2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第一次联考试题(统招班)

2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第一次联考试
题（统招班）
时间：120分满分：150分
第I卷
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。

When is the girl’s birthday?
A.May 5th.
B. May 15th.
C. May 16th.
What is the man’s hobby?
A.Taking photos
B. Listening to music
C. Collecting stamps
What did the man buy yesterday?
A.A shirt
B. A jacket
C. A sweater Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At school
B. At a stadium
C. At a hospital
What is the woman’s dancing teacher doing tonight?
She is seeing a doctor B. She is taking a flight. C. S he is attending a meeting.
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。

在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。

Where is the new cafe?
A. Next to the library
B. Near the bus station
C. Beside the park
7. How will the speakers go?
A. By bus
B. By bike
C. On foot
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What are the speakers talking about?
A.A city
B. A company
C. A shopping place
9. What does the woman like most?
A. The store
B. The supermarket
C. The sports cent
re
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why won’t the woman watch tonight’s concert?
A. She has no interest in it.
B. She saw it last weekend
C. She has no ticket.
11. Where is the woman now?
A. In France
B. In America
C. In China
12. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Do some painting.
B. Visit a museum.
C. Attend a party.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Who got the girl a skateboard?
A.Her dad
B. Her uncle
C. Her mum
Where is the girl’s box from?
A.Canada
B. Australia
C. Brazil
What is the gi rl’s favorite thing?
A.A guitar
B. A toy bear
C. A poster
What does the boy think of the girl’s bowl?
A.Strange
B. Interesting
C. Beautiful
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What age group can join the club?
A.Younger than 10
B. Between 10 and 17
C. Older tha n 17
18. When do club members meet?
A.On Monday afternoon
B. On Saturday morning
C. On S unday afternoon
19. What will club members learn to do next week?
A.Make a dish
B. Write a story
C. Build a bridge
20. What should club members bring next week?
A.Money
B. Gloves
C. Pencils
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。

