顺德一中2015-2016学年第一学期高一年级期中测试
英 语 试 卷
本试卷有选择题和非选择题两种形式，共10页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。在答题卡上，选择题答案用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题答案用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔书写。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 听力理解 （共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分）
听下面3段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第一段对话, 回答第1－2题。
1. What‟s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Father and daughter. C. Brother and sister. 2. What will the speakers buy for Dick?
A. Some records. B. A space suit. 听第二段对话, 回答第3－4题。
3. When did the woman discuss her sightseeing trip?
A. Yesterday afternoon. B. Last night. C. This morning. 4. How far is it from where the speakers are to the Great Wall?
A. About 8 kilometers. B. About 18 kilometers. C. About 80 kilometers. 听第三段对话, 回答第5－6题。
5. What does the man dislike about his present job?
A. Working in a hotel. B. Working in summer. C. Travelling all the time. 6. What does the woman think of the man‟s new job?
A. Boring B. Well-paid. C. Busy.
第二节 听力理解 （共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
听下面一段短文，然后回答问题。短文和问题读两遍。并将答案写在答题卷的相应位置。
C. A book.
7.______________________________________________________________________ 8._______________________________________________________________________ 9._______________________________________________________________________ 10.______________________________________________________________________
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Even little kids love to get magazines every month. Here are some good ones for them. Zootles Zootles is written for younger children by the publishers of Zoobooks. Each issue features a different animal, providing children with the basic knowledge of the animal‟s bodily structure, habitat and behavior. The beautiful wildlife photographs and cartoons will make both children and parents happy. Babybug Babybug encourages a love of books for kids of 6 months to 2 years old. It is filled with colorful pictures and simple rhymes and stories that babies and parents will be happy with when reading together. Zoobies Zoobies is a new magazine for children aged 0-3 from Zoobooks. Each issue introduces a wild animal with beautiful photographs and pictures, and mind-building concepts like colors, shapes, sizes, numbers and more.
Thomas & Friends Thomas & Friends brings to life the magical world of Thomas and his friends for early learners. Every issue of Thomas & Friends is filled with charming stories and includes a poster, and educational activities. It is for ages 2-5. National Geographic Little Kids National Geographic Little Kids‟ interesting animal stories develop pre-reading and reading skills. They also answer questions about kids‟ favorite creatures. Features about different cultures bring the world to kids and inspire a sense of understanding. It is for ages 3-6. Highlights High Five Highlights High Five helps to develop reasoning (推理), problem solving and creative self-expression. Each issue features activities, puzzles and simple non-fiction (写实作品) for preschoolers. It is for ages 3-5. 11. Whom would the magazine Zootles most probably attract?
A. Young kids who like simple rhymes. B. Young kids who are fond of animals. C. Children who love interesting stories. D. Teenagers who want to gain basic skills.
12. What do we know about the magazine Thomas & Friends?
A. It mainly tells young kids about friendship. B. It cannot help children who want activities. C. It tells stories that happen in a magical world. D. It publishes stories written by Thomas and his friends.
13. If a parent wants his/her kids to know different cultures, he/she should buy .
A. Zoobies
B. Babybug
D. National Geographic Little Kids B
There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. In her grief (悲痛), she went to the holy man (圣人) and asked, “What magical things do you have to bring my son back to life?”
C. Highlights High Five
Instead of sending her away or saying a few words to comfort her, the holy man said to her, “Bring me a mustard (芥菜) seed from a home that has never known sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in search of that magical seed.
She first came to a beautiful castle, knocked at the door, and said, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.”
They told her, “You‟ve certainly come to the wrong place.” And then they began to describe all the bad things that had recently happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these unfortunate people than I?” So she stayed to comfort them, and then went on in search of a home that had never known sorrow. But wherever she turned, in hotels or in other places, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune.
The woman became so busy helping others to deal with their sorrows that she finally let go of her own. She would later come to understand that it was the search for the magical mustard seed that drove away her suffering.
