江苏省姜堰二中2018-2019学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题（含听力材料无音频）

姜堰二中2018-2019学年度第二学期期中考试
高一英语试题2019/4/20
(考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分)
第I卷(二部分 共100分)
第一部分：听力（共两节，20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节
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 color is the woman’s sweater?
A. Yellow. B. Green. C. Black.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Reading. B. Driving. C. Shopping.
3. What’s the weather like today?
A. Fine. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy.
4. What do we know about Lucy?
A. She is out of work. B. She doesn’t like chatting. C. She likes watching movie.
5. When was the camp held?
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
第二节
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. How many times has Mr. Wilson been to Beijing?
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.
7. Which season is it in Beijing now?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.
9. Where is the Chinese restaurant?
A. On King Street. B. On Green Street. C. On Queen Street.
10. How will the woman most probably get to the place?
A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bus.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What’s wrong with the woman?
A. She has a bad headache.
B. She has run a high fever these days.
C. She has had a cough for three days.
12. What does the man tell the woman to do?
A. Take a walk by the lake.
B. Come to see him tomorrow.
C. Stay in bed for a couple of days.
13. What caused the woman’s illness?
A. The rain. B. The smell of roses. C. The water.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What was the man told to do?
A. To keep the parcel light.
B. To make sure the parcel is safe.
C. To make sure the parcel won’t be opened.
15. How long will it take the man to arrive at the post office?
A. Six minutes. B. Ten minutes. C. Thirty minutes.
16. How soon will the parcel arrive if it is received before ten a.m.?
A. In two days. B. In three days. C. In four days.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the topic of the talk?
A. Ways of eating. B. Table manners. C. How to live abroad.
18. According to the speaker, in which country is it all right to make a noise while eating?
A. Mexico. B. Britain. C. Japan.
19. Which of the following is considered bad in Britain during a meal?
A. Putting your hands on the table.
B. Lifting the bowl for more food.
C. Using a bowl to have liquid food.
20. What is considered impolite in Arab countries?
A. To eat with both hands.
B. To eat with the left hand.
C. To eat with the right hand.
第二部分：英语知识运用
第一节 阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
A

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C. Limited supplies guarantee a stable price of the coin.
D. Demand for the coin is bound to break records.
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A. shopping online B. making a phone call
C. lining up in front of the stores D. writing to the company

B
“Tear them apart！” “Kill the fool！” “Murder the referee!”
These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events. At the time they are made，they may seem innocent enough. But let's not kid ourselves．They have been known to influence behavior in such a way as to lead to real violence. Books have been written about the way words affect us. It has been shown that words having certain meanings may cause us to react in ways quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual behavior. I see the term “opponent” as one of those words. Perhaps the time has come to delete it from sports terms.
The dictionary meaning of the term “opponent” is “enemy”, or “one who opposes your interests.” Thus, when a player meets an opponent, he or she may tend to treat that opponent as an enemy. I remember an incident in a handball game when a referee refused a player's request for a time out for a glove change because he did not consider them wet enough. The player went away to rub his gloves across his wet T-shirt and then screamed, “Are they wet enough now?”
In the heat of battle, players have been observed to throw themselves across the court without considering the effect that such a move might have on anyone in their way. I have also witnessed a player reacting to his opponent's intentional and illegal blocking by hitting him with the ball as hard as he could during the course of play. Off the court, they are good friends. Does that make any sense? It certainly gives proof of a court attitude which differs from normal behavior.
Therefore, I believe it is time we elevated(提升)the game to the level where it belongs, setting an example to the rest of the sporting world. Replacing the term “opponent” with “associate” could be a good way to start.
The dictionary meaning of the term “associate” is “friend” or “companion.” You may soon see and possibly feel the difference in your reaction to the term “associate” rather than “opponent”．
24. According to the passage, players in a game may ______.
A. throw the ball at the opponent illegally blocking their way
B. keep on screaming and shouting throughout the game
C. 1ie down on the ground as an act of protection
D. kick the ball across the court with force
25. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. The player's eagerness to win.
B. The player's bad behavior.
C. The player's attitudes towards the game.
D. The player's totally different behavior on and off the court.
26. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Players should be educated to respect referees on the court.
