四川省遂宁市第二中学学年高一英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、四川省遂宁市第二中学学年高一英语上学期期中试题四川省遂宁市第二中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期中试题本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两大部分。满分150分，考试时间：120分钟。第I卷 选择题 (三部分，共100分)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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is the boy looking for?A. A newspap

2、er. B. A magazine. C. A copy machine.2. What size shirt does the woman want?A.S. B. M. C. L.3. When will the man probably take a vacation?A. On August 2nd. B. On August 31st. C. On July 28th. 4 Whats the weather like today?A. It is very cold. B. It rains heavily. C. It snows heavily.5. What kind of

3、cookies did John eat?A. Ice-cream cookies. B. Chocolate cookies. C. Butter cookies. 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. How long hasnt the woman had a vacation?A. For three

4、years. B. For four years. C. For five years.7. What will the woman do next?A. Make a travel plan. B. Take a vacation. C. Talk with her husband.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How many bands will play in the MTV Awards?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.9. What can we learn about Karen Mok?A. She is very young. B. She is a

5、n English teacher.C. She can speak French. 听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。10. What is the relationship between Anna and Jean?A. Sisters. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.11. What does Jean want to be in the future?A. An artist. B. A toilet cleaner. C. A scientist.12. What does the boy ask Anna to do?A. Help

6、 Jean with her study. B. Call to apologize to Jean.C. Do homework for Jean.听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。13.When is the talk show?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.14. What does a green invention mean?A. A green-colored product.B. An environmentally-friendly invention.C. An invention inv

7、ented by famous inventors.15. What can reusable water bottles be used to do?A. Reuse water. B. Reduce plastic waste. C. Save water.16. Which energy is the cleanest?A. The solar energy. B. The coal energy. C. The gas energy.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。17. What did Lauren Castillo like to do as a kid?A. Draw p

8、ictures. B. Read in the library. C. Buy picture books.18. What can we know about her nana?A. She lived in the city. B. She liked travelling. C. She used to read books.19. What is the best part of her job?A. Telling stories to children. B. Choosing materials for painting.C. Sharing her books with stu

9、dents.20. Where is Lauren Castillos studio?A. In front of the New York City. B. Next to her apartment. C. In her apartment.第二部分、阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWinners ClubYou choose to be a winner!The Winners Club is a bank account speciall

10、y designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!Its a club with impressive features for teenagers:No account keeping fees

11、!Youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!Excellent interest rates!You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them

12、out in a month.Convenient!Teenagers are busy we get that, you may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet. You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be

13、 your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!Free magazine included!Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.The Winners Club is a grea

14、t choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We cant wait to hear from you. It is the best way to choose to be a winner!21. What can we know from the pas

15、sage about the Winners Club?A. Special gifts are ready for parents. B. The bank opens only on workdays.C. Services are convenient for its members. D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.22. If you want to be a member of the Winners Club, you must .A. be an Internet user B. be permitted by you

16、r parentC. make 2 deposits per month D. participate in the club competitions23. What is the purpose of this text?A. To set up a club. B. To provide part-time jobs.C. To organize key-cards. D. To introduce a new banking serviceBA jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The

17、HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and Ill send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”The man replied, “But I dont have a computer, neither an e-mail.”“Im sorry,” said t

18、he HR manager. “If you dont have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And who doesnt exist cannot have the job. ”The man left with no hope at all. He didnt know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomato

19、es from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars. The man realized that he can survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripl

20、ed every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his familys future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker and chose a p

21、rotection plan. When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I dont have an e-mail.”The broker answered curiously, “You dont have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man th

22、ought for a while and replied, “Yes, Id be an office boy at Microsoft!”24. The underlined word “triple” can be replaced by _. A. become 3 times B. decrease quicklyC. increase quickly D. become large25. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. The man is one of the biggest food ret

23、ailers in the world. B. He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.C. Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.D. The man didnt give up though he failed the interview.26. The man can be described as _. A. helpful and considerate B. positive and generousC. smart and hardworking

24、D. stubborn（顽固的）and unselfish27. Which proverb can best describe the story?A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. Misfortune may be an actual blessing.C. Accidents will happen. D. No pains, no gains. CYou have just won five million yuan in a lottery( 彩票) -how would you spend it? Before you kno

25、w it, ten minutes had gone on daydreaming. There is a time and a place for daydreaming, but we dont have much control over that. Isnt it worrying that an estimated 30 to 50 percent of our waking time is spent daydreaming? What if your dentist is having that lottery daydream while removing your rotte

26、n tooth?Some studies suggest daydreaming makes us unhappy because we are not focusing on what is around us but are instead thinking about the past or future. However, a recent study published in the journal Neuropsychologica finds that mind-wandering can be of benefit to us. The researchers measured

27、 the brain patterns of more than 100 people using an MRI(核磁共振成像) scanner. This data was compared with tests on creative ability and a questionnaire on how much their minds usually wandered. Those whose minds wandered the most scored higher in creative ability tests and had more efficient brain syste

28、ms measured in the MRI machine.Being efficient at mind-wandering means you can zone out and then naturally tune back in without missing any important point or step. Christine Godwin, the lead author of the latest study from the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that if you are focusing on diffic

29、ult tasks, your performance will drop if your mind wanders. “But when tasks are easy, people who have high cognitive ability can let their minds wander because it does not affect their performance. You may be thinking about upcoming goals or problem-solving. These are some of the positive sides to m

30、ind-wandering.”Mind-wandering can vary between being more practical or more emotional. What mind -wandering seems to be best at, researchers say, is coming up with new solutions to old problems. So, its not always a waste of time!28. The first paragraph serves as (n) .A. explanation B. background C.

31、 comment D. introduction 29. The study published in Neuropsychologica shows that .A. mind-wandering is related to creative ability B. we are focusing on the past or futureC. daydreaming makes us unhappyD. MRI scanner is helpful in measuring the brain patterns30. What does the underlined phrase in pa

32、ragraph 3 mean?A. Focus on. B. Get distracted C. Be affected. D. Have control.31. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Mind-wandering might be dangerous.B. Mind-wandering is not a waste of time.C. Daydreaming might bring benefits . D. Daydreaming is hard to be controlled.DThere is an English saying that says, “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.” It means not bringing up an old problem. Researche