1、湖南省衡阳市第八中学2015-2016学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题解析（原卷版）注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题1分，满分20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
2、和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.What is the woman going to do tomorrow?A. Go fishing B. Go swimming C. Go to the hospital2.How does the man find his job?A. It is interesting and fun. B. Its pay is good. C. It is always tiring.3.What are the speakers talking about?A.A story. B. A book. C.A movie.4.Where does the
3、conversation probably take place?A. At the railway station. B. At the bus stop. C. At the airport.5.Where is the man going ?A. The classroom. B. The cinema. C. The library.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料. 回答第6至7题。6.Why is the man going to the United States?A. To travel. B. To visit his friends. C. To a
4、ttend a conference.7.When will the man probably leave for the United States?A. In mid-February. B. In mid-January. C. In early January请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.Why does the man say it wasnt easy to win the match?A. The visiting team was really strong.B. The coach of visiting team was very good.C. The best p
5、layer in his team didnt play.9.When is the mans next match?A. This Friday. B. Next Friday. C. Next Sunday.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10.For whom does the man order the computer?A. His wife. B. His friend. C. His daughter.11.What color does the man want?A. Red. B. Black. C. White.12.What size does the man wa
6、nt to buy?A.A 13-inch one. B. A 15-inch one. C. A 17-inch one.请听第9段材料. 回答第13至16题。13.What does the man want to do tomorrow?A. Go fishing. B. Go swimming. C. Go for a picnic.14.Why is Jenny so busy?A. She will give a performance soon.B. She will have a test soon.C. She has to go to the hospital freque
7、ntly.15.What is Jenny crazy about?A. Singing. B. Reading. C. Dancing.16.Why wont the woman take her camera with her tomorrow?A. She has lost it .B. She has lent it to someone else.C. There is something wrong with it.请听第10段材料. 回答第17至20题。17.What is special about TCL TV sets?A. They are cheaper than th
8、e old ones.B. They are much lighter than the old ones.C. They show clearer pictures than the old ones.18.What will the woman get for free if she buys a TCL TV set now?A.A CD player. B.A DVD player. C. An MP5 player.19.How much should the woman pay if she buys two TCL TV sets?A.4000 dollars. B.6000 d
9、ollars. C.8000 dollars.20.How will the woman take the TV sets?A .She will take them by herself.B. She will pay the store to deliver them.C. The store will deliver them for free.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35）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。AMy challenge for you is this: t
10、o read a book for 15 minutes every single day for a month.Let me explain a bit, by telling you where the challenge came from. I have many things in common with my dad, like music taste and sense of humor, but sadly reading isnt one of them. I can happily spend a whole day with a book, but my dad can
11、t read a book for longer than about 5 minutes. He reads emails, websites and papers for work, but not books. Hes busy so I think sitting down to read for just 15 minutes a day is a good way to relax and to introduce him to reading.My dad is by no means the only person who avoids books. I know lots o
12、f people would rather relax on their computers or in front of the TV. Everyone is different and has their own interests, but I think therere lots of benefits to reading, which screen-based activities dont have.Firstly, its better for your eyes. Looking at screens can be very stressful for you eye mu
13、scles, and clearly you should avoid looking at screens for an hour before bed, to get a good nights sleep.One thing I personally love reading, is being transported to another worldI would often forget the time or things around me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, because yo
14、u think more about the world of the book, rather than the real world, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to a different world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better.I also enjoy hearing what people are doing and finding out what they think. Reading gives me the cha
15、nce to get to know hundreds of new people! It also teaches you to see things from other peoples point of view, and understand other peoples decisions or opinions. With a book, you can hear everything a character is thinking or feelingyou really can be inside someone elses head!So give it a go! Take
16、15 minutes when youre waking up, going to bed, eating too much, or having a coffee. If you read a lot, why not try 15 minutes of an English book, or pass the challenge on to someone else? Good luck, and happy reading!21. The author gives the example of his father in the text to show _.A. his father
17、is very busy B. reading is very important to usC. his father likes reading D. many people have no habit of reading22. The author writes the text mainly basing on _.A. his personal experience B. some scientific experimentsC. his fathers personal advice D. knowledge from books23. Which of the followin
18、g can be the best title for the text?A. Tips for Reading English BooksB. 15-Minute Reading ChallengeC. Having a Coffee While You ReadD. Ways to Improve Reading SkillsBHere is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother ga
19、ve them apples when they were young. The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: “Which do you want?” “The reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. My mother stared at him and said to him angrily: “You should learn to give the good things to others
20、; you shouldnt always think of yourself.” Seeing this, I suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother, “Mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” Hearing my words, my mother was very happy. She kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest appl
21、e to me as a prize. From them on, I learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. In order to get what I wanted, I played hard. As a result, I was sent into prison. The famous man from the white house said, One day, my mother brought some apples. She said to my brother and me: “You all want the reddes
22、t and biggest one, right? Well, lets have a competition. Now I divided the grassland in front of the gate into two and I will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. And I will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”After the competition, I w
23、on and I got the biggest apple. In our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. I think it is fair. No matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.24. The criminal got the reddest and biggest apple because_. A. he knew how to make his mother happy
24、 from her answer B. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller one C. elder brother should of course have the bigger one D. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother 25. We can conclude from the passage that _. A. its wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old en
25、ough. B. its wrong to ask children not to always think of themselves. C. its important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work D. its always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple. 26. The writer tells the story by _. A. organizing it in the orde
26、r of time. B. describing it in the order of spaceC. providing some scientific informationD. making a comparison between two men27. It is implied in the passage that _. A. a mothers educational method has a great influence on a childs growing. B. in order to get what we want, we should play hard. C.
