2014-2015（下）漳浦县期中考高一年三校联考英语试卷

命题人：陈凤珍 审核人 陈水仙

时间 120分钟 满分 150分

第I卷

I 听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，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’s the matter with the woman?

A. She has no friends.

B. She did something wrong.

C. She doesn’t like the man.

2. How much should the man pay if he buys two bottles?

A. ＄20. B. ＄35. C. ＄40.

3. Where is Kelly?

A. In the restaurant. B. In her house. C. In a meeting.

4. Why do the speakers dislike the library?

A. It is too small.

B. There are no new books there.

C. There aren’t many people there.

5. What does the man mean?

A. Sarah isn’t the best student.

B. Sarah has been successful.

C. Sarah should try harder.

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，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，各个小题将给出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. Who answered the phone?

A. Susan’s mother. B. Susan. C. Mr. Brown.

7. What does Tom want Susan to do?

A. Lend him a book.

B. Go to school with him.

C. Return the book she borrowed from him.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What did the girl’s chemistry teacher ask his students to call him?

A. Jim. B. Mr. Black. C. James.

9. How does the girl feel about her chemistry class?

A. She thinks it is boring.

B. She thinks it is easy.

C. She thinks it is interesting.

10. What is most important for students according to James Black?

A. Being quiet in class.

B. Watching carefully.

C. Doing things by themselves.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Where did the man find the car?

A. Near the No.8 Bridge. B. Along Eaton Road. C. Near his house.

12. What is the license number of the car?

A. BWE5864. B. BWE4586. C. BWE4865.

13. What does the man do for a living?

A. He’s a policeman.

B. He’s a street cleaner.

C. He’s an engineer.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Why are the speakers in a hurry?

A. They are excited to see John and Sally.

B. They are running late.

C. They want to get good seats.

15. What are the speakers going to do now?

A. Go to the movies. B. Meet friends for dinner. C. Go to a wedding.

16. What color tie is the man going to wear?

A. Red. B. Blue. C. Black.

17. What will Lindsey do?

A. Find the man’s tie. B. Drive the car. C. Bring the dog inside.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How many couples took part in the group wedding ceremony?

A. 18. B. 28. C. 30.

19. What did the study find about babies between six and nine months of age?

A. They can speak many simple words.

B. They understand some spoken words.

C. They show great interest in numbers.

20. Why was the truck parked along the road?

A. The driver was waiting for the bus to pass by.

B. It was stopped by the policeman.

C. It needed repairing.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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

It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps , but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought , until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said , never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.

21. The main idea of this passage is that_____

A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

B. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

C .everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

D ,people can live longer by trying not to sleep

22. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al herpin_____

A. needed some kind of sleep

B. was too old to need any sleep

C .needed no sleep at all

D .often sleep in a chair

23. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _____

A .his mother’s injury before he was born

B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit

C. his magnificent physical condition

D. that he hadn’t got a bed

24. Herpin’s condition could be regarded as ______

A. a common one

B. one that could be cured

C. very healthy

D. a rare one

B

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand. ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this, he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

25. The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____

A. she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.

B. She loved gold too.

C. She wanted to teach the king a lesson.

D. She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold.

26. When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____

A. excited B. hungry C. worried D happy

27. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The king died in the river.

B. The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C. All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D. Both B and C

28. What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A. Gold makes people unhappy.

B. More gold, more happiness.

C. Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D. People feel happy if they have not gold.

C

Customs are social habits. They have been handed down through generations (代) among groups, social classes, etc. Customs can be described as ways of doing things. They are particularly (特别) strong in social practices on the occasions (场合) of births, marriages and deaths.

In China, these days, some people in cities are learning from Western customs. For example, some brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many Western countries.

Every people (民族) has special customs for New Year. The Han people have many interesting Spring Festival customs. And now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the Western customs of sending New Year greeting cards for January 1st.

One interesting custom in China is that mothers wrap (包) up their babies tightly (紧紧的).This is not the custom in Western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments.

29. It is true that customs .

A. have been formed during a short time

B. have been formed little by little

C. have been quickly formed and changed

D. have never been changed

30. In this passage, the underlined word “garment” is .

A. a kind of food B. a bed

C. a sort of clothes D. a room

31. From this passage we know .

A. the people all over China spend New Year in the same way

B each people has his special custom for New Year

C. people in the villages and cities send New Year greeting cards to each other

D. most of Chinese people take Spring Festival seriously

D

If there is something that appears most frequently on Chinese dining tables, it is doufu—beancurd. Beancurd looks like soft cakes and it’s made from dried soybeans. Beancurd used to be considered a favourite of the poor because of its low cost. Beans have high yields (产量) every year with their short growing period and suitability for various (各种各样) soil both dry and wet.

Historical records show beancurd was invented by Liu An, Prince of Huainan and uncle of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty（206BC—220AD）. He had a dream of finding the pill for longevity (长寿). He traveled all over the country and found soybeans, which looked much the same as gold in terms of colour. He collected soybeans, put them in the water and crushed them into pulp (浆). It got solidified and became known as doufu. Although it’s not able to keep longevity, it’s really good for one’s health with high protein and low fat.

With a long history, beancurd is rooted deep in Chinese culture. People eat more meat and fish than beancurd. But they are encouraged to have beancurd every once in a while for it’s really good for health. Most Chinese people still keep beancurd as one of their favourite dishes.

32. Why was beancurd considered to be liked by the poor?

A. It’s easy to make.

B. It’s easy to cook.

C. It’s cheap.

D. It’s good for health.

33. What appears more often on the dining table in poor areas?

A. Meat. B. Fish.

C. Eggs. D. Beancurd.

34. Why did Liu An travel all over the country?

A. He had a dream.

B. He wanted to find something that could make people live longer.

C. He wanted to invent beancurd.

D. He wanted to find gold.

35. How long has beancurd been invented