湖北省宜昌市葛洲坝中学2018_2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

1、- 1 -湖北省宜昌市葛洲坝中学 2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题考试时间：2019 年 4月第 卷 （ 选 择 题 ， 共 100 分 ）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）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. Where does the man get the method of dealing with stress?A. Fr

2、om his own experience. B. From what others have done.C. From the book he has read. 2. How will the speakers probably find the right place for dinner?A. By looking around.B. By surfing the Internet. C. By asking the local people. 3. What will the man drink?A. Hot tea. B. Coffee. C. Cold soda.4. Why d

3、oes the man need the green socks?A. To attend a wedding. B. To attend a birthday party. C. To celebrate a special day.5. What does the man do twice a week?A. Lifting weights. B. Jogging. C. Practicing boxing.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

4、。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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6段材料，回答第 6 7 题。6. How many minutes was the man late for the meeting?A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes.7. What caused the man to be late?- 2 -A. Getting up late. B. Having car problems. C. Being stuck in traffic.听第 7段材料，回答第

5、8 9 题。8. What time is it now?A. 9:00 a.m. B. 9:20 a.m. C. 9:45 a.m.9. Why does the woman think the man is crazy?A. He doesnt have breakfast. B. He ate the apple in her bag.C. Hell buy food at the airport.听第 8段材料，回答第 10 12 题。10. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a bookstore. B. At a toy st

6、ore. C. At a childrens clothing store. 11. What is the doll wearing?A. A red shirt. B. Blue pants. C. Green pants.12. What can be known from the conversation?A. The man has blamed his daughter. B. The doll is a big one. C. The woman is kind and helpful.听第 9段材料，回答第 13 16 题。13. Why does the woman sugg

7、est the man stay in the suburbs of London?A. He can travel around. B. He can spend less money. C. He can live quietly.14. Which place has lots of history?A. Bath. B. Oxford. C. Cambridge.15. Where has the woman never been?A. Oxford. B. Bath. C. Cambridge.16. How will the man probably get to Oxford o

8、r Bath?A. By car. B. By train. C. By bus. 听第 10段材料，回答第 17 20 题。17. Who was the speakers first “real” teacher?A. Susan. B. Sue. C. Rhonda.18. In which year did the speaker have the most fun?- 3 -A. Second grade. B. Third grade. C. Fourth grade.19. Why did the speaker like Ms. Richardson?A. She was ve

9、ry kind. B. She was quite beautiful. C. She was very smart. 20. What is TRUE about the speakers school life?A. She became one of the best students.B. She became lazier as time went on.C. She got into trouble in every school year.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 A、B、C 和 D四个

10、选项中，选出最佳选项。A Give It a Go! One off VolunteeringOur Oneoff programme allows you to take part in volunteering activities with no regular commitment such as dog walking, helping your local community and so on.Transport is provided from campus when activities cant be reached by public transport or on fo

11、ot from campus.Canley Pop Up Cafe：Chinese New Year Special!Date: Saturday 17 February 2018Time: 10: 30 15: 30Help run fun games and activities for Canley citizens.Canley Pop Up Cafes aim to initiate community interaction and raise awareness of cultural diversity and difference as being positive by c

12、reating spaces that encourage neighbours to meet, talk, share talents, histories and knowledge.Dogs Trust Volunteer DayDate: Friday 23 February 2018Time: 09: 55 16: 00Join us for a day with the Dogs Trust. Help exercise the dogs, prepare food and clean the dog shelter.Transport and lunch will be pro

13、vided by Warwick Volunteers.Kings Hill Nursery- 4 -Date: Wednesday 16 May 2018Time: 09: 05 13: 15Kings Hill Nurseries provide placements, training, work experience and jobs for people with learning disabilities. Volunteers will help support adults with disabilities with gardening tasks. No previous

14、experience required.Transport from campus provided.Friends of Canley Green Spaces Woodland Path Clearance Date: Saturday 10 March 2018Time: 10: 30 13: 30Help clean a woodland pathway by removing a mass of dead wood from low lying tree branches. By cutting away the wood, walking along the path will b

15、e much easier. A more attractive pathway will also encourage people to explore Park Wood, one of Canleys ancient bluebell woodlands.Please wear suitable outdoor clothing and strong shoes or boots that you dont mind getting a little muddy.21. What is the purpose of Canley Pop Up Cafes?A. To improve t

