甘肃省永昌县第一中学2015-2016学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

永昌县第一高级中学2014-2015-1期中考试卷高一英语（满分120分，答题时间100分钟）本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分120分，考试时间100分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共70分）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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

AIn our daily life we often meet some interesting thing. Have you ever heard of a story about an ant? The following story will show you. One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant almost exhausted was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.1. The ant could not reach the side though _______.A. she could smell wellB. she tried very hardC. she asked the dove to save herD. she cried for help2. The dove saved the ant because _______.A. she was the ant's friendB. she took pity on the poor antC. the ant was almost exhaustedD. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time3. The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of _______.A. a leafB. a piece of woodC. a blade of grassD. a raft4. In writing the story, the writer wants to show _______.A. how clever the ant wasB. how kind the dove wasC. how the ant and the dove helped each otherD. we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as we canBOnce upon a time, there lived a young father and his old neighbor. One day the young father paid a visit to his old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with t heir children？”The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one. “Please untie（解开）that string,” he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent （弯）over to one side. “Now tie it again, please,” said the old man, “bu t first pull the stringtight so that the young tree is straight again.”The young man did so. Then the old man said, “There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the string away.”5. The story is about____.A. how strict parents should be with their childrenB. how to take care of young treesC. how the young father should get on with his old neighborD. how to tie and untie the string6. The young man untied the string____ .A. in order to let the old man teach himB. only to find that the thinner one bent over to one sideC. so that both of the trees would grow straightD. in order to throw it away7.When can the string be taken away？.A. After you have untied itB. When the old man has leftC. When the young tree grows strong enoughD. When the young man has untied it next time8. From the story the relation of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ＿＿.A. parents to their childrenB. grown ups to their parentsC. the young father to the old neighborD. the old neighbor to the children of the young fatherCAs we all know, Chinese has a large car company which is developing rapidly, it is the LOS ANGELES---BYD. It makes green cars and other green products, and the company said on Friday it would open a North American branch in Los Angeles, with plans to begin selling cars in the U.S. by the end of 2010.BYD was started in 1995 and moved into the car business in 2003. The company now employs 150,000 people.Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, says the arrival of BYD Inc, of Shenzhen, China, will create about 150 high-paying jobs, since the company has to employ managers and engineers. Once it begins to sell cars in the United States, several hundred more jobs will be created in service and sales. He also praised it as part of green-energy programs in U.S. The city is attracting high-tech, clean-energy companies that will help reduce pollution. “As I’ve always said, what is good for the environment is also good for development,” he adds.Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s president, says, “BYD stands for building your dream. Our dream is a green one, and we also wish to make your green dream come true. We have been working for a greener environment. We hope that we will lead to a cleaner and nicer future.” The company introduced its latest model earlier this year. It is what BYD plans to begin to sell in the United States by the end of this year.9. BYD’s new branch in the United States will _______.A. produce a new model to sell thereB. employ managers and engineers from ChinaC. sell car technology to the U.S.D. create many new jobs for the U.S10. The “green dream” in the passage means ______.A. a dream of fewer carsB. a dream of high technologyC. a world with a better environmentD. a new world with more trees11. The best title for the passage would be _______.A. Green BYD Putting Roots in Los AngelesB. The Green Dream of BYDC. BYD Joins Green Energy ProgramsD. New BYD Car Exhibition in Los AngelesDApril Fool’s Day is a traditional festival in western countries, people celebrate it in many different ways. And it is also become a worldwide festival nowadays. On this special day, we have put together a list of some of the greatest hoaxes (恶作剧) in history. They are the lies that have been designed for innocent people who are ready to believe them.▲INSTANT COLOR TVIn 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station’s Knell Stepson, appearing on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, all viewers could now quickly and easily transform their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon (尼龙) stocking over their TV screen, and they would begin to see their favorite shows in color. Reportedly, hundreds of thousands of people were taken in. Actual color TV transmission only started to appear in Sweden on April 1, 1970.▲SAN SERRIFFEIn 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven –page supplement(增刊) in honor of the tenth anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately asked for more information about the beautiful holiday spot. Few noticed that every thing about the island was made up.▲NIXON FOR PRESIDENTIn 1992 American National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation program announced that, Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, “ I didn’t do anything wrong, and I won’t do it again.” Accompanying this announcement were audio clips(片断) of Nixon delivering his election speech. Listeners responded immediately to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and anger. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Huckleberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon’s voice was copied by comedian Rich Little.12. Which of the following countries in NOT mentioned in the text?A. The United StatesB. The UKC. IndiaD. Sweden13. Who worked as a host on the radio?A. Knell StepsonB. John HuckleberryC. Richard NixonD. Rich Little14. When did the small republic San Serriffe come into being?A. In 1977B. In 1962C. In 1992D. Never15. Where can we probably read this article?A. In a magazineB. In the adC. In a news reportD. In a novel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。