浙江省临海市白云高级中学高一下册第二学期期中考试英语试题【精编】.doc

白云中学2015学年第二学期期中考试
高一英语试卷
（考试时间：120分钟满分：100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）
1. What’s the weather like now?
A. Rainy
B. Sunny
C. Windy
2. What does the man think of the weekend?
A. Excellent
B. Terrible
C. Boring
3. What time is it?
A. 7:00 pm.
B. 4:00 pm.
C. 1:00 pm.
4. Where are they probably?
A. In a cinema
B. In a stadium
C. In a library
5. Which sport is the man’s favorite?
A. Volleyball
B. Table tennis
C. Tennis
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Who is Bob Green?
A. The girl’s brother
B. The girl’s classmate
C. The boy’s brother
7. How long hasn’t the boy seen Bob Green?
A. For a month
B. For a year
C. For a week
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is Mary doing?
A. Sleeping at home
B. Having a meeting
C. Visiting man’s brother
9. Who was ill?
A. The man’s father
B. Mary’s father
C. The man’s mother
10. What is the relationship between the man and Mary?
A. Husband and wife
B. Son and mother
C. Friends
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How did they go on a trip?
A. By bus
B. By plane
C. By train
12. What can they eat for dinner?
A. Bread and milk soup
B. Potato salad and milk soup
C. Black coffee and tomato salad
13. What will the woman do next?
A. Have dinner
B. Go to bed
C. Take a shower
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Who got lost?
A. Maria and Joseph
B. Maria and Steven
C. Joseph and Steven
15. Why did they get to Grangerfield?
A. They took a wrong turn
B. They took a wrong bus
C. They took a wrong highway
16. How long did they spend coming back from Grangerfield?
A. For two hours
B. For two hours and a half
C. For three hours
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many people are there in the speaker’s family?
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
18. When did the speaker move to Madrid?
A. In 1986
B. In 1966
C. In 1944
19. Where does the speaker work?
A. In a high school
B. In a university
C. In a travel agency
20. What isn’t the speaker good at?
A. Speaking Spanish
B. Skiing
C. Speaking French
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；第小题1.5分，满分22.5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
Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life . Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It's wise to be afraid, to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn, as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.
In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:
1. Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don't risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.
2. Don't go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach, Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is no good.
Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.
3. Don't smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.
4. Work at any activity that builds muscles.
21.Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.
A. they can talk
B. they start walking
C. they have no fear of the water
D. they are five or six years old
22.The author believes that fear of water is_____.
A. stupid
B.sensible
C. dangerous
D.not smart
23.According to the passage,you should not swim alone because_____.
A.the water is too cold
B.your parents would not be happy
C.something in the water might attack
D.you might drown
B
My father was 44 and knew he wasn’t going to make it to 45. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.
Since the da y I was 12 and first read his letter , some of his words have lived in my heart. One part always stands out .“Right now ,you are pretending to be a time killer(消磨时间者). But I know that one day, you wil l do something great that will set you among the very best.” Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself . “You will do something great .” He didn’t know what would be, and neither did I ,but at times in my life when I’ve fel t proud of myself , I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask , “Is this what you were talking about , Dad ? Should I keep going ?”
A long way from 12 now , I realize he would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, though, I’ve come to believe he would want me to move on to what comes next : to be proud of , and believe in , somebody else . It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children . Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had. Our kids don’t hold back because they’re afraid to fail. They’re only afraid of failing us . They’re only afraid of failing us . They don’t worry about being disappointed. Their fear as mine was until my father’s letter is of being a disappointment .
Give your c hildren permission to succeed. They’re waiting for you to believe in them . I always knew my parents loved me . But trust me ：That belief will be more complete , that love will be more real , and their belief in themselv es will be greater if you write the words on their hearts ：“Don’t worry ; you’ll do something great .”Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.
24.We learn from the text that the author ______
A. lost his father when he was young
B. worked hard b efore he read his father’s letter
C. asked his father’s permission to believe in himself
D. knew exactly what great thing his father wanted him to do
25. What does the author tell us in the 3rd paragraph ?
A. Children need their parents’ letters.
B. Children are afraid to be disappointed .
C. His children’s fear of failure held them back.
D. His father’s letter removed his fear of failing his parents.
26. Which of the following is true of the author ?
A. He got no access to success.
B. He wrote back to his father at 12.
C. He was sure his parents loved him.
D. He once asked his father about the letter. 27．The main purpose of the text is to .
A. describe children’s thinking
B. answer some questions children have
C. stress the importance of communication
D. advise parents to encourage their children
C
There are stock markets (股票市场) in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or company. And each share means certain ownership(所有权) of a factory or company.
Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks to try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.
Of course, investing (投资) money in the stock market is not the safest way to make money.
No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down, and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.
Going to the stock market is often like gambling (赌博). All want to make money by “gambling’ in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are ready to “gamble”. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive(吸引人的) but complex part of the business world.
28. If you are a good investor, ________ in the stock market.
A. you can always make money
B. you can tell exactly when the stock goes up or do wn
C. you may sometimes lose money
D. your gambling is always safe
29. The passage mainly wants to tell us________.
A. how to buy or sell shares
B. the stock market is like gambling
C. a general idea of stock market
D. investing money in the stock market is not the safest way
30. Factories and companies are pleased that so many people “gamble” because________.
A. they can make them rich
B. they need their money to do business
C. they need more people to work for them
D. some people win and some lose
31. The word “complex” in the last sentence probably means________.
A. difficult
B. happy
C. complete
D. modern
D
F . Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:“ My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to(沉迷于) alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
32. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
33. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high prais
e.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d
B. b-e-a-f-c-d
C. f-d-e-c-b-a
D. b-f-c-d-e-a
34. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
35. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about .
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Zelda’s illness and trea tment
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题，满分15分）
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and 41 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a 42 with very little effort.
I will give 43 . A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting 44 We had been close as 45 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 46 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 47 our misunderstanding. Then he 48 a small island in the Caribbean and we 49_ touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to 50 . Rereading the letter, I was 51 by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions, These were all qualities for which I had 52 respected my older brother but 53 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so 54 .And with that one letter we became friends 55.
It might never have occurred to my brother to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no phones. For him, writing was a necessity, It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of easy communication(通讯),people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a choice. And that is to write.
41. A.received B.rewritten C.returned D.reread
42.A.record B.promise C.friendship D.secret
43.A.an example B.a lesson C.an experience D.a talk
44.A. through B.together C.along D.away
45.A.brothers B.children C.fellows D.classmates
46.A.normal B.necessary C.pleasant D.possible
47.A.deepen B.start C.express D.settle
48.A.toured B.stopped over C.reached D.moved to
49.A.lost B.kept in C.needed D.got in
50.A.think B.write C.enjoy D.read
51.A.driven B.beaten C.surprised D.honored
52.A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.once
53.A.realized B.judged C.thought D.expected
54.A.well B.often C.much D.soon
ter B.anyhow C.too D.again
第二节：根据短文内容, 从短文后的七个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.（每个1.5分，共7.5分）
How to Make Friends
Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us without a friend 71 But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.
1. Associate with others.
The firs t step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.
2. Start a conversation
Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 72 You
can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.
3. 73
Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these intere sts would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.
4. Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.
74 .The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
5. Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.75 Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.
A. Be cheerful.
B. Do things together.
C. Do not wait to be spoken to.
D. T ry not to find fault with your friends.
E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.
F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.
G. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.
白云中学2015学年第二学期高一英语期中考试答案
听力：1-5CBABA 6-10ABBAA 11-15BBCCA 16-20BBBCA
【语篇解读】本文向我们介绍了如何交朋友。

