常州市“教学研究合作联盟”
2018-2019学年度第二学期期中质量调研
高一 英语试题
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3．考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。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. The woman will go to the wedding.
B. The man will go shopping this Sunday.
C. The man refused the woman’s invitation.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. To apply for a scholarship, one needs a B average.
B. Anyone can apply for a scholarship.
C. Poor students can apply for scholarship.
3. What does the man mean?
A. Neither party will Mary go to.
B. Mary will go to another dinner party.
C. Mary will probably come to the woman’s party.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. The man must have been mistaken.
B. Peter must have made a mistake.
C. She hasn’t seen the man for ages.
5. What’s the main reason why the man chose that house?
A. The dining room.
B. The kitchen.
C. The space of the house.
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、7题。
6. What causes the man’s problem probably?
A. Working too hard. B. Missing his parents. C. An irregular diet.
7. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The speakers are husband and wife.
B. The woman hasn’t been able to keep her food down.
C. The man has a high-pressure job.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What instrument can the man play?
A. The guitar. B. The drums. C. The bass.
9. How many people will there be in the band?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which sport is the most popular in the man’s country?
A. Football. B. Basketball. C. Tennis.
11. What can we learn about golf?
A. There are a few people enjoying golf in the woman’s country.
B. Most people in the man’s university enjoy golf.
C. Only a tiny number of people played golf in the past in the woman’s country.
12. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the conversation?
A. There are plenty of golf courses in the man’s country.
B. The man thinks extreme sports are only for a small minority of people.
C. More and more people play table tennis than before.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers probably?
A. In the supermarket. B. At home. C. On the road.
14. How many things are mentioned in the conversation?
A. Nine. B. Ten. C. Eleven.
15. How much cooking oil will the speakers buy?
A. A liter. B. Three liters. C. Half a liter.
16. Which isn’t needed to buy?
A. Sugar. B. Mutton. C. Beer.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What was the main focus of the study?
A. How to eat chocolate without gaining weight.
B. The health benefits of eating chocolate.
C. The effects of eating chocolate on happiness.
18. Who reported the best results?
A. People who ate no chocolate at all.
B. People who ate a lot of chocolate every day
C. People who ate a moderate amount of chocolate every day.
19. What did the researchers say about the study?
A. There is still a lot of work to be done.
B. Milk chocolate was used in the experiment.
C. Eating too much chocolate had no positive impact.
20. Who might appreciate this news report most?
A. People who want to change their diet.
B. People who exercise regularly.
C. People who already eat chocolate fairly often.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Jon Williams has never had a bank account before. But now he is married and has a new job. He and his wife, Sherry, want to start keeping their money in a bank.
When he went to the bank, he was surprised. He told Sherry, “When you open a checking account, it’s like shopping. You choose the services you need. The man at the bank asked us to read this chart and choose the plan that is right for us.”
Types of Checking Accounts
Plans
Benefits
Fees
Special Checking
($ 25 to open)
open with only$ 25
5 free checks per month
$ 3.00 monthly service charge
$ 0.50 for each check over 5
Personal Checking
（$ 100 to open）
unlimited free checks
no fee to use bank’s automated teller machine ( ATM)
$ 8. 00 monthly service charge
no fee when you keep a $750 daily balance or $ 1,500 in savings
EARN Checking with Interest
( $200 to open)
unlimited free checks
no fee to use bank’s ATM
pay 2% interest
$ 8. 00 monthly service charge
no fee when you keep a $1500 daily balance or $ 2,000 in savings
Jon and Sherry estimated the number of checks they would write each month. Between home expenses and personal spending, they realized they might write as many as 25 checks in a month. They decided the Special Checking account would cost too much. It had a check charge and a service charge. The EARN checking account would require them to keep too much money in the bank. They chose the Personal Checking account because the $ 8.00 service charge would be cheaper than paying $ 0. 50 per check.
21. Joe chose the Personal Checking account with the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.
A. the account provided unlimited free checks
B. the service charge was cheaper than Special Checking
C. they could get interest every month
D. they needed to pay no fee to use ATM
22. You must keep at least ______ in the Personal Checking account to avoid paying the monthly service charge?
A. $ 750. 00. B. $ 1,500. C. $ 8. D. $ 2,250.
B
The world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis（难民危机） since World War II. Tens of thousands of people are fleeing civil war and unrest（动荡） to find new homes in Europe — sometimes with sad consequences（后果）.
