山西省大同一中上学期高一英语期中考试试卷

2008~2009学年度第一学期期中试卷
高一英语
大同一中王继祥
第Ⅰ卷客观卷（共75分）
一、听力部分（共两节，共10分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题0.5分，共2.5分）
1．What will the two speakers do？
A．Make some pudding B．Go to the school restaurant C．Visit the school 2．Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A．At a supermarket B．In a bookshop C．In a library 3．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers？
A．Teacher and student B．Boss and employee C．Parent and child 4．What do we know about the man？
A．He works in a collage B．He will major in education C．He doesn’t like college life 5．What are the two speakers talking about?
A．Tooth problems B．Cleaning teeth C．Seeing the dentist
第二节（共15小题，每小题0.5，共7.5分）
听第6段材料回答6～8题
6．What is the party for?
A．The man’s moving to a new apartment
B．The building of a new house
C．Susan’s moving into a new apartment
7．How will the woman get there?
A．By bus B．By car C．On foot
8．What does the woman think of Susan？
A．Pretty B．Strange C．Creative
听第7段材料回答9～11题
9．Who is Miss Yang?
A．Mr．Lee’s boss B．Mr．Lee’s secretary C．Mr．York’s friend
10．Why does Mr．York call？
A．To deal with a document B．To visit the office C．To set up a meeting 11．What will Mr．York do next？
A．Send a fax B．Sign a document C．Attend a meeting
听第8段材料回答12～14题
12．How did the man come to China?
A．By train B．By plane C．By ship
13．How long will they stay in Hunan？
A．For one year B．For three months C．For eight months 14．What will the man do in Hunan？
A．Teach French B．Travel around C．Work in a club
听第9段材料回答15～17题
15．What is Tom’s problem？
A．He didn’t sleep well last night B．He needs to see a doctor
C．He has been feeling tired
16．What season is it?
A．Spring B．Summer C．Winter
17．What will the woman do next?
A．Go running B．Play ping-pong C．Have a rest
听第10段材料回答18～20题
18．Why did the man go to London？
A．To travel around the city B．To get a degree C．To shop for Christmas 19．What did the man like doing best in the city？
A．Riding a bicycle B．Watching the buildings C．Visiting the museums 20．What problem did the man meet at first？
A．He could not read in English B．He was shy of speaking English
C．He was not good at writing
二、单项选择题（15分）
21．This is a busy port with so many ships every day．
A．come and go B．to come and go
C．coming and going D．come and gone
22．They said they wanted to know do to help us．
A．what could they B．what they could
C．how could they D．how they could
23．reduce pollution，the government has made a policy to restrict the use of plastic bags in some areas．
A．In order to B．So as to C．So that D．In order that 24．I the children to the newly built zoo this weekend．Do you know how much the tickets are?
A．should take B．takes C．am taking D．would take 25．―Peter，would you please go and get some water for me？
―Wait a minute，please．
A．No problem. B．No way! C．I’m busy. D．Do it yourself. 26．Gone with the Wind was the last film I saw in that cinema．A．that B．which C．what D．whom
27．―Where did you find the gloves？
―In the case Mother put the old clothes．
A．which B．where C．that D．when
28．Tom by a dog last year and he afraid of dogs ever since．A．was bitten；was B．was bitten；has been
C．had been bitten；has been D．had been bitten；was
29．The great man devoted his whole life to for the rights of black people．A．fight B．fighting C．have fought D．be fighting 30．―Didn’t you ask Jim for help？
―Jim？He is just too to lend me any money！
A．busy B．mean C．unfriendly D．bad
31．I met one of my classmates on the street，but his name me，which made me embarrassed．
A．forgot B．missed C．escaped D．struck
32．I prefer with a pen rather than on the computer，because I type so slowly．A．write；type B．write；to type
C．to write；type D．to write；to type
33．was his mum that called him and told him to buy some milk．
A．That B．This C．What D．It
34．His family had different towards his decision，which made him very unhappy．
A．methods B．attitudes C．ways D．views
35．Is this factory the foreign investors are going to visit next month？
A．the one B．that C．where D．which
三、完形填空（20分）
People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries．And in the 36 300 years，there were 37 many changes in 38 places that now people can 39 tell an English person 40 an American in the way he or she speaks．
Many old words 41 in England but were kept in America．For example，300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “faucet”，a “spigot”or a“tap”．All these words are 42 heard in different parts of America，but only “tap”is still common in 43 ．Americans often made up new words or changed old 44 ．“Corn”is one kind of plant in America and 45 in England．
Also，over the last three centuries the English language 46 thousands of new words for things that weren’t known 47 ．And often，American and English people used two 48 names for them．A tin can is called“tin”for short in England，but a “can”in America．The word “radio”is 49 all over the world，including America．But many English people call it a “wireless”．And almost anything having something to do 50 cars，railroads，etc．
51 different names in British and American English．
But now American and British English may be growing close together．One 52 is the large number of American speeches that British people hear daily in movies，on television，or 53 travelers．54 this，Americans seem to be influencing the British more or less．So some day，English may even be 55 on both sides of the Atlantic．
36．A．following B．recent C．oldest D．last 37．A．such B．too C．so D．great 38．A．either B．both C．neither D．two 39．A．hardly B．difficultly C．clearly D．easily 40．A．with B．from C．to D．and 41．A．disappeared B．were disappeared C．spoke D．took 42．A．not B．hardly C．also D．still 43．A．America B．the two countries C．England D．British 44．A．word B．forms C．ones D．ways 45．A．another B．also planted C．a plant D．a kind of food 46．A．added B．has added C．discovered D．has discovered 47．A．anywhere B．in some countries C．before D．for centuries 48．A．new B．short C．different D．surprising 49．A．produced B．made C．developed D．used 50．A．to B．away C．with D．from
51．A．has B．have C．have given D．was given 52．A．thing B．result C．belief D．expression 53．A．from B．in C．on D．to 54．A．For B．Because C．Beside D．Because of 55．A．different B．more different C．the same D．more useful 四、阅读理解（30分）
A
Many British people like to travel to Spain，Italy and other warm countries for their holidays．They want to live in the sun for a few weeks and many of them like to take their cars on holiday with them．Then they can travel round the warm countries and see many places in a short time．
But there is a problem．It is only twenty－two miles from Dover in England to Calais in France，but between the two towns there is the English Channel．It is necessary to take the cars across the sea，and this is not easy．
Some passengers put their cars on a plane and fly across with them，but that is expensive．Others drive their cars onto large ferries（渡船）．This is cheap，but the boats are slow and sometimes the sea is rough．There are days when more and more people choose to travel by hovercraft（气垫船）．
56．Many British holidaymakers choose to travel ．
A．by ship B．by car C．by plane D．by ferry 57．They like to spend their holiday in ．
A．the mountainous areas B．Dover in England
C．the sunny countries D．Calais in France
58．What is the disadvantage of going from Dover，England to Calais，France？
A．The impossibility of traveling by air
B．The impossibility of traveling by ship
C．The danger of traveling in France
D．The difficulty of taking cars across English Channel
B