14. Leaving the holy man, the woman .
A. was full of hope C. was determined to try again
B. was filled with sadness D. became discouraged
15. The “magical seed” refers to “ ”.
A. a cure for sorrow B. being open to others
C. showing respect to others D. a home that has never known sorrow
16. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the holy man was playing a trick on the woman B. the woman didn‟t go to the right place for the seed C. a mustard seed would bring the woman‟s son back to life
D. the woman was curing herself of sorrow while looking for the seed
17. What does the author want to tell us by writing this passage?
A. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. B. Time passed cannot be called back again. C. You can‟t feel happy unless compared with others.
D. You can‟t expect to know the result until you have tried.
C
Pasta is the world‟s favorite food. A survey taken in 17 countries confirmed that pasta is what people like to eat most. Not only is pasta the number one food in its home country — Italy, but is also enjoyed in faraway places like the Philippines, Mexico and South Africa.
Pasta has become popular, for one thing, because it is cheap and easy to prepare. Just cook noodles or other forms of pasta, make a sauce to go with it and you‟re finished. Many different types of meals can be created with pasta. It tastes good and fills your stomach. It produces energy in the form of carbohydrates (碳水化合物), which is why athletes eat pasta regularly. Pasta can also be kept for a longer time. You don‟t have to use it up at once.
Pasta has also become popular because it stands for the Italian way of life. People all over the world like it because it‟s so simple. It has two basic ingredients (成分), wheat and water, just like bread.
Legend has it that Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy with him but this is not true. Arabs probably brought a noodle-like dish to Sicily in the 8th century. Farmers have been growing wheat, the main ingredient of pasta, there for ages.
The worldwide sales of pasta have risen sharply over the past decade. Italy leads the pasta-eating community of the world. The Italians are the number one consumers followed by Venezuela and Tunisia.
18. In which country do people eat pasta most?
A. Mexico.
B. Venezuela. C. The Philippines. D. South Africa.
19. Sports people often have pasta because .
A. it costs less money C. it provides proper energy
B. it can be kept longer D. it contains no carbohydrates
20. One reason why pasta is favored is that .
A. it is rich in nutrition
B. it smells just like bread
C. people like a simple lifestyle D. Italian food stands for fashion
21. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The origin of pasta
B. Italians‟ love for pasta
C. Pasta — the world‟s favorite food
D. Pasta is changing people‟s way of life
D
Researchers found that a “name pronunciation effect” played an important role in how people were perceived (感知) by others. They concluded that the easier a person‟s name was to say, the better their success was in the workplace and the quicker career advancement (提升) they enjoyed. Their study also found that a simple name improved people‟s ability to make new friends.
Dr. Simon Laham, who led the study, said people with simple names were generally judged more positively (积极地). “The effect is not because of the length of a name or how foreign-sounding or unusual it is, but rather how easy it is to pronounce,” he said.
In their study the team studied the way names can influence a person‟s impressions and decision making. They looked at lots of names of 500 university student volunteers from British, Asian, and European backgrounds and a field of 500 lawyers in America. The team found that people with more pronounceable names were more likely to achieve success. They found that American lawyers with easier sounding names got career advancement faster within their law firms. Names including Sherman, Jenkins, Benson, and Angus ranked among the easiest to pronounce, while Farquharson and Loughnane and European names such as Leszczynska were found to be difficult to pronounce. They concluded that a simple name was the key to success.
Dr. Laham said the results could have important implications (意义) for how managers dealt with bias (偏见). “It‟s important to treat the biases that shape our choices and judgments about others,” he said. “It may help remove bias, leading to fairer, more objective treatment of others.” 22. What factor of a name plays the key role in deciding its effect?
A. The length of the name. C. The meaning of the name.
B. The pronunciation of the name.
D. Whether the name is unusual or not.
23. The underlined part “pronounceable names” in Para. 3 refers to names that .
A. can be spelled easily
B. can‟t be pronounced easily
C. can be pronounced without difficulty D. sound like foreign names
24. Which of the following would Dr. Laham most probably agree with?
A. People should use simple names to avoid biases. B. Foreign names are considered to be hard to pronounce.
C. The name effect can be found only in English-speaking countries. D. The study can help people treat those with hard-to-say names more fairly.
