兰州一中2014-2015年第2学期高一英语期末试卷

兰州一中2014-2015-2学期期末考试试题高一英语说明: 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。满分100分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡页。第I卷I. 阅读理解 第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AHarvard English Language CenterInformation for New StudentsCLASS TIME: 9:00a.m.10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.3:00p.m. The Language Center is open from Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open from Monday to Friday (3:15p.m. -5:00p.m.) for all full-time students.You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates (证书) when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).1. When do classes begin and end on a full day?A. 8:30a.m.1:30p.m. B. 9:00a.m.3:00p.m.C. 10:30a.m.3:15p.m. D. 3:15p.m.5:00p.m.2. Timetable can be seen in _.A. the classroom B. Room 3520 C. the lecture hall D. Room 11103. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. 80% of the students can receive their certificates when they finish their courses.B. Students can borrow tapes to practice their English.C. Books can be taken home but they must be returned after two days.D. The librarian will be expected to pay for the lost book.BWe Chinese are not big huggers. A handshake or a pat on the shoulder is enough to convey our friendship or affection to one another. So when our newly-acquainted Western friends reach out in preparation for a hug, some of us feel awkward. Many questions go through our head. Where should I put my arms? What distance should I keep? Its even more difficult with friends from some European countries. Should I kiss them on the cheek while hugging? Which side? Or is it both cheeks? Which side should I start on?But it isnt just people from cultures that emphasize a certain physical distance even between friends who find hugging confusing. Hugs can cause discomfort or even pressure to people who value their personal space.In a recent article for The Wall Street Journal, US psychologist Peggy Drexler said that although the US remains a “medium touch” culture “more physically demonstrative than Japan, where a bow is the all-purpose hello and goodbye, but less demonstrative than Latin or Eastern European cultures, where hugs are strong and can include a kiss on both cheeks”, Americans do seem to be hugging more.From politicians to celebrities, hugs are given to friends, strangers and enemies alike; and the public has been quick to pick up the practice. Public figures know that nothing projects like the ability as a good hug. US First Lady Michelle Obama has put her arms around icy foreign leaders like Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the Queen of England, on the latter occasion actually breaking the rule of royal manners. But not all are grateful to be hugged, even by the most influential and famous. To them, any hug is offensive if its not sincere.Amanda Hess, writing for US magazine Slate, says public figures should stop hugging everyone they meet. For them, a hug is rarely a gesture of sincere fellowship or affection. Its all part of a show. Hugs are falsely intimate power plays used by public figures to establish their social dominance over those in their grasp.Cecilia Walden, a British journalist writing for The Telegraph who lives in New York, holds the same opinion. “Power-hugging”, as she calls it, is “an offender dressed up as kindness”. It has become a fashion in the US where “bosses are already hugging their staff (either shortly before or after firing them), men and women, their friends or enemies, in a thousand cheating displays of unity”.4. From the first two paragraphs, we can see that _.A. we Chinese people dont know how to hugB. hugs can bring pressure to people when used improperlyC. people from European countries often get puzzled about huggingD. people in Western countries seldom use hugs to express their physical closeness5. The example of US first lady Michelle Obama is given to show that _.A. Americans hold a “medium touch” cultureB. hugs are forbidden in EnglandC. she is much liked by American people D. public figures know hugging functions well in public6. “Power-hugging” in the last paragraph actually means that _.A. public figures sometimes use hugging just for a show of power B. hugs are only used sincerely by some people with power C. public figures can hug anyone in their grasp freelyD. hugging is powerful to bosses in US7. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Hugs, important or not? B. Hugs and public figuresC. Hugs, tricky affair? D. Hugs and powerCIts such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, its pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach Country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.Its a library built with love.A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “Thats what were going to do for our spring break!”Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didnt see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that hed built years earlier for daughter Abbies toy horses, and made a door of glass.After adding the librarys final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.They stocked it with 20 or so books theyd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.The projects best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.” 8. Janey got the idea to build a library from _. A. a visit to Brian WilliamsB. a spring break with her family C. a book sent by one of her neighborsD. a report on a Wisconsin-based organization9. What can we infer about the signboard? A. It was made by a user of the library.B. It marked a final touch to the library. C. It aimed at making the library last long.D. It indicated the library was a family property.10. The passage tells us that the users _. A. donate books to the libraryB. get paid to collect books for the library C. receive thank-you notes for using the library D. visit the library over 5 times on average daily第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Culture means any human behavior that is learned in human society. All of the meaningful parts of a culture are passed on to different generations through tradition or social learning. 11 Culture exists in agricultural as well as industrialized societies. Culture is necessary for the survival and existence of human beings. Practically everything humans know, think, value, feel, and do is learned through taking part in a sociocultural system. 