【期中试卷】河北省2015-2016学年高一英语下学期期中试题

2015-2016学年高一第二学期期中考试英语试卷满分：150分；时量：120分钟。

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

注意事项：1.答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将目己的班级、姓名、考号填写清楚。

请认真核准考号、姓名和科目。

2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。

第Ⅰ卷 (选择题满分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）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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When will the man take the operation?A. At 8:30.B. At 9:00 .C. At 10:00.2. What does the woman think of the boy’s paper?A. It’s original.B. It’s unfinished.C. It’s difficult.3. Where are the speakers?A. In an office.B. In a bank.C. In a street.4. What did the man want the woman to do last night?A. Text him an address.B. Wait for his messages.C. Go to a party with him.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A musician.B. A bookC. An experience.第二节（共15小题，每题1分，满分15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。

听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How does the man probably feel now?A. Regretful.B. Frightened.C. Disappointed.7. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Do well in the exam.B. Never disappoint his father.C. Learn a lesson from his experience.听第7段材料，回答第8、第9题。

8. What's the man like?A. He is shy.B. He is sociable.C. He is confident.9. Why does the man think will probably make Sarah’s parents shocked?A. His clothes.B. His hair style.C. His job.听第8段材料，回第答10至l2题。

10. What does Laura look like?A. She has dark black hair..B. She is tall and slim.C. She has blue eyes.11. What's Laura going to do next September?A. Take part in a competition.B. Trave l to New Zealand.C. Attend university.12. What does the woman invite the man to do?A. Travel around Africa..B. Go to a movie tomorrow.C. Study Creative Writing with her.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man going to do?A. Go to a drugstore.B. Have dinner.C. Take a subway.14. What causes the man’s trouble?A. His poor expressions..B. His lack of experience abroad.C. The differences between l anguages.15. Where is the drugstore according to the woman?A. On the first floor.B. On the second floor.C. On the fifth floor.16. What do we know about the man?A. He found the toilet easily.B. He doesn’t speak English well.C. He drives on the left of the road in his country.听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。

