云南省腾冲市第八中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、云南省腾冲市第八中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案腾八中20172018学年度高一上学期期末考试英 语 试 卷（时间：120分钟，满分150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）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What does the woman prefer? A. Foreign languages. B. Science. C. Politics.2. What are the speakers talking about? A. Vegetables. B. Flowers. C. Fruits.3. Wha

2、t will the man do? A. Send an e-mail. B. Make a call. C. Send a message.4. Where does the man want to go? A. A restaurant. B. A hotel. C. A hospital5. How many trips does the school organize on weekdays every month? A. Two B. Three C. Five第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

3、6. What is the man probably doing? A. Studying for an exam. B. Playing computer games. C. Playing volleyball.7. Who is Mike? A. The mans friend. B. Tims brother. C. The womans student.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What time is it now? A. 8:30 pm. B. 9:00 pm. C. 11:00 am.9. What will the man probably do next? A

4、. Pay a late fee. B. Go out of town. C. Return a DVD.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Who has got the invitation? A. Joan. B. Bill. C. George. 11. What will the Marks do tonight? A. Move their furniture into new house.B. Hold a house-warming party.C. Give out some invitations.12. What day is it today probably

5、? A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How old is the woman now? A. 11years old. B. 20 years old. C. 21 years old.14. How will the woman probably travel around Europe?A. By plane. B. By train. C. By car.15. Where will the woman visit first from Spain? A. France. B. Morocco. C.

6、 Portugal.16. What s the relationship between the speakers? A. Friends B. Relatives. C. Schoolmates.请听第10段材料,回答第 17至 20题。17. What does Mr. Jones do? A. A tour guide. B. A museum clerk. C. A head teacher.18. How long do the students have to work on the projects on a Science Night? A. 3.5 hours. B. 7

7、hours. C. 10.5 hours.19. What can the students do after breakfast in the morning? A. Enter a competition. B. Watch a film. C. Visit a gallery.20. What does the speaker expect the students to do? A. Listen to his next talk. B. Come to a Science Night.C. Write reports on Facebook.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第

8、一节（共15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。AI can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother who also lived in the neighborhood brought her down to meet me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmothe

9、r, scared to look at each other. Soon, we lost the shyness and started playing with each other. In 7th grade she was going through family problems. However every summer we would always sit at each others house and watch soap operas, eat Doritos and talk about all the boys we liked. It was last year

10、when I noticed the problem. She was diagnosed with clinical depression(临床抑郁症), and had to go to a hospital during the day. I was very upset at first but with the late night calls, we still stayed in touch. Yesterday she came to me and said this: I never knew what a best friend was until you were the

11、 only person that would stop me from cutting; the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my problems. You dont know this but I was trying to kill myself this one night you called me and I was crying. I owe you so much, and you didnt even know you were helping me. We both cried .A

12、nd I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never give up on your friends. Even if they arent as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need someone there. If you desert(放弃) them, you will only be miserable yourself. So if a friend needs you, and you care for them, you can ne

13、ver desert them.21. Why did the two girls hide behind their grandmas? A. Because it was the first time that they met. B. Because they were both shy. C. Because they were in a new neighborhood. D. Because they didnt know each other.22. What would have happened to her friend if the author had not care

14、 about her? A .She would have lost her new best friend B. She wouldnt have done well in her lessons. C. She would have killed herself. D. She would have stayed in the hospital.23. How did the author keep in touch with her friend? A By going to see her. B. By sending her emails. C. By telephoning her

15、. D. By going to the hospital.24. What lesson does the author learn? A. Try to be as cool as others. B. Dont think others crazy. C. Take care of others as a sister. D. Never give up on your friend BThe English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. Our

16、 language is always changing. We need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way. English can change by borrowing words from other languages. Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from India. The word coffee came from Turkey,

17、 and “tea came from China .Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too.New words are also made by adding two words together. Strawberry, postman, and grandfather are words made up of two partsSometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word photo” was m

18、ade from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. Smog was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words smoke and “fog”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named afte

19、r a man named Sandwich. Scotch tape, band-aid, and jello were names made up by the companies that first made the products. 25. On the whole the passage is about _.A .borrowing words from other languagesB. the English languageC. naming new productsD. names of famous people26 . Why is the English lang

20、uage always changing?A. People get tired of using the same words. B . People use words for movies and TV plays.C. There are too many books and magazines.D. People need words for new inventions and ideas.27. From the passage we can see that_ . A .all new words are borrowedB. words never come from com

21、pany names C. languages dont stay the sameD. old words dont change their meanings28. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage? A . A Changing Language B. English -A Beautiful Language C. Names Can Become Words D. Different LanguagesCGood afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope

22、that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our lawsThe first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all mea

23、ns, but please dont make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings(入行横道) and do not take any chances when cross

24、ing the road.My next point is about litter (throwing away waste material in a public place). It is an offence (违法行为) to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin. Finally, as regards smoking, it is again

25、st the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.Id like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.29. The main purpose of this speech would be to_. A. prepare people f

26、or international travelB. declare the laws of different kindsC. give advice to travelers to the countryD. inform people of the punishment for breaking laws30. From the speech we learn that _A. In this country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for

27、youB. You may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of ageC. Because the traffic moves on the left side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the roadD. You cant make noise except at night31. Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?A. A policem

28、an. B. A lawmaker.C. A teacher. D. A lawyer.DStepping into a pool of water is common enough, but who could ever imagine stepping into a pool of fish? In February of 2004, Bill Tappan Australian. farmer saw a rain of fish that covered his farm. How surprised he must have been when he heard many fish

29、hitting against his roof!What caused this strange occurrence? This is a question that had long puzzled people who study fish. The answer turned out to be a combination of wind and storm.When it is spring in the northern part of the world, it is fall in Australia. Throughout the autumn season, terrib

30、le storms arise and rains flood the land. The strong winds sweep over Australia like huge vacuum cleaner, collecting seaweed, pieces of wood, and even schools of fish. Strong winds man carry these bits of nature for many miles before vacuum dropping them on fields, houses, and astonished people.Alth

31、ough they seem unusual, fish-falls occur(发生) quite frequently in Australia. When Bill Tappan was asked to describe the scene of fish, he remarked, They look like millions of dead birds falling down. His statement is not surprising. The wonders of the natural world are as common as rain .Nature, with

32、 its infinite wonders, can create waterfalls that flow upward and fish that fall out of the sky.32 . What is this passage about?A . A sad story. B. A rain of fish.C. Australias northern part. D. The damage done by floods.33. Fish-falls occur in Australia_.A. quite often B. on large farmsC. only in winter D. when the air is calm34. It is a kn