1、北京临川育人学校高一年级下学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分 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。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
2、Where does the conversation take place?AAt the customs. BIn a restaurant. CIn a hotel.2Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AFriends. BStrangers. CClassmates.3What can we learn from the talk?AMr. Wood lost his wallet. BCarl works in a post office.CMr. Wood is going to pick up his wallet.4
3、When does this conversation take place?AIn the morning. BIn the afternoon. CIn the evening.5What does Jacks girlfriend do?A She plays the piano. BShe organizes concerts. CShe sells pianos.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
4、，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。听下面一段材料，回答第 6至 7题。6What magazine does the man take besides Morning Post?A Newsweek. B New Yorkers. C New Scientists.7Whats the price for Morning Post?AOne dollar. BOne and a half dollars. CThree dollars and fifty.听下面一段材料，回答第 8至 10题。8When will the man go mounta
5、in climbing? AThe summer holiday. BIn a fortnight. CNext weekend.9How does one benefit from mountain climbing?AIt can build muscles. BIt can build strength and balance.CIt can improve confidence and balance.10What can we learn from the conversation?AJessie will go mountain climbing with David.BJessi
6、e suggests David take some instructional courses.CA partner is needed to manage the climbing rope for the climber.听下面一段材料，回答第 11至 13题。11Where do the two speakers work?AIn a plant in Chicago. BIn a large company. CIn an office in Atlanta.12 Who has risen to a higher position?AJim has. BMarta has. CBo
7、th Jim and Marta have.13Why does the woman want to go on with her work in the office?AShe is fond of writing notices.BShe is still new in her position.CShe hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors.听下面一段材料，回答第 14至 17题。14What does Jane think of her trip to the West Coast?AIt was wonderful. BIt
8、was terrible. CWe dont know.15Whats the disadvantage of Los Angeles?AIt is noisy. BThe weather is hot.CThere is no subway and the bus service is terrible.16Whats the weather in San Francisco?AWarm and nice.BCool but comfortable.CA little cold.17Why is it easy to go around in San Francisco?ABecause i
9、t is small and the transportation is good.BBecause it has subways.CBecause it has a smaller population.听下面一段材料，回答第 18至 20题。18What can we learn about North Dakota?AA block party is an early sign of summer there.BIndoor sports are popular in winter.CWinter snows are usually deep there.19What do the pe
10、ople in North Dakota think of the season of winter?AQuiet and satisfying. BLong and boring. CShort but exciting.20What can we learn about the people in North Dakota?AThey like answering questions. BThey have various interests.CThey dislike answering questions.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
11、，满分 30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMarch, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring.SongKran-ThailandDates: 13th-15th, AprilIn Thailand, its time to celebrate the coming
12、monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran，when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(喷，洒）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get
13、soaked!Naghol-VanuatuDates: Every Saturday from April to MayEvery year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peoples diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from hig
14、h wooden towers with only two thin vines(藤条) attached to their ankles(脚踝). The divers heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump-something very dangerous if the vines are not measured properly.Cherry Blossom Viewing -JapanDates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year dep
15、ending on the weather forecast.The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣）fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to see. In Japan, almo
16、st everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.21. What does the underlined word “soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. tired B. interested C. wet D. crazy22. The writer thinks that the “land diving ceremony” can be dangerous for the divers because _.A. the divers may injure their heads
17、if the vines arent measured properlyB. the divers ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightlyC. the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines breakD. the divers may bump into(撞在上)the wooden tower on the way down23. We can learn from the passage that_.A. people usually stay at ho
18、me for celebration during the cherry blossom seasonB. the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearlyC. the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts a long time in JapanD. the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in JapanBLooking almost as fresh as t
19、he day it was bought, this McDonalds Happy Meal is in fact six months old. Photographed every day for the past six months by Manhattan artist Sally Davies, the kids meal of fries and burger hasnt any signs of mould(霉菌) or decay(腐烂).Sally put the Happy Meal on a shelf in her apartment and watched it
20、with increasing shock. Even her dogs stopped trying to steal a free tasty snack.“I bought the meal on April 10 this year and brought home to see how it changed,” she said. “I chose McDonalds because it was nearest to my house, but the project could have been about any other fast food. The first thin
21、g that shocked me on the second day of the experiment was that it no longer gave out any smell. And my dogs stopped circling the shelf.”Sally expected the food to go mouldy after a few days. In fact, Mrs. Davies surprise turned to shock as the food still had not shown any signs of decay after two we
22、eks. “It was then that I realized that something strange might be going on with this food that I had bought,” she explained. “The appearance of the food did not change as the weeks turned to months. And now, at six months old, the food is plastic to touch. The only change that I can see is that it h
23、as become as hard as a rock.”The experiment has brought her amusement rather than fear. “Maybe I would be frightened at seeing this if I were a meat eater.” she said.24. Sally Davies kept the record of the McDonalds Happy Meal by_.A. touching it B. drawing pictures of it C. smelling it D. taking pho
24、tos of it25. Mrs. Davies didnt have the feeling of fear because _.A. the experiment could prove nothingB. she was a brave personC. she didnt eat any meatD. this was not the case with all fast food26. Before the experiment, Sally Davies had thought the food would_.A. turn into plasticB. become tastel
25、essC. be covered with mouldD. be stolen by her dog27. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. McDonald is the most convenient foodB. McDonalds Happy Meal tends to get bad easilyC. How to store the kids meal of fries and burger.D. McDonalds Happy Meal shows no sign of decay after six monthsCOne day w
26、hen I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read.In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a f
27、ew books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the mone
28、y to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I bo
29、rrowed it from the library for the summer.Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very sl owly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated fr om his family and who finally found his wa
30、y back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had
31、 read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classro
32、om performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held. 28.The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to _. A.
