英语卷·2017届河北省定州中学高三（高补班）上学期期末考试（2017-01）

英语卷·2017届河北省定州中学高三（高补班）上学期期末考试（2017-01）

河北定州中学2016—2017学年度第一学期期末考试 高四年级 英语试卷 ‎ ‎ 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。‎ 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. Who is the man possibly talking to?‎ A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. His mother ‎2. What do we know about Sam?‎ A. His sister will leave for New York. B. His sister will leave for Los Angeles.‎ C. He will leave New York.‎ ‎3. What is the woman going to do?‎ A. Rewrite the paper because there are too many mistakes.‎ B. Throw the paper away.‎ C. Read the paper again.‎ ‎4. Why does the woman thank the man?‎ A. He lent her some money. B. He gave her a five-pound bill.‎ C. He returned her money found.‎ ‎5. Where does this conversation probably take place? ‎ A. At an airport. B. At a railway station. C. At a department store.‎ 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6~8题。‎ ‎6. Whom do you think the woman was angry with? ‎ A. The man. B. The repairman. C. The shopkeeper.‎ ‎7. Why couldn't the woman find the repair shop?‎ A. She missed the right turn. B. The man gave her the wrong directions. ‎ C. She was a bad driver. ‎ ‎8. Why did the man tell her to turn to these television repairmen?‎ A. The shop was easy to find. B. One of the repairmen was his friend. ‎ C. They did good work and the price was reasonable.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第9~11题。‎ ‎9. What's the relationship between the man and the woman?‎ A. They are teacher and student. B. They are friends. C. They are mother and son.‎ ‎10. What does the woman ask the man to do?‎ A. Look for a new apartment. B. Find a job to earn $ 200 a month.‎ C. Share an apartment with one or two roommates.‎ ‎11. How much does the woman want to spend on rent?[]‎ A. Less than $ 200 a month. B. About $ 200 a month.‎ C. A little more than $ 200 a month. ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第12~14题。‎ ‎12. What is the woman good at?‎ A. Swimming. B. Running. C. Playing.‎ ‎13. How old was she when she became famous?‎ A. She was twenty. B. She was thirteen. C. She was fifteen.‎ ‎14. What can we learn about the woman from the dialogue?‎ A. She took part in one of the Olympic Games. ‎ ‎ B. She still swims for international competitions.‎ C. She used to swim thirty five miles every week.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第15~17题。‎ ‎15. What had gone wrong in their house?‎ A. Their washing machine. B. The electricity. C. The lights.‎ ‎16. Who was Mr. Smith?‎ A. A repairman. B. The woman's husband. C. The woman's new neighbor.‎ ‎17. Why did the man think it would cost him dearly?‎ A. Because he wanted to buy a car.‎ B. Because he didn't have a good job.‎ C. Because their car needed repairing.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18~20题。‎ ‎18. What were the students going to do?‎ A. They were going to read their articles before a video camera.‎ B. They were going to read news on TV.‎ C. They were going to celebrate the writer's sister's birthday.‎ ‎19. Why was the writer so nervous?‎ A. He had never stood before a video camera.‎ B. He had never read his own article before a video camera.‎ C. This camera was different from the one he had once faced.‎ ‎20. What was the writer's feelings to his class teacher?‎ A. Nervous. B. Afraid. C. Thankful.‎ 二、阅读理解 ‎ When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jobs, the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism(种族偏见).‎ Despite these worries, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job for my living expenses.‎ Determined to do this on my own, I spent a whole day going door to door asking for a job. However, I received little response. This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks.‎ One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask whether there were any job opportunities. People there were very surprised, and advised me not to continue my ‎ job search in that manner. As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside for a while. Fifteen minutes later, he returned. He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to search for a job.‎ I was a little surprised but had a good feeling about him. He gave me some suggestions on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.‎ It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it .And this time，it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.‎ ‎21．What wasn’t the author’s mother worried about?‎ A. The author couldn’t speak the local language.‎ B. The author wasn’t familiar with local customs.‎ C. People might look down on the author.‎ D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.‎ ‎22．After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author ______.‎ A. decided to go back to his own country B. had to find a job to cover his living expenses C. felt the local people were not very friendly D. wanted to get a job that needed practical skills ‎23． When the author went into a building to look for a job, ______.‎ A. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for B. he was confident that he would find a good one C. he found many college students like him already there D. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice ‎24．What is the story mainly about?‎ A. How a stranger offered the author a job.‎ B. How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.‎ C. How the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.‎ D. How the author adapted himself to a new situation.