高一英语上学期期中试题8

北京临川学校高一年级期中考英语试卷 考生注意：1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。2. 请将各题答案用2B铅笔填在试卷后面的答题卡上。 第I卷（共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）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，并标在试卷相应位置。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. What does the woman think is more difficult？（ ） AChess B. Football C. Volleyball2. What does the woman do now? （ ） A. A painter B. A teacher C. An actress3. How is the man going home? （ ）A. By train B. By bus C. By taxi4. What can we learn from the conversation? （ ） A. Its nine thirty now. B. The last plane left five minutes ago. C. The last man will leave Chicago in half an hour.5.Why isnt the man cheerful? （ ） A. The questions are too hard. B. He hasnt finished the questions. C. The questions have little to do with the book.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，回答第6、7题。6. Who is making the telephone call? （ ） A. Mary. B. Steve C. Tina7. When does the play start? （ ） A. At 700 B. At 800 C. At 900听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why doesnt the woman work for the former以前的 company ? （ ） A. The salary薪水 is low。 B. Her office is far from home。 C. The company is small。 9. How much money does the woman want for a year? （ ） A. About 12,000 B. About 20,000 C. About 200,000听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where are the speakers? （ ） A. At the airport B. At the mans home C. At a cafe11. How many people are there in the mans family? （ ） A. Three B. Four C. Five12. What do we know about Jamie? （ ） A. He has been married。 B. He is a college student。C. He is younger than Julian。听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How did the woman get to know about the club? （ ） A. From a newspaper ad. B. From her mother C. From her friends14. What activity is the woman interested in? （ ） A. Culture B. Sports C. Language15. When will the club members practise German? （ ） A. On Monday evening B. On Wednesday evening C. On Friday evening16. What will the woman do next? （ ） A. Send a form. B. Write down her name. C. Give her personal information to the man.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the womans major专业? （ ） A. Painting B. English C. Japanese18. When did the woman last see Lily? （ ） A. Three days ago B. One week ago C. Three years ago19. What is Lilys problem? （ ） A. She lacks chances to speak Chinese. B. She finds it difficult to write Chinese words. C. She doesnt know how to remember Chinese words.20. Where does the woman plan to further her study? （ ） A. In China B. In Italy C. In England第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节：（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）（A）Dear Susan,I have been in England three months now. I hope you dont think I have forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that Ive not had much time for writing letters. I shall soon be starting my studies at Kings College. So far Ive been learning about England and British ways of living. I wont tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. Im sure youll be more interested to know what I think about life here. I find some of the customs new and interesting. People here do not shake hands so much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raised their hats to women but not to each other. Yours ever,Anne（ ）21. The writer came to London from _.A. Asia B. Europe C. America D. Africa（ ）22. The writer _.A. has never been to England B. came to England a few months agoC. came to England just now D. will come to England in three months（ ）23. She has _.A. not written any letters B. much time to write lettersC. no time to write letters D. little time to write letters（ ）24. She came to London to _.A. study B. make a livingC. learn British ways of living D. learn about life there（B）I lived in a big city. Its noisy and dirty and I got very tired. At the weekends I like to leave the city and get some fresh air and a good rest. A few weekends ago I decided to see my parents. I was really looking forward to it.My parents live a long way away. I went to see them with James, a friend, and we drove down on Friday night. In the middle of the trip it began to rain. The roads became very wet and it was difficult to drive. We arrived home just after midnight, feeling tired. The next morning it was still raining. James took his car to the local garage which was very good.In the afternoon the weather became better. We wanted to go for a drive. My parents lent us their car. That was no good. Their car didnt work! We rang the garage. “Oh, no.” they said, “your car wont be ready until tomorrow.” So it wasnt possible to go for a drive. We decided to play a word game. When we didnt agree about a word ,we looked for a dictionary. It wasnt there. Suddenly my mother remembered. “I lent it to your sister. She took it with her when she left.” The word game wasnt any good without a dictionary.On Sunday my mother dropped a suitcase on her foot and we had to hire a taxi to take her to hospital. When James and I drove back we got stuck in a traffic jam (交通阻塞). Next time I want to have a rest. Ill stay in the city!（ ）25At the weekends I usually _.A. stay in the city B. visit my parentsC. leave the city D. play with my children（ ）26. My parents live _.A. in a long street B. far from where I liveC. near where I live D. with me（ ）27. We arrived my parents home _.A. in the afternoon B. on Saturday morningC. on Saturday night D. right now（ ）28. Arrange the following facts in order of time _.a. playing a word game b. driving down on Friday nightc. ringing the garage d. taking his friends car to the local garageA. a, b, c, d B. a, c, b, d C. b, d ,c, a D. b, a, c, d （C）O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers surprise. ( )29. People enjoyed reading O. Henrys stories because .A. they had surprise endings B. they were easy to understand C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City( )30. O. Henry went to prison because .A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper. B. he broke the law by not using his own name. C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners. D. people thought he had taken the money that was not his. ( )31. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?A. He was well educated. B. He was not serious about his work. C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was very good at learning. ( D)I come from a city on the United States east coast. Its a ten-hour flight for me to get home from Shanghai. When I got off the plane, I took photos of the blue sky and white clouds along the way. After two weeks, I returned to Shanghai. Much to my surprise, the blue sky in Shanghai that I liked before was not as blue as that in the US. I couldnt help wondering what had happened. A few days later, I went to tour Waitan (a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai) by the Huangpu River with some of my friends. There we saw five Ferrari sports cars by the side of the road. The red and yellow cars looked so nice that everyone was looking at them. However, when I turned my head, I noticed the sky over Waitan, I was shocked to find that the buildings in the Lujiazui area on the other side of Huangpu River could hardly be seen. It was then that I realized that Ferrari cars could be bought with money, but a blue sky couldnt. Shanghai is an important economic (经济的) and trade center in China. It has made great contributions (贡献) to the whole nations economic development. However, we need to protect the environment during economic growth. Pollution is poisoning our air and our rivers. Without clean air and rivers, how will people be able to survive(生存)? ( ) 32. The author mentioned the Ferrari sports cars in order to _.A. tell us that Shanghai is a developed city B. ask us to stop driving sports carsC. tell us how much people like cars D. focus our attention on air pollution( ) 33. What can we learn about the author? A. He comes from Shanghai. B. He likes to visit different places.C. He wants to buy a Ferrari sports car. D. He is socially responsible (责任).( ) 34. Who might be interested in this passage? A. Those who love Ferrari sports cars. B. Those who care about the environment.C. Those who want to travel in Shanghai. D. Those who like to take photos.( ) 35. What is the best title for this passage? A. Money Can Buy Ferraris, But Not a Blue Sky B. Where People Should LiveC. Different Opinions on Cars D. Different Places Have Different Skies分享到第二节：（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项。Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways _36_. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report._37_ Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. _38_The following methods may work best for you.Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts. Write your notes in your own words. _39_ Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols(符号) and that you use them all the time._40_A. Use words, not complete sentences.B. There are three practical note-taking methods.C. You must write your notes on separate paper.D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it第三部分 英语基础知识运用 （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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Do you know _41_ languages there are in the world? There are about 1500 but many of them are not very _42_. English is one of the most important languages because many people _43_ it, not only in England and America, _44_ in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it _45_ their own language, and another 200,000,000 use it as _46_ language. It is _47_ to say how many people are learning it. _48_ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.Some children study French. French is also a very important language. _49_study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.Which is the best _50_ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt _51_ language well when we were _52_. If we learn a second language in the _53_ way, it wont seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It_54_ what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to _55_ it. It is using the language, _56_ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language _57_, they will learn it _58_.In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words through the _59_. You can read them, speak them and _60_ them later.( ) 41. A. how manyB. what numberC. a lot ofD. so many( ) 42. A. useful B. necessaryC. importantD. good( ) 43. A. likeB. useC. learnD. speak( ) 44. A. butB. andC. alsoD. so( ) 45. A. likeB. withC. forD. as( ) 46. A. foreignB. a secondC. the secondD. a special( ) 47. A. easy B. againC. difficultD. best( ) 48. A. Millions of B. Million ofC. MillionsD. Several million( ) 49. A. OtherB. OthersC. AllD. Few( ) 50. A. timesB. wayC. thingD. place( ) 51. A. a foreignB. our mothersC. othersD. our own( ) 52. A. bornB. childrenC. grownD. boys( ) 53. A. same B. differentC. usefulD. good( ) 54. A. does B. saysC. listens toD. follows( ) 55. A. askB. wantC. getD. ask for( ) 56. A. walkingB. writingC. thinkingD. doing( ) 57. A. some time B. sometimesC. all the timeD. for the time( ) 58. A. quicklyB. obviouslyC. slightly D. hard( ) 59. A. mouth B. hands C. ears D. mind( ) 60. A. speak B. balance C. gather D. write第II卷（非选择题，共50分）第三部分 英语基础知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）第二节 :（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）Jane Scott is fourteen years old and last year she _61_ (begin) to study in a middle school. She likes _62_ (dance) and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and_63_ (not study) hard at it. She thinks it difficult to learn math. Once she failed the math exam, and now she decides to give it up. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it.It was Sunday. Mr. Scott gave a call to his sister. She teaches math in another school. He hoped she _64_ (come) and tell his daughter how_65_ (learn) math. The woman came quickly and said, “Youre a clever girl, Jane. Im sure youll soon do well in math if you work hard at it. ”“Im afraid I cant, Aunt,” said Jane. “I am not interested in math at all.”“I dont think so.” said the woman. “You _66_ (be) good at it if you try your best. You _67_ (do) more exercises and practice a math problem again until you make it. Well, here is a math problem. Think it over and practice it again and again, then you _68_ (work) it out. ”“OK,” said the girl, “Let me _69_ (have) a try.”About an hour later Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I _70_ (do) the problem ten times by now.”“Well done!” her aunt said happily, “What answers did you get?!”“Ten answers.” 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分20分）第一节：短文改错（满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。 Attention, please, everyone. I have anything to tell you. We will pay a visit to the History Museum this Sunday. Both of us should arrive in the school gate before 8:00. We will set off at 8:10 by the bus together. At about 8:40 well visit the museum followed a guide. At about 11:00 the visit will be over, but we plan to return at about 11:10. The total cost was 20 yuan; everyone should hand in the money to me before Friday. Dont forget wear your school uniforms on Sunday. And everyone need to write a composition after the visit. Hope you have a better time.Thats all. Thank you.第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假如你是李华，已在成都树德中学就读一月有余，请根据下列提示，用英语给你的美国朋友Tom写一封电子邮件，谈一谈你的高中生活。 1. 简单介绍你的学校和班级2. 你最喜欢的一位老师 (请统一化名为Mrs. Chen) 3. 你对高中生活的寄语 注意：文中不得透露自己的真实信息；字数100词左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文流畅；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Tom,Hows it going? Ive been at Chengdu Shude High School for more than a month. Im writing to tell you something about my school life here._ Yours Li Hua 育人学校高一英语答案一、 听力: 1-5: CBABC 6-10:ABCAA 11-15:CBACB 16-20CACAB二、 阅读理解: 21-25：BBDAC 26-30: BCCAD 31-35: CDDBA