四川省西昌市川兴中学2018-2019学年高一下学期期中英语试题（无答案，无听力音频及文字材料）

川兴中学 半期考试
英语试题
考试时间：120分钟 试题满分：150分
第I卷（满分100分）
第一部分：听力测试（共两节，满分30分，每小题1.5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 time is it now?
A. 7:15 B. 7:30 C. 7:45
2. What does the man think of the woman’s hat?
A. It’s very good. B. It doesn’t go well with her dress.
C. He likes the style of it.
3. How can the woman get Kate’s phone number?
A. She can get the new number by calling the old one.
B. The man will get the new number for her.
C. Kate is still using the old one, so she can call the old one.
4. How did the woman feel about the books’ price?
A. She thought they were expensive. B. She thought they were cheap.
C. She could give some dollars back to the man.
5. What is the problem?
A. The woman doesn’t like orange juice. B. The man was looking for orange juice.
C. The man broke the container of juice.
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，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，回答第6至8题。
6. What is the man doing now?
A. He is fishing. B. He is preparing for fishing. C. He is taking photos.
7. What’s the woman’s hobby?
A. She likes making home movies. B. She likes fishing. C. She likes taking photos.
8. What will the woman probably do in the future?
A. To buy a movie camera. B. To learn to fish. C. To change her hobby.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. What is the 21st century?
A. It is a newspaper. B. It is a book. C. It is a TV program.
10. What can we know about the 21st century from this conversation?
A. It sells well. B. Not so many people know about it.
C. It can not help students work hard.
11. What will the woman probably do after the conversation?
A. Buy the 21st century from a bookstore. B. Borrow it from the man.
C. She won’t read it.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Where does this conversation most likely take place?
A. In the street. B. At the woman’s home. C. Over the phone.
13. What is the woman going to do tonight?
A. Help her sister with English. B. Meet her friend at the station.
C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.
14. When can the woman most probably go to see a film with the man?
A. Tonight. B. This weekend. C. Sometime next week.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?
A. Happy. B. Sad. C. Tired.
16. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Have a rest. B. Have a cigarette. C. Have a talk with him.
17. What’s the probable result of the conversation?
A. The man will give up smoking. B. The man will continue to smoke.
C. The man will listen to the woman’s advice.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where are millions of “Cokes” sold every day?
A. Almost everywhere in the world. B. In most European countries.
C. Some parts of the world.
19. What do the Americans think of coke?
A. It’s a drink for young people. B. Almost everyone likes it in the USA.
C. It is only drunk on certain occasions.
20. When did the first supermarket appear in the USA?
A. In the 1930s. B. In the 1920s. C. In 1930.
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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A.
Looking for the perfect place to get away from it all? We searched the world and turned up some dreamy islands unknown to the common U. S. traveler. These little parts of natural paradise(天堂), from the Great Lakes to the South China Sea, are affordable and easy to get to ... Click here for more information.
Madeline Island
Midwesterners need not go far for a shady island paradise. Part of Wisconsin's Apostle Islands, Madeline has many trappings of a tropical oasis — sandy beaches, sailing games, sea caves, cliff?jumping, and even stand?up surfing. No wonder people swell in summer. Visit in winter and you can make first steps on a dogsled or see ice caves.
Fernando De Noronha
Peaks of a submerged mountain range rise up out of the sea to form 21 beautiful Brazilian islands. The largest island is the only one populated. The government limits tourism to 420 visitors at a time. Yes, this is the kind of place where you want to (and can) be left with a little motorbike. There's just one traffic light.
Salt Spring Island
This easygoing island between the BC mainland and Vancouver Island is the highlight of West Coast life. Its residents — free?-spirited artists and musicians, retired millionaires, and wealthy farmers — have abandoned the fast living to build lives rich in community and natural beauty.
Pulau_Ubin
Thatched?roof homes sit among forest-covered hills. Fishermen live in Kelongs, old wooden fishing houses built over the water. It's a soul?comforting escape from the city noises on the nearby mainland.
21．The underlined word “swell” in Para. 2 can be replaced by “________”．
A．decrease B．double C．increase D．fall
22．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Visitors can enjoy sailing on Pulau Ubin.
B．Visitors can ride a motorbike on Fernando De Noronha.
C．Visitors can enjoy quietness on Madeline Island.
D．Only 420 visitors are allowed at a time on Salt Spring Island.
23．Visitors may meet with some famous people while they are on ________.
A．Madeline Island B．Fernando De Noronha
C．Salt Spring Island D．Pulau Ubin
24．We can probably read this article ________.
A．on the Internet B．in a newspaper
C．in a travel magazine D．in a travel guide book
B .
Liverpool, my hometown, is a special city. It is so unique that in 2004 it became a World Heritage Site.
I recently returned to my home city and my first stop was at a museum on the River Mersey. Blanketed in mist（薄雾），Victorian architecture rose from the banks of the river, responded to the sounds of sea-birds, and appeared unbelievably charming. When I headed toward the centre, I found myself surrounded by buildings that mirror the best palaces of Europe. It is not hard to imagine why, on first seeing the city, most visitors would be overpowered by the beauty of the noble buildings, which are solid signs of Liverpool’s history.
