发布时间 : 星期一 文章2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题（有答案）更新完毕开始阅读
A. The author was very delighted when first playing.
B. The author has benefited more than suffering from the sport. C. The author began to play at the beginning of his university life. D. Playing American football is very popular among university students. 26. How does the author find his playing American football? A. Relaxing.
B. Challenging.
C. Boring.
D. Rewarding.
27. The passage is manly about . A. the rules of playing American football B. how painful it is to play the sport
C. how the sport has changed the author’s life D. the reason for the author's playing American football
C
Music for Humans and Humpback Whales (座头鲸)
As researchers conclude in Science, the love of music is not only a universal feature of the human species but is also deeply fixed in complex structures of the human brain and is far more ancient than previously suspected.
In the articles, researchers present various evidence to show that music-making is at once an original human “business”, and an art form with skillful performers throughout the animal kingdom.
The new reports stress that humans hold no copyright on sound wisdom, and that a number of nonhuman animals produce what can rightly be called music, rather than random sound. Recent in-depth analyses of the songs sung by humpback whales show that, even when their organ would allow them to do otherwise, the animals converge on the same choices related to sounds and beauty, and accept the same laws of song composition as those preferred by human musicians, and human ears, everywhere.
For example, male humpback whales, who spend six months of each year doing little else but singing, use rhythms (节奏) similar to those found in human music and musical phrases of similar length—a few seconds. Whales are able to make sounds over a range of at least seven octaves (八度音阶), yet they tend to move on through a song in beautiful musical intervals (间隔), rather than moving forwards madly. They mix the sounds like drums and pure tones in a ratio (比例) which agrees with that heard in much western music. They also use a favorite technique of human singers, the so-called A-B-A form, in which a theme is stated, then developed, and then returned to in slightly revised form.
Perhaps most impressive, humpback songs contain tunes that rhyme. “This suggests that whales use rhyme, the same way we do: as a technique in poem to help them remember complex materials,” the researchers write. 28. The underlined words “converge on” in Paragraph 3 probably means .
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A. tend towards B. refer to C. turn into D. put forward
29. Which of the following shows the advanced musical ability in humpback whales?
A. They can remember complex materials. B. They can create pleasing patterns of music. C. They can make sounds like drums continuously. D. They can sing along with rhythms of western music. 30. What is the main idea of the article?
A. Animals are able to compose and enjoy music like humans. B. Human beings borrow ideas in music from humpback whales. C. Humpback whales are skillful performers in the animal kingdom. D. Music-making is an ancient activity of both humans and animals. 31. The main purpose of the passage is to . A. argue and discuss
B. inform and explain D. examine and assess D
Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特简讯). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation, but my head wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出) from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.
The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration (沮丧). I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for the radio—and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.
This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,” I said.
However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work? There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (诱惑) to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.
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C. compare and advertise
I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one works.
32. What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation?
A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view. B. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel. C. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable. D. He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation. 33. What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?
A. He handed his iPad to his wife. B. He cut off his cellphone signal. C. He refused to cheat in his house. D. He listened to the radio most of the time. 34. When back at work, the author will probably choose to . A. stay away from the Internet forever B. continue to read more and more books
C. keep control of when and how to use the Internet D. stop checking what is being said right now completely 35. What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage?
A. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day. B. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued. C. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wishes to. D. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative. 第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。选项中有两项是多余选项。
Public Speaking Training
Get a coach
36. , so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that’s right for you.
Focus on positives
Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren’t doing well. 37. , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn’t do.
38. If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it’s going to give you lots of dos and don’ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about. 39. . As far as we’re concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.
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You are a special person not a clone (克隆人)
Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 40. . Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone you’re not.
A. You aren’t like anybody else B. You already do lots of things well C. Turn your back on too many rules D. Check the rules about dos and don’ts
E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough F. The one thing you don’t want is for them to fall asleep
G. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse 第三部分：英语知识运用
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A small boy at summer camp received a large package of cookies (饼干) in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then 41 the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie. The box was 42 . That afternoon a camp teacher, who had been 43 of the theft (失窃), saw another boy sitting behind a tree eating the stolen 44 . “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to 45 .”
He returned to the group and met the boy 46 cookies had been stolen. Billy, he said, “I know who stole your cookies. Will you 47 me teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes — 48 aren’t you going to punish him?” asked the puzzled boy.
“No, that would only make him 49 you,” the teacher explained. “I want you to call your 50 and ask her to send you another box of cookies.”
The boy did 51 the teacher asked and a few days 52 received another box of cookies in the mail. “Now,” said the teacher, ‘“the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake.” Go down there and 53 your cookies with him.
“But,” protested (抗议) the boy, “he’s the 54 .” “I know. But 55 it - see what happens.”
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