界首中学 2019——2020 高一下期中测试英语试题
（试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟）
第一部分 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）
1. What does Shirley plan to do this afternoon?
A. Have classes. B. Go swimming. C. Do her homework.
2. When is Peter’s father’s birthday?
A. On September 1st. B. On September 10th. C. On September 20th.
3. Where will the man go first?
A. New York. B. Chicago. C. Washington D. C.
4. What does the man offer to do?
A. Lend the woman his copy.
B. Underline the important parts.
C. Accompany the woman to the bookstore.
5. What will the man probably do tomorrow afternoon?
A. Attend a meeting. B. Meet the woman. C. See a film.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。
6. What magazine will the woman work for?
A. Sports Weekly. B. Swim World. C. National Football.
7. What will the woman most probably work as?
A. A designer. B. An editor. C. A secretary.
听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。
8. What is the man’s cousin?
A. A sailor. B. A teacher. C. A journalist.
9. How does the man find teaching?
A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Challenging.
听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。
10. What is the matter with Mr. Smith?
A. He is unqualified for his job. B. He can’t sleep at night. C. He got a sore throat.
11. What does Mr. Smith teach?
A. Chinese. B. English. C. Physics.
12. Why doesn’t Mr. Smith want to take a rest?
A. He has to help his students. B. He has rested for a week. C. He wants to visit a university.
听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。
13. What does the woman think of her co-workers?
A. Selfish. B. Nice. C. Unfriendly.
14. How is the research program going?
A. It won’t be started till March. B. It was finished last Christmas. C. It hasn’t been finished
yet. 15. What do we know about the woman?
A. She traveled a lot in America.
B. She won’t go back to America.
C. She enjoyed herself in parties.
16. What day does Boxing Day fall on?
A. December 24. B. December 25. C. December 26.
听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。
17. What will the headmaster do tomorrow morning?
A. Meet the listeners in the library.
B. Introduce the school to the listeners.
C. Take photos in the lab building.
18. Where will the listeners visit on Tuesday morning?
A. Central Park. B. Brooklyn Bridge. C. The Statue of Liberty.
19. What will be held on Tuesday night?
A. A talk show. B. A party. C. A lecture.
20. When will the listeners go to Washington?
A. On Tuesday afternoon. B. On Wednesday morning. C. On Wednesday afternoon.
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。
A
Educational App Store
Busuu
Busuu helps you learn English language and the lesson's quality is guaranteed as it is based on
CEFR language framework.Lessons range from beginners to advanced learners.Busuu is actually a
great Eng lish app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers.
Duolingo
Duolingo is one of the best English language apps today and highly recommended for English
beginners.The system of the app helps you learn English quickly by spending twenty minutes a
day.Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and
skill points being awarded for completing the lessons.
Memrise
Memrise uses some creative and easy ways to remember English words.The focus of this app is
to help the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in an effective way.Memrise
also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is designed differently from average language apps on the marketplace today.It's
trying to teach us English the way we'd learn it if we were children starting to learn the language.It
has exercises designed to help you learn basic words.A variety of lessons are offered that Rosetta
Stone has been using for years.
21．Which is most helpful for speaking?
A．Rosetta Stone. B．Duolingo. C．Memrise. D．Busuu.
22．What is unique about Memrise?
A．It serves English beginners. B．It works online or offline.
C．It promises quick progress. D．It helps develop vocabulary.23．What does the Educational App Store intend to do here?
A．Inspire language learners. B．Show its high technology.
C．Compare ways of learning. D．Promote its latest products.
B
A few years ago when my daughter was about two years old, I went through a difficult time.
My marriage was in trouble, I was pregnant (怀孕的) and not particularly well and I didn’t have
much money. Looking back I think I was also a bit depressed, but I had to get on with taking care of
my daughter the best I could.
One day I thought I would take my daughter to the park for a nice day as she liked there, and I
thought it was a nice thing to do. I decided to walk because the bus was expensive, so it took us a
long time to get there. When we finally got there, immediately my daughter began to cry. She was
cold, she was thirsty, and she wanted to go home. To be honest, I had not prepared properly. I didn’t
even have any money to buy a drink or to take the bus back home. I was so frustrated and cross with
myself that my dream of a nice day failed. I started walking back home (it was nearly 2 miles), and
my daughter would not stop crying. I felt so miserable and cross with(生…的气)myself and my life
that I started crying too.
At that point a car stopped and a gentleman offered us a lift. He took us home, and seemed
really concerned-he even offered me all his change! The kindness of this stranger to a stranger like
me really made me feel better. I never saw him again and I don‘t know who he is but he really
helped me out that day, so I just want to say thank you.
24．The writer writes the passage in order to________.
A．tell us how she got through her difficult time
B．express her sincere thanks for the driver who once helped her
C．tell us a journey she and her daughter had without money
D．tell us what kind of life she and her daughter once lived
25．Why did the writer go through a difficult time when her daughter was about 2 years old?
A．Because there is something wrong with her marriage, health and money.
