河北省正定中学11-12学年度上学期高一期中考试（英语）

河北正定中学
2011—2012学年度上学期期中考试
高一英语试题
说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，时间120分钟。
第I卷 （选择题，共115分）
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答案，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 does the woman mean
A. The rain is expected to last much longer.
B. Sunny and warm days were forecast for those days.
C. The next few days won’t be sunny and warm.
2. When did the woman have her breakfast
A. At 11:10. B. At 11:30. C. At 11:50.
3. What does the man say about his grandmother
A. She can’t hear well.
B. She loves him deeply.
C. She has forgotten her children.
4. What do we know about the man
A. He wants both pieces of cloth.
B. He doesn’t like either piece of cloth.
C. He can’t tell the two pieces of cloth apart.
5. Which of the following can best describe Tony
A. Dangerous. B. Brave. C. Rude.
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 is the documentary about
A. How people raise horses in ancient times.
B. How people use horses for various purposes.
C. How horse races are held in many countries.
7. When will the speakers go riding together
A. Tomorrow. B. This weekend. C. Next weekend.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman ask the man to show her
A. His passport. B. His business card. C. His ID card.
9. What is the date today
A. October 21st. B. October 24th. C. October 27th.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How does Tom feel now
A. Annoyed. B. Sad. C. Upset.
11. What’s been broken by Tom
A. A vase. B. A window. C. A basketball.
12. What does the woman advise Tom to do
A. Apologize to Mr. Henry. B. Give Paul a call. C. Invite Mr. Henry to sea.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man want to confirm
A. The woman’s educational background.
B. The woman’s work experience.
C. The woman’s nationality.
14. Where does the woman work now
A. In New York. B. In Singapore. C. In San Francisco.
15. How much is the woman’s present salary
A. ＄2,200. B. ＄2,280. C. ＄2,600.
16. What are the employees allowed to do for further education
A. Attend college night courses at the weekend.
B. Go abroad to have further education every year.
C. Take up six hours a week to attend college courses.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What actually made Liz determine to achieve her goal
A. Willpower and determination.
B. Scholarship.
C. Love and respect for her parents.
18. How old was Liz when her mother died
A. 25 years old. B. 15 years old. C. 5 years old.
19. Why did Liz think she had only experienced a small part of society
A. She could hardly understand society.
B. She had little experience of social life.
C. She lived in the same environment too long.
20. What is the talk mainly about
A. How Liz struggled to change her life.
B. How Liz loved her drug-addicted parents.
C. What a hard time Liz had in her childhood.
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，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
21. I knew_____ John Lennon, but not ______famous one you know.
A. the; a B. a; the C. 不填; the D. the; the
22. —I’m afraid I have to leave for New York tomorrow.
—_____
A. I’m afraid not. B. Why not go now
C. Please do. D. Have a good journey.
23 .I wonder what trouble he had ______the plan.
A. to carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. with carrying out
24. I like the way she’s still so cheerful after all misfortunes she has .
A. gone through B. taken up C. carried out D. passed on
25. Is this the biggest shop _____ sells children’s clothing
A. where B. which C. that D. 不填
26. I’m really tired _______ Tom. He had me _________ for two hours in the rain.
A. of, waiting B. with; wait C. of; waited D. with; waited
27. It was not until midnight ________they reached the camp site.
A. when B. that C. while D. as
28. They are discussing the problem right now. It will ______ have been solved by the end of next week.
A. eagerly B. hopefully C. immediately D. gradually
29. The hunter ____ down and ____ to the farmer that he had___ his gun against the tree.
A. lay, lied, laid B. lay, laid, laid C. laid, lay, lied D. laid, lied, lay
30. Only after my friend came ___________________.
A. did the computer repair B. he repaired the computer
C. the computer was repaired D. was the computer repaired
31.The man was just about to stand up ____ someone sat on the edge of his overcoat.
A. while B. suddenly C. as D. when
32. ______ to his work, the scientist didn’t get married all his life.
A. Devoting B. To devote C. Devote D. Devoted
33. He insisted that he ___ nothing wrong and that we _____ to him.
A. do; apologise B. did; apologised C. had done; apologised D. had done; apologise
34. I found a dog ___ leg was broken while crossing the road.
A. of which B. its C. of whom D. whose
35. Children who are often ______ by their parents are easily spoiled.
A. given in B. given up C. given in to D. give in to
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 36 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 37 from one end of the city to another and to 38 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 39 , so the friendship I knew at school was 40 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 41 long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my 42 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.
By chance, I 43 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 44 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 45 at her in astonishment (吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 46 about me, to which I said, “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 47 . I was just frightened. In the end she 48 me that I should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 49 and I became 50 interested in literature than ever. I 51 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 52 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地) told my parents that I wanted to _ 53 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 54 , and if I knew what it meant and 55 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.
