湖北省部分重点中学2017-2017学年度上学期高一期中考试
英 语 试 卷
命题人： 武汉四中 余洋燕
审题人：洪山高中 周尊咏
第一部分：听力（共两节，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.
Where does the man say to put the book?
A. On the floor.
B. In the bookcase.
C. On the shelf.
2.
What will the man do tonight?
A. Buy a record.
B. Watch a game.
C. Take a history exam.
3.
Who is the boy going to meet?
A. His classmate.
B. His coach.
C. His basketball team.
4.
What will the woman do this afternoon?
A. Help the man with his math.
B. Take her mother to see the doctor.
C. Go for a ride with her mom.
5.
What does the woman think of the man?
A. He drinks too much.
B. He has a weak heart.
C. He’s overweight.
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 is the man?
A. The woman’s husband.
B. The woman’s boss.
C. The woman’s classmate.
7.
What did the woman bring back?
A. Some presents from the party.
B. Some documents（文件） for the company.
C. Some information about her classmates.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.
Where will the speakers take a trip?
A. To a popular scenic spot.
B. To a wild place.
C. To a wildlife zoo.
9.
What advice does the man give to the woman?
A. Leave some food for the animals.
B. Stay far away from fire at night.
C. Do not leave garbage everywhere.
10. What will the speakers do today?
A. Climb a mountain.
B. Rest at home.
C. Go fishing.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Food.
B. A painting.
C. An old man.
12. What is the small boy doing?
A. Sitting at the table.
B. Standing at the side of the table.
C. Playing under the table.
13. How does the woman feel?
A. Hungry.
B. Strange.
C. Interested.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What was the main reason that the man wanted to join the army?
A. His uncle suggested that he do so.
B. Most of his toys were tanks.
C. He often heard stories about the army.
15. What did the woman and her sister use to do?
A. Visit different shops.
B. Pretend to be shopkeepers.
C. Make money by selling waste things.
16. What is the subject of the conversation?
A. Childhood dreams.
B. Hard work and success.
C. Unhappy memories in life.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. In which direction has the snowy weather in Europe moved?
A. The west.
B. The east.
C. The north.
18. How did the snow affect farmers in Bosnia?
A. Their cows froze to death.
B. They couldn’t feed their cows.
C. Their crops were ruined.
19. What did the government in Rome do?
A. It used buses to help remove snow.
B. It sent people out to help remove snow.
C. It asked people to buy snow-moving equipment.
20. What does the speaker offer at the end of the talk?
A. Heavy criticism.
B. Advice.
C. Appreciation.
第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从每题所给的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. I haven’t seen Sara since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond ___________.
A. hearing
B. recognition
C. strength
D. measure
22. Professor Li’s health was completely___________ by ten years of hard work.
hurt
B. injured
C. ruined
D. damaged
23. The question is bound to _________ at the meeting to be held next week.
come about
B. come up
C. come up with
D. come across
24. Although the new road is being used, it has not yet been _______opened.
gradually
B. actually
C. officially
D. frequently
25. He was watching her doing it with a ________ look on her face, as if to say that she would not change her mind.
A. reliable
B. determined
C. stubborn
D. straight
26. If he works hard at his lesson, I guess he can _______the final exams.
A. get through
B. go through
C. look through
D. live through
27. Have we met each other before? I’m afraid your name ________ me.
escapes
B. traps
C. forgets
D. loses
28. The team has worked hard and its efforts have been _______with success.
rewarded
B. awarded
C. pleased
D. filled
29. It is reported that by careful questioning the police managed to _________ the information they were looking for.
A. add up
B. set down
C. dig out
D. give up
30. Millions of people have been thrown ________ due to the global economic depression.
A. out of place
B. out of sight
C. out of control
D. out of work
第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
I took a trip after lunch and on my way home I stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. I really wanted to enjoy the
31_ wind of one of the last days of summer. I know I still have a lot of time left according to the _32__. But I’ve seen too many summers suddenly__33__
When I had a rest at a _34_ , a man came, who was about my _35_ . Maybe we could have common topics. “Good _36_ , my friend!” he said as he _37_ down on the opposite side of the table. “You don’t live _38_ , do you?” “No, I’m just _39_ . I live about an hour and a half from here.” “What do you do for a living?” he asked. “I’m a _40_
.” “Well, I should have known,” he said.
