1、- 1 -四川省蓉城名校联盟 2018-2019 学年高一英语上学期期中试题考试时间共 120 分钟，满分 150 分 注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必在答题卡上将自己的学校、姓名、班级、准考证号用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔填写清楚，考生考试条码由监考老师粘贴在答题卡上的“条码粘贴处” 。2.选择题使用 2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后再填涂其它答案；非选择题用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡的对应区域内作答，超出答题区域答题的答案无效；在草稿纸上、试卷上答题无效。3.考试结束后由监考老师将答题卡收回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案
2、标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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。例：How much is the shirt？A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.1. What does the man like to drink? A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Water.2. What does the man usually d
3、o on Sunday afternoons?A. He goes shopping.B. He works in the garden.C. He reads the newspaper.3. When will the match begin, according to the man?A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:00.4. What will the man do next? A. Go to the movies. B. Keep on studying. C. Check out some books.5. Who is the girl talk
4、ing to? A. Her dentist. B. The police. C. A guide.第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）- 2 -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。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. Where does the woman want to go? A. To a school. B. To a car factory. C. To
5、 a bank.7. How can the woman get there? A. Go along the road, turn left and go straight.B. Go along the road, turn right and go straight.C. Turn around and go along the road.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the man do in Mr. Turners shop last week? A. He bought a suit. B. He ordered a suit. C. He retu
6、rned a suit.9. What will the man do in the afternoon?A. Go to the shop. B. Call Mr. Turner. C. Attend a meeting.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will Millies mother receive for her birthday?A. A shirt. B. A skirt. C. A small cake.11. Who will cook the special dinner?A. Millies father. B. Millies frie
7、nd. C. Millie.12. Where will the speakers go this afternoon?A. To a restaurant. B. To a grocery store. C. To a gift shop.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What month is it now? A. January. B. February. C. June.14. Where will Lily spend Spring Festival? A. In the city center.B. In her hometown.C. In the man
8、s hometown.- 3 -15. What does Lily think of the festival?A. Boring. B. Ordinary. C. Interesting.16. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Brother and sister. C. Workmates.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What day is it today?A. Sunday. B. Monday. C. Tuesday.18. What should people be
9、sure to do today?A. Stay inside. B. Wear sunglasses. C. Take an umbrella.19. How much rain will come tomorrow?A. Only a little. B. None at all. C. Quite a lot.20. What might the weather be like on Friday?A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Stormy.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
10、A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ASince vacation season is over, its time to start thinking about ways to improve your travel literacy your ability to get around without looking like a foolish tourist before your next trip.Read a book. The right travel book can educate and inspire. “Good writing helps me to l
11、ook at my surroundings with new eyes,” says Martha Merritt, dean of international education at the University of Richmond. A book about travel is not necessarily a travel guidebook. It can simply be a book fiction or nonfiction about a place.Find your attractive group on social media. Thats what Tif
12、fany Burnette, who runs a design company in Philadelphia, does between trips. She spends time on Facebooks travel groups connecting with new friends and learning new travel skills. Learn a language. - 4 -“I spend 15 to 20 minutes each day working on my basic language skills so that I can at least sh
13、ow respect,” says Jeff Wilson, the host of “Real Rail Adventures” on PBS, “Phrases like please, thank you, counting and asking basic travel questions.” Michelle Williams, who has traveled to more than 50 countries, says, “An app like Duolingo is a great way to improve your language skills before you
14、 travel.”While these tools could make you a smarter traveler, only one thing is guaranteed to improve your travel literacy. You have to get out of your seat. You can start your journey by visiting your travel agent from the United States Tour Operators. 21. What can you improve after you read the pa
15、ssage? A. Ways of thinking. B. Ability to read. C. Ability to travel. D. Ways of learning.22. How does Tiffany Burnette learn new travel skills?A. By reading travel books.B. By connecting with travel groups. C. By working on languages.D. By running a travel company.23. Who would like to learn langua
16、ges with an app?A. Martha Merritt. B. Tiffany Burnette.C. Jeff Wilson. D. Michelle Williams.BHong Kong (CNN) Hong Kong will soon be more connected to mainland China than ever, with the citys part of the high-speed railway scheduled (计划) to open on September 23.Costing more than $10.7 billion to buil
