2014年下期东安一中高一年级阶段测试英语试卷

(适用于541-542班)

命题人：唐亚平  

 

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1.考试时量120分钟。 满分150分。

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Part One　Listening Comprehension(30 marks)

Section A(22. 5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

1. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the morning. 　　　         B. At noon.           C. In the afternoon.

2. Where does the woman work?

A. The marketing department. B. The personnel department. C. The accounting department.

3. What is the number of the room the man will live in?

A. Room 543. 　　　          B. Room 523. 　　             C. Room 513.

4. How will the man pay for the fare?

A. By credit card.             B. By cash.                      C. By check.

5. Where did the accident happen?

A. On a highway. 　　　    B. On a freeway.           C. On a road.

6. What was strange about the accident?

A. Two people got hurt.       B. The truck turned over.      C. No one was killed.

7. What do we know about the conversation?

A. It takes place at a restaurant.   B. It takes place at the woman’s home.

C. It is a telephone conversation.

8. How many pizzas does the man order?

A. One.                     B. Two.                           C. Three.

9. What drink is ordered?

A. Pineapple juice.         B. Tomato juice.          C. Orange juice.

10. What can we know from the conversation?

A. Miles Everson arranged the meeting with the man.

B. The man met Miles Everson at a school party.

C. The man and Miles Everson met by chance.

11. What does Miles Everson do?

A. He fixes computers.   B. He teaches computer.    C. He runs a company.

12. How does the woman feel about the news about Everson?

A. Excited. 　　　      B. Surprised. 　　　     C. Shocked.

13. Why are they going to have an interview?

A. To find someone to look after their kids.   B. To find someone to clean the house.

C. To find someone to teach their kids.

14. What quality is the least important for them?

A. Honest.              B. Hardworking.           C. Friendly.

15. What don’t they like about the last girl they have?

A. She did not work hard.  B. She was not punctual.   C. She always told lies.

 

Section B(7. 5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

The Swimming Competition

 

Part TWO  Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21.Information has been put forward ______more and more middle school students will be admitted by universities.

A. which      B. that               C. what           D. where

22. --- Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?

   --- Yes, I did. You know, my brother _____ in the match.

A. is playing   B. was playing   C. has played   D. had played

23. Gun control is a subject ______ Americans have argued for a long time.

A. of which    B. with which    C. about which   D. into which

24. All the neighbors admire this family _____ the parents are treating their child like a friend.

A. why      B. where    C. which     D. that

25. Why ______ join us in the game for fun!

   A. not to            B. don’t            C. not to            D. not

26. It's high time we _____ our attention to this problem.

    A. turn                B. turned                 C. had turned            D. would turn

27. This is really an exciting match. _______ the game?

   A. Who do you think will win       B. Whom do you think will win

   C. Do you think who will win        D. Do you think whom will win

28. ----It’s a pity that you didn’t talk with Andy.

   ----Yes, the train ______ when I rushed to the station to see him off.

   A. had left          B. was leaving           C. left             D. has left

29. You _____ park here! It’s an emergency exit.

A. wouldn’t    B. needn’t      C. couldn’t     D. mustn’t

30. He wants his son to        the family business after he retires.

   A. take on           B. take over        C. take away      D. take in

28. When winter comes, they will have a hard life,        with the coldness everyday.

   A. fight             B. fighting       C. to fight         D. fought

31. Cassie still doesn’t know          she would keep the secret or not.

   A. why              B. what           C. that             D. whether

32. He hoped no one would discovered           he had done.

   A. which             B. what           C. that            D. when

33.  _________is a fact that our lives today are strongly influenced by the Internet.

   A. That              B. This            C. It             D. What

34.________ better ways for digging tunnels developed, the first railway tunnel under the River Thames was dug in 1884.

A.With             B. When           C. Because             D. As

35. —What should I do with the extra film ticket?

     —You can give it to __________ wants to see the film.

