1、- 1 -临汾一中 2017-2018 学年第二学期高一年级期末考试英语试题(考试时间 120 分钟，满分 150 分）第 I 卷第一部分所力（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 did the womans sister use to be?A. A teacher. B, A doctor. C. A nurse.2.How d
2、id the man come here?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.3. Whom does the dictionary belong to?A.Many, B. Jack. c Jane.4. When will the train leave?A, At 9:00. B. At 10:00 C. At 10:305. What is the man doing?A. Watching TV, B. Answering the phone. C.Repairing the TV第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 22.5 分）听下面
3、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。听每段对诂或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每题 5 秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听笫 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What do the speakers decide to do at last?A. Have a rest. B. Play basketball. C.Visit Lucy.7.Who has just given birth to a baby?A.Lisa. B. Lucy. C.The woma
4、n,听第 7 段材料，回答 8、9 题。- 2 -8. When did the woman show Mr. Brown around the company?A. Yesterday morning. B.Yesterday afternoon. C. Yesterday evening.9.Where did the quality manags1 go yesterday?A. To the restaurant.B. To the factory. C. To the hospital.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10.How much does the woman
5、 want to spend on a gift?A. About $20. B. About$30. C.About$40.11. What gift does the woman decide to buy at fast?A. A cartoon book. B.A pen and a pencil box.C.A book on how to play garner.12. What do we know about the womans son?A. He is ten years old, B.He likes to write books.C.He plays PC games
6、very well.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What does the woman think of her shopping trip?A.Suiprising. B.Exciting. C.Unpleasant.14. Why was Jane late?A.Her watch was slow, B.Her car broke down.C.She met a friend in the street.15.Where did the woman and Jane actually meet?A.At the womans clothing departme
7、nt.B.At the east entrance of the department.C.At the main entrance of the department.16. What did Ike woman buy?A. A sweater. B. A dress. C. A T-shirtr.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the woman?A.A photographer. B. A musician. C. An explorer.18.What did the woman like doing b Africa?A. Meeting m
8、any intensisting people.- 3 -B. Seeing animals run freely in the wild.C. Enjoying the beautiful natural scenery.19. Which co-unity has the woman visited?A.Spain. B.Ireload. C. Mew Zealand.20. What does the woman complain about?A. The high cost of traveling,B. The long distance of traveling.C. The im
9、polite tourists of some places.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下列短文，从毎逛所给的西个选项（A, B, C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWith the coming of winter, its the perfect time to get out of town and escape the seasonal mood (心情）disorder. Here arc vacation ideas to adopt now.Costa RicaCosta Rica
10、, located bi the Vaile del General,is well-known for its coffee, pineapples and sugar cane plantations as well as its rich forests. Whats more, you cm enjoy holdback riding spend afternoons at the spa or tour a nearby wildlife shelter to look out for colorful birds, sloths ic4 other animals.Los Cabo
11、s, MexicoIf you love wine, travel to Los Cabos, a beautiful vacation destination at the southern edge of the Baja Peninsula During your getaway, you can enjoy special wine things and dinner cooked by Los Caboss Micbelin-starred chef. There sre wild-viewing opportunities, too. From December through M
12、ay, you can spot whales, manta rays and more wildlife.Petit St Vincent, the GrenadinesThis private Caribbean island was spared (使幸免）the anger of hurricanes Irma and Whats snore, the whole island is only 115 acres and has 22 cottages (小屋). Each cottage is located in a quiet place, and you can expect
13、to unplug - 4 -and recharge phones with no Wireless connections, television or telephones b the cottage. Even better, you can spend your days admiring fascinating marine (海洋的）life at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Diving Caribbean center.The Eiumas, BabamasOn Fowl Cays 50-acre private island, you cm enjoy
14、 a carfree escape. Days can be spent fishing, boating and diving before wandering along while sands ,The resort features large one，two- and three-bedroom houses. Best of all, if youre planning a group getaway or multigenerational trip, you rent the entire island for a unique island escape.21. Why do
15、es the author recommend these places to readers?A.To escape from extreme weather.B. To experience out-of-town sights.C.To beat winter blues.D. To treat mental diseases.22. What do we know about Petit St Vincent?A.It survived hurricane Irma and Maria.B.Its a huge and quiet island.C. People can admire
16、 fish off shore D. people can charge phones using wireless connections 23.Where can Tom best go with his grandparents and parents?A. Los Cabos,Mexico B.Petit St Vincet, the GrenadinesC.Costa Rica. D.The Exumas,BahamasBTwo monks of a great mastef were walking in the garden of the masters hoiise. They
