2021遂宁二中校高一下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

遂宁二中高2020级2020-2021学年第二学期半期考试

英语试题

（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）

第I卷 选择题（共100分）

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. When will they have a picnic?

  A. Thursday.              B. Friday.         C. Saturday.

2. What does the man think of Billy?

  A. Honest and diligent(勤奋).     B. Honest but proud.       C. Reliable but not diligent.

3. How long has the woman waited for the bus?

  A. 15 minutes.            B. 30 minutes.    C. 45 minutes.

4. What might the man do tonight?

  A. Go shopping to buy a new suit.  

  B. Take the party in T-shirt and jeans.

  C. Take the woman to meet his family.

5. What do we know about the girl?

  A. She will go to the supermarket.

  B. Her teeth are in bad condition.

  C. She dislikes chocolates and candies.

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 题。

6. What can we learn about the "Kitchen" in the conversation?

  A. It's the man's kitchen.     B. It opens every Sunday.    C. It's a poetry club.

7. What is the man trying to do?

  A. Persuade the woman.       B. Discuss his homework.       C. Introduce some readings.

听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 题。

8. How large is the farm?

  A. 2.5 acres(英亩).          B. 40 acres.       C. 55 acres.

9. How is the house on the farm?

  A. It has a large kitchen.    B. It's big with 3 bedrooms.      C. It needs some repair work.

10. What is the farm like?

   A. A dirt road runs across it. 

   B. Chickens are running around it.

   C. It has enough space for a kitchen garden.

听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第 13 题。

11. What is the man considering doing?

   A. Learning a new language.       B. Going back to school.      C. Travelling to France.

12. What can we learn about the woman?

   A. She goes to France a lot lately.

   B. She has forgotten a lot of French.

   C. She used to work in a French restaurant.

13. How did the woman learn French in adult classes?

   A. She was taught one-on-one.

   B. She learnt by doing activities.

   C. She had to repeat the grammar.

听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 17 题。

14. When will Ellen get home?

   A. At 2:00 o'clock.        B. At 3:00 o'clock.       C. At 5:00 o'clock.

15. What are the speakers doing?

   A. Preparing for a party.  B. Hurrying to Ellen's party.     C. Buying Ellen birthday gifts.

16. Why did the man’s neighbors call the police last year?

   A. His party was too noisy.  B. He ran from his house.      C. He hid in the bushes.

17. What do we know from the conversation?

   A. Ellen knows nothing about the party.

   B. Neighbors will be invited to the party.

   C. Ellen is too stressed to attend the party.

听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 题。

18. What does the speaker tell us about his mother's early childhood?

   A. Her parents set up an ice-cream store.  

B. Her parents immigrated(移民) to America.

   C. Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm.

19. What do we learn about the speaker's father?

   A. He left Italy at 16.

   B. He taught English in Chicago.

   C. He was made limp(瘸) in an accident.

20. What does the speaker say about his mother?

   A. She was a school secretary.

   B. She was helpful to neighbors.

   C. She was highly devoted to her family.

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

Riding clubs

You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 am and 8:30 pm (3:30 pm on Saturdays). There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.

Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 am—8:30 pm

Phone: (412)396—6754 Fax: (412)396—6752

Sailing Club

Our Young Sailor’s Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid. Have fun with other course members afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two—hour lessons (Tuesdays 6 pm—8 pm).

Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Phone: (412)396—6644 Fax: (412)396—6644

Diving Centre

Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need a swimming costume and towel. Reduced rates for couples.

Opening Hours: Monday and Friday: 6:30 pm—8:30 pm

Phone: (412)396—6312 Fax: (412)396—6706

Medical Center 

The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a broad range of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Also, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores.

Opening Hours: 24 hour from Monday to Sunday

Phone: (412)396—6649 Fax: (412)396—6648

Watersports Club

We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginners, course consists of ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9a.m to 4p.m, with lessons all through the day.

Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9 am—4 pm

Phone: (412)396—6899 Fax: (412)396—6890

21. If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join _____.

A. Riding School     B. Diving Centre    C. Sailing Club   D. Watersports Club

22. If you are planning to explore the ocean depths, you should attend your lessons at _______.

A. 24 hour from Monday to Sunday    B. Monday and Friday: 6:30pm—8:30pm

C. Tuesdays: 6:00 pm—8:00 pm      D. Monday through Friday: 7:00am—10:00pm

23. Which is NOT the convenience that the Medical Center provides?

A. Various expensive medicines.   B. Well trained staff members.

C. Good equipment.   D. Nursery service.

B

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?”, maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”

The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex (性别). They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their heart into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.

We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

24. When the computer was invented, it was__________．

 A. large and worked quickly            B. large but worked slowly

 C. small and worked slowly             D. small but worked quickly

25. The Internet was born in about __________．

 A. 1960         B. 1970           C. 1980      D. 1985

26. Which of the following is true?

 A. Few students like going into the Internet.

 B.. These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

 C. Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends”

 D. Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

27. What does the writer think of the Internet?

A. It is helpful, but we can’t do everything on it.         B. It is wonderful.

C. It is not good for students.                         D.It can make students study harder.

C

How many phone numbers can you remember by heart? It’s probably fewer than you would like. Actually, you’re not alone. Out of more than 1,000 Americans who were surveyed, more than half said that they couldn’t recall the phone numbers of their friends and neighbors. And 44% said that they couldn’t remember their relatives’ phone numbers. In their eyes, there is no point in filling their heads with phone numbers if they’re all stored in smart phones that are with them almost all the time.

