四川省双流县棠湖中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题.docx
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四川省双流县棠湖中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题
2014-2015学年度下期高2014级英语半期考试试卷
本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。
第I卷
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共20小题:
每小题1.5分,满分30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、D四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.Whyisthemanlate?
A.Hiscarwasoutofgas.B.Hehadacaraccident.C.Hewentbackforcleanclothes.
2.Howdoesthemanprobablygoshopping?
A.Onfoot.B.Bycar.C.Bybike.
3.Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthespeakers?
A.Workmates.B.Brotherandsister.C.Husbandandwife.
4.Whatwouldthespeakersprobablydotoday?
A.Gotoaclothesshow.B.Gotoabookmarket.C.Stayathome.
5.WhatdosomescientiststhinkoftheadvertisementsonTV?
A.Theyaretooboring.B.Theyaregoodforeyes.C.Theyareawasteoftime.
听第6段材料,回答第6至7题。
6.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodonow`?
A.Visitsomeone.B.Callsomeoneup.C.Answerthephone.
7.Whatwillthespeakersdofirstaftertheconversation?
A.Repairthephone.B.Gonextdoor.C.Crossthestreet.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8.Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?
A.Ataschool.B.Atanairport.C.Atarestaurant.
9.Whatisthewomanworriedaboutnow?
A.Howtoliveandstudy.B.Whatplanstomake.C.Wheretostudy.
10.WhatdoesthemanplantodoinLosAngeles?
A.RunanAmericanmusicschool.
B.Studymusicandbecomeasinger.
C.Learnhowtodirectmusicperformance.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
1l.Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout?
A.Movingtheirfactory.B.Buyinganewbuilding.C.Offeringabusservice.
12.Whatistheadvantageoftheplanaccordingtotheman?
A.Theirimagecanbeimproved.
B.Moreworkerscanbeattracted.
C.Theproductioncanbeincreased.
13.Whatisthewomanafraidof?
A.Workerswillhavedifficultygoingtowork.
B.Therewillnotbeenou
ghmoney.
C.Headofficewillstopwork.
听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。
l4.WhenwillthewomanleaveforQuebecCity?
A.InafewdaysB.Nextsummer.C.Thissummer.
I5.Whyisthewomanworried?
A.Shecan’tspeakFrenchwell.
B.Shedoesn’thavefriendsinCanada.
C.Shecan’tfindherwaytoQuebecCity.
16.WhatdoweknowaboutMontreal?
A.ItisthecapitalofQuebecProvince.
B.ItisthebiggestcityinQuebecProvince.
C.Itisfarawayfromthe5t.LawrenceRiper.
17.Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation?
A.OnlyFrenchisspokeninMontreal.
B.AllthebuildingsinQuebecCityareold.
C.MostpeopleinMontrealspeakFrench.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。
18.WhatarethelistenersgoingtodoonSaturdayafternoon?
A.Ridetheirbicycles.B.Climbthemountains.C.Listentoatalk
19.WhatarethelistenersgoingtodoafterdinneranSaturdayevening?
A.Playbaseball.B.Dowatersports.C.Watchaprogramme
20.Whattimewi11thehalfmarathonbeginonSunday?
A.At7:
30am.B.At9:
00am.C.At1:
30pm.
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。
A
ThereisanEnglishsaying,“Laughte
risthebestmedicine.”Untilrecently,fewpeopletookthesayingseriously.Now,however,doctorshavebeguntolookintolaughterandtheeffectsithasonthehumanbody.Theyhavefoundthatlaughterreallycanimprovepeople’shealth.
Testswerecarriedouttostudytheeffectsoflaughteronthebody.Peoplewatchedfunnyfilmswhiledoctorscheckedtheirheart,bloodpressure,breathingandmuscles.Itwasfoundthatlaughterhassimilareffectsonphysicalexercise.Itincreasesbloodpressure,theheartbeatingandbreathing;italsoworksseveralgroupsofmusclesintheface,thestomach,andeventhefeet.Iflaughterexercisesthebody,itmustbebeneficial.
Othertestshaveshownthatlaughterappearstobeabletoreducetheeffectofpainonthebody.Inoneexperimentdoctorsproducedpainingroupsofstudentswholistenedtodifferentradioprograms.Thegroupthattolerated(忍耐)thepainforthelongesttimewasthegroupswhichlistenedtoafunnyprogram.Thereasonwhylaughtercanreducepainseemstobethatithelpstoproduceakindofchemicalsinthebrainwhichdiminishbothstressandpain.
Asaresultofthesediscoveries,somedoctorsintheUnitedStatesnowholdlaughterclinics,inwhichtheyhelptoimprovetheirpatients’conditionbyencouragingthemtolaugh.Theyhavefoundthateveniftheirpatientsdonotreallyfeellikelaughing,makingthemsmileisenoughtoproducebeneficialeffectssimilartothosecausedbylaughter.
21.Doctorshaveprovedthat.
A.laughtercanbetolerated
B.laughtercanworkthemusclesinthefeet
C.lagutheristheonlywaytoreducepain
D.laughterhasthesameeffectsonphysicalexercise
22.Whichstudentscouldtoleratethepainforthelongesttime?
A.Thosewholistenedtodifferentradioprograms.
B.Thosewhocouldproduceakindofchemical.
C.Thosewhodon’thavestressofpain.