16、he neighbourhood. B. To provide jobs for volunteers.C. To ask for help from neighbours. D. To encourage neighbours to consume.22. Which activity lasts longest?A. Kings Hill Nursery. B. Canley Pop Up Cafe.C. Dogs Trust Volunteer Day. D. Friends of Canley Green Spaces.23. What is the main task in the

17、last activity?A. Planting trees. B. Clearing the path.C. Guiding the tourists. D. Widening the path.BWhen I was three years old, I couldnt speak. It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand.One day, I was shadowing (尾随) my mother. She found herself looking in a mirro

18、r, and through it our eyes met. She began to speak to me through the reflection, and I slowly began to mimic (模仿) her mouths movements until I formed a word.It turned out that Im deaf in my left ear, and have a slight problem in my right. Being hard of hearing has been difficult, but Ive never lived

19、 in a state - 5 -of selfhating sorrow. Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side. Thats my reality when I sleep on my “good ear”, and it makes me feel like a superhero sometimes.People call my deaf side my “bad ear”, but when I w

20、ear my hearing aid, I have access to a range of features that some other deaf people dont. In cinemas, for example, with one click of a button I can enjoy a whole film as though it were whispered to me from the mouths of the actors.Owning a hearing aid hasnt always felt good, however. On the first d

21、ay I got my aid, when I was eight, I took it to school for show and tell. As I explained how it worked to my classmates, a boy yelled out, “Arent those for old men?” At that moment, I felt different. It took a long time for me to get over that sense of being so unlike my peers.But its not just schoo

22、lkids who can make us deaf and hardofhearing people feel like burdens. Every video on social media that lacks subtitles (字幕), for example, means an entire community of deaf people is unable to enjoy it. Completely deaf people are excluded(排除) from enjoying many movies too, as subtitles in cinemas ar

23、e almost impossible to find.And with hearing aids costing around $ 2,500 each, it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to the things that others take for granted. As for me, I can listen to music, enjoy films, and catch conversations Im lucky. Im deaf, but I can still hear ever

24、ything. Ive been blessed with wonderful life experiences, and I am human. And when it comes to sleeping, Im even superhuman.24. How does the author view his hearing difficulty?A. Its a disaster and causes him a lot of trouble.B. It gave him a chance to experience something special.C. It made him fee

25、l embarrassed in front of his classmates.D. It helped him to live in his own world without being interrupted.25. What can be inferred from the passage about the author?A. The hearing aid brings much convenience to his daily life.B. He is optimistic and helpful.C. His family and classmates have suppo

26、rted him a lot.D. He was born deaf.26. What is the authors attitude toward his life?- 6 -A. Disappointed. B. Anxious. C. Excited. D. Grateful. 27. What is the authors main purpose in writing the passage?A. To give advice on life to disabled people.B. To show how difficult life is for disabled people

27、.C. To share his experience of treating a disadvantage with gratitude.D. To show the convenience a hearing aid could bring.CMusic is not just a set of sounds and rhythms. Its influence on the brain is much deeper than any other human experience. Keep on reading to know all those amazing powers of mu

28、sic.A recent study suggests that preterm (早产的) babies appear to experience less pain and feed more when listening to music. Experts led by Dr. Manoj Kumar of the University of Alberta, Canada, found that music had a beneficial effect on reducing pain for preterm babies experiencing painful medical t

29、ests. It also appeared to benefit full-term babies during operations.Many people experiencing brain damage have speech and movement-related problems. Music can help recover from brain injuries. As a different and effective treatment, doctors often advise such patients to listen to good music to impr

30、ove the parts of the brain responsible for these two functions. When people with neurological (神经的) disorders hear a musical beat, it helps them to regain a balanced walk.Though music cannot make deafness disappear, it really can stave off the loss of hearing. There was an experiment involving 163 p

31、eople where 74 were musicians. Participants were asked to pass some listening tests. Musicians heard the sounds better than non-musicians, and this difference gets clearer with age. This means that a 70-year-old musician hears better than a 50-year-old non-musician, even in a noisy environment.Besid

32、es, music mends a broken heart. It is not about a thrown-away love, but about a heart attack. The matter is that music can help people recover from a heart attack or heart operation by reducing blood pressure, slowing down the heartbeat rate, and reducing anxiety. Listening to the quality music prod

