福建省八县一中学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、福建省八县一中学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题2015-2016学年度第一学期八县(市)一中期末联考高中 一 年 英语 科试卷第I卷(共90分)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，并标在答题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有l0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. Whose iPod will the woman borrow? A. Johns. B. Adams. C. Michaels.2. What does the man

2、 have to do first? A. Clean his room. B. Buy movie tickets. C. Borrow some money from his friends.3. Where can the woman find the butter? A. In Row 10. B. Behind the speakers. C. In the middle of the store.4. What will the woman drink? A. A cup of coffee. B. A glass of water. C. Some orange juice.5.

3、 What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Look at his cards. B. Put his cards down. C. Use different cards.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，并标在答题卷的相应位置。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秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。6. How is Maria related to t

4、he girl? A. Her roommate. B. Her classmate. C. Her math teacher.7. What does the man think of Maria? A. Shes lazy. B. Shes intelligent. C. She isnt a good person.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the man want to learn about? A. Different zoo animals. B. Different kinds of dogs.C. Different types of monkey

5、s.9. How much is the book on sale for? A. $20. B. $10. C. $5.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What time did the girl wake up? A. At 7:00 p.m. B. At 6:00 a.m. C. At 5:00 a.m.11. What will the girl have for breakfast? A. Bread and fruit. B. Bread and milk. C. Milk and fruit.12. How does the girl probably feel in

6、the end? A. Tired. B. Scared (害怕的) C. Happy.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers? A. In the car. B. At school. C. In an ice cream shop.14. Why is the man nervous? A. He doesnt like driving. B. Tomorrow is his first class.C. He hates speaking in public.15. What does the woman tell the man? A.

7、Hell be fine. B. He should go to bed early tonight.C. He is the only one feeling nervous.16. What happened last time the man gave a speech? A. He was very prepared. B. He forgot a lot of it. C. He forgot to thank everyone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which rule does the speaker mention? A. No yelling (大声喊)

8、. B. No hanging onto the sides.C. No swimming if youre under six.18. Where can the rules be found? A. Near the kids area. B. By the directors office.C. Above the changing rooms.19. Where can snacks be eaten? A. Near the snack shop. B. Only outside the pool gates.C. Anywhere if the trash is picked up

9、.20. When does the pool close? A. At 6:30 p.m. B. At 6:00 p.m. C. At 5:00 p.m.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的4个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 AOne animal which has died out was once a kind of bird in large numbers in North America: the passenger pigeon. The passenger pigeon bred（繁殖）i

10、n the eastern part of the U.S. and Canada and often migrated（迁徙） to the southern U.S. during the winter months. The birds name didnt come from the migrations but from its movements in search of food. The passenger pigeons were social birds, traveling in amazingly large numbers from millions to one o

11、r two billion. Passing overhead, a large group of birds could darken the sky like storm clouds for a period of hours. A hundred or more pairs of pigeons often nested in the same tree, each female laying a single egg. The birds lived mainly on wild seeds and nuts, but sometimes many of them would sto

12、rm down onto a field or a garden and eat everything in sight. While large numbers of passenger pigeons were recorded in the late nineteenth century, the population decreased rapidly, and the last wild bird was shot in 1904. The sudden disappearance of the bird remains a mystery, but an explanation i

13、s found in its habit of nesting and moving in large numbers. Farmers, who considered them pests, found it easy to catch hundreds at a time in nets. Also, as passenger pigeons were tasty game birds, market hunters shot hundreds of thousands on their nesting grounds. By 1900 the passenger pigeon was a

14、lready rare.21. What made the passenger pigeon unique (独特的)? A. Its decreased population B. Its sudden appearance before a storm C. Its winter migration habitsD. Its custom of traveling in large groups 22. When did the passenger pigeon disappear completely? A. In the early twentieth century B. In th

