浮山中学2015—2016学年度第二学期高一年级
期中考试英语试题
命题：朱泽辉
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。
What would Jane prefer when she had a cold
Taking pills B. Drinking lots of water C. Seeing a doctor
When must the book reports be handed in
By November 3rd. B. By November 13th C. By November 30th
What does the man mean
He welcomes the woman.
He misunderstands the woman.
He accepts the woman’s invitation.
What is the man’s job
A pilot B. A tour guide C. A flight attendant.
How long has the man been smoking
For five years B. For six years C. For seven years
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，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项出最佳选项，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8题。
What is Burt looking for
A new movie B. A new job C.A new house
When will Burt get a reply
By Monday B. By Wednesday C. By Friday
Why does Burt think he has a chance
The director seems to like him.
The director and he are relatives.
He has passed all the examination.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
Where did the man live before
In Oak Creek apartments. B. In a student dorm. C. In a house he rented.
Where do two of the man’s roommates come from
Italy and Britain B. Brazil and Korea. C. Japan and Hong Kong.
What can we infer about the woman
She is friendly.
She likes cooking.
She wants to practise her English.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
What do the two speakers think of Sydney
They both love the city.
They will live there.
It isn’t so expensive to live there.
What does the woman think of cell phone interruption
She hates it very much.
She doesn’t mind it.
She considers it rude.
What reason does the man give that he answers his cell phone
He feels like answering it.
He wants to know who’s calling.
He thinks that it could be something important.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
What are the two speakers probably doing
Finding out the truth. B. Typing the statement. C. Checking the record.
When did the accident happen
Yesterday morning.
This morning.
This afternoon.
What is the main cause of the accident
The driver was careless.
The student didn’t hear the horn.
The speed of the car was too high.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
What is the passage mainly about
An extended family. B. Geography of Asia C. Children and old people.
What can old people do when they live with their married children
Go shopping, play with children and give advice.
Look after children, cook and rule family life.
Clean rooms, take care of children and know new people.
What is the advantage of living in a big family
Children know people very well besides their parents.
Young parents can travel without their children.
Old people need to be taken good care of.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
21.—I’m sorry,Mrs.Smith.I have broken your glasses.
—It doesn’t matter,Mark,but you __________careful.
A.must be B.should be C.must have been D.should have been
22. This is the case ________ he’s had all his money stolen.
A. when B. where C. that D. on which
23. Mr. Smith couldn’t open the door because his naughty boy ______ it from the inside.
A. would lock B. was locking C. has locked D. had locked
24. The English play ____ my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.
A. for which B. at which C. in which D. on which
25.The reason ____the little actress has been such a success is ____she is both clever and hard-working.
A. why, why B. why, that C. that, because D. for, because
26. How beautifully she sings! I have never heard________.
A the better voice B a good voice C the best voice D a better voice
27. They had ______pleasant chat ____a cup of coffee.
A a,for B the,with C the, during D a, over
28. _____across the railway, a train hit it.
A. While walking B. walking slowly C. As it was walking D. While the sheep was walking
29. –--Hi, Nancy, you look tired.
---yes, I _______for my lost dog all day.
A. look B. am looking C. have been looking D. had been looking
30. Brad was Jane’s brother! ____he reminded me so much of Jane!
A No doubt B Above all C No wonder D Of course
31. Look at the trouble I am in! If only I _____your advice.
A. followed B. would follow C. had followed D. should follow
32. ---what’s the noise I can’t focus on my work.
---sorry. I ______my drawer. It can’t open.
A. am repairing B. repair C. have repaired D. had repaired
33.Not until all the fish died in the river ________ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized
C. the villagers did realize D. didn’t the villagers realize
34.The size of the audience, ______, was well over twenty thousand.
