1、学年江西省上饶市横峰中学高一下学期期中考试英语A卷 2017-2018学年江西省上饶市横峰中学高一下学期期中考试英语A卷一、 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.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a theater. B. At a restaurant. C.
2、 At a bus station.2. How much did the man spend altogether fixing his computer? A. $67. B. $85. C. $92. 3. What does the woman want to know? A. Whether the man can keep his job. B. Where the man got the bad news. C. What items sell well in the store. 4. What is the man talking about? A. His sister.
3、B. His new job. C. His date（约会）. 5. What does the woman mean? A. She will go to buy the gift herself. B. The gift should not be too expensive. C. The man is not good at balancing his budget（预算）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
4、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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What size did the woman wear last year? A. 6. B. 7. C. 8. 7. Why did the womans feet hurt? A. Her shoes were the wrong size. B. She walked too much each day. C. Her shoes were of very low quality. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What can we lear
5、n from the conversation? A. The woman is in a rush. B. It is going to rain soon. C. The traffic is heavy then. 9. Where is the woman going? A. Her house. B. An appointment. C. West 22nd Street. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What will the man do on Tuesday? A. Visit a factory. B. Meet a company boss. C.
6、Go to the seaside. 11. When will the man go to the mountains? A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. 12. What will the man wear on Friday? A. A blue shirt. B. A sweater. C. A jacket. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. When will John go to the game? A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday. 14. Wh
7、at does John ask Susan to do? A. Help with his term paper. B. Go to a concert with him. C. Take care of his cousin. 15. What does John say about his cousin? A. She enjoys concerts. B. She loves traveling. C. He isnt sure of her interests. 16. Whats John and Susans plan determined by? A. Johns cousin
8、s idea. B. Susans time. C. The weather. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. How soon will the exam be? A. In ten days. B. In eight days. C. In a week. 18. Which is the most important about studying? A. Planning the time well. B. Reviewing right before a test. C. Remembering everything exactly.19. What will th
9、e students do during the two days before the exam? A. Review at school. B. Have a rest. C. Study at home. 20. Why will the speaker stay after school? A. To prepare some questions. B. To write the tests. C. To offer help.第二部分 阅读理解(40分) A) 请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A，B,C，D,选出最佳选项，填到答题卷上。（每小题2分，30分）AIf you
10、have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place,
11、say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the
12、 free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith isto wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour.
13、They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.With so many loopholes（漏洞） in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heavento those who love to take “petty advantages”
14、. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns al
15、ways act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.21. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. While taking a taxi in Finland, you can get off without first paying your fare. B. In a big hotel in Finland, you can
16、enjoy free meals if youre living in the hotel. C. The bosses in Finland pay the employees according to registration of their working hours.D. The workers are always honest with their working hours.22. We can learn from the passage that .A. the Finnish society is of very high moral levelB. there are
17、many loopholes in everyday life in FinlandC. in Finland, most taxi drivers will not charge you anythingD. everyone in Finland is like a gentleman, for they have faith in themselves23. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. Life in Finland B. A Society with “Foolish” PeopleC. What
18、 a Life D. Honest accounts of the FinnsBYears ago, I was taking a maths class over the summer, and had a teacher who liked to talk about his past with funny stories. He related that he had been a math teacher in the Air Force, where it was his duty to force sleepy young soldiers to stay awake for an
19、 hour of math at 8:00 in the morning in a large, warm, dimly-lit auditorium （ 礼 堂 ） . One day, he came into the lecture hall and saw his class even sleepier and less attentive than usual. He realized that something exciting would have to be done.Now this classroom was very old, and the blackboards,
20、which had been nailed on to the walls with old black iron nails, had become loose over the years. As a result, these black nails stuck out almost invisibly from the blackboard and this teacher kept banging his hands on them while erasing the board. He decided to put them to good use. With enough of
21、a flourish (夸张的动作) to ensure the classs attention, he went to the front of the room, near one edge of the board. Then, clearing his throat, he drew a coat hook right near one of the protruding ( 突出 ) nails. He went to hang his coat and hat on the hook that he had drawn in chalk (really on the nail,
22、of course). Then he went on to give that days lecture. He told us that the entire class had their eyes to the front of the room throughout the lecture. He didnt know if theyd heard a single word hed said, but at least they looked attentive.At the end of the class, the lecturer would usually leave by
23、 a small door near the blackboards, while the class would leave through the large doors at the back of the hall. When class was over, he took his coat and hat, erased the coat hook, and left through the small doorand was followed by the entire class, lining up to go past the blackboard to see how he
24、d done it!24. When the funny story happened, the author was .A. a soldier who just joined the Air Force B. having a math class in his summer vacationC. teaching a maths class over the summer D. doing something that the passage doesnt mention25. What can we infer from the passage?A. Young soldiers al
25、ways felt sleepy in maths classes.B. The auditorium where maths was taught was well-equipped.C. That day the students would leave by the small door near the blackboards. D. The young soldiers would be attentive in maths classes from then on.26. What most attracted the entire classs attention?A. The
26、teachers lecture. B. The hook drawn in chalk. C. The teachers coat. D. The black nail.27. Which of the following characters did the teacher NOT have?A. Strict. B. Humorous. C. Responsible. D. Smart.CYasuda is 95 years old. Looking for easier ways to search the Web and send email, he bought Apples iP
27、ad. The company has sold 3.27 million iPads since they entered the market in April. Although its impossible to know with certainty how many seniors (老年人) are buying them, evidence suggests that its a hit with seniors. The iPads intuitive interface (直观界面) makes it attractive to seniors around the wor
28、ld, says Takahiro Miura, a researcher at the University of Tokyo “The iPad is a good tool for seniors because its very easy to use,” he says. “Unlike the PC, it doesnt require former knowledge.” James Cordwell, a researcher in London, says the iPads popularity with seniors is helping Apple reach bey
29、ond its traditional base of young customers. “The worlds population, especially in developed markets, is getting older. Its probably a market where Apple has least entered, ” Cordwell says. Senior users are “a key source of growth for them in the future.” Seniors make up about 22 percent of the popu
30、lation in Japan. They may prove that seniors are willing to accept the iPad. Besides the customer group under 30, they spend more than any other group in the country, according to a report. Motoo Kitamura, 78, a former gas salesman, bought an iPad to help him communicate with his 2-year-old grandson
31、 and prevent him from experiencing some of the mental problems that sometimes come with getting older. “Trying new things like that is good mental exercise,” he says.28. The underlined part “a hit” in Paragraph 1 probably means _ . A. a sudden attack B. a heavy burden C. quite popular D. very famili
32、ar29. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the iPad? A. It has intuitive interface. B. It is easy to operate.C. Beginners can use it without similar experiences.D. People can use it as a way to do mental exercise.30. What can we learn from the text? A. People above thirty are Apples largest customer group in Japan.B
