河南郑州市2017-2018高一英语下学期期末试题

第一部分  听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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 is Mr. White?
A. A salesman.      B. A professor.      C. A repairman.
2. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Take Bus 105.
B. Ask another person.
C. Walk to the railway station.
3. What is the man’s attitude towards the plan?
A. He is against it.
B. He doesn’t care.
C. He thinks it is reasonable.
4. What is the man’s problem?
A. He can’t see the sign clearly. 
B. He has no ticket for the movie.
C. He’s parked in the wrong place.
5. In which year is the man in college now?
A. The first year.     B. The second year.     C. The third year.
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。
6. Where does the woman want to go?
A. The post office.     B. The cinema.     C. A park.
7. Who can help the woman?
A. The man with a bird.
B. The man with a beard.
C. The man with a bottle of beer.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Why is Jessie still at home?
A. She takes the day off.
B. She has enough time to go to work.
C. She is waiting for the man to go out together.
9. What does Jessie think of taking the subway?
A. Convenient and cheap.
B. Crowded and expensive.
C. Convenient but expensive.
10. What do we know about Jessie?
A. She used to have breakfast in her office.
B. Her office is far away from the subway station.
C. She doesn’t have to wait for buses and taxis in bad weather.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. A plan for the party.
B. A visit to their relatives. 
C. A call to their colse friends.
12. Why is the woman thinking of calling on Ann?
A. Ann has just got a new house.
B. Ann has just come out of hospital.
C. She wants to invite Ann to the party.
13. Why can’t they have a little party at Rick’s?
A. He is still in hospital.
B. He still doesn’t feel well.
C. He doesn’t like noisy parties.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Who are the two speakers?
A. A man and his wife.
B. A man and his sister.
C. A man and his girlfriend.
15. What does the man usually do at weekends?
A. He has tea with his friends.
B. He goes shopping with his friends.
C. He watches football games on TV.
16. On which point of the picnic is the man different from the woman?
A. Who should get the car ready.
B. How many friends they should invite.
C. What food and drink they should prepare.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How do students enter the library?
A. With a password.
B. With a student card.
C. With a library account.
18. How many books can students borrow at most once?
A. Nine.       B. Eleven.      C. Twelve.
19. What kind of book has to be returned within one week? 
A. Books published recently.
B. Books liked by a lot of people.
C. Books borrowed by local residents.
20. What will the speaker do next?
A. Take the students on a campus tour.
B. Show the students around the library.
C. Tell the students where to get bottled water.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Slang (俚语) is very informal language which is often used by young people. It’s hard to keep up to date with it as new words and phrases appear and develop. Living in a multicultural society has an effect on language, especially on the young, whose friends are often from a mix of backgrounds. TV and music also have a big influence. A complete list of slang is difficult to make. By the time it is finished, the list will be out of date. However, here are a few examples:
“Safe”, “ sorted”, “ sound” or “cool” all means “That’s good” or “I understand”.
Instead of using different tag questions (附加疑问句) like “… isn’t it?”, “… can’t you?” or “…don’t they?”, people use “innit”. For example, “He can dance really well, innit?” (=He can dance really well, can’t he?) or “They always say that, innit?” (=They always say that, don’t they?)
Instead of saying “very”, “really” or “completely”, people use “well”. For example, “I’m well tired.” or “You got it well wrong!”
“Whatever” means “I don’t care”. For example, A： “But the teacher says we can’t leave until we’ve finished.” B: “Whatever. I’m going.”
“He’s fine” or “He’s fit” both means “He’s good-looking”. “Fine” and “fit” can describe a boy or a girl.
Not everybody uses slang and not everybody likes it. A school in the north of England recently told its pupils to stop using slang words such as “hiya” (hello), cheers” and “ta” (both mean “thank you”) if they want to get a place at university or a good job.
When British people use language like this, it’s no surprise that some say they can’t understand native speakers. But perhaps learners don’t need to worry so much. Research shows that most of the English spoken around the world today is between non-native speakers of the language.
So, how important is it to understand these slang words and expressions? If you watch films or TV in English, read magazines in English, chat online in English or are interested in English lyrics (歌词), then understanding slang can be very useful. You probably won’t see much slang in your English examination, though.
21. Why is it hard to make a complete list of slang?
A. Many slang words are outdated.
B. It is mostly used by young people.
C. Modem slang changes very quickly. ,
D. It is from different cultural backgrounds.
22. Which of the following means “I understand”？
A. Sorted.    B. Innit.     C. Whatever.    D. Cheers.
23. What can be inferred about slang from the text?
A. It prevents language from developing.
B. It is also spread through TV and music.
C. It is more popular in the UK than in the US.
D. It has found its way into formal written English.
24. What can be concluded from the text?
A. Many UK schools are encouraging students to use slang.
B. It is possible for English learners to master some British slang.
C. Knowing little slang doesn’t greatly affect how one communicates.
D. More English is spoken by native speakers than by non-native speakers. 
B
It’s a classroom. Instead of being told to sit quietly and listen, you are encouraged to stand up, jump around, imagine and act out. It’s a class full of laughter and applause (鼓掌), emotion and energy. Welcome to drama class, one of my favorite classes at high school.
In drama class we used to play a lot of “drama games”. We would improvise (即兴表演), copy and above all use our imagination.
My favorite game was called “Spotto”. One person stood in the front of the class and performed a scene, completely out of their imagination. When one audience member yelled “Spotto!”, the performer had to freeze. Then the person who had yelled Spotto had to get up and improvise a new scenario (剧情) based on the position the first performer froze in. This went on as more and more people were added to the scene. Eventually the entire class would have joined the scene. Then the performers would start to leave in reverse (颠倒的) order.