A. whom we had expected B. as we had expected
C. what we had expected D. we had expected that
35.—Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away
—Thank you. __________
A. It couldn’t be better. B. Of course, you can. C. If you like. D. It’s up to you.
第二节：完型填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
On Christmas Eve, I gave each of the children three pieces of stationery(文具) with envelopes. At the 36 of each page were the 37 , “What I love about my sister Mia”, “What I love about my brother Kris”, “What I love about my sister Lisa” and“ What I love about my brother Erik”. The 38 were 16, 14, 10 and 8, and it 39 some time to make it clear to them that they could find just one thing they 40 about each other. As they wrote in privacy, I went to my bedroom and wrapped their few store-bought 41 .
When I returned to the kitchen, the children had finished their 42 to one another. Each name was written on the outside of the envelope. We 43 hugs and goodnight kisses and they hurried off to bed. Lisa was given special 44 to sleep in my bed, with the promise not to steal a 45 at the gifts until Christmas morning.
Early in the 46 , we all got up and sat around the tree and opened the few wrapped presents. 47 the children were given their 48 envelopes. We read the words with 49 eyes and red noses. Erik, at 8, wasn’t expecting to hear anything 50 . His brother had written:“ What I love about my brother Erik is that he’s not 51 of anything. ”Mia had written, “What I love about my brother Erik is that he can talk to 52 !” Lisa had written, “What I love about my brother Erik is that he can 53 trees higher than anyone!”
I felt a gentle pull at my sleeve, and then a small hand cupped around my ear and Erik 54 , “Gee, Mom, I didn’t 55 know they like me!”
36. A. top B. end C. middle D. side
37. A. phrases B. sentences C. words D. demands
38. A. boys B. girls C. daughters D. kids
39. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
40. A. liked B. talked C. hated D. learned
41. A. products B. clothes C. gifts D. flowers
42. A. homework B. thanks C. tasks D. letters
43. A. exchanged B. spared C. enjoyed D. attempted
44. A. order B. permission C. request D. duty
45. A. notice B. watch C. look D. note
46. A. evening B. noon C. afternoon D. morning
47. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Fortunately
48. A. two B. three C. four D. many
49. A.sad B. bright C. teary D. happy
50. A. strange B. funny C. nice D. terrible
51. A. sure B. certain C. kind D. afraid
52. A. anybody B. somebody C. nobody D. teachers
53. A. feel B. climb C. reach D. touch
54. A. shouted B. cried C. whispered D. screamed
55. A. ever B. yet C. never D. even
第三部分；阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Sharing Beauty
It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.
I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”
For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.
One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.
Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.
56. The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.
A. admire the sunset B. cheer her up C. offer some help D. have a chat
57. Four years later, the author ______.
A. found her dream job B. put an end to her marriage
C. worked in a laundry room D. lived in the same community
58. After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.
A. disappointed B. puzzled C. inspired D. overjoyed
59.What does the sentence “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” mean
A. God can help the world. B. The world is all right all the time.
C. Our effort is the decisive factor. D. The heaven is more beautiful than the world.
B
There is a lot of talk these days about how kids should be interested in science. Here’s an area of science for everyone, and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scientist.
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh, 58 pages, ages 9-12
Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur, do you wonder how anybody knows what they look like After all, nobody has seen a living dinosaur. This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosaurs. As scientific discoveries have been made, the models have changed. Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaur’s coloring was, but now artists have to use their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked.
Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson, 128 pages, ages 10-13
This book takes readers back to the beginnings of space exploration—thousands of years ago, when people began star observation—and forward to today’s search for planets in distant parts of the Milky Way. Along with history lessons, readers get 21 activities, such as making a black hole and creating a model of Albert Einstein’s universe using a T-shirt. The activities are perfect for cold winter days.
Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich, 272 pages, ages 7 and older
If you’re always on the lookout for butterflies, this book is for you. Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual insects fill this hardcover. There are fascinating stories related to the photos. For example, do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle There’s a question-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects.
