广东省佛山市2018-2019学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷(有参考答案)

佛山一中2018-2019学年度下学期期中考高一级英语试题命题人：审题人（本试卷共8页，满分为150分，考试时间120分钟）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节：听力理解（共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分）材料及问题播放两遍。

各段后有两个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒阅题的时间。

请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。

1. A. Ten pence. B. Twenty pence. C. Forty pence.2. A. It’s in a handbag. B. It’s in the house. C. It’s in the lock.听下面一段对话，回答第3- 4题。

3. A. For three weeks. B. For two weeks. C. For one week.4. A. Because of a fire of a plane engine.B. Because of a failing landing of a plane.C. Because of his airsickness.听下面一段对话，回答第5-6题。

5. A. She didn’t go to school today.B. She will miss the math exam.C. She doesn’t like to do the homework.6. A. By Wednesday afternoon.B. By Thursday morning.C. By Thursday afternoon.第二节回答问题（共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）听下面一段短文，然后回答问题。

短文和问题读两遍。

7. _________________________________________________________8. _________________________________________________________9. _________________________________________________________10. ________________________________________________________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。

AThe Opening of the Book NookSaturday, October 4, 10 AM to 10 PMYou will not want to miss the opening of your new neighborhood bookstore! Located at 2289 Main Street, the Book Nook is within walking distance of schools, many homes and businesses. Come and check out the Book Nook on Saturday!Activities will include:●Live music by local musicians●One Book-of-the-Month Club membership giveaway (赠送)Wide SelectionThe Book Nook has three floors with books of all kinds---any kind you could want. If we do not have the book you are looking for, we can specially order it for you. You will have it in your hands within two days!Reading NooksWe are proud of our children’s reading area on the first floor, as well as our teenagers’ nook on the second floor. Come for the activities and stay for a while! Settle in one of these inviting reading areas; take a seat with a good book and a free cup of hot chocolate. You will discover the perfect way to spend a few hours.Book EventsThe Book Nook will be featuring monthly book signings by different authors, giving you a chance to meet and speak with well-known writers. Don’t miss the experience of hearing these authors read aloud their own books! The Book-of-the-Month ClubOur Book-of-the-Month Club will feature 12 books each year. As a member, you will be able to select one new book each month. The membership fee is only $10.00 per month. That is a great price for 12 books each year!So please join us on Saturday and learn about all that the Book Nook has to offer. You can come anytime between 10 AM and 10 PM. Our activities last all day long!11. What can we learn about the Book Nook?A. It is a well-located bookstore.B. Any interesting books can be found right here.C. It is open from 10 AM to 10 PM every day.D. The third floor is specially designed for children.12. What can people do in the Book Nook on October 4?A. They can have a taste of different kinds of chocolate.B. They can read aloud together with well-known writers.C. They can enjoy live music performed by well-known writers.D. They can become a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club.13. As a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club, you ________.A. can buy any books in the Book Nook at a low priceB. may borrow as many as 12 books every weekC. need to pay 120 dollars every yearD. should be over the age of 12BIf you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish peopleare.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the pay. From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?14. While taking a taxi in Finland, ________.A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driverB. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi rideC. a passenger can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to goD. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying15. We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland ________.A. are mostly poorly managedB. provide meals for any dinersC. provide free wine and charge for foodD. provide meals for only those who live in the hotels16. Which of the following is NOT true about the workers and the bosses in Finland?A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.B. The workers are always honest with their working hours.C. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.D. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.17. The word “those” in the last but o ne paragraph probably refers to ________.A. people who are dishonestB. people who often have meals in big hotelsC. people who often take taxisD. people who are worthy of trustCTaylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift’s family ran a farm. “I hadher sitting on a small horse when she was nine months old,” said Swift's mother. “If my dream had gone well, she’d be in a horse show right now.” The only obvious forerunner (先驱) of Swift's musical talent was her grandmother, an opera singer.That talent showed itself early: when the family went to see a Disney musical film, Swift would come out of the theater singing all the songs correctly. At the ag e of 11, she sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a Philadelphia 76ers game. The experiences during her pre-teen years encouraged the creativity to go with Swift’s talent. As a child, she attended the academically competitive Wyndcroft School in Pottstown, but then switched to public schools in Wyomissing. Although it was her hometown, she didn’t know any of her classmates, and she was terrified. Swift began to understand the storytelling feature of country songs, and put her feelings into songs of her own.O ne of her future hits, “The Outside”, was written when she was only 12. “I wrote that about the scariest feeling I’ve ever felt: going to school, looking at those faces, and not knowing who you’re gonna talk to that day,” she said. “In the music, I cou ld never feel the kind of rejection (拒绝) that I felt in middle school.” Swift's parents quickly realized that they had someone special on their hands. They sold their farm when she was 13 and moved the family to Hendersonville, Tennessee.Swift had the ability, above all, to put feelings into words with accuracy (准确) far beyond her years. In “Our Song” she wrote, “Our song is the slamming screen door, going out late, tapping on your window.” In the summer of 2006, “Tim McGraw” came out, and almost from the beginning the 16-year-old Taylor Swift was a star.18. When she was in her childhood, Taylor Swift ________.A. dreamed of being a horse riderB. was expected to help on the farmC. showed her talent for music earlyD. learned singing from her grandmother19. Which of the following can best describe Swift’s school days in Wyomissing?A. DifficultB. HelpfulC. CompetitiveD. Satisfying20. Taylor Swift’s parents moved the family to Hendersonville ________.A. when she was twelve years old.B. after “The Outside” became a hit.C. because she was rejected in school.D. after they realized her musical talent.21. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Swift sang for a Disney movie at a young age.B. “The Outside” came out when Swift wa s only 12.C. Life in Wyndcroft School encouraged Swift's creativity.D. She tells her stories in her music.DThe decisions that we make shape us throughout our lives. No matter what decisions we make, good or bad, each one puts us on a new road in the future. Make a bad decision? No problem. Learn from the decision and make another decision to get on a different path. This is advice that I got from Tony Robbins in his book Awaken theGiant Within. This is a book that I recommend(推荐) to anyone wanting to develop a fire to make changes in theirwho I am today. Now I am not saying I am a well-known person in any particular circle. But I am the king of my castle working hard and trying to make good decisions in regard to the paths that I have chosen. I am a great man in the eyes of my wife and my children. And that is all the recognition that I need in my lifetime. And I know that my past failures have been the building block that I continue to use to build my career and self-image in my community that I live in.Ben Lerer, cofounder of the CEO of Thrillist Media Group, is a good example of this. In an article on the Fast Company website, Lerer talks about this very subject. He says, “I’ve had to make some really tough decisions but finally, I think the best companies are those that can recognize when something isn’t going right, and fix it, i nstead of just turning a blind eye because it’s easier.” Great people make decisions. When a decision does not have the desired result, make a different decision. It does not get any simpler than that.22. From Tony Robbin’s Awaken the Giant Within, the writer knew ________.A. making a bad decision is very terribleB. making decisions helps us become a great manC. being afraid to make a bad decision is very naturalD. learning from the bad decision can help make a new choiceA. stoppingB. stealingC. preservingD. requiring24. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. A bad decision has a bad effect on people.B. The best company can admit and correct a bad decision.C. People should learn how to make a good decision.D. Making a decision is much simpler than changing one.25. What could be the best title of the passage?A. Overcome Your FearsB. Take ActionC. Make DecisionsD. Trust Yourself第二节：选句填空（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，选项中有两项为多余选项。