下学期高一期中考试英语试卷(考试版)

下学期高一期中考试
英语
（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。

回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）
做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19. 15.
B. £ 9. 18.
C. £ 9. 15.
答案是C。

1. When does the woman usually have breakfast?
A. Around 7:00.
B. Around 8:00.
C. Around 9:00.
2. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Study for a test.
B. Help with her work.
C. See a movie with her.
3. What does the man think of the goalkeeper?
A. Important.
B. Weak.
C. Skilled.
4. What does the woman decide to do this afternoon?
A. See a movie.
B. Look after a shop.
C. Buy a pair of glasses.
5. What do the speakers talk about?
A. A neighbor.
B. A baseball game.
C. Health services.
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。

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6、7题。

6. What musical instrument does the man’s sister play?
A. The violin.
B. The guitar.
C. The piano.
7. What does the man mean in the end?
A. The woman plays the guitar well.
B. The woman sings better than him.
C. The woman has little talent for music.
听第7段材料，回答8、9题。

8. What problem does the boy from Haiti have?
A. He was sick yesterday.
B. He didn’t pass his English exam.
C. He has difficulty communicating with others. 9. How does the woman feel about the boy’s progress?
A. Excited.
B. Surprised.
C. Calm.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Brother and sister.
B. Schoolmates.
C. Teacher and student.
11. What makes the woman find it difficult to study at Oxford?
A. The learning style.
B. Large classes.
C. Heavy work.
12. What has the man been encouraged to do at school?
A. Answer questions.
B. Give opinions.
C. Memorize a lot.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How much does the man have to pay to join the club?
A. £1.50.
B. £2.
C. £5.
14. Why does Video Club hold a meeting?
A. To send out a list of films.
B. To introduce films from abroad.
C. To collect information on popular films.
15. What films are most people interested in?
A. American films.
B. British films.
C. Australian films.
16. How will the man get the form?
A. He’ll have it by post.
B. He’ll pick it up himself.
C. He’ll get it from the club’s website.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why is the speaker giving this talk?
A. To welcome new students.
B. To invite students to a party.
C. To correct the mistakes on invitations.
18. What will be held to welcome new students?
A. A lunch party.
B. A dancing party.
C. A dinner party.
19. How long will the party last?
A. About three hours.
B. About four hours.
C. About seven hours.
20. What does the speaker say about Smith Street?
A. It is very long.
B. It is under repair.
C. It is crowded.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Challenge Escape Rooms Wednesday, Apr 3, 11:00 am $8.00 — $12.00
Challenge Escape Rooms is a fun, interactive game that requires quick thinking, communication and teamwork. This is a game unlike anything you have played; you and your teammates get locked in a completely themed room for one hour and try to escape the room by using only the materials inside. You will have to complete puzzles and find hidden clues throughout the room in order to succeed.
The Underwater Bubble Show Friday, Mar 29, 8:00 pm $10.00
Kids and families are invited to dive into an underwater fantasy world Friday during "B-The Underwater Bubble Show". The interactive musical uses technology to create a magical bubble kingdom.
Jedi Academy Saturday March 16 at 11 am
First 100 Adult Tickets sold online are only $12.50 at . Free Children’s Tickets have been distributed to area elementary schools, pre-schools, day care centers, fast food, and convenience stores.
During this comedy variety show, little Jedi Warriors, Princesses and Darth Vaders will feel empowered to discover the great Force within their hearts.
Garden Bros Circus Monday, Mar 25, 3:30 pm $8.00
The Most Epic Show on Earth!
This year’s show is packed with breathtaking special effects, concert style sound and lighting and 3 RINGS bursting with excitement, laughter and memories that families will always treasure. The very best performers from over 22 countries make up this action jammed, fast paced 100-minute performance in a Theatrical European 3 RING setting, featuring the Chinese Acrobats(杂技演员), Daring Aerial Artists, Racing camels performing with the largest and smallest horses on EARTH, Jugglers as seen on America’s Got Talent, not enough room to list anymore!!!
