1、宜昌市第一中学 2018年秋季学期高一年级期中考试英语试题考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分第 I 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一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where will the speakers meet?A. At school. B. At a r
2、estaurant. C. At the mans house.2. At what time does the meeting at the school begin?A. 5:50. B. 6:00. C. 6:15.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A paper. B. A speech. C. A teacher.4. What will the man do next?A. Get the book. B. Read in the library. C. Read the note.5. What is the woman goin
3、g to be? A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A photographer.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，从每题所给的 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. What kind of room does the man want to book for his workmate?A. A single
4、room. B. A double room. C. A room for three. 7. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. See a show.B. Try another hotel.C. Get in touch with his workmate.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Guide and tourist. C. Teacher and student.9. How m
5、uch will the man pay for the trip?A. 3. B. 9. C. 12.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a restaurant. B. At home. C. At an airport.11. Who will meet Molly at the airport?A. Her aunt. B. Her uncle. C. Her cousin.12. What will Molly do with her aunt?A. Ex
6、plore the forest. B. Climb the mountains.C. Relax on the beach.听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。13. Where did the man read the article?A. In the library. B. In his bedroom. C. At the dentists.14. What did the writer of the article use to be?A. A journalist. B. A teacher. C. A scientist.15. Who else read the arti
7、cle?A. The mans brother. B. The womans dad. C. The woman.16. What did the man think of the article?A. Boring. B. Long. C. Funny.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. How many years did the speaker stay in his primary school?A. 5. B. 6. C. 11.18. How did the speakers secondary school divide the students?A. By sub
8、ject. B. By hobby. C. By age.19. Why did the speaker think moving to secondary school was difficult?A. He was asked to learn different languages. B. He didnt like walking to school.C. He had to catch the school bus.20. What kind of life is the speaker leading now?A. Quiet. B. Busy. C. Healthy.第二部分:阅
9、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。 ADiscoverNewsmagazine of science devoted to the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the educated general reader. Published by Disney Magazine Publishing Co., Discover tells many of the same st
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15、es.Cover Price: $59.40Price: $10.00($1.00/issue)You save: $49.40(83%)Issues: 10 issues/12months21. Which two magazines are published by the same publisher?A. Wired and InStyle B. Discover and InStyleC. Self and Discover D. Self and Wired22. Which magazine offers the biggest price cut?A. InStyle B. W
16、ired C. Discover D. Self23. Those who are interested in management and the use of high technology would probably choose _.A. InStyle B. Self C. Wired D. DiscoverBI was a shy girl. I didnt even like to answer the telephone for fear Id have to talk to somebody I didnt know. I enjoyed the loneliness of
17、 exploring nature. However, at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My escape was reading. I spent a lot of time studying and was rewarded with good grades. My only failure was Spanish Id get all As on my written work and tests, but Ds and Fs on the spoken part.Eventually I went t
18、o college. During my third year of college, I had enough of being shy and determined to change my outlook and behavior. One day while at school, I noticed an advertisement for positions on the local classical music radio station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I could easily pronou
19、nce names such as Tchaikovsky, Albinoni, and Chopin.I had absolutely no background in radio, and absolutely no hope of getting the job. The idea of talking to thousands of listeners in “radio land” terrified me. However, I luckily survived the interview. I was given brief descriptions of symphonies（
20、交响乐）and a public service announcement to read, and a list of composers names to pronounce. It wasnt hard for me. I left the recording session（录音时段）with a sense of relief and a sense of accomplishment. About two weeks later I actually landed the job. It was a challenging job, but I grew to enjoy it g
21、reatly. I began to feel comfortable talking to people.Although I now spend many hours each week talking with people, Im still basically a quiet person. Perhaps it is my soft voice and my quiet nature that helps draw people out as they respond to my questions as I interview them. My former shyness is
22、 a fortune, as I can relate to people who feel discomfortable when they talk to newspaper reporters. I still enjoy moments of loneliness and the peace found in nature. But Im also glad I decided to make a change in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.24. Wh
23、at do we learn about the author?A. She didnt like reading. B. She didnt work hard enough.C. She wasnt interested in music. D. She wasnt good at speaking Spanish.25. How did the author feel before the interview?A. Very excited. B. Pretty confident.C. Highly confused. D. Extremely nervous.26. What doe
24、s the author later think of her quiet personality?A. It makes others feel less comfortable. B. It is beneficial for her challenging job.C. It prevents her being a newspaper reporter. D. It draws a negative response from audiences.27. The text mainly focuses on the authors .A. desire to find her true
25、 self B. feeling about being a radio hostessC. story of exploring the meaning of life D. experience and feeling of overcoming shynessCVinegar is great. It makes salad, fries and dumplings taste better, and you can even clean your windows with it. And now, according to scientists, it may even help th
