2019年9月永州市第二中学高一入学考试英语试卷

2019年9月永州市二中高一入学考试英语试卷

（考试时间120分钟，分值 100）

I.选择填空（15分）

( )1. You can see ____ old big tree behind ___ house.

A. a; the B. an; the C. a; an D. an; a

( )2. Over the past five years, many changes _________ in my hometown.

A. took B. have been taken C. have taken D. were taken ( )3. Those pieces of cloth ______ soft.

A. feels B. felt C. are felt D. feel

( )4. _______ exciting it is to have a field trip on the Orange Island!

A．What an B．What a C．How D. What

( )5.Keep trying, ______ you might surprisingly find hidden abilities within you.

A．but B．and C．or D. for

( )6.Yesterday our headmaster made a speech ______ environmental protection,

and we learned

something about recycling of waste.

A．on B．at

C．to

D. in

( )7．— I couldn’t find Sarah this time yesterday. Where was she?

— She ______ for tomorrow’s Xingcheng Cup speaking competition at home.

A．prepares B．will prepare C．is preparing D. was preparing

( )8．— So sorry, I took your school T-shirt by mistake. But where is _______? — Don’t worry. Let me help you find it.

A．yours B．his C．mine D. my

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( )9．I ______ abroad for several years, but I have never regretted my final decision

to move back to my motherland.

A．am living B．lived C．have lived

D.will

( )10．Of the two physics problems, Martha just finished ______ one. A．the most difficult B．the least difficult C．the less difficult

D. easier

( )11．China is getting better at making hi-tech products ______ can be bought in

all parts of the world.

A．who B．which C．what D. where

( )12．Life is like a story. What matters is not how long it is but______.

A．how good it is D. what good is it

( )13. More attention should be _______equipment in our company so that we can increase our production.

B．how good is it

C．what good it is

A. Paid to improving B. paid to improve C. taken to improve D. taken to improving

( )14.—Could you tell me _______________to see me next Sunday?

— I’m not sure. If I’m available, I will.

A. how you will come B. where will you come

B. whether you will come D. if you will come

( )15. —Sally and Rose _______about the TV show yesterday.

C. —Let's join them quickly.

A. must talk. B. can’t be talking C. must be talking D. should have talked

II完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最

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佳选项完形填空

Lao -tzu was traveling with his disciples. They came to a forest 16 hundreds of

woodcutters were cutting the trees. The whole forest had been cut except for one

17 tree. It was so big that 10,000 people could sit in its 18 .

Lao -tzu told his disciples to go and ask why this tree had not been cut. They

went and asked the woodcutters and they said, “This tree is absolutely 19 . You cannot make 20 out of it because every branch has so many knots in it-nothing is straight. You cannot use it as 21 because the smoke is dangerous to the eyes. This tree is absolutely useless, and that’s 22 we haven’t cut it.”

The disciples came back and told Lao-tzu. He laughed and said,” 23 like this tree. If you are useful, you will be 24 and you will become furniture in somebody’s house. If you are beautiful, you will be 25 in the market. Be like this tree, and you will grow big and vast and thousands of people will find shade under it.

( )16. A. where B. when C. which D. who ( )17. A. small B. big C. ugly D. beautiful ( )18. shadow B. shade C. root D. leaves ( )19. A. big B. small C. useless D. useful ( )20. A. nothing B. none C. something D. anything ( )21. A. fuel B. floors C. houses D. furniture ( )22. A. that B. whether C. what D. why ( )23. A. Be B. Do C. Will D.Have ( )24. A. eaten B. cut C. grown D. run ( )25. A. use B. cut C. sold D. grown

III 阅读理解（共两部分，满分35分）

第一节 请认真阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项（30分）

A

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Do you believe that things are connected for no scientific reason at all? For

example, do you avoid saying the word “four” to avoid bad luck? If you, you have a superstition(迷信). And you’re not alone - all kinds of people have them.

For example, Portugal’s soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo always steps onto the pitch(球场) with his right foot first, according to The Telegraph. And sports players are not alone in having superstitions. A visitor once asked the Nobel Prize winning scientist Niels Bohr whether he really believed that the horseshoe he’d hung at his country home was lucky. “Of course not,”the Danish physicist said. “But I understand it’s lucky whether you believe in it or not.”

