祁县中学2014-2015学年高一第二学期期中考试
英语试卷
第I卷
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)
1.Where will the speakers hold the party?
A.In a hotel.
B.In a restaurant.
C.In a garden.
2.What does the women’s son want to be?
A baseball player. B.A professor. C.A dentist.
3.What does the girl advise the boy to do？
A.See a doctor.
B.Rest a hand.
C.Take some medicine.
4.What time will the train leave？
A.At 6:20.
B.At 5:20.
C.At 6:40.
5.What will the girl do tonight probably?
A.Go to bed early.
B.Watch the football game.
C.Repeat her work.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.How long is the film Transformers 4?
A.For two hours and a half.
B.For two hours.
C.For nearly three hours.
7.What will the speakers do before swimming?
A.Watch the film Transformers 4.
B. Watch the film Godzilla.
C.Buy some science fiction.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.What present will the speakers buy for their mother?
A.A hat.
B.A skirt
C.A scarf.
9.Who will cook the dinner?
A.Their mother.
B.The girl’s friend.
C.Jeff’s friend.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What do we know about people in Athletic Express？
A.They are kind.
B.They are busy.
C.They are lazy.
11.How many rooms are there in Total Fitness?
A.Three.
B.Four.
C.Five.
12.What will the man do in Total Fitness?
A.Take the kickboxing.
B.Take the Tai Chi class.
C.Take the aerobics class.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.Where is the girl now?
A.In the US.
B.In Britain.
C.In Thailand.
14.What won’t the girl do in Thailand?
A.Learn diving.
B.See a bridge.
C.Go shoping.
15.How long has Adrienne been Gloria’s neighbor？
A.For one year.
B.For two years.
C.For three years.
16.What has Gloria collected?
A.50 kimonos.
B.100 stamps.
C.50 Japanese coins.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.How long are schools’ summer holidays?
A.For about a month.
B.For about six weeks.
C.For about eight weeks.
18.What do we know about the boarding house?
A.It is a traditional place to live in.
B.It doesn’t offer meals.
C.The service is good.
19.Who were the first to climb many of the great mountains?
A.Chinese.
B.Englishmen.
C.Americans.
20.How do people travel across the Channel?
A.By plane.
B.By car.
C.By boat.
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)
A
One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools.He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
21. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
B. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
C. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
D. He needed it for the summer term in London.
22. What happened at the airport?
A. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .
B.The skeleton was stolen .
C. The skeleton went missing.
D. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
23. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?
A. He thinks it rather funny .
B. He feels helpless without Rupert.
C. He feels good without Rupert .
D. He is very angry .
24. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.
B. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
C. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
D. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
B
The Los Angeles Zoo has many public programs that aim to teach the public about animals and natural protection.
Safari shuttle(旅游电车)
While you’re here, take the Safari shuttle for a quick trip from one end of the Zoo to the other.
All day long, seven days a week (from 10 am to 5 pm), the Safari Shuttle picks up passengers, circles the Zoo, and returns to the main flamingo (火烈鸟) exhibit near the front entrance. You can get on and off the shuttle as often as you like.
Food
Safari Café (at the Zoo entrance) offers Starbucks coffee, fresh-baked cookies, and ice cream. Gorilla Grill is the spot for toasted food, kids’ meals, snacks, and ice cream. La Casita serves a variety of Mexican food and refreshments（甜点）. Silverback’s Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, bread bowls, cold beer, and refreshments. Hour
The Zoo is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except Christmas Day. Special summer long hours are until 6 pm. from July 1 to September 7. Please remember, the Zoo starts putting animals in for the night at 4 pm during regular hours, and at 5 pm. during summer hours.
Admission Prices(票价)
Adults (aged 13 and above): $ 9 Seniors (aged 62 and above): $ 6
Children (aged 2 to 12): $ 4 Children (under 2): free
Items Not Allowed on Zoo Grounds
Alcohol, Glass bottles, Pets, Bicycles, Skateboards, and In-line skate.
If you are planning a picnic while visiting the Zoo, please do not bring any glass items or other things that are easy to break. Also for the safety of the animals, no plastic bags are allowed within the Zoo.
25. People can see all the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo at ______.
A. 3 pm. on March 5
B. 4:30 pm. on May 5
C. 11 am. on Christmas Day
D. 6 pm. on September 7
26. How much does it cost if a couple with their one-year-old twins visit the Los Angeles Zoo?
A. $17.
B. $26.
C. $22.
D. $18.
27. When visiting the Los Angeles Zoo, people can______.
A. ride a bike through the Zoo
B. take food with plastic bags
C. have a picnic on the Zoo grounds
D. take their pets along
C
Son’s Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Lang d idn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to
gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen. ―“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,”said the boy, ―“so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
28. Mr. Lang was paid much because _______.
A. he worked in a factory
B. he had a lot of work to do
C. he had worked there for a long time
D. he was a driver
29. Mrs. Lang did all housework because _______.
A. she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling
B. she couldn’t find any work
C. she thought her husband was tired
D. her husband spent all time in gambling
30. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _______.
