高一英语下学期期中检测试题

镇原县镇原中学2021-2021学年高一英语下学期期中检测试题
I. Reading comprehension. (40 ponits)
Part one：please read the following 4 passages A, B, C and D and choose the best answer for each of the questions. And mark the correct box on the answer sheet in black.(30 points)
A
We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man s aid, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.〞
There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.
“When I was a b oy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference. 〞
“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to thi nk about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.〞
“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.〞
1. The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will _____.
A. lie on his stomach
B. lie on his back
C. stand quietly
D. sit in peace
2. Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?
A. Mr. Ellis’ generation
B. His children’s generation
C. His grandchildren’s generation
D. None of the above.
3. Which generation is/was more efficient in making the world better one?
A. Mr. Ellis’ generation.
B. His children’s generation.
C. His grandchildren’s generation.
D. None of the above.
4. What is the writer’s attitude towards the generation gap?
A. Unacceptable.
B. Awful.
C. Funny.
D. Common.
B
Linguists(语言学家) believe that the languages of about one-third of the human race all developed from one Indo-European language. But who were the speakers of
this ancient language? Linguistic detective work offers some clues. It's sometimes said that you can deduce(推断) a people's history from the words they use. Study of some fifty ancient vocabularies has led to a reconstruction of the lifestyle of the first Indo-European, a vanished(消失的) people. From the words they used, it seems likely that they lived a half-settled, half-nomadic(游牧的) existence. They had horses, oxen, and sheep. They plowed, planted, worked leather, and wove wool. They worshipped gods who are clear ancestors of Indian, Mediterranean, and Celtic deities(神). However, exactly who the original Indo-Europeans were and when they lived remains a hotly debated mystery. According to an early theory, they lived in Mesopotamia, but this idea was exploded by nineteenth-century archaeology(考古学). Today, some argue for the Krugan culture of the Russian steppes, others for the farming culture of the Danube valley. The most widely accepted theory locates the Indo-Europeans in a cold, northern climate where common words for snow and wolf were important. None of these prehistoric languages had word for the sea. From this, and from our knowledge of nature it is clear that the Indo-Europeans must have lived somewhere in northern central Europe.
5. According to the writer, what has helped us understand the lifestyle of the original Indo-Europeans ?
A. Studying their writings.
B. Studying prehistoric languages.
C. Studying their gods.
D. Studying ancient climate data.
6. What do some people think that the Krugan culture might be?
A. A tribe that lived in Mesopotamia.
B. A farming culture in the Danube valley.
C. The original Indo-Europeans.
D. A tribe that lived near a sea.
7. Where do you think this passage probably appeared ?
A. In an article meant for a general readers.
B. In an article meant for linguists.
C. In an article for specialists in archaeology.
D. In an article for specialists in history.
C
Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test --- unless the person cheats again.
Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.
S ome kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason〞 for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school.
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions(解决方法) together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.
8．The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, _______.
A．it is unfair to other people
B．it does harm to their heath
C．teachers should punish them
D．teachers shouldn’t st op them at once
9．Some students like cheating mainly because_________.
A．the material in the test is very difficult B．they want to do better than the others
C．cheating can make hard things seem very easy
D．they have little time to study their lessons
10．The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.
A．cheating isn’t a good idea
B．why kids cheat in the test
C．some kids can’t pass the test without cheating
D．some kids don’t spend the time studying
11．We can learn from the passage______.
A．cheaters are often thought highly of
B．people show no respect for those who cheat
C．parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble
D．kids cheat in the test because of swim practice
12．In the passage those cheaters are advised to_______.
A．spend more time on school than on sports
B．find good solutions instead of cheating
C．try hard to be intelligent rather than lazy
D．ask their classmates for good methods of study
D
There is a saying in English that "blood is thicker than water", meaning that you have stronger ties(联络) with your family than with other people. While this may be true, we are seeing a gradual trend(趋势) towards the "framily"—our closest friends, especially those who feel like parts of our families. The average teenager sees friends at school but the communication doesn't end there. Online chatting, mobile phones, emails and text messaging now allow you to stay in touch with your friends almost at any time.
And as more and more of us move away from home to go to schools, universities or work in other cities, our ties with friends are getting even closer than those with our families. In Australia and the United States, many teenagers leave home after high school. In large cities, where rent is expensive, it is common to find yourself sharing a house and making friends with people from everywhere.
Since moving to Shanghai, I have shared places with Chinese people as well as people from the US, Australia, France, Spain and Britain. Each of them has taught me valuable life lessons, which may have once been taught by family. I learned from friends many things like cooking, looking for a house and paying bills. When I need advice or have something in my mind, it is my friends who I call.
It has increasingly become friends who we turn to share the details of our lives. So, while blood is still thicker than water, friends are becoming more like family.
13.The underlined word "framily" in Paragraph 1 stands for _______.
A. friends who finally become family members
B. the closest friends like family members
C. close friends made at school
D. friends and family members
14. What do many Australian teenagers do after high school according to the passage?
A. They stay at home with their parents.
B. They share a house with other people in other cities.
C. They learn valuable life lessons from other countries' teenagers.
D. They turn to their friends for help rather than their family members.
15. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Friends are as important as family members in our life.
B. Family members are more important than friends.
C. We should live with friends, not with parents.
D. We should make friends in other cities.
Part two there are 5 blanks in the following passage, and behind the passage there are 7 short sentences numbered A,B,C,D,E,F and G, please choose a write sentence for each blank to complete the passage. (10 points)
