英语卷2017届第二中学、一中高一下学期期中考试2015

二中麻城一中2014-2015学年度下学期期中联考

高一英语试卷

命题学校：

二中命题教师：孟红生审题教师：宋

时间：2015年4月24日上午7:40-9：40 试卷满分:150分

(20×1.5′＝30′)

第一部分：

第一节

听下面5段

。每段

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

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

仅读一遍。

1.Whendidthealarmclockring?

A.At6o’clock.

B.At7o’clock.

C.At8o’clock.

2.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodo?

A.Openthedoor.

B.Letthemanin.

C.Openthewindow.

What’stheprobablerelationshipbet

Taxidriverandpassenger.

Driverandconductor.

nthespeakers?

C.

sandsecretary.

WhereisJimmynow?

Inaho .

B.Athome.

C.

helab.

5.Whatwillthewomandofortheman?

A.Washhisclothes.

第二节

B.Gethimawallet.C.Takehimtothestore.

听下面5段

或独白。每段

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

或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个

小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

Whycan’tthewomanconcentrateonthebook?

She’sworriedabouttheseminar.

或独白读两遍。

B.Theman

C.Shelacks

erruptsher.

erestinit.

7.Whatisthewoman’spresentmajor?

A.Psychology.

B.Philosophy.

C.English.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

Whatdoesthemanwanttodo?

Helpthewomanwithherwork.

Haveatalkwiththewoman.

C.Gooutwiththewoman.

Whatwasthewomanaskedtodo?

AddsomepagestoherEnglishp

r.

B.HandinherEnglishp

C.WriteanewEnglishp

rnextFriday.

r.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Wha

ppenedtotheman?

Hewascaughtbythe

Helosthiswatch.

Hewasattacked.

11.Whoisprobablythewoman?

A.Theman’swife.

man.

B.A

woman.

C.Theman’sworkmate.

12.Howdidthemangotoworkyesterday?

A.Bybus.

B.Bycar.

C.Bybike.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Whatisthemangoingtodothisevening?

A.Dosomereading. B.Hosthisfriends.

C.Dosomewashing.

14.Whatdoesthewomanplanto

ntheevening?

A.Stayathome.

B.Holdadinn arty.

C.Haveadrinkwiththeman.

heman’sopinion?

C.Takesomeexercise.

15.Whatshouldthewomandoonthe

kend

A.Havefun.

B.Haveagoodsleep.

16.WhendoesthewomanusuallygetuponSaturday?

A.At11:00.

B.At10:00.

C.At9:00.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Whosepetdogwastheonein1918?

A.Adoctor’s.

B.Asoldier’s.

C.ADorothy's.

18.WheredidDorothygotolearnabouttheguidedogs?

A.America.

B.Germany.

C.England.

19.Howlongdoesittaketotrainalittledogtobeaguidedog?

A.Over2years.

B.14months.

C.4months.

20.Whatwillthelistenersdonext?

A.Teachdogstobeguides.

B.

roducetheirpetdogs.

C.Visitthecenter.

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。

A

Thesciencefictiontypeofenterta

Verne(AJourneytotheCenteroftheEar

entisconsideredbymosttobefatheredbyJules

ndTwentyThousandLeaguesUndertheSea)andH.

G.Wells(TheTimeMachineandTheWaroftheWorlds).Sci-Fi,asitiscommonlyshortened,isa

fictionalstoryinwhichscienceandtechnologyhaveasignificantinfluenceonthecharactersandplot.Manysuchworksareguessworkaboutwhatthefutureholdsandhowscientificfindingsand

technologicaladvan

willsh

hum

ind.

Writinginthelate1800s,JulesVernewasremarkablysuc sfulinhis10guessesabout

futuretechnologiesofairconditioning,automobiles,the

ernet,

evi

,andunderwater,air,

andspacetravel.Unbe vably,ofallpla

Florida,USAasthelaunchingsiteoftheawayfromtheactual1969locationatC

fromwhichtochoose,JulesVerneguessedT

a,

projecttotheMoon,whichwasonly200kilometers

Ca

al,Florida.

