海门中学2010-2011学年高一下学期期中考试英语

海门中学2010～2011学年度下学期期中试卷
高一英语
第I卷(三部分，共85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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When will the meeting be held?
A. 3 p. m. , today.
B. 3 p. m. , tomorrow.
C. 2 p. m. , tomorrow.
2. What will the man do?
A. Go to Atlanta.
B. Visit his brother in Washington.
C. Pick the woman up at the airport.
3. Where is the woman now?
A. At school.
B. In Tom' s house.
C. In the community library.
4. Why couldn't the woman help the man?
A. She is quite busy right now.
B. She doesn’ t like grammar at all.
C. She is also poor in grammar.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Fashion.
B. Music.
C. A book.
第二节(共15小题；每小题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，各个小题将给出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。

6. What is the woman preparing for?
A. A visa interview.
B. A job interview.
C. An exam interview.
7. How does she feel about it?
A. Confident.
B. Hopeless.
C. Uncertain.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What’s the man’s purpose of giving the book?
A. As a gift to the woman’s schoo l.
B. As students’ textbook.
C. As a guide book to teaching.
9. When will the woman be present at the party?
A. This weekend.
B. This evening.
C. Next weekend.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why will the woman put on a show?
A. To have fun.
B. To make money.
C. To celebrate a festival.
11. What do we know about the man?
A. He often appears on the stage.
B. He acts in church every Sunday.
C. He is good at singing.
12. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Find a great singer for her.
B. Act in the musical play.
C. Help her put on a play this summer.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When did the man graduate from Sichuan University?
A. In 2005.
B. In 2004.
C. In 2003.
14. When is the man leaving for Australia?
A. This Sunday.
B. Next Monday.
C. Next weekend.
15. Where does Mr. Zhang Ping work?
A. At the ticket office.
B. In the English department.
C. At the administrative department.
16. Who will go with the woman on Saturday?
A. Her daughter and husband.
B. Her husband and son.
C. Her husband and colleague.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is Central Park?
A. Far away from Manhattan.
B. In the capital city of America.
C. Near Fifth Avenue.
18. How many people visit Central Park each year?
A. Over 25 million.
B. About 30 million.
C. Over 2 billion.
19. What do we know about the park?
A. It’s completely natural.
B. It’s a man-made park.
C. It charges for tickets.
20. When was the Central Park created?
A. Over 50 years ago.
B. Over 115 years ago.
C. Over 150 years ago.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Because of _______ high demand for Type O blood, _______ supplies of it available in blood
banks are usually limited.
A. a; the
B. the; the
C. /; the
D. /; /
22. Many people agree that there has never been a more splendid opening ceremony than _______
of the Guangzhou Asian Games in history.
A. one
B. that
C. which
D. this
23. My uncle now teaches French in a famous domestic university, who _______ in Paris for 6
years.
A. have lived
B. had lived
C. was livin g
D. lived
24. —Bad luck. They didn’t offer the job to me.
—_______ You’ve been well prepared for the interview.
A. So what?
B. What if?
C. How come?
D. Guess what?
25. _______ difficult the task may be, we must finish it on time, because we can’t m iss _______ a
precious opportunity．
A. Whatever; so
B. However; such
C. However; so
D. Whatever, such
26. Though the teacher had tried to make the problem easy _______, still Lily and her partner
were at a loss.
A. understood
B. understanding
C. to understand
D. to be understood
27. Listening attentively in class and reviewing in time _______ a sure way to improve your
learning, and this is especially true _______ it comes to standard tests.
A. are; when
B. is; when
C. is; while
D. are; as
28. — How long do you think it will be _______ the USA recovers from the losses of the financial
crisis?
— Perhaps four or five years.
A. when
B. since
C. that
D. before
29. What a table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is _______ it is long.
A. not half as wide as
B. wide not as half as
C. half not as wide as
D. as wide as not half
30. In my opinion, _______ matters is not one’s looks, but one’s inner thoughts.
A. that
B. it
C. what
D. this
31. It is hard to say what kind of person he is. Sometimes he is very friendly; at other times he
_______ be very cold.
A. can
B. must
C. will
D. shall
32. With everything _______ properly, the project is surely to progress smoothly as planned, step
by step.
A. arranging
B. having arranged
C. arranged
D. to be arranged
33. “The house _______ go to the daughter, not the son, according to the will of the father.”
declared the judge.
A. may
B. should
C. must
D. shall
34. Buses have routes. They _______ and _______ people at different places on the routes.
A. take on, get off
B. pick up, drop off
C. take up; take off
D. pick out; drop out
35. The manager promised to keep me _______ of _______ our business was going on well.
