甘肃省临夏河州中学2011-2012学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题(无答案)

一、单项选择（每小题1分，共20分）1.It is that he hasn't _____ .A.obviously;told the truthB.obvious;told a truthC.obvious,told the truthD.obviously,told truth2.Mr.Black,who was of the______ speech,stood up and left the ball.A.tired;boringB.tired;boredC.tiring;boredD.tiring;boring3.You phone him if you want to,but you_____!He will surely phone you.A.may;mustn'tB.have to;needn'tC.can;needn'tD.can;doesn't need4.The soup is too salty。

You too much salt in it.A.should putB.could have putC.might putD.must have put5.Dandy left word with my secretary he would call again in the afternoon.A.whoB.thatC.asD.which6.-Do you have anything important to today?-Yes,I must have my bike_______.A.be dealt with;repairedB.be dealt with;to repairC.be done with;to be repairedD.do with;repaired7.-Let's go shopping after school. - .Call me up any time.A.Sounds good..B.Hold on,please.C.What for?D.That depends8.After class,Jim apologized his teacher_______his coming late.A.for;toB.to;forC.because;toD.to;because9.He played a joke me_______pretending that he had lost his keys.A.on;withB.on;onC.to;byD.on;by10. made the school pround was_______more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.A.What;becauseB.That;whatC.What;thatD.That;because11.He made progress that he did very well in the exam.A.such a rapidB.so rapidC.so rapid aD.such rapid12.What a table!I've never seen such a thing before.It is it is long.A.half not as wide asB.wide not as half asC.as wide as not halfD.not half as wide as13.The chairman thought necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.A.thatB.itC.thisD.him14. breaks the law should be punished.A.AnyoneB.ThoseC.Anyone whoD.Those who15.He would get some work experience first go straight on to university.A.other thanB.rather thanC.or ratherD.more than16. is knowen to everybody that the moon travels round the earth once every month.A. AsB.ThatC.WhatD.It17.She was that all the students loved her.A.such good a teacherB.such a good teacherC.so a good teacherD.so good teacher18.The thought he would go to Shanghai by himself______his parents.A.that;surprisedB.that;surprisingC.which;surprisedD.which;surprising19.You will never know those days.A.how busy we wereB.how busy were weC.how we were busyD.how were we busy20.A man landed on Mars?You be joking.That_______ be true.A.can;mustn'tB.must;mustn'tC.must;can'tD.can;can't二、完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）Once a man named Grant found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house.He 21 most of them,for he did not like old things very much,But one ofthese papers was an old 22 .At the bottom of it was the 23 of a well-known writer. “When this letter was written,”said Grant.“ 24 knew about the writer.But 25everyone knows him.Some people like to 26 letters like this.I may be able toget much money 27 the letter if I sell it to the right man.”“But there were a lot of dirty 28 all over the letter.”“It doesn’t look 29 ,”he thought.“No one wants to buy a letter if it's30 .I'll have to clean it first.”So he got a piece of cloth and some 31 and cleaned the letter.He worked hard and 32 a lot of care.At last the letter looked new,and he was very 33 his work.“Now it looks very nice,”he said to himself.“I'll be able to 34 it fora lot of money.”He took the letter to a 35 in London where old papers of this kind were 36 and sold.“I want to sell this letter,”Grant said to the man in the shop.“It was written by a well-known writer.You 37 about these things.How much will you give me for it?”The man looked at 38 for a long time.“I'll give you two pounds for it,”he said at last.“Only two pounds!”said Grant.“But people pay lots of pounds of a letter like this.And just look!I've 39 cleaned it to make it look nice.”“I can see that,”said the man.“That's 40 .People who buy old papers likethem to be.”三、阅读理解(每小题2分，共40分)AMy wealthy uncle was dying.He wanted to leave me his fortune,which was about half a million dollars.There was,one condition:I must be married before he died.If not,I wouldn't receive a cent.I was not a greedy man,but I thought half a million dollars was a rather high price for keeping my freedom.I decided to make the great sacrifice.It was easier said than done.The doctor was certain my uncle would be dead within a fortnight.That put me in a difficult position.You see,besides being forty years old.I was also ugly.I had no lady friends,I couldn't possibly advertise myself as wealthy until after my marriage.Advertise!What a good idea!I ran an advertisement in one of the popular Sunday newspapers.To my surprise and joy,I received over a thousand replies.I spent hours opening the letters.My heart sank.I couldn't possibly read all the letters,still less interview their authors.Time was running out.In despair,I burnt all the letters.No choice was better than a bad choice.In this dejected state of mind,I went to see a good friend.He was the waiter in a restaurant.I told him my problem.