36. A. stop B. go on C. continue D. walk
37. A. talk B. journey C. job D. walk
38. A. do B. sit C. talk D. work
39. A. family B. class C. city D. country
40. A. absent B. missed C. lost D. over
41. A. too B. very C. much D. quite
42. A mind B. heart C. soul D. thought
43. A. defeated B. beat C. won D. hit
44. A. TV B. radio C. shoe D. food
45. A. looked B. fixed C. shouted D. stared
46. A. talk B. film C. conversation D. speech
47. A. reason B. cause C. excuse D. wish
48. A. advised B. suggested C. agreed D. persuaded
49. A. poems B. stories C. speeches D. plans
50. A. less B. much C. far D. more
51. A. wandered B. considered C. discussed D. wondered
52. A. think B. consider C. spend D. imagine
53. A. drop B. leave C. return D. go to
54. A. sure B. clear C. curious D. true
55. A. whether B. that C. how D. what
第三部分：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。
A
I was on a train the other day, in an empty compartment, and I wanted to read the last part of a detective story. Then the door opened and a mother with two small children asked me, “may we sit here, Madam ” at first I wanted to say, “well, actually, I’m reading an exciting book and I’d like to finish it. Could you find another compartment ”
But of course I said, “yes, certainly,” I still had not finished that book. Unfortunately, I found it very difficult to say “No” to those magic words “May I …” or “would you mind if…”
Of course people usually ask permission to do quite harmless things, like using the telephone, turning the light on, opening the window and things like that. But then there are some funny requests. Some people even ask if they may wash their hands or take their coats off. On the other hand, very few smokers will bother to ask permission to smoke!
But what about those difficult requests like, “Do you mind if I come round for a cup of coffee ” or “Is it all right if I bring the children to the party They are very good really.” The trouble is, I just don’t have the nerve to refuse. Well, do you
The writer describes those requests as “magic words” because they ___
A are amusing B are harmless C always work D are easily understood
57. According to the writer, asking permission to smoke is ___
A. a foolish request B. a difficult request
C. an unnecessary request D. none of the above
58. Difficult requests are those which____
A. are never permitted B. are never refused
C. make other people uneasy D. make other people unfortunate
59. Which of the following may express the main idea of the passage
A. I’m a polite person B. Requests of different kinds
C. How to make a request D. How to answer a request
B
What could be simpler than shaking fruit from a tree Well, the job is a lot more difficult than you might think. There is a right way and a wrong way to shake a fruit tree. And a person who is a good apple tree shaker may not be a good cherry tree shaker. Different fruits take different shakes .
As a rule, a slow hard shake is best. This makes the fruit fall much faster than a light; quick jiggle. Most fruits have a set number of shakes per minute that will do the best job of getting them out of the tree and onto the ground. To shake down plums, try shaking the tree four hundred times per minute, moving the tree two inches at each shake. Experts say you'll get three times more fruit from the tree than you will if you shake eleven hundred times per minute at one inch per shake. Cherries, because they are smaller, need more shaking. A good rate of shaking seems to be about twelve hundred shakes per minute. Apples, like plums, need four hundred shakes.
Of course, some people may choose to take no notice of all these expert directions for shaking fruit. Keeping track of all the numbers can be enough to drive some people up a tree.
60．This passage is about ______.
A．eating plums B．how to shake fruit from a tree
C．the value of fruits and vegetables D．ways in which people shake
61．A smaller fruit tree normally requires ______.
A．more people B．less shaking
C．two people per tree D．more shaking
62．The writer ends this story with ______.
A．a serious thought B．a suggestion for other ways to get fruit from trees
C．a joke D．a warning
C
Today, no one thinks of Bill Gates as a failed entrepreneur or a college dropout yet. Both of these things are true of Gates, American richest man and the pioneering genius who leads the computer software industry.
Gates was born in Seattle in 1955. Young Gates’ grades weren’t always great. Although he did well in science and maths, he was something of an underachiever. But in the eighth grade he found his passion. In the 1960’s, the mothers’ club at Gates’ school bought a computer for the students.
Gates discovered it and soon became computer crazy. He spent every evening and weekend trying to master computer technology. His computer usage fees were so high that he hide from his parents the amount he spent. It wasn’t long, though until his programming passion turned toward real goals. He and his friend Paul Allen started a company called Traf-0-Data. Their goal was to use new computer technology to count passing cars. The company went broke. After all he was only in the eighth grade. And it didn’t discourage his interest in technology. In fact, it was because of his passion for programming that he later dropped out of Harvard. He spent two dissatisfying years at the university before he left to form another company with Allen. Gates and Allen called their software company Microsoft. In the 1970s it was only a small operation running out of loaned office in Arizona. Gates would work late into the night and sometimes sleep under his desk. Today, Microsoft is the software industry giant. As chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates operates as the prince of programmers.
Despite his wealth and recent marriage, Gates hasn’t slowed down. He is still a workaholic, putting in long hours at the office.