Now he had my _41_ . How could he possibly know what I did for a living just by _42_ at me? “You were dreaming and wondering just like an author. I could see in your eyes. Most people see how _43_ the town is, but you see many other things most people don’t take the time to see.” I just wondered about his _44_ . “What do you do for a living?” “_45_
I’m a journalist (记者) for our local paper. But I call myself a reflection because I _46_ what I see in my job. My words can _47_
the world around me. I can write about what I know faithfully and I know these people for I have been _48_ here so long. So you can imagine how _49_ the news is here. They are in turn a reflection of me.”
If you had to _50_ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? I hope you’re a good reflection.
31. A. cool
B. hot
C. strong
D. cold
32. A. schedule
B. weather
C. calendar
D. experience
33. A. start
B. change
C. worsen
D. disappear
34. A. chair
B. table
C. restaurant
D. station
35. A. height
B. weight
C. accent
D. age
36. A. night
B. afternoon
C. evening
D. morning
37. A. sat
B. settled
C.
calmed
D. lay
38. A. distantly
B. nearby
C. comfortably
D. alone
39. A. passing by
B. giving up
C. thinking over
D. walking off
40. A. designer
B. thinker
C. painter
D. writer
41. A. interest
B. secrete
C. trust
D. patience
42. A. shouting
B. working
C. smiling
D. looking
43. A. busy
B. scenic
C. wide
D. peaceful
44. A. career
B. situation
C. history
D. advantage
45. A. Originally
B. Actually
C. Really
D. Recently
46. A. report
B. consider
C. remember
D. study
47. A. record
B. decorate
C. monitor
D. reflect
48. A. watching
B. waiting
C. living
D. traveling
49. A. funny
B. important
C. truthful
D. numerous
50. A. copy
B. describe
C. draw
D. guess
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
In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d
hitch a ride (搭便车).I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使…放心）me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.
Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.
After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon. 51. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because ______.
A. she was going home for her holidays
B. she missed the only train back home
C. the town was far away from Sydney
D. her work delayed her trip to Sydney
52. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?
A. He watched the girl for three hours.
B. He gave the girl a ride back home.
C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.
D. He helped the girl find a ride.
53. The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was
that ______.
A. she had known him for decades
B. she realized he was Gordon
C. she wanted to repay the favour she once got
D. she was going to the nearby town
54. What does the author want to tell the readers through the story? A. Giving sometimes produces nice results.
B. People should offer free rides to others. C. Good manners bring about happiness. D. Those who give rides will be rapid.
B
Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.
The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didn't become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.
But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren't going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design.
In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road—a base layer (层) of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same lime, metal hubs (the central part of a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmac roads (柏油路). As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.
55. What might explain why transport wheels didn't become popular for some time?
A. The existence of transport wheels was not known.
B. Humans carried farming tools just as well.
C. Animals were a good means of transport.
D. Few knew how to use transport wheels.
56. What do we know about road design from the passage?
A. It provided conditions for wheel design to develop.
B. It was easier than wheel design.
C. It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.
D. It improved after big changes in vehicle design.
57. How is the last paragraph mainly developed?
A. By giving examples.
B. By making comparisons.
C. By following time order.
D. By making classifications.
58. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The beginning of road design.
B. The history of public transport.
C. His invention of fast-moving vehicles.
D. The development of transport wheels.
C
When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials (姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. “You’ll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
59. The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".
A. practical
B. available
C. fashionable
D. renewable
60. When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.
A. 13 years old
B. 15 years old
C. 26 years old
D. 28 years old
61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer's family moved several times.
