孝感高中2015年高一英语下学期期末试题（含答案）
考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分
第Ⅰ卷
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）
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. Whom does the new car belong to?
A. Mike. B. John. C. Jane.
2. In what competition did Julie win the first prize?
A. Driving. B. Dancing. C. Diving.
3. What does the man suggest doing?
A. Climbing the hill. B. Going to a cinema. C. Listening to the radio.
4. Why did the man change his job?
A. He didn’t like his last job.
B. He was tired of his last job.
C. He prefers to work in a big company.
5. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At home. B. In a library. C. In a theater.
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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、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，将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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. When did the man get up this morning?
A. At 6:50. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:05.
7. Why does the woman usually get up at 7:15?
A. She lives far from her school.
B. She can take some exercise before going to school.
C. Her favorite TV program starts.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman say about the robber?
A. He had short hair. B. He was tall. C. He was about twenty.
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1. What color was the woman’s purse?
A. Brown. B. Black. C. Red.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
2. How does the man keep in shape?
A. By running regularly. B. By playing tennis. C. By playing basketball.
3. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Go to a health club. B. Take some exercise. C. Eat less chips.
4. What does the man say about Ben?
A. He often feels sad. B. He isn’t hardworking. C. He doesn’t get enough exercise.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
5. What was the man doing when the lights went out last night?
A. Playing tennis. B. Sleeping. C. Watching a sports match.
6. Why did the woman go to bed early last night?
A. She had to go to the airport early this morning.
B. She needed to drive to her parents’ house early this morning.
C. She was too tired after a day’s flying.
7. Where have the woman’s parents been?
A. London. B. New York. C. Toronto.
8. What is the man going to do next?
A. Visit several friends. B. Do some shopping. C. Make lunch.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
9. Where does the speaker have breakfast?
A. At home. B. In the classroom. C. In the school canteen.
10. How many lessons does the speaker have every day?
A. 8. B. 7. C. 6.
11. What does the speaker usually do at about 4:30 pm?
A. She plays basketball. B. She plays computer games. C. She does her homework.
12. When does the speaker go home?
A. At about 5:00 pm. B. At about 5:30 pm. C. At about 6:00 pm.
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）
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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
Even after centuries of exploration, the ocean still holds its mysteries. Although we know more today about the world’s oceans and creatures living in them than ever before, every once in a while the sea brings up something so strange, so unexpected, that makes the world wonder what it could be.
Such was the case when the currents (水流) of the Mediterranean Ocean recently washed a 13-foot-long, smelly body onto the shores of the village of Villaricos in Andalusia, Spain. An early report in the Spanish publication Lavante described the strange, horned (带角的) body as what might seem like a big fish, but it was already in pieces. Locals joked that it was some kind of Loch Ness Monster.
The media jumped right on the creature, of course. Some sites called it a horned sea monster. The popular newspaper Boing Boing called it a dragon. Some people guessed that it might be an oarfish, which is actually a rarely seen kind of big fish that can grow up to 55 feet long.
But now the experts have weighed in and we’re sorry to report that it’s not a dragon, a Loch Ness Monster, or even an oarfish. “That is actually a shark skeleton （骨架）,” Professor Grubbs from Florida State University told NBC News. “The parts toward the back were confusing me, but those are the lower caudal fin (尾鳍) supports. The “horns” are the scapulocoracoids which support the pectoral fins.” Scapulocoracoids are backbones common to many animals.
So there we go, another mystery solved. Well, the ancient maps that once described areas of the ocean as places of dragons have yet to be proven true. But it’s good to know that the ocean still has a few surprises for us, even in cases where they’re just dead, smelly bodies.
21. The creature mentioned in the text .
A. was about 15 feet long with a horn
B. could probably grow up to 55 feet long
C. was already in pieces but it was still alive
D. was found on the shores of a village in Spain
22. What does the underlined word “it”in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A dragon. B. A shark skeleton.
C. An oarfish. D. A horned sea monster.
23. The third paragraph is mainly about .
A. how the creature was found B. the characteristics of an oarfish
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C. people’s guesses about the creature D. Boing Boing’s opinion of the creature
B
Apollo Robbins is a pickpocket (扒手), but he is not a normal pickpocket. He is an entertainer. Hundreds of people enjoy watching Robbins perform in shows.
Robbins began learning these skills at a very young age. His two older brothers taught him basic pickpocketing tricks. And Robbins quickly became very good at stealing.