It was a lot of fun, and a good test of everyone’s imagination to see what they would come up with. Drama class at my school often involved a big performance at the end of the term as well. We would work on a production throughout the term and put on a show for our parents and the school community.
It was a great experience to perform on stage in front of a large audience. Drama class can help shy children, like me, to come out of their shells. It helped them become more confident and developed their public speaking skills. Drama class is also a great place to express oneself, and a way for children to use up some of their energy.
25. Which do you agree with about the game “Spotto”？
A. Each performer in the game has to retell the story of the latter performer.
B. A performer has to show a story unrelated to that of the former performer.
C. Every student gets the chance to make a contribution to the “Spotto” game.
D. It is designed to help drama students learn from one another’s performance.
26. The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to “      ”.
A. shy children         B. a large audience
C. drama students         D. the whole class
27. What do you know about the author according to the article?
A. He was too shy to attend the drama class.
B. He was a star student in the drama games.
C. He was shining in big performances each term.
D. He was happy to perform on stage in front of the audience.
28. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the article?
A. A few drama games for fun.
B. How to improve drama skills.
C. Unforgettable experiences on stage.
D. One of his favorite high school courses.
C
From the loss of wildlife to rising sea levels, we’re all well aware of the problems that climate change could cause. But while it may seem like such issues won’t affect most of us directly, it looks like future generations could grow up without something that many of us now take for granted: chocolate.
According to an essay published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, changes to the climate in the areas that produce cacao — the plant from which chocolate is produced — may mean that it will soon become extinct.
Most of the world’s cacao grows in countries close to the equator (赤道), with over half of it growing in the African nations of Ghana and Ivory Coast. It’s predicted that by 2050, climate change will have sped up the rate at which temperatures in these countries rise, making it extremely difficult for cacao to grow there. The problem doesn’t lie in increased heat, but in lower humidity (湿度), as it’s believed that rainfall will stay at the same level if the temperature rises.
“In other words, as higher temperatures squeeze more water out of soil and plants, it’s unlikely that rainfall will increase enough to offset the moisture (水分) loss, “ wrote Michon Scott, the essay’s author.
To help fight this problem, researchers from Berkeley University in the US are working on changing the DNA of cacao plants to allow them to survive in dryer conditions by using gene (基因) editing technology, according to US News. In the meantime, Mars, one of the world’s biggest companies of chocolate products, announced that it would spend 1 billion dollars helping reduce the effects of climate change.
“This is a world issue, and it requires everyone to work together,” Mars spokesperson Barry Parkin told Business Insider.
The message here is that if we all do our part, we may be able to prevent some of the worst influences of climate change. Or if we’re unlucky, chocolate will become a thing of the past.
29. What will make it hard for cacao to survive around the equator in the future?
A. The increasing heat.        B. The higher humidity.
C. The moisture loss’ in the soil.      D. The decrease in rainfall.
30. The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 4 probably means “      ”.
A. make up    B. add up     C. dry up     D. use up
31. What will Mars do to help cacao survive?
A. It will work hard to plant cacao in greenhouses.
B. It will use the gene editing technology to plant cacao.
C. It will develop cacao that can survive in dryer conditions.
D. It will give financial support to help fight climate change.
32. What is this article mainly about?
A. Some new research and findings about growing cacao.
B. The influence that cacao plants have on climate change.
C. Problems cacao plants could face and the possible solutions.
D. The significance of working together to fight climate change.
D
British readers prefer fiction to any other type of book. Some authors are as successful today as when they were alive. Take Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities for example, which has sold 200 million copies since 1859. His books have been made into films, television series and even musicals. So why is he still so popular? Dickens was an expert in observing human beings — Ebenezer Scrooge in A 
Christmas Carol or Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, for example. His characters are often based on real people. Like Dickens’ own father, Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield went to prison for debt. Dickens cared about poverty and injustice- think of the story of Oliver Twist. He also described London well, where he lived most of his life. There is a memorable description of fog at the beginning of Bleak House. Interestingly, Dickens wrote and published many of his novels in parts-people read a new chapter of the story every week.
Another master of language was JRR Tolkien. He was professor of Old English and used it for the names of his characters. He created a whole world from his study of Germanic mythology, first in The Hobbit and then in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (三部曲). You can see his influence in modem fantasy kooks and computer games.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories about Sherlock Holmes are famous, but the most successful writer of crime novels was Agatha Christie. Her best-loved character was Hercule Poirot. Christie worked in n pharmacy (药房) for a time 一 this gave her a useful knowledge of poisons. Several books were set in the Middle East after she travelled there with her husband. She was good at creating suspense (悬念)- people always wanted to read more.
Dickens died in 1870. JRR Tolkien and Agatha Christie passed away in the 1970s. But Marley’s Ghost, Bilbo Baggins and Miss Marple live on.
33. Why has Dickens always been popular?
A. His novels are based on true stories.
B. His characters are familiar to readers.
C. He was an expert at creating suspense.
D. He described humans and society vividly.
34. Which will you probably choose if you are a fan of fantasy books?
A. Great Expectations.        B. The Hobbit.
C. A Christmas Carol.        D. Bleak House.
35. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?
A. Many famous writers live a long and healthy life.
B. Most character in literature share common features.
C. Many characters in literature can stand the lest of time.
D. Some authors become more successful after their death.
