2023淮北一中高一上学期期末考试英语试题（含听力）含答案

淮北一中2022-2023学年度高一年级第一学期期末考试

英语试卷

满分：150分   考试时间：120分钟

命题：冯德英   审题：马娟

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。

1. How will the man travel there?

A. By air.     B. By ship.      C. By train.

2. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a store.        B. At a restaurant.           C. At a supermarket.

3. What was the woman probably trying to do?

A. Play a tape recorder.         B. Repair a typewriter.        C. Take a picture.

4. What does the woman mean?

A. She is greatly encouraged.   B. She needs a friend like the man.  C. She appreciates the man’s offer.

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Policeman and driver.      B. Teacher and student.      C. Boss and secretary.

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，每小题将给出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至第8三个小题。

6. Where are the speakers probably?

A. In a hospital.         B. In a factory.            C. In a school.

7. What does the woman need right now?

A. An X-ray test.            B. An operation.       C. Some rest.

8. Who has died from the heart disease?

A. The woman’s father.           B. The woman’s mother.    C. The woman’s grandfather.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. What does the man want to do?

A. Open an account.        B. Save some money.      C. Withdraw some money.

10. What’s the woman probably?

A. A waiter.          B. A bank clerk.       C. A customer.

11. When will the man take the money?

A. A few minutes later.       B. Several hours later.         C. Tomorrow.

听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12. Where did the woman find the old medicine bottle?

A. In a shop.            B. In the sports ground.         C. Near the village gate.

13. What did the woman find under the tree?

A. A teapot.          B. Some coins.         C. A metal horse.

14. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The teapot is in good condition.

B. All the coins were produced by their own country.

C. The woman has done some repair work for some findings.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. What is the weather usually like at this time in the speakers’ place?

A. Nice and bright but a bit hotter.  

B. Nice and bright but a bit colder.

C. Nice and lovely but much hotter.

16. How often does the hurricane take place in the woman’s country?

A. Always.      B. Sometimes.     C. Once a year.

17. What are the speakers going to do?

A. Go shopping.     B. Go working.     C. Listen to the radio.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. How long does the man work at the present company?

A. 3 years.      B. 13 years.       C. 30 years.

19. What is the great advantage if the speaker worked in a tour agency?

A. To travel abroad.       B. To enjoy free flights.      C. To get cheap flights and holidays.

20. What is the content of the speaker’s work?

A. To provide information for the customers.

B. To offer suggestions on purchasing cars.

C. To give information on the latest products.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 (共15小题;每小题2. 5分，满分37. 5分）

阅读下列短文，全科试题免费下载公众号《高中僧课堂》从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks Singapore 13th out of 136 countries overall, which was the third best in Asia. The report ranks Singapore’s business environment, international openness, also travel and tourism policy as the best in the world.

The Orchard Road district

The Orchard Road district, which is full of multi-storey shopping centers and hotels, can be considered the center of tourism in Singapore. The first shop of note on Orchard Road was Tangs founded in 1934. Orchard Road is crowded with hotels and shopping centres housing numerous restaurants, coffee chains, cafés, nightclubs.

The Singapore Zoo

The Singapore Zoo has received the “open zoo” idea where animals are kept in enclosures, separated from visitors by hidden dry or wet moats(壕沟), instead of caging the animals. There are about 315 species of animal in the zoo, of which some 16 percent are considered to be endangered species.

The River Safari

It is the first of its kind in Asia and features freshwater exhibitions and a river boat ride as its main highlights. The River Safari, features 10 different ecosystems around the world, including the River Nile, Yangtze River, Mississippi, Amazon as well as the Tundra and has 300 species of animals, including numerous endangered species.

Sentosa

The tourist island of Sentosa, which attracted 19 million visitors in 2011, lies in the south of Singapore and consists of about 20-30 landmarks, such as Fort Siloso, which was built to defend against the Japanese during World War II.