A
Caroline Leavitt
Cruel Beautiful World old teacher, William, and settles in a hi llside shack in rural Pennsylvania, nea r his new teaching job. Though Lucy fe els increasingly isolated, William allow her any outlet. Leavitt draws upo n a real-
life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school. She tells her story from multiple viewpoints, building tension a nd empathy for Lucy and Charlotte as t ragedy swallows them.
Steven Price By Gaslight Price, an award-
winning Canadian poet, achieves an e xtraordinary achievement of Dickensia n storytelling in his weighty second no vel. His hero is William Pinkerton, son of the founder of the legendary detecti ve agency, who finds clues in his late f ather’s
de. This mythic thief had disturbed and upset his father. William tracks a Sha de accomplice
犯）
GeFei
The Invisibility Cloak Beijing-
based GeFei (pen name for Liu Yong) won the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Priz e for fiction
pirit of Chinese
entury. The Invisibility Cloak, his first E nglish publication, revolves around Cui , a divorced man who creates customi zed hi-
fi speakers for
and a few intellectuals.
expansion has left Cui longing for an in visible life away from the city. His chan
Tim Harford Messy The temptation to be neat and tidy ma y be powerful, but
served by embracing a degree of mes s,”
creative potential of the imperfect, crud e, random, vague, difficult, diverse and even dirty is refreshing. Reaching into the arts, politics, business, science an d technology, Harford makes a compel ling case for opening up to disorder an d luck.
21.Which author does NOT tell a story in his / her work listed above?
A.Caroline Leavitt
B. Tim Harford
C. Steven Price
D. GeFei
22. Jack is an American who would like everything to be neat and tidy. He loves reading novels with ironic humor and detec tive stories. He is going to work and live in Beijing for the next three years, and he is very curious about the place he is soon heading to. Which book will he most likely choose to read no w?
A. Cruel Beautiful World
B. By Gaslight
C. The Invisibility Cloak
D. Messy
23. This page is intended for people who want to ______.
A. buy newly-published books at a discount
B. recommend books to friends and family
C. understand the current trend in literature
D. know what books are worthwhile to read
B
In April, 1967 my brother, Harvey Cooley, met a soldier, David Lawson during basic training. In their free time, they hung out together. As the weeks went by, they grew very close, almost like brothers. However, after basic training, soldiers moved o n to advanced training. They thought they would never see ea ch other again.
One day in September, 1967, these men were both in Californ ia waiting for transport to the front. Harvey and David had an
unexpected surprise when they ran into each other. They talk ed very briefly since they had got to report in five minutes. Th ey agreed to meet after they were discharged(退
伍)from the service. Harvey wrote a brief note which he gave t o David showing the date and location they were to meet. Harvey never made it back home. He died while saving two s oldiers during enemy fire. David did not learn of Harvey’s deat h until the mid 1980s. he wrote a letter to Harvey after he retu rned home and asked if they could postpone their meeting to a later date. His letter was unanswered. David felt then that H arvey must not have made it back. He knew Harvey would sur ely have answered his letter if he had been able to.
While David was searching the internet for Information about Harvey, he found a poem dedicated(献
给) to Harvey by me. He sent me an email and told me about his friendship with Harvey and we swapped phone numbers. David called me and we talked about his friendship with Harv ey. While on the phone with David, I learned about the note H arvey had written for him. David still had the note and sent me a copy of it.
It is amazing, to say the least, that David was able to track(追查
到) me down. Even more amazing is the fact that he still had
Harvey’s note after all these years. David told me it was a joy to finally hear from Harvey through me after over forty years. What did Harvey and David decide to do after they met unexp ectedly?
Meet after they returned. B.Leave the army.
C. Write a report.
D. Go to advanced training.
25.What did David do when he didn’t hear from Harvey? .
A. He decided to meet Harvey at a later time
B. He went to the front to look for Harvey
C. He feared that Harvey had died
D. He asked two soldiers about Harvey
26. The underlined word “postpone” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. talk about
B. put off
C. attend
D. call
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Note Kept for Over Forty Years
B. Friendship Develop ed in the War
C. A Letter Never Answered
D. Two Brothers Never Se parated
C
Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only
". I live my life with the goal of never having to say those word s, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, a nd disappointment.
My father is famous in our family for saying, "Take the extra m inute to do it right. " I always try to live by the "extra minute" ru le. When my children were young and likely to cause accident s, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an "if only" moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup fu ll of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.
I don't only avoid those "if only "moments when it comes to sa fety. It's equally important to avoid "if only" in our personal rel ationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regr etted that they had lost an opportunity to say "I love you" or "I forgive you". When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him th at it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be there. B ut then I thought about the fact that he's 84 years old and I re alized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I call ed him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.
I know there will still be occasions when I have to say "if only "
