山西省太原五中高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

太 原 五 中20132014学年度第二学期期中高 一 英 语 第一卷（共三部分， 共计 75分）第一部分：英语知识运用 （共三节， 满分25分）i. 根据句意和首字母，写出所缺的单词。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 1. sir, you cant come in, for the building is in the p_of being restored. 2. only a few villagers in this region s_ after the earthquake. 3. the hotel offers a friendly a_ and personal service. 4. nothing will shake her b_ in god. 5. can you spare me just a few minutes? i have something u_ to say.ii. 根据汉语意思填入适当的短语以完成句子。（共10小题；每空0.5分，满分10分） 6. i didnt stop drinking, but at least i tried to _ it _. （减少） 7. we were _ _ a shower on the way home. (遭遇到) 8. i _ _ with birds singing this morning. （醒来） 9. students were _ _ leaflets to everyone on the street.（分发） 10. on hearing the news, he couldnt help _ _. (忍不住哭了) 11. the salesmen have _ _ the old people and made them buy their poor quality goods. （欺骗） 12. this is a matter _ great _. （重要） 13. we were _ _ to respect the old. （教育） 14. jane is very _ _ her new car. （以为骄傲） 15. his careless remark did _ _ his reputation. （造成损害）iii. 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确 形式。 (共10个小题，每空1分，满分10分) last month, the whole world _16_(strike) by a piece of shocking news. _17_malaysian airplane with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. almost two hours later, the plane just vanished into the air, as if it had never existed before. rumors about its _18_(disappear) have spread fast around the world. some said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens, _19_has never been proved or confirmed true. _20_ claimed that the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. this might be true to some extent，_21_we still need more confirmative proof. the people who care most about the passengers are the family members. they have been _22_(anxious) expecting and even getting desperate after _23_(wait) hopelessly for days. this has been driving them into craziness one day _24_ another. we hope those people on the plane will soon be found well and safe, and _25_their family members they could get together and reunited. 第二部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2645各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。 many years ago, one afternoon, i went to pick up my mother from work. i got there a bit early so i 26 the car by the roadside and waited for her.as i looked 27 the car window, there was a small park where i saw a little boy, around one and a half to two years old, 28 freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short 29 . the boy had a big smile on his face 30 he had just been set free from some sort of 31 . the boy would then fall to the grass, 32 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a 33 on his face.kids, when they fall down, dont view their falling down as failure, but 34 ,they treat it as a learning experience. they try and try again until they 35 . not only was i touched by the boys persistence, but i was 36 touched by the manner in which he ran. with each attempt, he looked so 37 and so naturalno signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. his only 38 was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. he was just being a 39 just being himselfbeing completely in the moment. he was not looking for 40 or was not worrying about whether 41 was watching. he wasnt concerned about being judged. he didnt seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him 42 and that it would be 43 if he did fall. no, all that 44 to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. i learned a lot from that 45 and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.26arodebstartedcbroke dparked27adownboutsidectowarddover28aplayingbsmilingcrollingdrunning29awayblengthctimeddistance30aeven ifbso long asceven thoughdas if31aparkbcavecprisondcastle32atake upbget upcbreak downdlie in33atearbsmilecpleasuredsurprise34ahoweverbinsteadcthereforedanyhow35astopbwincachievedsucceed36aluckilybobviously cactuallydequally37ajoyfulbconfidentcquietdproud38aworrybdreamcaimdconclusion39aboybchildcplayerdwinner40aapprovalbfortunecchance dtrouble41asomeonebanyoneceveryonedone42afailbruncfalldcry43aembarrassingbdisappointingcfrighteningdamusing44ahappenedbcaredcmattereddrelated45adiscoverybobservationcstorydincident第三部分：阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。a many people believe henry ford invented the automobile (汽车). but henry ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. that was eleven years after two germans developed the worlds first automobile. many people believe henry ford invented the production line that moved a cars parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. that is not true, either. many factory owners used methods of this kind before ford. what henry ford did was to use other peoples ideas and make them better. and he made the whole factory a moving production line. in the early days of the automobile, almost every car maker raced his cars. it was the best way of gaining public notice. henry ford decided to build a racing car. fords most famous race was his first one. it was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. the race was in 1901, at a field near detroit. all of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left: the winton and fords. the winton was famous for its speed. most people thought the race was over before it began. the winton took an early lead. but halfway through the race, it began to lose power. ford started to gain. and near the end of the race, he took the lead. ford won the race and defeated the winton. his name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the united states. within weeks of the race, henry ford formed a new automobile company. in 1903, a doctor in detroit bought the first car from the company. that sale was the beginning of henry fords dream. ford said: “i will build a motor car for the great mass of people. it will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. it will be built of the best materials. it will be built by the best men to be employed. and it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. it will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one.” the model t was a car of that kind. it only cost $850. it was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. doctors bought the model t. so did farmers, even criminals. they considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation. americans loved the model t. they wrote stories and songs about it. thousands of model ts were built in the first few years.46what do we know about henry ford from paragraph 1 ? a. he knew how to improve auto parts. b. he produced the first car in the world. c. he made good use of ideas from others. d. he invented the production line.47“that sale” in paragraph 4 refers to _. a. the selling of ford cars at reduced prices b. the selling of a car to a detroit doctor c. the sale of model t to the mass of people d. the sales target for the ford company48what was henry fords dream according to the text? a. producing cars for average customers. b. building racing cars of simple design. c. designing more car models. d. starting more companies.b animals are more like us than we ever imaginedthey feel pain, they experience stress, they show affection, excitement and loveall these findings have been made by scientists in recent yearsand such results are beginning to change how we view animals. strangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like