KIDS FUN ZONE: ride an elephant, a camel, a circus horse, a giant slide, or a bouncy house and the whole family can get their face painted like Spiderman. Come hungry because there’s plenty of food.
21. Which event needs the participants work together to enjoy?
A. Challenge Escape Rooms.
B. The Underwater Bubble Show.
C. Jedi Academy.
D. Garden Bros Circus.
22. When can the young join in an event for free?
A. On Wednesday, Apr 3.
B. On Friday, Mar 29.
C. On Saturday March 16.
D. On Monday, Mar 25.
23. What can we learn from the event Garden Bros Circus?
A. It lasts over two hours.
B. It’s aimed at family and kids.
C. It is the cheapest of the four events.
D. Its performers are from more than 100 countries.
B
Even though they are only 8 and 5 years old, the Carrico sisters knew something about wilderness survival, having been trained through 4-H, according to the Humboldt County officer. They may have put those skills to use after getting lost during a walk in the woods on Friday afternoon looking for a deer track. Once the girls failed to return to their Benbow home, located in Northern California’s region covered with rocks near the South Fork Eel River, a rescue operation was launched.
Two nights passed while a 250-person-strong crew, including dog teams, assisted in the effort to find them. Then by Sunday morning, tracks left by the boot-shod girls led rescuers to the sisters gathered together closely, safe, under a bush. "How they were out there for over 44 hours is pretty amazing," said William Honsal at a Sunday news conference, where the sense of relief was evident and media attendees applauded and shouted "good job" to rescuers. "This is an absolute miracle."
Leia, 8, and Caroline, 5, were near Richardson Grove State Park, known for its towering redwoods and wildlife, including bears and mountain lions that have been known to wander there. After realizing they were lost, the girls chose to stay and drink water from huckleberry leaves, officials said, "They were dehydrated(脱水的). They were cold, but they were well," Honsal said, adding that they suffered no apparent injuries and were in good spirits. They were reunited with their family on Sunday morning and were checked out at a medical center. Honsal said the focus was on getting them hydrated, fed and warm again. "We have so many of these kinds of efforts that end up in tears and tragedy, and today we can all shed(流) tears of joy," Humboldt County 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell said at the news conference.
24. For what were the sisters lost?
A. They avoided walking on the rocks.
B. They were trying to find marks of a deer.
C. They escaped from being attacked by a bear.
D. They checked on their skills in wilderness survival.
25. How long did the sisters stay lost in the park?
A. Less than 40 hours.
B. Nearly three days.
C. Almost two days.
D. Nearly a week.
26. How were the sisters when they were found?
A. They were alive but unconscious.
B. They were injured seriously.
C. They were safe and sound.
D. They got separated from each other. 27. What can we learn about the rescuers according to the words Fennell said?
A. Their efforts always can’t pay off.
B. They often get injured in their work.
C. They feel uncertain about their result.
D. There are less volunteers involved in their work.
C
When you feel like everyone around you is having more fun and spending more time with friends, it can make you feel bad about yourself — even if it’s not true. A study published by Whillans and her colleagues on Thursday found that 48 percent of college freshmen in their second semester at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver believed that their friends had made more friends than they had since school began. 31 percent felt the opposite.
"Since social activities, like eating or studying with others, tend to happen in cafes and libraries where they are easily seen, students might overestimate（过高估计）how much their friends are socializing because they don’t see them eating and studying alone," says Frances Chen, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor in the UBC psychology department.
A second, smaller study they published at the same time indicates that feeling left out made the students pretty unhappy. This was surprising, Whillans says, because many high-achieving people —i.e. the ones most likely going to college —believe they’re better equipped than their peers to handle challenges. But when peers appear to be doing better socially, that can contribute to feelings that there’s something wrong with us.
