安徽省滁州市定远县育才学校2017-2018学年高一上学期

定远育才学校2017-2018学年第一学期期末考试高一英语试题考生注意：1.本卷分第I卷和第II卷，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卷上。

2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标题涂黑。

3.非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卷上对应的答题区内。

第I卷第一部分听力（共20题，每小题1.5分，共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 does Wendy do now ?A. A cleaner.B. A businesswoman.C. A teacher.2. How does the woman go to school every day?A. On foot.B. By bike.C. By car.3. How does the man feel?A. Confident.B. Worried.C.Relaxed.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. A t a hotel.B. At a shop.C. At the man’s home .5.What is the woman doing?A. Taking a taxi.B. Giving the man a lift.C. Driving to Times Square .第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分1.5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. Why does the man like hiking?A. He can get close to nature.B. He can meet wild animals.C. He can make some friends.7. How far will the man walk a day on average?A. 3 miles.B. 10 miles.C. 30 miles.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. Why is the man moving to New York?A. To enjoy the city life.B. To visit his friends.C. To find a better job.9. How old is the man?A. 19 years old.B. 29 years old.C. 39 years old.10. What does the man plan to do after he retires?A. Travel around the world.B. Go back to his hometown,C. Work on environmental protection.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What films do the speakers both like?A. Comedies.B. Crime films.C. Mystery films.12. What does the man think of horror films?A. Exciting.B. Horrible.C. Stupid.13. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Read an evening paper.B. Make a phone call.C. Watch TV. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

14. What are the speakers doing?A. Revising a report.B. Designing a logo.C. Discussing computer skills.15. What is the second suggestion the woman mentioned?A. Putting the logo on each page.B. Highlighting the headings.C. Restating the reasons clearly.16. How does the woman find the pictures?A. Ugly.B. Unnecessary.C. Wonderful.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What color is the bird’s hea d?A. A little blue.B. Totally green.C. Mostly red.18. Why is the speaker worried about his bird?A. He won’t survive on his own.B. He refuses to eat anything.C. He has a broken wing.19. In what season did the bird get lost?A. Autumn.B. Winter.C. Summer.20. What should people do if they hear the bird?A. Shout the bird’s name.B. Tell the speaker right away.C. Stand still till the bird comes.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。

