湖北省部分重点中学2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷

湖北省部分重点中学2014-2015学年度下学期高一期末考试英语试卷命题人：武汉中学董玉芝审题人：余莉第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AShort and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football，tennis, Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless. "he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England's rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man's cold-water achievements. Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the Pole aren't the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn't say, 'You are completely crazy,'" Saunders says.In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite，had a closer experience with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.21. The turning point in Saunders's life came when ________.A. he started to play ball gamesB. he started to receive Ridgway's trainingC. he ran his first marathon at age 18D. he got a mountain bike at age 1522. What do we know about Saunders?A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.C. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.D. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.23. It can be inferred that Saunders' journey to the North Pole ________.A. was accompanied by his old playmatesB. was supported by other Arctic explorersC. set a record in the North Pole expeditionD. made him well-known in the 1960sBAs a good mother to three children, I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent．I no longer consider myself the center of the universe．I show up．I listen．I try to laugh．I ama good friend to my husband．I have tried to make marriage vows （誓言）mean what they say．I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me．Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today．So here's what I want to tell you today: Get a life．A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house．Get a life in which you are not alone．Find people you love, and who love you．And remember that love is not leisure; it is work．Pick up the phone．Send an e-mail．Write a letter．And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted．It's so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes．It's so easy to exist instead of to live．I learned to live many years ago．Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all．And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all．I learned to love the journey, not the destination．I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally．And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned．By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face．Learn to be happy．If you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived．24．It can be inferred from the passage that ．A．the author didn't try her best to work wellB．the author spent all her time caring for her childrenC．the author likes traveling very muchD．the author is a success in personal life25．How did the author form her view of life?A．Through social experience．B．Through an unfortunate experience．C．From her children and husband．D．By learning from her friends．26．By the underlined sentence “It's so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to ．A．work rather than enjoy lifeB．waste a lot in lifeC．make a living rather than live a real lifeD．forget the most important lessons in life27．What's the author's attitude toward work?A．Do it well to serve others．B．Earn enough money to make life better．C．Don't let it affect your real life．D．Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise．CThere are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own ideas of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.For some people，simply being able to live their life with the least misery and sufferings is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of him and accepted by his family and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.A wise man once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration(挫折）with his own professional success, “You do not have to set your goal t o reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown,” The man added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like，and to which you have given your best effort. ”28. Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ______.A. their life is busy and miserableB. they are not rich in material possessionsC. they set their goals at too low a levelD. they haven't reached their own standards29. From the last paragraph we can tell that ______.A. success means achieving great goalsB. success comes from great goal settingC. success means efforts and favorites pay offD. success has nothing to do with the distance of your travel30. The purpose of the passage is ______.A. to state what our life goal isB. to talk about how to achieve successC. to give us a clear definition of what success isD. to discuss the importance of goalsDGuide to Stockholm University LibraryOur library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment. ZonesThe library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.ComputersYou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers, your can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.Group-study placesIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor.Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.Storage of Study MaterialThe library has lockers for students to store course literature, When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分),you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.Rules to be FollowedMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.31.The library’s upper floor is mainly for students toA. take comfortable seatsB. have group discussionsC. read in a quiet placeD. get their computers fixed32. Library computers on the ground floorA. help students with their field experimentsB. are for those who want to access the wi-fiC. contain software essential for schoolworkD. are mostly used for filling out application forms33.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?A. One should first register at the universityB. Three-hour use per day is the minimumC. Group must consist of 8 peopleD. Applicants must mark the room on the map34. A student can rent a locker in the library if heA. has earned the required creditsB. attends certain coursedC. has nowhere to put his booksD. can afford the rental fee35. What should NOT be brought into the library?A. Mobile phonesB. SandwichesC. CandyD. Orange juice.第二节（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。