高一下英语期末考试总结

2014—2015学年度高一下学期期末考试英语试题

考试时间：120分钟分值：150分

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分

第卷Ⅰ第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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1.5分，满分7.5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，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.Whom does the new car belong to?

A. Mike.

B. John.

C. Jane.

2.In what competition did Julie win the first prize?

B. Dancing.

C. Diving.

A. Driving.

3.What does the man suggest doing?

A. Climbing the hill.

B. Going to a cinema.

C. Listening to the radio.

4.Why did the man change his job?

A. He didn' t like his last job.

B. He was tired of his last job.

C. He prefers to work in a big company.

5.Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. At home.

B. In a library.

C. In a theater.

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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、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，将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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.When did the man get up this morning?

A. At 6:50.

B. At 6:15.

C. At 6:05.

7.Why does the woman usually get up at 7:15?

A. She lives far from her school.

B. She can take some exercise before going to school.

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C. Her favorite TV program starts.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What does the woman say about the robber?

A. He had short hair.

B. He was tall.

C. He was about twenty.

9.What color was the woman's purse?

C. Red. B. Black.

A. Brown.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How does the man keep in shape?

A. By running regularly.

B. By playing tennis.

C. By playing basketball.

11.What does the man suggest the woman do?

B. Take some exercise.

C. Eat less chips.

A. Go to a health club.

12.What does the man say about Ben?

B. He isn't hardworking.

C. He doesn'A. He often feels sad.

t get enough exercise.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What was the man doing when the lights went out last night?

A. Playing tennis.

B. Sleeping.

C. Watching a sports match.

14.Why did the woman go to bed early last night?

A. She had to go to the airport early this morning.

B. She needed to drive to her parents' house early this morning.

s flying. ' C. She was too tired after a days parents been? '15.Where have the womanC. Toronto. A. London.

B. New York.

What is the man going to do next? 16.

B. Do some shopping.

C. Make lunch.

A. Visit several friends.

20题。10段材料，回答第17至听第Where does the speaker have breakfast? 17.

C. In the school canteen. B. In the classroom. A. At home.

How many lessons does the speaker have every day? 18.C. 6.

B. 7. A. 8.

What does the speaker usually do at about 4:30 pm? 19.B. She plays computer games. A. She plays basketball. C. She does her homework.

20.When does the speaker go home?

C. At about 6:00 pm.

A. At about 5:00 pm.

B. At about 5:30 pm.

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第二部分

分，满分230分）小题；每小题第一节（共15）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABD、和、C第高一英语试题页10共页2．

卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Even after centuries of exploration, the ocean still holds its mysteries. Although we know more today about the world's oceans and creatures living in them than ever before, every once in a while the sea brings up something so strange, so unexpected, that makes the world wonder what it could be. Such was the case when the currents (水流) of the Mediterranean Ocean recently washed a

13-foot-long, smelly body onto the shores of the village of Villaricos in Andalusia, Spain. An early report in the Spanish publication Lavante described the strange, horned (带角的) body as what might seem like a big fish, but it was already in pieces. Locals joked that it was some kind of Loch Ness Monster.

The media jumped right on the creature, of course. Some sites called it a horned sea monster. The popular newspaper Boing Boing called it a dragon. Some people guessed that it might be an oarfish, which is actually a rarely seen kind of big fish that can grow up to 55 feet long.

But now the experts have weighed in and we're sorry to report that it's not a dragon, a Loch Ness Monster, or even an oarfish. “That is actually a shark skeleton（骨架）,”Professor Grubbs from Florida State University told NBC News. “The parts toward the back were confusing me, but those are the lower caudal fin (尾鳍) supports. The “horns”are the scapulocoracoids which support the pectoral fins.”Scapulocoracoids are backbones common to many animals.

So there we go, another mystery solved. Well, the ancient maps that once described areas of the ocean as places of dragons have yet to be proven true. But it's good to know that the ocean still has a few surprises for us, even in cases where they're just dead, smelly bodies.

