2017年下学期高一创高杯考试英 语本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分,考试结束后,将机读卡和答题卷一并交回。 第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)第1节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话.选出最佳选项.1.How far does the man run each day ? A.5km . B.10km. C.15km .2.How much should a student pay for the rent each month?A.About 160 dollars. B.About 100 dollars. C.About 80 dollars .3. What will the weather probably be like this afternoon?A.Rainy. B.Snowy. C.Sunny . 4. What taste does the woman want to try?A.Sweet. B.Sour. C.Spicy .5.What is the woman going to do ?A.Attend a meeting. B.Pick up her son . C.Go to her office .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,选出最佳答案。听下面一段对话,回答第6、7题。6. What did the man do at home yesterday? A.Watch TV. B.Worked as a babysitter. C.Play computer games . 7. What did the woman plan to do ? A.To invite the man to a concert . B.To have a trip. C.To do some shopping.听下面一段对话,回答第8至9三个小题。8.What was the weather like last Saturday ?A.Cloudy and warm . B.Rainy and cold . C.Sunny and hot.9.What is the mans plan for Sunday?A.Visiting a museum. B.Seeing a movie. C.Going hiking. 听下面一段对话,回答第10至12三个小题.10.What day it is today ?A.Monday. B.Wednesday. C.Friday .11. How much will the man pay for the seats he chooses?A.40 . B.50. C.60.12.How will the man pay ?A.In cash. B.By check . C.By credit card .听下面一段对话,回答第13至16四个小题。13. What made the man uneasy? A.A student lost his masters degree . B.A student couldnt get masters degree . C.A student wanted to give him a gift.14.What day is it today? A.Friday. B.Saturday. C.Sunday .15.How did the student feel after the man explained to him ? A.Disappointed . B.Ashamed. C.Pleasant . 16. What does the man think he should do ? A.Write to his student. B.Send his student an e-mail . C.Have a talk with his student . 听下面一段独白,回答第17至20三个小题.17.When is the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day” in America?A.On February the twenty-eighth . B.On March the twenty-eighth. C.On April the twenty-eighth. 18.What did the speaker feel about the holiday later ? A.Happy. B.Bored . C.Tired . 19. What was the speakers father? A.An officer. B.A taxi driver . C.A teacher .20.What can be known from the passage? A.The speaker learned to appreciate school . B.The father liked to be with his child on the holiday . C. Kids like to be away from school .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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ALily went to London with her parents for a two-week vacation. She sent postcards to her friends.21. The postcards you read were all sent by.A. Tan Xiao B. Lei Fang C. Wang Lin D. Lily22. Which of the following places has Lily NOT visited yet? A. The River Thames. B. The Tower of Bridge. C. Buckingham Palace. D. Oxford University.23. What does Lily think of the people in London? A. Beautiful and interesting. B. Friendly and helpful. C. Amazing and famous.D. Busy and tiring.24. What Lily doesnt like about London is its. A. subwayB. foodC.weatherD. PhotosB If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density(密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language，” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the