2019-2020 学年度第二学期武汉市三校联合体期中考试
高一英语试卷
考试时间：2020 年 4 月 26 日 14:00-16:00 试卷满分：150 分
第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
第Ⅰ卷
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. When was the woman born?
A. In 1983. B. In 1979. C. In 1976.
2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesgirl and customer.
B. Interviewer and interviewee.
C. Editor and reader.
3. What does the girl think of the boy’s failure?
A. It is helpful for him in a sense.
B. It is out of her expectation.
C. It is a great pity.
4. Who will have dinner at home?
A. The whole family.
B. The man and the children.
C. The woman and the children.
5. Where will the speakers meet?
A. In Room 340. B. In Room 314. C. In Room 223.
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，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 conversation probably take place?
A. At a bus stop. B. In the street. C. In a Post Office.
7. What will the man do next?
A. He will take No. 36 bus. B. He will take No. 301 bus. C. He will walk to the zoo.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. What do the two speakers have in common?
A. They both once worked as office clerks.
B. They both failed to realize their dreams.
C. They both went through similar hardships.
9. What's the woman's practical dream?
A. To become a pilot. B. To become a scientist. C. To become an interpreter.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Student and teacher. B. Saleswoman and customer. C. Librarian and library user.
11. Which of the following does the man remember?
A. The title of the book. B. The writer of the book. C. The category of the book.12. What kind of books may the man be interested in?
A. Biography. B. Fiction. C. Literature.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. Why does the boy want to become a scientist in the future?
A. He is encouraged by his classmates.
B. He likes doing scientific research.
C. He wants to make a contribution to society.
14. What do we know about Copernicus' theory?
A. It concluded that the sun was spinning.
B. It was influenced by Newton and Einstein.
C. It is the basis of ideas about the universe today.
15. What did people believe was the center of the universe at Copernicus time?
A. The earth. B. The sun. C. God.
16. Why did Copernicus publish his theory when he was dying?
A. He wasn't sure of his theory until then.
B. He was afraid of being punished.
C. His friends told him not to publish it.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What does Li Hua do?
A. He is a teacher. B. He is a basketballer. C. He is a freshman.
18. How many people are there in Li Ming's family?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
19. What is in the bedroom?
A. A computer and a single bed.
B. A double bed and a portable computer.
C. A TV set and a football.
20. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. The family members and their interests.
B. The necessities Li Ming has prepared for Shirley.
C. An introduction to Li Ming's family and Shirley's bedroom.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节
（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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。
A
If you land in India anytime in late February or March, it’s wise to check the dates of the annual Holi festival and bring a spare
set of clothes. That’s because for a few days in spring, people crowd the streets and pelt(投掷) anyone walking by with
brightly-colored powder to celebrate the arrival of spring and the end of evil. It’s hard to avoid the fun and the paint, unless you stay
inside or look angry enough to discourage the custom.
“Watch out, madam!” said my taxi driver in Amritsar as we drove through a crowd of young people pelting each other with
powder. “The colors never come out of your clothes,” he said. “And you might be having purple hair for many days.”
I did a quick check. I was wearing black, a color rarely seen in India. It is usually connected with the lowest social classes, and
can be viewed as unlucky. I was happy for my clothes to be painted in colors.
“I have some powder I bought for my children. You can have some gladly, to join in our customs.” he encouraged. Holding
what the driver handed me as my weapon of choice, I walked into the Holi smoke. At first people politely avoided foreigners. Butthen a girl in a sari(一种印度服饰)ran up smiling and put paint on my face. I returned the favor with a handful of pink.With its brilliant clothes, exotic flowers, trucks covered with lights and brightly painted pictures of gods, India is truly one of
the most colorful places on the planet!
21. Which of the following sentences about the Holi festival is correct?
A. It falls on the same day each year and is celebrated for a few days.
B. It is a playful cultural event to throw colored power at friends or strangers.
C. It has many purposes, celebrating the end of spring in particular.
D. It is fun for local people but a little unacceptable for foreigners.
22. I was happy for my black clothes to be painted in colors because .
A. the festival influenced my taste in fashion.
B. the taxi driver suggested wearing something colorful.
C. black was the color not liked by people in India.
D. a girl invited me to join in their customs.
23. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the color black provides people with a sense of mystery and tradition.
B. foreigners can’t be too careful in the street in India during the Holi festival.
C. a sari, worn especially by Indian women, is a must for the Holi celebration.
D. anyone can be attacked during Holi festival.
B
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less? If you know your
computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is
changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the
Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group
of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save
it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again,
so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the
Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location better
than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is
called “transactive memory (交互记忆)”
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are
developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are
able to access it at a later date. This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way
we use memory is changing.24. What can we learn about the first experiment?
