1、1舒城中学 20182019 学年度第一学期期中考试高一英语满 分 150 分 ， 考 试 时 间 为 120 分 钟第 I 卷第一部分听力（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. What are they talking about?A. Fruit. B. Food. C. Drink.2. Whats the weather like a
2、t the weekend?A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Terrible. 3. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Renter and customer.4. How much does the woman have to pay if she wants to stay there for three nights?A. 50. B. 100. C. 150.5. Where does the conversation m
3、ight take place?A. At the womans home. B. At the mans home. C. At the estate agent.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答 6、7 题。6. What are the two speakers talking about
4、?A. Weather. B. Beijing. C. Trees.7. Where are they now?A. At school. B. At home. C. At hotel.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Salesman and boss.9. Where will they go?A. Home. B. Hospital. C. School. 2听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。1
5、0. What is the woman doing now?A. She is learning playing Pipa. B. She is working as a music teacher.C. She is learning a new English song.11. Why does the woman practice everyday English?A. Because she wants to sing some English songs.B. Because she has some difficulty in explaining Chinese things
6、to her foreign friends.C. Because she wants to teach the man a new English song.12. What do we know about the man?A. He knows well about Pipa. B. He knows nothing about Pipa. C. He likes to play Pipa.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why didnt the woman enjoy herself?A. She couldnt enter the park.B. She co
7、uldnt see the fireworks clearly.C. She couldnt find her friends.14. When did the woman get to the park?A. At 8:00 p.m. B. At 8:10 p.m. C. At 7:50 p.m.15. How did the man manage to get a good view?A. He and his friends got there early.B. He and his friends climbed up a hill.C. He and his friends had
8、a picnic together.16. What did the man do for going home?A. He got on a bus as soon as he could.B. He pushed his way home at midnight.C. He waited for a while and took an extra bus.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who writes the letter?A. An Editor. B. A student. C. A teacher.18. What do 45% of the stude
9、nts think about taking physical exercise every day?A. Taking physical exercise can do harm to us. B. Taking physical exercise can benefit us.C. Taking physical exercise can make us study better.319. How many students support taking physical exercise every day?A. None of the students. B. Few of the s
10、tudents. C. Most of the students. 20. Whats the authors opinion of taking physical exercise?A. Taking proper physical exercise. B. Taking much physical exercise.C. Never taking physical exercise.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA sign
11、 is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roadsNumber one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that were near a
12、 crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number fi
13、ve is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So
14、 drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, therere the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car舒
15、中高一期中英语 第 1 页 (共 8 页)421. At the places where you see Sign 1, _A. you are already out of a townB. you still have thirty kilometres to goC. there must be a town thirty kilometres awayD. there must be many houses and buildings not far away22. You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when y
16、ou find_A. each of the eight signs B. either of Signs 2 and 3C. only Signs 3, 5and 7 D. any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 723. A driver can leave his car_A. near Sign 8 at any timeB. near a sign with “No parking” on itC. near a sign with “No waiting” if therere no police thereD. near a sign with “P” on it on
17、ly in the daytimeBAs nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost 349.At over 18,000 a year thats more than the earnings of 7
18、0 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into an even higher pay group. According to a study, she earns 457 a week at nearly 24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemi
19、sts.Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework with looking after the children (17.9hours) and cooking and cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming(费时).A w
20、ife with a part-time job still works an average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours sharply decrease as children get older. While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly
21、, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and m
22、ost husbands dont understand this. 5For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen thats the real test.”24. Who earns most according to the text?A. A social worker. B. A fireman. C. A gardener. D. A teacher.25. We learn from the text that looking after childr
23、en _.A. takes more time than doing any other houseworkB. means more duties than being a teacherC. requires the mother to be well-educatedD. prevents the mother from working outside26. According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work .A. 66 hours a week B. 71 hours a wee
24、k C. 80 hours a week D. 90 hours a week27. By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that _.A. housework is no easy job B. her husband has no time to clean the kitchenC. a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning D. the kitchen is hard to cleanCHave you ever run into a careless cell pho
25、ne user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a newnamephubbers(低头族).Recently, a cartoon created by students from China
26、Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight(聚光灯 ). In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie(自拍) in front of a car accident si
27、te, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real.Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it
28、. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying, “The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the re
29、port.6But thats not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stare at their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Q