B. Replacing the present terms on the court can help reduce violence.
C. Raising the referee's sense of responsibility can help reduce violence.
D. Changing the attitude of players on the sports field can help reduce violence.

C
In the more and more competitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what companies are trying to achieve in order to keep and increase market share.
It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of researches, that customers receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people; those treated badly will tell their tales of woe to up to 20 people. Interestingly, 80 percent of people who feel their complaints are handled fairly will stay loyal.
New lineages for customer care have come when people can obtain goods and services through telephone call centers and the Internet. For example, many companies now have to invest (投资) a lot of money in information technology and staff training in order to cope with the “phone rage (愤怒)”—caused by delays in answering calls, being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long periods.
“Many people do not like talking to machines,” says Dr. Storey Senior Lecturer in Marketing at City University Business School, “Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data to establish instant and good relationship with them .The aim is to make the customer feel they know you and that you can trust—the sort of comfortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats with their local branch manager.”
Recommended ways of creating customer delight include: under-promising and over-delivering (saying that a repair will be carried out within five hours, but getting it done within two); replacing a faulty product immediately: throwing in a gift voucher (购物礼券) as an unexpected “thank you” to regular customers; and always returning calls, even when they are complaints.
Aiming for customer delight is all very well, but if services do not reach the high level promised, disappointment or worse will be the result. This can be eased by offering an apology and an explanation of why the service did not meet usual standards with empathy (for example, “I know how you must feel”), and possible solutions (replacement, compensation or whatever fairness suggests best meets the case).
Airlines face some of the toughest challenges over customer care. Fierce competition has convinced them that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer anger over delays caused by weather, unclaimed luggage and technical problems.
For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume of calls about bookings and flight times. They are trained to answer quickly, with their name, job title and a “we are here to help” attitude. The company has invested heavily in information technology to make sure that information is available instantly on screen.
British Airways also says its customer care policies are applied within the company and staff are taught to regard each other as customers requiring the highest standards of service.
Customer care is obviously here to stay and it would be a foolish company that used slogans such as “we do as we please”. On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of disappointment.
27. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that .
A. well-treated customers promote business
B. unsatisfied customers receive better service
C. Satisfied customers catch more attention
D. complaining customers are hard to satisfy
28. The writer mentions “phone rage” (Paragraph 3) to show that .
A. customers often use phones to express their anger
B. Customer care becomes more demanding
C. people still prefer to buy goods online
D. customers rely on their phones to obtain services
29. If a manager should show his empathy (Paragraph6), what would he probably say?
A. “I’m sorry for the delay.” B. “I appreciate your understanding.”
C. “I know how upset you must be.” D. “I know it’s our fault.”
30. Which of the following is conveyed in this article?
A. Face-to-face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.
B. A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.
C. Companies that promise more will naturally attract more customers.
D. Customer delight is more important for airlines than for banks.
第二节：七选五填空（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Freshers' Week
In British universities, new students have a special name: they are called freshers. After their A-level exams, young people in the UK often make a fresh start by going to university, which can involve leaving their family and moving to a new city. 31
Freshers' Week is a chance to make lots of new friends and try different hobbies. Most universities in the UK have a union building: a place where students go to have fun. 32 It also hosts various societies, including sports teams, political groups, etc. Students buy the membership to be part of a society and go to social events to meet others with similar interests. Sometimes there are quite a lot of students in lectures, so it is difficult to get to know people in class. Therefore, each subject has its own club, such as the English Society and the Philosophy Society.
33 Tours of the town, creative workshops and parties are great ways to socialize with others. Sometimes famous singers come and play concerts especially for the new students of the university. There are also opportunities to go on trips to theme parks or other big cities nearby.
Students often move into "halls of residence" in their first year. 34 This is an excellent way to make friends but sometimes it can be difficult if you don't get along with your new flatmates or if the shared area gets very messy.
Freshers' Week can be quite an exhausting experience because so many activities happen at once. A lot of students feel homesick when they first arrive on campus and keep themselves very busy to avoid feeling sad about leaving their family. Some students use their new liberty to drink a lot of alcohol and eat unhealthy food during Freshers' Week. 35 However, it is supposed to be the best week of your life, and it is also an opportunity to make friends. Remember that it is only the beginning of your time at university and that you have three years ahead of you.
