2015-2016学年第二学期高一英语期中试题
第一部分 听力 （1-10 每小题0.5分 11-20 每小题1分 总分 15分） 1. What will the woman do in the summer vacation?
A. Visit her uncle. B. Do some reading. C. See some friends. 2. How did the man feel at the woman's words?
A. Disappointed. B. Surprised. C. Frightened. 3. What does the woman mean by saying “soon”?
A. She will see her sister soon. B. She thinks her sister got married so soon. C. She will get married soon.
4. How long can the man probably stay at the room?
A. For one night. B. For three years. C. For only a short while. 5. What do we know about the woman?
A. She doesn't want to lend the man any money.
B. She lost some money because of a hole in her pocket. C. She always runs out of her money quickly. 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What does the man think of Chinese Opera?
A．Terrible. B．Just so so . C．Wonderful. 7. What do we know about the woman?
A．She doesn't like talking with the man. B．She doesn't agree with the man . C．She thinks Chinese Opera has no charm to appreciate. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What do we know about the woman's neighbor?
A．He just moved in recently. B．He is very rude. C．He goes to sleep very early. 9. Why did the woman's neighbor press the woman's doorbell at midnight last night? A．Because he had an urgent problem. B．Because he wanted to make troubles.
C．Because he wanted to stop the woman blowing her trumpet （喇叭）. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the conversation take place?
A．In China. B．In America. C．In Canada. 11. What do we know about the man?
A．He can write in Chinese very well. B．He has been to China twice. C．He has taken Chinese course for a year.
12. Which place has the woman visited in New York?
A．Some nearby parks. B．The Horseshoe Curve. C．A zoo. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What 's the woman's job in the company?
A．A manager B．An art designer C．A secretary. 14. Why does the woman come to work early?
A．She wanted to see the department manager. B．She wanted to make a phone call.
C．She wanted to leave her boss a good impression. 15. What 's the rule of the company?
A．Everyone should keep his or her desk neat（整洁的）.
B．No one should use anything that doesn't belong to him or her. C．No one should make personal phone calls during office hours.
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16. What can we infer form the conversation? A．It's the woman's first day in the company.
B．The woman will be fired if she doesn't clock her time card in and out.
C．Department managers have the right to chat over the phone during office hours. 听第10段材料，回答第17至18题。
17. Where will the swimming competition be held?
A．At the school swimming pool. B．At the Jackson Sports Center. C．At the New Town Swimming Pool. 18. At what time will Grade 7 gather?
A．9：30 B．9：35 C．9：45
19. Which of the following is TRUE according to the speaker?
A．Students don't have to bring cold drinks. B．Students can get their lunch for free. C．Students have to pay for the bus ride. 20. What is the announcement about?
A．The schedule of the competition. B．The location of the Sports Center. C．The arrangements for the day.
第二部分 阅读理解 （每小题2分 共30分 ）
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I arrived late one night on a business trip, so I decided to have dinner in the hotel I stayed in. As I was finishing my meal, an elderly couple came in. They were holding hands and had lovely smiles on their faces. They sat three tables from me. I was amazed at the love they showed for each other. It stuck me because it was shortly after ending a 20-year marriage and I still had pain in my heart.
My waiter was also their waiter. As I paid my bill, I asked what their bill was. He told me, and I gave him $40 to pay their bill. He asked if I knew them and I told him “No, I just wanted to repay them for the love that they were showing to each other,” and then I left.
The next day I entered the restaurant again. After I had been seated, the waiter who served me the night before told me that the strangest thing happened after I left the restaurant. When the elderly couple went to pay for their meal, they were told that it had been paid. The waiter just told them what I said. They were amazed. They looked around, asked for the bill of two young couples who were seated together, paid their bill and left.
I smiled and ordered my meal. About 45 minutes later, I finished my meal and was about to head out, but my waiter was nowhere to be found. I explained to the hostess that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the airport. She smiled and explained that I would not have to pay, because she felt she should pay for my bill because of the joy brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the young couples.
When I told her that they didn’t have to do that, she said with a smile “Love creates Love.”
21. From the first paragraph we know the writer must feel __________. A. pleased B. worried C. sad D. nervous
22. The elderly couple paid the bill of the two young couples because they __________. A. knew the two young couples B. were happy to pass the love they got C. were always ready to help poor people
D. wanted to invite the young people to the meal
23. The writer’s purpose of writing the passage is to __________.
A. suggest true love never dies B. share an interesting experience
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C. encourage us to help people in need
D. prove a show of love really makes a difference
B
Jane Warner’s husband, Jack, was sent to prison for two years for stealing. While he was in prison, Jane had a very difficult time. because She had two children, but no job. And her husband, of course, couldn’t make any money either. The only small amount she had was from the government.
“I don’t know how we will manage,” she wrote to her husband in prison. “I get only enough money to pay the rent. There isn’t enough money for food. I think I’ll have to plant vegetables in the garden. They’ll grow quickly. We can live on vegetables.”
The garden was quite large, and much of it was covered with grass.
When Jack Warner received his wife’s letter, he replied to her immediately. “Don’t dig up the garden,” he wrote. “That’s where the money I stole is hidden.”
