1、 四川省遂宁市安居育才中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题注意事项：1答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目写在答题卷上。2每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，不能答在试题卷上。第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节 ：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. Shall I go to the meeting? You decide_.A. Have you got that? B. Thats
2、 settled. C. Its up to you. D. Yes, its lovely.2. Mr. Smith spoke slowly and clearly to _ all of us students could follow him.A. test B. be sure C. examine D. make sure3. People _ from electricity since it _ in the nineteenth century.A. benefit; discovered B. have benefited; was discoveredC. have be
3、nefited; discovered D. benefit; was discovering4. The _ audience felt more _after they knew the film would be put off.A. disappointed; boring B. disappointing; bored C. disappointed; bored D. disappointing; boring5. Please remember to leave things _ you can find them easily. A. when B. where C. then
4、 D. there6. With more students_ the school rules, our school is becoming better organized.A. respect B. being respected C. respecting D. respected7. Did you tell Jack about the result? Oh, no, I forgot. I _ him now.A. will be calling B. call C. am to call D. will call8. My father, as well as my brot
5、her and I, _ to swim tomorrow.A. am going B. goes C. will goD. go9. you grow older, youll know better and better about yourself. A. As B. For C. WithD. Since10. The price of petrol is _ day by day. A car owner spends less money now. A. rising up B. going up C. going down D. increasingm第二节：完形填空（共20小题
6、；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1130各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。Tom was a businessman and he suffered many failures in his career, which made him a sad man. He often complained (抱怨) that others had been playing 11 on him. One day he told his wife he was so12 with the city that he had t
7、o leave. So his family moved to 13city. In the 14 of a weekend, Tom and his wife were busy 15up their new homewhenthe light suddenly went out. So they had to 16 work. Tom forgot to bring along candles and had to wait 17 in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant (迟疑的) knocks on his door that
8、 sounded clear in the18night. “Whos it?” he wondered, since Tom had no 19in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed(打扰). 20 , he went reluctantly(不情愿地) to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 21? Im yo
9、ur neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance（讨厌的人）!” he complained over it with his wife. “The neighbor came to22 things so quickly as soon as we came here.” After a while, the door was knocked 23. He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time
10、 she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 24me here to give you these.” Tom was very 25 by what he saw. When he fully understood it, he said, “Thank you and your 26 . God bless you!” At that moment he suddenly realized what caused h
11、is27in life. It was his 28 and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 29 nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his not having an open 30 . 11. A. fun B. tricks C. jokes D. games12. A. happy B. satisfied C. encouraged D. disappointed13. A. other B. others
12、C. another D. else14. A. evening B. morning C. afternoon D. time15. A. looking up B. bringing up C. picking up D. cleaning up16. A. continue B. stop C. start D. change17. A. hopelessly B. happily C. patiently D. hopefully18. A. noisy B. quiet C. dark D. crowded19. A. fans B. family C. child D. frien
13、ds20. A. So B. However C. Though D. In case21. A. lights B. fires C. candles D. matches22. A. borrow B. sell C. buy D. lend23. A. suddenly B. too C. always D. again24. A. suggested B. sent C. allowed D. forced25. A. frightened B. surprised C. puzzled D. pleased26. A. brother B. mother C. father D. g
14、randma27. A. satisfaction B. success C. failure D. happiness28. A. disappointment B. duty C. coldness D. fear29. A. actually B. usually C. thankfully D. never30. A. head B. mind C. idea D. thought第二部分 阅读理解 ( 50分)第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）AA famous doctor on
15、ce received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again. The childs mother was very much obliged（感谢的） to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. Doctor, she said,
16、 you have saved my little son. I dont know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it. The doctor stood up and said coldly, Madam, a little present like that is very nice
17、between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done. The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?Fifty pounds, he answered.The lady opened the little purse and took out
18、 four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room. 31. The lady was thankful to the doctor because _. A. he had saved her life B. he had saved he
19、r sons life C. he had lent her some money D. he often called on her32. The doctor refused the ladys purse because he thought _. A. the purse should be given between friends B. the purse was too small C. the lady was not kind to himD. the lady just gave him that purse and wouldnt give him the medical
20、 fee33. What the doctor said _ the lady. A. worried B. interested C. frightened D. hurt34. The money in the purse _. A. was only 150 pounds B. was less than 200 pounds C. was much more than the medical fee D. was not enough for the medical feeBIn England, some food companies across the whole country
21、 have been told to carry out urgent (紧急的) tests on all beef products. Do you know why? Thats because some food companies used horsemeat to make beef products.There are some examples about the horsemeat matter. In January, 2013, in a number of UK supermarkets, frozen hamburgers were found to have tra
22、ces of horsemeat in them. Some frozen beef products made by food company FINDUS were found to contain horsemeat. All of the beef products made by this company have been stopped from sale.The government said that theres nothing to suggest any health risk from the products. Food minister David Heath s
23、aid people should not throw away frozen meat products and carry on eating meat. The government will tell people not to eat meat if the meat is not safe.Food safety has been an important matter all over the world. More and more countries plan to take some useful measures to ensure the safety of food.
