英語卷2017屆第二中學(xué)、一中高一下學(xué)期期中考試2015

二中麻城一中2014-2015學(xué)年度下學(xué)期期中聯(lián)考

高一英語試卷

命題學(xué)校：

二中命題教師：孟紅生審題教師：宋

時(shí)間：2015年4月24日上午7:40-9：40 試卷滿分:150分

(20×1.5′＝30′)

第一部分：

第一節(jié)

聽下面5段

。每段

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)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段

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

僅讀一遍。

1.Whendidthealarmclockring?

A.At6o’clock.

B.At7o’clock.

C.At8o’clock.

2.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodo?

A.Openthedoor.

B.Letthemanin.

C.Openthewindow.

What’stheprobablerelationshipbet

Taxidriverandpassenger.

Driverandconductor.

nthespeakers?

C.

sandsecretary.

WhereisJimmynow?

Inaho .

B.Athome.

C.

helab.

5.Whatwillthewomandofortheman?

A.Washhisclothes.

第二節(jié)

B.Gethimawallet.C.Takehimtothestore.

聽下面5段

或獨(dú)白。每段

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

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，各個(gè)小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

Whycan’tthewomanconcentrateonthebook?

She’sworriedabouttheseminar.

或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

B.Theman

C.Shelacks

erruptsher.

erestinit.

7.Whatisthewoman’spresentmajor?

A.Psychology.

B.Philosophy.

C.English.

聽第7段材料，回答第8至9題。

Whatdoesthemanwanttodo?

Helpthewomanwithherwork.

Haveatalkwiththewoman.

C.Gooutwiththewoman.

Whatwasthewomanaskedtodo?

AddsomepagestoherEnglishp

r.

B.HandinherEnglishp

C.WriteanewEnglishp

rnextFriday.

r.

聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。

10.Wha

ppenedtotheman?

Hewascaughtbythe

Helosthiswatch.

Hewasattacked.

11.Whoisprobablythewoman?

A.Theman’swife.

man.

B.A

woman.

C.Theman’sworkmate.

12.Howdidthemangotoworkyesterday?

A.Bybus.

B.Bycar.

C.Bybike.

聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

13.Whatisthemangoingtodothisevening?

A.Dosomereading. B.Hosthisfriends.

C.Dosomewashing.

14.Whatdoesthewomanplanto

ntheevening?

A.Stayathome.

B.Holdadinn arty.

C.Haveadrinkwiththeman.

heman’sopinion?

C.Takesomeexercise.

15.Whatshouldthewomandoonthe

kend

A.Havefun.

B.Haveagoodsleep.

16.WhendoesthewomanusuallygetuponSaturday?

A.At11:00.

B.At10:00.

C.At9:00.

聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

17.Whosepetdogwastheonein1918?

A.Adoctor’s.

B.Asoldier’s.

C.ADorothy's.

18.WheredidDorothygotolearnabouttheguidedogs?

A.America.

B.Germany.

C.England.

19.Howlongdoesittaketotrainalittledogtobeaguidedog?

A.Over2years.

B.14months.

C.4months.

20.Whatwillthelistenersdonext?

A.Teachdogstobeguides.

B.

roducetheirpetdogs.

C.Visitthecenter.

第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

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)。

A

Thesciencefictiontypeofenterta

Verne(AJourneytotheCenteroftheEar

entisconsideredbymosttobefatheredbyJules

ndTwentyThousandLeaguesUndertheSea)andH.

G.Wells(TheTimeMachineandTheWaroftheWorlds).Sci-Fi,asitiscommonlyshortened,isa

fictionalstoryinwhichscienceandtechnologyhaveasignificantinfluenceonthecharactersandplot.Manysuchworksareguessworkaboutwhatthefutureholdsandhowscientificfindingsand

technologicaladvan

willsh

hum

ind.

Writinginthelate1800s,JulesVernewasremarkablysuc sfulinhis10guessesabout

futuretechnologiesofairconditioning,automobiles,the

ernet,

evi

,andunderwater,air,

andspacetravel.Unbe vably,ofallpla

Florida,USAasthelaunchingsiteoftheawayfromtheactual1969locationatC

fromwhichtochoose,JulesVerneguessedT

a,

projecttotheMoon,whichwasonly200kilometers

Ca

al,Florida.