15、e middle of 1900sC. In the late nineteenth century D. In the middle or late 1800s 23. What was the farmers attitude towards the passenger pigeon before it died out? A. They protected it. B. They didnt care about it. C. They disliked it. D. They thought highly of it.BCarol Vaness, the well-known Amer

16、ican opera singer, was born in San Diego and began her professional performance in San Francisco. She has sung at many of the major opera houses in the world. Unlike other world-famous male opera singers (Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Marcello Giordani), she was particularly known for her M

17、ozart operatic roles. At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings, Carols voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people. It must reach every person in the theater, without a microphone, even when shes singing softly. The reason Carol can project her voice that fa

18、r is the way she breathes. “When you breathe, its like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains. “You have to take a lot of air into your lungs.” According to Carol, the main difference between pop singing and opera is “how you breathe, how much air you take in, and ho

19、w you control it coming out. Regular singing is more like speaking, and its a lot softer. Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten, Carol has loved music. As she got older, she decided to become a music teacher. When she went to college, she took singing lessons as part of her studies.

20、 Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano(女高音) voice the highest singing voice for women. Today, Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has song for almost twenty years. But she has never forgotten where she started sing

21、ing in the first palace. “Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,” says Carol, “because singing is a great joy. Thats why I sing. In fact, thats why everybody sings.”24. What is the best title for this passage?A. An Opera Star B. The Way an Opera Star SingsC. Opera Singing and Pop Singing D.

22、Singing without a Microphone25. Which statement is true? A. A pop singer breathes more deeply than an opera singer when he or she sings.B. Opera singing is more like speaking.C. A pop singer takes in much more air than an opera singer when singing.D. An opera singer breathes differently from a pop s

23、inger when singing.26. From the passage you can conclude all the following EXCEPT that _.A. Carol once learned to play the pianoB. Carol has been singing opera for 20 years or so C. Carol worked as a music teacherD. Carol is popular with Americans and EuropeansCFUZHOU, South China, Dec. 18 (Fujian D

24、aily) Students of Fujian Province who date (约会) in middle school have slowly increased recently. Its said that they have obviously worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol and tobacco use than their single classmates, according to a new re

25、search from the University of Fuzhou. “Romantic relationships are a symbol of adolescence（青春期）, but very few studies have examined how adolescents are different in the development of these relationships.” said Lin Ming, the study author and professor in the College of Public Health. Professor Lin fo

26、llowed a group of 624 students over a four-year period from 9th to 12th grade. Each year, the group of students completed a survey showing whether they had dated and reported the frequency(频率) of different behaviors, including the use of alcohol and tobacco. Their teachers completed questionnaires (

27、调查表) about the students performance in study. He found some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high school, and these students had the best study skills according to their teachers. Other students dated infrequently in middle school but increased the frequency of dating in

28、high school. “Teachers regarded the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills and the students with the highest dating as having the worst study skills,” according to the report. Study skills refer to behaviors that lead to success in study such as doing wo

29、rk for extra credit(学分), being well organized, finishing homework, working hard . “Dating a classmate may have the emotional complications(复杂)” Lin said, “When the couple break up, they have to continue to see each other in class and perhaps witness the former-partner dating someone else. It is reas

30、onable to think this could be linked to depression(消沉) and divert (转移) attention from studying.” “Dating should not be considered a ceremony of growth in middle school.” Lin concluded finally.27. According to the passage, students who date in middle school may _.A. enjoy better school livesB. be mor

31、e likely to hurt othersC. have poorer performances in studyD. be less likely to use alcohol and tobacco28During the study, Professor Lin _.A. completed the questionnaires of about the students academic（学校的） efforts by himself. B. followed a group of students of 9th and 12th.C. each year completed a

32、survey and a report .D. found that the study skills are connected with the students frequency of dating 29. What can possibly happen to the school couples after they break up?A. They will miss their former-partners sometimes.B. Their attention to studying will be affected.C. They dont want to see each oth