河北省唐县一中高一英语下学期第一次考试试题(奥赛实验部)

1、英语试题本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第n卷（非选择题）两部分。请按要求把答案涂、写在答题卡规定的范围内， 超出答题框或答在试题卷上的答案无效。 满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第i卷（选择题；共 80分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分） 做题时，将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转 涂到答题卡上。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.

2、 What day is it today?A. Sunday.B. Wednesday.C. Thursday.2. What color does Tom probably like?A. Blue.B. Red.C. White.3. Who understands Chinese?A. The man.B. The woman.C. Mary.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. The difficulty of the driving exam.B. Where to take the driving exam.C. How long

3、they will wait for the exam.5. How many eggs does the man need for the small cake?A. Five.B. Ten.C. Fifteen.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题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题 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、 7 题。6. What is the man asking for?A

4、. A shirt.B. A skirt. C. A dryer.7. What will the man do later?A. Have a meeting. B. Have a job interview.C. Check the room in thehotel.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where is the man going?A. Miami. B. Dallas.C. Thailand.9. What suggestion does the woman provide?A. Going to Dallas alone.B. Canceling the flig

5、ht.C. Packing up asmaller luggage.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where are the speakers probably?A. At the office. B. At the restaurant.C. At home.11. How long will the woman keep on a diet?A. 1 week. B. 6 months.C. 1 year.12. What is the most important thing for the woman?A. Eating salad only. B. Drinkin

6、g tea.C. Eating things without too muchsugar.听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13. Where is the man going?A. New York.B. London.C. Seattle.14. What time is it now?A. 3:35pm.B. 3:30pm.C. 3:25pm.15. How much can a cup of coffee cost on the train?A. 30.B. 20.C. 15.16. Why doesn ' t the man take the train at 3:

7、30pm?A. He thinks the food on the train is so expensive.B. He is late for the train.C. He doesn 't want to go to New York finally.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. What can be the topic while eating in America?A. School life. B. Religious belief. C. Political news.18. What is impolite if you visit an Ame

8、rican family?A. Bring food as required. B. Arrive 3 minutes later. C. Arrive early.19. What is polite if you visit an American family?A. Wear formal clothes. B.Keep silent when you are eating. C. Bring gifts whenyou are invited.20. What can probably happen if you are invited to a meal?A. Inform the

9、hostess that you will be late.B. Help the hostess get the meal ready.C. Take off your shoes.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AProudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmatesbearing big smiles on thei

10、r faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over（ 辛苦做得 ）, hoping to hide myself.“What could be causing everyone toact thisway?”Quickly, I flashed back（回想） to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. Itse

11、emed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington, whose name I had never heard of before. As I searched the name, it became evident （明显的） that there were two people having the samename who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts,

12、 while the other led some sortof army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my gran dfather for a golde n piece of advice: flip （掷 B） a coin. Heads thecomma nder, and tails （反面）一 the pea nuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who

13、inven ted pea nut butter, George Wash ington Carver.Weekslater, standing before myclassmates, I was totally lost. Ohwell, I loweredthe paper and sat dow n at my desk, burnin g to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “ My report is on George Washington

14、, the man who started the America n Revoluti on. ” The whole world became quiet! Howcould I know that she meant that George Wash ington?Obviously, my grade was terrible. Heartbroke n but fearless, I decided to turnthis aroun d. I talked to Miss Lan celot, but she in sisted: No re-dos; no new grade.S

15、o I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten mon thslater, I smiled whe n the headmaster in formed me of my choice to skip （跳k过）the sixth grade. Justice（公平）is sweet!A. excitedB. ashamedC. ready21.Why wastheauthorcon fusedaboutthetask?A.Hewas un familiarwithAmerica nhis

16、tory.B.Hefollowedtheadviceand flippedacoin.C.Heforgothis teacher 'sin structio n.D.Hedidn 'tknowwhy the teacher gavesuchatask.22.The un derl inedworda .”bur ninginPara.3probablymea nsD. eager23.In the end,the author turnedthings aroundA. by redo inghis taskB.through his own effortsC. with th

17、e help of hisgran dfatherD.un der theguida neeofhis headmasters how:How would you like to lear n more without havi ng to study more? Here1. Get to bed and go to sleep. Your performanee, attention, and the ability toconcen trate are damaged by lack of sleep. Teen agers n eed nine to 10 hours of sleep

