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黑龙江省牡丹江市第一高级中学2015-2016学年高一下学期期末考试

英语试题

第I卷（共70分）

第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40 分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，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

Our room was on the second floor but you could still hear the roar of the ocean and see the stars at night. I used to take long walks along the water. The food in town was wonderful and the people were very friendly. The area was very quiet and peaceful, and fairly deserted.

The last evening of our vacation, however, we all heard strange footsteps following closely behind us as we were walking up to our room in the holiday centre. We turned around and noticed a fairly young man moving very rapidly across the beach and getting closer to us. He was tall and wore a baseball cap. We didn’t have any cell phones on us. I never saw Dad as worried as he was then and knew that something was terribly wrong. The sense of fear started to overwhelm Mom and me. We had had such a good time in town. Now, the night was rapidly turning into a dangerous situation.

We could hear the man’s footsteps getting closer. Dad’s face was almost pale. The so-called intruder (侵入者) had moved nearer and nearer when all of a sudden, the nearby vending (自动贩卖) machine started going crazy and spitting out cans of soda! The noise actually scared the intruder and he ran out of sight. My parents were shaking, but we all turned around to see who had put money into the vending machine downstairs, and actually saved us, but no one was around at all. Not a soul.

It’s one vacation I will never forget.

1.Where did the author spend her vacation?

A. Near a lake.

B. In a village.

C. At the seaside.

D. In a mountain.

2.What happened on the last evening of their vacation?

A. They lost their way.

B. Their cell phones were missing.

C. Their money was stolen.

D. They were followed by a stranger.

3.The underlined word “overwhelm” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A. move

B. control

C. excite

D. impress

4.What helped them get out of the trouble?

A. Their quick action.

B. Other people’s kind help.

C. The young man’s warning.

D. The noise from the vending machine.

B

Andy never wanted to go to bed on time. His parents had explained to him how important it was to go to bed early and get a good rest. But Andy paid no attention to them, and they didn't know what to do until one weekend when they were visiting Andy's grandparents.

Grandpa Peter heard all about it and said, "This sounds like a job for Tubby." So Andy's parents loaded the cat onto the car and returned home.

That night, at bedtime, the same problem happened. Andy didn't want to go to bed, and even though his parents waited a while to see if Tubby would solve the problem, nothing happened.

Hours later, Andy finally decided to go to bed. But what a surprise when he entered his bedroom! Tubby was in his bed, totally sprawling out, pot-belly in the air, and snoring like an express train.

Andy tried to move the cat, but there was no way of moving him an inch. That night he hardly slept, lying on one tiny corner of his bed.

The next day the same thing happened, even though Andy was much more tired from not having slept well. When the third day arrived, he had understood that if he wanted to sleep in his bed, he would have to get into it before Tubby did. That night, when his parents only started to mention the topic of bedtime, Andy rushed upstairs and dived into bed. His parents could not believe it. They knew nothing about Tubby in the bed, nor did they understand why Andy went to bed on time without complaint. They were so happy about this that they stayed up quite late, celebrating.

5.By saying "This sounds like a job for Tubby", Grandpa means Tubby________.

A. has the same problem as Andy

B. often stays up late on weekend

C. can help solve Andy's problem

D. always likes playing with small boys

6.The underlined word "snoring" in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.

A. sleeping

B. making noises

C. dreaming

D. relaxing

7.Andy rushed upstairs for sleep because ________.

A. he was afraid Tubby would take up the bed

B. his parents reminded him of the bed time

C. he was much more tired from lacking sleep

D. his parents might punish him for staying up late

8.The parents' attitude towards Andy's change can be described as ______.

A. curious

B. disappointed

C. worried

D. joyful

C

There are many idioms in English. An idiom is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word. The following are some of them.

As the crow flies

When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads and often go farther. When people give a distance "as the crow flies", they mean the shortest distance between the two points, not the distance you would have to travel by following roads.

As Dan and his mum drove along the river, they could see the beach on the opposite side. Dan asked "How far is it to the beach?"

"It's only about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies" his mother said.