Oneofthebest-knownsciencefictionbooksisNineteenEighty-FourbyGe

eOrwell.Published

in1949,itwasnotmeantasaprediction,butasawarning:Orwellwasdescribingwhathesawasthe

eoftheideas,trends,andemergingtechnologiesofhistime.Manyinventedtermsfromthis

novelhave

ecommonineverydayuse,suchas“bigbrother”and“doublethink”.Eventhe

author’snamehasbeenmade

oanadjective—Orwellian—andhas

eawarningdescriptorfor

essacrificeunderatotalitarian( 主义)

osixty-fivelanguageswithinfiveyearsofits

situationswhereprivacyislostandtheindividual

ernment.NineteenEighty-Fourwastranslated

publication,settingarecord

tstillstands.

Whathelpsbringsciencefiction

obeingisusuallyanewdiscovery.Theauthorcreatesan

ysisofthepotentialinfluenceandconsequen

andthenwrapsitinapleasantstory.For

ex

le,thebeginningofspaceexplorationwasfollowedafewyearslaterbytheStarTrek

programandmovieseries.Advan ingenetics(遗传学)causefantasiesof

evi

of

disease,horrorsofeugenics(优生学),andthrillerswherecreaturesdisappearinglongagoare

broughtbacktolife.Thesciencefictionauthor’

f-determinedroleis

toffieldglassesfor

humanity—searchingtheworldoffuture

sibilitiesupontheroadwhichwearetraveling.

21.Whatcansciencefictionoffertopeople?

A.An

ysisofwhyanewtechnologycouldharmhuman.

B.Athoughtfullookatthepresentdrawbacksoftechnology.

C.Apredictionofhowanewdiscoverycouldinfluencem

ind.

D.Athoughtfullookatthepastandwhathistorybroughttous.

WhichofthefollowingbestsummarizesthedescriptionofNineteenEighty-Four?

Awarningofcruelandunfairruling.

Apredictionoffuturetechnologies.

Theconsequenceofscientificfindings.

Animaginaryperfectworldoffreedom.

23.Fromthepassagewecanlearn

t .

NineteenEighty-Fouradoptedsomepopularterms

StarTrekmovieserieswerebasedonspaceexploration

C.C

Ca

alwasmentionedinJulesVerne’sfiction

D.H.G.Wellspredictedthe

ernet

helate1800s

24.Accordingtotheauthor,whatistheroleofsciencefictioninsociety?

A.Amoralcompass.

C.Arecordofsciencedevelopment.

B.Areferenceoftechnology.

D.Aconsiderationof

sibilities.

B

Theworldoftaxidriversisdominatedbymen.Butthereisonesmallcabcompanywhereallthedriversandpassengersarefemale.Women'ssafetyisahottopicmoment,soit'sprovingaverypopularservice.

,

atthe

"WhenI'montheroaddrivingourcabIfeelveryproud,becausethisisacabservicefor

women,andI'mawoman,"says31-year-oldShantiSharma,whoisoneoftheeightfemale

driverswi

taxiservicecalledCabsforWomenbyWomen.

Thelastcoupleofmonths,sincethebrutalr

andmurderinthecityofastudent

travellingonabus,havebeenparticularlybusyforherandcolleagues.

"Afterthiscase,ourworkloadhasincreasedsomuch,"saysSharma."Womenwhoused

othercabservi

arealsoturningtousnow."

Mostwomen

transport.

saytheyroutinelyfaceharassment,andworse,espe llyonpublic

Sharma,asingleparentwiththreedaughters,hasbeenworkingasataxidriversince2011.

Whentheservicewas

setup,i

schangedherlife.Thisisthe time

tshehasearned

enough-about$250(£160)amonth-tosupportherfamily.

Ofcourse,sheandtheotherfemaletaxidriversarecomple youtnumberedbymale

cabbies.“WhenIparksomewhere,therearealwaysmenthereandinevitablyfiveorsixofthem

gettogetherandhangout,"shesays.“I’musuallytheonlywoman

stayinsidethecar.”

heparkinglot,soI’lljust

It'snotmuchbetterwhensheisoutontheroad.Sharmasaysthemaledriversgivehera

hardtime.“Assoonastheyseeagirlatthewheel,theystarthonkingfornoreason.They'lldrive

asswiftlyas

someone.”

sibletoovertakeyou.I'malwaysworryingabouthowtoavoidgettinghitby

ThecompanybehindCabsforWomenbyWomen,SakhaConsultingWings,hadanumberof

goalswhenitsetuptheservice.Itwantedtogivewomenfrompoorbackgroundsanopportunity

toearnmoney.Byputtingwomeninchargeoftechnologies,italsowantedtochangepeople’s

attitudes,andopenupboundariesforwomen.

