广西柳州铁路第一中学2015-2016学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题

柳州铁一中学2015-2016学年第二学期高一年级期考

英语科试卷

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 will the man do tomorrow?

A. Go to see a doctor.

B. Work on the computer all day.

C. Go to the dance class with woman.

2. How will the speakers go to the concert?

A. By car. B. By bus. C. By subway.

3. How many people died in the accident?

A. None. B. Two. C. Four.

4. Where are the speakers?

A. In a hospital. B. In a library. C. In a classroom.

5. Who are the speakers talking about?

A. The man’s brother. B. Their friend. C. A singer.

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 does the woman ask the man to do?

A. Clean her house. B. Help her move house. C. Take care of her house.

7.What has the woman already done?

A. She has cancelled the milk and the newspaper.

B. She has locked all the windows and doors.

C. She has taken away the ladder.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What advice does the man give to the woman?

A. Get all the information.

B. Pay someone for the job.

C. Ask his cousin for help.

9. What will the woman do afterwards?

A. Go to eat pizza. B. Make a phone call. C. Wait for further notice.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man think of the study group?

A. It brings him some new friends.

B. It makes him nervous.

C. It helps him a lot.

11. What subject is the woman poor at?

A. History. B. Maths. C. Chinese.

12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbors. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why hasn’t the boy booked the room yet?

A. He doesn’t know how to book.

B. He forgot to do so.

C. He is too busy.

14. Whom should the booking form be given to?

A. The woman. B. The boy’s class teacher. C. The secretary of the school office.

15. When will the competition begin?

A. At 3:30 p.m. B. At 3:45 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The competition will be held in Room 501.

B. A computer is needed in the competition.

C. The boy will take charge of the competition.

听第10段材料，回答第17、20题。

17. What is a good topic to start a conversation at a party?

A. Something about the host or hostess.

B. Good friends who are present.

C. A recent movie.

18. How can people make a conversation more informal immediately?

A. By looking other people in the eyes.

B. By asking others to use their first name.

C. By answering with only one or two words.

19. Why should people stand close enough to others in a conversation?

A. To create a relaxing atmosphere.

B. To hear the words clearly.

C. To show their interest.

20. Why should people avoid political or religious subjects?

A. They make people feel bored.

B. They are difficult to understand.

C. They may cause disagreements.

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)

A

Wanted, Someone for a Kiss

We’re looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programs. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss100.

Father Christmas

We’re looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.

Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00

Excellent pay.

Please contact(联系)the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne.

Accountants Assistant

When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver of for somebody who has office experience.

Wealden District Council

Software Trainer

If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make your own decision, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

21. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?

A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. B. Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.

C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre D. Wealden District Council.

22. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who _________.

A. is aged between 24 and 40 B. may do some training work

C. should deal with general duties D. can work for about a month

23. Which position is open to recent school graduates?

A. Producer, London Kiss. B. Father Christmas.

C. Accountants Assistant D. Software Trainer

24 .What kind of person would probably apply to Palmace Limited?

A. One with GCSE grade C level.

B. One with some office experience.

C. One having good computer knowledge

D. One trained in producing music programmes.

B

When I was little, I'd see tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York.

By the time I turned 7,I noticed something strange: All the bats in my neighborhood had vanished, and I wondered why. Later I learned what had happened to my town’s bats. A disease called “white nose syndrome(白鼻综合征)” had killed 93 percent of New York State’s bats (and about 6 million bats across the country)! I was shocked. I asked the bat biologist what I could do to help, and she said, “Tell others what's been happening. Help people understand that bats are important to our environment and need to be protected."

I thought I must teach people about bats. My first stop? The library, where I eventually checked out every book on bats they had. Next, I started a Facebook page called Buddies for Bats and posted any photos, facts, and videos that I could find. Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program on my local radio station, asking if they'd do a show on bats. (They did!)

But I still wanted to find a way to educate people face to face. I managed to make a presentation to a school. I also used tools to describe how bats help farmers (and protect our food supply) by eating crop-damaging insects.

I practiced my presentation until it shone like a polished stone. It went over so well that other teachers started requesting me. Over the past three years, I’ve talked in front of everyone from 5-year-olds to senior citizens! The more I present, the more I notice that I am changing minds. I have watched people go from dismissing bats as “disgusting(令人厌恶的)” to truly understanding them and advocating their protection.

Right now, I'm thinking of becoming a marine biologist (海洋生物学家) someday. As long as I'm helping animals, I'11 be happy.

25. When the author was little, bats ________.

A. lived mainly in the south of America

B. existed in large quantities in upstate New York

C. did great harm to the natural environment

D. were well protected in upstate New York

26. The underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by ________.

A. reproduced B. expanded C. starved D. disappeared

27. Paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly talk about ________.

A. the author’s efforts to help protect bats

B. how the author started Buddies for Bats

C. why the author did a radio show on bats

D. the difficulty the author had in educating people

28. What can we infer about the author’s presentation?

A. It was effective. B. It was far from satisfactory.

C. It was ignored by the audience. D. It was boring.

C

Dear Sir / Madam,

I live next to your school in Grasmere Road and I am writing regarding the very bad behavior of some of your younger students. In addition to this, I should like to bring to your attention to the irresponsibility of certain members of your staff when supervising (监督) students, evening activities.

Firstly, concerning the students' behavior, I should like you to make it very clear to those students walking along Grasmere Road towards the station that my front garden is not a place where people are allowed to leave their rubbish. When they leave school in the afternoons, they pass my house and throw empty cans, waste paper and even cigarette packets (although most of them are below the age for smoking) on my grass.

