1、1浙江省诸暨中学 2018-2019 学年高一英语下学期期中试题（平行班）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 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 will the speakers do?A. Catch a flight. B. Pick up their son. C. Deal with an accident.2. How does the man f
2、eel about Lila?A. Bored. B. Scared. C. Excited.3. How did the woman get to Baltimore?A. By train. B. By bus. C. By taxi.4.Where is the man going tomorrow?A. To the school. B. To the beach. C. To the cinema.5.What does the woman mainly talk about?A. Buying a good bike.B. Learning how to drive.C. Payi
3、ng attention to safety.第二节（共 15 小题； 每小题 1 分，满分 15 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5 秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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，回答第 6 至第 7 题。6. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a gift shop. B. In a food store. C. In a travel agency.7.
4、 What did the woman buy?A. A cup. B. A shirt. C. A key chain.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至第 9 题。8. Why was the woman going to call the repair center?A. To see if her car is ready. B. To ask for an oil change. C. To check her bill price.9. Why did the woman refuse the mans offer?A. She couldnt afford the service.
5、B. She would not be able to pick up the car.C. She needed the car earlier than it would be ready.2听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至第 12 题。10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. shopping trip. B. A family argument. C. A working environment.11. What does the woman probably want the man to do?A. Do some cle
6、aning. B. Be careful in his job. C. Take out the trash in turn.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Brother and sister. C. Manager and new worker.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至第 16 题。13. What does the watch look like?A. The face of the watch is black.B. Its got a leath
7、er white band.C. The face of the watch is square.14.When did Helens grandpa come to England?A. Over 50 years ago. B. Over 60 years ago. C. Over 20 years ago.15.Why is the watch special to Helen?A. Its worth a lot of money.B. Her grandpa left it to her.C. Its her 21st birthday present.16. What can we
8、 know about Helens grandpa?A. He passed away 2 years ago.B. He got the watch from his father.C. He came to England without any money.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至第 20 题。17.How is the newly printed house different from previous ones?A. It was printed in pieces.B. It was made from waste materials.C. The whole th
9、ing was printed at once.18. How much does the printed 400-square-foot house cost in California?A. $ 5,000. B. $ 10,000. C. $ 15,000.19. Where were ten houses printed in just 24 hours?A. In China. B. In Russia. C. In the United States.20. How do engineers think the new technology could be used?A. To
10、put buildings on Mars.B. To recycle old materials.C. To construct buildings on the moon.3第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AWhile many countries love their tea, UK citizens are particularly proud of being “tea people”. The average UK
11、 citizen consumes nearly 2 kilograms of tea each year.Tea only made its way to England in large quantities in the first years of the 17th century. Tea from China and a few other Asian countries was being sold more widely in England at that time. Then tea was getting more and more popular among diffe
12、rent social classes.There are many varieties of tea. Black tea mixtures are still the most common type drunk in the UK. Black tea is dark in colour, because the leaves have been allowed to oxidize (氧化) before drying. This is why we usually serve it with milk, although it is not uncommon to drink it
13、black or with lemon. You may still find tea made with loose tea leaves, served up in a pot, and poured into the best china cups with saucers (茶托) for visitors.Tea is still a large part of daily life in the UK today, but it seems to be on the decrease. The amount of tea sold in the UK fell by more th
14、an 10% in the five years leading up to 2002, and has been dropping ever since. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone, and most restaurants report selling more than twice as many cups of coffee as they do tea. More than 1 billion was spent on coffee in high street stores in 2013, more than twice what wa
15、s spent on tea bags.Still, what goes around comes around; its sure to become fashionable again.21.Which of the following is true according to the first three paragraphs?A. Tea made its way to England in the early years of the 16th century.B. The UK usually serves black tea with lemon.C. Tea from Chi
16、na was being sold more widely in England now.D. UK citizens take pride in being “tea people”.22.What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?A. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone. B. In 2013, the money spent on tea was3 billionC. Since 2002, the sales of tea have been on the decreaseD. Most restauran
