武汉市第二中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期末考试

英语试题

命题教师：高蓓 审题教师：宋海涛

考试时间：2015年2月5日 上午9:00—11:00 试卷满分：150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. What does the man mean?

A. He is tired of his job.

B. He wants to see a doctor.

C. He has a satisfactory job.

2. What is the man interested in?

A. Fashion. B. Novels. C. Computers.

3. How will the woman go back home?

A. Sue’s mother will drive her home.

B. Her father will pick her up.

C. She will walk home.

4. Where did the speakers intend to go?

A. The café.

B. The cinema.

C. The woman’s sister’s house.

5. What time is it now?

A. 3:45. B. 3:40. C. 3:50.

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秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Boss and secretary. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and customer.

7. What is the man going to do in the morning the day after tomorrow?

A. Visit an exhibition. B. Take classes. C. Attend a party.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How long does it take the man to go to work?

A. About half an hour. B. About an hour. C. About an hour and a half.

9. How does the woman go to work?

A. By car. B. By bike. C. By train.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers probably?

A. In the park. B. In the bedroom. C. In the living room.

11. What does the woman want to do before going out?

A. Have a shower. B. Clean the house. C. Have breakfast.

12. What can we know about the woman?

A. She wants to lose weight by jogging.

B. She doesn’t have jogging shoes.

C. She doesn’t want to jog.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What can we learn about Jolly?

A. She broke her left arm.

B. She was born with no arm.

C. She was born with only half a left arm.

14. What is Jolly good at?

A. Gymnastics. B. Teaching. C. Swimming.

15. When did Jolly pass her ballet exam?

A. Last June. B. Last July. C. Last May.

16. What does Jolly want to do in the future?

A. Become a teacher of gymnastics and dance.

B. Run a gymnastics and dance school.

C. Become a professional ballet dancer.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the difference between dolphins and land animals?

A. They live in groups.

B. Their brain is nearly the same as humans’.

C. They have their own language.

18. What does a dolphin use to help it find its way around?

A. Its eyes. B. Its ears. C. Its sounds.

19. Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?

A. They wanted to catch him.

B. He was seriously wounded.

C. They wanted his help.

20. What does the speaker want to show by telling the story of Jack?

A. Dolphins are friendly and clever.

B. Dolphins should be protected.

C. People are kind to animals.

第二部分：词汇知识应用（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）

21. Accent, tone, _______ and vocabulary can affect the ability of a language learner to understand or to be understood.

A. whistle B. translation C. fluency D. experience

22. Confidence is more than just an attitude; it comes from a strong will to take ______ rather than just let life happen.

A. consideration B. effect C. responsibility D. account

23. He is a fashion designer who’s always swum against the stream; his work is very ______.

A. original B. reliable C. classical D. artificial

24. Women usually don’t care much about what they eat, but they are very _____ about what they wear.

A. positive B. particular C. curious D. additional

25. According to a survey by the WHO, nearly two-thirds of women in China are _____ exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke at home and in their workplaces.

A. really B. routinely C. rarely D. religiously

26. As its name ______, the Volunteer Farm relies on volunteers to weed, plant and harvest.

A. suggests B. insists C. predicts D. possesses

27. The old CCP member has gained the title of “Model Party Member”, which is an honor that he _____ most.

A. observes B. admires C. dreams D. deserves

28. Now I need lots of time to ______ my thoughts thoroughly because I want to give them a perfect report.

A. make out B. figure out C. leave out D. sort out

29. With night falling, the crowd gathering around the accident scene began to ______.

A. break away B. break down C. break up D. break out

30. I’ll be _____ the whole factory next week when the director is away.

A. in need of B. in search of C. in favor of D. in charge of

第二节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分, 满20分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Harvard University, aiming for a legal career and dreaming of sitting
on a Supreme Court bench. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed 31 and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, a(n) 32 woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that 33 . But one year after I entered college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw（退出） from college to 34 her. This meant that school and my personal dream would have to 35 .

Then I got married with another dream: building my f
amily from a 36 of adopted（收养的） and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. A year later came our second adopted boy. 37 , the following year, we adopted son number three. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can 38 how totally occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of eight! Our home was a complete zoo－a joyous zoo. Not surprisingly, I never did 39 it back to college full-time. But I never 40 my dream either. I had only one option: make it work. That meant taking as 41 as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling 42 about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to 43 home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to 44 . But I knew I should set a(n) 45 for them to follow for the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years, but I got my college degree！

I am not 46 , just single-minded. It always 47 me that from the 48 , challenges look huge, but when you’re in the midst of them, the same ones see
m 49 . Not everything you want arrives in your life in one day. It’s a (n) 50 . Remember: little steps can lead to big dreams.

31. A. judge B. student C. housewife D. dreamer

32. A. sensitive B. ordinary C. amazing D. curious

33. A. plan B. goal C. decision D. record

34. A. attend to B. search for C. care about D. stand for

35. A. drop B. wait
C. expect D. keep

36. A. connection B. relation C. combination D. comparison

37. A. Therefore B. Then C. Otherwise D. Finally

38. A. imagine B. hope C. imply D. doubt

39. A. take B. make C. manage D. get

40. A. put up B. picked up C. cleaned up D. gave up

41. A. few B. little C. much D. many

42. A. satisfied B. inspired C. confused D. guilty

43. A. go B. leave C. return D. stay

44. A. break B. continue C. quit D. relax

45. A. leader B. alarm C. example D. challenge

46. A. proud B. special C. responsible D. usual

47. A. hurt B. occurred C. struck D. troubled

48. A. end B. bottom C. outside D. inside

49. A. normal B. funny C. unbearable D. strange

50. A. experiment B. solution C. performance D. process

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,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Here is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother gave them apples when they were young.

The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: “Which one do you want?” “The reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. My mother stared at him and said to him angrily: “You should learn to give the good things to others; you shouldn’t always think of yourself.” Seeing this, I suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother: “Mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” Hearing my words, my mother was very happy. She kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest apple to me as a prize. From then on, I learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. In order to get what I wanted, I played hard. As a result, I was sent into prison.

The famous man from the White House said: One day, my mother brought some apples. She said to my brother and me: “You all want the reddest and biggest one, right? Well, let’s have a competition. Now I divided the grassland in front of the gate into two and I will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. And I will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”

After the competition, I won and I got the biggest apple. In our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. I think it is fair. No matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.

51. The criminal got the reddest and biggest ap
ple because .

A. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller one

B. he knew how to make his mother happy from her answer

C. elder brother should of course have the bigger one

D. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother

52. We can conclude from the passage that .

A. it’s wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old enough

B. it’s important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work

C. it’s wrong to ask children not to always think of themselves

D. it’s always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple

53. The writer tells the story by .

A. organizing it in the order of ti