宁夏银川一中09-10学年高一上学期期中考试(英语)

银川一中2009/20010学年度(上)高一期中考试
英语试卷
（满分120分，时间120分钟）
第一卷（共85分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
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秒中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．How did the woman read the book?
A．She read it slowly. B．She chose part of it to read.
C．She finished it without stopping.
2. What sports does the woman like better?
A. Golf.
B. Tennis.
C. Running.
3. What do you know about the price of meat?
A. It has risen everywhere.
B. It is lower in this store.
C. It is lower in other stores.
4. Why are women preferred than men in some companies according to the woman?
A. Because men are more careful than women.
B. Because men don’t like the job there.
C. Because men’s hands are too big.
5. When did the man leave college?
A. In 1985.
B. In 1986.
C. In 1988.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What makes the woman a little confused?
A. She doesn’t know the man.
B. She doesn’t know the places.
C. She is asked more than one place.
7. Where does the man want to go?
A. The post office.
B. The Middle School.
C. The police office.
8. Why does the man ask about the post office?
A. He knows it is next to the school.
B. He plans to post something there.
C. His cousin is there.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What time is it by the woman’s watch?
A. 1:50.
B. 2:00.
C. 2:10.
10. What do we know about the man’s watch?
A. It keeps right time.
B. It runs slow.
C. It runs fast.
11. How will the man deal with the watch?
A. Let it be.
B. Have it repaired.
C. Have it cleaned.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the purpose of Maria’s calling John?
A. To ask how to study law.
B. To ask about their homework.
C. To ask how to write an essay(散文).
13. What do we know from the conversation?
A. They often write essays about law.
B. They are very interested in law.
C. They feel bored with the law class.
14. What does John advise Maria to do?
A. Look up the textbook.
B. Ask the teacher for the information.
C. Surf the Internet for the information.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Buying a car.
B. Choosing a gift.
C. Using a computer.
16. What do we know about James from the speakers?
A. He likes something expensive.
B. He must be fond of learning.
C. He is about sixty years old.
17. Why do the speakers give up buying James a car?
A. Because James is too old to drive.
B. Because it is too usual for James.
C. Because they don’t have enough money.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Whom does John live with in Spain?
A. His sister.
B. His classmate.
C. His relative.
19. What is John’s first lesson in the morning?
A. Spanish language.
B. Natural science.
C. Geography.
20. What do we know about John?
A. He gets up at 7:00 a.m.
B. He has lunch at 1:00 p.m.
C. He goes to bed at 9:00 p.m.
第二部分：单项填空(每题1分，共15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. I hope, first of all, that we shall never lose _____ heart in face of _____ failure.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. 不填; 不填
D. a; 不填
22. The two sportsmen congratulated each other _____ winning the match by shaking hands.
A. with
B. on
C. in
D. to
23.In some places women are expected to earn money ______ men work at home and raise
their children.
A. but
B. while
C. because
D. though
24. The old man was the only person on the spot, so the policeman asked him to _____ the
facts as he remembered them.
A. set up
B. set down
C. put up D . bring up
25. —Peter, please don’t make so much noise.
—Pardon?
—I _____ make so much noise.
A. tell you don’t
B. tell you not to
C. told you didn’t
D. told you not to
26. Though she changed much, I _____ her at first sight.
A. knew
B. recognized
C. told
D. realized
27. Unless you change your _____ towards your studies, you won’t make any progress, I
believe.
A. point
B. idea
C. sight
D. attitude
28.You’d better _______ your score and see if you have passed the exam.
A. add up to
B. add to
C. add up
D. add
29. ---- Do you know our town at all?
-------No, this ________ the first time I _________ here.
A. was; has come
B. is; come
C. is; had come
D. is; have come
30. Mr Green asked Lily ________ she had written to her father _______.
A. whether; the day before
B. whether; yesterday
C. that; the day before
D. that; yesterday
31. Our English teacher requested that the homework _______ tomorrow morning.
A. would be handed in
B. be handed in
C. hand in
D. must be handed in
32. Mr. Black _______ Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane _______
on Sunday?
A. leaves; takes off
B. is leaving; takes off
C. is leaving; is taking off
D. leaves; is taking off
33.That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ____ to the enemies until death.
A. gave up
B. gave out
C. gave in
D. gave away
34. Yesterday she sold her car, _______she bought a month ago.
A. when
B. where
C. that
D. which
35. Tom:Mike,our team will play against the Rockets t his weekend. I’m sure we will win .
Mike:___________!
A. Good luck
B. Cheers
C. Best wishes
D. Congratulations
第三部分：完形填空(每题1分，共20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always 36 those days when she can do 37 things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of 38 . And then when she takes it home to 39 her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the 40 newspaper. When she first moved to her school, she wrote an article about how it 41 to be a new student in a new school. Her 42 article in the newspaper was about a(n) 43 from her school who had just finished writing a book.
