2008-2009学年梅州中学高一英语中段考试题

2008-2009学年梅州中学高一英语中段考试题高一英语备课组2008.11.4第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节：听力理解每段对话播放两遍。

各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。

请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项。

听第一段对话，回答第1至第3题。

（）1.In which season doesn’t the conve rsation probably take place?A. SpringB. SummerC. Winter（）2.What are the speakers going to do?A. Go to a parkB. To have a picnicC. To find a stream（）3.Who will prepare the food?A. The womanB. The manC. Neither of the speakers听第二段对话，回答第4至第6题。

（）4.What are the two speakers?A. College studentsB. Army instructorsC. Soldiers（）5.What are the two speakers talking about?A. The class meeting.B. The military training(军训).C. The strict instructors.（）6.Which of the following is FALSE?A. They both didn’t come late to the class meeting.B. They both feel tired.C. They haven’t finished their training.听第三段对话，回答第7至第9题。

（）7.How is Mary?A. She is very well.B. She has been ill for some time.C. She is badly ill.（）8.By whom were the flowers sent to Mary?A. Mr. Ford.B. Mary’s workmates.C. Someone Mary doesn’t know.（）9.Who will come to see Mary tomorrow?A. Mr. FordB. JohnC. John and Mr. Ford听第四段对话，回答第10至第12题。

（）10.What was the purpose of Mrs. Whinfield’s visits to Kew Gardens?A. To learn more about plants.B. To write an article on gardens.C. To meet the writers she read.（）11.Where did Mrs. Whinfield live before she moved to her present home?A. DorestB. SomersetC. West London（）12.Where does Mrs. Whinfield get most of her plants?A. She grows them from seeds.B. She gets them from her friends.C. She buys them from a market.听第五段独白，回答第13至第15题。

（）13.Why did the father feel worried?A. His kid couldn’t talk.B. His son was short.C. His kid had no courage.（）14.What did the monk think the boy?A. He was hopeless.B. He was too shy.C. He should be trained to be brave.（）15.How long was the boy trained by the Buddhist monk?A. Three monthsB. Five weeks.C. A long time第二节：听取信息听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为16——20的空格中。

