江西省高安二中2015-2016学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷

高安二中2015~2016（下）高一期末考试英语试卷

命题人：符涛

听力（1.5 X 20 = 30’）

第一节

1. 来源：What is the woman doing?

1. Watching TV. B. Cooking. C. Preparing to go out.

1. Where is Lisa most probably now?

1. At work. B. At home. C. In the hospital.

1. What did David do yesterday?

1. He did his homework. B. He went swimming. C. He had an exam.

1. When is the plane leaving?

1. At 4:40. B. At 5:40. C. At 6:40.

1. How will Bella get to Shanghai?

1. By plane. B. By car. C. By train.

第二节

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

1. What is included in the rent?

1. Gas. B. Internet access. C. Electricity.

1. How much did the man’s friend pay in rent?

1. $ 1,200.B. $ 1,000. C. $ 800.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

1. What did Shirley buy at the market?

1. Chinese paintings.B. Papercuts. C. Old furniture.

1. What is the main theme of papercuts?

1. Animals. B. Plants. C. Babies.

听第8段材料，回答第10至第12题。

1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
   1. Doctor and patient.B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates.

1. What was wrong with Sarah?
   1. She didn’t want to attend class.
   2. She failed the English test.
   3. She was in hospital with a stomachache.

1. When will Sarah and John meet on Sunday?

1. At 10:00.B. At 9:30.C. At 9:00.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

1. Which type of tea is best in the shop?

1. Longjing.B. Jasmine.C. Tieguanyin.

1. Where are Chinese teas?

1. In the showcase.B. On the shelves.C. On the first floor.

1. Why does the man want to buy some Chinese tea?
   1. He thinks Chinese tea is famous.

1. He wants to send it to his friends.
2. He likes drinking tea.

1. How much does the man pay for the tea?
   1. 200 yuan.B. 160 yuan. C. 80 yuan.
      听第10 段材料，回答第17至20题。
2. What is Michael Jackson known as?
   1. The King of Music. B. The King of Dance. C. The King of Pop.

1. How many records has Michael Jackson sold?
   1. More than 130 million. B. More than 300 million. C. More than 103 million.

1. When did Michael Jackson begin his musical career?

1. In 1971. B. In 1963. C. In 1979.

1. How many children did Michael Jackson have?

1. Two. B. Three. C. Four.

阅读理解( 2’ X 15 = 30’)

A

A job is more than a job, especially to the old. “ It’s not the money that matters, but the sense of self-worth,” 56-year-old Cheng Wonlan said. So, every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels, letters and documents and does her rounds in North Point. She’s a courier(快递员).

Five years ago, Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic. She had worked there for 30 years but became jobless when the doctor moved away. It was difficult for her to find another job as a nurse. “ People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am,” she said. After two years of searching, she eventually found another nursing job. But then after two years, she quit. Why?

“ My colleagues were young and they didn’t understand me because of my age. They often asked me, ‘ You are so old. What are you working for?’ I was very unhappy,” she said. When the rest of her family left for work, she was lonely and bored at home. Then her neighbours told her about Employees’ Retraining Board offering retraining courses for older people. These courses are specifically designed to encourage the older people back to work.

“ I was interested in courier work. I didn’t think my age was a barrier(障碍) because I was fit,” she said. Upon graduating, Ms Cheng was offered a job by a company. But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict: she was caught between honour and employment. “ I felt embarrassed about carrying and delivering letters and parcels,” she said. It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind: there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job. So she went off to work as a courier.

Ms Cheng’s employer, Anthony Chong, is delighted with her responsible attitude and said, “ I hire older people because they are able and reliable. Age is not an important factor but attitude is. Many old people will not run from difficulties but the young ones will.”

21. Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing job?

A. Nursing clinics were hard to find.

B. She found it difficult to trust others.

C. People thought she was too old to work.

D. People didn’t think she had enough work experience.

1. Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because _______.
   1. it was too difficult for her
   2. she was bored with the job
   3. her family didn’t want her to do the job
   4. the other staff made her feel uncomfortable
2. Employees’ Retraining Board is an organization_________.

1. finding jobs for older people
2. teaching new skills to older people
3. training older people to make them healthier
4. providing older people with chances to earn money

1. According to Anthony Chong, young people________.

1. are more likely to give up than the older ones
2. are less experienced than the older ones
3. are fitter and stronger than the older ones
4. are able and reliable

来源： B

The companies below offer student accommodation(住宿) all around London, no matter what university you are attending. And they limit the complications (复杂) that other rental companies can have (such as paying for heat and hot water, paying your rent yearly and so on).

