1、高一下期初考英语试卷第 1 页 （共 12 页）南安一中 20152016 学年度下学期期初考高一英语科试卷组卷：王美婷 审核：洪梅玲 2016.2.19本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷，共 12 页，满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题纸上。2考生作答时，请将答案答在答题纸上，在本试卷上答题无效。按照题号在各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。3第 I 卷选择题答案使用 2B 铅笔填涂在客观题答题卡上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号；第 II 卷请使用 0.5 毫米的黑色签字笔或碳素笔书写
2、，字体工整、笔迹清楚。第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）1. What does the woman want?A. Tea. B. Juice. C. Fruit.2. Where does the conversaton probably take place?A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. At an English corner.3. Why does the woman r
3、efuse to go to the beach?A. Its hot there. B. She cant swim. C. She isnt free on Saturday.4. What does the man mean?A. He is not hungry now. B. He dislikes the food there. C. He will be busy tonight.5. Why does the man prefer magazines?A. They are cheaper. B. They are more interesting. C. They can b
4、e finished more quickly.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What does the woman say about the factory?A. It is far from the town. B. It is built to deal with waste. C.It will be in use next year.高一下期初考英语试卷第 2 页 （共 12 页）7. What do the speakers think of their town?A. Dirty. B. Clean.
5、 C. Beautiful.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What do we know about the woman?A. She is overweight now.B. She likes lemon juice a lot.C. She didnt do any exercise before.9. What can the woman eat besides vegetable salad?A. Sugar. B. Seafood. C. Fruit.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What can we learn from the conve
6、rsation?A. The woman eats lots of fruit. B.The woman often has colds. C.The man is often off sick.11. What advice does the man give to the woman?A. Drink more water. B. Give up smoking. C. Take regular breaks.12. How often does the man think the woman should swim?A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C.
7、Three times a week.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where is the woman going?A. To Paris. B. To London. C. To New York.14. What makes the man worried?A. This is his first time to take a plane.B. Michael may be late for his flight.C. He is late to see Michael off.15. What relaiton is the man to Michael?A.
8、His relative. B. His workmate. C. His neighbour.16. What does the woman think of Michael?A. He is not reliable. B. He is a bit strange. C. He is an able man.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the speaker probably?A. A teacher. B. An examiner. C. A student.高一下期初考英语试卷第 3 页 （共 12 页）18. When does the s
9、peaker give the talk?A. At the beginning of a term. B.In the middle of a term. C.At the end of a term.19. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. When to take an exam. B.What to do before an exam. C.How to do in an exam.20. Why does the speaker tell a story of a student to the listeners?A. To as
10、k them to sleep early the night before the exam.B. To prove doing lots of practice tests is helpless.C. To warn them not to be late for the exam.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。ABrian was unhappy because he had to babysit his little sister Cris
11、sy on the first day of their mountain vacation since Mom had to pick up Dad at the airport and wouldnt be back until later. “Ill miss the Perseids this year,” he said.“What are the Perseids?” Crissy asked.“Theyre lots of falling stars called a meteor shower (流星雨) that comes every August,” Brian repl
12、ied, annoyed.“ Lets sleep on the deck (露天平台 ) tonight. We can both watch!” Crissy suggested.That was not a bad idea, Brian thought. “OK. Ill leave a note inside so Mom and Dad know were on the deck. Go and get your sleeping bag.”When Crissy returned, she asked, “When will the stars come out?”“Soon.
13、The Perseids come early in the morning.”They both soon fell asleep. Suddenly, Brian heard something moving on the other side of the deck. He tried to be very quiet so he would not frighten whatever it was. Carefully, he looked out of the sleeping bag and found there was a large black bear standing o
14、n his back legs. Crissy was awake too. “We have a visitor. Its a bear,” Brian tried to sound confident so Crissy wouldnt be frightened, but inside, he was very nervous.“Im scared,” Crissy said in a low voice.“Just dont move,” Brian warned.高一下期初考英语试卷第 4 页 （共 12 页）The bear was now eating the hamburger
15、s they had placed on the deck earlier. Brian covered both of them with his sleeping bag. Crissy closed her eyes and held her breath. Brian tried to stay still.Minutes later, Crissy asked, “Is he gone?”Looking out of the sleeping bag again, Brian replied, “Yep. I guess he was just hungry.”“Well, Im j
16、ust glad he liked our dinner and didnt eat ME!” Crissy laughed.Brian laughed too, “Nah! That bear just wanted some just food!”Crissy hugged her brother, and Brian hugged her back. Things didnt turn out so badly after all, he thought.“Look!” Brian said, pointing upward. Above their heads, the Perseid
17、s meteor shower had begun to move fast across the night sky like fireworks (烟花).21. When Crissy knew a bear was visiting their deck, she felt_.A. unhappy B. annoyed C. frightened D. confident22. What can we know about Brian from the passage?A. He knew a lot of things about the bear. B. He gave the b
18、ear some junk food to eat. C. He was a brave, calm and humorous boy. D. He woke up at night because he was hungry.23. What is the best title for the passage?A. Taking a mountain vacation B. Waiting for the PerseidsC. Unusual sound at night D. Fireworks show BDear Editor,I have just returned home aft
19、er studying for a year in Germany. But it seems that my parents dont understand me now. They expect me to be the same person I was before I went abroad, but Im not! Why cant they let me be myself?JimmyHi, Jimmy,As far as I know, people who have lived abroad often find that the adjustment (调整) to ret
20、urning home is more difficult than their adjustment to living in a foreign culture. Why? We expect to have some problems when we go to a new place, speak a different language and learn the rules of a different 高一下期初考英语试卷第 5 页 （共 12 页）culture . But home? . we know that place!Your parents expect that
21、the same person who boarded the airplane one year ago will be returning. Especially if they have never been abroad themselves, your parents probably wont understand the changes that living abroad can cause in a person. On the other hand, you may have maintained (保持) an ideal mental image of your lov
22、ed ones while abroad, an image that is broken into pieces when you return.Remember you have been living a different lifestyle in your host country, and you have probably become very independent while staying there alone. Now that youre home, you will be expected to conform (顺应)again to the lifestyle
