1、 高一英语 第 1 页（共 7 页） 2020 年第一学期高一期中考试 英语 一一 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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 到答题纸上。 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， 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 does the woman want to do? A. Watch TV.
2、B. Go for a walk. C. Access the Internet. 2. Why would the woman like to have a Chinese name? A. She is taking a Chinese class. B. She will be working in China. C. She has made some Chinese friends. 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. A travel plan. B. An exam result. C. A sports game. 4. Wha
3、t has the man been doing? A. Writing something. B. Repairing his pen. C. Shopping. 5. What does John suggest the woman do? A. Meet his friend. B. Ask Harry for help. C. Go to the airport with him. 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
4、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 are the speakers? A. In a bank. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. 7.How much does the man need to pay? A.$68. B. $136. C. $204. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. Whose birthday is it? A. Sarah s. B. Michael s. C. Rebecca
5、 s. 9. When will the birthday party begin? A. At 6:15. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00. 10. What does the man want to know? A. What to buy. B. Who to call. C. Where to park. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. Why was Julia absent from the class? A. She was ill. B. She got up late. C. She went to a party. 12. What h
6、as Robert got for Julia? A. Textbooks. B. Oil paintings. C. Lecture notes. 13. Where will the speakers meet on Saturday? A. At Robert s home. B. At a bar. C. At a shop. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。 14. What is the woman doing? A. Attending a seminar. B. Giving some advice. C. Doing an interview. 15. How
7、often does the man travel by bus? A. Twice a day. B. Every other day. C. Once a week. 16. How does the man feel about the bus service? A. Its good. B. Its fair. C. Its poor. 17. What improvement should the bus company make? A. Buses should be more punctual. B. Drivers should be more polite. C. Seats
8、 should be more comfortable. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。 18. Who is Pierre? A. A doctor from Senegal. B. A university researcher. C. A United Nations official. 19. What does Pierre mainly talk about? A. Food supplies in the world. B. The role that the UN plays. C. The purpose of his study. 20. What is
9、the expected outcome of Pierres work? A. A new medicine. B. A new type of rice. C. A new farming method. 二二 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分） 阅读下列短文，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。 A A Hindu saint（印度圣人）who was visiting the River Ganges to take a bath found a
10、 group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples(信徒) and asked, Why do people shout in anger at each other? The disciples thought for a while, and one of them said, because we lose calm, we shout. But, why should you shout when the other person is ju
11、st next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft voice, asked the saint. His disciples gave some answers but none satisfied the other disciples. Finally the saint explained, When two people are angry at each other, there will be a distance between their hearts. To cover that d
12、istance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other. What happens when two people fall in love? They dont shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. He looked at his disciples and said, So
13、 when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance each other more, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return. 21. Who were shouting at each other on the river banks in the passage? A. A saint and his discip
14、les. B. A child and his parents. C. A group of family members. D. A group of bank workers. 22. One of the disciples thinks that people shout at each other because A. their hearts distance a lot B . their hearts are very close C. they dislike each other D. they lose their calm 23. According to the sa
15、int, when we dont agree with each other, we A. should not argue with each other B. should not shout at each other C. should let our hearts get distant D. should find a way to return home. 高一英语 第 3 页（共 7 页） B Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player so far. Once he was making a television adv
16、ertisement. All Michael needed to do in the advertisement was to miss a shot. For Michael, this was difficult. He always succeeded whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tried to miss a shot, he failed. In total, it took him over 20 times befor
17、e he missed a shot. For Michael, success is a strong habit. He had formed a habit which was so strong that it took him a lot of time to break it and “fail”. Just like drinking, smoking and collecting things, success is also a habit. Like all habits, once it is established, it is difficult to break.
