1、 新学期 新成绩 新目标 新方向 高一年级下学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分 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。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。1Where
2、does the conversation take place?AAt the customs.BIn a restaurant.CIn a hotel.2Whats the relationship between the two speakers?AFriends.BStrangers.CClassmates.3What can we learn from the talk?AMr. Wood lost his wallet.BCarl works in a post office.CMr. Wood is going to pick up his wallet.4When does t
3、his conversation take place?AIn the morning.BIn the afternoon.CIn the evening.5What does Jacks girlfriend do?A She plays the piano.BShe organizes concerts.CShe sells pianos.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
4、的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。6What magazine does the man take besides Morning Post?ANewsweek.BNew Yorkers.CNew Scientists.7Whats the price for Morning Post?AOne dollar.BOne and a half dollars.CThree dollars and fifty.听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。8When will the man go mountain climbing? AThe summer holiday.B
5、In a fortnight.CNext weekend.9How does one benefit from mountain climbing?AIt can build muscles.BIt can build strength and balance. CIt can improve confidence and balance.10What can we learn from the conversation? AJessie will go mountain climbing with David. BJessie suggests David take some instruc
6、tional courses. CA partner is needed to manage the climbing rope for the climber.听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。11Where do the two speakers work? AIn a plant in Chicago. BIn a large company. CIn an office in Atlanta.12 Who has risen to a higher position? AJim has. BMarta has. CBoth Jim and Marta have.13Why does
7、the woman want to go on with her work in the office? AShe is fond of writing notices. BShe is still new in her position. CShe hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors.听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。14What does Jane think of her trip to the West Coast? AIt was wonderful.BIt was terrible. CWe dont know.15Wh
8、ats the disadvantage of Los Angeles? AIt is noisy.BThe weather is hot. CThere is no subway and the bus service is terrible.16Whats the weather in San Francisco? AWarm and nice. BCool but comfortable. CA little cold.17Why is it easy to go around in San Francisco? ABecause it is small and the transpor
9、tation is good. BBecause it has subways. CBecause it has a smaller population.听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。18What can we learn about North Dakota? AA block party is an early sign of summer there. BIndoor sports are popular in winter. CWinter snows are usually deep there.19What do the people in North Dakota thi
10、nk of the season of winter? AQuiet and satisfying.BLong and boring. CShort but exciting.20What can we learn about the people in North Dakota? AThey like answering questions. BThey have various interests. CThey dislike answering questions.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，从每题所给出的四个选项
11、（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMarch, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring. SongKran-Thailand Dates: 13th-15th, April In Thailand, its time to celebrate the coming monsoon season, which wil
12、l bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran，when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(喷，洒）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get soaked! Naghol-Vanuatu Da
13、tes: Every Saturday from April to May Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peoples diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden towers with o
14、nly two thin vines(藤条) attached to their ankles(脚踝). The divers heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump-something very dangerous if the vines are not measured properly.Cherry Blossom Viewing -Japan Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather
15、 forecast. The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣）fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to see. In Japan, almost everyone has picn
16、ics in the parks to view the flowers.21. What does the underlined word “soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. tired B. interested C. wet D. crazy22. The writer thinks that the “land diving ceremony” can be dangerous for the divers because _. A. the divers may injure their heads if the vines arent
17、 measured properlyB. the divers ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightlyC. the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break D. the divers may bump into(撞在上)the wooden tower on the way down23. We can learn from the passage that_. A. people usually stay at home for celebrati
18、on during the cherry blossom seasonB. the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearlyC. the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts along time in Japan D. the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in Japan B Looking almost as fresh as the day it was
19、bought, this McDonalds Happy Meal is in fact six months old. Photographed every day for the past six months by Manhattan artist Sally Davies, the kids meal of fries and burger hasnt any signs of mould(霉菌) or decay(腐烂).Sally put the Happy Meal on a shelf in her apartment and watched it with increasin
20、g shock. Even her dogs stopped trying to steal a free tasty snack.“I bought the meal on April 10 this year and brought home to see how it changed,” she said. “I chose McDonalds because it was nearest to my house, but the project could have been about any other fast food. The first thing that shocked
21、 me on the second day of the experiment was that it no longer gave out any smell. And my dogs stopped circling the shelf.”Sally expected the food to go mouldy after a few days. In fact, Mrs. Davies surprise turned to shock as the food still had not shown any signs of decay after two weeks. “It was t
22、hen that I realized that something strange might be going on with this food that I had bought,” she explained. “The appearance of the food did not change as the weeks turned to months. And now, at six months old, the food is plastic to touch. The only change that I can see is that it has become as h
23、ard as a rock.”The experiment has brought her amusement rather than fear. “Maybe I would be frightened at seeing this if I were a meat eater.” she said.24. Sally Davies kept the record of the McDonalds Happy Meal by_. A. touching it B. drawing pictures of it C. smelling it D. taking photos of it25.
