四川省德阳市第五中学2017-2018学年高一半期考试英语试卷 WORD版含答案.doc

1、德阳五中2017-2018学年高一上学期半期考试本试卷共两卷, 第一卷和第二卷。第一卷的答案请涂在答题卡上, 第二卷的答案请写在答题卡上的规定位置。在试卷上答题无效。试卷总分为150分, 考试时间为120分钟。 第一卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力测试（共两节，共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题）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 does the woman mean?A. The hotel i

2、snt that famous.B. She wont stay in the hotel.C. The cost is very high.2. How much sleep does the man need at least every night?A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 9 hours.3. What did Steve say yesterday?A. He liked the apartment.B. He wanted to sign a contract.C. He would call the man soon.4. What do the sp

3、eakers actually want to get?A. Jobs. B. Smart phones. C. Smart robots.5. Why does the woman apologize to the man?A. She cant have a discussion with him right now.B. She has to put off their appointment.（约会）C. She wont have lunch with him today.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个

4、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. When is Professor Smith coming to the school?A. On Oct.11. B. On Oct.13. C. On Oct.30.7. What does the man ask the woman to do next week?A. To give a speech at the school library. B. To review the paper

5、 about public communication.C. To interview Professor Smith and write an article.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What does the man want to be washed by hand?A. His silk shirt. B. His sweaters. C. His trousers.9. When is the earliest that the man can get his clothes back?A. This evening. B. Tomorrow morning. C. To

6、morrow afternoon.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the Cornell Notes system known for helping students do?A. Sorting notes. B. Taking notes quickly. C. Organizing notes.11. Which of the following should be avoided according to the woman?A. Main ideas of the text or speech.B. Long ideas and sentences.C. Q

7、uestions related to review.12. Why wont the man try the Cornell Notes method until next semester?A. He must prepare for his final exams now.B. He cant understand the topic so quickly.C. He will have to write a summary in a day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the man think is the best known service or

8、 product Google offers?A. Search engine. B. Various software. C. Online advertising technologies.14. How long did Google take to start selling their shares?A. One year. B. Five years. C. Six years.15. What is the main thing that makes the man want to work for Google?A. Googles service in communicati

9、ons hardware.B. Googles business throughout the world.C. Googles treatment of its employees.16. What has the man already done?A. He has had an interview.B. He has sent his resume to Google.C. He has visited the company and met someone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How does Anna treat Jack according to the t

10、alk?A. Bathing him and paying his health bills and taxes.B. Buying his clothes and paying his phone bills and taxes.C. Buying his food and paying his health bills and taxes.18. What is life like for people in Sweden?A. Busy. B. Orderly. C. Easy.19. What is the money paid in dog taxes used for?A. Buy

11、ing insurance for dog owners.B. Paying for damage done by dogs.20. Providing medical care for dogs. What can we learn from the talk?A. People in Sweden pay a lot of taxes.B. Owning dogs means asking for trouble.C. Many car accidents are caused by dogs.第二部分 阅读理解第一节： 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

12、，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AIn its early history，Chicago had floods frequently，especially in the spring，making the streets so muddy that people，horses，and carts got stuckAn old joke that was popular at the time went something like this：A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago streetAsk

13、ed if he needs help，he replies，No，thanksIve got a good horse under meThe city planner decided to build an underground drainage （排水） system，but there simply wasnt enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water levelThe only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise

14、the cityAn engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirtThis raised the level of the citys streets by as much as 12feetThis of course created a new problem：dirt practically buried the first floors of every b

15、uilding in ChicagoBuilding owners were faced with a choice：either change the first floors of their buildings into basements，and the second stories into main floors，or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street levelSmall wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easilyBut what about large，h

16、eavy structures like Tremont Hotel，which was a six-story brick building？Thats where George Pullman came inHe had developed some house-moving skills successfullyTo lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel，Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews （螺旋千斤顶） beneath the buildings foundationOne man w

17、as assigned to operate each section of roughly 10jackscrewsAt Pullmans signal each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time，thereby raising the building slowly and evenlyAstonishingly，the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation，and many of its guests didnt even notice an

18、ything was happeningSome people like to say that every problem has a solutionBut in Chicagos early history，every engineering solution seemed to create a new problemNow that Chicagos waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River，the citys next step was to clean the polluted river21. The

19、 author mentions the joke to show _ A. horses were fairly useful in Chicago B. Chicagos streets were extremely muddy C. Chicago was very dangerous in the spring D. the Chicago people were particularly humorous 22. The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to _ A. build the pipes above gro

20、undB. lower the Chicago River C. fight against heavy floodsD. get rid of the street dirt 23. The underlined wordhoistin Paragraph 4 means _ A. changeB. liftC. repairD. decorate 24. The passage is mainly about the early Chicagos _ A. popular life styles and their influences B. environmental disasters

