高中一年级学年度第一学期英语试卷考卷

2015-2016学年度第一学期高一级英语试卷一、语法填空（共10小题，每小题 1.5分，满分15分）Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa 1 July 18, 1918. Mandela himself 2 (educate) at UniversityCollege of Fort Hare and the Universityof Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 3 was engaged inthe struggle 4 the apartheid policies(种族隔离政策) after 1948. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced 5 five years' imprisonment with hard labour. 6 hisyears in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation grew 7 (steady). He w as 8 (wide) accepted 9 the most significant black leader in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was released on February18, 1990. After his release, he devotedhimself to his life's work, strugglingto achieve the goals. In 1991, in SouthAfrica 10 the first national conference of the ANC was held, Mandelawas elected President of the ANC.二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He 11 a few naughty boys who later 12 in hisstories. At the age of 12, his fatherdied, and he began to work, first as aprinter, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book "Life 13 the Mississippi."14 the Civil War he worked as areporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period 15 him famous and popular. He made alot of money by writing, lecturing andrunning 16 publishing house. Buthe spent all of it on high living and 17 business.Mark Twain 18 as a "funny man".But in fact he took a serious view of life.Many s ad things happened in his own life.All his 19 helped to shape hisstories 20 showed the dark sideof society. He died as an old man of 75in .1910.11. A. developed B. builtC. grew up withD. grew up in12. A. turned B. becameC. appearedD. disappeared13. A. on B. inC. atD. for14. A. While B. DuringC. ForD. Since15. A. made B. didC. servedD. encouraged16. A. him B. friendC. herD. his own17. A. wonderful B. successfulC. greatD. unsuccessful18. A. famous B. was knownC. calledD. named19. A. studies B. experiences C. happinessD. trip20. A. who B. whereC. whichD. in which三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）AI've loved books for as long as I can remember. When I was a child and my mother finished washing the evening dishes, she'd read books to me in herquiet voice. I always enjoyed listeningto the stories, but I wanted to learn toread so that I could read to myself.When I was in first grade I read GoDog Go by myself. One weekend morningwhile my parents were still asleep, I gotup and began to read it. When m y parentswoke up two hours later, I finishedreading the whole book and told them whatI'd done. First they felt quite astounded and couldn't believe theirears, but they soon felt proud.Finally, I got a job in a bookstoreand started buying books at a 30% discount (折扣). I kept every book I bought and whenever I looked at the books on my book shelf I felt a lot of excitement and energy. I loved all my books and I began collecting a lot of books. I have a home office with twelve book shelves. My office was filled withbooks. Every shelf was filled with books and the desk was completely covered bybooks that ran across its whole surface. I even had books lying on the floor.There was one big problem with this. My wife wanted to use the desk and she repeatedly asked me to create space forher. I finally decided to clear out some of the books. In fact, I removed abouthalf the books I owned. Not only was the desk completely clear, some book shelves were only half full To my surprise, Ifelt a new sense of peace and freedom.21. Before the writer went to school, he oftenA. forgotwhathehadread B. read books all by himselfC. helped his mother wash the dishesD. had stories read to him by his mother 22. The underlined word "astounded" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to" ".A. worriedB. upsetC. surprisedD. disappointed 23. The thirdparagraphis written mainly to show .A. how much the writer loved booksB. how .fun it is to have books aroundC. how small the writer's home o ffice isD. how good it is to work in a bookstore24. Why did the writer decide to removesome books? A. To achieve a sense of peace. B. To create some space for himself. C. To make his office tidy and clean. D. To meet the requirement of his wife. 25. What can we know about the writer from the text?A. He had a sense of lossafterremoving some books.B. He once finished reading a whole book in two hours.C. He began collecting books when he started schooling.D. He used to get free books from the bookstore where he worked.BTeachers and parents usually callattention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a study published in 2013 suggests thatcalling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to betterreaders.The two-year study compared children who read this way in class with children who did not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the printshowed clearly higher skills in reading,spelling and understanding.Shayne Piasta was an author of thestudy. She says most preschool teachers would find this method manageable andwould need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would beincreased attention to the printed text.Ms Piasta says if you get childrento pay attention to letters and words,it makes sense that they will do betterat word recognition and spelling.More than 300 children aged four andfive were observed (观察) in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were below average in their language skills. This put them at risk for reading problems later.For 30 weeks, the children took partin a program called Project STAR for Sit Together And Read. The project is basedat Ohio State. It tests the short-termand long-term results of readingregularly to preschool children in theirclassrooms.There are different ways thatparents can talk to children about print.They can paint to a letter and discussit. They can discuss the meaning of theprint or how the words tell the story.And they can talk about the organizationof the print.26. How d id the researchers do the study?A. By giving examples.B. By listening to the teachers.C. By comparing research subjects.D. By asking the students.27. What should teachers do in class toimprove children's reading?A. Ask the children to read by themselves.B. Call attention tothe printed text.'C: Tell stories to the childrenD. Let the children play together.28. About the observed children, whichis NOT true?A. They were from poor families.B. They were poor in their languageskills.C. They Will surely have problems inreading. D. They came from Ohioand Virginia.29. From the passage, parents should dothe following EXECPT .A. talking to children about printB. pointing to a letter and discuss itC. discussing the meaning of theprint D. talking about theorganization o{ the language30. This passage is mainly talkingabout .A. teachers having a good way to teachthe preschool childrenB. adults talking to children aboutthe words and lettersC. children from Ohio and Virginiahaving problem in readingD. attention to the words and letterson the page making better readers CMichael Johnson, a teacher at Davis High School in California, gave each ofhis students $ 25. He asked them to help other people with the money. The assignment (任务) was not graded, but he still expected them to do it.Michael had one requirement, the student had to write a paper answeringhow they used the money, how it affected the receiver and how it affected the student. He said that he would collectthe reports and read them aloud at theend of the term. The semester came and went. Of the 64 students, only three completed the assignment. The teacherwas disappointed.But some teenagers were not shockedby the students' behavior."I'm not surprised," said Ashley Reeves, 16. "It wasn't graded or anything, so most students probably thought it would just use up their time."Reeves said that if she had been given the money, she might have acted in the same way."I might have spent the money on myself," she said. "It's natural for our own needs to come first."Other teens such as Lindsey Freeland, a student at Davis High School had a different opinion on the matter.“I'm em barrassed by the result,”she wrote. “If I were given this opportunity, I would have taken it as a challenge and used the money to help the com munity.”Nieshia Smith completed Johnson's assignment. She gave her $ 25 to the Make A Wish Foundation. Nieshia said her peers had disappointed her. “Teenagers sit down and watch TV for hours, but they can't spend a couple of minutes helping someone else?” she said.31. The teacher Michael Johnson gave each of his students $ 25 in order to .A. award themB. give it to their parentsC. buy things that they wantedD. make them learn to be helpful32. Which of the following is NOTrequired in the paper?A. How the students felt.B. How the students spent the money.C. How it influenced the receiver.D. How it influenced the student.33. How d id the teacher feel when he knew only three students finished theirassignment?A. He felt puzzled.B. He felt excited.C. He felt happy.D. He felt disappointed.34. According to the text, Ashley Reeves is .A. generousB. selfishC. selflessD. active35. What did Nieshia do using the money the teacher gave?A. She gave the money to the Make A Wish Foundation.B. She boughtsomething for herself.C. She bought something for others.D. She gave it to her parents.四、根据句子意思，完成下列句子（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）36.他直到12点才离开我家。