21. The creature mentioned in the text .

A. was about 15 feet long with a horn

B. could probably grow up to 55 feet long

C. was already in pieces but it was still alive

D. was found on the shores of a village in Spain

22. What does the underlined word “it”in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A dragon.

B. A shark skeleton.

C. An oarfish.

D. A horned sea monster.

23. The third paragraph is mainly about .

A. how the creature was found

B. the characteristics of an oarfish

s guesses about the creature

Boing Boing' 's opinion of the creature C. peopleD.

B

), but he is not a normal pickpocket. He is an entertainer. (pickpocket扒手Apollo Robbins is a Hundreds of people enjoy watching Robbins perform in shows.

Robbins began learning these skills at a very young age. His two older brothers taught him basic

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pickpocketing tricks. And Robbins quickly became very good at stealing.

Robbins was naturally good at pickpocketing. But it took him years to develop his ability to perform for other people. When he was 15, he started studying magic. As he learned about magic, he was less interested in stealing.

After seven years, he began to perform in his own shows. He now performs at events and

meetings around the United States. Many magicians agree that Robbins is the best at what he does. His tricks surprise even experienced magicians!

Robbins has also worked with the scientists at Yale University in the United States. He would

show his different methods of movement to people while the scientists watched how their eyes moved. They were interested in what people concentrated on. They discovered that different people reacted in the same ways.

This work is helping the scientists understand attention and human nature. Knowing how human attention works is important. It can help officials create better driving laws and road signs. It can help companies create telephones that are easier to use. It can even help office workers to manage their time better. Most importantly, it can help people know how to protect themselves from pickpockets! For Robbins, understanding human attention makes him a better magician. While performing his tricks, he can tell the crowd how he uses a person's attention to his advantage. “A lot of magic is designed to look very beautiful. But I am trying to affect people's minds, emotions, and ideas. My goal is not to hurt or trick them. I want to challenge the ideas they have about what is real,”he said.

24. We know from the text that Apollo Robbins .

A. is an excellent magician

B. used to steal things from others

D. is now a professional pickpocket C. learned magic from his brothers

25. The scientists at Yale University mainly studied .

B. people's attention

A. people's interests

C. Apollo Robbins'

D. Apollo Robbinss movements

' s tricks

discovery?

'26. What do we know about the scientistsA. It is just as they expected.

B. it has been beneficial in many fields.

C. It has contributed to an increase in crime.

D. It is helping to solve many health problems.

27. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

s magic looks quite beautiful. A. Robbins'B. Robbins tries hard to trick the audience.

s emotions and ideas. 'C. Magic won't affect peopleD. Robbins has a great knowledge of human attention.

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C

Imagine life without the Internet —not being able to chat with your friends or look up information for your homework or research project. That is the reality for nearly two-thirds of our world's population, either because they cannot afford WiFi access or are located in remote, inaccessible areas. Now Google has decided to do something about that.

Google's Project Loon will attempt to send balloons high up into our earth's atmosphere in 2015. Each balloon will be equipped with a mini computer and a WiFi radio that will send Internet signals over the places it is floating over.

The network equipment on Google balloons will communicate with a special antenna (天线) attached to each user's home. These antennae are in turn connected to a local Internet Service Provider. Each balloon will also communicate with each other to hand over signals as one floats out of an area, and another floats in.

The balloons are 15 meters wide and made of a material that is three times thicker than the

plastic bag at the supermarket. This helps them defend themselves against cold temperatures and changing air pressure. Google balloons will circle the earth at a height of 20 kilometers—in a layer

of our atmosphere known as the stratosphere (平流层). This is higher than the altitude at which planes fly. Once the balloons reach the desired altitude after being released from the earth, they will ride on air currents. (气流)

What keeps these balloons from flying away? They will be controlled by people at the Project

Loon command center. A pump operating on solar power will fill the balloon with gas to raise it or let gas out to lower it, based on instructions. This allows the balloon to float on different air currents which are moving either clockwise (顺时针) or anti-clockwise.

There is no doubt that this technology can bring education to many children, weather information

to farmers, and communication to natural disaster areas. However, one big question remains —will some countries be comfortable with balloons above their heads? There could be concerns about spying and other problems.

28. What's the purpose of Google's Project Loon?

A. Sending Internet signals to other planets in space.

B. Making it easier for astronauts to communicate.

C. Allowing people to connect to the Internet easily.

D. Helping us learn more about the earth's atmosphere.

29. According to the text, Google balloons .

A. are as big as plastic bags at a supermarket

B. will float in a certain area for a long time

C. are equipped with a radio telephone

D. will be placed in the stratosphere

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30. As for Google's Project Loon, the author may be .

