甘肃省庆阳长庆中学2015-2016学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题 无答案

长庆中学2015―2016 学年第二学期
高一年级英语期中试卷
第一部分完形填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher—parent meeting。

To the little boy’s21 ，she said she would go。

This 22 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 23 his mother and he felt 24 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（疤痕）that 25 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 26 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 27 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 28 the scar，but the little boy was still embarrassed
（尴尬)a nd 29 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 30
of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 31 ，“How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother replied，“ 32 my son was a baby，he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 33 afraid to go in because the fire was 34 , so I went in。

As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him。

I was knocked 35 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us。

”She 36 the burned side of her face, “This scar will be 37 , but to this day，I have never 38 what I did.”
At this point，the little boy came out running toward his mother
with tears in his eyes。

He held her in his arms and felt a great 39 of the
sacrifice（牺牲）that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 40
for the rest of the day.
21 A enjoyment B disappointment C surprise D excitement22
A would
B could
C should
D must
23 A noticed B greeted C accepted D met24 A sick B ashamed C afraid D tired
25A included B passed C covered D shaded
26A talk about B think about C care about D hear about27 A impressed B surprised C excited D comforted 28 A in sight of B by means of C by way of D in spite of 29 A hid B protected C separated D escaped
30 A thinking B reminding C hearing D learning 31 A carefully B seriously C nervously D anxiously
32A As B When C Since D While
33A so B much C quite D too
34A out of control B under control C in control D over control35 A helpless B hopeless C senseless D useless 36A pointed B showed C wiped D touched
37A ugly B lasting C serious D frightening 38 A forgot B recognized C considered D regretted 39 A honor B sense C happiness D pride
40 A quietly B slightly C tightly D suddenly
第二部分阅读理解（共 20 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分)阅读下面短文,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。

A
THEATRE
Y ork Theatre Royal
St Leonard’s Place,Y ork. Tel. 223568
Sept. 23~Oct.17 Grouping for Words — a comedy by Sue Townsend.
Best
known for her Adrian Mole Diaries, Townsend now writes about an evening class
which two men and a woman attend. A gentle comedy.
Admission: First night, Mon: ￡2; Tues~Fri: ￡3.25~5. 50; Sat:
￡3.50~5.75
Halifax Playhouse
King’s Cross Street, Halifax. Tel. 365998
Oct. 10~17 On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. This is a magical comedy
about real people. A beautifully produced, well-acted play for everyone. Don’t
miss it.
Performances: 7:30 p. m.
Admission: ￡2. Mon. 2 seats for the price of one.
Grand Theatre
Oxford Street, Leeds. Tel. 502116
Restaurant and Cafe.
Oct. 1~17 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13. Sue Townse nd’s musical play, based on her best-selling book.
Performances: Evenings 7:45. October 10~17, at 2:30 p. m. performances. No Monday
41. Which theatre offers the cheapest seat?
A 。

Halifax Playhouse 。

B 。

City Varieties 。

C 。

Grand Theatre 。

D. York Theatre Royal 。

42. If you want to see a play with old jokes and songs ，
which phone number will you ring to book a seat?
A. 502116。

B 。

223568。

C 。

365998.
D 。

430808。

43. We may learn from the text that Sue Townsend is . A. a writer B 。

an actress
C. a musician D . a director
B
How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways 。

It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it 。

But in the 18th century ， Americans never ate tomatoes 。

They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty 。

But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的)。

They called tomatoes “poison apples 。

"
President Thomas Jefferson, however ， knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris ， where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes 。

He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden 。

The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party 。

The guests thought the soup Admission: Tues.~Thurs: ￡2~5; Fri. & Sat.:
￡2~6
City V arieties
The Headrow, Leeds. Tel. 430808
Oct. 10~11 only A Night at the V arieties. All the fun of an old music hall with
Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the
Tony Harrison Trio. Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite
songs.
Performances: 8 p.m. nightly
Admission:￡5; under 16 or over 60:￡4
tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples。

Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.
44.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true？
A.Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
th century。

B.Americans didn't eat tomatoes before 19
C.Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes。

th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
D.In the 18
45.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes .
A。

while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boy
C。

because his parents told him so D. from books
46.According to the text，made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party？
A. the President himself B。

a French cook
C. the President’s cook D。

the President’s wife
47.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were 。

.
A。

people from other countries B. from France
C。

people of his own country D. men only
48.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B.All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the Preside nt’s cook was nice.
C.All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.
D.None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples。

C
Mark Twain was a great writer。

He was from the USA. He was born in 1835。

He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humor。

Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing。

Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were
always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子）in the town and told him that he'd better
not go there。

Mark Twain waved （摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine。

I don't think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that。

“I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain。

There are too many mosquitoes in
our town。

” One of them said to him。

Mark Twain, however，made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever。

