1、高一下学期期中考试英语试题 含答案V2021-2022年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 含答案(V)I. Listening prehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question w
2、ill be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. Waitress and customer. B. Doctor and patient. C. Teacher and student. D. Mother and son.2. A.
3、At 5:00. B. At 5: 15. C. At 5:30. D. At 7:00.3.A. In a bookstore. B. In Professor Smiths office.C. In a language lab. D. In a restaurant. 4.A. The man can stay in her brothers apartment.B.Her brother can find an apartment for the man.C.Her brother can help the man find a cheaper hotel.D.The man shou
4、ld have booked a less expensive hotel.5.A. A pany. B. An employee. C. A program. D. A university.6.A. He was pleased to get the medal. B. He used to be a firefighter.C. He was accused of causing a fire. D. He was very courageous.7. A. Plan her budget carefully. B. Buy a gift for her Granny.C. Give h
5、im more information. D. Ask someone else for suggestions.8.A. The tickets sold online are at half price. B.Its better to buy the tickets beforehand.C.Its not easy to buy the tickets on the spot.D.The tickets are more expensive than expected.9.A. The girl can use his calculator.B.He did fine because
6、he had no calculator.C.The high-tech stuff isnt a must for study.D.The girl can have either a calculator or a laptop puter.10.A. The woman emptied the litter bin.B.The man placed the socks on the bed.C.The man regrets being absent-minded.D.The woman saved the man some trouble.Section B: Passages Dir
7、ections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be th
8、e best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. They are low in fat. B. They are only for hungry teenagers. C. They are made by expensive ingredients. D. They can be bought in many local stores.12. A. Baking powder. B. Flour. C. Sugar. D.
9、 Salt.13. A. Instant cookies. B. Cookies for teenagers. C. Chocolate chip cookies. D. Fattening cookies.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. English education. B. Indian education. C. Japanese education. D. Spanish education.15. A. He enjoys telling them stories about hi
10、s life. B. He distracts them from playing video games. C. He points out the wildlife and plants along the way. D. He teaches them how to survive in emergency situation.16. A. Have a family hike every year to relax them. B. Enroll kids into schools early to help them learn better. C. Tell kids intere
11、sting stories so they will be creative. D. Talk with kids about problems so they learn how to solve them.Section C: Longer Conversations Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill
12、in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.The Suggestions BoxThe first suggestion:Change morning tea break to _17_. The second suggestion: Reducing the _18_ of the printer.The third sug
13、gestion: Adopting _19_ working hours.The attitude of the man:He _20_ with the Managing Director about the third suggestion.plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.What has happened to the womans car?Theres something wrong with the _
14、21_.How much did the mechanic charge the woman?He said he would call her with _22_ later on.What does the man warn the woman?Not to be _23_ by mechanics.What does the man offer the woman?He offers the woman _24_.plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabular
15、ySection A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank. (A)A man accu
16、sed of failing to return more than 700 childrens books to five different libraries in the county25_ (release) from prison after a book publisher agreed to post his bond (保释金) of $1,000. The publishersaid. “Theres a story here. This is a man who loves books. He just 26_ not let go of them. He hasnt s
17、tolen asingle book. So whats the crime? We think that Mr. Banish has a story to tell. We plan 27_ (publish) his story.”When 28_ (ask) why he didnt return the books, Mr. Banish said, “Well, how could I? They became family to me. I was afraid to return them, 29_ I knew that kids or dogs would get hold
18、 of these books and chew them up, throw them around, tear the pages, spill soda on them, get jelly on them, and drown them in the toilet.”He continued, “Books are people, too, 30_ pany is of great value. A book is also a guest in my home. How could I kick it out? I repaired torn pages. Idusted them
19、with a soft clean cloth. I turned their pages so they could breathe and get some flesh air.”“Every week I reorganized them on their shelves 31_ _ they could meet new friends. My books were happybooks. You could tell just by looking at them. Now theyre all back in the libraries, on the lower shelves,
20、 onthe floors, at the mercy of all those runny-nosed kids. I can hear them 32_ (call) me. I need to rescue them.” (B)Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there, lived a little beetle in a munity of water beetles. They lived 33_ simple life in the pond with few disturbances
21、.Once in a while, sadness would e to the munity when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. 34_ knew when this happened, their friend was dead, 35_ (go) forever.Then one day one little water beetle felt a strong urge to climb up that stem. Howev
22、er, he 36_ (determine) not to leave forever. He would e back and tell his friend 37_ he found at the top.When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired that he decided he should take a nap. As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up, he
23、38_ (turn) into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly 39_ broad wings and slender body designed for flying.Then he remembered his beetle friends and wanted to go back to explain to them he was now 40_ (alive) than ever before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended. But he now couldnt. He underst
24、ood their time would e too, so he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life!Section BDirections: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.cruelB.worsenC.magnificentlyD.stillE.reflectionF.
25、originG.petalsH.attemptedI.sufferJ.charmedK.separatelyThe Story of Narcissus(水仙花)Once upon a time there was a very good-looking boy named Narcissus. Many women loved him but he turned them away. One day, Narcissus hunted in the woods and found a hidden pool of water.The pool had a smooth surface.No
26、men ever disturbed its waters - no goats or cattle, no birds or fallen leaves.Only the sun danced on the _41_ pond.Tired from hunting and eager to quench (解渴) his thirst, Narcissus lay on his stomach and leaned over the water.But when he looked at the glassy surface, he saw someone staring back at h
27、im.Narcissus was _42_.Gazing up at him from the pool were eyes like twin stars, with hair as golden as the sun and cheeks as smooth as ivory.But when he leaned down and tried to kiss the perfect lips, he kissed only water.When he _43_ to reach this vision of beauty, he found no one there.“What love
28、could be more _44_ than this?” he cried.“When my lips kiss the beloved, they touch only water! When I reach for my beloved, I hold only water! Why do I have to _45_?” Narcissus began to weep.When he wiped (擦) away his tears, the person in the water also wiped away tears.“Oh, no,” sobbed (抽泣) Narciss
29、us.“I see the truth now;it is myself I weep for! I desire for my own _46_!”Day after day, Narcissus stared at the water.His health began to _47_ from grief (悲伤), until one sad morning, he felt himself dying. “Good-bye, my love!” he shouted.Then Narcissus took his last breath.After he died, the fairi
30、es (妖精) in the water and the woods searched for his body.But all they found was a _48_ beautiful flower beside the hidden pool.The flower had white _49_ and a yellow center, and this was the _50_ of Narcissus. III. Reading prehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there
31、are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Ride-sharing is popular in Europe. On a recent Friday evening, Vincent Accart drove his car to a busy station in Paris to _51_ three strangers for a three-and-a-half-hour drive to Rennes, another French city. It had all been arranged _52_, by the web.For more than a year, Mr. Accart has been making the weekly mute to Paris. To pay the cost of _53_ and tolls (通行费) for a round trip,