Suzie 44 the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she 45 what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article abou
．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．t 46 she thought the school should have two short 47 a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also 48 with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校长) of the school asked everyone to have a 49 about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be 50 .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school 51 that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that 52 because Suzie wrote about her 53 in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper 54 each month, the first thing Suzie does is to 55 where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.
36. A. gets tired of B. looks forward to C. deals with D. makes use of
37. A. real B. fresh C. true D. creative
38. A. cloth B. art C. article D. picture
39. A. show B. explain C. introduce D. reward
40. A. national B. local C. school D. educational
41. A. feels B. experiences C. seems D. appears
42. A. first B. second C. last D. latest
43. A. author B. artist C. student D. teacher
44. A. told B. asked C. examined D. obeyed
45. A. described B. recorded C. shared D. forgot
46. A. why B. when C. whether D. which
47. A. classes B. breaks C. activities D. sports
48. A. discussed B. argued C. disagreed D. agreed
49. A. vote B. choice C. question D. decision
50. A. performed B. run C. achieved D. established
51. A. imagined B. expected C. decided D. requested
52. A. happened B. failed C. passed D. recovered
53. A. belief B. dream C. idea D. judgment
54. A. puts off B. puts up C. gives out D. comes out
55. A. consider B. check C. read D. place
第四部分：阅读理解(每题2分，共30分)
A
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. T hey are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-Born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas(海外)Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US. Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparent or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not the people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen.
56．What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．He wants to tell us something about “ABC”.
B．He wants to show that Chinese are well respected in America.
C．He wants to tell us some knowledge about the English language.
D．He wants to introduce the American culture to us.
57．“ABC” in this passage stands for “___”.
A．three English letters B．a kind of banana
C．Chinese born in America D．Americans born in China
58．Chinese in Western counties are called “banana person” because___.
A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C．they were born in China but go to study in America
D．they like to eat bananas
59．C.N Yang is mentioned(提到) here to show that ___.
A．American Chinese are great B．we love American Chinese
C．The Chinese can win Nobel Prizes D．American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
B
European travel will bring you a lot of fun you haven’t imagined. This li st suggests unusual itineraries(路线) for you to visit several European countries and places of interest. It is based on the themes such as history, geography, buildings, culture, delicious food, national parks, beaches, and mountains.
Central Europe
As its name suggests, Central lies between Western and Eastern Europe, and Represents not so much a geographical center as a historical one.
European Islands
Europe is a continent made up of not only different bigger countries, but also a lot of islands which lie around the continent.
Mediterranean Europe
The Mediterranean Sea gets its name fro m the fact that it is the “sea between the land”. It lies with Europe to the North, Asia to the east, and Africa to the South. It covers over 969,100 square miles and it is 2,200 miles long,
Southeast Europe
Travelers in search of historic sites, cultures and beautiful scenery should discover this European region; Southeast
The Alps
Nature creates masterpieces(极品), and the alps is certainly one of them. It is of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching some 1,200km long from the Gulf of Genoa to the Danube River at Vienna.
The Baltic states
Here’s a trip that perhaps you’ve always dreamed of but never had time to take it；Exploring the Baltic States, a region in Northern Europe including Denmark where you will visit fairy land and the hometown of the famous fairy tale writer Andersen.
The Danube(多瑙河)
Friends, we invite you to a waltz(华尔兹) on the famous waters of the Danube, the river of Central Europe. The Danube, in German meaning “to flow, run”, is the longest river in the European Union.
60．If you want to know more historic sites of beautiful scenery you’d better visit___.
A．European Islands B．Central Europe
C．Southeast Europe D．The Alps
61．The place the world-known fairy tales were based on is in___.
A．Mediterranean Europe B．Northern Europe
C．European Islands D．Southeast Europe
62．Why does the Mediterranean Sea get such a name?
A．Because of its geographical position
B．Because the sea is between two countries
C．Because there are many islands
D．Because it is very long and narrow
63．From the passage we can infer that ___.
A．the Alps is one of the highest mountains in the world
B．Europe lies to the west of the Mediterranean Sea
C．there are more island in Europe than in Asia
D．the Danube flows through German
C
All of my childhood and early adult life, my mom weighed over 220pounds(one
pound=0.454kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness.
I was never uncomfortable about my mother, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lost weight.
After more than twenty years of battling fatness, my mother completed a forceful eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was born! At age twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, a beautiful little lady under the fatness. It wasn’t so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new spirit.
To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my mother joined a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told our family that she did not care if she won—she simply had always wanted to perform on stage.
She told each of us “I’m not doing it to win: I’m doing it to dance!”
The competition was exciting! I prayed that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed(摆姿势) to perfection, her speech brought tears to everyone’s eyes, and her performance was wonderful.
