西安市第一中学

2015-2016学年度第一学期

高一年级英语期中试题 命题人：赵 宁

第一卷

第一部分 听力

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 are the speakers talking about?

A. Power failure. B. Light. C. Air-conditioning.

2. How does the man usually go to work?

A. By car. 　　　　　　 B. By bus. 　　　 C. On foot.

3. What color does the man prefer?

A. Light blue. B. Yellow. C. Pink.

4. What does the man mean?

A. He was too busy to go for it. B. He was short of money then.

C. He didn't know about the concert.

5. What do we learn from the conversation?

A. The man enjoys traveling by car. B. The man is good at driving.

C. The man used to have a car.

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至7题。

6. What happened to the man?

A. His house was broken into. B. He locked himself out. C. He forgot to lock the windows.

7. What is the woman most probably going to do?

A. To check the place. B. To talk to others. C. To ask more questions.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What does the man show to the woman?

A. His visa. B. His ID card. C. His passport.

9. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Take his luggage with him. B. Carry fewer luggage. C. Check his luggage.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who is the woman?

A. A sportswoman. B. A mountaineer. C. A pilot.

11. What caused the accident?

A. The woman jumped off a mountain. B. The woman lost her way in the hill.

C. The woman landed the wrong way.

12. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She is too weak now. B. She failed only twice. C. She likes risk very much.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the woman doing?

A. Telling some good information about flat. B. Looking for useful renting information.

C. Checking the want ads in the newspaper.

14. How much is the rent for each girl?

A. ￡21 a week. B. ￡21 a month. C. ￡28 a month.

15. According to the man, what's the problem of the flat?

A. It's a little expensive. B. It has no enough rooms. C. It's not very quiet.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. There are 3 bedrooms in the apartment. B. The woman is satisfied with the flat.

C. The woman will discuss with her friends.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the meaning of “gap year”?

A. The year you have off before high school.

B. The year you have off between high school and college.

C. The year you have off during your college life.

18. Why do international students take a gap year?

A. To travel around. B. To explore their interests. C. To serve military duty.

19. What are parents usually worried about if their children take a gap year?

A. They worry that their children will miss their friends.

B. They are worried about their children's safety when traveling.

C. They worry that their children will choose not to go to college.

20. What does Miss Holly Bull's company do?

A. It helps the students plan their gap year. B. It helps students travel around.

C. It offers jobs to students.

第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）

第一节：（共10 小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面两篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.

With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction (文学作品)．As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter—the volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.

21. What can be inferred about the author as a child?

A. He never watched TV. B. He read what he had to.

C. He found reading unbelievable. D. He considered reading part of his life.

22. The underlined word “voice” in the second paragraph most probably means “ ”.

A. an idea B. a sound quality

C. a way of writing D. a world to write about

23. What effect does reading have on the author?

A. It helps him to realize his dream. B. It opens up a wider world for him.

C. It makes his college life more interesting. D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.

24. Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

A. Why do I read? B. How do I read?

C. What do I read? D. When do I read?

B

When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness (原谅) is possible and it can be surprisingly helpful to your physical and mental health. Indeed, research has shown that people who forgive report more energy, better appetite and better sleep patterns. “People who forgive show less anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help save on the wear and tear on our system and allow people to feel more energetic.”

So when someone has hurt you, calm yourself first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love. Don’t wait for an apology. “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting a very long time.” Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean accepting the action of the person who upset you. Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective(视角). You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance(无知), fear—even love. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that person’s point of view.

25. The text is mainly written to explain _____.

how to keep yourself from being hurt

how to stay mentally healthy

how and when to remain calm

why and how to pardon others

26. According to the writer, what is the right way to calm down after being hurt?

A. Try to figure out why you get hurt.

B. Write a letter to the person who hurt you.

C. Persuade yourself to accept what others have done to you.

D. Think about pleasant things and forget about the hurt.

27. Dr. Luskin advises us not to wait for an apology after being hurt because _____.

we are not patient enough

we’d feel worse accepting others’ apology

people seldom want to apologize

people don’t mean it when they apologize

C

Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure (基础设施) that must be maintained.

Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.

Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.

Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.

Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.

Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.

A Sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.

28. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from _____.

A. the bottom of the valleys B. the top of the mountains

C. the side of the mountains D. the edge of the vall