湖南省衡阳市第八中学2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试英语(含答案)

衡阳市八中2018年下期期末考试试题高一英语命题人：审题人：时量：120分钟总分：150分注意事项：1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮檫干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30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. What color are the gloves?A. Blue.B. Green.C. Yellow.2. Where is the bookstore?A. Near a hotel.B.On the left of a hospital.C.On the right side of Main Street.3. When will the next underground arrive?A. At 1:55.B. At 2:00.C. At 2:05.4. Why can’t the lecture be held tomorrow?A. The CEO won’t be availabl e then.B. The lecture hall isn’t big enough.C. The equipment in the lecture hall doesn’t work.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. WeChat.B. Online shopping.C. The man’s grandma.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. Why does the man call the woman?A. To book a room.B. To confirm a room.C. To change a room. 7.Which room will the man have?A. Room 13.B. Room 19.C. Room 26.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Who is the man waiting for?A. A doctor.B. Some patients.C. A repairman.9. When does the conversation probably take place?A.In the morning.B. In the afternoon.C. In the evening.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers discussing?A. What to do for a project.B. When to draw a picture.C. How to be a good artist.11. How does the man feel about the woman’s first suggestion?A. Surprised.B. Hesitant.C. Uninterested.12. What would the man do according to the woman’s second suggesti on?A. Do much preparation beforehand.B. Work with talented students.C. Draw in front of the class.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does Susan live now?A. In Italy.B. In England.C. In America.14.How long did Susan work for Ferragamo?A. Six months.B. Five years.C. Six years.15. What does Susan mainly design for companies?A. Shoes.B. Handbags.C. Jackets.16. How has Susan’s industry changed since 1982?A. Italian design has become more popular.B. The product quality has become poorer.C. It has become much more competitive.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the weather like on the journey?A. Cold.B. Sunny.C. Cloudy.18. Where is the bank?A. On Floor A.B. On Floor B.C. On Floor C.19. Where can passengers find a toilet on Floor A?A. Beside the bar.B. Beside the restaurant.C. Beside the shop.20. Who can use the relaxing room on Floor C?A.All passengers on board.B. Passengers travelling with cars.C.Passengers travelling without cars.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。

AWho is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have somethingworthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no th inking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.21. Today we still remember Confucius mainly because .A. he lived a poor life in his childhoodB. he traveled with his students from state to stateC. he had wise thoughts and great views about educationD. he lived during the Spring and Autumn Period22. Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports as a child.A. by visiting many famous teachersB. with the help of his motherC.by going to schoolD. by teaching himself at home23. The underlined word “noble” in Paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to .A.cuteB. brightC. poorD. wealthyBWhen school started on that warm August day, I threw myself into everything I did, including playing volleyball. I decided to become beautiful, or at the very least, skinny.I stopped eating completely. Soon I began losing weight, which thrilled me, and I even grew to love the tiredness and lightheadedness(头晕)that came with my poor diet, for those feelings meant that I was winning.As the season progressed, things had become tense between my head volleyball coach, Coach Smith, and me. She felt that something was wrong with my health. She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldn’t listen to her when she tried to make me eat. She tried to persuade me in a determined way and so we fought constantly. Then my hunger started to affect my performance. I was so tired that practice and games were becoming a struggle. One afternoon, with hurt in her eyes, Coach Smith asked me what Ihad eaten and I told her nothing yet. She looked at me, disappointment in her eyes, knowing she couldn’t make me stop, and walked away.A couple of weeks later I attended a formal dinner for our volleyball team. I stood there as my coach managed to say something nice about me. I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.Then one Saturday, as I was reading in the library, I felt someone gently take my arm and say softly, “Lynn Jones, how are you doing?” I looked up and saw the familiar face. “Thanks for the letter,” she said. “It meant a lot.”When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instruction — not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didn’t deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.24. How did the author feel when she ate a poor diet and had a sense of tiredness?A.Funny.B. Nervous.C. Proud.D. Ashamed.25.The author fought with Coach Smith because . .A. she refused to go on a diet.B. she caused failure of her team.C. she kept her idea of losing weight.D. she changed the training course.26. Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith?A. She felt sorry for eating too little food.B. She was grateful for Smith’s care for her health.C. She decided to improve her performance.D. She wanted to build a close relationship with Smith.27. What is the best title for the text?A. My Way of Losing Weight.B. A Fight with My Coach.C. A Strict Volleyball Coach.D. Unexpected Friendship.CForeign visitors to the UK might be disappointed when they learn that not everyonethere speaks like Harry Potter and his friends. Usually, there’s an assumption by many non-Brits that everyone in Br itain speaks with what’s known as a Received Pronunciation (RP,标准发音）accent, also called “the Queen’s English” However, while many people do talk this way, most Britons speak in their own regional accents.Scouse, Glaswegian and Black Country - from Liverpool, Glasgow and the West Midlands - are just three of the countless non-RP accents that British people speak with. There are even differences in accents between towns or cities just 30 kilometers apart. What is even more disappointing is that not speaking in a RP accent may mean a British person is judged and even treated differently in their everyday life.In a 2015 study by The University of South Wales, videos of people reading a passage in three different UK accents were shown to a second group of people. The group then rated how intelligent they thought the readers sounded. The lowest-rated accent was Brummie, native to people from Birmingham, a city whose accent is considered working class.However, there is no need to be disappointed though you are not speaking in an RP accent. In fact, doing the opposite may even give you strength.Kong Seong-jae, 25, is an internet celebrity from Seoul. After studying in the UK, he picked up several regional accents. He’s now famous for his online vid eos, where he shows off the various accents he’s learned. “British people usually get really excited when I use some of their local dialect words, and they become much friendlier. I think it makes a bit of bond between local people and foreigners to speak in their local accent,” he said.So if you’re working on perfecting your British accent, try to speak like someone from Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham. You may not sound like Harry Potter, but you are likely to make more friends.28. What can we infer from paragraph 1?A. Non-Brits usually hold that all Britons speak in a RP accent.B. Only “the queen’s English” is accepted in the UK.C. Foreign visitors are disappointed at their own spoken English.D. Any Received Pronunciation around the world is also called “the Queen’s English”.29. What do people think of the Brummie accent?A.Favored by foreign visitors to the UK.B. Closest to the RP accent.C.Smart and easy to understand.D.Spoken by people of lower class.30. What does the underlined phrase “doing the opposite” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.Speaking in a RP accent.B. Speaking in regional accents.C. Speaking the Brummie accent.D. Speaking like Harry Potter.31. What is the passage mainly about?A. A study about the most intelligent accent in Britain.B. A comparison between different British accents.C. How much British people value the RP accent.D. The impact of regional accents on people’s lives.DWe all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our body’s functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, he is smart and intelligent. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, “He’s the brains in the family.” And if you are the brains behind something, you are responsible for developing or organizing something. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft.Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues (问题）facing the U.S. These professors were called his “brain trust”.These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flew away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a country’s most educated people leave the ir countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormedit. Here, brainstorm is not an act of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clean. To brainwash means to make some accept new beliefs by using repeated pressure in a forceful or tricky way. Keep in mind that brainwash is never used in a positive way.32.According to the text, if you’re the CEO of Bai Du you can be called.A. the organ of Bai DuB. the brains behind Bai DuC.the brain drain of Bai DuD. Bai Du’s brain trust33. Roosevelt successfully won the election probably becauseA. he was the brains behind AmericaB. he got the help of word expertsC.he was smart at giving adviceD. he got his brain trust34. From the passage, we can infer that .A. brainy and brainwash are never used in a negative wayB. brainstorming is not a good choice for a political leader for lack of creativityC. a country suffers a “brain drain” when educated peo ple move to other countriesD. to drain a lake means to fill it with a lot of water35. The author explains the “brain” expressions by. .ing examplesB. making comparisonsC.making commentsD. analyzing origins第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分。