高一年级下学期期末考试英语科试卷

新人教版下学期期末考试高一年级英语科试卷高一年级下学期期末考试英语科试卷
第一卷(共115分)
第一部分   听力（共两节，满分30分）（省）
第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节   单项填空（共15小题；每小题一分，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. -----Come in, please. Make yourself at home.
-----_____.
-----I’m glad you like it.
A.      Thanks. You have a nice place here.
B.      Oh, this picture is so beautiful.
C.      Thanks. What nice food you’ve prepared.
D.     OK. Let me look around your new house.
22. Sometimes even Chinese people cannot understand each other because they have different____.
A. ideas        B. opinions          C. dialects            D. languages
23. The park, ____into two sections along a stream, will have a couple of small bridges ____over the stream.
A. divides; built         B. to divide; to built
C. divided; building      D. divided; built
24. It is their clothes, make-up and the way____ they walk ____makes people laugh.
A. how; that        B. that; that          C. in which; which      D. \; which
25. I was so angry that I went ____ to tell him ____ I thought of him.
A. down; how      B. down; what         C. up; how            D. up; what
26. what I like best, to tell you the truth, ____, in my opinion, the books my brother bought me as my birthday present last week.
A. are           B. is                 C. have               D. existed
27. She was late again. She tried to enter the classroom without being noticed by Cherry, but luck ____ him.
A. went for        B. Went with          C. went along         D. went against
28.----- Where does Mr. Black come from?
----- I’m not sure, but his English _____ Australia.
A. suggests        B. sounds             C. listens             D. hears
29. It ____ to me that I should pay a visit to my friend Jane next week.
A. happened       B. supposed            C. proved            D. occurred
30. When the telephone rang, he just ____ and went to sleep again.
A. turned up       B. turned down         C. turned over         D. turned off
31. In the university, we are free to live, play and study _____ we wish.
A. what           B. as                C. which               D. it
32. He has treated you badly; ____, he is your brother and you ought to give him a hand.
A. but            B. even though        C. still                 D. or
33. -----Tom should have arrived here half an hour ago.
-----Why ____ he then?
A. should        B. hadn’t             C. did                 D. didn’t
34. Women ____ small children generally earn about 100 yuan a week.
A. looking after                         B. look after
C. who looks after                       D. having looked after
35. She ____ a novel last month but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
A. was translating                       B. translated
C. had translated                        D. has translated
第二节  完型填空（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 个题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A college student at 15, a professor at Stanford university at 26, and advisor to the US president at 35, Condolezza Rice has always been a high achiever. Now her greatest __36__ has come as she __37__ Colon Powell to be the US’s first __38__ female Secretary of State.
As the top diplomat (外交官)， Rice became the highest-ranking black woman in the history of the US Government. But her success came as __39__ surprise to the people who knew her well.
“No one __40__ have thought decades ago this kid would one day sit in the White House. But she was always such a rare combination of __41__ and charm（魅力）；it just seems so right,” said Woolfolk, a childhood friend of Rice.
Rice was born on November  14, 1954 in Alabama, at that time a very racist (种族偏见的) southern American state, her childhood world was __42__ to the all-black parts of town. But she __43__ lost her belief in her ability to succeed.
As an only child, young Rice was told to work hard to succeed. “To __44__ with white children, you have to be twice as good as them, three times as good to beat them,” said her father, vice-president of a college. It was a __45__ that she took to heart.
__46__, Rice’s father and music teacher mother had enough money to pay for her private __47__. Rice started playing the piano aged three, __48__ her first performance at four and __49__ first in a national piano competition for teenagers. She even dreamed of being a(n) __50__, but during college, a speech on international relations opened another door for her. She started to study __51__ and got her doctor’s degree.
Rice is also good at languages and __52__. She speaks French, Russian and Spanish. She plays tennis, dances ballet and is a(n) __53__ figure-skating champion.
“Rice is one of the most __54__ people I know,” said the ex-president George Bush senior, who invited Rice to the National Security Council (国家安全事务委员会) as his Soviet expert in 1989.
But her new job will not be easy. She must __55__ US relations with Europe, which suffered over the Iraq War and all the trouble that exists in the Arab world.
