1、12018学年第一学期高一年级期末考试英语试卷第 I卷(非选择题,共 75分)第一部分 听力（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 do we know about the watch?A. The watch was not worth that much.B. The price was reasonable.C. It cost the woman
2、 $ 40.2. What is the dogs name?A. Scott. B. Michael. C. Robert.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans watch. B. The mans brother.C. The mans birthday.4. What color was the womans couch?A. Yellow. B. Brown. C. Purple.5. Why does the man come to the woman?A. To take a picture of her
3、. B. To ask for a new ID card.C. To fill out a form.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6和第 7 两个小题。6. What is the woman doing?2A. Asking for help. B. Making an apology.C. G
4、iving some advice.7. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Be more careful. B. Buy a new glass. C. Clean up the room.听下面一段对话，回答第 8和第 9两个小题。8. What do we know about the writer?A. He can move fast.B. He was born disabled.C. He will travel around the world.9. How does the man find the writer?A. Enco
5、uraging. B. Strange. C. Stupid.听下面一段对话，回答第 10至第 12 三个小题。10. When will the next course start?A. Next Monday. B. Next Friday. C. Next Saturday. 11. How many students are there in the class usually?A. 6. B. 9. C. 15.12. When does the school open on weekends?A. At 7:00 a.m B. At 8:00 a.m C. At 9:00 a.m听
6、下面一段对话，回答第 13至第 16 四个小题。13. What was the man doing?A. Looking at an interesting picture.B. Watching a funny video.C. Reporting a nice story.14. What happened to the news reporter?A. He hit a big tree. B. He had a car accident. C. He was attacked by bees.15. Whats the weather like today?A. Sunny. B.
7、Windy. C. Cloudy.16. What will the man do next?3A. Listen to the music. B. Surf the website. C. Go to the park.听下面一段对话，回答第 17至第 20 四个小题。17. Which is the best season to visit the park?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.18. What will the tourists do in the morning?A. Go boating. B. Go fishing. C. Visit t
8、he valley.19. What is the best-loved activity in the park?A. Having a picnic. B. Fishing. C. Boating.20. How will the tourists get to the entrance of the valley?A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 30分）第一节（共 10个小题；每小题 2分，满分 20分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AIn Americ
9、a, when the eighth graders leave the middle school, they are often worried about moving to the high school. It is a hard time for them, but it can be an exciting one as well. To make it easier, students need to get familiar with their school.Even though theyve done this already in the middle school,
10、 its still important to find where their classrooms are. Most schools take students to the high school for a visit at the end of their eighth grade year. And, most schools also have a freshman (新生) speech for parents and students before the first year begins. Sometimes the main office will give away
11、 a map of the school. This can help students and parents to find different places in the school.One way to know your high school more and make new friends is to join a club or play a sport. Schools often offer chances to join different clubs and sports. Fall activities begin in August before the fir
12、st day of school. If you are not interested in sports, there are clubs for any interest, such as drama, 4dance, chess, photography, community service, etc. These clubs allow students from different grades. By joining an activity, students can find new friendships, not to mention improving their chan
13、ces in future college applications (申请). The school office will have a list of activities offered at the school and information on how to join them.Whats more, to have a great start to a high school year, students can write down some of their worries, and ask for help from teachers and school worker
14、s.21. According to the text, most students feel _ when entering the high school.A. excited B. nervous C. lonely D. disappointed22. Which of the following is TRUE about the school clubs?A. There are fewer students from higher grades in the school clubs.B. The school clubs in high school only welcome
15、sports fans.C. Summer activities begin before school starts.D. The school office can help new students join school clubs.23. When do many schools take students to visit their new high school?A. Before the eighth grade year starts.B. Right after the high school year starts.C. At the end of their eigh
16、th grade year D. At the beginning of the new term in the high school.24. What is the purpose of this text?A. To tell the new students how to learn in high school B. To introduce new schoolsC. To give the teachers some advice D. To give advice to new high school studentsBThere is an English saying: “
17、Laughter is best medicine.“ Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that 5laughter really can improve peoples health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter
18、on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercises. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing. It also works several groups of muscles in the face, t
19、he stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group tha
20、t tolerated(忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the Unit
21、ed States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial(有益的)effects similar to those who are caused by lau
22、ghter.25. The main idea of the passage is _.A. laughter and physical exercises have similar effects.B. smile can produce the same effects as laughterC. pain can be reduced by laughterD. laughter is best medicine26. The underlined word “diminish“ is similar to_.A. test B. stop C. reduce D. increase27
23、. Doctors hold laughter clinics _.A. to give better condition to their patientsB. in order to improve patients healthC. to make patients smile all the timeD. to prove smile and laughter have the same effect 6CWinter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they a
24、lways do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels(松鼠), for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the Amer
25、ican state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to show how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut(黑胡桃)trees. The black walnuts is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.Rob Swihart of Purdue University did
26、 the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researches estimate(估计)that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way.
