1、安徽省淮南市寿县第二中学2019-2020学年高一英语下学期期中试题第I卷 第一部分 听力（共20题，每小题1.5分，共30分）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。1. What is the womans suggestion?A Keeping quiet in the library.B. Moving to another sectionC.Practicing French with
2、her2. What does the woman plan to spend less on?A. Transportation B. Clothes C.Food3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A 24-page letter B. A new lift C A photocopier.4. Where are the cash machines?A. Opposite a bankB Next to an Internet cafeC. Outside a department store5. What might the man bu
3、yA. Vegetables B. Bread C. Salad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；各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题6.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home B. In the office C. In the school 7. Why does th
4、e woman refuse to be photographed at first?A. She hates getting her photos takenB. She is very busy with her workC. She doesnt think she looks good听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题8. What position does the man probably apply for?A. A librarian B. A bank officer C. A designer9. What does the woman advise the man t
5、o do?A Make full use of the Internet.B Read as much as possibleC. Talk to other applicants听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What kind of party will be held?A.A 1980s theme party.B. A dorm room party.C. A birthday party11. When does the conversation take place?A. On Thursday B. On Friday. C .On Saturday.12.
6、Why wont the man attend the party?A. He didnt get an invitationB. He cant afford to buy a giftC. He has to work the night shift听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. Whom is the man probably complaining to?A. A receptionist. B. A travel agent C. A coach driver.14. Why did the man wait in the heat for two hours?A
7、. The coach had to be replacedB. The hotel rooms had to be cleanedC. The hotel was fully booked15. What did the man mention in his complaints?A Impolite hotel cleanersB Expensive foodC. Noise upstairs16. How does the man react to the womans solution?A Disappointed B. Grateful C. Acceptable听下面一段独白，回答
8、第17至第20四个小题。17. When should the travelers set off from the hotel?A.At9:30. B.At9:45 C.At10:00.18. What should the travelers bring tomorrow?A Packed lunch B Some money. C. A jacket19. What can the travelers do at the Golden Gate Park?A. Do some shoppingB Enjoy painting worksC. See an outdoor film20.
9、Where will the travelers visit first in the afternoon?A Chinatown B. Alanmo Square C Japanese Tea Garden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。A All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live l
10、onger.Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of peoples work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.Some sports are so interesting that people
11、 everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketbal
12、l and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a persons character (性格). One
13、 learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace (优雅).21.According to this passage, which of the following isnt true?A.Sports help to train a persons character.B.People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.C.People from different countries may
14、 not be able to understand each other before a game.D.Sports and games can develop the friendship between peoples all over the world.22.The writer didnt tell us in this passage that _.A.basketball was invented in AmericaB.sports change with the seasonsC.games and sports often grow out of peoples wor
15、k and everyday activitiesD.football is played all over the world23.From this passage we can see that _.A.sports and games are unimportant things that people doB.sports and games should be treated (对待) only as amusement (娱乐活动)C.sports and games are only useful to the oldD.none of the above is trueB T
16、raveling with kids is 90 percent reminding yourself to live in the moment and 10 percent making up your mind to never again leave your house.I have an uncanny ability to forget this as soon as we return home from a trip and Ive finished washing piles of dirty clothes in our luggage and cleaning all
17、the messy caused by the kids. Extremely tired and annoyed, I would actually begin to miss the place we just left!Family travel is like childbirth, I suppose. Painful, loud, messy, sort of awful, actually, but also wonderful. And you remember only the wonderfuluntil youre back on a plane and your kid
18、s are fighting over who gets the aisle seat. Then you remember the bad stuff.Last weekend, my kids and I flew to Texas for a trip we would have nothing to complain(抱怨) aboutbig hotel, wonderful view.And yetwe found things to complain about. The pool was bigger in that other hotel! Why do you get to
19、shower first? They call this coffee?! Luckily, Ive learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor (盔甲) on as soon as we land somewhere, and it forces complaints to bounce off me and land in a pile at my feet.For three days, genuine fun was had and annoying complaints were heard and ignored. Until it w