23、 of your family. As a result, you may be upset about your parents involvement in your life.Communication is the key to overcoming this problem. Tell your parents how you are feeling. Share with them information about cultural re-entry(重归), and ask them to be patient. This does not mean that you have
24、 to forget your experience and give up everything youve learned! Learn to find a balance between the old and new, just as you did when first adjusting to your host countrys culture.24. What is Jimmys main purpose in writing the letter?A. To criticize his parents. B. To ask for advice about his studi
25、es.C. To complain about his parents. D. To ask for help.25. What does the editor think of Jimmys problem?A. Its unusual. B. Its normal. C. Its serious. D. Its interesting. 26. The editor thinks that both Jimmy and his parents _.A. have changed in the past year B. have unrealistic expectations of eac
26、h otherC. need to behave like they did before D. need to find a balance between the good and bad27. The author suggests that _ would help solve Jimmys problem.A. patience and trust B. patience and politenessC. better communication between family members D. a deeper understanding of the host countrys
27、 culture高一下期初考英语试卷第 6 页 （共 12 页）CLike people, plants experience stress. And also, like people, the response to that stress can determine success.Bad environmental conditions, such as drought, flood, heat and other stresses, affect yields(产量 ) more than crop pests and diseases. We are trying to find
28、a way to equip plants with the ability to tolerate environmental stress and maintain high yields, said Stephen Howell, a professor of genetics and cell biology.Plant cells produce proteins（蛋白质) and ship them to different parts of the cell. Under normal conditions, these proteins are folded into thei
29、r normal, healthy structures as they are produced. When a plant is under stress, its cells produce poorly folded or unfolded proteins. Then a built-in system senses this and “sets off an alarm in the cell,” said Howell.In response to the alarm, another protein (IRE1) starts working and creates a dif
30、ferent process which activates (激活) the stress response genes whose products bring about defensive measures that help the plant survive.“As it turns out, responses that are activated under stress conditions actually inhibit the growth of plants,” said Howell. “This allows them to preserve their ener
31、gy to survive the stress conditions.”For plants in the wild, this response is a help for survival, he said. In production of agriculture crops, however, this response reduces yields.“You dont want crop plants to stop growing,” Howell said. “You want them to continue to grow and produce even though t
32、hey are under stress.”With the new understanding of this stress response, the next step may be to silence the alarm system, said Howell. “What may be important is to disable some of these stress responses. That may make the plant more productive under stress conditions.”28. According to the text, an
33、 alarm in the plant cells is caused by .A. the folded proteinsB. the changed proteinsC. the defensive measuresD. the stress response genes29. The energy preserved in the plants under stress conditions .A. helps the plants to survive高一下期初考英语试卷第 7 页 （共 12 页）B. helps to maintain high yieldsC. keeps the
34、 plants growingD. helps to produce proteins30. The underlined word “inhibit” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “_. ”.A. prevent B. start C. continue D. promote31. How does Howell intend to make crop plants maintain high yields under stress conditions?A. By making crop plants keep more energy.B. By m
35、aking crop plants stop growing.C. By making the alarm system stop working.D. By making the alarm system respond quickly.D“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choices can be hard.” Jeff Bezos.I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came acros
36、s the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wi
37、fe MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to fol
38、low my passion.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully
39、 to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a
40、 difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didnt think Id regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud of that choice. For
41、all of us, in the end, we are our choices.高一下期初考英语试卷第 8 页 （共 12 页）32.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?A. His dream of being an inventor.B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.D. Millions of exciting titles.33.Which of the foll
42、owing is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.C. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt try.D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.34.We c
43、an know from the passage that _.A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorB. the author wanted someone else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed35.Which of the following would be the best title for the p
44、assage?A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My Passion D. We Are What We Choose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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Being able to read is an important skill in todays society. It is important because it develops the mind and imagination. A p
45、erson who knows how to read can educate themselves in any area of life they are interested in. Reading is an active mental process that improves your concentration and focus. Since you must concentrate in order to read, this requires you to focus and think about what you are reading. 36 Studies show
46、 if you dont use your memory, it becomes more and more difficult to remember things. 37 It requires you to remember details, facts and figures, plot lines, themes and characters.高一下期初考英语试卷第 9 页 （共 12 页）The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become and with more knowledge comes more confidence
47、. Reading about the diversity of life and exposing yourself to new ideas and more information help to develop the creative side of the brain and bring innovations (创新) into your thinking process.38 When you are well read, people will look to you for answers. Then your feelings about yourself get bet
48、ter. Even more confidence!When you are reading books, especially challenging ones, you will probably find yourself exposed to many new words. Do you remember when you learned to read, how you learned to figure out the meaning of one word by reading the other words in the sentence? 39 Reading can help you get access to the diversity of ethnicity (民族特点) of people, their customs and their lifestyles. Youll become more aware of different places. 40 Reading really widens your horizon (视野) of info
