江苏省无锡市江阴四校2017-2018学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

江苏省无锡市江阴四校2017-2018学年高一上学期期中考试
英语试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小題；每小1分，满分5分）
1.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.On a plane
B. At an airport
C. At a railway station
2.How many chairs are needed?
A.13
B. 14
C.15
3.What is the woman going to do ?
A.Return home
B. Help the man with his paper
C. Visit her teacher
4.Why does the man apologize to the woman ?
A.He forgot to tell Mr. Smith to bring the dictionary
B.He forgot to bring the dictionary for her
C.He lost her dictionary
5.What does the man mean?
A.He dislikes Japanese food
B. He wants to eat at home
C. He will pay for the lunch
第二节（共15小題：每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面一段对话，回答第6至7两个小题。

6.What does the girl have trouble with?
A.Her math homework
B. Her physics study
C. Her English homework
7.What do we know about the boy?
A.He is good at math
B. He will call his brother later
C. He has finished his homework
听下面一段对话，回答第8至9两个小题。

8.What does the man say about Beth?
A.She will go on a trip in two years
B. She is old enough to travel alone
C. She is unhappy now
9.What is the relationship between the speakers ?
A. Husband and wife
B. Boss and secretary
C. Father and daughter
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12 三个小题。

10.What does the woman want to do ?
A.Clean the school board
B. Put up the poster
C. Organize a game
11.When may the woman call the man tomorrow?
A.At 8:00 am
B. At 8:30 am
C. At 8:00 pm
12.What does the woman suggest ?
A.They should meet in the morning
B.The man should take part in the football match
C.They should go and watch the running race together
听下面一段对话，回答第13至16四个小题。

13.Where is Mrs. White going first ?
A.The bus station
B. The railway station
C. The man’s house
14.What day is it today ?
A.Friday
B. Saturday
C. Sunday
15.Why is Mrs. White going to Washington?
A.To go on a tour
B. To attend a meeting
C. To see Tony’s grandma
16.What does Mr. Smith ask Mrs. White to do ?
A. visit his place
B. Attend a party
C. Take a message to Mr. White
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20四个小题。