25.Whyarewomenwhousedothercabservi

turningtoCabsforWomenbyWomen?

A.Becauseitischeap.

C.Becauseitisfamous.

26.WhatdoweknowaboutSharma?

B.Becauseitissafe.

D.Becauseitisconvenient.

A.Sheisthe

femaletaxidriver

.

B.Shelivesinharmonywithherhusband.

C.Shehasregretted

ingataxidriver.

D.Shehasabettersalaryafter

ingataxidriver.

27.WhichofthesetroublesmightNOTbecausedbymalecabbiestofemalecabbies?

A.

entionallyhitthetaxidrivenbywomen

Honkthehornatthewomendriverswithoutanyreason.

Speedupanddrivepastthewomendrivers.

Takethewheelofthefemaledrivers.

28.Whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?

A.TheopportunitiesCabsforWomenbyWomenprovidesforwomen.

B.Themainpur

esofCabsforWomenbyWomen.

C.People’sattitudestowardsCabsforWomenbyWomen.

D.ThebackgroundinformationofCabsforWomenbyWomen.

C

Ifyouseeagroupofpeopledancingandsingingonthestreetor

herailways

ion,

you

don'tneedtofeelsurprised．Theyareaflashmob（快闪族）,whichisagroupofpeoplewho

cometogethersuddenlyinapublicplace,dosomethingunusualforabriefperiodoftime,and

thenquicklybreakup．Theyareusually

anizedwiththehelpofthe

ernetorotherdigital

communicationnetwork．Atapredeterminedtime,theygatherandperformsomedistractions

（消遣）suchaswavingtheirhandsandexchangingbooks,Then,theyquicklybreakupbefore

canarrive．Usingmobilephones,theflashmobcanchangeitslocationifthe

the

one

hasbeenreplacedforanyreason．

BillLasik,senioreditorofHarper’sMagazine, anizedthe

flashmob

anhattanin

afterthe

May2003andthe

suc

sfulflashmobcametogetheronJune3,2003-

attemptwasfoiledatMacy'sdepartmentstore．Lasikclaimed

ttheactivitywasdesignedto

makefunofhipsters（起时髦的人）,andcallattentiontotheculturalatmosphere．

Flashmobgatheringscansometimesshockpeople．Suchanactivitymightseemamusinganduntrue,butitalsomightfrightenpeoplewhoarenotawareofwhatistakingplace．Undoubtedly,flashmobscanserveasgoodpoliticaltoolsinanydirection．Theyalsohave

greateconomicpotential,suchasusingflashmobstoadvertiseaproduct．

ingmoreandmorepopular．Peopleuseittodomany

Theflashmobisnow

things．Forex le,in2009,MichaelJackson'sfanstookpartinaflashmobtoremember

him．

dredsofhisfansgatheredsinginganddancingMichael'sfamoussong"BeatIt"

together．Flashmobsgivepeoplefromallwalksoflifeanopportunitytocometogethertocreate

amemory．

29.Thewriterindicates ttheflashmob

A.mayperformsome itivefunctions

B.isalwaysaheadacheforthe

C.isnowaso lexperimenttocriticizefashionfollowers

D.helpstoimprovetheefficiencyofcommunication30.Aflashmopismostlikely

A.giveoutleafletsofabrandbicycletothepassers-by

B.gatherinpublicpla performingandleavequickly

C.plantogomountaineeringonthe dayofHorseyear

D.sitfordaysinfrontofthecityhallforhighersalary

31.Accordingtothepassage,whatcontribute(s)tothepopularityoftheflashmob?

A.Harper’smagazine B.The ernment

C.Politicalevents D.Digitalnetworks

D

I ppenedtomerecently.Iwas lingsomeonehowmuchIhadenjoyedreadingBarack

Obama’sDreamsFromMyFatherandhowi

dchangedmyviewsofour

.AfriendI

wastalkingtoagreedwithme titwas,inhiswords,“abrilliantly（

地）writtenbook”.

However,hethenwentontotalkaboutMr.Obamainawaywhichsuggestedhehadnoideaof

hisbackgroundatall.Isensed tIwastalkingtoabookliar.

