安徽省黄山市学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、安徽省黄山市学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题黄山市20162017学年度第二学期期末质量检测高一英语试题第卷第一部分 听力(共两节)第一节(共5小题) 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。1How does the woman probably feel?ASurprised. BDisappointed. CAngry. 2What does the woman mean?AShe hasnt started yet.BShe has jus

2、t Started.CShe has finished.3What will the woman do this afternoon?AGo to a concert with the man.BTake care of her parents.CWait for the washing machine to be repaired.4Where does the conversation probably take place?AAt an airport. BIn a restaurant. CIn a post office.5Which flight will the man prob

3、ably take?AThe 6 oclock flight this afternoon.BThe 2 oclock flight tomorrow afternoon.CThe 6 oclock flight tomorrow afternoon.第二节(共15小题) 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,井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。6When will the movie be over?A

4、In five minutes. BIn ten minutes. CIn fifteen minutes.7Where is the parking 10t?ABehind the movie theater.BBeside the cinema.CBehind a tall building.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8Where are the mans glasses?AOn his nose. BAbove the mirror. CIn the bathroom.9What does the man usually forget?AHis phone. BHis wallet.

5、 CHis fishing line.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10Which of the following is true about Tahiti. according to the woman?AIts perhaps, located in the Northern Pacific Ocean.BIts mostly formed from volcanic activity.CIts the highest island in French Polynesia.11What is the islands official language?AEnglish. BTahit

6、ian. CFrench.12What is Tahiti famous for?AIts beach scenery. BIts food. CIts population.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13What is the man?AA student. BA graduate CA teacher.14When does the man want to have his phone disconnected?AOn June 15. BOn July 18. COn July 19.15Where is the man now?AIn Shanghai. BIn Beijing

7、. CIn Xian.16What does the man ask about at last?AChanging a home phone plan.BPaying for his phone bill.CGetting some money back.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17What did Kim see when the car crash took place?AA trunk. BA tree branch. CAnother car.18Which part did Kim get injured most probably?AHer ears. BHer ha

8、nds. CHer head.19What did Kim use to break the car window?AHer foot. BHer head. CHer hands.20What can we learn from the talk?AKim started driving a car at 16.BKim fainted twice after, getting out of the car.CKims car exploded after she got out of it,第二部分 阅读理解(共两节)第一节(共15小题)阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项。(A、B、C、D)

9、中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Imagine the tallest building in the United States. Fill that large building 44 times with rotten (腐烂的)fruits and vegetablesNow you know how much food Americans waste every year It is hard to believe, right? About 133 .billion pounds of food get .thrown away. Thats one, third of

10、 all the food we produce. And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason: Its ugly. The problem is that nature isnt perfect. Apples can get scarred(留下疤痕)by storms. Cucumbers grow in C shapes. Carrots change into unusual fork-like forms. Watermelons get too big to fit on a refrigerator shelf. T

11、hese crazy-looking fruits and vegetables may .taste great. But most grocery stores refuse to sell them. Store owners say people judge food by how it looks. No one wants a tomato that looks like a two-headed monster. (怪物). But what if you could buy that tomato for half-price? A new movement is trying

12、 to make people see the beauty in ugly food. Some stores are selling ugly produce. It tastes the same. And you pay less for it because the. food doesnt, look perfect. Usually, the stores find a nicer word than ugly; A Canadian chain uses naturally imperfect. In some US stores, its misfit produce. Wh

13、atever you call it, ugly food helps many .people. Farmers get paid for food they were going to have to throw away. Shoppers get cheaper fruits and vegetables. The ugly-food movement will also help some of the 44 million Americans who dont have enough to eat. Many groups give the ugly produce to hung

14、ry people. So really, who cares if that carrot looks a little . ugly?21We can know from the text that _.Afood is thrown mostly because it goes badBfood waste is a serious problem in AmericaCthe uglier the food is, the better it tastesDAmerica produces more food than Americans can eat22What is the be