Oneofthebest-knownsciencefictionbooksisNineteenEighty-FourbyGe

eOrwell.Published

in1949,itwasnotmeantasaprediction,butasawarning:Orwellwasdescribingwhathesawasthe

eoftheideas,trends,andemergingtechnologiesofhistime.Manyinventedtermsfromthis

novelhave

ecommonineverydayuse,suchas“bigbrother”and“doublethink”.Eventhe

author’snamehasbeenmade

oanadjective—Orwellian—andhas

eawarningdescriptorfor

essacrificeunderatotalitarian( 主義)

osixty-fivelanguageswithinfiveyearsofits

situationswhereprivacyislostandtheindividual

ernment.NineteenEighty-Fourwastranslated

publication,settingarecord

tstillstands.

Whathelpsbringsciencefiction

obeingisusuallyanewdiscovery.Theauthorcreatesan

ysisofthepotentialinfluenceandconsequen

andthenwrapsitinapleasantstory.For

ex

le,thebeginningofspaceexplorationwasfollowedafewyearslaterbytheStarTrek

programandmovieseries.Advan ingenetics(遺傳學(xué))causefantasiesof

evi

of

disease,horrorsofeugenics(優(yōu)生學(xué)),andthrillerswherecreaturesdisappearinglongagoare

broughtbacktolife.Thesciencefictionauthor’

f-determinedroleis

toffieldglassesfor

humanity—searchingtheworldoffuture

sibilitiesupontheroadwhichwearetraveling.

21.Whatcansciencefictionoffertopeople?

A.An

ysisofwhyanewtechnologycouldharmhuman.

B.Athoughtfullookatthepresentdrawbacksoftechnology.

C.Apredictionofhowanewdiscoverycouldinfluencem

ind.

D.Athoughtfullookatthepastandwhathistorybroughttous.

WhichofthefollowingbestsummarizesthedescriptionofNineteenEighty-Four?

Awarningofcruelandunfairruling.

Apredictionoffuturetechnologies.

Theconsequenceofscientificfindings.

Animaginaryperfectworldoffreedom.

23.Fromthepassagewecanlearn

t .

NineteenEighty-Fouradoptedsomepopularterms

StarTrekmovieserieswerebasedonspaceexploration

C.C

Ca

alwasmentionedinJulesVerne’sfiction

D.H.G.Wellspredictedthe

ernet

helate1800s

24.Accordingtotheauthor,whatistheroleofsciencefictioninsociety?

A.Amoralcompass.

C.Arecordofsciencedevelopment.

B.Areferenceoftechnology.

D.Aconsiderationof

sibilities.

B

Theworldoftaxidriversisdominatedbymen.Butthereisonesmallcabcompanywhereallthedriversandpassengersarefemale.Women'ssafetyisahottopicmoment,soit'sprovingaverypopularservice.

,

atthe

"WhenI'montheroaddrivingourcabIfeelveryproud,becausethisisacabservicefor

women,andI'mawoman,"says31-year-oldShantiSharma,whoisoneoftheeightfemale

driverswi

taxiservicecalledCabsforWomenbyWomen.

Thelastcoupleofmonths,sincethebrutalr

andmurderinthecityofastudent

travellingonabus,havebeenparticularlybusyforherandcolleagues.

"Afterthiscase,ourworkloadhasincreasedsomuch,"saysSharma."Womenwhoused

othercabservi

arealsoturningtousnow."

Mostwomen

transport.

saytheyroutinelyfaceharassment,andworse,espe llyonpublic

Sharma,asingleparentwiththreedaughters,hasbeenworkingasataxidriversince2011.

Whentheservicewas

setup,i

schangedherlife.Thisisthe time

tshehasearned

enough-about$250(￡160)amonth-tosupportherfamily.

Ofcourse,sheandtheotherfemaletaxidriversarecomple youtnumberedbymale

cabbies.“WhenIparksomewhere,therearealwaysmenthereandinevitablyfiveorsixofthem

gettogetherandhangout,"shesays.“I’musuallytheonlywoman

stayinsidethecar.”

heparkinglot,soI’lljust

It'snotmuchbetterwhensheisoutontheroad.Sharmasaysthemaledriversgivehera

hardtime.“Assoonastheyseeagirlatthewheel,theystarthonkingfornoreason.They'lldrive

asswiftlyas

someone.”

sibletoovertakeyou.I'malwaysworryingabouthowtoavoidgettinghitby

ThecompanybehindCabsforWomenbyWomen,SakhaConsultingWings,hadanumberof

goalswhenitsetuptheservice.Itwantedtogivewomenfrompoorbackgroundsanopportunity

toearnmoney.Byputtingwomeninchargeoftechnologies,italsowantedtochangepeople’s

attitudes,andopenupboundariesforwomen.