Anditseems tmyfriendisnottheonlyone.Approxima ytwothirdsofpeoplehave

daboutreadingabookwhichtheyhaven’t. heWorldBookDay’s“ReportonGuiltySecrets”,DreamsFromMyFatherisatnumber9.Thereportliststenbooks,andvariousauthors,whichpeoplehave daboutreading,andasI’mnotoneto toooften(I’dhatetobecaughtout),I’lladmithereandnow tIhaven’treadtheentiretopten.ButI leasedtosay t,unlike42percentofpeople,Ihavereadthebookatnumberone,Ge eOrwell’s1984.Ithinkit’sreallybrilliant.

TheWorldBookDayreportalsohassomeother erestinginformationinit.Itsays tmanypeople abou vingreadJaneAusten,Charles ens,FyodorDostoevsky(Ihaven’treadhim,bu ven’t daboutiteither)andHermanMelville.

Askedwhythey d,themostcommonreasonwasto“impress”someonetheywere

speakingto.Thiscouldbetrickyiftheconversationbecamemorein–depth!

Butwhenaskedwhichauthorstheyactuallyenjoy,peoplenamedJ.K.Rowling,JohnGrisham,SophieKinsella(ah,thebigsellers,inotherwords).Forty-twopercentofpeopleasked

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。

Weightlossisahardtopic.Lotsofpeoplearen’tsatisfiedwiththeirpresentweight,but

mostpeoplearen’tsurehowtochangeit.Youmaywanttolooklikethem

soractorsin

magazinesoronTV,butthosegoalsmightnotbehealthyorrealisticforyou.36 Sowhat

shouldyoudoaboutyourweightcontrol?

37 Thebestwaytofindoutifyouareatahealthyweightorifyouneedtolose

ainweightistotalktoadoctorordietitian.38 Ifitturnsout

tyoucanbenefit

fromweightloss,thenyoucanfollo

wofthesimplesuggestionslistedbelowtogetstarted.

39 Peoplewholoseweightquicklybycrashdietingorotherextrememeasures

usuallygainbackallofthepoundstheylost,becausetheyhaven’tpermanentlychangedtheir

habits.Therefore,thebestweightmanagementwaysarethose

lifetime.

tyoucanma ainfora

Smallchangesarealoteasiertostickwith

Milkistomostpeople’staste.40

nlargeones.Tryreducingthesizeofwhatyoueat.

It’sagoodideatoma ainahealthyweightbecauseit’sjust

t:healthy.

A．Trygivingupregularsodafora

k.

B．Trytopayattentionasyoueatandstopwhenyou’refull.

C．Weightmanagementisaboutlong-termsuc

s.

D．Besides,no

aldietwillmakeyoulooklikesomeoneelse.

E．Beinghealthyisreallyaboutbeingataweight

tisrightforyou.

admittedtheyturnedtothebackofthebooktoread beforefinishingthestory(I’llcome

clean:Idothisandamastonished t58percentsaidtheyhadneverdoneso).

32.Howdidtheauthorfindhisfriendabookliar?

A.Byjudginghismannerofspeaking. B.Bylooking ohisbackground.

C.Bymentioningafamousname. D.Bydiscussingthebookitself.

Whichofthefollowingisa“guiltysecret”accordingtotheWorldBookDayreport?

Charles ensisverylowonthetop-tenlist.

42%ofpeoplepretendedtohaveread1984.

Theauthoradmittedhavingread9books.

DreamsFromMyFatherishardlyread.

Bylyingaboutreading, rsonhopesto .

controltheconversation B.appearknowledgeable

C.learnaboutthebook D.makemorefriends

Whatistheauthor’sattitudeto58%ofreaders?

Favorable. B.Uncaring C.Doubtful D.Friendly

F．Itmakessensetochangefromwholetononfatorlow-fatmilk.

G．Theywillcompareyourweightwithhealthystandardsandhelpyousetgoals.

第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分40分）

MyfatherandIdisagreedabo urfew(晚间在家的时间).He’dsayIwastobeinby9:30

on

kdays,and11:00on

kends,noexceptionswithoutmy

asking.Itoldhimitmade

me

41likeajunior-highkid.Heexplained twhileacurfew42soundlikearestriction,it’s

reallyaboutpeoplelookingoutforoneanother.

TheverynextFridayafter tprettyheated43,my ndIhadticketstoseeourtown’sprofes alfootballgame.On tdayhewas44toanearbycitytomeetwithsomemajorc ntsand45me thisgettinghomeandourleavingforthegamewouldbetight.

