广东省韶关南雄市黄坑中学高一英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）.doc

高一下学期期末考试英语试题一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分；共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题的a、b、c、d四个选项中，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。my son joey was born with club feet（畸形足）. the doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk，but would never run very well. he _1_ the first three years of his life in hospital. by the time he was eight， you wouldnt know he has a problem when you saw him _2_.children in our neighborhood always ran around _3_ their play, and joey would jump and ran and play， _4_. we never told him that he probably wouldnt be _5_ to run like the other children. so he didnt know.in _6_ grade he decided to join the school running team. every day he trained. he ran more than any of the others， _7_ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the _8_. we didnt tell him he probably would never make the team，so he didnt know.he ran four to five miles every dayeven when he had a fever. i was _9_，so i went to _10_ him after school. i found he had been running _11_. i asked him how he felt. “okay”, he said. he has two more miles to go. yet he looked straight ahead and kept _12_.two weeks later，the names of the team _13_ were out. joey was number six on the list. joey had _14_ a member of the team. he was in seventh grade the other six team members were all eighth graders. we never told him he couldnt do it so he didnt know. he just _15_ it. 1. a. took b.spent c. cost d. paid 2. a.walk b. sit c. study d. talk 3. a. after b. during c. before d. till 4. a. too b.either c. though d. yet 5. a. sorry b.able c. glad d. afraid 6. a. ninth b.eighth c.seventh d.sixth 7. a. then b. if c. because d.so 8. a. neighborhood b. school c. family d. grade 9. a. worried b. tired c. pleased d. excited 10. a. look for b. think about c. agree with d.hear from 11. a. alone b. away c. already d.almost 12. a riding. b. walking c. playing d.running 13. a. runners b. jumpers c. doctors d. teachers 14. a. got b. kept c. found d. become 15. a. got b. had c. played d.did 二语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）i like taking photos very much. once i traveled by ship _16_ a cloudy morning. it was in the afternoon _17_ the weather turned fine. therefore, i wanted to take some photos. i was looking around and i saw next to me a lovely little girl _18_ (sit) on her fathers shoulders. _19_ was lucky for me to meet such a perfect momentthe girl was smiling and the surrounding view was beautiful. _20_ thinking, i took a picture of the little girl at that moment. her mother was surprised that a _21_ (strange) was photographing her daughter. i explained that i was moved by that sight and showed them _22_ photo on my digital(数字的) camera. they loved it very much. i said i could email it to them when i got home. finally, they gave _23_ their email address. the next day, i sent them their daughters photo as i _249_ (promise). this morning i received a message back saying they are25(thank) and that they are very happy with the lovely smile of their daughter and a lovely memory of the day. 三阅读理解（每小题2分）a how americans began to eat tomatoespeople have strange ideas about food. for example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. it is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. it has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. but in the 18th century, americans never ate tomatoes. they grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. but they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). they called tomatoes “poison apples.”president thomas jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. he was a learned man. he had been to paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. he grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. the president taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. this beautiful pink soup was served at the presidents party. the guests thought the soup tasted really good. they never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.26. after you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true? a. americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them. b. americans didnt eat tomatoes before 19th century. c. in the 18th century americans ate a lot of tomatoes. d. even now americans dont eat tomatoes.27. the passage tells us that jefferson was a president who learned to love the taste of tomatoes . a. because his parents told him so b. when he was a little boy c. while he was in paris d. from books28. according to the text, _ made the beautiful pink soup served at the presidents party? a. the president himself b. the presidents wife c. the presidents cook d.a french cook29. from the passage we know all the honored guests invited by jefferson were . a. men only b. from france c. people of his own country d. people from other countries30. according to the passage, which of the following is not true? a. all of the guests knew the soup that was served at the presidents party was made of tomatoes. b. all of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice. c.all of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the presidents cook was nice. d. none of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. b hundreds of years ago, native-american tribes lived in mexico. the aztecs built beautiful cities. they had a calendar (历法) and a written language. however, thespanish destroyed the aztecs in l521. for the next 300 years, spain ruled overmexico.thats why mexicans speak spanish. every september l6 the mexican people hold a celebration in mexico city, their countrys capital. it is their independence day. on that date in 1821 they told spain they would no longer be ruled. breaking free from spain caused a war. when it was over, the mexicans havetheir own government. they made their own laws. today america and mexico are friends, but it wasnt always that way. president james polk wanted america to reach from the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean. he tried to buy what is now the american southwest from mexico. mexico would not sell. so from l846 to 1848 mexico and america fought a war to ascertain where their borders would be. when the war ended, mexico had lost a lot of land. now the rio grande river forms the border between the two nations. america is on the north side of the river. mexico is on the south side. mexico has mountains and a hot, dry climate. crops can grow on only a small part of the land. still, mexicans grow much of the coffee, oranges, and sugar used in the us. mexicans have influenced building styles in southwestern us and added words such as patio and canton to american english. americans also enjoy eating many mexican foods like burritos, tacos, tortillas, and tamales. 31. according to the passage, what happened second on historical timeline? a. the spanish ruled mexico. b. mexicans declared their independence from spain. c. the aztecs lived in mexico. d. americans fought a war with mexico. 