高一英语上学期期中试题
高一英语
第Ⅰ卷(共105分)
第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分) （略）
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21.—I apologize to you for my rudeness yesterday, Mary?
—Never mind, and I think ______ of it.
A. a little B. little C. much D. highly
22.— I don’t know ______ Mr. Green will come to see us.
— He will help us with our English.
A. why B. when C. how D. where
23.—How come a simple meal like this costs so much?
—We have ______ in your bill the cost of the cup you broke just now.
A. added B. contained C. charged D. included
24.This is her only request that the room ______ after being used.
A. be cleaned B. is cleaned C. will be cleaned D. would be cleaned
25.— Oh, it’s you. I ______ you.
— I have just had my hair cut, and I’m wearing new glasses.
A. don’t recognize B. haven’t recognized
C. didn’t recognize D. hadn’t recognized
26. If better use is ______ of your spare time, you will make still greater progress in it.
A. spent B. made C. taken D. thought
27.The teacher told us that light ______ faster than sound.
A. traveled B. had traveled C. is traveling D. travels
28.Alice is stubborn, as you know. She trusts you and only you can ______ her to give up the foolish idea.
A. hoped B. suggest C. persuade D. make
29.— My daughter has passed the exam.
— Congratulations! She’s really intelligent.
— __________________
A. No, no, she is nothing. B. Oh, thank you!
C. Sometimes she is intelligent. D. You are right.
30.The man insisted ______ a taxi for me even if I told him I lived nearby.
A. on finding B. to find C. in finding D. find
31.Defeated by many failures, the young man finally ______.
A. gave out B. gave away C. gave in D. gave off
32.It is the education ______ he received when studying abroad ______ has made him such an excellent manager.
A. that; that B. which; which C. that; which D. where; that
33.I agree with most of what you said, but I don’t agree with ______.
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
34.Let your little brother play your toys as well, Alice — you must learn to ______.
A. support B. spare C. share D. care
35.All present were shocked by what the little girl ______ when she was cheated and sold to the mountain village.
A. went over B. went through C. got along with D. got away
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中)，选出最佳选项。
During a recent vacation(假期) I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me. I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six. It was already dark outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to___36___. I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the ___37___ I needed some coins. I asked a lady for ___38___. To my surprise, she ___39___ me three coins to use. But all the phones in the___40___ needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be ___41___ at post-office during the daytime. I was afraid I ___42___ be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English but___43___ that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me where the ___44___ was and inserted (插入) his phone card. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. The kindness of___45___ made me feel that I was not far from ___46___. And my first day in Germany wasn’t as___47___ as I expected.
Whenever I went, I asked people for ___48___. It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English ___49___. Older Germans ___50___ speak English very well, but they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I___51___ directions even drove me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed my ___52___ of Germans. Before, I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In many World War Ⅱ films Germans are ___53___. But things changed ___54___. And the people couldn’t be ___55___
friendly.
36.A. live B. stay C. work D. visit
37.A. hotel B. taxi C. phone D. money
38.A. help B. advice C. the telephone D. the youth hotel
39.A. lent B. shared C. borrowed D. gave
40.A. station B. airport C. hotel D. Germany
41.A. bought B. found C. used D. called
42.A. couldn’t B. should C. wouldn’t D. will
43.A. mistook B. heard C. wondered D. understood
44.A. phone B. hotel C. card D. post - office
45.A. lady B. old man C. help D. the German people
46.A. Germany B. home C. the hotel D. them
47.A. unforgetable B. interesting C. bad D. good
48.A. directions B. advice C. English D. way
49.A. often B. fluently C. a little D. much
50.A. could also B. couldn’t C. can D. did
51.A. didn’t B. lost C. asked for D. showed
52.A. love B. life C. impression D. interest
53.A. friendly B. enemy C. bad manners D. unfriendly
54.A. by then B. since then C. later D. before
55.A. still B. much C. too D. more
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking.
Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.
“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”
The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
56.Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?
A. Friends of the Road B. The Silent Woman on the Bus
C. Going to Work by Bus D. Different Kinds of Friendship
57.All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.
A. poor B. warm hearted C. silent D. cold
58. The underlined word “establish” in the fourth passage probably has the same meaning as ______.
A. keep B. discover C. set up D. accept
59. Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?
