山西省洪洞县高一英语上学期期中试题

1、洪洞一中 2016-2017 学年高一第一学期期中考试( 英语) 试题满分： 150 分时间： 120 分钟第一部分：听力（1-20 略）第二部分：阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题3 分，满分60 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题3 分，满分45 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、 C、 D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAbout ten men in every hundred sufferfrom color blindness in some way. Womenare luckier;onlyabout one in two hundredis affecte

2、d inthismatter.Perhaps,afterall, it is safer to be driven by a woman!There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not beable to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows ofgreen.Sometimes a person cannot tellthedifferencebetween blue and green.In

3、rarecases an unluckyman may see everythinginshades ofgreen astrangeworldindeed.Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eyethere are millionsof very small things called“cones” ( 圆锥细胞） . Thesehelp usto see in a bright light and to tell differencebetween colors. There

4、 are alsomillionsof“rods ”（棒条体） , buttheseareused for seeingwhen itis near dark.They show us shape but no color.Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes（蚊子） prefer blue to yellow.A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way humanbeings also have favorite colors.

5、Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones inour eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods wecan see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible（看不见的） colors around us.21. The passage is mainly about _.A. color and its surprising effects. B.

6、women being luckier than men C. danger caused by color blindness D. color blindness22. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_.A. tell different shapesB. see in a weak lightC. kill mosquitoesD. tell orange from yellow23. Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?

7、A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.B. None of them can see deep red.C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.D. All of them see everything in shades of green.1 / 824. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _.A. red lightB. yellow lightC. blue l

8、ightD. green lightBAdults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by theirteachersat school.But thisstoryis one such lessonthatI willnever forget.Everytime I drift off course, I think of this story.Itwas a normal Monday morning,and my teacherwas teachingus on importantthingsin lif

9、e and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how thestory went:Anold man livedin a certainpartof London, and he would wake up everymorningand go tothe subway. He would get onto the trainrightto CentralLondon, and thensit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every sing

10、le day of his life.He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.His house was dirty, and a stench (恶臭 ) came out of the house and it smelledterrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for thepoliceofficersto clear the place. The officers knocked down

11、 thedoor and cleanedthe house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.The police counted the money, and they soon realized that theold man was amillionaire (百万富翁 ). They waited outside his house expecting to share the goodnews withhim.When the oldman a

12、rrivedhome thatevening,one of the officerstoldhim that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, amillionaire.Butthe old man saidnothingat all;he went intohishouse and lockedthe door.The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street cornerand conti

13、nued to beg.Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意义的 ) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.25.The underlined part in the first paragraph may mean _.A.Igettiredof learningmy subjectsB.Ifail tolist

14、en to lessonsattentivelyC. I go in the wrong direction of lifeD. I wouldnt like to go to school26. The neighbor called the police because _.A. the old man kept begging money from them every dayB. there was something dangerous in the old mans houseC. the old man wouldnt buy tickets for the trainD. th

15、ey couldnt bear the smell from the old mans house27. When the old man knew he was a millionaire, he _.A. remained calm B. became excited C. felt worried D. became nervous2 / 828. What lesson do we learn from the story?A. Make great plans for your life.B. Keep on doing what you like.C. Do something t

16、hat is good to society. D. Depend on yourself rather than others.CWhen I was small and mygrandmother died, I couldnt understand why I had notears.But thatnightwhen my dad triedto cheerme up, my laugh turnedintocrying.Soitcame as no surpriseto learnthatresearchersbelievecryingand laughingcome from th

17、e same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages,scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的 ) health,and cryingseems to work well.One studyfound that85 percentof womenand 73 percent of men r

18、eport feeling better after crying.Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when wecry,peoplearound us become kinderand friendlyand theyare more ready toprovidesupportandcomfort.Tearsalsoenableustounderstandouremotionsbetter;sometimes we don'teven know we' re very

