1、2016-2017学年度上学期瓦房店市高级中学十月份考试高一英语试题第一部分: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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe nervous-looking young man had waited for a few momentsoutside the jewelers before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood t
2、o his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him hed better buy a necklace. He wasnt used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and
3、 the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five oclock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never see
4、n him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.21. A good title for t
5、his passage is_. A. A Clever Assistant B. Buying a Birthday PresentC. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man22. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_. A. turned pale B. turnedredC. turned yellow D. turned black23. James and Laura reached the shop at_.A. 4:30
6、B.5:00 C.5:30 D.6:0024. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_.A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy thingsB. the necklace was goodC. Laura liked the necklaceD. the assistant who served James was very beautiful BMy friend, Peg, and I were seeking evidence that
7、 there were people who were treating our soil, our waters, our air with the love and respect they deserved. And we found it.One day we saw a busload of school children on an outing. The bus had stopped at a hamburger stand where we were having a rest, and half-a-hundred children poured out. Busloads
8、 of children, of course, were not new, and I hardly gave them more than a glance until I realized what they were doing. Chatting and laughing, the children were picking up as much waste as they could carry from around the stand and its parking area. They took the waste to their bus, where several ba
9、gs had been brought out for the waste.Within five minutes, before our astonished eyes, that parking lot had been picked clean. Impressed, I walked over to their teacher. Im interested, I began. In fact, Im surprised at how those kids worked this place over. Is this some kind of environment protectio
10、n class?Youd never guess it, he said, but were a history class. A history class?Thats right. Were on our way from Boston to visit Fort(城堡) Ticonderoga. Before the trip, one of the things we tried to find out was how the Ticonderoga countryside looked back in old days, he said. In fact, we made a lit
11、tle table display of the scene, using toy buildings and toy trees. When one kid jokingly suggested we ought to put a few bottles and cans around to make it look real, the others blamed him. But the boy argued that he bet Ticonderoga would look like that today. Besides, if they thought it was so funn
12、y, were they prepared to clean it up if he was right? The class decided, however, that the entire fort might be too big a task to do. But they agreed to clean up any roadside area where they stopped on their way to the fort. And so thats what they did!25. How did the author feel when he understood w
13、hat the kids were doing?A. Amazed. B. Bored.C. Disappointed. D. Unconcerned.26. Why were the students going to Fort Ticonderoga?A. To learn history.B. To go outing for fun.C. To clean the roads to the fort.D. To protect the environment there.27. The underlined word display in the last paragraph refe
14、rs to_.A. plan B. show C. cloth D. gameC Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many
15、letters asking for admission(录取)to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in
16、Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed
17、to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.28. Why couldnt Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? A. She couldnt get admitted to medical scho
18、ol.B. She decided to further her education in Paris. C. A serious eye problem stopped her. D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.29. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeths chances for becoming for a doctor? A. She was a woman. B. She wrote too many letters.