A. Usually it has shops, bars and even underground nightclubs.
B. They live in apartments with their own bedrooms but share a kitchen.
C. The best part of it is that you can share your interest with people around.
D. In Freshers' Week, lots of activities are organized for freshers to meet each other.
E. Then comes the great opportunity to make friends, join clubs and settle into university life.
F. This can cause "Freshers' Week": people get ill after a week of late nights and non-stop parties.
G. The first week of university life is called Freshers' Week and is a both exciting and scary experience.
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It’s easy to see how to help others, but what about those whose needs aren’t so obvious? This story may have happened a while back, but it was a(n) 36 which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.
It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my 37 at a shelter for the poor. We stood behind the counter dishing out hot food to 38 came in. Most of our diners looked like they had been having 39 times, their clothes old, worn and dry. In 40 , they looked poor!
Then, a man came in, who looked 41 but poor. He was well dressed, wearing a(n) 42 suit. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw dropped in 43 when he joined the line for food. The 44 he came to my service station, the more I muttered. What was this man doing? I wanted to know. 45 he wasn’t going to take food.
Then my mother quietly took me to one side. She said, “You have 46 that the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical: poverty, hunger or 47 shelter? What if he needs comfort, 48 or just to be among other human beings?”
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks! I felt like I should 49 to the man, but I didn’t.
About a week later the shelter received a large 50 from an anonymous source. I can’t 51 but wonder if it came from that man.
Now, whenever I meet others, I 52 my mother’s words and try to send kindness and blessings to them, 53 of how they look.
Needs aren’t always 54 . But kindness always makes a(n) 55 .
36. A. activity B. lesson C. story D. performance
37. A. cousin B. brother C. parents D. sister
38. A. whoever B. anyone C. who D. whom
39. A. cozy B. easy C. hard D. smooth
40. A. total B. all C. word D. short
41. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
42. A. cheap B. ordinary C. expensive D. strange
43. A. disappointment B. amazement C. embarrassment D. appreciation
44. A. close B. farther C. far D. closer
45. A. Likely B. Surely C. Immediately D. Instantly
46. A. said B. required C. assumed D. wanted
47. A. inadequate B. adequate C. enough D. comfortable
48. A. friends B. work C. assistants D. money
49. A. refer B. shout C. apologize D. belong
50. A. collection B. contribution C. affection D. donation
51. A. expect B. assist C. help D. wait
52. A. remind B. remember C. think D. forget
53. A. instead B. despite C. beside D. regardless
54. A. hidden B. showed C. visible D. unclear
55. A. difference B. breakthrough C. impression D. effect
第四节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
On the way to the train station I found a mobile phone on the street. It seemed 56 (break) with its battery out. I decided to pick it up and try to put it together to see if it worked. It 57 (do)! I chose a number from the contact list and found a woman who 58 (luck) knew the 59 (own), so I asked her to please let the phone's owner know I had the phone.
After 15 minutes, I worried about my train. While 60 (think) what to do, I got a call from a man. It was the owner's husband! I explained and he couldn't believe it. He asked 61 I could please wait for him and I agreed. He came to the station in 10 minutes and soon his wife arrived too.
The look in their faces made 62 rewarding. I'd lost my train but I felt so happy to have helped. It could have been "my" phone. They offered 63 (buy) me flowers or give me something, 64 I of course refused. I thanked them for their kindness and told them their being so 65 (please) and grateful was more than enough for me.
第II卷(非选择题，共50分)
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
66. Facing up to your problem rather than running away from them is the best a to working things out.
67. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still o the traditional customs.
68. Regularly i by advertisements, TV programs are often made boring.
69. The beauty of the city consists in the (独特的) style of its buildings.
70. This kind of mushroom is p though it looks beautiful. Don’t eat it!
71. A c advertisement is one which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service.
72. As an old saying goes, diligence(勤奋) can make up for the lack of i (智商).
73. They sold their house for only 120,000 dollars, so the buyer got a wonderful b .?
74. ---It is really a surprise that the manager should have no idea about the plan.
---Of course he doesn’t, for the plan was made in his a .
75. When going into the bookstore, they saw an advertisement reading “If you buy three books at a time, you will receive a fourth one as a b .
第二节：用动词适当形式填空及完成句子(每小题1分，满分10分)
76. The government urged that enough attention _________ (pay) to improving our environment.
77. (determine) to finish all his homework, he didn’t go to bed until 12:00 last Saturday night.
