高一英语期中考试-试题.doc

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The Greatest Show on Earth
　　The Olympic Games are the greatest festival of sport in the world. Every hundred or more countries send their best sportsmen to compete for the highest honors in sport. As many as 6,000 people take part in over 20 sports．For the winners，there are gold medals and glory. But there is honor ,too，for al1 who compete，win or lose．That is in the spirit of the Olympics-to take part is what matters．
　　The Olympic Games a1ways start in a bright color and action．The teams of all the nations parade in the opening ceremony and march round the track . The custom is for the Greek team to march in first. For it was in Greece that the Olympics began. The team of the country where the Games are being held-the host country-marches in last.
　　The runner with the Olympic torch（火炬）then enters the stadium and lights the flame. A sportsman from the host country takes the Olympic oath(宣誓)on behalf of all the competitors. The judges and officials also take an oath. After the sportsmen march out of the stadium, the host country puts on a wonderful display.
　　The competitions begin the next day. There are usually more than twenty sports in the Games. The rule is that there must be at least fifteen. The main events are in track and field, but it is a few days before these sports start. Each day the competitors take part in a different sport-riding, shooting, swimming, and cross-country running. Points are gained for each event. Medals are awarded for the individual winners and for national teams.
　　More and more women are taking part in the games．They first competed in 1900, in tennis and go1f，which are no longer held in the Olympics. Women's swimming events were introduced in 1912，But it was not until 1928 that there were any track and field events for they compete in all but half a dozen of the sports．In horse riding, shooting，and boat racing, they may compete in the same events as the men．
1. Why is there honor for the losers as well as for the winners?
　A. Because what really matters is to take part in the Olympic Games.
　B. Because failure is the mother of success． 　C. Because losers need encouragement.
D. Because losers and winner should be equally treated.
2. Which of the following is a long-established practice in the opening ceremony?
　A. Runners enter the stadium with torches． 　B. Each team puts on a wonderfu1 display．
　C. Sportsmen and sportswomen wear magnificent clothes. D. The Greek team marches in first．
3. Who takes the Olympic oath?
　A. A sportsman from the host country. B. A judge from a foreign country．
　C. An officer from the host country. D. A Greek sportsman.
4. What are the most important events in the Olympic Games?
　A. The horse-riding events. B. The track and field events.
　C. The swimming events. D. The boat-racing events.
5. When did women start taking part in the Olympic Games?
A. Inl912 B. In 1928 C. In 1900 D. In 1924
B
The Story of Diego Maradona(马拉多纳)
The story of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian(阿根廷)football player, is the story of rise and fall of a poor man who became a world star, but paid the price of fame(名誉).He is now at the end of a career(职业生涯)which saw him as the bright star of World Cup Football. In the 1990s,this career has come into the poor performance on the field, drug-taking, speaking ill of football officials, being forbidden and finally facing court(法庭)action in which he has had the defend charges(指控)of shooting at several reporters.
Maradona was born in the poor area of Furito in Buenos Aires. Early in his life, he was able to realize a dream of most poor boys, the dream that is the way out of poverty-trap is through success in sport. Sport in the world around is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background(背景)is.
Diego Maradona was one of eight children. The games of football played in the dirty street outside his small white storeyed home in Furito were to provide(提供)him with a passport(护照)out of the small home. Today, poorly dressed boys still run and kick balls around the street from which a hero traveled to become one of the world’s great football artists.
Football expert(专家)Francis Corneo found Diego’s gift. He says that the young played “a natural” and there was nothing he could teach him. He had never seen anyone played like him in his thirty years’ life.
6.In the second paragraph of this passage, what does the underlined word “poverty-trap” mean?
A. The position in society. B. Extremely poor condition in one’s life.
C. Poor living conditions which are hard to escape from. D. Becoming wealthy in the future.
7. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Maradona’s performance is not as good as before on the field.
B. He will be brought in an action against his bad deed.
C. He showed no respect for some football officials.
D. Francis Corneo found a gift and gave it to Maradona.
8. Sport is an activity open to all people, no matter what their background is. The sentence tells us_________.
A. everybody enjoys sport and could turn a dream into reality
B. through sport everybody may be successful and become a famous star in the world no matter how poor he used to be
C. if one wants to be a famous sport star, he must have special background
D. people from working-class families will never get international success
9. We can infer from the passage that_________.
A. Maradona will face a possible term if found guilty(有罪的)on the shooting charges
B. background is very important for sport C. Maradona is as famous as a football star before
D. Maradona is doing so well in playing football that he can’t be knocked out
10. Where does Diego Maradona come from?
A. Europe. B. Africa. C. Argentina. D. North America.
C
George and Carol were medical students at the same college, and like many other college students, they enjoyed playing jokes on people .Both of them smoked, but they knew that their professor was strongly against it, because smoking was dangerous to one’s health. One day they decided to play joke on their professor.
At one of their medical lectures there was always a skeleton（骨骼）in the room so that the professor could show the students different bones in the human body.
That afternoon, Carol told George to put a cigarette in the mouth of the skeleton that was to be used to the next lecture.