听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。

录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。

Leap Day(闰日)第二部分：语言知识及应用第一节单项选择（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）21. Ladies and gentlemen, please keep your seat belts fasten even if the plane_____.A. takes offB. has taken offC. is taking offD. took off22. ---He still smokes a lot, do you know?---Yes. Though we _____ him to give it up, he still goes on with it.A. persuadeB. being persuadedC. try to persuadeD. suggest23. I insisted that a doctor ______ immediately.A. has been sent forB. sends forC. will be sent forD. be sent for24. Culture refers to a group or community ___we share common experiences that shape the way weunderstand the world.A. with whichB. thatC. whichD. what25. The reason _ he is late is _ there was a breakdown on the railway.A. why; whyB. because; thatC. that; becauseD. why; that26. It was not until she got home __ Mary realized she had lost her keys.A. thatB. whenC. whereD. before27. We discussed where to go for a whole morning, but we decided to stay at home_____.A. at the endB. by the endC. in the endD. on end28. Sometimes ________ English is quite different from _______ English in many ways.A. speaking, writingB. spoken, writtenC. speaking, writtenD. spoken, writing29. When we visited Zhangzhuang again ten years later, we found it changed so much that we could hardly________ it.A. rememberB. think aboutC. believeD. recognize30. Xiao Hong worked harder last year. _______ , she still didn’t get high grades.A. As a resultB. After allC. By the wayD. However第二节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）Before I left home for college, my father sat me down and shared this memorable story with me.There is an old story of a boilermaker who was ___31__ to fix a huge steamship boiler syatem that was not working well. After he had __32___ to what the engineer had described of the boiler room, he looked at the pipes, listened to the thump(重击声) of the boiler and the ___33__ of escaping steam for a few minutes, and felt some pipes with his hands. Then he __33__ into his bag and took out a small hammer, and tapped a bright red valve one time. ___35__, the entire system began to work perfectly. And then the __36_ went home. When the steamship owner received a __37__ for one thousand dollars, he ___38_ that the boilermaker had only beenin the engine room for fifteen minutes and requested an itemized bill. So the boilermaker sent him a bill that __39__ as following:For tapping the valve: $0.50For knowing where to tap: $999.50" Tony, " my father said," I want you to go to college so that you can get your degree, but more ___40__, I want you to return with an education. Do you know what I mean?" I nodded.31. A. allowed B. forbidden C. employed D. forced32. A. referred B. listened C. replied D. wrote33. A. sound B. equipment C. pipe D. hole34. A. burst B. changed C. put D. reached35. A. Besides B. Chiefly C. However D. Immediately36. A. engineer B. boilermaker C. boss D. assistant37. A. reward B. gift C. bill D. cheque38. A. doubted B. complained C. ensured D. praised39. A. reads B. serves C. passes D. runs40. A. practical B .important C. normal D. positive第三节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）The USA has a much bigger population than Australia, and 41.______ cities are 42.______ crowded than Australian ones. There are not as many mountains in Australia as 44.______ the USA. Both countries have deserts and beautiful 44.______ (beach). But America has many more rivers than Australia. The northern and central parts of the USA 45.______ (have) much more snow in winter than 46._______ in Australia and generally these two areas have a colder 47.______ than Australia does. Australia is in the southern hemisphere (半球) and doesn’t have its winter at the same time 48.______ countries in the northern hemisphere. Mostpeople in these countries 49.______ the same language----- English,50.______ their accents are very different. 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）AA man worked hard for many years. He built a small house, and had a small business. When he was old, he wanted to move to a warmer part of the country.He had a son and a daughter. They both wanted the house and the business. "Both children can work in the business," the old man said to himself. "But the house is too small for two families. What can I do? I love them both." He thought for a few days and then had an idea. So, one Sunday, after dinner with his children, he said to them, "I'll give the house to one of you who can fill the house with something from a tree."The son went to the woods and filled bags and bags with leaves. The daughter went to the woods too and filled one small bag with leaves.Sunday night came. The son brought in a hundred bags of leaves. But they filled only the living room. The daughter took out the leaves from her bag and burned them. The light from the fire filled the house.51. The man wanted to give _______ to his children before he went to live in another place.A. the big houseB. the small businessC. both the small house and the businessD. all that he had52. His son and daughter could ________.A. both work in the businessB. both work in the business and live in the house.C. both live in the houseD. sell the business and the house and share the money53. The man asked his son and daughter to________.A. fill the house with something from a treeB. sell the house and share the moneyC. repair the houseD. build a new house54. The son tried to fill the house with ______ but the daughter tried to fill the house with______.A. leaves, lightB. wood, leavesC. light, leavesD. leaves, wood55. _______ got the house at last.A. The sonB. The daughterC. The son and the daughterD. The son and his familyBJenny lived in a town. Her father Mr. Young, had a shop there and sold clothes in it. The shopkeeper was born in a poor family and was in school no more than a year. He was always sorry for it though he had much money now. He hoped his daughter could become a scientist. But the girl didn’t like anything else except singing. She often went to the concerts, bought a lot of records the famous pop stars made and insisted on listening to the music when she was free. Of course she wanted to be a pop star, too. Her parents wanted to prevent her, but she didn’t listen to them and they had to agree to her choice. They engaged an old man who was good at music as a private teacher.Five years passed. Mr. Young bought all kinds of musical instruments for Jenny and they visited some places where the famous singers were born. Of course he spent a lot of money on it. But he found the girl didn’t make any progress. At last the teacher didn’t think the girl could become a singer at all and had to tell Mr. Young about it. The man became angry and said, “Why didn’t you tell me about it earlier? My daughter learned nothing but I paid you month after month!”