云南省玉溪市玉溪一中2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题精.pdf

1 玉溪一中 2017-2018 学年下学期高一年级期中考 英语学科试卷 试卷总分150 分，考试时间120 分钟 第卷（选择题共 100 分） 注意事项：请考生将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分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。 1. What do we learn from the conversation? A. Today is the mans birthday. B. The man doesntlike math exams. C. There will be a math exam tomorrow. 2. What color is the woman sdress? A. White. B. Blue. C. Black. 3. When did the man sdaughter set a new world record? A. In 1999. B. In 2005. C. In 2009. 4. What does the man mean? A. He moved the desk alone. B. He had some classmates move the desk. C. His classmates helped him move the desk. 5. What time is it now? A. 3:10. B. 3:15. C. 4:10. 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，回答第6 至 7 小题。 6. Who might the man be? A. A waiter. B. The woman sfriend. C. The woman shusband. 7. Where was the wallet found? A. In the restroom. B. At the cash desk. C. On the table. 2 听第 7 段材料，回答第8 至 9 小题。 8. What are those children like? A. Shy. B. Active. C. Selfish. 9. Why does the woman have to leave? A. Because her children are ill. B. Because her friends made her leave. C. Because her parents are in poor health. 听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 小题。 10. What happened to the man? A. He got up late in the morning. B. He stayed up all night reading. C. He felt asleep while reading. 11. What makes the man sleepy when reading? A. He doesntlike reading. B. He didn tsleep well last night. C. He doesntunderstand the meaning of the book. 12. What may help to better understand a book? A. Find the main idea first. B. Recite the details of the book. C. Skip the difficult parts of the book. 听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 小题。 13. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a party. B. In a shop. C. In a game room. 14. Whose birthday is coming? A. The man s. B. The woman sbrother s. C. The woman ssons. 15. How much does the woman plan to spend? A. $20. B. $30. C. $50. 16. What does the woman choose at last? A. A magic car. B. A pencil-box. C. A book about PC games. 听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 小题。 17. Who is the man talking to? A. His children. B. His parents. C. His students. 18. Why was the man smother mad at him? A. He didn tbecome a doctor. B. He was crazy about taking photos. 3 C. He painted everywhere in the house. 19. What is the man sfather? A. A painter. B. A doctor. C. A photographer. 20. What do we learn about the man? A. He still paints as a hobby. B. He feels extremely regretful. C. He gave up his dream because of his mother. 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 上将该选项涂黑。 A Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium(水族馆 ) Situated in the heart of Melbournes CBD, the all -new Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is one of Victoria s leading visitor attractions and an unforgettable outing for the whole family. Having 12 amazing zones of discovery, Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is the very place that you cannot miss when you visit the city. ?Opening Times Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is open from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm every day of the year, including public holidays. Last admission is at 5:00 pm, one hour before closing. ?Location Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is located on the corner of Flinders Street and King Street, Melbourne. It is located on the Yarra River, opposite Crown Entertainment Complex. ?Transportation Train The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium train stop is located on the free City Circle Train route and also routes 70 and 75. City Circle trams run every 10 minutes in both directions. Shuttle BusThe Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a free bus service, stopping at key tourist attractions in and around the City. Running daily, every 15 minutes 4 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Car Parking While there is no public car parking at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, there are several public car parking lots available only a short walk away. ?Wheelchair Access Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium provides people in wheelchairs with full access to all 12 zones. Each floor also has wheelchair accessible toilets. ?Terms Tickets will be emailed to you immediately after purchase or you can download and print your ticket once payment has been accepted. Please print out all tickets purchased and present at the front entrance of Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. No ticket, no entry! 21. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium . A. is beside Crown Entertainment Complex B. admits visitors from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm C. has 12 most attractive places in Melbourne D. is located at the center of the CBD in the city 22. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium offers visitors . A. free car parking B. wheelchair access C. Internet connection D. transportation service 23. Tickets to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium . A. are free to all visitors B. can be bought online C. rare checked at the entrance D. can be printed at the ticket office B Mother, from my earlier memory, seemed quite different from Father. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady. I was always inquisitive about Mothers agesince I was very young. She never 5 had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mothers words that such celebrations were only foolish. “Nothing but deception, ” she would say. “As though life can be marked by birthdays, it s deeds, not years, that matter. ” Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born. “I was born. I m alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know? ” she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again. In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring houses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out. 24. What can we infer from Paragraph 1? A. Father loved his children. B. Father liked writing stories. C. Father was a very young man. D. Father was a very different man. 25. In most of her life, Mother . A. looked quite young B. looked like an old lady C. looked younger than she was D. looked like a forty-year-old woman 26. What does the underline word “inquisitive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Certain. B. Curious. C. Cautious. D. Confident. 