mcdonalds and kfcpressured by animal rights groups , these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals. mcdonalds, for instance, funded studies on pig behavior at purdue university, indianathis research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each otherif they become depressed, they soon become physically illbecause of this, and other similar studies, the european union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010in germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting. other scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans. koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the gorilla foundation in northern california, for instance, has been taught sign language. koko can now understand several thousand english words, more than many humans who speak english as a second languageon human iq tests, she scores between 70 and 95. before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdomother myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awarenessstudies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure. these striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question: “if you believe in evolution, how cant you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?” until recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activitybut as koko the gorilla shows, this is not the casein fact, learning is passed from parent to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom. so what implications does this knowledge have for humans? because of this, should we ban hunting and animal testing? should we close zoos? such questions are being raised by many academics and politiciansharvard and 25 other american law schools have introduced courses on animal rightsgermany meanwhile, recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitutionthe first country to do so.49. mcdonalds and kfc give money to support scientist to do research on animals, because_ athey are international big companies. bthey are pressured by animal right groups. cthey love animals. dthey earn a large amount of money and want to do some good deeds.50the research on pigs at purdue university shows that_ apigs love being alone. bpigs need affection. cpigs easily become physically ill. dpigs dont like to play with each other.51which of the following statements is not true? asome animals have developed language skills. bsome animals can show their feelings. canimals enjoy playing with each other. danimals become indifferent when one of them dies.52should we ban hunting and animal testing? ayes. bno cnot mentioned dnot certain cone picture in the wonder book of knowledge i had as a little boy showed a man reading a book while floating in the dead sea. what a miracle! how would it feel to lie back in water so thick with salt that it was impossible to sink?fed by the jordan river and smaller streams, the dead sea is the lowest point on the earths surface, and its water is ten times saltier than the mediterranean. with evaporation(蒸发) its only outlet, salt and other minerals become super-concentrated.earlier this year, i drove down the long, steep hill to realize my dream. the shoreline was a broad area of bare salt-mud, but the water edge was far out of sight. had somebody pulled the dead seas plug? i wondered. eli dior, an israeli official, explained the problem: “ the dead sea is drying up. every year, the surface drops about one meter, and as the water level falls, shadow areas are left high and dry.”over the last half-century, the five neighboring countries have collectively diverted nearly all the water flowing into the dead sea to meet human and agriculture needs. result: the dead sea is being emptied.with population in the region set to double at least in the next 50 years, there is little hope of restoring the water being diverted for human consumption. no country has a drop to spare for the dead sea, where they know it will just evaporate. to dream of opening the dams and restoring natural balance is plainly unrealistic.yet one ambitious high-tech dream may turn out to be not only the salvation of the dead sea but also a ticket to peace around its shores. the “red-dead” is a proposed $5 billion project to bring sea water some 240 kilometers by pipeline and canal from the red sea to the dead sea. the red-dead may be the only solution, but even if the project is carried out successfully, the dead sea will be 10 to 20 meters lower than now and two thirds of its current size.whatever the future holds, the dead seas magical mix of sun, mud, sea and salt will surely survive. many might complain that the dead sea is half emptybut for me the dead sea will always be half full.53. which is the best title of the passage?a. dead seamiracle of the worldb. save the environment of the dead seac. why is the dead sea so salty?d. slow drying up of the dead sea54. according to the passage, the dead seas being emptied is mainly caused by _a. a severe reduction of the water flowing into the sea.b. rapid evaporation of the water in the dead sea area.c. the increasing quantity of water drawn from the sea.d. very low annual rainfall in the dead sea area.55. which of the following statements will the author probably support?a. if the dead sea dried up, great natural disasters would happen in the region.b. though the dead sea is drying up gradually, it will not die.c. the five neighboring countries should stop diverting water from the jordan river.d. the dead sea will not survive no matter what people do to save it.第二节：在第5660题中，阅读下面内容，选出最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。what do you most look forward to about a new school year? whether it is new supplies, new friends, orlearningnew subjects, going back to school can be exciting. but it can also be difficultespecially when you receive your first homework assignment(布置的作业). here are some tips to take the headache out of homework:plan your assignments in order of importance.there are so many choices for how to spend your time during the school year. 56 at the end of the day, review your list and check what might need to be done the next day. 57 for example, you could work on a short homework assignment while waiting for a ride home.find out your best study styles.ryan, an 11-year- old from new york, makes cards to help him remember information. he toldweekly reader，“ 58 ”divide big assignments into smaller pieces.“ 59 and they are easy to finish,” alice carrott, director of educational support services at the university of kansas medical center, toldweekly reader. 60 this will help you have more energy and be more efficient(有效的) at your work, says carrott.use these tips and you just might find yourself with more time for friends and after-school fun!a. it can help to make to-do lists.b. it stays in there until i need it.c. get enough sleep and exercise.d. find a comfortable study area.e. smaller bites are easy to get started with.f. its easier for me to get it all in my mind.g. find smart ways to use free time.第二卷（共两部分，共计25分）短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请你修改以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。修改要求如下：增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。as the saying goes, do as the romans do. soits not polite you to arrive at a dinner more than 15 minutes later in foreign countries. thehost usually waited for all guests to arrive before served the meal. if someone is late, the food maybe spoiled, and neither may the hosts kind feelings. if you have to be