甘肃省嘉峪关市第一中学2014-2015学年高一第一学期期末考试英语试题

甘肃省嘉峪关市第一中学2014-2015学年高一第一学期期末考试英语试题本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。

总分120分，考试时间100分钟。

第一卷第一部分阅读理解（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）AThink of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.Don’t let oth er people set goal for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀).Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a myste ry, and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.1. The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.A. be afraid of difficultiesB. be afraid to learnC. run through life so fastD. compare yourself with others to look down on your worth2. The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that _______.A. Nothing is possibleB. If we don’t give up, there is always hop eC. You should learn to give upD. Although you try, nothing will change.3.Why can’t we use time carelessly? ___________A. Because time is too expensive.B. Because time never returns.C. Because we are too poor.D. Because times will get back.4. If you run through life so fast, you will ____________.A. lose your own treasure that you can always carry easilyB. lose love by holding it too tightlyC. forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.D. not afraid of the difficultiesB“Come on! All of us are cutting math. Who wants to take that quiz? We’re going to take a walk and get lunch instead. Let’s go!” says the coolest kid in your class. Do you do what you know is right and go to math class, take the quiz? Or do you give in and go with them?People who are at your age, like your classmates, are called peers（同龄人）. When they try to influence you how to act, to get you to do something, it’s called peer pressure（压力）. It’s something everyone has to deal with—even adults.Peers influence your life, even if you don’t realize it, just by spending time with you. You learn from them, and they learn from you. It’s only human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group.Peers can have a positive influence on each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system. Or you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone is reading it. Sometimes peers influence each other in negative（消极的）ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them.It’s difficult to say “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do.It can really help to have at least one other peer, or friend, who is willing to say “no” too. If you continue to face peer pressure and you’re finding it difficult to handle, talk to someone you trust, a parent, or a teacher. They can help you feel much better and prepare you for the next time you face peer pressure.5. With his words in the first paragraph, the kid is ________.A. planning some interesting activities after schoolB. talking about a dinner partyC. asking other kids to take a quiz with himD. encouraging other kids to cut a class6. According to the author, _________.A. peer pressure does kids more harm than goodB. math is the most difficult subject for most kidsC. kids today are under greater pressure than beforeD. peer pressure exists among people of all age groups7. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Peer pressure.B. Your time.C. Your life.D. Human nature.8. It’s suggested in the last paragraph that the read ers _______.A. make more close friends while at schoolB. learn to refuse their friends in a polite wayC. get support from someone else if it’s necessaryD. build closer relations with their parents and teachersCAs a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are called “junior high school” and the other is “senior high school”.In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education(which will be started when they are about 6 years old) until they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system, American children have little difficulty in going to senior high school.American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The activities are organized by the school, such as joining a music group or a sports team. Certainly, just like us students in China, American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good university. They take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And students with low marks at the end of a school year are still allowed to go on to the next grade.In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban (郊区的) high schools, where most students want to go to university and the atmosphere (氛围) is quite different.9. This passage mainly tells us about ________.A. education of Chinese middle schoolB. education of American high schoolC. American free educationD. how to get into universities in America10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The time of free education in China is longer than that in America.B. Those who get good marks can go to a good university.C. American students can take all kinds of subjects during the high school period.D. They can be allowed to join the next grade even if they fail the school-year exam.11. The writer of the passage tells us the truth that ________.A .the atmosphere in high schools is not goodB. none of the schools in cities are good for learningC. suburban high schools are good places for learningD. all the American students want to go to universityDAt the age of seven I started taking violin lessons. I practiced half an hour every day, went to lessons once a week, and occasionally played in a group concert. Like most kids, I always thought practicing was boring. If my parents hadn’t been there to make me practice, I probably would have put down my violin and never have picked it up again.I met Moira when I was 11 at an Irish music party. Moira hosted the party that night, playing the violin, singing and dancing. She made sure that everyone in the room got involved and had a great time. I immediately fell in love with the music she played and the energy that she brought to it. Just a few days after that party, I took my first lesson with Moira, and I continued taking lessons with Moira throughout middle school.When I started playing the violin with Moira, playing music became something that I loved. She introduced me to so many types of music, from Irish to Old Time, to Cajun. Moira also taught me to play the guitar. Soon we started performing together and were shocked to discover that people actually wanted to hear us! When I began t o play the violin, practicing was something that I did at home in my living room, but with Moira’s influence it quickly became something that I did everywhere. I played on street corners, at festivals, at the beach, at parties, at weddings, and late at nig ht in my friends’ kitchens.Moira took the music out to the classroom and brought it to life. Her passion(激情)was not only for playing music, but also for sharing it. My time with Moira allowed me to grow both musically and personally. I have met so many special people and had so many invaluable(无价的) experiences. Moira has proven to be the most important influence in my musical development, and also my invaluable friend.12. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The writer had her violin lessons every day.B. The writer disliked the kids who hated the violin.C. The writer usually played music in school concerts.D. At first the writer was not active in learning the violin.13. The passage didn’t say directly but we can learn that .A. Moira was a good neighborB. the writer was a good singerC. Moira was a good organizerD. the writer was a music teacher14. What can we know from the last paragraph?A. Moira didn’t like to play music in the class room.B. Moira helped the writer a lot with her personal life.C. Moira had great influence on the writer’s lifeD. Moira was very thankful for the writer’s support.15. What would be the best title for the passage?A. My Way to Success.B. My Invaluable Friend.C. My Middle School Life.D. How I learned the Violin.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，共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。