“I think you should thank me for it,” said the teacher. “Another teacher, who teaches badly, is paid more than I was. And I saved much money for you!”56．Mr. Young was in school for a short time because .A．His family was too poor to support him.B．he has to help his parents.C．he was weak in his lessons.D．he didn’t like studying at all57．Jenny spent much money buying records and went to the concerts in order to .A．visit some places B．know some pop starsC．become a pop star D．learn singing58．The underlined phrase “musical instruments” in the story means .A．乐谱B．乐器C．乐章D．乐队59．Mr. Young became angry because .A．he paid a lot of money to the teacher.B．his daughter decided to drop music.C．his daughter spent for years on musicD．the teacher taught his daughter nothing.60．The teacher thought .A．he had taught Jenny all.B．the girl could be singer.C．he was paid less than his workmates.D．it was wrong for Jenny to stop studying music.CMiss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feetaway, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves. “That’s every good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said. “Yes, Kate.”“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”61. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class_________.A. how to telephoneB. about electricityC. about time zone (时区)D. about sound62.Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.A. it was easy to phone to Los AngelesB. her student could hear her from 75 feet awayC. her students had grasped her lessonD. sound waves were slower than electricity63. Tom thought that electricity was _________.A. slower than sound wavesB. faster than sound wavesC. not so fast as sound wavesD. as fast as sound waves64.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in NewYorkB. electricity was slower than sound wavesC. Tom was not good at physics at allD. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves65.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?A. Tom’sB. Kate’sC. Both A and BD. Neither A nor BDDo your kids like plastic toys? Well, I guess it’s time for them to play with wooden toys.I have always liked kids’ wooden toys since I was five. I always ran along on the back of a hobby horse pretending to be a cowboy from the West when I was a little boy. Now I’m a dad and I still like buying these timeless natural wooden toys. They will never be out of style. My daughter has a child’ rocking horse, and my two sons have wooden trains and cars. The great thing about his type of toys is that they will last generations if they are treated kindly. Even if they break, most of the time they can be repaired using spare parts bought from wooden-toy makers, and if the part is not too complicated, you yourself can make the part from a piece of wood.What if they do break and can’t be repaired? Well, at least they can be dealt with without having any bad effects on the environment. They can be turned into wood chippings and used for pathways in the country or play areas for kids. Even if the wooden toy is buried as rubbish, which is very rare these days, it will not harm the soil or the environment.I like all types of wooden toys. There is such a wide variety of wooden toys today and the choice is getting bigger day by day. As an alternative to plastic toys, wooden toys can’t be beaten. I’m sure in the near future wood will no doubt become the number one material for making toys, as plastic becomes more and more expensive because if rising oil prices and the environmental issues concerning plastic. Plastic toys might harm kids’ health, too.66. Why does the author say wooden toys are timeless?A. Because wooden toys can be repaired easily.B. Because wooden toys do not cost much.C. Because wooden toys are good for the environment.D. Because wooden toys will never be out of style.67. According to the author, wooden toys which can’t be repaired will _________.A. be taken back by the makers.B. need a lot of money to deal with.C. not harm the environment.D. be collected by collectors.68. From the last paragraph, we can learn that ________________.A. plastic will be used up sooner or later.B. plastic toys will not be allowed to be sold very soon.C. wooden toys will become more popular in the future.D. wooden toys will become more and more expensive.69. Which of the following is NOT the reason why plastic toys will be less popular in the future?A. That plastic has bad effects on the environment.B. That plastic toys might harm the health of children.C. That plastic toys offer children few choices.D. That oil prices are getting higher than before.70. We can infer that this passage is written to _______________.A. tell us the disadvantages of plastic toys.B. advise parents to buy wooden toys instead of plastic toys.C. tell us how much the author and his children like wooden toys.D. advise toy makers to make wooden toys rather than plastic ones.第四部分：单词拼写和完成句子（共10小题，每小题0.5分，满分5分）71．She holds a positive a________ towards everything.72. Mary could speak English f________after living in London for 2 years.74. I r________ Peter at once, though I hadn’t seen him for 10 years.74. I told my decision to my father, but he d_______with it.75. We are very ________(感激的) for what you have done for us.76. 厌烦了看电视，我出去散步。