陕西省西安市西安中学2021-2022学年高一下学期期中英语试题

西安中学2021-2022 学年度第二学期期中考试 高一英语试题 （时间：120 分钟满分：100 分） 第一部分听力（共两节,满分10 分） 第一节（共5 小题；每小题0.5 分,满分2.5 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. How long does it take to go to London by train? A. 1 hour. B. 2 hour. C. 3 hours. 2. Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. In a restaurant. B. On a taxi. C. In a hotel. 3. What was the man going to do? A. Put on his hat. B. Attend a conference. C. Go out for a walk. 4. What does the man invite the woman to do? A. Attend a dance at his home. B. Attend a lecture. C. Go to the student center. 5. What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Customer and waitress. B. Teacher and student. C. Boss and secretary. 第二节（共15 小题；每小题0.5 分,满分7.5 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。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 did the man think of Abby’s presentation? A. It was puzzling. B. It was too long. C. It was well organized. 7. What should Abby do according to the woman? A. Be more confident. B. Take more practice. C. Make key points. 听第7 段材料,回答第8 至10 题。 8. Which club is going to take in new members? A. The drama club. B. The reading club. C. The movie club. 9. Why will the club probably accept lots of members? A. It needs new members every year. B. It hasn’t taken in new members for years. C. It has just been founded. 10. What will the speakers do next? A. Sign up to join the club. B. Compare the club with others. C. Ask for some advice. 听第8 段材料,回答第11 至13 题。 11. What is the man doing? A. Looking at photos. B. Visiting a museum. C. Watching a film. 12. What is taken away from the man? A. A DV D. B. The film. C. A cellphone. 13. What does the man want to buy? A. A ticket. B. Picture postcards. C. A VCD. 听第9 段材料,回答第14 至16 题。 14. What will the man go to Edinburgh for? A. Visiting relatives. B. Travelling with the woman. C. Attending a meeting. 15. When will the woman go to Glasgow? A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday. 16. How will the woman travel? A. By bus. B. By air. C. By car. 听第10 段材料,回答第17 至20 题。 17. How should home be for most Americans? A. Comfortable. B. Warm. C. Luxurious. 18. What do Americans like their homes to reflect? A. Their personal interests. B. Their personal desires. C. Their personal tastes. 19. What can we find in an American house? A. Large beds. B. Colorful sofas. C. Carpeted floors. 20. What can we learn from the passage? A. Many Americans like doing things by themselves. B. Americans don`t care how to decorate their house. C. Americans have fewer bathrooms than other people in the world. 第二部分语法与词汇知识（共10 小题；每小题0.5 分,满分5 分） 从每小题的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. People have always been ________ about exactly how life on earth began. A. curious B. anxious C. careful D. cautious 2. Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they may also ________our thinking. A. direct B. limit C. change D. improve 3. For the Japanese festival Oban, people should go to clean graves and light incense ________ their ancestors. A. in terms of B. in celebration C. in memory of D. in search of 4. Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they _______ on their life journey. A. give up B. set off C. get through D. settle down 5. It’s said that the power plant is now________large as what it was. A. twice as B. as twice C. twice much D. much twice 6. —You needn’t take an umbrella. It isn’t going to rain. —Well, I don’t know. It ______ do. A. might B. need C. would D. ought to 7. One of our rules is that every student ________wear school uniform while at school. A. may B. could C. shall D. will 8. You ______ park here! It is an emergency exit! A. wouldn’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t 9. It is not a problem _____ we can win the battle; it’s just a matter of time. A. whether B. why C. when D. where 10. _______ one of you breaks the window will have to pay for it. A. Whatever B. Whichever C. Whoever D. However 第三部分阅读理解（共两节；满分30 分） 第一节（共10 小题；每小题2 分，满分20 分） 从每小题的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A Situation I Q: If someone is talking loudly on the bus, is it a nice way to directly ask him to keep it down? A: No. Try other means. (1) Stare at him until he realizes it and quiets down. (2) Lift your finger in a silence motion (动作) and smile. (3) Put on earphones and ignore him. Situation II Q: If I remember my friend’s birthday a day later, should I apologize or just wish her a happy birthday like nothing happened? A: This is the reason why the word belated was invented. “Happy belated birthday!” is short for: “Well, I know I forgot, but then I remembered. Forgive me and happy birthday.” Situation III Q: Can I lie about seeing a text because I was too busy or lazy to respond (回复) to it? A: Don’t lie. Receiving a text does not mean you need to respond to it. Why waste a perfectly good lie when the truth will serve? “Yes,” you can say if ever asked, “I saw it.” No explanation is needed as to why you don’t respond. 11. How will you quiet someone down in a public place? A. By making fun of him. B. By looking at him. C. By talking to him. D. By pointing at him. 12. The underlined word “belated” in Situation II probably means ________. A. predicted B. returned C. comfirmed D. delayed 13. What is the passage mainly about? A. Modern ways to mind your manners. B. Different ways to change others’ manners. C. Proper manners to offer help to others. D. Good manners to talk to people. B Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade（贸易）. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness（荒野）. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000. Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warning. An avalanche（雪崩）once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives. But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go—to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City—its present population is 762. 14. What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson? A. One out of five people got rich. B. Half of them died. C. Almost everyone gave up. D. Two-thirds of them stayed there. 15. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson? A. They found the city too crowded. B. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere. C. They were unable to stand the winter. D. They were short of food. 16. What is the text mainly about? A. Journeys into the wilderness. B. The gold rush in Canada. C. The rise and fall of a city. D. Tourism in Dawson. C Bacteria