CRM Students has 12 different properties (房产) to choose from in London with various size choices depending on your budget and requirements. Prices start from £ 140 per week.

International Students House is unique because they offer twin, triple and quad rooms, which means they are cheaper per week than others. Of course, you will be sharing your bedroom with up to three other people. Prices start from £ 78.4 per week.

Prodigy Living has several properties in London ( most of which have just been decorated) and offers en-suite (套房) rooms in flats and one-bedroom flats. Prices start from £ 209 per week.

Scape Living has properties in Greenwich, Surrey and Shoreditch, with the latter two being new apartments as of 2015, which means they will be in pretty good condition. Prices start from £ 185 per week.

Unite Students offers student accommodation in various areas of London, from en-suite rooms to two-bedroom flats, with lots of sharing choices available. Prices start from £169 per week.

These student housing associations are the best I found on the Internet for cheap student accommodation in London; however, I am aware that new ones are appearing every day. For a full list of associations like these ( but most are more expensive than those listed above), I recommend checking out UCL’s alternative accommodation page.

Note: Most rooms require a small deposit (押金), which is typically the same value as your weekly rental price ( for example, £ 200 per week =£ 200 deposit before you move in).

1. Why does the author recommend the companies above?

1. Because they offer all kinds of student accommodation.
2. Because they allow students to pay the rent weekly.
3. Because they mainly provide one-bedroom flats.
4. Because they avoid the need for students to pay extra for facilities(设施) in the room.

1. The rent of the houses that International Students House offers is cheaper than others because

_________.

1. students have to share the bedrooms with others
2. students needn’t pay for heat and water
3. most of the houses have just been decorated
4. students don’t have the right to choose the room size

1. How much will you pay if you want to rent a new apartment?

1. At least £140 per week. B. At least £ 78.40 per week.
   C. At least £195 per week. D. At least £ 185 per week.
   C
   This year, about twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from 13 to 19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impression of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred America teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn about the rest of the world.
   Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
   Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived. But after two months of studying, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected – much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that were usually taken in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
   Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law, and all of the activities were done around the family rather than individually(单独地). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also he missed having a car.
   “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
   At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize America schools,” he says. “It is far too easy for our level. But I have to say that I like it a lot. In Germany, we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
   28. This year _____ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.
   1. twenty-three hundred B. thirteen hundred
      C. over three thousand D. less than two thousand
      29. The whole exchange program is done mainly to ____.
      A. help teenagers in other countries learn about the real America
2. send students in America to Germany
3. let students learn something about other countries
4. have teenagers learn new languages

30. What is different about America school is that ____.

1. there is a ground between two teaching buildings
2. there are a lot of outside activities
3. students usually take fourteen subjects in all
4. students go outside to enjoy themselves in cars

31. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought that ____.

1. a better education should include something good from both America and Germany
2. German schools trained students best
3. America schools were not as good as German schools
4. the easy life in the American schools was more helpful for students

D

Almost anyone who has read a travel brochure about Africa has heard of a story ----- that elephants can get drunk by eating the fermented (发酵) marula fruit rotting (腐烂) on the ground. Books have even been written to prove the truth of the phenomenon.

But a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology tells a very different story.

Steve Morris, a biologist at the University of Bristol in England and an author of the study, says there is nothing in the biology of either the African elephant or the marula fruit to support the stories. Morris says, “ People just want to believe in drunken elephants.”

The marula tree, a member of the same family as the mango (芒果), grows widely in Africa. Its sweet, yellow fruit is used for making jam, wine and beer. “ The first mistake of the drunken-elephant theory is that it’s unlikely that an elephant would eat the fruit if it were rotten,” Morris says. “Elephants eat the fruit right off the tree, not when it’s rotten on the ground,” he explains.

Other experts add that if an elephant were to eat the fruit on the ground, it wouldn’t wait for the fruit to ferment. Michelle Gadd, an African wildlife specialist, says that elephants and many other animals, including birds and monkeys, are too fond of marula fruit to let it rot.

If fermented fruit on the ground is out of the question, so is the concept that the fruit could ferment in the stomach of elephants, according to the study authors. Food takes between 12 and 46 hours to pass through an elephant’s digestive(消化的) system, the authors point out, which is not enough for the fruit to ferment.

