山東省淄博市淄川中學(xué)高一英語下學(xué)期期中試題

1、第一部分 聽力 （ 共兩節(jié) , 每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分 ）第一節(jié)聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個(gè)小題 ，從題中所給的 A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選 項(xiàng)。聽完每段對話后 , 你都有 10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀 一遍。例 :How much is the shirt?A. £ 19.15.B.£ 9.15. C.£ 9.18.答案是 B1 What does the man advise the woman to do?ABuy her roommate a new mobile phone.B Find a quiete

2、r place for her roommate.CAsk her roommate not to speak loudly.2How will the woman probably go to the gallery?ABy bus.BBy subway. C By car.3Who is Jeff?A Lisa's boss.B Lisa's boyfriend. C Lisa's teacher.4 Where does the conversation probably take place?AAt a cinema.BAt a concert. CAt a r

3、estaurant.5 How many boys are there in the picture?A10.B19.C 20.第二節(jié) 聽下面5段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng) ， 并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前 ， 你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè) 小題， 每小題 5 秒鐘;聽完后 ， 各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第 6 段材料 ， 回答第 6 、 7 題。6 When did Patrick move out?A This week.BLast week.C Last month.7How did Patric

4、k feel after moving out?A Worried .B Puzzled .C Happy .聽第 7段材料 ， 回答第 8、 9 題。8 What does the woman suggest doing this Saturday?A Chatting over a cup of' coffee.B Going to the gym together.C Taking a walk in the hills.9 What does the woman think of going to the museum?A Relaxing.B Boring. C Intere

5、sting.聽第 8段材料 ,回答第 10 至 12 題。10 What does the woman invite the man to do today?A See a film.B Study together.C Attend a party.11 When will the speakers meet?AAt 4: 15.BAt 4: 45.CAt 4: 30.12 Where will the speakers meet?A At the bookstore.B At an ice-cream shop.C At the school gate.聽第 9段材料 ,回答第 13 至

6、16 題。13 Where should garbage sorting happen by 2020?A In all major cities in China.B In the urban areas in China.C In some polluted cities in China.14 What does Ms. Lee do?A A garbage collector.B A journalist.C A spokeswoman.15 What is one of Mr. Wang's solutions?A Piling the waste up in one pla

7、ce.B Burying the waste outside communities.C Having the garbage bags stamped.16 How will a garbage collector find a bag's owner?A He will see a name on the bag.B He will call a volunteer for help.C He will scan the bag with a phone.聽第 10 段材料 ,回答第 17至 20 題。17 When does the festival begin?A At the

8、 beginning of April.B In the middle of April.C At the end of April.18 Why do people splash （ v. 濺，潑） water on one another?A It drives away bad luck.B It keeps people healthy.C It brings them good luck.19 Which of the following countries also celebrates the festival?A Thailand.B India. C Turkey.20 Ho

9、w do people splash water in Myanmar at present?A More gently.B As before.C More enthusiastically.第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)， 15 小題，滿分 35 分）第一節(jié)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling all the

10、 time.Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup

11、.Turning to his daughter, he said,“ Look closer, and touch the potatoes. ” She did and no ted that they were soft. He the n asked her to take an egg and break it.After pulli ng off the shell,she observed the hard-boiled egg. Fin ally,he asked herto taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to

12、 her face."Father, what does this mean? she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity（ 逆境） the boiling water. However, each one reacted differe ntly.The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boili ng water. The egg wasfragile,

13、with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the in side of the egg became hard. However, the coffee bea ns were uniq ue. After they were exposed to the boil ing water, they cha nged the water and createdsomethi ng n ew. “ Which one do you want to be li

14、ke, ” he asked. “ When adversitykn ockson your door, how will you respond? ”In life, challe nges happe n to us all, but the only thing that truly matters iswhat happe ns with in us.21. Why did the girl complain to her father?A. Because of her hard life.B. Because of her tiring job.C. Because of her