On Aug 27, Austrian officials found the dead bodies of 71 Syrian migrants（移民） in an deserted truck near Austrian-Hungarian border, just as European leaders were holding a meeting in Vienna to figure out how to deal with the refugee crisis. On the same day, 200 migrants were feared dead and 200 rescued as two boats packed with refugees sank off the coast of Libya, according to media reports.
The terms “migrant” and “refugee” are often used interchangeably. But there’s a big difference between them, says an article in the Atlantic magazine. Here is how the United Nations defines refugees:
“Refugees are persons fleeing armed conflict（武装冲突） or ill-treatment. Their situation is often so dangerous and intolerable that they cross national borders to search for safety in nearby countries. …These are people for whom denial（拒绝） of protection has possibly deadly consequences.”
Migrants, on the other hand, move mainly to improve their lives by finding work, or for education, family reunion or other reasons, said the agency.
Countries should offer refugees certain protections under their international treaty obligations（条约义务）. This is why some states hesitate to admit those people who are fleeing unrest in their home countries.
When talking about refugee and immigration problems, many media outlets use “illegal immigrant”（非法移民）. Critics say that it gives the impression that it’s the person that is illegal rather than their actions. The UN and the EU parliament have called for an end to the phrase, the BBC reported.
23. The numbers mentioned in Para. 2 prove _____.
A. how serious the refugee crisis in Austria is
B. that it is the worst refugee crisis in the world
C. what sad consequences some refugees face
D. that the number of refugees is so large
24. The differences between “refugee” and “migrant” are written with the purpose of _____.
A. defining the two words clearly
B. indicating why some states are not willing to admit refugees
C. showing that refugees are more than migrants
D. urging European countries to accept more refugees
25. According to the text, “refugee” differs from “migrant” in that _____.
① they both cross national borders but with different purposes
② refugees are illegal while migrants are legal
③ refugees may face deadly consequences while migrants are relatively safe
④ refugees are treated badly while migrants are highly respected
A. ①④ B. ①③ C. ②③④ D. ①③④
26. According to the text, what may be discussed in the next several paragraphs?
A. Explanations for “illegal immigrant”
B. Examples about the refugee crisis in Europe
C. Measures to offer refugee protections
D. Causes of the refugee crisis in Europe
C
When Oliver Sacks, 82, died on Aug 30 at his home in New York City, the world was saddened by the loss of a brilliant neurologist（神经学者） and a truly beautiful mind.
London-born Sacks was most famous for his writing. A Forbes obituary（讣告） calls him “one of the greatest writers of science of the past 50 years. Maybe the greatest.”
In his best-selling 1985 book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks described a man who could not tell the difference between his wife’s face and his hat, because his brain had difficulty telling what he saw.
In 2006, Discover magazine ranked it among the 25 greatest science books of all time, declaring, “Lots of neuroscientists now looking into the mysteries of the human brain cite this book as their greatest inspiration.”
His 1973 book, Awakenings, is about a group of patients who were frozen in a decades-long sleep until Sacks tried a new treatment. The book led to a 1990 movie in which Sacks was acted by Robin Williams. It was nominated（提名） for three Academy Awards.
Another book, An Anthropologist on Mars, published in 1995, described cases like that of a painter who lost his color vision in a car accident but found new creative power in black-and-white images. Sacks also wrote the story of a 50-year-old man who suddenly regained sight after nearly a lifetime of blindness. The experience was a disaster. The man’s brain could not make sense of the visual world. After a full and rich life as a blind person, he became “a very disabled and miserable（悲惨的） sighted man,” Sacks wrote. “When he went blind again, he was rather glad of it.”
Despite the drama and unusual stories, Sacks’ books were not meant to be freak shows. “Oliver Sacks humanizes illness... he writes of body and mind, and from every one of his case studies there shows a feeling of respect for the patient and for the illness,” Roald Hoffmann, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, said in 2001.
When Sacks received the Lewis Thomas Prize for science writing in 2002, the citation（荣誉状） declared, “Sacks presses us to follow him into unknown areas of human experience–and forces us to realize, once there, that we are facing only ourselves.”
