江西省南昌市学年高一英语下学期期中试题1.docx

1、江西省南昌市学年高一英语下学期期中试题120162017学年度下学期期中考试高一英语试卷第I卷 选择题（共110分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)第1节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75分） 听下面五段对话。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. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a fruit store. B. In a supermarket. C. In a restaurant.2

2、. How much will the woman pay? A. $1. B. $5. C. $5.2.3. What is the woman doing? A. Buying a ticket. B. Driving a car. C. Looking at a sign.4. What did the speakers do together last summer? A. They went to school. B. They looked for jobs. C. They did exercise at the gym.5. What are the speakers main

3、ly talking about? A. Whether to go to a bookstore. B. How to get a book. C. What their teacher is like.第二节听下面 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. How did the woman lose weight? A. She went on a

4、 healthy diet. B. She ate fruits before meals. C. She did a lot of exercise.7. What does the man suggest doing? A. Buying cheaper food. B. Bringing food from home. C. Setting up a healthy food club.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why does the man look upset? A. He cant take his dog on the trip. B. He doesnt g

5、et on well with his neighbours. C. He cant go on a trip through the western states.9. What will the man do next? A. Watch TV. B. Surf the Internet. C. Talk with his father.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How did the woman get her tea set? A. She picked it up in a supermarket. B. She bought it in a tea ho

6、use. C. She got it from a friend.11. What does the woman think of the neighbourhood? A. It is exciting. B. It is convenient. C. It is noisy.12. What will the speakers do this afternoon? A. Visit a bookstore. B. Do some exercise. C. Eat in a restaurant.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the relations

7、hip between the speakers? A. Co-workers. B. Teacher and student. C. Interviewer and interviewee.14. What does the man say about the school? A. It is old. B. It offers the best equipment. C. It is owned by a large company.15. What does the man teach? A. Maths. B. English. C. Geography.16. What do we

8、know about the man? A. He respects the culture of every class. B. He wants to teach different subjects. C. He doesnt get on well with every class.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where is Celine Dion from? A. Australia. B. Canada. C. France.18. In which year did Celine Dion win an international singing a

9、ward in Japan? A. 1982. B. 1983. C. 1990.19. When did Celine Dion become an international superstar? A. When she won an international singing award. B. When she had a best-selling record in France. C. When she began singing English songs.20. What does the speaker say about Celine Dion? A. She is a v

10、ery kind person. B. She cares much about her voice. C. She benefits much from her star power. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共20小题，每小题2分，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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMeet big brother Blue and his sisters Meadow and Little Willow, a family of three blind cats that got adopted by th

11、e family Catherine Magno.Their story starts just before the Christmas of 2014 when the kittens (小猫) were found in an abandoned house in Dubai. By then they had already lost their sight due to a cat flu that was left untreated by their previous (先前的) owner. After that they came to an animal home. At

12、some point, brother Blue almost got adopted by the previous owners neighbor, but the poor confused cat couldnt bear living without his sisters and cried all night while searching for them. Soon they were all united in the animal home until the important night of 19 February 2015, when Catherine took

13、 under her wing.“I had zero experience having adopted my first ever rescue kitten just a couple of months ago,” Catherine said. “But their story touched my heart so much that I couldnt bear the thought of them being put in a cage for a very long time or even worse.”Catherine was worried about the sp

14、ecial needs of her new pet friends: “My worry was that its going to not only be challenging but also require a lot of adjustments on my part,” but apparently it wasnt that much different. “The only adjustment early on was keeping everything where it was but they are soon adaptive(适应的).” And as she w

15、onderfully put it: “Blind pets see through their hearts.”21. What caused the three cats to be blind according to the passage? A. Because of a certain kind of disease. B. Because of a serious car accident. C. Because of some bad persons hurting them. D. The passage didnt mention it.22. What does the

16、underlined word “them” mean in Paragraph 2? A. The owner and his neighbor. B. Meadow and Little Willow. C. Catherine Magno and her family. D. All the other blind pets in the animal home.23. What kind of person is Catherine? A. Hard-working. B. Selfish. C. Kind. D. Rude. BThey say necessity is the mo

