山西省范亭中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷 WORD版含答案.doc

1、范亭中学2017-2018学年度第二学期期中考试高一英语试卷 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 共150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷第一部分 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秒钟的时问来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is the weather like now?A. Cloudy B. Sunny C. Rainy2. Why didnt the woman bu

2、y the coat?A. It didnt fit her B. It cost too much C. She didnt take enough money.3. What did the man do this morning?A. He did some washingB. He took out the rubbish C. He cleaned the house.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.A meeting B. A job C.A manager5. What do we know about the ma

3、n last weekend?A. He was busy B.He was away on business. C.He was ill.第二节 （共15 小题： 每题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，每小题将给出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6-7题。6. When does the conversation probably take place?A. In the morning

4、B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening7. What will the speakers do?A. Stay where they are B .Go and get help C. Phone their friends at once听第7段材料，回答8-9题。8. What does the man say about the library?A. Its modern and big B. It is bright inside C. It opened yesterday.9. Where can students read e-books?A

5、. On the third floor B.On the second floor C. On the first floor. 听第8段材料，回答10-12题。10. Why did Jack give the woman his sofa?A. The sofa is old and dirty B.He is moving to another city C.His new place is too small to fit it 11. What is the probable relationship between the man and Jack? A. Neighbors B

6、. Colleagues. C. Classmates12.What is the man probably expecting to happen?A. Jack will give him some furniture B.He will find a place with a great view C.Jack will ask him for help next week.听第9段材料，回答13-16题。13. What size skates should the woman wear while ice skating?A. Size 6 B. Size 7 C. Size 814

7、. What night is it tonight?A. The dance night. B. The beginners night C. The experts night15. How much does the ticket cost tonight?A. 5 dollars B. 10 dollars C. 20 dollars16. What does the woman imply about ice skating? A. She doesnt like it at all B. She is excited to try it C.She used to love it听

8、第10段材料，回答17-20题。17. What is the climate of the country like?A. Quite pleasant B. Cold all year round C .Various in different places18. Which part of the country is hilly?A. The east B. The north C. The west19. What does the east part of the country mainly produce?A. Crops and vegetables B. Wool and

9、wood C. Cheese and meat20.What do we know about the farms in the west?A .Family-run B. Very large C. Quite poor.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）A At first, some people who tried to update( 更新 ) their iPhones had trouble. Their phones did not work until they connected them to their compute

10、rs. But Apple quickly got rid of the problem and soon people were updating to iOS 10 without major issues. iOS 10 is filled with new features, which may make a big difference. Find My Parked Car The Apple Maps app can help you find your car in a large parking lot. After you park your car and walk aw

11、ay from it, Apple Maps will place a pin at the position where your car is parked.You must have your iPhone connected to your car via Bluetooth or Apple CarPlay. This feature does not work if you park your car at your home.Music AppThe “For You” section of Apple Music has songs Apple thinks you may l

12、ike. It bases the choices on your listening habits. You can listen to custom playlists created by the app. You can see songs that you have enjoyed recently.While a song is playing in the Music app, tap “lyrics”( 歌词) to see the actual words of the song.BedtimeChoose which days you want to be reminded

13、 and tell your phone how many hours of sleep you want each night. The Bedtime app will show you a graph ( 图表 ) of your sleep history during the week.You will get a reminder at night that it is time for sleep and an alarm in the morning on the days you choose.21. What is the feature of the Apple Maps

14、 app?A. It leads people to their home B. It guides the car to a parking lot. C. It .marks the parked cars location. D. It helps people find parking lots quickly22. What can Apple Music do? A. It can tap lyrics quickly B. It lists some users habitsC. It helps users create their own songs.D. It may pr

15、ovide users favorite songs23. What can we learn about the Bedtime app? A .It can let people learn about their sleep B. It only works in the eveningC. It helps people fall asleep quickly D. It makes people improve their sleep greatlyBThomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric l

16、ight. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months.

17、 His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.He became a news boy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They

18、fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. ThenEdison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and h

19、ard of hearing in the other , but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He lef

20、t a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.24.How often did Thomas Edison make a new invention?A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.25. The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “_”.A. g

21、ave somebody a jobB. set fire to somebodyC. let somebody downD. forced somebody to leave his job.26. Edison considered his deafness as _.A .something badB. a gift from GodC .a kind of ability D. a disadvantage 27. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The function of the electric light. B. Edi

22、son and his experiments C. The importance of inventions D. The whole life of Edison.CPaper cutting is one of Chinas most popular folk arts. Archaeological(考古学的) findings show that the tradition started in the 6th century;it is even supposed that the beginning of paper cutting is even a few centuries

23、 earlier.Paper cuts have special importance at festivals and on holidays. To get rid of the old and bring good luck, people put up paper cuts on the windows on the Eve of the Spring Festival.Paper cuts are not produced by machine, but by hand. They are done all over China, but are different in the m