Journey Into the Invisible by Christine Schlitt, 80 pages, ages 9-12
If you use a magnifying（放大的）glass, you know a leaf looks quite different. This book explains what microscopes do and then shows what happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool. The bacteria in your mouth, when magnified 20,000 times, look a bit like swimming pool noodles. Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you, just by looking a little closer.
60. Kids interested in pre-historical animals might read ______.
A. Ultimate Bugopedia
B. Beyond the Solar System
C. Journey Into the Invisible
D. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled
61. Beyond the Solar System is mainly about ______.
A. space exploration B. the Milky Way
C. history lessons D. Albert Einstein’s universe
62. From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. butterflies are fond of the tears of Asian cattle
B. scientists have discovered the dinosaur’s coloring
C. microscopes can present you with an amazing world
D. man has explored the black hole for thousands of years
63. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.
A. compare features of different books
B. inspire people to become scientists
C. teach children some knowledge of science
D. recommend new science books to children
C
Even as Americans have been gaining weight, they have cut their average fat intake from 36 to 34 percent of their total diets in the past 15 years. And indeed, cutting fat to control or lose weight makes sense. Fat has nine calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates（碳水化合物） have just four. Moreover, the body uses fewer calories to metabolize fat than it does to metabolize other pared with protein and carbohydrates — which break down into amino acids and simple sugars, respectively, and can be used to strengthen and energize the body —— dietary fat is more easily converted to body fat. Therefore, it’s more likely to stay on buttocks, thighs and bellies.?
But cutting fat from your diet doesn’t necessarily mean your body won’t store fat. For example, between nonfat and regular cookies, there’s trivial difference in calories because manufacturers make up for the loss of fat by adding sugar. Low-fat crackers, soups and dressings can also be just as high in calories as richer versions. No matter where the calories come from, overeating will still cause weight again. The calories from fat just do it a little quicker. A Wisconsin computer programmer who decided with a diet coach to eat only 40 grams of fat a day learned the lesson firsthand. He wasn’t losing weight. Then he showed his food diary to his coach and revealed he’d been eating half a pound of jelly beans a day. “They don’t have any fat,” he explains. But they had enough sugar to keep him from shedding an ounce. ?
Nonfat foods become add-on foods. When we add them to our diet, we actually increase the number of calories we eat per day and gain weight. That was borne out in a Pennsylvania State University study. For breakfast, Prof. Barbara Rolls gave two groups of women yogurt（酵母乳） that contained exactly the same amount of calories. One group’s yogurt label said “high fat”—the other, “low fat.” The “low fat” yogurt group ate significantly more calories later in the day than the other group. “People think they’ve saved fat and can indulge themselves later in the day with no adverse consequences,” says Richard Mattes, a nutrition researcher at Purdue University. “But when they do that, they don’t compensate very precisely, and they often end up overdoing it.”
64. What lessons did the computer programme learn
A.Overeating will cause weight gain B.He can eat half a pound of jellybeans a day
C.He can’t didn’t eat any fat D.His coach gave him a lecture
Prof. Barbara’s experiment proved that _______________.
two groups ate the same amount of calories
two groups ate the same amount of yogurt
the “ low fat” yogurt group ate more calories later in the day than the other group
people increase the number of calories they eat per day and gain group
According to the author ,________has less calories.
A. fat B. protein and carbohydrates C. low-fat soups D. sugar
67. What can you infer from the text
A. To keep from being overweight, people have to eat nofat food
B. The calories from fat just do it a little quicker than from protein and carbohydrates
C. People should avoid temptation
D. Americans realize that it is necessary to count calories before eating the food
D
What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take priority (优先) over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic/interest may have other choices.
In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our points of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail — other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merit of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves.
Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable — to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical (合乎道义的) or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our mind or prey on our vulnerability（弱点）. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other.
Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution (美国宪法).