17、 were asked to wa3k every day, fkmn dawn to dusk. The walkrng was a kind of meditation (冥想）-They cannot sit in the day the legs nwd a little movement imd the blood needs a little circulation (循环).They both wasted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down，so they both decided, “Tomorrow At
18、the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doesnt seem such m impolite act to sit in the garden.”- 5 -The next day they met in the garden. One was furious (狂怒的)一 because the other was sitting and he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refined and said no. And you
19、are sitting! Are you not going against Ms orders? ”The other one said，“But he has said yes to me.”“This looked very unjust,” the first said, “ I will go and immediately inquire (询问）why he said no to me and yes to you.”The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.”The first s
20、aid, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. Can I sit while meditating? He said, No!and he looked very angry.”The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, “Can I meditate while sitting?，He said,Yes.”It all depends,Just a little difference and life is totally
21、something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting? ” is perfectly okay. Goad! At least you will be meditating.Life is an empty canvas (油画布)，and one has to be very artistic about it.24. Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?A.
22、 Because sitting doesnt seem a polite deed.B. Because walking can do good to their health.C. Because he wanted to give them punishment.D.Because walkiing is the only way to meditate.25. What kind of person is the second monk?A. wise-minded. B. Easy-going. C. Hot-headed, D, Warm-hearted.26. How did t
23、he master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?A.He was disappointed with it. B.He sang high praise for it.C.He nodded to him peacefully. D.He drove him away furiously.27. What can we learn from the story?A. Two heads are better than one.- 6 -B. It is easy to be wise after the
24、event.C. Every mm is the architect of this own fortune.D. Itis not what you say but how you say it that matters.C83-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades of his life fighting against the trend. As Brazilian landowners cut down rainforests to Eake room fof profitable plantations (转
25、利性的种植园）and cattle grounds，he struggled to bring the jungles of his childhood back to life.“When I was a child，the peasants (农民）cut down the trees to make grasslands and charcoal, and the water dried up and did not come back,”he told the reporters, “I thought: “Water is valuable, no one makes water a
26、nd the population will not stop growing. What is going to happen? We are going to run out of water. ”With only some donkeys and a small team of hired workers, Antonio Vicente set about bringing back the forest to his land. What started mi as a weekend hobby soon became a permanent (永久的）way of life,
27、and Antonio recalls often spending whole days and nights in his young jungle, surrounded by rats and foxes, and eating banana sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the last 40 years, he has planted an estimated 50,000 trees m his 31-hectare land, which now make up a small but unique area
28、of rainforest, and a haven for wildlife.As the forest grew, the water returned, and Antonia says that there are now over 20 watet sources on his land that were no longer there when he bought it. Then the animals started making a home there. Today, the forest is alive with the sounds of birds and ins
29、ects living there, and more species are settling in every year . “There are toucans (巨嘴鸟)，all kinds of birds, squirrels,lizards, and even the boars are returning, ”83-year-old Vicente says, “If you ask toe who my family are, I would say nil this right here, each one of these that I planted from a se
30、ed. ”28.What do we learn about the Brazilian peasants?A. They wasted much water on farming,- 7 -B. They focused on short-term profit,C. They cared much about the environment.D.They relied heavily on rainforests for a living29. What used to be young Antonios biggest concern?A.Overpopulalioci. B.Pollu
31、ted water. C. Loss of grasslands. D. Water shortage30. What does the underlined word “haven” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. trap. B. Dieter. C.Shelter D.Balance.31.In the last paragraph, Antonio mainly expresses his . A. affection for his forest B.thanks for his family.C. deep love for rate birds D
32、.Pride as a successful farmerDBritish childrens writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”,remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.After dinner, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bais, Milky Ways, Maltese K
33、it Kats and much more.He knew the history of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kate (his favorite), Rolos and Smarties (his dog, choppers favorite) were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such da
34、tes to memory (熟记),such as 1928 when“Cadburys Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene“，saying. “Dont bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you should learn these dates instead.Perhaps the Headmistress (女校长）will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.
