【最新】湖北省宜昌市示范高中协作体高一英语下册第二学期期中试题(a卷)(有答案)

宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体春期中联考

高一英语试题

（卷面满分：150分考试时间：120分钟）

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．Why does the man move to New York?

A．To make a trip. B．To look after parents. C．To work there. 2．What are the two speakers talking about?

A．Buying a TV. B．TV channel. C．Sports meet.

3．Why will the woman leave before eleven?

A．To buy something. B．To make a work plan. C．To go home.

4．What was the man doing at the moment?

A．He was listening to the radio.

B．He was reading a book.

C．He was writing something.

5．What is the weather like today?

A．It’s rainy. B．It’s sunny. C．It’s cloudy.

第二节（共15个小题；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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，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至7题。

6．What is the woman most probably doing?

A．Informing the man of an appointment.

B．Telling the man her advice.

C．Bargaining with the man.

7．When will Mr. Emory and the man meet?

A．At 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. B．At 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. C．At 3:00 p.m. the day after tomorrow.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．Which city’s information does the woman hope to get?

A．New York. B．Las Vegas. C．New Orleans.

9．Which festival is mentioned in the conversation?

A．Easter Day. B．Valentine’s Day. C．New Year’s Day.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What does the man do on weekends?

A．Go climbing with his parents.

B．Make long trips in another city.

C．Make short trips with friends.

11．What does the woman like best?

A．Swimming and sailing. B．Swimming and cycling. C．Sailing and cycling. 12．What does the man like to do in his spare time?

A．Reading. B．Dancing. C．Planting.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．When did the two speakers meet last time?

A．One and a half year ago. B．One year ago. C．Half a year ago.

14．What gift does the woman give the boy?

A．A motor car. B．A racing car. C．A police car.

15．How does the woman get here?

A．By plane. B．By train. C．By bus.

16．How long will it take to get home by car?

A．About half an hour. B．An hour. C．One and a half hour.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Where did Nat King Cole play the piano at first?

A．At a bar. B．In the cinema. C．At the concert.

18．Why did the lady ask the player to sing a song?

A．She had paid him for this.

B．She knew him very well.

C．She wanted to have a change.

19．What was Nat King Cole best known as later?

A．Piano player. B．Singer. C．Painter.

20．Why did Nat King Cole succeed?

A．The lady helped him a lot.

B．He continued to play where he first played.

C．He caught the chance.

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）

A

Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.

That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 o'clock in the morning. Without company, Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don't think you wish to die here!”“What do you want?” Agatha asked.

“Your earrings (耳环). Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.

“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didn't care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”

“Oh, s ir. It's not worth much. Please let me keep it.”

“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”

With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to her home.

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings (先令).

21. Agatha will never forget the night because ________.

A. she was robbed of her earrings

B. she was robbed but she fooled the robber

C. she had such a nice time at the party

D. it is dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night

22. Why did she try to protect her necklace? ________.

A. She didn’t want the robber to notice it.

B. It was cheaper than the earrings.

C. It was worth keeping.

D. She would rather have it robbed.

23. The story wants to tell us ________.

A. Agatha was brave and clever

B. the robber was foolish

C. a necklace is usually more expensive than earrings

D. never stay too late at an evening party

B

It’s not Christmas Day yet. But wherever I go on the streets, I see shops selling Christmas trees and all kinds of beautiful decorations, waiters wearing Christmas hats; I hear children singing Christmas songs on broadcast; I get messages of Christmas’s best wishes from friends.

I just got quite confused again, since when have Chinese begun celebrating Christmas Day? What do these people celebrate it for, the birth of Chris? But we all know that most of Chinese are not Christians, they don’t even know the origin of Christmas Day, and they celebrate it for no reason.

