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2012-2013学年上学期高一年级第一次考试英语试卷 高一英语试卷 (北师大版) 第二节 完型填空 (共20小题 , 每小题1. 5分, 满分30分) 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 It was a winter afternoonSome friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talkingWe talked and talked and soon 36 became the topicSuddenly I 37 upon an idea“Wouldnt it be fun to go swimming ? Others go 38 in winter，but why couldnt we ? 39 , we could be healthier if we did”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea 40 . Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands 41 for a bus to take us to the 42 The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same 43 0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wallWe all felt we should go _44_ but no one wanted to speak out . We soon reached the sandsThere was nobody there，but we were not discouragedInstead we were 45 that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather 46 we changed our clothes quickly But things were not going so 47 The freezing sea wind was blowingWe left very cold and 48 all overAt last we made up our minds to 49 into the waterWe put our feet in first, _50_ to take them back very quicklyThe water was unbelievably cold Then I suggested we all jump inWe all went back ten steps . I gave the 51 ，and we all rushed forward and jumped inI shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up _52_ and rushed again to the shoreSo it was with my friendsWe 53 0ur clothes as quickly as possible On the way back home，we talked about this unforgettable 54 The four of us did not _55_ school for the following three daysWe all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it 36Afilms B. music C. sports D. plays 37Acaught B. fell C. came D. hit 38Aswimming B. skating C. skiing D. camping 39ASpecially B. Besides C. Really D. Clearly 40Aindeed B. surely C. certainly D. truly 41A1ooking B. searching C. waiting D. asking 42Ariver B. lake C. pool D. sands 43AEven B. Yet C. If D. And 44Aahead B. forward C. away D. back 45Aexcited B. happy C. proud D. lonely 46ASo B. However C. Still D. Or 47Awrong B. right C. bad D. smooth 48Awalked B. changed C. trembled D. hid 49Ago B. drop C. fun D. rush 50Ajust B. then C. only D. but 51Amessage B. order C. mark D. information 52Aslowly B. nervously C. happily D. immediately 53Ahad on B. put on C. wore D. dressed 54A1ife B. experiment C. chance D. experience 55Aattend B. reach C. enter D. go 第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每下题2分，计40分） 阅读下面短文，然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A It doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94. 56. The main idea of this passage is that _. A. large numbers of people do not need sleep B. a person was found who actually didnt need any sleep C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep 57. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _. A. cure him of his sleeplessness B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping D. find out why some old people didnt need any asleep 58. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _. A. was too old to need any sleep B. often slept in a chair C. needed no sleep at all D. needed some kind of sleep 59. One reason that might explain Herpins sleeplessness was _. A. that he hadnt got a bed B. that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit C. his mothers injury before he was born D. his magnificent physical condition B Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties: Youre on an island with only one other person, your best friend. Hes dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school. Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school? Ive asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening. 60. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage? A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly. B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question. C. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question. D. Most of the people have the same answer. 61. What the writer often says at dinner parties is _. A. not a true story B. a true story C. a strange story D. just a joke 62. Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because _. A. he wants to find the answer for a research B. he is interested in such a question C. he likes to make fun of people at parties D. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something 63. Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct? A. You give the money to your friends son. B. You give the money to your son for medical school. C. You keep the money for your future medical care. D. You keep the money for your friends son. C The Worlds Largest Insect This giant insect can be used as a toy. A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the neck of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the childs head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world. The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel. African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless. 64. The African Goliath beetle is _. A. the worlds largest insect B. a toy used in many parts of the world C. the only insect found in Africa D. the worlds smallest insect 65. What made the whirring sound that the child heard? A. The curved string. B. The beetles soft wings. C. The beetles six legs. D. The beetles body. 66. We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _. A. makes a whirring sound when it flies B. has both soft and hard wings C. has six legs and a body with three parts D. can fly 67. When flying, the Goliath steers by_. A. turning its soft back wings B. twisting and turning its hard front wings C. twisting and turning its legs D. twisting and turning its whole body D Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same port, which come from the Latin word, meaning to carry or to move from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. Import means to carry in or to bring into a country, export, ex means out of, so this word means to carry out of the country, re means back, so the report means to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody, transport, trans means across and it means to carry across one place to another. Lets look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter means somebody who supports. A reporter is somebody who reports. Importer is somebody who imports and exporter is somebody who exports, and so on. 68. In the first sentence the word part means _. A. different beginnings and different endings B. the same part that has several meanings C. the root of the word D. the same root that has different meanings 69. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has _. A. the meaning of a Latin word B. a different meaning C. the meaning of in or out of D. a lot of meanings 70. We can get a noun _. A. just by adding er to verbs B. by changing a prefix C. only by adding er to a root D. by adding a suffix to a verb 71. According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be _. A. a man having good manners and education B. a person who should be educated C. somebody having bad manners D. a person punished by somebody else E It is believed that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earths population to reach the 250 million total which existed at the end of the first century AD. For some time after that, disease, famine(饥饿) and war kept the population increase down to a rate of 1 percent a year so that more than 15 centuries passed before the population reached 500 million. But in the next 250 years, up to 1850, the population of the world shot to 1 billion and today it has reached 3.5 billion. Scientists say that in the next 35 years the population of the world will double, reaching almost 7 billion by the year 2010. When experts are asked what are the most effective measures that can stop over population, they reply that at least three measures can be considered. (A) Increasing sources and supply of food for under-developed countries. (B) Increasing the industrialization of under- developed countries. (C) Controlling birth. The experts add, however, that none of the above measures can be effective by itself, and that all must be combined into one whole program. They also agree that without controlling of births, any other measures are doomed (注定) to failure. 72. The population _ because of disease, famine and war. A. didnt increase B. became less C. increased slowly D. still increased very fast 73. The population of the world doubled between the year _. A. 1850 and today B. 100 and the year 1400 C. 100 and the year 1600 D. 1 and the year 100 74. Which of the following is true? A. the richer the country is, the faster the population increase. B. Birth control is the most important way to control the growth of population. C. the population in the developed countries is increasing faster than that in the underdeveloped countries. D. It is impossible to control the increase of the population. 75. The passage was written in _. A. 1850 B. 1936 C. 2001 D. 1975 第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节任务型阅读(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。 Each year there is an increasing number of cars as millions of new cars are produced in America . Americans will not live without cars ! However , some have realised the serious problem of air pollution by cars . It is necessary to find ways to solve the problem of air pollution . One way to clean the air is to build a new kind of clean car . Thats what several of the large car factories are trying to do . But to build a clean car is easier said than done . Progress in this field has been slow . Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else . Engineers are now working on it . Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that can please man . To prevebt the world being polluted by cars , They have to cut down on the number of their cars and are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike . But this change doesnt close down - many workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down . And the problem of their pollution would become less important than that of unemployment. Tit