1、苏州市 20152016 学年第一学期期末考试试卷高 一 英 语 （ 苏 州 ） 2016.01注意事项：1. 本试卷共 10 页，包含选择题 (第 1 65 题，共 65 题)、非选择题 (第 66 90 题，共 25 题) 两部分。本卷满分 120 分，考试时间为 120 分钟。2. 答题前，请务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在答题卡的规定位置上；并用 2B 铅笔认真正确填涂考试号下方的数字。3. 作答选择题，必须用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他选项；作答非选择题必须用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在
2、答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效。第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 15 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 分，满分 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. When does the conversation take place?A. Before a class. B. After a class. C.
3、During a class.2. Where are the two speakers?A. In the hospital. B. In the library. C. In the bookshop.3. Why does the woman envy the man?A. Because he does well in cooking.B. Because he often eats in the restaurant.C. Because he is highly successful in business.4. What do they think of Tom?A. He ge
4、ts nervous easily.B. He hasnt prepared his speech well.C. He is an inexperienced speaker.5. What will the man have to do?A. Take a different flight.B. Go to the airport immediately.C. Buy another ticket for a later flight.第二节 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)听下面 4 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
5、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. Where is the man?A. At the travel company. B. At the information centre. C. At the hotel front desk.7. How much does the man have to pay if he wants to take an overnight trip?A. At least 106 dollars. B.
6、 At least 96 dollars. C. At most 86 dollars.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why didnt the man find his book last week?A. Because he forgot where he had put it.B. Because the woman didnt return it to him.C. Because the woman didnt put it in its place.9. What do you think of the man?A. Careful and neat. B. Forg
7、etful and doubtful. C. Impatient and impolite.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What were the two speakers doing when they heard the noise?A. They were getting up.B. They were still lying in bed.C. They were going out to say hello to their new neighbour.11. How many people are there in the new neighbours f
8、amily?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. Who is John probably?A. The speakers son. B. Mr Browns son. C. The new neighbours son.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 15 题。13. What was the speaker interested in?A. Sea exploration. B. Space flight. C. Suit designing.14. How did the speakers friends like his change of interest?
9、A. Surprising and puzzling. B. Strange and different. C. Acceptable and reasonable.15. Which of the following is true according to the speaker?A. He is twenty years old now.B. The diving suit and the space suit have the same design.C. Underwater exploration costs much less than the space flight.第二部分
10、 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分 35 分)第一节 单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)请阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。16. High school, where we have _ good time living together, is _ time of discovery, learning and hard work.A. a; a B. a; the C. a; 不填 D. 不填；a17. At that time we felt very glad because our homework
11、had been cut down to half its _ amount.A. average B. common C. normal D. ordinary18. Life looks like a travel. Whats important is not the _, but the scenery on the way and the mood of seeing it.A. direction B. destination C. donation D. decision19. Art and culture should care about the existence of
12、human beings; that is to say, the development of art and culture should be _ human existence.A. in charge of B. in control ofC. in harmony with D. in communication with20. You shouldnt give up the competition at the moment. _, youd better have a try; after all, you have spent so much time on it.A. A
13、nyhow B. Somehow C. However D. Sometime21. I think it a good way to build the team spirit with an activity _ all of us can enjoy ourselves.A. that B. which C. where D. when22. When it comes to this problem of mine, I just cant _ what everyone thinks of it.A. risk learning B. wait to learn C. help to
14、 learn D. tolerate learning23. Ill come to visit you at 5 pm tomorrow. Im sorry. By then the class will have finished, but I _ a meeting.A. am having B. has had C. has been having D. will be having24. It is reported that they dug out a lot of treasure in the tomb yesterday. Yes, it _ underground for