15、father ' s busy work.D. Because of the food her father cooked.22. What can we infer from this story?A. The girl liked the coffee best.B. The father was good at cook ing.C. The girl didn ' t like the potatoes and eggs.D. Different people have differe nt react ions to adversity.23. What does t

16、he un derl ined word“ fragile ” mean in the 5th paragraph?A. thick B. easily-broke n C. strong D. hardBThe huma n brain remembers n egative experie nces more easily tha n positive on es.Our brains have developed in this way because threats, like dan gerous ani mals, have a more immediate effect on p

17、eople ' s survival compared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you clearly know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what makes you happy?Research suggests that our level of happiness is partly shaped by the choices we make. If you 've been chasing wealth, fame, power a

18、nd some material things, you may be looking for happiness in the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits can make people happier.People who own close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of our friends is not important. What matters is the quality

19、of our relationships. Relationships that bring happiness usually consist of the sharing of feelings, acceptance, mutual （ 雙方的 ） respect and trust.People who exercise regularly can improve both their physical and mental well-being. Someresearch has shown that exercise can be as effective as some medi

20、cine in treating depression.If we are so interested in an activity, we may lose track of time, and we can be in a state of flow. The activity could be playing the piano, surfing the Internet or playing a game People who experienee flow in their work or life tend to be happi er.People are more likely

21、 to be happy if they know what their strengths are and can use them regularly. People are espeeially happy when they ean set goals and use their strengths to aehieve them.People, who think positively by being grateful, mindful and optimistie, are more likely to be happy. Being grateful means being t

22、hankful. Being mindful means eonsidering, foeusing on, and enjoying the experienees of the present moment. Being optimistie means being hopeful about the future.24. Human brains remember negative things more easily beeause negative things_.A. tend to affeet human survival immediatelyB. are mueh more

23、 important than other thingsC. ean make people live mueh happierD. are easy to remember25. Aeeording to this passage, people may find happiness in_.A. being famous B. ehasing powerC. setting life goals D. earning money26. In the last paragraph, the author tries to tell us to .A. think more about our

24、 future B. be positive in our life and workC. focus on everything in our life D. only enjoy the present moment27. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?A. Why people remember positive things easily.B. Why people remember negative things easily.C. What makes people happy.D. What makes people s

25、ad.CAmerican English began in the 17th century. At the beginning of the 17th century, the English language was brought to North America by colonists （ 殖民者 ） from England. They used the language spoken in England, that is, Elizabethan English, the language used by Shakespeare.In order to exploit （開發(fā)

26、） new resources in America, British colonists settleddown there and from 1607 to 1732 set up thirteen colonies. In these thirteen areas, English was a common language used by all people. They continued to speak as they had done in England.As time went by, the English language gradually changed on bo

27、th sides of theAtlantic Ocean. Foreigners longing forwealth set foot on the coastalarea to trade.The Americans adopted many words from foreign languages and invented lots of new words to meet their commercial （貿(mào)易的 ） needs.Following American Independence, famous people like Thomas Jefferson, thepresi

28、dent, began to consider that the country should have a language of its own. Noah Webster compiled （ 編纂 ） three elementary books on English. Later, he expressed the idea that as an independent nation, America should have a system of its own in language as well as in government. After the second half

29、of the 19th century, many great writers such as Mark Twain helped the development of American English.English in America has developed a character of its own, showing the life andthe physical and social en vir onment of the America n people. Si nee the rise of theUnited States to a position of world

30、 importanee, American English has been developing and changing. There is no doubt that American English will enrich the English Ianguage greatly. With the rapid developme nt of moder n mass media and the com mon n eeds of economic, cultural and politicalexchanges, American English will be more widel

31、y usedin the world than British English.28. What can we infer from paragraph 3?A. People from the seaside were more willi ng to lear n En glish.B. The En glish Ian guage cha nged as a result of inner culture shock.C. New words occurred in America n En glish as a result of local inven ti on.D. Intern

