河南太康2017高一英语下学期期末考试(B卷).

2016--2017学年度高一英语期末测试卷B卷一.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AHundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland，but there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.One night，the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight，my men,"he said. "Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die."They were all very tired，so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty，but they，too，were very tired，and one by one，also fell asleep.The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside，taking care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly，one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country.The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.21. Hundreds of years ago there was a war between ________.A. Roman army and North EnglandB. Roman army and the ScotsC. England and ScotsD. a brave people and the Scots22. At first it looked as if the Romans would win because ________.A. the Scots were not braveB. the Roman army was so strongC. the Scots did not have a good leaderD. the Romans had the support from the Scottish23. The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because ________.A. they didn't want to wake the ScotsB. they wanted to reach the topC. they wanted to catch the four guards firstD. they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle24. The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because________.A. it is a beautiful plantB. it is fresh and lovelyC. it had so many sharp needles all over itD. it was the thistle that helped the Scots to win the battleBWithout proper planning，tourism can cause problems.For example，too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country.If tourists create too much traffic，the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy.Th ey began to dislike tourists and to treat them impolit ely.They forget how much tourism can help the country's economy.It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them.Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists.Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.Too much tourism can be a problem.If tourism grows too quickly，people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry.This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.On the other hand，if there is not enough tourism，people can lose jobs.Business can also lose money.It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels，airports，air terminals，first­class roads，and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions.For example，a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build.If this room is not used most of the time，the owner of the hotel lose money.Building a hotel is just a beginning.There must be many support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel，electricity，sewers to handle waste，and water.All of these support facilities cost money.If they are not used because there are not enough touri sts，jobs and money are lost.25．Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?A．It is extremely important to develop tourism.B．Building roads and hotel is essential.C．Support facilities are highly necessary.D．Planning is of great importance to tourism.26．Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ．A．a bad effect on other industriesB．a change of tourists' customsC．Over-crowdedness of places of interestD．pressure on traffic27．It can be inferred from the text that ．A．the author doesn't like tourism developing so fastB．local people will benefit from tourist attractionsC．other parts of a country's economy won't benefit from tourism muchD．we can't build too many support facilities28．The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will ．A．waste a lot of moneyB．weaken their economyC．help establish their customsD．help improve their lifeCLondoners are great readers.They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books－especially paperbacks，which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever­increasing rises in the costs of printing.They still continue to buy “proper”books，too，printed on good paper and bound(装订)between hard covers.There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book­selling.Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart ofLondon.Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found，from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world”to the tiny，dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens' time.Some of these shops stock，or will obtain，any kind of books，but many of them specialize in second­hand books，in art books，in foreign books，in books on philosophy，politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written.One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books，Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest.For the really cheap second­hand books，the collector must venture off the beaten track，to Farringdon Road，for example，in the East Central district of London.Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops.The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small handcarts.And the collectors，some professionals and some amateurs，have been waiting for them.In places like this they can still，occasionally，pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.29．“Londoners are great readers.”means that．A．Londoners are great because they read a lotB．there are a great number of readers in LondonC．Londoners are readers who read only great booksD．Londoners read a lot30．According to this passage，Charring Cross Road ．A．is in the suburbs of LondonB．is famous for its bookshopsC．contains various kinds of shopsD．is the busiest street in London31．In this passage，what does th e underlined part “vent ure off the beaten track”mean?A．Buy books in a most busy street.B．Move away from a busy street.C．Waste time looking for books.D．Take a risk of losing one's life.32．On Farringdon Road，．A．you can find fine bookshops for the latest booksB．there are only small bookshops for the secondhand booksC．you can see booksellers selling books on handcartsD．the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are soldDThree men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world's greatest wonders.“In my opinion，”the first man said，“the Egyptian pyramids are the world's greatest wonder.Although they were built thousands of years ago，they are still standing.And remember：the people who built them had only simple tools.They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.”“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful，”the second man said，“but I do not think they are the greatest wonder.I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids.They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely.In seconds，they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.”He turned to the third man and asked，“What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world？”The third man thought for a long time，and then he said，“Well，I agree that the pyramids are wonderful，and I agree that computers are wonderful，too.However，in my opinion，the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.”And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.The other two men were very surprised.“A thermos？”they exclaimed.“But that's a simple thing.”“Oh，no，it's not，”the third man said.“In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot.In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold.How does the thermos know whether it's winter or summer？”33．The three men could not agree on what theworld's greatest wonder was because ．A．they could not think of anything very wonderfulB．they all had different ideasC．they could not prove that their opinions were rightD．the journey ended too soon34．The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because ．A．they were very beautifulB．they were EgyptianC．they had been built with very simple toolsD．they could do mathematical calculations35．The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in t he world because ．A．it lasted longer than the pyramidsB．it cost less than a computerC．he thought it knew whether it was winter or summerD．the other two men were surprised when he told them about it二.七选五(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。