In fact, most people are suffering from a sort of digital amnesia（健忘症）. More than 90% of those surveyed agreed that they used the Internet as an online extension of their brains. Rote memorization（死记硬背） was once an important part of modern education, but we just need a click or slide now. That’s making us worse at remembering things.

Researchers found that when people expected to have access to information online, they were less likely to remember actual facts，but more likely to remember how to find them. As a result, we are already becoming one with our computer tools, growing into interconnected systems that remember less by knowing information than by knowing where the information can be found.

However, some believe it isn’t necessarily a bad thing—maybe it gives them more chances to think through things. We certainly have access to more knowledge now than ever, even if it isn’t all stored in our brains.

Even so, I still believe that there are more risks to this new world of memory beyond losing our ability to recall some information such as who the 15th President was. That kind of information may always be a click away, but the important things are personal ones, like the way your parents smiled at your wedding. It’s harder to recall or find online. If you’re relying on yourself to keep track of those memories, they will be much more meaningful.

28. Paragraph 1 is mainly used to________.

A. introduce the topic B. serve as the background

C. explain new research D. attract readers’ attention

29. What’s the main cause of people’s suffering from digital amnesia?

A. Dealing with too many things. B. Seldom thinking about questions.

C. The changes of their memories. D. Relying on the Internet too much.

30. What can be learned from the text?

A. Over 90% people are suffering from digital amnesia.

B. Rote memorization no longer exists in modern life.

C. People find it hard to remember how to find information

D. People can gain knowledge more easily than before.

31. What’s the author’s attitude towards people’s memories now?

A. Disappointed.      B. Optimistic.       C. Worried.       D. Confident.

D

We have to make certain our limited money is well spent. But what should we spend our money on? A 20-year study conducted by Dr. Gilovich, a professor at Cormell University, reached a powerful and direct conclusion: don’t spend your money on things.

The trouble with things is that the happiness they provide peters out. We get used to new belongings, and what once seemed exciting quickly becomes normal. We keep raising the bar and always look for an even better one. Belongings, by their nature, cause comparisons. We buy a new car and are thrilled with it until a friend buys a better one—and there’s always someone with a better one. Most of us usually assume that the happiness we get from buying something will last as long as the thing itself. It seems intuitive(直觉的) that spending money on something we can see, hear, and touch on a lasting basis delivers the best value. But it’s not the case at all.

Gilovich has found that experiences deliver more-lasting happiness than things. Experiences become a part of our identity. Everyone’s experience is unique. We are not our belongings, but we are the total of everything we’ve seen, the things we’ve done, and the places we’ve been to. “Our experiences are a bigger part of ourselves than our material goods,” said Gilovich. “You can really like your material goods. You can even think that part of your identity is connected to those things, but they remain separate from you. In contrast, your experiences really are part of you. We are the sum total of our experiences.”

Besides, we don’t compare experiences in the same way that we compare things. It’s hard to measure the relative value of any two experiences, which makes them that much more enjoyable. And expectation of an experience causes excitement and enjoyment, while expectation of acquiring（获得） some goods causes impatience. Experiences are enjoyable from the very first moments of planning, all the way through to the memories you keep. The temporary happiness achieved by buying things can be regarded as “puddles(水坑) of pleasure.” In other words, that kind of happiness dies away and leaves us wanting more. Things may last longer than experiences, but the memories that remain are what matter most.

32. Which one can replace the underlined phrase “peters out”?

A. is too little        B. is not real       C. disappears slowly      D. costs too much

33. What does Gilovich think of experiences?

A. Experiences deliver less-lasting happiness than things.

B. Our experiences are what separate us from others.

C. We are only a part of our experiences.

D. Experiences can exist in our memory forever.

34. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Spiritual wealth is the most valuable for us.

B. Expecting an experience increases our feeling of anxiety.

C. People are more likely to be impatient when buying things.

D. Experiences can be compared with each other.

35. Which is the main idea of the passage?

A. How can we gain happiness with money?

B. How can we make happiness last long?

C. Why do experiences achieve more lasting happiness than things?

D. Why should we spend money on experiences instead of things?

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。

Tips on How to Connect With Your New Dorm Roommates

The move from high school to college is very stressful, especially meeting your future roommates. You hope they are normal, friendly persons with whom you can bond for the next months. Some tips for starting a smooth college life and getting along well with your roommates are as follows.

·Look up their names and phone numbers

You can search the US Phone Book for your roommates’ numbers and see what you can find online.   36   You can use them to find out what type of music they like or what their hobbies are.

·Use the email

Meeting a strange roommate is awkward, so try connecting with your roommates before moving in together.   37    You can tell them where you are from and what are your subjects of interest.