‎ ‎ Valerie Jarrett, 58, is serving as a top adviser to President Obama and has been close to the first family since the early 1990s. Joe Heim from WashingtonPost had an interview with her.‎ Joe Heim: What do you think of a reporter who interviews you for 25 minutes, then later finds out his recorder stopped working and asks you to do the interview again?‎ Valerie Jarrett: That he's human. You could have just tried to pretend that it didn't happen.‎ Joe Heim: You're considered the president's closest adviser. Have you ever given him bad advice since he became president?‎ Valerie Jarrett: I'm sure that I have. I think one of the reasons why the president's management style is very effective is because all of his advisers feel very comfortable being open about their advice. Finally, there's only one decision-maker. And that's the president.‎ Joe Heim: What misunderstandings are there of you?‎ Valerie Jarrett: A little-known fact is that I started my life very shy and remained very shy well into adulthood. Painfully shy, I would call it. And I often share this, particularly with young people, because it's something I really had to work hard to overcome. And for all the shy people out there I say, you, too, can overcome it. But it took a lot of hard work on my part, and I discovered along the way that just because you're nervous and you have butterflies in your stomach doesn't mean that it has to show. My point in sharing it with you is that part of life is pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone (舒适区). And if you're going to grow, you have to learn how to take on new challenges that you might not be good at.‎ Joe Heim: Will you stay until the end of his term?‎ Valerie Jarrett: I serve at the pleasure of the president. If he wants me to stay, I will.‎ ‎25．From the underlined words “That he's human”, we can learn Valerie Jarrett is _____.‎ A. warm-hearted B. broad-minded C. well-educated D. strong-willed ‎26．Why does Valerie Jarrett share her shyness?‎ A. To show her hard way to success.‎ B. To prove shy people can also be great.‎ C. To show it is easy to overcome shyness.‎ D. To ask people to face challenges bravely.‎ ‎27．In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?‎ A. People. B. Society. C. World. D. Culture.‎ ‎28．Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?‎ UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.‎ Nitrogen（氮） and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi（真菌）networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons（神经元）in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.‎ Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.‎ ‎“We didn't take any notice of it.” Simard says sadly . “Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them a chance.” If we could ‎ put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.‎ ‎【小题1】What would be the best title for the passage?‎ A. Old Trees Communicate Like Humans B. Young Trees Are In Need Of Protection C. Trees Are More Complex Than You Think D. Trees Contribute To Our Society ‎【小题2】In Simard's opinion, trees _______ .‎ A. depend on each other B. protect their own wealth C. compete for survival D. provide support for dying trees ‎【小题3】We can learn from the passage that A. “mother trees” are usually of no use to other trees.‎ B. Charles Darwin had the same thought as Simard.‎ C. people know much about the complex “tree societies”.‎ D. if “mother trees” are cut down, the survival for the entire forest will be affected.‎ ‎【小题4】The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to .‎ A. how trees grow old B. how “tree societies” work C. how forestry industry develops D. how young trees survive ‎ Thomas, the pioneering White House reporter known for putting presidents on the hot seat, died at 92.‎ To those who regularly watch presidential press conferences, Helen Thomas is a familiar figure. Usually dressed in red and always seated in the front row, she is always the first or second reporter the president calls upon. It is an honour she has earned. Besides, it affords her the perfect opportunity to do what she does ‎ best—challenge the president and other public officials to tell the plain truth. She said, “ We reporters’ priority(首要事情) is the people’s right to know---without fear or favor. We are the people’s servants.”‎ Helen Thomas was born in Kentucky in 1920. All the nine Thomas' children were brought up to value education, and all were expected to make something of themselves through working hard. She decided to become a reporter while in high school. After receiving her bachelor's degree in 1942, Thomas headed for Washington D.C, looking for a newspaper job. Soon, she landed one at Washington Daily News. Her duty included fetching coffee and doughnuts for the paper's reporters and editors. This young woman found the atmosphere exciting, believing she had made the right career choice.‎ Her big break came when she was sent to Florida to report on the vacation of President John F．Kennedy and his family. Once President Kennedy took office, Thomas changed her focus from the president's family to his policies. She began attending the daily press briefings at the White House as well as presidential press conferences. Thomas has covered every president since Kennedy. Over the years, Thomas found her job “thrilling and inspiring”， but never boring. And she took seriously her duty to “keep an eye on the president” and keep American people informed.‎ ‎29．What can we learn about Helen Thomas from the passage?‎ A．Her career took off after covering President Kennedy.‎ B．