Could you also please ask your students not to shout and use bad language in the street, as this is harmful to the reputation of both your school and the area?

Regarding certain members of your staff, you are perhaps unaware of the fact that their evening activities sometimes continue well beyond ten and the noise is too loud. Last Thursday night the noise did not stop until 10:30 pm. Surely the members of staff supervising these activities could bring the events to a close at a suitable moment.

I know that I am speaking for many families in the area when I ask you to speak to your students and staff about these matters.

Should they continue to be so inconsiderate, I shall be forced to take matters further and shall have no choice but to write to the council(地方议会) .

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. J Barker

29. The text is a letter of _______.

A. introduction B. invitation C. complaint D. thanks

30. Which of the following is destroying the area’s reputation in Mrs. J Barker’s eyes?

A. Throwing rubbish. B. Smoking cigarettes.

C. Making too much noise. D. Shouting and using bad language.

31. What is Mrs. J Barker going to do if these matters are not solved?

A. Take further action. B. Turn to a lawyer.

C. Keep an eye on them. D. Continue to write to the school.

D

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily(暂时) forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to great parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir (回忆录) after memoir, they tell the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.

Ask a single man why he resists(抗拒) marriage, if he’s honest, and he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with little children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating(解放性的) realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

32. We can learn from the passage that____________.

A. fun creates long-lasting satisfaction

B. happiness is lasting while fun is short-lived

C. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

D. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness

33. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _________.

A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness

B. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties

C. teach people how to enjoy their lives

D. tell the public that happiness is not related to fun

34. In the author’s opinion, marriage____________.

A. indicates duty and devotion B. leads to raising children

C. affords greater fun D. usually ends up in pain

35. Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?

A. Winning lottery by accident. 　　 B. A single man resisting marriage.

C. Raising children. 　　 D. Buying some fancy clothes.

第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10 分)

根据短文内容, 从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。

Preparing family meals used to be a full-time job in America. 36 Government records from a century ago show that women spent about 44 hours a week preparing meals and cleaning up afterward.

37 There are specialty stores where people can buy restaurant-quality equipment. And there are more foods available from around the world than ever before.

38 Women are now about half the country's workforce. Who has time to make a big meal when you can buy something ready to heat in the microwave?

For thirty years the NPD Group, a market research company, has studied the eating behaviors of Americans. In 1980, more than 70% of the main dishes served at the evening meal -- what Americans call dinner -- were prepared at home. Today fewer than 60% are homemade.

Susan Fisher is a nutrition professor at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She says some people may cook a big meal just once a month or for special events. She says much of the recent interest in cooking has more to do with the idea of a homemade meal than with the ability to do it night after night. “ 39 It smells wonderful, but you can buy it for two to three dollars a loaf.”

Susan Fisher says most people do not have the time or money to buy all their food from local farmers and prepare it at home. But that does not mean they lack interest in gaining valuable skills. 40

A. Today women still do most of the cooking.

B. People had to cut firewood, pump water from the ground and so on.

C. For example, she currently has a waiting list for students wanting to take her food canning class.

D. Eating more meals at home could reduce the amount of salt and fat in the American diet.

E. It's a neat idea to have home-cooked bread.

F. Today, kitchens are bigger and better-equipped than ever.

G. Yet many families have less time to cook and enjoy meals together.

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, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is 41 young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule 42 my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a 43 in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so 44 . I told her that I 45 they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great 46 . My manager, who 47 to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long 48 about how sensitive Americans are and 49 they dislike the description “old ”. I then walked back to the table and 50 to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by 51 differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are 52 of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such a(n) 53 have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people 54 they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a 55 since “old” shows a person is going to retire or 56 the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from 57 old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them 58 they had 59 to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the 60 I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

41. A. why

42. A. stuck to

43. A. customer

44. A. slowly

45. A. heard of

46. A. happiness

47. A. seemed

48. A. discussion

49. A. so

50. A. showed

51. A. physical

52. A. upset

53. A. age

54. A. but

55. A. problem

56. A. what

57. A. changing

58. A.to feeling

59. A. managed

60. A. mind

B. that

B. led to

B. boss

B. coldly

B. made sure

B. belief

B. happened

B. debate

B. such

B. sang

B. cultural

B. afraid

B. height

B. although

B. question

B. how

B. exchanging

B. to feel

B. tried

B. plan

C. how

C. switched to

C. builder

C. quickly

C. learned from

C. doubt

C. turned

C. comment

C. how

C. apologized

C. mental

C. happy

C. weight

C. so

C. chance

C. which

C. growing

C. feeling

C. failed

C. way

D. whether

D. turned to

D. waiter

D. warmly

D. gave up

D. displeasure

D. appeared

D. lecture

D. what

D. said

D. understanding

D. proud

D. position

D. because

D. way

D. that

D. transforming

D. felt

D succeeded

D. idea

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。

Charlie Chaplin, born in a poor family, showed an astonishing talent as a performer as soon as he could walk. 61 (unfortunate) , his father died when he was young, 62 (leave) his family even worse off. But he worked very hard. In 63 teens, he could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks, whom no one was bored watching. Later on, Charlie wrote, directed, produced and starred in a series 64 funny movies, which made people laugh at a time 65 they felt depressed, so they could feel more content 66 their lives. His subtle acting made everything 67 (entertain). The little tramp, who was a 68 (home) man with a moustache, large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat, was one of 69 most outstanding parts he had ever played. His most famous film is The Gold Rush. In 1972 he 70 (give) a special Oscar for his outstanding work in film.

第四部分写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共1

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