27. The following statements are wrong EXCEPT _____.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was ranked among the 25 greatest science books
Anthropologist on Mars led to a movie in which Sacks was acted by Robin Williams
C. In Awakenings, Sacks recorded a man who regained sight after a lifetime blindness
D. Awakenings is often cited by neuroscientists to prove the mystery of human brain
28. Why was Sacks called one of the greatest writers of science over the past 50 years?
A. He was born in London and most famous for his writing.
B. He was a brilliant neurologist and had a truly beautiful mind.
C. He received the Lewis Thomas Prize for science writing in 2002.
D. He wrote a series of books, the influence of which was great.
29. The underlined word freak in Para. 7 can be replaced by _____.
A. pure B. common C. unusual D. attractive
30. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. the awards Oliver Sacks’ won
B. the life experiences of Oliver Sacks
C. the influence of Oliver Sacks’ works
D. the reasons why Oliver Sacks’ succeeded
D
Our first welcome to the UK wasn’t from the staff of Heathrow Airport or the coach driver who entered into our lives to take us to our new city and new home for the next three weeks．It was, in fact, the noisy and energetic seagulls（海鸥） full of songs that flew down to us. When left from the planes’ exits passage, we still could hear their loud and clear songs through the glasses. It was amazing that they lifted our spirits and cheered us up after our stupidly long and god awful 18hr journey.
These seagulls welcomed my Chinese people into their home with open wings and if they could speak instead of merely squawk（鸟叫）, I’m sure we would’ve struck up some bright and harmonious relationship. They liked to hover（盘旋） overhead around with childlike greetings they sang or just simply walk fearlessly close to our feet. Some of us saved bread our host family prepared in the lunchboxes for these friends. And lovely, we would like to share what we have for the rest of eternity（永恒）.
But Julie，the mother of my host family，who then I stayed with，does not think so. Strangely as well, she could not give any reasons. The closed and squawk-proof double-glazing explains. Perhaps she prefers to sleep with her windows open but she always fails to do that, because those birds seemed to like staying up till next morning, wholly screaming for her on and on. And they decide to keep doing so every single night. Furthermore, every time she has to wash the marble floor of the gardens, Julie would look up around and swear to the droppings（鸟粪） shortly followed by a smile on her face towards me and said: “They are friendly to you.”
But stop thinking that she hates the creatures and never plans to have a change. Because there is another side to her evident feelings towards the birds. We will do some shopping at weekends and every time there Julie doesn’t forget to put a big bag of wild birdseed（鸟食） into her carriage which costs quite more than milks or juices for one week. I can see what it goes for since she refills the wild bird feeder（喂食器） before a big hurry to drive to work every morning and when working she knows what is happening back at home — seagulls are enjoying the seed and leaving for next morning.
I’m leaving soon and not likely, I guess, though I hope not, to get back to see my friends here in England in the future. I said I would miss all friends living here including the seagulls. And when Julie was refilling the feeder again, she said: “They’re nice but they are not my friends.”
31. According to the first paragraph, we can know that _____.
A. they felt disappointed at not being welcomed by any local people as they landed
B. they felt surprised to find seagulls there shortly after they landed
C. they didn’t like to be welcomed by the seagulls because they were noisy and stupid
D. those birds were more energetic and friendly than the local people
32. What does “squawk-proof double-glazing” underlined in Paragraph 3 refer to？
A. a shotgun used for fowling（捕鸟）
B. a cage used for keeping birds
C. birdseed used to feed the seagulls
D. a window used to keep noise out
33. Julie said the seagulls were nice but not her friends for the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.
A. the seagulls disturbed her every night
B. the seagulls dirtied her garden
C. the birdseeds were not cheap
D. the seagulls were friendly to her guests
34. What’s the best title for this passage？
A. Birds Can Welcome B. Birds in London
C. Bite the Hand that Feed You D. Feed What You Want to Kill
35. The passage is most possibly taken from _____.
A. a magazine about birds B. a book about London
C. an advertisement attracting visitors to London D. a magazine about travelling
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 do some people enjoy more health and happiness than others? It seems that they are able to realize their dreams rapidly. The good news is that you can be one of those people. 36 Now consider the following habits of exceptionally happy people from my book Find Your Happy.
Make themselves available to success. Happy people are great goal setters. 37
This allows them to stand out in different areas of their life. Ask yourself if you are open for opportunities and setting big goals.
Don't use the word luck. When you look at an exceptionally happy person, you may say, "They are so lucky." But a conversation with them will reveal that luck is not in their vocabulary. Instead, they believe that passion and persistence (坚持不懈) equals great results.
38 Exceptionally happy people are busy making their goals come true. They understand that spending time arguing with others takes them away from what they care about most. They love hearing people talk about their views, but happy people won't spend time trying to convince you to adopt their beliefs.