78. It has been over 69 years since the People’s Republic of China __________ (found).
79. ______________ (appeal) to the world for help, Hollywood stars led a huge fund-raising drive for Haiti.
80. The desert was once a green land with huge trees, but they were cut down and that resulted in the city ___________(bury) by sand—what a pity!
81. Mike减肥成功了，变得我都认不出来了。
Mike managed to lose weight and he has changed .
82. 今天外来词汇的传播主要是由于比较容易接触到的网络和电视节目。
Today, the spread of “borrowed words”is mostly _________ ________ the easily ________ internet and TV programs.
83. 他不是太擅长于把他的观念表达给他的同学们，所以他老被别人误解。
He is not very good at his ideas ___________ _______ his classmates, so he is easily by others.
84.汤姆几天没来学校了，结果弄明白他染上流感。
Tom has been absent from school for several days, and it _______ _______ that he has _______ _______ _______ flu.
85. Sarah已经为她的驾驶考试做了认真准备以确保她第一次通过。
Sarah has made good _________ for her driving test so that she could be sure of passing it _________ her _________ _________.
第三节：短文改错（共1小题，满分10分）
Linda's father bought her the new bike the day before yesterday, which made her very exciting. Then she began to ride it fast on the road. Seeing a man getting closely to her, Linda couldn't stop it and as a result, she knocked onto the man. Being very kind, so the man didn't scold her at all. Instead, he told her how dangerously it was to ride a bike so fast. He asked her to keep the lesson in mind. Linda felt regretful but ashamed. She promised keep the lesson in mind forever. Then, the man bend down and began to repair her bike. After a while, he got them repaired. Linda was greatly moved. She thanked the man and left happily.
第四节：书面表达（满分20分）
　　假如你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院(nursing home)陪老人们过重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)。请给外教Lucy写封邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：
　　1. 出发及返回时间; 2. 活动：包饺子、表演节目等。
　　注意：
1. 词数100左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯; 3. 结语已为你写好。
Dear Lucy，







　 If you’d 1ike to join us，please let us know and we’11 wait for you at the school gate at 9 in the morning.
　　Yours,
　Li Hua
高一英语第二学期中考试参考答案
听 力：（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
1-5 ABCAB 6-10 BCAAB 11-15 CCABC 16-20 BBCAB
阅读理解：（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
21-23 ACB 24-26 ADB 27-30ABCB
七选五填空：（共5小题 每小题2分，共10分）
31-35 GADBF
完形填空：（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
36-40BCACD 41-45ACBDB 46-50CAACD 51-55CBDCA
语法填空：（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
56.broken/to be broken 57. did 58.luckily 59.owner 60.thinking
61. if/whether 62.it 63. to buy 64.which/but 65.pleased
单词拼写：（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
66.Approach 67. observe 68. interrupted 69. unique 70. poisonous
71. commercial 72. intelligence 73. bargain 74. absence 75. bonus
完成句子：（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
76.(should) be paid 77. Determined 78. was founded 79. appealing 80. being buried
81.beyong recognition 82. due to; accessed 83. getting; across to; misunderstood
84. turns out; come down with 85. preparations; at; first attempt
短文改错（共10分）
1.the→a 2.exciting→excited 3.closely→close 4. onto→down/into 5. 去掉so
6. dangerously→dangerous 7.but→and 8. keep前加to 9. bend→bent 10. them→it
书面表达（20分）
　　【范文欣赏】
　　Dear Lucy，
　　The Double Ninth Festival，which is the day, set aside for the elderly in our culture, is drawing near. Our class plan to visit the nursing home this Saturday in order to help the elderly there and enrich our after-class life at the same time.
　　Here are some detailed arrangements during our stay there. We’ll make dumplings and cakes with the elderly people. We’ll also spend some fun time together singing, dancing and playing games，which will make them happy. We should be back around 4 o’clock in the afternoon as planned. I’m convinced that the activity will be enjoyable and meaningful.
　　If you’d 1ike to join us，please let us know and we’11 wait for you at the school gate at 9 in the morning.
　　Yours,
　　Li Hua





附：录音稿原文
Text 1
M: You look so cool in this yellow sweater.
W: Thank you. In fact, green is my favorite color, but the sales girl said the green ones were sold
out.