A. Sparrow’s team typed the information into a computer.
B. The two groups remembered the information equally well.
C. The first group did not try to remember the formation.
D. The second group did not understand the information.
25. In transactive memory, people _.
A. keep the information in mind
B. change the quantity of information
C. organize information like a computer
D. remember how to find the information
26. What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow’s research?
A. We are using memory differently.
B. We are becoming more intelligent.
C. We have poorer memories than before.
D. We need a better way to access information.
C
Traveling with kids is 90 percent reminding yourself to live in the moment and 10 percent making up your mind to never
again leave your house.
I have an uncanny ability to forget this as soon as we return home from a trip and I’ve finished washing piles of dirty clothes
in our luggage and cleaning all the messy caused by the kids. Extremely tired and annoyed, I would actually begin to miss the
place we just left!
Family travel is like childbirth, I suppose. Painful, loud, messy, sort of awful, actually, but also wonderful. And you
remember only the wonderful—until you’re back on a plane and your kids are fighting over who gets the aisle seat. Then you
remember the bad stuff.
Last weekend, my kids and I flew to Texas for a trip we would have nothing to complain about—big hotel, wonderful view.
And yet—we found things to complain about. The pool was bigger in that other hotel! Why do you get to shower first? They call
this coffee?! Luckily, I’ve learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor (盔甲) on as soon as we land somewhere, and it forces
complaints to bounce (弹起) off me and land in a pile at my feet.
For three days, genuine fun was had and annoying complaints were heard and ignored. Until it was time to catch a plane and
fly home. Unfortunately, our flight was canceled. We spent hours finding a hotel room. We hit the hotel pool before bed and swam
well into the night, my kids making up songs and laughing so hard at their silly lyrics and their crazy good luck to be swimming at
10: 30 on a school night.
And that was when it hit me that family travel is all those things I said before but it’s also a lot more. It’s taking your kids to
parts of the world that will open their eyes and finding that actually, yours need opening too. It’s remembering that joy and
memories are where you make them, not where you find them.
27. The underlined word “uncanny” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A. unknown. B. uncertain. C. unexpected. D. unusual.
28. According to the passage, family travel is like childbirth in that .
A. they both cause financial trouble and pain.
B. they are both hard as well as rewarding.
C. childhood memories come flooding back when they travel.
D. both of them need many preparations.29. By saying “I’ve learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor on” in Paragraph 5, the author means that .
A. she tries to deal with the complaints more wisely and properly.
B. she turns those annoying complaints into a means to educate kids.
C. she has improved her language skills when handling the complaints.
D. she has succeeded in escaping kids’ fighting thanks to the armor.
30. From the author’s experience in the passage, we can NOT learn that .
A. family vacation benefits her kids as well as her.
B. joy and memories should be created rather than discovered.
C. the most unforgettable memory for her is about the complaints.
D. she has to spend some time on housework after the family vacation.
第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入
空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to Discover Your Talent
Talent tends to refer to that inborn skill that everyone seems to be born with. 31 . It’s good to try and identify and practice
that skill.
Revisit your childhood. A good way to figure out where your talents lie is to revisit your childhood. 32 . This is often the
time when you had plans that weren’t limited by what people tend to think of as “reality”.
Consider what it is you do when you lose track of time. One of the chief things you can do is focus on what you love to do so
much that you have a tendency to forget everything else for a while. 33 . You might have to research a bit deeper into the things
you enjoy to discover what makes you feel satisfied.
34 . Sometimes, when you’re having difficulty seeing clearly, it’s good to get an outside opinion. Your friends and family
members know you well and they should be able to offer you some insights into the areas they think you’re talented in.
Try new things. Especially if you’re not sure what your talents might be, you should get out and try new things. This way you’re
more likely to hit on what it is that you’re really good at and that really makes you happy. 35 . In your quest for your own talent
you should look into the talents of other people.
A. Consider what you loved to do as a child
B. Ask others for better advice
C. You can use your talents in the service of kindness
D. Focus on the areas that you’re less talented in
E. Not all talents are going to be super obvious
F. Observe and enjoy the talents of other people
G. It’s true that having a talent can help you in life
第三部分语言知识运用（满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a 36 place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge.
They 37 various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was 38 that the fires of war would destroy
the books, which are more 39 to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books,40 a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.
She had asked the government for 41 to move the books to a 42 place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into
her own hands. 43 , she brought books home every night, 44 her car late after work. Her friends came to 45 her
when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant 46 to hide some books. All through the 47 , Alia, Anis, his
brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, 48 them over the seven-foot wall and 49 them in the
restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war 50 . Then nine days later, a fire burned the 51 to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the 52 left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe,
they must be 53 again when the city was still 54 . So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in
the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and 55 peace and a new library.
