高一试题2011-4-25.doc

高一英语期中测试卷
2011.4.26

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What are the two speakers probably doing？
A. They are reading a letter. B. They are playing a game. C. They are having a lesson.
2. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a restaurant B. At a hospital C. At home
3. Where did the dialogue take place？
A. In a shop B. On a train C. In a bus
4. What has happened to Tom?
A. He has lost his life. B. He has been badly ill. C. He has lost his leg.
5. What is the woman speaker?
A. She is a teacher. B. She is a secretary. C. She is a waitress.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分， 满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. When did the conversation take place?
A. At about 9:30 B. At about 9:00 C. At about10:00
7. What can we know about the man speaker?
A. He was healthy B. He was very ill. C. He was worried
8. Why did Mr. Lewis come to the hospital？
A. He had to look after his wife. B. He had to come to see the doctor
C. He had to pay the doctor the money.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the phone B. In a garden C. In a box office
10. How much will the man pay if he goes to the concert with his wife?
A.＄30 B.＄50 C. ＄60
11. What time does the box office close?
A. At 8:00 p.m. B. At 8:30p.m. C. At midnight
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12． What makes Beth feel so bad?
A. Kate didn’t buy the tickets. B. Kate is very mean. C. Kate doesn’t like her.
13. What did Beth do last night?
A. She went to the cinema with Kate. B. She went to a snack bar alone.
C. She bought a Coca for herself.
14. What advice does the man give to Beth?
A. Making more friends. B. Talking with Kate about it. C. Meeting more people.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What does Justin come back for?
A. His album. B. His concert C. His family
16. Why does Justin think Down to Earth is special?
A. It’s the most beautiful song B. He has written the song.
C. It was sung by his favorite band.
17. What is the best thing about being famous according to Justin?
A. Singing with other bands. B. Performing for his fans C. Traveling the world
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why did the speaker walk about there after skating?
A. He was tired. B. He was too cold. C. He was bored.
19. What happened to the speaker?
A. He broke his left leg. B. He sank under the ice. C. He got ill suddenly.
20. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The speaker was saved by a man. B. Two people took the speaker home.
C. The speaker was taken to hospital.

第二部分 词汇知识运用
第一节 多项选择题（共10题，每小题1分，满分10分）
21. Driven by ______, I asked the interviewee a personal question, which made him quite surprised.
A. necessity B. curiosity C. shock D. admiration
22. As an important element, oxygen ______ the development of some creatures, such as early shellfish and al sorts of fish.
A. accepted B. formed C. multiplied D. encouraged
23. After so many years’ hard work in the mountains, his health ________.
A. broke down B. broke up C. broke out D. broke off
24. On arriving home, Mr. Brown found everything in disorder. It is ______ that his house had been broken into.
A. promising B. obvious C. rare D. bright
25. By the time I pay off all the money I borrowed from the bank when I bought my house, I will have been _______.
A. out of debt B. in debt C. into debt D. off debt
26. Not satisfied with the way he was treated, the young man decided to _______ his family.
A. break away from B. look forward to C. think highly of D. get away with
27. A good coach needs to know and make good use of each player’s ______ to make the team more competitive.
A. sides B. qualities C. benefits D. strengths
28. He forgot to set his alarm clock last night and ______ got up late this morning.

A. however B. thus C. besides D. anyhow
29. Yesterday’s physical lesson was somewhat puzzling and it took me a lot of time to ____ what was taught.
A. gain B. accept C. swallow D. digest
30. _________ the money, I won’t lend it to you unless you promise to pay back before next Sunday.
A. such as B. as well as C. as for D. as long as

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31--50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My mother seemed to be able to make dolls (洋娃娃) out of anything. She made some dolls for me and my two elder sisters. I 36 playing with them, but still, secretly, I hoped for a store-bought 37 like the one our rich cousin had. Her doll 38 open and close its blue glass eyes and even say "Mamma". I 39 stopped admiring it and hoping to have one.
However, my dream 40 came true when I was six. One day my father came back from his business trip with three 41 dolls! They were much smaller than our cousin’s doll and their eyes were just painted ones, but I did not 42 such differences. They were 43 "store-bought" dolls. We each chose one and I named 44 Misako.
Soon my sisters and I became devoted 45. Our "children" kept us 46 all day. We gave them a bath, 47 them, brushed their hair, took them out for a walk and put them to bed. Several months later, they got more like real children — their 48 and bodies became dirtier; their dresses got stained; their hair less smooth.
But, by then, 49 interests seemed to have moved into 50 toys. Their dolls were abandoned (被抛弃) and in bad condition. One had 51 one of her arms, and 52 was one-legged. "You can 53 them if you want," my sisters said to me. Thus, I had 54 dolls. They were more or less handicapped (残疾) and they often looked at me as if they needed me to 55 them. I enjoyed this feeling of being needed — being the only one in the world who could protect them with a lot of love. Indeed, they made the rest of my childhood days very happy.
31. A. wanted B. expected C. hoped D. enjoyed
32. A. doll B. toy C. girl D. baby
33. A. might B. should C. could D. dared
34. A. often B. never C. sometimes D. seldom
35. A. immediately B. firstly C. hardly D. finally
36. A. beautiful B. lovely C. store-bought D. new
37. A. care about B. care for C. think about D. worry about
38. A. total B. real C. like D. true
39. A. my B. one C. them D. mine
40. A. sisters B. fathers C. friends D. mothers
41. A. free B. busy C. hard D. tired
42. A. wore B. put on C. dressed D. wash
43. A. faces B. legs C. arms D. hands
44. A. my B. their C. my sisters’ D. my doll’s
45. A. tiny B. different C. curious D. humorous
46. A. lost B. wounded C. cut D. damaged
47. A. the other B. another C. it D. other
48. A. look out for B. take care of C. pay attention to D. have a look at
49. A. two B. few C. many D. three
50. A. teach B. feed C. satisfy D. help