21. Where would the tourists interested in food like to go?

A. The Orchard Road district.              B. The Singapore Zoo.

C. The River Safari.                     D. Sentosa.

22. What is special about the Singapore Zoo?

A. All the animals there are threatened species.     B. There are about 315 animals in the zoo.

C. Animals there are not caged.                D. People can play with animals.

23. Where can the passage be probably taken from?

A. A text book.                           B. A travel handbook.

C. A website about science news.              D. An entertainment magazine.

B

As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stone walls, the house and field provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me.

Since my first visit to the farm, I had wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stone walls surrounding the houses. My parents would never agree because the walls were so old that some stones were loose and falling. However, my idea to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally I had all my courage to enter the living room, where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner.

“I want to climb the stone walls.” I said. “Heavens, no! You’ll hurt yourself!” The response was just as I’d expected. But before I left the room, I was stopped by my grandfather’s loud voice. “Now hold on just a minute.”I heard him say. “Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself.”

“Go,” he said to me, “and come and see me when you get back. ”For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls—and had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventures. I’ll never forget what he said. “Fred,” he said, smiling, “you made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember, there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”

Many years have passed since then, and today I host the television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, seen by millions of children throughout America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing remains the same: my message to children at the end of almost every visit. “There’s only one person in this whole world like you,” the kids will hear me say, “and people can like you exactly as you are.”

24. Why did the writer enjoy his visits to the farm?

A. There were old stone houses.          B. He could experience new fun there.

C. He missed his grandfather.              D. He was allowed to climb the stone walls.

25. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The writer didn’t expect his parents’ disagreement with his climbing the walls.

B. The writer didn’t know the possible danger of the stone walls.

C. The writer’s grandfather backed him up to follow his own heart.

D. The writer became a TV program host due to his grandfather’s influence.

26. Which word can be used to describe the grandfather?

A. Adventurous.         B. Open-minded.        C. Tricky.       D. Stubborn.

27. Which is probably the best title for the text?

A. Unforgettable Childhood.           B. Do Whatever You Like.

C. Just Be Yourself.                   D. Like grandfather, like grandson.

C

Time to load up some popular games: new research indicates pigs have the mental capability to play video games. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tested the ability of four pigs (Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory) to play a simple joystick (操纵杆) game with their noses, moving a cursor (光标) to four targets on the screen. Although the animals didn’t show the skills to win a round any time, they did show an understanding of some simple games. Performing well not by chance, the pigs appeared to recognize that the movement of the cursor was controlled by the joystick. The fact that they did so well although they didn’t have flexible fingers is “extraordinary”, according to the researchers.

That pigs can do this should give us pause about what else they are capable of learning and how such learning may influence them,” said Purdue University’s Dr Candace Croney, the study’s lead author.

Researchers also noted that while the pigs could be taught to play the game using food as positive motivation, they also responded well to social interaction. In fact, when the game was made more challenging and the pigs became unwilling to participate in it, “only encouraging words from the experimenter” would make the pigs continue their training.

These findings are the latest to highlight the intelligence and learning abilities of pigs. Not only have they been shown to use mirrors to find hidden food, but studies have also shown how pigs can be taught to “come” and “sit” after oral commands.

As with any sentient (有感觉力的) beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them influences and matters to them. We therefore have a duty to further understand how pigs get information and what they are capable of learning and remembering, because this may help them understand their interactions with us and their environments.

28. What can be learned from Paragraph 1?

A. The pigs knew a lot about the video games.         B. The pigs operated joysticks with their noses.

C. The pigs competed with each other in the games.     D. The pigs sometimes performed well by chance.

29. What made researchers believe pigs socially interacted well?

A. Their being inspired by human words.        B. Their being driven by food.

C. Their being willing to keep trying.           D. Their being stopped by challenges.

30. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

A. Pigs can’t play video games for lack of flexible fingers.

B. When playing games, pigs can win a round at any time.

C. The research suggests that pigs are very friendly animals.

D. When games are difficult, pigs are unwilling to play them.

31. What will researchers probably focus on in the next stage of their experiment ?

A. How pigs learn to play challenging games.

B. How pigs improve their learning ability.

C. How pigs manage to get information.

D. How pigs adapt to their living environment.

D

A long-nosed fur seal (长鼻海狗)that was tagged(给……加上标签) in Tasmania as a baby seal has suddenly turned up in Victoria 25 years later, causing a rethink of how long the animal can survive in the wild.

