梅州市曾宪梓中学2010-2011学年高一上学期期末考试(英语).doc

梅州市曾宪梓中学20102011学年第一学期高一英语期末考试试题第一部分：听说（共两节。第一节根据录音回答五个问题；第二节根据录音填空。）第一节：情景介绍角色：你是一名学生任务：（1）和邻居讨论他堂妹一家的情况；（2）根据了解的信息，回答同学的有关问题。根据三个问题（已翻译），认真听取相关信息，以便完成下面的五个问题。 (1) 为什么你的堂兄弟搬到外国去了？Why did your cousin move to a foreign country? (2) 你堂兄弟家经营什么生意？ What kind of business does your cousins family run? (3) 他们已经适应在那里生活了吗？Have they got accustomed to living there?根据对话以及三个问题提供的答案，完成五个问题的回答，每个空填一个单词。（每小题1 分，满分5 分）1. She lives in _.2. _.3. _ years.4. Cameras and _.5. They had an awkward time in making themselves part of the _.第二节：请根据录音文段，填上恰当的词。每个空填一个单词。（每小题0.5 分，满分5 分） One evening I was having my dinner at McDonalds. I noticed that there were a couple who seemed to just be able to _6_ one meal for two of them. The husband _7_ the food into two halves and shared the only one _8_ with his wife. I was sorry to see this and _9_ to buy another meal for them. But I was politely _10_. They said they had made it a habit to _11_ everything. Yet the wife just _12_ her husband eat. So I tried to give my help a second time but was turned down again. When the man finished his eating, I could no longer _13_ it and made my offer a third time. But for a third time, they didnt accept my kindness. Then I asked the lady why she didnt eat anything now that they shared everything and what she was _14_ for. The lady answered, “The _15_.第二部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分25 分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题 1分，满分15 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1630各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 16 .He had gone out of the study for some 17 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see 18 was on his desk. In the 19 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 20 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.A(n) 21 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 22 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 23 until the start of the exam so I could not 24 reading it.When the headmaster 25 , I was looking out of the window.I should have told him what had 26 then. It would have been so 27 to say: “Im sorry, but I 28 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. Youll have to 29 it.”The chance passed and I did not 30 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didnt mean to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.That was thirty-eight years ago when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor have I tried to explain to myself why not.16. A. planB. faultC. gradeD. luck17. A. reasonB. courseC. exampleD. vacation18. A. thisB. whichC. thatD. what19. A. drawerB. cornerC. middleD. box20. A. namesB. wordsC. ideasD. messages21. A. honestB. handsomeC. friendlyD. active22. A. deskB. paperC. bookD. drawer23. A. questionB. keyC. noteD. secret24. A. helpB. considerC. practiseD. forget25. A. disappearedB. stayedC. returnedD. went26. A. existedB. remainedC. happenedD. continued27. A. tiringB. easyC. importantD. difficult28. A. sawB. gaveC. setD. made29. A. repeatB. defendC. correctD. change30. A. takeB. haveC. loseD. find第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题 0.5分，满分5 分）Most students do an IQ text early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is 31 determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing 32 (good) than them, they usually believe that those students have 33 higher IQ and 34 there is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new research 35 EQ suggests that success is not simply result of a high IQ.While your IQ tells you how 36 (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery, 37 invented the term EQ, 38 (give) the following description: At work, it is IQ that gets you 39 (promote). Supported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when predicting someones future success, their character, 40 measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分35 分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30 分）AMy first visit to Angkor Wat was in 1980. The country had been at war for many years and the temple was deserted and falling to pieces. Plants were growing out of the roofs, and trees were growing in the courtyards.Today, the temple is the scene of a busy repair programme. A team of 15 Indian experts are organizing a workforce of 400 Cambodians, most of them women, who are cleaning, repairing and rebuilding parts of this temple. As I walked through the courtyards, I noticed the Cambodian women devote hours to cleaning carefully a tiny area of stone. Boards are laid down to protect the precious painted stones while the repair work is going on. There are very few machines and little heavy equipment. Workers carry building materials in buckets at the end of long poles. Piles of stones lie in a corner of the courtyard, waiting to be replaced. The work of cleaning the stones is watched over by three Indian chemists. It is a very slow task. First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical. Then gaps between the stones are filled in. Finally another material is painted onto the stones which will protect them from water forever.Work starts every day at 7 a. m. and goes on until late afternoon six days a week, with a break at midday. Evening is the best time to visit the temple, after the tour groups have left. As the sun sinks lower, shadows spread across the courtyard. After sunset, the sky turns pink. The grey stone towers take on a golden colour before turning pink. Nowhere else in the world can there be such a quiet, beautiful place.41. This passage mainly tells_ A. the poor look of the temple Angkor Wat in 1980. B. the history of the temple Angkor Wat C. the repair work being done to the temple Angkor Wat D. the difficulty in the repair work42. According to the author, which of the following plays the LEAST important role in the repair work? A. The women workers. B. The Indian workers C. Machines D. Skilled workers43. The underlined sentence “the temple was deserted” possibly means that_ A. there was no one in the temple and it was in a poor state B. the temple was built on desert and nobody noticed it C. the temple was very old with a long history D. the temple was repaired by the Cambodians, most of whom women44. To clean the stone, how many steps should be followed? A. Tow B. Three C. Four D. Five45. Which work needs a lot of time to do? A. To get rid of certain types of plants. B. To carry the building materials. C. To replace the stones. D. To clean the stones.BThe Internet is not perfect. There are many problems with it.The Internet is not organized. There is no one in charge of the Internet. It is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for. It is also easy to get the wrong information on the “Net”.Some businessmen cheat people on the Internet. Internet thieves can steal credit card numbers. Some advertisers send spam to e-mail boxes. E-mail boxes are often filled with these unwanted advertisements.Illegal businesses can operate on the Internet. These businesses sell X-rated materials, cigarettes and alcohol to teenagers.The Internet has websites with information about making bombs, breaking the law and terrorism.Criminals can fool people, especially children, in chat rooms. They can spread poisonous information and attack new members.The Internet is the greatest advance in communication since human emerged. But it can also like a dark alley in a dangerous part of town. Parents need to set parental controls on their children when they use the Internet. This will keep some of the bad material away from their children.The Internet