1、- 1 -福建省晋江市（安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学四校）2018-2019 学年高一英语上学期期中试题（无答案）本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。第卷第一部分听力（共两节，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（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
2、一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.How much is the price of the T-shirt now?A. $ 7. B. $ 5. C. $ 2.2.What will the man do this Saturday night?A. Help his mother with a party. B. Dance with his mother. C. Attend a dance.3.What are the speakers doing?A. Visiting a zoo. B. Making a film. C. Watching TV.4.What does the man
3、 mean? A. There is something wrong with the womans eyes. B. The birds will fly away soon.C. The woman has already missed the birds.5.What are the speakers talking about?A. A baby. B. Happy time. C. A shopping place.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。-
4、2 -6.Where will the woman go for her holiday?A. To China. B. To South Korea. C. To Egypt.7.How will the woman probably travel?A. By air. B. By train. C. By ship.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Schoolmates. B. Librarian and student. C. Boss and employee.
5、9.What does the man do on Monday morning?A. He takes classes. B. He works part-time. C. He goes to the library.10.When will the speakers meet?A. On Tuesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.What is the woman terrified of?A. Staying alone in a dark room. B. Hiding alone under a
6、blanket. C. Working alone in the field.12.What does the man advise the woman to do?A. See a doctor. B. Make good use of her time. C. Think of interesting experiences.13.What will the speakers do next?A. Prepare for the class. B. Have an English lesson. C. Wait for their English teacher.听第 9 段材料，回答第
7、14 至 17 题。14.What are the speakers doing?A. Complaining about the weather. B. Making a plan for Family Day.C. Celebrating Family Day.15.What was the weather like last Sunday?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.16.What will the speakers do in the daytime tomorrow?A. Watch a play. B. Have a picnic. C. Go hi
8、king and fishing.- 3 -17.Where will the speakers stay tomorrow evening?A. At home. B. In a theatre. C. In a stadium.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.From which country does the modern Mothers Day probably come?A. America. B. England. C. France.19.When did Mothers Day become an official holiday in America?
9、A. In 1904. B. In 1914. C. In 1941.20. When do people in France celebrate Mothers Day?A. the second Sunday in May B. on December 8th C. on the last Sunday in May 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans Vacuu
10、mTheres a collection of plastic rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is slow, and costs a lot of money. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes(提议) a 62-mile-long floating barrier （障碍物）that would
11、use natural currents to trap rubbish. If next years trials(试验) succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the rubbish by 42 % over 10 years.Easy-On ShoesIn 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to col
12、lege,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike asked a design team to meet the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the Fly - 4 -Ease. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike Fly Ease shoes sells for $ 130
13、.An Airport for Drones (无人机）As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easi
14、er to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.21. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can be a money-saver. B. It can grow year by year.C. It can tear plastic into pieces. D. It can be put in
15、to wide use soon.22. What do we know about Nike?A. It offers free shoes to the disabled. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It provides customer-friendly services. D. It responded to Matthews request passively.23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”？A. Because road travel there is rough.
16、B. Because there are too many drones.C. Because theyre easier to construct than roads. D. Because they are receptive to new technology.BIt is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horribleEverybody knows that
17、the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheelIt is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the drivers seat is another matter altogether.- 5 -Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense tooIt takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the d
18、esire to beat back when forced to face rude drivingOn the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fightingA friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calm so necessary
19、in modern traffic conditionBut such behaviors of politeness are by no means enoughMany drivers nowadays dont even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerousTypical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong pla
20、ce into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in timeThe same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want toIt always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies (奶奶).An experienced driver, whose manners ar
21、e faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages（堵塞） that give rise to unpleasant feelingsUnfortunately, modern drivers cant even learn to driveYears ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would deman
22、d more give-and-take from all road usersIt is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.24According to the passage, troubles on the road are often caused by _.Aroad conditions Bthe behavior of the driversCthe speed of modern life Dthe large number of cars25In the writers opinion,_.Aunski
23、llful drivers should be punished Bstrict traffic rules are badly neededCdrivers should avoid traffic jams D. drivers should show road politeness properly 26 The underlined word “give-and-take” in the passage means - 6 -_.Apoliteness and impoliteness Bgood manners and bad mannersCwillingness to give
24、in to each others wishes Doffering help to others as much as possible27What is the best title of the passage?ATraffic Problems BRoad PolitenessCBad Manners on the Road DGood Drive rs and Bad DriversCI always envied my friends who lived in one town in their whole lives. Coming from a military family
25、makes this impossible. My brothers and I soon found that if we didnt like a place we lived in, wed soon be moving to a new place. Through all the ups and downs, I now realize that everything Ive done, seen, and learned has made me into the person I am today.The field day was the best day ever create