Supposing that this happened, it’s still highly improbable that the food would produce enough alcohol to make an elephant drunk. Through calculations of body weight, elephant digestion rates, and other factors, the authors conclude that it would take about 1.9 litres of alcohol to make an elephant drunk.
We can learn from the text that ________.

1. African elephants don’t like to eat marula fruit at all
2. it is not easy to find marula fruit in the wild in Africa
3. birds and monkeys in Africa like to eat rotten marula fruit
4. marula fruit can be made into food or drinks consumed by people

1. According to Paragraph 6, marula fruit probably takes _____ to ferment.

1. about 12 hours B. about 34 hours

C. more than 46 hours D. between 12 to 46 hours

1. Which of the following is Mr. Morris’s opinion?

A. Elephants prefer mangoes to the marula fruit.

B. Elephants will not eat the marula fruit if it is rotten.

C. The marula tree and the mango belong to different families.

D. There are several connections between elephants and the marula fruit.
What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph probably refer to？

1. Elephants getting drunk
2. Elephants eating rotten marula fruit

C. Elephants eating marula trees directly

D. Marula fruit fermenting in elephants’ stomachs

七选五( 2’ X 5 = 10’)：

Ways to Keep Your Brain Young

Every brain changes with age, and mental function changes along with it. Mental decline(下降) is common, and it is one of the most worrying consequences of aging.

36 Here are some ways that can help reduce your risk of age-related memory loss.

1. Get plenty of mental stimulation(激发).
   Any mentally stimulating activity should help to build up your brain. 37 Experiment with things that require manual(手工的) skills as well as mental effort, such as drawing, painting and other crafts.
2. Get some physical exercise.
   38 Animals that exercise regularly increase the number of tiny blood vessels that bring oxygen-rich blood to the parts of the brain that is responsible for thought. Exercise also stimulates the brains to become more efficient and adaptive, which means having better performance.
3. Avoid tobacco and too much alcohol.
   Avoid tobacco in all its forms and don’t abuse(滥用) alcohol. 39 And if you use alcohol responsibly, you may actually reduce your risk of dementia(痴呆). At least five studies have linked low amounts of alcohol with a reduced risk of dementia in older adults.
4. Other ways.

Improve your diet and eat the right food, as good nutrition(营养) can help your mind as well as your body. Stay slim and keep your blood pressure low. 40 Protect your head: moderate or severe head injuries strongly increase the risk of mental decline in old age. Build social networks. Strong social ties have been associated with lower blood pressure and longer life.

1. In fact, mental decline is not unavoidable.
2. Too much drinking is a major risk factor for dementia.
3. Experts are not ready to recommend aspirin(阿司匹林) for dementia.
4. Research shows that exercise may help your mind as well as your muscles.
5. High blood pressure increases the risk of mental decline in old age.
6. Low scores on mental tests don’t necessarily predict a risk of mental decline in old age.
7. Read, take courses, or try “mental gymnastics” such as word puzzles or mental maths problems.

完形填空( 1.5’ X 20 = 30’)：

Rocky had always been picked on by some of his schoolmates. Nothing 41 him more. But no matter how much he told them not to do so or even shouted at them, they wouldn’t 42. One of his friends wanted to help him and told him a(n) 43 about Sparky.

Sparky was a fighting bull. One day, Sparky stood next to his owner’s house, 44 the farmer’s TV, and it was showing a bullfight. Sparky 45 that this was what lay 46 him, so he spent the rest of his life preparing for the day of his fight.

Soon, that day arrived. When Sparky 47 the bullring(斗牛场), he was suddenly pushed in the back. It was very 48, and Sparky felt like his blood was boiling. But he knew 49 what he needed to do, and he remained still. Soon, the bullfighter 50, trying to provoke(挑衅) Sparky. Sparky felt like 51 his horns(角) deep into this stupid guy, but he controlled his 52, kept still and waited.

After some time, the crowd started to whistle. It got so bad that the bullfight organizers decided to 53 the bull. This had been the most boring bull that anyone could remember.

So Sparky was 54 to his field and allowed to live out his life in peace. Never again did they put him in a bullring, 55 everyone knew that he would provide no amusement.

His friend told Rocky: “Those people 56 making fun of you because they see how angry they make you. But 57 you did what Sparky did, not reacting to anything, they’d get bored and look for someone else to 58, someone who could provide more amusement.”

