1、1宜昌市一中 2015 年秋季学期高一年级期末英 语 试 卷命题人：陈少文 蒋伟 审题人：罗凤英本试卷分四部分。全卷满分：150 分，考试用时 120 分钟。第 I 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音结束后，你有两分钟的时间将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一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. How did the man travel?
2、A. By car. B. By train. C. By air.2. What does the man want to do before leaving?A. Send some e-mails. B. Have breakfast. C. Buy a train ticket.3. What does the woman mean?A. She forgives the man. B. She is still angry with the man. C. She has forgotten what the man said.4. What should Betty do acco
3、rding to the man?A. Eat seafood. B. Have a good rest. C. Exercise more.5. Who won the tennis match yesterday?A. Mark. B. Sallys brother. C. Sally. 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
4、白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Neighbors. C. Colleagues.7. What name does the woman want to give the baby?A. Robert. B. Albert. C. Lawrence.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至第 10 题。28. When does the conversation take place?A. In the morning. B. In t
5、he afternoon. C. In the evening.9. Whats the mans health insurance number?A. 2658A. B. 88564802. C. 5559008.10. Whats the mans problem?A. His back hurts. B. He has a fever. C. He has a stomachache.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至第 14 题。11. What does the man say about the hotel?A. The food was great. B. He was surp
6、rised about the fridge. C. The beds were not very comfortable.12. When is the pool open?A. At six oclock in the morning. B. At five oclock in the afternoon. C. At eight oclock in the evening.13. How much should the man pay?A. $ 116. B. $ 130. C. $ 160.14. How will the man pay for the bill?A. By cred
7、it card. B. By travelers check. C. In cash.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至第 17 题。15. What are the speakers doing?A. Visiting a college. B. Attending a party. C. Attending a club.16. Where was the woman born?A. In Germany. B. In America. C. In Britain.17. What does the man invite the woman to do next Monday?A. Vis
8、it a museum. B. Have dinner with him. C. See an exhibition.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Who is the speaker?A. An air hostess. B. A tour guide. C. An airline clerk.19. What should Mr. Jones do when he checks in?A. Show his ticket and passport and weigh his luggage.B. Open his luggage and have it check
9、ed.C. Check in his hand luggage first.20. What is the speaker talking about at last?A. The departure tax(离境税). B. The arrival time. C. The seat number.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3答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI work part-time in a supermarket across from
10、a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and its not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had
11、 just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.I couldnt help staring at him, I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his
12、way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world, I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. “If anything, ” he looked mo
13、re pitiable. “Charge it to me” was all he said.What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion(同情), on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either, then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself.
14、I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.21. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _.A. promised to obey the store rules B. forgot to take any money with himC. hoped to have the food first and pay later D. could not afford anything
15、 more expensive22. The writer followed the store rules because _.A. he wanted to keep his present job B. he felt no pity for the old gentlemanC. he considered the old man dishonest D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man23. What does the writer learn from his experience?A. wealth is more
16、important than anything else.B. Helping others is easier said than done.C. experience is better gained through practice.D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.BA new United Nations report shows that fish farming may soon be the worlds most important provider of fish. The Food and Agricultur
17、e Organization says fish farming is growing at a rate of 6.6 percent a year.Fish farming now produces forty-six percent of the worlds supply of fish. That represents a forty-three percent increase from 2006. The report also said fish farming earned more money in 2008 than traditional fisheries.In fi
18、sh farming, fish are raised in tanks or small bodies of water called ponds. They are also raised in cages or nets in oceans, lakes and rivers. The report says increased fish farming has helped people around the world eat record amounts of fish. The FAO says each person ate an average of almost seven
19、teen kilograms of fish last year.However, the FAO says the current(当前的) yearly wild-fish harvest of ninety million tons shows no improvement. Decreasing numbers of fish and stronger catch limits have reduced the 4possibilities for catching wild fish. The FAO report says about thirty-two percent of w
20、orld supplies are overfished. It says these supplies of fish need to be rebuilt at once.Some scientists have criticized fish farming. They say the nets and cages permit fish diseases and pests to spread. Some fish farming critics doubt whether fish farming can keep growing at the current rate. But W
21、ally Stevens of the trade group Global Aquaculture Alliance says the industry must continue developing to feed growing populations. Mr. Stevens says a one hundred percent increase in fish farming over ten years is necessary to keep providing for people at the current level. He notes that fish farmin
22、g creates jobs and wealth, especially for people in coastal areas of China.24. We learn that since the year 2006, fish farming has been _.A. earning more money than traditional fisheriesB. producing 46% of the worlds supply of fishC. growing at a rate of 6.6 percent each dayD. developing rapidly aro
23、und the world25. According to Paragraph 3, thanks to fish farming, people around the world are able to _.A. eat much bigger fish B. eat much healthier fishC. eat more fish than before D. buy more kinds of fishes26. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. Catching wild fish no longer brings benefits.B.
