甘肃省永昌四中2018-2019学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题

甘肃省永昌四中20182019学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题第I卷一、阅读理解(共两节，20小题；每小题2分，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。AOncetherewasafarmer.Hehadthreesons.Theywerealllazyboys.Onedayhefeltthathewasgoingtodie.Hecalledthemtogetherandtoldthemthattherewasatreasure（财宝）hidden（藏）inthefields.“Turntheearthoverforit,”saidhe,“andyouwillbesuretofindit.”Assoonasthefarmerdied,thelazyboysbegantoturntheearthinthefields.Theyduganddug,buttheycouldn’tfindanytreasure.Theyusedaplough(犁).Theyploughedasdeepastheycould,butstilltheydidn’tfindthetreasure.Itwastimeforsowing(种).“Let’ssowriceinthesefields.”oneofthemsaid,“Sincetheearthisalreadyturned.”“That’sfine,”theothersreplied（回答）,andtheybegantosow.Whenautumncame,theyweresurprisedtoseethegoldenriceinthefields.Theirharvestwasbetterthanthatinanyoftheirneighbors’fields.Thentheboysunderstandwhattheirfathersaid.Thefieldsgivetreasuretothosewhoworkhard1.Onedaythefarmercalledhissonstogetherbecause____A.heknewhewasdyingB.heneedtheirhelpC.hewantedtogivethemhistreasureD.hewantedtoaskthemsomething2.Thefarmertoldhissonsthat_____

A.therewasmoneyandgoldhiddenintheirneighbors’fieldsB.hewasgoingtohidesomemoneyinthefieldsC.theymustputmoreearthalloverthefieldsD.theymustturntheearthoverinthefieldsforthetreasure3.Oneoftheboyssuggestedthattheysowriceinthefieldsbecause_____A.heknewtheywouldhaveagoodharvest

B.itwastimeforsowingandtheearthwasalreadyturned

C.helikedrice

D.hewasn’tsolazyashisbrothers4.Theirriceharvestinautumnwas_____A.apoorone

B.agoodone

butnotsogoodasthatoftheirneighbors

C.notagoodone

D.betterthanthatinanyoftheirneighbors’fieldsBTourismwasn’tasimportantasitistoday.Inthepast,onlypeoplewithagooddealofmoneycouldtravelonholidaystoothercountries.Morepeopletraveltodaythaninthepastbecausethereisagrowingmiddleclassinmanypartsoftheworld;thatistosay,peoplenowhavemoremoneyfortravel.Specialplanefaresfortouristsmaketravellessexpensiveandmoreattractivethaneverbefore.Onepersondoesn’ttravelforthesamereasonasanother.Butmostpeopleenjoyseeingcountriesthataredifferentfromtheirown.Theyalsoliketomeetnewpeopleandtotastenewfood.Tourismcausesmanychangesinacountryandinpeople’slives.Peoplebuildnewhotelsandrestaurantsandtrainnativemenandwomenasguidestoshowvisitorsaroundinterestingplaces.There’renewnightclubsandotheramusements.Internationaltourismisclearlyabigbusiness.5.Intheolddays_________couldtraveltoothercountries.A.boysandgirls,menorwomen,youngorold

B.eitherkingsorqueensC.boththepoorandtherich

D.nobodybutthosewhohadmoney6.Morepeopletraveltodaythaninthepastbecause______________.A.

peoplehavebeeinterestedintravelingB.

travelingtodayiseasierthaninthepastC.

peoplenowhavesparemoneyfortravelD.

greatchangeshavetakenplaceintheworld7.Whatmakestravelmoreattractivethanbefore?A.Travelbyairtoothercountriesismuchcheapertoday.B.Moreguidesarebeingtrainedtoshowbeautifulspots.C.Moderntelegraphlinesmaketravellessexpensive.D.Newhotelsandrestaurantshavebeenbuilt.8.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A.TheChangeofTourism

B.TourismC.TheImportanceofTourism

D.TheCauseofTourismChangeCBillGateswasbornin1955.HegrewupinSeattle,Washington.Whenhewasyoung,hewasgoodat

scienceandMaths.Andhewantedtobeascientist.

