贵州省毕节市大方县实验高级中学学年高一下学期半期考试英语试题.docx

1、贵州省毕节市大方县实验高级中学学年高一下学期半期考试英语试题秘密启用前 大方实验高中2014-2015学年度高一第二学期半期考试英语试卷（本试卷共8页，全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）注意事项：1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，答第卷时，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，考试结束，将答题卡交回。2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。不能答在试卷上，否则无效。第卷第一部分 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

2、，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 kind of music does the woman like best?A. Pop music B. Light music C. Classical music2. Where does the woman want to go?A. London B. Paris C. New York3. What happened to Bill last night?A. He moved the piano by hims

3、elf B. He broke his back C. He told a joke4.What does the woman think of the film?A. It is not good enough B. It is very good C. It is a terrible movie5. What can we learn about the woman?A. She missed her home B. She was tired of hotels C. She enjoyed traveling 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。

4、每段对话或独白后有2-4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题给出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至8题。6. What will the man do this Sunday?A.Go swimming B. Do some sports C. Do his homework7. What is the man?A. An athlete B.A college student C. A senior high school student8. What do

5、es the woman promise to do if the man enters college?A. Take him to swim B. Take him for a trip C. Do some sports with him听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9.When will Granddads 70th birthday party be held?A. On Sunday B. On Saturday C. On Friday10.How will the man go to Granddads party?A.He Will take a taxi B. He wi

6、ll drive his own car C. The woman will pick him up11.What present will the woman buy for Granddad?A. A mirror B. Some CDs. C. A leather suitcase听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12.Why is the woman calling?A. To book a room in a hotel B. To rent a house for the holiday C. To share a room with anther family 13.How ma

7、ny people are there in the womans family?A. Three B. Four C. Five14.How much should the woman pay altogether?A. 600 B.900 C.1,800听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.Who is Jacks doctor?A. Bob B. Johnson C. Daisy16.What do we learn about Jacks wife?A. She is good at cooking. B. She has been dead for years. C. She is

8、 making good money as a model17.What does the man say about Jacks daughter?A. She is always caring about herselfB. She is careless and lazy about her school workC. She loves her father and gets along well with her father听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Why was the speaker excited?A. She liked to teach children

9、 B. It was her first time going abroadC. She was paid to be a teacher for the first time.19.Where is the speaker from?A. Canada B. America C. Japan 20.How did the speaker feel about the students questions at first?A. Angry B. Moved C. Uncomfortable第二部分 阅读理解（共两节， 满分40分）第1节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） AWe can

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12、 tidy? If you hope to get the job paid at $ 20 once, call us this evening 18:0020:00. Tel: 8633800.21 _ are needed in AL Hotel.A. Cleaners B. Reporters C. Waiters D. Help 22. If you like children and have twoday free,you can call atfor a job.A. 8766588 B. 8558336 C. 8556779 D. 863380023. If the owne

13、r of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house once a day, how much will the cleaner get in a week?A. $ 120. B. $ 140. C. $ 160. D. $ 180.24. The above job ads are probably from _.A. a science book B. a story book C. a text book D. a newspaper After the terrible car accident, the whole world

14、had been completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years, for he became both blind and deaf after the doctor had saved him The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such a sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life His family, especially his wife did their best t

15、o tend and comfort him By and by he finally regained the courage to live on On a hot summer afternoon he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once He stood under a larger tree in order not to get himself wet Unfortunately he was struck down to the ground b

16、y a lightning The witnesses （目击者）thought him dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water below the tree He felt that he was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he didnt dare to believe that he saw a plough（犁） lying near the wall When Mrs. Edwards came running u

17、p to him， she shouted to their neighbors for help And he saw her and heard her voice for the first time in nearly 10 years The news of Roberts regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread in his area And many doctors came to prove the truth of the newsMost of them said that he gained sight and hea

18、ring again obviously from the knock of lightning; none of them could give convincing（令人信服的） reasons，however The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Edwards lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock in a terrible accident，perhaps the only way for them to rega

19、in was by another sudden shock25What did Edwards see first after being struck down by the lightning？ AHis wife BThe larger tree CA plough DThe lightning itself26Which of the following is NOT true？ AEdwards had been blind and deaf for nearly ten years BDoctors held the belief that Edwards was never r

20、eally blind or deaf CEdwards lost all his senses for about 20 minutes after the lightning had struck him down. D Edwards woke up with his face in mud27What was Edwards doing when he was struck by the lightning？ AHiding from the rain under a tree B. Driving a car C. Taking a walk DLying on the ground

21、 in muddy water28How did Edwards get his sight and hearing once more according to the doctor？ AHe regained them from a head injury when he fell from a tree BHis wifes first visit after almost ten years made him so happy that he regained them CThe lightning took the feeling from his legs and gave the

22、 senses of sight and hearing to his head DThe blow that caused him blind and deaf was very severe, so it took another severe blow to regain them C Lisa is ten years old She is handicapped(残疾) because she has brain damage She could not do even the simplest thing until a year agoShe could not comb her

23、 hair or feed herself Her parents loved herAnd they treated her like a baby Mr. Ching has a daughter and a son They are both grown They live far from their father Mr. Ching felt lonely He decided to become a foster grandfather(继祖父) to a handicapped child And that was how he met LisaFoster grandparen

24、ts are grandparents who are not related by birth but foster grandparents love the children they care for They also help the handicapped children in special ways They help to dress and feed the children They read to them and tell them storiesThey also help with handicapped childrens therapy Therapy（疗

25、法） is the treatment of a disease or disorder It helps the children overcome their handicaps Mr. Ching became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old At first, Lisa was shy She was afraid because Mr Ching was a stranger But he came to see her every day Gradually she began to trust hi

26、m At last Lisa let Mr. Ching do things for her Ching speaks for most foster grandparents when he says, “We all benefit(受益) The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful lives And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us For any person, theres no greater ha

27、ppiness than that!”29Why did Lisa need help？ AShe was a baby BShe did not want to do anything CShe had brain damage DShe was a blind girl30What does the underlined word “foster” in Paragraph 2 mean？ ANot related by birth BRelated by birth CElderly DWarm-hearted 31Which five things do foster grandpar

28、ents do for handicapped children？ ahelp with their treatment bdress them clive in their homes dfeed them echarge them money fread to them gtell them stories h make fun of them A. (a, b, d, e, f) B. (a, b, d, f, g) C. (b, c, d, f, g ) D. (a, c, e, f, h ) DWhat will man be like in the future in 5,000

29、or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are abo

30、ut three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity(容量). As time goes on, however, we s

31、hall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need our brains more and more, and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we tend to make les