I don’t celebrate Christmas Day or any other western holidays since I’m not a Christian and nor am I a westerner. I don’t know what Christmas really means. Anyway I can’t get reasonable answers from my friends. Some of them think they would like to just take this chance to enjoy themselves regardless of the meaning of the festival. Some of them think I’m an old-fashioned girl, a bigot who doesn’t appreciate the spirit of Chinese cultural tolerance(宽容) and understanding of other cultures. Well, if it is about cultural tolerance, why don’t we ever celebrate the month of Muharram, or festivals of colours in India, or Fiestas Patrias in Mexico?

I really appreciate cultural exchanges and communications with all nations, but I don’t think this is what it’s about. People are celebrating more and more western festivals while ignoring our traditional ones.

Is it part of globalization(全球化)？Do people in other non-western countries also celebrate Christmas?

24. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer _________.

A. is an old-fashioned girl

B. doesn’t like festivals at all

C. prefers western festivals to Chinese festivals

D. prefers Chinese festivals to western festivals

25. According to the writer, many Chinese people celebrate Christmas _________.

A. for no reason

B. for the birth of Chris

C. because most of them are Christians

D. because they don’t like Chinese festivals

26. The underlined word “bigot” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. a very brave person

B. a very stubborn person

C. a very careful person

D. a very popular person

27. We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. more and more Chinese people celebrate western festivals now

B. Chinese people pay enough attention to our own festivals

C. no Christmas celebration means one lacks cultural tolerance

D. the writer doesn’t like cultural exchanges and communications with other countries

C

The biggest hamburger restaurant chain(连锁) in the world is McDonald’s. It started in 1955 with just one restaurant, but now has more than 20000 worldwide. There are more than 12000 McDonald’s restaurants only in the US. You can find them in 100 countries on six continents. There isn’t a McDonald’s in Antarctica, but I don’t suppose they eat hamburgers at the South Pole. When you eat at a McDonald’s restaurant you are joining the 35 million people who eat and drink at McDonald’s every day, and there are more than one million people who work there. McDonald’s has sold 100 billion hamburgers since it opened, and it sells more than 6.8 million pounds of French Fries every day.

How do you like your hamburger restaurant? There are old McDonald’s ---- part of one restaurant in England is 600 years old. There are elegant(高雅的) McDonald’s ---- there is one on the Champs Elysees in Paris. There are cool McDonald’s ---- there is one in Hollywood. There are McDonald’s restaurants on ships and trains, in hospitals and zoos, in airports and in colleges.

Clearly many people like the speed, hygiene(卫生) and cheapness of fast food restaurants. However, not everyone likes fast food. Some people question the nutritional value of the food; some people think the fast food causes too much waste and pollution. So the fast food business gives us plenty of food for thought, as well as convenient, affordable meals.

28. There are ________ McDonald’s restaurants outside the US now.

A. about 20000

B. about 8000

C. about 12000

D. about 32000

29. How many people does each McDonald’s employees serve on average every day? _______

A. About 35 billion

B. About 100 billion

C. About 35 million

D. About 600 million

30. From the passage we can infer that ________.

A. there are McDonald’s of different styles to meet different customers

B. the writer encourage more people to eat hamburgers

C. the writer thinks people should stop eating hamburgers

D. hamburgers are of great nutritional value

31. The underlined phrase“plenty of food for thought”in the last paragraph probably means

______.

A. a lot of delicious food

B. a lot of food you can afford

C. a lot of things to think about

D. a lot of convenient food

D

There are many people who say Thomas Edison invented the twentieth century. Although there are those who may disagree, yet Edison was one of the greatest inventors in America.

Born in 1847 in Ohio, Thomas Edison attended school for only three months. After his teacher sai d that he could not learn, Edison’s mother decided to teach him at home. There

he was allowed to study the subjects that most interested him. By age ten, Edison had built

a science laboratory of his own.

Edison got his first job at age twelve on the railway selling candy and newspapers. There he once saved a boy whose father was the boss of the railway station. In return the boss helped him a lot.

In his late twenties, Edison built an “invention factory”where he and his business partners could devote all their time to inventing. After improving upon the telephone, Edison created the phonograph(留声机). Although Edison did not actually invent the light bulb, he did create an electric lighting system which led to its widespread use.