One recently study found that even scientists at MIT and other top US schools tended to look for a meaning in natural events, similar to the connection between stepping on the pitch and playing soccer well, according to The Atlantic. When the researchers gave the scientists little time to answer questions, they were twice as likely to agree with statements such as “Trees produce oxygen(氧气) so that animals can breathe” as they when they had more time to think about their reply.

It seems that fear can make people think differently in this way, too. In a British study, students imagined meeting a “witch” who said she would cast an evil spell (施魔法)on them. About half said a scientist should not be worried about the spell. Yet each of them said that, personally, they wouldn’t let the “witch” do it to them.

So why are so many of us superstitious

? Well, it seems to be our way of

dealing with the unknown. “Many people quite simply just want to believe,” Brian Cronk, a professor of psychology at Missouri Western State University, said in a 2008 interview. “The human brain is always trying to work out why things happen, and when the reason is not clear, we tend to make up some pretty bizarre(古怪的) explanations.” And these explanations aren’t completely unhelpful. In fact, superstitions can sometimes work and bring real luck, according to psychologists at the University of Cologne in Germany in the May 2010 issue of the journal Psychological Science. They found that believing in something can improve performance on a task like an exam.

So, what about you? What superstitions do you follow to keep you safe and successful?

( )26.The writer mentions avoiding the word”four” in the first paragraph

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to____________________.

A. show how foolish it is to believe in superstitions B. introduce the readers to the topic of superstitions C. discuss the scientific reasons behind superstitions

D. prove that it is reasonable to be superstitious

( )27. How many examples of superstitions are mentioned in the passage?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

( )28. What’s the writer’s attitude to superstitions?

A. Neutral B. Positive C. Negative D. Unknown

( )29. Who didn’t believe the horseshoe he’d hung at his country home was lucky.

A. Niels Bohr B. Brian Cronk C.Cristiano Ronaldo D. The witch

( )30. What’s the best title of this article?

A. How to get rid of superstitions B. How superstitions affect our daily life C. How some common superstitions came into being D. Why superstitions are common

B

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight.They hit one another hard. Suddenly one of them crashes (撞击) through a window and falls 30 feet to the ground below. He is dead!

Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire , are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.

There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building . However, they do not fall on

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to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs which are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, whose glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman , for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed.

In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stuntwomen, too.

( )31. Stuntmen are those who___________.

A. often dress up actors B. prefer to lead dangerous lives C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions D. often fight each other for their lives

( )32. Stuntmen earn their living by___________.

A. playing their dirty tricks B. selling their special skills B. jumping out of high windows D. jumping from fast moving trains ( )33. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ____________. A. he needs little protection B. he will be covered with a mattress B. his life is endangered D. his safety is generally all right ( )34. Which of the following is the main factors(因素) of a successful performance?

A. Strength B. Exactness C. Speed D. Carefulness ( )35. What can be inferred from the writer’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

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B. The percentage of serious accident is high. C. Parachutes must be of good quality. D. The cliff is too high.

C

During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women . A woman married at the end of nineteenth century would probably have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old and up. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer

children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty -five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.

This important change in women’s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic(经济的) position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married, their school-living ages are sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage(婚姻), with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life. ( )36. We are told that in a family about 1900____________. A. few children died before they were five B. seven or eight children lived to be more than five C. the youngest children would be fifteen D. four or five children died when they were five

( )37. One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she_____. A. Is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves B. Does not like children herself C. needn’t worry about food for her children

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D. Can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty ( )38. Many girls are now likely to _________. A. give up their jobs for good after they are married B. leave school as soon as they can C. marry so that they can get a job

D. continue working until they are going to have a baby

( )39. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ______ A. stay at home after leaving school B. marry men younger than themselves

C. start working again in life D. marry while still at school

( )40. Now a husband probably __________. A. plays a greater part in looking after children B. helps his wife by doing much of the housework C. feels dissatisfied with his part in the family D. takes a part-time job so that he can help in the home

第二节 阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题，计5分）

Summer is here. One of the best ways to cool off on a hot summer day is to jump into a swimming pool. Swimming is great exercise, and a trip to a pool or beach is a good way to have fun with friends. 41．______________, so it’s important to stay safe as you do it. Here are a few things you can do to swim safely.  Swim only in areas set for swimming.