17、d, the Hong Kong part of the Express Rail Link will connect the city with Chinas 25,000-kilometer national high-speed rail network.The newly opened 26-kilometer line is part of the larger Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail network, and is run by Hong Kongs MTR company. Trains will leave fr
18、om the newly built West Kowloon Station, offering travelers easy access to 44 destinations serviced by China Railways famous bullet trains.- 5 -It is said that 70 (Monday to Thursday) to 82 (Friday and weekends) trains will pass through the station daily.The longest bullet-train journey from West Ko
19、wloon Station is the nine-hour Hong Kong-Beijing route, which costs from RMB1,077 or $157.In comparison, a direct Cathay Pacific flight (航班) between Hong Kong and Chinas capital city takes three hours and costs $500 at the moment (according to Cathay Pacifics website). The Hong Kong bullet train ser
20、vice also includes popular travel destinations like Shanghai (8.25 hours), Guilin (3.5 hours) and Kunming (7.5 hours).The most frequent service runs between Hong Kong and Chaoshan in southeastern China a 2.5-hour journey with five return trips daily. There is no direct flight serving these two desti
21、nations now, while it takes around 5 hours to get there by car. 24. How long is the new Hong Kong part of the Express Rail Link ?A. 10.7 kilometers. B. 25,000 kilometers.C. 26 kilometers. D. 157 kilometers.25. How will you travel from Hongkong to Chaoshan if you want to spend less time?A. By train.
22、B. By car. C. By bus . D. By plane.26. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Bullet trains in Hongkong are new.B. Chinas bullet trains are connected.C. Chinas bullet trains run faster in Hongkong.D. Chinas bullet trains are coming to Hong Kong. 27. Where is the passage probabl
23、y taken from?A. A newspaper. B. A science magazine.C. A Geography book. D. A travel magazine.CYou must have heard about jogging as a popular way of keeping fit, but what about plogging? Plogging is a combination (结合) of jogging and picking up litter, from the Swedish phrase “plocka upp”, which refer
24、s to picking up rubbish. Plogging - 6 -usually contains running outside, with a bin liner or carry bag, while picking up rubbish which is thrown on the ground. The idea of plogging is mainly about environmental protection as well as physical health to care for Mother Nature as well as your body. As
25、a workout, plogging is more useful than simply running, because it provides more body movements by adding bending and stretching. As 2018s hottest way of fitness, plogging has grown in popularity in more than 40 countries. Have you recently noticed people carrying trash bags while jogging? Or their
26、hands filled with old plastic bottles? You might soon! Because plogging is making its way to the United States. It has been popular among exercisers who are tired of rubbish along their way.“Im not going to just let litter sit there. Im not going to just walk past that plastic bottle,” said Emily Wr
27、ight, a plogger in California.“I run a lot and I love to spend time in nature. Its so easy to just bring the litter and put it in the nearest bin, and it makes you feel that youre doing a difference!”Laura Lindberg, who lives in New York, said a few months ago she learned about plogging and had what
28、 she called an “aha moment”. She has been plogging for several weeks along the Hudson River. “It makes me feel good for so many reasons,” Lindberg said. “Plogging not only helps the environment, its quite good for my health.”Plogging is an easy, affordable way to get fit and help the environment at
29、the same time. To jointhe wave, all you need is a pair of sports shoes and a rubbish bag, so what are you waiting for?28. What is plogging according to the passage?A. A combination of jogging and litter.B. Picking up rubbish while jogging.C. Environmental protection and health.D. The Swedish phrase
30、referring to rubbish.29. What does the underlined word “workout” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Experiment. B. Exercise. C. Enjoyment. D. Encouragement.- 7 -30. Why does the writer mention Emily Wright and Laura Lindberg?A. To suggest they live happily in America because of plogging.B. To express p
31、logging is environmentally friendly and healthy.C. To show American people have taken part in plogging.D. To describe they are interested in learning about plogging.31. What is the writers purpose of writing the passage?A. To encourage more people to join in plogging. B. To show the popularity of pl
32、ogging in the world. C. To introduce the importance of plogging.D. To offer some suggestions on plogging.DChoice of seating in the lecture hall can influence a college students grades, a study suggests.Lectures are important in higher education. Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK
33、 examined students reasons for choosing particular seats in a lecture hall, and studiedhow seating positions influence student performance.“Interaction (互 动 ) is a key part of learning and knowing who the students are interacting with can be a great benefit when designing activities,” said David P S