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填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Recently a two-year-old website, Wuxiaworld.com, surprised many Chinese people by its great popularity in the US. The website is a platform.   36  
Jingping, whose online username is RWX, is the founder of the website.  37   As he moved with his parents to the US from Chengdu in Sichuan province when he was three, RWX only spoke a little Chinese at home and knew little of Chinese characters. The Chinese he first learned is Sichuan dialect that sounds a bit different from Mandarin (普通话).
  38   He first tried to translate Louis Cha’s works by himself, for English versions of Chinese kung fu novels were rare and very expensive in the US. That year, one of his friends from Vietnam introduced him to Chinese fantasy and martial arts (武术) web fiction.
Wuxiaworld.com recently launched a cooperative agreement with Qidian.com, the first Chinese Internet literature website.  39   Some of them are ethnic Chinese (华裔人士) and Chinese learners from around the world.
According to data from Alexa, the website ranked 1,525 in the world and 986 in the US, with more than 3 million daily page views, 241,211 daily unique visitors, and 2,475,861 monthly unique visitors. Wuxiaworld.corn has a black Chinese dragon on the top of its homepage.  40  
A. He is also a faithful reader of Chinese martial arts novels.
B. In 2004, he began to study Chinese at the University of California.
C. Now there are about 20 active Chinese-to-English translation groups.
D. Traditional Chinese culture is too complex for Americans to understand.
E. It shares English versions of Chinese kung fu and fantasy online novels.
F. It now has 7 translations of Chinese fantasy and martial arts web fiction.
G. Online fantasy web novels about Chinese kung fu are easier to understand. 
第三部分  语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节  完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分） 
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Songs bring us through our life. Each time I listen to my favorite song Reach, I’m deeply   41   by its lyrics: “If I could reach higher, just for one moment touch the sky...” When we hear this   42   song sung by Gloria Estefan, we can   43   imagine how she managed to return to the stage after her serious back injury. In 1990, this Cuban singer was   44   down in a terrible traffic accident, and the doctor   45   that she might never walk again. But Gloria did not   46   and kept on working hard towards her   47  . Just one year after the disaster   48  , she stood up again and   49   this encouraging song at the Atlanta Olympics.
  50   I think of Gloria, a memory crowds in my mind. When I entered university, naturally shy, ordinary looking, and with   51   scores in my lessons, just like an ugly duckling, I seemed to be the   52   outstanding one in my class. Continuous failures drove me into   53  . “Am I to take a back seat to everyone else?”  54   to give in to such a fate, I spared no efforts to work on my lessons and joined in many   55  , such as English speech contests and dramas. I just wanted to catch every little chance to   56   myself. My continuous efforts finally paid off (得到回报). I received some   57  . More importantly, I   58   courage and confidence to face any difficulty in my life.
  59   is just like fanning. You   60   what you sow. Once you have a dream, don’t hesitate. Keep moving!
41. A. convinced   B. disturbed    C. impressed    D. discouraged
42. A. entertaining   B. inspiring    C. boring     D. puzzling
43. A. easily    B. simply     C. finally     D. hardly
44. A. knocked   B. cut     C. pulled     D. turned
45. A. argued    B. said     C. doubted    D. added 
46. A. give away   B. give back    C. give out    D. give up
47. A. goal    B. journey    C. achievement   D. recovery
48. A. happened   B. ended     C. lasted     D. returned 
49. A. wrote    B. recorded    C. presented    D. covered
50. A. However   B. Wherever    C. Whatever    D. Whenever
51. A. standard   B. poor     C. high     D. excellent
52. A. most    B. more     C. least     D. very
53. A. hopelessness   B. weakness    C. trouble     D. anger
54. A. Free    B. Eager     C. Disappointed   D. Unwilling
55. A. parties    B. games     C. activities    D. meetings
56. A. satisfy    B. improve    C. enjoy     D. forgive
57. A. awards    B. thanks     C. gifts     D. comments
58. A. confirmed   B. gained     C. combined    D. requested
59. A. Luck    B. Belief     C. Life     D. Competition
60. A. harvest    B. reserve    C. expand    D. discover 
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
The other day my father drove me to school as usual. When we arrived, it began to rain   61   (heavy) and we only had one raincoat. My father let me wear it. Even though I   62   (hope) my father would put it on, I didn’t insist because I knew it would put him in a bad temper.
Anyway, I did my best to use my raincoat   63   (protect) him from the rain. I was very moved by his sacrifice (牺牲), so moved that I cried. But I didn’t want him to see my tears. I just wanted to prevent him   64   (get) wet.
The rain reminded me   65   how much love my father had given me. I recalled many things. When I was in primary school, I got poor results in tests. My mother was usually angry with me, but my father   66   always encourage me. When he was on his day off, he spent all his free time   67   (have) fun with my younger sister and me. He never missed the chance to be with us.
Sometimes I want to join clubs or go on school   68   (trip). He always supports me since he thinks that such activities are worthwhile for a teenager. He hopes that I can learn and broaden my vision. In a word, he always   69   (try) to do everything he can for me.
I love my father, but I don’t know how to show it. Many students have the same problem. We love our parents, we care for them, but we don’t know   70   we can do to help them. Anyway, I just want to say that I will never forget all that my father has done for me.
第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单 词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Friday our class invited an old man to teach us why to make dough figurines (面人). When he comes into our classroom, we gave him warm welcome and two boys helped him with the tool box. First, he showed us basic steps and skills of made dough figurines. We stood around him and watched careful. Then we started to have a try ourselves. The old man walked around and helped with us patiently. Finally, we put the figurines what we made on the table and took several picture with the old man. Look at the figurines, we were all very excited. We believe we could have more activities of this kind in the future.
第二节  书面表达(满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友来信祝贺你的生日，并寄给你一本英语词典作为礼物，为此请你用英语给他写封感谢信，并告诉他最近你的英语进步情况，邀请他暑假期间来你所在的城市游玩。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Tony,