A. informed; whether
B. informing; how
C. informing; whether
D. informed; how
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Childhood curiosity（好奇）can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the 36 . He loved to read and often needed to 37 the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended 38 of his nonstop reading habits was that he even 39 at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to 40 him that, on certain social 41 , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school 42 give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so 43 , and he always wanted to win. And he often 44 . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so 45 . He didn’t just want to learn about 46 things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped 47 his curiosity in every way. 48 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the 49 , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the 50 exists somewhere. All you have to do is 51 it.
Bill remains as much of a 52 today as when he was a child, and he seems to 53 everything he reads. He’s often 54 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He 55 reads at the dinner table, though —which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.
36. A. school B. office C. library D. museum
37. A. return B. store C. talk D. pick
38. A. advantage B. discovery C. explanation D. consequence
39. A. play B. read C. study D. laugh
40. A. convince B. promise C. warn D. advise
41. A. issues B. services C. occasions D. duties
42. A. could B. would C. should D. might
43. A. sincere B. crazy C. positive D. competitive
44. A. went B. failed C. did D. proved
45. A. curious B. confident C. diligent D. excellent
46. A. simple B. past C. any D. some
47. A. protect B. develop C. examine D. follow
48. A. Until B. If C. Though D. Because
49. A. teacher B. newspaper C. partner D. dictionary
50. A. person B. book C. answer D. matter
51. A. find B. use C. tell D. ask
52. A. speaker B. reader C. maker D. user
53. A. imagine B. believe C. create D. remember
54. A. eager B. afraid C. careful D. sure
55. A. now and again B. at all time C. no longer D. just now
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
When I was nine years old I lived in a small town. I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to myself I could do this. I begged my mother to let me send for the kit (配件). Two weeks later the kit arrived. The next three hours later, I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money shouting, “Mama, all the people couldn’t wait to buy my cards!” A salesperson was born.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Ziegler. I remember sitting in the dark hall listening to Mr. Ziegler raise everyone’s spirits up to ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything. Wh en we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to make people feel like that.” My father asked me what I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Ziegler,” I replied. A dream was born.
Recently, I began pursuing（追求）my dream of motivating others. I realized that everything I had accomplished —the graduate degree, the successful sales career, speaking appointments, training and managing for a major fortune 100 company as a senior manager— had prepared me for this moment. I told my boss who was a great leader I would leave the company though I might not reach such a height in career. He told me to proceed（进行）and he believed I would succeed.
Having made that decision, I was immediately tested. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job. We had recently bought a new home and needed both incomes to make the monthly mortgage (抵押) payment and now we were done to no income. I even planned to turn back to my former company, knowing they wanted me to stay but I was certain that if I went back, I would never leave. I decided I still wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of “if onlys” later on. A motivational speaker was born.
When I held fast to my dream, even during the tough times, the miracles（奇迹）really began to happen. In a short time period my husband found a better job. We didn’t miss a mortgage payment. And I was able to book several speaking appointments with new clients (客户). I discovered the incredible power of dreams. I loved my old job, my workmates and the company I left, but it was time to get on with my dream. To celebrate my success I had a local artist paint my new office as a garden. At the top of one wall she marked, “The world always makes way for the dreamer.”
56. Why was the kit sent for?
A. Selling greeting cards.
B. Collecting greeting cards.
C. Buying greeting cards.
D. Sending greeting cards.
57. When did the author decide to become a motivational speaker?
A. After buying a new home by mortgage.
B. After giving notice to leave her safe position in the company.
C. After finding a job in a major fortune 100 company.
D. After listening to Mr. Ziegler’s inspiring speech.
58. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. She was once an excellent manager.
