天津市新华中学-2012学年第一学期高一年级期末检测英语试卷.doc

天津市新华中学2011-2012学年第一学期高一年级期末检测英语试卷
I. 听力理解(每小题1分, 共20分)
第一节 听下面五段对话, 回答第1至第5小题
1. What is the man’s hobby now?
A. Swimming. B. Collecting stamps. C. Skating.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Asking the way. B. Walking with the woman. C. Doing the shopping.
3. What will Alice do tomorrow?
A. Return home. B. Visit her teacher. C. Feed the birds.
4. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a bookstore. B. In a library. C. In a post office.
5. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Go to an exercise class. B. Exercise every morning. C. Go on a diet.
听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题
6. What did the man want to have for supper?
A. Dumplings. B. Noodles. C. Chicken.
7. Why can’t they have the supper as planned?
A. There is something wrong with the refrigerator.
B. The man changed his mind.
C. The chicken is rotten.
听下面一段对话, 回答第8和第9两个小题。
8. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Neighbours. B. Salesperson and customer. C. Husband and wife.
9. What is the woman’s first impression of Manchester?
A. Bad. B. Good. C. Just so-so.
听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12三个小题。
10. What has the woman been doing recently?
A. Looking for a part-time job. B. Working in a restaurant.
C. Meeting her friends.
11. How many hours does the man work every evening?
A. About 5 hours. B. About 3 hours. C. About 4 hours.
12. What can we learn about the man?
A He doesn’t like his present job.
B. He wants the woman to meet his manager tomorrow.
C. He has already told his manager about the woman.
听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第16四个小题。
13. What’s wrong with the woman’s watch?
A. It is 5 minutes slow. B. It doesn’t work. C. It is 10 minutes slow.
14. When will their train learn?
A. At 11：00. B. At 11：30. C. At 12：30.
15. What are the two speakers going to do first?
A. Take a taxi. B. Repair the watch.
C. Buy some food and drinks.
16. What does the man think of the food and drinks in the train station?
A. There are not very many choices.
B. They are more expensive.
C. They are the same as things outside.
听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Where will the swimming competition be held?
A. At the New Town Swimming pool.
B. At the Johnson Spots Centre.
C. At the school swimming pool.
18 Why did they change the competition place?
A. The first place was too old.
B. It is going to rain tomorrow.
C. The first place was too far away.
19. When will the students set off for the competition?
A. At 9：45 am. B. At 9：40 am. C. At 10：00 am.
20. What should the students take to the competition?
A. Umbrellas. B. Lunch. C. Cold drinks.

II. 单项选择(每小题1分, 共15分)
21. In the past, this work, __________highly skilled, was usually done by men.
A. considering B. to consider C. being considered D. considered
22. When I took her temperature, it was three degrees above __________
A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal
23. She __________a Frenchman. She has __________him for three years.
A. married with；married with B. married; married
C. married to；been married D. married; been married to
24. He kept looking at her, wondering whether he __________her somewhere.
A. saw B. has seen C. sees D. had seen
25. It was for this reason __________her uncle moved out of New York and settled down in a small village.
A. which B. why C. that D. how
26. —Why did you leave that position? —I _________a better position at IBM
A. offer B. offered C. am offered D. was offered
27. Yesterday I went to see him, _________that he had gone abroad two days before.
A. only learned B. to learn only C. only to learn D. only learning
28. We were swimming in the lake _________suddenly the storm started.
A. while B. before C. until D. when
29. _________industry develops quickly, more and more rivers are becoming polluted.
A. When B. As C. After D. With
30. I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise_________.
A. going on B. goes on C. went on D. to go on
31. The football match comes to you _________from New York.
A. lively B. alive C. live D. living
32. J.K. Rowling’s writing career has _________because the Harry Potter Series have won lots of awards and become very popular around the world.
A. set off B. give off C. taken off D. shown off
33. Most of the students in our class like to read China Daily, which _________every day.
A. comes out B. comes up C. comes across D. comes about
34. China is a large country, _________the third world.
A. belonged to B. belonging to
C. that belongs to D. which is belonged to
35. Have you really realized the part computer has _________in the daily life?
A. made B. given C. caused D. played

