高三第一学期英语期中练习
英 语
第一卷(三部分,共115分)
听力试题
第一部分:听力理解(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区项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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 is the man going to do ?
A. Play basketball.
B. See a film.
C. Read a newspaper.
2. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Husband and wife .
B. Boss and secretary.
C. Teacher and student.
3. What did the girl buy today?
A. A long skirt. B. A T-shirt . C. Tennis shoes.
4.When does the man have to be at the airport?
A. At 8:30. B. At10:30 C. At 12:30.
5.How does the woman feel about the performance?
- She doesn’t like it at all.
- She thinks it wonderful.
- She feels music just so-so.
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。每段地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至8题。
6.What are the two speakers mainly talking
about?
A. The school buildings
B. The rainy weather.
C. The woman’s problem.
7.Why is the woman unable to use the school reading room?
A .It is raining heavily.
B. It is being repaired now
C. Someone else is using it.
8.Wher will the woman probably go ?
A. To the classroom.
B. To the city library.
C. To the meeting room.
听第7段材料,回答第9至第11题。
9. Who is the speaker?
A. A weatherman. B. A policeman C. A sportsman.
10.What season is it now?
A. Autumn. B. Winter C. Spring
11. What caused the traffic to stop on Friday afternoon?
A. The big storm.
B. The 5-mile race.
C. The car accident
听第8段材料，回答复第12至第14题。
12. Why do the families buy paper napkins（餐巾）?
A. They save time on housework
B. They can easily be recycled.
C. They are cheap to buy
13. In the speaker’s opinion, what is the most important thing we should do?
A. Recycle paper
B. Use cloth bags.
C. Teach young children.
14. What is the topic of the speech?
A. Think green.
B. Talk green.
C. Act green.
听第9段材料，回答复第15至第17题。
15. Whom is the woman speaking to?
A. A repairman B. A manager. C. A shopkeeper.
16. Why does the woman call the man?
A. Order pipes.
B. Ask for help.
C. Offer some advice.
17. What does the man finally decide to do?
A. Turn to another company.
B. Go to the woman’s himself.
C. Send someone to the woman’s
听第10段材料，回答复第18至第20题。
18. What kind of tour does the woman want to take?
A. A half－day tour.
B. A full－day tour
C. A day－and evening tour.
19. How much will the tour cost each of the adults?
A.30 pounds. B. 70 pounds C. 140 pounds
20. What will happen to the children while their parents are away?
A. The hotel will look after them.
B. They will be alone in the hotel.
C. The man will take them to the theatre.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从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. —Has Tom answered your call?
—No, but I’m sure he back soon.
A. phones B. phoned C. will phone D. has phoned
22. The boy made mistakes in this exam so he got a higher grade.
A. some B. fewer C. many D. more
23. —Shall we go shopping?
—Sorry, we buy anything now because none of the shops are open.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. shouldn’t
24. The palace you visited yesterday about five hundred years ago.
A. builds B. built C. is built D. was built
25. It has been proved that hard leads to success.
A. work B. works C. worked D. working
26. The famous star got injured before her concert, made her fans worried.
A. who B. which C. that D. what
27. —What’s wrong with our VCD?
—I don’t know. Let’s have it tomorrow.
A. repair B. repairing C. repaired D. to repair
28. —Would you like to go to Mike’s birthday party?
—That depends on I am invited.
A. whether B. whomever C. that D. why
29. Not when and where we should meet, I telephoned our monitor for detailed information.
A. know B. knew C. known D. knowing
30. China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei with his Shenzhou-V spaceship succeeded returning to the earth October 16, 2003.
A. on; on B. in; in C. on; in D. in; on
31. The house was very quiet when I got home. All my family to bed
A. have gone B. were going C. had gone D. would go
32. —Look at this mobile phone. It’s a new type.
—It looks nice. Can I it and see whether it works?
A. try; out C. work; out C. carry; out D. turn; out
33. The police went there the missing boy last week. At last they found him and brought him home safe.
A. in charge of B. in search of
C. in honor of D. instead of
34. Those flowers were for your mother on her sixtieth birthday, but as she is away, I would be glad if you accept them.
A. intended B. devoted C. produced D. supplied
35. —I need some fresh air, so I’m going out for a walk.
