山西省曲沃中学校高一英语下学期期中试题.doc

曲沃中学高一年级第二学期期中考试英语试题（满分100分，时间120分钟）一阅读理解（每题2分，共40分） a water is very important to living things. without water there can be no life on the earth. all animals and plants need water. man also needs water. we need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. water is needed in offices, factories and schools. water is needed everywhere. there is water in seas, rivers and lakes. water is found almost everywhere. even in the desert part of the world, there is some water in the air. you can not see or feel it when it is a part of the air. the water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid. the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (蒸汽). clouds are made of water. they may be made of very small drops of water. they may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). snow crystals are very small crystals of ice. ice is frozen water. it is a solid. there can be snow and ice everywhere in winter. water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. when it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. when it is a liquid, you can drink it. when it is a gas, you can not see or feel it. 1. where can we find water? a. we can find water when it turns into vapour. b. water can be found almost everywhere. c. we can see water in deserts here and there. d. water is only in seas and rivers. 2. clouds are made of a. seas, rivers and lakes b. blocks of ice c. very small drops of water or snow crystals d. solid, liquid and gas3. we can drink water when it is a. a liquid b. a solid c. in the air d. turned into ice 4. water has three states(状态). they are a. ice, snow and air b. solid, vapour, snow c. drops of water, blocks of ice and crystals of water d. solid, liquid and gas balong the river banks of the amazon and the orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. they build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature for the safety of the young. it is called the hoatzin. in appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. the head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young. baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb around in the bushes, looking very much like primitive（远古的）birds must have done. when the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws. during the drier months between december and march hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in april, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.5what is the text mainly about? ahoatzins in dry and rainy seasons. bthe relatives and enemies of hoatzins. cprimitive birds and hoatzins of the amazon. dthe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.6young hoatzins are different from their parents in that_ athey look like young cuckoos. bthey have claws on the wings. cthey eat a lot like a cow. dthey live on river banks.7what can we infer about primitive birds from the text? athey had claws to help them climb. bthey could fly long distances. cthey had four wings like hoatzins. dthey had a head with long feathers on the top.8why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes? a. to find more food. b. to protect themselves better. c. to keep themselves warm. d. to produce their young. ctheodor seuss geisel was born in springfield, massachusetts in 1904. he was famous because of the books he wrote for children. they combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion. dr seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. it is called and to think that i saw it on mulberry street. a number of publishers refused to publish it. they said it was too different. a friend finally published it. soon other successful books followed. over the years, he wrote more than forty childrens books. they were fun to read. yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects. by the middle 1940s, dr seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of childrens books. he had a strong desire to help children. in 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. the report said many childrens books werent interesting. dr seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. in 1957, dr seuss wrote the cat in the hat. he used less than 225 words to write the book. this was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.the story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. the cat is not like normal cats. it talks. the book was an immediate success. it was an interesting story and was easy to read. children loved it. their parents loved it, too. today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.9. whats the best title for this passage? a. some of dr seuss books for children. b. what are dr seusss books mainly about? c. dr seuss a famous writer of childrens books. d. why are dr seuss books different?10. how did dr seuss help children according to paragraph 3? a. by asking others to help them in magazines. b. by writing interesting and simple books. c. by changing his old books into serious ones. d. by giving them books for free.11. adults most probably think that dr seuss the cat in the hat is _ a. interesting b. serious c. difficult d. boring d i came to study in the united states a year ago .yet i did not know the real american society until i was injured in a car accident because after the accident i had to see a doctor and go to court. after the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. i was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. but the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. i was astonished. he had good reason to charge me, he said. and if i wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, id have to have a good lawyer. and only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that i should pay him. but every day i went to see the doctor, i had to wait about 50 minutes. he would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. yet he charged me $115 each time .the final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. my lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. but after that he avoided seeing me at all. he knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. he simply waited to collect his money. he was so irresponsible that i decided to dismiss him. and he made me pay him $770. now i had to act as my own lawyer. due to my inexperience, i told the insurance company the date i was leaving america. knowing that, they played for timeand i left without getting a cent.12. the authors roommate offered to help him because_. a. he felt sorry for the author b. he thought it was a chance to make some money c. he knew the doctor was a very good one d. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer13. the word “charge” in the third paragraph means_ . a. be responsible b. accuse c. ask as a price d. claim14. both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very_. a. friendly b. selfish c. professional d. busy15. what conclusion can you draw from the story? a. going to court is something very common in america. b. one must be very careful while driving a car. c. there are more bad sides in america than good sides. d. money is more important than other things in the us. e everyone wants to succeed in their life. 16 follow the steps below, and you can have a successful teenage life! do well in school.try your best, listen to the teachers, do your homework, study, and get good grades.17 and a better education will help you to get a great job in the future. do something good in your community.if you like helping people, volunteer at a soup kitchen. if you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up garbage. 18 youre making a big difference in the world, and above all, having lots of voluntary hours will make your resume (简历) more attractive! 19 remember theyre there to help you be the best that you can be. respect them and value their opinions, even if they annoy you sometimes. keep in mind that they do the things because they care about you and want you to succeed in life. have good friends to help you out!friends are there to support you and lift your spirits(情绪). 20 and create a group of supportive, loving friends that can help you succeed in life. find a few really good friends that will stick with you once you leave high school.ado what you love.bbe nice to your parents and teachers.cbe with people who make you happy.dthis could be your job for the rest of your life.edoing so will help you get into a better university.feven as a teenager, you can achieve success in your life.gwhen you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself.二完形填空 （每题一分， 共20分） one day, i was walking with my daughter, and we saw a man picking bottles out of garbage cans (垃圾箱). he did not ask us for spare 21, like others had before him. my 10-year-old daughter asked22 he was doing that, as he appeared to be unclean and possibly 23. i told her that he had his dignity (尊严), and was doingwhat he could to help 24 . my daughter had a 2-dollar 25i had given her, and she told me she 26 to give her money to this man 27she thought he needed it more than she28. i agreed. we are on welfare (福利救济), 29we have a place to live, and food to eat. so we followed the man 30 the local store, where he soldhis bottles and cans. my daughter 31 up to him and gave him the coin. he 32 us loudly as we left the store,and 33 god to bless us. the kindness was 34 to my daughter. when she got to the 35 a couple of months later, she 36 she had left her 37 at home and it happened that i had not taken my purse along, 38 . then a lady noticed us and saw how 39 my daughter was. the lady gave her the money to go to swimming. surprisingly, it was two dollars,which was the 40 amount as that she had given to the man on the street. 21. a. roomb. timec. jobd. change22. a. whatb. why c. how d. where23. a. honest b. dishonestc. unnecessary d. homeless24. a. othersb. us c. childrend. himself25. a. coinb. can c. toyd. box26. a. hadb. triedc. wanted d. agreed27. a. becauseb. while c. unlessd. though28. a. didb. should c. expectedd. would29. a. sob. thusc. but d. still30. a. offb. intoc. onto d. at31. a. walkedb. picked c. caughtd. kept32. a. beggedb. called c. answered d. thanked33. a. orderedb. asked c. taught d. celebrated34. a .repaidb. paid c. turned d. ended35. a. squareb. store c. pool d. park36. a. knewb. thought c. understood d. realized37. a. passb. money c. clothes d. glasses38. a .butb. also c. either d. though39. a sadb. worried c. bad d. lovely40. a. exact b. more c. different d. same三单项选择（每题1分，共10分）41.mr. stevenson is great to work fori really couldnt find a _ boss. a. better b. good c. best d. still better42._ makes the book so extraordinary is the creative imagination of the writer. a. that b. what c. who d. which43. harry is feeling uncomfortable. he _ too much at the party last night. a. could drink b. should drink c. would have drunk d. must have drunk44.stop spending money like that, or you will soon be _. a. in danger b. in return c. in debt d. in surprise45. my uncle hasnt been able to quit smoking, but at least he has_.a. cut out b. cut down c. cut up d. cut off46. ive ordered some pizza, so we _ worry about cooking when we get home tired.a. cant b. mustnt c. neednt d. may not47. _ is known to us that henry is quite generous with his time to help others, but _ we dont know is that he is also busy himself with his work. a. it; that b. it; what c. what; it d. what; what48. the new stadium being built for the next asian games will be _ the present one.a. as three times big as b. three times as big asc. as big as three times d. as big three times as49. i was watching tv in the room _ the doorbell rang.a. as b. while c. since d. when50. it was so noisy that i could not _ to my homework at all. a. set down b. bring down c. settle down d. calm down四单句改错，每句一个错误，每题一分51. we prevented the fire from spread.52. i will, on my turn, clean the window next week.53. what the doctor in the hospital really doubts is when my mother will recover from the serious disease soon. 54. the medicine produced a violence reaction.55. if in doubt, dont take chance.五根据汉语提示用适当形式完成句子，每空一词，每题一分56. her parents died when she was a baby and she_ _ _ (抚养) by her aunt.57. would you permit me_ _ (smoke) here? sorry. we dont permit _ (smoke) in the reading room. 58. would you mind _ (change) places with me so that i can be nearer the fire?59. success in life doesnt happen _ _.(偶然)60. i dont know what others think about the plan. _ _ (至于) me ,i feel its practical.61. i could see the faint gleam of light _ _ _.(在远处)62. it is a fact that they really _ _ _ _ (对有天赋) learning languages.63. finally, with great effort,