68. According to the passage, persuasion means ________.
A. changing others’ points of view
B. exercising power over other people
C. getting other people to consider your point of view
D. getting people to agree with you and do what you want
69. The underlined word in the second paragraph “prevail” means________.
A. win B. fail C. speak D. listen
70. The passage states that some people object to persuasion because they think it is ________.
A. a danger to society B. difficult to do well C. unwelcome behavior D. never successful
71. The passage mainly discusses ________.
A. how people persuade B. why people persuade
C. that persuasion is both good and bad D. that persuasion is important and it is all around us
E
Jane Austen,a famous English writer,was born at Steventon,Hampshire,on ?December? 16,1775,and died on July 18,1817.She began writing early in life,although the prejudices(偏见）of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名）.?
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath’s many famous local people and visitors.She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806,Bath was her home.Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels,Northanger Abbey and Persuasion,which are largely set in Bath.The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it,keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels.Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen’s Bath can be enhanced(增强）by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street.Here,in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city,you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen’s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.?
The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society.After your visit to the Center,you can look round the attractive shop,which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books,cards and many specially designed gifts.Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen’s Bath,which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath.The tour lasts about one and a half hours.The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived,walked and shopped.
72.Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath __________.
A.in her early twenties B.in her early teens C.in her late twenties D.in her late teens
73.What can we learn about Bath from the passage
A.Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen’s death.
B.The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.
C.Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen’s time.
D.No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen’s time.
74.The author(作者）writes this passage in order to __________.
A.attract readers to visit the city of Bath
B.ask readers to buy Austen’s books
C.tell readers about Jane Austen’s experience
D.give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society
75.It takes you about one and a half hours __________.
A.to get to the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street
B.to buy Jane Austen related books,cards and gifts
C.to find a guide to take you to the Center
D.to look around the city of Bath on foot
第四部分；写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节；任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children's skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well--cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence.
An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book; but rather they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.
Title How Chinese Parents Should (76) _____ Their Children
Common practice Being (77) _____ with money when it comes to education. Sending them to the best schools or (78) _____ Taking extra-curriculum activities so as to (79) _____ a head start in life. Spending more money than they can (80) ____ on education.
Bad results Children's lacking in self-respect and self-confidence
Suggested (81) _____ Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest(82) _______ Cooking. Sewing. Other housework. (83) _______ a broken radio or TV.
(84) _______ results To make the children hardworking and confident. To enable them to (85) _______ and to use their minds.
第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分25分）
主要用途 出现的问题
阅读国内外新闻，学习英语 2、发e-mail，欣赏音乐，看电影，玩游戏等 3、网上购物 1) 过多的在网上玩游戏，浪费了时间，影响了学业 2）浏览不健康信息，对身心有害
假定你是张峰，一家英文报社邀请你调查一下中学生对网络使用的情况，并依据调查写一篇报道。请根据下表提供的信息，对你的调查作简要介绍，发给报社。
注意：1、词数：100左右 2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3、文章开头已给出
As we all know, the Internet is playing an important part in our daily life.
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1浮山中学2015—2016学年度第二学期高一年级
期中考试英语答案
参考答案：
1—20 BBACB BCABC AACCC BBABA
21—25DBDCB 26—30DDDCC 31—35CAABA
36—40ACDBA 41—45CDABC 46—50 DABCC 51—55 DABCD
56—60 ABCCD 61—65ACDAD 66—70 BDCAC 71—75 DACAD
76. Educate 77. generous 78. abroad 79. have/ get/ enjoy 80. afford
81. methods/ ways/ measures 82. importance 83. Fixing/ Mending/ Repairing
84. Good 85. think
书面表达：
As we all know, the Interent is playing an important part in our daily life. We often read news at home and abroad and learn foreign languages by ourselves on the Internet. Sometimes we send e-mails to our families as well as our friends. Besides, we listen to music, enjoy films and play computer games on it. We can even do shopping without leaving our homes.
However, it has its disadvantages. Many students waste too much time playing computer games, which has a bad effect on their studies. What’s worse, the bad information on the Internet does great harm to them. I hope every student can make use of the Internet properly for their studies.
