四川省眉山市东坡区眉山中学2017届高一英语下学期半期考试试题

31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A．Women Are Socially Trained to Talk B．Talking Maintains Relationships C．Women Love to Talk

D．Men Talk Differently from Women

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Book 1: Murder on the Orient Express List Price:＄18.00 Price: ＄16.20

When the famous Belgian detective, Poirot, boards the unusually full Orient Express as it travels from Istanbul to Paris, he is prepared for a relaxing trip home. He realizes he is mistaken when a passenger is murdered. Poirot gets sucked into the case knowing that the murderer is cunning（狡猾的）and still on board. A button, a handkerchief both become clues…

Christie is satisfied with it and this book is one that you will not put down. Ingrid Bergman won the Best Supporting Oscar for her performance in the film version.

Book 2: Death on the Nile List price: ＄19.00 Price: ＄16.50

Linnet Doyle is young, beautiful and rich. She’s the girl who has everything—including the man her best friend Jackie loves. Now Linnet and her new husband Simon are on a trip up the Nile, where they meet Poirot. And when Linnet is found murdered, Jackie is the obvious suspect, but…

Death on the Nile deserves its reputation as one of Christie’s best travel mysteries. Book 3: Evil under the Sun List price: ＄9.00 Price: ＄8.10

Evil under the Sun is as good as Christie’s other books. The result is beyond reader’s imagination. The story starts with a group of people coming to a hotel for holidays. Arlena is a very beautiful lady and every man is attracted by her. But one day she is found dead on the beach. Poirot arrives at the crime scene and …

Book 4: Sleeping Murder List price: ＄14.00 Price: ＄12.60

The book features Christie’s famous female detective miss Jane Marple, and was the final Christie novel published—although it was not the last one she wrote.

Sent by her husband to find a suitable house, Gwenda finds what she thinks is the perfect choice. Soon after Gwenda moves into her new house, strange things start to happen. She turns to Miss Marple for help. Between them, they are to solve a perfect crime committed years before.

32. Which book has the biggest discount? A. Murder on the Orient Express B. Death on the Nile C. Evil under the Sun D. Sleeping Murder 33. What can we infer from the passage? A. According to Book 1, Poirot usually lives in Istanbul. B. In Book 2, Jackie loves Simon and marries him later. C. Sleeping Murder is Christie’s last novel.

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D. Evil under the Sun has a shocking end.

34. According to the passage, we know the four books _______. A. are all short novels B. have the same detective C. are written by the same author D. have been translated into other languages 35. Which book has been adapted for film according to the passage? A. Murder on the Orient Express B. Death on the Nile C. Evil under the Sun D. Sleeping Murder 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能坡入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。

Muzak

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 36 It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

Quiet background music used to be called \电梯) music\in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name \one-third of the people in America listen to \a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 37 If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 38 .

Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 39 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries. 40 . They say it’s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A. Some people don’t like Muzak. B. The music gives them extra energy. C. Music is playing in the background.

D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.

E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.

F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used. G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my

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favorite shirt on．

A 41 came．\belonged to my dad．Greg's mother works for my family．We were going to 42 that shirt away, but gave it to her 43 ．\．

I 44 my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened. She then dialed her 45 , \．That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's 46 was something greater．

The next morning she 47 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education．He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to 48 university．

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, \are 49 , aren't you? I think I have a 50 for you as a teacher's assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of 51 . Mom accepted the opportunity very 52 ．

For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling 53 . Then one day, the personnel manager and the headmaster 54 in her classroom．The headmaster said, \ 55 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working 56 over the last five years. We are all in 57 that you should be the teacher of this class.\

My mom spent more than 20 years there. 58 her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the 59 comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle 60 situations and never give up．

41．A．noise B．voice C．sound D．tune 42．A．get B．take C．carry D．throw 43．A．otherwise B．anyhow C．instead D．actually 44．A．settled B．pushed C．stored D．stuck 45．A．teacher B．employer C．director D．adviser 46．A．purpose B．encouragement C．achievement D．victory 47．A．went B．met C．worked D．stayed 48．A．visit B．continue C．attend D．prepare 49．A．serious B．fortunate C．careful D．responsible 50．A．career B．duty C．position D．part

51．A．learning B．judging C．obeying D．imagining 52．A．patiently B．eagerly C．successfully D．skillfully 53．A．upset B．frightened C．guilty D．ashamed 54．A．looked up B．went up C．took up D．showed up 55．A．believe B．protect C．treat D．receive 56．A．spirit B．intention C．action D．attempt 57．A．discussion B．argument C．disagreement D．agreement 58．A．At B．During C．On D．With 59．A．worthless B．thoughtless C．hopeless D．helpless 60．A．challenging B．different C．dangerous D．strange

第II卷

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第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. __61__water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 62 had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man 63 (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 64 (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 65 a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let 66 student taste the water. He spit it out, 67 (say) it was awful. Clearly, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher,” Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 68 ? ”

The teacher replied,” You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 69 (sweet).”

We understand this lesson best 70 we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

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）

假段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。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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

The Dragon Boat Festival has been existed in China for a long time. It is celebrated in the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese Lunar calendar. The festival is best known for its dragon boat races, especial in the southern places there are many rivers and lakes. It is for Qu Yuan that the festival is celebrated. He is a honest minister so he is said to have died by drowning himself in a river. Another activity are the making and eating of a kind of dumplings calling Tzungtzu. It is an entertained and enjoyable event. Since it is of great important for the Chinese culture, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the three most important Chinese festivals.

第三节：书面表达（满分25分） 当前不少文学作品被改编成电影。有人选择看电影，有人则喜欢读原著。请你以\book, which do you prefer?\为题按照下列要点写一篇英语短文：

1．看电影：省时、有趣、易懂

2．读原著：细节更多、语言优美 3．我的看法及理由

注意：1．词数100左右，文章题目和开头已给出（不计词数）。 2．参考词汇：original work 或 book in the original (原著)

Film or book, which do you prefer ?

Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original.

试题答案

听力：ACBCA CCCBB BABAC CCBBA 阅读理解：BDA ADDC CBAC BDCA

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