27. What do we learn about Mother? A. She was lazy. B. She was strict. C. She was proud. D. She was special. C Researchers from the U.S. space agency NASA are currently trying to find out what kind of plants could grow in the red soil on Mars(火星 ). They hope that astronauts will be able to start growing their own food on the red planet. The journey to Mars could take up to two-and-a-half years. The astronauts will need to take a lot of food with them just to last for the journey. They will never be able to return to Earth, which means they will need to grow their own fruit, vegetables and other 6 plants from seeds. NASA said there could be a problem because Mars doesnt have soil that is good for growing things, which just has red dust. Humans may be on their way to Mars in the next 15 years. NASA has been testing special “Martian gardens” to see what kind of things might grow on Mars. They have used a special soil made up of crushed volcanic rock because it contains no nutrients or organic material, which it is similar to the soil on Mars. The scientists managed to grow lettuce(莴苣 ) in it. They said the lettuce tasted normal, but it had weaker roots and took longer to grow. They will now try growing other vegetables. A NASA spokesman said, “Discoveries made in these Earth- based Martian gardens will pave the way for future studies and technology development in terms of reliable, efficient food production a long way from Earth.” In 2015, NASA astronauts on the Interactional Space Station ate space-grown lettuce for the first time. The lettuce took 33 days to grow on the space station and was part of NASA efforts to provide future astronauts with a sustainable food supplement during long space voyage. 28. It is more difficult to grow plants on Mars because . A. there is no sunlight B. there is no fresh air C. there is no fresh water D. there is no suitable soil 29. From the text, we can know the soil on Mars . A. contains no nutrients B. is full of organic material C. is similar to that on the earth D. is made of crushed volcanic rock 30. What can we know from what the NASA spokesman said? A. It is not practical to grow plants on Mars. B. The test on “Martian gardens ” is a failure in a way. C. In the near future, vegetables may be grown on Mars. D. Much more studies are needed to grow plants on Mars. 31. What happened to the lettuce in the experiment? A. It tasted normal. B. It grew normally. 7 C. It grew more slowly. D. It dies from weaker roots. D WeChat, the Chinese social media smartphone app, saw an increase in user numbers of 41 percent year on year to 500 million at the end of last year, in a sign that parent company Tencent is extending its reach for the mobile Internet. As one of the largest Internet integrated service providers in China and one of the most Internet users in China, Tencent s profit grew 24 percent to RMB 20.98 billion per year, slightly higher than forecasts, driven mainly by online gaming profits. It is unclear how much WeChat contributed to Tencents profits but the apps growth is a strong indicator of the companys long-term health as it tries to adjust its business to be more suitable for mobile devices. “We extended our leadership in games and online media, and made breakthroughs in emerging platforms such as online security and mobile payments.” Ma Huateng, Tencent chairman, said in a statement. WeChat is the second highest ranked social app in China, behind QQ, Tencents another chatting app, which claimed to have 815 million registered monthly users at the end of 2014. Tencent has been unwilling to earn money through WeChat by flooding it with advertising, which could influence the users experience. But this is expected to change. Some analysts anticipated(预期 ) that advertising would be introduced on a large scale later this year. Early attempts to test ads on the service have not always gone smoothly. After a BMW ad was introdu ced on some users feed backs in January, many users who were not targeted by the brands marketing complained of “discrimination” by Tencents data mining algorithm(数据挖掘算法). They claimed it unfairly treated them as not wealthy or successful enough to view the BMW ad. 32. What is the main driving force of the Tencents income growth? A.QQ. B. WeChat. C. Online gaming. D. Advertisements. 33. What can we learn from the passage? A. WeChat is ranked behind QQ in China. B. Tencent wants to earn more through QQ. C. WeChat contributed most to Tencents profits. D. More advertising would not be introduced later this year. 34. How did some users feel when a BMW ad was introduced? A. Uninterested. B. Untouched. C. Unhappy. D. Unlucky. 8 35. What s the best title of this passage? A. WeChat, a Popular APP in China B. WeChat, a Smartphone APP in China C. WeChat, a Profitable APP of Tencent D. WeChat, a Nonprofit APP of Tencent 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。 Why Exercise Is Cool? ?Exercise Strengthens Muscles Did you ever do a push-up or a swing across the monkey bars on the playground? 36 By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too. ? 37 Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies freely without much trouble. Being flexible is having “full range ofmotion, ” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain. ?Exercise Keeps the Balance 38 Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff. 39 But i f youre not very active, your body wont need as many calories. Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as extra fat. ?Exercise Makes You Feel Good It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy like running, jumping, and playing with your friends. It s also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive. But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood. 40 It s just another reason why exercise is cool! A. Exercise Makes You Free B. Exercise Makes You Flexible C. Those are exercises that can build strength. D. If you exercise every day, your body will become better and better. 9 E. I f you re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy. F. Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy. G. When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical, which may make you feel happier. 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45 分） 第一节完形填空（共20 小题；每题1.5 分，满分30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。 My son was badly hurt in a fireAfter he 41 from a series of treatments， the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 42 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking(收缩 ). So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 43 on his face. I said to my son, “Jim, 44 will pay any more attention to your scar 45 you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother 46 . ” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 47 glad he was alive. 48 , everyone has scars and shortcomings Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, 49 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 50 . But you see, like Jims scar ， people will only judge you by your looks，or your 51 , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 52 . One of my friends in college was very 53 . At first, when peop