Robbins was naturally good at pickpocketing. But it took him years to develop his ability to perform for other people. When he was 15, he started studying magic. As he learned about magic, he was less interested in stealing.
After seven years, he began to perform in his own shows. He now performs at events and meetings around the United States. Many magicians agree that Robbins is the best at what he does. His tricks surprise even experienced magicians!
Robbins has also worked with the scientists at Yale University in the United States. He would show his different methods of movement to people while the scientists watched how their eyes moved. They were interested in what people concentrated on. They discovered that different people reacted in the same ways.
This work is helping the scientists understand attention and human nature. Knowing how human attention works is important. It can help officials create better driving laws and road signs. It can help companies create telephones that are easier to use. It can even help office workers to manage their time better. Most importantly, it can help people know how to protect themselves from pickpockets!
For Robbins, understanding human attention makes him a better magician. While performing his tricks, he can tell the crowd how he uses a person’s attention to his advantage. “A lot of magic is designed to look very beautiful. But I am trying to affect people’s minds, emotions, and ideas. My goal is not to hurt or trick them. I want to challenge the ideas they have about what is real,” he said.
24. We know from the text that Apollo Robbins .
A. is an excellent magician B. used to steal things from others
C. learned magic from his brothers D. is now a professional pickpocket
25. The scientists at Yale University mainly studied .
A. people’s interests B. people’s attention
C. Apollo Robbins’s tricks D. Apollo Robbins’s movements
26. What do we know about the scientists’ discovery?
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A. It is just as they expected.
B. it has been beneficial in many fields.
C. It has contributed to an increase in crime.
D. It is helping to solve many health problems.
27. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Robbins’s magic looks quite beautiful.
B. Robbins tries hard to trick the audience.
C. Magic won’t affect people’s emotions and ideas.
D. Robbins has a great knowledge of human attention.
C
Imagine life without the Internet — not being able to chat with your friends or look up information for your homework or research project. That is the reality for nearly two-thirds of our world’s population, either because they cannot afford WiFi access or are located in remote, inaccessible areas. Now Google has decided to do something about that.
Google’s Project Loon will attempt to send balloons high up into our earth’s atmosphere in 2015. Each balloon will be equipped with a mini computer and a WiFi radio that will send Internet signals over the places it is floating over.
The network equipment on Google balloons will communicate with a special antenna (天线) attached to each user’s home. These antennae are in turn connected to a local Internet Service Provider. Each balloon will also communicate with each other to hand over signals as one floats out of an area, and another floats in.
The balloons are 15 meters wide and made of a material that is three times thicker than the plastic bag at the supermarket. This helps them defend themselves against cold temperatures and changing air pressure. Google balloons will circle the earth at a height of 20 kilometers— in a layer of our atmosphere known as the stratosphere (平流层). This is higher than the altitude at which planes fly. Once the balloons reach the desired altitude after being released from the earth, they will ride on air currents. (气流)
What keeps these balloons from flying away? They will be controlled by people at the Project Loon command center. A pump operating on solar power will fill the balloon with gas to raise it or let gas out to lower it, based on instructions. This allows the balloon to float on different air currents which are moving either clockwise (顺时针) or anti-clockwise.
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There is no doubt that this technology can bring education to many children, weather information to farmers, and communication to natural disaster areas. However, one big question remains — will some countries be comfortable with balloons above their heads? There could be concerns about spying and other problems.
28. What’s the purpose of Google’s Project Loon?
A. Sending Internet signals to other planets in space.
B. Making it easier for astronauts to communicate.
C. Allowing people to connect to the Internet easily.
D. Helping us learn more about the earth’s atmosphere.
29. According to the text, Google balloons .
A. are as big as plastic bags at a supermarket
B. will float in a certain area for a long time
C. are equipped with a radio telephone
D. will be placed in the stratosphere
30. As for Google’s Project Loon, the author may be .
A. excited and hopeful B. satisfied but worried
C. surprised but embarrassed D. disappointed and annoyed
31. What would be the best title for the text?
A. WiFi from the sky B. Life without the technology
C. The people behind Google D. The future of research balloons
D
A tropical (热带的) rain forest is an amazing place. Thousands of different kinds of plants and animals make their homes there. Some are not found anywhere else in the world. If the rain forests are not protected, some species of plants and animals could disappear forever, taking their resources (资源) with them.
