1、1衡阳市八中 2018年下期期中考试试题高一英语时量：120 分钟 总分：100 分注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题 1分，满分 20分。 ）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节听下面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
2、有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Which place is the man looking for?A. A park. B. A bank. C. A post office.2. What does the woman want to paint next? A. The cupboards. B. The walls. C. The door.3. What will the woman do tomorrow? A. Attend a party. B. Visit some friends. C. Have dinner with her mother.4. Whe
3、n will the man help the woman with her homework? A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a school canteen. B. In a classroom. C. In a bakery.第二节听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有 2至 4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 5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题
4、；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 did the man spend most of his time in Los Angeles?A. Working. B. Visiting friends. C. Studying in college.7. What does the man plan to do toward the end of the year?A. Go on a trip to Los Angeles.B. Move to Los Angeles.C. Leave Los Angeles.听第
5、7段材料，回答第 8至 10题。8. What color is the mans cat? A. Black. B. Orange. C. Brown.9. What will the man do next? A. Have some pie. B. Go to a garden. C. Make some posters. 210. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Strangers. B. Neighbors. C. Friends.听第 8段材料，回答第 11至 13题。11. What does th
6、e man think of the first car? A. Its too ugly. B. Its too small. C. Its too expensive.12. Which car has seven seats? A. The red one. B. The blue one. C. The green one.13. What will the man do next? A. Take a test drive. B. Talk to his family. C. Buy the car immediately.听第 9段材料，回答第 14至 17题。14. What a
7、re the speakers mainly talking about? A. Their history project.B. Their English project.C. Their geography project.15. How many people are there in the group? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.16. What is the second part of the project? A. To organize an activity. B. To do some research. C. To create a pos
8、ter.17. Who will find the poster materials? A. Jane. B. Arthur. C. Debbie.听第 10段材料，回答第 18至 20题。18. What will the students do on Wednesday? A. Take a test. B. Go to a museum. C. Listen to a guest speaker. 19. What subject does Mr. Owens teach? A. Math. B. English. C. Science. 20. What should the stud
9、ents bring to school next week? A. Old clothes. B. Food. C. Forms.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 35）第一节 （共 15小题，每小题 1.5分，满分 22.5分。 ）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALisa never had the chance to know her father. He and her mother divorced when she was just a young child. Even though he didnt move
10、far, he never came to visit his children.Lisa often wondered about her father. What did he looked like and what he was doing. All she knew was his name: Jeff White.After Lisa grew up, she became a nurse at a hospital, where she would help provide medicine and comfort for patients in their final days
11、. A few weeks ago, she received a new patient whose name was Jeff White.When Jeff came into his room, Lisa asked him if he had any children. Jeff told her that he had two daughters, Lisa and Elly. Lisa couldnt hold her tears back. She told him, “ I am Lisa, your daughter.”Jeff embraced her, saying t
12、hat he was not a good father. And the daughter held his hand and kissed him. Then Jeff began to sing This Magic Moment.Jeff could have just weeks left to live, so Lisa wanted to make the most of the time she had with him. Lisa also brought her kids to the hospital to meet their grandfather. The kid
13、3made cards for him with the words, “ I love you.”Forgiveness（原谅） is also a kind of love.21. What happened to Lisa when she was young?A. Her father lost his job. B. Her mother died.C. Her family moved to another country. D. Her father left the family.22. What did Lisa know about her father?A. Her fa
14、thers looks B. Her fathers nameC. Her fathers hobby D. Her fathers job23.From the passage we know that_A. Lisa has a brother. B. Lisa hates his father.C. Lisa has a sister. D. Lisas father hates her daughter.24. This passage mainly tells us that _A. Kids should love their father. B. The father shoul
15、d love his kids.C. Forgiveness is also a kind of love. D. Fathers shouldnt leave their families .B1. The adventures of Tom Thumb and ThumbelinaFor the first time ever， two little fairy tale (童话 ) characters meet in one fun-filled, action-packed musical adventure. Trying to find their way in a great
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20、e found?4A. On the website. B. In a newspaper. C. In a magazine. D. On a poster.26. will be interested in the passage.A. People who love books B. People who enjoy filmsC. People who are fond of stories D. People who are crazy about music27. According to the passage, which actor or actress may be the
21、 most popular?A. Poppy Montgomery. B. Emily Holmes.C. Brittany Murphy. D. Geoffrey Rush.CMy house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.If you come to visit, youll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This P
22、IN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When its dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The
23、music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns
24、things on and off around you.The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you
25、 wear the PIN or hold the console.I believe that ten years from now，most new homes will have the systems that Ive put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones Ive put in today.I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. Bu
26、t I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, “How will I live without them?”28. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. How to develop a new system. B. The function of the PIN.C. A home for the future. D. Easy life in the future.29. Whats the purpose wh
27、en the writer wrote the fourth paragraph?A. To let readers know why his ideas are new.B. To let readers know how special his house is.C. To explain the importance of the PIN and the console.D. To explain more easily what the functions of the PIN and the console are.30. The writers new house is diffe
28、rent from ordinary ones mainly because .A. it has been controlled by computers B. you can make a telephone call anywhereC. it has your favorite music following youD. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice31. What is the writer most likely to be according to the passage?A. An IT expe
