高一英语期末考试模拟试题附答案听力

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。满分130分，考试时间为100分钟

第I卷

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than a hobby —they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Slater when he said, “Once you’re in, you’re in. There’s no getting out.”Surfing, of course, means riding on waves in the ocean using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires good balance and is therefore difficult for most beginners to learn, but some lie down.

The history of surfing probably began with the Polynesian people of the Pacific Islands. One of the first white people to see anyone surfing was the British explorer Captain Cook, when his ship arrived in Hawaii in 1778. He watched many Hawaiians riding waves on large pieces of wood, and saw that “they seem to feel a great pleasure.”

When surfing started to become popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, surfers used large wooden boards (often more than 3 metres long) that were quite heavy. Boards today are almost always shorter and also much lighter because they are made of artificial materials instead of wood.

For anyone who wants to try surfing, the only essential things are waves and a board. There are a few other things, however, that most surfers find important: a rope to attach one of their ankles to the board and therefore stop the board going a long way when they fall off; wax, which they put on the surface of the board to help their feet stick to it; and a wetsuit to help them keep warm in cold water. The southwest of England is an example of a place where surfers usually need wetsuits, even in the summer, because the water is so cold.

Surfing has been a professional sport for many years, and the very best surfers are able to make a living from it. Most of the best professional surfers in the last thirty years, both men and women, have been American or Australian, but surfers from Brazil, Peru and South Africa have also won important competitions.

1. The underlined phrase “get hooked on”in the first paragraph is similar in meaning to ____________.

A. get used to

B. be connected to

C. become crazy about

D. be stuck in

2. What can we know about surfing from this passage?

A. It is riding on the waves without any equipment.

B. It requires good balance.

C. Surfers always stand on their boards.

D. It is quite easy to learn.

3. From Paragraph 5 we can know about ____________.

A. the important skills of surfing

B. dangers surfers are faced with

C. different places to surf

D. what surfers need to keep surfing safe

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Men do better in surfing than women.

B. There are no surfers in Asia.

C. There are many competitions in surfing.

D. Most surfers can make a living by surfing.

B

I love my BlackBerry —it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices and truly communicate with others.

On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule —no laptops, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.

Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth to that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.

The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break conversation and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.

I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom. I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I’m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

5. The underlined word “engage”in Paragraph 4 probably means “__________”. [来源:学_科_网Z_X_X_K]

A. change

B. explore

C. accept

D. refuse

6. According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may _________.

A. help students to better understand complex themes

B. encourage students to have in-depth conversations

C. keep students from doing independent thinking

D. affect students’concentration on course evaluation

7. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author __________.

A. think highly of technology-free dialogues in his class

B. will change his teaching plan soon

C. will give up teaching history

D. is quite stubborn