1、 高一英语期中试卷 Page 1 of 9 杭州二中 2015 学年第一学期高一年级期中考试英语试卷 2015. 11 本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题 ） 和第 II 卷（非选择题 ） 两部分，共 100 分，考试时间 90 分钟 命题 、 校对 ：徐力群、温晓玲 、 刘潜 审核：周献雄 第 I 卷 (共 80 分 ) 第一部分： 听力 (共两节，满分 10 分 ) 第一节（共 5 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 2.5 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 l0 秒钟的时间来回答有关小
2、题和阅读下一 小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What color shirt will the man probably put on? A. White. B. Blue. C. Pink. 2. Where is the womans father? A. In the hospital. B. At home. C. In the office. 3. What does the woman suggest? A. The man should buy a new car. B. The man should buy a second-hand car. C. The man shou
3、ld save more money in the future. 4. What does the man think about Indian restaurant? A. He enjoyed the food there. B. He preferred the smell there. C. He didnt like Indian style restaurant. 5. What does the woman mean? A. She likes tea very much. B. She doesnt like pop music. C. She doesnt believe
4、the mans words. 第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 7.5 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 A、 B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。 6. What are the two speakers going to Sunny City for? A. To go to a museum. B. To have a lunch. C. T
5、o go to Alices party. 7. Which train do they decide to take to Sunny City? A. The five oclock train. B. The nine oclock train. C. The eleven oclock train. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。 8. What will the girl send to the hungry children? A. Her cake. B. Some money. C. Some snacks. 9. What do we know about the
6、 two speakers? A. Theyre very rich. B. They live very simply. C. Theyre kind-hearted. 高一英语期中试卷 Page 2 of 9 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Whats the womans job in the trade company? A. A senior secretary. B. An officer. C. A clerk. 11. Why does the woman want a new job? A. She wants to get more experien
7、ce. B. She needs to support her family. C. She expects a higher salary. 12. What should the woman do if she leaves the present job? A. She has to finish the work by the end of this month. B. She must give a weeks notice. C. She needs a weeks rest. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the woman doing?
8、 A. Swimming. B. Reading a novel. C. Having a sunbath. 14. How many miles did the speakers drive to the beach? A. 15 miles. B. 50 miles. C. 100 miles. 15. What are the speakers going to do? A. Go surfing. B. Go back to the hotel. C. Go for a boat ride. 16. What do we know about the womans bathing su
9、it? A. It attracts a lot of attention. B. It takes her several days to decide to buy. C. Its good-looking but poor in quality. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. When do people usually start their Christmas shopping? A. On December 1. B. On November 29. C. Before Thanksgiving. 18. Where did the idea of “B
10、uy Nothing Day” start? A. In America. B. In Britain. C. In Canada. 19. How did people celebrate “Buy Nothing Day” in California this year? A. They got together to read stories, sing songs and paint pictures. B. They organized a spaghetti dinner to give people information. C. They made themselves up
11、to tell people not to buy anything. 20. Where did the high school students get food on “Buy Nothing Day” in Albuquerque? A. From the neighbors. B. From the restaurants nearby. C. From the shops selling spaghetti. 第二部分 : 英语知识运用 第一节：单项填空 (共 20 小题 , 每小题 1 分，满分 20 分 ) 从 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
12、21. Tu Youyou, _ first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in helping to create an anti-malaria medicine. The 84-year-olds route to the honour has been _ but traditional. A. a; everything B. the; anything C. a; nothing D. the; something 22. It is not the first time that the one-year dep
13、osit rate (存款利率 ) _ cut by the central bank this year. A. is B. has been C. was D. had been 高一英语期中试卷 Page 3 of 9 23. After knowing that he could go to university, he was thinking about how to _ a student loan from the bank, as his family was too poor to support him. A. request B. command C. require
14、D. demand 24. _ that the Chinese government plans to end its one-child policy and instead let families have two children. A. It was reported B. What was reported C. It has reported D. As was reported 25. With the battle between the two Chinese taxi booking mobile apps for smartphones, Didi and Kuaid