27、we should always try to win competitions which can bring us a lot.D. giving children apples will lead them to become criminals.CThe death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a short life span(寿命) as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Gre
28、ek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years. What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europes colonial ruling caused a sharp decrease in language kinds, reducing at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Aus
29、tralia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting national languages. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media, national governments have tried to reduce minority languages.T
30、his process of language standardization(标准化) has been improved by industrialization and scientific progress, which have created new methods of communication that are fast, straightforward and practical. Language kinds came to be seen as an difficulty to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingual
31、ism(单种语言) became an perfect choice.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have led to the danger to “small” languages. A language not on the Internet is a language that “no longer exists” in the m
32、odern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are clear. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, our brains would lose some of their natural functions for language inventiveness. We would never be able to figure out the orig
33、ins of human language or resolve the mystery of “the first language”. As each language dies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism(多语种) is the most right solution. The destruction of the first will lead to the loss of the second. Creating a language without any links to a peoples culture
34、 and way of life stifles the expression of their language gift. A language is not only used as the main instrument of human communication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.28. Which of the following do
35、es not contribute to the death of languages? A. Colonial conquests of Europe B. The rise of nation-states C. Advances in science and industrialization D. The increase of human population 29. The underlined word “ stifles” in the last paragraph probably means “_”. A. kills B. cheer C. creates D. impr
36、ove30. The serious effects of the death of languages include all except that_. A. People would fail to understand how languages started B. Monolingualism would lead to the loss of multiculturalism C. Language kinds would become an difficulty to globalization D. Human brains would become less creativ
37、e in languages31. What is the authors purpose of writing this passage? A. To call peoples attention to the importance of language preservation. B. To warn people of the negative result of globalization. C. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out. D. To argue how important it is for people
38、 to speak more languages.DNow that newsrooms(新闻编辑室) are becoming less popular in the US，young people have begun to tell their own storiesGlobalGirl Media，an organization that teaches teenage girls digital(数码的) storytelling skills for free，was started by award-winning filmmakers Amie Williams and Mee
39、na Nanji in Los Angeles in 2010“By giving girls a voice，you introduce a different story，and change the existing one,”said Danny Glover，a member of the GlobalGirl Media organization“When the cameras in my hands，I feel like I cant lose，”Said Cheyenne Grisez，14“It makes me happy and I feel like I can d
40、o anything”On the final day of the summer academy in California,Williams worked with Grisez and Camila Prado,15, on a short film about Prados fight against an eating disorder(紊乱). In the film，Prado bravely interviewed her parents and sister about how she was able to beat her bad feelings and eating
41、disorder. This film and others the girls had made were shown to parents and friends on the last day of the academy, celebrating their hard work“Its their story，and nobody knows how to tell it better than they do.”Williams said“These girls are from really difficult backgrounds. They feel trapped some
42、times. They feel alone”Williams said“The camera gives them a way to look at their world in a different way and get out of that feeling.Girls in the program practice their skills and build confidence by going out in the community and interviewing people for the short filmsMany of them had no experien
43、ce, but found they had good storytelling skills“I work with these girls. Every day I leave gratefully，because I know thatdue to the work were doing with them，things will be better，”said GlobalGirl Media summer academy project director Heather Faison32Why do many American girls like to tell stories u
44、sing the camera? ATheir parents hate to give them a hand BThey desire to improve their photo skills CThey can make profits from their documentaries DThe camera can help them out of their trouble33What do we learn about GlobalGirl Media from the text? AIt was founded by the government BIt gets much m
45、oney from girl students CIt gives girls digital storytelling skills DIt has newsrooms in California34What difficulty did Prado overcome by making her film?ASelf-harm BPoor school scoresCAn eating disorder. DTeenage difficulty35Who directed GlobalGirl Media summer academy project in California? AHeat
46、her Faison BAmie Williams CDanny Glover D. Meena Nanji第二节 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5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。As we know, everyone can make mistakes, but dont worry about it. The following is what we should do when we make mistakes. Just admit (承认）it. Dont think that our mistakes are caused b