29、rt. B. A famous doctor.C. An idealist. D. An experienced teacher.DNo one is sure where and when the expression “apple-pie order“ began. Its said that 5the housewives of New England liked to cut their apples in pieces. Then they filled pie pans with them in an organized way, row upon row. As one writ
30、er said, the women of New England loved to have everything in its place. This perhaps explains why it generally is believed that “apple-pie order“ began in New England.Another old expression, “apple of discord“, comes from ancient myth（神话） ，however. The myth says that all the gods and goddesses were
31、 sitting around the table to celebrate the marriage of Thetis and Peleus. One of the goddesses-Discord was a troublemaker. She threw away a golden apple on the table to be given as a prize to the most beautiful goddess.At one time, the tomato was called a love apple. That was a mistake. In the sixte
32、enth century, Spain brought the tomato from South America. Spain then sold the tomato to Morocco. Italian traders carried it on to Italy. The Italian name for the tomato was “pomo di Moro“-apple of the Moors. When French growers brought it in from Italy, they thought “di Moro“ meant “damour“-the Fre
33、nch word for love. And so “pomo di Moro“ became the apple of love.People believe many things about the apple. One belief is that it has great power of keeping people healthy. A very common expression is “an apple a day keeps the doctor away. “Another belief is based on fact. The expression is “one r
34、otten apple spoils the barrel.“ When an apple begins to go bad, it ruins all the other apples around it in the box. The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad.32. Which of the following can we know about the phrase “apple-pie order“?A. It began in Ne
35、w England. B. Nobodys sure where and when it began.C. Everyone is sure of where it began. D. It has been put into use recently. 33. Whats the meaning of “apple of discord“?A. Cause of disagreement. B. Situation of danger.C. Everything in agreement. D. Everything in good order.34. Whats the purpose o
36、f the third paragraph?A. To show us a mistaken idea. B. To tell us a love story about apple.C. To explain how the tomato was called the apple of love.D. To show how the tomato was brought in from south America.35. Which of the following expressions is about health?A. Apple of discord. B. Apple-pie o
37、rder.C. One rotten apple spoils the barrel. D. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 第二节 （共 5小题，每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5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。Being a teenager can be difficult. “Troubled” and “rebellious(叛逆的)” are often labels（标签） that people give kids in their teens. There are even sc
38、ientific theories explaining that the likelihood of teenagers taking is due to the fact that their brains arent fully developed yet. 36 But a new study by researches at the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University may have finally cleared up this misunderstanding. 37 They simply are easily
39、attracted by new things and are eager to explore the world.The adolescents(青少年) lack experience. 38 This personality trait(特征)is called “sensation seeking”, which is shared by a lot of people and usually peaks（达到顶峰） during adolescence.6Instead of being something to worry about, sensation seeking is
40、actually necessary, since the process of learning usually goes hand in hand with taking risks. “Teenagers need to build experience so that they can do a better job in making the difficult and risky decisions in later life. Should I take this job? or 39 ”said Valerie Reyna, co author of the study.“40
41、 If they dont make a mistake in their teenage years, they will have no life experience when they turn 18 and step out of their parents protection and into a world that s unknown to them. Kids need the freedom to test out their limits while still in a safe environment,” wrote Ann Robinson, editor of
42、The Guardian.A. Should I marry this person?B. It turns out that teenagers are fine.C. Adolescents should do as follows:D. What can parents do to help the kids?E. There is something scarier than taking a risk.F. In other words, they just cant help it.G. Therefore, they keep trying things out for the
43、first time in their life.第三部分 语言知识运用第一节 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1分，满分 20分）When I close my eyes and think about China and my life there, its like a 41 . I was 22 when I first 42 at the Beijing Capital International Airport in 2009. My destination was Beijing Normal University where I had got a scholarship to
44、 study Chinese language and literature. It was in some way a 43 time, being away from my family and friends, but the 44 to learn Chinese was deeper. I took 45 from the fact that so many students were from many different countries, and some of them didnt even know a word of 46 . I felt 47 because I c
45、ould speak English and could 48 with many people. However, the 49 of Chinese meant that socializing with the locals and doing very simple things like going to the market were not easy at all.In 2010, I moved to Shanghai, where I 50 Shanghai University to do a course in business administration. Tryin
46、g to major(主修) in business administration in Chinese was a 51 for me. But soon I could 52 what the teachers were talking in class and it was only in the second year that I started to understand all the jokes cracked in class and even started answering back. Getting used to Chinese food was an amazin
47、g 53 , sometimes even 54 because there was so much food that I had never tasted in my life. I still remember that I couldnt eat chicken feet in a restaurant. Travelling around China was also a remarkable experience for me, which provided me with a lot of opportunities to appreciate the breathtaking
48、55 and explore diverse cultures. I call China my tattoo(纹身，刺青） because I can 56 my China days like a tattoo, feeling so proud that I can speak Chinese 57 . People say college life is where your life is made. I believe the most important 58 that studying abroad will bring you are not the academic degree（学位）, 59 the experience of living away from home, meeting new people, being 60 , while getting a perspective in a completely new learning environment.41.A. wish B. dream C. goal D. hope42A. flew B. boarded C. landed D. shipped43.A. enjoyable B. wonderful C. demanding D. challenging744.A. d