A. excited and hopeful

B. satisfied but worried

D. disappointed and annoyed C. surprised but embarrassed

31. What would be the best title for the text?

B. Life without the technology A. WiFi from the sky

D. The future of research balloons

C. The people behind Google

D

) rain forest is an amazing place. Thousands of different kinds of plants and 热带的A tropical (animals make their homes there. Some are not found anywhere else in the world. If the rain forests are

资(not protected, some species of plants and animals could disappear forever, taking their resources) with them.

源Scientists have known for a long time that medical cures can come from plants. The rain forest is the perfect habitat for various types of plants. They compete for space, sunlight, water, and nutrients. The plants that survive are strong. They also contain many types of chemicals. These chemicals are defence system. They can help protect the plants from bacteria, insects, diseases, part of the plants'and other threats. Experts believe that some of these chemicals might be useful to human beings, too.

) who help those who are sick. For (医治者The native people of the rain forests have healers different roots, which leaves, and berries can be used to treat have hundreds of years, they known

illnesses.

different about native healers. They learn these have Western scientists begun working with

plants, cures, and treatments. Then, they can perform tests on the plants to see what chemicals they contain and how they might be used. When they do find something important, it goes through more and more tests. Lots of experiments must be done over a long period of time before something can be t too high.

safely sold as a drug. Scientists want to be sure that it works and that the risk of using it isn'American scientists have set up labs in the countries where the rain forests are. They do studies

and research there. They also employ scientists and workers who live in these countries to help them. This allows the local people to benefit from research on the rain forests. They can make money from the rain forest without destroying it, which is very important. If the rain forest is valuable to them, they will help protect it. The more people who are trying to protect the rain forests, the better. Just imagine the cures that might be found there!

. 32. The text is mainly about

A. the native healers of the rain forests

B. the plants and animals living in the rain forests

C. the medicinal value of plants in the rain forests

D. the diseases which attack plants in the rain forests

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33. According to Paragraph 2, it's important to protect the rain forests because .

A. they are being polluted and destroyed

B. some plants and animals have become extinct

C. they provide more employment for the local people

D. certain plants provide chemicals that can be used in medical cures

34. Drugs need to be tested before being sold mainly because .

A. they are made from plants

B. they may contain other nutrients

C. scientists don't know their use or effect

D. scientists need to be sure they're safe for use

35. What can we infer from the text?

A. The natives don't know the value of the plants.

B. The rain forests are beneficial to the entire world.

C. People show little interest in protecting the rain forests.

D. Cures for dangerous diseases have been found in the rain forests.

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to improve your study habits

Perhaps you are an average student with average wisdom. You do well enough in school, but you probably think you will never be a top student. 36 You can receive better grades if you want

to.

Plan your time carefully.

37 Then make a schedule of your time, and decide on good, regular times for

studying. Be sure to set aside enough time to complete your normal reading and work assignments.

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It may be a desk or a chair at home or in the school library, but it should be comfortable, and

there should not be those things that make your attention wander. When you begin to work, you should be able to concentrate on the subject.

Skim before you read.

This means looking over a passage quickly before you begin to read it more carefully. 39

Later when you begin to read, you will recognize less important material and you may ignore some of these parts.

Study regularly.

Go over your notes as soon as you can after class. Review important points mentioned in class as

well as points you remain confused about. Read about these points in your textbook. If you know

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what the teacher will discuss the next day, skim and read that material too. 40

A. Find a good place to study.

B. Make a list of your weekly tasks.

C. Make good use of your time in class.

D. Then you'll get the main idea of the text.

E. This is not necessarily the case, however.

F. This will help you understand the next class.

G. Studying shouldn't occupy all of the free time on the schedule.

第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

We all know that sports may help us become stronger. But their 41 go far beyond this.

Research shows that sports that 42 aiming and hitting skills, for example, tennis,

badminton and baseball, help children increase 43 . They help develop leadership qualities

and 44 team spirit in kids. They involve(包括) competition. Playing sports teaches them to