高一单元考试

1、高一第一学期单元考试英语试题（考试时间:120分钟 试卷总分:120分）第I卷（共 85分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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。例: How much is the shirt?A.$ 19.15.B.$9.15C.$9.18答案是B.1. Why does the w

2、oma n want to go to America?A. To take Ian guage courses. B. To atte nd a conference. C. To visit some frien ds.2. What do know about Peter Smith?A .He is havi ng lunch at home. B. He is out at the mome nt.C. He is talk ing with Mary;3. What is said about the woma n?A. She spends more tha n she earn

3、s.B. she spends less tha n she earns.C. She has a light bidet4. What do we know about the sp eakers?A. They are know traveli ng in Mexico.B. They have bee n to a festival in Mexico.C. They pain ted some pi ctures in Mexico.5. What is the woma n doing?A. Hel ping childre n with AIDS.B. Raisi ng money

4、 for Africa n childre n.C. Collecti ng in formatio n on Africa n childre n.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、7题。6. What was the man doing duri ng the earthquake?A. Shouti ng. B. Run

5、ning. C. Slee ping.7. How was the man whe n the earthquake took p lace?A. He was ill.B. He was help less.C. He was frighte ned.听第7段材料，回答第& 9题。8. Why does the boy love Sun day?A. He can p lay basketball.B. He has no classes at school.C. He can watch sp orts on TV.9. What is the boy exp ected to d

6、o?A. To help with housework. B. To watch a game on TV. C. To have a good rest. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is said about medical deve lopment in the future?A. Health care will be free. B. Cancer may be cured. C.AIDS may disa pp ear.11. What will make dista nt p laces more popu lar for holiday?A. Bette

7、r air service. B. Faster air transp ort. C .Lower cost for air travel.12. What is the topic of this in terview?A. Future ways of travelli ng.B. Medical p rogress in the future.C. Chan ges of life in the next decade.听第9段材料，回答13至16题。13. Where is the woma n going now?A. To an art museum.B. To a Chin es

8、e restaura nt. C. To an un dergr ound stati on.14. Why does the woma n come to the city?A. For bus in ess.B. For traveli ng. C. For sho pping.15. Why does the man recomme nd the restaura nt to the woma n?A. The service there is good.B. The food there is tasty.C. The price there is low.16. Accord ing

9、 to the man, which is the best means of transport to the restaura nt?A. The bus. B. The taxi. C. The un dergro und.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What kind of p assage have you just heard?A. A p ublic lecture.B.A radio announ ceme nt.C. A gover nment stateme nt.18. What is the main purpose of the event?A. To

10、 in crease people ' s sense of environment p rotect ion.B. To in vite people to join an environmen tal orga ni zati on.C. To p ersuade families to have an outi ng in the mountains.19. How many trees are going to be plan ted today?A.700B.2000C.400020. What does the sp eaker advise volun teers to

11、do?A. To lear n some tree-plan ti ng skills.B. To come along any time they like.C. To bring along their gloves.第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分35分）9第一节：单项填空（共 15小题；每小题1分，满分15 分）21. We were shocked to hear the n ews thattwo Chin ese bus in essme n were shot to death in34. It is possible to make good movies cheaply.

12、“ bad ”.,“low budget does n have to meanSouth Africa the other day andthird one died in hos pital yesterday.A.不填；aB. the; theC. the; aD.不填；the22. Desp ite such a big differe nee intowards what one eats, there is no doubt that people inthe west regard the Chin ese food as someth ing sp ecial. A. poi

13、ntB. ideaC. attitudeD. sight23. I didn 'realizedifferent schools in the UK are from schools in ChinaC. Though35. Many fast-developing countries are less concerned with protecting change.A. one第二节：完形填空A. HoweverB. FurtherD. Butagainst climatearticle.I read your阅读下面短文， 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。B. on eselfC. the

14、m（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20 分） 掌握其大意，从每题所给的D. themselvesB、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并A. how; un tilB. what; thatC. that; beforeD. what; till24. When she got back, she found the rain coat she hadover her bike was gone.A. left hangingB. left to hang C. left hungD. to leave hanging25. Mars moves slower tha n the earth.As

15、 an engin eeri ng stude nt, I had a degree and three good job offers. I canwhen I hear about studies that show that women are at a 36 when it comes to math.'t help tremblingYes. Marsa day just 37 minu tes Ion ger tha n a day on the earth.A. takesB. makesC. spendsD. costs26. It 'already too l

16、ate for you to go back home. I think you canA. take upB. send upC. p ick up27. Do you mean both of your parents work? Only 10% of America n families have a traditi onal work ing father and a stay-at-homemother.here for the ni ght.D. put upHowever, I discovered: just because a subject is 37 to learn,

17、 it does not _38 you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it._39 you do,there ' s a strong chanee you will enjoy it more than anything else.In eighth grade I took algebra （代数学）an swers. I failed the next one, too. I started to was lucky eno ugh to h

18、ave a teacher who did nbut 43 as an in dicati on that I should study more. He _ 44 I could do better. He let me 45.On one test I got only 36 p erce nt of the _40_ _41_ that m aybe I ' m just not good at this. I't take my bad grades as a judg_42_pf myme aside and told me he knewA. How ofte nB

