1、- 1 -长阳一中 2018-2019 学年度第一学期期中考试高一英语试题考试时间：120 分钟 试卷总分： 150 分第一部分 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。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话，选出最
2、佳选项。1. How old is the woman?A. 10. B. 18. C. 28.2. What does the man do now?A. An editor. B. A teacher. C. A journalist. 3. When will the man go homeA. At noon. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 4. What will the speakers do for their mothers birthday?A. Hold a party. B. Make a dress. C. Buy a
3、gift. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their CDs. B. Their hobbies. C. Their stamps.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What will the woman do on Tuesday?A. Visit a farm. B. Have a picnic. C. Go to a village. 7. When will the woman go to the is
4、land?A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.- 2 -请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. When will the lecture begin?A. At 3:30 pm. B. At 4:00 pm. C. At 4:30 pm.9. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Study with him in the library. B. Help with his homework. C. Take him to the lecture.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至
5、12 题。10. What does the woman plan to do in Hong Kong?A. Go shopping. B. Visit her friend. C. Stay on a beach.11. How will the woman go to Siem Reap from Ho Chi Minh City?A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By boat.12. Where will the woman stay during her trip?A. In big hotels. B. In her tent. C. In small gue
6、st houses.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Which room will be painted white?A. The dining room. B. The television room. C. The kitchen.14. On which floor will the bedrooms be light green? A. The first floor. B. The second floor. C. The third floor. 15. Which of the following things are black?A. The curta
7、ins. B. The beds. C. The sofas. 16. What color does the woman want to paint the office?A. Green. B. Grey. C. Blue.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long have the speaker and Bernie known each other?A. Three years. B. Six years. C. Five years.18. When was the competition?A. About two weeks ago. B. Abo
8、ut six weeks ago. C. About two months - 3 -ago. 19. Where did the speaker catch a fish?A. Near a broken boat. B. Around a fallen tree. C. Under a bridge. 20. In which place did the speaker and his team come in the competition?A. Fourth. B. Sixth. C. Tenth.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
9、 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。ASix million people visit Grand Canyon in the US every year. For the purpose of helping project Grand Canyon for your fellow visitors and future generations, please follow the guidelines below.CampingTo protect the park, camping is allowed only
10、within permitted campgrounds. Permits are required for overnight camping at the North Rim. Advance booking can be received by mail. Please write: Information Center, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023.FiresBecause of the extreme fire danger, campfires are not allowed except at Mather and Desert Vi
11、ew campgrounds. Collection of firewood is not allowed either.Hiking（远足）Please stay on permitted paths. Otherwise you may destroy desert plants. Pack out what you pack in, so you leave no signs of your visit. It is important to keep in mind that you are in a national park where wildlife exists.Weathe
12、rThe weather at Grand Canyon can change very quickly. With so much rock, - 4 -lightning causes a particular danger during sudden summer storms. These storms also frequently bring floods inside valleys, a danger to hikers. Watch the skies and check daily weather reports.WildlifeDo not feed park wildl
13、ife. There have been a few cases at Grand Canyon National Park where deer(鹿) were purposely shot because there are plastic bags that left them sick and weak. Hungry deer can be dangerous and have kicked and bitten visitors at Grand Canyon. Some other animals will also beg and bite. For your own safe
14、ty and the well-being of the animals, please do not feed wildlife, no matter how gentle they may appear.21.What do the underlined words “pack out what you pack in” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. keep everything out of campgrounds B. take away everything you bring inC. carry all the necessary food D
15、. look after your personal belongings22. Why were some deer killed on purpose at Grand Canyon?A. They begged food from visitors B. They were a danger to other gentle animalsC. They ate wrong things and become very ill D. They kicked and bit visitors23. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To prov
16、ide travel information B. To report some recent newsC. To teach tourists hiking skills D. To introduce the wild lifeBIn October, I told the eight-year-olds in the class I teach in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “Since all of you have done extra jobs around the - 5 -house to earn some mone
17、y,” I said. “Then well buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”I watched them while they walked up and down the supermarket. “Flowers!” Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday plants.“You cant eat flowers.”It was more sensible(明智的) to us
18、e any extra money to buy something that could be transformed(转换，转变) into meals. “But Mrs. Sherlock,” came the begging voice, “we want flowers.”Defeated finally, I put a pot of “funny” purple(紫色的) mums in the cart full of foods. “Shell like this one,” the children agreed.An organization had given us
19、the name and address of a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. We finally pulled up in front of a small house. A slightly built woman with a weary face came to the door to welcome us.My little group ran to get the food. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept on saying “Thank
20、s”much to her visitors pleasure. When Amy put the mums on the counter, the woman seemed surprised. Shes wishing it was a bag of flour(面粉), I thought.We returned to the car. As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across t
21、he room, past the turkey, past the goods, straight to the mums. She put her face in their petal. When she raised her head, there was a smile on her lips. She was transformed before our eyes.The children were quiet. At that moment, they had seen for themselves the power they possessed(拥有) to make ano
