1、福建省莆田市第十八中学2011-2012学年高一上学期期中考试（英语）（B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）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1.What are the two speakers talking about?A.Having classes B.Traveling C.Going shopping2.Whats the weather like these days?A. It is rainy B. It is sunny C. It is cloudy3. Who is the man probably doA.Grac
2、es uncle B. Graces teacher C. Graces father4. What does the man woman probably do?A. She is teacher B. She is student C. She is an office worker5. How did the woman get the skirt?A.She bought it B.Her parents gave it to her C. She made it herself第二节共15小题；没小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第六段材料，回答
3、6.7题。6. What musical instrument does Alice play?A.Violin B.Piano C.Guitar7. What is the man good at?A.Singing songs B.Playing basketball C. Playing musical instruments请听第七段材料，回答第8.9题8. Whats wrong with Jim?A.He is too fat B. He is too tall C. He is too weak9. Whats the probable relationship between
4、the two speakers?A.Doctor and patient B.Mother and son C.Husband and wife请听第八段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What do we know about the woman A.She likesdoing housework B.She is in poor health C.She need11. What has the woman bee doing A.Watching a TV show B.Doing her homework C.Reading on the couck12.What does th
5、e man ask the woman to do?A.To sleepearly B. To cook him a good dinner C. To help with the cleaning请听第九段材料，回答第13至16题请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where had the game been planned to be heldA.At the school sports center B.On school playground C.At Johnson sports Center18.How will the students do to wath the
6、game?A.By bus B.By bike C.On foot19. When will the students meet at the front gate?A.At 1:40 pm B. At 1:55 pm c. At2:15pm20. What do we know about the game?A.It is football game B. It will last for 2 hours C. It is between Class 2 end Class 6第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21.She was so
7、 _that she wouldnt _until she received a full apology. A. simple; give away B. stubborn; give in C. lucky; give up D. proper; give out 22. Though he failed in the exam this time, he didnt_.A.lose his heart B.lose his hearts C. lose heart D. Lose hearts 23 My little sister _ me into buying the Five F
8、riendlies.A. wantedB. advisedC. persuaded D. told24. Margie shows a very positive attitude _ her work. A. towards B. with C. of D. about25. Have you found the mobile phone_you lost last week? No, but Ive just bouht a new one.A. whatB. whose C. whom D. that31.I dont know the reason _ he left here.A.
9、where B. when C. why D. which32. I am not fond of pop music, because I often have trouble_ the words.A. understand B. to understand C.understanding D. understood 33. _the end of last year, we had learned over 2,000 English words and phrases.A.At B. In C. By D. From34.-My daughter came first in the E
10、nglish speech contest.-Did she?_!A.Cheer up B.Good luck C. Best wishes D. Congratulations35.Linda went to a party with a girl,_favorite hobby is collecting stamps.A. who B. whom C. whose D. which 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）（一）I am a middle-school student. Now let _36_ tell you something _37_ our class
11、room. Its very _38_. There are two maps _39_ the back wall. _40_ is a map of China. _41_ is a map of the world (世界). There are _42_ desks and chairs in our classroom. There is a big desk _43_ the teacher in the front of it. We _44_ four classes in the _45_ and two in the afternoon. (二)The students o
12、f Class 3 are _46_ going to have any classes next week. Theyre going to _47_ the farmers _48_ their work on the farm. Theyre going to _49_ apples. Many students think its _50_ better than having classes. Theyre going to get up _51_ next Monday morning. Theyre going to meet outside the school gate at
13、 7:30. The farm is _52_ near. Theyre going there _53_ bus. Theyre going to _54_ on their old clothes. Theyre going to work _55_. （ ）46. A. no B. having C. not D. always （ ）47. A. do B. give C. make D. help （ ）48. A. doing B. with C. to make D. to doing （ ）49.A. having B. pick C. picking D. have （ ）5
14、0.A. more B. many C. much D. little （ ）51. A. later B. early C. earlier D. late （ ）52. A. very B. quite C. not D. no （ ）53.A. take B. by C. take a D. on （ ）54. A. wear B. take C. put D. have （ ）55.A. hard B. a little C. heavy D. hardly 第三部分： 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）A Today, English language newspaper
15、s enjoy the largest number of readers. With the development of the world, more and more newspapers will be published in the years to come.56.How do many people begin their day according to this passage?A. By watching TV. B. By reading newspapers.C. By looking out of their windows. D. By opening the
16、doors.57Newspaper can help people to know_.A. what is happening in the world B. what happened in the pastC. how the world is D. what they should do every day58.When people are busy, they_.A. do not read newspaperB. still read newspapers carefullyC. only look at the front page of the paper carefullyD
17、. either take a quick look at the front page of the paper or only look at the headline.59.Which language newspaper has the largest number of readers in the world today?A. English B. Chinese C. French D. German BScientists are trying to make the deserts（沙漠） into good land again. They want to bring wa