19、. So whatC. What aboutD. What if28. We may find that lear ning a foreig n Ian guage does not have to be ton gue, but can in fact be as easy.A. twice harder as B. as twice hard as C. twice as hard as D. as twice hardlearning our mother29. Van Gogh succeeded in sell ing only one painting in his lifeti

20、me,A. ano therB. thatC. one30. -But for your timely help, weinto great trouble.-You know we ' re friends.was sold to his brother.D. whichD. can t have gotA. would getB. would have got C. must have got31. The word “ media " basically refers towe commonly call newspapers, magazines, radiosand

21、 televisi ons.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. where32. I always have so many things toA. atte nd toB. add toaround the Water Cube, we were then taken t o see the Bird33.whe n I come back to the company after a trip abroad.C. con tribute toD. app eal to's Nest for the 2008 Olympicthe tests, and I p ulle

22、d my grade up to an A.I studied a lot in college, too. I had moments of fear while sitting below the buzzing fluoresce nt lights in the 46 library on Saturday after noons, whe n I _47 _ that the estrogen （雌性激素 ）in my body was 48_ me from understanding thermodynamics （热力学）. But the 49 in my classes h

23、ad to work just as hard, and I knew that I could n50 tolose con fide nee in myself. I did n t want to choose betwee n my 女性）itya nd a goodcareer. _51_ I reminded myself that those 52 _, the ones that say that math comes more n aturally to men, are faulty.Here ' a secret: math and scienee don g o

24、 _53_ to most people. No one was _54 born knowing calculus. A woma n can lear n anything a man can, but first she n eeds to know that she can do it, and that takes a lea p of _5536. A. difficulty37. A. enjoyable38. A. sign39. A. Once.It also helps to have selective heari ng.Games.A. Having show nB.

25、Being show nC. Having bee n show nD. To show40. A. wrong41. A. thi nk42. A. activities43. A. extremelyB. disadva ntageC. troubleD. discomfortB. humorousC. simp leD. difficultB. stateC. meanD. exhibitB. WhereC. AlthoughD. Un tilB. compi eteC. correctD. missi ngB. suggestC.chooseD. decideB. po ssibili

26、tiesC. characteristicsD. abilitiesB. simp lyC. slightlyD. n ormally44. A. pulledB. ledC. knockedD. pushed45. A. designB. atte ndC. desertD. retake46. A. chemistryB. engin eeri ngC. biologyD. geography47. A. worriedB. excitedC. disturbedD. ast oni shed48. A. p rotect ingB. awak ingC. preventingD. att

27、e mp ti ng49. A. girlsB. boysC. stude ntsD. pro fessors50. A. affordB. en courageC. p ersuadeD. man age51. A. AlsoB. ButC. FurthermoreD. So52. A. studiesB. expIo rati onsC. p erforma ncesD. exp erime nts53. A. activelyB. easilyC. actuallyD. gradually54. A. n everB. everC. evenD. often55. A. ho nesty

28、B. kno wledgeC. realityD. faith第三部分：阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。（共 15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）home. We ' ll han dle it! ” To which he rep lied,“ Are you going to help me now?” No one help ed.Courageously he went on alone because he n eeded to know for himself, “Is my boy alive or is

29、 he dead? ” He dug for eight hours.12 hours.24 hours.36 hours.then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son' s voice. He screamed his son's name,“ ARMAND” He heard back“ Dad? It ' s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive,

30、youme and when you saved me, they ' d be saved. You promised, No matter what happens, I' ll alwaythere for you! ' You did it, Dad! ”“ What' s going on in there? How is it?” the father asked.“ There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We' re scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful youW

31、hen the buildi ng colla psed, it made a tria ngle, and it saved us.”“ Come out, boy! ”“ No, Dad! Let theother kids out first, because I know youknow you ' ll always be there for me!”56 After the earthquake happened.A. Fires and expl osi ons were still happening here and thereB. More than 300,000

32、 peo pie were killed in the earthquakeC. The father rushed to his son 'school with his wife'II get me! No matter what happens, IIn 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flatte ned America, killi ng over 30,000 people in less tha n four minu tes. In the midst of utter devastati on and chaos, a father

33、 left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was suppo sed to be, only to discover that the buildi ng was as flat as a pancake.After the unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the promise he had made to his son, “ No matter what, I ' ll always be there for you!” And t

34、ears began to filiotkesyeis tAs pifeslofruins that once was the school, it looked hop eless, but he kept rememberi ng his commitment to hisson.He bega n to direct his atte nti on towards where he walked his son to class at school each morni ng. Remembering his son ' s classroourlcwbe in the back

35、 right corner of the building, he rushed there and started diggi ng through the ruins.As he was diggi ng, other helpl ess parents arrived, clutch ing their hearts, say ing: daughter! ” Other wmSaning parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school, saying, “It ' s too late! They '

36、re all dead! You can ' t help! Go home! Come on, face reality, there do! ”D. Many parents were des perate to rescue their childre n57. From the p assage, we can infer that.A. The father loved his son more tha n other parents loved theirsB. The son was able to have kept calm due to his belief in

