高一年下学期期中考英语试卷

高一年下学期期中考英语试卷

‎2012届高一年下学期期中考英语试卷 ‎2010.4‎ 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三个迭项中选出最佳选项，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。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎1.Why does the man refuse to go and look at the dress?‎ A. He’s too busy. B.He’s not interested. C.He doesn’t want to.‎ ‎2.What does the speakers talking about?‎ A.Exam results. B.Change of class hours. C.Time for the exam.‎ ‎3.Where is the woman from?‎ A.America. B.France. C.Russia.‎ ‎4.How does the woman feel?‎ A.Sad. B.Tired. C.Happy.‎ ‎5.How will the man be paid?‎ A.By the hour. B.By the week. C.By the month.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）K^S*5U.C#O%‎ ‎ 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至8题 ‎6.What are the speakers doing?‎ A.Talking about weather.‎ B.Waiting for their guests. ‎ C.Making preparations for going out.‎ ‎7.What will the weather be like in the afternoon?‎ A.Cloudy. B.Rainy. C.Windy.‎ ‎8.What did Nancy do just now?‎ A.She brought a bottle of wine to the man.‎ B.She said she would come to see the man.‎ C.She telephoned the man.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。‎ ‎9.Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A.In a schoolroom. B.In a workshop. C.In an office.‎ ‎10.How long has the woman worked as a nurse?‎ A.For five years. B.Foe six years. C.For seven years.‎ ‎11.When did the woman come to London?‎ A.Last September. B.Last November. C.Last December.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。‎ ‎12.Where are the two speakers now?‎ A.At the woman’s home. B.At a conference.( 会议) C.At a party.‎ ‎13.Where does Paul work?‎ A.In London. B.In Los Angeles. C.In Oxford.‎ ‎14.What will probably happen next?‎ A.The woman will meet some new people.‎ B.The woman will sit beside Kathy.‎ C.The woman will make a speech.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。‎ ‎15.Who is probably the man?‎ A.A writer. B.A reporter. C.An actor.‎ ‎16.What do we know about the woman?‎ A.She acts a young lady. B.She directs the play. C.She writes the play.‎ ‎17.What does the woman want to be after this play?‎ A.A singer. B.A director. C.A film star.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18.What caused the traffic to stop?‎ A.The big storm. B.The snow. C.The wind.‎ ‎19.What is the season now?‎ A.Winter. B.Summer. C.Spring.‎ ‎20.What is the weather like for Sunday?‎ A.Dry and clear. B.Cloud and windy. C.Cool and cloudy.‎ 第二部分：英语知识运用（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）‎ 从所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，井在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎21.By around 900 AD,there were many places in Northern Europe______the Vikings chose to live.‎ A.in which B.when C.which D.at which ‎22.Leif followed Biarn’s directions and sailed to _______is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada.‎ A.which B.what C.where D.that ‎23._____the wind and waves we were going in the direction of the whirlpool,and nothing could save us.‎ A.By B.At C.To D.With ‎24.Marco found the walls of the Summer Palace were covered______gold and silver and the Hall was so large it could easily______6,000 people for dinner.‎ A.with,seated B.in,seated C.in,seat D.with,be seated ‎25.Marco______his tales though few people at that time believed it to be true.‎ A.stood up B.stood by C.stood on D.stood to ‎26.Camp Xtreme is the biggest adventure camp in Scotland and has 15_____staff.‎ A.good training B.good trained C.well trained D.well training ‎27._______a bicycle to use,you have to insert a special card.‎ A.Taking B.To take C.For taking. D.Taken.‎ ‎28.Indeed,thanks to the good ideas of lots of people,like the cycling fans in the 1960s,many people around the world______the city centre streets without cars for many years.‎ A.have enjoyed B.enjoyed C.have been enjoying D.have been enjoyed ‎29.---How can you_____them_____the solar cars?‎ ‎ ---Solar cars are getting better all the time.‎ A.persuade,to use B.persuade,into using C.persuade,in using D.persuade,for using ‎30.There are many more advantages of buses______cars.‎ A.for B.to C.over D.with ‎31. ―Tom will be here to attend a meeting tomorrow. ‎ ‎―Oh, I he today.‎ A. think, was coming B. think, is coming ‎ C. thought, was coming D. thought, is coming ‎32._____in bed, he to me:“The hen has an egg.”‎ A. Laying, lied, lay B. Laying, laid, lain ‎ C. Lying, lied, laid D. lying, lay, lain ‎33.As we all know, the advantage _______ is good for students’ self-improvement.‎ ‎ A. they take of the library B. they take the library ‎ C. they take to the library D. they take the library of ‎34. — Where is the hospital?‎ ‎— It’s about 500 meters ______ the school.‎ A. north of B. in the north of C. the north of D. in north of ‎35.Our meeting room is ______ theirs.‎ A. three times as bigger as B. bigger than three times C. three times as the size of D. three times the size of 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（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 Have you heard of “Green hotels”? 