1、1宜川中学宜川中学 2021 学年第二学期期中学年第二学期期中考试考试高一英语高一英语试卷试卷I. Listening Comprehension(30%)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will bespoken
2、 only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answerson your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A. $20.B. $15.C. $10.D. $5.2.A. Head for the library.B. Give the woman a ride.C. Meet Tim.D. Go in the womans dir
3、ection.3.A. Someone has borrowed it.B. Someone has bought it.C. It will soon be returned.D. It is sold out at the moment.4.A. He doesnt have time to answer the womans question.B. The bus station moved to another place 3 days ago.C. He doesnt know where the bus station is.D. The woman had better repe
4、at her question.5.A. He wants to know what the woman specializes in.B. He wonders how people there think of being on time.C. He is surprised that people in this country cant understand them.D. He cant believe that the woman knows so much about the country.6.A. He thinks Mary should have been more co
5、nfident.B. He isnt surprised that Mary feels confident.C. He doubts if Mary will do well in the contest.D. He didnt expect Mary to win the contest.7.A. He shouldnt have taken any medicine.B. He has already had a good rest.C. He doesnt feel well.D. He needs to see a doctor.8.A. The price of the book
6、is too high.B. The book is as good as thought.C. The book is reasonable in price.D. The quality of the book is unsatisfactory.9.A. She didnt hope to look different.B. The man hardly needs any haircut.C. She met the man three days ago.D. Few people have noticed her haircut.10. A. Go to the library to
7、 do research for the field trip.B.Ask the woman for direction to the library.C. Call for the latest weather report.D. Tell his professor about the field trip.Section B(10%)Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be askedseveral questions o
8、n each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be readtwice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers onyour paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 1
9、1 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. She was bored with itB. She wasnt interested in it.C. She was eager to watch it.D. She wasnt surprised at it.12. A. His reference to having a new baby.B. The jokes he told about recent events.C. The dance he taught the audience.D. His imitating
10、a performer.213. A. The material wasnt totally new.B. It didnt keep the audience laughing,C. He didnt look as good as he did on TV.D. There wasnt much chance to get the ticket.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following talk.14. A.Apes can learn from human beings in an unexpected way.B.Apes h
11、ave the ability previously thought to belong only to humans.C.Apes are able to recognize just some of human beingsfeelings.D.Apes appear to be as intelligent and quick-minded as humans.15. A.They showed the researcher the direction in which the monkey left.B.They looked at the house where the monkey
12、 had been hiding.C.They looked for the monkey that had attacked the researcher.D.They reminded the researcher that the monkey wasnt there.16. A.ApesIQ level is similar to average human babies.B.Apes can tell as precisely which information is false as humans.C.Humans and their relatives have more in
13、common than expected.D.Eye tracking methods can work well in animal behavior research.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A.Astudy group.B.Art classes.C.The mans painting.D.Aprofessional artist18. A.Go to her fathers art exhibit.B.Study paintings by other artists.C.Ob
14、serve the natural world more carefully.D.Change the color of the sky in his painting.19. A.By listening to her father.B. By working for an artist.C.By talking to art instructor.D. By taking several art courses.20. A.Take a history exam.B. Go to an art exhibitC.Meet some classmates.D. Help the man wi
15、th his painting.II Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammaticallycorrect. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for theother blanks, use one wor
16、d that best fits each blank.I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in (21) _ 60s. When it was herturn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, (22) _ (shake) her head and said: Not so good. My husband just lost hisjob
17、 and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I dont know how Im going to get through theholidays.Then she gave the cashier food stamps.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didnt know how. (23) _ I offer to pay for her groceries or askfor her husbands resume?As I walked into the parking l
18、ot, I saw the woman (24) _ (return) her shopping cart. I rememberedsomething in my purse (25) _ I thought could help her. It wasnt a handful of cash or an offer of a job forher husband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.Excuse me, I said, my voice tre
19、mbling（颤抖） a bit. I couldnt help overhearing what you said to thecashier. It sounds like youre going through a really hard time right now. Im so sorry. Id like to give yousomething.3I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the cards only two words, she began to cry.And through h
20、er tears, she said: Youhave no idea (26) _ this means to me.I was a little surprised by her reply. (27) _ (not do) anything like this before, I didnt know what kindof reaction I might receive.All left for me (28) _ (say) was: Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?(29) _ we embraced, I walked back to
21、my car - and began to cry, too.The words on the card?You Matter.Afew weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card (30) _ encouragement for a project I wasworking on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow (暖流) spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came homeand ordered my own box of You Matte
22、r card and started sharing them.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be usedonce. Note that there is ONE word more than you need.A. economicalB. favoredC. feasibleD. genuinelyE. generouslyF. involvedG. similarH. storedI. technologiesJ.
