湖北省部分重点中学2014-2015学年度上学期高一期中考试英语试卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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. When did the woman see Bob?

A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 6:00.

2. What will the two speakers by next?

A. A jacket. B. A handbag. C. A watch.

3. What do the two speakers hope to do?

A. Stop cigarette production.

B. Advise people not to smoke.

C. Stop young people from smoking.

4. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Mother and son. B. Hostess and guest. C. Waitress and customer.

5. Where does the man’s brother probably work now?

A. At the post office. B. In a language school. C. In a publishing house.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What color is the coat that the woman chooses？

A. Red. B. Grey. C. Black.

7. How much will the woman pay?

A. 100 dollars. B. 90 dollars. C. 80 dollars.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why is the man unhappy?

A. Medicine is too difficult for him.

B. His parents won’t support his dream.

C. He doesn’t know what he really loves.

9. What does the woman really want to be?

A. A writer. B. An engineer. C. A singer.

听第8段段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the two speakers going to do?

A. Visit Mark together. B. Eat in a restaurant. C. Do the shopping.

11. What time is it probably now?

A. 5:50. B. 6:00. C. 6:30.

12. What feature will probably help the man recognize the woman?

A. She wears glasses. B. She is wearing a gray dress. C. She has long black hair.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题

13. When will the party be held?

A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.

14. Where will the party be held?

A. In Newcastle. B. In Hill Peak. C. At Central Park.

15. How will the woman go there?

A. By car. B. By subway. C. By bus.

16. What gift will the woman probably get Jenny?

A. An ice cream cake. B. some flowers. C. A teddy bear.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the speaker think of chemistry?

A. Boring. B. Useful. C. Difficult.

18. How many young scientists attended the meeting?

A. 677. B. 625. C. 624.

19. What is Laura doing in Germany?

A. She is working in a lab. B. She is attending college. C. She is teaching in a college.

20. Who is interested in insects?

A. Jon. B. Laura. C. Ben.

第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从每题所给的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. She devoted herself ______ to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her field.

A. strongly B. extremely C. entirely D. freely

22. The two families have ______ their disagreements in a friendly way, and this is what all of us expected to see.

A. settled B. solved C. defeated D. overcame

23. We should keep in mind that there’s usually ______ one way to solve the same problem.

A. less than B. rather than C. other than D. more than

24. I stopped and said hello to Susan when I saw her, but she ______ me completely and walked on.

A. ignored B. followed C. concerned D. forgot

25. The second he heard the news, a(n) ______ of surprise appeared on his face.

A. attention B. situation C. function D. expression

26. --The head teacher said we had only three days to finish the project.

--Don’t worry. We have already ______ two third of it.

A. taken over B. made up C. got through D. given away

27. Being a ______ tennis player, Williams wouldn’t let anyone or any difficulty stop her.

A. stubborn B. reliable C. determined D. concerned

28. Doctors ______ the fat woman not to eat so much junk food, but she just couldn’t give it up.

A. persuaded B. promised C. commanded D. advised

29. Martin Luther King was happy to help because he knew it would help them ______ their dream of making black and white people equal.

A. burst B. finish C. identify D. achieve

30. Busy as he is, he ______ a few hours for exercise every day.

A. sets off B. sets about C. sets down D. sets aside

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。

For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did 31 this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me 32 . But then it tore us apart.

My best friend lives three minutes from my 33 . Since her 34 is in late summer,

seven months behind mine, I basically became her 35 when I turned 16 in December.

And so I 36 her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream 37 , went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so 38 that she gave me a 39 to her house.

A week after I got my license，she was with me 40 I had my first accident. She was there and 41 me and we kept it a 42 , since I didn’t want people to 43 . From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my car and my best friend.

High school is a time of 44 , but I couldn’t 45 for a long time 46 we became so distant（疏远）after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its 47 , the passenger seat of my car became 48 . Our car trips became less frequent 49 I didn’t even drive down her street.

It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I 50 it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.

31. A. some B. any C. none D. all

32. A. closer B. farther C. luckier D. happier

33. A. neighbor B. school C. home D. family

34. A. holiday B. birthday C. course D. job

35. A. driver B. follower C. partner D. guide

36. A. picked B. woke C. called D. hurried

37. A. parties B. trips C. plans D. classes

38. A. happily B. often C. hardly D. seldom

39. A. key B. door C. address D. phone

40. A. while B. but C. after D. when

41. A. saved B. suggested C. advised D. comforted

42. A. favorite B. secret C. pride D. joke

43. A. help B. see C. know D. laugh

44. A. change B. disappointment C. friendship D. excitement

45. A. understand B. answer C. imagine D. believe

46. A. when B. where C. how D. what

47. A. arrival B. dream C. return D. beauty

48. A. broken B. crowded C. empty D. different

49. A. however B. until C. as D. before

50. A. regretted B. received C. enjoyed D. lost

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.

Parbati Barua’s father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer（驯兽者）. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants.

Parbati hasn’t always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. “Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase,” she says.

But Parbati doesn’t catch elephants just for fun. “My work,” she says, “is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man.” And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.

The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. “Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans,” she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!

51. For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to ______.

A. get long lasting excitement B. make the angry elephants tame

C. send them back to the jungle D. keep both man and elephants safe

52. Before Parbati studied in a boarding school, ______.

A. she spent her time hunting with her father

B. she learned how to sing love songs

C. she had already been called an elephant princess

D. she was taught how to hunt tigers

53. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge（报复）because ______.

A. they are caught and sent for heavy work

B. illeg