河北省定州中学2017-2018学年高一（承智班）下学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、河北定州中学20172018学年度第一学期期中考试高一年级承智班英语试卷 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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where did the woman find the ball?A. On the road. B. In the tree. C. In the flowers.2. What will the speakers do?A. Look for Tony. B. Have a m

2、eal. C. Go to the classroom.3. What is the woman?A. An actress. B. A director. C. A photographer.4. Where does the woman probably work?A. At a restaurant. B. At a hotel. C. At a clothes shop.5. What does the woman think of the mans idea?A. Acceptable. B. Strange. C. Great.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听

3、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题。6. Which sport will Danny go for?A. Cycling. B. Horse-riding. C. Climbing.7. When will Danny go on this holiday?A. In June. B. In July. C. In August.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. W

4、hat do we know about the woman?A. She is overweight now. B. She likes lemon juice a lot.C. She didnt do any exercise before.9. What can the woman eat besides vegetable salad?A. Sugar. B. Seafood. C. Fruit.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Customer and saleswoman.B

5、. Customer and repairman.C. Manager and employee.11. What happened to the mans TV?A. It was dropped on the ground.B. The screen was broken.C. It didnt work at all.12. What will the shop do for the man?A. Replace his TV.B. Pay half of the repair fee(费用).C. Repair his TV immediately.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。1

6、3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A forest. B. A dream. C. An accident.14. How does the woman feel now?A. Tired. B. Frightened. C. Sad.15. What do we know about the light?A. It was blue.B. It got bigger and then smaller.C. It looked like the face of a girl.16. What happened to the wom

7、an when she tried to run away?A. She saw an old man.B. She couldnt run fast.C. She fell down on the ground.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the talk mainlyabout?A. A bookstore. B. A grammar book. C. An English dictionary.18. When will the sale end?A. On 5th. B. On 7th. C. On 11th.19. Where is the talk

8、given?A. At a company. B. At a school. C. At an exhibition.20. What is the speaker?A. A bookstore owner. B. An English teacher.C. A bookseller.二、阅读理解Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs

9、proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.Proper nutrition is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”. Dont eat too much foo

10、d with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein, like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins and minerals. However, dont overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.Getting the proper amount of sleep is also impor

11、tant. If you dont get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over along period of time a little amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality. Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong an

12、d refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span Any kind of exe

13、rcise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shape: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.If everybody were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exe

14、rcise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.21In order to keep good health, .A. we should eat a lot of sweetsB. one needs a large amount of fatC. people should eat according to the nutrition of the foodD. we must try to sleep now an

15、d then22Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Eating too much sugar and fat is not good for our health.B. We have no energy if we dont have enough sleep.C. If we sleep five hours each night, we will feel strong.D. Exercise is good for our body.23The title of the article shou

16、ld be .A. Eating and ExercisingB. How Vitamins Work in Mans BodyC. Staying HealthyD. Sleeping WellClimate change will force exhausted birds migrating to Europe from Africa to travel further, with possibly disastrous consequences, according to a study.The annual voyage of some species, which fly nort

17、h in search of food and suitable habitats, could increase by as much as 400 kilometers (250 miles), the research found. “Marathon migrations for some birds are set to become even longer,” said Stephen Willis, a professor at Durham University in Britain and the main architect of the study. “This is b

18、ad news for birds like the White throat, a common farmland bird. The added distance is a considerable threat. As temperatures rise and habitats change, birds will face their biggest challenge since the Pleistocene era (更新世), which ended 11,000 years ago,” he said in a statement.Some 500 million bird

19、s migrate each year from Africa, some weighing as little as nine grams (three-tenths of an ounce). To complete a voyage that can be thousands of kilometers long, birds have to fatten themselves up to twice their normal weight. Some even shrink their internal organs (收缩内脏) to become more fuel efficie

20、nt, so any additional distance may be dangerous.The study finds that from 2007 to 2010, nine out of 17 species examined are going to face longer migrations, particularly birds that cross the Sahara Desert. Some birds travel the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea in a one go, while others have a break