Text 2
W: Look, the bookstore is over there.
M: I’m sorry but I can't stop there. There is no place to park my car.
Text 3
M: Rainy day isn’t it?
W: No, it's like what the radio said. It’s cloudy.
M: I wish it would be fine for the weekend.
Text 4
W: I find Lucy often surfs the Internet these days. Is she chatting or watching movies?
M: No. She was fired last week; she's looking for a new job on the Internet.
Text 5
W: Hello, David. What about the camping on Saturday?
M: Great, but I didn't see you in the camp, Jane. Did you go and enjoy yourself?
W: No, I didn't. I fell sick on Friday night and didn't get better until Sunday.
Text 6
W: Here is your coffee.
M: Thank you, it is just to my taste.
W: Did you have a nice flight?
M: Yes, it was pleasant, but it was a little too long, I wish Beijing were much closer to San Francisco.
W: Is this your first trip to Beijing?
M: No, this is my second visit, in fact, I came here last spring. It was very windy then. It's much nicer now.
W: Yes, autumn is the best season here. You came here at just the right time. Oh, here comes Mr. Smith, it was nice talking to you Mr. Wilson.
M: Same here, Miss Lee.
Text 7
M: Hello Debbie.
W: Hello Paul. I haven’t heard from you for a long time. How are you doing?
M: Fine. I’m calling to ask if you'd like to have dinner with me this evening.
W: Why not? Where?
M: Let's go to the Chinese restaurant on King Street.
W: Is it very far from my place? How can I get there?
M: Not very far and you can walk there in ten minutes. Go out of your office and turn right. Walk along Queen Street, turn down Green Street and take the second turning on the right. That’s King Street.
W: Wait, wait, turn down Green Street and take the second turning on the right.
M: Right. The restaurant is on the corner, next to the Sun Hotel.
W: Next to the Sun Hotel. Good. So see you at…
M: Six thirty, okay?
W: Okay Paul. Thank you for your invitation
M: It's my pleasure.
Text 8
M: Hello, Carol. What seems to be the trouble?
W: So kind of you to come to see me. I don't know what's wrong. Three days ago while planting roses in the garden, it rained and I got completely wet, and I’ve had a cough since that night. Now I ache all over.
M: Well, let me take a look. are you still coughing very much?
W: Yes and my stomach has been upset. In addition, I always feel sick.
M: Mm. You are running a high fever, I’m afraid.
W: Oh, no wonder I’ve got a hot face.
M: Well, Carol, I think you’ve got the flu. These days there has been a lot of flu going around. I want you to stay in bed for at least two days, drink plenty of water, and take the medicine three times a day. I'll look in on you tomorrow morning.
W: Very good. Thank you so much. .
Text 9
W: Good morning, this is the Post Office.
M: Good morning. I want to send a parcel to Paris. Can you tell me what to do, please?
W: We need the full name, address and the phone number of the person who will receive the parcel.
M: Just a moment, I’m taking notes. Name, address and phone number, right?
W: You also have to leave your name and phone number.
M: Okay. Anything else?
W: There also should be a brief description of the things you're sending. You should prove the parcel is safe.
M: Okay. I see.
W: You should leave it open so that we can check it when you arrive here.
M: Could you send someone to my home? It will take me thirty minutes to go to your office.
W: I'm sorry, but you have to come to our office. Our office will be open until six p.m.
M: Fine. How long will it take to get the parcel to Paris?
W: Three or four working days. It is Monday today. If we receive the parcel before ten a.m. today, it will arrive in Paris on Thursday. But it will arrive on Friday if we receive the parcel after ten a.m.
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Today I’m going to tell you something about table manners in some countries. I think you already know that people in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is rude in one country may well be quite polite in another. For example, in Britain you mustn’t lift your bowl to your mouth when you're having some liquid food. And in Japan you needn't worry about making a noise when you drink it. It shows that you are enjoying it. But that's considered bad manners in Britain.
In Britain we try not to put our hands on the table at all during a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are expected to keep their hands on the table throughout a meal. But it is in the Arab countries that we really must be careful with our hands. You see in Arab countries you mustn't eat with your left hand. This is considered to be very impolite. So what should you do if you visit another country? Well you needn't worry. You can ask the native people there for help or just watch carefully and try to do as they do, not as you do at home.






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