As if to stress its cultural role, Liverpool has more museums and galleries than most cities in Britain. At Walker Art Gallery, I was told that it has the best collections of Victorian paintings in the world, and is the home of modern art in the north of England. However, culture is more than galleries. Liverpool offers many music events. As Britain’s No. 1 music city, it has the biggest city music festival in Europe, and its musicians are famous all over the world. Liverpool is also well-known for its football and other sports events. Every year, the Mersey River Festival attracts thousands of visitors, making the city a place of wonder.
As you would expect from such a city, there are restaurants serving food from around the world. When my trip was about to complete, I chose to rest my legs in Liverpool’s famous Philharmonic pub. It is a monument to perfection, and a heritage attraction itself.
Being a World Heritage Site, my home city is certainly a place of “outstanding universal value”. It is a treasure house with plenty of secrets for the world to explore.
25. Visitors who see the city for the first time would be deeply impressed by__________.
A. its charming banks B. its famous museums
C. its wonderful palaces D. its attractive buildings
26. Liverpool has important cultural role because __________.
A. it has the best collections of Victorian paintings
B. it has museums, galleries, music festival and sports events
C. the Mersey River Festival attracts thousands of visitors
D. the best palaces of Europe are in Liverpool
27. The author uses the Philharmonic pub to prove that__________.
A. Liverpool is a well-known city for its restaurants
B. Liverpool is an impressive place full of attraction
C. a pub is a wonderful place for visitors to relax themselves
D. a pub is a perfect choice for visitors to complete their journey
C.
Bright red post boxes, the Queen and queuing(排队) — what do they all have in common? They are all important parts of British life. At least I thought so.
However, the ability to queue for long periods of time, once believed to be a traditional characteristic of the British, is no longer tolerated（忍受）by people in the UK, according to a study done by British bank Barclays.
Once upon a time, queuing was seen as normal. During World War Ⅱ，everyone had to queue up to receive their daily supply of foods. In fact, if you didn't stand up and wait in line with all the others, it was seen as uncivilized (不文明的)．
The famous English double?decker(双层)buses, with only one entrance, might also help explain why queuing was seen as part of British life. Almost always, there is a queue to get in.
But perhaps the British are tired of being pushed past by the Spanish, the Italian or the Frenc as they queue up to get a table at a restaurant. The people of these other European
countries have more than one entrance to their buses, which explains their more relaxed attitude to the queue.
Two minutes is now the longest time most British people are prepared to stand and wait. But could it be that the Internet, which allows us to carry out tasks quickly, is the main reason why British people are no longer prepared to queue?
“Used to buying without delay, customers are even giving up shopping rather than wait their turn，” says Stuart Neal of Barclaycard.“Shoppers are also less likely to queue for long if the buying is of low value.”
Perhaps I will have to replace “queuing” with “impatience” to the British.
28. What can we learn about the tradition of queuing in Britain?
A．It was a product of the slow pace of life.
B．It was considered a symbol of a civilized(文明的) behavior.
C．It was a long time tradition as old as the Queen.
D．It has made the British different from other Europeans.
29．According to the passage, the British gradually stopped queuing because________.
A．they prefer shopping online B．they follow the example of foreigners
C．the Internet has changed their way of life D．British buses have more than one entrance
30．It can be learnt from the text that________.
A．the British get impatient with queuing for long
B．the British have to queue to receive foods
C．the British like to eat in foreign restaurants
D．the British prefer to take double?decker buses
31．The author's main purpose of writing the passage is________.
A．to tell us the influence of the Internet on the British ways of life
B．to talk about the changes in the attitude to queuing in Britain
C．to compare the cultural differences between Britain and other European countries
D．to report his research on the British ways of life
D
BEIJING (News Agency) — Children in China today spend five times more money than their parents did when they were young.
So what are all these children buying? The list is long：iPads, cell phones and jeans are typical items that children “have to” buy.And they will do anything to get them.They ask their parents over and over until they buy them.
But parents also need to take the blame(责备) for spending so much money. They want their children to have the best things. They end up competing with other parents over what their children have.
So it’s no wonder children find it hard to learn the importance of saving money rather than spending it all the time.
And it's hard to save when companies use advertising (打广告)and clever slogans (口号) to encourage young people to buy their products. They even encourage children to keep asking their parents for something until they get it.
Today, you don't even need to have money in order to buy something. Banks give out credit cards and loans (贷款) all the time, so people are saving less and less. We are used to carrying lots of money around. And if you don't have much, you can always borrow some.
But this hasn't always been the case. When our grandparents were young, there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought. They only bought things they needed, not things they just wanted.
The older generation made the wise expression, “Money_doesn't_grow_on_trees.” This is as true now as it was 50 years ago. They give money a great deal of value. And we all have a lot to learn from them.
32．The text mainly tells us ________.
