江苏省扬州中学2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

2017-2018学年度第一学期期末检测试题

高一英语

2018. 01

本卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分120分。考试时间120分钟。

第 I 卷（选择题，三部分，共75分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

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 is the woman going to do?

A. Have a coffee.

B. Clean her office.

C. Attend a meeting.

2. What does the woman ask for?

A. A dress of different size.

B. A dress of better quality.

C. A dress of a

bright color.

3. What does the man want to do?

A. Borrow a ladder.

B. Take his leave.

C. Clean the roof.

4. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Go to the man’s place.

B. Call the Hillsboro Hotel.

C. Reserve an exhibition hall.

5. Where are the speakers?

A. At home.

B. In a museum.

C. In the city square.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. Why has the man hardly seen the woman lately?

A. She had a traffic accident.

B. She moved to another place.

C. She is working unusual hours.

7. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In an office.

B. At a bus stop.

C. In an apartment.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。

8. What does the man have to do now?

A. Plan a trip.

B. Look for a job.

C. Make a decision.

9. What does the woman think of the journey to South America?

A. Dangerous.

B. Exciting.

C. Expensive.

10. What advice does the woman give to the man?

A. Going abroad.

B. Staying at home.

C. Opening a bookstore. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. What is the radio program for?

A. Sharing personal feelings.

B. Discussing language skills.

C. Promoting community service.

12. What is the second point Prof. Sheffield mentioned?

A. To give details and facts.

B. To introduce main ideas.

C. To conclude the article.

13. What makes an excellent article according to Prof. Sheffield?

A. Formal language.

B. Detailed facts.

C. Personal style.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A summer job.

B. A birthday party.

C. A food company.

15. What does the man’s company do?

A. Design furniture.

B. Organize concerts.

C. Offer food services.

16. What will the man do before the party?

A. Set tables.

B. Cook food.

C. Play music.

17. What does the woman think of the man’s work?

A. Difficult.

B. Interesting.

C. Valuable.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。

18. What do the Hoffmans do for a living?

A. They are gardeners.

B. They sell vegetables.

C. They run a guesthouse.

19. How much direct sunshine do tomato plants actually need every day?

A. Five hours.

B. Eight hours.

C. Twelve hours.

20. Why do Irish potatoes grow better in the shade?

A. They have deeper roots.

B. They have wider leaves.

C. They have bigger flowers.

第二部分：英语知识综合运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题１分，满分15分）

21. —When will we start to reconstruct the historical sites of the Ming Dynasty in Yangzhou?

—Not until our plan ________ by the committee.

A. will be approved

B. has approved

C. is to approve

D. has been approved

22. Depending on your preferences, you can create a new program and use it ________ the old one.

A. in defense of

B. in place of

C. in spite of

D. in

case of

23. All the students went to the fields to take care of the little trees, ________ great damage had been done by the heavy rain.

A. at which

B. to which

C. on which

D. with which

24. Because of the traffic jams ahead, the policeman, whose voice came out of the fog, was trying to ________ Polly down.

A. break

B. turn

C. wave

D. bend

25. Howard Beach is a mostly white neighborhood that is perhaps best known for a racial incident, ________ a group of white teens caused the death of a black man.

A. where

B. what

C. which

D. when

26. Workmen work to earn money but not for money, whose job is the ________ of their attitude(态度) to doing things with the drive to perfect their skill.

A. attraction

B. guidance

C. reflection

D. approval

27. FortyLions is too selfish and stubborn—________, she is not a competitive candidate.

A. variously

B. rudely

C. altogether

D. harmoniously

28. —Look at those clouds!

—Don’t worry. ________ it rains, we’ll still have a great time with the company of close friends.

A. Even though

B. As if

C. In case

D. Only if

29. With the good care taken by doctors and nurses, most patients injured in this traffic accident are beginning to ________.

A. make up

B. turn up

C. take up

D. pick up

30. The question why Cheng Yu chose to return to his hometown from abroad made him feel lost and as if he didn’t ________ here.

A. tolerate

B. wander

C. belong

D. hesitate

31. —Could you meet me at the airport at nine o’clock?

—I’d like to, but I’m afraid I ________ a very important lecture then.

A. am attending

B. was attending

C. will be attending

D. will have attended

32. I believe that she must have been at home last night, ________?

A. di dn’t she

B. wasn’t she

C. mustn’t she

D. needn’t she

33. Happiness is a feeling ________ there is always something or somebody lighting up your eyes and making you want to sing for no reason.

A. when

B. which

C. whether

D. that

34. —I wonder what makes him a good English teacher.

—He ________ as a volunteer in the UK for three years, which helps with his work a lot.

A. served

B. has served

C. serves

D. had served

35. —I’ve seen something, and I’m not saying there’s anything wrong about it, but

I’d feel uncomfortable if I kept it to myself.