23、 usesK. wondersBig data could soon be stored in a very small package: DNA. Ateam of scientists has demonstrated thatstoring information in synthetic DNA could represent a(n)31approach to managing data in the long term,bumping aside the magnetic tape32by archivists (档案管理员) today.The approach, publish
24、ed online January 23 in Nature, relies on33likely to become faster andcheaper, says biologist and engineer Drew Endy of Stanford University, who was not34in the work.Unlike record players, which are good only for playing music encoded on now-out-of-date vinyl discs (塑料唱片), machines that make and rea
25、d DNA find35throughout science and always will. “Human beingsare never going to stop caring about DNA,” says Endy. DNA is also tiny, lightweight, and can potentiallyremain undamaged for thousands of years if36in a dark, cool environment.This new report comes on the heels of37research published lastA
26、ugust in Science. The newresearch projects that, if the costs of making DNAcontinue to drop, the approach might be38forlong-term storage in as little as 10 years. “Its39exciting,” Endy says.In the next decade, the approach could store information that needs to last for at least 50 years, such asgove
27、rnment records or library texts.And who knows where it will go,40Goldman. Perhaps, he says,“when the cloud sucks things off your computer, it will be to store it as DNA.”III. Reading Comprehension（15+40=55%）Section A（15%）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phr
28、ases marked A, B, C andD. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Section B（32%）Is love really blind? Yes, it is, at least when it comes to41others, US researchers reported. Collegestudents who reported they were in love were less likely to42other attractive men or wome
29、n, the team atthe University of California LosAngeles and dating Web site eHarmony found.4“Feeling love for your43partner appears to make everybody else less attractive, and the emotionappears to enable you to push thoughts of that44other out of your mind,” said Gian Gonzaga ofeHarmony, whose study
30、is published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.“Its almost like45puts blinders（眼罩）on people,” added Martie Haselton, an associate professorof psychology and communication studies at UCLA.Gonzaga and Haselton asked 120 undergraduates in committed relationships to46photographs ofattractive m
31、embers of the opposite sex from an eHarmony Web site. The47were asked to choose themost attractive photos, and write an essay either about their current lover, or the48of their choice.Those who wrote about their lovers were six times less likely to49that they thought of theattractive others than vol
32、unteers who wrote about the people on50photos.And later asked to51the good-looking people in the pictures, the students who wrote about theirlovers remembered fewer details about the physical appearance of the attractive52.“These people could remember the color of a shirt or whether the photo was ta
33、ken in New York53anything attractive about the person,” Gonzaga said.“Its not like their overall54was hurt; its as if they had55screened out things that wouldmake them think about how attractive the alternative was.”41.A. talking withB. looking atC. working withD. smiling at42.A. take notice ofB. be
34、 jealous ofC. be ignorant ofD. catch up with43.A. lovingB. handsomeC. romanticD. considerate44.A. thrillingB. excitingC. temptingD. puzzling45.A. relationshipB. loveC. moodD. attraction46.A. arrangeB. examineC. developD. deliver47.A. membersB. writersC. loversD. volunteers48.A. subjectB. reasonC. de
35、sireD. motivation49.A. delayB. stopC. continueD. admit50.A. recentB. casualC. specialD. random51.A. reportB. repeatC. receiveD. recall52.A. strangersB. partnersC. friendsD. researchers53.A. as well asB. but forC. in spite ofD. other than54.A. structureB. memoryC. functionD. emotion55.A. traditionall
36、yB. physicallyC. selectivelyD. equallySection B（40%）Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits bestaccording to the information given in th
