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江西省高安中學2014-2015學年度下學期期中考試高一年級英語試題 第一卷第一部分 聽力 （共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）回答聽力部分時，請先將答案標在試卷上。聽力部分結(jié)束前，你將有兩分鐘的時間將您的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到客觀答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共5小題：每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）聽下面5段對話，每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置，聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下小題，每段對話僅讀一遍。1.what does the man want to do?a. take photos.b. buy a camerac. help the woman2.what are the speakers talking about?a. a noisy nightb. their life in townc. a place of living3.where is the man now ?a. on his wayb. in a restaurantc. at home4.what will celia do ?a. find a playerb. watch a gamec. play basketball5.what day is it when the conversation takes place ?a. saturdayb. sundayc. monday第二節(jié)（共15小題：每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面5段對話。每段對話有幾個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出的最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對 話前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題給出5秒鐘的做答時間。每段對話讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6.what is sara going to do ?a. buy john a gift.b. give john a surprisec. invite john to france7.what does the man think of saras plan ?a. funnyb. excitingc. strange.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。8.why does diana say sorry to peter ?a. she has to give up her travel plan.b. she wants to visit another city.c. she needs to put off her test.9.what does diana want peter to do ?a. help her with her study.b. take a book to her friend.c. teach a geography lesson.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。10.why does the man call the woman ?a. to tell her about her new job.b. to ask about her job program.c. to plan a meeting with her.11.who needs a new flat ?a. alexb. andrea.c. miranda.12.where is the woman now ?a. in baltimore.b. in new york.c. in avon聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。13.what does jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant ?a. where the restaurant is.b. whether the prices are low.c. how well the food is prepared.14.when did jan begin to write for a magazine ?a. after he came back to sweden.b. before he went to the united states.c. as soon as he got his first job in 1982.15.what jan do to find a good restaurant ?a. talk to people in the street.b. speak to taxi driversc. ask hotel clerks.16.what do we know about jan ?a. he cooks for a restaurant.b. he travels a lot for his work.c. he prefers american food.聽第10段材料，回答每17至20題。17.what do we know about the plaza leon?a. its a new buildingb. its a small town.c. its a public place.18.when do parents and children like going to the plaza leon?a. saturday nights.b. sunday afternoons.c. fridays and saturdays.19.which street is known for its food shops and markets ?a. via del mar street.b. fernando streetc. hernandes street.20.why does the speaker like horatio street best ?a. it has an old stone surface b. it is named after a writer.c. it has a famous university.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15題；每小題2分，滿分30分）arobert owen was born in wales in 1771. at the age of ten he went to work. his employer had a large private library so owen was able to educate himself. he read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(監(jiān)工) at a manchester cotton mill. he was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the new lanark mill in scotland.when he arrived at new lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. nobody paid any attention to the workers houses or their childrens education. the conditions in the factories were very bad. there was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.owen improved the houses. he encouraged people to be clean and save money. he opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. he limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. above all, he fixed his mind on the childrens education. in 1816 he opened the first free primary school in britain.people came from all over the country to visit owens factory. they saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. their children were better fed and better educated. owen tried the same experiment in the united states. he bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. he could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.owen never stopped fighting for his idea. above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. he was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “if you give people good working conditions”, he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.” 21. for owen, his greatest achievement in new lanark was _.a. improving workers housesb. helping people to save moneyc. preventing men from getting drunkd. providing the children with a good education22. from the passage we may infer that owen was born _.a. into a rich family b. into a noble familyc. into a poor family d. into a middle class family23. we may infer form the passage that no children in britain could enjoy free education until _. a. 1771 b. 1816 c. 1825 d. 1860bdo dogs understand us?be careful what you say around your dog. it might understand more than you think.a border collie named rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in germany. the dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).in one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. in four tests, rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. as the dog couldnt see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe rico must understand the meanings of certain words.in another experiment, the scientists took one toy that rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. the owner then told rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.the correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). a month later, rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive. rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. for one thing, rico is a border collie, a breed (品種)known for its mental abilities. in addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.its hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. even if they do, they cant talk back. still, it wouldnt hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. you might just get a big, wet kiss in return!24. from paragraph 2 we know that _ .a. animals are as clever as human beingsb. all dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzeesc. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skillsd. all dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children25. both experiments show that .a. rico is smart enough to get all commands rightb. rico can recognize different things including toysc. rico has developed the ability of learning mathematicsd. rico wont forget the names of objects once recognizing them26. which of the following statements is true?a. the purpose of the experiments is to show the border collies mental abilities.b. rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.c. the border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.d. rico is born to understand its owners commands.27. what does the writer want to tell us?a. to train your dog. b. to talk to your dog.c. to be friendly to your dog. d. to be careful with your dog.con june 17, 1774, the officials from maryland and virginia held a talk with the indians of the six nations. the indians were invited to send boys to william and mary college. in a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:we know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. we are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. but you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. we have had some experience of it. several of our young people were formerly brought up at the college of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad manners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods they were totally good for nothing.we are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them all we know, and make men of them.28. the passage is about _. a. the talk between the indians and the officials b. the colleges of the northern provinces c. the educational values of the indians d. the problems of the americans in the mid-eighteen century29. the indian chiefs purpose of writing the letter seems to be to _. a. express their opinions on equal treatment b. politely refuse a friendly offer c. show their pride d. describe indian customs30. according to the letter, the indians believed that _. a. it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling b. they were being insulted by the offer c. they knew more about science than the officials d. they had better way of educating young men31. different from the officials view of education, the indians thought _. a. young women should also be educated b. they had different goals of education c. they taught different branches of science d. they should teach the sons of the officials firstdpaynes prairiehave you ever heard of paynes prairie? it is one of the most important natural and historical areas in florida. paynes prairie is located near gainesville. it is large, 21,000 acres. this protected land is called a preserve. the florida park service manages the preserve.the paynes prairie basin was formed when limestone dissolved and the ground settled. it is covered by marsh(沼澤)and wet prairie vegetation. there are areas of open water. during brief periods it has flooded enough to be considered a lake. except for that, the basin has changed little through time.man has lived on paynes prairie a very long time. he lived there as far back as 10,000 b. c. at one time, the seminoles lived there. the prairie is thought to have been named after king payne, a seminole chief. during the late 1600s, the largest cattle ranch in florida was on paynes prairie. today, paynes prairie is preserved land. it is occupied by visitors and florida park service employees.willam bartram visited paynes praire. bartram was the first person who portrayed (described) nature through personal experience as well as scientific observation. he lived 200 years ago. he visited paynes prairie in 1774. at that time he described it. he called paynes prairie the “great alachua savannah.”most of the animal life, which bartram described, is still here. a large number of sandhill cranes, hawks and waterfowl are here in winter. the animal diversity is increased by the presence of pine flatwoods, hammock, swamps and ponds.the paynes prairie preserve state park is open year round. the florida park service works hard so that the park will appear as it did in the past. it offers many opportunities for recreation. at the park you can camp and picnic. you can hike and bike. you can boat and fish. you can ride on horse trails. and you can see lots of nature and wildlife. you can see florida as it was in the early days.paynes prairie is a part of our florida history. it is an example of our florida natural resources. it is a place for recreation. paynes prairie is an important experience of the real florida.32. how was the paynes prairie basin formed?a. by the seminole indians.b. by the florida park service.c. from dissolved limestone and the ground settling.d. from lots of flooding and wet prairie vegetation.33. the underlined word “diversity” means “ .” a. variety b. society c. population d. area34. all of the following are true except that _ .a. paynes prairie has changed little through timeb. paynes prairie is covered by wet prairie grassesc. there used to be a big cattle farm on paynes prairied. william bartram was the first person to visit paynes prairie35. the purpose of the passage is to .a. call on people to protect widlifeb. attract people to this preserved parkc. show you the formation of paynes prairied. introduce the recorded history of paynes prairie第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。_36_. being angry doesnt really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. the goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. this is hard for some kids and adults, too. instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!_37_. their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. they may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. people may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper. _38_.some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something, or even worse, hit their brothers or sisters. _39_. however, its not ok for a kid to do any of those things. kids dont want to act in this way, but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. so what to do?well, the good news is that kids dont just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. _40_ . imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. the puppy is not bad - it will probably turn out a great dog. it just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.a. you can train you temperb. you dont want to cause troublec. kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry onesd. everybody gets angry sometimese. in fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angryf. instead of thinking of the person youre angry with, think of something elseg. some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids第三部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下在短文，從短文后各題的abcd四個選項中，選出適合填入對應空白處的最佳選項。a woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. she spent all her time taking care of the tree. but the children nearby drove her 41 by making fun of her. they would climb her tree and then run away with pears, 42 “aunty misery” at her.one evening, a passer-by asked to 43 for the night. seeing that he had an 44 face, she let him in and gave him a nice 45 . the next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫師), thanked her by granting (允準) her 46 that anyone who climbed up her tree 47 not be able to come back down until she 48 it.when the children came back to steal her 49 , she had them stuck on the tree. they had to beg her long 50 she gave the tree permission to let 51 go. aunty misery was free from the 52 at last.one day another man 53 her door. this one did not look trustworthy to her, 54 she asked who he was. “i am death. ive come to take you 55 me,” said he.thinking fast aunty misery said, “fine, but id like to 56 some pears from my pear tree to remember the 57 it brought to me in this life. but i am too 58 to climb high to get the best fruit. will you be so 59 as to do it for me?” with a deep sigh, mr. death climbed up the tree _60 and was immediately stuck to it. no matter how much he warned or begged, aunty misery would not allow the tree to let death go. 41. a. hopeless b. painful c. dull d. crazy42. a. calling b. shouting c. announcing d. whispering43. a. stay b. live c. hide d. lie44. a. interesting b. honest c. anxious d. angry45. a. gift b. kiss c. treat d. smile46. a. suggestion b. advice c. permission d. wish47. a. could b. should c. might d. must48. a. permitted b. promised c. answered d. declared49. a. branch b. food c. tree d. fruit50. a. after b. while c. since d. before51. a. it b. them c. him d. her52. a. trick b. question c. trouble d. difficulty53. a. stepped into b. left for c. stopped at d. walked around54. a. so b. but c. although d. because55. a. with b. off c. upon d. for56. a. choose b. pick c. shake d. hit57. a. honor b. pleasure c. hope d. excitement58. a. light b. short c. old d. thin59. a. proud b. kind c. fine d. smart60. a. disappointedly b. cheerfully c. unwillingly d. eagerly第二節(jié) 語法填詞（共10題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）in the toy section, i noticed a small boy of about five years old, pressing a doll against his chest. he kept on touching 61 _hair of the doll and looked very sad. i wondered who he wanted to give the doll 62 _. so i walked towards him and asked him all about it. “it is the doll 63_ my sister loved most and wanted so much for this christmas. she was so sure that sant