25.Whyarewomenwhousedothercabservi

turningtoCabsforWomenbyWomen?

A.Becauseitischeap.

C.Becauseitisfamous.

26.WhatdoweknowaboutSharma?

B.Becauseitissafe.

D.Becauseitisconvenient.

A.Sheisthe

femaletaxidriver

.

B.Shelivesinharmonywithherhusband.

C.Shehasregretted

ingataxidriver.

D.Shehasabettersalaryafter

ingataxidriver.

27.WhichofthesetroublesmightNOTbecausedbymalecabbiestofemalecabbies?

A.

entionallyhitthetaxidrivenbywomen

Honkthehornatthewomendriverswithoutanyreason.

Speedupanddrivepastthewomendrivers.

Takethewheelofthefemaledrivers.

28.Whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?

A.TheopportunitiesCabsforWomenbyWomenprovidesforwomen.

B.Themainpur

esofCabsforWomenbyWomen.

C.People’sattitudestowardsCabsforWomenbyWomen.

D.ThebackgroundinformationofCabsforWomenbyWomen.

C

Ifyouseeagroupofpeopledancingandsingingonthestreetor

herailways

ion,

you

don'tneedtofeelsurprised．Theyareaflashmob（快閃族）,whichisagroupofpeoplewho

cometogethersuddenlyinapublicplace,dosomethingunusualforabriefperiodoftime,and

thenquicklybreakup．Theyareusually

anizedwiththehelpofthe

ernetorotherdigital

communicationnetwork．Atapredeterminedtime,theygatherandperformsomedistractions

（消遣）suchaswavingtheirhandsandexchangingbooks,Then,theyquicklybreakupbefore

canarrive．Usingmobilephones,theflashmobcanchangeitslocationifthe

the

one

hasbeenreplacedforanyreason．

BillLasik,senioreditorofHarper’sMagazine, anizedthe

flashmob

anhattanin

afterthe

May2003andthe

suc

sfulflashmobcametogetheronJune3,2003-

attemptwasfoiledatMacy'sdepartmentstore．Lasikclaimed

ttheactivitywasdesignedto

makefunofhipsters（起時(shí)髦的人）,andcallattentiontotheculturalatmosphere．

Flashmobgatheringscansometimesshockpeople．Suchanactivitymightseemamusinganduntrue,butitalsomightfrightenpeoplewhoarenotawareofwhatistakingplace．Undoubtedly,flashmobscanserveasgoodpoliticaltoolsinanydirection．Theyalsohave

greateconomicpotential,suchasusingflashmobstoadvertiseaproduct．

ingmoreandmorepopular．Peopleuseittodomany

Theflashmobisnow

things．Forex le,in2009,MichaelJackson'sfanstookpartinaflashmobtoremember

him．

dredsofhisfansgatheredsinginganddancingMichael'sfamoussong"BeatIt"

together．Flashmobsgivepeoplefromallwalksoflifeanopportunitytocometogethertocreate

amemory．

29.Thewriterindicates ttheflashmob

A.mayperformsome itivefunctions

B.isalwaysaheadacheforthe

C.isnowaso lexperimenttocriticizefashionfollowers

D.helpstoimprovetheefficiencyofcommunication30.Aflashmopismostlikely

A.giveoutleafletsofabrandbicycletothepassers-by

B.gatherinpublicpla performingandleavequickly

C.plantogomountaineeringonthe dayofHorseyear

D.sitfordaysinfrontofthecityhallforhighersalary

31.Accordingtothepassage,whatcontribute(s)tothepopularityoftheflashmob?

A.Harper’smagazine B.The ernment

C.Politicalevents D.Digitalnetworks

D

I ppenedtomerecently.Iwas lingsomeonehowmuchIhadenjoyedreadingBarack

Obama’sDreamsFromMyFatherandhowi

dchangedmyviewsofour

.AfriendI

wastalkingtoagreedwithme titwas,inhiswords,“abrilliantly（

地）writtenbook”.

However,hethenwentontotalkaboutMr.Obamainawaywhichsuggestedhehadnoideaof

hisbackgroundatall.Isensed tIwastalkingtoabookliar.

