河北定州中学20172018学年度第二学期期末考试高一年级 英语试卷第一部分 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2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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.18.C. 9.15.答案是C。1. How much will the woman pay for the book?A. $13.B. $24.C. $15.2. Who won the race in the end?A. Robert.B. The man.C. The woman.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a park.B. In a hotel.C. In a street.4. What prevents the woman from going lo the west coast?A. She is being trained for her new job.B. She is busy training some people.C. She has to look for a new job.5. Why does the woman find it hard to deal with Tom?A. He wears long fair hair.B. He is a troublemaker.C. He has a headache.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,各个小题将给出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. What made Mary tell Mrs. Smith the news about Francs pay?A. She thought it doesnt matter. B. She knew everybody would know at last.C. She got too excited and wasnt thinking.7. What does Franc mean by “Everyone in this town got a big nose”?A. People in this town have big nose, and smell well.B. People in this town are eager to know about others things.C. People dont care other people without big noses.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What kind of pizza does the man order?A. A medium one with crab.B. Two seafood ones with crab.C. A large one with fish.9. How long will the man wait for his pizza?A. About twenty minutes.B. About ten minutes.C. About five minutes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why did the man lose control of the car?A. He hit an ice patch.B. He had a bet with the other car.C. He drove around the comer too quickly.11. What do we know about the driver of the other car?A. He was frightened at the news.B. He was carried away in an ambulance.C. He was nothing serious.12. What did the man want to do at last?A. Go to hospital.B. Visit the other driver.C. Call his family.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What kind of room does the man reserve?A. A single room with a nice view.B. A double room with a nice view.C. An ordinary double room.14. How long will the American couple stay in the hotel?A. 5 nights.B. 7 nights.C. 6 nights.15. How much does it cost to stay in the hotel for one night?A. $188.B. $198.C. $288.16. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a hotel.B. In the office.C. On the phone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the weather like this morning?A. Cloudy and snowy.B. Windy and cold.C. Snowy and windy.18. What is the expected temperature by noon? A. 0B. -20C. 619. Where is the speaker right now?A. In the newsroom.B. At the top of Mount Raven.C. On the ski slope.20. What does the speaker advise the skiers to do tomorrow?A. Watch sports games.B. stay at home.C. Put on warm clothes.二、阅读理解A saying is a short, clever expression that usually contains advice or expresses some obvious truth. Though the meanings shown for sayings are believed to be generally accepted, for some sayings sometimes they may go otherwise.No Use Crying Over Spilt(溢出的) Milk. Crying can help people recover from disappointment. True, its dangerous to live on the past, but holding back those spilt-milk tears could hurt even more. A survey of more than 5,000 weepers in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology suggests that people who do not cry only feel worse. Or, to put it another way, “Sometimes we should cry over spilt milk,” writes Aaron Ben-Zeev, a philosophy professor at the University of Haifa in Israel. “Otherwise, how will we learn to value milk, and how will we avoid spilling it again?”You Catch More Flies with Honey than with Vinegar. Vinegar(醋) is a fly magnet. If youve ever endured a fruit fly(苍蝇) invasion in your home, a bowl of vinegar was likely your first line of defense. Researchers from Northwestern University found that “The hungrier a fly gets, the quicker it gives in to vinegar”.Money Cant Buy Happiness. Yes, it can. Happiness is going by no matter what your bank account looks like, but research shows that money does, in fact, give you short-term bursts of joyif you spend wisely. Experiences such as concerts or holidays have been shown to bring greater happiness than shopping. People who spend money on others are also measurably happier than those who treat themselves. So do yourself a favour: buy happiness for someone else.Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit First (“Low-hanging fruit” refers to easy-to-reach fruit or easy-to-finish tasks). Lower fruit is often the last to grow fully. “Fruit that is high up, exposed to the sun, develops the fastest,” says Gennaro Fazio, a plant geneticist(基因学家) for the USDAs Agri