D.Thosewholistenedtoafunnyprogram.
23.Theunderlinedword“diminish”issimilarto.
A.testB.stopC.reduceD.increase
24.Themainideaofthepassageis.
A.laughterandphysicalexerciseshavesimilareffectsonthehumanbody
B.smilecanproducethesameeffectsaslaughter
C.paincanbereducedbylaughter
D.laugheristhebestmedicine
B
RecentlyIvisitedahistoryclassatalocal,lowperforminghighschoolwherestudentsreadinturnfromtheautobiographyofafamousAmerican.Theteacherinterruptedoftenwithcommentsandquestions.The18studentsseemedtobeintoit,butitwassuchanoldfashioned—Iguesstosomeeducators—approachthatIdecidedtoseewhatothereducatorsthoughtofit.
Wasthereadaloudtechniquebadorgood?
Wasittimewastingoruseful?
Readthesecomments.
“IhaveobservedthismostofteninhighschoolEnglishclasses.Duringaloudreading,Ihaveobservedstudentsbecomingabsentmindedfromtheteaching.Whilethismaybeaproperwayforsometeachingpoints,suchaspronunciation,stress,fluency,whendoneforexpediency(权宜),Ifindreadingaloudtobeineffective.”
—SteveJohnson
“Wedon’tencourageusingalotofteachingtimetoreadaloudin
highschoolEnglishclasses.Readingaloudselectedpassagesthatareespeciallydifficultorrichinmeaningisafrequent
practice,butthefocusisonthediscussionoverthetextrathertha
nthereading.Anothertypicaluseofreadingaloudiswhentheclassisreadingadrama,especiallyaShakespeareplay,butouradviceisforstudentstoreadafterpreparationratherthandoingacoldreading.”
—JimFliakas
“Weencourageamethodthatstudentspracticereadingindependently,toincreasetheirownfluencyandunderstanding.Thisisdonebeforesharingideaswithapartner,agroup,orwiththeentireclass.Thismethodimprovestheirunderstandingofthetextswhichareguidedbytheteacher.”
—DaveLevin
Italldependsontheconditions,thestudents,thegoalofthelessonandthestyleoftheteacher.
25.IntheopinionofSteveJohnson,readingaloud________.
A.maycausestudentstoloseconcentration
B.isalwaysusefulforaparticularpurpose
C.isagoodwaytoinvolveeverystudent
D.isineffectiveindevelopingstudents’fluency
26.Bysaying“doingacoldreading”,Fliakasmeant________.
A.readingsomethinguninteresting
B.readingwithoutpreparation
C.readinginacoldenvironment
D.readingwhilehavingacold
27.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsreadingaloudtechnique?
A.Doubtful.B.Supportive.
C.Worried.D.Objective.
C
AworldfamousCanadianauthor,MargaretAtwood,hascreatedtheworld'sfirstlongdistancesigningdevice(装置),theLongPen.
Aftermanytiringbooksigningtoursfromcitytocity,Atwoodthoughttheremustbeabetterwaytodothem.Shehiredsometechnicalexpertsandstartedherowncompanyin2004.TogethertheydesignedtheLongPen.Here'showitworks:
Theauthorwritesapersonalmessageandsignatureonacomputertablet(手写板)usingaspecialpen.Onthereceivingend,inanothercity,aroboticarmfittedwitharegularpensignsthebook.Theauthorandfancantalkwitheachotherviawebcams(网络摄像机)andcomputerscreens.
WorkontheLongPenbeganinAtwood'sbasement(地下室).Atfirst,theyhadnoideaitwouldbeashardasitturnedouttobe.Thedevicewentthroughseveralversions,includingonethatactuallyhadsmokecomingoutofit.Theinventingfinallycompleted,testrunsweremadeinOttawa,andtheLongPenwasofficiallylaunchedatthe2006LondonBookFair.Fromhere,AtwoodconductedtwotransatlanticbooksigningsofherlatestbookforfansinTorontoandNewYorkCity.
TheLongPenproducesauniquesignatureeachtimebecauseitcopiesthemovementoftheauthorinrealtime.Ithasseveralotherpotentialapplications.Itcouldincreasecreditcardsecurityandallowpeopletosigncontractsfromanotherprovince.ThevideoexchangebetweensignerandreceivercanberecordedonDVDforproofwhenlegaldocumentsareused.
“It'sreallyfun”saidtheownerofabookstore,whowaspresentforoneofthetestruns.“Obviouslyyoucan'tshakehandswiththeauthor,buttherearechancesforaconnectionthatyoudon'tgetf
romaregularbooksigning.”
Theresponsetotheinventionhasn'tbeenallfavorable.Atwoodhasreceivedcriticismfromauthorswhothinkshe'stryingtoendbooktours.Butshesaid,“Itwillbepossibletogotoplacesthatyounevergotsenttobeforebecausethepublisherscouldn'taffordit.”
28.WhydidAtwooddecidetoinventtheLongPen?
A.Tosetupherowncompany.
B.Towinherselfgreaterpopularity.
C.Towriteherbooksinanewway.
D.Tomakebooksigningslesstiring.
29.HowdoestheLongPenwork?
A.Itcopiestheauthor'ssignatureandprintsitonabook.
B.Itsignsabookwhilereceivingtheauthor'ssignature.
C.Thewebcamsendsthe
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