24、ethod in different areas. There are two methods of making paper cuts-by using scissors of knives. As the name suggests, scissors cuttings are made with scissors. Several pieces of paper (up to eight pieces) are placed together. The patterns are then cut with pointed scissors. Knife cuttings are made

25、 by putting several pieces of paper on a table. Following a pattern, the artist cuts the patterns into the paper with a knife.In the past, paper cuts are usually made only by women and girls. They use scissors and paper to cut all kinds of pictures such as apple trees, peach flowers , mice, fighting

26、 roosters and rabbits eating carrots.This used to be one of the skills that every girl was to master. Professional paper cutting artists are, on the other hand, almost always men who can make a living by working together in workshops. 28. How long has paper cutting lasted at least?A. About 600 years

27、 B.About 1,500 years.C. About 2,000 years D. About 2,700 years.29. People put up paper cuts on the windows in order to _ ? A. make them look more beautiful.B. show others their excellent skillsC. bring them good luck in the new year.D.sell them on the Eve of the Spring Festival.30. What does the thi

28、rd paragraph mainly tell us?.A. Two kinds of paper cutsB. Paper cuts are made by hand C. Paper cuts are made by machineD. The process of making paper cuts.31. Paper cuts are usually about .A. Family members of the artists B. sports and social activities C. fights between animals D. things in our dai

29、ly life.D Just before we left for this trip, we bought a new television. A man from the store helped deliver it . Today, in Venice, I watched a family bring a new television set to their house. They had bought it on the mainland. Then they borrowed a narrow rowboat to bring them and their new TV set

30、 back home. When they got to the entrance of the narrow canal where they lived, the family had to carry the TV set down the walkway to their house. People dont choose to live in this city because it is modern or convenient. They live here because of its unusual beauty. The network of canals and side

31、walks is complex and the water carries noises from a long distance.But around every corner is a wonderful surprise:an ancient sculpture, an old church or a designers clothing shop in which you can spend a few hours. Cars dont exist here. People travel mostly by gondola(平底舟) and vaporetto, a water bu

32、s. The gondolas serve as taxis. The first time I rode in a gondola, I was nervous, but only for a few minutes. The friendly driver sang and joked with us as our gondola traveled through the crowded canal. I have also ridden on a vaporetto. It is faster and more efficient, but it is not nearly as rom

33、antic as a gondola! Vaportettos travel from station to station, just like regular city buses. When you get off the water bus, you walk-and walk, and walk! There are narrow pathways and hundreds of bridges.Venice was built on 118 islands more than 1,000 years ago. The first people made their living b

34、y fishing. Over the centuries, it has grown into this jewel of Italy.32. To show the difference between Venice and other cities, the author_. A. lists a fact B. give an example C. describes its history D.shows others remarks 33. What makes people live in Venice? A. Its narrow canals . B. Its unusual

35、 beauty. C. Its modern lifestyle. D. Its special transport.34. What advantages do gondolas have over vaporettos? A. They are faster B.They are funnier.C. They are more romantic D.They are more convenient.35. Who is most probably the author of the text? A. A traveller who is travelling with his famil

36、y in Venice. B. A local person of Venice who is telling about the history of his city. C. A school teacher who is guiding a group of students in Venice. D. A travel agent who is trying to persuade.his customers to go to Venice.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。 How to imp

37、rove long-term memoryThere are some things that are easy for us to remember and you notice that you can still recall (回想) that information even when you no longer need it. Sometimes it is difficult to remember information. 36 Try the following steps below to remember information you want to keep in

38、your long-term memory.Organize information into groups. 37 It is like a supermarket; things of the same kind are put in the same place.Connect related(相关的) information . 38 This is an excellent way for you to keep information in mind as it can make your memory function better when the related inform

39、ation is needed.39 When you need to remember a piece of information , try relating it to a picture that is easily remembered. This is how many people remember positions. They can simply recall that the store is near the bridge.Repeat. The more you are exposed to something, the easier it is to rememb

40、er at a later time. 40 Try using his name at least three times when you first talk to someone. That name will be easier to remember later.A. Develop pictures in your mind.B. Deal with information effectively.C. But there are ways to make it easier.D. This is especially good for meeting new people.E.

41、 Relate what you have already known to what you will remember.F. Write down the information in order, read it and say it aloud at once.G. This will help you remember things better and longer if they are grouped.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15分，满分30分） I moved into an apartment and the next-

42、door couple were noisy all day. After 41 it for a couple of weeks, I 42 to face them and ask them to be 43 after noon. As I had to work at night, I 44 went to bed around noon and got up at 8 p.m. I knocked on the door and an old woman answered . First I 45 myself. She asked me if I came over to comp

43、lain about the 46 . She explained both she and her 47 were going deaf .They had to speak 48 to hear each other, Then she 49 me in and offered me a coffee. As we were chatting, 50 , we heard a loud noise from the kitchen. We got to the kitchen quickly and found.her husband lying on the ground, so I r