18、ter to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make desert
19、s. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth do not get much rain. But they still do not become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants do not let the hot sun make the earth even drier
20、. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants the land can become desert more easily.60. DesertsA. never have any plants or animals in them B. can all be turned into good land before long C. get very little rainD. are all made by
21、 people61. Small green plants are very important to dry places because A. they do not let the sun make the earth even drierB. they do not let the wind blow the earth awayC. they hold waterD. all of the above62. Land is becoming desert little by little becauseA. plants can not grow thereB. there is n
22、ot enough rainC. people have not done what scientists wish them to doD. scientists know little about the deserts63. After reading this, we learn thatA. plants can keep dry land from becoming desertB. it is good to get rid of the grass in the desertsC. all places without much rain will become deserts
23、D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow them on desertsC Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that made me more responsible.I received this gift on a cloudy day
24、. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my fathers house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m. I remembered my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my fathers hous
25、e.I got to my fathers house at 2:00 p.m. and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said hello to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and gave me this watch. Then he said,” Essa, did you have fun with your friends today?” “Yes, dad, and I am sorry about not
26、 meeting my uncle at the airport.”“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never be late to get someone. This wa
27、tch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.64. What did Essa think of the watch?DOver thirty thousand years ago people from northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these people Indians.The Indians went to America because the weather began
28、 to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walk!Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 50
29、0,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirtytwo million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoken many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They
30、 went to America so that they could find a better life.68. _went to America first.A. people from northern Asia B. people from EuropeC. people from Germany D. Columbus69. Why did the Indians go to America? Because_A. northern Asia became very hot B. northern Asia became very coldC. they were interest
31、ed in AmericaD. they liked traveling70. The New World was_A. Italy B. northern Asia C. Germany D. America71. These Europeans_ A. did not speak the same language B. spoke English only C. spoke German only D. Spoke both English and German EYears ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages(
32、笼子). Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in. Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals habitats Zoos
33、help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo and they protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals wild habitats. Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are
34、related (有关联的) with Asia elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today, Scientists say that seventy- four different kinds of living things go extinct every day! Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct. 72. Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people ca
35、n_. A. protect them B. save them C. feed them D. see them better73. Today, zoos keep animals _. A. in smaller cages B. in the wild C. in bigger cages D. in the field74. To protect animals, zoos_. A. teach people more about animals B. are trying to free the animals C. are trying to keep all kinds of
36、animals D. want people to feed the animals75. A mammoth is a kind of_ that has gone extinct. A. plant B. animal C. bird D. tree第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） The Internet has become part of young peoples life._76_report shows that38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them g
37、et _77_ (use) information on the Internet _78_ use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students dont use it _79_ a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites they shouldnt look at. So bad things may happen _80_ students spend too much time _81_ the Internet. _82_ is importan
38、t for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook which uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful a_83_. Some students also make _84_(朋友) on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face _85_ (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.第二节：书面表达（满分25分）根据以下提示写出一篇日记。（词数100左右）1、 今天是10月1日，星期五，晴天。你第一次和父母去参观长城。2、 你们乘火车在大约9点到达长城。3、 参观长城的人很多，其中有不少外国参观者。4、 你父亲给你讲了长城的历史，你们拍了很多照片。5、 到家后你虽然很累但很兴奋，你为我们的国家和长城引以自豪。参考词汇：长城the Great Wall 自豪 be proud of高考资源网w w 高 考 资源 网
