1彭泽二中彭泽二中 2014201420152015 学年度下学期期中考试学年度下学期期中考试高一年级英语试卷高一年级英语试卷命题人：王芳命题人：王芳 审题人：汪峰华审题人：汪峰华第第卷卷第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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. What will the man do? A. Open the window. B. Find another room. C. Go out with the woman.2. Whats the date of the womans birthday?A. March 15th. B. March 11th. C. March 7th.3. What does the man mean?A. John has some personal problems. B. The problem is common for young men. C. Its not common for young men to leave home.4. What will the man most probably do?A. Get some change from Jane. B. Go and look for a payphone. C. Use Janes mobile phone.5. What does the man mean?A. It was impossible for him to go to the party.B. Everybody was surprised by his appearance at the party.C. He had expected to go to the party for a long time.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。 请听第 6 段材料，回2答第第 6 至 8 题 。6. Why does the woman want to go to the library?A. To return some books. B. To borrow some new books. C. To find some test papers.7. When does the library close?A. At 9:00. B. At 9:40. C. At 10:00.8. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. He asks her to return some books for him. B. He asks her to borrow some books for him. C. He asks her to go to the library with him.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 9 至 11 题。 9. What was the man doing when the story happened?A. Sleeping. B. Swimming. C. Listening to the radio.10. What happened to the little boy?A. His eye was hurt by the sand. B. He couldnt find his parents. C. He fell into the water.11. What did the man do after hearing someone shouting for help?A. He went on enjoying the music. B. He looked for the boys parents. C. He jumped into the water.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。 12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and secretary.13. Where are the two speakers going?A. The airport. B. The railway station. C. The bus station.14. Why do the speakers call Brenda?A. To ask her to change clothes. B. To ask her when Mother arrives. 3C. To ask her if she can go with them.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题。 15. Where is Mary going?A. Her home. B. The park.C. The zoo.16. Why doesnt Mary like walking through the street?A. Its too cold. B. There are too many people. C. It isnt interesting.17. When does the conversation most likely take place?A. Late in the morning. B. In the late afternoon. C. Early in the morning.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。 18. When did Grandma Moses turn to painting?A. At the age of 76.B. At the age of 39. C. At the age of 101.19. What did Grandma Moses do before she became an artist?A. She sold other artists works in a shop. B. She worked on her farm. C. She taught at a school.20. What is the story mainly about?A. A famous American artist. B. Making money from painting. C. Collecting paintings.第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）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。 AA Day for FoolsEvery year on April 1, April Fools Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. In France, its called Poisson dAvril or “Fish of April.” In Scotland, the holiday is often called “Gowkie Day.” In Iraq, the holiday is called Kithbet Neesan or “April Lie.”History experts say people have celebrated April Fools Day for a long time. Some believe the tradition comes from the ancient Romans more than two thousand years ago. It was a day of playing games and pretending to be someone else.4Others say the day for fooling began in France in 1564, when King Charles changed the yearly calendar（日历）. He moved New Years Day from April 1 to January 1. Many people did not know about the change because of communication problems back then. Some people continued to celebrate New Years Day on April 1. Other people called them April Fools and played jokes on them.In the United States, April Fools Day is just a day of joking and playing tricks on friends. These kinds of jokes are also called pranks. These jokes typically end in the prankster shouting “April Fools!”Simple pranks, like telling a friend a funny lie or making prank phone calls, are still common. But, major companies also get in on April Fools Day fun in a much bigger way. A few years ago, on April 1, Starbucks announced it was introducing new coffee cup sizes - Plenta and Micra. The very large cups, bigger than a human head, remained useful for customers even after finishing all that coffee. According to Starbucks, the cups could be used as a rain hat, a pot for plants, or a lampshade（灯罩）.It did not take long for customers to catch on to the prank!More and more, people use social media or