26、d. Being good at sports which I had done together with parents seemed to help me find my position at a new school. Despite the hot weather in San Antonio, Texas, I had to take outdoor activities. Sometimes we took the family mountain biking after school. My brothers and I were arranged to join in th
27、e swim team and practice yoga. These are the things I remember about my childhood. Now I thank my parents for teaching me these vital principles, which I will have with me the rest of my life.I was always the shy girl and afraid to be myself. This didnt bother me until I reached junior high school,
28、when some girls judged me by what I wore, who I talked to and how skinny I was. I felt like Id never done anything wrong to deserve such criticism. It was not until last year that I realized that I had to stay different from them and live my life according to my principles. I decided to be my own pe
29、rson. I never thought that being nice could cause me to be disliked. Anyway, I began hanging out with girls who had a lot in common with me like preferring outdoor sports. They were accepting and non-judgmental. I am now content with knowing that I am my own person and dont let others control - 7 -m
30、y life.28. What caused the author to envy some of her friends when she was young?A. Her growing up like a boy. B. Her familys frequent moving.C. Her busy school life. D. Her strict parents.29. Why did the author mention the field day in Paragraph 2?A. To show her hard childhood. B. To show her hobby
31、 in sports.C. To show her satisfactory family life. D. To show her parents influence on her.30. What resulted in the authors change in junior high school?A. Her constantly being good to others. B. Her obeying her principles strictly.C. Some girls improper judgment on here D. Some girls refusing to m
32、ake friends with her.31. What may be the best title for the text?A. Running for my life B. My happy childhoodC. My parents regulations D. Loving outdoor sportsDTwenty years ago, most experts believed that differences in how boys and girls behaved were mainly due to differences in how they were treat
33、ed by their parents, teachers, and friends. Its hard to cling to that belief today. Recent research has shown that there are biological differences between boys and girls. Understanding these differences is important in raising and educating children. For example, girls are born with more sensitive
34、hearing than boys, and the difference increases as kids grow up. So when a grown man speaks to a girl in what he thinks is a normal voice, she may hear it as yelling. Conversely (反过来),boys who appear to be inattentive in class may just be sitting too far away to hear the teacher. Likewise, girls are
35、 better in their expression of feelings. Studies reveal(显示) that negative emotions are seated in an area of the brain called the amygdala. Girls develop all early connection between this area and the - 8 -cerebral cortex (大脑皮层), enabling them to talk about their feelings. In boys these links develop
36、 later. So if you ask a troubled adolescent boy to tell you what his feelings are, he often cannot say much. Dr. Sax, an advocate (提倡者)of single-sex education, points out that keeping boys and girls separate in the classroom has produced striking educational, social, and interpersonal benefits. Ther
37、efore, parents and teachers should try to recognize, understand, and make use of the biological differences that make a girl a girl, and a boy a boy. 32What is the main idea of the passage? A. Boys tend to pay less attention in class than girls. B. Girls are better than boys in their ability to dete
38、ct sounds. C. Single-sex schools are not good because they keep boys and girls separate.D. Boys and girls behave differently because of biological differences. 33What does the phase “cling to” in the first paragraph mean? A. evaluate B. give up C. keep D. challenge34Why do girls express negative fee
39、lings better than boys? A. Girls are more emotional than boys. B. The links between certain parts of the brain develop earlier in girls than in boys. C. The amygdala is located in different areas of the brain for boys and girls. D. Girls have more brain cells than boys.35Which of the following does
40、the author believe? A. Boys and girls should be educated in different ways.B. Girls need more training in communication. C. Parents should pay more attention to boys. D. Sex differences should be ignored in education.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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选项。 - 9 -Are yo
41、u truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? _36_. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life. Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are goi
42、ng after something you value.Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. _37_. When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy people don t allow setback
43、s（挫折） to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances （情况）back to their favor. 38 . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness. 39 . Whether you treat yoursel
44、f to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood. Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
45、 Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 40 .AThere are some tips in life that lead to happiness.BSpend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.CIt s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.DThese are important questions f
46、or anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.EBeing overweight or not eating nutritious （有营养的）foods can have a negative effect on your moodFWhat makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.- 10 -GOn the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, the
47、ir emotional state will be infectious.(感染的，传染的)第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 15 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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 41 .I learned this lesson from a(n) 42 many years ago. I took
48、 the head 43 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.It was a tradition for the schools old team to play against the 44 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didnt even practice to 45 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldnt 46 I had got into such a situatio