21、 and their causes C. engineering problems and their solutions D. successful businessmen and their achievementsBGrandparents Answer a Call. As a third-generation native of Brownsville，Texas，Mildred Garza never planned to move awayEven when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help

22、 with their children，she politely refusedOnly after a year of friendly discussion did MsGarza finally say yesThat was four years agoToday all three generations regard the move as a success，giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate citiesNo statistics show the number of g

23、randparents like Garza who are moving closer to adult children and grandchildrenYet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growingEven Obamas mother-in-law，Marian Robinson，has agreed to leave Chicago and move into the White House to help care for her granddaughtersAccording to a study by gra

24、ndparentscom，83percent of the people said MrsRobinsons decision will influence grandparents in the American familyTwo-thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obamas familyIn the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldnt get away from home far enough or fast enough to prove we could

25、 do it on our own，says Christine Crosby，publisher of Grand，a magazine for grandparentsWe now realize how important family is and how important it is to be near them，especially when youre raising childrenMoving is not for everyoneAlmost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and

26、is willing to make sacrifices，but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently insteadHaving your grandchildren far away is hard，especially knowing your adult child is struggling，but giving up the life you know may be harder25. Why was Garzas move a success？ _ A. It strengthened her family t

27、iesB. It improved her living conditionsC. It enabled her make more friendsD. It helped her know more new places26. What was the reaction of the public to MrsRobinsons decision？ _ A. 17% expressed their support for itB. Few people responded sympathetically（同情地）.C. 83% believed it had a bad influenceD

28、. Most of them thought it was a trend27. What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s？ _ A. They were unsure of themselvesB. They were eager to raise more childrenC. They wanted to live away from their parentsD. They had little respect for their grandparents28. What does the author suggest the gran

29、dparents do in the last paragraph？ _ A. Make decisions in the best interests of their ownB. Ask their children to pay more visits to themC. Sacrifice for their struggling childrenD. Get to know themselves betterCI am Peter Hodes，a volunteer stem courierSince March 2012，Ive done 89trips-of those，51ha

30、ve been abroad，I have 42hours to carry stem cells （干细胞） in my little box because Ive got two ice packs and thats how long they lastIn all，from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor （捐献者） to the time they can be implanted in the patient，weve got 72hours at most，So I am always conscious o

31、f timeI had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in AmericaI picked up the stem cells in Providence，Rhode Island，and was meant to fly to Washington then back to LondonBut when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence，the lady on the desk said：Well，Im really sorry，Ive got some bad

32、 news for you-there are no flights from WashingtonSo I took my box and put it on the desk and I said：In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please，please，youve got to get me back to the United KingdomShe just dropped everythingShe arranged for a flight on a small plan

33、e to be held for me，re-routed（改道）me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduledFor this courier job，youre consciously aware that in that box youve got something that is potentially going to save somebodys life29. Which of the following can replace the underlined w

34、ordcourierin Paragraph 1？ _ A. providerB. delivery manC. collectorD. medical doctor 30. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours？ _ A. He cannot stay away from his job too longB. The donor can only wait for that longC. The operation needs that much timeD. The ice wont last any longer

35、31. Which flight did the woman put Peter on first？ _ A. To LondonB. To NewarkC. To ProvidenceD. To WashingtonDConflict is on the menu tonight at the caf La ChopeThis evening，as on every Thursday night，psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of Frances favorite pastimes，coffee drinking and thetalkin

36、g cureHere they are learning to get in touch with their true feelingsIt isnt always easyThe customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2（plus drinks） per session-are quick to intellectualize （高谈阔论），slow to open up and connectYou are forbidden to sayone feels，orpeople think，Lehane told themS

37、ayI think，Think meA caf society where no intellectualizing is allowed？It couldnt seem more un-FrenchBut Lehannes psychology caf is about more than knowing oneself：Its trying to help the citys troubled neighborhood cafsOver the years，Parisian cafs have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle

38、-longer working hours，a fast food boom and a younger generations desire to spend more time at homeDozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situationCafes focused around psychology，history，and engineering are catching on，filling tables well into the eveningThe citys psychology cafs，which offer

39、great comfort，are among the most popular placesMiddle-aged homemakers，retirees，and the unemployed come to such cafs to talk about lover，anger，and dreams with a psychologistAnd they come to Lehances group just to learnto say what they feelTheres a strong need in Paris for communication，says Maurice F

40、risch，a caf La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby churchPeople have few real friendsAnd they need to open up，Lehanne says shed like to see psychology cafs all over FranceIf people had normal lives，these cafs wouldnt exist，she says，If life werent a battle，people wouldnt need