Her first job was to deliver doughnuts to a news agency.‎ C．She was born into a large family in Kentucky in 1942.‎ D．She decided to be a reporter while in college.‎ ‎30．Paragraph 3 is written to show Helen Thomas________．‎ A．is a good decision maker for her career B．appreciates education and hard work C．wants to be famous by writing reports D．has great support from her family ‎31．What does Helen Thomas think of her work?‎ A．Unbearable. B．Exciting.‎ C．Challenging. D．Unforgettable.‎ ‎32．What can be the best title for the passage?‎ A．A reporter for Washington Daily News B．A reporter challenging President Kennedy C．A reporter from an ordinary family D．A reporter sticking to the facts 三、完形填空 ‎ The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.‎ ‎—Thomas Macaulay Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O'Neill gave an arithmetic ________ to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the ________ mistakes throughout the test.‎ There is nothing really new about ________ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O'Neill ________ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ________ after class. I was one of the twelve.‎ Mrs. O'Neill asked ________ questions, and she didn't ________ us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ________ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ________ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.‎ I don't ________ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ________ I can say: it was the most important single ________ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay's words, they ________ seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a ________ to measure ourselves rather than others.‎ ‎________ of us are asked to make ________ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. ________ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket ________ turned over to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except ________. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.‎ ‎33．A. paper B. problem C. test D. lesson ‎34．A. easy B. funny C. same D. serious ‎35．A. lying B. cheating C. guessing D. discussing ‎36．A. didn't B. did C. would D. wouldn't ‎37．A. come B. leave C. apologize D. remain ‎38．A. no B. certain C. many D. more ‎39．A. excuse B. reject C. help D. scold ‎40．A. following B. common C. above D. unusual ‎41．A. repeat B. copy C. put D. get ‎42．A. worry B. know C. hear D. talk ‎43．A. myself B. ourselves C. themselves D. herself ‎44．A. chance B. incident C. lesson D. memory ‎45．A. even B. almost C. always D. still ‎46．A. way B. sentence C. choice D. reason ‎47．A. All B. Few C. Some D. None ‎48．A. quick B. wise C. great D. personal ‎49．A. Would B. Must C. Should D. Need ‎50．A. and B. or C. then D. but ‎51．A. extra B. small C. some D. necessary ‎52．A. me B. us C. you D. them 四、短文改错 ‎53．短文改错。‎ 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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一横线（___），并在该词下面写出修改的词。‎ 注意: 1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ I’m tired and covered in dust. I’ve been digging all day and I’ll be doing the same ‎ tomorrow. Sound awful, doesn’t it ? But I’ve never had so many fun in my life. As an archaeology student, I have already knew something about the Qin Tomb and the terracotta warriors. Most Chinese children can tell you Qin Shihuang was the emperor first unified China. He was a brilliant ruler, and he was also a cruel man who killed thousands of people. When he became the king of the state, he immediately ordered workers to construct an underground tomb for him, which is said to contain great treasures. But, the actual entrance to the tomb has ever been found, nor has the tomb been opened. There are ancient descriptions of crossbows hiding at the tomb’s entrance. It’s said that if everyone steps across the entrance, the crossbows will fire.‎ 五、请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。‎ Disability aids are vital to those who suffer problems with executing work with two hands．These are people who have been disabled due to some major sickness or some other problems．In order to help them carry on their work in the normal way, disability aids are manufactured．This helps them make their life a lot easier than what it would have been without these aids．The kind of disability aids that an individual might require depends on the person only．It is the problem that a person faces that decides the aids that he/she will use for carrying out their respective jobs．The following is the list of a few disability aids that come of significant use．‎ The first and foremost aid is the stocking aid, aiding the individuals suffering from the problem of bending down to reach the foot and wear their own socks．These stocking aids have a gutter(槽) that is made up of plastic material．These gutters are shaped in a certain way along with the attachment of cotton tapes in it．The sock is then put over the gutter．The foot is placed inside the gutter．The cotton tapes help in pulling the socks up the leg and subsequently the sock．In this manner, the sock is worn by a person who has problems wearing it by bending one’s back and reaching the foot．‎ There are openers that help the people who have problems with their hands or wrists to open bottles of ketchup, jam and other such bottles and jars that necessitates ‎ the use of hands and fingers．‎ The third type of disability aids that comes to our minds are lifts．Now what are lifts? Lifts are certain machines that help in lifting people from specific areas, such as a bathtub or a set of stairs．