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1、名师推荐资料河北省定州中学学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题河北定州中学20172018学年度第二学期期末考试高一年级 英语试卷第一部分 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2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. How muc

2、h will the woman pay for the book?A. $13. B. $24. C. $15.2. Who won the race in the end?A. Robert. B. The man. C. The woman.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a park. B. In a hotel. C. In a street.4. What prevents the woman from going lo the west coast?A. She is being trained f

3、or her new job.B. She is busy training some people.C. She has to look for a new job.5. Why does the woman find it hard to deal with Tom?A. He wears long fair hair. B. He is a troublemaker. C. He has a headache.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

4、或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各个小题将给出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。6. What made Mary tell Mrs. Smith the news about Francs pay?A. She thought it doesnt matter. B. She knew everybody would know at last.C. She got too excited and wasnt thinking.7. What does Franc mean by “Everyone in this town got

5、a big nose”?A. People in this town have big nose, and smell well.B. People in this town are eager to know about others things.C. People dont care other people without big noses.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What kind of pizza does the man order?A. A medium one with crab. B. Two seafood ones with crab. C. A lar

6、ge one with fish.9. How long will the man wait for his pizza?A. About twenty minutes. B. About ten minutes. C. About five minutes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why did the man lose control of the car?A. He hit an ice patch.B. He had a bet with the other car.C. He drove around the comer too quickly.11. What d

7、o we know about the driver of the other car?A. He was frightened at the news.B. He was carried away in an ambulance.C. He was nothing serious.12. What did the man want to do at last?A. Go to hospital. B. Visit the other driver. C. Call his family.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What kind of room does the man r

8、eserve?A. A single room with a nice view.B. A double room with a nice view.C. An ordinary double room.14. How long will the American couple stay in the hotel?A. 5 nights. B. 7 nights. C. 6 nights.15. How much does it cost to stay in the hotel for one night?A. $188. B. $198. C. $288.16. Where does th

9、e conversation take place?A. In a hotel. B. In the office. C. On the phone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the weather like this morning?A. Cloudy and snowy. B. Windy and cold. C. Snowy and windy.18. What is the expected temperature by noon? A. 0 B. -20 C. 619. Where is the speaker right now?A. In the

10、 newsroom.B. At the top of Mount Raven.C. On the ski slope.20. What does the speaker advise the skiers to do tomorrow?A. Watch sports games. B. stay at home. C. Put on warm clothes.二、阅读理解A saying is a short, clever expression that usually contains advice or expresses some obvious truth. Though the m

11、eanings shown for sayings are believed to be generally accepted, for some sayings sometimes they may go otherwise.No Use Crying Over Spilt(溢出的) Milk. Crying can help people recover from disappointment. True, its dangerous to live on the past, but holding back those spilt-milk tears could hurt even m

12、ore. A survey of more than 5,000 weepers in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology suggests that people who do not cry only feel worse. Or, to put it another way, “Sometimes we should cry over spilt milk,” writes Aaron Ben-Zeev, a philosophy professor at the University of Haifa in Israel. “Ot

13、herwise, how will we learn to value milk, and how will we avoid spilling it again?”You Catch More Flies with Honey than with Vinegar. Vinegar(醋) is a fly magnet. If youve ever endured a fruit fly(苍蝇) invasion in your home, a bowl of vinegar was likely your first line of defense. Researchers from Nor

14、thwestern University found that “The hungrier a fly gets, the quicker it gives in to vinegar”.Money Cant Buy Happiness. Yes, it can. Happiness is going by no matter what your bank account looks like, but research shows that money does, in fact, give you short-term bursts of joyif you spend wisely. E

15、xperiences such as concerts or holidays have been shown to bring greater happiness than shopping. People who spend money on others are also measurably happier than those who treat themselves. So do yourself a favour: buy happiness for someone else.Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit First (“Low-hanging fruit

16、” refers to easy-to-reach fruit or easy-to-finish tasks). Lower fruit is often the last to grow fully. “Fruit that is high up, exposed to the sun, develops the fastest,” says Gennaro Fazio, a plant geneticist(基因学家) for the USDAs Agricultural Resource Service, “and you want to pick the low-hanging fr