15、 more than one thousand years.A. has buried B. has been buried C. had been buried D. had buried25. It is said that the difficult problem _ they met with in the project _ solved.A. what; was B. that; has been C. which; has D. which; had been26. Mrs White doesnt believe that Tom is able to pass the ex
16、am, _? Thats where I disagree.A. does she B. doesnt she C. is he D. isnt he27. Is it possible to apply the rule _ your students? Yes. It will have a positive effect _ them.A. for; on B. to; upon C. on; on D. to; for28. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have welcomed their
17、first child a baby girl called Max into the world, and used her arrival to _ plans to give away most of their $45 billion fortune.A. change B. make C. consider D. announce29. Alice has been working late into the night these days. Oh, she was off school for a month, so she has a lot to _.A. speed up
18、B. mix up C. make up D. step up30. Im dying to improve my gardening skills. Who do you think can help me, Joe? Mr Green is the best choice. He will provide gardening tips for _.A. green hands B. green fingers C. green thumbs D. green eyes第二节 完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分)请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个
19、选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Over the past 20 years, I have watched the Lion King for more than a dozen of times.When I first watched the movie, the 31 of Mufasas death made me a six-year-old girl at that time cry, and since then, I have always 32 that part. Later on, during my middle-school years, I like
20、d the love story part a lot, and Simba and Nala were really a 33 couple in my heart. Every time I watched the movie, I felt 34 .Recently, Ive watched the Lion King again. This time, what impressed me most was the 35 of Pumbaa and Timon they were ordinary and lived an ordinary life. Before joining Si
21、mba to regain his kingdom, all about their life were eating and singing.To me, the best lesson that Pumbaa and Timon have taught us is that 36 they know they are ordinary and their life is ordinary, they still love and enjoy it.In fact, in the real world, only quite a few people can achieve great th
22、ings and become extraordinary, and the rest of us will just live our 37 life.A sentence in an article recommended by the Fair (WeChat Subscription) 38 me: by hard work, ordinary people only fight for the right to 39 their ordinary life in the ordinary world. It is cruel, but it is true (at least in
23、my opinion).The best solution is to accept and enjoy it. I know its 40 but this is a part of growing up. Im not saying that we should not have great dreams, after all, just as Vince Lombardi has said, “Perfection is not attainable (可达到的), but if we chase perfection we can 41 excellence”. However, I
24、just think we should get 42 if our great dreams would never come true.I also dreamt about becoming extraordinary at a young age, same as most of my fellow classmates in primary school. In the senior high school, I was no longer one of the 43 students, and then, for the very first time, I realized th
25、at maybe I couldnt be extraordinary.Now, Im well 44 that Im no more than an ordinary person but Im 45 with that. I went to an ordinary university and got my BA in English, and then to another ordinary university and received my MA in translation. Doing the editors job, I now 46 myself a life in Shan
26、ghai, such an expensive metropolitan city to live in (and Im not a local girl).I cant 47 Michael Kors or Issey Miyake, but I have comfortable clothes which fit me well. I usually go out dinner with a couple of friends on weekends, not fancy of first class restaurants but sidewalk caf or common resta
27、urants where we know there are delicious food and nice 48 .I consider this not the passive acceptance, but a(n) 49 attitude of turning “this is life” to “this is the life”. But all in all, I still have 50 , just in case they would become true one day.Yes, be ordinary and be happy.31. A. view B. spot
28、 C. scene D. effect32. A. missed B. skipped C. ticked D. watched33. A. perfect B. noisy C. lonely D. fashionable34. A. heavily B. similarly C. practically D. differently35. A. experience B. lifestyle C. wisdom D. humour 36. A. in case B. now that C. as if D. even though37. A. ordinary B. hard C. rou
29、gh D. rare38. A. puzzled B. touched C. scared D. amazed 39. A. start B. gain C. continue D. stop40. A. simple B. difficult C. foolish D. harmful41. A. check B. cause C. change D. catch42. A. annoyed B. prepared C. lost D. worried43. A. clever B. enthusiastic C. crazy D. top44. A. aware B. ashamed C.