17、t like selling tea than coffee.23.What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?A. It can never succeed again B. The tea is becoming less popularC. Coffee is more popular than tea D. The tea can become popular again4BI am traveling home. It is bitterly cold and snowy, but the warm tra
18、in is right on time. I feel pleasantly satisfied as I look out at the rush hour traffic on the motorway. I feel more satisfied as the smell of fresh coffee announces the arrival of the drinks service. Swiss friends often tell me, proudly, that their rail service is the best in the world, but recentl
19、y, one experience has proved that the great Swiss love affair with their railway has turned a little sour.It all began with the decision to end ticket sales on trains. One cold morning I arrived at my local station only to find that the ticket machine was broken. No matter, I thought, I have got a s
20、mart phone, and I hurriedly set about buying my ticket that way. This was not as easy as I had expected, busying myself between credit card and phone with freezing cold fingers, but, by the time I got on the train to Geneva I had an e-ticket and I proudly showed it to the conductor. Unfortunately sh
21、e told me that my ticket was not valid(有效的). Several weeks later a letter arrived from Swiss railways together with a fine for 190 francs ($ 210).The good people there tell me the formal payment for my ticket from my credit card company arrived four minutes after my train left the station. That mean
22、s, they say, that I bought my ticket on the train and that is strictly prohibited.Swiss railways say their policy is designed to protect honest ticket-paying passengers, but a quick look at their balance sheet suggests something else. The company is making about $2 million a month from fines.Althoug
23、h train travel is still popular, those seats do not feel as comfortable; the coffee does not smell quite so good because Swiss railways have lost, for now anyway, something far more precious than $2 million a month: good relations with their customers.24. What can we learn from paragraph 1?A. The Sw
24、iss trains usually come late.B. Traffic on the motorway goes smoothly.C. The author is generally pleased with the Swiss rail service.D. The author hates traveling on the Swiss train.25. Why did the conductor say that the authors e-ticket was invalid?A. It was purchased online.B. It was paid on a sma
25、rt phone.C. It was purchased on a ticket machine.D. It was paid for after the trains departure.26. What does the author think of the new policy of Swiss railways?A. It damages company-customer relations.B. It makes the company lose a lot of money.5C. It attracts more people to travel by train.D. It
26、protects honest ticket-paying passengers.CBritish chemist David Evans has become an overnight celebrity（名人） on Chinese social media. His chemistry experiments have attracted over 2 million followers in just a few months. Evans is a chemistry professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology
27、. The 60-year-old always wears a white lab coat, a pair of safety goggles (护目镜), and smiles often. Some web users say he looks just like the “grandpa of KFC”.Evans has posted videos of various experiments. His most popular experiments have attracted millions of hits on video-sharing apps. Excited ch
28、ildrens cheers and shouts can be heard in his videos. “I hope my experiments can arouse peoples interest in science,” he says.Evans has been interested in China since childhood. In the early 1970s, before the reform and opening-up, he viewed it as a “country full of mysteries”. He first visited the
29、Chinese mainland in 1987 to attend a chemistry conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He quit his job in the United Kingdom and moved to Beijing in 1996. Many of his friends thought he was crazy. But Evans says they just saw Chinas challenges but not its potential.Since 2011, Evans has turned to t
30、he Internet to popularize science. He learned short-video apps are also popular in small cities and rural areas. And he realized this enables him to reach more students, who lack opportunities to perform fun experiments. But even a one-minute video requires a considerable amount of work. Still, he t
31、hinks its worth it to fulfill his responsibility to popularize science.His experiments always fill schools lecture halls with laughter. Some viewers call him “a Harry Potter-like magician”, but he disagrees. “A magician never tells the secrets behind his tricks, but a scientist always gives an expla
32、nation.” He sees himself as a teacher. He performs experiments to spread knowledge, inspire thinking, remove misunderstandings and show that science can create change. Evans says he looks forward to more “chemical reactions” with China.27. Who is David Evans according to the passage?A. A manager of
33、KFC. B. A chemistry teacher.C. A film celebrity. D. A British magician.28. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A. Evans considered UK to be a country full of mysteries.B. Evans attended a chemistry conference in China in 1987.C. Evans was unwilling to move to Beijing.6D. Evans first visited C
