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八中东校高一年级期中考试英语试题
2020.4
第一部分：听力 （30分）
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 man mean?
A He never smokes in the dormitory. B The woman can smoke at another time. C Smoking is forbidden in the dormitory. 2. How does the man feel?
A Very annoyed B Quite satisfied C A bit disappointed 3. What will the woman do at five today?
A Have a picnic B Go shopping C Watch a football game 4. What is the woman going to do next month?
A Hold a big party with John B Marry John on the 14th C Attend John’s wedding 5. When will the man leave for New York?
A Tomorrow morning B Tomorrow afternoon C Tomorrow evening 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、7题。 6．When did the rainstorm stop?
A Around 4:30 B Around 5:00 C Around 5:30 7. What did the rainstorm destroy?
A The man’s garden B The man’s garage C The man’s neighbor’s garage 听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How will the man’s wife go to work tomorrow morning?
A By taxi B By bus C By car
9. Which bus will the man take tomorrow evening?
A A 5:30 bus B A 6:30 bus C A 7:30 bus 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does the man say the traffic in Italy was terrible?
A The roads were bad B The traffic lights were messy C The Italian drivers were crazy
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11. What did the man do on that rainy day?
A He went to the Amo River B He visited Florence and took photos. C He climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa
12. What does the woman like about Florence?
A The paintings B The buildings C The food 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. When did the woman finish her school? A. In 2007 B In 2008 C In 2009
14. What does the woman do now in the advertising company?
A She is a junior designer B She is a senior designer C She is the head designer 15. Why does the woman want to leave the advertising company?
A She wants to get more money B She wants to get more experience C She doesn’t want to work on weekends. 16. What do we know about the woman?
A She will start her new job immediately. B She is the youngest child in her family C She doesn’t have a university degree. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the woman most probably?
A. A reporter B. A teacher C. A writer 18. What is the man’s first opinion about?
A. Playing fewer computer games B. Having a regular diet to stay healthy C. Reviewing lessons and planning for the new term.
19. How can students gain some experience according to the man?
A. By planning a weekend trip B. By taking care of our pets for our parents. C. By cooking a meal for our grandparents. 20. What is the man talking about?
A. Where to spend a holiday B. How to spend a holiday C. What to prepare for the new term.
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2.5分，满分37.5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。
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I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled(摸索) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had escaped their search. I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could barely get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked through the bars at the guard. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and lit the match, his eyes unconsciously locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don’t know why I did that. Perhaps it was nervousness, perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very hard not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn’t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and caused a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
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I kept smiling at him, now thinking of him as a person and not just a guard. \asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I’d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. Suddenly, without another word, he unlocked my cell and silently led me out. Out of the prison, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
21. What had happened to the man before ?
A. He had been badly treated. B. He had killed someone. C. He had been searched. D. He had been forbidden to get in touch with anyone. 22. Why did the man want to smoke cigarettes?
A. Because he was sure he was to be killed. B. Because he wanted to ease his nervousness. C. Because he wanted to talk to the guard. D. Because he was used to smoking cigarettes. 23. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The man was a heavy smoker.
B. The man smiled to please the guard.
C. The guard set the man free with permission.
D. The man hadn’t thought the guard would set him free. 24. What do you think finally saved the man’s life? A. The smile. B. The cigarette. C. The tears. D. The wallet.
B
Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we miss this? Why do we have these social misunderstandings about happiness? Because we assumed you were average. When we study people, scientists are often interested in what the average is.
Many people think happiness is genetic. That’s only half the story, because the average person does not fight their genes. When we stop studying the average and begin researching positive outliers —people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence —a wildly different picture appears. Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its limited resources as you process the world. If you scan for the negative first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded(嵌入) in your work. But if you scan the world for the positive, you start to acquire an amazing advantage.
I wrote the cover story for the Harvard Business Review magazine on “Happiness Leads to Profits.” Based on my article called “Positive Intelligence” and my research in The Happiness Advantage, I summarized our researched conclusion: the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy and busy workforce.
A decade of research in the business world proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome: increasing sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accuracy on tasks by 19%, as well as a number of health and quality-of-life improvements.
25. The underlined word “this” in the first paragraph refers to .
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A. the fact that people are happy
B. the connection between happiness and educational outcome C. the fact that people often misunderstand happiness D. the fact that most people are average
26. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Scientists are only interested in what the average is. B. You can choose to be happy or not. C. The average are not happy at all.
D. Our decisions and habits have nothing to do with happiness.
27. Why does the writer mention his articles and research? A. To advertise himself. B. To arouse the readers’ interest.
C. To support his point about happiness. D. To attract the readers to read his articles. 28. What is the author’s purpose of writing this article? A. To explain what is happiness.
B. To describe the misunderstandings about happiness. C. To show people the importance of happiness.
D. To make the point that happiness promotes business and educational outcome.
C
Scientists investigated why Ebola virus is so deadly when it spreads from animals to humans and then from human-to-human contact. The research team looked at the Zaire Ebola virus in an animal system to understand how it gains strength. This virus is responsible for the current outbreak in West Africa. They found that initially the animal systems were not affected by the virus, but succeeding transmission(传送) into other animals caused the virus to “hot up” and become more severe.
The team analyzed the viruses at different stages and were able to identify several changes in its genetic material that were associated with increased disease.
Professor Julian Hiscox, who led the study from the University’s Institute of Infection and Global Health, explains: “The work tells us that the evolutionary goal of Ebola virus is to become more fatal.” “We were able to show through genetic analysis which parts of the virus are involved in this process. The information we have gathered will now allow us to monitor for such changes in an outbreak as well as develop future treatment strategies.”
Professor Roger Hewson, leading the study from Public Health England, Porton Down, said: “Ebola virus is such a destructive infection to the people affected by the disease and the economy of West Africa.” “Our understanding of Ebola virus biology is way behind that of other viruses and our cooperation shows how we can bring together our specialists’ skills to close this knowledge gap.”
Professor Miles Carroll, a co-author of the work, said: “This study has allowed the team to be at the forefront of developing methodologies to analyze patient samples recently taken by the European Mobile Laboratory from West Africa to understand disease evolution during the current outbreak.” 29. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us? A. How severe Ebola virus is. B. How Ebola virus spreads.
C. How Ebola virus gradually becomes deadly.
D. What contributions scientists have made on Ebola virus.
30. Which of the following statements is mentioned in the passage? A. In the first stage, the virus hurts its victims much.
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B. As the virus spreads, it’ll change and become more and more deadly. C. The research in Ebola virus is more advanced than that in other viruses. D. The scientists have a negative attitude to the research in Ebola virus.
31. The underlined word “fatal” has the closest meaning to ______. A. optimistic B. deadly C. common D. fantastic 32. Where can we probably read this passage? A. In a science report. B. In a storybook. C. In an advertisement. D. In a textbook.
D
Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.
The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others’ stare at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to move his gaze, his intentions are obvious, that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you will feel uncomfortable. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. Quite the contrary.
In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
33. Which of the following behaviors is proper according to the passage? A. To the opposite sex, stare at him or her. B. To a stranger, avoid looking at him or her.
C. In a conversation, look at the listener all the time.
D. Make eye contact depending on the relationship and different situations.
34. If two persons exchange eye contact gently for long, what is probably their relationship? A. Boss and employee. B. Lovers. C. Teacher and student. D. Strangers 35. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Don’t stare at others B. Body language is important C. Eyes can speak D. Eye contact benefits you
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。(注意：E涂AB： F 涂AC: G 涂AD )
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山东省枣庄市第八中学东校区2019-2020学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题