17、ther of invention. While that might not be the case for every invention, most of coolest inventions are definitely useful.The levitating LightbulbThe US artist and scientist Simon Morris got the idea of making lightbulb float from hoverboards(悬浮滑板). But the floating is not the most amazing part. It

18、was done simply by putting magnets in the bottom of the bulb and in the wooden base. The rejection force between the opposite ends of the magnets does the job.Whats new here is a technology called induction(电磁感应). It allows the ligtbulb to get power from the base even when they arent in contact.Shoe

19、s that tie themselvesTheyre not what you think-shoelaces that tie themselves in the way we tie them. Instead, the new shoes have small motors that control their laces. When you step in them, your feet will hit a sensor in the shoes and the motor will automatically tighten the laces. There are also t

20、wo buttons on side of the shoes to tighten and loosen them so you can control the laces by yourself. They could actually give athletes an advantage during competitions. They are also useful for people who cannot move their arms or fingers easily.The no-touch thermometerMaybe, its an impossible task

21、for little kids putting a thermometer in their armpits and staying still for minutes.Now, using infrared(红外线) technology，scientists have invented thermometers that take the bodys temperature without contacting the body. Users can simply put the thermometer 2.5 centimeters form a patients forehead an

22、d press the button, and it can get the reading in two seconds.Not touching the body also means cleaner processes, since patients neednt worry about whether someone else has used the thermometer before.24. Which of the following about the levitating Lightbulb is true? A. It runs only by contacting th

23、e base. B. It gets power by floating from hoverboards. C. It works by the rejection force from magnets. D. It operates by using infrared technology.25. Who do you think possibly use self-tying shoes? A. Coaches participating in the sports meeting. B. The elderly whose fingers cannot move. C. Athlete

24、s who cannot run fast enough. D. Persons who are injured in feet.26. When used, the no-touch thermometer is . A. quick and clean B. modern but complex C. neat but inconvenient D. portable and fashionable27. What page of a magazine does the passage come from? A. Culture. B. Life. C. Medicine. D. News

25、.C“Freelance retail consultant” refers to daigou in Chinese, or overseas people who buy goods for customers in the Chinese mainland.Its estimated that there are 40,000 daigou in Australia, most of whom are young migrants or international students looking for ways to help cover their rent and univers

26、ity cost.These freelance retail consultants have created thousands of trading routes, both small and big, into China.Shops in Australia sold out of instant formula(婴儿配方奶粉)，leaving many Australia parents unable to buy their preferred brands. The Sydney Morning Herald reported last year that half of A

27、ustralias infant formula sold went to China through customers selling to other customers.Because of this, daigou have received criticism from Australia media. The Sydney Morning post even suggested that the Australia government should put a limit on instant formula exports.However, not everyone disl

28、ikes daigou. “We think daigou are good for both the local economy and they are very good for our business,” Peter Nathan, the chief executive of A2 Milk, a New Zealand infant formula maker, told Reuters. “We clearly believe they are a positive force.”Others agree that nothing is wrong with the pract

29、ice. “People are buying these products legally on the Australia market theyre not illegally being exported to China,” Tim Foulds, head of research at Euro monitor Australia and New Zealand, told The Washington Post.28. Why do most daigou in Australia buy goods for Chinese customers? A. To improve li

30、ving conditions. B. To satisfy import demand. C. To pay their expenses. D. To get sales experience.29. According to the passage, which of the following is right? A. Australian parents criticize daigou. B. Consumers prefer milk made in Australia. C. Australian government has limited exports. D. Diffe

31、rent ideas about daigou exist in Australia.30. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that . A. the practice of daigou will balance supply and demand B. daigou will probably be welcomed in New Zealand C. infant formula will grow in popularity in China D. daigou will be a legal job in Australia soon31. Whats the attitude of the author to Daigou? A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Negative. D. Objective.D People with an impulsive personality refer to those who tend to do things without considering the possible dangers or problems first. According to a new study by researchers at the