37、e passage you have just read.(A)Because of the politics and history ofAfrica, wild animals there, which are interested in finding food andwater not in politics, are in trouble. In the past, there were no borders between African countries, and theanimals could travel freely according to the season or
38、 the weather. However, in the 19th and 20th centuries, thecontinent was divided up into colonies and then into nations. Fences were put up along the borders, so theanimals could no longer move about freely.5Some countries decided to protect their animals by creating national parks. Kruger National P
39、ark, createdin South Africa in 1926, was one of the first. By the end of the twentieth century, it had become an importanttourist attraction and a home for many kinds of animals. Among these, there were about 9,000 elephants, toomany for the space in the park. It was not possible to let any elephant
40、s leave the park, however. They would bekilled by hunters, or they might damage property or hurt people. South African park officials began to look forother solutions to the elephant problem.As early as 1990, the governments of South Africa and Mozambique had begun talking about forming anew park to
41、gether. In 1997, Zimbabwe agreed to add some of its land to the park.A new park would combinethe Kruger National Park with parks in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. There would be no national border fenceswithin the park, so that elephants and other animals from the crowded Kruger Park could move to areas o
42、fMozambique and Zimbabwe. This new “transfrontier” park would cover 13,150 square miles (35,000 squarekilometers). The idea of a transfrontier park interested several international agencies, which gave money andtechnical assistance to Mozambique to help build its part of the park.In April 2001, the
43、new park was opened, with new borders and a new name: The Great LimpopoTransfrontier Park. Aborder gate was opened between Kruger National Park and Mozambique, and sevenelephants were allowed through. They were the first of 1,000 elephants that would be transferred to the worldsgreatest animal park.
44、56. The passage begins with _.A. a common senseB. a factC. a mysteries eventD. a theory57. Which of the following was a problem facing Kruger National Park?A. It was not big enough to hold all its elephants.B.Alot of hunters slipped in to hunt animals.C.As the first national park in Africa, it was n
45、ot well designed.D. Too much tourism did great damage to it.58. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the new park?A. It is divided into three parts by fences along borders.B. It is built mainly for elephants rather than other animals.C It is located across the border of Sout
46、h Africa and Mozambique.D. It is the result of a talk between Mozambique and some international agencies.59. The passage talks mainly about _.A. how international aid has functioned in AfricaB. how the Kruger National Park will save its elephantsC. how three African countries cooperated to make a ne
47、w parkD. how many African animals have suffered because of natural disasters6(B)60. If you _, you may find this advertisement very useful.A. lack exerciseB. eat unhealthilyC. are overweightD. have an irregular way of life761. The slimming technique advertised is different from others in that _.A. it
48、 offers a final goal instead of a daily oneB. it requires you to eat much less than beforeC. it suggests no change to your lifestyle at allD. it tells exactly the amount of food you can take62. If you are not healthy enough, its better to _ before applying the slimming technique.A. get the doctors p
49、ermissionB. take some medicine offered by doctorsC. make sure of the possible resultD. have a thorough physical examination63.You cant get the 4.50 back unless you _.A. have paid the money by chequeB. have made great changes to your weightC. have returned the material before the deadlineD. have fini
50、shed the course in no more than ten days(C)As students are discussing their favorite colleges, theres one characteristic they cant control: their race.Thats one reason voters, courts and politicians in six states have outlawed racial preferences in collegeadmissions, while other colleges, fearful of