about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (不测的
事) . And even though it takes an extra minute to do somethin g right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy sch edule to make a personal connection, I know that I' m doing th e right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the b est kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.
Which of the following is an example of the "extra minute" rule ?
A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.
B. Move an object out of the way before it lets someone fall d own.
C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.
D. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.
29. Why did the author decide to go to her office on Good Frid ay?
A.To keep her appointment with the eye doctor.
B. To meet her father who was already an old man.
C. To join in the holiday celebration of the company.
D. To finish her work before the deadline.
30. What can we infer from the passage?
A. It is the most important thing to avoid “if only” in our daily lif e.
B. The author must have a good relationship with her children .
C. We should buy insurance to make our life better.
D. Avoiding “if only” can make the author comfortable.
31. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Emotional Well-being.
B. The Peace of Mind.
C. The Most Useful Rule.
D. The Two Saddest Words. D
Who needs friends? According to most psychologists（心理学
家） we all do, especially nowadays when so many other asp ects (方
面 ) of modern life are changing. It seems that having friends keeps us both healthy and happy.
The number of TV series about groups of friends shows just how important friendship is to us. Psychologist Dorothy Rowe says that many of us now turn to our friends, instead of our fa milies, for advice, comfort and security. One woman named R ebecca she interviewed even told her that if she had got to ch oose between her husband and her friend, she would choose
her friend.
Since our friends mean so much to us, it is not surprising th at the happiest marriages are also friendships. "Once the rom antic stage of a relationship has passed, it is friendship that h olds people together," says Rowe. If the couple do not make s ome changes, they will either get tired of each other and brea k up or stay together and seek friendship with others.
But is friendship equally important to women and men? Acc ording to author Rhonda Pritchard, women are more likely tha n men to have close friends. "You tell a friend things that you' d never tell a partner," says one woman she interviewed. For men, friendship is usually based on doing things together rath er than the private conversations that are typical of women fri ends. Men share time and activities like building a fence or a business, running, riding a bike, fishing or watching football, b ut they don't often share their feelings.
Although many women find their relationships with a husban d or boyfriend is not enough, many men say that their partner is their best friend. Even women who are very happily married are likely to become very unhappy without a close friend and can even find the breakup of a close friendship as painful as t he end of a marriage.
Lasting friendships can provide a lot of the same support that
families provided in the past, but the perfect situation is to hav e your family there for you as well. Friendships and family rela tionships can both change, but a friend will not consider you w hen making really important decisions in the same way that a family member will.
32. What did Rebecca think about friendship?
A. All of us need friendship.
B. Friends are as important as families.
C. Her friend means more to her than her husband.
D. One need not have too many friends.
33. Why do married men or women look for friendship?
A. They are encouraged by their partners
B. They do not get what they need from their partners.
C. They are not fairly treated by their partners
D. They think their friends are more romantic.
34. What is the main difference between men’s and women’s friendship?
A. Women often do things together with friends.
B. Men often talk to their friends about work and family.
C. Women often talk about business with friends.
D. Men seldom talk to their friends about their feelings.
35.What might women do when a close friendship ends?
A. They feel as upset as when a marriage ends.
B. They share feelings with their partners.
C. They treat their partners as friends.
D. They turn to their husbands for comfort.
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.选项中有两项为多余选项.
Men and woman define（解释）
“best friend”in the same way—
a person who is always there when you need them. Your best friend is someone who shares your happiness and sadness. Many things can help establish a best friendship，
including the age of the people，
the situation in which they meet，
and how they satisfy each other’s needs. 36
A best friend makes you feel safe and comfortable. You never have to explain yourself to best friends because they underst and you so well. 37 You can cry too hard or laugh too loud a nd never worry about what they’ll think. Best friends will give y ou advice if you want it and encouragement if you need it, but they will not judge you or make you feel sorry for your behavio
r. 38 That means complete love, without any limits.
Best friends are loyal(忠
诚) and reliable. A best friend is a person who you can tell you r most embarrassing personal secrets to. 39 Best friends ca n also be completely honest with you , but in the most gentle way.
40 They love you because they want to, not because they h ave to. For many people, a best friend becomes the brother or sister they’d always wanted but never had.
You can be exactly who you are.
A best friend gives you unconditional love.
“Safety” is an important word among friends.
A best friend is somebody you call if you get a flat tire. Finally, best friends are the family you choose.
She/He won’t repeat your secrets to anyone else.
But the main themes that define a best friend are similar for m any people.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

William Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from hi s first day here, he shut himself in his own world and he never 41 to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but 42 . It seemed as if he just didn’t want to break his 4 3 .
After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the 44 Christmas collection of money for the 45 in our scho ol. “Christmas is a season of 46 ,” I told my students. “Som e poor students in our school might not have a 47 holiday. By giving a little money, you will help 48 some toys, food a nd clothing for these needy students. We will 49 the collect ion tomorrow.”
The next morning, 50 , I found out almost everyone had 51 this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down. 52 , he dropped two coins into th e small box. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a 53 vo ice.
After school I co uldn’t help sharing what had 54 in the m orning with our headmaster. “I may be wrong, but I 55 Will ard might be ready to become part of our class.”“ I am 56 to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a 57 of the poo r families in our school who most need help. Here, take a look at it.”
As I sat down to 58 , I found Willard Franklin was at the t
op of the list. At that moment, I felt I really 59 Willard for th e first time: a cold face with a warm heart. From this 60 , I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind he art.
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第II卷
第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式（不超过3个单词）。

English is a language 61. (speak) all around the world. The re are more than 40 countries62. most of the people speak
English. What's more, the number of people who learn Englis h 63. (be)more than 750 million. Everywhere in the world chi ldren go to school64. (learn) English. Most people learn E nglish for five or six years at high school. In China, most stude nts learn English at school 65. a foreign language.
In the past fifty years, English66. (develop) into the languag e most67. (wide) used in the world. English is the working la nguage of most international 68 (organization), internati onal trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese. Chinese busin essmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using Englis h. You can listen to English songs through the Internet. With s o many people 69. (communicate) in English every day, it will become more and more important to have70. good kno wledge of English.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

To a high school student like me, time is much important than money. Every day I have a lot of homework to do and textboo k to read, because I must use my time wisely. When studying, I try hard to concentrate on my studies. Beside, I can manag e to keep up with my classmates and make up for losing time.
I believe that when I look back on high school life, it would no t be a bitter memory. In the same time, I want to share with yo u a wise saying, “Don’t put it off until tomorrow what you can d o today.” Know how to spend one’s time will influence one’s fu ture.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你在美国夏令营认识的朋友Mike给你来信说他最近沉迷于电脑（Internet addiction）难以控制。

请你给他回一封信，告诉他网瘾可能会导致成绩下降、健康状况恶化、与家人产生矛盾等问题，并提出一些建议。

注意: 1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,
I am glad to hear from you._______________________________ __________________________
______________________________________________________ ______________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第一次联考试
题（统招班）
时间：120分满分：150分
第I卷
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。

When is the girl’s birthday?
A.May 5th.
B. May 15th.
C. May 16th.
What is the man’s hobby?
A.Taking photos
B. Listening to music
C. Collecting stamps
What did the man buy yesterday?
A.A shirt
B. A jacket
C. A sweater
Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At school
B. At a stadium
C. At a hospital
What is the woman’s dancing teacher doing tonight?
She is seeing a doctor B. She is taking a flight. C. She is attending a meeting.
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。

在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。

Where is the new cafe?
A. Next to the library
B. Near the bus station
C. Beside the park
7. How will the speakers go?
A. By bus
B. By bike
C. On foot
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What are the speakers talking about?
A.A city
B. A company
C. A shopping place
9. What does the woman like most?
A. The store
B. The supermarket
C. The sports centre
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why won’t the woman watch tonight’s concert?
A. She has no interest in it.
B. She saw it last weekend
C. She has no ticket.
11. Where is the woman now?
A. In France
B. In America
C. In China
12. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Do some painting.
B. Visit a museum.
C. Attend a party.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

Who got the girl a skateboard?
A.Her dad
B. Her uncle
C. Her mum
Where is the girl’s box from?
A.Canada
B. Australia
C. Brazil
What is the girl’s favorite thing?
A.A guitar
B. A toy bear
C. A poster
What does the boy think of the girl’s bowl?
A.Strange
B. Interesting
C. Beautiful
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What age group can join the club?
A.Younger than 10
B. Between 10 and 17
C. Older than 17
18. When do club members meet?
A.On Monday afternoon
B. On Saturday morning
C. On Sunday afternoon
19. What will club members learn to do next week?
A.Make a dish
B. Write a story
C. Build a bridge
20. What should club members bring next week?
A.Money
B. Gloves
C. Pencils
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。