33、uces positive emotions, improves the movement of blood, and expands blood vessels, thus, promoting quick recovery of the whole cardiovascular (心血管的) system.28. How does music affect preterm babies?- 7 -A. It helps improve their hearing systems. B. It helps develop their potential in music.C. It help

34、s reduce their pain. D. It helps repair their neurological systems.29. What does the underlined phrase “stave off” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Lead to B. Prevent C. Increase D. Break into30. Why can music mend a broken heart?A. It has a positive effect on human body systems work.B. It can help people pre

35、vent diseases caused by anxiety.C. It helps make a person feel optimistic about life.D. It can help patients recover in a slow way.31. What may be the best title for the text?A. Who can benefit from music B. How music affects our mind and bodyC. The way to choose quality music D. The best time to li

36、sten to musicDMany people believe eating healthily is expensive and more costly than buying junk foods. But our new research, published in the BMC Public Health, shows this isnt the truth. Most of the Australian family food budget (预算) is being spent on junk foods and drinks that are high in fat, su

37、gar and salt. Less than 7% of Australians eat healthily. The Australian adults get at least 35% of their energy from junk foods and drinks. As a result, two-thirds of adults (63%) and one-quarter of children are overweight.We used the Australian Health Survey 2011-2013 and the suggestions of the Aus

38、tralian Dietary Guidelines to model healthy diets for a family of two adults and two children every two weeks. We collected food prices in supermarkets and stores in high- and low-socioeconomic (社会经济地位低的) areas in Brisbane, and compared the diet prices with family incomes.In both areas, a family of

39、two adults and two children spend about 18% more on present diets than would be required to buy healthy diets. About 58% of the food budget for present diets is spent on junk foods, including takeaway foods (14%), and sugary drinks (4%). - 8 -In the low-socioeconomic area, a family of two adults and

40、 two children spend $640.20 every two weeks on their present diets, but could buy a healthy diet for $560.93 every two weeks. In the high-socioeconomic area, these numbers are $661.92 and $580.01.Supermarket food prices were about 3% higher in the high-socioeconomic location. Takeaway foods were als

41、o relatively more expensive, but sugary drinks were priced similarly in both areas.Present diets cost more than healthy diets, so causes other than price must be helping to drive preferences for unhealthy choices.32. What did the researchers find?A. Most Australians eat unhealthily.B. Most Australia

42、n kids have fat problems.C. Half Australians live on junk foods. D. Australians have a preference for sweet foods. 33. How did the researchers get the result?A. By carrying out interviews. B. By doing the study online.C. By making a comparison. D. By asking personal questions.34. What can we learn f

43、rom Paragraph 5?A. Australian foods are healthier. B. A healthy diet is actually cheaper.C. Health foods are becoming more expensive. D. People choose junk foods for their low prices.35. What might a following paragraph be about?A. The harm of junk foods. B. How we can eat healthily.C. The advantage

44、s of a healthy diet. D. Why people choose junk foods.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。Earth is home to around 7,000 languages, around half of which are expected to disappear by 2100.Languages disappear for many reasons. Sometimes younger generations stop learning a la

45、nguage because parents want children to fit in. 36 Native - 9 -American children of the late-19th century were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking their native languages.The United Nations ranks endangered languages according to their risk level. For exampl

46、e, a “critically endangered“ language is one that even grandparents dont speak often. New Yorks Onondaga language is an example with only 50 speakers left. An “extinct“ language has no speakers. It is gone forever. Alaskas Eyak language is one example. 37 38 In the same way, different languages cont

47、ribute to cultural diversity. Saving these languages benefits our understanding of other cultures. Languages can show how a society looks at the world and what it values. A language may describe something in a way that is funny, too. In Welsh, it rains not cats and dogs, but old wives and walking st

48、icks.The Endangered Language Alliance wants to save languages from disappearing. 39 However, its efforts are limited. If an endangered language is going to make a real comeback, itll probably get its start in schools. For nearly 100 years, public schools in Hawaii did not teach the Hawaiian language

49、. Now students can keep learning in Hawaiian from elementary schools to college and beyond.40 At least one did. In 1881, a Jewish linguist named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda brought the 3,000-year-old language Hebrew back to life. Today it is one of the official languages of the country of Israel, with more than 4 million speakers.AThe last person who spoke it died in 2008.BWhy should we