20、as time to catch a plane and fly home.Unfortunately, our flight was canceled. We spent hours finding a hotel room. We hit the hotel pool before bed and swam well into the night, my kids making up songs and laughing so hard at their silly lyrics (歌词) and their crazy good fortune to be swimming at 10:
21、 30 on a school night.And that was when it hit me that family travel is all those things I said before but its also a lot more. Its taking your kids to parts of the world that will open their eyes and finding that actually, yours need opening too. Its remembering that joy and memories are where you
22、make them, not where you find them.24.The underlined word “uncanny” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .A.unknown.B.uncertain.C.unexpected.D.unusual.25.According to the passage, family travel is like childbirth in that .A.they both cause financial trouble and pain.B.they are both hard as well a
23、s rewarding.C.childhood memories come flooding back when they travel.D.both of them need many preparations.26.By saying “Ive learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor on” in Paragraph 5, the author means that_ .A.she tries to deal with the complaints more wisely and properly.B.she turns those ann
24、oying complaints into a means to educate kids.C.she has improved her language skills when handling the complaints.D.she has succeeded in escaping kids fighting thanks to the armor.27.From the authors experience in the passage, we can NOT learn that .A.family vacation benefits her kids as well as her
25、.B.joy and memories should be created rather than discovered.C.the most unforgettable memory for her is about the complaints.D.she has to spend some time on housework after the family vacation.C The worlds top automakers are increasingly offering more electric vehicle models. This growth is expected
26、 to continue， with more people choosing to hit the road with clean-running electric- powered cars.Environmentalists have praised the automakers for taking major steps to limit harmful pollutants linked to worldwide climate change. But electric vehicles are also known for not producing another kind o
27、f pollutionnoise. They run on batteries instead of fuel， and can operate in silence.While many people might consider this a good thing， quiet cars can also cause problems. The main danger is that people walking in areas around electric vehicles face a greater risk of being hit if they cannot hear th
28、e cars coming.Governments in the United States and Europe have recognized this problem. So， they have set requirements for manufacturers to add warning sounds to vehicles operating on electricity.The U.S.Department of Transportation finalized its rules a year ago. The rules require electric and hybr
29、id (混合能源) vehicles to be equipped with some kind of warning sound when moving at speeds up to 30 kilometers per hour. The rules are aimed at preventing injuries among people walking or riding bicycles and to protect the blind.So what kinds of sounds can we expect to hear from the next generation of
30、electric vehicles? One of the easiest solutions would be for carmakers to simply reproduce the sound a car would make if it actually did run on fuel. But many industry officials believe this would be a mistake.They say this would not support the electric vehicles true identity. It would also limit g
31、reat possibilities to link the cars sound to a whole new image, which could help increase sales.Frank Welsch is head of technical development at Germanys Volkswagen. He said that finding the perfect sound mix is not an easy process. “The electric vehicle sound is its identity,” he said. “It cannot b
32、e too annoying. It cannot sound like anything we had in the past.”An official from Mercedes-Benz said the sound was designed to provide a safe warning without annoying passengers inside the vehicle. He said the goal was to create a car that remains completely quiet on the inside, but fills the sound
33、 requirements and supports the models image on the outside.It might seem strange to think that part of our automotive future is currently being developed in the same kinds of recording studios used by musicians. But that is exactly what is happening.28.The underlined words “hit the road” in Paragrap
34、h 1 probably mean_.A.clean a roadB.start a tripC.avoid an accidentD.reduce noise pollution29.The first two paragraphs are mainly intended to_.A.introduce the topic of the passageB.list the advantages of automobilesC.provide some facts about electric carsD.stress the importance of saving energy30.Sou
35、nds are added to electric cars to_.A.limit pollutantsB.increase salesC.prevent injuriesD.make cars smarter31.What would be the best title for the passage?A.Electric Car Sounds Promote Sales to a Large DegreeB.Recording Studios Will Create Sounds for All Electric CarsC.Governments Call on People to D
36、esign Electric Car SoundsD.Electric Cars Need Creative Sounds to Replace Engine NoiseDHaving a smart phone may not be as smart as you think.They may let you surf the Internet,listen to music and take photos wherever you arebut they also turn you into a workaholic（工作狂）,it seems.A study suggests that,
