湖北省荆州市北门中学2019_2020学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题

北门中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷本试题卷共8页，72题。

全卷满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

第一部分：听力（共两节，20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节听下面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.On what day can the woman have the film?A. Monday.B. Tuesday.C. Wednesday.2.What does the man mean?A. Joe will be earlier than them.B. They will be earlier than Joe.C. They will save a place for Joe.3.What can we learn from the conversation?A. Nancy always forgets to turn off the light.B. Nancy likes sleeping late.C. Nancy always sleeps with the light on.4.How much does the large bag cost now?A. $5.B. $14.C. $15.5.How does Jane feel now?A. Fine.B. Confused.C. Sick.第二节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a party.B. In the street.C. In a restaurant.7.What is the weather like now?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Windy.8.Why does the woman end their talk?A. To watch a game.B. To say goodbye to a friend.C. To say hello to a friend.听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9.What do we know about the class?A. It’s just so-so.B. It’s boring.C. It’s popular.10.What will Mary do after graduation?A. Go abroad.B. Teach English.C. Learn more English.11.What are the two speakers going to do tonight probably?A. Attend a class.B. Take a test.C. Go to an English Corner.听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12.Where did the woman get the information?A. From TV.B. From the Internet.C. From a magazine.13.What are the two speakers talking about?A. How much paper is used by Americans.B. How trees are grown in America.C. How paper is made from trees.14.How many tons of paper do Americans use in one year?A. About 50 million.B. About 85 million.C. About 850 million.听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15.What is the man doing?A. Questioning about an evening school.B. Asking for information on reading habits.C. Exchanging reading experience with the woman.16.How much time does the woman spend a week reading newspapers?A. About four or five hours.B. About two or three hours.C. About seven or eight hours.17.What does the woman like best?A. Newspapers.B. Textbooks.C. Novels.听下面一段对话，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18.What kind of book is the woman looking for?A. Sociology.B. Psychology.C. Biology.19.How does the professor ensure all students can read the book?A. He persuades every student to buy one.B. He places it on reserve in the reserve room.C. He asks students to borrow it from him.20.Where can the girl read the book?A. In the library.B. In the classroom.C. In the dormitory.第二部分阅读理解（本大题共2节，共40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）AWith the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投资) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin(普通话). Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin? Some people share their opinions online.Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages. Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English?Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college. I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China. Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn’t speak English. But it is far from being fluent. Learning additional languages is a great thing, which offers a different perspective on the world around us. Nowadays, it’s almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your native tongue.George (UK): No, unless they’re taught from a very early stage of childhood. Mandarin is so difficult. If China really is going to dominate the world, it’ll have to do so by speaking the world’s dominant language---English.Sam (UK): I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. It is too difficult to learn as a second language. To learn Chinese you completely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can’t be good at it. But Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.21.What is probably Mark’s main motivation（动机）for learning Chinese?A. Further educationB. Effective communicationC. His frequent travelD. The official policy22.What does Sam think of learning Chinese?A. It’s necessary.B. It’s of little use.C. It takes too much time.D. It’s not popular.23.What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese?A. Its difficulty as a languageB. Misunderstanding about ChinaC. The great popularity of EnglishD. A lack of learning resourcesBCities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmappedwilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go — to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City — its present population is 762.24.What attracted the early settlers to New York City?A. Its business cultureB. Its small populationC. Its geographical positionD. Its favourable climate25.What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?A. Two-thirds of them stayed there.B. One out of five people got rich.C. Almost everyone gave up.D. Half of them died.26.What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?A. They found the city too crowded.B. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.C. They were unable to stand the winter.D. They were short of food.27.What is the text mainly about?A. The rise and fall of a city.B. The gold rush in Canada.C. Journeys into the wilderness.D. Tourism in Dawson.CReading can be a social activity．Think of the people who belong to book groups．They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them．Now，the website BookCrossing．com BookCrossing ．com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group．Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share． BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book．Then the person leaves it in a public place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it．Bruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，“The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read．BookCrossing combines both．”Members leave books on park benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shops．Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it．People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it．E﹣mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found．Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home．BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the“real”and not the virtual（虚拟）．The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty﹣five countries．28.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph？A. To explain what they are.B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. To stress the importance of reading.D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.29.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to？A. The book.B. An adventure.C. A public place.D. The identification number.30.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it？A. Meet other readers to discuss it.B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.C. Pass it on to another reader.D. Mail it back to its owner.31.What is the best title for the text？