B．Because she loved her daughter too much and took care of her as best as she could.
C．Because she was worried about her own health.
D．Because her daughter was too young and noisy and she didn’t know how to care for her.
26．What finally caused the writer to cry?
A．The lack of money. B．Her feeling sorry to her daughter.
C．Her own poor situation. D．The failure of her dream of a nice day.
27．According to the passage, we can infer that________.
A．the writer could afford a bus ticket at that time
B．the writer will never forget the kindness given by the driver
C．the writer received the driver’s change and bought drinks for her daughter
D．the driver knew the writer and her daughter
C
Life in 2060
Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let’s make believe(假装; 虚构) it is about 45 years
from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the
moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone
can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window.
Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on
heir (继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day.
But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly
from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years
ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are
no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is
possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians(素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the
number of animal decreases. Therefore, people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in
our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible
to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2060.
28. When was the passage written?
A. In about A. D. 2060. B. In about 2015. C. In about 2014. D. In about
1960.
29. According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A. D. 2060?
A. Many other animals. B. Many tourists. C. Many plants. D. A sea.
30. The passage tells us that in 2060, _____ on the earth than now.
A. there are fewer people B. there are more pests
C. the crops are getting better D. there is less water
31. Why are people vegetarians in 2060?
A. They want to lose weight. B. They want to be healthier.
C. They hate eating meat. D. They don’t have enough animals.
D
Giving children music lessons won’t just introduce them to music―it could also greatly
improve their language skills.
While many studies have shown that learning an instrument can affect things like the language
ability, it isn’t understood if this is a side effect of a general improvement of cognitive (认知的)
skills, or something that directly affects language processing.
Now, we are getting closer to an answer, thanks to a study of 74 Chinese kindergarten
children, led by Robert Desimone from MIT. For the study, Desimone’s team chose children from
the Chinese education system, with the support of education officials who wanted to see how it
might improve their learning.
The 4- to 5-year-old Mandarin-speaking children in the study were divided into three groups.
One group received a 45-minute piano lesson three times a week, while another received extra
reading instruction classes. The third group acted as controls, taking no extra lessons beyond their
usual classes.
The classes lasted for six months, after which the children were tested on their ability to tell
words based on differences in tones, consonants (辅音), or vowels (元音). The test results showed that the children who had taken piano lessons performed better at telling the difference between
words that differ by a single consonant, when compared with the children who took extra reading
lessons. Compared to the control group, both the music learners and the extra reading group did
better in telling the difference between words based on vowel differences.
“It looks like for recognising differences between sounds, including speech sounds, it’s better
than extra reading. That means schools could pay more attention to music,” Desimone says. “It’s not
worse than giving extra reading to the children, which is probably what many schools are trying to
do―get rid of the art education and just have more reading.”
32.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A study of children’s schooling. B.Learning a musical instrument.
C. The Chinese education system. D. Improvement of cognitive skills.
33.What did the third group learn in the study?
A. Ways to improve their study. B. Three extra piano lessons a week.
C. Extra lessons about reading tips. D. Nothing except their usual studies.
34.What conclusion did researchers draw at last?
A.The extra reading group were good at telling vowels.
B. Children taking piano lessons didn’t perform well.
C. Learning music improved learners’ memory.
D. The piano turned out to be better than other instruments.
35.What can we learn from what Desimone says?
A. Children who learn music perform better at school.
B. It isn’t wise to cut back on music lessons.
C. Schools will increase reading classes.
D. Many schools value art education.
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。
When you step into a new environment, you must have a strong wish to fit in. Fitting in means
making more friends, having more influence on others and getting more chances to live a happier
life. 36
Be confident. Confidence attracts most people. Everyone is special and there is only one person
like you in this world. Spend some time thinking about your strong points. 37 You won’t
have much difficulty fitting in.
Be kind to everyone. Kindness is the bridge to your own happiness. When people notice your
kindness, they will return it one day. Always give more than you receive, and think more of others
than of yourself. 38
39 Various activities like playing football can help you to be known to others. You
may add more friends to your circle. At the same time, you’ll be amazed to see how much they like
you. Instead of wasting time being alone, go out to dance and sing together with others to develop
friendship.
Do smile to everyone every day. It makes both you and others feel happy. 40 Humor
catches others’ attention as well. People will like you for making them live happily.
If you follow what is mentioned above, you will be accepted by people around you. As a result,
you will fit in very well and enjoy your new life.
A. Be active in group activities.
B. A pleasant smile costs the least and does the most.C. Here is some advice that can help you.
D. If so, you will be able to build up confidence step by step.
E. A person who cares for others is popular everywhere.
F. However, everybody needs friends.
G. Even so, it often leaves one to wonder if we fit in well.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）
第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，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。
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by
week her list 41 : I was very thin; I wasn’t a 42 student; I talked too much; I was too
43 , always feeling superior to（胜过）others, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could.
44 , I became very angry. I ran to my father with 45 in my eyes.