34、mith of Sheffield Hallam University.Many students preferred being able to sit with their friends, while others were more concerned with either attracting or avoiding the lecturers attention. Some students chose seats that allowed them to see and hear clearly, while others picked seats that are easy
35、for them to leave and thatmake them feel less anxious, researchers said.Friendship groups who sat together tended to achieve similar grades, and students who sat alone at the edges tended to do worse than average.Lecturers may be able to use these findings to provide assistance to anxious students,
36、and to support the learning of all students by encouraging interactions between the different groups.Appraising (评估) classroom rows based on academic success, some professors have found out that the front rows are usually held by outgoing scholarly students. “I notice the more prepared and active st
37、udents sit in front rows.” said Dr. - 8 -Chris Hammons, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and chair of the department of government (London). Perhaps more importantly, the front row may be the ideal location for shy, timid students who have trouble paying attention. Also, sitting closer to
38、the front of the room does have an effect on student-teacher interaction, which is linked to greater academic performance. According to a study published in 2013, students grades lowered by 0.1 point for every row further back students sit.32. What is the most important part of learning according to
39、 David P Smith?A. Lectures. B. Seats. C. Interaction. D. Activities.33. How can lecturers use these findings to help students?A. By providing assistance to anxious students.B. By helping them to choose their friends carefully.C. By providing them with suggestions on choosing seats. D. By encouraging
40、 them to interact with different groups.34. Where does a student prefer to sit if he wants to get higher scores?A. In the front row. B. In the middle row. C. In the back row. D. At the edges.35. What is the main idea of the passage？A. Students should choose seats carefully.B. A study on seats is car
41、ried out by researchers.C. Different students may choose different seats.D. Seating position can influence students scores. 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。An increasing number of American states are short of teachers. 36 . In others, schools are not finding enou
42、gh language teachers. Here are the reasons:Shortages blamed on low payShortages have largely been blamed on low pay for U.S. teachers. 37 , while fewer people are choosing to become teachers. Over the past year, teachers from Arizona to West Virginia held strikes (罢工) to ask higher pay and better -
43、9 -working conditions.38 Many U.S. states are facing teacher shortages heading into the new 2018-2019 school year.A study by the Learning Policy Institute found about 80 percent of school districts across the state reported a shortage of teachers during the 2017-2018 school year.But education expert
44、s say it is difficult to speak about a nationwide teacher shortage because each state and school district is so different. “Some states really are not having much of a problem at all, others do. 39 . The reason California is having a problem is not the same reason that Oklahoma is having a problem ”
45、.Certifications (资质证书) differ across U.S. statesDan Goldhaber is the director of the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington. 40 , making it more difficult for teachers to move to another state and quickly get a new job.“Teacher labor markets are pretty localized and e
46、ach state has different certification systems. So its not like you can easily hire someone to teach in California who is a teacher in Massachusetts. We dont have that kind of a national teacher labor market.”A. Teachers need higher pay B. Different states, different problemsC. California is facing t
47、he biggest problemD. And the reason they do is not one single reasonE. The problem has caused some teachers to leave for better paying jobsF. He says another reason for teacher shortages is that certifications differ across U.S. statesG. In some states, there is especially a great need for teachers
48、of special education and math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 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My grandma and I shared an amazing relationship as uncommon as the double - 10 -rainbow. When I was ten, we started our first 41 during World War II. We sowed seeds (播种
49、) together in the soil and in 42 .We planted beans, corn, watermelon and flowers. I must 43 that I rode twenty miles each Saturday more for the conversation with grandma and the homemade cookies than for the44 . But however full I was after I ate, I was always left 45 for more of the wisdom and optimism she 46 with me.Ill never forget the day when we tasted our first harvest as a result of 47 a plum (李子) tree with an apricot (杏子) tree. The ripe fruit was pink, not purple like a plu