37、by giving you access to emails at all times,the smart phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Experts found that British people work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.The study shows the average UK working day is between 9 a
38、nd 10 hours,but 2 more hours is spent responding to or sending work emails,or making work calls.Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers say they are on call almost 24 hours a day. Nearly two-thirds say they often check w
39、ork emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night.The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m and 7 a.m, with more than a third checking their first email in the period, and a quarter checking them bet
40、ween 11p.m.and midnight.Ghadi Hobeika,marketing director of Pixmania,said:“The ability to access millions of Apps has made smart phone invaluable for many people.However,there are disadvantages.Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,and smart phones mea
41、n that people cannot get away from work.The more frequently in contact we become,the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”32.With a smart phone the average UK working day is .A. 11 to 12 hours B. 9 to 10 hoursC. 8 hours D. 2 hours33.We can learn from the text that the British people .A. prefer
42、 to check emails in the morning B. are crazy about different smart phoneC. work more hours with smart phones D. shorten their normal working hours34.What does the underlined word “invaluable” mean?A. useless B. necessaryC. expensive D. cheap35.What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smart phones?A. They
43、are unimportant for most of people.B. They have disadvantages for some companies.C. They are useful to improve a work ability.D. They make it impossible for people to rest.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Your life is built around the choices you make. The
44、more choices you have, the more difficult these choices are to make. 36.Gather important informationDo your homework when you make a big life decision. Know and understand all the available choices and the influence each may have. 37. Seek information from professionals and learn other peoples exper
45、ience. Be sure to check the sources you use, particularly online sources.Explore your goals and valuesKnow what you value most in your life, the kind of lifestyle you want to have in the future and what you want your life to be filled with. A single decision can influence many areas of your life. 38
46、.List all possible resultsRecord all the costs and benefits of each choice and research findings. This will help you recall important aspects because decisions that seem to be simple might have many unseen possibilities. Put the list away for a time and turn the problem over your mind. 39. Use this
47、list to make the best choice for you.40.Avoid making choices when you are tired, stressed, hungry or in a hurry. You can do some physical exercise or have a good rest before you make a decision. Make sure your choice supports your positive emotions(情绪) and your long-term goals.A.Make decisions with
48、a calm mind.B.Plan out your days or weeks in advance.C.Talk to people who can offer you good advice.D.During this stressful time, you are going through many different emotions.E.People who dont consider their own goals end up doing what everyone is doing.F.This will enable you to spot any other bene
49、fit or cost you forget and add it to your list.G.Since some decisions have long-lasting influence, you must make these choices carefully.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15分，满分30分） Jeremy Locke, 25, has his own roofing company in Bridgeport, Nova Scotia. For a couple of years before he began
50、his_41_, he would drive past the home of Jeanette MacDonald, noticing the_42_state of her roof. He was_43_not just for the elderly woman but also for the children living with her. So Locke_44_to lend a helping hand.The young man knocked on MacDonalds door and_45_to fix her roof for nothing, I didnt
51、know who the woman was, but I wanted to_46_this for her and her grandchildren, he explained to The Chronicle Herald. However, despite his kind_47_, the woman politely turned him down.MacDonald and her_48_left an impression on Locke. He saw_49_between the woman and his own grandmother, and couldnt be
52、ar to see her in this_50_. He had also grown up without much and felt that he should use his skills to_51_.A year after Locke set up his own roofing company, seeing that the roof was_52_in a state of disrepair, Locke returned to MacDonalds home and asked MacDonald if she wanted to enter a raffle (抽奖
53、) his company was doing for a_53_roof. The 70-year-old woman_54_the chance, but little did she know that there was no_55_.MacDonalds relief_56_Lockes kindness is immeasurable, I could win $1 million but it wouldnt make me as_57_as knowing Im getting a new roof on. Jeremy is_58_something. Hes a guard
54、ian angel (守护天使) sent from God.The_59_should cost about $ 9,000 in terms of materials and manpower. However, the only thing Locke wants in return is a home-cooked meal for his staff from the woman who_60_him of his grandmother.41.A.journeyB.businessC.researchD.life42.A.averageB.unexpectedC.specialD.
