2014～2015学年度下学期期中联考高一英语命题人：荆州中学李天英徐诗祺孙同艳审题人：龙泉中学何敏娟本试题卷共8页，分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。
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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. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Go to work on time.B. Get his watch repaired.C. Have a talk with his boss.2. What does the woman want to do?A. Find a parking lot.B. Get back her driving permit.C. Rent a cat.3. Where are the speakers now?A. In a church.B. In a shop.C. In a restaurant.4. What does the woman mean?A. She wants to talk with the man.B. She doesn’t want to sit with Alan.C. She doesn’t like the movie.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a flower shop.B. In a garden.C. In a hotel.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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why don’t the speakers choose the first table?A. It costs too much.B. It is too large.C. Its color is not suitable.7. How much will the speakers pay?A. ﹩129.B. ﹩89.C. ﹩59.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What are the speakers talking about?A. A new designer.B. New products.C. Newly-designed posters.9. What does the woman say about Lisa?A. She is an artist.B. She was the team leader.C. She designed the products.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the man’s major?A. Art.B. Medicine.C. Business.11. Why isn’t the woman looking forward to graduation?A. She can’t find a job.B. She will have to work like crazy.C. She has to pay money back to the bank.12. What can we learn about the man?A. He will graduate soon.B. He has a part-time job.C. He is in his first year of school.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Strangers.C. House owner and buyer.14. How did the man know about the flat?A. From his friend.B. From the newspaper.C. From the school notice board.15. How much should the man pay every month if he gets the flat?A. £40.B. £80.C. £160.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The speakers needn’t share a bathroom.B. The flat has two big bedrooms.C. The man’s studying computer scie nce.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long did Marco Polo spend on his round trip to China?A. 17 years.B. 24 years.C. 41 years.18. In which direction did Marco Polo go after he left Venice?A. North.B. East.C. South.19. Which was the last place mentioned before they arrived at the palace of Kubla Khan?A. Acre.B. Gobi Desert.C. Persian Desert.20. What will the speaker talk about next?A. What Marco Polo did in China.B. What Marco Polo wrote in his book.C. What happened to Marco Polo on the way home.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AHey, mom, I want you to stop dropping me off at the airport for some trip that I am about to take and start becoming my seatmate. I want to travel with you---just you.I want to explore a new place alongside a woman who raised me, who put up with my teenager anxiety and my rebellious (叛逆的) college years. I want to see my favorite cities with the lady who taught me basic life lessons, such as looking both ways before crossing the street, how to use a glue gun, and that the most important thing in the world is to help others.I always appreciated the vacations you planned for our family. I also remember how you watched me as I read The Great Gatsby on the balcony at midday. I wonder if you felt proud of me. These days, I am sick of traveling to places with wishy-washy(无主见的) friends. I want to travel with a strong woman who can see how capable I am of learning to speak French or hiking on a glacier or eating something as unpleasant-smelling fruit.Now I want you to see how much I grow up while abroad---I’m a different person, Mom. And I know you’d be different too. I know that someone has shared a similar burst of emoti on while diving into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for the first time.So what do you say, Mom? Will you throw responsibility to the wind? I want to travel with you. Let’s just go---we can go anywhere in the world, just you and I. You can pick the place, and I will do the rest.Love,Katka21. Which life lesson does Katka think the most valuable?A. Exploring a new place alongside her mother.B. Visiting favorite cities with her mother.C. Looking both ways when crossing the street.D. Offering help to others when it’s possible.22. What do the underlined words in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Keep my promise.B. Take care of me.C. Bear much responsibility.D. Have a break from work.23. What’s the daughter’s purpose of writing this letter?A. To thank her mother for all she has sacrificed for her.B. To invite her mother to see the world together.C. To recall her childhood with her mother.D. To show her mother how talented she is.BSome people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, an d over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put inthe time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent hard work won’t ensure you the level of success you may want, but it will ensure that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.24. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.A. the meaning of successB. the reasons for successC. the standards of successD. the importance of success25. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “that” refers to ______.A. setting a practical goalB. being good at somethingC. putting in more timeD. succeeding in life26. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.A. it takes a lot of time to succeedB. work makes one feel painC. one gives up his work easilyD. one tends to enjoy his work27. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. Successful people like to show their great skills.B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.CFor centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do w ith cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a coldshoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．28. When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by“____”．A. I give him the cold shoulderB. I think he is a cold-blooded manC. I think he is a cold fishD. I’m likely to get cold feet29. If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, youwill say _________．A. she is a cold-blooded killerB. she gets cold feetC. she is a cold fishD. she is out in the cold30. We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his loverwithout mercy．A. cold-bloodedB. cold shoulderC. cold feetD. cold-hearted31. The topic of this passage is about _________．A. the relationship between cold and our bodyB. some expressions about friendshipC. some expressions connected with coldD. how cold weather comes into beingDChildren start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helpingthem enjoy science can be easy; there is no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s strong desire to know about things. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven–year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children a sked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in science. Finally I said,” Now that we’ve finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “have you ever seen a grasshopper (蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that. After asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.Never push a child to “think”. It doesn’t make sen se; children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a small target for your disagreement.Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass, and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.32. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the mostimportant thing for adults to do is______.A. to share the children’s curiosityB. to let them see the world aroundC. to explain difficult phrases about scienceD. to supply the children with lab equipment33. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “list” could best be replaced by______.A. any problemsB. questions from the textbooksC. any questionsD. any number of questions34. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete andcreative way if adults______.A. ask them to answer quicklyB. wait for one or two seconds after a questionC. wait at least for three seconds after a questionD. tell them to answer the next day35. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’scuriosity EXCEPT that adults should______.A. encourage their children to ask questions of their ownB. offer their children chances to see things for themselvesC. be patient enough when their children answer questionsD. tell their children stories instead of reciting (背诵) facts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。