Best wishes,
Li Hua 
河南省郑州市2017—2018学年高一下学期期末考试
英语试题答案
一、选择题（1-60)：
1-5 CBACC 6-10 ABBCC 11-15 BABAC 16-20 BBCAB 21-25 CABCC 26-30 ADDCA 
31-35 DCDBC 36-40 EABCF 41-45 CBDAB 46-50 DDACD 51-55 BCADC 56-60 BABCA
二、语言知识运用第二节（61-70)：
61. heavily 62. (had) hoped 63. to protect 64. getting 65. of 
66. would / did 67. having 68. trips 69. tries 70. what
三、短文改错：
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                                              how                                   come
our classroom, we gave him ∧ warm welcome and two boys helped him with the tool box. First, he showed us 
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basic steps and skills of made dough figurines. We stood around him and watched careful. Then we started to have a 
                   making                                         carefully
try ourselves. The old man walked around and helped with us patiently. Finally, we put the figurines what we made 
                                         删除with                        which/that(或删除what)
on the table and took several picture with the old man. Look at the figurines, we were all very excited. We believe                                     pictures                         Looking
we could have more activities of this kind in the future.
can
四、书面表达：
One possible version:
Dear Tony,
I’m so grateful for the birthday blessing and gift you sent to me.
As you know, it’s a challenge for me to learn English well, so I turned to you for help. You advised that I should read more and enlarge my vocabulary. While reading English stories, I came across some new words, so a dictionary was exactly what I needed. It was then that I received your gift, an English dictionary. What a timely help! Encouragingly, I have made some progress in a recent exam. I’ll go on working hard and do better.
With the summer vacation approaching, I hope you can come to my city for a visit and we can have fun together.

2.  他耐心地帮助我们。He helped us patiently.

他耐心地帮助我们学英语。He helped us with English patiently.

总结help 用法 help sb. with sth.

3. ___________ (look) at figurines, we were all very excited.

Seeing (see) this, I quickly came to him and helped him stand up.

4. 我们相信我们能够在未来取得更大的进步。

We believe we can make greater progress in the future.