24、 There is no future for the market of wild fish.C. It costs too much to rebuild supplies of fish.D. It is harder to catch wild fish than before.27. What does Wally Stevens think of fish farming?A. It must develop fast to supply a growing population.B. It cannot keep growing at the current rate.C. It
25、 is not a good way of raising fish.D. It doesnt have disadvantages at all. C“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in
26、 over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play language
27、s, a hobby that led to Tolkiens becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxfo
28、rd, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkiens imaginative work “The Hobbit”.Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the
29、English rural class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo 5Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒） . On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.One of Tolkiens students persuaded her employ
30、er, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a childrens book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.It sold s
31、o well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readersnew and old after their publication.28What can we learn from the text?A “The Lord of the Rings” didnt sell well in the last mil
32、lennium.BPeople know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.CTolkien was quite familiar with Old English.DTolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.29What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?AHobbit was a race living in English dow
33、ntown areas.BHobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.CHobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.DHobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.30Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?AOne of Tolkiens students. BStanley Unwins so
34、n.CAllen & Unwin. DBilbo Baggins.31Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkiens life experience?aHe had his “The Hobbit” published.bHe became a member of the lnklings. cHe served in World War I.dHe became an undergraduate at Oxford.eHis work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the w
35、orld.fHe moved to England to live with his aunt.Af-d-b-c-a-e B f-d-c-b-a-e Cf-c-d-b-e-a Dd-f-c-a-b-eDResearchers said that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differentlywith the bigger tips
36、coming only from male customers.No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a dif
37、ferent color.The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleague
38、s. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the 6color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was
39、almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism
40、industry. Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work
41、.32. The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means_.Adifferent Bsimilar Cthe same Dsmall33. According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _.Awearing red T-shirts Bputting on attractive make-upC changing the colo
42、r of T-shirts Dbehaving themselves34. Which of the following is right according to the passage?ABright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.BWaitresses in red make no difference to female customers.C Make-up makes no difference to man customers.DWhether male customers t
43、ips more or not depends on service.35. What is the main idea of the passage?APeople tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.BWaitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.C Male customers are more interested in the red color.DRed color has no negative effect
44、 on female customers.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。 How to build confidenceEven the most successful people can be unsure of themselves. Some people are clearly more confident than others, though. Its clear that confidence, like most other traits(特点), can be dev
45、eloped. Like a muscle, with training and in time, it can become strong and powerful. 36 Here are some ideas to develop this most important habit.1. Make friends with your failings and limitations. 37 So long as you are challenging yourself and seeking to develop, you will be making mistakes. Actuall
46、y, they are signs of growth and nothing to be ashamed of. Confident people are happy with themselves in all their imperfection.2. 38 Confident people tend to rely on an internal(内部的)guidance system to keep them going along the right track. Having an inner compass is a vital part of living confidentl
47、y.3. Set some challenging goals. Confident people tend to get goals for themselves. They can tolerate failure, and are comfortable with not getting things right the first time. As we challenge ourselves, our comfort zone grows, and this growth often involves the pain of failure. This pain is 7too mu
48、ch for insecure people to bear. 39 Success, for confident people, is inevitable(必然的). Its only a matter of time.4. Keep a record of your achievements. It is common for people with limited self-confidence to compare themselves unfavorably with others. Such people may think that others are better and
49、have achieved more. 40 If you do this, you may find that the list is longer than you thought. Imagine what you would think if this were a list of someone elses achievements. Would you be impressed?A. Do what you believe to be right.B. To put it another way, confidence is a habit.C. So you can get confident at once.D. Obv
