contradiction河南省郑州市高一英语下学期期末考试试题

河南省郑州市

2017-2018

学年高一英语 下学期期末考试试题

第一部分

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听力（共两节，满分

30

分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将 试卷上的答案

转涂到答题卡上。

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. What is Mr. White?

A. A salesman.

repairman.

2. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Take Bus 105.

B. Ask another person.

C. Walk to the railway station.

3. What is the man’s attitude towards the plan?

A. He is against it.

B. He doesn’t care.

C. He thinks it is reasonable.

4. What is the man’s problem?

A. He can’t see the sign clearly.

B. He has no ticket for the movie.

C. He’s parked in the wrong place.

5. In which year is the man in college now?

A. The first year.

third year.

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，

B. The second year.

C.

The

B. A professor.

C.

A

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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 第

6

段材料，回答第

6

、

7

题。

6. Where does the woman want to go?

A. The post office.

B. The cinema.

C. A park.

7. Who can help the woman?

A. The man with a bird.

B. The man with a beard.

C. The man with a bottle of beer.

听第

7

段材料，回答第

8

至

10

题。

8. Why is Jessie still at home?

A. She takes the day off.

B. She has enough time to go to work.

C. She is waiting for the man to go out together.

9. What does Jessie think of taking the subway?

A. Convenient and cheap.

B. Crowded and expensive.

C. Convenient but expensive.

10. What do we know about Jessie?

A. She used to have breakfast in her office.

B. Her office is far away from the subway station.

C. She doesn’t have to wait for buses and taxis in bad weather.

听第

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段材料，回答第

11

至

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题。

11. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. A plan for the party.

B. A visit to their relatives.

C. A call to their colse friends.

12. Why is the woman thinking of calling on Ann?

A. Ann has just got a new house.

B. Ann has just come out of hospital.

C. She wants to invite Ann to the party.

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13. Why can’t they have a little party at Rick’s?

A. He is still in hospital.

B. He still doesn’t feel well.

C. He doesn’t like noisy parties.

听第

9

段材料，回答第

14

至

16

题。

14. Who are the two speakers?

A. A man and his wife.

B. A man and his sister.

C. A man and his girlfriend.

15. What does the man usually do at weekends?

A. He has tea with his friends.

B. He goes shopping with his friends.

C. He watches football games on TV.

16. On which point of the picnic is the man different from the woman?

A. Who should get the car ready.

B. How many friends they should invite.

C. What food and drink they should prepare.

听第

10

段材料，回答第

17

至

20

题。

17. How do students enter the library?

A. With a password.

B. With a student card.

C. With a library account.

18. How many books can students borrow at most once?

A. Nine.

B. Eleven.

C. Twelve.

19. What kind of book has to be returned within one week?

A. Books published recently.

B. Books liked by a lot of people.

C. Books borrowed by local residents.

20. What will the speaker do next?

A. Take the students on a campus tour.

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B. Show the students around the library.

C. Tell the students where to get bottled water.

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

A

、

B

、

C

和

D

四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

A

Slang

(

俚语)

is

very

informal

language

which

is

often

used

by

young

people.

It’s

hard to keep up to date with it as new words and phrases appear and develop. Living

in a

multicultural society has an effect on language, especially

on

the

young, whose

friends are often from a mix of backgrounds. TV and music also have a big influence.

A complete list of slang is difficult to make. By the time it is finished, the list

will be out of date. However, here are a few examples:

“Safe”, “ sorted”, “ sound” or “cool” all means “That’s good” or “I

understand”.

Instead of using different tag questions (

附加疑问句

)

like “…

isn’t it?”,

“… can’t you?” or “…don’t they?”, people use “innit”

.

For example, “He

can dance really well, innit?” (=He can dance really well, can’t he?) or “They

always say that, innit?” (=They alway

s say t

hat, don’t they?)

Instead of saying “very”, “really” or “completely”, people use “well”.

For example, “

I

’m w

e

ll tired.” or “You got it well wrong!”

“Whatever” means “I don’t care”. For example, A：

“But the teacher says

we can’t leave until w

e

’

ve finishe

d.” B

:

“Whatever. I’m going.”

“He’

s

fine” or “He’s fit” both means “H

e

’s good

-

looking”. “Fine” and

“fit”

can describe a boy or a girl.

Not everybody uses slang and not everybody likes it. A school in the north of

England recently

told its pupils

to

sto

p using

slang

words such

as

“hiya” (hello),

cheers”

and

“ta”

(both

mean

“thank

you”)

if

they

want

to

get

a

place

at

university

or a good job.

When

British

people

use

language

like

this,

it’s

no

surprise

that

some

say

they

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can’t

understand

native

speakers.

But

perhaps

learners

don’t

need

to

worry

so

much.

Research shows that most of the English spoken around the world today is between

non-native speakers of the language.

So, how important is it to understand these slang words and expressions? If you

watch films or TV in English, read magazines in English, chat online in English or

are

interested

in

English

lyrics

(

歌词

),

then

understanding

slang

can

be

very

useful.

You probably won’t see much slang in your English examination, though.

21. Why is it hard to make a complete list of slang?

A. Many slang words are outdated.

B. It is mostly used by young people.

C. Modem slang changes very quickly. ,

D. It is from different cultural backgrounds.

22. Which of the following means “I understand”？

A. Sorted.

D. Cheers.

B. Innit.

C. Whatever.

23. What can be inferred about slang from the text?

A. It prevents language from developing.

B. It is also spread through TV and music.

C. It is more popular in the UK than in the US.

D. It has found its way into formal written English.

24. What can be concluded from the text?

A. Many UK schools are encouraging students to use slang.

B. It is possible for English learners to master some British slang.

C. Knowing little slang doesn’t greatly affect how one communicates.

D. More English is spoken by native speakers than by non- native speakers.

B

It’s a classroom. Instead of

being told to sit quietly and listen, you are

encouraged

to

stand

up,

jump

around,

imagine

and

act

out.