—________.

A. It’s a piece of cake

B. Don’t pull my leg

C. You have green fingers

D. I’m all ears

第二节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题１分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some women may admire those who stay home taking care of children without thinking of anything about jobs. Lots of families 36 on one income(收入). However, We never thought that we would be anything else though it’s hardly news that to be a working mother has its 37 .

Tom travelled much when our children were young. Luckily, I had an understanding boss, who allowed me to work a reduced 38 for about 12 years. My 32-hour work week provided the chance to 39 in my children’s kindergarten classrooms.

Never 40 the value of routine (常规). When Dad was away, the children knew the drill. 41 piano lessons interrupted (打断) our usual arrangement once in a while, generally we 42 , had breakfast and out at the same time every day and back in, fed and bathed with a little time left over for a game or a 43 TV show. I got a few minutes of 44 before sleep.

My work at the news centre has been fun and 45 . I’ve spent my working hours improving sentences and 46 and passing along information about our town.

My work has been 47 to me in important ways, and I think it has made me a more interesting and satisfied 48 and parent. And our family has learned to 49 the time we do have together.

50 , if I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t change my mind to be a working mom.

36. A. defend B. disagree C. concentrate D. manage

37. A. failures B. strengths C. challenges D. attractions

38. A. guidance B. schedule C. freedom D. data

39. A. volunteer B. select C. arrange D. roll

40. A. approve B. ignore C. preserve D. inspire

41. A. Though B. If C. Since D. Until

42. A. got up B. got on C. got off D. got by

43. A. lasting B. favorite C. frightening D. forbidden

44. A. patience B. devotion C. peace D. defense

45. A. annoying B. embarrassing C. exciting D. confusing

46. A. systems B. signals C. status D. stories

47. A. meaningful B. painful C. disturbing D. useless

48. A. athlete B. partner C. graduate D. captain

49. A. reserve B. suffer C. enjoy D. kill

50. A. Somehow B. Besides C. However D. So

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分, 满分30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Your True Stories

A PURR-FECT ANSWER

As a kindergarten teacher, I work with students of different reading abilities. One day, I was helping a student who was struggling to learn the letter sounds. I used flash cards with letters and pictures to help. I showed him the letters and a picture of a snake to call attention to the sound. Sss, snake. Next came the letter c. He couldn’t remember the sound, so I showed him a picture of a cat. When I asked him to tell me the sound of c, he looked puzzled and said, “Meow?”

PIANO WOMAN

When I saved a piano from an old house, I had not

considered that I would need assistance moving it from the

back of my pickup truck into my home. Finally, I had to drive

around with it for several days. One day, a police officer pulled me over. He had seen me before and asked why I was driving around with a piano in my truck bed. I told him that my car radio had broken and I couldn’t afford a new one. He laughed—and he let me go without a ticket.

SEE DAD RUN

Like most dads, I imagine, I’d always assumed that my three-year-old son looked up to me as a superhero. Until one day, that is, when, having picked him up from school, I saw that we were about to miss our bus and decided to make a run for it. Once we were safely aboard, I noticed that my son was staring at me with his big blue eyes. “What’s the matter?” I asked him, still out of breath. He whispered,“Daddy, I didn’t know you could run.”

____________________

After moving to the country, my three-year-old daughter and I were often alone in our house. Because we lived in a rural area with no close neighbors, I wanted to make sure she would be able to call 911 in the event that something happened to me. After instructing her, I decided to tes t her: “OK, what would you do if you found me on the floor and you couldn’t wake me up?” I could see her little brain working. To my surprise, she said, “I would go into the kitchen and eat anything I want.”

51. Why did the police officer laugh and let the woman go without a ticket?

A. Because the woman didn’t break any traffic rules on purpose that day.

B. Because the woman was wise enough to give him appropriate explanations.

C. Because the police officer was so kind and friendly that he wanted to help her.

D. Because the police officer had seen the woman for several times before.

52. Which of the following is the most suitable to be put in the blank of the text?

A. CLOSE NEIGHBORS

B. YOUNG DAUGHTER

C. SNACK EMERGENCY

D. CALL 911-HELP

53. What do you think of the stories?

A. Fun

B. Caring

C. Confusing

D. Amazing

B

A saying is a short, clever expression that usually contains advice or expresses

some obvious truth. Though the meanings shown for sayings are believed to be generally accepted, for some sayings sometimes they may go otherwise.

No Use Crying Over Spilt(溢出的) Milk. Crying can help people recover from disappointment. True, it’s dangerous to live on the past, but holding back those spilt-milk tears could hurt even more. A survey of more than 5,000 weepers in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology suggests that people who do not cry only feel worse. Or, to put it another way, “Sometimes we should cry over spilt milk,” writes Aaron Ben-Ze’ev, a philosophy professor at the University of Haifa in Israel. “Otherwise, how will we learn to value milk, and how will we avoid spilling it again?”

