辽宁省鞍山市第一中学,大连市二十四中学,大连市四十八中学2015-2016学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分:听力 (共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分)做题时，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:听力 (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,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.How many people telephoned the man at the office yesterday?A. One.B. Four.C. Five.2. Why does the man come?A. To book a hotel.B. To take a flight.C. To say thanks.3. Where will the woman go first?A. To her house.B. To a bank.C. To a telephone booth.4. Which of the following best describes Bill?A. Brave.B. Generous.C. Outgoing.5. What is the man doing?A. Asking for help.B. Making invitations.C. Giving instructions.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,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段对话,回答第6、7题。

6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Boss and clerk.B. Husband and wife.C. Customer and saleswoman.7. W here is the man’s book?A. In a box.B. On the floor.C. On the bookshelf.听第7段对话,回答第8、9题。

8. Why does the man make the call?A. To report a fire.B. To order a garden pipe.C. To show anger with a neighbor.9. What will the man do?A. Get a fire truck.B. Put out the fire.C. Hold the line.听第8段对话,回答第10至12题。

10. What is the woman looking for?A. The student dormitory.B. A student apartment.C. The Student Union building.11. What is the man’s major?A. Medicine.B. Psychology.C. Business.12. What can be learned from the conversation?A. The two speakers know each other well.B. The man has just arrived in the States.C. The woman lives outside the school.听第9段对话,回答第13至15题。

13. What do you know about the man?A. He is a reporterB. He is a marathon runnerC.He is a sports coach14. Why does the man take part in this match?A. He loves this gameB. He wants to do some exerciseC. He has confidence in his strength15. What does the man think of the young people nowadays?A. They do nothing good for the healthB. They love all kinds of sportsC. They seldom watch gams on TV16. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Never stick to only one type of exerciseB. Take part in the race next yearC. Do easy movements at first听第10段独白,回答第17至20题。

17. How can you deal with an invitation?A. Ignore it at onceB. Answer it immediatelyC. Accept it anyway18. What is considered impolite when you are invited to a meal?A. Arriving earlyB. Arriving lateC. Failing to come19. Where will the hostess probably meet you when you arrive?A. In the living roomB. In the sitting roomC. At the door20. What doea the hostess plan to do after the dinner is over?A. Offer some entertainmentB. Take your coat and hatC. Express her gratitude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和D）中,选出最佳选项。

