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1、眉山一中办学共同体2020届高一下学期期中考试 英 语 2018.4 英语试题卷共9页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡和答题卷规定的位置上。2答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卷规定的位置上。4所有题目必须在答题卷上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。5考试结束后，将答题卷交回。第卷（选择题 共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，请先将答案划在试题卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将
2、试题卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题；每小题l.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. Why does the woman want to go shopping?A. To spend time with the man.B. To get shoes for her concert.C. To pick out some clothes for the man.2. What is the girl g
3、oing to doA. Go shoppingB. Go camping.C. Go swimming3. How old might the mans sister be?A. 19.B. 29.C. 39.4. Where did the man most probably leave his wallet? A. In a cinema.B. On a bus.C. In a restaurant.5. What does the woman think the desks are for?A. To keep the students calm. B. To control the
4、students weight. C. To improve the students grades.第二节(共15小题；每小题l.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. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Some phone apps.B. The mans camera.C. Th
5、e womans cell phone.7. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Brother and sister.C. Store clerk and customer.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman want the man to do?A Keep quiet.B. Stop the car.C. Drive slowly.9. How does the man feel toward the woman?A. Annoyed.B. Sorry
6、.C. Thankful.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What kind of dog did Sylvia first want?A. A small dog.B. A medium dog.C. A big dog.11. Why does Tim want to wait to get a dog?A. Sylvia hasnt got a job.B. They dont have enough money.C. They dont have their own house.12. What does Sylvia offer to do to keep the dog
7、quiet?A. Stay indoors with him.B. Take him out all the time.C. Only go out in the evenings.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. How long has the woman lived in the dorm?A. For one year.B. For two years.C. For four years.14. What does the woman first introduce?A. The library. B. The kitchen.C. The sitting room.15. W
8、hat is in the study area?A. A lot of shelves.B. Some dictionaries.C. Comfortable sofas.16. Why is there no oven in the womans dorm?A. She doesnt need one.B. Theres no room for it.C. She doesnt know how to use it.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What has newly opened at the Hotel Nova?A. A game room.B. A fitnes
9、s center.C. A swimming pool.18. Where is the Canvey Hotel?A. Near a museum.B. In the town center.C. Five kilometers from Easton.19. What advantage does the Canvey Hotel have?A. It offers dinner.B. It has a big park.C. Its near the railway station.20. When does the Tidbury Hotel open?A. On April 1st.
10、B. On July 12th.C. On August 1st.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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AFrom visiting museums to watching Changing the Guard, there are some amazing experiences for you to get while in London. Here we pick some of the best free activities in
11、 London.Changing the guardFor a display of British ceremony, watch Changing the Guard outside Buckingham Palace. This is where one member of queens Guards exchanges duty with the old guard. Both guards are dressed in traditional red uniform and bearskin hats, and the handover is accompanied by a Gua
12、rds band. Guard Mounting takes place at 11: 30 am. It is held daily from May to July, and on alternate(间隔的) dates throughout the rest of the year.Sir John Soanes MuseumSir John Soane was an architect. During his lifetime he collected some valuable antiquities(古董) from all four corners of the globe.
13、They are now on display in Sir John Soanes Museum which gives a real insight into the life of this outstanding Victorian gentleman.Geffrye MuseumA very unique experience, the Geffrye Museum, located in 18th century almshouses, gives a fascinating insight into the lives of the British middle classes
14、from the 1600s to the present day. Explore a series of room sets, complete with furnishings and textiles(纺织品) from each period.Hogarths HouseHogarth was very famous and criticized 18th century society in his engravings (雕刻), such as A Harlots Progress, A rakes Progress and Marriage-a-la-Mode. As the
15、 name suggests, Hogarths House is where he lived before he died in 1764, and its here that youll find the largest collection of his paintings on public display.Bank of England Museum 1The splendid Bank of England Museum traces the history of the bank from its foundation by Royal Charter1694 to its r
16、ole today as the countrys central bank. There are many items you have never expected to see.21. What can we learn about the ceremony of Changing the Guard?A. Visitors need to pay when watching the ceremony.B. Changing the Guard involves two groups of guards every time. C. The ceremony is held at 11:
17、 30 am every day throughout the year.D. Visitors can listen to some music at the ceremony.22. For a group of Chinese students of art, the most attractive place might be_.A. Buckingham Palace B. Geffrye MuseumC. Hogarths House D. Bank of England Museum23. What can visitors learn about the British peo
18、ple at Geffrye Museum?A. The home life B. The social lifeC. The political life. D. The cultural life.24. What would be the best title for this text?A. Active Life in London B. Free London AttractionsC. Famous Museums in London D. Enjoy Your Stay in LondonBThe murmur(低语) of the audience had just fade
19、d(淡化) into expectant(期待的) silence. This was one of the most important days in little five-year-old Patricia McKees life: the Kernot School Concert. She stood behind the curtain with her schoolmates. Yet she was not afraid because everyone had been practicing for weeks and knew their parts by heart.B
20、eing in a remote country town, Patricia knew that everyone would turn out for the big occasioneveryone! Yet, it was this awareness that added a sense of sadness to her excitement. There were two people who couldnt be in that audience that nighther mum and dad.Patricias mother and father ran the loca
21、l general store, which was open for business 24 hours. So it was simply accepted that Mum and Dad could never attend community activities. It had been this way with her sister, so why should it be any different for her?Still, Patricia couldnt help wishing that her mum and dad could be there to see h
22、er on such a special day, so she decided to bring up the subject with her mother. Sadly, she had to face the facts. At such a young age, Patricia couldnt really understand the deep pain in her mothers response(回答): “Ill try to be there, sweetheart, but you know how hard it is for us to get away from
