1、黄冈中学学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题黄冈中学2017-2018学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题 第一部分 听力（共两节 20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）面5段听下对话，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. what does the man do in the park?AHe plays soccer. BHe plays basketball. CHe plays baseball.2. Why did the woman call
2、the man in the afternoon?ATo ask for leave.BTo ask about the homework.CTo help with his homework.3. What did the man prefer to do in middle school?AHe played basketball. BHe listened to music. CHe went hiking4. What frightened the man?AThe lions. BThe snakes. CThe elephants.5. What does the man mean
3、?AHe will walk the dog later.BHe doesnt mind going for a walk.CHe is unwilling to walk the dog.第二节（共15小题；每小题一分，满分15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，各个小题将给出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. What is the rent for a mini car for 3 hours?A2
4、5. B45. C60.7. Why cant the man rent a car?AHe is short of money.BHe is under the age.CHe forgot to bring his drivers license.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman think of buying a mountain bike?AUseful. BReasonable. CUnnecessary.9. What will the man do next?AHave his old bike repaired. BBuy a moun
5、tain bike.CAsk somebody else for money.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the girls problem?AShe cant find places to stay for her friends.BShe cant find a proper place to study.CShe cant walk in the rain.11. Why did the girl leave the classroom?AIt was closed for repairs.BIt was not quiet enough.CIt would
6、 be used by others.12. Where will the girl probably go?ATo the city library. BTo a club. CTo the reading room.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What do we know about the woman?AShe will go shopping on Saturday.BShe gets more money than she expected.CShe hasnt finished her maths homework.14. What day is it today?
7、AFriday. BSaturday. CSunday.15. What does the woman ask the man to do on Saturday?ATo baby-sit for her. BTo check her homework. CTo play basketball with her.16. How does the woman feel in the end?ARegretful. BUnhappy. CExcited.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker doing?ADoing exercise. BIntrodu
8、cing a book. CReading a newspaper.18. What is Step One of Five Easy Steps to Healthy Living?ADont smoke. BEat a balanced diet. CHave a good breakfast.19. According to the speaker, what should people do in the evenings?AWalk around. BWalk stairs up and down. CEat lots of fruit.20. What will be follow
9、ed next?AAn article. BAdvertisements. CMusic.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。AWeve all been there: we go to the gym for a few days, and then we give in because its too tiring. Even though you have great determination in the beginning, you find
10、 it difficult to make daily exercise a habit. So, how can you do it?1. Plan the timeTake your day and break it into hours on a piece of paper. Its suggested by many experts that you exercise in the morning. Not only do you burn more calories at that time, but it will make you energetic.2. Choose you
11、r exerciseWhat do you like to do? Whether its swimming, running, cycling, or something else, find something you enjoy. If doing the same thing every day makes you bored, do something different. Change and make it fun!3. set your goalWhat do you want to get out of this? Whatever it is, write it down.