并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

AIt was my first year of teaching, and I was sinking. I could not get my middle school students to sit down and pay attention. I felt frudtrated that I couldn’t make them remember what I had just taught the day before; yet, they could easily remember every word of the new rap songs on the radio. Of coures, the other problem with this was that they would come in each day singing about violence, depression, and drug use, which worried me most.And then, one afternoon, it hit me. Instead of turning off their radio, I needed to offer thema different station. I went home, and made up a rap song about the math we were learning at the time, called “The Itty-Bitty Dot”. I practiced it all night and imagined how impressed my students would be with my cool factor with a rhyme. Early the next morning, when my class came in, I performed it for them.The results were very bad. The students laughed hysterically(歇斯底里). Not onlywere they not paying attention, but they were laughing at me as well. Later that day, I went to lunch with slow heavy steps like a big loser. And then it happened. As I walked by the lunch tables, I heard the students singing my song. It was amazing! The next day, my students eargerly ran into my classroom, saying things like, “Mr. Kajitani, are you going to rap again? Yesterday was the best day ever in math class! Are you going to be on MTV? From that moment on, everything changed. I had connected with my students on their level, using the langauage they understood to get across what I was trying to teach. By changing my approach. I got them excited to come to school, to learn, and to have me as their teacher. Their behavior improved significantly, and their test scores began to match.Then I started rapping about all the math concepts I was teaching. The songs quickly became legendary throughout the school and district, and I recorded them onto an anbum. Now teachers throughout the United States use my songs. And I have received countless e-mails and phone calls from educators telling me that, for me that, for the first time, their students love math.21. According to Paragraph I, what did the author make of the songs from the radio?A. They seemed to be good way to relaxB. They were not suitable fro his studentsC. They effectively helped him release tensionD.They made his students have an interest in math22. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?A. The songs on the radion embarrassed the authorB. The author felt hopeless about teachingC. The author was inspired by the students’ behaviorD. The author was deeply hurt by the students’ words23. According to Paragraph 4, the author’s students _______.A. treated him as their favorite teacherB. were fond of listening to the radion in classC. learned all subjects through singing rap songsD. benefited a lot from his special teaching method24. The passage mainly talks about _______.A. some powerful tools for teachingB. a creative teacher and his unique methodC. the importance of making learning interestingD. how to help students change bad behavior in classBCarmen Herrera: “Every painting has been a fight be tween the painting and me. I tend to win. But you know how many paintings I threw in the garbage? I wouldn’t have anything were it not for my husband. He didn’t have a hand in anything? But no, they say that behind every great man there is always a woman. Well, behind a great woman there is always a man. You need it, I was very lucky. You don’t decide to be an artist; art gets inside of you. Before you know you are painting, you are so surprised. It’s like falling in love.”Born in Cuba in 1915, Carmen Herrera lived in New York and Paris and eventually settled in New York where she lived till now. Through the years, she worked quietly and created a huge quantity of paintings. While living in New York in the 1950s, she made reductive, hard-edged abstractions(抽象概念) that predate the works of artists such as Lygia Clark in Brazil and Ellsworth Kelly in the US. Her works also proved her foresight as Minimalism(极简抽象艺术) and Op Art took hold in the 1960s, and with later developments in the works of American painters such as Brice Marden Agnes Martin, both of whom are represented in the collection.It wasn’t until 2004, at the age of 89, that Carmen Herrera sold her first painting; like many women artists of her generation, her works were overlooked despite her friendships and associations with great male artists like Barnett Newman. Now, however, the artist and her works are now receiving much- deserved attention in and beyond the US. Herrera’s paintings have entered the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the H irshhorn Museum, and the Tate Modern; the Walker’s acquisition(收获) is special in that.25. What does the underlined word mean in the passage?A. forgivenB. controlledC. unrecognizedD. overpraised26. What is the key to Carmen’s success?A. KindnessB. Love for familyC. PassionD. The museum’s help27. We can know from the article _______.A. Carmen Herrera was born in New YorkB. Carmen sold her first painting before 2004C. Carmen and Barnett Newman were familiarD. women artists of Carmen’s generation were respectedCFor a variety of reasons—including increased health awareness, the fast pace of modern life, and plain old consumer prefrences---- Americans have reduced purchases of many items. Here are things they’re not buying anymore.Gum(口香糖)Likely due to intense competition from mints and candies, gum sales have decreased by 11% over the past four years, the Associated Press reported. The editor said that gum-chewing doesn’t do us any favors, making us look like cows chewing our cud(反刍的食物). For humans, that’s not a good look.CupcakesWell, it seems that many of us at least have stopped buying cupcakes. It’s reported that the 65-store chain of Crumbs shut down abruptly in early July,which is widely believed as a sign that the gourmet cupcake trend isofficially dead.Razors(剃须刀)Beard-loving hipsters were blamed for the decline in razor sales last summer, and in 2014, razor giants continue to blame poor sales on the trendiness of beards. Many things have been listed as reasons why men have reduced razor purchases. The hope is that even if men aren’t shaving their faces, they might still shave one or severalother parts of their bodies.BreadAccording to one survey, 56% of American shoppers said they are cutting back on white bread. White bread was surpassed in sales by wheat bread sometime around 2006, but in recent years the gluten-free(五谷蛋白) trend has hurt sales of all breads. Sales are even down in European countries like baguette-loving(热爱长面包的人) France, where consumption is down 10%. In American restaurants, meanwhile, bread is disappearing from tables, as fewer owners want to bear the expense of offering free rolls and other breads that no one is going to eat.28. Which of the following sales decrease because of strong competitor?A. BreadB. RazorsC. CupeakesD. Gum29. The author mentions Crumbs in Paragraph 3 in order to _________.A. drwa consumers sttention to its large scaleB. speak up for cupcakes’ growing popularityC. prove that cupcakes aren’t popular any moreD. encourage people to buy cupcakes there30. What makes it hard to sell razors?A. Not enough social recognitionB. The fashion of wearing beardsC. Lake of varieties and techniqueD. Availability of other instruments31. Why do fewer American restaurants offer bread?A. To follow the recent trendB. To avoid unnecessary wasteC. To have a balanced dietD. To keep sales of all breadsDDoes your local high school have a student newspaper? Nowadays, with the developmentof technology, a social media message can instantly be sent to thousands of people.The New York Times reports that only a small minority of New York's public high schools havestudent newspapers—and many of those are published just a few times a year. A few more are online, which can leave out poorer schools.Rebecca Dwarka, an 18-year-old senior in the Bronx who works for her student paper said, "Facebook is the new way of finding out what happened. Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole in the newspaper." It makes a "whole article" sound a little like a long sentence in prison.I am not nostalgic(怀旧的) about high school student newspapers and never worked for mine. I put out what was then called an underground magazine with a group of friends because we wanted to write about peace and war without school officials warning us not to make jokes about the local officials.School newspapers are in decline, because students now "find out what happened" on social media webites, which is a little discouraging. It proves that for millions of Americans, journalism is becoming a do-it-yourself thing. Every citizen can be a reporter. When something happens, we look for social messages as soon as they flash. Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove, deny, pass on stories and express opinions without the press challenging, researching,or slowing the message.But truly good journalism is a craft, not just a blog post. It depends on not only seeing something ccarefully, but also reporting it with perspective. It uses an eye for detail to help prove a larger view. And even journalism that conveys an opinion makes efforts to be fair. If school newspapers begin to disappear, I hope there are other ways for students to learn.32. What can we infer from Rebecca’s words in paragraph?A. School newspapers are becoming unpopularB. Facebook is the quickest way of spreading newsC. She seldom reads articles in her school newspaperD. People prefer to read short articles in the newspaper33. What’s the author’s attitude to Facebook posts and Tweets?A. SupportiveB. UnclearC. IndifferentD. Critical34. According to the author, good journalism should _______.A. focus on big events in detailB. reflect the power of small voicesC. fairly convey opinions and messagesD. report facts without any personal views35. What migth be the best title for the passage?A. Every citizen is able to be a reporterB. School newspapers become endangeredC. Technologies make journalism a special jobD. Socila networking brings new benefits to newspapers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。