71. 【答案】E【试题解析】根据后面的“But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage.可知前面是说的一个过程对一些人说很容易。

所以选E。

72. 【答案】C【试题解析】由后面“You can always start the conversation.”可知，你要开始一个对话，所以前面应该是不要等着别人先和你说话。

73.【答案】B【试题解析】根据后面的“as these interests would always bring you and your friend together.”要和朋友在块做一些事。

所以选B项。

74.【答案】G【试题解析】前面说不要通过电话，短信或亲自拜访给你的朋友施加压力，类为这可能会使对方疲惫不堪，最后你会失去友谊，因此你要给你的朋友时间对你做出回应。

75.【答案】D【试题解析】由前面一句说要允许你的朋友们做他们自己，也就是不要对朋友太挑剔。

28—31 CCBA
One possible version
I’m glad to know that you are coming to China with your parents and spend the Mid-Autumn Day here.
The Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival with a long history in China. It falls on the 15th August of the Chinese lunar year, when people of a family get together and enjoy the dinner together. After that they eat mooncakes, which stands for the spirits of the festival—unity. Often, if the weather permits, they will go out of the house to enjoy the bright moonlight, talking about something pleasant. It is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people.
I wish you a pleasant journey and I’m sure you’ll like our traditional Mid-Autumn Day.。