Greg Walton, a psychologist at Stanford University, studies how to correct the belief that we are alone in our fears of being left out. His work focuses on helping minority students who are underrepresented(代表性不足) in STEM fields to overcome their own fears that they don’t belong, and has showed that doing so helps them improve academically and healthwise. He says Whillans’ study indicates that a lot of people could benefit from things like having older students share stories of how they felt left out socially as freshmen, or encouraging teachers to put criticism of students’work in a more positive way, he says, "Everybody starts in different places. It’s critical (in college) to explore and find new communities and places and new ways to develop. Sometimes that goes faster and sometimes that goes slower."
28. What did the first study by the professor Whillans find?
A. Less college freshmen feel lonely.
B. Less college freshmen don’t like entering a college.
C. More students believe their friends are more social.
D. More students think their friends’ school began later.
29. What does Frances Chen think of students’ loneliness?
A. It is out of control.
B. It is common among students.
C. Many students can handle it.
D. It leads to more social activities.
30. What does the underlined word "This" in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Students like being left alone.
B. People don’t like going to college.
C. Students feel upset about missing out.
D. Students believe they’re better off than their friends.
31. What does Walton suggest students do to fight against feeling lonely?
A. Quit their university and find another.
B. Improve themselves and leave it behind.
C. Be more critical to what happens around them.
D. Communicate more about it with their teachers.
D
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into direct current electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
One of the biggest drawbacks to wear a smartwatch is how often you have to take it off to charge it. But here’s an idea. How about charging it with a power source that’s present everywhere nowadays: Wi-Fi? "Wi-Fi signals are all around us and most of them are just wasted." Xu Zhang, an electrical engineer at MIT, writes in the journal Nature. He and his colleagues describe a device, called a "rectenna", designed to catch energy from Wi-Fi signals — and turn it into direct current electricity.
The rectenna consists of a small gold antenna(天线) —about the size of an SD card —which translates a variety of
wireless signals —Wi-Fi and Bluetooth —into an AC signal(交流信号). Next, a three-atom-thick layer of molybdenum disulfide( 二硫化钼) changes that AC signal into usable DC electricity. That layer is called a rectifier(整流器). Hit it onto the antenna, and the result is the "rectenna."
The device is flexible and, using typical home Wi-Fi signals, it spits out about 40 microwatts. Enough to light up a simple LED display or power a biosensor. It’s not enough juice for power-hungry smartwatches and smartphones just yet. But Xu Zhang says their next goal is to build an array of rectennas to power larger devices.
The scientists also predict a smart city where buildings, bridges and highways are decorated with tiny sensors to monitor their structural health, each sensor with its own rectenna, so it never goes dark. "We can in some sense bring intelligence to almost every object around us, and that can enable universal sensing." Because a "smart city" becomes a lot less intelligent when it runs out of juice.
32. Which of the following is the biggest disadvantage of wear a smartwatch?
A. Monitoring its accuracy.
B. Improving Wi-Fi signals.
C. Removing and charging it.
D. Wasting too much energy.
33. What is the rectenna made up of?
A. An antenna.
B. An SD card.
C. A Bluetooth.
D. A thick layer of Wi-Fi.
34. What will Xu Zhang and his team focus on next?
A. Enlarge the new device.
B. Build a smart city.
C. Invent the tiny sensors.
D. Develop a series of the devices.
35. What do the scientists think of the "smart city"?
A. There the rectenna has a promising future.
B. Its buildings need repairing constantly.
C. It is powered by those tiny sensors.
D. Its citizens enjoy juice very much.
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。