12 Here is one of the cases of children growing up apart from human society. In the province of Midnapore in India, the director of a childrens home was told by local villagers that there were “ghost” in the forest. Upon looking into the case, the director found that two children, one about eight years old and the other about six years old, appeared to have been living with a pack of wolves in the forest. 13 In his diary, the director describes his first view of Kamala (as the older child was named) and Amala (the name given to the younger child): Kamala was a terrible-looking being, the head, a big ball of something covering the shoulders. 14 Their eyes were bright and sharp, unlike human eyes. They were very fond of raw meat and raw milk. Gradually, as they got stronger, they began going on all fours, and afterwards began to run on all fours, just like squirrels.Children learn human language in the same way they learn other kinds of human behavior by taking part in a cultural community. 15 A. This statement is well supported by some well-written cases.B. From this viewpoint, all human groups have a culture.C. These children were the ghosts described by the local people.D. Culture refers only to the high art and classical music of a particular society.E. Human beings can only develop human abilities by the local people.F. Close at its heels there came another terrible creature exactly like the first, but smaller in size.G. They learn a certain human language as well as certain kinds of human behavior through their membership in a certain cultural community.II. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、 B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。How often do you let other peoples nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter, rude boss, or an insensitive employee 1 your day? One day I was in a taxi and we headed 2 the airport. We were driving in the 3 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his 4, slide sideways, and at the very last moment our car stopped and 5 the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car looked around and started 6 at us. My taxi driver just 7 and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really 8. So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of 9, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage 10 up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes theyll dump it on 11 . Dont take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. Youll be 12 . Dont take their garbage and 13 it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. Lifes too short to wake up in the morning with 14. The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on whats 15 in your life. Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that you 16 bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you 17 them more frequently. So, love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who dont. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you 18 it! When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”, you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by 19 go of the bad. Have a Garbage-Free Day! Have a marvelous, garbage-free day! The seeds you plant today 20 the harvest you reap tomorrow.1A. enrichB. spareC. ruinD. obtain2A. forB. toC. inD. through3A. latterB. freeC. oppositeD. right 4A.windowB. doorC. brakesD. seat5A. knockedB. missedC.overtookD. lost6A. laughingB. throwingC. yellingD. glancing7A. smiledB. wonderedC. ignoredD. guessed8A.angryB. friendlyC. tiredD. disappointed9A. expectationB. passengersC.goodsD. garbage 10A. turnsB. pushesC. pilesD. holds11A. roadsB. youC.childrenD. dustbin12A. happy B. upsetC. pitifulD. frightened13A.shareB. spreadC. explainD. contribute14A. surpriseB. pleasureC. regretsD. doubt15A. importantB. funnyC. strangeD. embarrassing16A.forgetB. rememberC. valueD. appreciate17A. enjoyB. exchangeC.imagineD. recall 18A. takeB. inspireC. mendD. notice19A.consistingB. lettingC. makingD. dreaming20A. distinguishB. deserveC. determineD. deliver第II卷III. 单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据首字母或汉语提示完成下列句子（一空一词）。1. When Christmas comes, cards of v_ shapes and sizes are sold in shops.2. Beijing has many famous tourist a_, such as the Great Wall, the Palace Museum and the Temple of Heaven, etc. 3. When I did well in the exam, my father usually looked at me happily and reminded me to keep m _. 4. The girl o_ her shyness and became a very good actress.5. As you a_ the town, the first building youll see is the church.6. I heard them _(小声说) to the other sailors when I passed the room. 7. Try to avoid being _(主观的) and one-sided when looking at problems.8. Ive never been to France and _(因此) I dont know much about it.9. My teacher made a _(评论) about my mistake.10. Out of _(尊重), he accepted the idea that the old professor put forward at the meeting yesterday.IV. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。Charlie Chaplin 1 (bear) in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall 2 (perform), and he first appeared on the stage in a dance act at the age of eight.While 3 (make) his short films, Chaplin put together the characters of the tramp. He developed this 4 (fool), yet lovable little man through successive films, creating a character that audiences laughed at yet sympathized with at 5 same time. Chaplins tramp appeared in such classic films as The Kid (1921) 6 The Gold Rush (1925). In Modern Times (1936), he combined comedy 7 social commentary and fine technical craftsmanship. As World War 8 (begin), Chaplin made The Great Dictator (1940), 9 was intended to ridicule the German dictator Adolf Hitler.In 1972 he visited the United States to accept a special film award, and in 1975 he was knighted by the queen of England. He 10 (die) in Switzerland on December 25, 1977. V. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 见答题卡VI. 根据汉语和括号中的提示词完成句子（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）1. Its reported that he _ _ _ _an important speech at the meeting. (likely; deliver)据报道，他有可能在会议上发表一个重要的演讲。2. John _ _ _ _ take a bus. (would rather)约翰宁愿步行也不愿乘公交车。3. We are _ by his _ words. （move; inspire） 我们被他的鼓舞人心的话语所感动。4. You are asked to greet these guests _ our _ _ _. (represent)请你代表我们学校的学生会迎接这些客人。5.Thomas Edison _ _ _ his great inventions in the world. (famous) 爱迪生以他的伟大发明而闻名于世。VII. 书面表达（满分15分） 假定你是李华，你准备高考后去英国某大学留学学习英国文学，需要填写 UCAS(Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) 申请材料。请按照以下提示完成你的个人自荐信息。 1告知你将要选择的专业并说明理由； 2介绍自己的业余爱好及特长。注意：词数100左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数，需要合适的结束语；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear SirMadam， After careful considera