17. How was Baylis’s radio powered?A. By electricity.B. By batteries..C. By hand.18. What does the speaker say about the mobile phone invented by Baylis?A. It is powered by people’s walking.B. It contains a small battery in itself.C. It is produced in South America.19. What is the educational background of Baylis?A. He majored in engineering at university.B. He doesn’t have a high level of education.C. He is a high school graduate.20. How did Baylis gain his ideas?A. He worked hard for them.B. They came to him by chance.C. Other people inspired him a lot.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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ADoctor and Robber（劫匪）One night about nine o'clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon (外科医生), had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun. The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock. A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.It was after two o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before. The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands."MR. Cunningham," said Dr. Haydon to the man, "This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy."21. Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because________.A. the boy wounded by a shot was Dr. Eyck' patientB. the boy needed his helpC. Dr. Haydon was not a surgeonD. Dr. Eyck was his assistant22. The surgeon was late because________.A. he was stopped by a beggarB. the weather was rather terribleC. Clens Falls was far away from AlbanyD. His car was taken away23. Choose the right order of the events given in the story.a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.c. The boy shot himself.d. The boy died.e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.f. Dr. Eyck was robbed (抢劫) of his car.A. c, e, f, a, b, dB. a, c, f, d, b, eC. c, a, f, e, d, bD. a, c, f, e, d, b24. The boy died because________.A. he was too far away from hospitalB. Dr. Haydon didn't do anything to save himC. Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in timeD. something was wrong with Dr. Eyck's car25. Who should be responsible for (对……负责) the boy's deathA. The boy's father.B. The hospital.C. Dr. Eyck.D. Dr. Haydon.BGetting around in Canada is fairly easy. Most cities have urban transportation systems, including buses, streetcars, and trains, and some of the larger cities also have subways.You can board these systems at regular stops along their routes. Some let you pay with cash while others require tickets. If you don't have a ticket for the bus, you must pay with the correct amount of money. This is because the driver does not carry any change. If you plan to stay in a city for a long time, you may want to buy a monthly pass or a package of tickets to save money. You can buy subway tickets at any subway station.If you have to take several buses or subways for a single trip, you do not need to pay money each time. Simply ask the driver for a transfer (换乘) ticket, or take one from the machines on the subway platform.If you are not sure where to board the bus or the streetcar, just ask someone or follow the crowd. People can usually only board at the front of the bus where you show your pass to the driver. When using public transportation, Canadians line up. First come, first serve, is a common approach to many activities in Canada, and it is considered to be extremely rude to cut in any line.Maps of routes and schedules are usually available from the public transit (运输) company in your area, and there is also a telephone information line. You may ask someone for the name of the transit company in your area, and then look it up in the telephone book.26. What is this passage mainly about?A. How to use public transportation in Canada.B. How to save money when traveling.C. Where to find subways in larger cities.D. How public transit companies work.27. If you pay the bus fare in cash, _____.A. you may be given some changeB. you can exchange money with the driverC. it might cost you a little moreD. you must have the exact amount of money28. By buying a monthly pass or a package of tickets, you can ______.A. take a bus whenever you wantB. go wherever you likeC. save moneyD. find comfortable seatsCWhat Is a Harvest Festival?Harvest Festival is a celebration of the food grown on the land. In England, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times(异教徒时代). We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as “Harvest Festival”, usually during the month of September.Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them. This makes them want to share with others who are not so fortunate. In schools and in churches, people bring food from home to a Harvest Festival Service. After the service, the food that has been put on display is usually made into parcels and given to people in need.When Is Harvest Festival?Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon. This is the full moon which falls in September, about Sept. 23. Unlike the USA and Canada, the UK does not have a national holiday for Harvest Festival.History of Harvest Festival—Traditions and CustomsHarvest Festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the Harvest season on 1 August and was called Lammas, meaning “loaf Mass”. Farmers made loaves of bread form the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church. They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest. The custom ended when Henry VII broke away from the Catholic Church, and nowadays we have harvest festivals at the end of the season.Farmers celebrated the end of the harvest with a big meal called harvest supper. This was rather like a Christmas dinner, but as turkeys were unknown at that time, a goose stuffed(填充) with apples was eaten. Goose Fairs are still held in some English towns, but geese are no longer sold.The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in church as we know it today began in 1843.29. We can infer from the text that _____.A. Harvest Festival is celebrated on August 1 today in Britain.B. Harvest Festival is the most important festival in Britain.C. Traditional festivals are sometimes affected by politicsD. Harvest Festival will be celebrated only when the harvest is good30. During Harvest Festival people used to _____.A. sing, pray and decorate churchesB. enjoy eating geeseC. eat turkeys stuffed with applesD. have harvest supper for days31. What is the text mainly about?A. Introductions to the British Harvest Festival.B. The colorful life in the countryside.C. Some activities for weekend breaks.D. Unknown stories about British history.DHow many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you might see the Moon, some planets, and thousands of sparkling stars.You can see even more with a telescope. And with bigger and bigger telescopes you can see more and more objects in the sky. And you can see those objects in more and more detail.But scientists believe there are some things in the sky that we will never see. We won't see them with the biggest telescope in the world, on the clearest night of the year.That's because they're invisible. They're the mysterious dead stars called black holes.You might find it hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our Sun is a star. Year after year we see it up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly doesn't seem to be getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years.As a star's gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gas runs out, the star stops burning and begins to die.As the star cools, the outer layers of the star pull in toward the center. The star squashes into a smaller and smaller ball. If the star was very small, the star ends up as a cold, dark ball called a black dwarf (黑矮星). If the star was very big, it keeps squashing （塌缩） inward until it's packed together tighter than anything in the universe.Imagine if the Earth were crushed until it was the size of a tiny marble. That'show tightly this dead star, a black hole, is packed. What pulls the star in towardits center with such power? It's the same force that pulls you down when you jump--theforce called gravity. A black hole is so tightly packed that its gravity sucks ineverything--even light. The light from a black hole can never come back to your eyes.That's why you see nothing but blackness.So next time you stare up at the night sky, remember: there's more in the Skyt han we can see! Scattered in the silent darkness are black holes--the great mysteryof space.32. According to the article, what causes a star to die?A. As its gases run out, it cools down.B. It has a collision（碰撞）with other stars.C. It can only live for about a million years.D. As it gets hotter and hotter, it explodes.33. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Black holes are dead stars.B. Black holes have gravity.C. Black holes are invisible.D. There is nothing as mysterious as a black hole.34. What happens AFTER a star dies?A. It becomes invisible.B. It falls to Earth.C. It gets cold with less gravity.D. It becomes brighter andeasier to see.35. Why can't you see light when you look at a black hole?A. Because most black holes are so far away.B. Because th e gravity of a black hole is so strong that it sucks the lightinward.C. Because as the star's gases burn, it stops giving off heat and light.D. Because as a star cools, its outer layers pull in toward its center. 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。