湖北省孝感高级中学高一英语下学期开学考试试题

2016—2017学年度高一下学期开学考试英语试题（共150分，考试时间150分钟)★祝考试顺利★注意事项：1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上。

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第Ⅰ 卷（共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）注意：做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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。

第I卷（100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5个小题；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 are the speakers mainly talking about?A. textbook.B. A friend.C. A present.2．Where is Mr. Fluffs likely to be?A. In his cage.B. In the gar den.C. In the kitchen. 3．What does the man mean?A. He is tired of eating out.B. The woman is not a good cook.C. The woman should open her own restaurant.4．What will Luke do for his mother?A.Get her the newspaper.B. Get her something to eat.C. Bring her book to her.5．What is the woman’s nationality probably?A. She is Chinese.B. She is American.C. She is French.第二节 (共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22.5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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6．Why has the woman been exercising recently?A．To keep fit．B．To train for a race. C．To lose weight.7．How does the woman feel after running?A．Tired．B．Energetic．C．Sick.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。

8．Which of the speakers' things is gone?A．The television．B．The man's coat. C．The radio.9．Where do they lose the things?A．In the taxi．B．At home. C．In the company.10．What is the relationship between the speakers?A．Husband and wife. B．Waiter and customer. C．Boss and clerk.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。

11．Where are the speakers talking to each other?A．On the Internet． B．In a computer store. C．Somewhere in front of a computer. 12．How much will the man pay for the player?A．$1,500．B．$1,100．C．$400．13．What can we learn from this conversation?A．Most people prefer the Internet shopping because of the low prices.B．People can only use credit cards while shopping on the Internet.C．Shopping on the Internet is easier than that in the stores.听第9段材料,回答第l4至l6题。

14．What is the woman?A．A college student．B．A laid-off worker. C．A computer lover. 15．What is she worrying about?A．Her exam results．B．How to find a job．C．How to send emails. 16．What does the man advise her to do?A．Go to the companies in person.B．Try on the Internet.C．Send out more applications.听第10段材料,回答17至20题。

17．What is the speaker probably?A．An air hostess．B．A woman clerk. C．A flight engineer.18．What is the flight number?A．6157．B．7156．C．7517．19．What should we do in case of emergency according to the speaker?A．Fasten the seat belt. B．Turn off mobile phones. C．Use oxygen masks. 20．When does the speaker give the talk?A．Before a flight．B．During a flight. C．After a flight.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。