A. She was worried about her disabled son.
B. She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.
C. She had difficulty in expressing herself.
D. She was only interested in the bus driver.
60. The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.
A. they both disabled people
B. they both had some difficulty in expressing
C. they both liked bus travel
D. they both brought interest to the passengers
B
Fluency(流利) in another language is one of the most important aims of a newcomer to another country. In addition, understanding the culture and learning to communicate comfortably with people of that culture are as important as learning the rules of the language. Language learning and culture learning go together and may take a long time.
Sometimes people feel that they understand a culture after a few weeks or months. People do learn a lot when they first begin living in another culture, but this is only the first stage of learning. It usually involves(含包) things like learning everyday activities and some basic customs.
To really understand another culture, people have to go beyond the first stage, This is challenge because it is often difficult to know what to learn. Much of what we call “culture” is hard to see.
Culture is like an iceberg. Picture in your mind a huge iceberg in the ocean. The only part of the iceberg that you see is the tip. You don’t see the rest of the iceberg because it is hidden from sight in the water. It is easy to forget that it is there. Most of the iceberg is deep within the ocean, just as much of a culture is deep within its people.
When you meet someone from another culture， certain culture differences are obvious: You hear another language or you hear your own language spoken with an accent. You see different foods, clothes and sometimes physical characteristics of people. You observe new customs or habits, such as the use of chopsticks, and, bowing or kissing on both cheeks as a greeting. These differences are interesting and important, but they are usually not too difficult to understand. They are visible so they are seen easily and quickly.
The part of culture that is like the underwater part of the iceberg consists of assumptions(设想), communication styles, values, and beliefs about what is right and wrong. The hidden part of culture affects much of a person’s way of thinking and communicating. It is the meaning behind his or her verbal (言语的) and nonverbal language. Learning to communicate well with people from another culture involves becoming aware of the hidden part of culture.
61.What’s the subject of this passage?
A. Learning about culture. B. Language learning.
C. The hidden part of the iceberg. D. Fluency in another language.
62.What is learning about culture?
A. Learning the hidden part of the iceberg, which is underwater.
B. Learning everyday activities and some basic customs.
C. Learning the culture of an iceberg.
D. Learning the visible as well as the hidden differences of culture.
63.What’s the writer’s opinion?
A. Communication styles can be easily seen and learned.
B. Language learning is more important than culture learning.
C. Learning about culture is not easy and may take a long time.
D. People usually learn a culture after a few weeks or months.
64.The underlined phrase “consists of” can be replaced by “______”.
A. lies in B. is made up of C. agrees with D. is different from
65.What conclusion can we draw after reading this passage?
A. Values and beliefs are like the tip of the iceberg.
B. People often become aware of the hidden part of culture.
C. The tip of the iceberg is larger than the hidden part.
D. The hidden part of culture has a great effect on people’s communication styles.
C
How hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.
At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you-this young lady-heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.
But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”
“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.
Another time you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.”
“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl can’t do such easy work.” You wish then you were a child again.
But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can’t help it. That’s the way it goes!
66.The passage is told about _______ problems.
A. a growing-up boy’s B. a teenage girl’s
C. an old woman’s D. a grown-up’s
67.It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.
A. is pleased with the present life
B. is unhappy about growing up
C. doesn’t think her, present life happy enough
D. knows happy life will come to her soon
68.How does she know her prayer has been answered?
A. People treat her as a young lady.
B. She is no longer a kid.
C. People begin to call her teenager.
D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.
69.From what her parents say, we know _________.
A. they don’t believe she is already a teenager
B. it’s dangerous for a girl to spend money
C. they love her more than before
D. they still regard her as a child
70.Having heard her grandma’s criticism, _________.
A. she has to lie in bed, doing nothing
B. she knows she has already worked the whole afternoon
C. she wishes she were not growing up
D. she finds it isn’t her turn to do knitting
D
All young people dream of travelling the world. They are restless and very eager to see new sights. However, they have little idea how they would really do it if given the chance. Because their knowledge of geography is quite limited, they seldom know much about the places they wish to visit or how they would get there.