21、in northern Africa before crossing. Many fly at night, when temperatures are cooler.A few such as the Blackcap have started to adapt by spending winters in Britain, but such behavior remains exceptional, the study said. The study forecasts that the migration distance of the Orphean Warbler will jump

22、 from 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) to between 3,050 and 3,350 kilometers (1,900 and 2,100 miles), with even longer increases for the Subalpine and Barred Warblers.24What does traveling extra distance mean for some migrating birds?A. Better living conditions. B. Better physical health.C. Stronger a

23、bility to fly. D. Bigger threat to life.25To complete the marathon migrations, some birds have to do the following except _.A. have a break in the Sahara B. put on more weightC. reduce the size of internal organs D. fly at night to avoid the heat26What can we infer from the text?A. Birds have to mig

24、rate from Africa to Europe in winter.B. Global warming is bad for all birds worldwide.C. Birds that are of small size dont need to migrate.D. Some birds have to migrate unless they adapt to climate change.27Whats the best title of the text?A. Climate change leads to disastrous consequenceB. The annu

25、al voyage of some speciesC. How birds migrate for longer distancesD. Climate change pushes birds to migrate fartherA great invention by an 18-year-old high school student grew out of a simple problem most teenagers meet with.“Im a teenager and I have a cellphone and my cellphone battery always dies，

26、so I was really looking for a way to improve energy storage，” Eesha Khare said on Tuesday. “Thats how I came across the super capacitor.”The teenager who came from California, and graduated from high school last week，won a $50，000 prize on May 17，2013 at the Intel International Science and Engineeri

27、ng Fair for creating a device that can store enough energy to charge a cellphone in 20 to 30 seconds.“It charges very quickly and can store a lot of energy，” Khare said. “The cool thing is that its a lot thinner than one strand of hair.”Khare hasnt used her invention to recharge a cellphone yet，but

28、she used it to power a light-emitting diode (LED) in order to show its capability(容量). If used on cellphones，the supercharger would slide on to the phones battery to juice it up in a matter of seconds. The technology isnt available to consumers yet，and it could be years until it is.At an Intel event

29、 in Phoenix，Khare won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award，taking second place overall in the worlds largest high school science research competition. She beat out more than 1，600 finalists from 70 countries. She said that she has been approached by several companies to continue her research，b

30、ut she is now focused on attending Harvard University in autumn.“Right now，just my education，but hopefully well see what happens in the future，” she said about her plans. “I have a lot of interests，so well see what I do in the future.”28The passage starts with _A. what problem most teenagers meet wi

31、th in lifeB. how Khare helped others with their problemsC. why Khare decided to make the inventionD. how teenagers make use of their cellphones29According to the passage, Khare _A. was most probably born in 1995B. will graduate from high schoolC. will donate much of her prizeD. is the first teenager

32、 to win such a big prize30The super capacitor _A. is as thin as a hairB. can produce enough energy soonC. has been popular on the marketD. has not been put in use in daily life三、完形填空During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to b

33、e_him. I hated the place. I had never _been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack alone. The heat was_-almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). _a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the every air I breath

34、ed, were_ with sand, sand, sand!I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was _ and coming back home. I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer. I_be in prison! My father answered my _with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my_- two lines that completely ch

35、anged my life:Two men looked out from prison barsOne saw the mud, the other saw the starsI read those two lines_ I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present _; I would look for the stars.I made friends with the natives, and their_amazed me. They gave me pr

36、esents of their favorite artworks which they had _to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and_for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean_What brought about this_ change in me? The desert

37、hadnt changed, _ I had. I had changed my_ And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing_of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and_ the stars.31A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond32A. already B. before C. t

38、hen D. still33A. unbearable B. incomprehensible C. inflexible D. uncontrollable34A. Only B. Many C. Not D. Such35A. covered B. charged C. buried D. filled36A. giving up B. keeping up C. catching up D. getting up37A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D. had better38A. complaints B. calls C. ques

39、tions D. requests39A. imagination B. memory C. consideration D. comparison40A. now and then B. by and by C. up and down D. over and over41A. company B. occupation C. situation D. relationship42A. movement B. guidance C. reaction D. purpose43A. happened B. failed C. managed D. refused44A. asked B. hu