19、 sad untilwe cry.Welearnabout our emotionsthrough crying, and then we can deal with them.Just as crying can be healthy, not crying holding back tears of anger, painor suffering can be bad for physical (身体的 ) health, Studies have shown thattoo much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure,

20、 heart problems andsome otherillnesses.Ifyou havea healthproblem,doctorswillcertainlynot askyou to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural andhealthy emotional response (反应 ).29. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?A. Because her father did not

21、want her to feel too sad.B. Because she did not love her grandmother.C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time. D. Tie author doesn t give the explanation.30. According to the author, which of the following statements is true?A. Crying is the best way to get help from others.B. Fighting back te

22、ars may cause some health problems.C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.D. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.31. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A. Power of TearsB. How to Keep HealthyC. Why We CryD. A New Scientific DiscoveryDGenerallyspeaking,language is

23、 what people and animalsuse to communicate theirthoughts,ideasand feelings.Ofcourse,animalscommunicatewitheachother3 / 8differently from humans, and each type of animal communicates differently. Forexample, a bee uses a dance to tell the rest of the bees in the hive (蜂窝 ) wherethere is food, while w

24、hales communicate throughthe use of pleasant-soundingsounds.One could say then, that animals use different languages.Likeanimals,peoplealso use differentlanguages. Each culturehas itsown wordsand symbolsthatare used by people within thatculture to communicate with othersin the same culture. For exam

25、ple, a person living in Japan will use the Japaneselanguage to communicate with other Japanese. Unlike animals though, some culturesuse more than one language. People within these cultures are said to be eitherbilingual (双语的 ) or multilingual (多语的 ). One such place is Canada. It is verylikelythata p

26、erson living in Canada mayspeakboth French and English. Likewise,a person living in Switzerland may speak Italian, German and French.Not only do people use different languages to communicate, but languages alsohave different dialects. A dialect is a difference of a language which uses wordsand gramm

27、ar somewhat differently from the standard form of the same language. Forexample, people who live in Manchester, England speak a dialect that is a littledifferent from people who live in London, England; however, people in both citiesspeak English.There are also some people who dontuse a spoken langu

28、age atall. These peopleuse their hands to communicate. This type of language is called sign language andis most commonly used by people who are deaf.Now that we know how people communicate, we are faced with a question. Are wepart ofa certainculturebecause ofthe languagewe speak, or do we speak a pa

29、rticularlanguage because we are part of that culture? To put it more simply, is a Chineseperson Chinese because he speaks Chinese, or does he speak Chinese because he wasborn in China? What part does language play in the definition (定义 ) of culture?32. The examples of bees and whales are used to sho

30、w _.A. animal languages are simple to learn B. people can understand animal languagesC. different animals use different languages D. animals communicate with each other33. The main idea of the second paragraph is that _.A. people communicate with those in the same cultureB. there can be different la

31、nguages in the same cultureC. a culture can be expressed in several languagesD. the symbol of a culture is the language spoken by its people34. To judge whether a person speaks a dialect, you can depend on _.A. what words and grammar he usesB. whether he uses sign languageC. where he livesD. who he

32、communicates with35. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The culture of different countriesB. The language in different culturesC. The development of languageD. The meaning of the language4 / 8第二节 ( 共 5 小题，每小题3 分，满分15 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。What is the differencebetw

33、een happy people and unhappy people?36Readthe following list of things that happy people do differently from unhappy people and you will know.Well,I can tellyou forsure thatthose peoplewho are reallyhappy,FEARlessand LOVE a lot more. They see each moment, each challenge, each person as anopportunity

34、todiscovermoreaboutthemselvesandtheworldaroundthem.37Happy peopleunderstandthatyou cantreallychange a situationby resisting（反抗） it. Buttheycan feel betterby understanding that theremight be a reasonforitsexistence （存在）.38But rather,they ask themselvesquestionslike:What can I learn from this? How can

35、 I make this better?They always seem to bepleasant and hopeful no matter what happens to them.They do the things they do because of the meaning it brings into their lives andbecause they get a sense of purpose by doing so.39The y care more about living a life full of meaning rather than, whatin our

