cakes and no songs!so i went home and looked in my yarn(毛线) basket and as luck would have it, i had two yarn cores of pure wool left. i set to work and knitted

29、 a scarf for the young man.i ran into him on my own birthday the next year as i was going shopping. i had hoped to meet him so i had carried the scarf around with me and a piece of my own birthday cake. he was very happy with these gifts and so was i. the light in his eyes and the heartfelt hug (拥抱)

30、 he gave me was the best present he could have given me!56. from the text, we can know the writer spent her_ birthday with the homeless man.a. 25thb. 26thc. 27thd. 28th57. what present did the writer get from the homeless man?a. a woolen scarf. b. a birthday cake.c. a heartfelt hug. d. a monthly mag

31、azine.58. the man came to the scandinavian city becausea. he had to make a living thereb. there were wars in his countryc. he worked at the train stationd. he met the writer59. it can be inferred that_.a. the writer was very warm-hearted and she liked helping othersb. the writer regretted not celebr

32、ating her birthday with the young man last yearc. the young homeless man enjoyed himself on his birthday party last yeard. the young homeless man was begging at the train stationbquick and quack were two brave little ducks who lived with their mother. both were really fast and were always competing

33、against each other. one day, after visiting their uncle ducklass, quack shouted, "last one home is a goose!" and both ducks swam quickly down the river. they both knew the way well, butquack had been preparing a trick for some time. he had realized that the current (水流) in the middle of th

34、e river was stronger, and would help him. so, even though mother duck had told them never to swim in the middle of the river, quack paddled (涉水) over to it. "i'm old enough now to swim here," he thought to himself.it wasn't long before he realized his mother had been right. he was

35、going much faster than quick, and was developing a big lead. quick was not amused. he never disobeyed his mother, and now he was going to lose the race! as they went on, the current got stronger. quack proudly crossed the finishing line, without realizing he headed straight for a big whirlpool (漩涡)

36、in the middle of the river. before he could react, he was turning around in it, unable to escape.no duck was strong enough to swim in those waters, and poor quack kept swallowing water. the fact that he was struggling hard didn't help matters much either.fortunately, a cow from a nearby farm cam

37、e by, and seeing quack, he jumped in and rescued him. when he was on dry ground, he remained uncomfortable for quite some time. that provided quite a laugh for different animals that had been watching.60. before the race in the river began,_.a. quick had been well prepared for itb. quack was quite s

38、ure of his successc. quick decided to teach quack a lessond. quick and quack planned a trick for each other61. by saying "last one home is a goose", quack was _. a. encouraging a competition between himself and quickb. setting an example to quickc. expressing his desire to get home as soon

39、 as possibled. warning quick of the danger from their natural enemy62. quick didn't swim in the middle of the river because_.a. he was afraid to swim in deep waterb. he didn't know the way there very wellc. his mother had told him not to do sod. he was afraid of being trapped in the whirlpoo

40、l63. when quack was in the whirlpool,_.a. many animals were watching anxiously nearbyb. quick was a long distance ahead of himc. many animals were laughing at him nearbyd. the cow was working on a farm nearbychumor is very important in any relationship. it is truly a unique gift when someone has the

41、 ability to make another laugh. humor allows a person to forget his troubles and focus on positive aspects of his life. personally speaking, making another laugh, whether it is a family member, a close friend, or even a stranger, has always given me a good feeling!humor plays an important role in ou

42、r family lives. the interaction (相互影响), between husband and wife and between a parent and a child, is very important, just thinking how much better our relationships would be if we would take the time to laugh.humor and laughter are especially important during difficult times. no matter how bad a pe

43、rson may feel, a family member or a friend can make him feel good by laughing with him. i once had a co-worker, for whom there was no humor in her daily life. she seldom smiled and seemed to focus on only the negative or the dark side. one day i was told she was very unhappy, had few friends, and ha

44、d poor relations with family members. later, i learnt that she couldn't remember laughing or enjoying life. in order to enjoy her life, she was advised to have humor and laughter each day of her life. in the end, it seemed to make a huge difference.we do live in a difficult world. "stress&q

45、uot; seems to be a major factor contributing to health problems of our society. so, in order to live easily, we should put humor into our daily lives. i have a plaque (匾) hanging on the wall, which reads "live, love and laugh"!64. according to the passage, humor matters a lot in the follow

46、ing except_.a. the personality developmentb. mental healthc. human relationsd. family lives65. which of the following statements is true about the author's co-worker?a. she lived in a happy family though she seldom smiled.b. it was humor that she benefited a lot from.c. there was something wrong

47、 with the woman's mind.d. she performed very poorly in her work1 for lack of humor.66. the underlined word "it" in paragraph 3 probably refers to "_".a. a face-to-face talk with the author b. learning to enjoy anything in lifec. filling life with humor and laughterd. focusing

48、 on the dark side of her life67. the passage mainly talks about_.a. some problems in societyb. humor and relationshipsc. the ways to become humorousd. the great importance of humordeach year, bad food sickens about one in six americans. proposed new rules aim to improve food safety. officials say th

49、e changes could prevent more than one million cases of food-related illnesses each year.the new rules were proposed this month, exactly two years after president obama signed the food safety modernization act. the rules are the first step in putting the law into effect, making the biggest changes in

50、 food safety since the 1930s.the law makes the food and drug administration responsible for preventing food-related illnesses. experts say this is a change from the role that the fda has played in the past in reacting to disease outbreaks (突然发生).congress passed the law after a series of outbreaks li

51、nked to bagged spinach, peanut butter and other foods. margaret hamburg is commissioner of the fda."they occurred because of problems that would have been solved by these kinds of approaches. so i think, you know» we're very optimistic that we will begin to see the real change. "t

52、he agency is proposing to require food manufacturers to show that they have identified (鉴定) where contamination (污染) is most likely to happen. manufacturers would also have to show that they have taken steps to prevent it. the proposed rules also deal with safety in growing and harvesting fruits and

53、 vegetables.caroline smith dewaal is director for food safety at the center for science in the public interest. she says the rules should have been released a year ago. and she notes, "the bigger question is, where are the rules on imports (进口商品) that haven't been released yet?"the fda

54、 says about 15 percent of food eaten by americans is imported, and that share is growing. rules have not been released yet to require imported foods to meet the same standards as food produced in the united states.68. the new rules require the food and drug administration to_.a. be responsible for a

55、mericans' safety b. take stricter measures c. improve its work efficiencyd. change its role69. caroline thinks the new rules are _.a. far from satisfaction b. coming soon c. made perfect d. a little late70. what more measures will probably be taken about food' safety?a. to stop importing foo

56、d from abroad.b. to increase the share of the imported food.c. to make rules to ensure the safety of imported food.d. to make a close inspection of imported food.71. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the food safety modernization act has made a great difference.b. food manuf

57、acturers will have to assume more responsibilities.c. no change has been made to improve, food safety since the 1930s.d. more than one million people die of food-related illnesses each year.ecrane was traveling from the united states to cuba as a newspaper reporter. one night, his ship hit a rock. it sank m the atlantic ocean, off the coast of florida. most of the people on board got into lifeboats. crane was among the l