27、 Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor S
28、wihart calls “death traps for seeds“.Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.The researchers say red squirrels are native to fore
29、sts that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.28. The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to _ .A. Find out how squi
30、rrels collect walnuts B. Learn squirrels influence on black walnut trees 7C. Do something to get rid of squirrels D. Save the forests in the American state of Indiana 29.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels lies in _.A. The way they gather the walnut B. The time they have winter s
31、leepC. The place they have winter sleep D. The place they store the walnuts30.What could be inferred from this text?A. Agricultural in Indiana has been well developedB. Gray squirrels will be replaced by red squirrels in Indiana.C. The spread of red squirrels will do harm to walnuts trees in Indiana
32、D. The government will take some measures to protect black walnut trees. 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。4 Study Habits You Should Be PracticingWith exams, essays, projects, and many deadlines for different things, effective(有效的) study habits are necessary. 31 If you
33、 are in need of a bit of an improvement, keep reading for the top four study habits that you should be practicing.1. Make and use flashcards.32 By using flashcards with a question on one side and the answer on the other, you will force your brain to recall he necessary information. Even if you strug
34、gle a bit with a card, you will still be actively revising the necessary material.2. Revise, revise, revise!Many students put off studying until just before the exam, with the more hardworking students giving themselves a week or two before a test. 33 Its best to revise the information a little bit
35、every day, so that you are not upset when a test comes around.3. 34 8One of the most effectiveand the most funmethods of studying is to watch related lectures and videos in order to get more material. Watch documentaries or videos on YouTube and educational websites. You may be surprised at how much
36、 you can learn from videos, and just how much information is available online.4. Re-write your notes.Studies have shown that writing information out by hand increases your ability to remember the material. This makes the recall go hand-in-hand with muscle memory. 35 These are the four most effective
37、 study habits, and something all successful students do. Make sure you are on top of your game by following these study methods!A. Watch related lectures and videos.B. One method of revising is to make a mind-map.C. Use these graded tests to create a new practice test.D. Having these great study hab
38、its can make things easier.E. However, its actually an ineffective method of preparing and studying.F. Flashcards are designed to improve active memory recall of information.G. You will be able to picture your written notes when you are taking the exam.第三部分 语言运用(共三节,满分 45分)第一节 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1分，满分
39、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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。Gods CoffeeA group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professorConversation soon turned into 36 about stress(压力) in work and life.9Offering his guests coffee, the professor
40、went to the 37 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 38 porcelain(瓷器), plastic, glass, some plain looking, 39 expensive, some delicatetelling them to 40 themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 ,the professor said: “If you noticed，all the nice looki
41、ng expensive cups were taken up, 42 behind the plain and cheap ones. It is 43 for you to choose only the best for yourselves. However, that is the 44 why you are complaining. Be sure that the cup itself 45 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides
42、 what we drink. 46 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went 47 the best cups. And then you began 48 each others cups. Now consider this: Life is the 49 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and th
43、e type of cup we have does not explain, nor 50 the quality of life we 51 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 52 to enjoy the coffee God has 53 us. God brews(冲泡) the coffee, not the cupsEnjoy your coffee!”The happiest people dont have the best of everything. They just 54 the best of eve
44、rything.Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 55 to God.36. A. cruelties B. shortcomings C. happiness D. complaints37. A. living-room B. waiting-room C. bedroom D. kitchen38. A. cups B. pans C. bowls D. dishes39. A. some B. others C. another D. other40. A. choose B. help
45、 C. take D. pick41. A. stomach B. hand C. mind D. mouth1042. A. running B. leaving C. hiding D. staying43. A. wise B. important C. natural D. necessary44. A. use B. disagreement C. answer D. reason45. A. likes B. comes C. adds D. relies46. A. As B. What C. That D. Which47. A. for B. into C. by D. on
46、48. A. looking B. guiding C. eyeing D. changing49. A. tea B. water C. wine D. coffee50. A. worsen B. beat C. change D. improve51. A. dislike B. live C. make D. use52. A. fail B. succeed C. wish D. try53. A. sold B. begged C. bought D. brought54. A. keep B. say C. make D. do55. A. item B. view C. res
47、t D. Thought第二节 语法填空（每小题 1.5分，共 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。This year I was chosen as the vice monitor (副班长) of the class. At first, I was really excited to have been chosen. And I like the monitor, Charlie as well,_56_ has a funny face but works very hard.My best friend, Sally, was als
48、o happy for me. She said the last vice monitor, Joey, had been very rude and _57_ (kind) to her. She always talked about it, but I usually _58_ (ignore) it.Charlie and I have to stay behind after school to make sure the classroom is clean. I came back before Charlie last Thursday. I found Sally at Joeys desk _59_ (cut) up Joeys English textbook. I was _60_ (extreme) shocked. Sally asked me not to tell anyone. After that, she ran out and Charlie came in.11Charlie saw the book and soon realized _61_ had happened. He asked me what I had seen but I said _62_. The next d
