1、广西陆川县中学2017-2018学年下学期高一期末考试卷英语本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分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 Mr. White?A. A salesman.B. A professor.C. A
2、repairman.2. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Take Bus 105.B. Ask another person.C. Walk to the railway station.3. What is the mans attitude towards the plan?A. He is against it.B. He doesnt care.C. He thinks it is reasonable.4. What is the mans problem?A. He cant see the sign clearly. B.
3、 He has no ticket for the movie.C. Hes parked in the wrong place.5. In which year is the man in college now?A. The first year.B. The second year.C. The third year.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
4、话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Where does the woman want to go?A. The post office.B. The cinema.C. A park.7. Who can help the woman?A. The man with a bird.B. The man with a beard.C. The man with a bottle of beer.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is Jessie still at home?A. She takes the day off.B. She has enough tim
5、e to go to work.C. She is waiting for the man to go out together.9. What does Jessie think of taking the subway?A. Convenient and cheap.B. Crowded and expensive.C. Convenient but expensive.10. What do we know about Jessie?A. She used to have breakfast in her office.B. Her office is far away from the
6、 subway station.C. She doesnt have to wait for buses and taxis in bad weather.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. A plan for the party.B. A visit to their relatives. C. A call to their colse friends.12. Why is the woman thinking of calling on Ann?A. Ann has just go
7、t a new house.B. Ann has just come out of hospital.C. She wants to invite Ann to the party.13. Why cant they have a little party at Ricks?A. He is still in hospital.B. He still doesnt feel well.C. He doesnt like noisy parties.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Who are the two speakers?A. A man and his wife.B. A m
8、an and his sister.C. A man and his girlfriend.15. What does the man usually do at weekends?A. He has tea with his friends.B. He goes shopping with his friends.C. He watches football games on TV.16. On which point of the picnic is the man different from the woman?A. Who should get the car ready.B. Ho
9、w many friends they should invite.C. What food and drink they should prepare.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How do students enter the library?A. With a password.B. With a student card.C. With a library account.18. How many books can students borrow at most once?A. Nine.B. Eleven.C. Twelve.19. What kind of bo
10、ok has to be returned within one week? A. Books published recently.B. Books liked by a lot of people.C. Books borrowed by local residents.20. What will the speaker do next?A. Take the students on a campus tour.B. Show the students around the library.C. Tell the students where to get bottled water.第二
11、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ABritains Prime Minister Theresa May joined the opening ceremony of the 2018 “English is GREAT” activity, which aims to support and encourage more people across China to learn to speak English, during her visit to Wuhan University in Central Chinas Hubei provin
12、ce, Jan 31.Started by the British Council, the UKs international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities, this year-long activity sets out to improve fluency in spoken English in particular.Prize-winning online competitionThe activity also marked the start of an online comp
13、etition, “My Favorite English Word”. You can join by simply posting your word of choice on the China Daily app. The most popular words will be included in a draw to win a variety of prizes, including Kindle, Polaroid camera and Bluetooth speaker. To participate, click here.English Teacher AwardThe a
14、ctivity establishes an English Teacher Award to recognise excellence in teaching among Chinese non-native teachers of English. Nominations(提名) will be made by students and English teachers.In order to recognise more inspiring teachers, monthly prizes will be presented and the winner of the grand fin
15、al award will be announced later in the year. The winner will have the opportunity to take a four-week study trip to the UKsupported by the International House London.Throughout the activity, the “English is GREAT” website will provide access to free online resources and all kinds of materials for E
16、nglish learners of all levels.UK-Mandarin (Standard Chinese) Excellence ProgramThe “English is GREAT” activity will reply to the UK-Mandarin Excellence Program, started in 2016, which aims to have 5,000 secondary school pupils in the UK fluent in Mandarin by 2020.21. Whats the aim of the 2018 “Engli
17、sh is GREAT” activity? A. To make more Chinese learn to speak English. B. To collect some advice about the program.C. To spread English culture and Chinese culture. D. To introduce one of the Prime Ministers activities.22. How will you take part in the first activity? A. By paying some money. B. By
18、sending your favorite word. C.By logging in the website. D. By winning different prizes.23. Which is true about the last two parts of the passage? A. All English teachers will receive prizes. B. The winner will visit UK for four weeks.C. Beginners cannot take part in the activity.D. Some English pup
19、ils are learning Mandarin.B Bryan Laubscher, one of the worlds leading astrophysicists, who study the physics and chemistry of the stars, planets, etc, is developing an invention called the Mars Elevator. To form a picture of this, you may want to imagine the story of Jack and the Beanstalk (杰克与魔豆).
