2017--2018人教版高中英语高一上学期期中试题
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A Language Programme for Teenagers
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Regardless of your choice of course, you’ll develop your language ability both quickly and effectively.
Our Standard Course guarantees a significant increase in your confidence in a foreign language, with focused teaching in all 4 skill areas----speaking, listening, reading and writing. Our Intensive Course builds on our Standard Course, with 10 additional lessons per week, guaranteeing the fastest possible language learning (see table below).
Evaluation students are placed into classes according to their current language skills. Themajority of them take on online language test before starting their programme. However, if this is not available, students sit the exam on the first Monday of their course.
Learning materials are provided for students throughout their course, and there will never be more than 15 participants in each class.
Arrivals and Transfer
Our programme offers the full package—students are taken good care of from the start through to the very end. They are collected from the airport upon arrival and brought to their accommodation in comfort. We require the student’s full detail s at least 4 weeks in advance.
Meals/Allergies(过敏)/Special Dietary Requirements
Students are provided with breakfast, dinner and either a cooked or packed lunch(which consists of a sandwich, a drink and a dessert). Snacks outside of mealtimes may be purchased by the student individually.
We ask that you let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements as well as information about any medicines you take. Depending on the type of allergies and/ or dietary requirements, an extra charge may be made for providing special food.
21. How does Intensive Course differ from Standard Course?
A. It is less effective.
B. It focuses on speaking.
C. It includes extra lessons.
D. It gives you confidence
22. When can a student attend Standard Course?
A. 13:00-14:30 Monday.
B. 9:00-12:30 Tuesday
C. 13:00-14:30 Friday.
D. 9:00-12:30 Saturday.
23. Before starting their programme, students are expected to _____.
A. take a language test
B. have an online interview
C. prepare learning materials
D. report their language levels
24.Which of the following may require an extra payment?
A. Cooked dinner.
B. Mealtime dessert.
C. Packed lunch.
D. Special diet.
B
I don't think I can recall（回想）a time when I wasn't aware of the beauty of the ocean. Growing up in Australia, I had the good fortune of having the sea at my side. The first time I went to Halfmoon Bay. I suddenly had the feeling of not being able to feel the ground with my feet anymore.
For my 10th birthday, my sister and I were taken out to the Great Barrier Reef. There were fish in different colors, caves and layers of coral. They made such an impression on me. When I learned that only 1 percent of Australia's Coral Sea was protected, I was shocked. Australian marine（海洋的）life is particularly important because the reefs have more marine species than any other country on earth. But sadly, only 45% of the world's reefs are considered healthy.
This statistic is depressing, so it's important for us to do everything to protect them. The hope that the Coral Sea remains a complete eco-system has led me to take action. I've become involved with the Protect Our Coral Sea activity, which aims to create the largest marine park in the world. It would serve as a place where the ocean's species will all have a safe place forever.
Together, Angus and I created a little video and we hope it will inspire people to be a part of the movement. Angus also shares many beautiful childhood memories of the ocean as a young boy, who grew up sailing, admiring the beauty of the ocean, and trying to find the secrets of ocean species.
25.From the underlined sentence in Para.1, we can learn the author_____.
A. seldom went surfing at the sea
B. forgot his experiences about the ocean
C. never went back to his hometown
D. had a wonderful impression of Halfmoon Bay
26. According to the second paragraph, Australian marine life_____.
A. is escaping from the Coral Sea gradually
B. depends on reefs for living greatly
C. may be faced with danger
D. is protected better than that in other oceans
27. The Protect Our Coral Sea activity is intended to____.
A. contribute to a complete eco-system
B. prevent more marine species being endangered
C. set up a large nature reserve for reefs
D. raise more teenagers' environmental awareness
28.Angus and the author created a little video to______.
A. urge more people to take action to protect the marine species
B. inspire more people to explore the secret of the ocean
C. share their childhood experiences about the ocean
D. bring back to people their memory of ocean species
C
Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young, she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.
As a child, she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.
At last, her mind was made up. ―I’m going to be a nurse,‖ she decided.―Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,‖ her father told her.―Then I will make it so,‖ she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.
When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for women. During the Crimean War in 1854, she went with a group of thirty-eight nurses to the front hospital. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurses went to work.
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicines and food for the men. Her only pay was the smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
After war, she returned to England and was honored for her service by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries. Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.
29. When she was a child, Florence .
A. wrote a book on public health
B. knew what her duty in life was
C. loved to help the sick people
D. was most interested in music and drawing
30.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where .
A. she earned a lot of money
B. work was very difficult
C. few soldiers died because of her work
D. she didn’t have enough food and clothes
31. The passage can be best described as .
A. the life story of a famous woman
B. a description of the nursing work
C. an example of successful education
D. the history of nursing in England
D
Hello, everyone! Thanks for tuning into You Time Talk Show. Today we will talk about a famous Person —Jerome Kern.He is often called the father of American musical theater. Kern is remembered for the hundreds of songs he wrote for musical plays and movies. To a great extent, he led the development of the first truly American theater music.
Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. Success came quickly. By the early 1920s, Kern was a successful young composer（作曲家）for Broadway musical comedies. He worked with each song until he was satisfied that the music was perfect. American musical plays at that time were still usually copied from European ones. Kern wanted to try something completely new. He thought a musical play should be a real work of art, not just a collection of songs and dances. He thought songs should help move the action of the play along, by showing a person's feelings. Kern wanted to do a truly American musical, with real American
characters and real situations.
In 1927, he found the story he wanted. It was the book "Show Boat" by American writer Edna Ferber. "Show Boat" takes place in the 1880s on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River. The boat is called a show boat because singers and dancers entertain the passengers. The captain of the show boat has a daughter who is a singer on the boat. She falls in love with a man who earns his money by gambling with cards.