“If you are really serious,”he said,“I can recommend my sister.She's an excellent cook and a goodhousekeeper.She is all alone now.”“But is she interested in marriage?”I asked.41.The writer wanted wanted to marry because _______.A.he was greedyB.his uncle was a single manC.his uncle was dyingD.half a million dollars was too much to lose for his freedom42.His biggest problem in finding a wife was _______.A.that his uncle was dyingB.that he was poorC.that he was forty and uglyD.that he had no lady friends43.He burnt all the letters because _________.A.he couldn't read themB.he couldn't decide in so short a timeC.there were no suitable personsD.some of them were too old44.He went to the restaurant ________.A.to have mealB.to get advice from his friend thereC.to ask his friend's sister to marry himD.to get the address of his friend's sister45.The waiter at the restaurant recommended his own sister because _______.A.she was a good looking girlB.he owed the man some moneyC.he wanted her to learn howD.she would be a good wifeBAll over the world people enjoy sports.Sports help to keep people healthy,happy and help them to live longer.Sports change with the season.People play different games in winter and summer.Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday act ivities.The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life;they use them in their sports,too.Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them.Football,for example,has spread around the world,Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.Some sports or games go back thousands of years,like running or jumping.Chinese boxing for example,has a very long history.But basketball and volleyball are rather new.Neither one is a hundred years old yet.People are inventing new sports or games all the time.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other,but after a game they often become good friends.Sports help to train a person’s character.One learns to fight hardbut fight fair,to win without pride and to lose with grace.46.According to this passsage we know that ________.A.people began to play basketball and volleyball about one hundred years agoB.about one hundred years ago people ran or jumped when they playedC.basketball has a longer history than volleyballD.not all the games have long history47.The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that ________.A.basketball was invented in AmericaB.sports change with the seasonC.games and sports often grow out of peo ple’s work and everyday activitiesD.football is played all over the world48.According to this passsage ,which of the following isn't true?A.Sports helps to train a person’s character.B.People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.C.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.D.Sports and games can develop the friendship between peoples all over the world.49.A lot of people have more free time from their work to enjoy sports because ______.A.they like sports very muchB.they want to live longerC.they want to make a lot more friendsD.they don’t have to go to work on Saturday or Sunday as before.50.From the passage we can see that ________.A.sports and games are unimportaint things that people doB.sports and games should be treated only as amusemenC.sports and games are only useful to the oldD.none of the above is trueCThere is an English saying:“Laughter is best medicine.”Until rece ntly,few people took the saying seriously.Now however,doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart,blood pressure,breathing and muscles.It was found that laughter had similar effects to physical exercise.It increases blood pressure,the heart beating and breathing;it also works several groups of muscles in the face,the stomach,and even the feet.If laughter exercises the body,it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes.The group that tolerated(忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the groups whichlistened to a funny programme.The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.As a result of these discoveries,some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics,in which they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing,making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to chose caused by laughter.51.Doctors have proved the