20、 This is the story of a boy who grew a beanstalk that reached the heavens. Jack climbed the stalk and entered another world. The space elevator is similar but of course much more high-tech and better yet, it is real!Astrophysicists are designing a steel-like cable (缆绳) that will be connected to a pl
21、atform (平台) in the ocean. This cable is designed to be pulled up into space, where it will then be connected to a space station. People will be able to travel up and down this elevator by the year 2020. There will be a number of space elevators so that both tourists and businesses can travel into sp
22、ace. To get there, space tourists will simply travel to the nearest ocean elevator entrance. The trip up into space will take about a week. When they arrive, space tourists will be inside a space station and will be able to stay there. There are other alternatives, too. Astronomers think it will be
23、easy to travel from the space station to the moon, where space tourists can stay in a moon hotel which is now being designed. The future looks bright for space tourists. It also looks bright for industry and scientists. Mining companies will travel to space to mine elements (元素) that are rare on Ear
24、th. Energy scientists will travel to space to set up space solar panels, which will collect a huge amount of energy from the sun and shoot it back to Earth where we can use it to heat our homes and meet our energy needs.24. What does Jack and the Beanstalk help readers understand?A. The difficulty o
25、f building space elevators.B. What material space elevators would use.C. What space elevators would look like.D. The reason for inventing space elevators.25. What can we infer about space elevators?A. Theyre accepting pre-paid bookings. B. Theyll be available in the near future. C. Theyre mainly use
26、d for scientific study.D. Theyll offer people a seven-day round trip.26. What does the underlined word “alternatives” (in Para. 2) mean? A. Advantages. B. Purposes. C. Entries. D. Choices.27. What is the authors attitude towards space elevators?A. Worried. B. Doubtful. C. Critical. D. Positive.CWe k
27、now cats like to hide in boxes and knock things over. But if you make a square on your floor, what will your cat do? Turns out a lot of cats will get inside it. Amazed cat owners repeated the experiment, often with tape(带子), but others with squares made out of ribbon, sheets of paper and even shoes.