36 you stay at a green hotel, you help reduce the unfriendly 37 that hotel has on the environment.‎ ‎“Green hotels” include any hotels, motels, and inns that use energy and other resources 38 environmentally (环境) responsible ways. These green hotels take advantage of (利用) 39 resources when possible, make effective 40 of resources that can’t be reused, and 41 that many byproducts(副产品)are reused or recycled.‎ ‎__42 2.6 million hotel rooms are rented in the United States daily. 43 , an astonishing number of hotel 44 need clothes washed, meals prepared, fresh water for showers and toilets, and energy for lights, heating, and cooling. Thus, there is a great _45 for green hotel practices(做法). K^S*5U.C#O%‎ ‎ ‎46 a guest of a green hotel, you will receive quality service 47 knowing you are helping the environment. Hotels also realize cost savings when they 48 green hotel practices, which they can then use to 49 guest services.‎ Some green hotels are already making a big 50 . For example;‎ ‎1. By switching to more energy-effective 51 , the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City has saved 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year.‎ ‎2. One hotel reduced water use by 2 million gallons per year when it ‎52 a chef (厨师)who was improperly defrosting(解冻)food by running water over it.‎ ‎3. The Fairmont Acapulco Princess and Fairmont Pierre Marques filter(过滤器) and treat ‎ 53 and reuse it to water their golf courses.‎ These and other green hotels are 54 responsible steps, but many others have not yet accepted the green hotel challenge. You can help by supporting green hotel practices every time you 55 .‎ ‎ 36. A. When B. Before C. Unless D. Although ‎ 37. A. pollution B. cost C. effect D. step ‎ 38. A. with B. through C. by D. in ‎ 39. A. wasted B. reused C. limited D. lost ‎ 40. A. time B. space C. use D. usage ‎ 41. A. make sure B. make up C. make fun D. make room ‎ 42. A. Much more B. Over C. More D. Above ‎ 43. A. Besides B. As a result C. In the end D. As a matter of fact ‎ 44. A. professors B. waiters C. door-keepers D. guests ‎ 45. A. need B. necessity C. require D. request ‎ 46. A. With B. To C. As D. By ‎ 47. A. before B. at C. in D. while ‎ 48. A. get B. accept C. receive D. take ‎ 49. A. change B. improve C. make D. lift ‎ 50. A. act B. face C. control D. difference ‎ 51. A. lighting B. line C. action D. management ‎ 52. A. used B. found C. fired D. questioned ‎ 53. A. wastewood B. wasteland C. wastepaper D. wastewater ‎ 54. A. making B. taking C. borrowing D. getting ‎ 55. A. walk B. journey C. play D. travel ‎ 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和D）中，选出最佳选项 A In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They declare that if more people rode bicycles to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air from car engines.‎ For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to draw special lanes（车道） for bicycles only on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.‎ But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea—they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don’t like the idea—they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business.‎ The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park—the largest place of open ground in New York—is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only.‎ But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. K^S*5U.C#O%‎ ‎56. In New York , a group of bike riders______.‎ A. are keeping practising for health B. have no cars of their own C. are complaining（埋怨） there are not enough buses D. are trying to settle the problem of air pollution ‎57. The bike riders suggest that______.‎ A. bicycles should be used instead of cars B. bicycle lanes should be drawn C. fewer buses or cars should be used D. the number of special lanes should be increased ‎58. The advantage of the special lanes is that______.‎ A. they will make cars and buses run slowly B. they will make it easier for bike riders to go to parks C. they will make the city more beautiful D. the lanes will prevent accidents ‎59. The government has not decided whether special lanes should be drawn______.‎ A. so that everyone is disappointed B. because there are different opinions C. because most people travel by train D. because Bike for a Better City is not strong enough ‎ B Koeler took special notice of the tall woman who was nicely dressed, but she was wearing ugly, thick-soled(厚底) shoes.‎ ‎　　Now the woman was taken to a room for questioning. There it was found that the soles of the shoes were hollow(中空的). They were opened. Some diamonds fell out on the floor. Their total weight was 3377 carats(克拉).‎ ‎　　The young woman broke down in tears. Then she told her story. For years she had dreamed of coming to live in America, she said. At last she had managed to get the papers she needed to come to the U.S. Then a strange man called on her. He said he would pay for her trip and give her one hundred dollars. All she had to do was to smuggle the diamonds past the U.S. Customs. The man gave her the shoes and also bought her a plane ticket. Just before she got on the plane, he gave her an envelope. He said that it was the hundred dollars he had promised.