1、 醴陵四中2018年上学期高一年级英语期末考试试卷 (考试时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分) 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) 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一小题,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 does the woman order? AFish. B. Chicken. C. Beef. 2. How much money does the man offer the woman? A. $100
2、 B. $200 C. $300 3. What will the man do this Sunday? A. Go sailing. B. Go shopping. C. Visit his sister. 4. What is the woman looking for? A. Pepper. B. Milk. C. Sugar 5. How many people are there in the mans family? A. Six. B. Five. C. Four.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C
3、三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟,听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料.回答第6. 7题。 6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The reason the man missed work B. The reason the man was sick. C. The man was on vacation. 7. What is the mans reason for being gone? A. He was sick. B. His
4、wife was sick. C. He was on vacation. 听第7段材料.回答第8、9题。 8. Where is the woman going? A. To a hotel. B. To a gas station. C. To a conference center. 9. What does the man say about Trinity Way? A. It is a new street. B. It is closed today. C. Its a one-way street. 听第8段材料,回答第I0至12题。 10. Who did the man g
5、o to visit for Christmas? A. His brother. B. His uncle C. His grandparents. 11. What did the woman think of her Christmas? A. Great. B. Just-so-so. C. terrible. 12. What will the speaker do next? A. Water some plants. B. Attend a class. C. Learn to ride horses. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。 13. How many noteboo
6、ks did the boy buy? A. Five. B. Three. C. Two. 14. Why does the boy carry two smart phones? A. Hes always losing cell phones. B. One of them doesnt work very well. C. He stays in touch with different people. 15. When is the boys birthday? A. In January. B. In March. C. In June. 16. How did the boy p
7、robably pay for everything? A. In cash. B. By check. C. With a credit card. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。 17. Whats the weather like today in Oregon? A. Clear. B. Cloudy. C. Windy. 18. Which city had the lowest temperature? A. Portland. B. Ashland. C. Salem. 19. What will the temperature be tomorrow? A. In the
8、 90s. B. In the 70s. C. In the 60s. 20. When will a storm likely take place? A. Sunday mid-afternoon. B. Sunday morning. C. Saturday evening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) A Chinas hot word, tuhao, may be in Oxford English Dictionary. In Chinese, tu means rude and hao means rich. In recen
9、t years, people use this term to describe those who spend money in an unreasonable way. The word became more popular with Apples gold-colored iPhone, which is loved by Chinas rich people. The color became known as “tuhao golden”. The word is now often used to refer to people who have money but lack
10、taste. There are two other Chinese hot words: dama and No Zuo No Die, which may also be taken in the dictionary. Dama, meaning middle-aged women, was first used in the Western media by the Wall Street Journal. Thousands of Chinese women were buying a large amount of gold when the gold price had gone
11、 down. Another phrase No Zuo No Die, meaning if you dont do stupid things, they wont come back to bite you, is also very popular. Other words, such as Maotai, Chinglish and dim sum have also been included in the dictionary. BBC World News recently made a special program called “Tuhao, lets be friend
12、s!” “The frequent use of Chinglish by foreign media suggests that foreign people are looking more to the lifestyle and popular culture of China,” says Zhang Yiwu, professor of Beijing University. What does this trend suggest about the Chinese languages influence? Xing Hongbing, a professor from Beij
13、ing Language and Culture University (BLCU) said “These show that Chinglish is now being accepted by the rest of the world and they play important roles in daily life of Chinese. Behind these Chinglish words and phrases are the Chinese culture. They are reflections of the changes and trends in the Ch
14、inese society and they help people from other countries to understand whats happening in China.” 21. Which of the following words is NOT a hot Chinglish word? A. Dama B. Karaoke C. Tuhao D. Dim sum 22. The word “dama” becomes so popular because _. A. they are wealthy middle-aged women B. they bought
15、 gold crazily when the price was down C. they made the gold price up D. they worked on the Wall Street 23. What does the frequent use of Chinglish by foreign media suggest? A. Foreigners want to know more about the lifestyle and culture of China. B. Foreign people found it funny. C. Chinese is one o
16、f the most important languages in the world. D. Chinese people are very friendly. B Its all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sou
17、nd, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry. Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines sho
18、w that people have a strong desire to have space to themselves. In a survey by Trip Advisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food. Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it.
19、For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers. Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Ma
20、ybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall. Preference for personal space is different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to ea
21、ch other. 24. The writer mainly _ in this article. A. tells us how to achieve personal space B. explains why people need personal space C. introduces some knowledge about personal space D. argues for the importance of keeping personal space 25. _ might feel his personal space is safe according to th
22、e passage? A. A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume. B. A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time. C. A person who hears strange noises when reading at home. D. A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him. 26. What can we know from the
23、survey by Trip Advisor? A. People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before. B. People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times. C. There are not enough seats on the plane to meet peoples needs. D. Food service is better provided than seats on the plane. 27. Which of t
24、he following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses. B. If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space wont be violated. C. People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space. D. Different cultur
25、es share the same preferences for personal space. C When Johnnie Martin was in the second grade in high school, one day a psychologist of the school called him into his office. “Johnnie, Ive made a very careful study of you. And I feel sorry to have to tell you Though you have worked very hard, it h
26、as not helped. Youre just not fit for it.” The boy buried his face in his hands, “This will be hard on my parents,” he said. “Their one idea is for me to be a college man.” The psychologist laid his hand on the boys shoulder and said, “People have different kinds of talents. Some day you will find w
27、hat your special gift is and when you do, you will make your parents very proud of you.” Johnnie never went back to school. Jobs were scarce in town, but he managed to keep busy mowing the lawns of the householders and puttering in their flowerbeds. Before long he discovered he had an eye for color.
