云南省曲靖市沾益县德泽乡中学高一英语下学期期末试题含解析.docx

云南省曲靖市沾益县德泽乡中学高一英语下学期期末试题含解析
一、 选择题
1.  Although the young couple are short of money, they are determined to purchase a large house ______ they can live with their parents
   A. so that       B. as if       C. in case       D. ever since
参考答案：
A
2. ---What do you think of our party room?
---Perfect! It couldn’t be _________.
A. best                 B. worst                C. worse                 D. better
参考答案：
D
3.  ---Can I help you, sir?
--- Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it _____.
　A. didn’t work    B. won’t work  
C. can’t work     D. doesn’t work

参考答案：
D
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4. In the special school, Harry Potter learned a lot and was    of his past
   A. afraid     B. believed    C. heard   D. convinced
参考答案：
D
5. John is not a man to count on, and it is very likely that the work ____ by the time he arrives here.
A. is finished      B. has finished    C. will finish     D. will have been finished
参考答案：
D
6. Look! The ______ leaves are dancing in the air just like lovely birds.
A. fallen    B. growing
C. grown    D. falling
参考答案：
D
【详解】考查动词和非谓语动词。句意：看!落叶在空中飞舞，就像可爱的小鸟。grow“生长”；fall“落下”，falling“落下的”。结合句意可知答案为D。
7. —Joyce, please don’t open the window —Pardon —I ______ open the window
A. tell you don’t      B. tell you not to     C. told you didn’t       D. told you not to
参考答案：
D
27. — I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.
— Recent pressure at work may ______ his behavior.
A. account for               B. make for               C. change for         D. stand for
参考答案：
A
略
9. —What do you think of his talk on Information Technology?
—Oh，excellent. It’s worth________.
A．listening to         B．being listened to   C．listening                D. to be listened to
参考答案：
A
10. This atlas(地图集) _______ 40 maps ________that of Great Britain.
A. contains; including                B. includes; containing
C. contains; containing               D. includes; including
参考答案：
A
11. ______ more than half of us were against the new plan, he still decided to carry it out.
A. As B. Since C. Unless D. While
参考答案：
D
句意：虽然（while）我们大多数人反对这个计划，但是他依然决定实施它。while在这里引导让步状语从句，表示“虽然”。
12. Often he ______ sit for hours doing nothing at all when he was in low spirits.
A. should        B. could      C. would     D. might
参考答案：
C
13. Only then ______ to answer violence with violence.
   A. we decided B. we did decide C. decided we D. did we decide
参考答案：
D
考查倒装。“only+状语（从句）”置于句首时，句子要采用部分倒装形式，本句运用一般过去时态，所以把助动词did提到主语we的前面。故选D。
14. All these gifts must be mailed immediately ______ in time for Christmas.
A. in order to have received      B. in order to receive        
C. so as to be received          D. so as to be receiving
参考答案：
C
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15. -What do you think the doctor suggested he _____right now ?
- ______not taking exercise
  A  do , a complete rest      B  did ,  a completely rest 
  C  do , a completely rested   D  does , a complete rest
参考答案：
A
16. ______ is known to us, the 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China in November, 2010.
A. As   B. It   C. Which  D. What
参考答案：

17. Chinese differs greatly _____ Japanese ______ pronunciation.
A. from…in        B. with…at         C. from…on        D. in…from
参考答案：
A
本题考察动词differ的用法。表示“与…不同”时，differ和from搭配。in pronunciation表示“在发音方面”。
18. The reason        he didn’t go to school yesterday was        he was i11．
A．why；that                                                                      B．that；because 
C．that；that                                                                          D．for which；what
参考答案：
A
二、 短文改错
19. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；       2. 只允许修改10处。

