1、- 1 -安平中学 2017-2018 学年第二学期期末考试(实验班)高一英语试题第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)第1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.What does the man want to do?A.Buy some books. B.Return some books. C.Exchange some books.2.Where does the woman prefer
2、going?A.The mountains. B.The forest. C.The beach.3.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Their weekend plans. B.Their favorite movies. C.Their friends.4.How long has the woman been in the UK?A.One year. B.Two years. C.Three years.5.What will the man do on Friday night?A.Help his friend. B.Go
3、to a concert. C.Study for a test.第二节(共小题: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.How does the woman feel about working in company?A.Busy B.Tired C.Nervous7.What does the woman
4、think is the most important as an employee?A.Working hard. B.Making detailed plans. C.Writing down goals.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.Whats wrong with the woman?A.She has a sore throat. B.She has a headache. C.She has a backache.9.Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A.Doctor and patient B.
5、Workmates C.Employer and employee听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10.Where are the speakers now most probably?- 2 -A.In China B.In Thailand C.In America11.What does the man say about Western food?A.More varied than Chinese food B.Less delicious than Chinese foodC.More expensive than Thai food 12.What makes American
6、s overweight in the womans opinion?A.Taking few naps. B.Eating too much fast food C.Eating at home too much听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.Why does the women call the man?A.To invite him to a concert. B.To ask if hes got the tickets.C.To ask him to help with her essay.14.What will the man do after dinner tomorr
7、ow evening?A.Go to the movies. B.Take a walk C.Visit his grandparents.15.What do we know about the concert?A.Its about pop music B.It started yesterday evening.C.Its still on next Sunday.16.When will the speakers meet?A.At about six. B.At about six thirty. C.At about seven thirty.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。1
8、7.How did Robert Frosts mother support the family after his father died?A.By working as a farmer. B.By working as a journalist.C.By working as a teacher.18.Who gave Robert Frost a good schooling?A.His grandfather. B.His mother C.His grandmother.19.When did Robert Frost get married?A.In 1892 B.In 189
9、5 C.In 189720.Which of the following was published the latest?A.North of Boston. B.A Boys Will C.My Butterfly.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。 ARead the advertisements, and then choose the best answers.- 3 -Driver Wanted1. Clean driv
10、ing license. 2. Must be of smart appearance. 3. Aged over 25. Apply to: Capes Taxis, 17 Palace Road, BostonAir Hostesses for International Flight Wanted1. Applicants must be between 20 and 33 years old.2. Height 1.6m to 1.75m.3. Education to GCSE standard.4. Two languages.5. Must be able to swim.App
11、ly to: Recruitment office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West HR37KKTeachers NeededFor private language school. Teaching experience unnecessary.Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant language Ltd, 279 Canal StreetNurses Needed1. Having worked more than 3 years.2. Aged more than 30.3. Ident
12、ification.Apply to: West Hospital 58 Park Avenue, Manhattan21. Which of the following prevents Jack working as a Capes Taxis driver?A. Drinking beer once in a while.B. Not having college education.C. Being unable to speak a foreign language.D. Being punished for speeding and wrong parking.22. Which
13、of the following needs working experience according to the text?A. To be a nurse. B. To be a teacher.A. To be a driver. D. To be an air hostesses.23. If Mary wants to work as an air hostess for Southern Airlines, she must .A. be over 25 years oldB. look smart and beautiful- 4 -C. have some similar w
14、orking experienceD. speak another language besides her mother tongueBLondoners are great readers. They read and buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still
15、continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订) between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in bookselling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes ar
16、e to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of (自夸) being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books,
17、in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not t
18、he cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collectors must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books
19、onto small handcarts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.24. “Londoners are great readers.” means that _.A. Londoners are great becaus
20、e they read a lotB. There are a great number of readers in LondonC. Londoners are readers who read only great booksD. Londoners read a lot25. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road _.A. is in the suburbs of London- 5 -B. is famous for its bookshopsC. contains various kinds of shopsD. is the
21、busiest street in London26. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?A. move away from a busy street. B. buy books in a most busy street.C. waste time looking for books.D. take a risk of losing ones life.27. On Farringdon Road, _.A. you can find fine books f
22、or the latest booksB. there are only small bookshops for the secondhand booksC. you can see booksellers selling books on handcartsD. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold CThe spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the envir
23、onment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found th
24、at as nations industrialized(工业化), population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at
25、greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes(糖尿病)and heart disease.Unfortunately, when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes c
26、ases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they - 6 -began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the worlds pop
27、ulation grows, more forests and tropical(热带的)areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment
