揭阳一中学年高一级91届第一学期期中考试英语试题及答案.docx

1、揭阳一中学年高一级91届第一学期期中考试英语试题及答案揭阳一中20102011学年高一级(91届)第一学期期中考试英语试题及答案揭阳一中20102011学年高一级(91届)第一学期期中考试英语试题 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 听力理解（共9小题，每小题1分，满分9分） 听下面3段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。 听第1段材料，回答第13题。 1. How many athletes took part in the first Special Olympics? A. About 1, 000. B. 3,000

2、,000. C. 150. 2. When did Eunice Kennedy Shriver receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom? A. In 1968. B. In 1984. C. In 1990. 3. Whats the biggest problem for the disabled according to Andrew Imparato? A. That they have no equal right to receive education. B. That they lack equal treatment in tran

3、sportation. C. That they have fewer opportunities to be employed. 听第2段材料，回答第46题。 4. What can we know about Wonderful Town according to the woman? A. It is a famous movie. B. The tickets were expensive. C. It is a comedy. 5. How long did the woman spend in New York? A. A week. B. Two months. C. Three

4、 months. 6. Whats the womans favourite place in New York? A. The Empire State Building. B. Chinatown. C. Central Park. 听第3段材料，回答第79题。 7. What did the woman do in London? A. She taught in a primary school. B. She taught in a high school. C. She taught in a college. 8. What do we know about the womans

5、 home town? A. Its in the south of England. B. Its busy and expensive. C. Its small and cheap. 9. Why doesnt the woman want to move back to her home town? A. Because she doesnt want to leave her friends. B. Because its hard to get a job in teaching. C. Because all her family members have moved out.

6、第二节 听取信息（共6小题，每小题1分，满分6分） 听下面一段独白。 请根据题目要求，从所给的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卷标号为1620的空格中。录音读两遍。 Time Events This week Swimmers _10_ at the world championships in Rome. In _11_ Full-body swimsuits first appeared. On _12_ Paul Biedermann defeated Michael Phelps in the two-hundred-meter freestyle. On _13_ Michael Ph

7、elps won the _14_ butterfly. Last Sunday Lance Armstrong finished _15_ in cycling.第二部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the youn

8、g Navajo students to _16_ the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from their homework. They would stand there, silently, _17_ to complete the task. Mary couldnt figure it out. _18_ she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she _19_ hadnt seen anything like it in her student

9、-teaching days back in Phoenix. What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who cant do the problem? Mary would wonder. No, _20_ couldnt be that. Finally she asked the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a _21_ lesson from her young Indian pupils about self-image

10、and a(n) _22_ of self-worth. It seemed that the students _23_each others individuality and knew that _24_of them were capable of doing the problems. _25_ at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would win if any students we

11、re shown up or embarrassed at the _26_ . So they _27_ to compete with each other in public. Once she understood, Mary changed the system _28_ she could check each childs math problem individually, but not at any childs expense _29_ his classmates. They all wanted to learn, _30_ not at someone elses

12、expense. 16Ago to Bcome to Cget close to Dbring 17Ahappy Bwillingly Creadily Dunwilling 18AAnything BNothing CEverything DNeither 19Aseldom Bcertainly Chardly Dnever 20Athey Bit Ceverything Deach 21Aoutstanding Bsurprising Cannoying Dfrightening 22Asense Bimage Cway D. aspect 23Ahad Bignored Crespec

13、ted Dcared 24Anone Bno one Ceach Dnot all 25AEspecially BEven though CEven so DEven 26Atime Bsituation Cchalkboard Dcondition 27Arefused Brejected Ctried Dpromised 28Aif Bso that Cunless Din case 29Ain favour of Bof Cby means of Din front of 30Aand Bbut Cso Dor第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分） 仔细阅读下面短文，短

14、文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化等。答案填写在答题卷标号4150的对应位置。 I went to the seaside to spend my holiday last summer holiday with my family. One day, I was swimming in the river _31_ someone shouted, “Look out. There is a shark not far away!” on hearing the shout, I was scared to _32_ (die) because I was

15、 well aware _33_ its dangerous characteristic. “Just dont worry, Tom!” my father said to me, “but in order to avoid being harmed, lets go back to our hotel.” We stayed in the seaside for about two weeks. Though the weather was _34_ hotter than that in my hometown, I got used to _35_ and _36_ (feel)

16、at home. Every morning, I got up earlier than my parents and went for breakfast ahead of time. Then I went to have _37_ chat with my new friend, John, who I happened to come _38_ during my holiday. John was a native and he was familiar with the seaside well. He was a man _39_ good qualification. Soo

17、n we became very good friends. After we parted, we have been kept writing to each other. Now, I still often hear from him. We talked in our letter about things and persons_40_ we remembered in the seaside.第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列三篇短文，从每题所给的四个选现（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

18、。 A For centuries, the bodys blood has been linked closely with the emotionsPeople who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killerFor example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killerHe seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someones life as no

19、thing Cold can affect other parts of the bodyThe expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feetThe expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to doFor example, you agree to be president of an organizationBut then you learn that all the other officers have res

20、igned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibilityYou are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation. The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speakin

21、g to him face to faceYou may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to youOr, to someone who has lied about you to others A cold fish is not a fishIt is a personBut it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmthA cold fish does not offer much o

22、f himself to anyoneSomeone who is a cold fish could be cold-heartedNow a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathySeveral popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers Out in the cold means not getting

23、 something that everybody else gotA person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise-he was left out in the coldAnd it is not a pleasant place to be 41There are _ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage A3 B4 C6 D7 42When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a d

24、istant way, you may express by “_”来源:ks5u AI give him the cold shoulder BI think he is a cold-blooded man CI think he is a cold fish DIm likely to get cold feet 43 If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _ Ashe is a cold-blooded killer

25、 Bshe gets cold feet Cshe is a cold fish Dshe is out in the cold 44We can use the expression “_” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy Acold-blooded Bcold shoulder Ccold feet Dcold-hearted 45The topic of this passage is about _ Athe relationship between cold and our body Bs

26、ome expressions about friendship Csome expressions connected with cold Dhow cold weather comes into being B Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is tr

27、ue: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the t

28、ragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests. One country received its secondplace medals with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match a

29、s, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents victory was unfair .Their manager was in a rage when he said:“ This wasnt hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The pre

30、sident of the Federation said later that such behaviour could result in the suspension (停赛) of the team for at least three years. The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was

31、 thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the U.S.A. had ever

32、lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals. Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national terms, might b