高一上学期期中考试英语试题

第一卷听力部分(共两小节，满分20分)

第一节：听下面句子，写出句中所缺的单词，一空一词：(每小题1分，满分10分)
1．The driver the traffic light．

2．He is his clothes into a suitcase．

3．The army is under the king’s direct ．

4．The tall tree was struck by ．

5．The car wouldn’t start，so we decided to go on foot．

6．Is the source of the information ？

7．He animals and sold their furs．

8．A daughter’s marriage is quite an for a father．

9．He has all the of a successful businessman．

10．My about education have changed．

第二节：听下列十段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的

A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍（每1小题1

分，满分10分)

11．Where is Mr．Jones now？

A．At home．

B．At the health center．

C．At his office．

12．Why was the woman so late？

A．Something went wrong with the bus．

B．Site took somebody to hospital．

C．She didn’t catch the bus．

13．What does the man mean？

A．He enjoys many types of games．

B．Basketball is his favorite sport．

C．He only plays basketball．

14．Where does the man want to post the card？

A．New Jersey． B．New York City． C．New York State．

15．When does Susan usually go to bed？

A．After 9∶30． B．Before 9∶30． C．At 9∶30

16．What will the woman do？

A．She’ll show the man a map．

B．She’ll tell the mail the direction．

C．She’ll go to the Black’s with the mall．

17．What is the woman going to do this evening？

A．Go to dinner． B．Visit her sister． C．Go to the airport．

18．Why didn’t the mall go to the theatre？

A．Because the woman didn’t have a phone．

B．Because he had some unexpected friends．

C．Because it was already eleven o’clock．

19．Where are the two speakers now？

A．They are in the forest．

B．They are in the cinema．

C．They are in a swimming pool

20．What did the woman think of the exam？

A．It wasn’t too difficult．

B．It’s about languages．

C．It’s very difficult．

第二卷笔试部分(共六小节，满分80分)

第一节．用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，可一空多词：(每小题1分，满分10分)

21．His in come (add)up to 1,000yuan a month．

22．My teacher is (concern)about my English study．

23．Both of his parents can speak French (fluent)．

24．He told the boys (not make)so much noise．

25．He often goes (cycle)in his spare time．

26．I’ve won a holiday for two to Florida．I (take)my mum．

27．The priceless works of art were (destroy)in the earthquake．

28．I’ve seen the movie a number of (time)．

29．He devoted his life to (fight)against the German Nazis．

30．It is (cruelty)of you to bully (欺凌) your friend like that．

第二节：单项填空：(每小题1分，满分10分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

31．We discussed where to go for a whole morning，but we decided to stay at home ．

A．at the end B．by the end C．in the end D．on end

32．Sometimes English is quite different from English in many ways．

A．speaking，writing B．spoken，written

C．speaking，written D．spoken，writing

33．The office ordered his soldiers ．

A．to stand still B．to not stand still

C．not stand still D．stand still

34．Firework the beauty of the festival night．

A．added to B．added up C．added up to D．added

35．The old woman has a lot since her husband died many years ago．

A．gone by B．gone through C．gone along D．gone over

36．—Would you like another cup of coffee？

—

A．Yes，I like some B．Yes，I'd like to C．Yes，go ahead D．Yes，please

37．I still remember the house my mother and I used to stay in that evening．

A．where B．which C．in that D．the one

38．I still remember the days I stayed with grandpa in the countryside when I was a small child．

A．which B．when C．/ D．on which

39．The magazine cover is green belongs to Tom．

A．which B．the one C．whose D．who

40．Have you seen Tom recently？ I wonder with his studies．

A．how is he getting along B．that he gets along well

C．what he is getting along D．if he is getting along well

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work．

When I walked into the living-room，my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said．“I love you．”I didn't know what to say．After several seconds all I could do was to stand there and 41 at him．My first thought was that he must need help with his homework or he was trying to 42 me for some news．

43 I asked，“What was that all about？”

“Nothing，”he said．“My teacher said we should 44 our parents that we love them and see 45 they say．It’s an experiment．

The next day I called his teacher to 46 more about this“experiment”and how the other parents had reacted(反应)．

“Most of the fathers had 47 reacting as you did，”the teacher said．“When I first suggested we try this．I asked the children what they thought their parents would say．Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble．“The point is．”the teacher explained．“feeling loved is an important part of life．It is something 48 all people require(需要)．What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 49 we don’t all 50 those feelings．A boy should be able to tell his dad he loves him．

The teacher，a middle-aged man，understands how 51 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for US to say．

When my son came to me that evening，I held on to him for a few seconds．And just 52 he pulled away，I said in my deepest，most manly voice，“Hey，I love you，too．”

I don’t know if saying that 53 either of us healthier，but it 54 feel pretty good．Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you”，it would not 55 me a whole night to think of the right answer．

第四节：阅读理解：(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项

A

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus．The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child．On seeing this，people began to talk．“You know this conductor used to be very rude．Now Suddenly he has changed his bad behavior,”said a middle-aged man．

“Yes．he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company,”said a second passenger．”That's right．”another lady said，”I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor．”

Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said，“Excuse me，but can I know your name，please？ Your excellent service must be praised…”

Before he could open his m0Uth，the three-year．old child sitting on the young woman’s lap interrupted．”I know his name．I call him Dad．”

56．One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ．

A．make a demand for more buses

B．thank the conductor for his good service

C．criticize(批评)the conductor for his rude behavior

D．invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

57．The word”him”in the last paragraph refers to ．

A．the gentleman B．the conductor

C．the middle-aged man D．the three-year-old child

58．It is clear from the story that the conductor ．

A．has changed his attitude(态度)towards his work

B．has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C．has not changed his rude behavior to passengers

