高一英语下学期第一次双周考试题.doc

湖北省荆州市沙市区2016-2017学年高一英语下学期第一次双周考试题

第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What time is it now?
A.8:00. B.8:30. C.9:30.
2.What does the man want Mike to do?
A. Become a writer. B. Develop his interest. C. Go into the family business.
3.Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At a restaurant. B. In a driving school. C. At a car rental agency.
4.What will the man probably do?
A. Pick up his tickets. B. Arrange a meeting. C. Travel to California.
5.What is the woman probably going to do?
A. Focus on a new topic. B. Type the paper again. C. Rewrite the whole paper.
第二节听下面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。
听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题。
6.What is the man now?
A.A businessman. B.A company clerk. C.A university student.
7.What do we know about the man’s uncle?
A. He runs a company. B. He has a master degree. C. He is a college professor.
听下面一段对话, 回答第8和第9两个小题。
8.Where does the man work?
A. In a library. B. In a radio station. C. In a music studio.
9.Why did the man buy country songbooks?
A. To write more country songs. B. To start a new radio program. C. To get information more easily.
听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12三个小题。
10.What does Barbara plan to do tonight?
A. Visit Bob. B. See some friends off. C. Have dinner with some Americans.
11.What’s wrong with Bob?
A. He’s a headache. B. He’s a stomachache. C. He’s taken too many aspirins.
12.What will Bob do tomorrow morning?
A. Call Barbara. B. Write a letter. C. Do washing.
听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第16四个小题。
13.Why did the woman wait for so long?
A. She didn’t get her baggage. B. Her brother was not coming yet.
C. The plane was late for 45 minutes.
14.Where are the speakers?
A. In Paris. B. In Kansas City. C. In New York.
15.When will the woman fly to next city?
A. This evening. B. Tomorrow morning. C. Tomorrow evening.
16.What will the woman do next?
A. Make a call. B. Find a hotel. C. Catch another plane.
听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。
17.What’s the assistants’ number?
A.436-4108. B.436-4118. C.436-4119.
18.Where can the guests hold a party?
A. In BO77. B. In room 323. C. In room 223.
19.How many people can the room 223 hold?
A. 8. B. 10. C.18.
20.What is pressing the last five numbers for?
A. Your room number. B. A university number.
C. A call outside the university.

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，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
UK 5 days
Today:
A chilly（寒冷的）and frosty start for many this morning, followed by a day of sunshine and local showers. The showers will be slow moving and heavy at times, particularly in the east with a risk of thunder.
Tonight:
Showers will ease this evening and clear spells（一段时间）will develop causing a widespread frost. However, rain will push into the northwest during the early hours, turning heavy at times.
Friday:
Rain, locally heavy, will continue southeastwards through the day with strong winds. Elsewhere, it will be bright with some sunshine.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Rain across central parts on Saturday will ease and move northwards. Largely dry elsewhere with some misty sunshine. Mixture of sunshine and showers on Sunday and Monday, turning warmer.
Updated(更新) at: 0404 on Thu 31 Mar
UK 6-30 days
UK outlook for Tuesday 5 Apr to Wednesday 13 Apr:
A generally unsettled picture is likely next week, with showers or longer spells of rain affecting the majority of the UK, but with some drier and sunnier interludes(间歇). Temperatures will probably be around normal for most, but central and southeastern areas may see some warmer air moving up from the continent at times. The week after next will probably continue to be changeable with showers or longer spells of rain cross the UK, but with some brighter and drier interluds in between . temperatures may become rather low across the north and northwest later next week.
Updated at: 1236 on Wed 30 Mar
UK outlook for Thursday 14 Apr to Saturday 30 Apr:
It is likely to be changeable with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. However, some longer drier spells are also likely, particularly in northwestern areas. Overall temperatures will remain around normal for the time of year but with some warmer spells developing at times.