33、help cure him of his reading problem B. let him spend a meaningful summerC. encourage him to do more walking D. make him learn more about weapons29.The book caught the authors eye because _. A. it contained pretty pictures of animals B. he found its title easy to understandC. it reminded him of his
34、own dog D. he liked childrens stories very much30.Why could the author manage to read the book through? A. He was forced by his mother to read it. B. He identified with the story in the book.31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. The author has had happy summers ever since.B. The autho
35、rs mother read the same book.C. The authors mother rewarded him with books.D. The author has become a successful writer.DA black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces(熔炉) that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, th
36、e star begins to die.The death of a star is not a quiet event. First there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns.After the explosion, gravity pulls in whats left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the
37、center, the star gets smaller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so solid that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billion of pounds.The more the star shrinks(收缩), the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gr
38、avity pulling it in is unbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can go out. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born!Thats what we know about black holes. What we dont know is
39、 this: What happens inside a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine.But if the black hole doesnt keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to a
40、nother world. They say that as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words a black hole in our universe could turn into a “white hole“ in a different universe. As the black hole swallows(吞噬) light, the white hole shines brightly-somewhere else. But where? A d
41、ifferent place, perhaps, or a different time-many years in the past or future.Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed(挤压). So far the time being, black hole must remain a mystery.Black holes are a mystery-but that hasn
42、t stopped scientists from dreaming about them. One scientist suggested that in the future we might make use of the power of black holes. They would supply all of Earths energy needs, with plenty to spare. Another scientist wondered if a black hole could some day be used to swallow earthly waste-a so
43、rt of huge waste disposal(处理) in the sky!32. When the star begins to die _.A. there is no fuel left in it B. a huge explosion will happen C. its outer layer goes into space first D. it doesnt give off light any longer33. Which of the following doesnt help produce a black hole?A. The dying star shine
44、s very brightly.B. The light cant go out of the star.C. The star becomes smaller and smallerD. The gravity inside the star is very strong.34. The black hole _.A. continues becoming smaller and smaller all the timeB. goes into another universe and becomes a white holeC. will appear at another place a
45、t a different timeD. can pull in everything we know of in the world35. Whats the best title for this passage?A. A New Scientific Discovery: Black Holes B. What Are Black Holes?C. What Are Black Holes? How Do Black Holes Come Into Being?D. Travel Through A Black Hole 第二节 （共 5小题；每小题 2分，满分 10分）根据短文内容，从
46、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。Youd think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about this important health need. Lets set the facts straight. 36 1. More sleep is b
47、etter for you.There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found that a lot of sleep (9 hours or more) is linked with poor sleep quality. _37_ Aim for better sleep.2. 38 Alcohol can help most people fall a
48、sleep. However, it also can cause you to wake up more during the night, decreasing your sleep quality. Consider drinking non-alcoholic drink before bed instead.3. If you wake up in the middle of the night, lie in bed until you eventually fall back asleep.39 We all hope to quickly fall back asleep. So we tend to stay in bed hoping itll happen at any minute now. If that doesnt happen, though, within 15 minutes, most experts recommend getting out of bed to do something that occupies our bodies and brains without overstimulating us. Try not to check the clock either.4. You can catch up on sl