following EXCEPT that________.A.smiling does good to healthughter can be toleratedC.there is a way to reduce painughter can work the muscles in the feet52.The main idea of the passage is_________.ughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human bodyB.smile can produce the same effects as laughterC.pain can be reduced by laughterughter is the best medicine53.The students who______ tolerated the pain for the longest time.A.listened to different radio programmesB.could produce a kind of chemicalC.don't have stress of painD.listened to a funny programme54.The underlined word“diminish”is simil ar to ______.A.testB.stopC.reduceD.increase55.Doctors hold laughter clinics________.A.to give better condition to their patientsB.in order to improve patients' healthC.to make patients smileD.to prove smile and laughgter have the same effectDThe world is not only hungry,it is thirsty for water.This may seem strange to you,since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water.But about 97% of this huge amount is sea water,or salt water.Man can only drink and use the other 3%—the fresh water that comes from rivers ,lakes,underground,and other sources.And we cann't even use all of that,because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers.Even worse,some of it has been polluted.However,as things stand today,this small amount of fresh water,which constantly being replaced by rainfall is still enough for us.But our need for water is increasing rapidly almost every day.Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on.A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry.Let megive you just one small example of how necessary water is to industry.Did you know that to produce a single ton of steel,it takes about 91,000 litres of water?We all have to learn how to stop wasting our precious water.One of the first steps we should take is to develop ways of reusing it.Experiments have already been done in this field,but only on small scale.The systems that have been worked out are similar to those used in spacecraft.56.“The world...is also thirsty for water.”This means that_________.A.the world has not enough fresh water to meet our future needsB.people all over the world are thirsty for water nowC.we are now facing a serious problem of worldwide water shortageD.we cannot make use of all the fresh water on earth57.According to the passage,only about________ of the earth's surface is covered with fresh water.A.75%B.3%C.97%D.2.3%58.We may face a severe worldwide water shortage in the future because_______.A.the small amount of fresh water is constantly being replaced by rainfallB.some of it has been pollutedC.some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciersD.our need for fresh water is increasing rapidly59.According to the passage,one of the first problem is _________.A.to deal with this problem nowB.to have lectures on the subjectC.to develop ways of reusing itD.to work out systems that resemble those used in spacecraft60.What's the best title for this passage?A.The Importance of the WaterB.The World's Water ProblemC.The Thirsty WorldD.Fresh Water and Sea Water四、补全对话（每小题1分，共5分）-Hi,Tom!-Hi,Mary! 61-Me,too.Oh, 62-Nice to meet you.Which school are you at?-The No.4 Middle School.-Fine. 63- 64-That's great! 65-Sure.I'm sorry I must be off now.See you.-See you!A.Did you have a good time?B.It's very nice to see you again.C.It's very kind of you to say that.D.I've been there before.Then,how about your holiday,Jane?E.This is a new classmate of mine from Beijing.F.I've been to my hometown with my parents.G.Can you tell us something about your school?五、英汉互译（每小题1分，共20分）66.独立，自主76.curiosity67.谋生77.strength68.遍及全世界的，世界性的78.indeed69.赞美，钦佩79.gravity70.阻止，制止80.catch sight of71.利益，好处81.approximately72.洲，大陆82.atmosphere73.传统，风俗83.unbelievable74.宗教上的，信仰宗教的84.poisonous75.与此相反，正相反85.energetic六.短文改错（每小题1.5分，共15分）For several billions years after the "Big Bang",the 86._________ earth was still just a cloud of dust. What it is to 87._________ become was uncertainly until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion 88._________ years ago when the dust settle into a solid globe. The 89._________ earth become so violent that it was not clear whether 90._________ the shape would last or not.It exploded loudly without 91._________ Fire and rock.They were in the time to produce carbon, 92._________nitrogen,water vapour and other gases,which were make the 93._________earth's atmosphere.Which is even more important is that as 94._________the earth cooled down, Water begin to appear on its surface. 95._________七.作文（30分）请以“China”为题写一篇短文，简单地介绍一下中国的地理位置、邻国、面积、人口、行政区、首都、语言及其它你了解的情况。