广东省培正中学11-12学年高一上学期期中试题英语

广州市培正中学2011-2012学年第一学期期中考试
高一英语试题
（满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟； ）
第一部分：听力（共15分）
第一节；听力理解（四段共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听下面一段对话，回答第1－2题。
What do we know about Lucy
She is tall. B. She is fat. C. She is smart.
Who is Jenny
Ann’s sister. B. Lucy’s sister C. The man’s daughter.
听下面一段对话，回答第3－5题。
What can we learn from the conversation
A. The man is a director. B. The two speakers are workmates.
C. The man is interviewing the woman.
What does the woman do well in
Dancing and singing. B. Typing and shorthand.
C. Writing and playing the piano.
Where does the woman want to go
To the Grand Shopping Mall. B. To the Grand Theater.
C. To the Grand Hotel.
听下面一段独白，回答第6－8题。
Why are many roads closed in the north
A. Because of heavy rains. B. Because of strong winds.
C. Because of thick snows.
Where have fifty houses been flooded
A. In the south. B. In the north. C. In the east.
8. What happened in the west
A. Four people died. B. Many boats were missing.
C. Two villages were under water.
听下面一段对话，回答第9－10题。
9. Why does the woman like watching diving matches
A. Because the matches are interesting..
B. Because her parents like watching them.
C. Because she likes Guo Jingjing.
10. Who was in Shanghai about two years ago
A. The woman’s parents B. The woman’s sister.
C. The woman’s aunt.
第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，然后填入标号为11－15的空格中。
The speaker’s childhood
Time Event Other information
1995 Born on ___11___ in Mexico
___12___ Went to the Primary school inIPCA Studying there for ___13___years
2003 Started to have ballet classes Getting her first ___14___
On the whole, the speaker ____15____ all her childhood.
第二部分：语言知识及应用 （共50分）
第一节：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
You’d better ____ your score and see if you have passed the exam.
A. add up to B. add to C. add up D. add
17. --- Do you know our town at all --- No, this ____ the first time I ____ here.
A. was; have come B. is; come C. is; had come D. is; have come
18. The kind lady devoted all her life to ________ those homeless children.
A. help B. helping C. be helping D. being helped
19. Every minute should be made full ____ of ____ our lessons well.
A. to use; study B. use; studying C. use; to study D. used; studying
20. Many questions ____ at the meeting, but he answered none.
A. came up B. raised C. were risen D. asked
21. --- Does your wife like tea --- Well, she doesn’t really ____ tea, she likes coffee better.
A. care for B. care C. care about D. care of
22. Mr. Black ____ Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane ____ on Sunday
A. leaves; takes off B. is leaving; takes off
C. is leaving; is taking off D. leaves; is taking off
23. That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ____ to the enemies until death.
A. gave up B. gave out C. gave in D. gave away
24. ____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two-fifth; is B. Two-fifth; are C. Two-fifths; is D. Two-fifths; are
25. The farm ____ we see today is no longer the one ____ it was ten years ago.
A. that; that B. where; that C. where; what D. which; where
26. It ____ in this new hall ____ we held an important meeting yesterday.
A is; that B. was, what C. is; which D. was; that
27. ____ make us understand the whole story, our foreign teacher Jennifer told it very slowly.
A. In order that B. In order to C. Pay attention to D. Look forward to
28. Ann talked about the people and things ____moved her greatly during her stay there.
A. that B. who C. which D. what
29. Yesterday we went to visit the farm ____ my father used to work for nearly ten years.
A. in which B. that C. where D. which
30. The old couple live in a house ____ windows face the south, so they can have plenty of sunshine every day.
A. whose B. of which C. that D. which
31. A large number of people are ________, and how can the local government ignore the problem
A. at work B. in work C. afer work D. out of work
32. ----How are you getting along with your English study
----Not very well, _________.
A. of course B. I’m sure C. I’m afraid D. on the other hand
33. The skirt ________ she spent 50 yuan is very beautiful on her.
A. in which B. on which C. for which D. with which
34. Jane, I hear you ________ to China. Have you got everything right
A. have travelled B. travel C. are travelling D. would travel
35. The _______ look on his face showed that he had enough confidence in himself.
A. surprised B. worried C. excited D. determined
第二节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－50各题所给的A,B,C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“Two reporters will visit our new school. And some of you will be in the photo.” Ms. Myers told Room 5. The kids were excited and started doing their hair except Brad. He knew he wouldn’t be in the __36__.
Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how __37__ he was. “They won’t put Brad in or you’d need a magnifying glass (放大镜) to see him,” Charlotte said. The other kids laughed. Brad tried to smile, even though what Charlotte said was __38__. He believed they didn’t mean to __39__ him.
Two reporters named Rick and Tegan __40__half an hour later. “Time to __41__ photos,” Tegan said. “Who do you__42__, Rick ”
“I’ll have these three girls and those three boys.” Then he pointed to Jocob, Eddie, and Brad. Brad could hardly__43__ it.
Rick set up the six kids in front of the new library’s big painting. It’s big ” he said. We’ll get you guys to kneel (跪) in front of it, so it looks even __44__.”
“Is that why you picked Brad ” said one of the Room 5 kids. “So it looks __45__ big ” Some people laughed. Brad also gave a __46__ as he usually did.
But Rick __47__ his head. “No,” he said. “I __48__ him because he’s got a huge smile two miles wide.”
He looked at Brad and said, “Plus, this guy is big inside, where it __49__ . Right ”
This time, Brad spoke before he could think. “In my __50__ , I’m three miles wide.”
Room 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing with him, not at him.
36. A. school B. photo C. play D. painting
37. A. foolish B. short C. nervous D. fat
38. A. sad B. true C. interesting D. worrying
39. A. stop B. encourage C. congratulate D. hurt
40. A. returned B. started C. called D. arrived
41. A. take B. develop C. send D. buy
42. A. recognize B. remember C. want D. tell
43. A. hear B. believe C. accept D. change
44. A. taller B. thinner C. bigger D. simpler
45. A. already B. really C. only D. usually
46. A. hand B. smile C. speech D. chance
47. A. shook B. nodded C. held D. lowered
48. A. chose B.understood C. ignored D. hated
49. A. happens B. hides C. matters D. appears
50. A. experience B. family C. life D. heart
第三部分：阅读（共40分）
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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
The doctor examined Nuala’s leg. Nuala tried not to cry, but it was a challenge. Her leg really hurt.
“How did you hurt yourself ” asked the doctor.
“I jumped off a swing (秋千),” said Nuala. “Is it broken ”
“It sure is,” said the doctor, holding out the X ray. “See right here ”
Two hours later, Nuala left the hospital on crutches (拐杖). Her leg was in a cast (石膏夹).
“What will I tell Ms. Chang ” she asked her mother in the car.
Ms. Chang was Nuala’s dance teacher. The spring dance performance was only two weeks away. Nuala’s cast would be on for at least six weeks!
“She’s going to be so mad at me!” cried Nuala.
But Ms. Chang wasn’t mad. She said, “We’ll think of something.”
Nuala was unwilling to go on stage with her crutches. “I look stupid,” she complained. “I can’t dance with these.”
“Have you ever heard the expression ‘The show must go on’ ”said Ms. Chang. Together, they went through the show. They thought of how Nuala could move to the music. They thought of ways for her to dance on crutches.
The night of the performance, Ms. Chang almost had to push Nuala on the stage. Nuala’s cast looked big and clumsy (难移动的), but she went out and danced. In the end, the audience went wild clapping. Lots of roses were thrown to Nuala’s feet! The show did go on!
51. How did Nuala hurt her leg
A. She fell down on the ground. B. She was hit by a swing.
C. She fell off the stage. D. She danced too hard.
52. What was Ms. Chang’s attitude after she learned Nuala’s leg was broken
A. She was mad at Nuala. B. She kept calm and active.
C. She had pity on Nuala. D. She felt Nuala was stupid.
53. Nuala didn’t want to dance on the stage because ____________.
A. her leg hurt badly B. her classmates laughed at her
C. she didn’t practise dancing well D. she thought she would look stupid
54. According to the text, the audience considered the show ___________.
A. boring B. successful
C. cruel D. simple
55. What lesson can be learned from the story
A. Never ride on a swing.
B. Don't try to do two things at one time.
C. Self-confidence is the first secret of success.
D.If you work together, you can solve difficulties.
B
A 13-year-old American boy on Saturday became the youngest climber to conquer Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
Jordan Romero from Big Bear, California, climbed up the 8,850-meter summit (峰顶) from the Tibetan side. On the same day, a Nepali (尼泊尔的) man, Apa Sherpa, broke his own world record of climbing Everest when he reached the summit for the twentieth time. Apa Shepa’s team set off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, last month, heading for the base camp (大本营) on the Chinese side of the mountain.