A
Caroline Leavitt Cruel Beautiful World At age 16 Lucy is a lonely orphan living with older sister C harlotte and devoted aunt Iris in Waltham, Massachusetts. On the last day of school, she runs away with her 30-year-
old teacher, William, and settles in a hillside shack in rural Pennsylvania, near his new teaching job. Though Lucy fee ls increasingly isolated, William
Leavitt draws upon a real-
life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school. She tells her story from multiple viewpoints, building tension an d empathy for Lucy and Charlotte as tragedy swallows the m.
Steven Price By Gaslight Price, an award-
winning Canadian poet, achieves an extraordinary achieve ment of Dickensian storytelling in his weighty second nove l. His hero is William Pinkerton, son of the founder of the l egendary detective agency, who finds clues in his late fath er’s
d disturbed and upset his father. William tracks a Shad
e a ccomplice
犯）
found dead in the Thames. Also on the scene is Adam Fo ole, who is obsessed with Charlotte, who he met while ste aling De Beers diamonds from a South African mine. Price ably arranges dozens of interlinking plotlines as he spans three continents and several decades, from American Civil War battlefields to Scotland Yard at the end of the 19th C entury.
GeFei
The Invisibility Cloak Beijing-
based GeFei (pen name for Liu Yong) won the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize for fiction
irit of Chinese
y Cloak, his first English publication, revolves around Cui, a divorced man who creates customized hi-
fi speakers for
als.
visible life away from the city. His chance comes when he agrees to build a world-class sound system for a gangster （黑社会老
大）
anaan Morse, should find many fans.
The temptation to be neat and tidy may be powerful, but we would be better served by embracing a degree of mes s,”
the imperfect, crude, random, vague, difficult, diverse and
21.Which author does NOT tell a story in his / her work listed above?
A.Caroline Leavitt
B. Tim Harford
C. Steven Price
D. GeFei
22. Jack is an American who would like everything to be neat and tidy. He loves reading nov els with ironic humor and detective stories. He is going to work and live in Beijing for the next three years, and he is very curious about the place he is soon heading to. Which book will h e most likely choose to read now?
A. Cruel Beautiful World
B. By Gaslight
C. The Invisibility Cloak
D. Messy
23. This page is intended for people who want to ______.
A. buy newly-published books at a discount
B. recommend books to friends and family
C. understand the current trend in literature
D. know what books are worthwhile to read
B
In April, 1967 my brother, Harvey Cooley, met a soldier, David Lawson during basic training. In their free time, they hung out together. As the weeks went by, they grew very close, almost like brothers. However, after basic training, soldiers moved on to advanced training. They th ought they would never see each other again.
One day in September, 1967, these men were both in California waiting for transport to the fr ont. Harvey and David had an unexpected surprise when they ran into each other. They talke
d very briefly sinc
e they had got to report in five minutes. They agreed to meet after they wer
e discharged(退
伍)from the service. Harvey wrote a brief note which he gave to David showing the date and l ocation they were to meet.
Harvey never made it back home. He died while saving two soldiers during enemy fire. David did not learn of Harvey’s death until the mid 1980s. he wrote a letter to Harvey after he retur ned home and asked if they could postpone their meeting to a later date. His letter was unan swered. David felt then that Harvey must not have made it back. He knew Harvey would sure
ly have answered his letter if he had been able to.
While David was searching the internet for Information about Harvey, he found a poem dedic ated(献
给) to Harvey by me. He sent me an email and told me about his friendship with Harvey and we swapped phone numbers.
David called me and we talked about his friendship with Harvey. While on the phone with Da vid, I learned about the note Harvey had written for him. David still had the note and sent me a copy of it.
It is amazing, to say the least, that David was able to track(追查
到) me down. Even more amazing is the fact that he still had Harvey’s note after all these ye ars. David told me it was a joy to finally hear from Harvey through me after over forty years. What did Harvey and David decide to do after they met unexpectedly?
Meet after they returned. B.Leave the army.
C. Write a report.
D. Go to advanced training.
25.What did David do when he didn’t hear from Harvey? .
A. He decided to meet Harvey at a later time
B. He went to the front to look for Harvey
C. He feared that Harvey had died
D. He asked two soldiers about Harvey
26. The underlined word “postpone” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. talk about
B. put off
C. attend
D. call
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Note Kept for Over Forty Years
B. Friendship Developed in the War
C. A Letter Never Answered
D. Two Brothers Never Separated
C
Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only". I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, a nd disappointment.
My father is famous in our family for saying, "Take the extra minute to do it right. " I always tr y to live by the "extra minute" rule. When my children were young and likely to cause acciden ts, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an "if only" moment, whether it was somet。