湖北省恩施州三校联盟学年高一上学期联考英语精校Word版含答案.docx

1、湖北省恩施州三校联盟学年高一上学期联考英语精校Word版含答案绝密启用前恩施州三校联盟高一年级 12 月联考高一英语试卷试卷满分：150 分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。全卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第 I 卷（选择题共 100 分）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 1

2、0 秒钟的时间来回答第二部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中，选出最佳选项。AIn 1975, George Carlin appeared on a popular TV show, Saturday Night Live, with hisfamous words about blue food. “Why is there no blue food? I cant find blue foodI cant find the flavor of blue! I mean yell

3、ow is lemon; orange is orange and red is cherry. Where is the blue food?”Well, Carlin pretty much has it rightthere is not no blue food, but theres certainly not a lot of it. Fresh-picked blueberries are blue, though they become purple when they are turned into jam. The blue in blueberrieslike the p

4、urple in grapes and red in tomatoesis found in nature. But it isnt a hot color for food. People dont seem to prefer blue food.Some diet programs even suggest that those determined to lose weight should make their food blue.Eating, in part, begins with our eyes. Chares Spencean experimental psycholog

5、ist from Oxford Universitypoints out that color can change our taste experience. Commonly, we consider red-colored foods up to 20% sweeter than they actually are; and green foods as being more sour. Spence suggests: human expectations may be influenced by our long history of watchinggreen fruits can

6、 become sweet as they grow up and turn red.But what about blue? Except blueberries, much of the blue food we see these days is dyed blue artificially. Food producers argue that artificial color doesnt do much damage to health. A lot of research shows that some physical problems of kids are related t

7、o food dyeswhile other studies show no effects at all. Blue birthday cake or even blue-dyed chicken can be served on the dinner table. So what?21George Carlins words are placed at the beginning of the passage to _.A. show the authors opinionB. tell a famous personC. introduce a TV showD. lead in the

8、 topic22 Which of the following statements of blue is true?A. Blue is not a very popular color for foods.B. Blueberries are always blue, whether fresh or not.C. The blue in blueberries is found unnatural.D. People often feel cold when they eat blueberries.23Eating sometimes begins with our eyes beca

9、use _.A. red-colored foods are 20% sweeter than green foodsB. our taste experience can be influenced by colorC. people prefer red-colored foods to green foodsD. before eating, people watch food for a long time24 The underlined words “is dyed” in para. 4 are closest in meaning to “_”.A. is eaten up B

10、. has grown upC. is changed in color D. is harmful toBMacao is only forty miles from Hong Kong and it is easy to reach. You can get there by sea. It is an interesting place and it has a long history. Macao is part of China and most people living there are Chinese.The first Europeans in Macao came fr

11、om Portugal. More than four hundred years ago the Portuguese went there to trade with China. Some settled and made their homes there. They built strong forts（要塞）to guard the city and the harbor. They also built churches, schools, hospitals and other places. Slowly the city grew. People from many oth

12、er countries came to live and work in Macao.Today many people live in Macao. Some only go there to watch dog-racing or motor-racing or to gamble（赌博）with their money. But Macao is a quiet and peaceful place. It is pleasant just to walk around and look at the old buildings and forts. You feel you are

13、back in the old days. Of course，some of the buildings are now in ruins. The Church of St. Paul has only the front wall with many steps leading up to it. But it is still interesting to see.When you are hot and tired, there are small cool gardens to rest in. When you are hungry, there are good restaur

14、ants with many kinds of food. Nearby are some islands, which are also nice to visit and are easy to get in. There are certainly a lot to see and to do in Macao.25 Macao is easy to get to because it is .A. part of China and most people living there are ChineseB. an interesting placeC. very fast and c

15、heap by seaD. not far away from Hong Kong26You feel in Macao you are back in the old days because .A. some of the buildings are now in ruinsB. you can watch dog-racing or motor-racingC. you can find the old buildings and fortsD. it is a silent and peaceful place27 The writers idea is that .A. people

16、 from many countries came to live and work in MacaoB. the Portuguese were willing to do business in ChinaC. people in Macao serve good foodD. Macao is a quiet and peaceful place with a lot to see and to doCDolphins (海豚) live in a dark underwater world. Its often impossible to see each other or anyth