47、y others. 36 Dont blame other people, and dont cheat ourselves, either. 37 .In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we dont act and deal with the problem quickly, itll only make us feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and co
48、rrect the mistake according to it. 38 . 39 .Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are. 40 .What caused us to make the mistake? How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? W
49、hen we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we dont, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.A. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.B. Dont be afraid of failure.C. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.D. Solve it
50、at once.E. So be away from stress.F. So decide quickly and act.G. Think about what we can learn from our mistakes.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分30分。）第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分。）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they re
51、gister online, which may lead to some 41 trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) 42 of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she 43 hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men 44 the girls house. They demanded to spe
52、ak to her to find out where the grandmothers house was, 45 they could get the money they had seen. 46 , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers 47 a small amount of cash from the mother and left. Because the 48 is still under 49 , local police arent saying much else about it. Its not known
53、 yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers 50 the girl in the past. Two other 51 were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girls father and brother. Luckily, no one was 52 . The robbers left peacefully after 53 that
54、 the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the 54 that had appeared in the photo. Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to 55 citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites 56 doing so. The poli
55、ce say it is 57 that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, 58 that the robbers knew the girl in another way. 59 , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have 60 such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting
56、on other pages that contained the girls name. 41. A. clearB. knownC. importantD. unexpected42. A. blogB. storyC. pictureD. video43. A. gotB. keptC. letD. made44. A. knocked atB. looked atC. broke intoD. ran into45. A. even ifB. in caseC. as soon asD. so that46. A. UsuallyB. FortunatelyC. SuddenlyD.
57、Finally47. A. leftB. tookC. spentD. asked48. A. robberB. caseC. familyD. girl49. A. discussionB. considerationC. controlD. investigation50. A. ignoredB. rememberedC. knewD. followed51. A. neighborsB. membersC. charactersD. adults52. A. killedB. escapedC. harmedD. buried53. A. showingB. discoveringC.
58、 lookingD. recognizing54. A. houseB. websiteC. grandmotherD. cash55. A. excuseB. warnC. robD. inform56. A. stopB. considerC. keepD. enjoy57. A. possibleB. importantC. necessaryD. strange58. A. soB. butC. andD. or59. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. InsteadD. Besides60. A. taken upB. given awayC. put awayD.
59、set up第卷注意：将答案用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将答案写在答题卡上, 写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）In American schools there is something 61 (call) Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be an 62 (importance) event of the year except graduation
60、ceremonystudents plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance. Several days before Homecoming，students start to 63 (beautiful)decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years 64 t
61、heir graduations.The members of school clubs build booths（摊位）and sell apples and 65 (sandwich). Some clubs help to welcome visitors. During the day people like to look for teachers 66 they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and talk about their happy years in school. Everyone watches
62、 the football game. When the game is half over，the band（乐队） 67 (come) onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is 68 honour to be chosen. Homecoming is a h
63、appy day but it is not perfect 69 the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth 70 (remember).第四部分 写作（共两节,满分15分）第一节 短文改错 （共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请
64、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处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Dear Mr. Manager,Im writing to express my thank to you and your employee Miss Li Hong, who helped me found my handbag whil
65、e I was shopping in your shop in March 24. That day I was greatly interesting学_科and lost myself in enjoying a beautiful product. After I paid a pair of silk socks, I left myhandbag on the counter. I have already walked out of the shop then Miss Li came up with my handbag. I thanked her and offered h
66、er a reward of 20 dollars and she refused to take even a cent. I deeply moved by her spirit. Miss Lis good qualities are something Ill always keep it in mind.第二节书面表达（满分10分）目前，不少人在写作文或交流时喜欢使用网络语言。就此现象，你班最近举行了一场讨论。请根据下表的提示，客观地介绍讨论的情况及你的观点。40%的同学认为60%的同学认为你的观点1. 有点荒诞，有时让人无法理解2. 违背了汉语的语法规则，对学习毫无帮助1. 幽默，使语言更生动2. 有助于表达思想 1. 2. 荒诞ridiculous注意：1. 对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。2. 词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, there came a kind of language called Web Language._