36. A. revolution       B. achievement       C. prejudice       D. viewpoint
37. A. abolishes        B. replaces          C. boycotts        D. demands
38. A. top             B. white            C. black          D. foreign
39. A. a              B. no               C. much          D. small
40. A. should          B. must             C. would         D. might
41. A. intelligence      B. character         C. religion        D. discrimination
42. A. forbade         B. limited           C. demanded      D. allowed
43. A. almost          B. already           C. once          D. never
44. A. start            B. end              C. defeat         D. compete
45. A. lesson          B. bill               C. act           D. class
46. A. Thus           B. however          C. luckily         D. unfortunately
47. A. chapters         B. freedom          C. separation      D. lessons
48. A. won            B. achieved          C. gave          D. gained
49. A. went           B. did               C. got           D. came
50. A. racist           B. advisor           C. pianist         D. lawyer
51. A. politics         B. ballet             C. economics      D. race
52. A. chorus          B. religion           C. music         D. sport
53. A. early           B. past              C. former         D. before
54. A. civil           B. political           C. racial          D. talented
55. A. deal with      B. take advantage of    C. benefit from    D. set an example to
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，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Passage A
Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well but usually write poorly, because they make many mistakes.
The students who use dictionaries most do not learn especially well either. The ones who look up every word do not read fast. Therefore they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give one or two words as a translation of English. But one English word has many English translations in Chinese.
The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand the new words from the context. Then they read and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. Also if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form or a verb might have an unusual past form, they check these in a dictionary.
56. The writer tends to think that____.
A. choose a good dictionary, and you will succeed in learning English
B. dictionaries are not necessary to the students who learn English
C. it is very important for the students to use good dictionaries properly.
D. using dictionaries very often can’t help to improve writing
57. This article mainly tells us____.
A. that students should use small two-language dictionaries
B. what were the effects of small two-language dictionaries
C. why students should use large college edition dictionaries
D. what kind of dictionary students should choose and hw to use it
58. The function of the first sentence of the third paragraph is ____.
A. to form a collecting link between the preceding and the following
B. to raise the main point of the third paragraph
C. to end the subject talked about in the first two paragraphs
D. to change the subject to talk about something else
59. Which of the following is not talked about in the article?
A. How to make good use of a dictionary
B. When to use a dictionary
C. How to improve spoken English
D. How to practice reading fast.
Passage B
Nate suffered a devastating blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job. I am a complete, utter failure.” A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face. “What great news!” she responded. “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect (hope) of a job,” he objected, completely without hope. “If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?”
Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen, opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. “Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped. “To whom does it belong?”
“It’s ours!” Sophia replied. “I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year.”
What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.
60. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A great writer’s struggle to success
B. Sophia’s Achievement
C. Great encouragement for The Scarlet Letter
D. Failure is the mother of success
61. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph suggests ____.
A. Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news
B. Nate was too sad to speak any more
C. Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate
D. both husband and wife had no idea what to do
62. Sophia saved money because ____.
A. She knew her husband would lose his job one day
B. she knew their life would be in difficulty
C. she was very careful with money
D. she was trying to help her husband in every possible way
63. From the passage we can know that Sophia was _____.
A. kind and brave                  B. careful and encouraging
C. helpful and warm-hearted         D. clever and determined
Passage C
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The manager expects to meet and talk with successful applicants in Paris in June and July.
64. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To introduce a language school in Japan.
B. To hire language teachers to work in Japan.
C. To describe working conditions in Japan.
D. To make clear the requirements for Japanese teachers.
65. We know from the text that those who are going to Japan will ____.
A. teach English only in Osaka
B. receive a degree from a university
C. have free accommodation
D. get trained for the job
66. Before going to Japan, you need ____.
A. to see the manager of NOVA France
B. to take some computer courses
C. to write a letter to Japan
D. to find a place to live
67. If you want to work in Japan, you should____.
A. have some working experience       B. know how to use computers
C. present good teaching plans          D. speak several languages
Passage D
Sheep Smarter than Thought
London---- Sheep, like turkeys and ostriches, are not considered the most clever animals. British scientists said last Wednesday humans may have underestimated the woolly creature. They could be much smarter than we think.
Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, southern England, have shown that the animals have a good memory system and are extremely good at recognizing faces----which they think is a sure sign of intelligence.
Behavioural scientist Keith Kendrick and his friends trained 20 sheep to recognize and distinguish (区别) 25 pairs of sheep faces and used electrodes（电极） to measure their brain activity, which showed they could remember 50 faces for up to two years.
“If they can do that with faces, the fact is that they have to have reasonable intelligence; otherwise, which is the point of having a system for remembering faces and not remembering anything else?” Kendrick said in an interview.
