1.湖北省华中师范大学第一附属中学高一第二学期期中考试(改编)

第一节

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。

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W:Everything is ready.Please come and eat!

M:Oh,you’ve prepared so much lovely food.

W:Today is Thanksgiving.We Americans sit and eat together on this day.

M:I know.Thanks for your invitation.

Text 2

W:This summer has lasted too long.I miss the old days.

M:Yes,it is becoming warmer and warmer everywhere.What will happen to our planet in the future?

Text 3

M:Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra is coming next week,giving a concert in Beijing on October 12 at the Beijing Concert Hall.

W:That’s great.Let’s go and get tickets.

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M:The Internet is so useful!

W:Yeah.You can find information so easily.Just type a keyword into a search engine,and you get a huge list of websites.

M:Yes,it’s so fast and convenient.

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W:What do you like most on the Spring Festival? I am curious about this vital Chinese Festival.

M:Mm,I used to like lighting firecrackers.But now the tradition fades away.My favorite part in the festival is to get the lucky money.

第二节

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。

Text 6

W:Look,what’s that on the railway tracks,David? A rock?A man?

M:Oh,it’s a tree trunk!

W:The train is coming soon!It’s going to hit it!Let’s move it away.

M:There’s no time for that!We must stop the train.Let’s wave at it.

W:But the drivers won’t pay attention to our waving.

M:We must wave something red.Red is for danger.

W:Good idea.Your coat is red.Take it off.

M:Sure.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

Text 7

W:Hello,Mike!Merry Christmas!

M:Thanks.Merry Christmas to you.This Christmas is special to me.

W:Special? Do you mean this is your first Christmas in Canada?

M:Yes.And it is also the first time that I have seen snow during the Christmas season.You know it’s summer now in New Zealand.

W:Oh,best wishes for a real white Christmas.I have a small present for you.

M:That’s very kind of you,Susan,and I have a card for you.

W:Thanks,Mike.I would also like to say thanks to you for all the help you have given to me in my study.

M:It’s my pleasure.

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

Text 8

W:African culture is far older than European culture or even Asian culture.

M:What proof is there for this,if you don’t mind me asking?

W:Not at all.There are several reasons based on data.The most interesting is cave paintings discovered in the desert.We have dated them several thousand years before those found anywhere else in the world.

M:Interesting.What are the other reasons?

W:Well,we have found remains—bones,pots,entire settlements.There is a strong argument to be made that this is where human life began.

M:I would need to look at the data,but if what you say is true,it is a significant discovery.I’m anxious to hear more.

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

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W:There’s a place in Venezuela where lightning strikes about 200 days a year.

M:Are you serious?

 W:Yep.Locals call it “the Never-Ending Storm of Catatumbo” because the area is near the Catatumbo River.Scientists found that most of the lightning strikes between April and November.NASA named the area “the Lightning Capital of the World”.

M:Why does the area get so many storms?

W:The Andes Mountains are on one side of the river,and the Caribbean Sea is on the other side.Cool mountain winds move into the valley and hit warm sea air,creating the perfect conditions for lightning.

M:Are the people there afraid of getting hit?

W:Most people stay inside at night,but they don’t really worry about it.The chances of being struck by lightning are pretty slim.In the U.S.,about one out of every 12,000 people gets hit in their lifetime.

M:Yeah,but we’re talking about an area that gets struck by lightning about 80% of the time.

W:True.This article says that near the Catatumbo River,one in three people gets struck every year.

M:Wow.That’s really scary!I would never go outside if I lived there.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

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M:A study shows that new technology is weakening children’s ability to use a pencil or pen.Scientists said that recently,children spend so much time using iPads or mobile phone screens that they cannot hold a pencil properly.Children are not using pencils,so they now lack the muscle strength in their hands,and they are not able to write properly.Dr.Sally said,“Children coming into school are being given a pencil but are increasingly not able to hold it because they don’t have the basic movement skills.”

The researchers said technology is changing children’s ability to use their hands.Children are more and more likely to use technology to create.Dr.Sally explained the reason.She said,“It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encourage them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks,cutting and sticking,or pulling toys and ropes.Because of this,they’re not developing the basic skills they need to better their handwriting.” Some experts say technology may be causing larger problems.One expert said if a child isn’t strong enough to hold a pencil,perhaps their whole body will have something wrong.She said it was better for children’s body development to climb trees than to watch some videos on the Internet.