22、thers life better. The children had felt that sometimes a person needs a bunch of funny purple flowers on a dark November day.24. What does the story mainly tell us?A. Everyone has the power to change the world B. Acts of kindness can change someones lifeC. The poor people may need flowers as well D
23、.Children have different thoughts from adults- 6 -25. What does “mum” refer to in the passage?A. mother B. teacher C. flower D. gift26. Why does the author consider the flowers “funny”?A. Because the flowers are too ugly B. Because the flowers are for childrenC. Because the flowers are too expensive
24、 D. Because flowers cant help people in need27. What can we know from the passage?A. God help those who help themselvesB. A friend in need is a friend indeedC. The old womans dark day was brightened by childrenD. All the money child earned was transformed to foodsCHave you ever wondered what goes th
25、rough your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes
26、further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair. We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experi
27、ences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves, or even，we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes thats true but its a pity if we always stay with the same people，the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycl
28、e the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences. - 7 -When we always stay with the same people, how can we break down the barriers(障碍) which prevent us from getting to know pe
29、ople with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes, new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And dont just sit there in silence. Say hell
30、o. Ask a question. Start a conversation. Thats how we make friends. Thats how we learn about people. Thats how we open our minds to new ideas. Thats how we live an exciting life. 28. From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who .A. is like themselves B. has a sense of humor C.
31、 is open-minded D. lives an exciting life29. People like staying in their comfort zone because they may .A. remain comfortable and special B. find out more interesting things C. be accepted easily and feel safe D. discover differences among themselves30. If we always sit in our comfort zone, we wont
32、 have the chance to_.A. learn something new B. find out interesting thingsC. hear funny stories D. All of the above31. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To tell us not to talk with strangers. B. To introduce ways to learn about the world. C. To explain how people communicate with strangers. D. T
33、o encourage us to get along with different people.DIt seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠）and not to yawn ourselves. Even - 8 -reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity a
34、nd a form of social connection. Kids dont develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The wo
35、rk could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.“Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together,” said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. “Yawning may be part of that.“ Inspiration for he
36、r study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.“The fact that autistic kids dont do it might mean theyre really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them,” she said
37、. “The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others,” she added. “Autistic people never seem to understand that.”Like infectious（有感染力的）laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a share
38、d experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.32. What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs? A. Yawning is a form of communication. B. It is easy to stop yawning
39、when you see others yawn.C. Children follow others in yawning just after they are born. D. Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God.33. According to Molly Helt, _. A. humans differ from animals because they communicate with others B. yawning is a kind of emotional connection among h
40、umans- 9 -C. emotions are infectious, but yawning is notD. yawning helps clear ears on planes34. Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?A. It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn.B. Some kids are too young to yawn after others.C. Yawning can be used to test childrens developme
41、nt.D. Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn. 35. The author implies in the last paragraph that _.A. yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theoryB. it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasionsC. the more you yawn, the happier you will be D. yawning can make people
42、feel relaxed 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。Color is important in home designsomething youll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms youll love to live in. Do you want a room thats full
43、of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? 36 , color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. 37 , they can get a little c
44、omplex. But good news is that therere really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.38 .Theyre the little spots of color like pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Le
45、ss tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.- 10 -Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves. 39 . They require a bigger
46、commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether youre looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant. 40 .A. While a
47、ll of them are useful B. Whatever youre looking for C. If youre experimenting with a color D. Small color choices are the ones were most familiar with E. Its not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right for the first time G. Col
48、or choices in this range(范围) are a step up from the small ones in two major ways第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节：（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项 A、B、C 和 D 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。Jamess New BicycleJames shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully 41 the coins that lay on the bed.
49、24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least90! 42 on earth was he going to get the 43 of the money?He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 44 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no 45 asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to 46 . There was only one way to get money, and that was to 47 it. He would have to find a job. 48 who would hire him