III. 完形填空(每小题1分, 共20分)
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor who teaches at the University of Pisa. ___36___ I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his ___37___qualities.
First of all, I___38___his devotion(热爱)to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly expressed, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he believed in what he ___39___. Furthermore, he could explain his ideas in all ___40___way, introducing such aids(辅助)to ___41___oil paintings, music, and guest lectures. Once he ___42___sang a song in class in order to make a point clear.
___43___, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ___44___the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would ___45___a student to a game of chess(国际象棋). ___46___ he would join student groups to discuss a variety of __47___：agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for ___48___on their studies；others came to his home for social evenings.
Finally, I was ___49___by his lively sense of humor(幽默感). He believed that no lesson is a success, ___50___, during it, the students and the professor ___51___at least one loud ___52___. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more ___53___and more lasting.
If it is ___54___that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, ___55___my professor is indeed a wise man.
36. A. Although B. When C. Even if D. Now that
37. A. basic B. special C. common D. particular
38. A. attended B. disliked C. argued D. respected
39. A. studied B. talked C. taught D. agreed
40. A. imaginative B. ordinary C. opposite D. open
41. A. listening B. understanding C. information D. discovery
42. A. also B. nearly C. even D. only
43. A. Later B. Secondly C. However D. Therefore
44. A. with B. by C. from D. on
45. A. invite B. lead C. prefer D. show
46. A. In fact. B. Later on C. Other times D. In general
47. A. questions B. subjects C. matters D. contents
48. A. support B. explanation C. experience D. advice
49. A. disturbed B. moved C. attracted D. defeated
50. A. for B. until C. since D. unless
51. A. hear B. suggest C. share D. demand
52. A. laugh B. cry C. shout D. question
53. A. helpful B. enjoyable C. practical D. useful
54. A. natural B. normal C. hopeful D. true
55. A. so B. for C. then D. yet

IV. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 共20分)
A
Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, play quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often used as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their real role is to honor those excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.

One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the objects on show. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how mass-produced(批量生产)products work and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London’s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish. tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may. also feel the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.
56. Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they__________.
A. show more technologically advanced products
B. help increase the sales of products
C. show why the products have sold well
D. attract more people than store windows do
57. The author believes that most design museum visitors __________.
A. do not admire mass-produced products
B. are puzzled with technological exhibits
C. dislike exhibits in art museums
D. know the exhibits very well
58. The choices open to design museums __________.
A. are not as strict as those to art museums
B. are not aimed to interest the public
C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors
D. often contain precious exhibits
59. What does the underlined word “satisfy” mean in English?
A. develop B. take C. have D. meet
60. The best title for this passage is __________.
A. The forms of design museums B. The exhibits of design museums
C. The nature of design museums D. The choices open to design museums

B
It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got-onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens(警笛)going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder.”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地). At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed, Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
“Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop.”
“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照).”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty-a thousand dollars for the new engine-not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.
61. The meaning of “panicked” in Paragraph 2 is related to the feeling of __________.
A. happiness B. hatred C. anger D. fear
62. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?
A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road.
B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.
C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.
D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.
63. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Someone else was taking care of the injured person.
B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.
64. The driver of the Firebird__________.
A took a wrong turn on the way B. had some trouble with his car
C. was stopped by the police officer D. paid for the expenses of the accident
65. What is probably the best title for the article?
A. Losing His Way? B. Going My Way?
C. Fun All the Way? D. Help on the Way?

V. 阅读表达(每小题2分, 共10分)
One of the most difficult things we may face in life is to forgive somebody who has hurt us deeply.
A number of years ago, a woman named Paula D’Arcy was with her husband and three-year-old daughter on a highway in Connecticut. On the other side of the highway was a young man who was drunk, and driving at a high speed. He lost control of his car, crossed the median divider, smashed into the D’ Arcys’ car and killed Paula’s daughter and her husband.
No words can be found to describe what Paula went through. She Suffered destruction in her life. Along with that were anger, bitterness(苦涩)and hatred for the man who had caused this horrific accident and was without regret.
But Paula decided that she wouldn’t live her life in the underground prison that we create for ourselves when we are hurt and can’t forgive. She began to learn how to meditate(调解). She read books and went to counsel(咨询)professionals. She did everything she could. Finally she got to the point where she was able to get back on her feet and overcome a lot of bitterness, anger and need for revenge(复仇). She came to the point where one day she was able to honestly look at the young ma