17.How does the speaker go to school every day ?
A.By bus
B. By bike
C. On foot
18.How old is the speaker’s brother ?
A. 15
B. 13
C. 12
19.Where does the speaker’s father work ?
A.In a school
B. In a company
C. In a bank
20.What does the speaker’s mother do now ?
A. A clerk
B.A housewife
C. A teacher
第二部分单选（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. Helping others is a habit, ______you can learn at an early age.
A. what
B. that
C. one
D. the one
22. As an extraordinary year comes to an end, the TIME magazine is inviting readers to help ______ the person who has most influenced the world.
A. defend
B. respect
C. inform
D. select
23.—It’s useless crying over spoiled milk , ________?
—It’s better late than never. Actually, no one has expected it, ________?
A. is it; have they
B. isn’t it; have they
C. isn’t it; hasn’t he
D. is it; hasn’t he
24.— I hear that Jane has achieved great success.
— ________ and ________.
A. She has so; so have you
B. So she has; so you have
C. So she does; so do you
D. So she has; so have you
25. If things are left ______ they are, the problems will never be settled, I’m afraid.
A. how
B. as
C. which
D. what
26.The teacher along with the students ______ discussing Reading Skills that ______ newly published in America.
A. are; were
B. is; were
C. are; was
D. is; was
27.John, ______ you've passed your test you can drive on your own. But be careful!
A. even if
B. as if
C. now that
D. in case
28. In the supermarket foreign names of the products got________and I was confused about what to buy.
A. picked up
B. showed up
C. mixed up
D.fixed up
29. --Does your car require_________, sir?
--Yes, I require that it __________right now.
A. washing; would be washed
B. being washed; be washed
C. to be washed; is washed
D. washing; be washed
30. The Greens will move into the new house next Monday, ______it will be completely finished.
A. by the time
B. by which time
C. by that time
D. by this time
31. _____air pollution is no doubt one of the great challenges of our time. Everyone should do their bit for the environment.
A. Struggling for
B. Fighting against
C. Giving up
D. Working out
32. She wondered what use she could_______this opportunity.
A. make
B. make about
C. make for
D. make of
33. I wish to thank Professor Smith, without ____help I would never have got this far.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. which
34. ____the children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.
A. Devoted herself to teaching
B. Devoting herself to teaching
C. Devoting to teaching
D. Devoted to teaching
35.—Honey, I have to say I can’t go to the party tonight. I’m tired out.
— ________. Have some fun!
A. Don’t pull my leg
B. Don’t be a wet blanket
C. Don’t be a black sheep
D. Don’t give me the cold shoulder
第三部分完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I neve r thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who 36 slowest in the PE class. A few years ago, I was walking with a group of 37 in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to 38 money for the fight against breast cancer（癌）, 39 one lady caught my 40.
She was one of the weakest-looking women I’ve ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, 41 a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be 42 by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was 43 me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but 44 ---as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I 45 that in the next Race for the Cure, I’d be running along with her.
A week later, I found myself in the 46, running on the treadmill（跑步机）. Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red. I felt like my lungs were going to burst. I 47 slow down to a walk. I thought of the 48 at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little 49 each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five.
A year later, I was 50 at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I 51 with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I wondered if I’d be 52 to do it. But then, I remembered the brave woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line.
I had just 53 my first race! I 54 down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I’d never thought 55. I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And, I knew that I wanted to do it again.
36. A talked B. walked C. ran D. swam
37. A. friends B. teachers C. students D. patients
38. A. save B. use C. make D. raise
39. A. while B. when C. until D. before
40. A. breath B. hand C. arm D. eye
41. A. wearing B. holding C. pulling D. waving
42. A. turned down B. turned over C. taken over D. taken down
43. A. passing B. watching C. greeting D. calling
44. A. strangely B. determinedly C. excitedly D. anxiously
45. A. agreed B. learned C. decided D. explained
46. A. shop B. street C. park D. gym
47. A. had to B. preferred to C. got to D. liked to
48. A. prize B. survivor C. plan D. woman
49. A. earlier B. longer C. harder D. farther
50. A. even B. again C. ever D. still
51. A. fought B. traveled C. queued D. waited
52. A. likely B. eager C. ready D. able
53. A. finished B. won C. entered D. missed
54. A. calmed B. settled C. looked D. set
55. A. good B. right C. possible D. necessary
第四部分阅读理解（共15小题，满分30分)
第一节：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。