15、i, the _ has been lowered. A. fee B. charge C. fare D. cost 26. President Xi Jinping and his recent visit to UK _ was considered a big success may help increase peoples interest in travelling there. A. who B. that C. which D. where 27. The movie The Little Prince has been a hit, and even the book se
16、lls well; _ the story is moving. A. specially B. obviously C. especially D. actually 28. Did you feel the earth quaking? No. I _ TV at home and I _ anything different at all. A. watched; have felt B. have watched; feel C. am watching; hadnt felt D. was watching; couldnt feel 29. The boy insisted tha
17、t his sister _ nothing wrong even when everyone believed the opposite. A. must do B. should do C. is done D. had done 30. The morning before the sports meeting _ we spent wondering whether the heavy rain will stop is not easy _. A. when; to forget B. which; to be forgotten C. that; to be forgotten D
18、. /; to forget 31. Why didnt you stop him making a fool of himself at the meeting? He _ from his seat and made the speech _ I realized it. A. was rising; when B. was raised; until C. rose; before D. was to raise; after 32. People are now eager to find out _ the little boy survived the terrible disas
19、ter. A. how is it that B. that it is how C. that is it how D. how it is that 33. Have you heard the news that people who are found eating on the subway can be fined up to 500 yuan in Shenzhen _? It has led to a heated discussion. A. lately B. latest C. late D. later 34. Never before _ that the diffe
20、rence between magnitudes is so huge. A. I knew B. did I know C. I have known D. had I known 35. The delay of the trains has left thousands of people _ without foods and hot drinks in such cold winter. A. by accident B. in trouble C. behind schedule D. on purpose 36. I was trying to sound _ even when
21、 I was almost frightened to death. A. calm B. fluent C. native D. peaceful 37. A student who is only interested in improving his grades but doesnt _ his country and people is not a real “good student”. A. come about B. care about C. set about D. dream about 高一英语期中试卷 Page 4 of 9 38. The worlds riches
22、t couple, Bill and Melinda Gates promised to give away a $60 billion _ to help those in need. A. devotion B. insurance C. donation D. reward 39. Study and life in high school are so different from middle school. Im really busy and under a lot of _. A. comment B. trouble C. homework D. pressure 40. I
23、 think Ill just stay home and read. _ A. Help yourself. B. Congratulations! C. Suit yourself. D. Never mind. 第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题 , 每小题 1 分， 满分 20 分 ) 阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didnt have airplanes or railways or many ot
24、her kinds of _41_ that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Persia. And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is _42_ because they cant grow much _43_ the water situation
25、. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive _44_. So he went up and asked, “How much per kilo?” And the shopkeeper said, “Two rupees.” Two rupees in India is _45_; its like dirt. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and
26、started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His _46_ watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became _47_. As he coughed and choked and gasped for breath, he _48_ up and down, saying, “Ah! Ah! Ah!” But he still _49_ to eat the fr
27、uit! Some people looking at him shook their heads and said, “Youre crazy, man. Those are chilies! You cant eat so many; theyre not good for you! People use them as a condiment(调味品 ), but only a little bit to put into food for _50_. You cant just eat them by the _51_ like that; theyre not _52_!” But
28、the stupid master said, “No, I cant stop! I paid money for them, and now Ill eat them. Its my money!” And you think that master was stupid, right? _53_, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We _54_ money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. And _55_ its been a long time, bitter
29、experience tells us it _56_ work, and we know theres _57_ hope that things will change in the future, we still continue just because weve spent money, time, effort and love _58_ it. If so, were wrong. Just like the man who ate the chilies and _59_ so much but couldnt stop because he didnt want to wa
30、ste the money hed paid. So even if youve lost something, let it go and move on. Thats better than continuing to _60_. 41. A. communication B. voyages C. transportation D. highways 42. A. rare B. fresh C. sweet D. expensive 43. A. because of B. instead of C. with the help of D. as a matter of 44. A.
