包33中学年度第二学期期中I考试 高一年级英语试题.docx

1、包33中学年度第二学期期中I考试 高一年级英语试题包33中2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考试 高一年级英语试题 第卷第一部分： 英语听力 （共20题；每小题1.5分满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What day is it today? A. Friday. B. Wednesday. C. Monday.2. What will the woman probably do? A. Pay more attention to the music. B. Play the music more quietly. C. Sto

2、p talking so much.3. How will the woman go to the town center? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By train.4. What test does the man hate? A. Math. B. Physics. C. English.5. When will the man probably arrive in New York? A. At 3:30 pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 6:30 pm.第二节（共15小题，每题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

3、请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Couple. B. Classmates. C. Neighbors.7. What do the two speakers plan to do? A. Stay at home. B. Go out for a walk. C. Go to buy a book.请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the woman going to do this summer? A. Go back to see

4、her family. B. Spend time at the seaside. C. Find a different job.9. Why does the woman think this will be a special summer? A. She will be with her whole family. B. Her uncle will come to visit her. C. She will have a long holiday.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. For whom is the woman buying the shoes? A. Her

5、self. B. Her son. C. Her grandson.11. What does the woman not care about the shoes? A. The design. B. The color. C. The price.12. How much change will the woman get? A. $35. B. $65. C. $75.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Which of the following basketball players does the man like best? A. LeBron James. B. Ste

6、ve Nash. C. Kobe Bryant.14. Where will the man go this summer? A. South Africa. B. Thailand. C. Finland.15. What will the woman probably do next? A. Call her husband. B. Book two airline tickets. C. Watch a basketball game.16. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. Hobbies. B. Jobs. C. S

7、tars.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What season is it now? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.18. How long will the sale last? A. For 20 days. B. For 21 days. C. For 22 days.19. Which has the lowest starting price? A. Jeans. B. Coats. C. Bags.20. Where is the second new store? A. In Southwest London. B. In Sou

8、theast London. C. In Northwest London.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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.A To American visitors, Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is different in so many ways from what he or she is used to seeing at home. There are quite a few

9、 things that are not done, or that do not exist on the island - quite a few Nos. There is no pollution, for instance. No dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is no television on Thursdays or during the entire month of July, and only three hours of black-and-white TV the rest of the ti

10、me. There is no hard liquor on Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There are no handguns; only one jail of thirty-five cells（牢房） in the entire land -an admirable figure, even for a small country of 313,376 people. There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping for anything. There are no la

11、rge stores open on Saturdays or Sundays. Since Iceland is situated just under the Arctic Circle, there is no darkness in summer and do daylight in winter. But thanks to Gulf Stream, the climate is rather mild, with temperatures ranging from 34 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees in July. The rules on t

12、elevision, liquor, and guns are the result of governmental decision. But the absence of pollution is due in great part to the fact that Iceland gets its power from the enormous(巨大的) geyser（间歇泉）and the thousands of hot springs that come out of the ground. They provide all the energy needed by the cou

13、ntry. In fact, Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power. Iceland has been described as a democratic (民主的) independent country where more fish are caught and more books published per person than anywhere else in the world. The Icelanders have always felt a particular love for literature

14、. They composed their first works in the ninth and tenth centuries AD. These works were poems and tales about the kings, heroes, and heroines of Iceland and Norway. At first the stories were memorized and passed from generation to generation. The Icelanders have never stopped writing ever since. “Ra

15、ther shoeless than bookless, they proudly say.21.American visitors enjoy visiting Iceland probably because . Ano dogs are permitted in the capital Bthe police do not carry handguns Cit is very different from America Dthe climate is rather mild.22.The following statements are true EXCEPT . Athere are

16、 no soldiers in Iceland Bthe Icelanders dont drink beer Cthere is no service fee of any kind Dthere are no crimes in Iceland23.There is no pollution in Iceland mainly because . AIceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power Bthe Icelanders use hot water from the ground below as their energy

17、 Cit is located just under the Arctic Circle Dit is a democratic independent country24.Rather shoeless than bookless means . Athey regard books more important than shoes. Bthey would rather have shoes on than write books Cthey prefer traveling to reading Dthey prefer not to have shoes or booksB I wa

18、s a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldnt take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and ga

19、ve me a quarter out of his coin changer.Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the butterm

20、ilk would magically appear.All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldnt freeze. And I reme

21、mber Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for s

22、ale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my sons friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stori

23、es of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.25. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer_. A. to show his magical power. B. to pay for the delivery C. to satisfy his curiosity. D. to please his mother.26. What can be inferred from the fact that

24、 the milkman had the key to the boys house? A. He wanted to have tea there. B .He was fully trusted by the family. C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was a respectable person27. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist? A.It has been driven out of the market. B. Nobody wants to be a milk

25、man now. C. Its service is getting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.28. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box? A. He planted flowers in it. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories. C. He missed it for his milk bottles.D. He missed the good old days. C Less than 60 percent of students no

26、w entering four-year American colleges are likely to graduate. The completion rate is lower for almost any other wealthy country, and worst for poor and minority students. On Tuesday President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school. He spoke on

27、 the first day of classes at a high school in Virginia. He talked about personal responsibility, and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties. “My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who had to work and struggled at times to pay

28、the bills and wasnt always able to give me things other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didnt fit in,” said President Obama. But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learnin

29、g. “Theres no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class or dropping out of school. Theres no excuse for not trying.” This was not the first presidential speech to students. Ronald Reagan spoke from the White House in 1998 and George H. W. Bush spoke from a school in Washington in 199

30、1 But many conservatives criticized plans for the speech. Some called it “socialized education” or federal interference in local schools. Others feared it would be too political. Some schools decided not to show the speech. But the White House released the text on Monday, and that calmed a lot of cr

31、itics. On Sunday, on the CBS program “Face the Nation”, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, “30 percent of students do not graduate from our school”. He called the dropout rate “staggering”(惊人的). It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but did not complete 12t

32、h grade.29. President Obama gave a nationally broadcast speech on Tuesday to _. Aencourage students to drop out when they dislike studies Bcriticize the students who talked back to their parents Ctell the students how he struggled to go to school in his childhood Dpersuade students to stick to schooling even if they