AThere was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school. Before being sent away this boy was the brightest student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. He was a champion.But the boy changed after leaving home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like killing himself. All of this was because he felt worthless and that no one loved him.His parents started worrying about the boy. But even they did not know what was wrong with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports. After some time his dad said, “Do you know son, why I am here today?”The boy answered back, “to check my grades?”“No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YO U ARE MY LIFE.”These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He meant the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!Thanks a lot dad. YOU ARE MY LIFE.21. The father went to the boarding school to_________.A. know if he was still the best studentB. find out what was wrong with his sonC. ask some questions about his classmatesD. talk with the boy’s teacher about his grades22. If we say the questions are casual, we mean they are________.A. unimportantB. strangeC. specialD. difficult23. Why were the boy’s eyes filled with tears when he heard what his father said?A. Because his father didn’t care about his grades any more.B. Because he hadn’t had a talk with his father for a long time.C. Because he had a chance to say his worries.D. Because he was deeply moved by his father’s words.24. The passage mainly tells us never to _________.A. send a small boy to a boarding schoolB. care too much about a student’s gradesC. pay no attention to the power of caringD. miss the chance to say thanks to our fathersBIf you have seen or heard of the British TV series Downton Abbey, you have probably noticed an “upstairs-downstairs” class system in which the noble people are upstairs, worrying what clothes they should wear for dinner and the poor people are downstairs, working hard to make food and tea. So it’s not hard to tell that people are divided into different classes. British society has changed a lot since the days of Downton Abbey, but the division still exists and the funny accents do, too.Nowadays, what divides Britons is the so-called “North-South divide”. As you make your way north from the south coast of England, the accent begins to change. The posh “How are you” in parts of the South becomes “Ahhdu” (how do you do) in the Midlands, “reeit” (are you alright) in the North West, “eyyup” (what’s up) in Yorkshire, and “hou’s it gaun” (how’s it going) in Scotland. Besides accents, the economy also changes. The rich southern city of London slowly becomes the North where people generally have less money.So where does the “South” stop being the “South” and the “North” start being the “North”? Well, depending on where someone comes from in Britain, you’ll get a different answer.“Anywhere above London is ‘the North’,” you might hear a Londoner say. Or if you’re in Scotland, you might hear, “Southern softer!”, talking about a person from Lancashire or Yorkshire, who think of themselves as “hard (tough) Northerners”. “Anywhere south of Manchester is not northern,” you might hear a person from Manchester say.Many stereotypes (成见) have come from the “North-South Divide”, too. Often, southerners are seen as being rude and snobbish (势利眼的) by northerners. And northerners are often seen as uneducated by southerners.Today, the career you have and the person yo u marry don’t depend on where you were born or what class you are from. But as London is getting richer and people are moving to the South for work, the North-South divide is getting bigger. Yet for all that divides us, the truth is, we couldn’t live witho ut each other!25. The first paragraph serves to _________.A. compare the lives of upstairs with those of downstairsB. explain how the class system worked in the pastC. attack the unfair class divisionD. introduce the topic of the passage26. People from North West greet each other by saying _________.A. “hou’s it gaun”B. “reeit”C. “eyyup”D. “ahhdu”27. From Paragraph 4 we get to know _________.A. Scotlanders think Londoners are not strong enoughB. Manchester people think Scotland belongs to the SouthC. Manchester people regard themselves as NorthernersD. there is no such thing as “North-South Divide”28. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. British accents are different from North to South.B. Class division is getting smaller at present.C. It is about the “North-South Division” and its influence.D. Northerners and Southerners dislike each other in Britain.CEveryone talks about the greenhouse effect and how our Earth and its climate are being affected（影响）. We can do a science experiment at home designed by some kids to show this effect and what is happening to the Earth.First prepare the following items:●2 glass containers that need to be the same size and shape●1 gallon plastic bag●4 cups of very cold water●Ice cubes（冰块）Fill each container with two cups of cold water. Add the same amount of ice cubes to each container. Then put one of the containers in the plastic bag and close it tight. Put both containers in the sun together and keep them there for at least an hour.At the end of one hour remove the container from the plastic bag and immediately check the temperature of the water. After you record this, find out the temperature of the water that is not covered.When you place the containers in direct sunlight, the air inside the bag becomes very warm. The heat filters (渗入) in but cannot escape so it stays in the closed plastic bag and increases the temperature. What if you leave that for two, three or four hours?Think about what is happening to the Earth. There are chemicals that are creating a type of plastic bag around the Earth. It causes our air to get warmer because of the heat from the sun being kept in this closed area.Think about your car in the hot summer. This is what happens when you leave your car outside all day. This greenhouse effect has caused your car to be so hot that you sometimes cannot even touch the steering wheel（方向盘）.This science project goes to show what affects our planet.29. According to the text, the greenhouse effect appears mainly because of ________.A. the hot sunlightB. chemicals around the EarthC. the plastic bagD. human activities30. Which of the following shows the right order of steps for the science project?a. Measure the water which is not covered.b. Make preparations for the project.c. Fill each of the two glass containers with two cups of cold water.d. Put one container in a plastic bag and close it tight.e. Put the two containers in the sun for at least one hour.f. Measure the water which is covered with a plastic bag.A. b e d c a fB. b e c d f aC. b c e d a fD. b c d e f a31. If the story appears in a newspaper, the best title might be “________”.A. An Interesting Experiment Done by KidsB. How to Protect Our Precious PlanetC. Bring Home the Seriousness of Greenhouse EffectD. The Greenhouse Effect Has Been Proved by KidsDWhat Is Self-tracking All aboutHave you ever monitored something about yourself? Perhaps you’ve tracked how many kilometers you’ve run, how many hours you’ve slept or how many calories you’ve eaten in a day.If so, you’ve taken part in a movement called the “Quantified Self Movement.” Individuals gather information about their daily activities in this popular movement, also called self-tracking. This may sound difficult, but technology is making the process easier.Perhaps you’ve wanted to change a bad habit but couldn’t. Self-tracking may be your answer. The idea is to take information about your everyday activities and analyze them to help form a healthier lifestyle.Recently, tools such as smartphones, journals and apps, along with newly published wearable things, are making self-tracking extremely easy. Today, one can use Fitbit, the Jawbone Up, Google Glass or a smart watch to record personal data including sleeping hours, stress levels, heart rate and mood.So why does a person self-track? Someone may be trying to lose weight or improve their sleep patterns. Another person feels tired after eating. Self-tracking could help him to know what foods make him sleepy and watch his diet.Monitoring d aily activities isn’t a new concept. In years past, athletes and their coaches kept notes detailing nutrition, training and sleep patterns in order to achieve an athletic goal. Similarly, doctors have also helped patients to record parts of their lifestyles and eating habits to help fight allergies, headaches and other health problems. However, it wasn’t until 2007 that magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kim Kelly, who started tracking every move they made, coined the term “Quantified Self.” Wolf says that the new tools will change our sense of self with the purpose of making us more effective in the world.Although self-tracking has many advantages, Dennis Nash, president of Data Speaks Health Solutions, says self-tracking has its drawbacks. Once people start tracking their daily activities, it can become an addition people like to do often. Also, they might begin to worry too much about their health.While self-tracking doesn’t guarantee that one’s quality of life will improve, it can highlight the importance of eating well and exercising daily. After all, the Quantified Self Movement’s focus is motivating people to apply enough energy to make healthier choices.32. People choose self-tracking because _______.A. it collects personal data and leads to self-improvementsB. it records how many hours you sleep a dayC. it watches your eating habitsD. it increases your movement33. The writer mentions tools such as smartphones and apps in Paragraph 4 to show _______.A. we depend too much on themB. it is easier to do self-trackingC. they do harm to people’s healthD. equipment is necessary to do self-tracking34. Self-tracking was firstly put forward by _______.A. scientists of Data Speaks Health SolutionsB. athletes and their coachesC. doctors and their patientsD. two magazine editors35. You can find this article in the part of _______.A. EducationB. EntertainmentC. HealthD. News第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)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。