26、e planet s population to ease hunger.Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts. This could mean that in the future, worries about climate change affecting the worlds supply of food wil
27、l be much lower.The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis, a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather. It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions, it produced a chemical called acetate(醋酸盐) the main component(成分) of vinegar.After di
28、scovering this, the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants, before they stopped giving them water completely. After leaving the plants for 14 days, they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived, while the untreated plants had dried up and died. Its
29、 hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive.Jong Myong Kim, co-author of the study, told Popular Science magazine that hes already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-
30、effective method out for themselves from flower growing companies to amateur gardeners. Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isnt as easy as just pouring vinegar over them, Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible. “Now we are trying to cooperat
31、e with some farmers, and also some companies, to make a method to apply this system.” he said.And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away, hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.28. What is
32、mentioned as a feature of the Arabidopsis?A. It produces acetate in wet conditions.B. It is mainly composed of acetate.C. It can survive in nowhere but desert.D. It can be tolerant of drought.29. The scientists experimented further in order to _.A. find a simple way of keeping the crops of farmers a
33、liveB. add acetate to the soils of other plants to stop wateringC. check the effectiveness of the acetate to resist droughtD. treat the dried-up plants by adding acetate to them30. What is the authors attitude to the discovery?A. Objective B. UnsupportiveC. Indifferent D. Optimistic31. What may be t
34、he best title for the text?A. Vinegar could end hungerB. Vinegar keeps plants living forever C. How to survive climate changeD. Advantages and functions of vinegarDIt was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “Im paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,”
35、 she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friends refrigerator: “Practice random(随意的) kindness a
36、nd senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.Judy Foreman noticed the same phrase on a warehouse(仓库) wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said,
37、 explaining why shed taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the new
38、spaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didnt know where it came from or what it really meant.Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
39、“Heres the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies(想象) include painting the classrooms of old schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on
40、itself as much as violence can.”The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!32. Why did N
41、atalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?A. She knew the car drivers well.B. She wanted to show kindness.C. She hoped to please others.D. She had seven tickets.33. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she .A. thought it was beautifully writtenB. wanted to know what it really meantC. decid
42、ed to write it on a warehouse wallD. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom34. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?A. Kindness and violence can change the world.B. Kindness and violence can affect ones behavior.C. Kindness and violence c
43、an shape ones character.D. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.C. People should practice random kindness to strangers th
44、ey meet.D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.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 keep a travel journalAre you looking for fresh travel journal writing ideas? Read on these tips to get some ideas for creating a journal you will che
45、rish.Just do it. a travel journal is not scholarly (学文精深的). 36 There are no rules, and no one is grading what you are write. The best way to get going is to get started.Pay attention. Your journal doesnt have to only be about where you go each day. 37 Did you meet someone new? Where and when? What d
46、id you talk about? Recording observations will make your travel journal colorful?Try to write something every day. Make a habit of writing something every day or at least every other day. 38 If you let more time pass, it can be different to remember what you did three or four days ago, especially th
47、e brief impressions of those experiences. Your journal will be richer if you keep up with it.39 If writing paragraphs doesnt fit either you or your trip, try something else. You can make lists, such as your favorite restaurants for dinner or the best places to watch the sunset. Try sketching(素描)too
48、and dont be discouraged if you are not sure as an artist. Sometimes sketching is really the best way to record an experience that would be lost when described with text. As the saying goes, a picture is worth one thousand words.Take the bad along with the good. For all the great travel experiences w
49、e enjoy, there are days when things go wrong. 40 Though they are not be highlight of a trip, they are part of your unique travel story and often are as much fun to tell about in the future as the ones that go as planned.A. Write at a comfortable place.B. Use different ways to keep a journalC. Be sure that the size of the notebook is right for you.D. Then you can catch your thoughts while they are fresh.E. It is your experiences- written by you, and for yourself.F. Write about these experiences too