18、a ni ght for best performa nee.2. Feed you head. The brain runs badly if it does n' t get eno ugh fuel. That meansprotein（ 蛋白质）and complex carbs（复合碳水化合物 ）eggs and wheat bread for breakfast, say, rather than sugary cereal（含糖的麦片粥 ）and orange juice. The biggest mistaketeens make is not to have brea

19、kfast or to go for sugar, which raises blood sugar levels.3. Body exercise is brain exercise. Body exercise really improves brain performa nee, perhaps because it in creases blood flow, or perhaps because it reducesstress and anxiety.Twenty minutes of activity a day that raises your heart rate willd

20、o great good.4. Learn now what you want to remember for the rest of your life. Teen age brainsare much better at remembering things than the brains of young children or adults. Scientists aren' t sure why. Whatever the reason, the teenage years are the time tolearn new Ian guages and master othe

21、r life long skills.5. Lear n the power of risk-tak ing. Adults are always worried about the dow nsideof teenage risk- taking, and it ' s true that teenagers are more likely than adultsto get themselves in trouble by drinking and driving. But the fact that the partsof the brain that drive people

22、to try new, risky, and exciting things appear to bemore developed in tee nagers can be a huge adva ntage. Pickcerta inchalle ngers difficult sports, a hard job. Masteri ng a performa nee art, traveli ng overseas and the teenage brain is able to deal with them. They have this power they ' re give

23、n to go out and do it without fear.6. Learn what you love. Because emotional（情感的 ）systems develop fast inteenager brains, teenagers learn things they' re interested in quickly and well. Their brains give them tools like atte nti on on the project.24. Accord ing to the passage, tee nagers should

24、havefor breakfast.A. sugar and breadB. sugar and orange juiceC. wheat bread and eggsD. wheat bread and orange juice25. Body exercise plays a part in all the follow ing EXCEPT.A. reducing blood pressureB. raising heart rateC. making people less anxiousD. reducing stress26. The underlined word“ downsi

25、de” in the passage probably means .A. excitement B. power C. benefit D. disadvantage27. It can be learned from the passage that .A. teenagers need less sleep than adultsB. teenagers should be forbidden to driveC. scientists know why teenagers have a good memoryD. teenagers learn quickly when they ar

26、e fond of somethingCYou may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries.The spelling of English has always been a problem but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary. Then people could spell words in different ways which you might find interesting. But it

27、 made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn' t made until the time of thelate Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the important early work on dictionaries: Samue

28、l Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray. These men spent nearly all of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn' t only ajob; it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary, or OEDfor short. The

29、 idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.Murray had never been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while w

30、orking in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a place built in the garden behind his house to do his work. Part of it was one metre underground. In winter it felt like a barn, he had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm. Every mor

31、ning, Murray got out of bed at five o ' clock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he would work by candle light into the evening. Murray hoped to finishthe new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter A! Then others went to work with Mu

32、rray, including his two daughters. He worked on the dictionary until he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished it. It included more than 15,000 words in twelve books. And you thought your English dictionary was big!28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the re

33、ading?A. People didn ' t know how to spell words in the days before a dictionary.B. Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did all the work on dictionaries.C. Collecting words for the dictionary is an easy job.D. Oxford University decided to edit its new dictionary in 1879.29. It took Mu

34、rry years to complete the letter A.A. five B. less than five C. more than five D. ten30. We can infer from the last paragraph.A. James Murry taught himself while working.B. The Oxford English was finished in ten years.C. When the Oxford English Dictionary was finished, Murray had passed away.D. Murr

35、y ' s daughters helped him to complete the dictionary.31. What can we learn from the text?A. English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries.B. People spelled the words in the same way before an English dictionary was made.C. The largest dictionary in the world is the most popular o

36、ne.D. An English dictionary like the kind we usetoday wasn ' t made until the timeof the late Qing Dynasty.DMy teacher, Mr.August J.Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had.I had gotten into trouble in his class: Another student had pushed me for fun, and I became angry and began to

37、 hit him. Mr.Bachmann stopped the fight, but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple question,“ Penna,why are you wasting your life? Why aren't you going to college？”I didn't know anything about colleges or scholarships. No one had ever considered， insteadthat