They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room." What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night。

49.That day Mark Twain went to the town .
A.to see one of his friends
B.because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C.to see one of his relatives
D.because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
50.The waiters felt sorry because 。

A.they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B.their hotel was too small
C.the room was not very clean
D.there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twai n’s room
51.All the people present laughed heartily because 。

A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twai n’s room number
C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D.Mark Twain made a joke
52.From the story we know 。

A.no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B.the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C.Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night
D.there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer
D
Mrs. Smith’s husband went off on a business trip to Australia. He wanted to catch the 3:30 plane to Darwin。

She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o'clock and said that he was still at the airport。

"What happened？” asked Mrs。

Smith.
”Well，" said Mr。

Smith，”everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott. Jack was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me."
”Why did he catch you？"
”I don’t know，” said Mr. Smith，” All I said was ‘Hi，Jack! ’"The word "hijack" means "to take control of a plane by force”。

53.Why did Mr. Smith want to fly to Australia？Because .
A.he was an Australian businessman
B.he was leaving for Australia on business
C.his wife wanted him to
D.he wanted to see his wife
54.Mrs。

Smith was very surprised because
A.Mr. Smith didn't arrive in Darwin
B.Mr. Smith telephoned her later
C.Mr. Smith didn't leave the airport
D.Mr。

Smith was in Darwin
55.Mr。

Smith couldn’t get on the plane because
A.he met with his friend Jack
B.he didn’t get the ticket
C.there was something wrong with the airplane engine
D.he was stopped by a policeman
56.Which of the following is NOT true？
A.The police didn't know Mr。

Smith was Jack Scott’s friend.
B.Jack Scott worked as an airplane engineer。

C.The policeman misunderstood Mr。

Smith。

D.Mr。

Smith knew why the policeman caught him。

57.Why was Mr。

Smith caught by the policeman?
A.Because he didn't keep silence at the airport.
B.Because he greeted an airport engineer named Jack.
C.Because the pronunciation of ”Hi，Jack" has another frightful meaning。

D.Because the policeman didn’t know English.
E
Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth。

Australia is big，but its population is not large。

The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai。

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution。

The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers。

Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth，the biggest city in Western Australia，and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild
flowers we had never seen before。

We had a wonderful time。

Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers。

In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside。

We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill。

It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves。

Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could。

There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos（袋鼠)。

After a short
drive from any town，you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep，sheep, everywhere are sheep.
58.Australia is 。

A.the largest country in the world
B.as large as Shanghai
C.not as large as China
D.the largest island in the north of the earth
59.The government had made .
A.too enough laws to fight pollution
B.so many laws that it can fight pollution
C.enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution
D.enough laws because the pollution is very serious
60.Which of the following is NOT true？
A.Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers。

B.Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia。

C.Perth lies in the west of Australia。

D.No other city is larger than Perth in Australia。

第三部分写作(共三节，满分50 分）
第一节单词拼写(共15 小题，每小题1分，满分15 分）
61.He went to America in the 1980s and (定居) down there.
62.You run first and I can easily catch up with you （在…之内)50 meters.
63.It may take a few weeks for you to build up your (体力）again。

64.Foods，such as rice, (糖)，butter，oils and so on can give us energy.
65.It is good (礼貌）to give your seat to an old man on the bus。

66.Be （耐心). I will be ready in a few minutes。

67.I'll come tomorrow, if the weather （允许）.
68.It’s（粗鲁的) to interrupt，so you had better wait。

69.It is important to know your own ( 缺点）.
70.Mark Twain became rich because of his （小说)
71.We should find some ways to （阻止）the harmful gas from spreading。

72.He had been away on a long (旅行）.
73.I'm (厌烦) of this kind of food. Can’t we change a different one？
74.The flower is （确实) beautiful，but it produces no fruit。

75.Finally, they were able to （寻找) shelter from the rain。

第二节连词填空（共15 小题，每小题1分，满分15 分）
76.he wants to go there is obvious。

（That, What)
77.I have no idea he did that afternoon。

(what，when)
78.I asked her she had a bike. (if，that)
79.We’r e worried about he is safe. （whether, if）
80.I have no idea he comes from。

（where，that）
81.He can’t answer the question he got the money。

（how, that）
82 Do you know the bus comes。

(when, what）
83He asked car it was。

（whose，whom）
84She wants to know film I like best. （which, where）85
He always thinks he can do better。

(how, that）
86 breaks the law will be punished。

( Whoever，Whom )
87 side will win is not clear. （Which，When）
88he did it remains a mystery。

(Why，Who)
89This is Sara was late for the meeting。

（why，if)
90The mother's question was she has no time to look after her daughter. (that, what）
第三节作文（20 分）
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