24、 35. In England, some food companies have been told to _urgently.A. stop making beef products B. test all their beef productsC. test all their products D. remove all their products from sale36. What else did some food companies use to make beef products in England according to the passage?A. Horseme
25、at. B. Beef.C. Fish.D. Chicken.37. What does “traces” mean in the second paragraph?A. 描绘B. 追踪C. 少量D. 探索38. More and more countries plan to take some useful measures to ensure _.A. horsemeat out of products B. the food safetyC. the test food D. the food sale CWithout proper planning, tourism can caus
26、e problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants（居民） of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can
27、 help the countrys economy（经济）. It is important to think about the people of a destination(目的地） country and how tourism affects(影响) them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also improve the well-being (health and happiness） of local inhabi
28、tants. Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the countrys economy can be affected. On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose mone
29、y. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads, and other support facilities(设施） needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not u
30、sed most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money. Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers (阴沟） to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used be
31、cause there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost. 39. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph that goes before the passage? A. It is very important to develop tourism. B. Planning is very important to tourism.C. Building roads and hotels is necessary. D.
32、Support facilities are highly necessary.40. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _. A. a bad effect on other industries B. over-crowdedness of places of interest (风景名胜) C. a change of tourists customs D. too much traffic41. Not enough tourism can lead to _. A. an increase of unemploy
33、ment B. an increase in business C. the higher cost of support facilities D. a rise in price and a fall in pay42. The author (作者) thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will _. A. use a lot of money B. make them poorer C. help follow their customs D. help them live a better life DFor
34、 a while, my neighbourhood was taken over by an army of joggers(慢跑者 ) . They were there all the time : early mornings, noons, and evenings. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. Come on! My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as
35、 he jogged by my house every evening. Youll feel great. Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of
36、 exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighbourhood jogging army, I m not alone in my opinion. First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet take a real pounding (重击) running down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back p
37、roblems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack （心脏病）while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesnt kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out as they did with me. Secondly, I got no en
38、joyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isnt my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, I love being out there with just my thoughts. Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt. And how cou
39、ld I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasnt just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isnt fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jo
40、g? I dont jog any more, and I dont think I ever will. Im walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. Im getting exercise, and Im enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and Ive found a lot of bett
41、er ways to stay in shape.43. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writers neighbourhood _. A. jogging became very popular B. people jogged only during the daytimeC. Alex organized an army of joggers D. jogging provided a chance to get together44. The underlined word them ( Paragraph 3) mos
42、t probably refers to _.A. heart attacks B. back problemsC. famous joggers D. physical weaknesses45. What was the writers attitude towards jogging in the beginning? A. He felt it was worth a try. B. He was very fond of it.C. He was strongly against it. D. He thought it must be painful.46. Why did the
43、 writer give up jogging two months later? A. He disliked doing exercise outside. B. He found it neither healthy nor interesting.C. He was afraid of having a heart attack. D. He was worried about being left alone. EC.O. P.D(慢性障碍性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs（肺）. It makes breathing difficult.