“The team has just called in and believe that they are standing on top of Mt. Everest,” Romero’s blog said. “Their dreams have now come true. Everyone is happy.”
The climbing has put Romero one step closer to reaching his goal of climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents (大洲). “It is just a goal.” Romero said. He had already climbed five peaks (高峰), and needs to climb only Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica, to hit his goal.
The youngest person before to climb Everest was 16-year-old Temba Tsheri Sherpa of Nepal. Romero climbed together with a team including his father Paul and three local guides. He wanted to pick a small piece of rock from the top of the world and wear it in a necklace.
While Nepal insists that anyone planning to climb Mount Everest must be at least 16. China does not have any age restrictions (限制). Some mountain climbers haven’t agreed with the Romero family for letting him try it but his father said the climbing from the Chinese side is less dangerous.
Jordan Romero climbed up Mount Everest mainly to ____.
A. meet Apa Sherpa B. build his body
C. break the world record D. realize part of his goal
57. To stand on the highest mountains on all seven continents, Jordan Romero plans to climb the peak in ____.
A. Asia B. Antarctica C. Europe D. Africa
58. Why did Jordan Romero choose to climb from the Chinese side of Mount Everest
A. China allows climbers of any age to climb Mt. Everest.
B. It wasn’t far from Jordan’s base camp on the Chinese side.
C. There were more challenges on the Chinese side.
D. There were more local guides on the Chinese side.
59. We can learn from the passage that Romero ____.
A. is the first teenager to conquer Mr. Everest
B. climbed Mr. Everest without the help of local guides
C. still has two peaks to conquer in order to hit his goal
D. is supported by his father
60. What would be the best title for the passage？
A. The great dream of picking rocks from top of Mt. Everest
B. California teen becomes youngest to climb Mt. Everest.
C. The number of successful Mt. Everest climbs.
D. Mt. Everest climbing becomes more popular.
C
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia; he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries; he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman; he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital; he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收费图书馆).
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today, we call them bifocals (双光眼镜). Another invention of his, an iron stove, allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of America, called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”. To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”.
Benjamin Franklin was NOT a __________.
A. diplomat B. scientist
C. businessman D. president
62. The underlined word “unequaled” in paragraph 2 means __________.
A. better than any other B.worse than any other
C. the same as others D. confident as others
63. The passage is mainly about Benjamin’s achievements in _________.
A. science B. politics C. education D. business
64. Which of the following is NOT Benjamin’s invention
A. Bifocals. B. The iron stove.
C. Printing D. The lightning rod
65. What was Benjamin Franklin’s purpose in life？
A. To live comfortably every day. B. To be useful to others.
C. To be a famous person in the world. D. To earn a lot by inventing things.
D
If you’re ever apart from your children, a new study says just talking on the phone will help just as much as a hug (拥抱).
If you’re a parent who spends long hours on the job, you probably feel sorry for spending so much time away from your kids. But the results of a new study show that a mother’s voice alone can be just as comforting to an anxious child as physical contact.
In an experiment, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked a group of girls between the age of 7 and 12 to solve math problems in front of judges – a stressful (充满压力了) situation for anyone. Before the girls were set to solve math problems, the researchers measured their levels of two hormones (荷尔蒙): cortisol, which goes up during stressful periods, and oxytocin, the “love” hormone.
After they were finished, some of the girls got to meet up with their mothers right away. The mums came in and hugged the girls. Another group of the girls didn’t see their mothers, but received phone calls from them, in which their mothers told them how well they’d done. The final group had no contact with their mothers, but watched an animal movie, March of the Penguins instead.
Finally, the girls’ hormone levels were measured again. although the movie was interesting, it did noting to ease (缓解) the children’s anxiety – but, surprisingly, both the physical contact and phone calls from their mothers had the same effect on easing the girls’ stress levels.
So, no matter how old you are, if you’re feeling stressed about something in your life, a phone call to Mom might be just the key to help you feel better.
The first two paragraphs suggest that ____.
A. a mother’s voice can comfort her anxious kid
B. the results of the study can’t be accepted by mothers
C. parents are too busy to talk with their kids
D. mothers should spend enough time staying with their kids
67. Which of the following is the right order in which the study was carried out
a. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured again.
b. The girls solved math problems.
c. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured.
d. The girls were divided into three groups.