36. A. meeting B. working C. personal D. religious
37. A. raised B. handled C. reported D. discussed
38. A. worried B. angry C. doubtful D. curious
39. A. practical B. precious C. reliable D. expensive
40. A. then B. still C. even D. rather
41. A. permission B. confirmation C. explanation D. information
42. A. large B. public C. distant D. safe
43. A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Seriously D. Secretly
44. A. starting B. parking C. filling D. testing
45. A. stop B. help C. warn D. rescue
46. A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. agreed
47. A. war B. night C. building D. way
48. A. put B. opened C. passed D. threw
49. A. hid B. exchanged C. burnt D. distributed
50. A. approached B. erupted C. continued D. ended
51. A. restaurant B. library C. city D. wall
52. A. neighbours B. soldiers C. friends D. customers
53. A. sold B. read C. saved D. moved
54. A. occupied B. bombed C. quiet D. busy
55. A. dreamed of B. believed in C. cared about D. looked for
第 II 卷
第一部分语法填空（共 10 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容
（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its
top 56 (attract).
So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I
57 (allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title
will be 58 (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 59 my days on a
TV show in the mid-1980s, 60 I was the first Western TV reporter 61 (film) a special unit caring for pandas rescued
from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 62 (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at
Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 63 (it) mother. The nursery team
switches him every few 64 (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 65 other is with mum—she never
suspects.
第二部分写作 (共两节,满分 40 分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分 15 分)
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友 Mark 希望向你了解国画的有关知识，已约定见面时间，然而你因故需要推
迟。请给 Mark 写一封邮件，说明情况。要点包括：
1. 表示歉意；2. 说明原因；3. 重约见面讨论的时间。
提示词：国画 traditional Chinese paintings
要求：1. 词数 80 左右 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Mark,
第二节 读后续写(满分 25 分)
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
It was Christmas Eve, and almost all the people were getting together with their family, having the big dinner or enjoying the
charming lights of the Christmas tree. But Tomas was still on the way, and it was still a long way to the destination. He felt tired,
lonely and cold, especially when a wind was blowing in his cab. Tomas pulled in the truck and reached for his jacket but stopped
when he saw the box on the passenger seat next to him.
His mother was the greatest mother in the world who worried about him spending Christmas on the road alone and had givenhim a box filled with presents before he left home. Though he has been a driver now, his mum still treats him like a kid. He reached
into the red stocking that was in the box and brought out a toy tractor that looked a lot like his truck. He wondered how many stores
his mother had to go before she found such a close match. Tears filled his eyes.
He climbed out of his truck and ran into the all-night café, which was a truck stop that many truck drivers liked to have a rest in.
But today, besides those truckers who were eating and talking loudly as usual, there were a family of three sitting in a corner, wearing
shabby (破旧的) clothes and looking sleepy. The mother hugged the boy who looked unhappy in her arms and the father only
muttered something to them or to himself.
Seeing this, Tomas missed his family more. His mum raised four kids by herself, but no matter how hard the life was, she
always made sure they had a good Christmas.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右;
2. 应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Tomas felt sorry for the boy.
.
Paragraph 2:
He walked to the family.
.2019-2020 学年度第二学期武汉市三校联合体期中考试
高一英语试卷
听力：
1－5 CBACA 6－10 ABBCC 11－15 CACCA 16－20 BCCBC
阅读理解
21-25 BCDCD 26-30 ADBAC 31-35 GAEBF
完形填空
36-40 ADABC 40-45 ADDCB
46-50 DBCAC 51-55 BBDCA
填词
56. attraction 57.was allowed 58. officially 59. to 60. when
61. to film 62. introducing 63. its 64. days 65. the
应用文
Dear Mark,
I’m writing to express my regret for being unable to keep my appointment to discuss the
traditional Chinese paintings with you. I feel terribly sorry about it and want you to know what
happened.
What makes me concerned is that my final exam will be held in two weeks, so I have to make
preparations for it at that time. Could we make another appointment to discuss the traditional
Chinese paintings together? I suggest we put it off from this weekend until the first Sunday next
month. Will that be fine for you?
I sincerely hope you can accept my apologies and understand my situation. Looking forward to
your reply.
Your sincerely,
Li Hua
读后续写
One possible version:
Tomas felt sorry for the boy. No kid should spend Christmas Eve in a truck stop. Then he
thought of his box filled with presents chosen by his mother. He looked at the kid again and knew
what to do. He put on his jacket, went outside and climbed into his truck. In no time did he come
back with that stocking.
