人教版高一英语上册期末试卷(含答案详解)

人教版高一英语第一学期期末试卷

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

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Book towns started with Hay-on-Wye in the UK: now there are communities around the world that celebrate the written word.

Biblo Toyen, Oslo

This children-only library is aimed at 10 to 15 year olds. Adults are not allowed in and must wait outside for their children to come out. The library is run along normal lines, with library Cards for borrowing books, and is particularly well suited to children after the school day is over.

After consulting young readers in focus groups, the designers have put a truck with a functional kitchen in the back (the library also runs activities including cookery courses) and a reading sofa. Books are arranged by themes, which means no book has a fixed location. At night, a machine flies around the library to scan and update the books' positions.

Bellprat, Catalonia, Spain

In many ways, this small village is the ideal book town. It is in a beautiful rural setting in Catalonia's Anoia region, yet only 90km from Barcelona. It has an attractive centre and its population is enthusiastic about throwing open its doors to book-loving visitors, Bellprat is also the first book town in Catalonia.

During the town's main festival on the first weekend in June-several village houses are temporarily turned into secondhand book shops, as there are not enough stalls(摊位) in the market. The books on sale are mainly in the Catalan language, however As well as promoting the village, the book town label is used for good causes: at a recent festival, there was an activity in which books could be exchanged in return for donations to a food bank. Other book based events range from meetings and readings to events run by independent publishers.

This is very much a community run book town From simple beginnings in 2008. it now offers visitors more than 20.000 books for sale This is impressive, given that the population of the village is under 100.

1. what may people see if they are in the library in Biblo Toyen?

A. Adults are picking up books for their children.

B. Parents are drinking coffee while their children are reading.

C. All of the books are in fixed locations.

D. A machine is working there at night.

2. What do we know about Bellprat?

A. It is the first book town in Spain.

B. People there are very friendly towards book lovers.

C.It is an ideal village far from Barcelona.

D. It came into existence in 2008 with a large population.

3. What do people usually do during the main festival in Bellprat?

A. Visit as many secondhand bookshops as possible.

B. Sell and buy books in the market.

C. Exchange books for food to eat.

D. Hold meetings among publishers.

B

Shane McDaniel posted photos of him and his twin sons surrounded by enough firewood to fill 80 trucks on Facebook. They'd spent months cutting and piling up the firewood, valued at about $10,000. However, they had no intention of selling it- they were giving it away to people in need. "No one feels cold in our neighborhood this holiday season," McDaniel wrote in his post, offering to deliver firewood, free of charge, to neighbors who needed a hand heating their homes.

Cutting firewood is their favorite activity. By late summer, the McDaniels' house was surrounded by a big wall of firewood. Once the firewood started piling up high, people would pull up daily and ask to buy some. "We politely told them none of it was for sale and they'd look at us like we were crazy," Shane McDaniel said, adding that he was surprised at how many people burned firewood as their only source of heat.

Since early November, McDaniel and his sons have brought the firewood to hundreds of people who don't have money to heat their homes, and there was still more firewood to be delivered. Single mom Katelyn Ticer, who lived in a mobile home in Lake Stevens with her 3-year- old daughter, was excited to get a delivery from the McDaniels, as a wood-burning stove was her only source of heat." Getting that much firewood moved me to tears," Ticer said. "I couldn't be more thankful."

Once the McDaniels' generosity was widely known to people, others in the Lake Stevens community started joining in, Local food bank volunteers helped sort through the firewood requests and make delivery lists. A company offered free chimney cleaning. There are so many donation offers, and people show up day or night to drop off truckloads of firewood to add to the McDaniels' pile.