25. What‟s the main idea of the passage?
A. Having an easy-to-say name will help you get quicker career advancement. B. People with hard-to-say names should struggle for fairer treatment. C. People with hard-to-say names should avoid unfair treatment from others. D. The importance of changing hard-to-say names to easy-to-say ones.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（其中E涂AB,F涂CD,G涂BC）。
Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family. 26 He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.
One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting is very good.” 27 The villager
began to do this job as well as he could.
Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at counting, and he made him his shop accountant. The other accountants were very jealous of the villager‟s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him. 28
One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into „that‟ room. 29 When they came back and opened the door, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.
The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. 30 At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only accountant for his
office.
A. He came to a big city hoping to find a job.
B. They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman. C. So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson. D. Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen. E. So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him. F. The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job.
G. But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.
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15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I finally had to put away my old watch today. It was a(n) 31 from an uncle and it had sat on my wrist (手腕) every day for 25 years. It had 32 over 50 batteries. As one of the first digital (数字的) watches, it had 33 me faithfully and well.
34 , the numbers on it had faded (消退) until I could no longer 35 them clearly. I couldn‟t 36 it in the trash. I just put it in my drawer 37 . When I went to the 38 to look for a new watch, I was 39 . There were dozens of digital watches there. Some of them could not only tell the 40 and date, but also showed me the time zones, and even doubled as a stop watch. I 41 them all and then chose an old-fashioned, clock-face watch with only 42 and a second hand on it. I think it reminded me of 43 times when change wasn‟t so constant (持续不断的) and life wasn‟t so busy.
I‟ve never been one who enjoyed 44 . I often had to be pulled into them by people 45 me. Still, through all the changes in life, I‟m reassured (安心) by the one thing that 46 changes: life loves us and wants us to be 47 . I keep this truth shining bright in my heart
and soul every day. With this truth I‟m able to accept the 48 that life is full of changes and go wherever these changes may take me.
One day, the watch inside us will 49 ticking. Let‟s make sure we are 50 for it. 31. A. order 32. A. replied to 33. A. served 34. A. Suddenly 35. A. read 36. A. keep 37. A. often 38. A. shelf 39. A. puzzled 40. A. difference 41. A. looked at 42. A. keys 43. A. simpler 44. A. lucks 45. A. behind 46. A. even 47. A. brave 48. A. rule 49. A. stop 50. A. late
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当
B. message
C. gift
D. skill D. gone through D. watched D. Generally D. count D. store D. instead D. factory D. surprised D. future D. worked on D. dates D. busier D. changes D. except D. never D. careful D. reason D. practice D. famous
B. cared about C. waited for B. protected B. Gradually B. press B. throw B. too B. office B. bored B. truth B. pointed to B. numbers B. better B. powers B. around B. just B. honest B. fact B. avoid B. sorry
C. followed C. Quickly C. spell C. deliver C. again C. shop C. worried C. time C. dealt with C. maps C. longer C. failures C. without C. seldom C. happy C. plan C. delay C. ready
的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置上。
On December 4th, 2006, an airbus took off on time from the capital airport of Saudi Arabia.
After about an hour‟s (51)______ (fly), something strange happened in the plane. The passengers (52)______ (enjoy) themselves when a small rat stole out from the bag of a young man, which made the young woman nearby (53)______(alarm) with loud screaming. Then more and more rats came out of the bag. All the passengers became out of order, especially the women and the children. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with (54)______control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane(55)_______ (succeed) landed at the nearest airport.
As soon as the plane landed on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on (56)______ (catch) these small creatures. Many ways had been tried but(57)______ of them were good enough to catch the rats.
At last they tried to fill in the plane (58)______ carbon-dioxide(二氧化碳), which poisoned all the eighty rats by the poisonous gas.