Walk out of their comfort zone and seek risk often. 39 So they ask for adventure and satisfaction through seeking new experiences. They see risk as growth and are happier because they live a life with no regrets.
40 Happy people don't spend a lot of time thinking about happiness. They live in the moment and enjoy the ups and downs of life. Happy people still experience setbacks, but they look at those setbacks as a way to learn more about themselves and to grow. Happiness is not something they seek, as it is a daily practice that never leaves them.
A. Try to be more patient.
B. Don't try to make you win over with debates.
C. Realize there is more to life than being happy.
D. I know this is true from personal experience.
E. They work toward their goals daily and see opportunities in everything.
F. Happy people have learned that settling in any area of life will hold them back.
G. Happiness is available, especially when you understand what happiness is.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 （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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happened, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She 41 in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to 42 every aspect（方面） of my potential（潜能）, without considering what was 43 or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she 44 my voice and considered it good. I couldn't dance; she taught me the 45 dancing steps. She took me to the theatre — not just children's theatre but 46 comedies and dramas — and her faith that I could
47 adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also 48 books from her library and shared them with me. I had books at home, 49 they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humor, and I'll 50 forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis's Archy ＆ Mehitabel through her.
Most importantly, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to 51
for publication. As a writer 52 for one of the black newspapers, she 53 my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to 54 teenage social activities — and it did — but it also gave me the
55 to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of 56 material, and, after graduation from college, a collection of 57 material with my name that was my 58 to writing jobs.
Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic 59 of her “favorite niece”. 60
a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted（多面的）image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.
41. A. learned B. taught C. raised D. applied
42. A. from B. develop C. employ D. indicate
43. A. pleasant B. helpful C. practical D. interesting
44. A. wished for B. let out C. heard from D. listened to
45. A. tiring B. basic C. boring D. funny
46. A. parent B. aunt C. teacher D. adult
47. A. enjoy B. require C. keep D. make
48. A. took over B. took in C. took down D. took up
49. A. and B. but C. so D. or
50. A. never B. ever C. always D. seldom
51. A. announce B. broadcast C. read D. write
52. A. itself B. himself C. herself D. oneself
53. A. suggested B. advised C. signed D. recognized
54. A. attach B. cover C. consist D. attract
55. A. freedom B. courage C. fortune D. ban
56. A. combining B. grasping C. gathering D. concluding
57. A. typed B. published C. copied D. written
58. A. compass B. solution C. passport D. contribution
59. A. supporter B. expert C. manager D. reader
60. A. With B. Besides C. As D. Like
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Having a learning disability doesn’t mean you can’t learn. Learning disabilities happen due to 61 a person’s brain takes in and processes information. As a result, people learn 62 (different). Learning disabilities are considered genetic, which 63 (mean) they can be passed down in families through the genes, like many other traits we get from our parents and grandparents. Kids may find 64
hard to know 65 he or she has a learning disability. In fact, they don’t have to figure all this out on their own. What a kid needs to do 66 (be) to tell someone else. Start with your teacher and your mom or your dad. There is no doubt 67
finding out you have a learning disability is 68 (upset). But the truth is that learning disabilities are very common. And if your learning specialist has figured out
69 you are facing, you can get the help you need to do better in school. Put in much time and lots of efforts every day, 70 you will enjoy the results of your hard work: more fun and more success at school!
第四部分 单词拼写
用模块三的单词填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
71. Some students worry too much about making mistakes, which makes them nervous or e__________ about speaking English in public.
72. C__________to people’s belief, evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.
73. One of the men saw he was in difficulty and came to his a__________.
74. The twins are so alike that I always have difficulty d__________ one from the other.
75. The researcher was so o__________ with his work that he didn’t notice someone came in.
76. The college is not ______________(正式) recognized English language school.
77. We should always take the time to _______ (分析)and understand our problems before we try to solve them.
78. Saying sorry if we _________(打断) to disagree with someone also helps us to be polite.
79. We would be __________(感激) for any information you can give us.
80. __________(不幸) for him, the police had been informed and were waiting outside.
第五部分 书面表达（共25分）
假如你班举行主题班会，讨论感恩之心。请你根据下述现象，结合自身经历，写一篇发言稿，分析学生缺乏感恩之心的原因，并提出培养感恩之心的建议。
现象：学生对于教师的教导置若罔闻；
对父母的付出认为理所应当；
对学校和社会的帮助不以为然；
原因：……
建议：……
注意：1. 词数：150词。
2. 文中不出现真实姓名和校名。
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