吉林长春市九台区第一中学2025-2026学年度第二学期期初考试高一英语试卷

九台一中2025一2026学年度第二学期 期初考试 高一英语试卷（时间：120分钟分数150分) 第卷 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 案转涂到答题纸上。 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。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。 每段对话读两遍。 1.What does Amy suggest the man do? A.Work at a gym. B.Exercise with her. C.Find a fitness coach. 2.When did the woman and Harrison get to the concert? A.At7:50 B.At7:55 C.At8:05. 3.What is the man going to do this weekend? A.Do some research B.Go to a park. C.Play football. 4.How does Jason feel about the lecture? A.Disappointed. B.Annoyed. C.Interested. 5.Why won't the woman buy the blouse? A.It's not her size. B.It's too expensive. C.It's outdated. 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。 听下面-一段对话，回答以下小题。 6.When did Lisa go to the book fair? A.On February 24th. B.On February 25th C.On February 26th. 7.What was the happiest thing for Lisa? A.Finding some good books. B.Meeting her favorite writer. C.Attending cultural activities. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8.What is the relationship between the speakers? A.Husband and wife B.Teacher and student. C.Colleagues. 9.What will the man do on the Internet? A.Book tickets. B.Get a phone number. C.Learn about artworks. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 10.What is Martin Middleton? A.A tour guide. B.A travel writer. C.ATV producer. 11.What was Mike's attitude toward Martin Middleton's idea at first? A.Carefree. B.Disapproving(不成的)， C.Supportive. 12.How long did Martin Middleton spend working in Borneo? A.Ten days. B.Four weeks. C.Four months. 13.What will Martin Middleton probably talk about next? A.The places he likes to go for vacation. B.The adventures he had in Borneo. C.His work in different places 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 14.What is the man doing? A.Reading news. B.Watching a movie. C.Learning about a program. 15.What does the man think of his spoken Spanish? A.Average. B.Poor. C.Excellent. 16.Where will the man stay during his time in Spain? A.In a hotel. B.In a dorm. C.In a local's house. 17.What do we know about the program? A.It's designed for students. B.It'll be held in the capital C.It can be enrolled once a year. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18.What does the speaker mainly talk about? A.A volunteer organization B.Future career choices. C.Vacation plans. 19.How can people sign up for the activities? A.By making a call. B.By joining a WeChat group. C.By visiting the official website. 20.What will the volunteers get after each activity? A.Special training. B.Relevant certificates. C.Tickets to educational sites. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A Four apps for students to learn English Quizlet Quizlet is a learning app-a computer program you use on your mobile device.It can help users build and test their knowledge of English words and terms.Quizlet has word sets for millions of subjects.And,it is quickly becoming a useful mobile tool for language learners. Socrative In Socrative,teachers can create timed learning games.In class,students compete individually or as part of a team against classmates.One game students love is called Space Race.In this game,if a team answers a question correctly,their rocket moves forward.This team whose rocket gets to the end first wins.Also,teachers can use Socrative as an "exit ticket",a question they can ask students about what they learned in that day's class.Students write their answers on their mobile devices.Then,the teacher can show the answers on a shared video screen. QR Codes A QR Code is a kind of sign that a smart-phone can read with its camera.When your phone camera reads a QR code,it takes you to a website,image,video or anything you want to share.For example,one will take you to the VOA Learning English website Evernote Evernote lets users store and share notes,images and recordings in one place.Teachers can also use Evernote to give homework. 21.Which is the best for students to build up vocabulary? A.QR Codes B.Quizlet. C.Socrative D.Evernote 22.What can a teacher do by using Socrative? A.Carry out a classroom test. B.Look up new words. C.Give homework D.Visit an English-learning website 23.What's the purpose of the text? 2 A.To make an advertisement. B.To improve English learning was to C.To introduce some learning apps. D.To encourage using mobile phones. opport B postm: Teenagers always dream about becoming actors.It appears admirable to be an actor. 24.W But the fact is well beyond their expectations.A successful actor will have endless meetings A.exc to attend.Moreover,a film star will have no private space,because he has too many 25.W exciting fans as well as crazy reporters to deal with.As to an unsuccessful actor,life is even A.Di tougher. 26.W I remember when I started out,I had to search the advertisement board at my drama A.Th school.every day to look for acting jobs.Drama school was expensive and I needed extra B.Th money to help pay the fees.I welcomed every small job.I took part in a lot of TV C.Th advertisements for hair shampoo,soap and washing powder. D.T I had been working for about two 'years before I got my lucky break..One day,as I was 27.1 passing the drama school,I decided to go to check the notice board.There was nothing on A.TI it and I was just leaving when the secretary came.She asked me how I was and I told her C.M life was hard and work was difficult to find.The next moment,she put a letter in my hand and walked away.My hands were shaking as I opened it,full of expectation.To my surprise, H it was an audition(试演)for a clown(小丑)for the Canadian circus(马戏闭).I couldn't (穿山 stop myself from laughing.I had.expected an audition with a famous director for a new A film! pango When I was at drama school,there was a course in clown skills.I gained top marks in medic this course.Later I went to the audition feeling very strange.This was not what'I'd had in ants,a mind when I went to drama school.To my surprise,the job as a clown turned out to be exactly what I wanted.I loved every moment of getting dressed up and putting on the especia make-up. Previou I had expected to prove myself in public and become the focus of the world.My dream Asian p aming. was to be the brightest star and enjoyed cheers from my fans.However,now I have the ,bile phones. opportunity to travel around the world.I am more than an actor.Actually I am a joy postman.I have visited over 32 different countries and amused millions of people. admirable to be an actor. 24.When you become a film star,you will find life. vill have endless meetings A.exciting B.admirable C.attractive D.challenging ecause he has too many 25.Which of the following can best describe the author's feeling after he opened the letter? cessful actor,life is even A.Disappointed. B.Anxious. C.Satisfied. D.Hopeful. 