2015－2016学年度第一学期期末考试

高一英语试题

本试题分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，第I卷80分, 第II卷40分, 满分120分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷选择题答案涂在答题卡上，第II卷非选择题答案写在答题纸上。

第I卷（共80分）

第一部分：听力（满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话或独白后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话或独白后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话或独白仅读一遍。

1. What did the woman do today?

A. She wrote letters. B. She did nothing. C. She practiced the piano.

2. What does the man say about Delta Restaurant?

A. The service was better.

B. The food was delicious.

C. The menu was attractive.

3. How will the woman probably come tomorrow?

A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By subway.

4. How much will the woman pay?

A. $3. B. $6. C. $9.

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A book. B. A teacher. C. An exam.

第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15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. What is the woman probably?

A. A house agent. B. A hotel clerk. C. A shop assistant.

7. What is the pillow filled with?

A. Cotton. B. Dried flowers. C. A special material.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至l0题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the man and Donna?

A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Brother and sister.

9. What will the man do after graduation?

A. Work in China. B. Find a job in town. C. Start his own business.

10. What will the man do next?

A. Leave the party. B. Talk to Dan. C. Go to find Donna.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至l3题。

11. What is the man?

A. An expert. B. A tourist. C. A reporter.

12. What is the woman doing?

A. Queuing up for a tennis match.

B. Watching a tennis match.

C. Waiting for a tennis star.

13. Where does the woman come from?

A. London. B. Berlin. C. Wimbledon.

听第9段材料。回答第l4至17题。

14. What is the man’s first advice?

A. Write to people on recycled paper.

B. Buy some drinks machines.

C. Allow staff to wear jogging suits at work.

15. Why doesn’t the woman agree on using china cups?

A. They are expensive.

B. They are easily broken.

C. There’s nowhere to wash them.

16. What does the woman agree to do in the end?

A. Buy some work clothes.

B. Encourage staff to cycle to work.

C. Ban (禁止) smoking at work.

17. What is the speakers’ business?

A. Health care. B. Personal image（个人形象）. C. Rubbish recycling.

听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。

18. What is the aim of the school trip?

A. To enjoy a film. B. To see a theatre. C. To visit a museum.

19. Where can the listeners’ parents pick them up?

A. In the car park.

B. At the school gate.

C. Behind the school library.

20. What should the listeners bring with them?

A. Some food. B. A notebook. C. Some money.

第二部分 阅读理解 (满分40分)

第一节（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

If you move to a new school, you’ll have to worry whether or not you’ll make friends. Here are some simple suggestions which help you make new friends a lot easier.

Try speaking to the people next to you in class. As they’re close by, it makes sense to communicate with them first.

Have courage to speak to everyone in your class. You will probably stay with that class through your years at the new school, so it helps if you get on with them.

If you don’t have many friends in your class, try and make new friends in your subject lessons. You can also talk with them at lunchtime and after school.

Join a lunchtime or after-school club. You’ll get to meet kids of all years that way.

Ask your teacher to pair you with another pupil.

Use your celebrity status! Since you’re the new person, you’ll have gained celebrity status, which you can use for a couple of weeks. Talk to people, remember to smile and always be open and friendly. Listen carefully to what others have to say so as to make them feel important.

As you grow older, it’s natural to make new friends and sometimes that means

you grow apart from your old friends. So try and make time for all your friends. Why not introduce your different sets of friends so you can all go to the cinema or bowling together?

But what if a friendship group is pushing you out? If this is happening to you, try and ask someone you’re friendly with what is happening. If the whole group is leaving you out, try to find new people to spend time with at lunchtime.

According to the passage, moving to a new school is _______.

A. interesting B. exciting C. worrying D. boring

22. According to the author, what should we do when we move to a new school?

A. Sit close to friendly classmates.

B. Try to study well to gain others’ trust.

C. Try our best to help our new classmates.

D. Take possible chances to communicate with others.

23. To make our classmates feel that they are important to us, we should ______.

A. listen to them carefully B. be friendly and open to them

C. smile while talking with them D. make use of our celebrity status

24. What should we do if a friendship group is pushing us out?

A. Try to find out the reason.

B. Turn to the teacher for help.

C. Forget them at once and make new friends.

D. Make our different sets of friends know each other.

25. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To show how to get used to new school life.

B. To explain how to make new friends easily.

C. To encourage people to make new friends.

D. To introduce how to communicate with friends.

B

Sydney has a huge bus system. No buses accept cash, and a ticket needs to be bought ahead of time. The buses often run at busy hours and regularly during the day. The Sydney Explorer bus provides air-conditioned service and stops at 27 tourist attractions. Its partner, the Bondi Explorer, stops at 19 attractions. Tickets allow holders to jump on and off as they please, and they can be used for one or two days. It's an easy way to see the city and the surroundings.

Sydney's train service runs throughout the central city area and the surroundings. Tickets can be bought from machines that operate 24 hours a day or from ticket offices. The monorail(单轨火车)travels through central Sydney. It is the most excellent way to gain a good view of the whole city. The monorail runs every three to five minutes, and it takes 15 minutes to complete its journey.

Sydney is built around a harbor, and the Parramatta River has a large ferry(渡船)system. It serves the area around the harbor. These include Taronga Zoo, Darling Harbor, Rose Bay, the North Shore, Cockatoo Island and Sydney Olympic Park. The ferries have operated for more than 135 years and 14 million passengers take the ferries each year.

Water taxis can offer special services that some visitors enjoy, such as transporting passengers to specific locations, offering guided tours of waterways and so on. The tickets sell for 20 Australian dollars for a day or 57 Australian dollars for a week. It is strange，isn’t it?

26. What should people take when getting on the bus in Sydney?

A. Cash　 B. Tickets C. Change　　D. Bank cards

27. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that passengers________.

A. can stop the bus at any time

B. can visit the city at night

C. should buy two tickets to get on and off the bus

D. can get on and off the bus many times with a ticket

28. Which of the following is the best way to view the whole Sydney?

A. By monorail　　　B. By bus C. By train　　　D. By ferry

29. Compared with the ferry，what is the advantage of water taxi?

A. It is much faster. B. It is much cheaper.

C. It can reach more places. D. It can provide special services.

30. How much will a visitor spend if he buys a water taxi ticket for six days?

A. 20 Australian dollars. B. 37 Australian dollars.

C. 57 Australian dollars. D. 120 Australian dollars.

C

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing when you are happy.

Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.

Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (声称) as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species are welcome. Your house is your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.

If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

31. Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________.

A. an expression of happiness B. a way of anger

C. an expression of warning D. a way of greeting

32. What is a bird’s “territory”?

A. A place where families of other species are accepted.

B. A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.

C. An area for which birds fight against each other.

D. An area which a bird considers to be its own.

33. Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

A. Because they want to invite more friends.

B. Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.

C. Because they want to find outsiders around.

D. Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.

34. How does the writer explain birds’ singing?

A. By telling a bird’s story. B. By reporting experiment results.

C. By telling a birds’ daily life. D. By comparing birds with human beings.

35. What does the underline word “screaming” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. 尖叫声 B. 令人惊愕的 C. 哭喊声 D. 令人害怕的

D