30、 awake D. afraid45. A. grateful B. proud C. happy D. lucky46. A. enjoy B. earn C. devote D. offer47. A. attract B. accept C. afford D. affect48. A. service B. advice C. business D. condition49. A. fair B. honest C. free D. optimistic 50. A. faults B. dreams C. challenges D. chances第三部分 阅读理解 (共 15 小题
31、；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) 请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEvery kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing house as a child pretending to be a grown-up like your parents? Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher? At that time, anything seemed more exciting than
32、being young.But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become “kidults”. Being a kidult has become a lifestyle choice among young people across Asia.Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the
33、 world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.Other kidults still enjoy childrens stories and fairy tales. For example, the British publisher Bloomsbury even released an edition of the Harry Potter novels
34、 with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a childrens book.“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who love their childhood most and hold on to pure, child-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society,” said Lee So-ju
35、ng, a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together.Tim Greenhalgh, an adviser in London explained that some kidults just
36、refuse to grow up. They hold on to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.“So, they can escape from increasingly busy and stressful lives that are hard to deal with,” Green
37、halgh said. 51. Why does a kid wish to be an adult?A. Because he wants to be independent.B. Because he doesnt want to be controlled by adults.C. Because he wants to experience the real world.D. Because he believes there will be more exciting life ahead.52. What can we infer from the passage?A. Some
38、kidults refuse to grow up.B. Some kidults in Britain like reading on the subway.C. Some kidults think childhood is the best time of their life.D. Some kidults want to escape from the busy and stressful life53. One of the advantages of the kidult culture is that _.A. it can make adults face the real
39、social lifeB. it can make our society young and full of lifeC. it can increase the sales of childrens booksD. it can lead to harmonious relationship between adults and kids54. Which of the following is the best title for the article?A. Kids or Grown-ups B. Happy ChildhoodC. Fearful Adulthood D. Kidu
40、lt CultureBPhyllis Wheatley is regarded as Americas first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa in about 1753 and brought to America at about the age of seven. John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave (奴 隶 ) market in Boston in 1761. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of
41、 the family, which included being raised and educated with the Wheatleys twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, most females, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teach
42、er, and in fact, it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phyllis Wheatleys education. Phyllis soon showed her remarkable talents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics.At the age of thirteen, Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation (引起轰动的人物) after sh
43、e wrote a poem on the death of the preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common to read Phyllis Wheatleys poetry in polite society. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis Wheatleys poems, but once they heard she was black they werent interested.Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathani
44、el, who was now a businessman, to London. Thirty-nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects. It was the first book published by a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem about George Washington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting he
45、r to visit his headquarters. After both of her benefactors (恩人) died in 1777 and in 1778, Phyllis was freed. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. But after the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in poverty in 1783.55. Which of the following is NOT tr
46、ue according to the passage?A. Those days the black were looked down upon.B. Phyllis read a lot of books when she was young.C. Phyllis didnt move away from Boston until she got married.D. Phyllis Wheatleys first poem interested and excited the public.56. Which is the correct order of Phyllis Wheatle
47、ys life according to the passage?a. US president sang high praise for her.b. People became curious about her poems.c. Mary began to educate her.d. Phyllis was freed as a slave.e. She served Nathaniel all the way to London.A. a-c-e-d-b B. e-c-b-d-a C. c-b-e-a-d D. d-c-e-b-a 57. Which statement about
48、Phyllis is supported by the passage?A. She died young. B. She got a good school education.C. Her first poem was published in London.D. She was regarded as a poet after being freed.COverweight seems to be a national trouble. Diets, books on dieting, dieting organizations, and advice from doctors and
49、health professionals do not seem to be enough. Millions of people have turned to dangerous drugs or harmful diets to starve off their hunger.The meat industry and the fast-food restaurants have more to do with Americas weight problem than anything else. Each day we are filled with powerful TV and radio ads promoting (推介) the idea that its perfectly OK to have bacon and eggs