— .
A. You’d better not B. Have fun C. With pleasure D. I sure am
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的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。
When I was six, I went to a local grade school. In grade school, I was 36 the other children because of my speech and reading 37 . All the children would shout, “You are a dummy, you are a dummy, ” and so on. I thought they were 38 because all my grades showed it. I had no self-confidence（自信心）
Through the first five years of grade school, I was small and very clumsy（笨拙的）. I would 39
Cups and trays in the café, and sometimes 40 myself and fall onto the floor when I walked. In sixth grade, I became interested in 41 The class had its annual field day. Each class would have its own teams 42 against each other. I went out for all of the 43 I was not the best 44 I was not bad. The thing that I could do was run and run fast. This 45 the other children because I was so clumsy, and then 46 a lot more name-calling from the children. When somebody else won a race, the children told how 47 he was. When I won, they called me 48
I did not know why they were doing this. I think that it was unfair, and it 49 me.
Between seventh and eighth grade, I started to 50 In three months, I grew seven inches. At the start of eighth grade, I began to play football. I was much bigger than everybody else. I was 51 than most of the backs we played against. The other team would not 52 the ball towards me, so I just ran them 53 It was the first time in my life that I was really good at something and 54 it. It was a new feeling of 55 .
36. A. above B. before C. behind D. among
37. A. materials B. questions C. skills D. problems
38. A. right B. smart C. rude D. foolish
39. A. clean B. drop C. collect D. serve
40. A. trip B. help C. enjoy D. injure
41. A. studies B. sports C. books D. talks
42. A. stand B. fight C. quarrel D. compete
43. A. teams B. subjects C. tests D. and
44. A. because B. if C. but D. and
45. A. interested B. shocked C. delighted D. disappointed
46. A. happened B. continued C. made D. came
47. A. famous B. good C. happy D. leaders
48. A. names B. numbers C. classmates D. worried
49. A. frightened B. ashamed C. hurt D. play
50. A. progress B. change C. grow D. harder
51. A. faster B. taller C. cleverer D. catch
52. A. push B. run C. hand D. away
53. A. back B. down C. off D. away
54. A. judged B. recognized C. decided D. knew
55. A. courage B. sadness C. pride D. regret
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。
A
David Beckham was born
in 1975, in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy ,
his greatest passion was football. He played it whenever he had the
chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David
Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award （奖金）. This was an important step
forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football
training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for the schools of Essex and also
for his county team.
In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995, he played his first football league game against Leeds United. During 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.
His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996—1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free—kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.
56. David Beckham won his first prize for football skills
A. in 1975 B. in 1987 C. in 1991 D. in 1996
57. Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in paragraph 1?
A. skill B. prize C. success D. interest
58. The unusually surprising way that he scored goals
A. made him popular in many British homes
B. helped him to gain many prizes for Essex
C. kept him playing for Leeds United
D. offered him the chance to join the national team
59. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Beckham?
a. Beckham played his first football league game.
b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award.
c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team.
d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp.
e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex.
A. e, b, a, d, c B. e, d, a, c, b
C. b, d, e, c, a D. b, e, d, a, c
60. The passage is mainly talking about
A. when Beckham became famous all over Britain
B. how Beckham became a successful football player
C. why Beckham could win in football league games
D. what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals
B
61. What’s the purpose of the advertisement?
A. To introduce some wild animals to visitors.
B. To invite visitors to walk in the wildlife park.
C. To attract visitors to get close to the sea animals.
D. To provide seafood for visitors to feed the sea animals.
62. If a parent who is the member of the Aquarium is going to have the Trainer Tour with her child of ten, how much does she have to pay?
A. $ 175 B. $ 140 C. $ 35 D. $ 31
63. Which of the following is true according to the advertisement?
A. The programs are changeable.
B. There is no danger to a small child.
C. You can phone 604—659—FISH to book the programs.
D. Bigger groups of visitors are encouraged to save money.
C
Everywhere you will always find “the white—haired boy”, sometimes called “the fair-haired boy” He gets special treatment, as if he were above everybody else. You will find him in school, in college, at home, or where you work.