26.Which of the following is true according to the passage? nent board at my drama A.The writer is unsatisfied with his job as a clown. sive and I needed extra B.The writer did quite well in his clown tricks class. ok part in a lot of.TV C.The secretary thought the writer would be a great film star when seeing him. D.The writer had to look for acting jobs at his drama school after graduation. oreak..One day,as I was 27.What would be the best title for the text? There was nothing on A.The Life of an actor B.Realize my dream of an actor ow I was and I told her C.More than an actor D.To be a clown put a letter in my hand C ectation.To my surprise, He's as big as a small golden dog and covered with scales ()He is the pangolin us(马戏团).I couldn't (穿山甲)，an endangered animal.. ous director for a new According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic,about one million pangolins were killed from 2000 through 2013,mainly for their scales,which are used in s.I gained top marks in medicine.Pangolins are sensitive creatures and picky eaters that only eat certain species of was not what I'd had in ants,a diet that's very difficult to copy in the food chain. clown turned out to be "In the last decade,there's been a huge growth trade in pangolins between continents, up and putting on the especially their scales,"says Dan Challender,chair of the pangolin specialist group. Previously,most pangolin killing happened within Asia,he says.This shift means that of the world.My dream Asian pangolins are becoming difficult to find but that the value of the scales makes it worth the extra cost to take pangolins from Africa to Asia secretly. All eight species of pangolins,four in Africa and four in Asia,are in danger of extinction due to the illegal trade.International trade in the four species of Asian pangolins has been banned since 2000.In the past few years,a ban on international commercial trade in all eight species has gone into effect.It was voted by 183 governments that are parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES),which is in charge of cross-border trade in wild animals and their parts. Pangolins are eaten as bushmeat in western and central Africa and by some local groups in South and Southeast Asia.Their parts also are used in Ghana,Nigeria,South Africa,and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa as traditional medicine.Typically dried, ground into powder,and put into pills,pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional medicines to help mothers who have given birth to babies to recover.But they are now endangered.Perhaps no pangolins can be seen when our next generation grow up. 28.What do you know about pangolins from Paragraph 2? A.Their meat is very delicious B.Their scales are of great value C.They are'smaller than young dogs. D.They are on the top of the food chain. 29.Why are pangolins brought from Africa to Asia? A.Pangolins are cheaper in Africa. B.No laws protect pangolins in Africa. C.People in Asia can really save pangolins. D.Pangolins have sharply decreased in numbers in Asia. 30.What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us? A.Pangolins have many different species. B.The bans on pangolin trade are ineffective. C.People used to take advantage of pangolins in different ways. D.Governments have tried to contribute to the protection of pangolins. 31.What's the author's attitude towards pangolins'future? A.Positive.B.Uncaring.C.Concerned.D.Confident. D You have probably heard of the Mozart effect.It's the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart,they will become more intelligent.A quick Internet search reveals(plenty of products to help you in the task.Whatever your age is, there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart's music,but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever,the picture is more mixed. The phrase"the Mozart effect"was made up in 1991,but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain.It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable.Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself;his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it,we'll become more intelligent. The idea took off,with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children,and in 1998 Zell Miller,the governor of the state of Georgia in the US,even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music.It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart's music on purpose; even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk I'll leave the debate on the effect on milk yield to farmers,but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies proved that listening to music does lead to a temporary )improvement in the ability to handle.shapes mentally,but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn't make us more intelligent. 32.What can we learn from paragraph 1? A.There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect. B.Mozart composed many musical pieces for children. C.Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent. D.There are few products on the Internet about Mozart's music. 33.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest? A.Mozart played an important part in people's life. B.The US government helped promote the idea C.The idea was doubted by many people. D.The idea was accepted by many people 34.What's the author's attitude towards the Mozart effect? A.Doubtful. B.Unclear.C.Positive.D.Supportive. 35.What would be the best title for the passage? A.To Be or Not to Be? B.What Is the Mozart Effect? C.Listening to Mozart,Necessary? D.What Music Is Beneficial? 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。选项中有两项为多 余选项。 Swim Safely! Swimming is great exercise,and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends in summer.36 ,so it's important to stay safe as you do it.Here are a few things you can do to swim safely. 37.Don't swim unless there is a life guard at work.If you're on a beach near the ocean,this is especially important.In some places fast-flowing water can move swimmers away without warning.So if a sign says"no swimming",pay attention to it. Be careful when diving()into the water headfirst.38 .In natural water,don't dive unless you know that the water is deep enough.Or you could hurt your head on the bottom;causing injury or death.Around water,adults should watch children at all times to make sure they are safe.Those who don't know how to swim should wear life jackets.But by themselves they are not enough,so an adult should always be present.If you have to rescue a child from drowning(),a few scconds can make a big difference. Make sure you have a friend with you whenever you swim.39,that person can make sure you get help. Drink a lot of water.The sun's heat and the physical activity may make you sweat() more than you realize. By following these simple rules,you can make sure your swim time is safe as well as fun._40_！ A.That way if something goes wrong B.Swim only in areas set apart for swimming C.Make sure everyone in your family swims well D.But sometimes swimming can also be very dangerous E.Now get out there,and enjoy the water F.Many children who drowned in home pools were out of sight within minutes G.Most pools have marked deep ends where diving is safe 第三部分语言知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节完形填空（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Lighting flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroom skylight ()Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder 41 he knew what was happening.The storm had moved directly over his two-story wooden house.Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 42;he opened the door to the basement(地下室)，and flames_43out.Sibson ran back upstairs to call911from his bedroom."I felt safe because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,"he explains