Updated at: 1237 on Wed 30 Mar
21. On April 2, it will be rainy in the ____________.
A. east B. west C. south D. north
22. What will the weather be like in Britain from April 5 to 13?
A. It will be quite dry. B. It will be rather cold.
C. It will be generally rainy. D. It will be hot in the north.
23. Which part of Britain may have very little rain in the second half of April?
A. The southeastern areas. B. The northeastern areas.
C. The northwestern areas. D. The southwestern areas.

B
Most of us have lost our wallet at some stage in our lives. But few would imagine having it returned after a nearly seven-decade gap. Edward Parker dropped his wallet in 1950 into an inaccessible spot behind a bookshelf, while working as an electrician, repairing World War Two bomb damage in the palace. The wallet stayed there until this year when a builder, doing some restoration work, finally found it.
The wallet is a time capsule(时光胶囊). Its leather and webbing has long ago started to disintegrate. But it contains numerous pictures of family, invoices, receipts, old union cards, results of a chest X-ray (sent to him in 1948, the same year as the NHS was founded), a national service card dated 9 December 1944 and a medical insurance card. His business cards—E Parker, Electrical Contractor—seem almost original. Reflecting the typical methods of contact of the time, they have an address but no telephone number.
A month ago I was speaking a press officer Lambeth Palace and he mentioned that the wallet had just been handed in. We thought it might be nice to try and work out whose it was and give it back to the family. Edward Parker is a pretty common name, but his medical card contained two places of residence—Poets Road and Springdale Road in north London. From this, Islington Council were able to find details of a marriage between Edward Parker and Constance Butler in 1947.
That information was enough to work out that he was still alive and in a care home in Essex, so I went to visit him. Now 89, Edward has dementia (痴呆), but he was clearly happy to get the wallet and in particular, the photographs back. He pointed out pictures of his mother and father, his brother, his cousins and his wife Constance, who was with him when I visited. He hadn't seen a picture of his father since he lost the wallet, Constance, 90, says.
24. It can be inferred that Edward Parker ___________.
A. always lost his wallet B. once participated in World War II
C. once worked as a builder D. once worked as electrical technician
25. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. The producer of the wallet. B. The material of the wallet.
C. The contents of the wallet. D. The shape of the wallet.
26. What does the underlined word “disintegrate” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Keep B. Damage C. Disappear D. Destroy
27. What plays a key role in returning the wallet?
A. Medical card. B. Business card.
C. Old union card. D. National service card.
C
It was a winter day; the falling snow blocked out the sun. The wind challenged the car and joined other forces of winter — slippery roads and poor visibility to almost take our little car off course.
“Do you feel safe? Should I turn back?”
“No,” my wife Jennifer replied, “I really want to see this show in Toronto. I have faith in your driving.”
We were coming down the hill on the highway. Suddenly there was a noticeable increase in the force of snow. I felt the car stagger (摇晃)slightly to the left and then to the right. We were in the far left lane; the bus was in the middle. Our little Neon（美国克莱斯勒公司的新型车系） slid into the side of the bus at about midpoint. Suddenly Jennifer was cheek-to-cheek with the side of the bus. She screamed in horror. Bouncing (反弹)off the bus, our car then hit onto the barrier in the middle of the highway. Then from the barrier we rebounded back to the side of the bus. Jennifer screamed and then we were back to the barrier again.
Finally, the bus moved far enough ahead and we just caught the rear bumper (保险杠)，which caused the car to spin 180 degrees so we were now facing oncoming traffic. There was nothing I could do but wait to be knocked down. Jennifer whispered, “I guess this is how it feels just before you die. I wonder if it hurts.” In that instant, I heard a voice inside my head. “Relax, let go and everything will be alright.” So I took my hand off the steering wheel, took a deep breath and just sat there.
Thankfully, we somehow ended up on the side of the road facing in the right direction in our now beat-up Neon. Since the car was not completely off the road, I restarted it and moved us safely. We were not hurt at all.