·You can even call them

After sending an email, you can call your future roommates and have a chat about the most important issues.   38    You can’t expect to be best friends right away. Chatting and texting beforehand can help you get used to other persons and will ease the entire process of living together.

·   39    

After the initial introduction, you want to know who is going to bring what appliances, if they like to listen to music while studying and how hot or cold they like the room to be. If you are a morning person and your roommates are night owls, things might become complicated.

Sharing a bedroom is not an easy thing and you will be stressed out.   40    Just try to be yourself when connecting. You will find ways to get along, even if you are completely different.

第三部分 英语知识运用（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A、B、C和D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was walking down the down the road one day when my cellphone rang. A(n)  41   voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” A wrong number would possibly  42   for this. A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely  43   , “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” And then  44   .

During the following days, I got the same  45   now and then. But I didn’t care much about it.

Then one day she frequently called me,  46   I didn’t answer. In the end, I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m  47   so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take   48  of me. But, Dad, please  49   me again, OK?” The simple  50   was difficult to refuse. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you... Dad, I am so... happy...”

Shortly after this, I became  51   about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, Sir. I am really sorry to have  52   you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer   53  she was born. And her father died in a(n)  54      last week. I dare not to tell her the  55   .Poor baby. When she couldn’t bear the painful cancer treatment, she would cry for her dad, who had always given her  56   to carry on. I really couldn’t   57  it, so I gave her your phone number...”

“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t  58   to ask.

    She has  59   . She passed away with a smile, tightly holding the cellphone...” she said, “and I’m glad that she gets rid of the pain and stays with her father forever.”

    Tears filled my eyes and I was so sad to hear that,  60   at the sky for a long time.

第II卷 非选择题（共50分）

第二节 阅读填空（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）。

Earthquakes are quite common. In fact, thousands of earthquakes are happening almost at every moment. However, most of ____61____ (they) are too weak to feel. During a big earthquake, there is often a big noise first. Then the earth shakes ____62____ (terrible) and many houses fall down.

As one of the most deadly natural disasters in the world, the earthquake often result ____63____many people being injured or killed.   In 2008, a terrible earthquake ____64___ (strike) China’s Sichuan Province, causing severe casualties.

Besides the great damage and deaths ____65____(cause) by the earthquake, other accidents such as fires often follow. More buildings may be damaged and more injuries may be caused. For ____66____(century), people have been making studies of earthquakes. About 2,000 years ago, for example, ____67____Chinese scientist- Zhang Heng invented a machine ____68____could find out the direction where the earthquake waves came. With the rapid ____69____(develop) of modern science and technology, we now know a lot more about earthquakes. However, it is still difficult for scientists _____70_____(predict) exactly when and where the earthquake will happen, and can’t stop it from happening.

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）

71. 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。

删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改: 在错的词下画一横线，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。

In the future, life will be very different for that of today. First, with medical research develop faster and faster, on the average, a person will live to the age of about 120. Second, because of the discover of new energy, environmental pollution will under control. Third, people’s daily life will change greatly, either. For example, robots will do all your houseworks for you; your chair will change its color to match which you’re wearing; you can also put your mobile phone round your wrist and see the caller after you are speaking; we even can take a new elevator into space for a holiday.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，你班的美国交换生Tom结束了在你校三个月的学习，即将回国。你和同学打算于1月8日下午为他开一个欢送会（farewell party），特地写信邀请他参加。要点包括：

1. 感谢Tom的帮助；    2.欢送会的时间和地点；    3.对Tom的美好祝愿。

注意：

(1)词数不少于100；      (2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；

(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

How time flies. ______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

                                               Yours,

Li Hua

英语试题参考答案

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

1-5 CABBB   6-10 CABCC  11-15 ABBCA  16-20 AABCC

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)

21-23DBA    24-27 BBCA    28-31. ADDC     32-35. CBAD

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

36-40 DCAGE

第三部分 英语知识运用（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)

41-45 CDBAA    46-50 BCCDA     51-55 ACBBD    56-60 DBCCA

第二节 阅读填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

61. them          62. terribly         63. in          64. struck         65. caused  

66. centuries       67. a        68. which/that     69. development       70. to predict

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）

1. ... different for…                        for 改为 from

2. ... develop faster...                     develop 改为 developing

3. ... on the average...                    删去 the

4. ... discover of…                      discover 改 discovery

5. ...will under control...                  will 后加上 be

6. either 改为 too

7. houseworks 改为 housework

8. ... match which...                     which 改为 what

9. ...after you are speaking...              after 改为 while\when

10. ...we even...                        we 改为 you

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

Dear Tom,

How time flies. It is one year since you came to study Chinese in our school. We are all grateful for what you have done for us. In the past years, you have helped us a lot, without which we could not have made great progress in English. Besides, during this year, we have learnt lots of cultures about your country that cannot be found in the book.

Before you leave, many classmates and I intend to hold a farewell party for you, hoping that you can remember the wonderful time we spent together. By the way, the party will be held in our classroom on the afternoon of January 30.

May you have a pleasant journey and welcome to China again. And we are looking forward to your coming.

Yours,

Li Hua