On March 17, there will be an explosion of green colour across the world in celebration of St Patrick's Day. The Irish traditionally wear something coloured green on this day as the colour is connected with Ireland. Another St Patrick's Day tradition is for the non-Irish to make jokes about the Irish. Usually these jokes will be about Irish stupidity or their famous thirst for alcohol, or their reputation for telling tall (untrue) stories. 16 .
The real joke, however, is that this negative Irish stereotype still exists. The stereotype might have had some truth back in the 19th century when Ireland was poverty-stricken and starving. Many Irish moved to the United States to escape famine(饥荒), but there they had to compete, occasionally with their fists, for jobs and housing with other immigrant groups.
17 However, it was far from truth today, with the exception of the drinking perhaps.
Today, the Irish are admired for their storytelling gifts and musical talents.
It is no accident that several of the greatest writers of the 20th century were Irish.
18 Lonely Planet readers even ranked Ireland as the friendliest country in the world.
19 Drinking in Ireland is a job, but it's not necessarily something to criticize. 20
A. Or that many of today's most popular music groups such as singer Enya and rock band U2, are Irish born and growing.
B. It was the Irish after all who created one of the world's best-loved beers, Guinness.
C. These characteristics are all part of the famous Irish stereotype(成见) that Irishmen are hot-tempered drinkers, who love to fight and will do anything to avoid a day's work.
D. The Irish like drinking.
E. It was on America's streets that the Irish earned their reputation for street fighting.
F. However, one bit of the Irish stereotype is true, their love for drink.
G. The Irish like music.
II . Cloze. Choose the best answer for each blank.(20 questions, 30points〕About 20 years ago, I was lucky to teach a disabled young woman named Audrey. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also very 21 in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university, she got two 22 , one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in
two such 23 areas of study.
Just before her high school graduation, Audre 24 me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolor painting of a mother and her baby. A tear 25 from the mother's eye as she looked 26 at her child. Under the painting, Audrey had 27 these words: “The deep love from Mother, 28 me, touches another.〞 What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed and 29 in my office.
Years passed with many 30 from one office to another and I 31 the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I 32 a phone call from a former colleague who said she had 33 of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room, she had 34 my gift.
I was struck that the 35 gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old, Audrey had a serious 36 .What's worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She 37 it but was disabled.
To 38 , it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother's love has helped 39 a talent and how its 40 pushes me ahead.
21. A. talented B. interested C. buried D. absorbed
22. A. choices B. de grees C. chances D. jobs
23. A. similar B. difficult C. different D. scientific
24. A. presented B. promised C. afforded D. gave
25. A. fell B. flooded C. escaped D. sank
26. A. quietly B. lovingly C. warmly D. gently
27. A. described B. marked C. written D. signed
28. A. past B. on C. with D. through
29. A. hung B. decorated C. painted D. added
30. A. migrations B. moves C. turns D. circles
31. A. left B. forgot C. lost D. ignored
32. A. accepted B. made C. dialed D. received
33. A. something B. books C. gifts D. letters
34. A. searched B. discovered C. observed D. touched
35. A. ancient B. colorful C. precious D. abstract
36. A. symptom B. fault C. heart D. disease
37. A. survived B. recovered C. struggled D. managed
38. A. someone else B. anyone else C. everyone else D. nobody else
39. A. encourage B. become C. develop D. practice
40. A. energy B. force C. strength D. power
III. Blank-filling. Fill in each blank with appropriate words or the correct form of the given word. Each blank please put no more than 3 words.(15 points) Once there lived a rich man 41 wanted to do something for the people of his town. 42 first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 43 very large stone. Then he 44 (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?〞 said the old man, but
he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 45 man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 46 . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 47 (say) to himself: “The night 48 (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.〞
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 49 (力气) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 50 the stone, he found a bag of money.
IV.Error-correction.〔10points〕
When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out . We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so, we'll live to regret it .
V. Writing. Please write a passage about 120 words with the given title.〔25points〕
The value of time
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2021-2021-2高一英语答题卡
I. Reading comprehension. (40 ponits)〔把每一小题所对应的方框涂黑〕
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A
II . Cloze. Choose the best answer for each blank.(20 questions, 30points〕〔把每一小题所对应的方框涂黑〕
III. Blank-filling. Fill in each blank with appropriate words or the correct form of the given word. Each blank please put no more than 3 words.(15 points)
41.____________ 42. ____________ 43. ____________
44. ____________ 45. ____________ 46. ____________
47. ____________ 48. ____________ 49. ____________
50. ____________
IV. Error-correction.〔10points〕
When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been olluted. Lots of tudies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out .
We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so, we'll live to regret it .
V. Writing. Please write a passage about 120 words with the given title.(25points)
The value of time
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2021-2021学年度第二学期期中试题高一英语参考答案
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III.41.who 42. But 43.a 44. hid 45. Another
46.it 47. saving 48.will be 49. strength 50. under
IV. Error-correction.〔10points〕
1.think改为thought
2.in和countryside中间加the
5.been去掉
6..seriously改为serious
7.airs改为air 8.Much改为 Many
9.found改为 find 10.your改为our或者者 the
V. Writing.
As a popular saying goes, "Time is money. "In fact, time is more precious than money. When money is spent, you can earn it back if you want to. However, when time is gone, it will never come back. As the pace of modern life continues to accelerate , the time at our disposal is quite limited. But there are a lot of things to be done in our lives. We should make full use of our time to fulfil what is useful to us. For instance, as students we should devote most of our time to our academic studies. In this way we can acquire new knowledge and skill necessary for our future carrier. In my opinion, wasting time means wasting our valuable life. But many of us don't realize this .They think time is inexhaustable. I'm not in favor of such of a view .Hence ,my conclusion is that we should never put off what can be today until
tomorrow.
励志赠言经典语录精选句；挥动**，放飞梦想。