28、and human health, “a trilemma“: a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.28. According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from _.A. transportation B. developing countries C. agriculture D. developed co
29、untries29. David Tilman believes that_.A. diet, the environment and human health are closely connectedB. the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializesC. people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart diseaseD. traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet30. We
30、 can infer from the passage that _.A. industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western dietB. overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseasesC. the examined information comes from developing countriesD. Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases31. The main purpose of the
31、 passage is to_.A. call on us to protect the environment B. warn us of the danger of the Western dietC. remind us of the importance of health D. advise us to have a balanced dietD- 7 -When people reunite with their loved ones,its usually all extremely happy momentBut what is their most common respon
32、se to seeing them again? It may seem strange,but most of the time they break down in tearsNow a group of psychologists (心理学家)from Yale University say they have found the reason why,and that crying tears of joy may well be the bodys way of keeping emotional(情感的)balance “They seem to take place when p
33、eople are overtaken by strong positive emotions,and people who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions, ” Oriana Aragon,the lead researcher saidAragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants emotional responses to different things,including happy reunions an
34、d cute babiesMany participants said they would react in a negative or aggressive way to the positive thingsto cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏)a cute babys face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions
35、more quickly.There are many other examples of times when people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像)People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understandin
36、g of how people express and control their emotions, which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon32. What have the psychologists from Yale University found in their research?A. Crying tears o
37、f joy helps to balance emotionsB. The reason why people cry with tears C. People recover slowly from strong emotionsD. Strong negative feelings are useful to people33. What does the underlined “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?A. Times when people reunite with friends B. Participants emotional
38、 responsesC. Times when people cry tears of joy D. Strong positive emotions - 8 -34. Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?A. Kissing a cute baby B. Crying at good newsC. Crying at a failure D. Laughing at happy reunions35. Where does the passage most likely come from? A. A
39、 popular biology book B. A children literature book C. A science fiction novel D. A psychological science journal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选项。 (将选项涂在答题卡相应的71-75题) The rules about how to talk, eat and sit, which are highly limited, are observed in most Western resta
40、urants and homes. 36 Many Westerners have no idea how to act at the Chinese dinner table. No forks or knives for them to use! The Chinese host makes great, sweeping arm movements that go over large sections of the table, passing over both food and friends alike. 37 However, it leaves many foreigners
41、 at a loss for what to do.In my childhood home, dinner was enjoyed with low voices, and the topics that we could discuss were very limited. 38 If I had to leave the table to use the toilet, I had to excuse myself without mentioning what it was that I was going to do. “May I be excused, please? I nee
42、d to wash my hands.” I would say. My mother would say, “Sure.” My father would often play a joke on me by saying, “ 39 ”As for eating, we did it quietly. No eating noises were allowed. Everything must be done as quietly as possible. If any sound was created by eating food or drinking, it would be co
43、nsidered as bad manners!40 He is to sit up straight with the recessive hand (usually the left) in ones lap holding a napkin while the dominant hand (usually the right) holds the fork or spoon. The only time one is allowed to have both hands on the table is when he is using a knife to cut something.A
44、. The scene is fantastic.- 9 -B. Your hands dont look dirty!C. How one sits at the table is also prescribed(规定的).D. Cant you think up a better excuse than that?E. In general they were all strictly forbidden topics.F. Theyre completely different from what we find here in China.G. We were not allowed
45、to talk about anything that made listeners uncomfortable. 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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One Saturday afternoon, my mother was driving home. On the halfway, after 41 her credit card to buy something at the store near the gas
46、 station, she put her wallet on the top of her car just for a moment to 42 my phone call. And then obviously, she 43 and drove off. When arriving home, she realized that and thought that the 44 of getting it again was small.She was so 45 surprised when she found a 46 on her door from a person who sa
47、id he and his friend found her wallet a few hours earlier. Patrick and Catherine saw the wallet in the middle of the road a few 47 from the gas station. They stopped their car to 48 . It was filled with all the things one naturally kept in a wallet, including some 49 and other cash, however, no phon
48、e number. 50 this, they managed to get a(n) 51 from my mothers driving licence, and without hesitation, they decided to drive to our home to 52 it.Whey my mother went to get her wallet. she was so 53 and grateful. She 54 to give them some money as a(n) 55 of gratitude, but they refused, saying that they were just glad to 56 my mother help.They were naturally 57 , and they had firm 58 in the Golden Rule as well. They drove to our home because they realized the unpleasant and upset experience the loss of a wallet and all its contents could 59 . I think they were really