24、Mrs. Davies didnt have the feeling of fear because _.A. the experiment could prove nothingB. she was a brave personC. she didnt eat any meatD. this was not the case with all fast food26. Before the experiment, Sally Davies had thought the food would_.A. turn into plasticB. become tastelessC. be cove
25、red with mouldD. be stolen by her dog27. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. McDonald is the most convenient foodB. McDonalds Happy Meal tends to get bad easilyC. How to store the kids meal of fries and burger.D. McDonalds Happy Meal shows no sign of decay after six months COne day when I was 12
26、, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read. In the library, I found my way into the “Childrens Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books of
27、f the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care f
28、or him. I never forgot my beagle. There on the books cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it
29、from the library for the summer. Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very sl owly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated fr om his family and who finally found his way back ho
30、me. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together. My mothers call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a
31、book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them. I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般地) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom perf
32、ormance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held. 28.The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to _. A.help cur
33、e him of his reading problemB.let him spend a meaningful summerC.encourage him to do more walkingD.make him learn more about weapons29.The book caught the authors eye because _. A.it contained pretty pictures of animalsB.he found its title easy to understandC.it reminded him of his own dogD.he liked
34、 childrens stories very much30.Why could the author manage to read the book through? A.He was forced by his mother to read it. B.He identified with the story in the book.31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.The author has had happy summers ever since.B.The authors mother read the same
35、 book.C.The authors mother rewarded him with books.D.The author has become a successful writer. DA black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces(熔炉) that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, the star begins to die.The
36、 death of a star is not a quiet event. First there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns.After the explosion, gravity pulls in whats left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the center, the star gets sm
37、aller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so solid that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billion of pounds.The more the star shrinks(收缩), the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gravity pulling it in is u
38、nbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can go out. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born!Thats what we know about black holes. What we dont know is this: What happens insi
39、de a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine.But if the black hole doesnt keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to another world. They say t
40、hat as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words a black hole in our universe could turn into a white hole in a different universe. As the black hole swallows(吞噬) light, the white hole shines brightly-somewhere else. But where? A different place, perhaps, o
41、r a different time-many years in the past or future.Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed(挤压). So far the time being, black hole must remain a mystery.Black holes are a mystery-but that hasnt stopped scientists from
42、dreaming about them. One scientist suggested that in the future we might make use of the power of black holes. They would supply all of Earths energy needs, with plenty to spare. Another scientist wondered if a black hole could some day be used to swallow earthly waste-a sort of huge waste disposal(
43、处理) in the sky!32. When the star begins to die _.A. there is no fuel left in itB. a huge explosion will happen C. its outer layer goes into space firstD. it doesnt give off light any longer33. Which of the following doesnt help produce a black hole?A. The dying star shines very brightly.B. The light
44、 cant go out of the star.C. The star becomes smaller and smallerD. The gravity inside the star is very strong.34. The black hole _.A. continues becoming smaller and smaller all the timeB. goes into another universe and becomes a white holeC. will appear at another place at a different timeD. can pul
45、l in everything we know of in the world35. Whats the best title for this passage?A. A New Scientific Discovery: Black Holes B. What Are Black Holes?C. What Are Black Holes? How Do Black Holes Come Into Being?D. Travel Through A Black Hole 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
46、项。 Youd think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about this important health need. Lets set the facts straight. 36 1. More sleep is better for you.There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found t