厚积薄发，一鸣惊人。

关于努力学习的语录。

自古以来就有许多文人留下如头悬梁锥刺股的经典的，而近代又有哪些经典的高中励志赠言出现呢?小编筛选了高中励志赠言句经典语录，看看是否有些帮助吧。

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含泪播种的人一定能含笑收获。

贵在坚持、难在坚持、成在坚持。

功崇惟志，业广为勤。

耕耘今天，收获明天。

成功，要靠辛勤与汗水，也要靠技巧与方法。

常说口里顺，常做手不笨。

不要自卑，你不比别人笨。

不要自满，别人不比你笨。

高三某班，青春无限，超越梦想，勇于争先。

敢闯敢拼，**协力，争创佳绩。

丰富学校体育内涵，共建时代校园文化。

奋勇冲击，永争第一。

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放心去飞，勇敢去追，追一切我们为完成的梦。

翻手为云，覆手为雨。

二人同心，其利断金。

短暂辛苦，终身幸福。

东隅已逝，桑榆非晚。

登高山，以知天之高;临深溪，以明地之厚。

大智若愚，大巧若拙。

聪明出于勤奋，天才在于积累。

把握机遇，心想事成。

奥运精神，永驻我心。

“想”要壮志凌云，“干”要脚踏实地。

**燃烧希望，励志赢来成功。

楚汉名城，喜迎城运盛会，三湘四水，欢聚体坛精英。

乘风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。

不学习，如何养活你的众多女人。

不为失败找理由，要为成功想办法。

不勤于始，将悔于终。

不苦不累，高三无味;不拼不搏，高三白活。

不经三思不求教不动笔墨不读书，人生难得几回搏，此时不搏，何时搏。

不敢高声语，恐惊读书人。

不耻下问，学以致用，锲而不舍，孜孜不倦。

博学强识，时不我待，黑发勤学，自首不悔。

播下希望，充满**，勇往直前，永不言败。

保定宗旨，砥砺德行，远见卓识，创造辉煌。

百尺高梧，撑得起一轮月色;数椽矮屋，锁不住五夜书声。