江苏省盱眙县高一英语下学期期初检测试题牛津译林版.doc

马坝中学2012-2013学年高一下学期期初检测英语试题第i卷（选择题）一、单项选择1everybody thinks little of the filmin fact，there is no_ of it being tried out in the film festival asign buse cpossibility ddoubt2can those _ at the back of the classroom hear me?no problemaseatbsitcseateddsat3my parents were quarrelling about me _ i could not quite tell whya. sinceb. thoughc. ifd. until4the moment the earthquake happened，a large amount of help from china _ awere provided bwill be provided cwas provided dwas being provided5we have done half the work so far. _, well have finished it by december. a. unluckilyb. fortunatelyc. hopefullyd. thankfully6yesterday i had a word with the ceo of the company, _ who used to teach at beijing universityaone bthe one cthat dit7i decide to pay a visit to you, but i dont know whether it is quite _ to you. a. convenient b. fair c. easy d. comfortable8thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horse that lived around _ food. _ time, people began to catch and raise animals . a. for; through b. as; during c. for; over d. on; over9the medicine has a strong side _ on our health though it works well.a. influenceb. effectc. affectd. impact10as prices_ too much in town, he decided to go to the countryside and make a living by_ sheep. a. raised; raising b. rose; rising c. raised; rising d. rose; raising11currenta. attitude b. polluter c. rumour d. construct12how pleased the detective was _what his customer told him!ahearing bto hear cheard dto hearing13_ surprised me most was that he made the same mistake again. a. itb. thatc. whatd. which14how about party?cool! it was really great fun! pity you werent there.a. a; ab. the; ac. the; 不填d. a; 不填15since the office building is being repaired and painted, we will have _ offices in the hotelatemporary bcontemporary cprofessional dpermanent二、完型填空some years ago when i was in my first year in college, i heard salome bey sing for the first time. the moment was exciting. salomes 1 filled the room and brought the theater to life. i was so 2 that i decided to write an article about her.i 3 salome bey, telling her i was from essence magazine, and that i wanted to meet her to talk about her career. she 4 and told me to come to her studio next tuesday. when i hung up, i was scared out of my mind. i 5 i was lying. i was not a writer at all and hadnt even written a grocery list.i interviewed salome bey the next tuesday. i sat there 6 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “can you tell me” i soon realized that 7 salome bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. the 8 was almost unbearable. i struggled for days 9 draft after draft. finally i put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.it didnt take long. my manuscript 10 . how stupid of me! i thought. how could i 11 in a world of professional writers? knowing i couldnt 12 the rejection letter, i threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.five years later, i was moving to california. while 13 my apartment, i came across the unopened envelope. this time i opened it and read the editors letter in 14 :ms profit,your story on salome bey is fantastic. yet we need some 15 materials. please add those and return the article immediately. we would like to 16 your story soon.shocked, it took me a long time to 17 . fear of rejection cost me ly. i lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. more importantly, i lost years of 18 writing. today, i have become a full time writer. looking back on this 19 , i learned a very important lesson: you cant 20 to doubt yourself.1ajoybvoicecspeechdsmile2aproudbactivecsatisfieddmoved3avisitedbemailedcphoneddinterviewed4aagreedbrefusedchesitateddpaused5arepliedbdiscoveredcexplaineddknew6aseriouslybpatientlycnervouslydquietly 7ablamingbfoolingcinvitingdurging8ahardshipbfailureccommentdpressure9awithbbycondin10adisappearedbreturnedcspreaddimproved11acomparebstrugglecsurvivedcompete12aignorebdelivercfacedreceive13adecorating brepairingccleaningdleaving14adisbeliefbanxietychorrordtrouble15asubjective brelevantcprivatedreliable16abroadcast bcreatecpublishdassess17arecoverbpreparecescapedconcentrate18aenergetic bendlessctypicaldenjoyable19aexperience bsuccesscbenefitdaccident20aattemptbaffordcexpectdpretend三、阅读理解agoing back to school is a very exciting event for my two boys. it means getting new school bags and books, and seeing friends again after the summer holiday. my oldest son, 9-year-old salem, asked me several times where we would go to buy a backpack, while my other son, 6-year-old abdullah, asked what school would be like this year. for the last three years, school was a nightmare for many children and their parents as violence increased and there were more attacks on schools and teachers. as a result, many parents prevented their children from going to school. one of six children in this country did not attend primary school in 2009. many kids who did attend school were accompanied by a parent for the entire day to make sure nothing happened to their children. for poor families or those with large families, back to school can be an expensive time. the government gives some help to those living in poor neighborhoods, and school bags, note books and other items(商品) are given for free. most of the merchants who sell notebooks and pens now sell their products out on the street instead of in stores. they sit on the ground and lay their items on the ground or they have a small table to sell their goods. the bags cost between $10 and $20, while clothes and shoes cost between $20 and $30. i found all the things i needed for my sons and even bought something for myself. i spent about $50 on each of them, including school uniforms. at the end of the day, we returned to our home carrying many shopping bags filled with items that made my children happy and excited to go back to school. i just hope this school year will be a peaceful one. 1the authors children are _ to go to school. a. eagerb. afraidc. unwillingd. surprised2the underlined word “nightmare” is the closest in meaning to _. a. fantasyb. dream worldc. prisond. terrible situation3many children are not going to school mainly because of _. a. the terrible education systemb. security problems and poverty c. parents distrust in schoolsd. the governments inability4as a parent, the author _. a. is unable to afford his kids schooling b. is unwilling to send his kids to schoolc. hopes his kids have a happy school life d. complains school education costs too muchban epidemic (流行病) of the use of street-culture language broke out in some english exams, according to examiners.a report said there were “a surprising number of small mistakes” in standard (标准) english. it asked teachers that they should prevent pupils from using street language and text style, adding, “most answers require formal expression of language.”