The male fur seal was tagged with an obvious “830” marking on its right side of the body in 1996. The marking recently caught the attention of Victorian wildlife officers who tried to find out where the seal was from and who once put the little seal there.

“We were excited to respond to this call and gain important updated information from research activities done more than 20 years ago,” said the Tasmanian Environment Department marine biologist Sam Thalmann.“Scientists used to think the animals can live for at most 19 years, but this sighting of the fur seal 25 years after it was marked provides exciting new knowledge about the longest lifespan (寿命) for wild fur seals in Australia.” Mr. Thalmann said the seal also surprised the researchers in other ways. “We see a lot of old male fur seals that are past their best years of health and move along the Tasmanian coast as they reach their end of life, but this seal tells another story,” he said. “Unlike others, it may continue to live in good health for years to come.”

Long-nosed fur seals are found around the coasts of southeastern Australia, southern NSW and New Zealand. The Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment said long-nosed fur seals were once close to complete disappearance due to the fur trade in the 1800s. But in 1987, the species reappeared in Tasmanian waters and formed a breeding group on Maatsuyker Island, about 10km off the state’s south coast. In the wild, seals are eaten by several species of sharks including the white shark.

The species is now still protected and listed as rare under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act. But the number of this species is recovering fast. Now the total population in Tasmania is 4,000 to 4,500. About 1,000 baby seals are born annually there now. Australia-wide, the population is about 58,000.

32. What did the officers think about long-nosed fur seals after knowing about this one?

A. They have many secrets unknown to humans.

B. They have the strong ability to live independently.

C. They now have a much better living environment.

D. They can live much longer than people once believed.

33. What does the author mean by saying “this seal tells another story” in Paragraph 3?

A. This seal is still in good physical condition.

B. This seal is much older than other fur seals.

C. This seal draws more attention from researchers.

D. This seal never moves along the Tasmanian coast.

34. What almost led to the complete disappearance of long-nosed fur seals?

A. Having lost their natural homes.      B. Being overhunted by humans.

C. Being killed by the white shark.       D. Suffering from climate change.

35. How does the author most probably find the situation of long-nosed fur seals now?

A. Risky.               B. Hopeful.      C. Worrying.      D. Shocking.

第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。

Recess (休息) for Kids

Ask a group of kids about their favorite part of the school day and many will talk about something that happened at recess. Maybe they finally made it across the monkey bars (单杠). Maybe somebody kicked the ball over the fence. Maybe a fruit tree in a neighboring yard started to drop apples on the playground.   36 

It’s true not just according to kids, but also to adults who study recess for kids. Whether they’re inventing a new game or sitting under a tree, kids need a break — or several of them — during the school day.

Why Kids Need Recess.

There's no debate that recess, or mainly referred to as physical activity, is good for kids. You can’t have your brains go hours at a time and retain and store information in working memory.   37   Besides, activity that involves arms and legs — running, climbing, crawling — builds new neural connections, which helps kids regulate their emotions. Studies show that after recess children are more attentive in class, perform better and have fewer emotional problems.

How Much Recess Should Kids Get.

“Ideally, children should get four 15-minute recesses every day”, says Debbie Rhea, a professor from Texas Christian University, who advocates for outdoor play in schools.   38   It is noted that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently expanded the idea to encourage recess for all students, including those in middle and high school.

  39 

In addition to simply providing enough time for recess, schools should teach skills that will make recess more successful. For instance, letting kids run fast will help them develop coordination. ___40___. And even falling, is something kids need to practice to avoid getting badly hurt. To allow children to take reasonable risks with their bodies is also a wise move.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to look for a job. Due to the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to   41   new staff. My son targeted a company that was   42   to hire only one person while over twenty people were   43   the job.