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.
At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.
51. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.
A. had already received some dollars already
B. had been thinking of taking his own life
C. had received no money for that day
D. had acted as if he was looking for a job
52. If the woman had understood the beggar’s words correctly, she would probably _____.
A. have given him one more dollar
B. have persuaded him to give up begging
C. have gone away without giving him any money
D. have offered him some work
53. In the story, “a horrible fate” means _______
A. to beg B. to go to work C. to die D. to live a hard life
54. The best headline(标题) for the story is ______.
A. How to Beg B. Money before Everything
C. Anything except Work D. Work for Money
B
The pen is more powerful than the sword. There have been many writers who use their pens to write things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.
She was born in the U. S. A. in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was a time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child had read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting, if only to show how a warm-hearted writer can arouse people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor seen a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent the true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were widely excited over it, and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.
55. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe became famous for .
A. one of her books B. she was a very heartedly person
C. she was a kind wife D. she worked for the war
56. What do we learn about Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?
A. Before the civil war she had been a slave.
B. Before the civil war she had lived in the north of America.
C. She had a good school education.
D. She was better at writing than swinging a sword.
57. Why could Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America? Because .
A. she disclosed the terrible wrongs done to the slaves in the Southern States
B. she wrote so well that the Americans loved her very much
C. the Americans were too excited when they reads the book
D. the Southern Americans hated the book, while the Northern Americans liked it
58. What can we learn from the passage?
A. No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
B. We must understand the importance of literature and art.
C. We needn't use weapons to fight things that are wrong.
D. A writer is more helpful in war than a soldier.
C
In the 1880’s, Mark Twain established and operated his own publishing firm. He also became interested in various investments, especially an elaborate typesetting machine. He lost almost $200,000 in investments in the machine between 1881 and 1894. Also, his publishing company declared bankruptcy (破产) in April 1894. Thus, in January 1895, Mark Twain found himself publicly shamed by his inability to pay his debts.
Mark Twain eventually recovered from his financial difficulties, through his continued writing and a successful lecture tour in 1895 and 1896. During this much-publicized tour, Twain lectured in such places as India, South Africa and Australia. By the time he returned he had become an international hero. Twain enjoyed this attention, and his habits of smoking cigars or a pipe and wearing unconventional white suits contributed to his showy image. He also made use of his position as a public figure to criticize the US foreign policy.
Although he was recovering from his financial problems by 1898, Mark Twain had begun to experience tragedy in his personal life. Susy, his oldest daughter, died of meningitis (脑膜炎) in 1896, while her parents and sister Clara were abroad. In 1903, Mark Twain sold the beloved house in Hartford, which had become too closely associated with Susy's death. His wife, Olivia, who had developed a heart condition, died on June 5, 1904. His youngest daughter, Jean, died on Dec. 24, 1909.
59. Which is not the reason why Mark Twain found himself in debt?
A. Because he devoted all his energy to his writings.
B. Because his publishing firm bankruptcy.
C. He lost almost $ 200 000 in investments in the machine between 1881 and 1894
D. Because he lost a large quantity of money in various investments.
60. How did Mark Twain pay off his debts?
A. By borrowing money from the bank.
B. By investing in foreign countries.
C. By writing articles and a successful lecture tour.
D. By printing his own articles and selling them for money.
61. It can be inferred that Mark Twain ________________.
A. hated smoking cigars
B. liked wearing black clothes
C. hated the US foreign policy at that time
D. hated giving lectures in the foreign countries
D
At first, the earth’s surface layer（层）was made up of huge blocks of hard, solid rocks. Then slowly, there rocks broke up into smaller and smaller pieces. Finally stones, pebble（卵石）and grains of sand were formed. Many sorts of plants and animals lived and died on the surface of the earth. Their remains mixed up with the stones, pebbles and formed soil. The outmost layer of the earth is soil.
There are many ways in which large pieces of rock break into smaller ones. Wind, water, heat and cold help to break up rocks. When winds blow grains of sand against a large rock for a long time, the softer layers of the rock are slowly worn away. These leave holes and crack（裂缝）in the rock, which become bigger and finally the rock breaks up into smaller pieces.
The moving water of streams and rivers also help to break up rocks. As the water moves along, it carries with it small pieces of rock. These rub the larger ones. Thus, the larger rocks are worn down to smaller pieces.
The heat of the sun is also helpful to breaking up rocks. When the sun shines, the rocks become very hot. If these rocks are suddenly cooled, they may crack. Ice also plays a part in making soil. Water in the cracks can turn into ice in cold weather. As this happens, it becomes bigger and the cracks become wider, and finally break into smaller pieces.
62. According to the passage, soil .
A. forms very slowly B. is a mixture of stones, pebbles and sand
C. make up the layers