B. She left her post at the height of her career.
C. She was not sure whether the former company could accept her.
D. She didn’t miss paying the monthly mortgage payment.
59. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?
A. Carry on with your dreams and you will be successful.
B. Risk everything you have for a dream and you will succeed.
C. The world belongs to dreamers.
D. Everyone will find their dreams.
B
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60. Where do whitewater rafting tours start?
A. Travertine Falls
B. Peach Springs
C. Diamond Creek
D. Grand Canyon West
61. We learn from the passage that _______.
A. Hualapai River Runners provides dry clothes
B. you will get $20 back if you are dissatisfied
C. the trip is free of charge for children under 2
D. online booking has a better offer all year round
62. What is the purpose of the passage?
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B. To explore the Hualapai culture
C. To explain how to make a rafting trip
D. To i ntroduce the history of the Colorado River
C
ARLANDA, Sweden (Reuters Life!) --Many people hate the idea of having to sleep on a plane. But Swedish entrepreneur（企业家）Oscar Dios thinks they can be persuaded otherwise and he has created a new kind of hostel（旅社）to prove it.
Dios says it is the world’s first Jumbo jet hostel, an actual jet-plane at Sweden’s main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25-room guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.
“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I’ve been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings,”he told Reuters. “I thought, ‘ Why not a plane?’”
Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday, giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.
“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull(外壳)--it’s just really, really tight.”
The jet, which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines, was taken out of service in 2002. It is held on a concrete（混凝土）foundation with the landing gear（着陆装置）secured in steel cradles.
One feature of the hostel is its price--a room starts at 350 Swedish crowns (about $ 41 ), which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.
Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane’s more luxurious honeymoon suite (套房).
Instead of walking down the aisle（过道）in the church, lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk,” where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip. The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.
But in some respects, this hostel remains a plane--most customers have to share the jet’s nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess clothes. The only room that has its own bath-room is the honeymoon suite.
63. One of the features of the plane hostel is that _______.
A. customers can sleep in comfortable rooms
B. air hostesses can offer good service
C. the staff can have a “wing walk”
D. a wedding ceremony can be held on the wing
64. We can learn from the text that _______.
A. the hostel lies at Arlanda airport in Stockholm
B. the jet plane was out of use for over six years
C. every hostel room is $ 41 per night
D. the hostel provides nine bathrooms for customers
65. The underlined word "tight" means _______.
A. crowded
B. tense
C. small
D. full
66. The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. introduce a new kind of hostel
B. prove people can sleep on a plane
C. describe a wonderful place for weddings
D. call on people to make use of the deserted things
D
Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.
By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic (逻辑) behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.”
Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this becomes a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now.
Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.
Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem, why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.
Write rs don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.
67. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Way on How to Write
B. Increase Your Brain Power through Writing
C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing
D. How to Start Your Writing
68. According to the text, writing can help you a lot in the following ways EXCEPT ______.
A. the increase of your brain power
B. the ability to remember
C. the development of your interest in study
D. the better understanding of a topic
69. The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in the fifth paragraph implies that ______.
A. you are already successful
B. you still need to work hard
C. writing can help you walk half way
D. writing is important to solve problems
70. What’s the main purpose of the writer writing the text?
A. To advise readers to start their writing.
B. To explain the importance of writing.
C. To persuade readers to become writers.
D. To increase readers’ brain power.
第II卷（四部分，共35分）
第一部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据课文内容填入适当的词。

