1 高一第一学期期中考试英语试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 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。1How much did the man tip the woman? A.$1 B$10 C $1002How will the woman go home? A.Walk. B. Run. C. Drive 3What meal will the speakers eat? A.Breakfast. B. Lunch. C. Dinner. 4Who was at the door? AThe postman. BThe man s friend. CThe woman s brother.5When will the tomatoes be ready? ARight now. B.In three weeks. C. In two months. 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。6Where are the speakers? AAt a hotel. BAt a store. CAt a restaurant. 7How does the woman feel in the end? AExcited. B. Sick. C. Scared. 听第 7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8Who left the company? A. Lisa. B.Steve CTim. 9What has the man been trying to do? AGive up coffee. BGo to bed earlier. CEmploy a new employee. 听第 8 段材料，回答第1 0 至 1 2 题。10 Where is the man? AOn a farm. BIn a restaurant. CAt a grocery store. 11 What does the man like to put on his biscuits? ACheese. B. Peanuts. C. Honey. 12 What does the man think of the biscuits? AThey taste bad. B Theyre too big. CThey break easily. 听第 9 段材料，回答第1 3 至 1 6 题。13 Who is Mr. Taylor? AA teacher. BThe parent of a student. CThe school headmaster. 14 Why does the woman keep the curtains closed? AShe wants to get some sleep. BIt gets too hot in the classroom. CSunlight makes the children act wild. 2 15 How long should the children be outside, according to the man? ALess than an hour. BAt least one hour. CHalf a day. 16 What are the mans students like after they run around outside? AThey are quiet. BThey can t sit quietly. CThey fight with each other. 听第 10 段材料，回答第1 7 至 20 题。17 Where is the park located? AIn West Africa. BIn Southeast Asia. CIn South America. 18 What is true about the park? AThere are over 900 types of plants. BVisitors cant get close to the birds.CTheres a lot of room to walk around.19 How high is the waterfall? A. 30 meters. B. 50 meters. C. 100 meters. 20 When does the All Stars Bird Show start? A. At 9:00 a.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m. 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。A If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed( 责备 ), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people cant read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do. 21. Someone cant have a good memory if _.A. he can t read or writeB. he doesn t use his memory oftenC. his parents havent a good memory 3 D. he doesn t use his arms or legs for some time22. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, _. A. you can t use them any moreB. they will become stronger C. they become weak but they slowly become strong again D. they become weak and won t become strong until you use them again.23. Which of the following is TRUE ? A. Your memory doesn t work in the same way as your arms or legs.B. Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice. C. Dont learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory. D. A good memory comes from less practice. 24. Few people know that it is only _ if a friend has a poor memory. A. his own fault B. his parents fault C. his teachers faultD. his grandmothers faultB Mr. Brown worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was quite excited because he had never been there before. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was af