40、nted C. waited D. headed45A. floor B. surface C. rock D. level46A. challenging B. astonishing C. puzzling D. exciting47A. as B. or C. for D. but48A. principle B. attitude C. identity D. standard49A. vacation B. operation C. adventure D. affair50A. found B. counted C. sought D. reached四、七选五Confidence

41、 is a skill that many folks want to master, but have a hard time acquiring. Have you ever wondered why? Possibly you were born confident. You were talked to negatively as a child or maybe you were rejected many times. Whatever the case is, 51 But how to boost your confidence?Begin to act as if you a

42、re confident. Act as the person you would want to be like.52 Surround yourself with people who you think are confident and have high value. You will learn so much from observing other confident folks.53 One of the most areas that you need to pay attention to is your self-talk. Your thoughts about yo

43、ur capabilities and self-worth need to be positive and encouraging. Whenever you notice you think negatively, pause and take a moment, and shift your focus to something that can help you feel better about yourself.Go after your goals. If you are really serious about building self-confidence, you nee

44、d to identify your goals and go after them. The more you add to your accomplishments, the more confident you will feel about your abilities and skills.54.By using these steps to boost your confidence,55.A. Always stay positive.B. Improve your self-talk.C. Begin to think and behave like them.D. This

45、requires you to know what a confident person looks like.E. you will be on the path to improving your self-esteem (自尊) and self-worth.F. Youll begin to trust your inner self more and appreciate yourself more.G. you should know you can improve your self-esteem and build confidence.五、短文改错56假如英语课上老师要求同桌

46、之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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(/),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。It is great for me to know you like Tai Chi and are willing to learn them before long. Im sure I can give you hand h

47、appily.Tai Chi is not only an ancient martial art, but also has been wide admitted as a healthy sport. Knowing for its well-balanced movements, Tai Chi provided the mental relaxation and physical fitness that are so necessary in our modern lives. Because it is hard to learn, Tai Chi is beneficial fo

48、r your health and mind.Concerning about your learning place and trainer, Im proud to tell you what I have the ability to recommend the best school and best trainer in our city to you, for actually my uncle is a master of Tai Chi which is always invited to teach others all over the country.六、提纲类作文57假

49、设你是李华，你远在美国的笔友Jack对中国的春节很感兴趣，他来信询问有关情况。请你给他回一封电子邮件，简单介绍春节及中国人是如何过春节的。内容应包括如下要点：1春节在中国的地位；2春节的时间、春节来临前及期间人们的活动；3你对春节的感受。注意：1可适当发挥使行文连贯，词数100左右；2开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇：春节联欢晚会the Spring Festival Gala_参考答案15 ABACB 610 CAACA 1115 ABBAB 1620 BCCBC 21C22C23C24D25A26D27D28C29A30D31C32B33A34C35D36A37C38A39B40D

50、41C42C43D44B45A46B47D48B49C50A51G52D53B54F55E56them改为itgive you a hand 加上冠词awide 改成 widelyKnowing 改成 Knownprovided 改成 providesBecause 改成Although/though/Whilefor 改为to删去 aboutwhat改为that, 或删除whatwhich改为who57As the most important festival in China, the Spring Festival is celebrated by most of the Chines

51、e all over the world. Falling on the first day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival is a time when people look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. On Lunar New Years Eve, its the custom for Chinese to have a family reunion, eating dumplings and drinking wine, after which

52、they normally stay up and watch the Spring Festival Gala. On the next morning, they are supposed to visit their relatives and neighbors, usually giving young children lucky money in red paper. In the city squares as well as in the countryside, there are celebrations such as dragon dances and firewor

53、ks displays. Its the happiest time in a year when people can enjoy the company of their family, have fun with each other and forget their work for a little while.As for me, the Spring Festival is a part of our Chinese culture and tradition, which I am proud of. Wherever I am, I will consider it the most important time of a year and try my best to celebrate it with my family.Sincerely hope my introduction is helpful and look forward to your early reply.