17、ing else around them, so sound plays an important role in their survival. To communicate with each other, dolphins produce all kinds of sounds.Only other dolphins understand what the sounds mean. Scientists havent uncovered their secret communication, except for one kind of whistle. It might last le

18、ss than a second, but this whistle is a big deal. Why? Because these whistles are actually names of dolphins and every dolphin has one. Scientists call these sounds a “signature whistle.” When other dolphins hear the whistle, they know which dolphin is calling.Dolphins often hunt by themselves but s

19、till need to stay connected to the group. Sincethey cant always see each other, dolphins use their signature whistles to check in with other dolphins hundreds of yards away. “In coastal areas, dolphins exchange whistles even when theyre a third of a mile apart,” says Greg Campbell, who studies anima

20、ls. That means dolphins shout out to group members that might be nearly five football fields away.Whats amazing is who names the baby dolphin. Not the mother. Not an auntie dolphin or another group member. Scientists believe the baby dolphin itself comes up with the signature whistle. Like human bab

21、ies, a baby dolphin plays with sounds throughout its first year. While testing its sound skills, a baby dolphin is doing something amazing. Its creating or figuring out its signature whistle. How or why it chooses its signature whistle is not clear. Studies show that most of the time the signature w

22、histle is nothing like itsmothers or group members whistles.When the baby dolphin is about a year old, its signature whistle is set. It repeats it often so the other dolphins learn to recognize it.Deciphering(破译) dolphin names is just the beginning of figuring out what dolphins communicate about. Do

23、 they chat about sharks? Discuss the tides? Maybe they even have a name for people. Someday scientists are to decipher the rest of dolphins communication.28Sound is important for dolphins because of _.Atheir poor sense of direction Btheir living environmentCtheir strong enemies Dtheir big groups29Th

24、e dolphins signature whistle _.Alasts a long time Bcan travel long distancesCis especially helpful in hunting Dcan be recognized by other animals30The author writes the text mainly to _. Aencourage readers to study dolphinsBtell readers how dolphins communicate Cshow how lovely and clever dolphins a

25、re Dintroduce a special sound made by dolphins 31A baby dolphin gets its name _.Asoon after it was born Baccording to its sizeCall by itself Dwith the help of its groupDAhead of so-called Singles Day on the 11th of this month，2013, online sales have already begun peaking.The leading e-business platf

26、orm, , has promoted（促销）its fifty-percent-off discount to attract consumers. They are also trying to attract buyers through social media. Vice President of Wang Yulei says more than 20 thousand online stores have joined the Double 11 Day sales. But this number has doubled. The final number of how man

27、y products going to be on sale has not been known yet. But so far, many more products planned to be put on shelves with discounts.During last years Singles Day, , together with , reached a record of 19.1 billion yuan in sales, which considered a milestone in the e-business history of China.Singles D

28、ay was first started by Chinese college students in the 1990s as the opposite of Valentines Day, a celebration for people without romantic partners. The timing wasbased on the date: Nov. 11or double 11for singles. Single young people would treat each other to dinner or give gifts to show love to som

29、eone and end their single status.But now, the Singles Day has been promoted as a kind of grand craze just for the shopping season, thanks to thousands of discounted products being promoted online.T was the first big e-retail platform which used the double 11 idea to promote sales. T reached one mill

30、ion yuan worth of sales on that day in 2009, when they first promoted the Singles Day idea. In 2010, the sales increased to 936 million yuan. The figure climbed up to 5.3 billion yuan in 2011, putting huge demand on shipping services. The figure doubled in 2012.E-commerce is considered to be replaci

31、ng the traditional retailing industry, but the reality is both sides are learning from each other.32How much is a dress that is usually sold at 250 yuan during Singles Day at ?A. 500 B. 125 C. 100 D. 200 33What can we infer from the passage?A. T reached 2.65 billion yuan in 2012.B. E-commerce is going to replace traditional business at the end.C. Double 11 Day was created to get the single status over for young people.D. More than 20 thousand products will be provided in the Double 11 Day sales. 34Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A. Singles Day promotes online sales.B