38、a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a future. That day of rushing off for lunch, he stayed and explained possible education options to me.At the end of our talk, he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962 at Emerson High School in Union City, Ne

39、w Jersey.Well ， 55 years have passed, and what have I done with the knowledge he gave me?I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29.I taught English and social studies and then moved up the chain of command from teacher to principal（校长 ）.I've sat on the board for Magnet Schools of

40、 America and represented that organization at the United Nations. I've won a number of great educational awards.But where would I be if a truly caring teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me? It was without question only his confidence in me that helped me forward.I

41、 have repaid his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to aim higher. If I have saved any children, it is because of him. If I have been a successful educator, it is because I had a great role model in Mr.Bachmann.32. The writer before Mr.Bachmann talked to him.A. was an act

42、ive boyB. was an aimless boyC. liked making troubles in classD. would get punished by his teachers33. Which of the following best describes Mr.Bachmann?A. Fair. B. Confident. C. Inspiring. D. Humorous.34. How did Mr.Bachmann influence the writer?A. He set the writer on the right path.B. He was stric

43、t with the writer.C. He helped the writer with his study.D. He tried to set a good example to the writer.35. What does the writer think of his achievement?A. He is very proud of himself.B. He feels his effort gets paid off at last.C. He owes his achievement to Mr.Bachmann.D. He thinks it an honor to

44、 be a successful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填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选 项中有两项为多余选项。Color is fundamental in home design something you' ll always have in everyroom. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you'll love to live in. D

45、o you want a room that 's full of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? _36_, color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important

46、 point. _37_, they can get a little complex（复杂的 ）. Butgood news is that there ' re really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium（中等的） ones, and thelarge ones._38_. They ' re the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and

47、baskets that most of us use to add visual （视觉的） interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such

48、as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves _39_ . They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you' re looking at wallpaper or paint, the tim

49、e, effort and relative expense put into it are significant._40_ .A. While all of them are usefulB. Whatever you ' re looking forC. If you ' re experimenting with a colorD. Small colorchoices are the ones we ' re most familiar withE. It ' s not really a good idea to use too many small

50、 color piecesG. Color choices in this range （F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time范围 ） are a step up from the small ones in twomajor ways第三部分 英语知识运用完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1分，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。As a child, I was truly afraid

51、of the dark and of getting lost; these fears werevery real and gave me some unforgettable moments.Maybe it was the strange 41 in which things looked and sounded in myfamiliar room at night 42 frightened me so much. There was never total43, but a streetlight or passing car lights 44 clothes hung over

52、 achair take on the 45 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 46,I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 47. A low sound at nightwould seem a hundred times 48 than in the daylight. My imagination would runwild, and my heart would 49 fast. I would lie very still 50 the“ enemy” would not

53、discover me.51 of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 52 on theway home from school. Every morning I 53 the school bus right near myhome-that was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were 54up along the street, I was 55 that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken tosome

54、unfamiliar （不熟悉的） neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn ' t let the lea ders out of my 56.Perhaps one of the worst 57 all I had as a child was that of not beingliked or accepted by others. Being 58 was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was

55、 a powerful one.One of the processes （过程） of growing up is being able to recognize and overcomeour 59. Understanding the things that 60 us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.41. A. wayB. timeC. placeD. meansD. that43. A. darknessB. quietnessC. lonelinessD. emptiness42. A. whe

56、nB. whereC. how44. A. madeB. gotC. causedD. forced45. A. spiritB. shapeC. bodyD. height46. A. eyesB. windowsC. breathD. brain47. A. windB. waveC. airD. sound48. A. biggerB. lighterC. smallerD. louder49. A. beatB. hitC. jumpD. knock50. A. even ifB. as a resultC. in caseD. so that51. A. EitherB. AnyC.

57、 OtherD. Another52. A. especiallyB. immediatelyC. simplyD. generally53. A. got offB. got onC. took offD. got out of54. A. linedB. appearedC. keptD. built55. A. sureB. certainC. sorryD. afraid56. A. orderB. sightC. controlD. mind57. A. inB. ofC. atD. above58. A. popular B.common C. ordinaryD. uncommon59. A. fearsB. shortcomingsC. mistakesD. opinionsC. surprisedD. frightened60. A. excited B. interested第n卷（非选择题；共 40 分）第四部分：语言