32、 atio nal bus in ess con tributed to the developme nt of America n En glish.29. What do we know about America n En glish accord ing to the passage?A. It came into being at the end of the 17th cen tury.B. It hardly makes contributions to the development of English.C. Its developme nt has a close rela

33、ti on ship with America n people' s life.D. It has bee n more widely used tha n British En glish from the beg inning.30. What ' s the best title for the passage?A. The Difference between American English and British English.B. The developme nt of America n En glish.C. The Birth of American E

34、nglish.D. Lan guage and Busin ess.第二節(jié)（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能 填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Characteristics of an excelle nt scie ntistThe Free Dictionary defines （ 定義）a scientist as a person having professional kno wledge on one or more scie nces, especially n atural scie nee or physical scie

35、nee.31 . Let ' s look at some characteristics of an excellent scientist.Curiosity.32 . Scien tists such as Thomas Edis on and George West in ghouse discoveredthings mainly because they wan ted to know how thi ngs work. If a scie ntist does n have the drive to ask questions or even wonder, then h

36、e/she never gets to the firststage of the scie ntific process.Patie nee._33_. There are very few jobs that take Ion ger tha n this one. Even if youthink you have received some education on scienee, you still have a lot of scientific research to do. If you' re an instant -gratification（及時(shí)滿足的）type

37、 of person, thismay not be the best choice for you.Ethical （ 道德的）qualities.In order to truly discover and use kno wledge for the greater good, a scie ntistmust have a desire to improve people ' s life as well as the environment and livingthin gs, since they are all li nked and they can affect on

38、e ano ther in the long run.A scientistmust report findingshonestly regardless of personal or outside commercial（商業(yè)的）interests. Sticking to an old belief contradicted （反駁）by evidenee isdish on est.34.Work ing habits.An excelle nt scie ntist even takes no tes of the smallest observati on, keep ing iti

39、n mi nd and record ing it. _35_. He/She also n eeds to com muni cate thoughts on paperand verbally. Networking skills connect him/her with colleagues working on similar projects where he/she may discover someth ing n ew.A. Becoming a scientist takes a long time.B. An excellent scientist must be very

40、 curious about things.C. It also defi nes a scie ntist as some one who uses scie ntific methods.D. However, that belief shouldn ' t be changed wi thout powerful evidenee.E. He/She can work well alone or in groups, depending on what' s needed.F. To make discoveries in human knowledge, you hav

41、e to think differently.G. One of the main places that many scientists work in is the research laboratory.第三部分英語知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。A young man was walk ing by the lakeside whe n he sudde nly saw a piece of gold glitteri

42、ng in the lake. He was so happy that he jumped into the36to look forit. But he couldn ' t 37it however hard he tried. Being wet, dirty and tired,he had to go ashore （ 上岸）for a 衛(wèi)8一Un expectedly, after the water became39 _, the gold appeared aga in.He jumped into it aga in,40 _once aga in the gold

43、 disappeared. So he had togo ashore aga in to sit beside the41. He thought, “ Where is the gold coin inthe water on earth? I have seen it42, but how come it is that all the attemptswere made without any success? ” Driven by the_43_ to get the gold, he searchedthe water again and again, but _44_, whi

44、ch made him really unwillingto _45_.At that moment, his father came to46 him. Seeing his son wet and dirty,he asked, “What _47_? Why do you look so48_ _? ”His son answered,“I see a piece of gold coin in the water clearly, but I can' tget it 49! ”His father looked into the water and it seemed tha

45、t a gold coin was on the peaceful water. Then he looked up at the tree n earby and said to his son,“ You are 50 .Look! It ' s not a gold coin but the reflection of the metal_51_ on the tree. ”O(jiān)rdinary people are always busy52 illusory （虛幻的）things and all thesejust result from hoping for 53, whic

46、h weakens our ability to 54 right fromwrong. So we should choose the right 55 of life and learn to understand and thank everythi ng, which will help us live a happy life.36. A. waterB. forestC.bankD. air37. A. searchB. pickC. receiveD. get38. A. changeB. startC. restD. sleep39. A. dirtyB. calmC. war

47、mD. shallow40. A. soB. asC. butD.or41. A. lakeB. poolC. riverD. sea42. A. cautiously B. obviously C. possibly D. believably43. A. desire B. requestC. i nterestD. value44. A. at peace B. with purpose C. in progress D. in vain45.A. watchB. un dersta ndC. acceptD. receive46.A. look intoB. argue withC.