41、a special place just to speakBut then，it wouldnt be France32. What are people encouraged to do at the caf La Chope？ _ A. Learn a new subjectB. Keep in touch with friendsC. Show off their knowledgeD. Express their true feelings33. How are cafs affected by French lifestyle changes？ _ A. They are less

42、frequently visitedB. They stay open for longer hoursC. They have bigger night crowdsD. They start to serve fast food34. What are theme cafes expected to do？ _ A. Create more jobsB. Supply better drinksC. Save the cafe businessD. Serve the neighborhood35. Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in

43、Paris？ _ A. They bring people true friendshipB. They give people spiritual supportC. They help people realize their dreamsD. They offer a platform for business links第二节：阅读短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每小题只有一个最佳选项, 选项中有两项是多余选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Lots of people find it hard to get up in the mo

44、rning and put the blame on the alarm clockIn fact，the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resting your body clock（36） _ Here is how to make one（37） _ In order to make a change，you need to decide why its importantDo you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family，get in some exercise，or

45、 just be better prepared for your day？Once you are clear about your reason，tell your family or roommates about the change you want to makeRethink morningsNow that you know why you want to wake up，consider re-arranging your morning activitiesIf you want time to have breakfast with your family，save so

46、me time the night before by setting out clothes，shoes，and bags（38） _ Thats a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timerKeep your sleep/wake schedule on weekendsIf youre tired out by Friday night，sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderfulBut compensating on t

47、he weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week，a recent study found（39） _ Keep a record and evaluate it weeklyKeep track of your efforts and write down how you feelAfter youve tried a new method for a week，take a look at your record（40） _ If not，take another look at other methods

48、 you could tryAGet a sleep specialistBFind the right motivation(动机)CA better plan for sleep can helpDAnd consider setting a second alarmEIf the steps you take are working，keep it upFStick to your set bedtime and wake-up time，no matter the dayGReconsider the 15minutes you spend in line at the caf to

49、get coffee第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）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。A Welcome GiftDario and his mother loved their new apartmentThe living room was large enough for their pianoThat night，the two of them (41)side by side at the pianoThey played jazz mu

50、sic to celebrate their new homeThe loud (42)filled the room and made them feel very happyThe next morning，(43)，their happiness disappearedSomeone had left a (44)under their door during the nightOne of their neighbor had written to complain about the sound of the pianoDarios mother asked the building

51、 superintendent（管理员） if he knew anything about itBut he said that they were all (45)people and he couldnt imagine any of them had done thatLater that morning，Dario suggested that they write a letter to their (46) and apologize for their playingMaybe we could go and (47) everyone in personhis mother

52、saidWhat if we invited them to come here for a (48) instead？Dario askedThey both loved the (49)Over the next few days，they sent out invitations and prepared desserts (50)their guestsThey decorated the apartment with streamers（彩带）and party lightsFinally，the day of the party (51)Some guests brought pr

53、esentsOthers brought flowersSome even brought desserts to (52)One woman，MrsGilbert，(53) Darios mother with a book of piano music by ChopinI heard you playing the other night，she saidThe sounds woke me out of bedI (54)that you might play like this every nightSo I wrote a short noteI hope you dont thi

54、nk I disliked the playingDarios mother smiled at MrsGilbertI think maybe we (55)you an apologyshe saidI didnt (56) how late it was when we were playingMaybe we should play some quieter music at nightYou play，you play!MrsGilbert saidI like what you play!Just not so loud at nightShe pointed to the boo

55、k she had given themThese songs are not such (57)musicThese songs are beautiful musicDarios mother saidWe will be (58)to play them in the eveningAnd we wont play so loud or late!Dario saidHe was already looking forward to (59) the new musicMore than that，however，he was happy to see the big smile on

56、his mothers faceIt gave him a feeling of (60) and made him feel that they were home at last41. A. satB. stoodC. layD. walked42. A. voiceB. ringC. musicD. cry43. A. thereforeB. howeverC. otherwiseD. instead44. A. noteB. posterC. billD. report45. A. proudB. richC. luckyD. nice46. A. neighborsB. friend

57、sC. relativesD. audience47. A. blameB. instructC. questionD. visit48. A. partyB. concertC. showD. play49. A. experienceB. ideaC. performanceD. action50. A. toB. withC. forD. from51. A. continuedB. arrivedC. passedD. finished52. A. orderB. sellC. shareD. advertise53. A. treatedB. presentedC. helpedD.