That night, at age forty-three, my mother was crowned(为…加冕) “Mrs. Forty-Plus”. She was the first person in our family to ever win such a title.
64．T he first paragraph mainly shows that the author’s mom was ___.
A. experienced
B. painful C uncomfortable D overweight 65．After the author’s mom com pleted a forceful eighteen-month diet, she was about___.
A 85 kilograms
B 41 kilograms
C 130 pounds
D 90 pounds
66. In order to join a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, the author’s mom has to do the
following EXCEPT___.
A provide a dance performance
B tell a funny story about herself
C give a speech to a large number of people
D wear clothes in order to show them to people
67. The underlined part in the passage means that___.
A. the author’s mom succeeded in modeling and speaking
B. the author’s mom’s performance was very wonderful
C. the author’s mom was not successful modeling
D. the author’s mom succeeded in making a speech
D
A serious problem for today’s society is who sho uld be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual(个人的). This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions(养老金).Furthermore, some insituation should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly practical answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options(选择) have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
68. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The problems faced by the old in society
B. Why we should take responsibility for the old
C How we can improve the lives of the old
D. Where the old can go to get their pensions.
69. According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?
A. Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.
B. Increase savings levels of people during their working years.
C. Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old.
D. Make available pensions for those who have retired.
70. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.
B. Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.
C. Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people
D. There is no single solution to the problem of the old.
第二卷（共35分）
第一部分：单词拼写。

(每题1分，共10分)
A.根据首字母写出正确的单词
71. Do you know what is the o________ language of Singapore?
72. Your composition is excellent except for some s______ mistakes.
73. Time is limited, so they are d________ to deal with the problem at once.
74. ----Sherry, When shall we start our journey? I can hardly wait to set off.
----Be patient! Our group leader is planning the s________ for our trip.
75. After three years hard work, he was f________ admitted(录取) by a famous university
B.根据汉语提示用正确的单词填空
76. The larger ________ (词汇) you know, the more easily you understand a passage.
77. His ________ (固执的) character made him lose his job again.
78. All of them were all ______ (关心的) about the big earthquake in Sichuan province.
79.They found many people _________（埋）under the ruins
80.The teams were ____________(挖) those who were trapped when he got there.
第二部分：短文改错(每错1分，共10分)
Climbing is my favourite sport．I am very fond it, especially in later autumn．One day，early in the morning, my friends and I put on our sports shoes and start off．After climbing for half an hour, they got on the top of the mountain. There we had a good view for mile．To the north, a big river crossed the city. There was many ships sailing busy. A lot of beautiful trees were there, too.The sun started to go down, but it was time for us to go back. On way back, we were laughing and talking all the time. We had had a good time that day．
第三部分：书面表达(15分)
假如你是王飞，你给好友李平发一封e-mail告诉他你在十一黄金周外出的计划，内容包括：
1．父母和我决定骑自行车去附近的农村进行两日游；
2．清晨7：00出发，进行钓鱼、野餐等活动；
3．放松身心，享受自然美景；
4．晚上住在叔叔家，第二天下午返回。

要求：1. 不要逐句翻译，可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
2. 字数100－120字左右；
3．开头和结尾已经给出。

Dear LiPing,
The National Day is coming soon. We’ll take a 8-day long leave.________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Wang Fei
高一期中英语考试答案
1、听力1-5BBACA 6-10 CBAAC
11-15 ABACB 16-20 CCBAB
2、单选21—25 CBBBB 26—30 BDCDA
31—35 BBCDA
3、完型36-40 BDBAC 41-45 ABDBC
46-50 ABDAB 51-55 CACDB
4、阅读 A )56---59 A C B D B )60---63 C B A D
C )64---67
D C B A D)68---70 C D D
5、单词拼写
1. official
2. spelling
3. determined
4. schedule
5. finally
6. vocabulary
7. stubborn
8. concerned
9. buried 10. digging
6、短文改错
1. 在fond后加of
2. later ——late
3. start ——started
4. they——we
5. mile——miles
6. was——were
7. busy——busily 8. but ——and/so 9. On后加the 10. 去had
7、作文：
Dear LiPing,
The National Day is coming soon. We’ll take a 8-day long leave.
Considering about too many people in the big cities and famous sites around, our parents and I have made an agreement that we’ll go to the countryside not far away from our home to have a two-day trip by bicycle.
We are setting out at 7 o’clock in the morning on October 1. If possible, we can get there earlier to fish. My dad and I are taking different kinds of things for our picnic and I am eager for my mum’s excellent cooking outside. For so long time our family haven’t been out together. Cycling there, I can make myself completely relaxed, enjoying beautiful scenery and warmth with my parents. Besides, we can stay in my uncle’s and have a small family party there at night. We are coming back the next afternoon. If you have any plan, please let me know.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours
Wang Fei。