12、 Put a note by your bed with that goal written on it to motivate you to get up in the morning and actually get out the door.4. stick to your planOnce you decide that youre going to do something, stick to it. Dont think that it will be easy. If you can make it through the first few weeks then youre f
13、ast on your way to making exercise a habit. What exactly does building a habit do for you? Most importantly, it makes exercise a priority(优先的事物) in your life. People who have a habit of exercising wont feel right if they dont get in their daily exercise time.21. Why do experts suggest doing sports i
14、n the morning?A. Because the air is fresher at that time. B. Because it can help to keep us warm. C. Because it makes us burn more calories and energetic. C. Because it is the only free time we have during the day.22. The author thinks it difficult for us to _.A. form a good living habit. B. make da
15、ily exercise a habit. C. find proper sports. D. make the determination to exercise.23. If we fell tired of the same sport, we can_A. do it the other day. B. stop it for a certain period of time.C. set up another goal of exercising. D. change it for some other sports.24. Which of the following could
16、be the best title of the passage?A. How to start a habit for your health. B. How to exercise in the gym every day. C. Simple exercises you can do anywhere.D. The importance of habits in your life. BOf all the things that will make life entirely happy, the greatest is the possession of friendship. On
17、e loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.On the first Sunday in August, its time to recognize your friends and their contribution to your life. The first Sunday in August was fixed as National Friendship Da
18、y by the U.S. Congress in 1935, and remains a tradition in many countries and cultures. In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the worlds Ambassador of Friendship.Obviously, there are several friendship holidays, all of which fall on fixed dates.National Friendship Day is on the first
19、Sunday in August.Womens Friendship Day is on the third Sunday in September.International Friendship Month is February. Old Friends, New Friends Week is the third week of May.People show their appreciation for friendship in various ways. Some expressions may be practical ones, such as flowers, partic
20、ularly the pink friendship roses, cookies, chocolates, souvenirs from their vacations, a tape of favorite songs, farewell dinners, and welcome balloons.Recipe for Friendship: 2 cups of patience, 1 heart full of love, 2 handfuls of generosity, 2 cups of loyalty, 1 cup of understanding, with some laug
21、hter. Mix them all well. Spray (喷洒) generously over a lifetime and serve everyone you meet. Friendship helps to bring peace and positive things to the globe, another great reason to celebrate! Although our friends certainly deserve thanks on more than just one day of the year, what better day to hon
22、or them than Friendship Day!25. Which of the following proverbs supports the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Friendship cannot stand always on one side. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. A friend without faults will never be found. D. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 26.
23、 Which of the holidays happens first in a year?A. National Friendship Day. B. Womens Friendship Day.C. International Friendship Month. D. Old Friends, New Friends Week.27. What is most needed to make friendship grow, develop and last?A. Inviting your friends over for a party. B. Looking on your frie
24、nds as relatives.C. Honoring your friends on Friendship Day. D. Being loyal and generous to your friends.28. “Recipe for Friendship” here actually means _.A. a prescription (处方) for curing friends B. a method of keeping a friendshipC. the pleasure of having friends D. the importance of friendship CG
25、ood reporters are able to deal with a number of topics and talk with a variety of people. They can see the unusual, think through all the possibilities and organize a large amount of information to find the important parts.Once they are assigned a story, they go after it. They make phone calls and k
26、eep trying if they dont make contact. They remember the sign that once hung in the Los Angeles times news room: GOYA/KOD, get off your ass（别闲坐着）/knock on doors.Good reporters arc curious. They take pleasure in the new as well as in the old that got us where we are. They enjoy reading and appreciate
27、the details.They adopt a friendly nature with those they meet. They are grateful guests, with a belief in the basic goodness of people. They convey to those they meet that they are tolerant of them and their ideas, even though they do not like them. They are good listeners.A good reporter is honest.
28、 He seeks the truth and acts independently. He does what he says hes going to do, and doesnt do things he promised to avoid. He keeps thinking about accuracy and double checks his facts with call-backs.Good reporters also need courage. They approach strangers. They take pleasure in being good and in
29、 being the first. They are willing to make a mistake and willing to write something that may hurt someone,As Jon Franklin, a reporter, author and teacher, said, “Back when I first started, I thought intelligence was the most important quality a reporter should have. I have changed my mind. You do ha
30、ve to be intelligent, but the big thing is courage, which helps open your mind and makes you willing to admit mistakes. You need courage to take criticism, grow with your experiences, and accept what you dont understand. Most of all, you should have courage to see what is there and not what you want
31、 to think is there.”29. The purpose of this text is to tell us .A. the qualities of a good reporterB. the methods that a good reporter usesC. what truth means to a good reporterD. how a good reporter should report a story30. When a good reporter is assigned a story, he will .A. pursue the story and not give up easilyB. make a call or two to check whether he can make contactC. go through all information to find the parts he is interested inD. visit unusual people by knocking on their doors31. Which