28、Cat experts weigh inSo what makes cats so interested in a square on the floor? “We know that cats like safe spaces. Its possible that the mark on the floor creates some illusion(幻觉) on the floor that doesnt actually exist,” says cat behavior expert Mikel Delgado. “It might have enough similarity to
29、a low-sided box that a lot of cats are attracted to it for safety.”Another cat behavior expert Ingrid Johnson agrees. “I would imagine they probably feel as if they are in something. Though shallow, still comforting, offers the idea of sides,” she says. Johnson points out that cats have poor close-u
30、p sight, so they may have the idea that the tape is actually the sides of a square area. “Their sight is built for distance and speed, watching a mouse run across the field,” she says. “Close up, theyre blind 8 to 12 inches off their noses.”Kitty curiosity(好奇心)Another reason cats are attracted by th
31、e square? Pure curiosity.Because cats are very sensitive to their environment, the tape square might be attracting them just because its new and different, she says. The same thing would likely happen if you put a piece of cardboard or a paper bag on the floor. A lot of cats would check it out.28. W
32、hich is most probably the purpose of the cat owners experiment? A. To check whether it is true. B. To test how smart their cats are. C. To play a joke on their cats. D. To show their love to the cats.29. Which can best replace the underlined part “weigh in”? A. Express their ideas. B. Judge the cats
33、 weight.C. Put in a word.D. Give some examples.30. Why are cats attracted to a square? A. For fun.B. For comfort. C. For safety. D. For quietness.31. Which is WRONG according to the whole passage? A. Cat owners made squares with different materials.B. Cats prefer to lie in a low-sided box. C. Cats h
34、ave shorter sights when in boxes. D. Cats curiosity depends on the environment. DWhen planning a vacation, many people consider the popular tourist sites they want to visit. But thats not what my husband and I did when we planned our vacation toJapan. We thought about the kind of farm we wanted to v
35、isit.Ours was far from a typical (典型的) vacation. We were WWOOFing! WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic (有机的) Farms. The organization connects people interested in organic farming. Volunteers, known as WWOOFers, help their hosts with daily activities. These include everything from ba
36、king bread to picking vegetables. Hosts provide volunteers with food and provide a place for them to stay.My husband and I certainly felt like family when our host met us at the train station. She told us to call her Okasan Mom. Likewise, we called her husband Otosan Dad. Okasan and Otosan own an or
37、ganic vegetable farm that tries to provide the local people with fresh, healthy food. When no WWOOFers are around to help, the farm work is done only by Otosan and Okasan. As part of the family, we were able to enjoy the fruits of our labor at every meal. Eating fresh vegetables three times a day co
38、mbined with six hours of farm work, certainly did our bodies good. We planted vegetables and cleared rocks from fields. We also packed the vegetables so they could be sold at the market.Perhaps the most challenging thing we did was weeding a rice field. It was quite challenging because the leaves an
39、d roots of the weeds look very similar to the rice. Its not until both plants are mature (成熟的) that you can clearly tell them apartonly one produces rice.WWOOFing is unlike anything Ive ever done before, and I cant wait to do it again! Lets WWOOF!32. What do we know about WWOOF?A. It belongs to a Ja
40、panese farm.B. It helps the poor do farm work.C. It provides tourists with hotels.D. It is an organization connected with farming.33. What can we infer from Paragraph 3 about Okasan and Otosans farm?A. It benefits both the locals and WWOOFers.B. It attracts many visitors every day.C. It provides fre
41、e food for the locals.D. It is supported by the government.34. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A. The method of producing rice.B. The hard time of the farm family.C. The difficulties in weeding a rice field.D. The most challenging thing for WWOOF.35. The author would most likely describe her
42、 WWOOFing as _.A. satisfyingB. worrying C. boringD. tiring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。选项中有两项为多余选项A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an e
43、xam?Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teens work.36What they look for is your presence - to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express his worries and fears, but dont let them focus on those fears.Help them get
44、organized.37Together, you and your teen can work out a time-table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. Its important for your teen to eat a healthy, bal
45、anced diet during exam times to focus and do her best.38If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress.39Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and/or do something active when she needs a real break from stu
46、dying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.Show a positive attitude.40Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your te
47、ens pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are.A. A parents attitude will dictate their teens emotions.B. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite.C. They will only m
48、ake the situation worse.D. Encourage your teen to relax.E. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordinglyF. The best thing is simply to listen.G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项
49、中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I will have a holiday next week and I cant decide what to do. I have a lot of work to do _41_ and this would be a good chance _42_ But I dont like _43_ the holiday in such a wayI can work at home all the rest of the yearLast year I went _44_ to the mountains. _45_ there was beautifu
50、l， but it is too cold this time of a year. And its really_46_ far to go for a short holiday. I decide _47_ this isnt a good time to_48_the mountainsBut I_49_to go somewhere elsePerhaps this would be a good chance to go to the beach（海滨）I like to go for walks_50_the seashore _51_the warm sunshine and
51、watch the water Its only eight miles away and I could get there _52_about two hours After thinking it_53_，I am sure that this is a _54_time for the seashore than_55_ .Oh， here is a _56_ from Jim He _57_ he is going to his house in the mountains for the_58_，and he_59_ me to go with him_60_ giving it
52、some more thought， I wrote back to Jim and thanked him for that41. A. at home B. at house C. in school D. in factory42. A. do it B. doing that C. to do it D. with that43. A. to take B. to spend C. having D. asking44. A. the north B. for north C. north D. to north45. A. Nothing B. Everything C. Someb
53、ody D. Anything46. A. very B. enough C. rather D. too47. A. that B. what C. whether D. when48. A. go B. go to C. go for D. leave49. A. want B. wanted C. shall want D. was wanting50. A. on B. by C. beside D. along51. A. on B. during C. in D. under52. A. in B. for C. with D. after53. A. about B. of C.