Already hundreds of thousands of Chinese student tourists are visiting these places-Wuyi, Lhasa, Lijiang, Dali, Vientiane and Phnom Penh. Indeed, these students will soon be the most travelled generation in China’s long history. The World Tourist Organization predicts that a quarter of a century from now the number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today. The largest percentage of these tourists will visit Southeast Asia. Not all Chinese who travel abroad will be tourists, however. More and more youths are deciding to volunteer their skills in this region; much like their peers in th-e Peace Corps and VSO.
Critical thinking skills required include planning for a trip and solving problems after the trip has begun. The focus is on how to read an atlas (地图集) to make travel plans and how to find ways of travelling. An atlas offers a wealth of information about geography and is one way to increase students’ awareness of their global environment. Use of an atlas especially addresses the needs of students with different visual and spatial (空间的) learning styles.
71.The main idea. of the first paragraph is ________.
A. all young people wish to travel around the world
B. all young people like to learn the knowledge of geography
C. all young people like travelling but their knowledge of geography is quite limited
D. all young people are aware of the places they are going
72. These places, Wuyi, Lhasa, Lijiang, Dali, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, lie in ________.
A. China B. Europe C. Vietnam D. Asia
73.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today in about 25 years.
B. The number of Chinese tourists going abroad will be twenty times what it is today in .about 10 years.
C. Southeast Asia will become the most popular visiting place in the world.
D. Young people will be addicted to Internet travelling.
74.One way to increase students’ awareness of their global environment is for them to ________.
A. watch TV B. listen to radio news
C. read an atlas D. plan a trip
75.The underlined phrase “a wealth of” can be replaced by “_________”.
A. a number of B. a great many
C. a great many of D. a great deal of
苍山县2007～2008学年度上学期期中试题
高一英语 2007.11
第Ⅱ卷（共45分）
第四部分：书面表达(共三节，满分45分)
第一节：单词拼写和完成句子，请把答案写在题后指定的答题处。 (A部分5个小题，每小题1分；B部分5个小题，每小题2分，两部分满分15分)
A. 请根据句意和首字母或汉语提示写出单词的正确形式：
76. The house has a beautiful s______ on a hill and I like it indeed.
77. Rains are f_____ in our area during the rainy season.
78. I was still so angry; I was d_______ to tell him what I thought of him.
79. My friends Mary and Jahnson got married yesterday. I went to their new house and said
“______(恭喜) on your happy marriage!” to them.
80. We all know that Egypt is an ________(非洲) country.
B. 请根据汉语提示完成下列句子：
81. I will go to Shanghai for a change this year ______ ______ ______ ______(而不去北京) Beijing.
82. The girl is narrow-minded. No one likes to talk to her because she is hard ______ ______ ______ ______(相处).
83. It ______ ______ ______(在我看来) that it is likely to rain tonight.
84. Though I am very busy, I have ______ ______ ______ ______(决定) to go to Britain for a holiday.
85. She went to school without breakfast ______ ______ ______ ______(为了不) be late for class.
第二节：写作(满分30分)
按照下列内容提示，写一篇题目为“人人需要朋友”的短文。
人人需要朋友。当你太狂热时，需要人帮助你冷静；太伤心时，需要人安慰你；有困难时，需要人帮忙，等等。朋友在日常生活中起着十分重要的作用。
怎样才能交到好朋友呢？请谈谈你的看法和建议。
要求：120词左右。
英语试题 参考答案
听力部分：（略）
语法词汇：21-25 BADAC 26-30 BDCBA 31-35 CADCB
完形填空：36-40 BCADB 41-45 ACDAD 46-50 BCABB 51-55 CCDBD
阅读理解：56-60 ADCCB 61-65 ADCBD 66-70 BCADC 71-75 CDACD
单词拼写：
76. situation 77. frequent 78. determined 79. Congratulations 80. African
81. instead of going to 82. to get along with 83. seems to me 84. made up my mind
85. in order not to ／ so as not to
写 作：(One possible version)
Everyone needs friends
Everyone needs friends. For example, when you get mad about something, you need your friends to calm you down; when you feel unhappy, you expect your friends to comfort you; when you have difficulties, friends will come and help you out. Believe it or not, friend or friendship plays an important role in your daily life. With no friendship, you would feel extremely lonely.
How can you make close friends? I think first you must be friendly and honest. Second, you must be concerned about others and willing to help those who are in trouble. Thirdly, you must be excited about your friends’ progress. In my opinion, if you follow these suggestions, you will surely get along well with others and have many friends.