Rocky gradually tried to put this 59 into practice. At first, it wasn’t easy, but as Rocky 60 to his plan, those people got bored with him. After a few days they found more interesting things to do than make fun of Rocky.

41. A. amazed B. upset C. excited D. shocked

42. A. start B. allow C. stop D. help

43. A. joke B. idea C. secret D. story

44. A. doing B. thinking C. questioning D. watching

45. A. agreed B. imagined C. realized D. found

46. A. ahead of B. after C. under D. beside

47. A. borrowed B. opened C. entered D. ordered

48. A. painful B. comfortable C. peaceful D. different

49. A. fortunately B. exactly C. rapidly D. possibly

50. A. failed B. appeared C. left D. laughed

51. A. sticking B. holding C. running D. turning

52. A. cry B. anger C. danger D. escape

53. A. kill B. ride C. change D. hit

54. A. sold B. repaired C. cleaned D. returned

55. A. once B. because C. though D. unless

56. A. suggest B. dislike C. miss D. enjoy

57. A. while B. until C. if D. before

58. A. pick on B. pick up C. put on D. put up

59. A. chance B. knowledge C. result D. advice

60. A. kept B. made C. got D. fight

语法填空( 1.5’ X 10 = 15’)：

请在空格上填上一个正确的词或用所给词的正确形式填空，每空1.5分。

Christmas was coming. Mr. Smith had no money (61)_____ (buy) any presents for his children. His wife was ill and he had spent a lot of money (62)_____ her medicine. The harvest was bad and everyone in his family was going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite (63)_____(worry) about it.

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day. “You’d better take it to the town. Sell it there and buy some cakes and (64)_____(candy) for our children.”

“That is a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put (65)_____ into a box. It was difficult to walk on the road, because it (66)_____(cover) with thick snow. Two hours later, he was very tired and wanted to have a rest. He put the box on the ground and sat down.

“The air in the box must be old,” the man said to (67)_____(he). “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, (68)_____ it’ll die.”

So he put the cock on the ground. Then, when he wanted to start off again, Mr. Smith tried to get the cock, but he found he couldn’t catch it (69)_____ longer.

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith shouted (70)_____(anger) at the cock. “You can herald(预示) the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

改错(1’ X 10 = 10’)：

以下短文有十处错误，请改正。

“Happiness Shared” was title of an e-mail I received from a website that I really enjoyed. It inspired me to contacting two friends and invite him over for a craft day. I was excited about sharing craft ideas and baking cookies with friend! Then one friend sent me a message saying that she was depressing and thought she should not come, so she would only bring us down. I sent her a quote what inspires me when I’m upset. It is, “Think about how you want to feel and do whatever it takes to make it to happen.” Finally, she comes and we had a great day. It is so nicely to have someone to share your day with!

书面表达（25’）：

假设你是张华，你的朋友李明在骑车上学的途中遇到车祸，腿受伤并在医院接受了手术。请你代表全班同学给他写一封慰问信，表达以下几点信息：

1. 听说他住院并接受了手术，表示慰问；2、你们将在周六上午去看望他；3、将会帮助他补习所缺的功课；4、愿意提供任何可能的帮助。

文章必须包含以上要点，词数为100~120。

1~20 BBACA BCBAC CAABB ACBBB

21~40 CDBAD ADCCB ADCBD AGDBE

41~60 BCDDC ACABB ABCDB DCADA

1. to buy 62. on 63. worried 64. candies 65. it

1. was covered 67. himself 68. or/otherwise 69. any 70. angrily

1. was ᴧ tittle → 加the 72. contacting→contact 73. him→them

1. friend→friends 75. depressing→depressed 76. so→because

1. what→that/which 78. to happen→去to 79. comes→came 80. nicely→nice

书面表达：

Dear Li Ming,

How are you now? All of us are worried about you. We were shocked when we heard that you were knocked down by a truck while cycling to school. We are sorry to have learned that you have had an operation on your injured leg and that you have to stay in hospital. Let us hope that it will be for only a very short time, and that you will soon be out of hospital. Everybody here sends his best wishes to you for a quick recovery.

We’ll come to see you on Saturday morning. We have decided to help you with your lessons that you have missed. So, don’t worry and be patient. If there is anything we can do for you, please let us know when we come. We are always ready to help you.

Hope you will recover soon.

Yours,

Zhang Hua