In school, he is the teacher’s pet, her darling who can do nothing wrong. Sometimes she lets him do little jobs for her. He comes to class in the morning, all shiny and clean, He is always raising his hand, ready with an answer to the teacher’s questions. And he knows all the answers. He “gets into your hair”, especially if you are at the bottom of the class and the teacher thinks you are stupid. How you hate the white-haired boy!
In college, he walks—more often strides—across the school grounds as if he owned them. Sometimes he wears a colorful football or basketball shirt or sweater, with a bright red, or green or yellow college letter proudly worn on the front of it—as a big B, for Bullfinch University. What broad shoulders, what muscles he has! He makes the girls happy by just smiling at them. He has the mark of success on him.
At home, “the fair-haired boy” is mother’s choice, her favorite. Sometimes, he is the oldest son—at times, the youngest. If you are in between, you are out of luck.
On the job, you might meet another of these “white-haired boys”; you cannot escape him. For some strange reason, he is the man who always moves ahead. He gets better and better jobs, with more and more money. But you stand still, wondering why, and trying to explain to your-self why you hate him so much.
Then, you discover that there are others who share your feelings, ready to “let their hair down” —to tell you their private thoughts. One of them asks: “What does he have that I haven’t got?” You ask yourself the same question.
Finally, there comes a day when you decide to stop hating him. Is it perhaps because he has been made boss and you find yourself working for him?
64. From the passage we can know that “the white-haired boy” refers to
A. a child who is mother’s favorite
B. a student who is hated by everybody
C. a pet who is hated by everybody
D. a person who is lucky all the time
65. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mean?
A. He sets a shining example to you
B. He makes you a little angry.
C. He cuts your hair too short.
D. He does up your hair.
66. In the author’s opinion, the reason why you finally stop hating the white-haired boy is that
A. you have no choice but to face the facts
B. you decide to try your best to be better than him
C. you have been made boss by him
D. you are beginning to admire him
67. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Try to Be Attractive
B. Let Your Hair Down
C. The White-haired Boy
D. The Top Student
D
Our sense of smell, which we normally take for granted, is nowadays being increasingly used for purposes which might surprise us if we realized them.
One area in which smells are created to achieve particular results is marketing. For some time producers have taken advantage of our sense of smell with regard to household goods.
When pleasant smells are passed through a store’s air conditioning system, people tend to spend more time in the store and buy more. For example, the smell of chocolate is used in sweet stores, while the smell of leather and perfume are used in clothes stores.
In a test, people looked at the same types of shoes in two rooms—one filled with purified air, the other with a smell of mixed flowers. Eighty-four percent of the people preferred the shoes in the room with the smell of flowers. In fact, many said they would have paid up to US $ 10 more for a pair.
Smells also have other uses. Research has shown that certain smells can help to calm anxious people and increase their feeling of safety. Smells such as that of flowers and pine forests might therefore be used to relax patients in doctors’ and dentists’ waiting rooms, and to make the environment more pleasant and less stressful to them.
Some companies are experimenting with different smells to produce different efferent effects on their workers according to the time of day.
For example, early in the morning they might put the smell of lemon in the air conditioning system to wake people up. In the middle of the morning, when the atmosphere tends to become more tense, the smell of wood could be used to calm people down. Before lunchtime the smell of melting butter would encourage people to go to lunch on time. After lunch, when people often begin to lose attention, the smell of mint would increase their watchfulness.
While some of these uses of smells may e helpful and effective, not everyone would agree with their use to control customers in stores. It has been suggested by consumers’ organizations that one way to avoid this new subconscious（无意识）pressure to buy is to go shopping when people are less likely to be influenced by smells.
68. We can conclude from the text that
A. smells are widely used in different shops
B. different smells can keep people feel happy
C. smells are effective if used in suitable cases
D. hospitals take advantages of the sense of smell
69. What kind of smell is effective when the students are having a lesson according to the text?
A. Butter. B. Leather C. Wood D. Mint
70. The 4th paragraph proves that
A. pleasant smells attract people’s attention to stores
B. people prefer the shoes with the smell of different flowers
C. right smells increase people’s view of the value of a product
D. people want to pay more money because of good smells
71. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 5 refer to?
A. patients B. doctors C. smells D. waiting rooms
E
Moods, say the experts, are feelings that tend to become fixed, influencing one’s outlook for hours, days or even weeks. That’s great if your mood is a pleasant one, but a problem if you are sad, anxious, angry or simply lonely.