Francis Bacon，one of the most important philosophers（哲学家）of England，was born in London and educated at Cambridge University．When he was only 15，he went to France to work for the English ambassador（大使）．Two years later he went to England to study law．At the age of twenty－hree he was chosen to parliament（议会）．His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature helped to bring the modern way of thinking，called the scientific method．
One of the Bacon best－known books was his Essays．Each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying，conversation，friends and healthful living．In many of his books，Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really exist in nature and then try to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it is．Later，by doing experiments，the scientists could see that any one cause would always have the same result．This method，which is called inductive reasoning，is used by all the scientists today，but it was new in Bacon’s time．59．According to the passage we know that ．
A．Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England
B．Francis Bacon had good education
C．Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15
D．Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23
60．It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for ．
A．inventing the scientific method of studying things in nature
B．his books
C．his method，inductive reasoning
D．being a member of parliament
61．His essays gave many useful lessons on ．
A．studying B．conversation C．friends and healthful living D．All of the above 62．The underlined phrase“inductive reasoning”in the last paragraph means ．A．discovering general laws from particular facts or examples
B．reaching a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case
C．studying things as they used to be
D．studying things in a particular way
C
If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris，remember that the French have their own way of doing things，and that even your finest manners may not be “correct”by French custom．For example，if you think showing up promptly（迅速地）at the time given on the invitation，armed with gifts of wine and roses，complimenting（称赞）your hostess on her cooking，laughing heartily at the host’s jokes and then leaping up to help the hostess will make you the perfect guest，think again．
Here Madame Nora Chabal，the marketing director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris，explained how it works．
The first duty of the guest is to respond to the invitation within 48 hours．And，the guest may not ask to bring a guest because the hostess has chosen her own．
Flowers sent ahead of shedule are the preferred gift．They may also be sent afterwards with a thank—you note．It is considered a very bad form to arrive with a gift of flowers vase when she is too busy to do with that．
See，that’s the logic！The type of flowers sent has a code of its own，too．One must never send chrysanthemums(菊花)because they are considered too humble(谦卑)for occasion．Carnations（康乃馨）are considered bad luck，and calla（马蹄莲）are too reminiscent （令人联想）of funerals（葬礼）．A bouquet of red roses is a declaration of romantic intent．Don’t send those unless you mean it，and never to a married hostess．And though the French love wine，you must never bring a bottle to a dinner party．Why？It’s as if you feared your hosts would not have enough wine on hand，and that’s an insult（侮辱）．You may，however，offer a box of chocolates which the hostess will pass after dinner with coffee．If an invitation is for eight o’clock，the considerate guest arrives at 8:15．Guests who arrive exactly on time or early are mere thoughtless ones who are not giving the hostess those last few minutes she needs to deal with details and crises．The “correct”guest arrives between 15 to 20 minutes after the hour because dinner will be served exactly 30 minutes past the time of the invitation．
63．Which of the following is right about sending flowers？
A．If someone is dead，send chrysanthemums or calla
B．If someone is ill in hospital，send carnations
C．If you are invited to a dinner party，send red roses to the hostess
D．If you are in love with someone，send red roses
64．If you are too busy to send flowers in advance，what should you do?
A．Bring a bouquet of flowers when you go to the party
B．Send a bouquet of flowers afterwards with a thank—you note
C．Bring a bottle of wine instead of a bouquet of flowers
D．The hostess will never mind if you send flowers or not
65．What does the word“considerate”in the last paragraph mean？
A．尊敬的B．值得考虑的C．考虑周到的D．相当多的66．What is the passage mainly about？
A．How to hold a dinner party
B．How to send flowers
C．Good manners at a French dinner party
D．Different countries have different manners
67．In France，if you are invited to dinner party at eight forty，what is the best time you arrive？
A．8:25 B．8:10 C．9:00 D．8:35
D
If there is a building which symbolizes a country---such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia----then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India．It was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan is 1653 in memory of his wife．Mumtaz Mahal．From the time they got married，they wouldn’t be separated．She followed him to wars，advised him on affairs of state，and was loved by his people for her good work．But she died in 1631 during childbirth．The emperor was heartbroken and had the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his love．
It took more than 20 years for the Taj Mahal to be built．Workers were brought in，not only from all over India，but from Central Asia too．A total of 20,000 people worked on the building．
In 1657，Shah Jahan fell ill，and in 1658 his son Aurangzeb，imprisoned（囚禁）his father and seized power．Shah Jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666．He was finally buried there with his wife he could never forget．
The Taj Mahal is definitely worth more than a single visit．As it is built with white marble stones，its character changes in different lights．It looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunset．At sunset，for example，the color of the Taj changes from white to yellow，then to pink．As the moon rises，it turns a silvery white．
To show respect to the Taj，tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit．68．Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to ．
A．make it symbolize India B．memorize his wife
C．show his great power D．give his wife a present
69．Which of the following about the Taj Mahal is NOT true?
A．It is a symbol of India
B．It took over 20 years to set up the Taj Mahal
C．All workers building the Taj Mahal came from Central Asia
D．The Taj Mahal was built with white marble stones
70．According to the passage，we know that Shah Jahan ．
A．lived a hard life in his last few years
B．lost his life just because of his old age
C．was not popular with his people at that time
D．treated his son badly when he was young
第II卷主观卷（共25分）
五、单词拼写（共5题，每题1分）
71．If you keep on (忽视)your diet，trouble will follow．
72．Although I hadn’t seen Jenny for ten years，I r her voice immediately I picked up the phone．
73．He was too (顽固的)to admit that he was wrong．
74．Cao and her two children were among the first people on the ship who were r by lifeboats．
75．Some of the films are full of (暴力) ．Too much fighting is not good for young kids to watch．
六、单句改错（共5题，每题1分）
76．Good social relationship plays very important role in the success of your career．77．There is only one copy left in the shop；go to buy one quickly．
78．They built a nursery in where was once a church．
79．Judged from what you’ve done，you must be a careless man．
80．Don’t lose your heart even if you fail another time．
七、书面表达（15分）
假设你叫王华，是大同一中的学生，你的朋友李刚写信告诉你他学英语有困难，尤其是听力能力较差，写作能力也不够，请你于2008年11月8日回一封信，给他提一些建议。

