盐城市时杨中学2014/2015学年度第一学期高一年级学情调研2英语试卷 2014．12．27

第一部分:听力(共两节,　满分20分)

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 .Where is the woman going with her children？

A. To Australia. B. To Japan. C. To Canada.

2 .How much should the man pay？

A.＄16. B.＄60. C.＄32.

3 .What does the woman expect the man to do on Saturday？

A. Take Brian out for the day. B. Celebrate their mum’s birthday.

C. Help Brian move house.

4 .What does the woman mean？

A. She isn’t sure whether to take the job. B. She don’t like the job.

C. She will take the job right away.

5 .What are the speakers mainly talking about？

A. A novel. B. A writer. C. A film.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，各小题将给出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 will the woman do this evening？

A. Visit her grandma. B. do some shopping. C. Attend a party.

7 .What does the man advise the woman to do？

A. Make a skirt. B. Wear a necklace. C. Buy a handbag.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8 .Where does the conversation take place？

A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a police station.

9 .What does the man suggest the woman do？

A. Wait where she is. B. Give him her telephone number.

C. Make a request for the loss.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What’s the relation between the speakers？

A. Friends. B. Boss and worker. C. Husband and wife.

11.Why does the woman look worried？

A. She has been late for work recently. B. She has trouble taking her children to school.

C. She is not getting on well with her boss.

12.What might the woman think of Alice’s way to deal with her problem？

A. Strange. B. Wrong. C. Practical.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How long will the course run this year?

A. Seven weeks. B. Eight weeks. C. Six weeks.

14.What was the woman surprised at？

A. The lack of assistants. B. The number of children

C. The condition of weather.

15. What new activities can the children have this year?

A. Fun programmes. B. Adventure sports. C. Creative classes.

16. What is expected about the course this year?

A. It will last longer. B. It will run better. C. It will start earlier.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What difficulty did the speaker have when starting to learn French？

A. Grammar. B. Pronunciation. C. Vocabulary.

18.Why did the speaker go to France？

A. To settle there. B. To look for a job. C. To continue her studies

19.What did the speaker think of her French after she arrived in France？

A. Poor. B. Acceptable. C. Excellent.

20. What is the most important in learning a language according to the speaker?

A. Mastering the grammar rules. B. Using the language in real life.

C. Knowing a large number of words.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

：单项填空（共15题；每小题一分，满分15分）

21. The “Chinese Dream” is ______ dream to improve people’s well-being and ______ dream of harmony, peace and development.

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

22. As the world’s population continues to grow, the ______ of food becomes more and more of a concern.

A. worth B. supply C. back pack D. list

23. In Britain today women ________ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

A. build up B. make up C. show up D. step up

24. They ________ the plan for almost three hours, but they haven’t reached any conclusion.

A. discussed B. have discussed C. have been discussing D. were discussing

25. Just in front of our house ________ with a history of 1,000 years.

A. does a tall tree stand B. a tall tree stands

C. a tall tree is standing D. stands a tall tree

26. Police are now searching for a woman who is reported to ________ since the flood hit the area last Friday.

A. get lost B. lost C. be missing D. have been missing

27. —How are you today?

—Oh, I ________ as ill as I do now for a very long time.

A. didn’t feel B. wasn’t feeling C. haven’t felt D. don’t feel

28. The early train is ________ to leave at five in the morning.

A. due B. possible C. sure D. probable

29. With her dearest jewels ________, she was almost mad.

A. missed B. gone C. being stolen D. were lost

30. The secretary worked late into night, ________ a long speech for the president.

A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. was preparing

31. ------ Could I use your car tomorrow morning ?

------ Sure .I a report at home.

A. will be writing B. will have written

C . have written D. have been writing

32. He had his camera ready ________ he saw something that would make a good picture .

A. even if B.if only C. in case D. so that

33. computers play an important part in people’s daily life , they still have some disadvantages.

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

34. Online shopping, when properly , can save a lot of time ,money and energy..

A. done B. is done C. having done D. to do

35. -------Let’s go to the concert this weekend.

--------________.I’ve heard my favourite pianist Lang Lang is coming.

A.Go ahead B. That’ s all right C. Good idea D. I don’t agree

：完型填空（共20题；每小题一分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A teacher teaching math to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple , how many apples will you have?”

After a few seconds Laiq 36 confidently, “Four!”

The confused teacher was expecting a(n) 37 correct answer--three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child didn’t hear 38 ” she thought. She 39 , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”

Laiq had seen the 40 on his teacher’s face. He 41 _ again on his fingers. But within him he was also 42 the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”

The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she 43 that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her 44 she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many will you have?”

Seeing the teacher 45 , young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new 46 to succeed. 47 a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”

The teacher now had a 48 smile. Her way had succeeded. She wanted to 49 herself. But one last thing remained. 50 she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have ?”

Confidently Laiq answered, ‘Four!” The teacher was 51 “How Laiq , how?” She demanded in a little annoyed voice.

In a 52 and hesitating voice, young Laiq replied, “Because I already have one 53 in my bag.”

The story tells us： 54 someone gives you an answer that is 55 from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle(角度) that you may not have thought about yet.

36. A. told B. added C. replied D. wrote

37. A. worthless B. effortless C. careless D. selfless

38. A. possibly B. actively C. clearly D. strictly

39. A. repeated B. ordered C. whispered D. complained

40. A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. punishment D. determination

41. A. recognized B. discovered C. calculated D. insisted

42. A. searching for B. waiting for C. arguing for D. talking about

43. A. decided B. noticed C. expressed D. remembered

44. A. eyes B. hands C. mouth D. nose

45. A. sad B. happy C. pitiful D. lovely

46. A. invention B. system C. reform D. way

47. A. On B. In C. With D. By

48. A. angry B. satisfied C. lasting D. painful

49. A. thank B. congratulate C. help D. enjoy

50. A. Above all B. In all C. On purpose D. Once again

51. A. astonished B. concerned C. amused D. relaxed

52. A. high B. rude C. easy D. clear

53. A. strawberry B. apple C. coin D. box

54. A. Before B. After C. Until D. When

55. A. absent B. free C. different D. safe

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened (变平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots (点). During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.

The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain—usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.

At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmers