厦门双十中学高一（上）半期考英语试卷
说明：1. 本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分，考试时间120分钟；
2. 请将第I卷的答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上; 第II卷必须用黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷相应的位置上。
第一卷（选择题，共105分）
第一部分：听力(共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分) 第一节 (共5小题, 每小题1分, 满分 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。
1. What is the man doing? A. Buying a tie.
B. Having a party.
C. Getting dressed.
2. How long has the man been working? A. 5 hours.
B. 4 hours.
C. 3 hours.
3. Where is the woman? A. In the subway.
B. At the airport.
C. In a taxi.
4. Who is the man probably? A. A lawyer.
B. A policeman.
C. A judge.
5. What does the woman mean? A. She won’t eat any more steak. B. She likes the steak very much. C. She misses the man’s grandpa.
第二节 (共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15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。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。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题。 6. What does the man been doing?
A. Reading a novel. B. Selling a novel. C. Writing a novel.
7. What do we know about the man? A. He is a talented writer. B. He isn’t well-prepared. C. He likes historical characters. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What does the man think of cleaning? A. He hates cleaning the toilets.
B. He thinks is crazy about cleaning.
C. He thinks it makes him relaxed.
9. What does the woman mean at the end of the conversation? A. She wants to invite the man to dinner. B. She wants the man to clean her house. C. She wants to make sure the man is all right. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s wrong with the milk the man bought last time? A. It was not enough.
B. It was not fresh enough.
C. It was too expensive. 11. Where is the man going? A. The kitchen.
B. A restaurant. 12. What’s true about the speakers’ children? A. They are forced to cook for themselves.
B. They are all grown up. C. They eat a lot in the morning. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Tourist and guide. B. Two friends.
C. Salesman and customer.
C. A store.
14. Why are the dark-colored jeans cheaper? A. They are new arrivals. B. They are on sale.
C. They are of a different style.
15. What do both pairs of jeans have in common? A. The material.
B. The high quality
C. The price.
16. What will the woman do next? A. Try the jeans on.
B. Pay with a credit card.
C. Give the man some money.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 17. Where does Lionel Messi come from? A. Spain.
B. Brazil.
C. Argentina.
18. How many Spanish League titles has Messi led Barcelona to win? A. Three.
B. Five.
C. Eight.
19. What do we know about Messi? A. He is the captain of the Barcelona team. B. He is not devoted to his home country. C. He was the World Player of the Year in 2010.
20. Why did Messi moved to Barcelona when he was a child? A. His family wanted to live in Barcelona. B. The team offered to pay his medical fee. C. The team paid him 45 million dollars a year. 第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节 单项填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分) 从A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空处的最佳选项。
21. Youyou Tu is the first Chinese citizen ________ the Nobel _______ in natural sciences. A. receiving, Reward B. to receive, Reward C. to receive, Prize D. received, Prize 22. It was from the room ______ window faces the sea _____ we were able to enjoy the wonderful view.
A. which, that B. that, where C. whose, where D. whose, that 23. The slow _____ of life on Gulangyu Island has been upset by the constant _____ of tourists in recent years.
A. pace, track B. pace, flow C. step, flow D. step, track 24. He has made _______________that his mother burst into _______ when seeing his grades.
A. such a great progress, crying B. so great a progress, tears C. such great progress, tears D. so great progress, crying 25. Holding a charity fair is the best way we can think of ________________.
A. to raise money B. raising money C. to rise money D. rising money 26. ----My plane is the one that _________ at 10 am. ---- Then you need to hurry. It _________ in half an hour. A. is going to take off, takes off C. takes off, is taking off
B. is about to take off, is taking off D. is taking off, is going to take off
27. Mandela became president of South Africa after the first election was held _______ everyone could vote.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. who
28. I will never forget the day ________ I joined the Youth League.
A. in which B. on which C. that D. of which 29. Up to now, _________ of the dead ______ been identified by DNA testing.
A. three fifths, has B. three fifth, has C. three fifth, have D three fifths, have 30. —Is this the first time you _______Shuangshi?
—No. ____________ I came here, I was a middle school student on a one-day tour. A. visit; The first time
B. visited; For the first time D. have visited; For the first time
C. have visited; The first time
第二节 完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从31~50各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项, 选出最佳选项。
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the opinions of others to 31 me becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 32 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the crazier I became about music. But I also began to gradually lose my 33 . Doctors concluded that the nerve 34 was the cause and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. My love for music, 35 , never left me.”
“My goal was to become a percussion soloist, 36 there were none at that time. In order to perform, I 37 to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 38 the pitch of a note(音调) by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body. My entire sound world depends on taking __39___ of almost every sense that I have.”
“I was 40 to be recognized as a musician, ___41____ a deaf musician, and I applied to the Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 42 this before and some teachers 43 my admission(录取). 44 my performance, I was __45 admitted and went on to __46__ with the school’s highest honors.”
“After that, I became well-known as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 47 a series of musical compositions since 48 had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“Though the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t 49 that my dream couldn’t be realized. I encourage people not to allow themselves to be 50 by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
31. A. keep
B. stop
C. ignore C. taking C. touch C. pain
D. dislike D. giving D. taste D. damage D. therefore
32. A. playing 33. A. sight
B. joining
B. hearing
34. A. wound 35. A. however 36. A. as if 37. A. turned 38. A. tell 39. A. use 40. A. educated
B. suffering B. besides B. so that B. learned B. see
C. finally
C. ever since D. even though C. used C. hear
D. agreed D. smell D. charge D. discouraged
B. care B. devoted
C. advantage C. determined
41. A. as well as B. instead of C. such as D. except for 42. A. done
B. accepted B. gave in
C. begged
D. persuaded D. disagreed with
43. A. cared about C. voted for
44. A. Shocked at B. Based on C. Fond of D. Concerned about 45. A. usually 46. A. study 47. A. wrote 48. A. enough 49. A. mean 50. A. directed
B. finally B. research B. spelt B. little B. seem B. guided
C. possibly C. graduate C. copied C. many
D. hopefully D. congratulate D. performed D. few D. say D. limited
C. conclude C. taught
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项, 选出最佳选项。
A
Elizabeth Freeman was born in 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was adopted, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholder. She became known as “Mumbet”.
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to hit Mumbet’s sister with a spade(铁锹). Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet turned to a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick, with whose help she sued(起诉) for her freedom.
While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts law. If the law said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should be true of her. Finally, Mumbet won her freedom---- the first slave in Massachusetts to achieve this under the new law.
Strangely enough, after the trial(审判), the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid worker. She turned it down. Instead, she went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her story lived on in her children. One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founders of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.
Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery(公墓). It reads: “She was born a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own field she had no equal.”
51. Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys? A. She wanted to get paid.
B. She wanted to work for a lawyer. C. She was hit and got angry D. She had to care for her sister.
52. Which of the following is true about Mumbet?
A. It was not until she was adopted by John Ashley that she became a slave. B. After the trial, she worked for the Ashleys as a paid worker. C. She was treated unequally because she couldn’t read or write. D. One of her great-grandchildren played a role in setting up the NAACP. 53. What is the test mainly about?
A. A story of a famous African writer and spokesperson. B. The friendship between a lawyer and a slave. C. The life of a brave African American woman. D. A trial that shocked the whole world.
B
There are an extremely large number of ants worldwide. Each individual (个体的) ant hardly weigh anything, but together they weigh almost the same as all of mankind. They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops or around the poles. For animals their size, ants have been surprisingly successful, largely due to their wonderful social behavior.
In groups that vary in size from a few hundred to tens of millions, they organize their lives with a clear division of labor. Even more amazing is how they achieve this level of organization. While we use sound and sight to communicate, ants depend mostly on pheromone (信息素), which is a kind of chemical released by individuals and smelled or tasted by fellow members of a group. When an ant finds food, it produces a pheromone that will lead others straight to where the food is. When an ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the whole group to prepare for a defensive fight.
In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal. They are completely fearless and will take on an animal much larger than themselves, attacking in large groups and beating their target. They show so much devotion to their group that not only soldier ants but also worker ants will sacrifice their lives to help defeat an enemy.
United and devoted, these little animals have survived on the earth for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs. Because they think as one, they have a united intelligence greater than you would expect from one small individual ant.