It’s

a

class

full

of

laughter

and applause (

鼓掌

), emotion and energy. Welcome to drama class, one of my favorite

classes at high school.

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In drama class w

e used to play a lot of “drama games”. We would improvise (即

兴表演

), copy and above all use our imagination.

My

favorite

game

was

called

“Spotto”.

One

person

stood

in

the

front

of

the

class

and

performed

a

scene,

completely

out

of

their

imagination.

When

one

audience

member

yelled

“Spotto!”,

the

performer

had

to

freeze.

Then

the

person

who

had

yelled

Spotto

had to get up and improvise a new scenario (

剧情

) based on the position the first

performer froze in. This went on as more and more people were added to the scene.

Eventually the entire class would have joined the scene. Then the performers would

start to leave in reverse (

颠倒的

) order.

It was a lot of fun, and a good test of everyone’s imagination to see what they

would come up with. Drama class at my school often involved a big performance at the

end of the term as well. We would work on a production throughout the term and put

on a show for our parents and the school community.

It

was

a

great

experience

to

perform

on

stage

in

front

of

a

large

audience.

Drama

class can help shy children, like me, to come out of their shells. It helped them

become

more

confident

and

developed

their

public

speaking

skills.

Drama

class

is

also

a

great

place

to

express

oneself,

and

a

way

for

children

to

use

up

some

of

their

energy.

25. Which do you agree with about the game “Spotto”？

A. Each performer in the game has to retell the story of the latter performer.

B. A performer has to show a story unrelated to that of the former performer.

C. Every student gets the chance to make a con

tribution to the “Spo

tt

o” game.

D. It is designed to help drama students learn

from one another’s performance.

26. The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to “

”.

A. shy children

B. a large audience

D. the whole class

C. drama students

27. What do you know about the author according to the article?

A. He was too shy to attend the drama class.

B. He was a star student in the drama games.

C. He was shining in big performances each term.

D. He was happy to perform on stage in front of the audience.

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28. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the article?

A. A few drama games for fun.

B. How to improve drama skills.

C. Unforgettable experiences on stage.

D. One of his favorite high school courses.

C

From the loss of

wildlife to rising sea levels, we’re all well aware of the

problems

that

climate

change

could

cause.

But

while

it

may

seem

like

such

issues

won’t

affect most of us directly, it looks like future generations could grow up without

something that many of us now take for granted: chocolate.

According

to

an

essay published

by

the US

National Oceanic

and

Atmospheric

Administration, changes to the climate in the areas that produce cacao

—

the plant

from which chocolate is produced

—

may mean that it will soon become extinct.

Most of the world’s cacao grows in countries close to the equator (赤道

), with

over

half

of

it

growing

in

the

African

nations

of

Ghana

and

Ivory

Coast.

It’s

predicted

that

by

2050,

climate

change

will

have

sped

up

the

rate

at

which

temperatures

in

these

countries rise, making it extremely difficult for cacao to grow there. The problem

doesn’t

lie

in

increased heat, but

in lower humidity (湿度), as it’s believed that

rainfall will stay at the same level if the temperature rises.

“In

other

words,

as

higher

temper

atures

squeeze

more

water

out

of

soil

and

plants,

it’s

unlikely

that

rainfall

will

increase

enough

to

offset

the

moisture

(

水分

)

loss,

“ wrote Michon Scott, the essay’s author.

To help fight this problem, researchers from Berkeley University in the US are

working

on

changing

the

DNA

of

cacao

plants

to

allow

them

to

survive

in

dryer

conditions

by

using

gene

(

基因

)

editing

technology,

according

to

US

News.

In

the

meantime,

Mars,

one

of

the

world’s

biggest

companies

of

chocolate

products,

announced

that

it

would

spend 1 billion dollars helping reduce the effects of climate change.

“This is a world issue, and it requires everyone to work together,” Mars

spokesperson Barry Parkin told Business Insider.

The message here is that if we all do our part, we may be able to prevent some

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of

the

worst

influences

of

climate

change.

Or

if

we’re

unlucky,

chocolate

will

become

a thing of the past.

29. What will make it hard for cacao to survive around the equator in the future?

A. The increasing heat.

B. The higher humidity.

D.

The

decrease

in

C. The moisture loss’ in the soil.

rainfall.

30. The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 4 probably means

“

”

.

A. make up

D. use up

B. add up

C. dry up

31. What will Mars do to help cacao survive?

A. It will work hard to plant cacao in greenhouses.

B. It will use the gene editing technology to plant cacao.

C. It will develop cacao that can survive in dryer conditions.

D. It will give financial support to help fight climate change.

32. What is this article mainly about?

A. Some new research and findings about growing cacao.

B. The influence that cacao plants have on climate change.

C. Problems cacao plants could face and the possible solutions.

D. The significance of working together to fight climate change.

D

British readers prefer fiction to any other type of book. Some authors are as

successful today as when they were alive. Take Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

for example, which has sold 200 million copies since 1859. His books have been made

into

films,

television

series

and

even

musicals.

So

why

is

he

still

so

popular?

Dickens

was an expert in observing human beings

—

Ebenezer Scrooge in A

Christmas

Carol

or

Miss

Havisham

from

Great

Expectations,

for

example.

His

characters are often based on real people. Like Dickens

’ own

father, Mr. Micawber

in

David

Copperfield

went

to

prison

for

debt.

Dickens

cared

about

poverty

and

injustice- think of the story of Oliver Twist. He also described London well, where

he lived most of his life. There is a memorable description of fog at the beginning

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