1、学年第二学期高一期末考试英语试题2018-2019学年第二学期高一期末考试英语试题英 语本试卷分四部分，共12页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项： 1答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的测试证号和姓名；填写考区考场室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应的两个号码涂黑。 2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。 3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答。答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。
2、不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束时，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听 力 (共两节，满分20分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1.Who is a teacher?A. The w
3、omans brother.B. The womans sister.C. The woman herself.2.Where will the two speakers meet?A. In the park. B. In a restaurant. C. In a sandwich bar.3.What does the man think of the desk?A. Its wonderful. B. Its colorful. C. Its expensive.4.What is the woman probably doing?A. Driving a car.B. Riding
4、a bike.C. Running in a street.5.Who is the man?A. A receptionist. B. A guest. C. A porter.第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。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次。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.What will the man do this weekend?A. See a movie.B. Stay at home
5、.C. Have a birthday party.7.What is the mans problem?A. He has no money.B. Hes got injured.C. He worries about his study.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Which place is the nearest to the woman now?A .Waterfront Park. B. Harbor Street. C. A hotel9.How is the woman likely to go to her destination?A. By subway. B. On
6、 foot. C. By bus.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What kind of medicine will the womans daughter take？A. Liquid. B. Tablets. C. Capsules.11.When should the little girl take the medicine according to the mans advice?A. Before bedtime.B. One hour after meals.C. Two hours before meals.12.Where are probably the two
7、speakers?A. In a hospital. B. In a clinic. C. In a drugstore.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13.What are the couple mainly talking about?A. School ranking.B. Moving to a new place.C. Choosing a school for kids.14.Where is probably the information of the schools from?A. Weymouth High School.B. The mans workplace.C.
8、 The offices of the schools.15.Which are private schools?A. Carlton Abbey and St Marys.B. St Marys and Weymouth High.C. Carlton Abbey and Weymouth High.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 (共15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。AWhats on?Electric Underground7.30pm1.00am Free at the Cycl
9、ops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He
10、s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really
11、knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making pe
12、ople laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Char
13、lotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.16. Who can help you i
14、f you want to have your music produced? A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.17. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh? A. The Cyclops Theatre B. KaleidoscopeC. Victoria Stage D. Pizza World18. What do we know about Simons Workshop? A. It requir
15、es membership status. B. It lasts three hours each time. C. It is run by a comedy club. D. It is held every Wednesday.B Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinke
16、rtoys in front of each student, and said:” Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.” A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made someth
17、ing according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations. Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at
18、 the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students. Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who ha
19、d a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare,” But Im just not creative.” “Do you dream at night when youre asleep?” “Oh, sure.” “So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing
20、 three heads. “Thats pretty creative. Who does that for you?” “Nobody. I do it.” “Really-at night, when youre asleep?” “Sure.” “Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”19. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to _?A. know more about the students B. make the lessons more exciting C. rai
21、se the students interest in art D. teach the students about toy design20. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to study alone. C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.21. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph
22、 4 probably mean?A. Mistake. B. Drawback. C. Difficulty. D. Burden.22. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams? A. To help them to see their creativity. B. To find out about their sleeping habits. C. To help them to improve their memory. D. To find out about their ways of thi
23、nking.CReading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookC turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to shar
24、e. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it. Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things
25、 that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.” Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.People who find a book can also leave a journ
26、al entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home. BookCrossing is part of a trend among
27、 people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.23. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A. To explain what they are. B. To introduce BookCrossing.C. To stress
28、 the importance of reading. D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.24. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2refer to? A. The book. B. An adventure. C. A public place. D. The identification number.25. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it? A. Meet other readers to
29、discuss it. B. Keep it safe in his bookcase. C. Pass it on to another reader. D. Mail it back to its owner.26. What is the best title for the text? A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour B. Electronic Books: A new Trend C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D. A Website Links People through BooksDWhen a
30、leafy plant is under attack, it doesnt sit quietly. Back in 1983,two scientists,Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin, reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can get. These chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be
31、 an alarm. What the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, VOCs for short. Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attacked .Its a plants way of crying out. But is anyone listening? Apparently. Because we can watch t
32、he neighbours react. Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away. But others do double duty .They pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackers. Once they arrive, the tables are turned .The attacker who was lunching now becomes lunch. In
