高一英语上册期末考试试题10.doc

龙川一中2011-2012学年度高一第一学期期末试题
英语
本试卷共12页，四大部分，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
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第一部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分100分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
第二节：完型填空（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
I used to walk my dog every morning. Later when we got back home, I would give it some food. This usually caught the1 of a mynah bird(八哥). The most 2 feature of this bird was its birghtly-coloured 3 mouths, so I found it a bit strange.
Later I read a book and found that the colour yellow 4 “communication, optimism(乐观) and inspiration”. I took the “c” from communication, “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to 5 the word “Coin”. This became the bird’s6 .
Every time when my dog finished his meal, Coin would look at me and 7 , “Raack! Raack!” After singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog.
When winter came, Coin 8 . It was the longest winter that we had ever had. When spring 9 came, it was the time for the birds to fly back and I often 10 what had happened to Coin.
One day after I had given my dog its 11 , a mynah flew down. It was then that I heard the 12 “Raack! Raack!” Coin was back! Sometimes, I wondered how Coin knew to come back to the same13 she had left.
Each morning Coin would come with her sweet song. Both I and my dog14 her as a member of our family. Now, I understand that if we have optimism and inspiration in our life, and if we15 often with others, we are sure to be accepted by everyone.
1. A.realisation B.view C. sight D. attention
2. A.special B.common C.central D.possible
3. A.black B.white C.yellow D.sad
4. A.stands for B.achieves C.organises D.changes
5. A.understand B.explain C.remember D.form
6. A.food B.cage C.name D.story
7. .A.shout B.say C.whisper D.sing
8. A.died B.hid C.disappeared D.escaped
9. A.suddenly B.finally C.happily D.luckily
10. A.complained （抱怨） B.recorded C.wondered D.wished
11. A.food B.walk C.drink D.water
12. A.strange B.familiar C.crazy D.terrible
13. A.place B.cats C.persons D.sky
14. A.introduced B.advised C.accepted D.kept
15. A.compare B.meet C.agree D.communicate

第三节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分2分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Tippi Degre is a French girl, who spent her childhood in Namibia among wild animals and tribal(部落的) people.
Tippi was born in Namibia,16 her parents worked as wildlife photographers. During her stay in Namibia, she made friends with wild 17 (animal), including a 28-year-old elephant Abu, crocodiles(鳄鱼)，baby lion and giraffes. She also made friends 18 people in the Himba tribe of the Kalahar，19 taught her how to survive on roots and berries20 how to speak their language.
Tippi later21 (move) with her parents to Madagascar and then to France, where she became 22 famous person. A book of her adventures 23 (translate) into several languages. My Book of Africa is a best-selling novel of Tippi’s adventurous (冒险的)life in Namibia.
In Paris, Tippi attended a local state school for the first two years, but then she went home 24 (receive) family education because she found she had little 25 common with the other children in Paris. She is now studying cinema at La Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris.
第三节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列四篇短文，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。
A
China news, Oct. 26---China Great Wall Society’s secretary-general Zhang Ji disclosed (透露) that the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) would join hands with the Society to produce a 3D (三维的) picture of the Great Wall so that netizens could view its original looks.
When the website opens, a picture of the revolving (旋转的) earth will appear against the background of the universe. A click on the Great Wall will bring the earth nearer, and slowly a white line becomes visible across the Chinese territory in the north. A closer view shows that this is the Great Wall.
Netizens will be able to appreciate the Great Wall with the eye of a tourist and “walk” from Shanhai Pass in the east of the Great Wall to Jiayu Pass in the west in just a couple of days. They can also take a look at the mineral resources and economic status of regions along the Great Wall. CASS and the Great Wall Society are trying their best to make this dream come true through close cooperation.
According to Zhang, to achieve the above effects, scientists will rely on airborne (空中的) remote sensing, national geographical information system and global positioning system to collect detailed data of the Great Wall, analyze and process the data, apply them to satellite images for 3D translation, and thereafter create a 3D digital image of the Great Wall for the entire world to appreciate the really great Great Wall of China via the Internet.

26. The underlined word “netizens” ( in the first paragraph ) possibly refers to ______.
A. traveling tourists B. disabled visitors C. Internet users
D. tourist companies
27. The second paragraph mainly tells us about ______.
A. when the website opens
B. how one can enjoy the 3D picture of the Great Wall
C. what the 3D picture is like
D. what the Great Wall looks like from space
28. According to the passage, by the 3D picture of the Great Wall visitors can see____.
A. more during their walk on the Great Wall
B. details as if they were really on the Great Wall
C. what common visitors to the Great Wall often miss
D. some unreachable parts of the Great Wall
29. The 3D picture will be ______.
A. placed over the Great Wall
B. used to collect geographical information
C. created on websites by copying real things
D. changed into satellite signals
30. What would be the best title for the news report?
A. Modern Technology and China’s Tourism
B. China’s new Action to Protect the Great Wall
C. A New Picture of China’s Great Wall Is to Appear on the Internet
D. China is to Produce 3D Great Wall