34、hinese mainland in the 1970s.29. Why did Evans begin to post videos of experiments on the Internet?A. To apply short-video apps.B. To rise to fame.C. To popularize science.D. To make a fortune.30. What can we infer from the passage?A. Evans friends admired his decision to move to China.B. Evans will
35、 continue to post videos of experiments in China.C. Evans students like to interrupt his experiments with laughter.D. Evans knows exactly how a magic works.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。Lemon water is pretty popular. Its offered as a free upgrade to regular wate
36、r at pretty many restaurants. 31 , others are devotees（爱好者）of the possible health benefits. Heres what may happen if you take up the lemon water habit.Easier weight lossStudies in mice indicate that the antioxidants(抗氧化剂) in lemons can reduce weight gain despite a high-fat diet. More studies are nee
37、ded to determine if the results can be applied to humans, but anecdotal（传闻）evidence is favorable. People who drink lemon water regularly report easier weight loss, though it is unclear if the combination of lemon and water is the fundamental driver. 32 . Get enough vitamin CVitamin C is an important
38、 antioxidant that has a ton of health benefits. It can only be gotten from food as our bodies dont produce it alone. Getting your RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of vitamin C can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure. Vitamin C is good for your skin and bonds with free r
39、adicals (自由电子) that accelerate aging. 33 , but theyre a great source nevertheless. Stabilized moodsStudies have found that smelling lemon scent reduces stress hormones（激素）that regulate mood. Drinking lemon water offers this benefit as well as the vitamins and potassium(钾) in the fruit. 34 , and high
40、 blood pressure is related to stress, so not getting enough potassium can certainly affect your mood. All in all, lemon water can be a calming drink.In the end, drinking water is never a bad call, and there is absolutely no reason not to add lemon to it. Drinking lemon water provides some helpful nu
41、trients（营养）and antioxidants. Give it a try!35 .A. Lemon is a common smell in all manner of cleaning products.B. Potassium plays a huge part in regulating blood pressure.C. There is nothing to lose.7D. Lemons arent the highest in vitamin C.E. While some people drink it simply because of its taste.F.
42、If adding lemon to water can encourage people to drink more.G. It could be that drinking more water helps dieters to feel full and avoid overeating.第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分 50 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。A Good ManIts a late Saturday after
43、noon in early March, and I am sweating in search of the only gift my son wants from Los Angeles: a 36 to the homes of the stars such as Brad Pitt and Jet Li.A cheerful taxi driver says, “No problem. Map sellers are everywhere!” When the taxi stops, a fellow 37 with a thin folded sheet and says: “Ten
44、 dollars.”Ten dollars! With absolute 38 , I inform him, “Thats too much.” The map man leaves. I begin walking, certain Ill find a (an) 39 star map soon.I am 40 . Theres hardly anybody on the street. There dont seem to be many real stores, just cars and bars. No maps. No stars. Blocks pass. The sun b
45、egins to sink. At the edge of West Hollywood, 41 fellow wanders ahead, selling star maps to some teenage girls.Ten dollars 42 . Forget it. My son will 43 .That night, I call my wife. “Did you get one of those maps to the stars? Hes been talking about 44 else.”This 45 is hard to ignore. Its late. At
46、all-night markets: no maps. I head back to the hotel. Morning is coming. There will be one last 46 . After I check out, I take a taxi. But at nine in the morning, map sellers are 47 to be found.“You know,” says the driver, “The guys with the maps just arent up yet!” Hes right.“Forget it. Lets go to
47、the airport.”“Well,” says the driver, “I could 48 you one if you like.”Sure. Trust this guy? I might as well throw cash onto the freeway. But exiting the taxi, I 49 my last chance. I hand him $13 and my business card. Three weeks pass. Ive 50 on the star map. My son has stopped mentioning it.Then on
48、e afternoon, sticking out from under piles of flyers, there it is: a big white envelope. There is a small note. I can hardly read it, 51 I make 8out a few phrases “forgive 52 ,” “taxis been down” and, finally, “heres map for your son.” Theres no return address. Its signed, “kind regards, M.”I hold t
49、he note in my hand, 53 what my son said to me when I got back from Los Angeles.“Did you meet any 54 , Dad?” he asked.Now I know what to tell him.“Yes, I did. I met a guy named M.”If you never 55 anybody, youll never find the good guys.36. A. decoration B. book C. map D. symbol37. A. argues B. requests C. competes D. approaches38. A. permission B. certainty C. anxiety D. bargain39. A. inexpensive B. perfect C. proper D. detailed40. A. shocked B. confused C. impatient D. wrong41. A. any