42．______________. If you’re on a beach near the ocean, this is especially important. In some places, fast currents（急流）can sweep swimmers away without warning. So if a sign says “no swimming”, please take care.  Be careful when diving（跳水）into the water headfirst.

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Most pools have deep ends where diving is safe. In natural water, don’t dive unless you know that the water is deep enough. 43．______________, causing injury（伤害）or death.

 Make sure you have a partner with you.

Nobody knows what will happen while you are swimming. If something goes wrong, you can get help from that person as soon as possible. In this situation, 44．______________.

 Pay close attention to children’s safety.

Kids who don’t know how to swim should wear life jackets. But by themselves they are not enough, 45．______________ . If you have a pool at home, put a fence（围栏）around it in case children fall in. And if a child disappears, check the pool first.

A．skilled kids may forget green hands B．so an adult should always be present C．But swimming can also be dangerous D．a few seconds can make a big difference E．Be careful when diving（跳水）into the water headfirst.

IV. 根据短文意思，在空白处填上一个合适的单词，首字母已经给出。（10分）

46 It is well- known that man is much cleverer than any other a . But which is the cleverest a all the animals?

47 Some scientists t it should be Alex, an African grey parrot. He is unlike any 48 other animal. He can really talk with people! When he says “come here,” he really w someone to come up to

49 him.”Alex is as clever as k of 3 or 3 years old,” says Dr. Pepperberg. “He does 50

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not just repeat the sentences he has been taught. He u the words!”

Alex can tell about 50 d things, name 7 colors and count

from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the w how man does? N

53 can say. But the q is very interesting. V.短文改错(共10小题；每小题155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。文有10处语言错误，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(^),在其下面写出该加的词,并把答案写在右边的横线上；

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉，并把多余的词写在右边的横线上用斜线(\\)划掉； 修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在右边横线上写出修改后的词； 注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词,若那行没有错误，就划√

For the final speaker here today, I would like to share ____________ you some of the conclusions of our research. We wanted ___________ to know that the Internet would become the most popular ___________ source of news for people. They have found that although the Internet has become increasing popular, the number of ____________

people which get news from the Internet ___________ compares to the radio or television is still small. ____________ While the Internet was a popular tool, it is still not ___________ as easily accessible with newspapers, television and ___________ the radio is, and due to the amount of uncontrolled __________ information on the Internet, people do not always trust ___________ the news they find it online. ___________

____________

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VI.单词拼写, 根据句意、括号里的汉语或者单词的首字母补全单词，注意正确的形式（10分）

66. They are ________ (乐观的）about their lives. 67. China is famous as a large a country.

68. Time is P__________. So many people should make full use of it.

69. If I find someone who looks like the suspect, my i reaction will be to tell the police.

70. English is a kind of language which we use in ________________(交流）. 71. They often go to the country to enjoy the wild ________________(美景). 72. China Daily is w read in North America.

73. The firemen got out of the bed when they heard the a .

74. I must a for not having been able to give you a back call sooner. 75. __________(依靠) on science technology and knowledge is the key to increasing economic power.

VII. 书面表达（10分）

学习英语有很多方法，可以记单词、学语法、看电影、听音乐等等，你是怎么学

英语的？请说说你是怎么学英语的？写一篇不少于100个单词的英语短文。

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参：

I. 选择填空 1―5 BCDCB 6―10 ADCCC 11―15 BAABC II. 完形填空 16―20 ABBCD 21―25 ADABC

III. 阅读理解 26―30 BCAAD 31―35CBDBA 36―40 DADCB 41―45 CFGDB IV. 短文单词填空

46. Animal 47. among 48. think 49. wants 50. kid 51. Understands 52. different 53. way . Nobody 60. question V.短文改错

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For the final speaker here today, I would like to share as ^ you some of the conclusions of our research. We wanted with to know that the Internet would become the most popular whether/if source of news for people. They have found that although

We the Internet has become increasing popular, the number of increasingly people which get news from the Internet who compares to the radio or television is still small. compared While the Internet was a popular tool, it is still not √ as easily accessible with newspapers, television and as the radio is, and due to the amount of uncontrolled are information on the Internet, people do not always trust √

the news they find it online. It \\ \\ VI.单词拼写

66. optimistic 67. ancient 68. precious 69. immediate 70. communication 71. beauty 72. widely 73. alarm 74. apologize 75. Depending

VII. 书面表达(略）

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