48、deal withD. look for47. A. cha ngedB.happenedC. matteredD. lost48.A. frighte nedB. excitedC. embarrassec1 D. delighted49.A. any wayB. mea nwhileC. in steadD. otherwise50. A. cute B. careful C. won derfulD. wrong51. A. l ying B. hanging C. grow ingD. sta nding52. A. running intoC. running after53. A.

49、 more B. littleB. look ing afterD. looking intoC. less D. fewD. tellD. resp on sibility54. A. bring B. ben efitC. stop55. A. sense B. direct ion C. role第二節(jié) （共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15 分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。My first assignment was an assistantto a famous fashion photographer, _56_ wasgoing to

50、 take photos of a model by the n ame of Wang Li. I felt57(delight)as I was to assist him. Wehad not gone far when our editor _58(call). “Be sureto finish your tas k before the deadli ne.”My colleague laughed.“ He wants us59(c oncen trate) on the time becauseI ' ve missed deadlines before, ” he s

51、aid to me.When we arrived, we found Wang Li was60_ (extreme) charm ing. She expla inedthat she expected all the photographs to be sent61her before they62 (publish). My colleague assessed the situation and announced that as this was unusualhe would have to report63 thing to his editor. Mean while he

52、would get ready.At first Wang Li was doubtful,64 when our editor rang to inform her that shewould have her 65 (photograph) before they were published, she was satisfied.第四部分寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分):不在公眾場合喧66. 第一節(jié) 應(yīng)用文寫作 滿分15分你校在剛剛結(jié)束的“文明禮儀進(jìn)校園”活動中涌現(xiàn)出很多文明現(xiàn)象，如嘩；不亂扔垃圾；不浪費(fèi)水、電、糧食；同學(xué)們之間互助友愛；課堂上精力充沛請你根據(jù)以上提示內(nèi)容，用英語寫一篇80詞左

53、右的短文，發(fā)表在你校英語報(bào)的CivilizedMann ers in Our School欄目里。開頭已給出。注：Civilized Manners in Our School文明禮儀進(jìn)校園Recen tly, our school orga ni zed an activity“ Civilized Manners in Our School ”67. 第二節(jié)讀后續(xù)寫滿分25分n 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw a beautifulbrooch（ 胸針）in a shop window thatset his heart raci ng. But the price

54、 five dollars was too high for Reuben Earle. Five dollars would buy almost a week's food for his family.Reube n could n't ask his father for the mon ey. Everyth ing his father made through fish ing went to his mother,Dora. Slim and beautiful, she wasthe cen ter of thehome, the glue that held

55、 it together. The housework was n ever-e nding, and she struggled to support their five childre n but shewas happy as her family andtheir well-bei ng were all she cared about.Nevertheless, he ope ned the shop's weathered （風(fēng)化的 ）door and went in side,Standing proud and straight in his flour sack（面

56、粉袋改做的 ）shirt and washedout trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wan ted, addi ng, "But I don't have the money right now. Can you please hold it for sometime?"I'll try," the shopkeeper smiled. "People around here don't usually have that kind of money to spe nd on t

57、hin gs. It should keep for a while."Reube n respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out.He would raise the moneyand not tell an ybody, for he thought Mum would getsurprised when she saw that brooch. On hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reube n sudde nly had an idea that he could raise money by sell ing the usednail bags（ 裝釘子的麻袋 ）.People built their own buildings in BayRoberts, usingnails bought in bags from a local factory. Sometimes the used n