30、ilu Evening News reported.It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.28. For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Para.2?A. To warn doctors ag
31、ainst using cell phones while treating patientsB. To advertise the cartoon made by studentsC. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbersD. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing29. Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?A. He might get separated from his fr
32、iends and familyB. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmedC. He will cause the destruction of the worldD. His social skills could be affected30. Which of the following may be the authors attitude towards phubbing?A. Supportive B. Optimistic C. Opposed D. Objective31. What may the passage talk
33、 about next?A. Advice on how to use a cell phoneB. Measures to reduce the risks of phubbingC. Results of phubbingD. People addicted to phubbingDI once did an Internet search for how many studies have been done on sadness and depression. The number was about 40,000. Then I did a search for studies on
34、 happiness. There were only about 40 studies that came up. I smiled and then said to myself, “Its almost like we all need to smile on purpose.”Now, I can hear some of you saying, “Well, what if I dont feel like smiling? What do you want me to do?” Well, I believe that if we make ourselves smile on p
35、urpose, or even force ourselves to smile, then we have done something positive instead of negative in that moment. Besides, we may also improve the value of our faces and ourselves. Remember, nobody wants to be around someone who is wearing a 舒中高一期中英语 第 3 页 (共 8 页)7frown.In addition, not only will w
36、e be making this world a better place, with our purposeful smiles, and encouraging more happiness and less sadness studies, but we will actually use fewer facial muscles by smiling instead of frowning. Thats right, my young, good-looking folks (人们). Using fewer facial muscles will help us keep a you
37、nger looking face that hopefully will never be marked by the lines of hardness and depression.Whats more, not only does smiling on purpose help improve the value of our faces and make us more attractive to others, but it also helps our whole body. Smiling causes the release(释放) of the feel-good matt
38、er from our brains, which then runs joyously through our little bodies. As a side benefit, this sort of joyfulness within us is also likely to improve our social lives. Now thats something to smile about, isnt it?Now teens, go to learn, lead, and lay the way to a better world for all of us. Remember
39、 to practice the habit of smiling on purpose. It will improve your looks, your social life, health, and eventually your career. And once again, thanks in advance for all you do, and all you will do.32. The author mentions the Internet search to .A. explain why people feel sad B. bring out the topic
40、of the passageC. introduce researchers study results D. prove the convenience of the Internet33. Why can smiling make us look younger according to the text?A. Because fewer muscles on the face are used. B. Because people tend to have a younger heart.C. Because the muscles on the face are exercised.
41、D. Because people who smile are really beautiful.34. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A. All people have colorful social lives. B. All people feel their smiles are valuable.C. Smiling can be very beneficial. D. Smiling too much isnt healthy.35. What is the text mainly about?A. How to study smiles.
42、 B. The purpose of smiling.C. How to practice smiling on purpose. D. The advantages of smiling on purpose.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）8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。Sometimes I wonder why so many people find history boring. Id keep hearing the same joke whenever I say I like history. “What
43、s so interesting about learning the lives of a bunch of dead people?” History like literature is full of stories, mysteries, and romance. 36 Peoples dislike of learning history might have come from history classes in school. Most history teachers didnt show students the importance of learning histor
44、y or tried even just a little to tell the great stories of the past. 37 Thats what made history boring. But it shouldnt be. Learning about history should be exciting. So, how can you make learning history more fun and interesting? Here are three fun ways to try:38 Movies that show the past are some
45、of the best ways to learn history. While not all movies do describe history accurately, there are lots of films out there which do a great job showing the events that happened in the past. For example, if you want to learn more about the Holocaust (大屠杀), you could go to watch Schindlers List, The Bo
46、y in the Striped Pajamas, or The Pianist.Visiting museums. Theres nothing like looking at history through visiting museums. Most museums today hold various historical items like old clothing, tools, and ancient rings. 39 They can help visitors understand how life was back then.Attending cultural eve
47、nts. 40 When visiting a new place or country, try to attend performances of traditional dance and music. If you can, try participating in them to get the most of the experience.A. Touring historical places.B. Watching historical movies.C. There are actually more in history if one looks into it close
48、ly.D. Knowing a culture through its traditions can be a wonderful experience.E. These things tell more about the history of a place than your history book.F. The problem with most people is that they simply take pictures and post it on social media.G. The exams made you anxious because they are alwa
49、ys about dates of events and names of people and places.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）9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。I have been into sports since I was six years old and sports are very important in my life. I have known many 41 while in school. The one that 42 me most is Brian Pawloski, who trained our basketball team when I was in high school.Brian Pawloski is the 43 coach I