B. The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C. The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
D. The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
62. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. My New Ring
B. Lost and Replaced
C. Lost and Found
D. An Expensive Ring
D
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid, one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we are educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability, and secondly, that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.
63. The writer of this passage thinks that________.
A. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
B. free education can solve all of the world’s problems
C. free education won’t help to solve social problems
D. all the social problems can’t be solved by free education
64. The writer wants to prove that ___________.
A. a farmer is more important than a professor
B. our society needs all kinds of jobs
C. our society needs free education for all
D. people with university degrees earn more money
65. According to the passage, ____________.
A. work with hands is low work
B. work with hands is dirty and shameful
C. work with hands is the most important
D. we can’t regard work with hands as low work
66. The purpose of education is ___________.
A. to prepare children for their future life
B. to let everyone receive education
C. to choose a system of education
D. to prepare children for well-paid jobs
E
Below is a selection from a popular science book.
If blood is red, why are veins (静脉) blue?
Actually, veins are not blue at all. They are more of a clear, yellowish colour. Although blood looks red when it's outside the body, when it's sitting in a vein near the surface of the skin, it's more of a dark reddish purple colour. At the right depth, these blood-filled veins reflect less red light than the surrounding skin, making them look blue by comparison.
Which works harder, your heart or your brain?
That kind of question depends on whether you are busy thinking or busy exercising. Your heart works up to three times harder during exercise, and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a supertanker. But, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even when you’re sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart, and it takes four to five tunes as much blood to feed it.
Why do teeth fall out, and why don't they grow back in grown-ups?
Baby (or "milk") teeth do not last long; they fall out to make room for bigger, stronger adult teeth later on. Adult teeth fall out when they become damaged, decayed and infected by bacteria. Once this second set of teeth has grown in, you're done. When they're gone, they’re gone. This is because nature figures you're set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off.
Do old people shrink as they age?
Yes and do. Many people do get shorter as they age. But, when they do, it isn't because they're shrinking all over. They simply lose height as their spine(脊柱) becomes shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effects, of gravity (重力). Many (but not all) men and women do lose height as they get older. Men lose an average of 3-4 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more. If you live to be 200 years old, would you keep shrinking till you were, like 60 cm tall, like a little boy again? No, because old people don't really shrink! It is not that they are growing backwards ---- their legs, arms and backbones getting shorter. When they do get shorter, it's because the spine has shortened a little. Or, more often, become more bait and curved.
Why does spinning make you dizzy (眩晕的)?
Because your brain gets confused between what you're seeing and what you're feeling. The brain senses that you’re spinning using special gravity-and-motion-sensing organs in your inner ear, which work together with your eyes to keep your vision and balance stable. But when you suddenly stop spinning the system goes out of control, and your brain thinks you're moving while you're Dot!
Where do feelings and emotions come from?
Mostly from an ancient part of the brain called the limbic system. All mammals have this brain area — from mice to dogs, cats, and humans. So all mammals feel basic emotions like fear, pain and pleasure. But since human feelings also involve other, newer bits of the brain, we feel more complex emotions than any other animal on the planet.
If exercise wears you out, how can it be good for you?
Because our bodies adapt to everything we do to them. And as far as your body is concerned, it’s "use it, or lost it”! It's not that exercise makes you healthy; it's more that a lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease.