‎ ‎　 The weeping woman handed the envelope to Koeler. He tore it open. There was only eighteen dollars. She was cheated. In the end the woman was trialed and sentenced to eighteen months in prison for her part in the smuggling.‎ ‎60. Where did the story happen?‎ A. At an airport. B. At a police station.‎ C. At a railway station. D. In a custom office in China.‎ ‎61. The underlined word “smuggling ” in this passage most probably means_____.‎ ‎ A. 偷税　　 B. 盗窃　　 C. 走私 D. 交换 ‎62. The woman had agreed to smuggle the diamonds______.‎ A. in order to get the papers she needed B. in hope of selling them C. in return for some money and a free trip D. so as to share them with the man ‎63. Which is the right order of the events(事件)given in the passage?‎ a. She wanted to live in the U.S.‎ b. She arrived in the U.S.‎ c. She was given an envelope.‎ d. She was given a plane ticket.‎ e. She was found out.‎ f. She was put into prison.‎ A. a, d, c, b, e, f　　 B. a, b, c, e, f, d　‎ C. a, c, d, b, e, f D. a, b, d, c, e, f C ‎ If US software(软件) companies don’t pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top US quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.‎ ‎ Already, of the world’s 12 software houses that have earned the highest position in the world, seven are in India. That’s largely because they have used new methods American software specialists refused to use. For example, for years, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J.M. Juran had tried to persuade US software companies to change their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the US--but not in Japan. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was taking its market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming’s and Juran’s ideas to bring down the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In US factories, the cost of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.‎ ‎ Watts S. Humphrey spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality assurance(保证). But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing(评估) and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost 60 % of total software production costs. It fell to 15% in 1996 and has since further dropped to below 10 %. ‎ ‎ Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be winning more praises overseas than at home. The Indian government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India. Let’s hope that US lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.‎ ‎64. Which country has the most first-class software companies in the world?‎ ‎ A. Germany. B. The USA. C. Brazil. D. India.‎ ‎65. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is true?‎ ‎ A. He is now still an IBM employer.‎ ‎ B. He has worked for IBM for 37 years.‎ ‎ C. The US pays much attention to his quality advice.‎ ‎ D. India honors him highly.‎ ‎66. By what means did Japan take its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?‎ ‎ A. Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality.‎ ‎ B. Its advertising was most successful.‎ ‎ C. The US hardware industry was falling behind.‎ ‎ D. Japan hired a lot of Indian software specialists.‎ ‎67. What is the writer worrying about?‎ ‎ A. Many US software specialists are working for Japan.‎ ‎ B. The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.‎ ‎ C. The US will lose its lead in software in the world.‎ ‎ D. India and Japan are joining hands to compete with the US.‎ D There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very lowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points.‎ A type of reading which necessitates(需要) careful attention to detail is proofreading, in which ‎ the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to practise this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.‎ ‎68．This article is mainly concerned with ________.‎ ‎ A．the ability to read fast ‎ ‎ B．difference in the speed and efficiency of reading ‎ C．different reading skills ‎ ‎ D．the reading speed of highly educated adults ‎69．According to the article, there is a difference in reading speed ________.‎ ‎ A．among adult readers ‎ B．among young educated people ‎ C．among readers who have different experiences ‎ D．between the poorly educated and the highly educated ‎70．The underlined word "regress" can be best replaced by "________".‎ ‎ A．regret B．stop C．move slowly D．go back ‎71．The author believes a good reader should ________.‎ ‎ A．always read at great speed ‎ B．read carefully and catch every detail ‎ C．always review the text he has read ‎ D．change his speed according to the type of text E The Kingdome in Seattle was destroyed on March 26, 2000. It was taken down to make room for a new stadium. The blast(爆破) from the falling building caused the earth to shake as if an earthquake had happened.‎ Scientists placed more than 200 earthquake recorders in the earth to measure the movement. They found which parts of the city shook the most. This information helped them know which parts of the city would be damaged in a real earthquake at an early time.