合肥一六八中学2014-2015学年度高一年级期中考试英语试题

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l50分，考试时间l20分钟。

考生注意事项：

1. 答题前，务必在试题卷、答题卡规定的地方填写自己的姓名、座位号，并认真核对答题卡上所粘贴的条形码中姓名、座位号与本人姓名、座位号是否一致。务必在答题卡背面规定的地方填写姓名和座位号后两位。

2. 答第Ⅰ卷时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3. 答第Ⅱ卷时，必须使用0. 5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写，要求字体工整、笔迹清晰。作图题可先用铅笔在答题卡规定的位置绘出，确认后再用0. 5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔描清楚。必须在题号所指示的答题区域作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。

4. 考试结束，务必将答题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第I卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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卡上。

第一部分：听力部分 （ 共两节，满分30分）

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项.

1.Where will the speakers have dinner tonight?

A. At home B. In a restaurant C. At Mr. Johnson’s house

2.What’s the discount on the books?

A.15% B.25% C.35%

3.Why was the girl late for class?

A. She got up too late B. She couldn’t find her book C. The traffic was bad.

4.What does Mark do five times a week?

A. Weightlifting B. Swimming C. Jogging

5.What is Tony refusing to do?

A. Act in a play B. Give a lecture C. See a show

第二节.

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.

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6.What was the weather like yesterday?

A. Sunny B. Snowy C. Stormy

7.What will the woman probably do next?

A. Buy an umbrella B. Go to see a doctor C. Go back home

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.What is the woman’s paper about?

A. The influence of television on children

B. The development of television

C. Children and games

9.Which source does the man suggest?

A. The television B. Newspapers C. The internet

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What will the woman’s brother do this weekend?

A. Go to a museum B. Decorate his house C. Move into a new apartment

11.What is true about the film?

A. It’s about wolves

B. It will be shown on Saturday evening

C. The tickets are eight dollars for adults.

12.What will some of the actors do after the film?

A. Take pictures B. Answer questions C. Sing

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Why did the woman leave her shopping until today?

A. She was worried about the crowds.

B. She didn’t realize it was so late.

C. She had too much to do at work.

14.Where did the woman go shopping?

A. Kensington Street B. Oxford Street C. Bethnal Road

15. When does the conversation take place?

A. On Saturday B. On Sunday C. On Monday

16.What does the man say about Kensington Street?

A. It’s not crowded at all B. It must be full of people C. It’s close to the woman’s home

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does Obama say about his father?

A. He was a sad person B. He was born in Honolulu C. He left the family.

18.Why did Obama move to Indonesia?

A. His mother thought Hawaii was unsafe

B. His mother married an Indonesian man

C. His grandparents were living there.

19.How long did Obama live in Indonesia?

A. One year B. Two years C. Ten years

20.When did Obama become active in politics?

A. In high school B. At the age of 22 C. After he became a lawyer

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. —There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow ____?

　—No, I’d rather buy ____ in the bookstore.

A. it; one B. one; one C. one; it D. it; it

22. The thing that ________ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

A. matters　　　 B. cares C. minds D. considers

23. —Let's just play a game or something else.

—Sounds good, but give me a call before you come. My mom might try to ________ something else for me to do.

A. catch up with B. put up with C. keep up with D. come up with

24. My friend's car alarm ________ at midnight because it was thundering.

A. gave off B. turned off C. put off D. went off

25.—Have you read the timetable ?

—Yes . The train ____ at 10:15 p.m.

A. will leave B. is going to leave C. should leave D. leaves

26. — It’s more expensive to live in the city than to live in the countryside.

— _________. Living in the city brings people more convenience, though.

A. That’s all right B. I couldn’t agree more

C. I’m sorry to hear that D. That’s really necessary

27. She prefers ______at home rather than _______out for a walk.

A. staying; going B. to stay; go C. to stay; going D. staying; go

28. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally _______.

A. pulled down　 B. pulled through C. pulled up　 D. pulled over

29. —Mr. Smith has returned home from China?

—We really miss him! He _______ in our university for 8 years.

A. works B. has worked C. worked D. had worked

30. In our country, we all get ____ by the month. I’m always the first ___ my salary every month.

A. paid; to draw B. paying; to draw C. paid; drawing D. paying; drawn

31. —What shall I do next?