19、 C. She couldnt graduate from medical school. D. She couldnt set up her hospital.30. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?A. Eight years B. Ten years C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six years 31. According to the passage, all of the following a
20、re “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except that she _. A. became the first woman physician. B. was the first woman doctor C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children D. set up the first medical school for womenDAlibaba started taking the lead in China by
21、connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商) with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, A allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 milli
22、on sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale. If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and q
23、uickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “Youre looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new r
24、elationship with Alibaba began. Alibabas original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying. Chinese retail(零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things youll ever find. T
25、M is Alibabas other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices. What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping big-box retailers especially in favor of online purchases on Ta
26、obao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after or
27、dering with free shipping. Im not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teachers iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mi
28、ne.32Alibabas advantage mainly lies in .Aits low price Bits big size Cits not charging small sellers Dits business-to-business service 33We know from the passage that Alibaba .Awill continue to develop. Bcharges all the sellers on its site a percentage of the sale.Cacts as a bridge between the buyer
29、s and sellers.Dis of middle size among all the online sites.34What can be inferred from the passage?AAlibabas business-to-business service earns more money than retail. BTM provides more profit than Taobao.CTaobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.DThe authors Chinese teacher
30、is also an online purchase lover. 35What is the passage mainly about?AShopping online in China is TaoBao.BHow the author purchases online in China.CShopping online goes beyond traditional shopping. DAlibaba influences peoples daily purchase in China. 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
31、。选项中有两项为多余选项。Time is the most valuable thing that mankind has. _36_. Many people try to manage their time. They arrange information and tips in order to effectively do so._37_. Time can be managed easily by finding out what is important and arranging these things in the order of importance. In this
32、way you know your direction before making any plans and do not waste time and energy unnecessarily.Now comes the next question. _38_. The answer is that you need to find out what steps you need to take to do and what you want to do. Then you know how much time to spend for each thing. These steps ar
33、e like goals._39_. Not having them is like walking blindly in a dark room, trying to find the door.Time management also demands a set schedule that works best for you. In this way you will be able to arrange your tasks based on their importance and finish them. In this way you will not waste your ti
34、me in beating around the bush._40_. There are lots of things that we need to do in a short time. Therefore, having good time management skills is at the top of the list of things we all need.A. We all live in a fast-paced world now.B. Using every passing second effectively can benefit us.C. Could yo
35、u divide your time equally while doing your work?D. How do you manage time and what type of information is needed to do so?E. Setting goals is the most important part of time management.F. Managing time is not that hard.G. The aim of time management is to give us a feeling of satisfaction.第二部分 英语知识运
36、用 (共两节,满分45分。)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。My wife and I moved into our home two years agoWe had a yard with a lot of 41 Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks,just to add some 42 to the area Last sum
37、mer, I found a tiny little 43 in the yard that I could not immediately identifyI knew I didnt plant it and Denise said she didnt eitherWe decided to let it 44 growing until we could find out what it wasWeeks passed and as I made my way back to the 45 plant,it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to
38、 46 the weeds around itAs I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds,I noticed something 47 .The sunflower had not 48 where I saw it beginIt actually had begun under a big 49 and grown under and around it to reach the 50 Thats when I 51 that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stan
39、d in its 52 of developing,we too have the ability of doing the same thingIf we 53 ourselves like that little sunflower, We can reach where we 54 to go and get what we need for growthWe need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the 55 to achieve our goalsLike the 56 ,it knew it had the ability to
40、get over the rocks because it had 57 in itself that it would succeedStand tall like the sunflower and be 58 who and what we are,then the environment will begin 59 us. We will find a way to go under or 60 any “rocks” in order to reach our goals41Aflowers BinsectsCrocks Dvegetables42Ashelter Bview Cco
41、lorDshape43Aweed Bplant Crock Dseed44AcontinueBcompete CimproveDescape45AweakBstrange ClonelyDmagical46Aremove Btend Cdecorate Dcollect47Adistant Bancient CvaluableDunusual48Apassed Barose Cstarted Dtrapped49Atree Btable CwallDrock40Aair Btop Csun D. house51Arealized Bresponded Cregretted Drecognize
42、d52Aprocess BwayCcourse Dplace53Agive in Bput in Cbelieve in Djoin in54AdreamBaimCprefer Drequire55AattitudeBintelligence Cplan Dability56Ayard Bhome Csunflower Dsummer57AenergyBconfidence CcourageDadvantage58Afond of Bafraid of Cproud of Dtired of59AsupportBaffect Cupset Dforgive60Afrom Binto Cthro
43、ugh Daround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)或括号内单词的正确形式。According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently 61 (face) with 62 unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipsticks and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine,
44、 but after they put on their lipsticks, they would press their lips to the mirror, 63 (leave) dozens of little lip prints.Every night the maintenance man would remove the lip prints, and the next day the girls would put 64 (they) back. Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She
45、 called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She 65 (explain) that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian(管理人) 66 had to clean the mirror every night. 67 (show) how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenanc
46、e man to show the girls how much effort 68 (require). He took out long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints 69 the mirror.There are teachers. and then there are 70 (educate).第II卷(共35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误,短文中有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