学年安徽省淮南市第二中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、学年安徽省淮南市第二中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题2017-2018学年安徽省淮南市第二中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题命题：高一英语命题中心组（考试时间：120分钟，试题满分：150分）注意事项：1.答题前，务必在答题卷规定位置填写自己的姓名、班级、准考证号（智学号）； 2.在答题卷上答题时，选择题必须用2B铅笔将对应题号的答案涂黑，非选择题必须用0.5mm黑色墨水签字笔在指定区域作答，超出规定区域作答无效；3.考试结束只需提交答题卷，试题卷学生自己保存。第卷第卷（选择题 共115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

2、有一个小题，从题中所给的A, B , C, 三个选项当中选出最佳选项，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 are these two people talking about?A. A lightweight shirt. B.Things to wear. C. The warm weather.2. What is the womans job?A. Cook. B. Waitress. C. Saleswoman.3. How is the man getting to work?A. Riding. B

3、. By bus. C. Driving.4. What does the man mean?A. The womans uncle will come for a visit.B. He thinks the woman should visit her uncle. C. He asks the woman to go over to his place.5. What will the weather inArizonabe like in the coming week?A. Rainy. B. Warm. C. A bit cold.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分。满分22.5分

4、）请听下面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；听完每小题后，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至第8三个小题。6. What lipstick did the woman expect to buy?A. Lyfel, dark shade. B. Lyfel, pink shade. C. Lyfel, bright shade.7. Why does the woman want to change the color

5、 of her lipstick?A. To be cool. B.To be serious. C. To be attractive.8. How about the lipstick the woman took in the end?A. Its color is suitable but is very expensive.B. Its color is right though it is not Lyfel brand.C. Its color isnt right but its brand is Lyfel.听第7段材料，回答第9至第11三个小题。9. Why is it e

6、asier for the woman to learn English?A. She often talks to English people. B. She speaks two languages already.C. She always does her homework right after class.10. Which of the following is suggested by the woman to be a good way of learning English?A. Reading newspapers. B. Writing diaries. C. Rea

7、ding aloud in the morning.11. Why is it difficult for the man to lean English?A. He doesnt talk to his English teachers. B. There are no native speakers around him.C. He is too shy to speak English.听第8段材料，回答第12至第14三个小题。12. How does the man get information about the apartment?A. From TV advertisement

8、s. B. From advertisements in the newspapers. C. From radio advertisements.13. How many rooms has the apartment got?A. Four B. Five C. Six14. How much will the man pay for the rent per month if he wants to include management and parking as well?A. $500. B. $450. C. $550.听第9段材料，回答第15至第17三个小题。15. What

9、is the woman afraid of when she takes her trips?A. Taking a voyage. B. Taking a train. C. Taking a flight.16. What transportation can you infer the man prefers?A. Trains. B. Planes. C. Ships.17. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C F

10、riends.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. What was Miss Richards?A. A chemistry teacher. B. A physics teacher. C. A science teacher.19. How did Miss Richards feel before Dick answered her question?A. Disappointed and unhappy. B. Angry and annoyed. C. Excited.20. What can we learn from the passage?A. Dick was

11、 the top student in class. B.The students were active in class. C. Miss Richards was rather patient. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn the hit film The bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they h

12、ave been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up a bucket list -a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So lets pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.THE PYRAMIDS, GIZA,

13、EGYPTOnto the pyramids, surely on anyones bucket list. Exotik Tours can take you there on a variety of trips, including their popular Egypt Express which includes three nights in Cairo and a three-night Nile Cruise(乘船游览). From $1,384 include four-and five-star accommodation, 12 meals and a ton of si

14、ghtseeing. 416-646-3347TAJ MAHAL, AGRA, INDIAOne of the worlds most fascinating images, Indias Taj Mahal makes even Nicholson and Freeman look calm. Torontos Goway Travel has many suggestions for India, including a three-day independent visit to Agra. Stay at the attractive Oberoi AmarVilas overlook

15、ing the Taj. Include two breakfasts, touring and airport transfer from $1,420. 416-322-1034THE GREAT WALL, CHINAIf the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, check into Tour East Holidays four-day Amazing Beijing Tour for $580 per person, four-star accommodation, sightseeing including the Forbi

16、dden City and the Great Wall, breakfasts and two lunches, transportation and guide. 416-929-0888THE HIMALAYAS, NEPALAnd on to the Himalayas. Talk about something truly majestic (壮丽的). See the top of the world on GAP Adventures Everest Adventure tour, a 15-day exploration including Everest Base Camp,

17、 teahouse lodge stays, and walking through Sherpa villages. Incredibly affordable at just $665 plus local payment of $250. GAPAdventures warns that this is a physically demanding trip. 416-260-099921. The underlined phrase kick the bucket in Paragraph 1 means _.A. come to life B. play a game C. pass

18、 away D. list interesting places22. According to the passage, where can you enjoy a view of the whole Taj Mahal？A. In Sherpa village. B. Near the Forbidden City.C. Through Egypt Express. D. At Oberoi Amar Vilas.23. If you take on the Everest Adventure tour, you should be aware that _.A. the sights m

19、ay not be so good B. It is a tiring tripC. you may not be used to the food there D. it is an expensive tripBOnce when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice Ive ever had: Be bold and brav

20、e and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep wat

21、er, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, cre

22、ative ideas even physical strength greater than most of us realize. Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player.“In one

23、 game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,”said Tim.“I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet and stopped him cold.”Boldness a willingness to extend yourself to the extremeis n

24、ot one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better of

25、f than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilitiesand youll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.24.Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.C. F

26、ear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.25. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.26.What can be learned from Par

27、agraph 5?A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.27. What is the authors purpose in writing this passage?A. To encourage people to be courageous. B. To advise people to

28、build up physical power.C. To tell people the ways to guarantee success. D. To recommend people to develop more abilities.C The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相对主义), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the

29、 ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige doe

30、s Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from todays popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that b

31、ecause “the general principles of taste are uniform(不变的) in human nature,”the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of m