You Catch More Flies with Honey than with Vinegar. Vinegar(醋) is a fly magnet. If you’ve ever endured a fruit fly(苍蝇) invasion in your home, a bowl of vinegar was likely your first line of defense. Researchers from Northwestern University found that “The hungrier a fly gets, the quicker it gives in to vinegar”.

Money Can’t Buy Happiness. Yes, it can. Happiness is going by no matter what your bank account looks like, but research shows that money does, in fact, give you short-term bursts of joy—if you spend wisely. Experiences such as concerts or holidays have been shown to bring greater happiness than shopping. People who spend money on others are also measurably happier than those who treat themselves. So do yourself a favour: buy happiness for someone else.

Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit First (“Low-hanging fruit” refers to easy-to-reach fruit or easy-to-finish tasks). Lower fruit is often the last to grow fully. “Fruit that is high up, exposed to the sun, develops the fastest,” says Gennaro Fazio, a plant geneticist(基因学家) for the USDA’s Agricultural Resource Service, “and you want to pick the low-hanging fruit last, so it has more time to de velop.” What’s more, “S tarting at the top makes the job easier,” says Henry Rueda, an apple-picking professional. When pickers harvest from top to bottom, the bags of fruit they carry around their necks and shoulders grow heavier as they move downwards.

54. Which of following statements is supported by Gennaro Fazio?

A. The low-hanging fruit is often the last that we are supposed to pick.

B. The first goals set for yourself should be easier to achieve than other goals.

C. Workers enjoy the ease with which the lower fruit can be picked in the tree.

D. Every situation is different and easy pickings that count are done first.

55. According to the article, the writer may argue that ________.

A. o ne’s words can never be taken back just like the spilt milk

B. money is not a good servant but a bad master when it speaks

C. blindly believing the whole book is worse than having no book

D. f lies are much fonder of honey than vinegar when they’re hungry

56. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. What Are the Household Sayings for?

B. What Are Wrong with These Sayings?

C. Where Are These Well-known Sayings from?

D. How Can These Sayings Be Understood?

C

Some bats sing just as birds and humans do. But how they learn their calls and melodies is a mystery—one that scientists will try to solve by researching the genes of more than 1,000 bat species.

The project, called Bat 1K, was announced on 14 November at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California. Its organizers also hope to learn more about the flying mammals’ echolocation ability—the ability to find directions in the dark; their strong immune systems that can defend against Ebola, a deadly virus; and their relatively long lifespans.

“The genomes of all these other species, like birds and mice, are well-understood,” says an expert at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. “But we don’t know anything about bat genes yet.”

Some bats show babbling behavior, including barks, chatter, screeches, whistles and trills, says Mirjam Kn?rnschild, a behavioral ecologist at the Free University of Berlin. Young bats learn the songs and other sounds from older male tutors. They use these sounds during courtship and mating, when they seek food and as they defend their territory against rivals.

Scientists have studied the vocal sounds of only about 50 bat species so far,

Kn?rnschild says, and they know much less about bats’ communication than birds’. Four species of bat have so far been found to learn vocal sounds from each other, their fathers and other adult males, just as a child gradually learns how to speak from its parents.

Genetic studies have discovered at least one gene in bats that is linked to speech and language, called FOXP2. The gene is also known to have a role in how people learn language, and in vocal learning in song-birds. Researchers working on the Bat 1K project expect to find that other genes are also involved in communication, and that many more bat species have the ability to lear n songs, calls and other sounds. “It’s not a rare trait,” Kn?rnschild says. “I’m becoming convinced that all bats are more or less the same in vocal learning.”

Bats’ echolocation ability has been studied for many years, partly because of its applications to sonar and radar. But scientists know very little about the vocal communication and social behaviour that drive how bats learn their songs and sounds, says Michael Yartsev, a neurobiologist at University of California, Berkeley. The study of vocal learnin g in bats is “nearly completely un tapped”, he says—comparing it to the state of research into birdsong 60 years ago.

57. The project, Bat 1K is carried out mainly to ________.

A. do research on the genes of more bat species

B. research bats’ ability to find directions in the dark

C. study the way bats learn their calls and songs

D. learn more secrets about bats’ longer lifespans

58. From Para 5 and 6, we can safely infer that ________.

A. scientists have studied only approximately 50 bat species so far

B. of all bats, only four species learn vocal sounds from each other

C. more than one gene linked to speech and language has been discovered

D. the gene FOXP2 has something to do with human language learning

59. Which of the following is the word“trait” in Paragraph 6 closest to in meaning?

A. quality

B. behavior

C. habit

D. gene

60. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Scientists try to know more about bat genes.