“many concerns were expressed by examiners about basic errors, often appearing in the work of clearly able students,” the report continued. it added that the use of street and text language “appeared with surprisingly regularity in the work of students who clearly desired a higher grade”.“most answers require formal expression but even when an informal style is appropriate-students should know the examination context and, in particular, should not use street language and text style.” it said.there is rising concern about pupils writing skills, especially among boys. national test results for 11-year-old boys writing standards had fallen this year. only 55 percent reached the level expected of an 1l-year-old by the time they left primary school, the results showed.many educationalists are now arguing that teachers should also think of ways of improving writing standards. the report said spelling was “in general inconsistent(不一致)” and “variety of vocabulary and of sentence structure is often limited”. it went on, “punctuation (标点符号) errors continue to be widespread.” however, it added, “some examiners felt that this year they had met an improvement in the whole structure of students writing.”1. what does the passage mainly talk about?a. street language is appearing in the standard english exams. b. what the street-culture language is in england.c. the english say no to the street-culture language in daily life.d. the street-culture language is being examined in english exams.2. the underlined word “appropriate” (in paragraph 5) means “ _” a. availableb. possiblec. valuabled. acceptable 3. what problems concerned examiners ? a. small mistakes in spelling and punctuation, b. poor sentence structure, and errors in spelling and standard english. c. teachers teaching writing skills. d. limited vocabulary of boy pupils.4. according to the passage, which of the following statements is true? a. in english exams, most answers require informal expression of language. b. when an informal style is correct, the students are allowed to use it. c. boys writing skills are worse than those of girls in england.d. there is no improvement in the whole structure of students writing.ctwo magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. here are two of the cities listed as “the worlds best.”san jose, costa rica the city has comfortable weather all year round (15c to 26c ). housing is not very expensive in san jose. also, many of the citys older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafs(咖啡馆). beautiful mountains are around the city. you can visit them easily from san jose. so lots of people go sightseeing there every year. but air pollution is a problem in the city center.hong kong, china this lively cityonce a small fishing villageis today an international business center. it is an interesting mix of east and west, old and new. modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. but outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. hong kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. theres also food from europe, north america, and other parts of asia. however, this small city has a large population. nearly seven million people live in hong kong! thats why housing is often very expensive. traffic and air pollution are also a problem.1. which of the following is not mentioned about san jose?a. the weather. b. the mountains. c. the air. d. the traffic.2. what makes hong kong the worlds best according to this passage?a. the lively city and the wonderful dishes.b. the beautiful mountains and the lively city.c. the expensive housing and the food. d. the city and the people.3. the writer thinks housing in hong kong is expensive because .a. it was a small fishing village b. it is a mix of east and westc. it is famous for its wonderful food d. there are too many people in the city4. what do the two cities have in common?a. they both have beautiful mountains. b. they both have a large population.c. air pollution is a problem in both. d. they are both crowded.5. from the passage, we can know that .a. san jose and hong kong are the only two cities of the worlds bestb. san jose has more natural sights than hong kong doesc. the weather in both cities is fine d. hong kong is the more popular city of the twodexercise in exactly 4 minutes per day！$14,615time is it.over 92% of people who own exercise equipment and 88% of people who own health club memberships do not exercise.a 4-minute complete workout is no longer hard to believe for all the people who have bought our excellent range of motion machine(rom) since 1990.over 97% of people who rent our rom for 30 days end up buying it,due to the health benefits experienced during that tryout and the rom performance score that tells the story of health and fitness 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practically empty and everybody can have a seat.in different (1)_what people like to do bestin francepeople love to discuss how a woman (2)_, what she did in the past and what she will be in the future.women like to (3)_ in the street to get back confidence.in italypeople sit in caf, (4)_ with each other, and sometimes they even ask about some (5)_ information.in swissladies eat a lot of fatty (6)_ but they often (7)_ having done so.in the (8)_it seems that you can do almost everything (9)_ pushing buttons.in englandthe whole nation love to (10)_in a line almost anywhere and anytime.五、书面表达阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。some yeas ago, leaving the farm to work in the city, three brothers were employed by the same company and on the same pay. but three years later, they received different wages. so their father was confused and decided to pay a visit to the boss, who told him that he would let his sons explain for themselves. the three brothers were asked by the supervisor to go to the 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