北京市昌平临川育人学校学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、北京市昌平临川育人学校学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题北京临川育人学校高一年级下学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分 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)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。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

2、。每段对话仅读一遍。1Where does the conversation take place?AAt the customs. BIn a restaurant. CIn a hotel.2Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AFriends. BStrangers. CClassmates.3What can we learn from the talk?AMr. Wood lost his wallet. BCarl works in a post office.CMr. Wood is going to pick up h

3、is wallet.4When does this conversation take place?AIn the morning. BIn the afternoon. CIn the evening.5What does Jacks girlfriend do?A She plays the piano. BShe organizes concerts. CShe sells pianos.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

4、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。听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。6What magazine does the man take besides Morning Post?ANewsweek. BNew Yorkers. CNew Scientists.7Whats the price for Morning Post?AOne dollar. BOne and a half dollars. CThree dollars and fifty.听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。8When will the man go mountain c

5、limbing? AThe summer holiday. BIn a fortnight. CNext weekend.9How does one benefit from mountain climbing?AIt can build muscles. BIt can build strength and balance. CIt can improve confidence and balance.10What can we learn from the conversation? AJessie will go mountain climbing with David. BJessie

6、 suggests David take some instructional courses. CA partner is needed to manage the climbing rope for the climber.听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。11Where do the two speakers work? AIn a plant in Chicago. BIn a large company. CIn an office in Atlanta.12 Who has risen to a higher position? AJim has. BMarta has. CBo

7、th Jim and Marta have.13Why does the woman want to go on with her work in the office? AShe is fond of writing notices. BShe is still new in her position. CShe hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors.听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。 14What does Jane think of her trip to the West Coast? AIt was wonderful. B

8、It was terrible. CWe dont know.15Whats the disadvantage of Los Angeles? AIt is noisy. BThe weather is hot. CThere is no subway and the bus service is terrible.16Whats the weather in San Francisco? AWarm and nice. BCool but comfortable. CA little cold.17Why is it easy to go around in San Francisco? A

9、Because it is small and the transportation is good. BBecause it has subways. CBecause it has a smaller population.听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。18What can we learn about North Dakota? AA block party is an early sign of summer there. BIndoor sports are popular in winter. CWinter snows are usually deep there.19Wh

10、at do the people in North Dakota think of the season of winter? AQuiet and satisfying. BLong and boring. CShort but exciting.20What can we learn about the people in North Dakota? AThey like answering questions. BThey have various interests. CThey dislike answering questions.第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节：

11、（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A March, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring. SongKran-Thailand Dates: 13th-15th, April In Thailand, its time to celebrat

12、e the coming monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran，when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(喷，洒）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, pr

13、epare to get soaked! Naghol-Vanuatu Dates: Every Saturday from April to May Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peoples diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the

14、 ground from high wooden towers with only two thin vines(藤条) attached to their ankles(脚踝). The divers heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump-something very dangerous if the vines are not measured properly.Cherry Blossom Viewing -Japan Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from

15、 year to year depending on the weather forecast. The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣）fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to s

16、ee. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.21. What does the underlined word “soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. tired B. interested C. wet D. crazy22. The writer thinks that the “land diving ceremony” can be dangerous for the divers because _. A. the divers may

17、 injure their heads if the vines arent measured properlyB. the divers ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightlyC. the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break D. the divers may bump into(撞在上)the wooden tower on the way down23. We can learn from the passage that_. A. peo

18、ple usually stay at home for celebration during the cherry blossom seasonB. the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearlyC. the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts along time in Japan D. the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in Japan B Look

19、ing almost as fresh as the day it was bought, this McDonalds Happy Meal is in fact six months old. Photographed every day for the past six months by Manhattan artist Sally Davies, the kids meal of fries and burger hasnt any signs of mould(霉菌) or decay(腐烂).Sally put the Happy Meal on a shelf in her a

20、partment and watched it with increasing shock. Even her dogs stopped trying to steal a free tasty snack.“I bought the meal on April 10 this year and brought home to see how it changed,” she said. “I chose McDonalds because it was nearest to my house, but the project could have been about any other f

21、ast food. The first thing that shocked me on the second day of the experiment was that it no longer gave out any smell. And my dogs stopped circling the shelf.”Sally expected the food to go mouldy after a few days. In fact, Mrs. Davies surprise turned to shock as the food still had not shown any sig

22、ns of decay after two weeks. “It was then that I realized that something strange might be going on with this food that I had bought,” she explained. “The appearance of the food did not change as the weeks turned to months. And now, at six months old, the food is plastic to touch. The only change tha

23、t I can see is that it has become as hard as a rock.”The experiment has brought her amusement rather than fear. “Maybe I would be frightened at seeing this if I were a meat eater.” she said.24. Sally Davies kept the record of the McDonalds Happy Meal by_. A. touching it B. drawing pictures of it C.

24、smelling it D. taking photos of it25. Mrs. Davies didnt have the feeling of fear because _. A. the experiment could prove nothing B. she was a brave person C. she didnt eat any meat D. this was not the case with all fast food26. Before the experiment, Sally Davies had thought the food would_. A. tur

25、n into plastic B. become tasteless C. be covered with mould D. be stolen by her dog27. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. McDonald is the most convenient food B. McDonalds Happy Meal tends to get bad easily C. How to store the kids meal of fries and burger. D. McDonalds Happy Meal shows no sig

26、n of decay after six months COne day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read. In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.”

27、 I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to

28、 someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle. There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read t

29、he title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer. Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very sl owly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated fr o

30、m his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together. My mothers call returned me to the real w

31、orld. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them. I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a