广东省佛山市某知名学校高一英语下学期第一次段考试题.docx

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广东省佛山市某知名学校高一英语下学期第一次段考试题

佛山一中2015-2016学年度下学期第一次段考高一级英语试题

（本试卷共8页，满分为150分，考试时间120分钟）

第一部分：

听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节：

听力理解（共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分）

材料及问题播放两遍。

每段后有两个小题，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。

1.Whatdoesthemanwanttodotonight?

A.Seeaplay.B.Watchagame.C.Goouttothepub.

2.Whatwillthewomandonext?

A.Makeacall.B.Readamagazine.C.Makesomecoffee.

听下面一段对话，回答第3—4题。

3.Whatisthewoman’sdestination?

A.UnionSquare.B.BatteryPark.C.Abusstop.

4.Whatdoweknowabouttheman?

A.Heisverykind.B.Hecan’ttellcolorsapart.

C.Hedrivesreallyfast.

听下面一段对话，回答第5—6题。

5.Whatdidthemanbuyinthedepartmentstoreyesterday?

A.Asportssuit.B.Apairofsunglasses.

C.Apairoftrainingshoes.

6.Whydidthemanlosehispassport,accordingtotheconversation?

A.Hewastoocareless.B.Hewasverytired.

C.Hewasn’tverywell

第二节回答问题（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）

听下面一段短文，然后回答问题。

短文和问题读两遍。

7._________________________________________________________

8._________________________________________________________

9._________________________________________________________

10.________________________________________________________

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

Ittooksometimeforspringtoarrivebutnowit’sherethatUK’sgardensareenjoyingit.Manyflowersthatwouldusuallybeoverbynowarestillattheirbest.Herearesomeofthebestgardensrightnow.

KewGardens,London

Therockgardenisoneoftheplacestohead

foratKewrightnow.Itwillbeatitspeakinthedaysahead.Thegardenhaswaterfallsandstreamsover

theland,andmanyplantsandflowerbudsareallattheirbest.Equallythosewhocannotbemissedarethefloweringcherrytrees.

Opendaily9:

30am–6:

30pm,adults￡16,childrenfree.

WentworthCastleGardens,nearBarnsley

AyellowcarpetsurroundsWentworthCastleatthemoment,asthedaffodils（水仙花）arestillinfullbloom.AnotherwonderfulspotistheVictorianflowergarden,createdfromanoldbowling（保龄球）greeninthe19thcentury.

Opendaily10:

00am–5:

00pm,adults￡5.50,children￡2.95,family￡12.50.

HarlowCarr,Harrogate

Theearlierbadweathermeansmanydaffodilvarietieswereextremelylate,butatHarlowCarrplentyoftheplantscanbefoundatthemoment.Thegarde

nalsohasoneofthelongeststreamsideplantingsinthecountry.

Opendaily9:

30am–6:

00pm,adults￡8.50,children￡4.25,family￡20.70.

BonStewart,Newtownards

TherearegreatsmellsaswellasgreatsightatBonStewart:

LadyLondonderry,whocreatedthegardeninthe1920sand1930s,loveplantswithasweetsmell.SogouptoRhododendron（杜鹃花）hill.It’soneofthebestplaceshererightnow.

Opendaily:

10:

00am—6:

00pm,adults￡6.63,children￡3.31,family￡16.00.

11.Toenjoypleasant-smellingflowers,youmightvisit_______.

A.KewGardensB.HarlowCarr

C.BonStewartD.WentworthCastleGardens

12.Youcanprobablyenjoytheflowersbesidethestreamin________.

A.KewGardensandBonStewart

B.HarlowCarrandKewGardens

C.BonStewartandHarlowCarr

D.WentworthCastleGardensandBonStewart

13.WhatcanwelearnaboutWentworthCastleGardens?

A.Itoffersagreatplacetoplaybowling.

B.Itissurroundedbyfloweringcherrytrees.

C.Itprovidestheshortestvisitingtimeinaday.

D.Itchargesacouplewithachildatleast￡13.95.

B

SanFranciscohasitscablecars.SeattlehasitsSpaceneedle.And,Longviewhasitssquirrel（松鼠）bridge.Thebridge,whichhasattractedinternationalattention,isnowalocallandmark.

TheNuttyNarrowsBridgewasbuiltin1963byalocalbuilder,AmosPeters,togivesquirrelsawaytocrossthebusyroadwithoutgettingflattenedbypassingcars.

TheoriginalbridgewasbuiltoverOlympiaWayonthewestedgeofthelibrarygrounds.Beforethebridgewasbuilt,squirrelshadtoavoidtraffictoandfromtheParkPlazaofficebuildingwhereofficestaffputoutanuttyfeastforthesquirrels.Manytimes,PetersandotherswhoworkedinandnearParkPlazawitnessedsquirrelsbeingrunover.

OnedayPetersfoundadeadsquirrelwithanutstillinitsmouthandthatday’scoffeebreakdiscussionturnedintosquirrelsafety.ThegroupofbusinessmencookedupthesquirrelbridgeideaandformedacommitteetoasktheblessingoftheCityCouncil（市政会）.Thecouncilapproved,andCouncilwomanBessLaRivierejokinglynamedthebridge“NuttyNarrows”.

Afterarchitectsdesignedthebridge,AmosPetersandBillHutchstartedconstruction.Theybuiltthe60-footbridgefromaluminum（铝）andlengthsoffirehose（消防水带）.Itcost$1,000.