A. he wouldn’t stop gambling
B. he had been put into lockup
C. he was hardly sent away by the factory
D. he didn’t love her any longer
31. Which of the following is right?
A. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.
B. The boy hoped his father would stop gambling soon.
C. The boy hoped his mother would come back.
D. The boy hoped his father would be put into lockup again.
D
Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive if the rain is spread throughout the year.If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.
Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.
There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing—very, very slowly—as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.
Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.
32. Many plants may survive in deserts when___________.
A. the rain falls only in a few weeks
B. there is little rain in a year
C. it is dry all the year round
D. the rain is spread out in a year
33. Sand dunes are formed when___________.
A. there is plenty of rain in a year
B. the sea has dried up over the years
C. pieces of rock get smaller
D. sand piles up gradually
34. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert
there is____________.
A. something else besides sand
B. too much sand
C. more sand than before
D. nothing except sand
35. It can be learned from the text that in a desert____________.
A. all sand dunes are a few feet high
B. there is no rainfall throughout the year
C. life exists in rough conditions
D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, ― “I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”
Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.
____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.
____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke―just “one”cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____
A. It is very hard to quit smoking.
B. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.
C. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.
D. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.
E. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.
F. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.
G. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.
第II卷
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. __41__I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his__42__qualities. First of all, I respected his__43__ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he__44__what
he taught .Further more, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an__45__way, introducing such aids (辅助) to__46__as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he__47__sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. __48__, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them __49__the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would__50__a student to a game of chess (国际象棋) . __51__he would join student groups to discuss a variety of__52__: agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for__53__on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was__54__by his lively sense of humor. He believed that no lesson is a success __55__, during it, the students and the professor__56__at least one loud __57__. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more__58__and more lasting, If it is __59__that life makes
a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, __60__my friend is indeed a wise man.
41. A. When B. Even if C. Now that D. Although
42. A. common B. basic C. special D. particular
43. A. attention B. relation C. devotion D. introduction
44. A. talked about B. believed in C. agreed with D. insisted on
45. A. open B. imaginative C. ordinary D. opposite
46. A. listening B. information C. discovery D. understanding
47. A. even B. also C. nearly D. only
48. A. Secondly B. However C. Therefore D. Later
49. A. on B. with C. by D. from
50. A. lead B. prefer C. show D. invite
51. A. In general B. As a matter of fact C. Later on D. Other times
52. A. subjects B. matters C. contents D. questions
53. A. support B. experience C. advice D. explanation
54. A. attracted B. disturbed C. moved D. defeated
55. A. until B. since C. unless D. for
56. A. hear B. share C. demand D. suggest
57. A. question B. laugh C. cry D. shout
58. A. enjoyable B. practical C. useful D. helpful
59. A. natural B. hopeful C. true D. normal
60. A. yet B. so C. for D. then
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
People 61__________（live）in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 62__________ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 63__________these. 64__________(read) short stories you need to know only about two thousand words.Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. The words you know 65__________(call) your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 66__________（big）. Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books 67__________（write）in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 68__________new word, look it 69__________in your dictionary. Your
dictionary is your 70__________（much）useful book.
61.__________62.__________63.__________64.__________65.__________
66.__________ 67.__________ 68.__________ 69.__________ 70.__________
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
When Father bought me a computer for a birthday present last year, I felt very exciting. As we all know, computers are getting more usefully nowadays. Much information can be stored in it. We can learn what has lately happened in the world in the Internet. People had to do lots of work which was very danger. Now, computers can do it instead. When an exam is come, I do exercises on my computer. Then it will correct them but tell me the right answers. It is convenient for me to prepare for the exam than before. The computer have become a real friend of mine.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
为引进外资，进一步加快你家乡A城改革开放。你向一位外商介绍你家乡A城。
1．A城是一新开发的经济特区。它是一座具有三十万人口的临海小城。
2．解放前是一个小渔村，以渔业为主，没有工业，只有几所小学。
3．改革开放以来，许多外商到这里投资，经济增长很快，建立了许多大工厂、一个大港口。港口与国内外许多城市连接。
4．教育有很大的发展，建立了该城第一所大学。已有三千人从该校毕业。我相信，A 城在不久的将来将更加现代化。
参考词汇：投资：invest 经济开发区：an economic-zone 港口：port
祁县中学2014-2015学年高一第二学期期中考试
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My hometown is an economic-open-zone. It is a town on the sea with a population of three hundred thousand. Before the liberation it used to be a fishing village. Most people lived on fishing. There was no industry. And there were only few primary schools here. Since the open-door policy, a lot of foreign businessmen invested here. A lot of factories have been built. Economics have developed rapidly and big port has also been built, which is connected with many ports of other ports both in and out of our country. A new university now has been founded. Three thousand students have already graduated from it. I am sure in the near future our hometown will become more modern.