白城一中新版精编2高一英语上学期期中试题Word下载.docx

1、A.7:20 B.7:15 C. 7:003. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Jane B. A weekend trip. C. A radio programme.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train. B. See the man off. C. Go shopping.5. Why did the woman apologize? A. She made a late delivery. B. She went to the

2、wrong place. C. She couldnt take the cake back.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟:听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料.回答第6. 7题。6. Whose CD is broken?A. Kathys. B. Mums. C. Jacks.7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl?A. Buy

3、 her a new CD. B. Do some cleaning. C. Give her 10 dollars.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the man think of the meal?A. Just so-so. B. Quite satisfactory（满意的.） C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for?A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.听第8段材料，回答第I0至12题。10. Why is the man at

4、 the shop?A. To order a camera for his wife. B. To have a camera repaired. C. To get a camera changed.11. What colour does the man want?A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange.12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Make a phone call. B. Wait until further notice. C. Come again the next day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.

5、 What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play. B. Stay at home. C. Visit Kingston. 14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto? A. Attend a party. B. Meet her aunt. C. See a car show.I5. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave? A. To call up Betty. B. To buy some DVDs. C. To pick

6、 up Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers? B A. Classmates. B. Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourist.听第10段材料（一段对话），回答第17至20题。17. Where does Thomas Manning work? A. In the Guinness Company. B. At a radio station. C. In a museum.18. Where did the idea of a book of records come

7、from? A. A bird-shooting trip. B. A visit to Europe. C. A television talk show.19. When did Sir Hughs first book of records appear? A. In 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next? A. More records of unusual facts. B. The founder of the company.C. The oldest

8、 person in the world.第二部分 阅读第一节（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 Li Hua is currently studying at Cambridge,UK. She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security.Her friend,Kate,found this article and sent it to her.Introduction A lot of crime is against bicycl

9、es.About 150,000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found.You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.Basic Security Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places.Always lock your bicycle when you leave.Secure it to lampposts or trees.Take off smaller parts an

10、d take them with you,for example lights and saddles（车座）.Locks Get a good lock.There are many different types in the shops.Buy one that has been tested against attack.Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop.Marking Security marking your bike canact as a deterrent to a thief. It can also help the po

11、lice find your bicycle.It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number.This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.Registration There are a number of security companies who will help mark your bicycle for you.They will then put your registration numbe

12、r and personal details on their computer database.Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.Finally Keep a record of the bicycle yourself:its maker,model and registration number.You can even take a photograph of it.This will prove the bicycle belongs to you.21 .Which part of the t

13、ext gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it?A.Basic Security B.Marking. C.Registration. D.Locks. 22. The underlined phrase“act as a deterrent to a thief”means _.A.help you recognize your bikeB.help the police find your bicycleC.stop you worrying about your bikeD stop s

14、omeone stealing your bicycle23. The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle _.A.in the bike shop and your computerB.by yourself and in a security companyC.in a security company and your universityD in the police station and a security companyB Earthquake rescue robots have experienced t

15、heir final tests in Beijing.Their designers say with these robots,rescuers will be able to buy more time to save lives during an earthquake. This robot looking like a helicopter,is called the detector-bot.Its about 4 meters long,and it took about 4 years to develop the model.Its main functions （作用）

16、are to collect information from the air,and send goods of up to 30 kilos to people trapped by an earthquake. This robot has a high definition 360 degrees panoramic （全景） camera.It can work day and night and will also be able to send the latest pictures from the quake area. Dr.Qi Juntong,Chinese Acade

17、my of Science,said,“The most important feature of this robot is that it doesnt need a distant control.We just set the destination （目的地） information on it,and then it takes off,and lands by itself.It flies as high as 3,000 meters,and as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.” This robot has a different fun

18、ctionit can change as the environment changes.Its main job is to search for any signs of life in places where human rescuers are unable to go. As well as a detector （探测器） that finds victims and detects poisonous gas,a camera is placed in the 40 centimeters long robot, whichcan work in the dark. Anot

19、her use for the rescuers is the supply bot.With its 10-meter-long pipe,people who are trapped in the ruins,will be able to get supplies including oxygen and liquids. Experts have said that the robots will enter production,and serve as part of the national earthquake rescue team as soon as next year.

20、24 . According to the passage,this robot_.A.is carried by the helicopterB.weighs about 30 kilosC.hasnt been put into production so far.D.is a machine with a length of 10 meters25.Dr.Qi Juntong thinks this robot is different from the others mainly because_.A.it has more functionsB.it has a unique sha

21、peC.it has more advanced camerasD.it can work by himself once given the information26.The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 6 refers to_.A a detector B.a camera C.a rescuer D.a supply27.The text is mainly about_.A.an introduction to the robotB.what the robot looks likeC.how the robot is madeD.inf

22、ormation about earthquakesC Although his 1-year-old smart-phone still works perfectly, Li Jijia already feels the need to replace it.“There are many better ones available now. Its time to upgrade（更新）my phone.”Lis impatience is shared by many. Shortly after the season when new products are released（发

23、布,发售）, many consumers feel the urge to upgrade their electronic equipment, even though the ones they have still work just fine.As consumers minds are occupied by Apples newly released products and debate whether the Google tablet is better than the new Amazon Kindle, it might be time to take a step

24、back and ask: “Do we really need the latest upgrades?”According to Donald Norman, an American author, “planned obsolescence （淘汰）” is the trick behind the upgrading culture of todays consumer electronics industry.Electronics producers strategically release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware

25、 and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.“This is an old-time trick-theyre not inventing anything new,” Norman said. “This is a wasteful system through which companies-many of them producing personal electronics- release poor-quality products simply bec

26、ause they know that, in six months or a year, theyll put out a new one.”But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Norman admitted, “We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.” In its most recent year, Apples profit margin（利润） was more than 21 percent. At

27、Hewlett-Packard, the worlds biggest PC maker, it was only 7 percent.Apples annual upgrades of its products create sales of millions of units as owners of one years MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version（版本）, even when the changes are slight.As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his sma

28、rt-phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When they are switching to the latest equipment, he worries about feeling left out. “Some games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you dont join in, you lose part of the connection to your friends.”28. Whats the authors attitude towards p

29、eoples greed for new products?A. Supportive B.Optimistic. C. Critical D.Unclear.29.How do the electronics companies successfully promote their latest products? A. They make a fool of customers by recycling their old products. B.They make full use of the “planned obsolescence” strategy. C.They contro

30、l the customers way of thinking while shopping. D.They invent new products to attract the youth like Li Jijia.30.Why is Apple Company interested in producing latest version of its product? A.To provide customers with better service. B.To defeat other competitors like Hewlett-Packard. C.To establish a favorable image of itself among its customers. D.To make huge profits（利润） out of its business.31.It can be inferred （推断）from the last two p