37、his fatherC. The fire chief didn 'do anything to rescue the kids trapped in the ruinsD. The teachers together with the kids were all buried in the ruins58. The underlined word commitment" in Paragraph 2 probably means _A. appoin tme ntB. p romise59. The best title for this p assage is _A. A

38、re You Goi ng to Hel p Me Now C. I 'll Always Be There for You“ My son! ”“ MyC. assista neeD. exp eetati onB. There Is Noth ing You Can DoD. Let the Other Kids Out FirstTo each parent he responded with one line, “ Areyou going to help me now?” And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by s

39、tone. The fire chief showed up and tried to p ull him off the school ' s ruins saying, WS ll take care of it. Go home.to hel p me now? ”The p olice came and said,“ Fires are breaking out, explosions are happening everywhere. You” To which this lovi ng, eari ng America n father asked,“ You' r

40、e angry, anxious and itI was walk ing along the main street of a small seaside tow n in the n orth of En gla nd look ing for's no thjogieouneanto make a phone call. My car had broke n dow n outside the tow n and I wan ted to contact the AA. Low grey clouds were gatheri ng across the sky and ther

41、e was a cold damp wi nd blowi ng off the sea which n early threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wfearengi alai9ereoat.“ Are yTuiegoingas no sig n of a call

42、 box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selli ng the Sun day papers or a milkma n doing his roun ds, but the s over. You ' re endangering othtewnGwas completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a sm

43、allB. A cold win ter after noon.C. explain and p ersuadeD. in terest and informrestaura nt.Then sudde nIy I found what I was look ing for. There was a small post office, and almost hidde n from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the town' s only paldlIieneelclb©Xawhichcoat of pain

44、 t. I hurried forward, but stopped in ast oni shme nt whe n I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man in side. He was fat, and was weari ng a chea p blue p lastic rain coat. I could not see his face and he did not even raise his head at the sound of my footste ps.Discreetly（谨慎地）,I remained

45、sta nding a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn .It was whe n I threw the dead match on the ground that I no ticed someth ing bright red trickling from un der the call box door.60. At what time was the story set?A. An early win ter morni ng.C. An early summer morning.D. A windy summer

46、after noon.61. Which of the following words best describe the writer' s impression of the town?A. Cold and frighte ning.B. Dirty and crowded.C. Empty and dead.D. Unu sual and unpl easa nt.62. Why didn ' t the man raise his head when the writer came near?A. He was anno yed at being see n by t

47、he writer.B. He was angry at being disturbed by the writer.C. He was p robably fast aslee p.D. He was p robably murdered.Like fine food, good writ ing is someth ing we app roach with p leasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not sudde niy app ear ful

48、l-blow n. Quite theoppo site, just as the cook has to un dergo a p articular training, masteri ng the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purp ose-school work, matters of bus in ess, or purely social com muni ca

49、ti on.You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewardi ng.There are still some faraway p laces in the world where you might find a p ublic scribe （文书） to do your bus in ess or social writi ng for you, for mon ey. There are a few man agers who

50、 are lucky eno ugh to have the service of that rare ki nd of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writ ing with no more tha n a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writ ing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.We have to write school pap ers, bus in ess paper

51、s or home pap ers. We are con sta ntly called on to put words to pap ers. It would be difficult to count the nu mber of such words, messages, letters, and rep orts put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, every one who writes exp ects, or at l

52、east hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just throw n into some “ letterso-be-read "files or into a waste paper basket. This is the reas on we bend our efforts toward lear ning and p ractici ng the skills of in terest ing, effective writi ng.63. In this passage,

53、good writing is compared to fine food because .A. both are enjoyableB. both are hard to lear nC. both are n ecessary to lifeD. both take a long time to prepare64. Accord ing to the p assage, which of the follow ing stateme nts is true?A. Writ ing skills are less imp orta nt tha n exp erie nee.B. A g

54、ood writer should have his own way of writi ng.C. A good writer should lear n to write all kinds of articles.D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.65. The author thinks that the most important reas on for us to p ractice writ ing skills is .A. to earn our livi ngB. to attract ot

55、hers to readC. to do daily rep orts easilyD. to become good secretaries66. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to .A. comme nt and blame B. in troduce and describeRobinson Diaz lives in a small cottage high in the An des Mountains of South America. Diaz is a“ cable racer ” , and eve

56、ry morning he faces the difficult task of taking the local teacher to her school. To do this, he first walks for an hour up to a p lace the locals call Los Pinos, right at the edge of the 400-foot deep gorge（峡谷）of the Negro valley. Here, one end of a thick metal cable has been fixed to a woode n p o

57、st. The cable stretches right across the dee p valley to the other side, a kilometer away.A metal hook is fixed to the cable, with leather straps hanging from it. Diaz fastens the straps around his shoulders and waist, does a quick safety check and then, without hesitating, throws himself off the edge of the mou ntai n. Attached to the cable by only the metal hook, he rapi dly p icks up sp eed and soon he is rac ing through the air. Cross ing the va