     A. no matter who    B. whom         C. whoever        D. whomever

 

Section B (12 marks)

       Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

My neighbor’s children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) as all children do, but no one   36   that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.

One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地)down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to   37  . His sister, Natalie, had   38   her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman(邮递员) had just   39  several bags of mail（邮件） and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed   40   the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it   41  . Soon realizing what he had done, he became   42   and started crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was   43   that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries. She   44   ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his   45   to unlock the metal door. Paul was now   46 , but he had such a bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him   47   again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself!

36. A. said       B. warned    C. imagined     D. wondered

37. A. hide        B. watch       C. rest          D. sleep

38. A. opened       B. shut        C. raised       D. wiped

39. A. lost         B. found        C. taken out      D. put in

40. A. through      B. over              C. out of       D. into

41. A. broke            B. fell down      C. opened           D. locked

42. A. surprised  B. frightened     C. excited           D. angry

43. A. lucky            B. a pity               C. possible          D. strange

44. A. suddenly  B. slowly          C. immediately      D. carelessly

45. A. home            B. truck         C. mail box        D. post office

46. A. found       B. hidden          C. happy         D. free

47. A. laugh            B. cry            C. climb in         D. play

 

Section C (8 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
     Most Americans don’t like to get advice 48___________members of their family. They get advice from “strangers”. 49_______ they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. Instead, many of 50_________ write letters to newspapers and magazines that give advice 51____ many different subjects, including family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on 52_________ to buy a house or a car.
     Most newspapers regularly print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are answers written by people 53_________ are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors; 54__________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the 55_______ famous writers of advice are women without special training for this kind of work.

 

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

56. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen.          B. Twenty-one.     C. Twenty-nine.           D. Thirty-six.

57. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed.                   B. He was inside the house.   

C. He was outside the house.       D. He was on the roof.

58. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D. the welfare department helped her

59. The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. something to eat                     B. something to wear     

C. somewhere to study          D. somewhere to stay

60. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm                   B. A Lucky Woman   

C. Good Soldiers                     D. Clever People

 

B

Information is received into our brain by attention. And its quality determines how well it will be processed, saved and used afterwards.

   All information we receive is chosen by our attention. Factors affecting our attention are personal interest, experience, ability, feelings, knowledge, environment, timing, and so on. The same information may attract different forms and levels of attention at different times. But if the factors work together, the quality of attention may be better. Therefore, it is surprising to see that somebody with average intelligence can have excellent performances in some fields.

   The good news is that a person’s attention can be shaped, trained and made stronger by effective exercise. With this in mind, we should keep improving the quality of our attention.

61. “it” in paragraph 1 means ___________.

A. information    B. brains   C attention   D. quality

62. All information we receive depends on ___________.

A. information itself    B. our attention   C. intelligence   D. the environment

63. Which is not the factor that affects our attention according to the passage?

A. Interest and experience      B. Experience and knowledge

C. Ability and feelings         D. Food and drinks

64. About attention, which of the following statements is right?

A. people always have the same level of attention.

B. People pay the same attention to the same information.

C. A person may pay different levels of attention to the same information at different times.

D. All factors affecting attention never work together.

65. According to the passage, _________ can help people to make their attention better.

A. speaking more    B. effective exercise   C. hard work   D. high intelligence

 

C

The Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret had very different characters. Elizabeth was very serious and tidy; Margaret was outgoing and headstrong. But they kept close as sisters. When they were children, they depended on each other. They had lessons at home with their governess Marison Crawford. Margaret was often naughty. Elizabeth always protected her every time when she broke rules. When they grew up, Margaret had sad love stories and unhappy marriage. The Queen gave her a lot of help.

Margaret was one of the few people who could lose their temper with the Queen. Even as an adult, she would sometimes shout at her. Once she threw a dishcloth at Elizabeth’s face when they had a picnic. But they never quarreled for long. To Queen Elizabeth, it was a sadness that her sister never found lasting personal happiness.