Yang Li, a five-year-old girl living next door to me, very clever. Because she is too old to go to school, she often asks me to teach herself to read, write and draw. She studies hardly and soon she learns a lot of. One evening last month I was doing my English homeworks when she came to my house. She asked me how I learned English. “You would find English a bridge to so much knowledge,” I said. She then wanted to learn English, either. She has learned many English words so far, but her parents are very grateful to me.
参考答案：
Very前加 is    old-young    herself-her   hardly-hard
A lot of 去 of   homeworks-homework     how –why
Would-will    either –too   but-and
20. 短文改错
There is lots of experience in our lives. The most unforgettable one for me is the speech competition holding last year. I ‘m interested in English.when my English teacher told me thjat I have chosen to take part in the speech competiition. I devoted me to the preparation.I was deternmined to win the first prize. I was such nervous when I stood on the stage that I forgot everything．Not until I caught a sight of my teacher did I calm down．Finally，I do a good job. When I heard I got the first prize，my heart was filled in joy and tears rolled down．Through this speech competition，I understand that it is confidence which makes people successfully．

参考答案：

略
三、 阅读理解
21. A scientist responsible for finding signs of life on other planets has warned that human beings should probably think twice before making contact with aliens（外星人）．
Professor Matthew Bailes is based at Swinburne University and is leading Australia's efforts to find signs of extra-terrestrial （外星的）life． But he warned that making contact with aliens capable of transmitting powerful signals to earth over tens of thousands of light years could lead humans into disaster， because they're likely to be so much advanced． "The history of weak civilizations contacting more advanced civilizations is not a happy one!" he said．
Prof Bailes was recently put in charge of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation's $100m to search for alien life， which is being financed by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and is backed by Professor Stephen Hawking． The team working on the project will use the Parkes radio telescope， one of the largest in the world， to scan the universe．
Prof Bailes told the news media that accurate computers would have to be installed at Parkes to sort through as many as a billion samples a second to try to detect patterns or likely signals． "There is no manual（指南） on how to find aliens． We'll have to imagine the sort of transmissions an alien race might send．"
The computers， he warned， would take a year to build， and the project has five years to run． But he said that the signal， if and when it arrives， would likely be quite weak after travelling across such vast distances． He said that scientists hope that aliens will send a pattern human beings would be able to recognize， such as prime numbers． But he warned that we might all be "long dead and buried" before we could work out how to reply and the aliens could get an answer．
12. What did the scientist warn humans？ ______
A. Don't send any signal to the aliens．
B. Don't contact with aliens casually．
C. Don't reply to any signal the aliens sent．
D. Don't receive the powerful signals from aliens．
13. What can we learn from Paragraph 2？ ______
A. The history of weak civilizations should never be forgotten．
B. The aliens are more intelligent than humans．
C. Human civilization needs to be developed urgently．
D. The aliens' civilizations may be more advanced than humans'．
14. What can we infer about the equipment at Parkes？ ______
A. They have scanned the universe for years．
B. They are the best equipment in the world．
C. They haven't been installed then．
D. They are capable of detecting the exact target signals．
15. Bailes' attitude of communicating with the aliens is ______ ．
A. encouraging B. indifferent C. hopeful D. negative
参考答案：
BD C D
1．B，推理判断题，根据第一段A scientist responsible for finding signs of life on other planets has warned that human beings should probably think twice before making contact with aliens可知，科学家提醒人们在跟外星人联系前要三思，可以推测不要未经考虑就跟外星人联系，故答案为B．
2．D，推理判断题，根据第二段The history of weak civilizations contacting more advanced civilizations is not a happy one!可以推测，外星人的文明社会可能比人类的文明社会更先进，故答案为D．
3．C，推理判断题，根据第三段accurate computers would have to be installed at Parkes 可知，精确的计算机将不得不安装在Parkes，也就是说那时还没有安装精确的计算机，故答案为C．
4．D，主旨大意题，短文主要讲了科学家提醒人类跟外星人联系要三思，并说明了有可能与外星人的接触会造成灾难，因此可推测Bailes对于跟外星人联系的态度是否定的，故答案为D．
短文主要讲了科学家提醒人类跟外星人联系要三思．