A．divisions between teenagers and their parents
B．what is popular among children at the moment
C．how to spend money wisely
D．children's high consumption（消费）of products
33．Parents are to blame for children's spending a lot of money because ________.
A．they don't give children positive guidance in consumption
B．their consumption habits set a bad example to children
C．they always give children too much pocket money
D．they offer to buy the latest fashions for their children
34．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Banks provide credit cards and loans.
B．Advertisements draw people's attention to new products.
C．People's living standard has improved and they can buy what they want.
D．People have more money than in the past and saving is out of date.
35．The saying “Money doesn't grow on trees.” in the last paragraph seems to tell us that __.
A．the older generation understood how to teach children to save
B．in the past, people attached more importance to saving money
C．money has a great deal of value
D．money is not easily earned and people should be careful when we spend it
modern. However, as we entered the new century, the fashion disappeared.
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。
Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose. 36 . If a basketball team is for kids under 8, it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team. At school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project. 37 .This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄袭).
38 . Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test. And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people. It's tempting to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the rest. 39 , and it won't help on the next test------unless the person cheats again.
40 . They want to get good grades but hate hard work. Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a "good reason" for cheating, cheating isn't a good idea.
A. Some kids cheat because they're lazy.
B. Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways.
C. But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material.
D. Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again.
E. For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport.
F. There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat, but some kids have already cheated.
G. Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original work.
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。
Making friends is a skill．Like most skills, it 41 patience．If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to 42 some action．You must first go where there are people．You won’t make friends staying home 43 ．
Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things 44 you do is much easier．Or join someone 45 some activity．
Many people are 46 when talking to new people. 47 meeting strangers means seeing the unknown．And it’s human nature to feel a bit 48 about the unknown．Most of fears about 49 new people come from doubts about 50 ．We imagine other people are 51 us——finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that． But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way．Try to accept yourself 52 you are, and try to put the other at ease．You’ll both feel more comfortable．
Try to act self-confident 53 you don’t feel that way when you 54 a room full of strangers．Walk tall and straight, look at other people directly and _ 55 ．
If you see someone you’d like to 56 , say something．Don’t wait for 57 person to start a talk．
Just meeting someone 58 does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person． 59 is based on mutual(相互的) likings and “give and take”．It takes time to _ 60_ friendship.
41. A. costs B. needs C. spends D. wants
42. A. make B. take C. do D. carry
43. A. lonely B. yourself C. with you D. alone
44. A. that B. as C. which D. what
45. A. in B. with C. on D. to
46. A. shy B. excited C. afraid D. worried
47. A. At all B. For all C. After all D. In all
48. A. unhappy B. usual C. unlucky D. upset
49. A. meeting B. talking C. visiting D. speaking
50. A. yourself B. ourselves C. himself D. yourselves
51. A. talking B. saying C. judging D. laughing
52. A. like B. what C. that D. as
53. A. even when B. even if C. as if D. what if
54. A. come B. go C. step to D. enter
55. A. laugh B. smile C. cry D. jump
56. A. speak to B. talk about C. say to D. call up
57. A. other B. the other C. another D. others
58. A. old B. young C. little D. new
59. A. Relation B. Friendship C. Connection D. Feeling
60.A. start B. keep C. change D. develop
第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题，共50分)
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
One day 61 ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. 62 (face) with the trouble, she tried her best to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor 63 (tire) ant was still bravely making all 64 (effort) when a dove saw her. Moved by her determination and perseverance, the bird threw her a blade(片) of grass, 65 supported her like a raft（木筏）, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying 66 (she) in the grass, she 67 (hear) a man come near. He was walking along barefooted 68 a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see 69 had bitten him, and the dove 70 (immediate) flew away. It was an animal much weaker that had saved her life.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错：（满分10分，每小题1分）
此题要求你就一篇短文改错。文中共有10处语言错误，每一句最多有两处错误。错误只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；
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；
修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
This is the first time that I had been away from home, so I find it hard to live here. How I wish I could turn Lucy, who once gave me much help! I had trouble with my study in Grade 9. So frustrated was I that I began to play computer games after school. Beside, I was even caught cheating in the exam, that worried my parents a lot. When asking about the reason why I fell far behind, I was too guilty to say a word. It was then when Lucy came to my help, telling her not to give up. To my amazement, I made a great progress. Finally, I even became one of the top student in my class. I must say thanks to Lucy, with whose help I could never have had such good grades.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
在过去的几年中，自然灾害频频发生，如：洪水、雾霾(haze)、风暴等。这些灾难，破坏我们的家园和农田，甚至导致很多伤亡。幸运的是，越来越多的人意识到了灾难的发生和人类自身的行为息息相关。正是由于我们砍掉了太多的树木，有太多的污染，我们的环境和气候才变得如此不正常（abnormal）。
地球是我们唯一的家园。我们应该意识到保护环境既非常必要又迫在眉睫！
请根据以上提示，用英语给21世纪报写一篇100词左右的文章。
In the past few years, there have been frequent natural disasters, such as
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