宁波效实中学 高一英语期中试卷

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I. 听力（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

第一节（共5小题，每小题0.5 分，满分2.5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 do we know about the man？

A. He has difficulty waking up.

B. He likes collecting clocks.

C. He gets up late every day.

2. What does the man like about the restaurant?

A. Its environment. B. Its service. C. Its food.

3. How does the woman probably get to work?

A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike.

4. What will the man probably do?

A. Stay indoors. B. Go to a bar. C. See a doctor.

5. When will the woman be able to use her car?

A. Right now. B. In three hours. C. The next day.

第二节（共15小题；每小题 0.5分，满分7.5 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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. What seems to be the man’s problem?

A. Keeping his room clean every day.

B. Getting along with his roommate.

C. Having trouble making friends.

7. What does the woman suggest the man do？

A. Try to get more sleep. B. Buy some music CDs. C. Talk to Charlie.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。

8. What do we know about Steve?

A. He’s seeing a doctor. B. He’s on a business trip. C. He’s absent from work.

9. How does Steve feel now?

A. Tired. B. Weak. C. Bored.

10. What is Sue going to do next week?

A. See her manager. B. Travel on business. C. Visit Steve.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. Why does the man have the talk with the woman？

A. To get a job. B. To join a sports team. C. To get into a school.

12. What did the man learn from playing on the football team？

A. How to ask for advice from teachers.

B. How to compete with others.

C. How to manage his time.

13. What are the man’s strengths?

A. Hardworking and ready to learn.

B. Supportive and ready to help.

C. Friendly and kind-hearted.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。

14. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. Buying holiday presents.

B. Making a Christmas plan.

C. Sharing opinions on friendship.

15. What does the woman always give to her friends?

A. Fruit. B. Coffee. C. Chocolate.

16. What does the woman say about Mary?

A. She prefers fruit to coffee.

B. She is trying to lose weight.

C. She usually goes abroad during holidays.

17. How does the woman feel about Tim’s suggestion?

A. Doubtful. B. Satisfied. C. Surprised.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。

18. What does the Go Group do?

A. Fight for peace in the world.

B. Offer support to businesses.

C. Do research on education in the UK.

19. What may the “big freeze” mean to others?

A. A broad smile. B. A quick smile. C. A false smile.

20. How can one make a good impression according to the research?

A. Smile widely. B. Smile readily. C. Smile naturally.

II. 单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

21. It worries him a lot that ______ little money he earns in the company can hardly support

so large ______ family.

A. 不填；the B. a; the C. a; 不填 D. the; a

22. Parents ______ much importance to education. They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.

A. attach B. pay C. link D. apply

23. The weekend snowstorm hit the city hard. ______, many primary schools decided to

cancel Monday classes.

A. Rather B. Besides C. Thus D. Otherwise

24. Lance Armstrong is believed ______drugs in the past competitive cycling races.

A. to take B. to be taking C. to have taken D. to be taken

25. The topic, which many people ______ a small one, will actually have a great influence _____ us.

A. think as; to B. think of as; on C. think as; upon D. think of as; to

26. —_______ a long way to the castle.

—Yeah, _______ a long way to go yet before we arrive.

A. It is; there is B. There is; it is C. It is; it is D. There is; there is

27. The further falling of the stock market as reported today has ______ a fresh wave of

selling.

A. given off?????? B. set off?? C. put off?????? D. taken off

28. They wanted to have the house _______ with red wallpaper, which almost drove us

______.

A. decorated; mad B. decorated; madly C. be decorated; mad D. decorating; madly

29. Although they are divorced, he still has regular _______ to the children.

A. approach B. attention C. access D. appreciation

President Xi Jinping says he wants to increase ties with Belgium and with Europe

_______.

A. as a whole B. as a result C. as a rule D. as an honour

31. He turned to Russia for help in the belief ______ the country would protect him.

A. what B. whether C. that D. because

32. She may win another gold medal in the?Olympics,?______?she?will be honored as a

national hero.

A.?in?whose?case? B.?in?that?case? C.?in?what?case? D.?in?which?case???

33. Years of fighting have ______ the area ______.

A. remained; in ruins B. left; in ruins C. remained; in ruin D. left; in ruin

34. My parents expected too much of me. When they heard that I hadn’t passed the college entrance examination, they almost ______.

A. broke up B. broke down C. broke off D. broke out

35. ______ I admit that there are quite a few problems, I don't agree that they cannot be

solved.

A. Supposing B. Since C. While D. As

36. — It is hot today, isn’t it?

— Yes. _______ yesterday.

A. So was it B. So it was C. So it is D. So is it

37. The Chinese exploration ship will join in the search for______ seemed like parts of the missing plane.

A. what B. which C. that D. it

38. It was Tom as well as two of his classmates that _______ invited to the party.

A. was B. were C. has D. have

39. Mike apologized for _______ to inform her of the change in the working plan.

A. his being not able B. him not to be able

C. his not being able D. him to be not able

40. —You've got a cold, not the H7N9! Everything will turn out OK.

—______! I have been worrying about it for days.

A. What a relief B. That's for sure

C. How surprising D. I'm sorry to hear that

III. 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a 41 parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card 42 during his junior year, it said that he had been 43 95 times from classes and had six 44 grades for the year. At this rate he 45 never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even 46 him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so 47 that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything 48 for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man 49 himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” 50 he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came 51 out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has 52 . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was 53 on the other end of the line. The headmaster 54 said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked 55 in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I 56 a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were 57 at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I 58 . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really 59 me how much I was hurting you. That's 60 I knew I had to make you proud.”

41. A. confident B. wise C. single D. busy

42. A. arrived B. finished C. returned D. proved

43. A. naughty B. troublesome C. absent D. present

44. A. failing B. satisfying C. disappointing D. surprising

45. A. must B. need C. would D. should

46. A. convinced B. forced C. persuaded D. begged

47. A. powerless B. useless C. homeless D. meaningless

48. A. better B. worse C. less D. more

49. A. described B. regarded C. introduced D. explained

50. A. Before B. When C. After D. While

51. A. speaking B. pouring C. running D. putting

52. A. continued B. operated C. affected D. worked

53. A. silence B. anger C. sadness D. surprise

54. A. painfully B. happily C. seriously D. jokingly

55. A. progress B. advance C. improvement D. encouragement

56. A. attended B. joined C. arranged D. organized

57. A. concerned B. disturbed C. embarrassed D. astonished

58. A. shook B. nodded C. smiled D. replied

59. A. beat B. hit C. frightened D. confused

60. A. when B. how C. why D. where

IV. 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the rescue workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.

But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Maria gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino, from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schl