河南省郑州市学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题和答案.docx

1、河南省郑州市学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题和答案河南省郑州市2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节,满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转写到答题卡上。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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What are the two speakers talking about the house?A. Its vie

2、w. B. Its decoration. C. Its shape.2. How long will it actually take them to complete the walk?A. 20 minutes. B. 22 minutes. C. 42 minutes.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the hotel. B. At the meeting. C. On the phone.4. What will Julia do next?A. Stay in love with Tony. B. B

3、reak up with Tony. C. Help Tony stop drinking.5. Why does Jane look unhappy?A. She had her money stolen.B. She left her money in the bus.C. A young man bumped into her.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

4、。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What did the woman think of the bike trip?A. Interesting. B. Exciting. C. Tiring.7. What are they going to do tomorrow?A. Rest in a hotel. B. Go to the beach. C. Continue the bike trip.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What are they going to do this Friday?A. See a film. B. Go out f

5、or a drive. C. Find a western restaurant.9. How will they go out this Friday?A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By car.10. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Lovers.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What sports are popular in Johns country?A. Tennis and golf.B. Fo

6、otball and swimming.C. Table tennis and basketball.12. Which sport are most people afraid to try?A. Golf. B. Table tennis. C. Extreme sports.13. Why do few people play golf in Johns country?A. They dont like it. B. Its expensive for them. C. Therere few courses for it. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Which is

7、the function (作用) of bones?A. Keeping people healthy.B. Moving along the ground.C. Protecting the inside of the body.15. Which food is good for bones in the mans opinion?A. Milk. B. Fruit. C. Meat.16. Why should people do regular exercise? A. To form a structure. B. To relax their muscles. C. To mak

8、e their bones strong. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What do Mark and his wife do for a living?A. Sell vegetables. B. Run a guest house. C. Make gardening experiments.18. How many hours of direct sunshine do tomato plants actually need every day?A. Five. B. Eight. C. Twelve.19. Why do Irish potatoes grow bet

9、ter in the shade?A. They have wider leaves.B. They have stronger roots.C. They have bigger flowers.20. What might the speaker be?A. A garden manager. B. A tourist guide. C. A radio host.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFor students at the Farm S

10、chool in Hamilton, Virginia, the classroom is outside every day. Jaclyn Jenkins is the founder of the school. “The No. 1 question we get immediately from parents is What happens if it rains? And we say, Bring an extra set of clothes!” Jenkins adds, “We still educate them. Their brains are working wh

11、en theyre moving. So, our goal is to always be outside.” The Farm School is a preschool, a place for 3- and 4-year-olds to learn and play.Alison Huff has taught at other schools. She says the Farm School gives its students more of a hands-on learning experience. For example, children use pumpkins to

12、 learn about colors and counting. They learn about measurement by planting seeds 30 centimeters apart. Huff adds, “We can use everything a regular preschool uses, but out in the garden.” In addition to planting vegetables and fruits, children help prepare food and clean up afterwards. The school tea

13、ches the children to cook using the food they have grown. “They can see the benefits of what they have in the garden and taste it then instead of going to the grocery store and buying it,” says Huff.The preschoolers also learn words in languages other than English. Huff speaks in both English and Sp

14、anish. Her assistant speaks French and Arabic. A 3-year-old in her class speaks four different languages.Farm animals are also an important part of the education program. Jenkins says the children learn about a different animal every month. Two months ago, she says, that animal was a cow. “We do act

15、ually have a cow that we bring to the school. They get to see what the cow is like, an learn what cows eat. They use little gloves and pretend to actually milk a cow. They make butter and yogurt.” The children spent another month with a large bird a turkey.The idea for a school like this started aft

16、er Jenkins and her husband bought a farm in Hamilton, with a late 18th-century house. They called it “One Day Farm” because years earlier they had hoped that “one day” they would have a farm. “Thats when it started, the spark of a farm school,” said Jenkins.21. What is the biggest difference between

17、 the farm school and others?A. There are many plants and animals at this school.B. This school is mainly for students to learn fanning.C. Almost all the activities lake place outside at this school.D. This school is quite popular among parents and children.22. What dont the children do at this schoo

18、l?A. Raise turkeys and cows. B. Plant vegetables and fruits.C. Prepare food and clean up. D. Recognize colors and count.23. How is Paragraph 4 developed in the text?A. By listing. B. By comparison. C. By logic. D. By example.24. What made Jenkins found this school?A. Parents preference for a farm. B

19、. Her desire to own a farm.C. A request from the government. D. Childrens love of playing outside.BFor years now, Ive been wanting to sell our house, the place where my husband and I raised our children. But to me, this house is much more than just a building.In the front room, theres a wall that ha

20、s hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my childrens growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey, with each childs name and the date when they were measured. Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.Of all the objects and me

21、mories, it is this thing in a home that is the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldnt normally be greeted by tears, but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it

22、should. Our children grow in so many ways, but the wall is the physical evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to see.Over the years, Ive talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my children stopped

23、 growing.So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about it. They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer. She came to our house, and over several hours, took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints and old marks. Somehow, she mana

24、ged to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, changing them into a beautiful history of my family.Three weeks later, my childrens wonderful gift made its way to me a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that repre

25、sents an entire lifetime of love and growth.25. Why did die author use her friends* example in Paragraph 3?A. To show the meaning of keeping good memories.B. To share her memory of motherhood with readers.C. To persuade her family to leave the wall as it was.D. To explain why her house badly needed

26、a new paint job.26. What can we infer about the author from the passage?A. She was strongly against selling their house.B. She kept marks for family members every year.C. She was not happy with the gift from her family.D. She put great love and care in raising her children.27. What is the main purpo

27、se of the passage?A. To give advice on how to make gifts for parents.B. To suggest a special way to record family history.C. To show that memories of love and growth matter.D. To introduce several ways to communicate with children.CAs soon as the Thanksgiving holiday is over, Santa Clauses start app

28、earing everywhere. It takes more than red clothing and a white beard to be a professional Santa In fact many successful Santas attend special classes.The CW Howard Santa School, one of the oldest Santa Claus school in the world, is in Midland, Michigan. It celebrated its 80th anniversary last year.

29、Over 250 Santas gathered at the school to prepare for their seasonal work. Charlie Howard was the Santa Claus in the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade for 17 years. He started the school in 1937.“At that time, there was a great need for good Santas. Santas didnt portray the character that we want. Sant

30、a Claus stands for all good things hut some of the gentlemens images (形象) werent up to the expectation,” said Charlie.The three-day Santa workshop teaches people “Santa sign language”, facts about deer and clothing and make-up style. The future Santas also become familiar with the newest wish list t

31、oys, gain (获得) interview experience for radio and television and even get advice on how to do their business taxes.Its said that about 15,000 students have graduated from the Santa school. They come from all over North America, Europe，Africa and Australia to study. Last year the school welcomed Santas from all 50 states as well as many other countries.The Santas never claim (声称) to be the one and only “real” Santa. Instead, they describe themselves as “the spirit of Christmas”. At the schools opening-night activity, they tell visiting children they are the “cousins of Sa