28. The author intended to tell us in Paragraph 1 that_______.
A. he drove in the wrong direction B. it’s dangerous to drive in the winter
C. the weather was rather bad that day D. his car broke down owing to the heavy snow
29. What can we know about Jennifer?
A. She headed for Toronto to hold a show. B. The experience almost frightened her to death.
C. Her cheeks were badly hurt in the accident. D. Her poor driving ability caused the accident.
30. How many times did the car hit the bus?
A. Once B. Twice C. Three times D. Four times
31. What saved the couple from danger?
A. The bus driver’s assistance. B. Their determination to survive.
C. The timely arrival of the police. D. The author’s being calm in danger.
D
Ever since Donald Trump was elected the next president of the US, the entire Trump family has been put under a microscope(显微镜).
In China, the spotlight has been mainly focused on Trump and his daughter Ivanka. She is described on WeChat as an extremely influential role model with stunning beauty, a successful career, and a happy family.
She leads a dream life that a million girls would kill for. Yes, she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But she got where she is by herself.
There’s always going to be articles that say people born into wealthy families are better looking and have a better family background than you, but these people do work harder than you.
Are you a loser if you were raised in an ordinary family? Should you feel guilty that you sleep eight hours a day because Ivanka sleeps five? If you just want to keep a stable（稳定的） nine-to-five job, does it mean you are not ambitious? How about if you don’t work out or eat healthy, does that mean you will not find your Mr. or Miss Right?
There is a tendency in media nowadays to encourage elitism(精英主义).They are trying to brainwash young people into thinking that they should invest（投资）a large amount of time and money in bodybuilding and appearance. They encourage lifestyle makeovers: wine tasting classes and expensive trips overseas. They make you believe that if you do as they say, you can improve the quality of your life and join the elites (社会精英).
But what’s the downside of being ordinary? Do you really need to go to the gym five days a week unless you are a gym maniac(热衷者)? Do you need to take hundreds of selfies and Photoshop the selected ones to post on WeChat? Do you really need to break your neck and sacrifice to earn your first pot of gold only to worry constantly about how to enter high society later?
Don’t let the idea of elitism get to you. Everybody has a right to the life they want. Human beings should not be judged as a success or failure based on whether they are a part of the elite or not. As long as you lead a happy and comfortable life, why bother to chase（追逐）after other people’s shadows? Choose your own life path and go for it.
32. Why does Ivanka become a hit online?
A. She lives such a dream life that a million girls would like to kill her.
B. She together with her family have a lot of investigation（投资）.
C. She is a role model frequently seen among ordinary people.
D. She gets what she has through personal efforts despite rich origin.
33. Which of the following are considered as a life belonging to the elites?
①Polish and post carefully- selected selfies on WeChat;
②Break your neck to earn your first pot of gold;
③Spare no effort to improve physical appearance;
④Sign up for wine tasting classes and oversea trips;
A. ①④ B. ②④ C.②③ D. ③④
34. It can be inferred from the text that ____________.
A. Ivanka sleeping five hours a day makes the majority of people guilty.
B. Keeping a stable(稳定的) nine-to- five job will be thought of as a loser.
C. Being elites is believed by more and more people nowadays.
D. Improving the quality of life will promote one’s social status（地位）.
35. Which attitude towards life would the writer probably agree with?
A. Life is like a dogsled team. If you aren’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
B. There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way.
C. Life is not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
D. The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
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。
Learning to set goals plays an important role as your child starts to gain independence. However, setting goals doesn’t come naturally to your child, so helping him to learn the process should probably be one of your goals.
Explain the word “goal”. Your child may know what a goal is when it comes to soccer, but he may not understand what it means in everyday life. __36__
Listen to your child. Ideally, you want your child to be able to decide for himself what his goals are. __37__ Let him talk about what he thinks he does well and what he thinks he needs to improve. If he’s stuck, you can provide some examples of your own personal goals.
Help keep goals achievable. Don’t throw cold water on your child. __38__ For example, if your child wants to be a champion swimmer, but can’t swim an entire lap of the pool yet, you can suggest he start by making that his first goal.
__39__ Help your child write down his goals in an easy­to­follow form. Being able to see and check off the steps on the way to his goal is key in keeping him motivated. A really simple way is to have your child draw a ladder on a piece of paper, writing his goal at the top and each step to that goal on the rungs (梯级). __40__
A．Change goals every so often.
B．Make a visual goal reminder.
C．Don’t alwa