It (59)______ (report) that the young man wanted to carry these rats to another city and sell them as pets but no one had expected that these small creatures succeeded in (60)________(escape) from the bag.
第四部分 词汇句型与写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 词汇基础（每空1.5分，满分15分）
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。请在答案卷上写出完整的单词。
61. He visited his parents who lived in a(an) （偏僻的）village twice a year. 62. I p________ hand written letters to email. I'm old fashioned I guess.
63. The boy couldn‟t go to school because of s . He had to lie in bed for two days. 64. Young people should be ready to meet the （挑战）in their life. 65. I （猜想）he hasn‟t got up yet, so we had better not drop in on him now. 66. We should （支持）those leaders who serve the people heart and soul. 67. A （志愿者）helps this old woman clean her house once a week.
68. The People‟s Republic of China was f in 1949.
69. V_________ movies, in which there is a lot of fighting and killing, are harmful to teenagers. 70. Since her parents _________(离婚), she has lived with her grandparents.
第二节 句型结构（每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。 71. He took up a job as a sales clerk after ___________ (从……毕业) the university in 1998.
(graduate)
72. People seem to _____________ (对……感到厌烦) more and more singing
competitions. ( bore)
73. Probably everyone ___________ (遭受) stress at some time in their life—students, doctors,
factory workers—anybody. （suffer）
74. Although the sisters ____________ ( 竞争) each other for many years, they still got on very
well in their daily life. ( compete)
75. The street is shining brightly as both sides ____________ (装饰有) colored lights.
(decorate)
第三节 书面表达（共1小题，满分20分）
义工旅行在国外是一种非常流行的旅行方式。当前，这种旅行方式在中国也越来越受欢迎。义工旅行指青年旅行者靠在青年旅舍做义工换取免费食宿，并在工作空余时间在当地游玩的旅行方式。请你根据下列要点写一篇短文。
1. 介绍义工旅行的情况；
2. 发表你对这一旅行方式的评论（如体验不同文化、节省开支……）。 3. 词数：100词左右
参考词汇： 义工旅行 Volunteer Travel
青年旅舍 youth hostel
顺德区第一中学2015-2016学年第一学期高一年级
英语学科期中考试试题答案
第一部分 听力理解，共20分（共两节，1-6题为选择题，每小题2分,共12分；7-10为回答问题，每小题2分。） 第一节 选择题
1-6：ABBCBB
第二节 回答问题（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）
7. Mrs. White./ Mr. White‟s wife. 8. She was hurt in a traffic accident. 9. Because he never did cleaning. 10. A sweater (for her daughter).
第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15题；每小题2分，共30分） 11-15 BCDAA 16-20 DCBCC 21-25 DBCDA 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 26-30 AEGBD
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15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 31-35 CDABA
36-40 BDCDC 41-45 ABADB 46-50 DCBAC
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
51.flight 52. were enjoying 53. alarmed 54. the 55. successfully 56.to catch 57. none 58. with 59. was reported 60. escaping 第四部分：写作 （共三节，满分45分） 第一节 词汇基础（每空1.5分，满分15分）
61.remote 62. prefer 63. sickness 64. challenges 65. suppose 66. support 67. volunteer 6 8. founded 69. Violent 70. divorced 第二节 句型结构（每小题2分，满分10分）
71. graduating from 72. get bored with 73. suffers from 74. competed against 75.are decorated with 第三节 书面表达 （共1小题，满分20分） Possible version :
Volunteer Travel, which is familiar to foreigners, has nowadays become more and more popular in China. Young travelers volunteer to work for youth hostels so that they can eat and live there for free. At the same time, they can enjoy the local scenery in their spare time.
In my opinion, volunteer travel has some advantages and benefits you a lot. It can save you a lot of money by providing free accommodations, which makes it possible for you to travel to many more places and experience different cultures. Meanwhile, volunteer travel enriches your life by offering different jobs in youth hostels, which also can change your way of life. Believe it or not, volunteer travel will be wonderful memories in your life.
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