These lifts are of varied types and come for numerous applications．It is for the individual to decide the type that he/she requires to use．‎ For people, who have problems in balancing their upper bodies in a stable manner, there is something known as grab rails．These grab rails are installed for those who have mobility problems in their upper bodies．These rails come in varieties of shapes, sizes and angles．These grab rails are available to home users as well, in their different variations．One can purchase and fix one to their homes according to one’s specificities．These grab rails require the act of screwing and drilling in order to fix them to their appropriate place．The prices of these rails also vary according to the variation of their shapes and sizes．‎ A portable book holder is a much sought-after disability aid．It can be used by anybody for that matter, not just the disabled．These portable book holders are light-weight and can be easily moved about．These holders relieve the strains on one’s hands, necks and shoulders that might occur due to the handling of a book．The holders are provided with extended legs that help in placing the reading material at suitable distance．‎ Thus with the help of these disability aids, the old and disabled people can make their lives much more convenient and comfortable that would otherwise have been a cumbersome and complex one．‎ Disability Aids Theme Disability aids are important to people with disabilities 54．from some major sickness or other problems.‎ Different 55．of aids Stocking aids They can be used to help individuals whose bodies are not 56．enough to reach their feet to put on socks by themselves.‎ Openers They can be used to aid the disabled to open the bottles when ‎ the use of hands or wrists is a 57．‎ Lifts They can be used to lift people from specific areas.They come in 58．of types and are 59．numerously.‎ Grab rails They can be used to keep their balance in a stable manner after proper 60．‎ Book holders They can be used to help with the 61．of strains on one’s hands necks and shoulders when reading.‎ ‎62．‎ ‎63．these disability aids,the life of the old and disabled would become cumbersome and complex 六、根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。‎ What Exactly Is Cheating?‎ ‎64．For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport．If a baseball team is for kids who are 8 or younger, it’s cheating for 9-year-old to play on the team and hit home run after home run．‎ ‎65．Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways．Jeff is doing it by sneaking answers to a test, but it’s also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn’t．When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game or a contest．‎ Why Kids Cheat Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying．66．Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea．‎ Truth and Consequences Many kids feel tempted to cheat once in a while．Most resist and do the work instead．Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again．67．Unfortunately, some kids start cheating and feel like they can’t stop．‎ Making a Comeback There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn’t cheat, but some kids have already cheated．68．‎ Cheating can become a habit, but like other bad habits, a kid can always decide to act better and make better choices．It might help to talk the problem over with a parent, teacher, or counselor．Choosing to play fair and be honest again can help a kid feel relieved and proud．‎ A．How Do People Cheat?‎ B．How to deal with cheat?‎ C．Others get caught and decide it isn’t worth it．‎ D．If that’s you, it’s never too late to stop cheating．‎ E．Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating．‎ F．There’s an old saying that cheaters never win and winners never cheat．‎ G．Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives, or acts dishonestly on purpose．‎ 七、作文 ‎69．假如你是李华，是你校English Club的团长。请你用英语给全校同学写一封信，简要阐述参加英语社团的好处，并建议大家踊跃参加。要点如下：‎ ‎ 1. 锻炼英语口语；‎ ‎ 2. 提高沟通能力，广交朋友；‎ ‎ 3. 使学校生活更加丰富多彩。‎ 注意：1. 100词左右；‎ ‎ 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎ 3. 开头已给出，不记入总词数。‎ Dear schoolmates,‎ ‎ On behalf of our English Club I’d like to ______________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua 参考答案 听力：1-5:ABCCA 6-10:ABCBA 11-15:AACCB 16-20:CCABC ‎21．C ‎22．B ‎23．D ‎24．C ‎25．B ‎26．D ‎27．A ‎28．‎ ‎【小题1】C ‎【小题2】A ‎【小题3】D ‎【小题4】B ‎29．A ‎30．B ‎31．B ‎32．D ‎33．C ‎34．C ‎35．B ‎36．A ‎37．D ‎38．A ‎39．D ‎40．C ‎41．B ‎42．B ‎43．A ‎44．C ‎45．D ‎46．A ‎47．B ‎48．C ‎49．C ‎50．B ‎51．A ‎52．C ‎53．‎ ‎【小题1】Sound →Sounds ‎【小题2】many →much ‎【小题3】knew →known ‎【小题4】emperor 后加who ‎【小题5】and →but ‎【小题6】去掉king前面the ‎【小题7】But →However ‎【小题8】ever →never ‎【小题9】hiding →hidden ‎【小题10】everyone →anyone ‎ ‎ ‎54．resulting ‎55．types / kinds ‎56．flexible ‎57．necessary / must ‎58．varieties ‎59．applied ‎60．installation ‎61．relief ‎62．Conclusion ‎63．Without ‎ ‎ ‎64．G ‎65．A ‎66．E ‎67．C ‎68．D ‎69．‎ Dear schoolmates,‎ ‎ On behalf of our English Club I’d like to introduce the advantages of taking part in our activities. First of all, we can practice our spoken English because spoken English plays an important part in our English studies. Then we can also benefit a lot from communicating with each other. It can help us make more friends in the club. What’s more, as we are busy in studying and doing homework all day long, the club gives us chances to relax ourselves, which makes our school life happy and colorful. ‎ ‎ So why not join us as soon as possible? Let’s do our best and make our club better and better!‎ ‎ Yours,‎ ‎ Li Hua