Scientists have known for a long time that medical cures can come from plants. The rain forest is the perfect habitat for various types of plants. They compete for space, sunlight, water, and nutrients. The plants that survive are strong. They also contain many types of chemicals. These chemicals are part of the plants’ defence system. They can help protect the plants from bacteria, insects, diseases, and other threats. Experts believe that some of these chemicals might be useful to human beings, too.
The native people of the rain forests have healers (医治者) who help those who are sick. For hundreds of years, they have known which leaves, roots, and berries can be used to treat different illnesses.
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Western scientists have begun working with these native healers. They learn about different plants, cures, and treatments. Then, they can perform tests on the plants to see what chemicals they contain and how they might be used. When they do find something important, it goes through more and more tests. Lots of experiments must be done over a long period of time before something can be safely sold as a drug. Scientists want to be sure that it works and that the risk of using it isn’t too high.
American scientists have set up labs in the countries where the rain forests are. They do studies and research there. They also employ scientists and workers who live in these countries to help them. This allows the local people to benefit from research on the rain forests. They can make money from the rain forest without destroying it, which is very important. If the rain forest is valuable to them, they will help protect it. The more people who are trying to protect the rain forests, the better. Just imagine the cures that might be found there!
32. The text is mainly about .
A. the native healers of the rain forests
B. the plants and animals living in the rain forests
C. the medicinal value of plants in the rain forests
D. the diseases which attack plants in the rain forests
33. According to Paragraph 2, it’s important to protect the rain forests because .
A. they are being polluted and destroyed
B. some plants and animals have become extinct
C. they provide more employment for the local people
D. certain plants provide chemicals that can be used in medical cures
34. Drugs need to be tested before being sold mainly because .
A. they are made from plants
B. they may contain other nutrients
C. scientists don’t know their use or effect
D. scientists need to be sure they’re safe for use
35. What can we infer from the text?
A. The natives don’t know the value of the plants.
B. The rain forests are beneficial to the entire world.
C. People show little interest in protecting the rain forests.
D. Cures for dangerous diseases have been found in the rain forests.
第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
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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 improve your study habits
Perhaps you are an average student with average wisdom. You do well enough in school, but you probably think you will never be a top student. 36 You can receive better grades if you want to.
Plan your time carefully.
37 Then make a schedule of your time, and decide on good, regular times for studying. Be sure to set aside enough time to complete your normal reading and work assignments.
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It may be a desk or a chair at home or in the school library, but it should be comfortable, and there should not be those things that make your attention wander. When you begin to work, you should be able to concentrate on the subject.
Skim before you read.
This means looking over a passage quickly before you begin to read it more carefully. 39 Later when you begin to read, you will recognize less important material and you may ignore some of these parts.
Study regularly.
Go over your notes as soon as you can after class. Review important points mentioned in class as well as points you remain confused about. Read about these points in your textbook. If you know what the teacher will discuss the next day, skim and read that material too. 40
A. Find a good place to study.
B. Make a list of your weekly tasks.
C. Make good use of your time in class.
D. Then you’ll get the main idea of the text.
E. This is not necessarily the case, however.
F. This will help you understand the next class.
G. Studying shouldn’t occupy all of the free time on the schedule.
第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We all know that sports may help us become stronger. But their 41 go far
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beyond this. Research shows that sports that 42 aiming and hitting skills, for example, tennis, badminton and baseball, help children increase 43 . They help develop leadership qualities and 44 team spirit in kids. They involve(包括) competition. Playing sports teaches them to accept 45 with a positive spirit when they lose a game.
Playing sports does a lot of good to the development of 46 skills. Sports teach you to communicate with people and work together as a 47 . Sports improve collective thinking and help develop your planning and organizational skills, too. Sports build 48 , since winning a game always gives you a sense of accomplishment.
Playing sports requires you to strategize(制定策略). You need to be very 49 to score goals or earn points. You need to 50 strategies to win. You need to judge your competitor’s strategy and change yours 51 . This certainly involves clever thinking, which sports 52 . Studies show that kids who play sports 53 do well in school and college.
Playing sports brings you 54 . Jumping about, running around, racing to get ahead, 55 , falling and standing up again, all of them are a(n) 56 of playing sports. There is no 57 to the happiness this brings. 58 , sports are a form of exercise which produces happiness molecules (分子) in your body, thus improving your mental health. You can’t be sad 59 playing sports. Sports produce 60 energy in you and the people around you.