He walked to the family. “I think Santa Claus left this for you,” Tomas said and handed it to
the boy. “Tell Santa thanks, and best wishes to you,” the boy’s father said and shook Tomas’ hand
long and hard. The boy’s face lit up almost at once and he eagerly dug inside the stocking, full of
curiosity and happiness. Tomas felt a little excited and made sure it was the greatest Christmas that
he had had. What made him more amazing was that he didn’t feel tired or lonely any more. 听力稿
(Text 1)
W: When were you born, Martin?
M: I was born in 1979. How about you?
W: I am three years older than you.
(Text 2)
W: Good morning, Mr Robinson. Please feel free to talk about anything you like. I want this
talk to feel like a conversation.
M: OK, I really want to contribute something to your magazine.
(Text 3)
M: I failed English last year and have to take it again this year.
W: Maybe it's for the best. You could take this opportunity to improve your English ability.
M: It makes sense in a way.
(Text 4)
W: So, what would you like me to fix for dinner tonight?
M: Never mind cooking anything for me. I will not be home.
W: Okay. Then I will just cook for myself and the kids then.
(Text 5)
M: Professor Minors, could I talk to you about my paper?
W: Sure, come to my office between 2 to 3. It's room 340.
(Text 6)
M: Excuse me. Is this where I catch the bus for the zoo?
W: Well, you can take No. 36 bus from here to the Post Office, and then you have to walk
about 30 minutes.
M: That doesn't sound too good.
W: Actually, if you go to the next bus stop beside the Bank of China, you can take bus 301
which will let you right off in front of the zoo.
M: Great! That's what I'll do. Thanks a lot.
(Text 7)
W: John, did you have a dream when you was a little boy?
M: Of course I did. I dreamed to be a pilot when I grow up. But unfortunately, I didn't realize it.
W: I had the same experience with you. When I was a little girl I dreamed to be a great
scientist. But now you see, I'm just a common office clerk.
M: Okay, forget about that. Do you have some practical dreams at present?
W: I do. And now I'm working hard to learn French, and I want to be an interpreter some day.
M: You're promising. Just follow your dream and never give up.W：Thanks, I will.
(Text 8)
M: Could you please help me to check out the book?
W: Sure, what's the author's name, please?
M: I can't remember that clearly. It probably be Charles…
W: Charles Dickens?
M: No, no, no. I'm not interested in literature.
W: OK, do you know the title of the book?
M: Oh, sorry. I'm always absentminded. I remember that I've put a note in my pocket.
W: So, show me the note please.
M: I can't find it now.
W: Oh, such bad luck, sir. Can you please name the category of the book?
M: Let me see. It's not fiction. It's biography.
W: OK, I'll search it for you. A moment, please.
M: Thanks.
(Text 9)
W: Tom，what are you going to do in the future?
M: I want to be a scientist.
W: Can you tell me why?
M: I think scientists contribute a lot to our comfortable lives. I want to be a useful person.
W: Sounds great! Then who's your favorite scientist?
M: Copernicus！He discovered the sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets went
around it. He also discovered the earth was spinning while it was travelling around the sun. Our
ideas of the universe are all based on his theory. And his theory even influenced the work of the
great scientists, like Newton and Einstein afterwards.
W: Wow! I wonder how he made his discoveries.
M: Well, at his time, people believed the earth was the center of the universe. But if that was
the case, some things didn't make sense. So, Copernicus tried to find an answer. He collected
observations of the stars, and used all his mathematical knowledge to analyse them. That finally led
to his theory.
W: Copernicus was great indeed!
M: Absolutely! But unfortunately, he didn't publish his theory until he was dying.
W: How come?
M: At that time, the Christian Church was extremely strict about ideas. If Copernicus put
forward his theory, the theory would certainly have been rejected. And he himself would have been
attacked and punished, too.
(Text 10)
Dear Shirley，I've learned you want to know about my family and your bedroom in your last letter. My
parents have been waiting for the moment for such a long time. They have prepared everything you
may need during your stay in China. My elder brother Li Hua is a freshman who studies in Hebei
University. He really wants to show you around and take you to some pubs to listen to music or
watch basketball matches. My grandfather is so kind that he's willing to tell you much about
Chinese culture and history. The bedroom you will live in is just opposite to mine. There is a
portable computer and a TV set. The double bed may make you feel more comfortable to sleep on.
Necessities of life are available. I believe during your stay in my family, you can not only have
enjoyable and unforgettable experience, but learn a lot about China, which will greatly enrich your
life.
Yours sincerely，
Li Ming
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