44、ushed him to hospital 51 .The next day I found there was a 52 on my door from the lady, who asked me to come over . When I reached her home, she asked me if I could drive her to the 53 , and I said no problem. When we got there, I followed her to her husbands room, where he thanked me. Soon I 54 bei

45、ng friends with this old couple. One year later, they moved away and lived in the countryside near their children. From then on we lost 55 . One day after ten years, I got a call from a strange lawyer. I was 56 what was going on. The lawyer asked me if I 57 the couple . I said,”Yes, they used to liv

46、e next door to me.” He told me that the couple had died and he was 58 by their children to look for me. He asked me to meet their children, 59 they wanted to thank me personally. Later, I 60 the family and we became friends too. 41. A. keeping B suffering C.watching D.knowing42. A. refused B.managed

47、 C. prepared D.decided43. A. quiet B.calm C. kind D. good44. A .only B.ever C.always D.never 45. A. expressed B. introduced C. improved D.encouraged 46. A. work B.apartment C. situation D.noise47. A. husband B. children C. neighbor D.friends48. A. slowly B. patiently C. loudly D.repeatedly49. A.brou

48、ght B.invited C. took D. called50. A. eventually B.unfortunately C. abnormally D. suddenly 51. A.nervously B. willingly C. immediately D. carefully52. A knock B .note C. tap D. photo53. A. hospital B. office C. market D.country54.A.worked on B. gave up C.ended up D.kept on 55. A.heart B.interest C.m

49、emory D. touch56. A.wondering B.imagining C. supposing D. reporting57. A.taught B. knew C. loved D.helped58. A. employed B. expected C. permitted D.driven来59. A. although B.if C. because D.when60. A. thanked B greeted C. comforted D. met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。 第卷

50、 （共50分）注意事项：考生必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题纸上各题目的指定答题区域内作答，在试卷上作答无效。第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题15分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个单词或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。At 90 years old, Norma was diagnosed with cancer. Instead of receiving 61 (treat) in hospital, she went on a journey around the US, 62 (stay) with her son Tim, her daughter-in-l

51、aw Ramie and their pet dog Ringo. “I am 90 years old. I wouldnt like to spend 63 rest of my life in hospital,” said Norma.So far , they have been to lots of interesting 64 (place) . They have also run around Disney World , 65 they have gone whale watching in Florida. Normas favorite activity was rid

52、ing in a hot air balloon in Florida, 66 was a Christmas gift from Tim and Ramie.Surprisingly, her health 67 (improve) steadily since she began the journey. “Shes getting 68 (healthy) and feeling better than ever before. She is breathing fresh air and seeing new things all the time. Most 69 (importan

53、t), she is with her loved ones,” said Ramie. “We will carry on with the trip and I am determined 70 (live) my life to the fullest, “ declared Norma. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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

54、。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。 Last month, I get the first place in an English contest. Here Id like share myexperience in learning English. First of all, attend English Corner is very helpful.However, whenever there is a opportunity, I wil

55、l never miss it. Secondly, I keep writing English diaries, that helps me to express what happens in my daily life. And in this way, I can practise my writing English. In addition to, I often surf the Internet. As we all know,we should read more to enlarge my vocabulary. We should work hardly till we

56、 achieve our goals. 第二节 书面表达（满分25分） 4月23号是世界读书日,请以 “I like reading” 为题写一篇短文, 内容包括:1. 你为什么喜欢读书; 2. 你喜欢读哪一类书 (例如: 历史、 科学、文学等)； 3.请给出至少两个理由注意: 1.词数100词左右 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯 I like Reading _ 高一英语第二学期期中考试答案听力: (共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分) BABCC CBBAC BACBA BCBAB阅读: (共20小题 每小题2分,满分40分) CDA ADBD BCAD BBCA CGEAD 完形

57、填空：(共20小题, 每小题1.5分,满分30分)BDACB DACBD CBACD ABACD 语法填空：(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分) 61.treatment 62.staying 63.the 64. places 65. and66.which 67.has improved 68.healthier 69.importantly 70.to live短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）1. get- got 2. share前加to 3. attend-attending 4. However-Therefore 5. a-an 6. that-which 7

58、. writing-written 8. 去掉addition后面的to 9. my-our 10. hardly-hard书面表达参考范文:(共25分) Reading is my favorite hobby. I can never stop the love for reading because books are like wise teachers as well as good friends in my life. As we all know, books are the source of knowledge. I benefit a great deal from re

59、ading.There are a variety of books for us to choose from, like history books, science books, literature books and so on. But what interest me most are literary books, especially those written by famous writers. For one thing, they help to improve my writing skills and broaden my horizons. For anothe

60、r thing, they can enrich my life and provide me with great fun. Whats more, reading can shape our character by following the spirit of the plot. As the saying goes,”Reading can change our fate and purify our soul. So lets get down to reading together because knowledge is the hope of a nation .I hope we are knowledgeable and full of wisdom.