湖北省十堰市第二中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题.docx

1、湖北省十堰市第二中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题十堰二中2018年春季高一年级期中考试英语试题时间：120分钟 满分：150分第I卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两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分，满分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。1.What does the man use to take notes?A. A pen. B. A com

2、puter C. A pencil.2. When will the phone be repaired?A. By Wednesday before noon. B. By Monday before noon. C. By Monday afternoon. 3. What is the woman doing recently? A. Skipping breakfast. B. Losing weight. C. Learning how to cook.4. Who is the presentation intended for? A. New clients. B. The di

3、rector of the board. C. The president.5. What does the man mean? A. He hasnt traveled around the world yet. B. He went mountain climbing last year. C. He doesnt want to go at all.第二节（共15小题；每小题1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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将

4、给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话仅读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A schedule. B. An interview. C. A manager.7. What does the woman plan to do after the interview? A. Have a talk with the man. B. Go to another interview. C. Visit the mans company.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the womans

5、 problem? A. She cant drive to work. B. She cant afford a new car. C. Her car doesnt work well.9. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Replace her old car. B. Get in touch with Jimmys Garage C. Settle her problem before 6 oclock.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where did the man want to go? A. To a town.

6、B. To big city. C. To a port.11. When did the mans flight take off eventually? A. At 3:30 pm. B. At 12:30 pm. C. At 2:00 pm. 12. Why couldnt the mans flight land on the military base? A. There was a technical problem. B. The military didnt allow it to land. C. The weather was terrible there.听第9段材料，回

7、答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers? A. In the womans house. B. In the street. C. In a restaurant. 14. What is the problem of the womans neighborhood?A. Teenagers draw pictures on the buildings. B. People around arent friendly. C. The police arent on duty at night.15. What does the woman think incon

8、venient? A. Parking. B. Eating. C. Shopping.16. What do we know about the mans neighborhood? A. Its quiet at night. B. Its near a school. C. Its dirty.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How did the speaker know about the cruise holiday? A. He heard about it from his friend.B. He saw it in an advertisement. C. Ms

9、. Lawrence told him about it.18. What does the speaker plan to do during the cruise holiday? A. Go to Spain. B. Visit every port. C. Go shopping.19. What does the speaker care most about the cruise holiday? A. The departure time. B. The cost. C. The activity.20. How many people will go on the cruise

10、 holiday according to the speaker? A. 4. B. 5. C. 3.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。AAs young students gain independence, they can take on science and engineering projects that require more special knowledge. The followings are the best educational toys f

11、or middle school students.Terraforming MarsThe goal of the Terraforming Mars board game is to make the Red Planet fit of human habitation. Players, representing a person sent to the planet to warm it create oceans and build up the oxygen levels, compete for victory points awarded for building cities

12、 or introducing animals. The goals are based on real sciencefor example, players must found greenhouse gas production to warm the planet.Recommended ages: 12 and upPrice: $69.99DIY Cell Phone EquipmentAre you kids begging you for the latest for the latest iPhone? Tell them to build up their own.DIY

13、Cell Phone Equipment will teach young teens about the technology behind their beloved mobile equipment. Kids can turn this Phone equipment into a real working phone.Recommended ages: 12 and upPrice: $58.99OWI: 14-in-1 Solar RobotKids can experience 14 different robotic models with this solar robot.

14、The robot can move on land and water, and there are two skill levels, which means more experienced builders will still be challenged. The robot is powered by the sun, so you dont have to buy batteries（电池）.Recommended ages: 12 to 15Price: $24.99Compound MicroscopeCompound Microscope is great for home

15、 or classroom explorations. It helps kids get an eyeful of solid samples, such as insects, coins and plants. The microscope also comes with a microtome, dyes, test tubes, a handbook and cleaning tools.Recommended ages: 12 and upPrice: $89.9521. These toys may be the best birthday gifts to be sent to

16、 .A. teenagers B. pupils C. children younger than 12 D. babies22. Compound Microscope will provide buyers the following things except .A. test tubes B. a battery C. cleaning tools D. a handbook23. What can we learn from the text?A. Mars has been suitable for humans to live on.B. OWI: 14-in-1 Solar R

17、obot is the most expensive toy.C. DIY Cell Phone Equipment is the latest iPhone at present.D. You neednt equip OWI: 14-in-1 Solar Robot with a battery.BIn a time when ivory poaching（偷猎）has gotten so bad that it threatens to wipe out several animal species,a young Dutch designer is creating egalitari

18、an（平等主义）jewelry made of our very own ivoryteeth.Lucie Majerus got the idea for her human ivory collection after having her wisdom teeth removed. She kept them and soon realized they would make great material for a jewelry collection.Why wouldnt we value our own material instead of the precious mater

19、ial from other species? And what if we mine our own ivory and turn it into pearls? she asks.Her own teeth became a ring,but in order to create a whole collection, she needed more material, and since having more of her teeth removed wasnt a very pleasant choice, she asked her dentist to save his pati

20、ents unwanted teeth. Most people choose not to keep their pulled teeth, so they are usually donated to dentistry schools. Majerus also received the lost teeth of two of-her teachers at Design Academy Eindhoven, so she had a nice supply of human ivory to experiment with.To turn human teeth into attra

21、ctive pieces of jewelry, Lucie Majerus first bleaches（漂白）them, and then uses a stone polishing machine to shape the teeth into various shapes.Majerus displayed her human ivory jewelry collection at this years Dutch Design Week, and claims that peoples reaction was mostly positive.Surprisingly, most

22、people arent frightened at the sight of the jewelry, but really like the idea, Majerus told Fast Co Design.Some regret that they didnt keep their tooth at the dentist and some,who will have teeth taken out soon,are now looking forward to it.24. When did Majerus get the idea of collecting human ivory

23、?A. After she bought a ring. B. Before her wisdom teeth appeared.C. Before she was lacking in pearls. D. After her wisdom teeth were pulled out.25. Seeing Majeruss human ivory jewelry collection, most people felt .A. frightened B. interested C. sad D. curious26. It can be inferred from the text that

24、 .A. Majerus is the first woman to create jewelry using human teethB. other species teeth are more precious than human teethC. most people dont like keeping their pulled teeth at homeD. Majeruss teachers objected to her experiments with teeth27. What may be the best title for the text?A. Elephants a

25、nd Ivory B. Human Ivory JewelryC. A Designer Removed Her Teeth D. The Weakenesses of Human TeethC World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization （UNESCO） in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discove

26、r the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day.Many countries celebrate World Book Day. Take UK as an example. On that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in a

27、ny bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Wen Jiabao, a bookworm, who does lots of reading every day, has called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. Books cannot change the world, but peo

28、ple can change the world by changing themselves through reading, he said.Why do people like reading? One big advantage is that reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Also, reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives u

29、s information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answersThe more we read, the more we know. Whats more, reading is also one of the most im

30、portant ways to learn a foreign language like English.Reading makes a full man （Bacon, 1597 ）. Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us. So it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day.28. World Boo

31、k Day was set up in order to encourage people to .A. buy more books B. do more reading C. learn foreign languages D. know more about science29. In the UK, what will school children do on World Book Day?A. They will give away some books to those poor families children.B. They will go to the library i

32、n order to read as many books as possible.C. They will buy books of much lower price than usual in any bookstore.D. They will organize some activities in memory of William Shakespeare.30. How many advantages of reading are mentioned in the passage?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.31. The underlined words “a bookworm” in Paragraph 2 probably mean .A. a person who loves readi