58、 served54. A. promisedB. admittedC. agreedD. worried55. A. giveB. sendC. offerD. owe56. A. realizeB. rememberC. understandD. accept57. A. sweetB. strangeC. funnyD. loud58. A. braveB. sorryC. happyD. afraid59. A. changingB. practicingC. recordingD. writing60. A. equalityB. freedomC. warmthD. sympathy

59、第二卷（非选择题，共50分）第三部分英语知识运用第二节 阅读下面材料，用不多于3个单词的正确形式填空(每题1.5分，共15)61. Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires，Asias biggest building，and fancy new hotelsBut for tourists like me，pandas are its top （61） _ （ attract）So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base，where tick

60、et money helps pay for research，I （62） _ （allow） to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centreFrom tomorrow，I will be their UK ambassador（大使）The title will be（63） _ （ official） given to me at a ceremony in LondonBut my connection with pandas goes back（64） _ my days on a TV show in the

61、 mid-1980s，（65） _ I was the first Western TV reporter permitted to film a special unit caring for pandas （66） _ （ rescue） from starvation in the wildMy ambassadorial duties will include （67） _ （introduce） British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mounta

62、ins of BiFengxiaOn my recent visit，I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected(拒绝) by （68） _ （it） motherThe nursery team switches him every few （69） _ （ day） with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed，（70） _ other is with mum-she never suspects第四部分写作（共两节满分35）短文改错（10分）下面短文有

63、10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上的规定位置。 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. 每句不超过两个错误； 2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 3. 只允许修改10处。Why do we go to the college？Different people have different opinionsSome students have many colorful dreamsWe think university is a w

64、onderful place where will help them to realize their dreamsSome students attended university so that they may get good jobs and high pays when they graduate from collegeI think go to university will greatly enrich our knowledge but will better prepare us enter our society in which pressure is becomi

65、ng increasing heavyWith university education we can serve our motherland better in the futureThats how university has a strong attraction for me第二部分：写作（满分25分） 假设你应邀参加学校组织的“英语学习师生座谈会”，请你用英语写一篇100词左右的发言稿，简单介绍自己英语学习的情况，并对学校今后的英语教学提出建议。要点包括:1自己英语学习的情况：(1)英语学习的目的；(2)英语学习的方法；(3)课外自学的途径；2对学校英语教学的建议(请提出两点建议

66、)。字数：100个单词左右。(开头和结尾已给,不包含在词数内)Dear teachers and schoolmates，its a great pleasure for me to be here today and share myexperience of learning English with you._Thank you for listening.听力 1-5 CBABA 6-10 BCACC 11-15 BAACC 16-20 BCBCA阅读理解：BABC ADCA BDB DACB七选五CBGFE完形填空：ACBAD ADABC BCBDD ADCBC填空：1.attrac

67、tion 考查名词 形容词top后面跟名词形式2was allowed 考查时态和语态根据句意作者是被允许走近这些动物be allowed to do sth意为被允许做某事3officially 考查副词give是动词，修饰动词用副词形式4to 考查介词go back to意为回到是固定短语5when 考査定语从句分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词themid-1980s在从句中作时间状语，用关系副词when6rescued 考査过去分词被修饰名词和rescued之间是被动关系，用过去分词作定语7introducing 考査现在分词include后用动名词作宾语8its 考查代词 指代

68、前面的alivelythree-month-oldtwin，故用its9days 考查名词复数day是可数名词，其前有few修饰时用复数名词10the 考查冠词one the other意为一个另一个，是固定短语改错：1去掉the 考查固定搭配go to college意为上大学，是固定搭配2We改为They 考查代词they指代上文提到的Somestudents3where改为which/that 考查定语从句分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词place在从句中作主语，用关系代词which/that4attended改为attend 考查动词时态全文讲述的是一般事实，用一般现在时态5p

69、ays改为pay 考查名词pay意为工资，薪水，是不可数名词，没有复数形式6go改为going 考查动名词分析句子结构，句中缺少主语，用动名词短语going touniversity作主语7but改为and 考查连词前后两个分句之间是并列关系而非转折关系，有连词and8加to 考查动词不定式此处动词不定式表示目的，作目的状语9increasing改为increasingly 考查副词heavy是形容词，要用副词修饰10how改为why 考查连词根据句意：这就是为什么大学对我们有很强的吸引力的原因用连词whyThats why这就是为什么，强调结果书面表达：Dear teacher and sc

70、hoolmates. Its a great pleasure for me to be today and share my experience of learning English with you.Im interested in English and hope to be an interpreter in the future. Naturally its very important for me to learn English well.As everybody knows vocabulary is an important part of language, just

71、 like bricks in a building .I usually memorize twenty new words a day and put them to use whenever possible. After class, I often listen to English programs on TV and on the radio. Besides,Ive learned a lot from the Internet and other sources.Now, Id like to make some suggestions on English teaching

72、 and learning in our school. Firstly, we should be given more opportunities to use what weve learned in order to have a better grasp of it. Secondly, I hope our teachers can recommend more interesting books and magazines and give us more free time to read them. Finally, I suggest we have more English activities, such as English contests and festivals.Thank you for listening.