32. the passage says that president polk wanted _. a.mexico to become one of the states of the union b. mexico to change its independence day to july 4th c. the us to expand its borders to the pacific ocean d. americans to adopt the mexican language 33. another word for the underlined word “ascertain” is _. a. inspect b. determine c. change d. cover 34. mexicans have the following influences on america except _. a.clothes b. vocabulary c. building styles d. food 35. before the aztecs were conquered(征服), these native americans probably _. a. didnt understand the concept of tim b. couldnt read or write any language c. didnt have tools d. didnt speak spanish cduring the summer holidays there will be a revised(修改过的)schedule(时刻表)of services for the students. changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. weekly film and concert schedules，which are being arranged(安排)，will be posted each wednesday outside of the student club.in the summer holidays，buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. the dinning-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 p.m. on weekends. the library will continue its usual hours during the week，but have shorter hours on saturdays and sundays. the weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m.36.the main purpose of this announcement is to_.a tell students of new bus and library services b.tell students of important schedule changesc. show the excellent services for studentsd. ask students to renew their library cards37.at which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?a .8:00，9:00，10:00，11:00 b 8:30，9:00，9:30, 10:00.c. 8:30，9:30，10:30，11:30 d. 8:00，9:30，11:00，12:3038.times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because_.a. they are not to be announced b. they are hard to arrangec. the full list is too long d. the full list is not ready 39.in the summer holidays, the library will have_.a.special hours on weekends b. special hours on weekdaysc.no special hours d. special hours both on weekdays and weekends40.we may infer that during the summer holidays_.a. the student newspaper will sell more copiesb.no breakfast will be served on weekendsc. many students will stay in the universityd. there will be a concert or a film once a week dmany people believe sharks (鲨鱼)are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans. in fact, 94 percent of the worlds 400 species are harmless to humans.a shark exhibition at the national aquarium (水族馆) in baltimore, us proves this. visitors can touch young sharks, see their eggs develop and watch a dozen different species(种类) swim smoothly around a huge tank.most people fail to realize that shark attacks dont happen very often. humans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark.and to make this point clear, the museum has set up a special touching pool for children. there, kids can learn, from an early age, not to fear sharks. they can watch them develop inside the eggs and feel the skin of the older swimmers.people fear what they dont know, said nancy hotchkiss, an organizer of the exhibition, which runs till december. sharks have been round for 400 million years and play an important role in the oceans food chain. we want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection.a shocking 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans around the world. a study, published in january in the us magazine science, found that almost all recorded sharks species have fallen by half in the past eight to fifteen years.thousands of sharks are hunted in asia for special foods, such as shark fin (鱼翅) soup. and many others get caught in nets, while fishermen are hunting other fish. more than half of all sharks are smaller than one meter long.some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean, said dave schofield, the manager of the aquariums ocean health program. the fishermen threw them away like rubbish.it is a worrying situation and some areas have put measures in place to protect these species of fish.41. which of the following is the aim of the writer?a. it is not true that sharks are always dangerous.b. sharks have been around for about 400 million years.c. sharks actually always hurt or even kill people.d. most of the worlds species dont hurt people.42. the main purpose of the shark exhibition is toa. show how sharks are born and develop in the oceanb.show how shark species have fallen in the past few years c. let children learn not to fear sharks from an early aged. let people know more about sharks and protect them43. in the last but one paragraph the underlined word them refers toa. fishing nets b. fishing boatsc. small sharks d. fishing methods44. what does dave schofield mean by saying some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean?a. large sharks cannot be caught by someb.too many sharks are being killed by some fishing methods.c. the ocean is being made cleaner by some fishing methods.d. only small sharks can be caught by some fishing methods.45. we can infer from the passage that the writer isa worried about the present situation of shark speciesb. happy to know sharks are harmless to peoplec. surprised to know sharks always hurt people.d. pleased to know the ocean is becoming much cleaner四信息匹配（每小题2分，共10分）the people below are all looking for a department in a college to learn music. a:in this department you can learn jazz, opera, classical but jazz is the best and the most famous. they have experienced jazz teachers and they have won a lot of notional contests. at the same time you can improve your skills in playing the guitar and the piano there.b: in this department they dont plan to bring up a musician. they teach the students how to appreciate all types of music, especially for the students who love to be a listener, not p player of the drum. this is their first choice.c: this department is home of the guitar players. if the students havent played the guitar and hope to learn from the beginning, this is likely to be their favorite place. of course, they are also able to learn country music. jazz and so on.d: in this department they have risen to fame by some great violin players born there. the students there have several comfortable places to practice their violin and some other instruments. meanwhile the students have a chance to practice other instruments, such as the piano, the drum.e: in this department they do well in teaching instruments, especially the drum. they have excellent drums and every student has a chance to practice every day. all the teachers are very patient and experienced. whats more, the students can learn rock, classical music and jazzf:.as is known, the piano is more versatile than any instrument. in this department only the students who have learned the piano for at least five years can be admitted. they are good at teaching advanced learners. after the hard practice, the students have a chance to enjoy all kinds of music.请阅读下列五个人的基本情况，然后匹配信息。51. kevin likes jazz very much. he wants to make a living by it in the future. his favorite instrument is the guitar and he also wants to get his skill of playing the guitar better.52. robert started to play the violin when he was five. his favorite style of music is country music. his wish is to learn both of them further and become a violinist in the future.53. james is fond of music, but his wish is to be a computer expert. he especiall