A. Online Reading：A Virtual TourB. Electronic Books：A new TrendC. A Book Group Brings Tradition BackD. A Website Links People through Books.DAnyone who has had a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be boring. This can be especially true of children. They may feel cut off from their friends and classmates. Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less lonely. That friend is a robot.The robot is called Avatarl (AV1). It takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in classes from wherever they are recovering. And the children's school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on their desks.A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. There are another two co-founders: Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel.Dolva explains how the robot works. She says from home the child uses an iPad or a phone to start the robot, control the robot's movements with touch, and talk through it. The child can take part in classroom activities. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras that make communicating easy. So it's the eyes and the ears and the voice of the child at school. Inside AVI is a small computer connected to a 4G network. A small camera connected to a small computer could do the job. But that would not be the same.AV1 was designed to be tough. It won't allow water to pass through it and can take a fall from a desk without damage. AV1 is large and looks like a human for a reason. Dolva says it can't be just a tiny camera because the other kids can't pick it up and take it with them. This is important because the robot is supposed to be a friend to the children.Hopefully AV1 will help some children feel less lonely while they are absent from class.32.What is the passage mainly about?A. The robot has been used widely in many fields.B. The robot can make friends with sick children.C. The robot will take sick children to take part in classes.D. The robot may help sick children feel less lonely.33.According to the passage, AV 1 may be started through ________.A. an iPadB. a cameraC. a computerD. a speaker34.What does the underlined word "tough" in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Strong.B. Amazing.C. Attractive.D. Fancy.35.Where does this passage probably come from?A. A tourist guide.B. An exhibition guide.C. A science textbook.D. A science report.第二节阅读七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）Interruptions are one of the worst things to deal with while you're trying to get work done．(36) ，there are several ways to handle things．Let's take a look at them now．(37) ．Tell the person you're sorry and explain that you have a million things to do and then ask if the two of you can talk at a different time．When people try to interrupt you，have set hours planned and let them know to come back during that time or that you'll find them then． (38) ．It can help to eliminate （消除） future interruptions．When you need to talk to someone，don't do it in your own office． (39) ，it's much easier to excuse yourself to get back to your work than if you try to get someone out of your space even after explaining how busy you are．If you have a door to your office，make good use of it． (40) ．If someone knocks and it's not an important matter，excuse yourself and let the person know you're busyso they can get the hint（暗示） that when the door is closed，you're not to be disturbed． A．If you're busy，don't feel bad about saying noB．When you want to avoid interruptions at workC．Set boundaries for yourself as far as your time goesD．If you're in the other person's office or in a public areaE．It's important that you let them know when you'll be available（有空）F．It might seem unkind to cut people short when they interrupt youG．Leave it open when you're available to talk and close it when you're not．第三部分英语知识运用（满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30.0分）When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team．That meant(41) Miller King，who was the best (42) at our school．Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out．I carried my football everywhere for(43) ．Just before September，Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm．I went to see him after he came back from(44) ．He looked very(45) ，but he didn′t cry．That season，I(46) all of Miller′s records while he(47) the home games from the bench．We went 10﹣1 and I was named most valuable player，(48) I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller′s49(49) ．One afternoon，I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller(50) going over a fence﹣which wasn′t(51) to climb if you had both arms．I′m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept(52) from．But even that challenge he accepted．I(53) him move slowly over the fence．When we were finally(54) on the other side，he said to me，”You know，I didn′t tell you this during the season，but you did(55) ．Thank you for filling in for(56) ．”His words freed me from my bad(57) ．I thought to myself，how even without an arm he was more of a leader．Damaged but not defeated，he was(58) ahead of me．I was right to have(59) him．From that day on，I grew(60) and a little more real．41. A. cheering for B. beating out C. relying on D. staying with42. A. coach B. student C. teacher D. player43. A. practice B. show C. comfort D. pleasure44. A. school B. vacation C. hospital D. training45. A. pale B. calm C. relaxed D. ashamed46. A. held B. broke C. set D. tried47. A. reported B. judged C. organized D. watched48. A. and B. then C. but D. thus49. A. decision B. mistake C. accident D. sacrifice50.A. stuck B. hurt C. tried D. lost51. A. steady B. hard C. fun D. fit52. A. praise B. advice C. assistance D. apology53.A. let B. helped C. had D. noticed54.A. dropped B. ready C. trapped D. safe55. A. fine B. wrong C. quickly D. normally56.A. us B. yourself C. me D. them57. A. memories B. ideas C. attitudes D. dreams58. A. still B. also C. yet D. just59. A. challenged B. cured C. invited D. admired60. A. healthier B. bigger C. cleverer D. cooler第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15.0分）Britney Spears is a hot （61）(sing). Every girl wants to be her because Britney (62) (have) sweet voice and perfect outlook and everyone likes her. When she was very young, she was popular around (63) world. As she got famous at an early age, she got (64) (marry) when she was 24. But the marriage turned out to be bad, and Britney and her husband had many (65) (problem), so they divorced two years (66) (late). After the divorce, Britney was like a crazy girl and was out of control, some people even saw her (67) (cry) on the street. People thought she would be lost forever, (68) Britney came back. She focused on her new album, and she (69) (become) popular again. Many of her new songs won some awards, which were the best gifts for her. Britney is a great person, (70) continues to surprise the world.第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短文改错（本大题共1小题，共10.0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。