Beijing, China successfully hosted the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. We began to learn more about the history and (71) ________ of the honourable games.
The ancient games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years from 776 BC to AD 394. At that time, by (72) ________ the athletes were all male and they had to complete (73)________ no clothes. Single women were allowed to take part in their own (74)________ at a separate
festival in (75)________of the wife of the Greek good Zeus.
In 1896, the (76)________Olympic flame restarted to be lit in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who made important contributions to the activity. After 32 year’s (77)________, the People’s Republic of China returned to the Games and played an important role in them. In Beijing 29th Olympic Games Chinese athletes made glorious achievements and won the most gold (78)________.
The Olympians from all over the world brought joy to people across the world with their (79)________ to push the (80)________ of human achievement.
第II卷（四部分，共35分）
第一部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
71. _______________ 72. _______________ 73. _______________ 74. _________________ 75. _______________ 76. _______________77. _______________ 78. _________________
79. _______________ 80. ________________
第二部分：单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据首字母或汉语意思，在句中填入适当的词。

1. English is made up of the grammar and vocabulary brought to Britain by people from different countries and c____________.
2. The last few years have seen many d____________ in and out of China, from earthquake to drought, even to nuclear radiation (核辐射).
3. Old English c____________ of Celtic, and the languages of the Angles and the Saxons, which once conquered Britain, and the Vikings.
4. … Now the flame has been lit. The 2008 Olympic Games have ____________(正式地) started.
5. The Normans, who d____________ England and take control of the country in 1066, made the most contributions to Middle English.
6. The twins are so alike that we have much difficulty in d______________ one from the other.
7. They have kept a close a_____________ with a college in the US in order to obtain the latest result of the experiment.
8. The child asked his Grandma, “How much is twelve m____________ by five?” She answered quickly, “Sixty”.
9. The book is too difficult! I’m afraid I won’t be able to read it. Do you have a copy that has been ____________ (简化)？
10. They took him to court for questioning the existence of the Greek gods and for
_____________ (腐化、堕落) the young people of Athens.
第三部分：句子翻译(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据括号内的要求翻译句子。

1.他们必须更新设备，否则将无法与其他大公司竞争。

（update, otherwise）
_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________2. 约翰的表演比山姆好是因为他做过一年的学校体操队队员。

（in that）
_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________3. 据说，每天喝八杯水对你的健康有好处。

（It is said that…, per）
_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________4. 当我在城里漫步时，我看到保持原样的街道，沿路都有垫脚石。

（as it is, with…）
_______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________5. 在节日那天，孩子们可以捉弄那些拒绝给他们糖果的邻居。

（play tricks on）
_______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
第四部分：短文翻译(满分5分)
随着经济和科学的发展，广告已成为我们日常生活中的重要组成部分，广告通常用词汇和图片来说服人们去购买某种产品或服务，或者相信某一观点。

广告主要有两种形式，商业广告是一种人们为了推销某种产品或服务而花钱做的广告；另一种是公益广告，往往免费投放，其目的是就健康、安全或者其他影响到公共利益的问题对人们进行教育。

每当谈到广告时，我们要运用自己的智慧，而不要成为其奴隶。

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Refer ence key to the Mid-term Examination for Senior One
听力1-5 CAACC 6-10 ACACA 11-15 CBCBA 16-20 ACABC
单项选择21-25 ABDCB 26-30 CBDAC 31-35 ACDBA
完形填空36-40 CADBA 41-45 CBDCA 46-50 DBBDC 51-55 ABDAC
阅读理解ADCA BCA DBCA BCDA
任务型阅读
71.significance 72.tradition 73.wearing 74aaapetition 75.honour
76.contemporary 77.absence 78.medals 79.attempts 80.boundaries
单词拼写
1.cultures
2.disasters
3.consisted/consists
4.officially
5.defeated
6.distinguishing
7.association
8.multiplied
9.simplified 10.corrupting 句子翻译
1. They have to update their equipment. Otherwise, they won’t be able to compete with other
corporations.
2. John plays/performs better than Sam in that he was in/on the school gymnastics team for one
year.
3. It is said that drinking eight glasses of water per day is good for your health.
4. When I walked around the city, I saw streets just as they had been, with stepping stones along the road.
5. On the day of the festival, children can play tricks on the neighbours who refuse to offer them sweets.
短文翻译
With the development of the economy and science, advertisements have become an important part of our daily life, which use words and pictures to persuade people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea.
There are two main types of advertisements. A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. Another type of advertisements is a PSA, which is meant to educate people about health, safety, or any other problems that affect public welfare.
When it comes to ads, we must all use our intelligence and not be a slave to them.。