66. What kind of person was Elizabeth like? She was ___________.

A. serious and tidy             B. outgoing and tidy   

C. easygoing and headstrong     D. serious and headstrong

67. The word “governess” means ____________.

A. 服务员   B. 家庭女教师   C. 牧师   D. 管家

68. Who had an unhappy family life according to the story?

A. Elizabeth                B. Margaret  

C. Marion and Crawford      D. Both Elizabeth and Margaret

69. According to the story, which of the following is not true?

A. The Queen and her sister had quite different characters.

B. Elizabeth always protected her sister.

C. The sisters often fought each other.

D. Elizabeth felt sorry for her sister for her unsuccessful marriage.

70. Which is the main idea of the story?

A. Elizabeth was a kind person     B. The two sisters lived happily.

C. Margaret had sad love story.     D. the two sisters had a very good friendship.

 

PART FOUR: WRITING（45 points）

Section A (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram/ Fill in the numbered blanks by using the in formation in the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

 

Do you like to read short stories or novels? Made-up stories like these are called fiction. Good fiction sounds as if it really happened, or at least it sounds as if it could happen, because the writer may use events from his or her own life. But they are put together in a way that is not true.

Fictional stories have three basic elements:

Setting is when and where a story happens. Many popular novels are set in the present. But some go back——or forward ——in time. Westerns(西部片) are often set in the 1800s. Books about King Arthur are set in the Middle Ages. Science fiction may have a future setting. The place of a story can change too. It may be anywhere from New York to the forests of Asia to Mars. A long novel may have several settings.

The people in a story are characters. Most stories have only one or two main characters. This is true even of long stories. The writer may tell us what they look like. We also learn about them from how they act. What other characters say about them can help too. Of course, we learn more about main characters than minor ones. If we like the characters, we usually like the story. We want to find out what happens to these people.

Plot is what happens in a story. Usually the main character must deal with a conflict. It may be with another character. Or it may be because of worries or fears. By the end of the story, the conflict is solved. The main character may have learned something. But the ending may not be happy.

 

Fiction
71._______	Fiction is made-up stories like short stories or novels, though it may sound 72._______ due to the events from writer’s own life.
Three basic elements	Setting	73._______	● popular novels in the present ● 74._______about King Arthur in the past ● science fiction 75. ________
			●     places on the move ●     long novels 76. ________
	77._______	people	78._______ and actings of one or two main characters, and what others say about them
	Plot	conflicts	●     a conflict with another character out of 79._______ ●     probably a conflict-solved or 80. _______ ending

 

Section B(10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.

 

Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.

A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In these countries and other Christian places, people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

The first thanksgiving service (仪式) in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people, arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. they decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked every-thing outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th as the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

81. When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in Australia? （no more than 6 words）

                                                                          

82. Where did the first thanksgiving service take place? （no more than 3 words）

                                                                         

83. Who made the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in the USA? （no more than 3 words）

                                                                         

84. How do North Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day nowadays? （no more than 18 words）

                                                                           

 

Section C (25 marks)

Directions: write on English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假如你是李华，你的笔友Mike想了解你在东安一中的高中学习生活情况。请你用英语给他写一封e-mail，告诉他你的实际情况。
    词数：120词左右。

 

 

答案

 

1～5. ABBAB   6～10. BCBCC    11～15. CBABB

16. the school hall　17. By coach　18. What to wear 19. food and drinks　20. run around

21-25 BBCBD  26-30 BAADB  31-35 DBCAC

 

完型填空一：36-40 CABCD  41-45 DBACB  46-47DA

完形填空二

48 from    49When   50 them   51 on   52 how   53 who/that    54 others    55 most

 

阅读理解

56-70 DBCDA  ABDCB  ABBCA

 

71. Definition   72. true    73. time and place      74. westerns and books   75.in the future    76.  with several settings 77. Characters 78.appearances  79. worries or fears      80. unhappy

81.On the second Monday of October.

82.In north America。  83. President Abraham Lincoln.

84. They get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.