Anditseems tmyfriendisnottheonlyone.Approxima ytwothirdsofpeoplehave

daboutreadingabookwhichtheyhaven’t. heWorldBookDay’s“ReportonGuiltySecrets”,DreamsFromMyFatherisatnumber9.Thereportliststenbooks,andvariousauthors,whichpeoplehave daboutreading,andasI’mnotoneto toooften(I’dhatetobecaughtout),I’lladmithereandnow tIhaven’treadtheentiretopten.ButI leasedtosay t,unlike42percentofpeople,Ihavereadthebookatnumberone,Ge eOrwell’s1984.Ithinkit’sreallybrilliant.

TheWorldBookDayreportalsohassomeother erestinginformationinit.Itsays tmanypeople abou vingreadJaneAusten,Charles ens,FyodorDostoevsky(Ihaven’treadhim,bu ven’t daboutiteither)andHermanMelville.

Askedwhythey d,themostcommonreasonwasto“impress”someonetheywere

speakingto.Thiscouldbetrickyiftheconversationbecamemorein–depth!

Butwhenaskedwhichauthorstheyactuallyenjoy,peoplenamedJ.K.Rowling,JohnGrisham,SophieKinsella(ah,thebigsellers,inotherwords).Forty-twopercentofpeopleasked

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)。

Weightlossisahardtopic.Lotsofpeoplearen’tsatisfiedwiththeirpresentweight,but

mostpeoplearen’tsurehowtochangeit.Youmaywanttolooklikethem

soractorsin

magazinesoronTV,butthosegoalsmightnotbehealthyorrealisticforyou.36 Sowhat

shouldyoudoaboutyourweightcontrol?

37 Thebestwaytofindoutifyouareatahealthyweightorifyouneedtolose

ainweightistotalktoadoctorordietitian.38 Ifitturnsout

tyoucanbenefit

fromweightloss,thenyoucanfollo

wofthesimplesuggestionslistedbelowtogetstarted.

39 Peoplewholoseweightquicklybycrashdietingorotherextrememeasures

usuallygainbackallofthepoundstheylost,becausetheyhaven’tpermanentlychangedtheir

habits.Therefore,thebestweightmanagementwaysarethose

lifetime.

tyoucanma ainfora

Smallchangesarealoteasiertostickwith

Milkistomostpeople’staste.40

nlargeones.Tryreducingthesizeofwhatyoueat.

It’sagoodideatoma ainahealthyweightbecauseit’sjust

t:healthy.

A．Trygivingupregularsodafora

k.

B．Trytopayattentionasyoueatandstopwhenyou’refull.

C．Weightmanagementisaboutlong-termsuc

s.

D．Besides,no

aldietwillmakeyoulooklikesomeoneelse.

E．Beinghealthyisreallyaboutbeingataweight

tisrightforyou.

admittedtheyturnedtothebackofthebooktoread beforefinishingthestory(I’llcome

clean:Idothisandamastonished t58percentsaidtheyhadneverdoneso).

32.Howdidtheauthorfindhisfriendabookliar?

A.Byjudginghismannerofspeaking. B.Bylooking ohisbackground.

C.Bymentioningafamousname. D.Bydiscussingthebookitself.

Whichofthefollowingisa“guiltysecret”accordingtotheWorldBookDayreport?

Charles ensisverylowonthetop-tenlist.

42%ofpeoplepretendedtohaveread1984.

Theauthoradmittedhavingread9books.

DreamsFromMyFatherishardlyread.

Bylyingaboutreading, rsonhopesto .

controltheconversation B.appearknowledgeable

C.learnaboutthebook D.makemorefriends

Whatistheauthor’sattitudeto58%ofreaders?

Favorable. B.Uncaring C.Doubtful D.Friendly

F．Itmakessensetochangefromwholetononfatorlow-fatmilk.

G．Theywillcompareyourweightwithhealthystandardsandhelpyousetgoals.

第三部分：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分40分）

MyfatherandIdisagreedabo urfew(晚間在家的時(shí)間).He’dsayIwastobeinby9:30

on

kdays,and11:00on

kends,noexceptionswithoutmy

asking.Itoldhimitmade

me

41likeajunior-highkid.Heexplained twhileacurfew42soundlikearestriction,it’s

reallyaboutpeoplelookingoutforoneanother.

TheverynextFridayafter tprettyheated43,my ndIhadticketstoseeourtown’sprofes alfootballgame.On tdayhewas44toanearbycitytomeetwithsomemajorc ntsand45me thisgettinghomeandourleavingforthegamewouldbetight.

