1、2015-1016 学年第一学期赣州市十三县（市）期中联考高一年级英语试卷本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。全卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第 I 卷（选择题 共 100 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. Where did the man put his wallet?A.
2、At home. B. In his back pocket. C. In his breast pocket.2. Why does the man look happy?A. He has bought a new book.B. He has finished his new book.C. His poem is being published. 3. Where are the speakers?A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a book shop.4. How did the woman know her husband?A.
3、On the Internet. B. By newspaper. C. By a friend.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Rainforests. B. Animals. C. Weather.第二节（共 15 小题；每题 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、
4、7 题。 6. What does the man think of the lecture?A. Easy. B. Boring. C. Difficult.7. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Lend him her notes. B. Look over his notes. C. Prepare for the discussion.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What are the speakers doing?A. Writing the invitations. B. Planning the menu. C
5、. Making the salad.9. What did the woman forget to do?A. Invite Linda. B. Call the chef. C. Buy chicken.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Where did the woman go last night before getting home?A. To a cinema. B. To a friends. C. To a store.11. What happened when the woman came at the door?A. The door opene
6、d. B. She heard a noise. C. Her key was missing.12. Who was Karl?A. The gatekeeper. B. The womans colleague. C. The womans neighbour.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Workmates B. Neighbours. C. Interviewer and interviewee.14. How many hours a week
7、 does the man work?A. About 30. B. About 40. C. About 50.15. How many hours a day does the man spend watching TV?A. About 1 hours. B. About 2 hours. C. About 3 hours.16. What does the man spend three hours doing a week?A. Reading. B. Talking to family. C. Talking to friends.来源:学优高考网 gkstk听第 10 段材料，回
8、答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What does the speaker say about the dolphin?A. It is mans most intelligent friend.B. It is mans favorite animal.C. It is mans largest friend.18. What were those dolphin paintings mainly made of? A. Glass. B. Stone. C. Wood.19. How many dolphin themes were there in the exhibition?A.
9、 About 100. B. About 150. C. About 750.20. Who is Pandora?A. An organizer. B. A dolphin. C. A reporter.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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 AI created a writing group at my school this year, and it has become a hit with all studen
10、ts who enjoy writing. Now students of the group make rapid progress in their writing. Let me share a few tips that you can use to start your own writing group.Set up separate groups for different ability levelsYou probably dont want to mix a gifted eighth grader with a second grader who writes very
11、little. In a larger school, you could have a beginner group，a more advanced group，and a publishing group. Members can move to more appropriate groups if they are not comfortable in the current one.Advertise the group in different waysSend advertisements home with students，and put an advertisement on
12、 the school website or in the school newsletter.The first meeting should be very openAt the first meeting，you should tell the students that this group is all about them. It is not a class，not a grade and not a requirement. Then tell them what some other writing groups do，and ask what they would like
13、 to do.Set up a time to meet once or twice a monthIt is important that students bring their writing with them. The group could go in any direction：criticize each others work， read your writing aloud，read silently，publish your work in a booklet (小册子)，play creativity games or do an online chat with a
14、published author.It will take a little while to find out what works best for your groupSearch for creativity exercises and role plays. You might even be able to set up a special section of your schools website just for your writing group.21The purpose of this passage is to _.A. introduce how to star
15、t up a writing groupB. offer some advice on how to teach writingC. train highlevel students to start up a writing groupD. compare different tips on starting up a writing group来源:学优高考网 gkstk22What does the underlined word “hit” probably mean?A. problem B. test C. tool D. success23Which of the followi
16、ng is NOT the activity of a writing group?A. Practice role plays. B. Meet a published author. C. Criticize each others work. D. Play creativity games.BApple is known for offering the best customer service in the consumer technology market, such as Lenovo, Google and Nokia, in customer satisfaction s
17、urveys every year .A particular story tells of how an Apple store manager broke a rule to earn a new, 10-year-old customer for life.Matt tells us this touching story:My daughter has been saving her birthday money and allowance for almost 9 months so that she could afford an iPod touch with a camera
18、in it.As of this morning, she had saved the amount needed and headed to an Apple store in Utah with my wife. They arrived at 10:30 am, not realizing that the store would be closed from 11 am to 2 am that day. As they approach the store, two friendly Apple employees greeted them and said they were so
19、rry, but they were closed.My wife pointed to my daughter who had a mason jar full of cash in her arms and explained why they were there and also pointed out that it was not quite 11 am yet. They again said they were sorry, but could not let them in. My wife and daughter were sad and regretful, but u
20、nderstood and made their way to another store in the mall.About three stores down, an Apple employee raced after them and explained that the manager was going to make an exception and let them in. Every one of the employees stopped what they were doing as my daughter approached the register.As she t
21、ook all of the cash out of the mason jar, one employee stepped forward and said, “I dont mean to bother you, but I have to tell you that this made my day wonderful.”After the transaction(交易), my daughter and wife were on their way out, the store manager raised his voice and said to all of the employ