15、auty in ugly food?AIt tastes the same but costs much less.BIt does much good to people.CIt is useful to hungry people.DIt tastes just as good as normal-looking produce.23The ugly-food movement is intended to _.Acall on people to help the poorBpersuade grocery stores to sell ugly produceCprove the va

16、lue 0fugty produceDadvise people not to waste foodB In recent years, little free libraries of all shapes and sizes have popped up. Often built by community members, they could be found on street corners and the sidewalks across the United States, hoping to share their book collections with their nei

17、ghbors. Minneapolis, Minnesota, even hosted the first Little Free Library Festival, where book fans came together to promote literacy (读写能力)in their communities For the most part, little free libraries have more in common with book sharing shelves in hotels, local parks, coffee shops and other publi

18、c spaces than the traditional public library. Based on the rule of take a book, leave a book, these little libraries can take many forms from birdhouse-like wooden structures to redesigned newspaper selling machines, Robert Wirsing writes for the Bronx Times. The little free library organization beg

19、an when a citizen of Hudson, Wisconsin, named Todd Bol built a little one-room schoolhouse, filled it with books and placed it in his front yard to honor his mother who passed away in 2009. Together with a local educator named Rick Brooks, the two began placing little free libraries across Wisconsin

20、 and sharing the idea with people across the country. Something we are eager for in this information age is that connection between people, Bol tells Margret Aldrich for Book Riot. I want to show how Little Free Library is about readers inspiring readers. It goes on and on. While Little Free Librari

21、es seem like a harmless means to promote literacy by sharing books with neighbors, a few of the roadside landing libraries have caused minor legal problems. officials in Los Angeles and Shreveport, Louisiana, have told some citizens that their homemade libraries broke city roles and that they would

22、have to remove them to avoid being fined. Still, little free libraries have been well accepted by their commnunities. For anyone interested in making their own at home, the organization has posted helpful tips and guides for building the little book lending boxes in their neighborhoods.24What can we

23、 know about the little free libraries in America?AThey are state-owned.BThey are popular nationally.CThey are set up to sell books.DThey help those with no books to read.25What is a common character of little free libraries?AThey lie in many public places.BThey share a large collection of books.CThe

24、y compete with traditional public libraries.DThey exist mainly in the form of wooden houses.26What is Todd Bols primary aim of building, a library?ATo remember his dead mother.BTo help people form a habit of reading.CTo set an example to other communities.DTo share his knowledge, with other citizens

25、.27What does Todd Bol think of the little free libraries?AThey cause minor legal problems.BThey should continue to exist.CThey mean a lot to community members.DThey should be supported by the government.C JOHANNESBURGThey say cats have nine livesNow a Chinese toad(蟾蜍)has joined the club of clever su

26、rvivors South Africans are shocked by a toad that got trapped in a ship from China to Cape Town, after jumping into a candlestick(烛台)that was made thereSouth African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wil

27、d. But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a south African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg to an animal center, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour flight was comfortable compared to the trip from China, a long way of many w

28、eeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean. Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got first-class treatment, sitting in a plastic container together with Brett Glasby, an expert looking, after animals. There was even a ceremony, in which the toads boarding pass was handed to Glas

29、by. He was the star of the Show on the flight. He was the unusual passenger, I think every passenger stopped to have a look. Kaiser said. On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. It belongs to

30、the Asian Toad species. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate-methods that help the species survive in times of drought(干旱). Weve had snakes in imported wood and insects in fruit. We w

31、ere called because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out. Glasby, the expert, told The Star, a South African newspaper.28The underlined phrase an invasive species in second paragraph may refer to _.Asomething which is not used to the local conditionsBsomething which is probably harmful to the native creaturesCsomething which has never appeared in local areasDsomething which is greatly good to the local people29The toad was able to arrive in South Africa alive _.Abecause it s