67. What is the colour of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin?
A. Blue.
B. Dark reddish purple.
C. Red.
D. Light yellow.
68. Why do some old people look a little shrunken as they age?
A. Because they are more easily affected by gravity.
B. Because their spine is in active use.
C. Because their spine becomes more bent.
D. Because they keep growing backwards.
69. Which of the following statements about our brain is true?
A. In the long run, our brain probably works harder than our heart.
B. When our brain senses the spinning, we will fell dizzy.
C. The brains of the other mammals are as complex as those of humans.
D. Our feelings and emotions come from the most developed area in our brain.
70. What is the main purpose of the selection?
A. To give advice on how to stay healthy.
B. To challenge new findings in medical research.
C. To report the latest discoveries in medical science.
D. To provide information about our body.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：完成句子（共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上相应的题号后。
71. ____________________a burning building, you should send for help. (trap)
如果被困在了着火的大楼里，你应该向外求救。
72. Only yesterday _______________ him the truth, which was a big surprise to him. （tell）
昨天他父亲才把真相告诉他，这对他来说真是个令人吃惊的消息。
73. We ______ very early so we packed the night before.（leave）
因为第二天我们要早早出发所以头天晚上就打好包了。
74. The museum will open in the spring with an exhibition and a viewing platform_________ the big glasshouses being built.(watch)
这家博物馆将在春天开放，有一个展览和一个观看平台，在这个平台上参观者可以看到正在建造一个大玻璃屋。
75.
Mother asked her whether she was very hot _____________. (with)
妈妈问她穿这么多衣服是不是很热。
76.
He commanded that the students ____________the classroom before he returned. （leave）
他命令学生们在他回来之前不得离开。
77. Stella __________________ her families after such a long and tiring journey. (wait)
经过这次漫长而又疲惫的旅行，斯黛拉迫不及待地想看到她的家人。
78. It was in the village _______________ that he got his junior education, (live)
他的初中正是在他曾经住过的村子里读的。
79. The reason ______________ to the party was that there was something wrong with her mother.（come））假如你是李华，你的加拿大好友Connie来信说她近来因减肥而烦恼。请你根据下列提示给她发一封邮件安慰她。
Dos
Don’ts
1．健康饮食；多吃水果、蔬菜，多喝牛奶。 为了苗条而吃减肥药不值得。
2．保持充足的睡眠；坚持锻炼如散步、骑车等；多参加学校体育活动。 不要长时间看书、看电视或上网聊天。
3．保持良好心态，积极乐观，……。 不要一遇到困难就沮丧、烦恼。
要求：1．行文应连贯流畅, 内容要充实完整，并可适当发挥。
2．词数：100词左右。邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入词数。
减肥药 weight-loss pillsDear Connie,
How are you going now? I’m sorry to hear that you feel ashamed of your figure. Here is some advice I want to give you.
2017-2017高一期中英语试题答案
一．听力（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1-5 ABABC
6-10 BCBCC
11-15 BBCCB
16-20 AABBB
二．多项选择（每小题1分，满分10分）
21-25 BCBCB
26-30 AAACD
三．完形填空 （每小题1分，满分20分）
31-35 ACDBD
36-40 BABAD
41-45 ADBAB
46-50 ADCCB
四．阅读理解（每小题2分，满分40分）
51-54 BDCA
55-58CACD
59-62CDAC
63-66 DBDA
67-70 BCAD
五．完成句子(每小题2分，满分20分)
71. If (you are) trapped in
72. did his father tell
73. were leaving
74. where /on which visitors can watch
75. with so many clothes on
76. (should) not leave
77. couldn’t/could hardly wait to see
78. where he once lived
79. why she didn’t come
80. keeps increasing/ is still increasing
六．书面表达
Dear Connie,
How are you going now? I’m sorry to hear that you feel ashamed of your figure. Here is some advice I want to give you.
To keep fit, it is necessary for you to have a healthy diet. You’d better have different foods, especially fruits and vegetables, and drink milk as often as possible. It’s not a good idea to take weight-loss pills for a slim and attractive figure. It is not worth it. Having enough sleep together with regular exercise such as walking and riding is also beneficial to your health. Besides, you should take an active part in school sports. In my opinion, it is not a good habit to spend too much time reading, watching TV or chatting on-line. Always be active and keep optimistic and don’t be discouraged (disappointed/frustrated/upset) whenever you meet with trouble.