22、ees, “Everyone, please give a round of applause for saving her money and buying an iPod today.”24. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Apple doesnt do well in the customer service.B. Consumers are more satisfied with AppleC. Nokia did better than Apple in the past.D. Customer satisfaction
23、surveys are made every two years.25. According to the text, Matts daughter would like to have_.A. a computer B. an iPhone C. an iPod D. an iPod touch 26. According the passage, what is “a mason jar” ? A. a money box B. a pot for cooking C. a coffee cup D. a candy box 27. What is the text mainly abou
24、t ?A. A good example on how to bargain with an Apple employee.B. How a girl and her mother tried to buy what they wanted.C. A touching story about how Apple earned a new customer for life.D. The reason why a girl wanted to buy an Apple product.CI come to the United States ten year ago. I would alway
25、s say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.One day, however, my son told me
26、 that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didnt understand them because I didnt speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it.”The next d
27、ay, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I end
28、ed up getting lost. Thats the way I found Chaffey College. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.Thats how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had to write a story for
29、 school. It was about the female they most admired and why . She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to College. I will never forget this.28. According to the passage, the author probably is a .A. teacher B. doctor C. father D. mother 29.What made the author make
30、 up her mind to study English?A. What her son said. B. What her daughter said.C. Thinking about herself. D. Thinking about her daughter.30. How did they find Chaffey College?A. On the way to the movies. B. They took a new route and got lost. C. Ask a stranger for information. D. According to the ban
31、ner.31. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The author came to the United States from another country.B. The author had two children at least including one daughter.C. What really changed the authors life was she believed in herself.D. The author wrote that she was the person her son most admired.
32、DAre people less happy or more happy the older they get ? A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50. In fact, it found that by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18.The finding came from a Gallup survey of more than 340
33、,000 adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the age of 18 an 85.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages
34、 of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions(消极情绪) were those in their seventies and eighties. The survey also found
35、that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like
36、these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.So why would happiness increase with age ? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experien
37、ces.The original(最初的) goal of the study was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that , people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older
38、.32.Old people may be happier probably because _A. their children have grown up. B. they dont have to work every day. C. they can do whatever they like best. D. they are most likely satisfied with life.33. According to the survey, when will adults feel most stressful?A. In their twenties. B. In thei
39、r fifties. C. In their seventies. D. In their eighties.34. What may make Arthur Stone a bit surprised?A. Women usually live longer than men. B. Middle-age men mostly are very rich.C. Old people usually have a better sleep. D. Most of old people cant sleep well at night. 35. Which of the following ma
40、y be the topic of this passage ?A. The difference between men and women. B. Old peoples feeling of happiness. C. The young people and the old people. D. The connection of sleep and happiness.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，并将答案写在试卷的答题卷上。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Americans use many expres
41、sions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. 36 However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dogs life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog wo
42、rld. 37 They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.38 This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his o
43、r her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.39 People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as
44、 meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so ba
45、d. We say his bark is worse than his bite.Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. 40 . A. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.B. Still, people say eve
46、ry dog has its day.C. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.D. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.E. There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.F. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.G. They take their dogs for walks,
47、 let them play outside and give them good food and medical care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 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My father was a music teacher who traveled to farm homes or homes in smaller communities to teach his students. He w
48、as 41 home in the evening because he left home very early to start teaching and would 42 after everyone, except my mother, was fast asleep. Mom was a(n) 43 taskmaster at home. She demanded that we all 44 the rules without any excuses. When we didnt, there were always 45 punishments.One day I got mys
49、elf into a real 46 . But this time, my mother told me that my father would 47 me. It was clear that my improper behavior was being referred to my 48 .But I knew I would be in bed 49 he got home.I went to bed 50 just in case my dad came home. I 51 I would sleep when he got home so he wouldnt wake me up to 52 me,