Perhaps the best way to deal with such moods is to talk them out; sometimes, though, there is no one to listen. Modern pharmacology（药理学）offers a lot of tranquilizers（镇静剂）What many people don’t realize, however, is that scientists have discovered the effectiveness of several non-drug methods to set you loose from an unwanted mood. These can be just as useful as drugs, and have the added benefit of being nonpoisonous. So next time you feel out of sorts, don’t head for the drug-store but try the following methods.
Of all the mood-altering self-help techniques, aerobic exercise seems to be the most efficient cure for a bad mood. “If you could keep up the exercise, you’d be in high spirits, ” says Kathryn Lance, author of Running for Health and Beauty.
Researchers have explained biochemical and various other changes that make exercise compare favourably to drugs as a mood raiser. Physical exertion such as housework, however, does little. The key is aerobic exercise—running, cycling, walking, swimming or other repetitive and sustained activities that increase the heart rate, increase blood circulation and improve the body’s use of oxygen. Do some of the activities for at least 20 minutes a session three to five times a week.
72. What is the main subject discussed in the passage?
A. How to beat a bad mood.
B. How to talk bad moods out.
C. How to do physical exercises.
D. How to join in aerobic exercises.
73. According to the passage, all of the statements are true EXCEPT that
A. climbing is an efficient cure for a bad mood
B. moods can have a bad effect on people’s health
C. aerobic exercise can help people get rid of bad moods
D. pharmacology has provided people with many tranquilizers
74. “Feel out of sorts” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “ ”
A. put things in order B. are in high spirits
C. are in a bad mood D. search for tranquilizers
75. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. some drugs are more effective than physical exercises
B. a person does not need aerobic exercise if he is in a good mood
C. the best way to overcome a bad mood is to talk to oneself
D. when in a bad mood, one may not work very efficiently
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：书面表达（共2小题，满分35分）
第一节 情景作文（满分20分）
小红、小明和小刚是第一中学的三个学生。他们根据自己的兴趣爱好，每周都花几个小时参加不同的志愿者（volunteer）工作。请根据下面几幅图所提供的信息，以 “Being a volunteer is great!” 为题目，给学校英文报投稿，报道他们的志愿都工作及他们的感受。
注意：1.词数100左右。
2.题目已为你写好
Being a volunteer is great!
第二节 开放作文（满分15分）
根据下面提供的情景，写一段接续文学。词数不少于30。
You and your cousin go climbing in the morning. But you come home alone late in the afternoon. Your mother is very surprised and asks, “Where is your cousin?” Why are you so late?”
You tell her what happened:
参考答案及评分标准
选择题答案
第一、二、三部分（Key to1—75）
1. B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7. B 8.B 9.A 10.C
11.A 12.A 13.C 14.C 15.B 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.B 20A
21.C 22.B 23.C 24.D 25.D 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.D 30.D
31.C 32.A 33.B 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.D 38.A 39.B 40.A
41.B 42.D 43.A 44.C 45.B 46.D 47.B 48.A 49.C 50.C
51.A 52.B 53.B 54.D 55.C 56.B 57.D 58.A 59.C 60.B
61.C 62.D 63.A 64.D 65.B 66.A 67.C 68.C 69.D 70.C
71.A 72.A 73.B 74.C 75.D
非选择题答案
第四部分：
第一节
Possible version:
Being a volunteer is great!
No. 1 Middle School is home to three special young people: Xiao Hong, Xiao Ming and Xiao Gang, who spend several hours helping other people every week. Xiao Hong loves reading, so after class she helps young children to read in a primary school. Xiao Ming is fond of animals and he works in an animal hospital every Saturday. Xiao Gang is good at singing, so in his spare time he sings for the patients at the city hospital to cheer them up. They think it worth spending time doing what they love to, and they feel happy about helping others. What fun it is to be a volunteer!
第二节
Possible version:
We were climbing the hill when we saw a monkey lying on the ground, unable to move. She was injured seriously. After a quick examination, we found her left leg broken. So we took her to hospital. Now my cousin is looking after her in the haspital and here I am I must be off now. I have to go back to the hospital.