All letters written by the prisoners were read by one of the guards before they were mailed. When the guard read Jack’s letter, he took it to the head guard. When the head guard read it, he called the police. He told them what Jack had written to his wife. And the police immediately went to Jack’s house. They took forks and shovels with them. They dug up the garden, looking for the money, but they found nothing.
When they had gone, Mrs. Warner wrote to her husband. “The police came today,” she wrote. “and they dug up all the grass. What should I do?” Her husband wrote back very soon, “Plant the vegetables.”
24. Jane got a little money from .
A. her husband B. the government C. the police D. the prison 25. Jane had a very difficult time because .
A. she had two children B. the couple had no jobs C. she had to pay the rent D. she hadn’t enough money 26. Where did Jack hide the money?
A. In the garden B. In the prison C. In the letter D. Somewhere unknown 27. The passage shows that Jack was very .
A. smart B. lazy C. stupid D. careless
C
Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night. 28. Why did Mark Twain go to the town?
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A. To make a speech. B. To see one of his friends.
C. To see one of his relatives. D. To do something for his writing. 29. Why did the waiters feel sorry?
A. Their hotel was too small. B. The room was not very clean. C. They did something wrong to Mark Twain. D. There were quite a few mosquitoes in the room.
30. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night. B. No mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night. C. There were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer.
D. The owner of the hotel looked after Mark Twain well at night.
D
根据短文内容，从后面的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
31 People who don’t read newspapers are sometimes called non-readers. Generally, non-readers are low in education, low in income, either very young or very old. What’s more, non-readers are more likely to get away from the crowd. 32 .
Why don’t these read daily papers? They say that they don’t have the time; they have no interest in reading at all. 33
Recent surveys, however, have shown that there appears to be a group of non-readers that don’t fit the type mentioned above. 34 They are far more likely to say they have no time and that they have no interest in the content.
35 First, they are adding news briefs to help overcome the time problem. Also, they are giving variety（多样化）to the newspaper contents to help build the readers’ interest. A. Not everybody reads daily newspapers. B. Everybody is fond of reading daily newspapers. C. They have less contact with neighbors and friends. D. Editors and publishers are trying to win them back. E. They always say that they have to feed their families. F. And besides, they think newspapers are a little expensive. G. They are high in income and fall into the age group of 26 to 65. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
One evening I was going back from a shopping center. As I approached my 36 , I noticed that some person came and stood beside me. He was the one that could be _37 as a bum(流浪者). It seemed that he had no car, no home, no job. I 38 that he would ask me for money, but he did not do that, he 39 said: “Your car is very nice”.
After several moments of 40 , I replied: “Thanks”, and then the inner voice told me: “Ask him if he needs 41”. After a short hesitation(犹豫) I asked him if he needed any help. His respond was so 42. I will never forget those simple three words that I heard 48 him: “Don’t we all?”
It was a true 44 to me. I needed help. Although I had money and a place to sleep, but I 45 that I needed help too. Then I have opened my wallet and gave him enough 46 to get a meal and some shelter for a day.
Suddenly I 47 that no matter how much money, luxury(奢华的) things do we have, we all need help. And on the other hand, no matter how 48 you are, how many material problems you have, you still might 49 your help to others, you still might be 50 . Even it’s just a nice word, you can give that and it can be 51 to other persons.
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Maybe that man was just a homeless stranger, 52 to me he was more than that. Maybe he was 53 by the Highest Loving Power personally to me to open my eyes, to 54 me that there is one thing, among all other values, which is very 55 for every person. Actually, it is a true gift and it is called Giving. 36 A. bus B. car C. bike D. train 37. A. talked B. considered C. known D. reported 38. A. found 39 A. yet 40. A. rest 41. A. drinks 42. A. moving 43. A. of 44. A. story 45. A. heard 46. A. money 47. A. advised 48. A. poor 49. A. offer 50. A. receiving 51. A. normal 52. A. still 53. A. advised
B. wondered B. even B. silence B. food B. satisfying B. from
B. discovery B. realized B. gift B. thought B. lazy B. sell B. trying B. possible B. so B. sent
C. expected C. only C. talk C. help C. astonishing C. about
C. experience C. learned C. help
C. understood C. clever C. introduce C. giving C. simple C. even C. asked C. persuade C. special
D. learned D. still D. notice D. money D. exciting D. for D. memory D. received D. check D. admitted D. rich D. show D. thinking D. priceless D. but D. forced D. show
D. interesting
54. A. suggest B. permit 55. A. different B. important
第二节 语法填空（共10分；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式。 1. A lot of problems remain to be ______________(解决). 2. ______________(就个人而言)，I don’t like the film.
3. Can I use your computer to _____________(下载) some pictures？ 4. He ______________(成功)in getting a position at the art school.
5. I’ll go with with her to make sure she comes to no ____________(伤害). 6.Add up all the ___________(收入) you’ve received over the period. 7. We should pay more attention to the wildlife____________(保护).
8. She ___________(假装) that she was not at home when we rang the bell.
9.Many people ___________(挨饿) to death in Africa because of the bad weather. 10.He behaves as though he ___________(be) a millionaire. 第四部分 写作 （共两节 满分25分）
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 第二节:书面表达(满分15)
以“音乐”为题,根据下面所给的材料,写一篇短文。 1.音乐分为古典音乐、流行音乐、摇滚音乐和爵士音乐;
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陕西省西安音乐学院附属中等音乐学校高一英语下学期期