AFor the past four days, the streets of India have been brightly lit and full of festivities. Millions of people around the country have been celebrating the festival of Diwali.Diwali has been celebrated in India for hundreds of years. It takes place each year in either October or November. Although the holiday lasts only one night, people continue to celebrate for several days.People light oil lamps during the festival. In the tradition of the Hindu religion, the lamps are meant to celebrate the victory of light over darkness and good over evil (邪恶). The holiday also celebrates the start of a new year in the Hindu calendar. But Diwali is an important festival in many other Indian religions as well, including Sikhism and Jainism. In a country of more than 1.2 billion people and different religious beliefs, Diwali is a celebration that touches everyone.Diwali means “rows of lamps” in Sanskrit, a language used in many Indian religions. During the festival, families and friends come together to light the oil lamps，which are called diyas. Then they put the lamps in rows outside their homes and temples.As in other cultures’ winter holidays，sweets and gifts are also a big part of Diwali. Neighbors andfriends share treats, called mithai, and exchange presents.Employers often use the holiday to express appreciation for their workers. This year, a businessman even bought cars and houses for some of his employees!The Diwali spirit can be felt outside India as well. Indians in countries around the world, including the U. S. and Canada，are also celebrating the holiday this week.21.The underlined word “victory” in paragraph 3 means ________.A. winningB. failureC. losingD. award22.The third paragraph is mainly about ________.A. the differences between Indian religionsB. the introduction of Indian religionsC. the development of DiwaliD. the religious reasons for celebrating Diwali23.Besides a religious tradition, Diwali is also considered as a time ________.A. for givingB. for progressC. to enjoy successD. to make new friends24What is the best title for the passage?A. The History of IndiaB. The Beliefs of the IndiansC. A Kind of Indian LanguageD. An Indian Festival of LightsBAt the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places of the world. From 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film stars Charlie Chaplin, Grete Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more.The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States. But then they heard about Los Angeles where there are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west coast was a much better place to work.Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind o film.When TV became popular in the 1960s, Hollywood started making films for television. Then in 1970s they discovered people still went to cinema to see big expensive films. After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.25.Hollywood used to be a .A. cinemaB. big farmC. parksD. market26.People went to Hollywood to make films because .A. it was a beautiful placeB. you could find many film starsC. there was a lot of sunlight thereD. it was a famous place27.Which statement is true?A. The west coast was a better place to make filmsB. There are no mountains near HollywoodC. People no longer went to cinema after television became popularD. Hollywood began to make films for television before the First World WarCSome people asked me how I could suggest the expenses of billions of dollars for a voyage to Mars, at a time when many children on this Earth are starving to death. I know that they do not expect an answer such as “ Oh, I did not know that there are chil dren dying from hunger, but from now on I will stop any kind of space research until mankind has solved that problem! ”In fact, I have known of this long before.But I firmly believe that by working for the space program we can make some contributions to the relief and eventual solution of such serious problems as poverty and hunger on the Earth. Two basic factors causing the poverty and hunger problems are the production of food and the distribution (分布) of food. In fact, large areas of land could be used far better if efficient methods of farming, fertilizer use, weather forecasting, field selection, planting, crop surveys, harvest planning and so on were applied. The best tool for the improvement of all these methods undoubtedly, is the artificial Earth satellite. Circling the globe at a high altitude, it can screen wide areas of land within a short time; it can observe and measure a large variety of factors indicating the status and condition of crops, soil, droughts, rainfall, snow cover, etc.Besides, in the modern society, there is a continuing great need for new basic knowledge in thescience if we wish to improve the conditions of human life on the Earth. We need more knowledge in physics and chemistry, in biology and physiology, and particularly in medicine to cope with all these problems which threaten man’s life: hunger, disease, overpopulation, pollution of water and the environment. In a way, the space age not only holds out a mirror in which we can see ourselves, it also provides us with the technologies.28.The passage is mainly discussing about .A. whether the children’s dying from hunger is the major problemB. whether it is worth spending much money on the space researchC. whether the author’s sug gestion has been taken into serious considerationD. whether there is an effective way to avoid the global starvation29.According to the author, what plays an important part in dealing with poverty and hunger?A. Government support.B. Methods of farming.C. Food supply.D. Modern technology.30.The second paragraph is mainly developed by .A. making comparisonB. giving explanationC. offering adviceD. giving examples31.From the last paragraph, we can infer that .A. technologies can help to improve our living qualityB. more basic knowledge is required to be learnedC. we can live a more peaceful and happier lifeD. there are different views on the space ageDI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent.I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓言) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today. So here’s what I want to tell you today：Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休闲); it is work. Pick up the phone.Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.It’s so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It’s so easy to exist instead of to live. I learnt to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that，if I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.I learned to love the journey, not the destination（目的地）. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that，in part，by telling others what I had learned.By telling them this：read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do，you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.32.What can be inferred from the passage ?A. the author is a success in personal lifeB. the author didn’t try her best to work wellC. the author spent all her time caring for her childrenD. the author likes traveling very much33.How did the author form her view of life?A. Through social experience.B. By learning from her friends.C. Through an unfortunate experience.D. From her children and husband.34.By the underlined sentence “It’s so easy to exist instead of to live.” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend toA. make a living rather than live a real lifeB. work rather than enjoy lifeC. waste a lot in lifeD. forget the most important lessons in life35.What’s the author’s attitude toward work?A. Do it well to serve others.B. Earn enough money to make life better.C. Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise.D. Don’t let it affect your real life.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。