甘肃省嘉峪关市一中2015-2016学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

嘉峪关市一中2015—2016学年第一学期期中考试

高一英语试卷

第I卷

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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

“I want to make friends．but I don’t know how．In my last school I didn’t have any friend．The children at this school seems to be OK，but I just know I’ll do something wrong．Help．’’An eleven-year-old boy Richard said．

We think everyone knows how to make friends．But a lot of people don't and I have even found that some bullies（持强凌弱者）don’t know what to do either．Then they are called ：

'bullies’’and don’t know how to change．

Perhaps the best way to think about making friends is to decide what makes a friend．I asked a group of 13-year-old boys and girls to write down what they liked about their friends．They said that good friends：

☆show an interest in what people do

☆are good at giving compliments（称赞）

☆go around with a pleasant expression on their faces

☆are kind

☆ask，not demand，to join in

☆help others with work or carry things

☆invite people to do something

☆are good at thinking of something interesting to do

☆are willing to share

☆are good at games or activities

1．By saying “But a lot of people don’t…”，the writer means a lot of people A．don’t kn ow how to make friends B．want to make friends

C．don’t have many frien ds D．are called “bullies’’

2．The students think that in making friends one should

A．ask others for help B．move around his house

C．show all interest in what people do D．study harder than others 3．The writer gives the example of Richard to show that the boy

A．will do something wrong B．needs help in making friends C．is good at games and activities D．is a bully boy

4．The best title of the passage is

A．Helping friends B．Talking about friends

C．A good friend D．Making friends

B

Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, USA, is in the central part of the state, on the Santa Fe River, which flows into the Rio Grands 35 kilometres west of the city. More than two thousand metres above sea level, it lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the Ortiz Mountains to the southeast.

Santa Fe was founded in 1609 by the Spanish in an old Indian village. In 1680 the Indians seized the place but only held it for twelve years before the Spanish retook it. The city remained under Spanish rule until Mexico won its independence in 1821. From then on it was a Mexico city until 1846 when it was taken over by US troops.

With a population of 48,953, Santa Fe is now the second largest city in the state. Because of its sunny weather, rich history and surrounding mountains, it is a good place for holiday makers. Besides hunting and skating in the mountains people enjoy shopping in the Indian and Spanish shops, which brings a large income to the city every year. In summer there is an international opera season when operas are shown in a partly-roofed, open-air theatre daily for people from all over the world.

5. At present Santa Te belongs to _______.

A. India

B. Mexico

C. Spain

D. the United States

6. What is of special interest to people who visit Santa Fe in summer?

A. Hunting

B. Fishing

C. Watching opera

D. Doing shopping

7. Santa Fe is best described(描述) as a _________.

A. trade centre

B. holiday centre

C. home for all nations

D. seaport city

8. One of the reasons for visitors to come to Santa Fe is that it _____.

A. has fine weather

B. is the state capital

C. has historical monuments

D. is on the Santa Fe River

C

Rescue（救援）workers at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile had reason to sing this week．A small hole drilled into the earth became a passage to freedom for thirty-three trapped miners．They spent sixty-nine days underground．"Never have people been trapped for so long so deeply," says a doctor at NASA, the American space agency, which helped in the rescue．

But the chief medical officer for the miners said most are in good enough health to leave the hospital within a day or so．The first three were released from the hospital Thursday night．

For much of the day the miners relaxed with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera．The thirty-two Chileans and one Bolivian still wore special sunglasses to protect their eyes．

A partial mine collapse（坍塌）on 5th of August trapped them more than half a kilometer underground．They had to stretch a two-day food supply．For two weeks no one knew if they were alive or dead．

Later, they received supplies（供给）and a video link lowered through drill holes．That link was how Ariel Ticona watched his wife give birth to their daughter．The miners have apparently agreed to share the money they earn from selling