河南省禹州市一高2014-2015学年高一下学期第一次段考英语试题 Word版含答案

禹州市一高2014-2015学年（下）第一次段考高一英语试题2015-4-29 一、阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AWelcome to the National MuseumThe National Museum is the largest of its kind in the world, with over two million items in its collections. Twenty galleries display some of the finest sea affairs in historic buildings, which were formerly a school for the sons of seamen.Opening times10:00—17:00 Winter hours10:00—18:00 Summer hoursLast admission is thirty minutes before closing. Smoking is not allowed in the museum. Eating and drinking are only allowed in some areas. Photography and video are not permitted inside the building.BookingsOur Central Booking Group handles all group visit enquiries (需求), from schools, group organizers and tour operators.Education and InterpretationSchools’ programmes operate in term-time. Programmes of talks, tours, workshops, storytelling, living history and interpretation (解说) are run throughout the year, especially at weekends and during school holidays.1. This passage is about ________.A. the way to get to the museumB. the purpose to build the museumC. an introduction of the museumD. a description of the museum2. Which of the following is certainly not allowed according to the passage?A. Eating and drinking wherever you are.B. Taking pictures in front of the museum.C. Trying to enter the museum after 5: 00 p. m.D. Smoking in or out of the museum.3. From the passage we know ________.A. the museum runs a school and has students of its ownB. students can receive different kinds of education hereC. part of school education has to be done in the museumD. school programmes are only run at weekends and on holidaysBMost people go to a doctor in their own town or suburb （郊区）. But people in the Australian outback can’t get to a doctor quickly. The nearest doctor is sometimes hundreds of kilometers away so they have to call him on a two-way radio. This special doctor is called the “flying doctor”. He visits sick people by plane.When someone is very sick, the doctor has to fly to the person’s home. His plane lands on a flat piece of ground near the person’s house. Sometimes the doctor has to take the patient to hospital. Flying doctors take about 8,600 people to hospital each year.However, most of the time the person isn’t very sick, and the doctor doesn’t have to visit. He can give advice on the radio from the office at the flying doctor center. He can tell the patient to use some medicine from a special medicine chest (箱子). There is one of these chests in every home in the outback. Each bottle, tube （管子）and packet （包）in the chest has a number. The doctor often says something like this, “take two tablets （药片）from bottle 5 every four hours.”4. Some people in the Austra lian outback can’t get to a doctor quickly because_________A.there are few doctors thereB.the nearest doctor is sometimes very far away from themC.there is always heavy traffic on the roadD.they don’t want to see a doctor5. The word “outback” in the passage probably means__________.A.the part of a country far away from citiesB. downtownB.forest D. market-place6. If the person isn’t very sick, the doctor only _________.A. tells him to have a restB. tells him what food to eatC. gives him some adviceD. gives him some medicine7. From the passage we know that_________.A.people in Australia are seldom illB.a “flying doctor” is a man who flies people to hospitalC.there are very few hospitals in AustraliaD.every family in the outback has a special medicine chestCWe are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.So, you have to give a speech—and you’re terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble(结巴) over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank goodness, it’s over. I’m just no good at public speaking. I hope I never h ave to do that again.”Cheer up! It doesn’t have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of time doing your research. Then spend plenty of time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they will help you make y our points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.Just remember: be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience.If you follow these simple steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of p ublic speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.8. The main idea of this article is that ________.A. you can improve your speaking abilityB. a poor speaker can never changeC. one should make a short speechD. it is hard to make a speech9. Paragraph 2 implies that ________.A. many people talk too longB. many people are happy to give a speechC. many people do not prepare for a speechD. many people are afraid of giving a speech10. The phrase “talk over their heads” means ________.A. speak too loudlyB. look at the ceilingC. use difficult wordsD. look down upon them11. The title for this passage may be ________.A. Try to Enjoy a SpeechB. How to Give a Good SpeechC. How to Prepare for a SpeechD. Do Not Make a Long SpeechDWhat will man be like in the future — in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only ab out 20% of the brain’s capacity(容量). As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need our brains more and more, and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.12. The passage mainly tells us that __________.A. Man’s life will be different in the futureB. Future man will look quite different from usC. Man is growing taller and uglier as time passesD. Man’s organs’ functions will change13. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.B. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.C. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.14. The change in man’s size of the fore head is probably because __________.A. he makes use of only 20% of the brain’s capacityB. his brain has grown larger over the past centuriesC. he will use his brain more and more as time goes onD. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time15. Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?A. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.C. His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t have to make use of them.D. He thinks and feels in a different way.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。