63. The first computer that Gates was crazy for was a computer ___
A at home B at school C at the mothers’ club D at an office
64. Once Gates was ____
A a failed entrepreneur
B a good student in his middle school
C a crazy student
D honest enough to tell his parents how much he spent on computer
65. Gates’ first company was ___
A. successful B. unsuccessful
C. started when he was at college D. called Microsoft
66. Which of the following sentences is true
A. Gates graduated from Harvard
B. The company Microsoft mainly use new computer to count passing cars
C. The company Microsoft was started by Gates and Allen
D. Not only chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is also a prince in the USA
67. The underlined word workaholic here means ____
A. a member of the company
B. a common person with high position
C. a person who has great interest in PC
D. one who has a strong determination and interest to work
D
We Americans are wasteful people, not used to saving. Early settlers, our forefathers set us an example of wasting everything, for they thought nature’s resources were so plentiful that none of them ever imagined that natural materials would be used up in time. Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their house when they were ready to move west. They burned down their house with only one aim to get the nails (钉子) for future use . No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hard woods that went up in smoke. As a people we destroy many valuable things that other people save. I noticed this when I was living in Britain. I received a letter from one England’s largest banks. It was enclosed in a used envelope that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be unthinkable in the United States. American banks, even the smallest, always use expensive stationery( 信笺) with the names of all twenty-eight vice-presidents lists on side of the page.
68. The used envelope suggests that______.
A. the English look down upon the Americans
B. the English banks are very poor
C. the English try their best to save
D. the English like using used envelopes
69. Which of the following statements is wrong
A. The writer lives in Britain now.
B. The American banks use expensive stationery,.
C. The Americans are not used to saving.
D. The writer’s forefathers burned down their houses in order to get the nails.
70. The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. wish the Americans not to waste B. tell us the English are a good people
C. warn the Americans against saving D. encourage people to work hard
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。（填涂要求： E=AB，F=AC, G=AD）
May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States. This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall. But according to a recent report, there is a great change. Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever. 71
These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier. 72 On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time. Students may not like being put on waiting lists. Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them. Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight. Some universities send gifts. 73
For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous. 74 The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit（银行贷款） markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students.
75 The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school. The number is not expected to start rising again until 2015.
A. Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population.
B. What causes it
C. But a mistake can be costly if it happens.
D. But top colleges ignore them.
E. They have international students who know English.
F. It can mean several acceptances to choose from.
G. They cannot afford college as planned.
第II卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分： 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者从第11处不计分。
It was a long time since we last saw each other. You can hardly imagine how I miss you. How are you getting with your first job I remember you once tell me you were eager to graduate and become an English teacher. Now you must have many first-hand experience. How do you find your English teaching Is teaching kids English as interested as you expected in college And do your student enjoy your classroom teaching Anyway, I believe you must very popular with the kids, for you are a born teacher. Hope you great success in your work! Yes, why not give me call and come for a get-together in this weekend
第二节：书面表达（共25分）
假如你是李华。你的好友王楠因不擅长与别人交流，感到非常痛苦。最近，他来信向你求助。请你根据以下提示给他写一封回信。主要内容应包括：
我们周围不擅长交流的人挺多的，劝他不必为此事苦恼;
告诉他与别人有效地交流是很重要的。与他人搞好关系，可以有助于我们的学习，还能增加成功的机会；
就如何改变目前的情况给他提出至少两点建议。
注意：1. 字数：100字左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数。
Dear Wang Nan,
I know you are feeling annoyed these days because_________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
All the best.
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
听力 1-5 BAACB 6-10 BCCAC 11-15 BAACB 16-20 CABCA
单选 21-35 BDBAC, 26-30 ABBAD 31-35 BDCDC
完形填空36－40 CCBBA 41—45 ABCAD 46—50 BCDAD 51—55DDCAA
阅读理解：56-60 CDCBB 61-65DC BA B 66-70 C D CAA 71—75 BFDGA
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
It was a long time since we last saw each other. You can hardly imagine how I miss you. How are you getting with your first job I remember you once tell me you were eager to
graduate and become an English teacher. Now you must have many first-hand experience. How do you find your English teaching Is teaching kids English as interested as you expected in college And do your student enjoy your classroom teaching Anyway, I believe you must very popular with the kids, for you are a born teacher. Hope you great success in your work! Yes, why not give me call and come for a get-together in this weekend
1. was --- is 2. getting with 之间加on/ with 3. tell---- told 4. many---- much
5. interested---- interesting 6. student---- students 7. must后加be 8. Hope--- Wish
9. me call 之间加a 10. 去掉in
第二节：书面表达（共25分）
Dear Wang Nan,
I know you are feeling annoyed these days because you are not able to communicate with others effectively. It is my pleasure to offer you some advice on it.
As a saying goes, every man has his faults. I notice some people around us are also not good at communication. So you don’t have to worry too much about it. Of course, good communication is of great importance for us to create a pleasant relationship with others, which can not only be helpful to our study but also increase our chance of success. That is why I would like to make a few suggestions to you.
First of all, be honest and frank to those whom you talk to so as to be understood easily by others. Second, be aware of what you want to say and express yourself clearly. What’s more, you’d better try to understand others when they talk so that you can exchange ideas with them freely.
I hope my advice will be of great help to you.
All the best.
Yours,
Li Hua