The story dealt with some unusually serious issues for a musical. It showed the hard lives of African-Americans in the South. And it showed marriage between people of different races, which was against the law at that time. Although serious in places, "Show Boat" was not a tragedy. The public and critics loved it. "Show Boat" became the greatest work of American musical theater .Music critics said Kern's effect on musical theater was revolutionary. It was Kern's music that made the show a great success, which has been performed thousands of times all over the world.
32. The passage above is likely to appear in ___________.
A. a poster
B. a radio program
C. a notice
D. a news report
33. According to the passage, Jerome Kern can be described as being ___________.
A. adventurous and sympathetic
B. brave and kind
C. productive and successful
D. hardworking and poor
34.The story of ―Show Boat‖ is _________.
A. serious
B. light-hearted
C. ridiculous
D. tragic
35.The purposeof the passage is to _____________.
A. introd uce Jerome Kern’s life and his career
B. explain how Jerome Kern’s truly American musical was created
C. tell us the unusual story of ―Show Boat‖
D. show the differences between American musical plays and European ones
七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The key to losing weight is to understand what really motivates（刺激）you. Have you ever been excited about losing a few pounds? ___36__And to help you keep your weight under control, you need some coping strategies.
Ask questions. When you’re researching different dieting products and plans or even talking to a doctor about diets, ask as many questions as you can. __37____ Ask questions like: Do I have to purchase special meals or supplements? Does the program include a part to help me maintain my weight loss?
Get real. __38___Don’t burden yourself with unrealistic expectations. Remember, large amounts of weight loss are not realistic and are most likely not safe or healthy. Talk with your health care professional to determine a healthy weight goal.
____39____To maintain your weight, you must balance your intake of calories with the energy you burn. Just 30 minutes of fast walking in most days can take about 10 pounds off your weight each year.
Weigh yourself weekly. It’s important to track your weight on any diet or weight loss plan, but don’t get on the scale every day. Weighing daily won’t show you the big picture. _____40_____.
A. Stay balanced.
B. Once a week is fine.
C. Stick with your healthy eating plan.
D. Losing one to two pounds a week is a realistic goal.
E. Being well informed will help you choose the best diet for you.
F. Regular weight check-ins will show you your progress over time.
G. If so, you must find a way to turn that excitement into determination.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
There Really Was a Santa Claus
Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her __41__ was to go to the post office every day and ___42___ the company mail. One day in December, she __43___a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus __44___ on the corner of the street. Each day she ___45___her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and ___46____ her a Merry Christmas.
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause __47___ stood in the cold wind. __48____ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
A week later, a(n) ___49___ Santa Claus was standing there. ―What happened to the other Santa Claus?‖ she asked. He told her, ―He’s very __50___ today.‖ She prayed for his health.
Later that day, a colleague(同事) came into her office __51___. ―I don’t know what I’m going to do.‖ ―What’s wrong?‖ she asked. ―It’s my ex-husband,‖ her colleague __52___ ―I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, __53____ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.‖ The lady ___54___ her colleague, ―I’m sure everything will __55__ . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).‖
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ___56___ ―I know we don’t have much money to __57__ , but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for __58__ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.‖ Her husband smiled, ―Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.‖She reached up and held him. Warmth spread __59__ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus – and he had __60___ her!
41. A. family B. job C. life D. leisure
42. A. receive B. go through C. answerD. pick up
43. A. saw B. watched C. sensed D. followed
44. A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing
45. A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw
46. A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell
47. A. even B. just C. still D. yet
48. A. Although B. If C. Since D. After
49. A. honest B. new C. considerate D. strong
50. A. sad B. poor C. cold D. sick
51. A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble
52. A. concluded B. decided C. continued D. commented
53. A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise
54. A. warned B. looked at C. laughed at D. comforted
55. A. work out B. come back C. come on D. open
56. A. message B. suggestion C. situation D. example
57. A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay
58. A. ourselves B. themselves C. us D. others
59. A. off B. to C. among D. through
60. A. relaxed B. doubted C. married D. shaped
语法填空
Mr. Clark works in a middle school. He likes reading and often borrows some books
61 the library. He listens to the radio every morning and reads newspapers after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.
Mr. Clark has a nine-year-old son, Mike, 62 also likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clark always thinks he’s too young 63 (understand) him and chooses the easiest ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with it.
On day Mike read something about lights and was 64 (interest) in it. He asked his father a few questions, and without any 65 (difficult) his father answered them all. Then his father said 66 (proud), ―Fathers always know 67 (much) than sons!‖The boy thought for a while and said, ―I don’t think 68 .‖ His father asked, ―oh? Why?‖ Mike didn’t answer, and asked instead, ―Who 69 (invent) lights in the l9th century?‖―Thomas Edison,‖ answered Mr. Clark. ―why didn’t his father invent them, then?‖70 (look) at his son, Mr. Clark didn’t know what to say!
短文改错
I’m writing to tell you I win first prize in the English Speaking Contest, which was
the great surprise. It was so excited for me to learn about the result. It was thanks to
your effort which I made rapid progress in my spoken English. Before the contests, you
helped me practice my spoken English. You communicated with me as much as
possibly. Besides, you helped me develop some helpful speaking skills. Without your
help I couldn’t have achieved so a good result. I have benefited a lot of from this
contest. In a word, I really appreciate you help. I sincerely invite you my home for
dinner tomorrow evening.
Yours,
Li Hua
书面表达
假定你是李华，你校即将举行国际中学生科学论坛活动，你想报名做一名志愿者。请用英文写一封邮件申请参加。主要内容包括：
1.写信目的
2.自我介绍
3.希望获准
注意：
1. 词数：100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
With all my best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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