44、The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third
45、 leading cause of death across the world.”C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema（肺气肿） and chronic bronchitis（慢性支气管炎）. These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.She is the lead auth
46、or of a study by a team from Harvards Brigham and Womens Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Ceci
47、lie Soerheim co-wrote the teams findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and tho
48、se who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能）than men. 47. Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true _.A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D. B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to brea
49、theC. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.48. It can be known from the study that_. A. female smokers die faster than male ones. B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than
50、 men.C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.49. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A .Smoking Kills B. Smoking Triggers Diseases C. The Leading Caus
51、es of C.O.P.D.D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men 50. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?A. Science B. Health report C .Education D. Business report 第二节：补全对话（共5小题,每小题2分，满分10分）根据对话内容，从下面方框里的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，答案填涂在答题卷相应的位置。选项中有两项多余选项。 A: Now, Mr. White, what
52、 were you doing between 7:00 and 9:00 pm last night?B: 51 A: Were your wife and children with you? B: No, they werent.A: 52 B: They were watching TV at home.A: I see. Now, was it raining when you went into the cinema?B: Yes, I think so.A: 53 B: No. It wasnt raining hardA: What about when you left th
53、e cinema, was it raining then?B: 54 A: And was your wife waiting for you outside?B: No, of course not.A: 55 . Someone saw you outside the cinema, in the rain, carrying an umbrella, with your wifeand it was 7:30 pm!A. Were you carrying an umbrella?B. Yes, I mean, no, It wasnt.C. Did you walk home alo
54、ne?D. What were they doing?E. I dont think youre telling the truth.F. I was seeing a film in the cinema.第卷(非选择题，共50分)第II卷 （非选择题 共60分）第三部分 写作（共三节，共60分）第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语问答问题（请注意问题后词数要求）。Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy
55、food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually getpaid in money.Most of the money today is made of metal（金属） or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.One of the first kinds of money was shells.Shells were not the onl
56、y things used as money. In China, cloth（布） and knives were used. In parts of Africa, cattle(牲口) were one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money, too.The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole（方型孔） in the centre. People strung (串联) them t
57、ogether and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡). Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.But even gold
58、and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinesethought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note.Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.56. What was first used a
59、s money in Africa in the past? (no more than 3 words)_ _57. What did the first metal coins made in China look like? (no more than 10 words)_58. In which country were the first coins made of tin? (no more than 3 words)_59. Why did people begin to use paper money? (no more than 8 words)_ _60. Who firs
60、t began to make paper money? (no more than 1 words)_ _第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的工方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个符号（），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. 每句不超过两个错误； 2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词； 3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Today I was having a PE lesson when I fall down an
61、d hurt my footI was in greatly pain at thatmoment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was overThough I haddifficult walking back to my classroom, I still didnt tell anyone but even refused the offer of helpof my classmatesAs result, the pain in my foot became badNow I know
62、 Im wrongWecan tell others our need for help and accept his helpSome day we can not help others inreturnIn this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully第三节 书面表达（共35分）假如你叫李华，你的英国笔友Peter想来遂宁旅游。他想提前了解下遂宁，请你根据下面要点给Peter写一封信。 1、地理位置（四川中部）； 2、交通状况（交通发达，距成都、重庆只需2小时车程）； 3、人居环境：风景优美，气候宜人，空气
63、污染少 4、城市梦想：争创绿色环保城市，让生活更加美好。 5、希望Peter 能早日到遂宁来旅游。要求：1、100字左右； 2、为使行文连贯，你可以适当增加一些内容；3、信的开头和结尾已经给出。Dear Peter,Im glad to receive your letter hoping to know something about my home town. _ Hope youll visit Suining soon. And Im very glad to be your tour guide.Yours truly Li Hua 遂宁市安居育才中学校高2014级2013年下期校考英语试题参考答案59. Because of convenience. /Because it is convenient. / Because it is convenient to buy something expensive.60. Chinese.版权所有：高考资源网()