can be dangerous to computers, too. Some people who have evil intentions enjoy causing problems for other people they dont even know. They create computer viruses. A computer can get virus by downloading a program that has a virus in it. Some virus come by e-mail.A virus can destroy the data a person has saved in computer files. A virus can cause a computer to crash. A virus can also reproduce itself! It can send copies of itself to everyone on a persons e-mail address list. Then these peoples will have the same problems and cant work normally!46. The underlined word “spam” in the third paragraph means _A. letters B. productsC. useless information D. poisonous information47. Why can illegal businesses operate on the Internet?A. Because there is no one in charge of the Internet.B. Because some people like to buy banned products on the Internet.C. Because X-rated materials, cigarettes, alcohol and so on can be sold well on the Internet.D. Because people who operate businesses on the Internet are criminals.48. Parental controls are needed when children use the Internet because_A. children cant use the computers well B. children may damage the computers C. the Internet is always unsafe for the children D. poisonous information may have a bad effect on children49. The harm of a computer virus is that_ A. it can change the saved data in computer B. it can reproduce the computer C. it can make the computer operate illD. it can destroy the saved files and the computer itself50. We can infer from the passage that the key to solving the problems with the Internet is_ A. to improve the computers B. to improve peoples moral level C. to order people not to use the Internet D. to find a medicine to kill computer virusesCOLYMPIA, March 24Luo Xuejuan, a swimming gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, became the first Chinese person to relay the Olympic Flame in Greece on Monday, receiving the flame from the first Olympic torchbearer(火炬手)，Greek Alexandros Nikolaidis.Despite her previous experience as a torchbearer in the Beijing leg of the Athens 2004 torch relay, Luo felt honored and proud of being chosen as the first Chinese torchbearer, the Xihua News Agency reported Luo as saying in an interview.She talked about the great responsibility that she felt, as she believed she was representing every Chinese athlete and even Chinese person by running her leg of the relay.Regarding missing the torch lighting ceremony because she had to be in an assigned location to wait for the flame, Luo felt no regret. “Even though I couldnt see it, I was able to feel the flame light and knew that it was happening at a place nearby,” she said.Luo expressed her belief that even if people couldnt communicate with words, the Olympic Flame enables the transmission of the Olympic spirit and brings smiles wherever it might go. In Luos mind, the Olympic spirit represents purity, competition, friendship, enthusiasm, peace and harmony.51. Why didnt Luo see the torch lighting ceremonyA. She was late for the ceremony.B. She was not allowed to go there.C. She waited for the flame as the next torchbearer.D. The ceremony took place at a place far away.52. Choose the best explanation for the underlined word “leg” in Paragraph Three.A. One of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body.B. The part of a pair of trousers.C. One of the long thin parts on the bottom of a table.D. One part of a journey or race.53. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Luo Xuejuan was the first Olympic torchbearer in Greece.B. Luo had never been selected as a torchbearer before.C. Luo believed that the Olympic flame helped communication among peopleD. Luo felt regretful because she missed the torch lighting ceremony.54. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Luo Xuejuan: A Swimming Gold Medalist.B. The Torch Lighting CeremonyC. The Torch Relay Had BegunD. Luo Xuejuan: the First Chinese Torchbearer of Athens Torch Relay55. This passage is most likely to be seen in a _A. novel B. newspaper C. magazine D. textbookDA characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.This attitude toward manual labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward. Furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.56. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _.A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made manB. people can always rise to the top through their won effortsC. college professors win great respect from common workersD. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.57. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _.A. servants in American are hard to getB. she takes pride in what she can do herselfC. she can hardly afford servantsD. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food58. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Americans respect people who have made their achievements by working hard.B. Americans look down upon manual labour.C. American parents enjoy doing everything for their children.D. American families like to prepare their food quickly and easily.59. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_”.A. work in a furniture shopB. keep accounts for a barC. wait to lay the tableD. serve customers in a restaurant60. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?A. A Respectable Self-made FamilyB. American Attitude toward Manual LaborC. Characteristics of American CultureD. The Development of Manual Labor第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）以下是书本信息：A. British Life by Anne Collins Whats everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional countryB. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare A sad story of two loversThe two lovers began their secret love, but their families didnt knowIts one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature historyC. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown Robert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve the mystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tombIf you are not brave enough, dont read it alone at nightThis is the ancient mysteryD. Happy Christmas by John Escott This is a book, but looks like a magazineIt is made out of different sectionsYou can learn about the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and gamesE. The Beatles by Paul Shipton John, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some of the best musicians of the 1960sThey formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular todayF. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice A sweet love story happening on ChristmasChris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on the streets on New York, one day met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas Eve three years beforeSo a new love and a new hop started lasting a lifetime以下是购书者的信息，请匹配购书者的信息与它们所对应的书本：56. Randy: Christmas is comingRandy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food, the stories, the music and the movies57. Amy: Amy has many romantic dreamsShe always believes she can find her Mr. Right like the girls in the fairy storiesSo she is crazy about the books with good endings onlyNow she begins to bury herself in the book like that58. Vince: Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instrumentsBut he dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock bandTherefore, he wants to search for a book on him59. Alan: Mystery and adventure are always boys dreamsAlan, one of the boys, especially prefers the ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy60. Lin Jie: Lin Jie, a s