新疆阿勒泰地区第二高级中学2013﹣2014下学期高一英语期末试卷

试卷分值：150分 考试时间：120分钟 命题人：李斌斌

I. 听力部分（20分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。每段对话读一遍.

1.What are the two speakers most probably?

A. At the meeting B. At a party C. At a concert

2. When may the woman leave the hospital?

A. Monday B. Thursday C. Saturday

3. What do the two speakers disagree about ?

A. When to meet Sally B. Where to meet Sally. C. How to speak to Sally

4. Which month is it probably right now?

A. July B. June C. May

5.What does the woman want to buy?

A. Gray pants. B. Brown pants. C. Blue pants.

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。

6. Why does the man want to leave her present job?

A. She finds the job boring. B. She finds the job tiring

C. She wants to do something different

7. Which country does the woman like best?

A. Australia B. Canada C. Italy.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What does the woman want to do at first?

A. Exchange the gloves. B. Return the gloves C. Try on the gloves

9. How much will the woman pay to get the gloves she likes?

A.$29.95 B.$35.25 C. $5.30

请听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。

10. What are the two speakers discussing?

A. The French language. B. An upcoming vacation C. The weather in Europe

11.In which season are the two speakers visiting France?

A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.

12. What will the two speakers do before going to France?

A. Take a French lesson B. Cet a map in French . C. Buy a French dictionary

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the woman usually go to school?

A. Take a school bus. B. In her mum’s car C. On foot

14. Which of the subject is difficult for the woman?

A. Biology B. Physics. C. German.

15. How many foreign languages does the man study at school?

A. one. B. two. C. three

16. What do we know about the man?

A. He doesn’t like living in the countryside. B. He lives not far from his school C. He is Mr. Johnson’s favorite .

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What was Margaret Bourke-White?

A. A professional painter B. A newspaper writer. C. A news reporter.

18. What did Margaret Bourke-White climb through a window for?

A. To see a metal statue. B. To take a picture of the city.

C. To have a overall look at the city

19. What was the special about Margaret Bourke-White?

A. She wrote many interesting stories.

B. She took many fantastic picture of news events

C. She published some books on the Second World War.

20. How old was Margaret Bourke-White when she died ?

A. 67. B. 71. C. 77.

II.阅读理解（40分）

A

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humor. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

　　One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (挥动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

21. That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A. to see one of his friends

B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D. to see one of his relatives

22. The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B. their hotel was too small

C. the room was not very clean

D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

23. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D. Mark Twain made a joke

24. From the story we know _____.

A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

25. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 belongs to a______.

A. reptile B. mammal C. amphibian D. insect

B

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.

Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.

What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神经) tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation and the expression for emotions. In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by a smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.

26. Which of the following is best to outline(概括) the article?

A. Research on the Brain B. Differences Between Men and Women

C. People’s Different Brains D. Who Are Better, Boys or Girls

27. ___________ men and women think differently.

A. Sex makes B. The different brains make

C. The different experiences make D. The influences of society make

28. According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at ______ in your school.

A. mathematics B. physics C. English D. chemistry

29. Which of the following is true?

A. The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls.

B. The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys.

C. Men are better than women in all things.

D. The area in girls used for language skills develops better.

30. In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain________ .

A. is the same B. is different C. is zero D. can’t be found out

C

　Scientists used to explore on the surface of the ocean. Now they are exploring below the surface, too. They want to know about ocean water and the plant and animal life deep in the ocean.

In 1934 the scientist William Beebe dived 3,000 feet below the surface in a hollow steel ball. In 1935 August Piccard dived 10,330 feet. In 1960 his son Jean dived to a depth of 35,800 feet.

All these early dives were deep. But the divers could not stay down for very long. They had to come back up to the surface after a few seconds. Scientists needed to stay down longer to study life below surface. Later they succeed. Cousteau, a Frenchman, was able to keep men down to a depth of 36 feet for one month and to a depth of 90 feet for a week.

Now scientists are developing even better equipment. With this new equipment, men can stay below the surface for days or even weeks. In 1962 Cousteau set up a research station 35 feet below the surface. Then, in 1964, he set up another station on the ocean floor of the Red Sea. This was the first undersea station to operate without help from the surface.

Many countries are now studying undersea living. The former Soviet Union has an undersea laboratory in the Crimean Sea. The United States has a laboratory 50 feet down on the ocean floor off the Virgin Islands. In 1970 five men lived there for two weeks. Then a team of five women scientists stayed in the laboratory. Next came other teams of men. Scientists hope to find enough mineral, vegetable, and animal wealth there to provide food for the entire world.

31.In order to ____, scientists are exploring below the surface of the ocean.

A. know about the ocean water deep in the ocean

B. stay down longer to study life of the plant and animal below the surface

C. know about the plant and animal life deep in the ocean

D.both A and C

32. Who made the deepest dive?

A. William Beebe B. August Piccard C. Jean Piccard D. Cousteau

33. Who set up the first undersea station?

A. A Frenchman B. An American C. A Russian D. Not mentioned

34. Which of the following statement is true?

A. The early dives could not stay down for very long.

B. Up to now only five scientists have stayed in the undersea laboratory.

C. The purpose of setting up undersea lab is to make plans for the use of the resources in the ocean.

D.None of the above is true.

35. The author wants to tell us _____.

A. that scientists try to explore the ocean depth

B. that scientists try to make use of resources in the ocean

C. about the secret of the plant and animal life in the ocean

D. both A and B

D

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