Itdidn’ttakelongbeforereportsofsquirrelsusingthebridgestarted.Squirrelswereevenseenguidingtheiryoungandteachingthemtheropes.Thestorywaspickedupbythemedia,andNuttyNarrowsbecameknowninnewspapersallovertheworld.

In1983,after20yearsofuse,Peterstookdowntheworn-outbridge.Repairsweremadeandcrosspieceswerereplaced.ThefadedsignwasrepaintedandinJuly1983,hundredsofanimalloversattendedthecompletionceremonyofthenewbridge.

Petersdiedin1984,andaten-footwoodensquirrelsculpturewasplacednearthebridgeinmemoryofitsbuilderandhisdevotiontotheproject.

14.Theunderlinedwords“gettingflattened”inthesecondparagraphmean“being______”.

A.killedB.guidedC.stolenD.raised

15.TheNuttyNarrowsBridgewasbuiltto_______.

A.Providedriversconvenientwaytopass

B.HonorthebuildernamedBessLaRiviere

C.Spread60-footfirehose

D.Helpsquirrelscrossthehighway

16.Therebuildingofthebridgewasbecause_______.

A.itwasmadeofwood

B.itwastoonarrow

C.itwastooold

D.therepairsweretooexpensive

17.Thebesttitleforthisarticlewouldbe______.

A.NuttyNarrows–PassageofLife

B.Lovelysquirrels,Warm-heartedDrivers

C.Squirrels,WhoCares?

D.AWorn-outBridgeAndItsHistory

C

Clearlyifwearetoparticipateinthesocietyinwhichwelive,wemustcommunicatewitho

therpeople.Agreatdealofcommunicatingisperformedonaperson-to-personbasisbythesimplemeansofspeech.Ifwetravelinbuses,buythingsinshops,oreatinrestaurants,wearelikelytohaveconversationswherewegiveinformationoropinions,receivenewsorcomment,andverylikelytohaveourviewschallengedbyothermembersofsociety.

Face-to-facecontactisbynomeanstheonlyformofcommunicationandduringthelasttwohundredyearstheartofmasscommunicationhasbecomeoneofthedominatingfactorsofcontemporarysociety.Twothings,aboveothers,havecausedtheenormousgrowthofthecommunicationindustry.Firstly,inventivenesshasledtoadvancedimprinting,telecommunicationsphotography,radioandtelevision.Secondly,speedhasrevolutionizedthetransmission（传输）andreceptionofcommunicationssothatlocalnewsoftentakesabackseattonationalnews,whichitselfisoftenalmosteclipsed（侵蚀）byinternationalnews.

Nolongeristhepossessionofinformationconfinedto（只限于）aprivilegedminority.Inthelastcenturythewealthymanwithhisownlibrarywasindeedfortunate,buttodaytherearepub

liclibraries.Foryearsagopeopleusedtoflocktothecinema,butnowfarmorepeoplesitathomeandturnontheTVtowatchaprogrammethatisbeingchanneledintomillionsofhomes.

Communicationisnolongermerelyconcernedwiththetransmissionofinformation.Themoderncommunicationindustryinfluencesthewaypeopleliveinsocietyandbroadenstheirhorizonsbyallowingaccesstoinformation,educationandentertainment.Theprinting,broadcastingandadvertisingindustriesareallinvolvedwithinforming,educatingandentertaining.

Althoughagreatdealofthematerialcommunicatedbythemassmediaisveryvaluabletotheindividualandtothesocietyofwhichheispart,thevastmodernnetworkofcommunicationsisopentoabuse（滥用）.However,themassmediaarewithusforbetter,forworse,andthereisnoturningback.

18.Inthefirstparagraph,thewriteremphasizesthe___________offace-to-facecontactinsocialsetting.

A.natureB.limitationC.creativityD.usefulness

19.Itisimpliedinthepassagethat______.

A.localnewsusedtobetheonlysourceofinformation

B.localnewsstilltakesasignificantplace

C.nationalnewsisbecomingmorepopular

D.internationalnewsisthefastesttransmittednews

20.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Possessinginformationusedtobeaprivilege.

B.Publiclibrarieshavereplacedtheprivatecompletely.

C.Communicationmeansmorethantransmissionofinformation.

D.Informationinfluenceswaysoflifeandthinking.

21.Fromthelastparagraphwecaninferthatthewriteris_________.

A.indifferenttotheharmfulinfluenceofthemassmedia

B.happyabouttheflexiblechangesinthemassmedia

C.pessimisticaboutthefutureofthemassmedia

D.concernedaboutthewronguseofthemassmedia

D

DarekFidyka,a38-year-oldBulgarian,hadbeenparalyzed（瘫痪的）fromthechestdownforfouryearsafteraknifeattack.ScientistsfromBritainandPolandtookcellsfromhisnose,transplanted（移植）themintohisbackandre-grewhisspinalcord（脊髓）.Nowhecanwalkandevendriveacar.Thedoctorsweredelightedbutsaiditwasthefirststepinalongjourney.

Thebreakthroughcameafter40yearsofresearchbyProfessorGeoffRaisman,whofoundthatcellshadthepossibilitytorepairdamagetonasal（鼻腔的）nerves,theonlypartofthenervoussystemthatconstantlyre-grows.“Theideawastotakesomethingfromanareawherethenervoussystemcanrepairitselfandputitintoanareathatdoesn’trepairitself,”ProfessorRaismansaid.

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