From the moment you book your tickets, use this guide to ease your mind and your passage, so you’ll touch down rested, relaxed, and ready for anything.
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For a calmer journey, fly off-peak — that’s Wednesdays, followed by Tuesdays and Saturdays, according to FareCompare, a site that tracks ticket prices from more than 500 airlines. After booking your flight, visit to find spots with more legroom, power outlets, and other amenities.
Get organized
37 —and a portable charger, if you have one, and place snacks in a carry-on bag. Ideal foods are homemade no-bake travel bites made from high-fiber foods and healthy fats; apples, and nut butter. 38 , so you won’t have to give up that bottle of chocolate milk you were so going to take pleasure in drinking.
Find a spot to relax
Once you have any extra snacks you might need to score — go for cheese sticks, whole food bars, and roasted chickpeas — look for a yoga, or quiet room in the airport for some joyful moments before you board.
39 , consider shopping or browsing the bookstore, nursing a green juice or smoothie at a café, or getting a massage or other express spa service before heading to your gate.
Go for a stretch
You can help avoid blood clots(凝结) and even swollen ankles by pointing and flexing your feet every so often and getting up to pace every half-hour to an hour. While you’re up, take turns bending your knees and rising up onto your toes to boost circulation throughout the legs. 40 .
A. Book smartly
B. If your airport is not so tolerant
C. Don’t always book the family together
D. Consider checking for the latest security restrictions
E. If you’re easy to clots, consider taking a mild blood thinner
F. The night before your trip, finish packing, check in online, charge your cellphone
G. Sitting in tight quarters for hours and hours leads to swelling in your feet and ankles
第三部分语言知识运用（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My 9-year-old daughter cornered me in the kitchen. "Daddy, I want a pet rat." Barbara held on with reasonable 41 about how she would take care of the 42 herself and how she would 43 responsibility by doing so.
I didn’t want a rat, yet that didn’t seem to be the right 44 for this situation, given the way Barbara had so maturely made her strong 45 . So I gave her the classic parent 46 . "Let me talk to your 47 about it." My wife didn’t let me down. She came up with the idea that Barbara could prove her 48 and responsibility by researching some basic 49 we had about rats: How much do they cost? What care do they need? The task might 50 her and we could move on to 51 pets, such as goldfish.
52 , she searched out the answers and even took detailed notes. My wife 53 . I drove Barbara and her 6-year-old brother, Edvin to the pet store and Barbara 54 picked out a baby rat. "I can’t believe I have a rat of my own after a year of 55 !" She said.
"It wasn’t your begging," I told her. "You made a 56 case for getting a rat. We wanted to 57 that."
"Dad?" Edvin immediately 58 . "Can I get a pet lion?" He quickly 59 five reasons why a lion would make a good pet.
I may have learned something about flexibility with the rats, but I had not 60 my ability to reason. "No."
41. A. development B. arrangements C. treatment D. arguments
42. A. goldfish B. rat C. lion D. cat
43. A. learn B. discuss C. remind D. explain
44. A. bond B. cause C. response D. signal
45. A. case B. habit C. guess D. attempt
46. A. advice B. comfort C. answer D. praise
47. A. sister B. mother C. brother D. teacher
48. A. happiness B. willingness C. weakness D. loneliness
49. A. situations B. suggestions C. inventions D. questions
50. A. surprise B. embarrass C. discourage D. inspire
51. A. traditional B. personal C. natural D. metal
52. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. However
53. A. apologized B. failed C. agreed D. waited
54. A. curiously B. immediately C. hardly D. occasionally
55. A. begging B. comparing C. consulting D. planning
56. A. mature B. strong C. wise D. rigid
57. A. correct B. deliver C. reward D. celebrate
58. A. questioned B. defended C. recommended D. asked
59. A. referred to B. went through C. turned down D. laid out
60. A. recovered B. missed C. lost D. represented
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many of us experience multiple queues on an average day. If they move 61 (quick), they’re soon forgotten. But a slow line can seem to last forever and can put a drag on an entire day.
What separates a good queuing experience from a bad one, however, 62 (be) not just the speed of the line. 63 the wait makes us feel and line fairness (nobody likes line-jumpers) can have a 64 (great) impact on our perception of a queue than the amount of time we spend in it.
"A wait is a psychological state," Don Norman, 65 director of The Design Lab at UCSD, said. "In that way, it’s a matter of design, of 66 (try) to understand the psychology of the people waiting but also their boredom and frustration. It requires a human-centered design view, from the points of view of both the people doing the servicing 67 the people waiting in line."
"Putting 68 (mirror) next to elevators is a way to distract people for a minute or two so 69 (it) can adjust their ties or their hair and make sure they’re looking great," Richard Larson, a queuing theory expert and professor, said. "You can do something 70 (reduce) the complaints even though the duration of the wait remains unchanged."
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题l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，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

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。

I live in a apartment building near my school. Some of my classmates live nearby and we are closely friends. We frequently meet for a relaxed chat in the evening or go for a walk, and I enjoy his company. Sometimes we play badminton or football in the field nearby. Occasionally, my mother calls on at the neighbours next door and I go along with her to visit my friends. It was good to have neighbours but they can help us if an emergency arises and keeping us company when we are lonely. I am grateful my friendly, helpful and kind neighbour.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是校英语报编辑李华。

你报将针对交换生举办主题为"读中文经典，学中文语言（Learning Chinese through Reading Chinese Classics）"的征文竞赛。

请你给英国交换生Peter写一封电子邮件邀请他参加竞赛，内容包括：
1. 活动时间（5月6号至12号）；
2. 活动要求（参加人及作品）；
3. 活动形式（作品发到邮箱，由评委评出优胜者）。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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