D．has now been kind and polite to women with children

B

The English language started about 1,500 years ago in England．Three groups of people came to the country．They were the Angles，the Saxons，and the Jutes．These three groups brought their languages with them to England-After some time，the three languages became one new-language-English．The name“English”comes from the Angles．They lived in most of England．“England”means“Angle Land”or“Country of the Angles”．

The language that we speak today - Modern English - is not the same as the English that people used many years ago．including Old English(before 1150)and Middle English(up till 1500)．That language - Old English - sounds different，and it has some different rules of grammar．There were only a few thousand words in Old English．But Modern English does come from Old English，and it is still like it in many important ways．

59．When did Modern English start？

A．About the year 1150．

B．Before the year 1500．

C．Between tile 12th century and tile 16th century．

D．About the year 1500．

60．How many languages did Old English come from？

A．One． B．Two． C．Three． D．Four．

61．Which language did the name“English”come from？

A．Modern English B．The Angles． C．The Jutes． D．Tire Saxons．

62．According to the passage，Modern English differs from Old English in．

A．grammar B．pronunciation

C．words D．All of the above

63．Which of tire following is TRUE？

A．Modern English has nothing to do with Old Eaglish．

B．Modern English has more words than Old English．

C．Modern English has a vocabulary(词汇量)twice as large as Old English．

D．There is no difference between Old English and Middle English．

C

One difference from the other cities is that London has two centers：tile City of London．the center of business，and Westminster，the center of the official offices．The City of London is in fact a small area and only about 5，000 people live there but it is the centre of British business．The City of Westminster not only has the Houses of Parliament(议院) but also the different official offices which control the country．

Other famous areas are the West End and the East End．The West End is the part that visitors usually see because it has many famous shops，such as Selfridges and Simpsons，and many museums such as the National Art Building and the Museum of Mankind．Most of the big London theatres and cinemas are also in the West End．Tire East End has always been poor and not interesting but the home of the true Londoner，the“Cockney”．People say that a Cockney has to be born within the sound of Bow Bells：this means that he could hear the sound of the bells in a church(教堂)in Bow，a place of the East End．The East End used to have the docks(船坞)and some factories but now the docks and many of the factories have moved out of London．

London is now a mixture of peoples who came from many countries but are now just Londoners．Many people came from the old British colonies(殖民地)．But there are also large groups of people from Poland，from Italy，from France，and from many other countries．Now you can buy food from any country and hear any language spoken in London．The only difficulty is finding a restaurant where you can eat English food．

64．The “Cockney”is ．

A．the home of the true Londoner

B．the Londoner

C．a Londoner who was born in Bow and lives in the East End．

D．the Londoner who Ekes cocks

65．The East End is known for it ．

A．has famous places B．is very poor

C．has docks D．has theatres and museums

66．“The only difficulty is finding a restaurant where you can eat English food”tells us ．

A．there are few restaurants whose owners are English

B．there are many Londoners who were not English before

C．after long years of mixing with other peoples，Londoners of real Englishmen andEnglishwomen have changed their ways of life．So their food has changed

D．you can’t find a restaurant which sells English food

D

Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder．As a child his eyesight became worse and then，at the age of 13，he Iost his sight completely．However，he did not lose his determination to lead a fuII and active life．

Erik became an adventurer．He took up parachuting，wrestling and scuba diving．He competed in long-distance biking，marathons and skiing．His favorite sport，though，is mountaineering．

As a young man，Erik started to climb mountains．He reached the summit of Mount McKinley in 1995 and then climbed the dangerous 1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan．Two years later，while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend，they stopped for a time at 13，000 feet above sea level-in order to get married．In 1999，he climbed Aconcagua，the tallest mountain in South America．And then，on May 25，2001，at the age of 33，Erik successfully completed the greatest mountaineering challenge of a11．He climbed Mount Everest，the highest mountain in the world．

Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains．He carries two long poles：

one to lean on and the other to test the way ahead of him．The climber in front of him wears a bell to guide him．Erik is a good team member．He does his share of the job，such as setting up tents and building snow walls．

Although he could not enjoy the view，Erik felt the excitement of being on the summit of Everest．He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind．“When people think about a blind person or blindness．now they will think about a person standing on top of the world．”

68．What was unusual about his wedding？

A．He got married on the summit of Mount McKinley．

B．He got married when climbing Mount Everest．

C．His wedding was held after he prepared a lot．

D．His wedding was held at 13，000 feet above sea level．

69．What is Erik’s special method for climbing a mountain？

A．He takes his girlfriend with him．

B．He does his share of the jobs．

C．He uses two long poles to help himself．

D．He keeps a good team around him．

70．Which of the following shows the right order of what happened？

a．He topped Mount McKinley．

b．He became blind．

c．He challenged Mount Everest．

d．He reached the peak of Kilimanjaro．

e．He challenged Mount Everest．

A．b，e，d，c，a B．b，a，e，d，c

C．a，b，e，d，c D．b，e，a，c，d

第五节：根据课文原文，填入所缺内容。(每小题1分，共5分)

71．Do you want a Fiend whom you could tell everything to，like your deepest

？

72．These settlers enriched the English language and especially ．

73．When you go on a journey，why not keep ？

74．It seemed the world was at an end．

75．Until today we have where we have almost no rights at a11．

第六节：书面表达(共如分)

假如你叫李想，在光明中学读书，在高中学习英语的过程中碰到一些问题，想得到老师的帮助，并想给班级的英语老师提一些建议，以帮助自己学好英语。下面表格中只给了简单的提示，请你结合自己的实际情况给英语老师写一封求助信，内容如下：

学习英语时碰到的问题

1．生词多，记忆有难度

2．．．．

英语" w:st="on">向英语老师提出的建议

1．介绍一些学习英语的好方法

2．．．．