2016年-高一上学期-英语-期末考试.doc

高一英语试卷 （2小时）第一部分 听力（省略） (共两节, 满分30分)第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节,满分40分)第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHenry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fastHe was able to sell millions of models because he could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kindFords father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first carHowever，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factoryThis car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty yearsSince Fords time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive21. Henry Ford was the man to build _ carsAcheap and strongBcheap and longCfast and expensiveDstrong and slow22. The young man became a mechanic，_Awhich was his fathers willBwhich was against his own willCwhich was against his fathers willDwhich was the will of both23. The “Model T” was very famous_Abefore 1908Bbetween 1982 and 1908Cbefore 1892Dafter 190824. Ford built his own car factory_Ain 1903Bin 1908Cin 1913Din 1897BA woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United StatesThe woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago“I studied English before I left home,” she said“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English”Her problem is easy to understandAmericans in business are like people who are in business anywhereThey have a language of their ownSome of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their workOther expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industryOne such saying is “get your act together”When things go wrong in a business, an employer may get angryHe may shout, “Stop making mistakesGet your act together” Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together”Either way, the meaning is the sameGetting your act together is getting organizedIn business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of actionIt is difficult to tell exactly where the saying beganBut, it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industryPerhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakesThe director may have said, “Calm down, nowGet your act together” Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970sMister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act togetherNow, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meetOne company even called its yearly report, “Getting Our Act Together”The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business peopleIt is “cut to the chase”She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one companyOne official was giving a very long reportIt was not very interestingIn fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleepFinally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase”Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant materialHurry and get to the good partNaturally, this saying was started by people who make moviesHollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action moviesMany of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on footCut is the directors word for stopThe director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene nowSo, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly25. Paragraph 1 is written mainly to _.Atell us the Japanese womans English is poorBlead to the subject of the whole passageCtell us it is important to grasp spoken EnglishDtell us traveling in the US is very difficult26. The reason why the woman was not sure that people were speaking English was that _.Athey spoke too fast to followBthey didnt want the woman to learn their experienceCthey had some special words and expressions of their own in their fieldDthey were from the theater and movie industry27. The saying get your act together in Paragraph 3 means _ADont do that againBYou are dismissedCCalm downDGet organized28. The BEST title for the passage is_.ADifferent occupations, different languagesBThe experience in the USCThe expression and its story: get your act togetherDHow to learn English wellCIndia has many festivals, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, Indias most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this years festival happens to be on March 19th.As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the UniverseLord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune(免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.So whats so great about this day? While there are some fun parades(游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody isfair game, no matter how old or how young.At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.29. Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?ABecause Prahlada doesnt love him.BBecause Prahlada is rude to Holika.CBecause Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.DBecause Prahlada concentrates on his own success.30. Prahlada gets out of danger _.Awith the help of Lord VishnuBbecause of his good luckCby beating his aunt HolikaDusing his amazing talent31. The underlined phrase “fair game” in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who _.Afights against others fairlyBenjoys splashing peopleCplays a trick on othersDis the aim of splashing water32. After the fun activities, people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because _.Athey have got dirty with dry colors and colored waterBgoing home with colored water means bad luckCthey believe clean water will bring good luckDtaking a bath shows their true love for Lord VishnuD Driver WantedDrive for busy restaurant some evening and weekend workAll meals are freeRing 33335678 House for sale350,000，built in 1995The house with 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen and a breakfast room. Its on the south side of the city. Yingbin Supermarket, the biggest shopping centre in our city will open on July 8,2014.Everybody with todays Tianjin Daily will get a small present that day. You are welcome.Tel:27984321Add:No.6 Huang Road Tianjin Daily June 1,2014 Roses Special ConcertTime：2 p. m, July 3,SaturdayPlace: Peoples StadiumTicket Price:RMB:150 Yuan for adults70 Yuan for studentsJune 25,201433. If you buy the house, you_.A. may live on the south side of the cityB. must have breakfast in the kitchenC. have to take a bath in the public bathroomD. may pay more than 350,000 for it34. Any customer with a Tianjin Daily of June 1,2014 will get a small present from_.A. every supermarket B. Yingbin Supermarket C .Tianjin Daily D. Huanghe Road35. If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB_.A.440 yuan B.220 yuan C.270 yuan D.370 yuan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。Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “I tried to quit smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. 36”Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking.37They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.38The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.39Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke just one cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. 40A. It is very hard to quit smoking.B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45)第一节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。What will happen if you put five cute, little innocent pigs into a tigers cave? Instead of pigs being treated as its _41_, love turns natures enemies into friends. In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a _41_ set of three tiger babies. As this was a very unusual event, _43_ at the zoo was very excited. Unfortunately, the tiger babies were born ahead of time and due to their tiny size, they _44_ shortly after birth. Although _45_ she was fine after she gave birth, the mother tiger was dispirited. The mother tigers _46_ was caused by the loss of babies. The _47_ came up with an idea of making her take the place of another mother _48_. After checking with many other _49_ across the country, all the people were _50_ by the result that there were no tiger babies of the right age to introduce to the poor mother. The veterinarians didnt _51_ the plan of improving the tigers situation and again they thought of another idea, which was to _52_ the tigers with little babies from an entirely different species. Sometimes a mother of one species will _53_ the care of a different species. So they _54_fivelittle pigs. It seemed like they could _55_ the tiger, but no one knew what the tigers _56_ would be. Would she see them as a meal, or accept them as her own? Then they came up with the _57_ idea of wrapping the pigs in tiger skins. Everyone held their breath as they placed the pigs in with the mother tiger. _58_ they felt joy when instead of _59_ them as dinner the tiger accepted them as her new babies! These little pigs now have a _60_ tiger mommy to look after them, and the mother tiger has a way to share her love.41. A.babies B.toys C.friends D.meals42. A.healthy B.rare C.pretty D.large43. A.everyone B.anyone C.someone D.noone44. A.left B.disappeared C.died D.grew45. A.mentally B.physically C.probably D.unfortunately46. A.illness B.power C.nervousness D.sadness47. A.keepers B.veterinarians C.scientists D.volunteers48. A.tiger B.pig C.horse D.lion49. A.hospitals B.parks C.zoos D.farms50. A.disappointedB.annoyed C.surprised D.encouraged51. A.abandon B.change C.continue D.regret52. A.organize B.compare C.supply D.replace53. A.giveup B.goafter C.gettiredof D.takeon54. A.examined B.discovered C.found D.trained55. A.match B.cure C.please D.appreciate56. A.expression B.reaction C.feeling D.expectation57. A.organized B.popular C.creative D.ordinary58. A.Since B.But C.Because D.Or59. A.imagining B.believing C.choosing D.seeing60. A.cruel B.frightening C.caring D.selfless第II卷第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的的正确形式。Woman: Good morning. Man: Good morning. Err. . . Im looking for a place _(rent) near the university. Woman: What are you looking for , a house , a flat, _ a room?Man: Well, we want a flat if thats possible. There are three of us looking all together. We thought we might share it if we can find something _(suit). Woman: So something near the university?Man: Yes. We are all students, so it would be good if we could find something _ walking distance of the campus. _ of us has a car and we dont want to have to take a bus. Woman: Well, everybody wants that of course. Are you here for your first year?Man: No, I _ (be) here for a year already. Last year we all lived on campus. Woman: Ok. So let me have a look and consider _ we have got. Well, theres a three-bedroom flat. That