54. We can learn from the passage that ants are__________. A. unwilling to share food
B. not used to living in cold environment. C. more successful than mankind
D. too many to achieve any organization 55. Ants can use pheromones for __________. A. tasting food
B. communication
C. warning enemies D. arranging labor
56. What does the underlined expression \"take on\" in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Suffer from.
B. Give in to.
C. Play with.
D. Fight against.
57. Ants have survived for so long mainly because of ____________. A. their social cooperation B. their large group size C. their fearless attack D. their individual intelligence
C
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good result---other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first.
Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and wines, which destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate（磷酸盐）on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer(肥料) for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine .when a company strip- mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip-mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem---their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was almost financially ruined. Experts say that it would take about $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
58. What might be the writer’s purpose in writing the text? A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems. B. To show the importance of phosphate. C. To give a warning to other countries. D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
59. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? A. Rich and powerful. B. Violent and mean. C. Peaceful and attractive. D. Greedy and ignorant. 60. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from . A. soil pollution B. whale hunting C. the civil war D. phosphate overmining
61. Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? A. Its leaders misused the money. B. It spent too much repairing the island. C. The phosphate mining cost too much money. D. It lost millions of dollars in the war.
62. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph? A. Its leaders think little of the experts’ words. B. Its ecological damage is difficult to repair. C. The island is given up by the Nauruans. D. The phosphate mines were destroyed.
D
In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck. An old joke popular at the time went like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, \"No, thanks. I've got a good horse under me.\"
The city planner decided to build an underground drainage (排水) system, but there just wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two choices were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city. An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough persuaded the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the city's streets by as much as 12 feet.
This of course created a new problem: dirt almost covered the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second floors into main floors, or lift the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wooden buildings could be raised easily. But what about large, heavy ones like Tremont Hotel, which was a six-story brick building?
That's where George Pullman came in. He had developed some house-moving skills successfully. To lift a big building like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews (螺旋千斤顶) beneath the building's foundation. One man was arranged to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews. At Pullman's signal each man turned his jackscrew the
same amount at the same time, raising the building slowly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn't even notice anything.
Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicago's early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem. Now that Chicago's waste water was flowing efficiently into the Chicago River, the city's next step was to clean the polluted river.
63. The author mentions the joke to show ______. A. horses were very common in Chicago B. Chicago's streets were full of mud
C. Chicago was dangerous because of the floods D. the Chicago people were extremely humorous
64. The city planners were advised by Ellis Chesbrough to_______. A. cover the streets with dirt B. lower the Chicago River
C. build an underground drainage system D. let the water flow above the ground
65. What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel? A. It went on successfully as scheduled. B. It interrupted the business of the hotel. C. It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews. D. It separated the building from its foundation.
66. The passage is mainly about the early Chicago's ______. A. popular life styles and their influences B. environmental disasters and their causes C. engineering problems and their solutions D. successful businessmen and their achievements
E
阅读补全。根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。注意：如果需要选填E，请同时涂黑AB；F请同时涂黑AC。
Group exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve physical fitness and keep a healthy lifestyle. Group exercise is challenging, yet fun and empowering! 67_____
However, studies have shown that when exercise is performed in groups, it's not only great for improving physical health but for psychological health. It's an opportunity to be social, release endorphins（内啡肽）, and improve your strength. Besides, group exercise creates a community feel and the shared common goal encourages participants to work hard.
68_________. Many people fear the gym because they feel lost and don't want to embarrass themselves. If you feel you can fit in, then group training is a better choice for you. It's a great opportunity to learn more about fitness through the clear guidance of a fitness instructor. If you're tired of wandering around the gym wasting time and becoming bored, you can attend a cheerful group fitness class that'll keep your workout on track.
If you're serious about wanting to live a healthy lifestyle, it's very important to surround yourself with people who'll provide you with the proper emotional support. 69________ In turn, I wouldn't expect anyone to give offence to me for focusing on my health. Surround yourself with people who uplift, encourage and understand you! Make fitness even more fun by trying something new or any group fitness class, with a friend. Plan to go for a jog together. Then try a fun healthy restaurant or fresh juice bar! Fitness can be both fun and social!
Surrounding yourself with people who'll provide you with respect and support can be very beneficial while working towards reaching health and fitness goals. First, decide to do it for yourself and work towards staying positive. Then make sure the people you surround yourself with are supportive. 70_________
A. Don't let negativity ruin your determination.
B. Taking on a fitness journey with others proves more helpful than going to the gym alone. C. Don't let fitness frighten you!
D. Another benefit of group exercise is the informational support you receive from the instructor.
E. Of course everyone knows that exercise is good for the body. F. I wouldn't blame anyone for deciding to party on weekends. 第二卷 ( 非选择题 共50分)
第一节 单句填空。请以两种方式完成填空，1.根据首字母提示（每空1词），2. 用括号内单词的正确形式填空。(共10题，每题1分，共10分)
71. Norman Bethune worked _________ (self) in China as a doctor and saved many soldiers’ lives.
72. Dreamers sometimes get discouraged when faced with the __________(cruel) of reality. 73. A person’s a__________ towards life often decides the quality of his life. 74. There were twenty miners __________ (trap) underground in the accident.
75. When she was a small child, she p_________ to settle in her study rather than go outdoors.
76. In recent years China has played an increasingly a_______ part in international affairs. 77. Only two people narrowly e________ death in the terrorist attack at the city's railway station this morning.
78. The World Cup is one of the most important sporting e________ in the world. 79. Cheating in the exam is against my p___________ and I’ll never do that. 80. After supper, Dr. Drake ____________(bury) in reading as usual. 第二节 短语填空（共8小题，每小题1分, 满分8分） 选择适当短语补全句子，使句子完整。 (其中有两项是多余的)
go through in the end at an end come to power get along with judge from make up one’s mind set up lose heart as if 81. The patient opened his mouth ____________ to say something. 82. The voters haven’t __________________________ about which candidate to support. 83.________________ your accent, I guess you must be from the South. 84. The government has increased the tax twice since it __________________. 85. As soon as my work was ______________, I hurried home to care for my pet dog. 86. Mary found her new boss, who is bad-tempered, difficult ______________________. 87. You can’t imagine the trouble he had __________________ the company of his own. 88. It’s normal for teenagers to get rebellious, and it’s a stage we all ________________. 第三节 句子填空 (共7小题, 24空，每空0.5分，满分12分) 用课文所学知识，根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。 89. 她坚持由她恰当地组织这次旅行。
She __________ _________ ____________ the trip __________. 90.他看起来很可靠，实际上却只在乎钱。
He seems __________, but actually all ______ he _______ _______ is money. 91. 死亡和重伤的人数达到了40多万。
The number of people who were killed or _________ ________ _______ more than 4000,000.
92. 他在时间上很慷慨，我对此感到十分感激。
He was ________ ________ his time, ________ ________ I was grateful. 93. 不是每个故事都有幸福的结局。
__________ __________ doesn’t have a happy ending. 94. 骑了4小时自行车之后，他已经上气不接下气。
After ________ for four hours, he was _______ ______ ________. 95.只有那时我们才决定以暴制暴。
Only then _______ ________ __________ to answer violence with violence. 第四节 书面表达（20分）
11月6号，部分美国中学校长来到双十参观访问。你作为志愿者之一，和老师一起陪同客人参观了校园，向他们介绍了我校学生在校的学习，生活情况。双方还交换了一些教育教学上的观点。随后大家一起在食堂用餐，并合影留念。请就此次活动，为本周的学校英文广播站写一篇新闻报道。
注意：1．词数120左右，可适当增添细节，使行文连贯。新闻标题已给出，不计入总词数。2. 注意卷面整洁，书写清楚。书写太差以至影响交际的将酌情扣分。
词汇参考：校园 campus
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参考答案
听力 1~5 CBCCA 6~10 CBCBB 11~15 CCCBB 16~20 CCBCB 单选 21~25 CDBCA 26~30 CCBDC
完形：31~35 BCBDA 36~40 DBACC 41~45 BADBB 46~50 CADAD
阅读：51~53 CDC 54~57 BBDA 58~62 CCDAB 63~66 BDAC 67~70 EDFA 主观题 第一节 71. selflessly 72. cruelty 73. attitude 74. trapped
75. preferred 76. active 77. escaped 78. events 79. principles 80. is buried 第二节 81. as if 82. made up their minds 83. Judging from 84. came to power 85. at an end 86. to get along with 87. setting up 88. go through 第三节
89. insisted she organize, properly 90. reliable, that, cares about
91. seriously/heavily/badly injured reached 92. generous with, for which 93. Every story 94. cycling, out of breath 95. did we decide 第四节：略
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