When the professor came in, he began talking and then noticed the cigarette. He went up to the skeleton, took the cigarette out of its mouth and said, “You really should give it up, old boy. Look what it is doing to you!”
11.What do the professor’s words mean?
A. It’s only a joke to put a cigarette into a skeleton’s mouth .
B. He would persuade the skeleton to give up smoking.
C. Smoking is really dangerous, it may even cause death.
D. Students should not learn from the skeleton to smoke
12.To which did the professor really say these words?
A. To George and Carol only
B. To the Skeleton which he call “old boy ”
C. Only to himself
D. To all the students who attended this lecture
13. Which of the following is true to the story?
A. The professor got angry on seeing the skeleton smoking.
B. The professor never let it pass to make his opinion known.
C. The skeleton was played a joke on by George and Carol.
D. George and Carol decided to give up smoking
14. The underlined word “it” in the passage means ___________.
A. the talking B. the lecture C. the skeleton（骨骼） D. smoking
15. What do you think of the professor?
A. Serious but funny B. Honest and foolish
C. Kind and polite D. Hard to get along with
D
One morning, when we had been riding on our bikes for five hours, we came to a bridge where the railway crossed a pond(池塘). For 30 feet there was nothing but the widely-spaced wooden sleepers(枕木) under our wheels, and nothing to stop us falling into the steaming pond below if we lost our balance. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as he came near to the bridge and rode straight over, without ever, slowing down. I stopped.
“What’s up?” he cried out from the other side.
“I’m not riding over that thing. If I slip, I’ll be in there with that cow,” “There’s nothing to it. I just did it. didn’t I?”
“You’re stronger and taller. My feet don’t touch the ground. You do it for me!”
Mat said strength didn’t come into it and rode off. I knew he would give me at least an hour before coming to help. The sun burned my face, sweat ran off my forehead into my eyes and stuck my blouse(女衬衫) to my body. Try myself rather than wait for Mat to help. I rode back to get a good run-up and over I went. Mat was that right： all the difficulties were in the mind.
16. The bridge looked dangerous to the girl because .
A. there was a 30 foot drop to the water below
B. it had nothing at the sides
C. there were pieces of wood all over the road
D. there was a railway line below
17. The reason she stopped was that she .
A. was tired B. suddenly saw the dead cow below
C. wanted to let Mat go first D. was afraid of losing her balance
18. Mat argued that .
A. the bridge wasn’t at all difficult to cross
B. she had no other choice but to cross the bridge
C. the cow was harmless because it was dead
D. there was no difference between them in strength
19. Mat rode away leaving the girl because he .
A. didn’t know what he could do to help her
B. felt she should overcome her fear by herself
C. didn’t believe she was really afraid
D. couldn’t wait any longer for her
20. The girl finally decided to ride across the bridge, for she .
A. realized that it was easier than it looked
B. was tired of waiting for Mat to come and help her
C. knew she couldn’t stay where she was any longer
D. was afraid that Mat would go and leave her behind
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One of the favorite foods in the United States is the hamburger(汉堡包), a kind of flat found bread with fine-cut beef(牛肉)in between. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes to get it over the counter, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants , people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States, Most of the restaurants sell hamburgers or other popular foods among Americans, In addition(另外), there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurants are popular because they show the American way of life, First , they are not formal restaurants. People wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their food or waiting while someone else prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally , most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people can often eat at a fast food restaurant without spending too much money, while they may not be able to go to more expensive restaurants very often.
21. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Chinese food is also served in some fast food restaurants.
B. People can have almost every kind of food in fast food restaurants.
C. Fast food is usually expensive.
D. Fast food can be taken out of the restaurants .
22. Fast food restaurants are popular because they _______ .
A. are many B. are fast
C. are expensive restaurants D. serve expensive food
23. According to the writer, American people ______.
A. are always busy
B. prefer ordinary type of dress
C. do not want to spend too much time preparing their food
D. go to more expensive restaurant very often
24. According to the passage., the favorite restaurants in the U.S. are _____.
A. the Chinese restaurants B. the fast food restaurants
C. more expensive restaurants D. less expensive restaurants
25. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A. Fast Food Restaurants in the U.S B. The Favorite Food in the U.S
C. The American Way of Life D. Different kinds of Restaurants

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Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members, and in particular their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do．In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice．
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends．Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves．on the phone．This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members．
However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends．The questions of "choice" is an interesting one．Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose you friends or your friends choose you?
26．Many teenagers think their         know them better than their parents do．
A．friends                                       B．parents
C．brothers and sisters                            D．family members
27．When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is             ．
A．to go to their friends
B．to talk with their parents
C．to have a discussion with their family by phone
D．to talk with their friends on the phone
28．Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends"?
A．Some parents may even not allow their children to meeting their good friends．
B．Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends．
C．Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends．
D．Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends．
29．Which of the following sentence is right?
A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy．
B．In all families children can choose everything they like．
C．Parents should try their best to understand their children better．
D．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help．
30．Which is the bes