He listened to me 46 , and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t
you ever wonder 47 you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s 48 . Go and 49 a
list of everything she said and mark the points that are 50 . Pay no attention to the other things
she said.”
I did 51 he told me. To my great 52 , I discovered that about half the things were true.
Some of them I couldn’t 53 (like being very thin), but a good number I could – and suddenly I
wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly 54 picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He 55 to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You
know 56 than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to 57 , not just
close your ears in anger, feeling 58 when something said about you is true, you’ll find it of help
to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t shut your 59 .
Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has always 60 to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never
had a better piece of advice.
41．A．collected B．added C．grew D．continued
42．A．good B．bad C．short D．greedy
43．A．silly B．friendly C．dull D．proud
44．A．In other words B．Above all C．As a result D．At last
45．A．tears B．happiness C．promises D．wishes
46．A．coldly B．quietly C．eagerly D．happily
47．A．who B．how C．what D．that
48．A．excuse B．opinion C．talk D．advice
49．A．take B．make C．create D．receive
50．A．wrong B．correct C．big D．true
51．A．as B．so C．before D．till
52．A．joy B．pleasure C．surprise D．anger
53．A．say B．like C．do D．change
54．A．wonderful B．clear C．interesting D．beautiful
55．A．promised B．refused C．expected D．agreed
56．A．wider B．higher C．better D．worse57．A．listen B．stand C．speak D．share
58．A．hurt B．sad C．shy D．excited
59．A．words B．mouths C．eyes D．ears
60．A．returned B．gone C．appeared D．happened
第二节 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Chinese people are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea. We
attach great importance 61._____ tea in Chinese culture.
While records of tea in Chinese literature go back to about 5,000 years ago, the beginning of
tea’s use as 62._____ kind of drink is unclear. At first, tea was valued for its medical qualities. It has
long been known that tea helps digestion ( 消 化 ), 63._____ is why many Chinese would like
64._____ (drink) it after their meal. The rising of tea drinking to an art form 65._____ (begin) in the
8th century, with the publication of Lu Yu’s The Classic of Tea. His work contained several useful
tips for 66._____ (produce) tea, many of which are still in use today. In the centuries following the
publication of Lu Yu’s work, tea’s popularity spread 67._____ (rapid) throughout China.
Not only did tea drinking become a fitting subject for books and poems, but the rich presented
tea as 68._____ (gift) to friends and guests. Later, teahouses started to spread all over the country.
While the Chinese have never developed an 69._____ (office) ceremony ( 礼 仪 ) surrounding tea
drinking like the Japanese tea ceremony, they have respect for 70._____ (it) role in their daily lives.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35 分）
第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
Zhou Yang is the Senior Three student. Last week，he goes to see a doctor because of his arms
and fingers hurt. The doctor told him the fact that had a “mobile phone disease”．Zhou sent messages
for his friends with his mobile phone all the time，even in bed. Zhou started to do badly in all the
exam because he spent so many time on his mobile phone. He didn't stop use the mobile phone until
his arms hurt. Yang Ling，which is an expert from a health center，said students should try to use
their mobile phones less，especial at school.
第二节 书面表达 （满分 25 分）
假定你是李华，当前新型冠状病毒在全球肆虐，你的英国朋友 Alex 通过 email 向你询问
关于预防病毒的有效方法。请你围绕这一主题，给 Alex 提供合理建议，帮助他度过危难时期。
要点如下：
1. 写信的原因和目的；
2. 建议的具体内容: 尽可能居家，出门戴口罩，勤洗手，定期锻炼，保持乐观的心态等。
注意：
1. 词数 120 左右，书信的开头和结尾已写好；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 参考词汇：新型冠状肺炎 COVID-19 病毒 virus 戴口罩 wear masks 聚众 mass gathering
免疫系统 immune system
Dear Alex,________________________________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua参考答案：
听力
1—5 B C A A B 6—10 C A A B C
11—15 B A B C C 16—20 C B C B C
阅读理解 21-23 DB D 24-27 BACB
28-31 BBCD 32-35 BDAB
七选五 36—40 CDEAB
完型填空
41-45 CADDA 46-50 BCBBD 51-55ACDBB 56—60CAADA
语法填空
61. to 62. a 63. which 64. to drink 65. began
62. 66. producing 67. rapidly
68. gifts 69. official 70. its
短文改错
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because ﹨of his arms and fingers hurt. The doctor told him the fact that had a
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第五部分 写作
Dear Alex,
Thank you for your concern about the COVID-19 pandemic in our country! As you
mentioned in your letter, China has been sparing no effort to fight the battle and our
victory is around the corner. Virus knows no borders, but the worst of times reveals the
best in people. So, I’d like to share some measures which prove effective in the fighting.
First of all, do not panic and stay at home if possible. Do wear masks once out, and
avoid mass gathering, especially face-to-face contact with others. In addition, wash
hands when back from outside and exercise regularly to strengthen your immune
system. Most importantly, everyone should have a positive attitude to the situation and
ensure a proper involvement in government’s action. Attitude means everything.
Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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