Billstartedtoplaywithputerswhenhewas13.Atthattime,puterswereverylargemachines.Oncehewasinterestedinaveryoldputer.Heandsomeofhisfriendsspentlotsoftimedoingunusual

thingswithit.Intheend,theyworkedoutasoftware(软件)programwiththeoldmachine.Billsolditfor4200dollarswhenhewasonly17.

In1973,BillwenttoHarvardUniversity(哈佛大学).HedevelopedtheBasiclanguageforthefirst

microputer(微型电子计算机).Inhisthirdyear,heleftHarvard.Billbeganhispanyin1975withhisfriendPaulAllen.Theythoughtthattheputerwouldbeaveryimportanttoolineveryofficeandinevery

home,sotheybegandevelopingsoftwareforpersonalputers.Theydevelopedthesoftwaretomakeiteasierforpeopletouseputers.

In1999,Billwroteabook.Inthebook,hetoldpeoplehowputertechnologycouldsolvebusiness

problemsinnewways.ItwasoneofthebestsellersonTheNewYorkTimes"list.BillGateshasmany

hobbies.Heenjoyedreadingverymuch.Healsoenjoysplayinggolfandbridge.9.WhendidBillbegintoplaywithputer?A.In1965.

B.In1966.

C.In1968.D.In197210.HowoldwasBillwhenhewenttoHarvardUniversity?A.17yearsold

B.18yearsold

C.19yearsold

D.20yearsold11.Billwroteabookabout_____.A.howtodounusualthings

B.howtoplayputergames.

C.howtoworkoutasoftwareprogram

D.howtosolvebusinessproblemswiththehelpofputerinnewways12.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat_____.A.BillworkedforMicrosoftbeforehewenttoHarvardUniversity

B.Billsoldhisfirstsoftwareprogramfor420dollars

C.Billbeganhispanyin1976withhisfriend

D.readingisoneofBill’shobbiesDEarthquakesaresomethingthatpeoplefear．Therearesomeplacesthathavefewornoearthquakes．Mostplacesintheworld，however，havethemregularly（有规律的）．Countriesthathavealotofearthquakesareusuallyquitemountainous（多山的）．ThemosttalkedaboutearthquakeintheUnitedStateswasinSanFranciscoin1906．Over700peoplediedinit．ThestrongestoneinNorthAmericawasin1964．IthappenedinAlaska．Strongearthquakesarenotalwaystheonesthatkillthemostpeople．In1755，oneofthestrongestearthquakeseverrecordedwasfeltinPortugal．Around2,000peopledied．In1923，averystrongearthquakehittheTokyo，YokohamaareaofJapan．Ahundredandfortythousandpeopledied．Mostofthemdiedinfireswhichfollowedtheearthquake．OneoftheworstearthquakeseverwasinChinain2008．Itkilledalargenumberofpeople．TheworstearthquakeeverreportedwasalsoinChina，inwhich400,000peoplewerekilledorinjured．Thisearthquakehappenedin1556．Earthquakesworrypeoplealot．Thereasonisthatweoftendonotknowwhentheyareing．Peoplecannotprepareforit．13.Whenandwherewastheworstearthquakeeverreported？A．1964;Alaska.

B．1556;China.

C．1923;Japan.

D．2008;China.14.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A．Thestrongertheearthquakeis,themorepeoplearekilled.B．Earthquakesofteneunexpectedly（出乎意料地）.C．Earthquakescancausefires.D．Peoplestilldon’tknowhowtotellwhenanearthquakewille.15.Whatmaybetalkedaboutintheseventhparagraph?A．Howdoearthquakesworrypeople?B．Whatwillpeopledotoprepareforearthquakes?C．Howcanwesavepeoplewhenearthquakeshappen?D．Howdoearthquakeshappen?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。请将答案写在第二卷的答题纸上，否则无效！We’dbetterdevelopourinterestinEnglishatthebeginningofourstudy.

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WemayfeelgoodwhenwecansaysomethingsimpleinEnglish.

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Sowemustmakesomeplansbeforestudy.Andweshouldcertainlycarryouttheseplansinourstudy.

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Ournotesaremuchthinnerthanthebookssothatwecanlearnthembyhearteasilyandcanoftenreviewandreadthem.Wemayalsorecordournotesontapessoastolistentothemeasily.ReadinganewspaperisthebestthingtoimproveyourEnglish.