Edison set up the first central electric power station in 1882, so New York became the

first city in the world to have electric lights. This was the beginning of the modern world

in which electricity became a way of life.

The following year, one of Edison’s engineers discovered electrons(电子), which at last

led to electronics. Without electronics, we might not have radio, TV, computers, or space travel. The rest of Edison’s life was spent making and impr oving inventions.

Thomas Edison died at the age of eighty-four in 1931. Three days later, much of America dimmed(使暗淡) its lights in honor of the inventor—a man who had more impact (影响)on the development of present-day civilization than anyone else in history.

32. The passage tells us that ________.

A. Edison didn’t like to study at school

B. Edison invented the light bulb in his late twenties

C. even without electronics, we might have radio, TV, computers, or space travel

D. New York was the first city in the world to have electric lights

33. From the passage, we can infer that _________.

A. Edison’s teacher thought Edison was not worth teaching

B. Edison’s mother stopped Edison studying at school

C. Edison didn’t invent many things in all his life

D. Edison didn’t spend his life working on these inventions when he was old

34. Why did many Americans dim their lights when Edison died? ________.

A. Americans wanted to save more energy.

B. Americans were used to dimming their lights.

C. Americans dimmed their lights in memory of the great inventor.

D. Americans were made to dim their lights.

35. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Edison, a Poor Man

B. Edison, a Great Inventor

C. Edison Died at 84

D. Edison and His Childhood

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从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。

Summer is the season of family travel. 36 Here are our top 5 things to teach your children before entering big crowds:

How Far They Can Go—37 For young children, you should set a rule of always holding a parent’s hand. For older kids, you may be comfortable with a “I can always see you and you can always see me” rule.

To Call Your Real Name— Teach your children that you will find them, so it’s best if they stay in one place. What’s more, teach them to call out your full name instead of “Mommy” or “Daddy” to help you more easily find them.

How to Identify a “Safe Person”—Make sure your children know the best people to approach if they get separated from you. Employees working at the place you‘re visiting are generally always good, “safe people”. But what about places that may not have employees, like the beach? 38 Experts say that moms are often the most willing and best-equipped people to help kids.

What to say— 39 Remember that if your children do get separated from you, they will likely be panicked (恐慌), so don’t assume that they will know how to tell strangers that they are lost. Role-play getting lost and using simple sentences like, “I am lost”with your kids to help them know what to do if it actually happens.

Their Personal Information—Make sure your children know as much basic personal information as possible, including their full names, parents’full names and telephone numbers and the address. 40

A. Teach your children to look for a mom with kids.

B. Sometimes it’s not hard to find a safe person in such places.

C. But do your kids know what to do if they get separated from you?

D. If your kids are too young to remember them, write them down!

E. It can be hard for people to help a lost child.

F. Tell your children to behave normally when they get lost.

G. It’s important to talk with your children about how close you expect them to stay to you.

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）

A“blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet website called a “blog”. The word “blog” is a 41 way of saying“web log”, or “personal website”. Anyone can start a 42 , and they can write about anything they like.

There are millions of blogs on the internet today. They 43 news, information and ideas for people who read them. They contain 44 to other websites,

and they provide a place for people to write their 45 and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perseus has 46 more than 3,000 web logs. It says

that blogs are most 47 with teenage girls. They use them to 48 their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study 49 says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

50 , some people develop 51 blogs to present political and other ideas.

52 , the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their 53 .

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have 54 . Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs. com”. He said the site became too expensive to 55 . He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had 56 on it. They were 57 that the site had been closed.

One blog that is still going 58 is called Rebecca’s Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That 59 led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been 60 into four languages so far.