54、 over D. on54. A. good B. fine C. better D. best55. A. home B. the mountains C. big cities D.country villages56. A. gift B. call C. letter D. notice57. A. says B. tells C. speaks D. talks58. A. weekend B. holiday C. Sunday D. trip59. A. want B. wish C. hopes D. asks60. A. When B. With C. Without D.
55、As第卷 第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According 61 an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the 62 (track) of animals in the snow and 63 (observe) that t
56、he appearance of each one was different. Then 64 he got was that he could use different shapes 65 (represent) different objects. The 66 (one) Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters 67 ( simplify) and others have been made 68 (difficult) over time. 69 , as a whole, the
57、characters have 70 (gradual) developed from drawings into standard forms.61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（）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
58、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。One day father and mother was waiting at the table for their sons to have lunch. She waited and waited but their son didnt show up. Mother was sent father to look for their son in his bedroom. To his surprised, their son was lying on his stomach
59、on the floor, totally losing in a book. Father orders their son to leave for food and he himself never returned to the table. Having waited impatient, mother sent their son back to look for his father, only to find that his father was doing exactly same as he had done on the floor. 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定
60、你是李华，你的美国笔友来信祝贺你的生日，并寄给你一本英语词典作为礼物，为此请你用英语给他写封感谢信，并告诉他最近你的英语进步情况，邀请他暑假期间来你所在的城市游玩。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Tony,Best wishes,Li Hua 英语参考答案一、听力(每题1.5分)听力1-5 CBACC 6-10 ABBCC 11-15 BABAC 16-20 BBCAB阅读理解：21-25ACDCB26-30DDAA C 31-35DDACA第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）36-40FEBDA第三部
61、分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）41. A 42. C 43. B 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. A 50. D 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. C 55. B 56. C 57. A 58. B 59. D 60. C四、语法填空61. to 62. tracks 63. observed 64.what 65. to represent66. first 67. have been simplified 68. more difficult 69. However 70. graduall
62、y第四部分：第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）One day father and mother was waiting at the table for their sons to have lunch. She waitedwere son Theyand waited but their son didnt show up. Mother was sent father to look for their son in hisbedroom. To his surprised, their son was lying on
63、 his stomach on the floor, totally losing in asurprise lostbook. Father orders their son to leave for food and he himself never returned to the table. Having ordered butwaited impatient, mother sent their son back to look for his father, only to find his father was impatientlydoing exactly same as h
64、e had done on the floor. the书面表达 One possible version:Dear Tony,Im so grateful for the birthday blessing and gift you sent to me.As you know, its a challenge for me to learn English well, so I turned to you for help. You advised that I should read more and enlarge my vocabulary. While reading Englis
65、h stories, I came across some new words, so a dictionary was exactly what I needed. It was then that I received your gift, an English dictionary. What a timely help! Encouragingly, I have made some progress in a recent exam. Ill go on working hard and do better.With the summer vacation approaching, I hope you can come to my city for a visit and we can have fun together.Best wishes,Li Hua