After the interview, only three people could enter the final round, which would later   44   the person that was fit for the job. And my son entered the final round.

Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably  45  . The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very excellent. Please go home and wait for our  46  . We will tell you the   47   in three days. Good luck to all of you!” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company that he was not hired. We all felt very  48  .

At nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me   49   on his phone, “Dad, I have been offered the job!” 50  the text sent to my son was also part of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son’s reply was “Thank you”   51  the other two said “Goodbye”.

Only then did I know that my son’s hope came in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not 52   to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying thank you shows   53   for others’ work and shows your   54  . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get more   55   compared with others!

41. A. promote    B. train   C. hire    D. discover

42. A. encouraged   B. allowed  C. supposed   D. intended

43. A. applying for   B. taking up  C. looking for   D. carrying out

44. A. meet        B. attract   C. decide    D. represent

45. A. formal    B. funny   C. simple    D. strange

46. A. suggestion       B. reply   C. order    D. return

47. A. result        B. truth   C. requirement   D. income

48. A. annoyed       B．puzzled  C. disappointed   D. shocked

49. A. patiently   B. worriedly  C. calmly    D. excitedly

50. A. Finally    B. Especially   C. Actually   D. Usually

51. A. after    B. while   C. until    D. unless

52. A. expect    B. forget   C. pretend   D. regret

53. A. concern    B. love   C. admiration   D. respect

54. A. generosity   B. power   C. bravery   D. culture

55. A. problems   B. strengths  C. challenges   D. opportunities

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

单句语法填空，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

56. How to              (creative) promote traditional Chinese culture to keep pace with the times has become an issue.

57. It will be considered a miracle if someone is saved after                   (trap) for 7 hours.

58. The famous writer and his works             the radio broadcast have aroused great interest among the students.

59. Compared to that in the city, the air in the mountains is far better              (breathe)

60. They were abroad during the months when we were carrying out the                (investigate), or they would have come to our help.

61. It's helpful to put children in a situation              they can see themselves in different ways.

62. In                (compare) with others, the little girl shows considerable talent for music. 

63. They were not likely                (allow) their son to join the club.

64. If we don’t protect those traditions, there may come a time             they disappear.

65. My grandfather is fond of talking about the good old days,          is often the case with old people.

第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)

假如你是李华，你的新西兰网友John来信询问你的春节 “文化之旅”计划。请你给他写一封回信，内容包括：

1、简单寒暄；2、介绍旅行安排；3、询问对方计划。

注意：1、字数80左右； 2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

第二节（满分25 分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

注意：1、续写词数应为150左右;  2、两段开头已给出。

I always wonder how people will react if I want a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or in a crowded station. I personally have always hurried past a stranger who tried to catch my attention in a busy place or when I am rushing around.

Yesterday I was stuck in such a hopeless situation where my only hope of help would have to come from a total stranger.

I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage. After the purchase in one of the large, fancy, expensive shops, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot and my phone was dead.

I then requested the shop assistant who had just sold me the luggage, which was not cheap at all, if she could help me telephone my driver. She replied, still all smiles, “I’m sorry, Sir, but it is the shop policy that we cannot use mobile phones while working in the shop.”

As I was wondering what kind of policy that was, I saw a nice-looking teenage boy coming toward me. Remembering my wife’s interesting theory (理论) that beautiful people are more likely to give you a hand when you’re in trouble, I thought I might have a chance. But before I could say a word, he walked past me. It turned out he simply didn’t see me.

I waited a bit longer in the mall but it seemed nobody bothered to look at me. Disappointed and tired, I got out of the shop on to the busy street in front. I stood there with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of kindness on their face. I began wondering how many times I had reacted to strangers like the shop girl and the teenager.

Paragraph 1:

At that point I saw a young mother with her two kids.

Paragraph 2:

Finally a man wearing a cheap T-shirt and dirty jeans seemed to notice me.