—You’d better finish your chemistry exercises ______ I can take you to the cinema this evening.

A. so that B. so as to C. in order to D. such that

32. — I saw a lovely alien(外星人) near the New Bridge Airport last week?　

— _______ There is no such kind of creature at all.

A. Really?　 B. Pardon?　 C. Oh, come off it!　 D. Got it!

33. You may use the room as you like ____ you clean it up afterwards.

A. so far as B. as if C. so long as D. even if

34. — Are you going to the football game?

— No, the tickets are ______expensive for me.

A. very much B. too far C. too much D. much too

35. After the long journey, the three of them went back home, _________.

A. hungry and tiredly B. hungrily and tiredly

C. hungry and tired D. hungrily and tired

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time there lived a poor man named Malcolm who hunted for his food. One warm spring day, Malcolm had been 36 for many hours, and he was hot and tired and hungry. He hadn’t 37 even a mouse. When he came upon a big tree, he sat down under its 38 to rest. Suddenly he found a big ostrich (鸵鸟) egg beside the tree. He 39 the egg and carried it back to his hut (小屋).

The egg was so white and round, pure and beautiful that he couldn’t 40 eating it. So he put the egg on the table and went to sleep.

The next morning when he woke up, he was 41 to find bread and soup on his table. He was so hungry, so he tore off a piece and ate it. “I’ve never 42 anything so delicious,” he said aloud. Then he heard a voice answer, “It’s bread and soup I’ve made for you.”

He turned to find a beautiful woman standing beside the ostrich egg, 43 was cracked wide open. “Malcolm, you are a kind and generous man, and I will make you 44 for the rest of your life. 45 me and I will always make delicious food for you.”

“How can this be? An ostrich egg’s 46 cannot speak or cook or marry me,” he said.

“I will make you happy, Malcolm,” she said, “You must 47 only this: you will never call me the daughter of an ostrich egg.”

“I promise,” Malcolm said.

And so they got married. For many years they lived 48 great happiness. His wife brought him 49 , goats and made him a chief. But one day, Malcolm got so 50 that he was not 51 with what he had. He quarreled with his 52 . He said his wife was the daughter of an ostrich egg… And 53 he was alone again, living in his hut, 54 his old clothes. There were no cattle, no goats and no wife.

He understood that he had been 55 to let greed (贪婪) and anger get the better of him and to break his promise to his wife.

36. A. boating B. fishing C. hunting D. swimming

37. A. caught B. removed C. bitten D. held

38. A. way B. fur C. poster D. shade

39. A. took up B. picked up C. put up D. added up

40. A. wait B. help C. imagine D. expect

41. A. exciting B. secure C. amazed D. lively

42. A. smelt B. looked C. sounded D. tasted

43. A. which B. whose C. who D. that

44. A. intelligent B. happy C. attractive D. popular

45. A. Follow B. Accept C. Admit D. Marry

46. A. sister B. daughter C. mother D. son

47. A. doubt B. respond C. select D. promise

48. A. in B. at C. under D. beyond

49. A. sheep B. pigs C. cattle D. chicken

50. A. puzzled B. greedy C. magical D. upset

51. A. satisfied B. surprised C. popular D. certain

52. A. daughter B. mother C. wife D. grandfather

53. A. in peace B. in a flash C. in danger D. in a way

54. A. wearing B. having C. preparing D. replacing

55. A. informal B. artificial C. severe D. mistaken

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Jumping across cities

Forget about expensive gyms; the new sport in cities is free-running. Since it started in a Paris suburb around 1995, free-running has attracted lots of fans in cities around the world. Instead of walking normally, free-runners jump over or around anything―cars, buildings, trees, or streetlights―in their way.

One of the sport’s inventors told our reporter how free-running started.

It was boring where we lived. There was nothing for us to do after school. We had done playground games like football and basketball when we were kids but we wanted something new and exciting. We started learning how to jump and run between buildings―and we loved it. Walking is a waste of time. Free-runners have to use their imaginations. Everything―a tree, a streetlight―is part of our outdoor gym. We’re like children because we have never stopped playing in the street.

The sport’s website has lots of rules, for example, don’t break people’s windows, don’t jump on flowerbeds and don’t be rude to people who want you to stop. Safety is also very important. You must start with the easy moves―you have to do thousands of small practice jumps before you try anything difficult. If you m