1、英语湖北省枣阳市育才学校学年高一下学期期中考试湖北省枣阳市育才学校高一年级2015-2016学年下学期期中考试英语试题时间：120分钟 分值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）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。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
2、对话仅读一遍。1. When will the shoes be finished? ASunday afternoon B. Saturday afternoon CFriday morning2. Where is Jane and Bills new home? ANear a train station B. Near a bus station CNear an airport3. What time is it in fact? A.1:40 B. 1:50 C1:454. What does the man mean? A. Bob said nothing at the lec
3、ture B. Something is wrong with Bobs ears C. Bob doesnt listen to him5. What can you learn from the conversation? A. The man has all his meals in the dining-room B. The man may come from the south C. The food in the dining-room is very bad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，从每题所给的A、B、
4、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至7题。6. When will the man and his wife leave for Beijing?A. On Wednesday. B. On Sunday. C. On Friday.7. How will they go to the airport?A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Where does the conve
5、rsation most probably take place?A. In a store. B. At a stadium. C. In a playground.9. How much will the man pay for the badminton rackets?A. 250 yuan. B. 500 yuan. C. 540 yuan.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the man do?A. A shop assistant. B. A driver. C. A policeman.11. What hasnt the woman got in
6、her purse?A. Her drivers license. B. Her ID card. C. Some money.12. When did the woman find her purse missing?A. When she was at the department store. B. When she was in the coffee shop.C. When she was on her way home.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the woman feel at first?A. Angry. B. Astonished. C.
7、Puzzled.14. What was the man supposed to do?A. Pick up the woman. B. Attend the party. C. Talk at the party.15. What happened to the old lady?A. She was robbed of her handbag. B. She was knocked down. C. She was taken to the police station.16. Why didnt the man give the woman a call?A. He was so bus
8、y that he forgot it. B. His mobile phone was broken. C. His mobile phone got lost.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the man want to leave college after the second term?A. He was not interested in education. B. He couldnt afford further education. C. He didnt like the big lecture classes.18. What does th
9、e man think of his work experiences?A. They were personally rewarding. B. They gave him a chance to learn German.C. They made him become more independent.19. How much has the man earned during the past four years?A. $ 1,700. B. $ 5,740. C. $ 4,750.20. What is the man probably doing now?第二部分：笔试部分第一部分
10、：阅读理解 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under a big tree near the big grass areaThen _ the student asked the teacher，“Teacher，Im puzzledHow do we _ our soul mate(知己)?Could you please _ me?”_ fo
11、r a few seconds，the teacher then answered，“Well，its a pretty hard and easy question” The teacher _ ，“Look that wayThere is a lot of _ Why dont you walk there? But please dont walk _ On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and _ it and then give it to meBut just one”.The student said OK
12、 and then he walked straight _ to the grassy fieldA few minutes later，the student came back _ When the teacher asked the _ , the student said，“On my journey，I found quite a _ beautiful blades of grass，but I _ that I would find a better one，so I didnt pick it _ I didnt realize that I was at the _ of
13、the field，and I hadnt picked any because you told me not to go back，so I didnt go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said，“Thats _ will happen in real life”.What is the _ of this story? In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that _ you and the grassy field
14、is timeIn looking for your soul mate，please dont always _ and hope that there will be a better oneBy doing that，youll _ your lifetimeRemember “Time Never Goes Back”1A. personally B. absolutely C. suddenly D. immediately2A. discover B. treat C. search D. find3A. ask B. help C. beg D. order4A. Silent
15、B. Still C. Quiet D. Calm5A. repeated B. waved C. charged D. continued6A. grass B. earth C. field D. leaves7A. straight B. forwards C. backwards D. directly8A. observe B. pick C. arrest D. solve9A. up B. back C. ahead D. along10A. green-hand B. empty-handed C. single-hand D. second-hand11A. evidence
16、 B. shape C. reason D. purpose12A. little B. few C. much D. many13A. thought B. doubted C. admitted D. attached14A. And B. Although C. While D. But15A. end B. center C. bottom D. top16A. how B. why C. when D. what17A. result B. content C. limit D. message18A. attract B. hate C. form D. upset19A. for
17、give B. compare C. appreciate D. complain20A. run B. inspect C. waste D. save第二节：阅读理解（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。AOne of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thin
18、g like “I was wrong about that,”and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong ,and you were right about that.” I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago .He told me he had been the manager of a cartons (纸箱).Then he talked of an incident and I
19、 began to remember the incident he was describing. I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place.There must have been a spe
20、cial sale on eggs that day because there was a big show of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were put three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of them to admire the show. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the pile of cartons. For some rea
21、son, I decided it was up to me to put the cartons back together, so I went to work.The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees checking some of the cartons to if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I was the pers
22、on who was to blame .He scolded me loudly and wanted me to pay for those broken eggs. My face turned red and I tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot the incident, but the manager did not.21How old was the author when he wrote this article?A. About 8years old. B. About 18
23、 years old. C. About 23 years old. D. About 15 years old. 22Who was to blame for knocking off the pile of cartons?A. The author. B. The manager.C. A woman. D. The authors mother. 23Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The woman who knocked off the pile of cartons was seriously scolded by
24、 the manager.B. The author was loudly scolded by the manager.C. A woman was loudly scolded by the manager.D. It was the author who put the cartons back together.24The tone of the article expresses the authors_.A. admiration for the managers willingness to admit mistakesB. anger to the manager for hi
25、s wrongC. dissatisfaction with the woman who knocked off the pile cartonsD. regret for the mistake he made in the storeBOver the holidays, I took my three young children into a fancy chocolate shop to buy gifts. Halfway home, I noticed my 7-year-old son playing with a plastic noisemaker. Long story
26、short: He had stolen the toy. I kept my cool - even when he said, but it was only $1.50, Mom! -and explained why it was unacceptable to take things we didnt buy.A few hours later, I marched my son back to the store with two dollars from his piggy bank. He walked embarrassedly to the counter and told
27、 the clerk that he had taken something without paying for it, that he was sorry to break it and that he would pay for it now.I know exactly how terrible he was feeling. Returning to the scene of the crime is the same shame-causing punishment I received when I was five and stole something from a stor
28、e. 1 remember my dad sending me back to return the item. It remains one of my clearest child hood memories. After that day, I never stole again. My dad taught me such an important lesson 30 years ago and I saw an opportunity to do the same for my son. But now I wonder if it was the fight thing to do
29、.Returning to the store is absolutely the right thing to do, Laura Markham, Ph.D., a child psychologist and author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, says. Many children steal - they re not born knowing the rules so it s our job to teach them.And stay calm when you set them. If you overreact or yell, y
30、ou might create a fascination with the behavior and a willful child will be more likely to fight against you, she says. Having a child physically return the stolen item helps him or her grasp the situation - and the consequence.But dont talk about it for too long. lf you continuously bring up the in
31、cident, the child will believe they re a thief and that they re bad, she says.Only time will tell if this experience will have the same powerful effect on my son as it had on me, but at the same time I can rest if I haven t dealt with the situation badly.25When the author s son was caught playing with a stolen toy, he_.A. responded calmlyB. felt ver