17、uit last, so it has more time to develop.” Whats more, “Starting at the top makes the job easier,” says Henry Rueda, an apple-picking professional. When pickers harvest from top to bottom, the bags of fruit they carry around their necks and shoulders grow heavier as they move downwards.21Which of fo

18、llowing statements is supported by Gennaro Fazio?A. The low-hanging fruit is often the last that we are supposed to pick.B. The first goals set for yourself should be easier to achieve than other goals.C. Workers enjoy the ease with which the lower fruit can be picked in the tree.D. Every situation

19、is different and easy pickings that count are done first.22According to the article, the writer may argue that _.A. ones words can never be taken back just like the spilt milkB. money is not a good servant but a bad master when it speaksC. blindly believing the whole book is worse than having no boo

20、kD. flies are much fonder of honey than vinegar when theyre hungry23Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. What Are the Household Sayings for?B. What Are Wrong with These Sayings?C. Where Are These Well-known Sayings from?D. How Can These Sayings Be Understood?Dogs are likely to

21、have complex emotions such as jealousy(嫉妒)and pride, according to a new scientific research.Dogs feel very jealous when they find that they are unfairly treated. And they do not like seeing their owners being kind to other creatures, especially other dogs. They often react negatively(消极地)when their

22、owners bring home new pets, the research found. “Dogs show a strong aversion to unfair treatment,” Dr. Friederike Range of the Vienna University said.At first, people believed most animals lack(缺少)the “sense of self” , which is needed to experience so-called secondary emotions such as jealousy, emba

23、rrassment or guilt. These emotions are more complex than feelings such as anger or joy.Besides dogs research, another research includes cows, horse, cats and sheep, and all the results have shown that animals are far more self-aware than we thought.Dr Paul Morris, a psychologist at the University of

24、 Portsmouth who studies animal emotions, told The Sunday Times, “We are learning that dogs, horses, and perhaps many other species are far more emotionally complex than we ever realized. They can suffer simple forms of many emotions we once thought only primates (灵长类) could experience.”In research a

25、mong dog owners, Dr Morris found almost all of them reported jealous behavior by their pets. The dog often tried to keep their owner away from a new lover in the early days of a relationship.Behavioral experts suggest that owners should keep a close relationship with the dog as usual when a new pet

26、or child comes along in order to prevent jealous activity from the dog such as interruptions with barking.24What is the new discovery about the relationship between dogs and human?A. Dogs usually have more emotions than humans.B. Dogs are often treated unfairly by humans.C. Humans are angry about th

27、eir dogs negative reactions.D. Dogs feel unhappy when their owners show kindness to other creatures.25What does the underlined word “aversion” in the second paragraph mean?A. Internet B. DislikeC. Concern D. Fear26What does the “the sense of self” in the third paragraph probably mean?A. It is a comp

28、lex feeling that belongs to humans.B. It is a kind of ability to feel other peoples emotions.C. It is a necessary awareness to feel some complex emotions.D. It is a kind of emotion which is based on anger or joy.27Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the fourth and fifth paragraph

29、s?A. The research includes four kinds of animals.B. Animals are more self-aware than humans.C. Dogs experience more emotions than primates.D. Animals are emotionally complex.When I was only 3 years old, my mother taught me to memorize and recite poems. She was my first teacher of the arts, and my fa

30、ther was the first to appreciate my performance. Even at that young age, I had a simple understanding of how art and culture affect us as human beings and how we can connect to each other through the arts, which shapes my life to this day.When I was growing up, my parents supported my interest in ta

31、king acting classes and doing community theater. Their faith in me and the professional(专业的) training I was getting from my theater teachers gave me a sense of purpose and a sense of self-confidence. I learned what artistic achievement actually was and what hard work the business was. While many peo

32、ple see the rosy picture to our business, I was really learning what it would require for me to become a professional.I became an actress, but arts education isnt just about preparing our young people for a job in the arts. I recently talked to some of the kids attending theater education. Some of them