23、 the store.”Yet as the curtain slowly opened on the stage of the Kernot Hall, little Patricia McKee got the surprise of her life. There, sitting four rows the front was her mother with a big smile on her face!This powerful image remains one of Patricias most treasured memories. “Words cannot express
24、 the pure joy we both experienced at that moment. I was really walking on air,” said Patricia, now a parent herself. Her parents have passed away, but what a wonderful legacy（遗产）theyve left us: when someone really needs you, be there for them.25. What do we know about Patricias parents？A. They loved
25、 Patricia more than her sister.B. They had little interest in social activities.C. They paid no attention to Patricias school life.D. They had to mind the store day and night. 26. According to Paragraph 4, while giving the response, Patricias mother probably felt_.A. calmB. sorryC. angryD. nervous27
26、. What does the underlined phrase “walking on air” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Surprised.B. Troubled.C. Very happy.D. Very comfortable.CAdvertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win custome
27、rs away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they do not want at the start.Advertising encourages people to buy things they dont want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress th
28、e features of their product to the public even though it is regarded undesirable(不受欢迎的) such as cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and so on. For example, Dunhill, a cigarette company which sponsors (赞助) many football teams, seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship, the compan
29、y will be less known to the public, resulting in fewer sales of cigarettesBesides that, advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promotion to create awareness (意识，认知) about their product in the market.
30、For instance, in a fast food industry, the introduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children, especially, are easily influenced by the advertisement and will have the desire to dine at fast food restau
31、rants after that. Although fast food is bad for health, it has successfully become attractive to the public through advertisingHowever, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability(可靠性) and so on. Without advertising, it will be very diff
32、icult for customers to judge the worthiness(价值) of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when buying an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will choose a brand(品牌) which may not offer the best cho
33、ice.28. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Advertising. B. The product.C. Feature. D. The public.29. The author mentions the fast food restaurants to show that_.A. food industry is having a hard timeB. the information passed on in advertisements is unrealC. children are ea
34、sily influenced by the advertisementD. advertisements influence people to make decisions30. The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that advertising_.A. plays a role in fast food industryB. helps industries attract customersC. encourages people to make the right choicesD. makes people buy some unnecessary t
35、hings31. The authors attitude towards advertising can best be described as_.A. objective B. supportiveC. uncared D. doubtfulDOne half of the brain remains on high alert (警觉的) during the first night of sleep in a new place, according to a new study.Over the course of three experiments on 35 young, he
36、althy volunteers, researchers measured (测量) brain activity during two nights of sleep. They found that part of the left side of the brain remained more active than the right side only on the first night, specifically during a deep sleep stage.“When you sleep in a new place for the first time, a part
37、 of one side of the brain seems to stay awake, so you could wake up faster if something dangerous should happen,” said senior study author Yuka Sasaki of Brown University.While this may be bad news for business travelers who regularly make short overnight trips, it may not be as troublesome for peop
38、le who go away for longer periods of time, Sasaki added.To see how being in a strange place affects sleep, Sasaki and colleagues performed lab tests on their subjects. When they stimulated (刺激) the left side of the brain with sounds in the right ear during deep sleep on the first night, that led to
39、greater possibility of waking and faster action upon waking, than if sounds were played in the left ear to affect the right side of the brain. On the second night, there wasnt any difference in reactions to tests between the left and right sides of the brain. This suggests there is a first-night-onl
40、y effect in one side of the brain during deep sleep, the authors conclude.One problem with the new study is its focus(重点)on healthy volunteers, which means the results may not apply to people with sleep disorders, the authors note.While it is possible that the findings may explain poor sleep among f
41、requent travelers, the study wasnt designed to test whether these first night effects continue to happen to people every time they hit the road, said Patrick Finana researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.32. If a man sleeps in a new place for the first time, _.A. he c
42、ant fall into sleep B. a part of his brain stays awakeC. he usually feels unsafeD. both sides of his brain are on alert33. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The finding of the new study B. The advice of the researchersC. The process of measuring brain activity D. The su
43、ffering of the volunteers34. If people stay at a new place for more than one day, _.A. they can wake faster on the second night than on the first nightB. there wont be any difference to them on the second nightC. they suffer from sleep disordersD. the first night effects may not last35. What is the
44、problem of the new study?A. All of the volunteers are young.B. The finding may be false.C. None of the volunteers are sick. D. There are not enough volunteers.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坡入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。UrbanizationUntil relatively recently, the vast majority(大部分) of human beings l
45、ived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. _36_. In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history- a society in whic
46、h the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.Britain was only the beginning. _37_. The process of urbanization, the migration (迁移) of people from the countryside to the city, was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.In
47、 1900, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. _38_.Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies, it took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. _39_. Until modern times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite (精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Citi