陕西省三原县北城中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题.docx

1、陕西省三原县北城中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题北城中学2014-2015学年度第二学期期中考试高一英语试题（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） 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What will the man do? A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.2. Whats the date of the womans birthday?A. March 15th. B. March 11th. C. March 7th.3. What d

2、oes the man mean?A. John has some personal problems. B. The problem is common for young men. C. Its not common for young men to leave home.4. What will the man most probably do?A. Get some change from Jane. B. Go and look for a payphone. C. Use Janes mobile phone.5. What does the man mean?A. It was

3、impossible for him to go to the party.B. Everybody was surprised by his appearance at the party.C. He had expected to go to the party for a long time.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?A. To return some books. B. To borrow s

4、ome new books. C. To find some test papers.7. When does the library close?A. At 9:00. B. At 9:40. C. At 10:00.8. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. He asks her to return some books for him. B. He asks her to borrow some books for him. C. He asks her to go to the library with him.请听第7段材料，回答第9至1

5、1题。 9. What was the man doing when the story happened?A. Sleeping. B. Swimming. C. Listening to the radio.10. What happened to the little boy?A. His eye was hurt by the sand. B. He couldnt find his parents. C. He fell into the water.11. What did the man do after hearing someone shouting for help?A.

6、He went on enjoying the music. B. He looked for the boys parents. C. He jumped into the water.请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and secretary.13. Where are the two speakers going?A. The airport. B

7、. The railway station. C. The bus station.14. Why do the speakers call Brenda?A. To ask her to change clothes. B. To ask her when Mother arrives. C. To ask her if she can go with them.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. Where is Mary going?A. Her home. B. The park. C. The zoo.16. Why doesnt Mary like walking thr

8、ough the street?A. Its too cold. B. There are too many people. C. It isnt interesting.17. When does the conversation most likely take place?A. Late in the morning. B. In the late afternoon. C. Early in the morning.请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?A. At the age of 76. B

9、. At the age of 39. C. At the age of 101.19. What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?A. She sold other artists works in a shop. B. She worked on her farm. C. She taught at a school.20. What is the story mainly about?A. A famous American artist. B. Making money from painting. C. Collect

10、ing paintings.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. makes this shop different is that it offers more personal services.A. What B. Who C. Whatever D. Whoever22. As the busiest woman in Norton, she made her duty to look after all the other peoples affairs i

11、n that town.A. this B. that C. one D. it23. How the big forest fire has remains to be a mystery.A. taken place B. turned up C. broken out D.broken up24. - Im thinking of the test tomorrow. Im afraid I cant pass this time. - ! Im sure youll make it.A. Go ahead B. Good luck C. No problem D. Cheer up25

12、. We must do whatever we can to the river being polluted any more.A. separate B. keep C. prevent D. guard26. Going on a trip into space must be quite exciting experience.A. / ; the B. the; the C. the; an D./ ; an27.The thought _ they could cross the whole continent was exciting.A. that B. which C. w

13、hether D. when28. Why not get some work experience first _ go straight on to university?A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than29. _ by thick bamboo and high forest, the ancient city hadnt been discovered until the 1990s.A. Surrounding B. Surround C. Surrounded D. Having surrounded30.

14、 It looks _ it were going to rain.A. whether B. as if C. what D. even if第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 31 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 32

15、. Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was 33 . Ive always been glad about that. It was Christmas time, and although there wasnt 34 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 35 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 36 .They planned weeks ahead of t

16、ime, asking 37 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for 38 to share by all five of us.The big 39 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 40 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 41 ba

17、ck at the “Santas Workshop”.Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 42 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 43 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didnt say anything 44 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and c

18、losed the door, 45 to be angry again. This is what she told me. “I was looking 46 thinking of what to buy, and I 47 to read the little cards on the Giving Trees. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 48 for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and 49 the doll

19、for her. We have so much and she doesnt have anything.” I never felt so 50 as I did that day.31. A. roof B. hand C. sky D. star32. A. little B. less C. enough D. more33. A. excited B. mad C. strict D. still34. A. effort B. room C. time D. money35. A. improvement B. problem C. surprise D. excitement3

20、6. A. shopping B. travelling C. parties D. greetings37. A. the other B. each other C. one D. every other one 38. A. toys B. clothes C. presents D. bills39. A. day B. sky C. cheque D. tree40. A. forced B. reminded C. invited D. begged41. A. draw B. push C. pull D. meet42. A. including B. besides C. e

21、xcept D. regarding43. A. quiet B. excited C. happy D. ashamed44. A. since B. so C. but D. until45. A. waiting B. ready C. hoping D. afraid46. A. out B. over C. forward D. around47. A. forgot B. stopped C. failed D. hated48. A. wanted B. did C. got D. played49. A. made B. searched C. bought D. fetche

22、d50. A. angry B. rich C. afraid D. sad第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节：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。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）A Air is an odorless (无气味的), invisible (看不见的) gas that surrounds the earth. It is everywhere on the planet. An “empty” drinking glass and an “empty” room, to give two examples, are not

23、 really empty. Each is filled with air. When the glass is filled with water, the water pushes the air out of the glass. Air, as a gas, has no definite (明确的) shape, but, because it is matter, it takes up space. It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space. Stuff a dry handkerchief in

24、to the bottom（底部） of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside-down. Push the upside-down glass; hold it straight into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered. When the glass is taken out of water, the handkerchief will be dry. The air inside the glass takes up

25、 space and keeps the water from coming in.51. What does the underlined word “Stuff” (in Paragraph 2) mean?A. Press tightly. B. Take out. C. Put down. D. Turn fully.52. The writer tells us that _.A. the experiment is done in the laboratory B. the experiment is done outside the roomC. the experiment i

26、s easily done D. the experiment is carried out indoors53. Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result? (Wwater; Aair; Hhandkerchief)B Two thieves came to a house to steal something, they dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlig

27、ht saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. He was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didnt believe him, so he said, “Let us two tr

28、y to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.”

29、The two thieves started running away at once. The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rein(缰绳)broke and the

30、woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldnt wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and

31、said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why dont you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.54. The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because_.A. they were found outB. they were frightened by what they had heard in the houseC. they didnt work together well with each otherD. mice stopped t