湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学2016-2017学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

华中师大一附中2016—2017学年度上学期高一期中检测
英 语 试 题
时限：120分钟 满分：150分 命题人：高一英语组

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）
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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15. B. £ 9.15. C. £ 9.18.
答案是B。
1. What does the woman mean?
A. She used to swim frequently.
B. She is good at swimming.
C. She cannot swim at all.
2. Where are the speakers?
A. In the office.
B. In the restaurant.
C. At the airport.
3. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. The man’s health.
B. The man’s language learning.
C. The man’s plan.
4. Which person does the woman prefer?
A. Carl. B. Bob. C. Neither.
5. What will the weather be like?
A. Hot. B. Cold. C. Wet.
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6至7题。
6. What is the man’s suggestion？
A. To take medicine. B. To see a doctor. C. To go to work.
7. What’s wrong with Mary?
A. She has caught a bad cold.
B. She refuses to go to the hospital.
C. She has taken the wrong medicine.
听第7段材料，回答8至10题。
8. How did Larry spend his weekend?
A. He went shopping with Jo.
B. He had dinner with his parents.
C. He was with friends from college.
9. Why do the woman and Jo become close friends?
A. They have many similarities.
B. They argue a lot with each other.
C. They are always ready to help each other.
10. What does the man think of the women’s friendship?
A. It’s funny. B. It’s amazing. C. It’s terrible.
听第8段材料，回答11至13题。
11. Who is the woman?
A. David’s sister. B. The man’s wife. C. David’s wife.
12. Where is the man speaker?
A. In the street. B. In the office. C. In the canteen.
13. What will David probably do?
A. Call the woman back. B. Go home at once. C. Go for lunch.
听第9段材料，回答14至17题。
14. What can we learn about the man?
A. He is a friend of the owner.
B. He is the owner of the house.
C. He is an employee of a sales company.
15. Which part of the house has just been renewed(更新)?
A. The stove. B. The walls. C. The ice-box.
16. When will the woman move in?
A. Next Saturday. B. Next Sunday. C. This Saturday.
17. What’s the woman’s decision?
A. To rent the house. B. To buy the house. C. To give up the house.
听第10段材料，回答18至20题。
18. What does the speaker usually do after lunch?
A. Going home. B. Playing games. C. Playing basketball.
19. When do lessons start in the afternoon?
A. At half past twelve. B. At half past one. C. At half past two.
20. How long is the school day?
A. 8 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 10 hours.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The 2016 National Year of Reading is a year-long celebration of reading, in all its forms. It aims to help build a greater national passion for reading in England – for children, families and adult learners alike. The followings are some of the events.
＊The Big Picture Best New Illustrator (插图画家)
Date: 17 April, 2016
Location: 22 Bury Street
Details:
Booktrust (the organizer) is pleased to announce that the famous Best New Illustrators will be featured at an exhibition at the Illustration Cupboard, London’s only gallery for the art of illustration.
＊The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2016
Date: 8 May, 2016
Location: 14 Great Peter Street
Details:
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize celebrates the wonderful works of fiction(小说) by living authors which have been translated into English from another language and published in the UK in 2015.
Some of them are: Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway from the German The Model by Lars Saabye Christensen, translated by Don Barlett from the Norwegian, and The Way of the Women by Marlene van Niekerk, translated by Michiel Heyns from the Afrikaans.
The award ceremony will be held at a central London location – 14 Great Peter Street.
＊Reading of The Moon Has Written You a Poem
Date: 14 May, 2016
Location: 180 South Lambeth Road
Details:
Two poets Jose Jorge Letria and Maurice Riordan will read The Moon Has Written You a Poem. This book of young people’s poetry was the first Portuguese picture book ever to be published in the UK. It really is a gem(精品) to be read out loud.
＊Football Reading Family Fun Day
Date: 10 May, 2016
Location: Chelsea Library
Details:
A day of football reading activities with TomPalmer, author of the new football novel-Foul Play. There will be Penalty shoot-outs(罚点球决定胜负), quizzes, detective hunts and prizes. The day is open to 8-12 years and their families.
21. What can we learn about Measuring the World?
A. It has been translated into German.
B. Its author is Carol Brown Janeway.
C. It has been translated by Daniel Kehlmann.
D. Its English version was published in 2015.
22. To enjoy some young people’s poems, you should go to ______.
A. Chelsea Library B. 14 Great Peter Street
C. 180 South Lambeth Road D. 22 Bury Street
23. If Mr. Smith wants to visit Chelsea Library, he can bring a child ______.
A. under 7 years old B. over 16 years old
C. between 5-7 years old D. between 8-12 years old