35、 ”According to Dahl, the Golden Years of Chocolate were 1930-1337. In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys boarding school in England. It was a tough environment：those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.Ironically (讽刺地
36、)，it was at this difficult period that chocolate became - 8 -Dahls passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury send each schoolboy a sampler (样品) box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using students- “the greatest chocolate bar experts in world to teat
37、 邮 tiwir new inventions.This was when Dahls imagination took flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge（软糖） and “all sorts of other delicious filling bubbling away on the stoves. ”“It was lovely dreaming those dreams. when I was looking for a plot for my seco
38、nd book for children. I remember those little cardboard boxes (纸盒）and the newly invented chocolates iuside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ”For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolates cake orchocolate ice cream.He said, “I prefer my chocolate straig
39、ht.“32.Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To introduce the main topic-Roald Dahl.B. To introduce DaM、love for chocolate.C. To introduce main characters daily life,D. To introduce some important characters.33.What cm we infer from the passage about Roald Dahl?A.He treated himself with variou
40、s chocolate after dinner secretly.B. He has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.C. He used to lecture scboolchildren of a boys，boarding school.D.He only wrote，some books related to the history of chocolate.34. What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?A. It was a great tim
41、e for children to get educedB. Those years stopped DahF& interest in chocolate.C Students could become chocolate experts then.D.Roald Dahls passion for chocolate was lit up then.35. gave Roald Dahl inspiration to wile Charlie and chocolate Factory.A. the dream about chocolates.- 9 -B.Factories with
42、chocolate and fudge.C. Those boxes with chocolate.D.Chocolate cakes and ice cream第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 3 分，满分 15 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。Six Things You should Never Do Before the Queen* Dont show up empty handed,What do you get the woman who already has everything? Sure, the Queen has se
43、veral homes full of priceless trinkets (饰品), but bringing a gift is necessary. 36 So if shes paying a visit to your hometown or country, something which reflects local culture might go down better than W.H. smiths vouchers (优惠券).* 37You may be dead on your painful feetbut you should always stand whe
44、n the queen enters the room. You may only sit once she has taken the seat，so keep a close eye on when the Queen sits down herself.* Dont ignore the dress code.Regardless of how late youre running or how tempting It is to stay in your casual clothes, make sure you dress accordingly when meeting HRH,_
45、 38_* Resist the temptation to refer to her by her first name.While the Royal family may be extremely fimiliar to us, and while we may have our own nicknames for them, we common folk still arent on a first name basis with them. So, when you meet the Queen she should be addressed as “Yow Majesty” and
46、 “Maam” consequently after. When she leaves, however you must address her as “Your Majesty” once again.* Only speak if the queen speaks to you.Remember when you were a small child and all your elders would drop wisdom such as“ dont speak unless spoken to first” and “children should be seen and not h
47、eaid”? 39 This rule exists- 10 -so Her Royal Highness can control every aspect of the conversation inctuding exiting it swiftly.* Dont eat before she does.No matter how tasty and tempting the banquet morsels spread, in front of you look,you can only start eating once the Queen does. So perhaps have
48、a quick snack beforehand, in case my speeches go on for a long time, 40A. Stand to attention.B. Watch out for Queen.C. Oh, and if she has finished eating, youd better be full too.D. If the event is black tie, wear black tie.E. You are supposed to listen to them though youve grown up.F. This gift mus
49、t also be appropriate to the ocoasionG. The same applies to meeting the Queen.第三部分英语知识应用（共两节，满分 55 分）第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选顼（A、B, C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Always Challoige YourselfI started out my career as an editor for a travel magazine, I didnt really mind the work, but I wanted something more 41, My sister sent me some details for a content management _42with a digital reading startup (新创办的小公司).The job was a seemingly perfect mix of my skills and interests, 43， I jumped at it.However, soon