18、Many people think that success is difficult to maintain（维持）. They feel that it will be hard work and will need too much action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to keep as any other habit. Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, i
19、t is not something you will want to change again. Then, the only thing you will fail is failing. 24. In the TV advertisement, Michael _ A. missed a shot quickly B. was not able to throw a basketball C. was asked to miss a shot D. misses a shot without any difficulty 25. In the authors opinion, _ . A
20、. success is hard to keep B. success needs much action and focus C. success is hard work D. success is a habit that is easy to keep 26. The underlined word “established” means _ in the passage. A. formed B. remembered C. offered D. accepted 27. The best title of this passage is _ . A. Failure is the
21、 mother of success B. Practice makes perfect C. An advertisement about Michael D. Make success a habit C A bicycle may be seen by most people as just another vehicle, but for many Londoners, cycling is a way of life. According to an official UK government survey in 2017, about 570,000 bike journeys
22、are made every day in London. In fact, almost half of the vehicles that pass over London Bridge each day are bikes. London introduced a public bike-sharing system in 2010. There can be no doubt that our trusty bicycles have changed the way people get around our great city, Johnson told The Guardian
23、in 2015. In London, bikes are used for more than just taking short trips to and from the subway. No matter where you want to go in the city, taking a bike is usually the quickest and easiest choice. And its not just shared bikes that the government is encouraging people to ride. In many companies ac
24、ross the UK, the UK governments Cycle to Work scheme(骑行倡议) allows employees to buy a brand new bike without having to pay any tax.This means that its common to see many people cycling to and from work, and some employers even provide workplace showers and lockers for their workers. More importantly,
25、 a cycle-friendly boss may let you off for being late if you rode a bike to work. Not only is it great for the environment and our body, cycling is also good for the mind . According to National Geographic Magazine, Bike riding can improve peoples happiness.” 28. How does the author show the popular
26、ity of cycling in London? A. By making comparisons B. By giving examples C. By using numbers D. By using famous sayings 29. Whats Johnsons attitude toward the bike-sharing system in London? A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Disappointed D. Uninterested 30. What can employees get from the government under
27、 the Cycle to Work scheme? A. Free bike-sharing services. B. Purchase of bikes without tax C. Shorter working hours D. Workplace showers and lockers 31. Whats the article mainly about? A. Cycling as a healthy way of life in London B. Londons public bike-sharing system C. Why Londoners are encouraged
28、 to ride bikes D. How cycling has become popular in London D Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, t
29、hat most people do not listen well. Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as bracketing. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possib
30、le someone elses world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the li
31、stener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth. Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are
32、listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more in
33、terested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we dont want to hear. It wasnt until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的). In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprisi
34、ng improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patients sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often f
35、or the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever. 32. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2? A. How to listen well B. What to listen to C. Benefits of listening. D. Problems in listening. 33. According to the author, in communication people tend to A. listen actively B. li
36、sten purposeful C. set aside their prejudices D. open up their inner mind 34. According to the author, the patients improved mainly because A. they were taken good care of B. they knew they were truly listened to C. they had partners to talk to D. they knew the roots of problems 35. What type of wri
37、ting the article likely to be? A. Science fiction B. A news report C. A medical report D. Popular science 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。 How to Rent Your House Before handing the keys to your house over to a complete stranger for care, there are decisions
38、 you need to make. In fact, the decisions you make now, before searching for a tenant (房客), will make the biggest impact on the success of your rental. 36 What Condition Do You Want Your House in? There is no end to the amount of improving you can do to your house before renting it out. 37 When is g
39、ood enough, good enough? A house should be clean, empty (unless you are offering it “furnished”, which is uncommon) and free from any major repairs at the time the tenant moves in. Remember, the home does not need to be as fancy as you would want it to be. 38 Tenants will generally never take as goo
40、d care of your house as you doso dont spend too much time or money making unnecessary upgrades that will only be ignored or broken. 高一英语 第 5 页（共 7 页） Should You Use a Property Manager? 39 If you have the time, abilities, and energy to manage yourselfyou can save a good deal of money by doing so. How
41、ever, if you try to manage without the abilityit could end up costing you much more than what a property manager might charge. How Much Can You Rent Your House for? Luckily, discovering what the monthly rent will bear for your house is not difficult. 40 In business, market research means to get out
42、there and find out what others in your industry are charging; learning how much to charge for rent is no different. Your house will generally rent for about the same amount as other properties that are of similar location, size and condition. A. The problem becomes learning when to stop. B. No one w
43、ants to be a landlord with those problems. C. The following are some questions to answer before you rent out your house. D. Have a professional carpet cleaner clean the carpets before showing the property. E. Look around at other rentals in your area and try to see what the typical quality is. F. Th
44、e best way to determine how much your house will rent for is to simply do market research. G. The decision about whether to manage yourself or hire a property manager cannot be made by anyone other than you. 三三 完形填空完形填空（共（共 20 小题小题，每小题一分，每小题一分，满分满分 20 分）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
45、最 佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 I received an e-mail from a good friend last week. Her letter opened with the usual greetings, but then turned sour as she began to 41 the pain in her heart. My friend doesnt have a good relationship with her parents. 42 she is an 18-year-old high school student, her parents, 43 h
46、er father, are still trying to control her life. “I admit I havent 44 the level of excellence they expect. As long as I let them down, they always scold(责骂) me, ” she wrote, adding, “Theyre never satisfied with what I do. Every time I see them, my confidence gets 45 . I feel bitter and annoyed. Some
47、times I dont even want to stay with them. ” I understand my friends 46 . I know what its like to have people refuse my 47 and insist I do what they 48 . I know I have to give her a 49 . Still, I have to be honest, and try to give her useful 50 . I think she needs to find it in herself to 51 her pare
48、nts. I dont think many of us truly 52 the power of forgiveness. 53 forgiving, we get mad, and that 54 is often shown in our words and actions. We want those who have hurt us to be 55 in some way. I still remember something that happened to me in high school. A friend said something 56 about me, and I didnt say a word to her for months. Years later I 57 that although my actions seemed 58 at the time, my hurt feelings were not worth losing a good friend. I regret that I did not forgi