Tomakesurewecould46offthemomenthewalkedin,Igoteverythingprepared.Whenahalfhourh assedfromthetimehesaidhe’dbehome,Iunderstood thewasalittle47.

Butthen,nearlyawholehourpassed.Iwasgetting48.Weweregoingtomissthekick-off!Andwhyhadn’the49meandletmeknowhewasgoingtobereallylate?AsIanxiously50thefloor,anotherhalfhourpassed. t’swhenIgotreall ry.Howinconsiderateofmyfather!

Nowweweregoingto

51thewholegame!Whenyetanotherhalfhourpassed,m erturnedto52.Whatifsomethingterriblehadhappenedtomydad,likehehadahear tackorhadbeeninanaccident,orsomething?Ibegantoreally53.I’dalreadycalledhis abouttentimes,but

no54.

Iwasbesidemyself,a mingthewors dhappened.Finally,thephonerang,andmydad

said

55,“Son,I’msosorryaboutthegame,but…therewasaterribleaccident…onthefreewaycominghome,andI56 tohelp…andendedupgoingtothehospital.I57my inthecar,soIcouldn’tcal tilnow.”

Iwassore vedtohearfrommyfatherandto58 thewassafe tIactuallycried.

twas59I“got”theimportanceofacurfew:Checkingin!It’saboutknowing tsomeoneyouloveis60.Itwasonemoreproofofmyfather’slovingmeasmuchashedoes.

A.go B.feel C.turn D.grow

A.might B.must C.needed D.should

A.speech B.match C.description D.exchange

A.cycling B.driving C.flying D.walking

A.allowed B.advised C.informed D.ordered

A.pay B.hold C.cut D.set

A.late B.lazy C.f etful D.careless

A.upset B.sorry C.rude D.puzzled

A.warned B.signalled C.phoned D.showed

第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題

共60分）

第一部分：英語知識運(yùn)用（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。

“Fire!Fire!”whatterriblewordstohearwhenonewakesupinastrangehouseinthe

middleofthenight!

Itwasalargeoldwoodenhouseandmyroomwasonthetopfloor.Ijumpedoutofthebed,openedthedoorand61 (step)outsideofthehouse.Therewasthicksmokeeverywhere.

Ibegantorun,butasIwasonlyhalf-awake,insteadofgoingtowardsthestairs,Iwentin

theop

itedirection.Thesmokegrew62 (thick)andIcouldseefireallaround.Thefloor

becamehotundermybare63(foot).

Ifoundanopendoorandran

oaroomtogettothewindow.But64Icouldreachit,

oneofmyfeetcaughtsomethingsoftandIfelldown.WhatIhadfallenoverfeltlikeabundleof

clothes,andIpickeditup65(protect)myfacefromthesmokeandheat.Icrashedtothe

floorbelowwithpie

of66(burn)woodallaroundme.

AsIreachedthecoldairoutside,thebundleofclothesgaveou

hincry.Inearlydropped

it 67surprise.ThenIwasinacrowdgatheringinthestreet.Awoman68(dress)ina

borrowedman’scoatscreamedasshesawmeandrantowardsme69(mad).Itturnedout70shewastheMayor’swife,andIhadsavedherbaby.

A.hit B.paced C.cleared D.measured

A.play B.watch C.miss D.start

A.sadness B.surprise C.doubt D.fear

A.envy B.worry C.regret D.cry

A.excuse B.way C.time D.answer

A.strangely B.casually C.breathlessly D.angrily

A.stopped B.f ot C.failed D.refused

A.left B.lost C.saw D.got

A.wonder B.guess C.expect D.learn

A.what B.when C.whether D.why

A.confident B.great C.safe D.honest

第二部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的這篇作文。文有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1、每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2、只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Wisemendon’talway aswiseaswethink．Attimestheymaydonesomethingsilly.

Because theyarewellknown，so thestoriesabouttheirfoolishactsarestillwidely

talkedthroughouttheworld oderntimes．Forex

eethoven，thegreatcom

erof

Austria,wassaidtohaveinsistedinpayingawaiterinarestaurantforadinnerhehas not

eatenoreverordered；theBritishphysicistNewton，whilelivedinLondon,cuttwoholes

he

twodoorsofhisflat，onebig，theothersmall，through

thistwocatscouldpass.Heonly

thoug