1、湖北省荆州市沙市区高一英语上学期第一次双周考试题湖北省荆州市沙市区2017-2018学年高一英语上学期第一次双周考试题考试时间：2017年9月14日第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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. Who is a lawyer?A. The man. B. The woman. C. The womans friend.2. How much should t
2、he man repay to the woman?A. About $5. B. About $10. C. About $15.3. Where does the man work?A. At a company. B. In a hospital. C. At a private clinic(诊所).4. What does the man have for this meal?A. Soup, noodles and hot coffee.B. Soup, noodles and iced coffee.C. Sandwich, noodles and hot coffee.5. W
3、hat are the two speakers talking about?A. A wedding. B. A business plan. C. A travel plan.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，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How long will it take the man to get to work by
4、underground?A. About 30 minutes. B. About 60 minutes. C. About 90 minutes.7. Why would the man dislike to use the underground?A. Its indirect. B. Its crowded. C. Its noisy.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What do we know about Justin?A. He seems to have a cold.B. He always feels cold.C. He doesnt eat anything.9. W
5、ho is the man probably?A. A parent. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why cant Jane go to the cinema with John? A. she is going to the seaside.B. she is going to visit her mother.C. she wants to stay with her mother.11. Where does Jane plan to spend her holidays this summer?A. In the co
6、untry. B. By the sea. C. Abroad.12. What do we know about John?A. He is going abroad. B. he has bought a car. C. He needs to save money.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How about Lindas English according to the man?A. Poor. B. Good. C. So-so.14. Why does Linda have some problems to understand the lectures?A. Th
7、e lecturers often tell some slang(俚语).B. Her listening comprehension is very poor.C. There are many kinds of accents in the speeches.15. How does the lecturer start his talk according to Lindas example?A. By talking with the listeners. B. By telling a couple of jokes.C. By introducing himself.16. Wh
8、ats Lindas way to understand different kinds of speeches?A. To study others notes, ask for others help and read the handouts(讲义).B. To learn her own notes, ask the lecturer and herself questions.C. To get help from teachers and classmates.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When does the speech take place?A. In t
9、he morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.18. What is the lowest price of the Hawaii tour?A.199. B.372. C.400. 19. Which of the following places is the nearest?A. Wales. B. Florida. C. New York.20. What can be sent to solve the problems according to the speaker?A. An information sheet. B. A
10、 holiday plan. C. An easy package. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30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。 AMy mother had come to teach in the island school and fell in love with my father. What my father needed were sons. What my mother gave him were girls. Twin girls! I w
11、as older than my sister by a few minutes. I always treasure the thought of those minutes. They were the only time in my life when I was the center of everyones attention. From the moment Caroline was born, she drew all the attention to herself. When my mother and grandmother told the story of our bi
12、rths, it was mostly of how Caroline had refused to breathe. But where was I? I asked my mother. In the basket, she said, Grandma dressed you and put you in the basket.Carolines true gift was her voice. Our teacher, Mr. Rice, said she should have singing lessons. I was proud of my sister, but somethi
13、ng began to hurt me under the pride. As time went on, I suffered more and more deeply.Later, I became a nurse-midwife, the person who helps deliver（给接生） babies. I went to a town called Truitt, where there were no doctors then. People there were usually slow to accept outsiders, but they needed my sk
14、ills for all their medical problems.One night, I was helping with the birth and I guessed twins. The first baby - a boy came easily. But the second baby - a girl came head first and blue as death. The kitchen was slightly warmer than the bedroom, so I laid the second baby on some cloth on the door o
15、f the oven. Then I suddenly asked, Where is the other twin? In my concern for his sister, I had completely forgotten him. Hes sleeping in the basket, said the grandmother. You should hold him, I said, and let his mother look after him!21. Why did Caroline draw all the attention after her birth? A. S
16、he was so lovely. B. She needed first aid. C. She breathed weakly. D. She was the last to come.22. What was Carolines strong point? A. She was kind to others. B. She studied fairly well. C. She was good at singing. D. She got along well with others.23. What can we learn from Paragraph 3? A. Truitt u
17、sed to lack medical services. B. The small town Truitt welcomed strangers. C. The author went to Truitt to learn to deliver babies. D. People in Truitt had many medical problems.24. Why did the author put the second baby in the kitchen? A. The temperature there was a little higher. B. It was conveni
18、ent to rescue the baby there. C. The space was big enough to care for the baby. D. There were some other things she needed.BIts a warm summer afternoon. Youre cooking up the catch of the day over a campfire. Suddenly, a few raindrops fall on your arms, and before you know it, the sky is opened up. T
19、hen you hear what sounds like thunder in the distance. What should you do? Your tent is close by and would offer shelter(躲避处) from the pouring rain. Theres a campsite(营地) picnic shelter a few minutes down the path. And then you remember that your car is parked down the road. Whats your safest choice
20、 to make sure you and your families are safe?Its a common question for many hikers and campers, especially when they are camping during summer months. Heading to your car is almost always the safest choice. Your tent and a picnic shelter will keep you dry, but they offer little or no protection agai
21、nst lightening. Your car, on the other hand, will keep you dry and protect you from lightening strikes. Protecting yourself against possible lightening strikes is very important; lightening kills an average of 62 people in the US each year. If you keep all of the windows and doors closed in your car
22、, youll be able to return to your campsite safely.Of course, if youre backpacking(背包旅行), not car camping, and youre deep in the woods, your car wont be a good choice. So, what should you do if your car is far away and theres no other safe shelter nearby? First, youll have to make sure that tree limb
23、s or other objects dont fall on you or your campsite. Then youll have to get in a safe position to avoid lightening, or flash flood conditions. What else should you do?25. The writer s purpose is to tell us _.A. what camping is.B. how to camp safely.C. car camping is the safest way when camping.D. h
24、ow to survive a storm when camping 26. To avoid lightening in a storm, youd better _.A. go into your tent quicklyB. cook up the catch of the day over a campfireC. get into your car and return to your campsiteD. run into a campsite picnic shelter at once27. From the last paragraph we can infer _.A. w
25、hen camping, learning to protect oneself is very importantB. people should never camp deep in the woodsC. backpacking is not a good choice for campersD. people should not go camping alone28. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Campers like car camping best.B. Lightening is a danger for campers.C. Youn
26、g people like backpacking best.D. Camping during summer months is the most popular.CSome people think they have an answer to the problems of automobile（机动车）crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or “bike”.In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work
27、every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown（市中心） section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.For several years this gr
28、oup has been trying to get the city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanes(车道) for bicycle on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there w
29、ere special lanes, more people would use bikes.But no bicycle lanes have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks they are a good idea. Taxi drivers dont like the idea they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets dont like the idea they say that if there is less traffic, they wi
30、ll have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park the largest open space in New York is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bik
31、e for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown(市中心). Until that happens, the safest place to bicycle may be in the park. 29. Some people founded Bike for a Better City because _.A. there are no bikes in New York City nowB. they wanted to reduce the traffic and pollutionC. there are no bike lanes in New York City nowD. traffic has been too slow30. Some people are against the idea of bicycle lanes because they think _.A. they will not reduce the traffic B. there will be traffic accidentsC. they will make traffic less and slower