B
I LOVE FOOTBALL. I started playing when I was nine years old, and football got me through. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League I sometimes think I got more from pursuing(追逐) that dream, and not realizing it.
My romance with football started when my dad dragged me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I had no desire to be there. I was naturally weak and the smallest kid by far. Fear turned to awe(敬畏) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge, six-foot-four wall-of-a-guy. And he is really strict and old-school.
Coach Graham used to ride me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. It wasn’t enough. “You owe me, Pausch! You’re doing push-ups after practice.”
When I was finally dismissed(解散), one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.
“Yeah.”
“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing bad and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”
That conversation has stuck with me my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics(批评者) are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.
There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem(自尊). It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can’t do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.
When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was this weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can’t do today. Even now, having just turned forty-seven, I can give you a three-point stance that any NFL lineman would be proud of. I really felt grateful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely did feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.
24. Which words can best describe Coach Graham?
A. Strict and mean. B. Big and proud.
C. Strict and wise. D. Careful and strong.
25. The author believes that those who criticize you actually ______.
A. make fun of you B. give you up
C. think ill of you D. encourage you to do better
26. The author was grateful to Graham because the coach ______.
A. made him a member of NFL
B. made him do lots of push-ups
C. taught him the value of hard work
D. taught him the importance of playing football
27. What lesson can we learn from this passage?
A. No pains, no gains.
B. Never offer to teach fish to swim.
C. Behind bad luck comes good luck.
D. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C
Thousands of primary schools in England are to be offered the chance to follow an Asian style of teaching math.
The government is providing £41million of funding to help interested schools to take this method, which is used in high performing places like Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong. The money will be given to more than 8,000 primary schools in England. This approach to math is already used in some schools, but the cash means it can be taken up more widely.
The Department for Education says the mastery approach to math teaching, as is known, involves children being taught as a whole class and is supported by the use of high-quality textbooks. Pupils are encouraged to find physical symbols for mathematical concepts, so objects and pictures are used to describe and show abstract(抽象的) ideas. There is a focus on whole-class interactive(互动的) teaching at a quick pace, rather than teacher explanation followed by slower individual(个体的) group practice, and textbooks, rather than worksheets, are used. The mastery approach sees the whole class progressing together, with higher achievers being encouraged to deepen their understanding, rather than going faster ahead of classmates.
So far 140 teachers from primary schools in England have been trained by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics to help schools take the approach. Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: "We are seeing a new interest in math teaching in this country, with good ideas from around the world helping to enliven our classrooms. I am confident that the steps we are taking now will ensure young people are properly prepared for further study and the 21st Century workplace and that the too often heard phrase 'can't do math' belongs to the past."
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "Support for the more effective teaching of math is always welcome, especially when it is not forced on schools.” The success of such a programme will also depend on enough numbers of well trained and well devoted teachers to deliver it. The government must put far more effort into recruiting(招聘) and keeping teachers."
28. What difference will £41million funding make to the primary schools in England?
A. More than 8,000 schools will be built.
B. Interested schools can have more money to enlarge themselves.
C. More schools can benefit from the Asian style of teaching math .
D. Some schools will visit China to learn methods of teaching there.
29. What’s the characteristic(特点) of “the mastery approach to math teaching”?
A. That worksheets are widely used.
B. That it values the progress of the whole class.
C. That individual group practice makes up the entire class.
D. That pupils are encouraged to interact among themselves.
30. What can we infer from Nick Gibb’s words?
A. English students do not like math at all.
B. Math teaching in England is not taken seriously.
C. Finding a job is extremely difficult for young people in England.
D. The new approach will help improve the ability of students in England.
31. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. More English teachers are being trained abroad.
B. An Asian math method is offered to schools in England.
C. Many English students benefit from Chinese teaching style.
D. The English government starts a reform in primary schools.

D
Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder in a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mount ain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder. He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop. Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions. Mr. Mountain says TechShop permits people to turn their dreams into reality.
"I think it encourages innovation(创新). I think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful."
Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington, Virginia. She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment. "TechShop is a do-it-yourself studio. So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop, and we have a metal shop, wood shop, plastic slab(平板), lasers, 3D printers, electronics, textiles. I mean, we have so many different areas and we have all this equipment that is provided to anybody above the age of 12 and up."
Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $100 per month. Members are able to use costly machines including 3D modeling tools and laser cutters. Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams. "Our motto is ‘build your dreams here' because you can really come in with just an idea, and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project or even your business."
U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the TechShop workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2016. He said that innovation is the first step to the future. He added that TechShop is giving people the tools they need to turn their ideas into reality."
32. What can we know about Maurice Mountain?
A. He is a member of TechShop.
B. He used to be a worker in a boat.
C. He likes to build ladders in his free time.
D. He invented a boat to help people who fall into water.
33. The underlined part in the second paragraph refers to people ______.
A. who have discussed the ideas
B. who have compared the ideas
C. who have researched the ideas
D. who have thought over the ideas
34. What benefit can a member of TechShop get?
A. He can make lots of friends there.
B. He can use very expensive tools there.
C. He can come up with more new ideas there.
D. He can use different equipment there even at ten.
35. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Build your dreams
B. Innovation for future
C. Maurice Mountain ---