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22. Good news for people who have difficulty in remembering things. A memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks has recently been proved to be able to greatly improve ordinary people''''s memory ability. You may even become a memory champion if you practice hard enough.
This is according to a study published in the journal Neuron. Researchers fro
Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that memory champions aren''''t all that different to us. People with an average memory can greatly improve their memory ability by using what''''s known as the“ mind palace” method.
The method is the secret weapon （武器） of the fictional （虚构的） character Sherlock Holmes.
In order to do this, you need to picture a place you''''re familiar with, such as your living room. Then, you have to remember this place in as much detail as possible as this is your own mind palace.
Suppose you want to remember a shopping list. You can start by spreading out all the items around your living room in your mind. This means each item on your list is connected with a remembered place in your living room. You travel to that remembered place as you recall the list.
To explore the effects of this method on the brain, researchers gathered 51 participants with average memory levels and no previous memory training. After 40 days of daily 30-minute training sessions （一段时间）, participants doubled the amount of words they could remember - they went from recalling an average of 26 words out of 72, to an impressive 62. Four months later, even without continued training, their recall performance remained high.
“Once you are familiar with these strategies and know how to apply them, you can keep your performance high without much further training,” Martin Dresler, assistant professor from Radboud University Medical Center, told the Daily Mail.
In addition, the training also affects the way our brain cells connect. After training, the way that the participants'''' brain cells connect began to be like those of memory champions compared to scans（扫描检查） taken before training. Researchers believe this could be responsible for their increased memory.
But what makes this research so fascinating is that it seems to prove that the talent to store things in your mind isn''''t down to genes. Dresler found there was no deference in brain structure between memory champions and normal people, which means memory champions are not born with different brains.
“They, without a single exception, trained for months and years using methods to achieve these high levels of performance,” Dresler told Science Daily.
It’s clear that more studies are needed to find out what''''s going on here, but the “mind palace” method might be your best bet to never forget an important name, date or appointment ever again.
28. The main purpose of the text is to_____
A. present a research on a memory improvement strategy
B. explore the secrets of memory champions
C. argue whether good memory is natural or trained
D. explain how a memory improvement strategy works.
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the “mind place” method?
A. The method became popular because of Sherlock Holmes.
B. People need to draw a familiar place on paper before using the method.
C. The effects of this method are likely to fade when the raining stops
D. The method relies on a connection with a familiar environment to remember things.
30. What would Marin Dresler probably agree with?
A. People''''s memory level has a lot to do with their brain structure.
B. Memory champions are often born with outstanding memory ability
C. Memory training could change the way our brain cells connect.
D. With continued training, everyone can develop into a memory champion.
参考答案：
28. A    29. D    30. C
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了古希腊人发明的一种记忆技巧——心灵定位法能够改善人们的记忆力。
【28题详解】
文章意图题根据第一段中的“A memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks has recently been proved to be able to greatly improve ordinary people''''s memory ability.”可知，古希腊人发明的一种记忆技巧最近被证明能够改善普通人的记忆力，本文就是为了介绍这个改善记忆力的策略，故A项正确。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In order to do this, you need to picture a place you''''re familiar with, such as your living room”可知，运用心灵定位法需要你想象一个你熟悉的地方，也就是说心灵地位法依靠与熟悉的环境的联系来记忆事物，故D项正确。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第四段中的“In addition, the training also affects the way our brain cells connect.”可知，记忆训练会影响我们脑细胞联系的方式，Martin Dresler会同意此观点，故C项正确。
【点睛】文章意图的难度很大，抓住文章主题是关键，科普类说明文的特点是一般开篇就点明主题，根据第一段中的“A memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks has recently been proved to be able to greatly improve ordinary people''''s memory ability.”可知，古希腊人发明的一种记忆技巧最近被证明能够改善普通人的记忆力，本文就是为了介绍这个改善记忆力的策略。