B
Imagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don’t know anybody. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who could help you out?
John Smith, an English explorer who landed in America in 1607, found the best friend ever. She was a Native American named Pocahontas (1595-1617). And she did more than teach Smith the language: she saved his life, twice.
Smith was captured by members of Pocahontas’s tribe (部落) and was going to be killed. But for some reason, the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, felt sorry for Smith (who was probably the first white man she had ever seen) and threw her body over his to protect him. Smith returned safely to the small village he was living in.
During the winter the English settlers did not know how to get food from nature. Pocahontas often brought food for Smith and his friends.
A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape.Later she became a Christian and eventually married an Englishman named John Rolfe. She spent the last year of her life in London.
Pocahontas has become an American legend (传奇). Her life story has been re-created in many books and films, including Disney’s 1995 film, Pocahontas.
One of the reasons she is so popular is that many Europeans look at Pocahontas as an excellent example of how a minority(少数) can adjust into the majority（多数）. Pocahontas is also respected because of her selfless love. She proved that people can be kind and loving even to people of a different race or culture. John Smith was very different from Pocahontas but she could see he was a good man and that was all that mattered. No race or country owns goodness, love and loyalty.

31. What difficulties might early European settlers meet in America EXCEPT ______?
A. the fierce conflict（冲突）with Native Americans
B. bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing
C. unfamiliarity with a foreign land
D. lack of food in winter
32. Pocahontas saved John Smith twice because ______.
A. he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life
B. she wanted to become a Christian and marry an Englishman
C. she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race
D. she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father
33. Which is NOT a reason for making Pocahontas a legend?
A. Her tribal background and her marriage to a white settler.
B. Her selfless help to people regarded as enemy of her tribe.
C. Her complicated life story different from common people’s.
D. The recreation of her life story in the 1995 Disney film.
34. According to the text, Europeans think Pocahontas _____.
A. was brave to break away from her own tribe
B. set a good example for other natives to accept the white settlers
C. was a selfless Christian who can love her enemy
D. was open to a more advanced culture
35. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their fighting for land.
B. The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures.
C. The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native Americans.
D. People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other.
C
When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I would make it home for the holiday. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have the three-day holiday posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a little snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, colors, and ornaments (饰品) shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the Gates boy to cut it," my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when in great need... such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon."
The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Crystal（水晶）Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little awkwardly（难看）at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It's not like the one you used to find," my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn't know where to look for a better one. But I couldn't be fussy(挑剔的)."
"Don't worry," I told her. "It's perfect."
It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: All Christmas trees are perfect.
36. What did his mother's Christmas tree look like?

37. From the passage we can infer (推断) that ________ .
A. all the soldiers had the three-day holiday
B. the writer could not go home for Christmas
C. the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
D. not all the soldiers went home for Christmas during the war
38. From the passage, we can conclude that ________ .
A. his mother didn't like Christmas trees
B. the writer didn't like the tree cut by someone else
C. the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees
D. his mother didn't want to have a Christmas tree during wartime
39. The best title for this passage would be ________ .
A. The Perfect Christmas Tree
B. How to Choose a Christmas Tree
C. How Soldiers Spent Their Christmas
D. A Christmas with an Ugly Christmas Tree
40. What does the writer mean by saying "All Christmas trees are perfect"?
A. Nothing is as perfect as Christmas.
B. Once at home, everything is so nice.
C. During the war, trees are hard to find.
D. All Christmas trees are the most beautiful.
D
Hydroponics(水培) is the only way that in the future we will be able to grow crops and food and at the same time sustain (维持) the earth. It is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without soil.
These days we are losing land at such a rapid rate that it is only a matter of time before we will run out of land to develop. If we continue to grow at such a rate, eventually the only land left to be developed will be farmland. If we use farmland to put up more apartments, then we will have no land to grow crops to survive. This is becoming a serious possibility. This is why scientists have developed another way to grow food and plants without using land.
The great thing about hydroponics growing is that anyone can do it. If you have the knowledge and the right equipment, you can do it yourself at your home. This means that individuals that live in downtown areas, and have no yard space for a garden can grow vegetables and fruits and herbs (药草) which will free them from going to the grocery store every day.
The equipment to grow plants using a hydroponics system is easy to obtain and can be easily picked up at a local store or over the Internet. They are reasonably priced and easy to use. All you have to do is to follow the insturcitons. You will soon be on your way to free groceries.
With a hydroponics system, your plants will all grow faster. This is especially good if you grow and sell them. You can expect a higher yield (出产) and they grow quickly. You can save a lot of money by using them for cooking all year round. You can also expect to have a fresh supply of high quality vegetables and green leaves on a regular basis.
41．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the future hydroponics system according to the passage?
A．Only people living in the countryside can make use of this system.
B．You will spend a lot of money and time on using this kind of system.
C．The equipment of this system can be bought from an online shop or your local shop.
D．People will not get enough food by using it ,so they will still need land to grow crops.
42．If you use a hydroponics system at your house, .
A．the plants will grow much slower than on farmland
B．you can only harvest enough plants for your kitchen use
C．yo