41. A. courses B. benefits C. challenges D. decisions
42. A. add B. fit C. lack D. involve
43. A. focus B. courage C. weight D. strength
44. A. break B. shake C. raise D. change
45. A. explanations B. punishments C. congratulations D. failures
46. A. musical B. social C. medical D. technical
47. A. team B. nation C. class D. family
48. A. friendship B. judgment C. confidence D. enthusiasm
49. A. strong B. smart C. generous D. humorous
50. A. put off B. make up C. take over D. work out
51. A. accordingly B. generally C. equally D. largely
52. A. prepare B. recognize C. encourage D. promise
53. A. formally B. frequently C. naturally D. completely
54. A. hope B. honor C. pride D. pleasure
55. A. cheering B. dreaming C. chatting D. quarreling
56. A. case B. field C. part D. amount
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57. A. method B. match C. risk D. trouble
58. A. For example B. As a result C. In addition D. In other words
59. A. while B. before C. unless D. since
60. A. serious B. nervous C. positive D. creative
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：语言知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第二节（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。
Extremely handsome and athletic, William looked and dressed like a fashion model. Everything seemed to be easy to him. With his charm, 61. _________ (intelligent), and talents, his business was lively and success was a way of life. So when 62. _____ (face) with a lawsuit (诉讼）one day, William assumed 63. _________the case would work out as 64.______ (easy) as everything in his life and he didn’t worry about it. But it didn’t and the suit finally led to the breakup of his company. He tried for months afterwards to get 65.______ job, but no one would hire him.
William had to learn that his talents were wonderful but were damaged by an attitude of arrogance (傲慢). He looked down on people 66. ______ didn’t have his gifts, 67._______ (treat) them with impatience and annoyance. He felt better 68. ________ them and judged them as worthless or stupid. William made sense of his situation and chose 69. ________ (learn) the lesson of modesty and at last he turned his circumstances around.
Have pride in who you are and what you 70. _______ (achieve) so far. However if you find yourself having secret thoughts of arrogance, remind yourself of the lesson of modesty before the universe does it for you.
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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2． 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Weihua,
I know you are very annoying about your results in the midterm examination. I’ve just read an useful article about how a positive attitude affect our behavior.
Naturally, fail an examination can be very discouraging. If you think too many about the past, you will never be able to focus what is more important for now and the future. Life is full of difficulties, but anyone may suffer setbacks(挫折). We must take a positive attitude towards the things we had to deal with. Great dreams do come truly if we make an effort. Just work hard and prepare for another chance.
You will make for it.
Yours,
Janet
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
你校将于本周五上午举行题为“Protecting wild animals”的英文演讲比赛，你将代表你班参赛，请你写一份演讲搞。内容主要包括：
1. 野生动物的生存状况；
2. 列举说明保护野生动物的重要性；
3. 你是如何做的。
注意：词数120左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）。
Good morning, everyone,
I’m glad to stand here and give a short speech on protecting wild animals.
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高一英语期末参考答案
听力：
1---5 AABCA 6--10 ACCBA 11--15 BCCAB 16--20 BCBAB
阅读：
（A) DBC (B) ABBD (C) CDBA (D) CDDB
阅读7选5： E B A D F
完形填空：
41--45 BDACD 46--50 BACBD 51--55 ACBDA 56--60 CBDAC
语法填空：
61. intelligence 62. faced 63. that 64. easily 65. a
66. who/that 67. treating 68. than 69. to learn
70. have achieved
短文改错：
71...very annoying... annoying→annoyed 72...an useful... an → a
73...attitude affect affect → affects 74...fail an... fail → failing
75...too many... many → much 76...to focus... focus后加on
77...but anyone... but → and 78...we had to... had → have
79...come truly... truly → true 80...make for it 去掉for
作文：
Good morning, everyone,
I’m glad to stand here and give a short speech on protecting wild animals. As is known to us, large numbers of wild animals have been killed for their meat, skins, etc. As a result, thousands of animals have either died out or become endangered.
Actually, protecting wild animals benefits not only the animals themselves but also humans. For example, if farmers killed too many eagles, their corn and grain would
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be destroyed by rats. The reason is that with no eagles to hunt rats, their number would increase quickly.
Therefore, all of us should do something to protect wild animals. As for me, I have joined an organization in our town whose aim is to call on people to protect them and I have taken part in several activities.
Let’s take action to protect wild animals now!
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