A
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we
arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
56. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American
B. a Chinese
C. a professor
D. a student
57. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
58. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant[]
59. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time
B. serious with time
C. careful with time
D. willing to spend time
60. A suitable tit le for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
B
Birthdays often involve surprises. But this year's surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.
On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. “It's very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one,” said an expert from Britain's
National Portrait Gallery.
The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image —commonly known as the “Flower portrait”—was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare's death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.
“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays,” Tarnya Cooper, the gallery's curator (馆长), told the Associated President.
The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
“There have always been questions about the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. “Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture.”
Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation and the results will come out later this month.________.
61. What makes the birthday of Shakespeare dramatic this year?
A. It was found that he painted a portrait in 1814 instead of in 1609.
B. The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.
C. Three portraits of Shakespeare are being tested to identify a real one.
D. It was found that there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays around 1818 to 1840.
62. Which statement is True according to the passage?
A. Portraits of Shakespeare are all unreliable.
B. “Flower portrait” was a portrait of Shakespeare given to Desmond Flower.
C. 1814 might be when the portrait was drawn.
D. The Flower portrait is not often used as a cover for Shakespeare's play.
63. How many methods were used to test the portrait?
A. Not mentioned.
B. Two
C. Three
D. At least four.
64. The best title for this passage is ________.
A. Birthdays often involve surprises
B. The surprise on the 441st birthday of Shakespeare
C. One portrait of Shakespeare is a fake
D. How can we know Shakespeare's appearance?
65. Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?
A. Soon we'll know which portrait is reliable.
B. Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.
C. If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.
D. For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.
C
I loved my aunt Suzy. She was such a kind old lady. I loved going to her house on holiday. She had been sick for the last few years and, though my job had taken me away across the town, I tried to visit her as much as possible. I helped with the shopping, the cooking and the cleaning and taking her pet cat Mazy to the vet.
Sad as her passing away was, what happened to Mazy was even more worrying. Because aunt Suzy had no children, there wasn’t anyone who seemed to care for her beloved cat friend. I would h ave taken her in a short time, but my apartment doesn’t allow pets. First, we talked with her neighbors. Mr. Jenkins, who was alone and lived across the street, wasn’t interested. Joe and Sally who lived next door had a small child with serious skin allergies(过敏症). My aunt’s best friend Molly who had lived just down the road was unable to take care of herself as she had serious health problems.
Second, we thought about our family members. My brother Bobby and his wife Jill were eliminated at once as they a ren’t cat people. My cousin in California was a bit interested, but we weren’t sure about the trip as Mazy was nearly as old as my aunt (in cat years!). Finally, we came to the local humane society to see whether they would be able to help her find a new home. The problem was that most people and families only welcomed a smart little cat into their home, not a dull old one.
In the end, we had to put Mazy to sleep. I had spoken with the vet and realized it was possible
for the best. It was so hard to lose aunt Suzy and then have nowhere for Mazy to live. A few months went by and I had gone to my aunt’s house to clear out some of her belongings. I happened to see her mailman. Jerry and we started to talk about my aunt when he asked about Mazy. I told him that we had to put Mazy to sleep because we couldn’t find a home for her. Jerry got really quiet. “I promised Suzy that if anything ever happened to her, I’d take care of Mazy”, he said sadly. “Suzy always said she’d told her lawyer the arrangement.”
Hearing this, my heart sank to my feet and I almost cried. The saddest part, I realized, was this all could have been avoided. I guess we were just so busy in those final months that we didn’t think about it. We could have called my aunt’s lawyer to take care of i t in less than 10 minutes. I’ll never forgive myself for not thinking of it sooner. And I’ll never forgive myself for losing Mazy.
66. To care for her aunt’s cat the writer first thought of .
A. her aunt’s neighbors
B. her own neighbors
C. her own relatives
D. her family members
67. What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Think over for a while.
B. Remove or get rid of.
C. Call somebody for something.
D. Give somebody a surprise.
68. Why didn’t the writer think her cousin was suitable for taking care of the cat?
A. Her cousin had skin allergies.
B. Her cousin disliked animals.
C. Her cousin lived too far away.
D. Her cousin was in poor health.
69. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the writer let the cat take medicine to sleep
B. most families there didn’t want to raise a cat
C. the cat was killed without pain
D. the writer’s aunt was very forgetful
70. What the writer regretted was that she didn’t .
A. try her best to care for her aunt’s cat
B. ask her aunt who would take care of the cat
C. talk with her aunt’s mailman months earlier
D. manage to find out her aunt’s arrangement for M azy
第五部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV programs and in movies. The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can learn in an easy way. Thus it is necessary for you to learn the secrets of becoming straight-A students.
Among the students we have interviewed, study times are a matter of personal preference. Some work late at night when it is quiet ,whereas others awake early. And there are still others who decide to study as soon as they come home from school when the work is fresh in their minds. All of them agree, however, on the need for study time. “Whatever I was doing, I would find some time every day for studying,” says a top student fr om New Jersey.
Being organized is another habit they share in common. McCray, an outstanding student interviewed, runs track, plays football and is in a band. “I was so busy; I couldn’t waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everythin g right where I could put my hands on it,” he says. Some students maintain two folders —one for the day’s assignment, the other for papers completed and graded. However, some students have another system, filing the day’s papers in color-coded folders by subject.
The top students also take good notes while reading the text assignment. In fact, David Cirri, another top student interviewed, uses “my homemade” system in which he draws a line down the center of a notebook, writes notes from the text on one side and those from the lecture delivered by his teacher on the other. Then, he is able to review both aspects of the assignment at once.
Just before the bell rings, most students close their books, put away papers, whisper to friends and get ready to rush out. But the top students use the few minutes to write a two-or- three-sentence summary of the lesson’s important points, which he or she scans before the next day’s class.
You can become a straight-A student by following the above secrets.
Title: Learning how to
71 straight-A students Introduction
● Mastering a few basic techniques which can be learned72
● Setting aside time for studying
● 73 different study times by different top students
● Trying to 74 more time to study, whatever they are doing. Suggestions
● To get things 75 .
● To keep everything at hand to 76 wasting time looking
for a pencil or missing paper
● To 77 different papers in different folders.
● Taking good notes
● Taking notes from the text as well as from 78
第六部分 单词拼写(10分)
81. The maths problem was too hard for me, so I s _______ it and continued with another.
82. The boss asked him for a reasonable e________ for being late or he would be fired.
83. Tom d__________ the gold medal in the speech competition as he had made so many efforts
that hardly could anybody imagine.
84. The speech contest will be held next Friday. I must make full p __________for it.
85. Smoking is f __________in our library, so if you want to, please go out.
86. After__________ (毕业) from university, he worked as a newspaper reporter.
87. He wastes so much of his valuable time __________ (聊天) on the Internet.
88. Since teenagers have difficulty __________ (平衡) these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in society.
89. Your success in passing the exam will be a great__________(满意) to your parents.
90. There are many ___________ (争论) against smoking. People who are against it say smoking does great harm to our health.
第七部分 语法填空(10分)
In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 91 Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 92 (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters （汉字）. Skilled workers also use various hardwoods and metal 93 (create) special designs.
The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 94 (use) twigs （树枝）to remove it. Over time, 95 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 96 (gradual) turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 97 lived from about 551 Conclusion ● 79 every lesson
● Summing up the lessons with a few words when classes are over
● Being able to 80 to the above secrets.
to 479 B.C., influenced the 98 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 99 (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 100 their hands.
第八部分书面表达（25分）
假如你是王平，请你代表你班同学给你们学校新来的外籍教师Mathew写一封信，告诉他大家对他第一周教学的感受，内容包括：
1．大家对他总体评价较高；
2．他具有独特的、使课堂生动活泼的方法；他知识渊博，且对学生很耐心；
3．就如何帮助英语基础薄弱的学生，向Mathew提一些建议（内容自拟）。