31、in all B. at all C. all along D. all around 45. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything 46. A. nose B. ears C. face D. eyes 47. A. serious B. red C. pale D. ugly 48. A. walked B. jumped C. climbed D. jogged 49. A. searched B. started C. insisted D. continued 高一英语期中试卷 Page 5 of 9 50. A. tas
32、te B. good C. fun D. smell 51. A. cupful B. handful C. canful D. armful 52. A. medicine B. vegetables C. fruit D. food 53. A. immediately B. Finally C. Similarly D. Gradually 54. A. use B. devote C. invest D. make 55. A. ever since B. as if C. even though D. now that 56. A. cant B. mustnt C. darent
33、D. wont 57. A. no more B. no much C. not more D. not much 58. A. into B. with C. at D. on 59. A. lost B. shocked C. hurt D. suffered 60. A. fail B. fight C. lose D. try 第二部分：阅读理解（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、 B、 C、 D)中，选出最佳选项。 A “For university I have to get a summer job.” I heard
34、a secondary-school student telling his friend. “But it wont be a factory job. What would I learn from a factory job?” Id like to tell him about the lessons I learned from a factory job the summer before my last year in secondary school, many years ago. On my first day on the job, in a paint factory,
35、 the plant manager said to me, “I need another pair of sky hooks. Would you go into the next department and get some?” Off I went. There was no sky hook in that department. I was sent to another one, then another. I ended up visiting every department in the factory. When I returned empty-handed, I w
36、as told with much laughter there was no such thing as a sky hook. This is the way the factory used to get to know a new hire. Learning the social skill of accepting good-natured hazing (捉弄 ) was my first lesson. Before working inside the paint factory, a new hire had to scrape (刮去 ) and paint the ou
37、tside of the building. After working in the hot sun, I returned home with tired hands, and I learned to respect the honest factory worker, man or woman. When I started painting the next day, I was not sure how to do it because of my experience. The managers knew that. When I finished the first side
38、of the wall, all the nearby workers came out and cheered for me. The memory of that day is still with me. I learned that the fruit that we get from honest labour is one of the sweetest of all pleasures. On certain days, when the ship came, six workers were picked to unload 50-pound bags of paint ing
39、redients. We started at 7 a.m., and when we finished we could go home. If everyone worked hard, the afternoon was free time. It was a great management tool. I learned it is possible to make a difficult task into a good exercise in teamwork. I learned so much that summer. I hope the secondary-school
40、student would not refuse a factory job if he is offered one. 61. The writer wrote down his experience in a factory in order to show that _. A. life is hard in a factory B. it is valuable to work in a factory C. the secondary-school student was foolish D. factory people are very kind and honest 62. T
41、he manager who sent the writer to get sky hooks would be satisfied if the writer _. A. came back with some sky hooks B. visited all the departments and met many workers C. realized it was a joke and did not get angry D. tried to get some sky hooks from another place 高一英语期中试卷 Page 6 of 9 63. After th
42、e writer did the unloading with five other workers he thought _. A. the factory could have sent only three workers for the job B. unloading heavy bags was a good exercise for him C. it was clever of the manager to make them work as a team D. good tools were important even for unloading work 64. The
43、writer learned from his time in the factory that _? A. no job is easy in the world B. honest labour can be a real pleasure C. workers should respect one another D. a successful factory depends on a good management B The year of 2014 has been jam-packed with the good, the bad, and the ugly. But no ma
44、tter what has happened, smart people have always been busy inventing. Here are some of the inventions of 2014 that have helped to make the world better, smarter, and even a little more fun. Selfie stick If 2013 was the year of the selfie, then this year was the year of the selfie stick. Wherever you
45、 go in the world, youre likely to see them being used by everyone from backpackers and groups of friends to skiers on a mountain. Selfie sticks come in many different shapes and sizes and can hold your camera, or smartphone, at a distance to help you find better photo angles and take better group ph
46、otos. Most selfie sticks use a handheld bluetooth button, which allows the photo to be taken when youre ready. Companies have jumped on the trend and made many different types of selfie sticks, such as hairbrushes that can hold your phone and the classic extendable (可拉伸的 ) selfie sticks that “add ge
47、nuine value” to picture taking, according to mobile analyst Van Baker. Wireless electricity Most of us could not bear to live without wireless Internet. We use it every day from our phones to our cars. But one company wants to go a step further, by making electricity wireless. No more tangled wires, and no more having to sit hold
