安徽省亳州市涡阳县育萃中学学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

1、安徽省亳州市涡阳县育萃中学学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题安徽省亳州市涡阳县育萃中学2019-2020学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题时间:120分钟 总分:150分第卷第一部分 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）第一节：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 does the man offer to do? A. Write a letter for the woman. B. Mak

2、e a plan for the woman. C. Tell the woman his plan.2. Where will the man go first? A. To a supermarket B. To a bookstore. C. To a library.3. Why didnt the man meet the woman on time? A. He was ill. B. He had to work. C. He had another appointment.4. Where did Mr. Smith get his schooling? A. In Swede

3、n. B. In England. C. In Scotland.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A car. B. A person. C. An accident.第二节：听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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2秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman dislike about the rest

4、aurant? A. The environment. B. The staff. C. The food.7. What will the woman do next? A. Leave the restaurant. B. Order some food. C. Book a table.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did the woman think of the movie? A. Exciting. B. Touching. C. Boring,9. Whom did the man watch the movie with? A. Kris B. His br

5、other C. The woman.10. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man likes the new movie. B. The man thinks his brother is cute. C. The woman is waiting for her brother.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How does the woman feel now? A. Tired. B. Worried. C. Stressed.12. How many people will go to Europe wit

6、h the woman? A. Three. B. Two. C. One.13. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Employer and employee.听第9段材料, 回答第14至1 7题。14. Who passed away? A. The womans father. B. The womans friend. C. The womans friends father.15. What does the man think o

7、f the womans card? A. Useful. B. Wasteful. C. Unimportant.16. How many T-shirts has the man got? A. One. B. Two. C. Three.17. What does the man plan to do? A. Return the T-shirts. B. Visit his grandmother. C. Send cards.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. How does the speaker do shopping now? A. Through the Inter

8、net. B. Over the telephone. C. In department stores.19. What does the speaker think of the delivering fees? A. Cheap. B. Worthwhile. C. Unreasonable.20. What do we know about the speaker? A. He often drinks wine at home. B. He did shopping twice a week in the past. C. He and his girlfriend often hav

9、e different opinions on shopping.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 A man named Joe and his wife moved to a new farm with their three sons. They were settling into the new community when a nearby farmer told Joe that there was gold in the dirt

10、of his new land. Joe took that statement as that there was actual gold in the land. He thought to himself, “I have three strong sons, Ill tell them about it.” Needless to say, his sons actually began digging in one corner with a certain width and kept going until they got to the end. Once they finis

11、hed they would start another piece and go back the other direction. They began to realize that digging for gold was fun! Seeing that, Joe thought he would plant some crops where the dirt had been turned thoroughly. He planted corn, tomatoes, and potatoes. His sons continued to dig through the soil,

12、determined to find gold. As each different crop became ready to be harvested, Joe started to realize that there was more than he and his family could ever eat. One of Joes neighbors suggested that he set up a vegetable stand（摊）. Joe and his wife did that very thing. This process went on for three ye

13、ars and Joe and his wife became quite rich from it. They were even able to send their sons off to college. Remember at the beginning of the story Joe was told by his new neighbor that there was gold in the land? Well, the truth is, Joes understanding of the English language was less than perfect. Hi

14、s new neighbor friend actually told him that his land had rich soil. Go out and pretend that there is gold in all your challenges so that you can be inspired to motivate（激励）yourself to allow the fate（命运）to provide all that you need. The fate will never give up on you, if you never give up on yoursel

15、f.21. What made Joe believe that there was actual gold in his land?A. His desire to send his sons to college. B. His dream to become wealthy.C. His poor understanding of English. D. His trust in his neighbor.22. Joes three sons took digging for gold as _. A. a pleasure B. a challenge C. a lie D. a d

16、ream23. How did Joe deal with his too many crops? A. By leaving them in the land B. By selling them to others. C. By giving them away to neighbors. D. By exchanging them for gold.24. The best title for this passage would be _. A. Telling a white lie B. Achieving wealth from land C. Accepting challen

17、ges in life D. Digging for gold BWhat is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform（平台）where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instrument

18、s, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few yea

19、rs as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee from members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by h

20、is capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great economic crashes (崩溃) of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into c

21、ontact with each other. All you have to do is take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place .Of course for each item sold, eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million ite

22、ms listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.25. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_.A. a way of buying and selling goods B. a website for them to upgradeC. a place to exhibit their own photos D. a chance to buy things at low prices26. Why did Peter create eBay after

23、 graduating from university?A. For fun. B. To make money. C. For gathering the engineers. D. To fulfill a task of his company.27. From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter_.A. did not feel lonely B. was always working hard.C. did not think about the past D. became more and

24、more successful28. How does eBay make money from its website?A. By bringing sellers together. B. By charging for each sale C. By listing items online D. By making e-photos. CAbout whether to live in the city or the countryside my friends have different opinions. To avoid the noise, smog, traffic, an

25、d crime in the city, most of them are moving outside the city. One friend says, “The air is heavily polluted in the city, so I prefer to live outside, where the air is clean.”Another friend is unpleasant with the traffic, “Down town is crowded with cars! You cant find a parking place, and the traffi

26、c jams are terrible.” Everyone is worried about crime, “The city is full of criminals(罪犯) -its too dangerous.”For them, the rural(农村的) life is a cure for all problems, green grass, flowers, swimming pools, barbecues, and so on. Yet after they have lived there for a year, or so, they realize that rur

27、al life is not they were expecting. Why? Their gardens! They soon learn that the main part of rural life is yard work. After they work all weekend in their gardens, theyre too tired to swim in their pools or cook some meat on their barbecues. And they cant live in the countryside without a car. Most

28、 of them moved to the countryside to avoid traffic, but now theyre blocked on a busy freeway two hours every day to drive to work downtown.My opinions about urban(城市的) life are different -I love to live downtown! Why? First, in the city, I can enjoy nature. I can walk through the park, smell the flo

29、wers, sit on the grass and visit the animals in the zoo. Yet I dont have to do yard work or feed the animals. Also, I can get everywhere by bus; if there is a traffic jam, I can walk home. I think the criminal life will reflect changes in society too; if people are buying homes outside the city, the

30、 criminals will soon follow. Criminals want to avoid noise, smog, and pollution, too. Then, overcrowding and crime will be problems of the suburbs instead of the city!29. The first paragraph is used to . A. list some figures B. make comparisons C. lead to the topic D. give suggestions30. What did th

31、ose moving outside think of their life in the city? A. Comfortable B. Convenient C. Colorful D. Crowded31. What is the major problem for those who live in the countryside? A. Being far from downtown. B. Having gardens to take care of. C. Failing to find parking lots. D. Suffering heavy traffic on th

32、e road.32. Whats the authors attitude to his city life? A. Approving B. Ambiguous C. Grateful D. Doubtful DChildren are losing the ability to play properly because they are being given too many toys and games, according to a new research.The studies show that children, especially those under five, are often overwhelmed (不知所措) and actually play less than those wit