注意：
1．信必须包括以上内容，可以适当增加细节使行文连贯。

2．词数：120左右。

（开头已经给出，不计入总词数）
Dear Mathew,
On behalf of the students in our class, I’m writing to tell you how we fe el about your first-week teaching in our class. _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Wang Ping
【参考答案】
第一部分听力（20分）
1-5 BBCAC 6-10 ABCAB 11-15 ACABC 16-20 ACBCB
第二部分单选（15分）
21-25 CDBDB 26-30 DCCDB 31-35 BDCBB
第三部分完形填空（30分）
36-40 CADBD 41-45 ABABC 46-50 DADBB 51-55 CDACC
第四部分阅读理解（30分）
A 、56-60 BDCDD B、61-65 BCDBC C、66-70 ABCCD
第五部分任务型读写（10分）
71-80 become/be 、easily、Preferring、find/spare、organized、avoid、file、lectures、Summarizing、stick
第六部分单词拼写（10分）
81-90 skipped、explanation、deserved、preparations、forbidden、graduating、chatting、balancing、satisfaction、arguments
第七部分语法填空（10分）
91-100 and、be made、to create、using、as/when、gragually、who、development、were、with
第八部分书面表达（25分）
Dear Mathew,
On behalf of the students in our class, I’m writing to tell you how we feel about your first-week teaching in our class. All of us students think highly of your way of teaching, as you can always make your class lively and interesting. In addition, you are such a learned man that we can learn a lot from you and most important of all, you are patient with us. Frankly, you have built up our confidence in learning English well.
Some of us are still poor at English and need your help. We hope you will speak a little bit slowly so that we can understand you better. Besides, would you please spend more time with us, joining in our after-school activities so that we have more chances to practice our oral English?
If you have any difficulties in your life here, just tell us. We are ready to offer you any help.
Yours,
Wang Ping。