提高听力的建议：每天听，别贪多，选择磁带由易到难。

提高写作能力的建议：多读，好文章须反复读，记日记（keep a diary）
1．100个词左右。

2．不要逐字翻译成英文。

No.1 Middle School
Datong
Nov.8th, 2008 Dear Li Gang,
Yours,
Wang Hua
高一期中英语答案
I听力（0.5×20＝10）
1—5 BCABC6—10ABCBA11—15ABCAC16—20ACBCB
II单选（1×15＝15）
21—25CBACA26—30ABBBB31—35CCDBA
III完形（1×20＝20）
36—40ACBDB41—45ADCCA46—50BCCDC51—55AAADC
IV阅读（2×15＝30）
56—60BCDBB61—65DADBC66—70CCBCA
V单词（1×5＝5）
71．ignoring 72．recognized 73．stubborn 74．rescued 75．violence
VI 单句改错（1×5=5）
76．在plays后加a 77．把one换成it 78．把where换成what 79．把Judged换成Judging 80．去掉your
VII 书面表达
No.1 Middle School
Datong
Nov.8th, 2008
Dear Li Gang,
Thank you for writing to me. In your letter you told me about your problem with listening.
I advise you to practice listening to English for twenty minutes every day. Choose tapes that are not too difficult for you to follow. Later on you can practice with tapes that are more difficult.
You asked me how to improve your writing. I suggest that first of all you should read as much as possible and read some good passages many times. You’d better keep a diary in English.
I’m sure you’ll improve your listening and writing soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Wang Hua。