41. A. short B. long C. regular D. central

42. A. company B. expression C. experiment D. blog

43. A. debate B. explore C. provide D. seek

44. A. issues B. links C. recovery D. guidance

45. A. reasons B. ideas C. faults D. choices

46. A. served B. reported C. studied D. attached

47. A. popular B. pleased C. bored D. careful

48. A. ask B. order C. demand D. let

49. A. instead B. yet C. still D. also

50. A. Besides B. However C. In fact D. Therefore

51. A. fierce B. relaxing C. serious D. humorous

D. On the

52. A. For example B. In total C. In the end

contrary

53. A. products B. employees C. systems D. predictions

54. A. recognized B. ended C. survived D. happened

55. A. advertise B. start C. continue D. close

56. A. written B. appeared C. worked D. taken

57. A. happy B. upset C. excited D. confident

58. A. devoted B. gentle C. weak D. strong

59. A. character B. history C. article D. usage

60. A. dipped B. fooled C. mixed D. translated

第二节单词填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分；满分15）

阅读材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once upon a time, there was a mother who lived alone with her son. They worked very hard all year round 61 they still couldn’t live a comfortable life. They really looked forward to making their life better, but didn’t know how.

One year, a merchant came to the village. He needed 62 (spend ) some weeks there. The merchant was so kind-hearted that he made a 63 (decide) to help the poor mother and her son. He gave 64 some money from time to time. Because they 65 (help) by the merchant, they lived a 66 (good) life than before.

But one day, the woman talked to her son, “The merchant will leave sooner or later. After he leaves, we’ll live 67 (poor) again. Since he lives alone and isn’t always at home, we can go and get all his money.” But the son 68 (immediate) refused to do so, saying, “Oh, no, Mom! We should never do that. He helps us a lot! We should be grateful to him instead of 69 (rob) him.” Having heard her son’s words, the woman gave up her terrible idea. When the merchant left, he took the son with him and taught him how to do business. And the son returned as70 successful merchant.

第四部分写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分；满分10分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jack,

I am terrible sorry that I won’t be able to go to your birthday party this Saturday afternoon.

So yesterday my mother didn’t feel better and I took her to the hospital. The doctor suggest that

she should have an operation immediately. I have to look after her in the hospital for a few day. I

sincerely hope something will go well and that you can have happy birthday party. By the way, I

have sent to you the latest CD of Jay Chou as a birthday gift. I know you are a fan of Jan Chou

and I hope he will enjoy it.

I am looking forward to see you soon.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是交换生李明，正在美国一所高中学习。近日你在学校网站上看到学校篮球体育俱乐部要招收一名成员的消息。要求如下：

1. 爱好并擅长篮球；

2. 英语流利；

3. 有一定的比赛经历。

请根据以上要点给俱乐部负责人Mr. Brown写封信，表达你想加入该俱乐部的愿望。

注意：

1. 词数：100词左右

2. 行文连贯，不可逐字翻译。

Dear Mr. Brown,

I am learning English painting in our school as an exchange student from China. Recently I read from a notice on our school website that _____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________.

Yours,

Li Ming

宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体春期中联考

高一英语参考答案

选择题：1~20听力（每小题1.5分）；20~40阅读理解（每小题2分）；41~60完形填空（每小题1.5分）。

A卷

语法填空

61. but 62.to spend 63.decision 64.them

65.were helped

66. better 67.poorly 68.immediately 69.robbing

70.a

短文改错

1.terrible改为terribly

2.so 改为because

3.better改为well

4.suggest改为suggested

5.day改为days

6.something改为everything

7.have和happy之间加 a 8.删掉sent之后的to

9.he改为you 10.see改为seeing

书面表达

1.本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。

2.评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。

3.词数少于 80和多于 120的，从总分中减去2分。

4.评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性。

5.拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写汉词汇用法均可接受。

6.如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。

Dear Mr. Brown,

I am learning English painting in our school as an exchange student from China. Recently I read from a notice on our school website that the sports club is looking for a basketball player. I believe that I am just the right person you are looking for. First of all, I love basketball and I am very good at playing basketball. Secondly, I have no problem talking with others in English. More importantly, I took part in many basketball games in my school in China. I am sure that I can make our basketball club stronger and more powerful if I become a member of it。

I am eagerly looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Ming