A. b-c-d-a B. d-b-c-a C. c-b-d-a D. d-c-b-a
68. We can learn from the third paragraph that cortisol ____.
A. is good for our health
B. can change into oxytocin
C. may go down when the situation becomes comfortable
D. is one kind of hormones mainly found in girls
69. According to the passage, we can infer that ____.
A. it is easy for girls to solve math problems
B. the girls who had watched the movie remained anxious
C. mothers should hug their kids as often as possible
D. older girls have higher cortisol than younger ones.
70. What is the author’s attitude towards the study
A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Uncertain. D. Worried.
第四部分：基础知识（共45分）
第一节：根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Although she was frightened, she answered in a c_____ voice.
A r_________ person is the one that you can trust and depend on.
Mike p________ to stay at home rather than go shopping with his mother.
The firemen r_______ three women from the burning house.
The watch is expensive, but I think it is of good q_____.
He is _______ (积极的) in taking part in all kinds of school activities.
We were too _____ (震惊的) to believe what had happened.
A large number of buildings were _____ (毁坏) in the earthquake.
He _____ (毕业) from a famous university last year and now he is working in my factory.
Finally, she _____ (说服)her mother to change her mind.
第二节：选用方框的短语，并用其适当形式填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
The students were encouraged to _________ their ideas on paper.
It’s good to see Tom looking so happy now, after all he _________many things these years.
The student always asks his teacher _________questions.
I didn’t break the vase _________; it was an accident.
If my son goes out at night, I will _________ his safety.
During the war last year, many people _________hunger.
The report _________ the figures (数字) from six different cities.
_________, I like a quiet country life better.
Because she didn’t know which bus to take, she __________ me for help.
They did a lot of research and tried to __________ the truth of the accident.
第三节：根据括号中的提示将以下句子翻译成英文。（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
1. 信不信由你，学习汉语的外国人的数量正在增加。(believe it or not; the number of)
2. 一旦你下定了决心，就不应该轻易放弃。(once; make up one’s mind)
3. 在我看来，即使你正处于困境中，也不要丧失信心。(even if; in trouble; lose heart)
4. 我们的英语老师坚持要求我们每天读一篇英语文章。(insist)
5. 正是这部电影改变了他对中国的态度。（强调句型）
广州市培正中学2011-2012学年第一学期期中考试
高一英语答卷
第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 （共50分）
听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
11._________________ 12._________________ 13._________________
14._________________ 15._________________
第四部分：基础知识（45分）
第一节：单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1._________________ 2._________________ 3._________________
4._________________ 5._________________ 6._________________
7._________________ 8._________________ 9._________________
10._________________
第二节：短语填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
1.______________________________ 2.______________________________
3.______________________________ 4.______________________________
5.______________________________ 6.______________________________
7.______________________________ 8.______________________________
9.______________________________ 10.______________________________
第三节：句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
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广州市培正中学2011-2012学年第一学期期中考试
高一英语答案
I 听力（共两节，满分15分）
第一节：听力理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1-5 ACCAB 6—10 BACAC
第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
11. February 14th 12. 2001 13. six/ 6 14. dog 15. enjoyed
II 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
16-20 CDBCA 21-25 ABCCA 26-30 DBACA 31-35 DCBCD
第二节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
36-40 BBADD 41—45 ACBCB 46—50 BAACD
III 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
51-55 ABDBD 56-60 DBADB 61-65 DAACB 66-70 ACCBA
IV 基础知识 (共三节，满分为45分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，满分10分）
1. calm 2. reliable 3. preferred 4. rescued 5. quality
6. active 7. shocked 8. destroyed 9. graduated 10. persuaded
第二节：短语填空（共10小题，满分20分）
1. set down 2. has gone through 3. a series of 4. on purpose
5. be concerned about 6. suffered from 7. is based on 8. As a matter of fact
9. turned to 10. dig out
第三节：句子翻译（共5小题，满分15分）
1. Believe it or not, the number of foreigners who are learning Chinese is increasing.
2. Once you make up you mind, you should not give up easily.
3. In my opinion, you cannot lose heart even if you are in trouble.
4. Our English teacher insists that we (should) stick to reading an English article every day.
5. It was this movie that changed his attitude towards China.
go through; on purpose; set down; a series of; be concerned about;
suffer from; base on; turn to; dig out as a matter of fact;
班级___________ 姓名____________ 学号_________
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