‎ A real earthquake happened on February 28, ‎2001 in Seattle. The Nisqually earthquake was 6.8 on the Richter scale(里氏6.8级). It damaged the same parts of Seattle that scientists had predicted(预测) from the pulling down of the Kingdome. It was a plate quake. It started deep in the earth, 37 miles below the surface on the Juan de Fuca Plate. Sometimes, huge plates under the earth cause earthquakes when the plates move against each other suddenly.‎ Scientists have learned that deep earthquakes have very few aftershocks(余震). The Nisqually earthquake had only 4 ones. Another earthquake in California that was close to the surface had over 120 aftershocks. Scientists do not know why the deep earthquakes have fewer aftershocks. K^S*5U.C#O%‎ Scientists plan to blast in the ground near Seattle with the purpose of testing the plate. The shockwaves from the blast will jump off the plate and give them an idea of where the plate is and how it is moving. This will give them more information in case another real earthquake hits the area.‎ ‎72． According to the passage, ______ have the most aftershocks.‎ ‎ A．shockwave earthquakes B．shallow earthquakes ‎ ‎ C．deep earthquakes D．earthquakes more than 6.8 Richter scale ‎73．What do scientists hope to learn from the blast above the Juan de Fuca Plate? ‎ ‎ A．They hope to learn where the plate is and how it is moving. ‎ ‎ B．They want to destroy the Kingdome. ‎ ‎ C．They want to know which places are likely to have the most damage. ‎ ‎ D．They hope to find out how many plates there are in the ground there. ‎ ‎74．Why were the scientists interested in the pulling down of the Seattle Kingdome? ‎ ‎ A．They wanted to see which areas near the Kingdome would shake the hardest. ‎ ‎ B．They wanted to predict what might happen in a real earthquake. ‎ ‎ C．They wanted to measure the movement of the Earth with earthquake recorders. ‎ ‎ D．All of the above. ‎ ‎75．What will happen after a deep earthquake according to the scientists? ‎ ‎ A．There will be many aftershocks.‎ ‎ B．There will be very few aftershocks.‎ ‎ C．The Richter scale of the quakes will be a 6.8 or more. ‎ D．There will be little damage.‎ ‎----------------------------------------------------------------装---------------------------订------------------------------线------------------------------------------------------‎ 第四部分 第一节：短文填词。（共l0小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 班级 K^S*5U.C#O%________ 座号：____________ 姓名：_________________准考证号___________________‎ 阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示；2)首字母提示；3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。 ‎ In 1921,after 17 years of ______（服务）to the Emperor, 76___________‎ Marco returned to Italy.He was now a very w_____man. 77___________‎ Not long after his return,a _____(当地的)war broke out 78___________‎ near his town.During the war,Marco was the _____(上尉) 79___________‎ of a warship but was caught by the enemy and put into prison.‎ However,Marco was l______ enough to meet another 80_________‎ prisoner who enjoyed ______(听)to his stories about 81_________‎ China.The prisoner was an a_________ and he took 82_________‎ d_______ while Marco told all his stories to him. 83_________‎ The prisoner then wrote the stories in a book c____ 84_________‎ The D______of the World, which became one of the 85_________‎ best-selling books in Europe.‎ 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你叫李华,自从上了高中后，发现自己不是很适应高中的学习生活，现在就目前的情况，给自己初中时最信赖的老师写一封求助信 ‎1. 对老师的问候。2. 高中生活基本情况：1）学科比初中多(9门功课)。2）每天作业时间3-4小时，课外活动时间很少。3）睡眠时间不足，上课有时感到疲劳。 4）考试压力大，家长期望高。3. 你目前遇到的最大的问题以及现在的感受 注意：K^S*5U.C#O%‎ ‎1．内容应包括以上所有信息，要有适当发挥。‎ ‎2．词数：120左右。信的开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。‎ ‎3．参考词汇：课外活动— activities after class 压力 — pressure 家长期望高 — high expectations from parents Dear Mr Wang,‎ This is Li HuA．Remember me? ‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ All the best.‎ Yours truly, ‎ Li Hua ‎2012届高一年下学期期中考英语试卷答案 ‎2010.4.‎ ‎1—5.ACBBA 6—10.CACCB 11—15.CCBAB 16—20.ABACB ‎21—25.ABDCB 26—30.CBCBC 31—35.CCAAD ‎36—40.ACDBC 41—45.ABBDA 46—50.CDBBD 51—55.ACDBD ‎56-59 DBDB 60-63 ACCA 64-67 DDAC 68—71. BADD 72—75.BADB ‎76.service 77.wealthy 78.local 79.captain 80.lucky 81.listening ‎82.author 83.dictation 84.called 85.Description 书面表达K^S*5U.C#O%‎ One possible version:：‎ Dear Mr Wang,‎ This is Li HuA．Remember me? How are you now? I need your help because I find I’m not very used to the high middle school life.‎ We have nine subjects in all. Every day I have to spend at least three to four hours doing my homework, so there is little time left for activities after class. I hardly have any time to do what I want to. Besides, I sometimes feel sleepy in class because I don’t have enough sleep. The great pressure of exams and the high expectations from my parents often make me even more tireD．‎ The biggest problem I meet now is my maths study, which is much more difficult than that in junior middle school. I don’t know how to improve it. So I hope I could get some advice from you.‎ All the best. ‎ Yours truly, ‎ Li Hua