36、modern society we would call, living a successful life. The fact here is that most of the time they get both, success and meaning, just because they choose to focus on doing the things they love the most.40 They make sure that their actions bring meaning and happiness in the lives of many. They look

37、 for ways to give and to share the best of themselves with the world and to make other people happy.A. They have an ideal living and a balanced life.B. What are the things that these people do differently?C. They are kind tothemselves and others and they understandthe powerof love.D. The things happ

38、y people do are not for themselves, but for the good of others.E. They are ready to embrace whatever lies in front of them.F. They understand that“Doing what you love is the most important forliving afull life”.G. When something unpleasant happens to them,they don t try to fightit, knowingthat this

39、willmake the situation even worse.第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55 分）第一节完形填空（共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。Mrs. Green was a science teacher. She believed very strongly in41 work as5 / 8a means ofteachingscienceeffectively( 有效地 ),and she wanted her pupils parentsto see ho

40、w 42their children were learning by her methods. She43arranged forall the parents to come and see the44 of one of the children s experiments ona Saturdayevening,when allofthem were free.The childrenhad been45thegrowthof plants,and theyhad 46fourpotsofbeans ( 豆科植物 )a few weeks before.Theyhad put 47so

41、il in one pot, to see what effect this would have on the48 ofthe beans in it, and good soil in the other three pots. Then they had kept one ofthe pots in the49 for several days, and had given a third pot no water for thesame length of 50 .At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Mrs. Green put

42、little notes onthe four51 :“ The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” “ This pot hasbeen 52inthe dark for fourdays. ” “ These beans have had no waterforfourdays. ”“These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and53water.” Then she wenthome.Whenshe arrivedon 54_ evening,halfan hourbe-fore

43、the 55weredue tocome,Mrs. Green found this note beside the pots:We 56 your notes to the school servant and thought we would 57 him, so wewateredallthe plants, 58theearthintheone withpoorsoil,and59thelightabove theone whichhad been leftinthe darkforfourdays.We60 thattheplantswill now grow well.Your f

44、riends,The Boy Scouts41.A. practicalB. actualC. activeD. hard42.A. graduallyB. wellC. exactlyD. equally43.A. howeverB. thereforeC. evenD. instead44.A. progressB. methodC. purposeD. result45.A. studyingB. consideringC. destroyingD.preventing46.A. boughtB. broughtC. plantedD. found47.A. goodB. poorC.

45、wetD. dry48.A. tasteB. smellC. shapeD.growth49.A. sunshineB. darkC. rainD. sand50.A. restB. researchC. timeD. distance51.A. plantsB. beansC. experimentsD. pots52.A. putB. keptC. trappedD. buried53.A. cleanB. coldC. warmD. regular54.A. FridayB. SaturdayC. SundayD. Monday55.A. childrenB. studentsC. pa

46、rentsD. teachers56.A. readB. wroteC. answeredD. passed57.A. persuadeB. rescueC. remindD. help58.A. changedB. threwC. checkedD. tested6 / 859. A. put onB. take onC. left onD. came on60. A. hopeB. dislikeC. wonderD. suggest第二节词汇和语法填空(共 10 空；每空 1.5 分，满分15 分 )用括号内所给词的正确形式（不多于3 个词）或在空白处填入适当的词1. Once _ (c

47、arry out ), the plan won t be changed.2. _( 事实上 ), it is your attitude towards life that determines what kind of life you live.3. His pale face suggested he_(be) ill so his friends suggested he_( go) to see the hospital.4.The number of people_ (invite) to the party_ (be) 100, but up to now a number ofthem _(not turn up).5. It was in 1949_ the PRC was founded _ my father was born.6. He drove beyond limited speed _ (故意地）in order to attract thepolice s attention.第四部分写作（共两节，满分35）第一节单句改错（共10 小题，每小题1 分，满分10 分）1. More than one stu