江西省新余市第四中学高一英语下学期第一次段考试题(含解析)

2014—2015学年度下学期新余四中第一次段考英语试卷试卷共为四部分，总分：150分考试时间：120分钟第一部分：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. How long will the speakers have to wait for the meeting?A. 15 minutes.B. 30 minutes.C. 60 minutes.2. Why does the man want to go to America?A. To take a language course.B. To attend a conference.C. To visit some friends.3. What did the woman do at three o’clock?A. She called the man.B. She answered a phone call.C. She sent the man text message.4. When did the man plan to meet with Mr. Smith?A.12:00B. 1:30C. 2:005. Where are the speakers?A. At a bank.B. At a hotel.C. At an airport.第二节(共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What did the woman do yesterday?A. She watched a movie online.B. She was at the cinema.C. She went to a DVD shop.7. What movie will the speakers watch?A. Gravity.B. The Hunger Games.C. The new Spider-Man movie.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What’s happening to the man’s hair?A. It’s growing thicker.B. It’s getting thinner.C. It’s getting lighter in color.9. How old is the man?A. 30 years old.B. 28 years old.C. 25 years old.10. What do those action movie stars often look like?A. They cut their hair very short.B. They wear long beards.C. They color their hair.听第8段材料，回答第11至12题。

11. What does the woman want to know in the beginning?A. Where the man is going.B. Why the man comes home late.C. With whom the man is going out.12. Who is the surprise for?A. The woman.B. The man’s father.C. The man’s friends.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are French people like, according to the man’s German friends?A. Friendly.B. Rude.C. Humorous.14. How long did the woman study French?A. Two years.B. Three years.C. Five years.15. What does the woman say French people?A. They are only rude to Americans.B. They aren’t as rude as German people.C. They act differently if you can speak French.16. Which country does the man come from?A. America.B. Germany.C. France.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How old is Lorde?A. Sixteen years old.B. Seventeen years old.C. Eighteen years old.18. What happened after Lorde’s song became popular?A. She gave performance across America.B. She moved to New York City.C. She visited a royal family.19. What is Royals about, according to Lorde?A. The life of herself.B. The life of a baseball player.C. The life of rich people.20. How did Lorde choose the name for her popular song?A. She wanted to become rich.B. It was from the name of a baseball team.C. She liked reading about kings and queens.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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AMark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn't like to go to school, and he often ranaway from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times.After his father's death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer. In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.21. In his childhood, Mark Twain, ________.A. learned a lot at schoolB. his mother often worried about his safetyC. he often went swimming with other boysD. he often played games with other boys22. Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain?a. He became a miner.b. He worked as a printer.c. He got into debts.d. His father died.e. He became a full-time writer.f. He joined the army.A. a-d-b-c-e-fB. c-b-d-f-e-aC. d-a-f-e-b-cD. d-b-f-a-e-c23. In order to make a living, Mark Twain _______.A. did many kinds of workB. first worked as a printerC. wrote stories in the beginningD. joined the army after he worked in a mine24. In the later years of his life, Mark Twain _______.A. wrote many stories and earned a lot of moneyB. must have been very sad because he lost his wife and three childrenC. continued writing until his deathD. lent too much money to othersB“Happy New Year!” Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet over the next couple of weeks. But it wasn’t always January l that marked the New Year.At least 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians (古巴比伦人)marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River(尼罗河)flooded, enriching farmers’fields with silt(淤泥). This happened at the end of September.The Babylonians held a festival in spring, on March 23, to kick off the next farming cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.The date January l was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January was named after the Roman god, Janus(雅努斯). He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. That new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used until the present day.Around the world, different cultures have their own traditions for welcoming the New Year. The Japanese hang straw rope across the front of their houses to keep out evil spirits and bring happiness and good luck. They also have a good laugh as the year begins to get things started on a lucky note.In India people like to wear pink, red, purple and white flowers. Women favor yellow，the color of spring. Hindus also leave shrines next to their beds so they see beautiful objects when they wake up.Canadians enjoy the traditional polar bear swim. People of all ages put on theirswimsuits and jump into frozen lakes.25. Which ancient country has a great effect on the New Year we are celebrating now?A. Egypt.B. Babylon.C. Rome.D. India.26. What’s the main idea of the last three paragraphs?A. People in different countries celebrate the New Year in different times of the year.B. In different countries people play different games to celebrate the New Year.C. Which country has the best tradition for welcoming the New Year?D. In different countries people celebrate the New Year in different ways.27. Which ancient country’s New Year had something to do with spring and agriculture？A. Rome.B. Babylon.C. Egypt.D. India.28. What can we infer from this passage?A. Canadians like swimming in the lake to celebrate the New Year though it is very cold.B. Women favour yellow flowers in Japan when they celebrate the New Year.C. Everyone will greet each other with “Happy New Year” for several months.D. Human beings have been celebrating the New Year for no more than 4,000 years.CThink about what you had for lunch: Was it a hamburger? A chicken sandwich? Barbecue? What about vegetables? Would it surprise you to learn that what you eat can affect the whole planet?It can—in a big way. New studies show how food and its production affect the globe and its warming climate. You’ve probably heard of global warming. The temperature is on the rise because humankind has been releasing (排放) amounts of gases into the atmosphere. One of these greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide (二氧化碳).What does this have to do with food? A big part of the carbon dioxide that we put in the atmosphere every y ear comes from the process of making and eating food. The production of meat contributes a lot of that carbon dioxide. And much of meat’s contribution comes from beef, which is responsible for releasin g even more warming gases into the atmosphere.The process of making a hamburger, for example, requires a lot of energy. A cow has to be fed and raised on farmland, and cow waste is a major source of methane (沼气) —an especially powerful greenhouse gas. The cow has to be killed. The meat has to be processed (加工) and shipped to a shop, which takes fuel. Most of the cow won’t even be used for meat that people eat. By the time a hamburger finally lan ds on a dinner plate, it has made a heavy effect on the environment.We can reduce the production of global-warming gases by eating less beef. Other kinds of meat like pork and chicken do less harm to the environment—at least in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases released.All kinds of meat are harder on the planet than vegetables. To grow and eat a pound of potatoes, for example, sends less than one-quarter pound of carbon dioxide into the air. So changing our diet to less meat and more vegetables, as it turns out, may do the world some good.29. The questions asked in the first paragraph are used to _____.A. show the author’s concern about food safetyB. express the author’s puzzlement at what to eatC. introduce the topic to be discussed in the passageD. remind readers of something delicious to eat30. What is the bad news for meat-eaters?A. Most cows are raised not for people to eatB. Meat producing can cause global warmingC. There is a lot of carbon dioxide in meatD. Animals begin to die off because of global warming31. The author wrote the passage in order to _____.A. explain the importance of eating meatB. encourage people to choose a greener dietC. advise people to keep a balanced dietD. introduce some healthy foods to peopleDEating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露) to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风) within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物) were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.32. The text mainly discusses the relationship between ________.A. heart problems and fatty foodB. heart problems and exercisingC. heart problems and smokingD. heart problems and air quality33. The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means _______.A. relatively highB. extremely lowC. extremely highD. relatively low34. What can we learn from the text?A. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.B. The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking,D. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.35. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to ________.A. persuadeB. informC. describeD. entertain 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。