28、 One day while he was downtown, he happened to notice a stretch of unused land behind the city hall. Chance or fate or whatever you may like to call it brought one of the towns aldermen(市政委员会委员)round the corner just at that moment. The boy said, “I can make a garden out of this dump, if youll let me
29、 do it.” “The towns got no money for it,” said the alderman. “I dont want any money for it,” said the boy. “I just want to do it.” The alderman was shocked to find someone who did not want money. He took Johnnie into an office, and when the young man came out he had the authority to clean up the pub
30、lic eyesore. Before long the old dump became a little beautiful park. It was also a kind of show window for Johnnie. People saw the result of his skill and knew him as a natural landscape gardener. That was twenty-five years ago. Today Johnnie is the head of a successful business in landscape garden
31、ing. His aging parents are proud of Johnnie, for he is not only a success, but he has also made his part of the world a lovelier place to live in. 28. The psychologist called Johnnie into his office to _. A. persuade him to give up schooling B. help him find out his gift C. give him some suggestions
32、 on study D. encourage him to work hard 29. What did Johnnie Martin have a gift for? A. Drawing. B. Gardening. C. Repairing. D. Engineering. 30. The underlined part “the public eyesore” refers to _. A. the city hall B. the town C. the park D. the dump 31. What can we infer from the passage? A. Where
33、 there is a will, there is a way. B. Gardeners are born and not made. C. Everyone has something special. D. Interest is the key to success. D According to new research from the University of Cambridge in England, sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographs. The farm animals, who are soc
34、ial and have large brains, were previously known to be able to recognize one another, as well as familiar humans. However, their ability to recognize human faces from photos alone is novel. The recent study, the results of which were published in the journal Royal Society showed that the woolly crea
35、tures could be trained to recognize still images of human faces, including those of former President Barack Obama and actress Emma Watson. Initially, the sheep were trained to approach certain images by being given food rewards. Later, they were able to recognize the image for which they had been re
36、warded. The sheep could even recognize images of faces shown at an angle, though their ability to do so declined by about 15 percent C the same rate at which a humans ability to perform the same task declines. “Anyone who has spent time working with sheep will know that they are intelligent, individ
37、ual animals who are able to recognize their handlers,” said Professor Jenny Morton, who led the Cambridge study. “Weve shown with our study that sheep have advanced face-recognition abilities, comparable with those of humans and monkeys.” Recognizing faces is one of the most important social skills
38、for human being, and some disorders of the brain, including Huntingtons disease, affect this ability. “Sheep are long-lived and have brains that are similar in size and complexity to those of some monkeys. That means they can be useful models to help us understand disorders of the brain, such as Hun
39、tingtons disease, which develops over a long time and affects cognitive abilities. Our study gives us another way to monitor how these abilities change.” Morton said. 32. According to the new research, whats unusual about sheep? A. They have large brains. B. They can recognize their owners. C. They
40、can recognize human faces from photograph. D. They can tell animals from humans. 33. How did the researchers train the sheep? A. By giving food rewards. B. By showing photos of humans and monkeys by turns. C. By guiding them to follow their handlers. D. By showing photos of famous people. 34. What c
41、an be inferred from the passage? A. Sheep have a higher face-recognition ability than monkeys. B. The sheeps face-recognition ability may prevent some disorders of the brain. C. The sheeps face-recognition ability says the same when shown photos at any angle. D. The new discovery is beneficial to th
42、e study of cognitive ability changes. 35. Whats the best title of the passage? A. A Wonderful Scientist. B. How Sheep Recognize Each Other. C. A New discovery about Sheep. D. The Life of Sheep.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。 Do you have the experience of digging out
43、your suitcase, deciding what to bring and being afraid that youve forgotten something? 36 . Hope they can transform the way you pack. Keep a Basket Handy Do you wait until the last minute to pack? Keep a basket in your bedroom, living room, or bath room that you can use to throw in items you need to
44、 pack as you come across them. 37 . Besides, you can just put the contents of the basket into your suitcase if you are in a hurry to leave for the airport. Buy Wrinkle-free Clothing You wont need to worry about carefully packing your items of clothing if theyre made from wrinkle-free materials. 38 .
45、 Theyll still look fresh and bright when you are in them at your destination. Keep Old Packing Lists Chances are that you end up taking trips that require you to pack similar items. Keep old packing lists from former vacations to the beach, ski resort, and city C that way, youll always have a list o
46、f at least the basics. 39 . So you dont need to waste your effort to remember where you left your hand-written packing lists. Schedule a Packing Time Time can slip away from you before a trip - you may be caught up at work, at home, or be occupied with other responsibilities of daily life. 40 . That
47、 way, you will not need to do your packing frantically(狂乱地)from the last minute to 1 oclock on the day you leave. A. Buy necessary stuff when you arrive. B. Thats why Ive distilled(提炼)the art of packing down to some essential trips. C. Just roll them up or put them at the bottom of the suitcase. D.
48、Determine a night well in advance of departure to pack. E. Rolling your clothes is the best way to save space for the suitcase. F. The best way to do this is to save them on your computer. G. This makes you less likely to forget the stuff. 第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分) 第一节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面的短文,从
49、短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. The young man _41_ through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle(城堡) _42_ the sage(圣人) lived. When the young man entered the castle, the wise man was talking to his guests, and the young man had to wait for two hours _43_ it was time for him to meet the sage. The sage listened attentively to the reason for the young mans _44_, but told