Tomakesurewecould46offthemomenthewalkedin,Igoteverythingprepared.Whenahalfhourh assedfromthetimehesaidhe’dbehome,Iunderstood thewasalittle47.

Butthen,nearlyawholehourpassed.Iwasgetting48.Weweregoingtomissthekick-off!Andwhyhadn’the49meandletmeknowhewasgoingtobereallylate?AsIanxiously50thefloor,anotherhalfhourpassed. t’swhenIgotreall ry.Howinconsiderateofmyfather!

Nowweweregoingto

51thewholegame!Whenyetanotherhalfhourpassed,m erturnedto52.Whatifsomethingterriblehadhappenedtomydad,likehehadahear tackorhadbeeninanaccident,orsomething?Ibegantoreally53.I’dalreadycalledhis abouttentimes,but

no54.

Iwasbesidemyself,a mingthewors dhappened.Finally,thephonerang,andmydad

said

55,“Son,I’msosorryaboutthegame,but…therewasaterribleaccident…onthefreewaycominghome,andI56 tohelp…andendedupgoingtothehospital.I57my inthecar,soIcouldn’tcal tilnow.”

Iwassore vedtohearfrommyfatherandto58 thewassafe tIactuallycried.

twas59I“got”theimportanceofacurfew:Checkingin!It’saboutknowing tsomeoneyouloveis60.Itwasonemoreproofofmyfather’slovingmeasmuchashedoes.

A.go B.feel C.turn D.grow

A.might B.must C.needed D.should

A.speech B.match C.description D.exchange

A.cycling B.driving C.flying D.walking

A.allowed B.advised C.informed D.ordered

A.pay B.hold C.cut D.set

A.late B.lazy C.f etful D.careless

A.upset B.sorry C.rude D.puzzled

A.warned B.signalled C.phoned D.showed

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题

共60分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Fire!Fire!”whatterriblewordstohearwhenonewakesupinastrangehouseinthe

middleofthenight!

Itwasalargeoldwoodenhouseandmyroomwasonthetopfloor.Ijumpedoutofthebed,openedthedoorand61 (step)outsideofthehouse.Therewasthicksmokeeverywhere.

Ibegantorun,butasIwasonlyhalf-awake,insteadofgoingtowardsthestairs,Iwentin

theop

itedirection.Thesmokegrew62 (thick)andIcouldseefireallaround.Thefloor

becamehotundermybare63(foot).

Ifoundanopendoorandran

oaroomtogettothewindow.But64Icouldreachit,

oneofmyfeetcaughtsomethingsoftandIfelldown.WhatIhadfallenoverfeltlikeabundleof

clothes,andIpickeditup65(protect)myfacefromthesmokeandheat.Icrashedtothe

floorbelowwithpie

of66(burn)woodallaroundme.

AsIreachedthecoldairoutside,thebundleofclothesgaveou

hincry.Inearlydropped

it 67surprise.ThenIwasinacrowdgatheringinthestreet.Awoman68(dress)ina

borrowedman’scoatscreamedasshesawmeandrantowardsme69(mad).Itturnedout70shewastheMayor’swife,andIhadsavedherbaby.

A.hit B.paced C.cleared D.measured

A.play B.watch C.miss D.start

A.sadness B.surprise C.doubt D.fear

A.envy B.worry C.regret D.cry

A.excuse B.way C.time D.answer

A.strangely B.casually C.breathlessly D.angrily

A.stopped B.f ot C.failed D.refused

A.left B.lost C.saw D.got

A.wonder B.guess C.expect D.learn

A.what B.when C.whether D.why

A.confident B.great C.safe D.honest

第二部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的这篇作文。文有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Wisemendon’talway aswiseaswethink．Attimestheymaydonesomethingsilly.

Because theyarewellknown，so thestoriesabouttheirfoolishactsarestillwidely

talkedthroughouttheworld oderntimes．Forex

eethoven，thegreatcom

erof

Austria,wassaidtohaveinsistedinpayingawaiterinarestaurantforadinnerhehas not

eatenoreverordered；theBritishphysicistNewton，whilelivedinLondon,cuttwoholes

he

twodoorsofhisflat，onebig，theothersmall，through

thistwocatscouldpass.Heonly

thoug