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ItwillhelpyoukeepintouchwithalotofsubjectsinEnglish.

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Learnbyheartthewholesentencesandthephrasesthatcontainthenewwordssothatwemayknowhowtousethewords.Iftimepermits(允许),wemayreadaminiChineseEnglishdictionarycarefullyfromcovertocover,whichmayhelpuswidenoursightandmaster(掌握)knowledgeinallways.A.Readalittlefromanewspapereveryday.B.Don’treadbookswithoutmakingnotes.C.CarefullywriteanemailinEnglish.D.It’seasytodevelopaninterestinEnglishstudy.E.Themore,thebetter.F.Plansarealwaysverynecessary.G.Neverjustmemorize(记住)singleEnglishwords.二、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。Doyouknow__21__languagesthereareintheworld?Thereareabout1500butmanyofthemarenotvery__22__.Englishisoneofthemostimportantlanguagesbecausemanypeople__23__it,notonlyinEnglandandAmerica,_24__inothercountriesoftheworld.About200,000,000speakit_25__theirownlanguage,andanother200,000,000useitas__26_language.Itis_27__tosayhowmanypeoplearelearningit.28_boysandgirlsinschoolsaretryingtodoso.ManyEnglishchildrenstudyFrench.Frenchisalsoaveryimportantlanguage._29__childrenstudyGerman,Russian,JapaneseandChinese.Whichisthebest_30__tolearnalanguage?Weknowthatwealllearnt_31_languagewellwhenwewere_32__.Ifwelearnasecondlanguageinthe_33__way,itwon’tseemsodifficult.Whatdoesasmallchilddo?It_34__whatpeoplesay,andittriestoguesswhatithears.Whenitwantssomething,ithasto_35__it.Itisusingthelanguage,_36_initandtalkinginitallthetime.Ifpeopleuseasecondlanguage_37__,theywilllearnit__38.Inschool,youlearntoread,towrite,tohearandtospeak.Itisbesttolearnallnewwordsthroughthe__39__.Youcanreadthem,spellthemand_40_themlater.21.A.howmany B.whatnumber C.alotof D.somany22.A.usefulB.necessary C.important D.good23.A.like B.use C.learn D.speak24.A.but B.and C.also D.so25.A.like B.with C.for D.as26.A.foreign B.asecond C.thesecond D.aspecial27.A.easy B.again C.difficult D.best28.A.Millionsof B.Millionof C.Millions D.Severalmillion29.A.Some B.Other C.AllD.Few30.A.timeB.way C.thing D.place31.A.aforeign B.ourmothers’ C.other’sD.ourown32.A.born B.children C.grown D.boys33.A.same B.different C.useful D.good34.A.does B.says C.listensto D.follows35.A.ask B.want C.get D.askfor36.A.speaking B.writing C.thinking D.doing37.A.sometime B.sometimes C.allthetime D.forthetime38.A.quicklyB.soon C.freely D.easily39.A.mouth B.hands C.ears D.mind40.A.speak B.use C.love D.write第II卷三、语法填空题（本题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分。）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。MynameisWangKun.Sincemiddleschool,mysisterandI

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短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分InWednesdaymorning，Tomwaswalkingalongthestreet．Suddenlyheheardtwoshout．Theycamefromthebank．Herantothebankbutsawamaningoutof．Themanwhowasshortandfatwithredhair．Hehadabagofmoneyoraguninhishand．Themanranawayandwasdisappearedbehindthebus．ThenextafternoonTomwenttoseeafilm．Hesawthethiefagainandphonedthepolice．Theycaughtthethief．WhatexcitingadayforTom！Thebankgavehim$100forareward（奖赏）．五、书面表达（满分25分）在日常生活中，因特网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据下表所给提示为某英文报写一篇题为OntheInternet的征文稿。英特网的主要用途信息看国内外新闻、获取其它信息通讯发email、打学习上网上学校、阅读各种书籍、自学外语娱乐欣赏音乐、观看体育比赛、玩棋牌游戏生活购物注意：1．征文稿必须包括表内所有信息，行文连贯通顺；2．词数100—120字； 3．标题已给出，不计入总词数。OntheInternet__

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