云南省玉溪市峨山彝族自治县第一中学高一英语下学期期末考试试题

峨山一中2014-2015学年下学期期末考高一英语试卷第1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）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Which of the following does the man like best?
A. The scenery.
B. The characters.
C. The story
2. What will the woman do this weekend?
A. Relax at home.
B. Visit the manager.
C. Work on her project.
3. How will the weather probably be tomorrow?
A. Rainy.
B. Cloudy.
C. Fine.
4. What does the man plan to do?
A. Go to Mr. Brown’s office.
B. Leave a message.
C. Call back later.
5. Where are the two speakers most probably?
A. In the countryside.
B. In a big city.
C. In a noisy town.
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答6~7题。

6. Why doesn’t the woman want a try?
A. She has taken another job.
B. She is not interested in the job.
C. She wants someone else to take it.
7. What do we know about Jenny’s job?
A. Its pay is dissatisfying.
B. It keeps Jenny very busy.
C. It is easy but too boring.
请听第7段材料，回答8~9题。

8. What does the man help Mrs. Brown do?
A. Baby-sit for her.
B. Clean the house.
C. Look after her mother.
9. What does the man want to do?
A. Buy a birthday present.
B. Buy a Mother’s Day present.
C. Buy a Women’s Day present.
请听第8段材料，回答10~12题。

10. What kind of person is Mary?
A. Humorous and popular.
B. Pretty and humorous.
C. Pretty but boring.
11. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes making friends.
B. She likes telling jokes.
C. She seldom laughs.
12. What is the third tip given by the man?
A. Learn to laugh.
B. Laugh in bad situations.
C. Spend time with fun people.
请听第9段材料，回答13~16题。

13. When should the man have arrived home?
A. At 6:00pm.
B. At 6:30pm.
C. At 7:00pm.
14. Why does the man come home late?
A. He was st uck in traffic.
B. He had a traffic accident.
C. He helped two accident victims.
15. What did the doctor do?
A. He immediately called 911.
B. He moved the man to his house.
C. He performed first aid on the drivers.
16. How does the man feel now?
A. Tired.
B. Thirsty.
C. Starving.
请听第10段材料，回答17~20题。

17. What was the speaker doing when he saw the elderly woman?
A. He was running on the street.
B. He was walking home down a street.
C. He was walking towards the supermarket.
18. Who called 911 for the elderly woman?
A. The speaker.
B. A young man.
C. A young girl.
19. What happened when the speaker was performing first aid?
A. Two doctors came and helped.
B. The woman’s knees began to bleed.
C. The woman walked to a bench by herself.
20. What can we know about the elderly woman in the end?
A. She went home alone.
B. She was taken to hospital.
C. She learned some first aid.
第2部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第1节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting.
I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it.
I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.
'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'
21. The passage is a _______.
A. letter
B. autobiography
C. guidebook
D. story
22. I was in a _______.
A. photo
B. cinema
C. place
D. letter
23. Who sit behind me in the text?
A. A young man and a young woman
B. A young man
C. A young woman
D. The actors
24. Why I looked at the man and the woman angrily?
They are too________.
A. rich
B. poor
C. noisy
D. big
25. The time maybe is_________.
A. at noon
B. in the aftern oon
C. in the morning
D. at night
B
On the wall in my mother’s bedroom there was a photo, which showed a soldier with a gun. Below the photo was the word “Speaking”.
“Who is that soldier called Speaking?” I asked one day.
“He was Harold.”She said. “He was my only brother. When the Second World War began, Harold was eighteen. I was twelve then, and my sisters were ten and nine”.
Harold liked to play with us, and we often quarreled. When we quarreled, we said：“We’re not speaking to you.” But before long we were all happy again, and then we said: “I’m speaking now. Are you speaking to me? ”
“When the war broke out, Harold joined the army. A month later, he came to see us. He brought the gun to show us. Then he went miles away to the war. We didn’t see him for three years, three long, empty years. We didn’t often hear from him. But one day in May there was a loud bang（砰）on the front door…”
“I ran to open it. It was Harold! He was an old Harold, a thinner Harold. He looked at me with his two green eyes and smiled. That smile was just the same as before, then he
said one word: ‘speaking’.
“I didn’t…I couldn’t…answer I just fell into his arms and he dropped his gun. He stayed with us for a month. We played all our old games again. Then he went back to the war, and ne ver came back again. So I wrote the word on the photo.”
26. How old was the storyteller when Harold came back for the last time?
A. Thirty-five
B. Eighteen.
C. Fifteen.
D. Twenty-one.
27. When Harold came back home .
A. he changed a lot except for his eyes and smile
B. he made a shoot in front of the door
C. his sister could hardly recognize him
D. his sister had another quarrel with him
28. Harold never came back again because .
A. he didn’t want to speak to his sister any more
B. he died in a battle
C. his sister had not answered him when he came back
D. he went far away to the war
29. Why did the mother hang the photo in her bedroom?
A. She did not want to keep a memory of her childhood.
B. It could awake her unhappy memories.
C. It gave her some memories of her brother and sisters.
D. She hung it there in memory of her brother.
30. Did the mother love her brother?
A. Yes,she love.
B. No, they always quarrel.
C. Love when they were young.
D. Love when they were old.
C
1. They asked Nasreddin his age.
`Forty.' he replied.
`But Nasreddin, when we asked you your age ten years ago, you gave the same answer!'
`That's my word, and I stick with it.' Nasreddin said.
2. One day Nasreddin and his wife were eating dates. Nasreddin's wife noticed that Nasreddin was eating the dates with their seeds.
`Why are you eating the dates with the seeds?' she asked.
`Because when the grocer sold them to me, he weighed them with the seeds.'
31. What do you think the word “they” refer to?
A. some people we do not know
B. some people we know
C. his wife
D. the seeds
32. How old was Nasreddin?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. We do not know.
33. What is a date?
A. a kind of drink
B. a kind of fruit
C. a kind of wood
D. a kind of grocer
34. Why did Nasreddin eat the seeds?
A. They are delicious.
B. They are healthy
C. The grocer asked him to eat the dates with the seeds.
D. No correct answer.
35. Nasreddin was ________.
A. lazy
B. industrious
C. foolish
D. clever
第2节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从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。

Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 36 Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. 37
You will want to take notes while reading a textbook. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective(有选择的) process. 38
The following methods may work best for you.
●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and
supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
● 39
● Note any questions o r ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, be sure that you understand your symbols. 40
A. Use words not complete sentences.
B. There is 1 practical note-taking method.
C. You must write your notes on paper.
D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
E. Third, note-taking helps you to hold your interest.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to write in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
第3部分英语知识运用
完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about 41 in work and life. Offering his 42 coffee, the professor went to the kitchen an d 43 with a large pot of coffee and a 44 of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to 45 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have 46 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been 47 , leaving behind the plain and 48 ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best fo r yourselves, that is the 49
of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup 50 adds no quality to the coffee. 51 it is just more expensive and in some cases 52 hides what we drink.” “ 53 all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, 54 you consciously w ent for the best cups…. And then you began 55 each other’s cups.”
Now consider this: 56 is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 57 are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the 58 of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 59 to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups 60 yo u … enjoy the coffee instead.
41. A. stress B. dream C. sorrow D. truth
42. A. friends B. customers C. fellows D. guests
43. A. carried B. returned C. arrived D. reached
44. A. kind B. variety C. sort D. deal
45. A. devote B. expose C. help D. addicted
46. A. searched B. witnessed C. noticed D. learned
47. A. taken up B. brought in C. sold out D. cut down
48. A. expensive B. cheap C. beautiful D. crystal
49. A. point B. answer C. source D. result
50. A. it B. its C. itselves D. itself
51. A. At no time B. At times C. In no case D. In most cases
52. A. ever B. even C. never D. hardly
53. A. What B. It C. Which D. Whether
54. A. but B. so C. and D. for
55. A. had eyed B. eyed C. eyes D. eyeing
56. A. Love B. Life C. Future D. Failure
57. A. They B. We C. You D. What
58. A. quantity B. style C. quality D. standard
59. A. have B. hesitate C. forget D. fail
60. A. force B. drive C. puzzle D. amaze
第4部分语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Dr. Yuan ____61____ (be) quite satisfied with his life. However, ___62____ doesn't care about being famous. He feels ___63____ gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his ___64____ (hobby). He enjoys ___65____ (listen) to violin music, playing mahjong, ___66____ (swim) and reading. Spending money
on ___67____(him) or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believes ___68____ a person with too much money has more rather than ___69___(few) troubles. He therefore gives millions ___70____ yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.（Dr. Yuan指袁隆平博士）
第5部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第1节：短文改错(10分)
下面短文中共有10处错误。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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、每处错误仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I think that travelling is a good way to learned about the world. And I like very much. There are many kind of transport to choose from when travelling. We may neither take a plane or on feet. As for me, I prefer to ride a bike. There are a good many advantages of travelling by a bike. I think it is not only cheaply, but also help us take exercise. Had compared with other forms of transport, riding a bike causes less pollution, and is better of the environment.
第2节：书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫李华，请根据下列信息完成短文，介绍中国的春节。

春节活动
参考词汇:
中国农历 Chinese lunar calendar
春节 The Spring Festival
亲戚朋友relatives and friends
鞭炮 firecracker
词数 80—120
峨山一中2014-2015学年下学期期末考高一英语试卷答案
听力ACBCA ABABA CCACC CBCAB
阅读理解DBACD CABDA ADBDC GEFAD
完形填空ADBBC CABCD DBAAD BACDB
语法填空61. is 62. he 63. it 64. hobbies 65. listening
66.swimming 67. himself 68. that 69. fewer 70. of
短文改错
71. 把learned改为learn 72. 在like后加it
73. 把kind改为kinds 74. 把neither改为either
75. 把feet改为foot 76. by a bike去掉a
77. 把cheaply改为cheap 78. help改为helps
79. Compared前had去掉 80. of改为for
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival falls on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar. It’s China’s New Year’s Day. Before the festival, people usually give their house a thorough cleaning and do a lot of shopping. On New Year’s Eve, each family will gather together eating, talking and watching TV for almost the whole night. And there will be some interesting programme s on TV. On Lunar New Year’s Day and the few days to follow, people often visit their relatives and friends to give one another their best wishes for the new year. Throughout this festival period firecrackers can be heard everywhere. This festival is the most important one for the Chinese.
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