55、terrible43.A.frightenedB.embarrassedC.concernedD.disappointed44.A.decidedB.appearedC.agreedD.happened45.A.declinedB.offeredC.managedD.pretended46.A.catch up withB.take care ofC.get rid ofD.put up with47.A.applicationB.reactionC.theoryD.intention48.A.hesitationB.shameC.regretD.difficulty49.A.symbolsB
56、.conditionsC.similaritiesD.beliefs50.A.situationB.occupationC.incidentD.direction51.A.respondB.giveC.helpD.develop52.A.stillB.evenC.alreadyD.just53.A.temporaryB.delicateC.randomD.free54.A.went overB.jumped atC.laughed offD.looked into55.A.competitionB.cheatingC.dilemmaD.chance56.A.comparingB.withdra
57、wingC.followingD.contradicting57.A.strongB.luckyC.happyD.rich58.A.partlyB.possiblyC.generallyD.really59.A.roomB.jobC.mealD.decoration60.A.remindsB.warnsC.convincesD.informs第二节（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asias biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists li
58、ke me, pandas are its top 61.(attract).So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I 62.(allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will
59、be 63. (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 64. my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, 65. I was the first Western TV reporter 66. (film) a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 67.(
60、introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 68.(it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few 69.(day) with his sister so tha
61、t while one is being bottle-fed, 70. other is with mum-she never suspects.第II卷第四部分 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）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10
62、处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Kids exercise all the time without even think of it. Just being active, like when you run around at outside or play basketball at school, is type of exercise. Playing sports, dancing and doing push-ups also counts as exercise. These helped you build your strength. By using your muscl
63、es to do powerful things, you can make them strong than before. For teens and adult, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, either. When you exercise, youre building a strong body what will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need to do. Try to do more physically exercise every da
64、y and your body will thank you later.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，你的好友Susan前不久随父母去了美国，她写信告诉你她很不适应美国的校园生活，感到很孤独。请你根据以下要点用英语给她写一封电子邮件。1.学好英语，从而增加和别人交流的机会；2.多交一些朋友，友情会使她忘记孤独；3.积极参加各种活动，使自己的生活更加有趣。注意：1. 词数：100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节。提示词： adapt to 适应_参考答案1-5.BCCCB 6-10.ACBAC 11-15.ACBAC 6-20.AACBB21-25.BADDB 26-30.ACBAC
65、 31-35.DA CBD 36-40.GCEFA41-45.BDCAB 56-60.BDDCA 61-65.CADBA 66-70.CCDBA1.attraction 2.was allowed 3.officially 4.to 5.when 6.to film 7.introducing8.its 9.days 10.the1. think改为thinking。 2. at去掉。 3. is和type中间加a。 4. counts改为count。 5. helped改为help。 6. strong改为stronger。 7. adult改为adults。 8. either改为too。
66、9. what改为that/which。 10. physically改为physical。Dear Susan，Im sorry to hear that you are having trouble adapting to your new school life in America, but this situation can be easily changed if you take my advice. First, you should work hard at English, which can give you more opportunities to communic
67、ate with others. Secondly, why not make some friends? They can help you to forget your loneliness. Thirdly, it would be a good idea if you take an active part in all kinds of activities, which will help to make life more interesting. By doing so, you will be happier with your new life soon.I hope you will find these ideas useful.Yours，Li Hua