【正文】 九江一中 20202020 年上學(xué)期期中考試高一英語試卷 本試卷分第 I 卷和第 II卷兩部分 。 第 I 卷 第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 第一節(jié)（共 5小題；每小題 ,滿分 ）聽下面 5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有 10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一題。每段對話僅讀一遍。 1. Why did the girl get a zero? A. She was absent last night. B. She turned the homework in late. C. She didn’t turn in her homework 2. What does the man have to do first? A. Pull over B. Keep driving C. Check a map 3. What did the boy do over the weekend? A. He went on a trip. B. He ate at a restaurant. C. He did his homework. 4. What does the boy mean? A. His head hurts a lot. B. He dislikes his teacher. C. He doesn’t want to give a speech. 5. Where are the speakers likely to be? A. In a classroom B. In an office. C. In a store. 第二節(jié)（共 15小題；每小題 ，滿分 ）聽下面 5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題 5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。 聽第 6段材料，回答第 7題。 6. How long does the man want to spend in Paris? A. Two weeks. B. Eight days. C. One week. 7. Why does the woman probably want to fly? A. It’s cheaper. B. It would save time. C. She doesn’t like driving. 聽第 7段材料，回答第 8至 10題。 8. What is the difference between the two kinds of bowling? A. Lawn bowling is played outdoors. B. Regular bowling uses smaller balls. C. You get more points in normal bowling. 9. When will the man learn how to play the game? A. This afternoon. B. Wednesday morning. C. Wednesday afternoon. 10. How much are the lessons? A. $0. B. $2. C. $4. 聽第 8段材料，回答第 11至 13題。 11. Where are fastfood restaurants especially popular? A. In big cities. B. In small cities. C. In small countries. 12. What is the main reason that McDonald’s is so popular? A. The service. B. The food. C. The prices. 13. What will the speakers get from McDonald’s later? A. Sandwiches. B. French Fries. C. Hamburgers. 聽第 9段 材料，回答第 14至 17題。 14. When is the camp? A. During the school year. B. In the middle of winter. C. In the summertime. 15. How many students will go to the camp? A. 20. B. 21. C. 300. 16. What would the woman like to study? A. How animals act. B. How plants change. C. The way animals grow. 17. Who will join the camp staff this year？ A. A famous explorer. B. An animal expert. C. A plant scientist. 聽第 10段材料，回答第 18至 20題。 18. What was the land around Pompeii like? A. Quite poor for trade. B. Good for growing things. C. Too rocky for building things. 19. What caused Pompeii’s destruction? A. An earthquake. B. A volcano. C. A storm. 20. When was Pompeii discovered again? A. In the 1700s. B. In the 1600s. C. In 79 AD. 第二部分 閱讀理解（共 20 小題；每小題 2分，滿分 40分） 第一節(jié)（共 15小題；沒小題 2分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C和 D）中，選出最佳選項。 A A man who failed to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries in the county was put into prison. Yesterday he was set free after a book publisher agreed to post his bond (擔(dān)保金 ) of $1,000. The publisher said, “There’s a story here. This is a man who loves books. He just can’t let go of them. He hasn’t stolen a single book. So what’s the crime? We think that Mr. Brush has a story to tell. We plan to publish his story.” When asked why he didn’t return the books, Mr. Brush said, “Well, how could I? They became friends to me. I was afraid to return them, because I knew that kids or dogs would get hold of these books and chew them up, throw them around, rip the pages, spill soda on them, get jam and jelly on them, and drown them in the toilet.” He continued, “Books are people, too! They talk to you, they take care of you, and they enrich you with wisdom and humor and love. A book is my guest in my home. How could I kick it out? I repaired torn pages. I dusted them. I turned their pages so they could breathe and get some fresh air. “Every week I reanized them on their shelves so they could meet new friends. My books were HAPPY books. You could tell just by looking at them. Now they’re all back in the library, on the lower shelves, on the floors, at the mercy of all those runnynosed kids. I can hear them calling me! I need to rescue them. Excuse me. I have to go now.” 21. Why was the man put into prison? A. Because he refused to return the books that he had borrowed. B. Because the book publisher persuaded the police to do so. C. Because he stole 700 children39。s books from the five different libraries. D. Because he wanted to publish his story. 22. How did the man treat books? A. He treated them as his furniture. B. He treated them as his own children. C. He treated them as real people. D. He treated them as his job. 23. From the passage we can learn that the man is _____. A. a thief B. crazy about books C. a writer D. unfortunate 24. What might happen after the man was set free? A. He might stop borrowing books from libraries. B. He might start a library of his own. C. He might go on borrowing books from libraries. D. He might return all his books to the libraries. B Try to Be Optimistic I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning. I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about