So hours of seemingly mindless eating grass may not be so mindless after all.
Kendrick believes sheep got their reputation(名声) as dumb (unable to speak, unintelligence) animals because they live in large groups and do not appear to have much individuality(个性) and are frightened of just about everything.
“All animals, including humans, once they are frightened, don’t tend to show signs of intelligent action,” he explained.
In research reported in the science journal Nature, Kendrick and his team showed that sheep, like human, have a specialized system in the brain which allows them to distinguish (区分) between many different faces which look extremely similar.
“The most important finding (of the study) is that they are able, both from a behavioural point of view and from looking at the way the brain is organized, to remember a large number of individuals for a very long time,” said Kendrick. “It is a very strange system. They are showing similar abilities in many ways to human.”
68. From the first paragraph we can find that _____.
A. people used to think sheep are smarter than the other animals
B. people used to raise sheep in a wrong way
C. people don’t consider sheep as clever animals
D. people have done a lot of research on sheep
69. From what Kendrick said in the interview we learn that____.
A. scientists have learned a lot about sheep’s intelligence
B. scientists have learned little about sheep’s intelligence
C. scientist can’t do anything more about sheep’s memory
D. scientists do not have to research animals’ memory
70. As is known in the passage, ____.
A. sheep are among the weak animals
B. it is not right for people to raise sheep in groups
C. when sheep eat grass in the field their minds may be active
D. if people feel frightened, they may become more brave
71. When scientists found that sheep show similar abilities in many ways to humans they think it ______.
A. interesting     B. worrying      C. moving      D. frightening
Passage E
We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack (行李架). I have always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer; and the cupboard was tied on to the roof rack, it was six inches long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our church. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.” He was staring at our car; first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
72. In fact the husband ____ the cupboard.
A. would very much to buy                     B. wanted
C. was glad to bought                         D. would rather not buy
73. Other drivers thought they were_____
A. carrying a cupboard to the church
B. sending flowers to the church
C. carrying nothing but a piece of furniture
D. going to attend a funeral at the church
74. The police will be more polite to those who are____.
A. in great sorrow
B. Who are driving in the gathering darkness
C. driving with wild flowers in the car
D. carrying furniture
75. What did the husband think of this matter?
A. It was very strange.
B. He felt ashamed of it.
C. He took great pride in it.
D. He was puzzled at it.
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节      短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横上写出改正后的词。
原行没错的不要改！
I can’t swim because I have a strong fear of water.
Look back on my childhood experience, I think                 76.________
that three reason might explain the fear. The first reason          77.________
is that I was not allowed to go near the water                   78.________
when I was a child, for my mother had unreasonable             79.________
fear of it. So, even as a child I was taught see the                80.________
water as something danger. Second, my eyes became             81.________
bad ones when I was five. If I took off my glasses in the          82.________
water, I couldn’t see anything, but this increased my             83.________
fear. The worse part of your experience is that as a              84.________
child of ten I see a neighbor drown. Since then I                85.________
have been more frightened.
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
根据下图，请以“Three ways of Communication”为题，写一篇100字左右的作文。请写出每种方法的好处。表达连贯，字体清晰。
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2005---2006学年度下学期末考试高一年级英语试卷答案
听力：    1—5     B C C B C      6—10    B C B C A
11—15   B C C C C      16—20   A A B C C
单项填空：21--25   A C D B D      26--30   A D A D C     31--35   B C D A A
完型填空：36—40   B B C B C      41—45   A B D D A
46—50   C D C D C     51—55   A D C D A
阅读理解：56--60   C D A C B      61--65   C D B B D
66--70   A B C B C      71--75   A D D A B
短文改错：76. look---looking        77. reason---reasons       78. √
79.had后加a           80. taught后加to        81.danger—dangerous
82.去掉ones           83. but--- and            84. your---my
85.see---saw
One possible version:
Communication has been playing an important role in people’s life. There are ways of communication. Of them all, mail, telephone and computer are most commonly used.
Writing letters is one of them. People use written words to exchange information, idea and thoughts. Although the mail is slow, it is the cheapest means of communication. The second type is the telephone. By telephone, people use sound to communicate with others and hear each other even if they are far apart. With the development of modern science and technology, the computer has come into being. Communication with computers is fast and easy. In this way, people send e-mails to each other without payment.
In a word, mail, telephone and computer help to bring people all over the world closer.