14—15学年下学期高一期中考试英语试题(附答案) (1)

永昌县第一高级中学2014—2015—2期中考试试卷

高一英语

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共75分）

第一部分单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

1. Mrs. Taylor has _______ 8-year-old daughter who has ________ gift for painting.

A. a; a

B. an; the

C. an; a

D. the; a

2. －Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn’t finish the paper yesterday.

－Oh, you _______ have done it as yesterday was the deadline.

A. must

B. mustn’t

C. should

D. shouldn’t

3. There is no doubt______ he will succeed in his research work.

A. whether

B. if

C. which

D. that

4. We don’t permit _____smoking in the classroom; that’s to say, students aren’t permitted_______ in the classroom.

A. to smoke; to smoke

B. smoking; smoking

C. smoking; to smoke

D. to smoke; smoking

5. ______ you have got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.

A. Now that

B. After

C. Although

D. As soon as

6. Some of the tricks people tend to ________ on each other on April 1st should be forbidden.

A. make

B. act

C. take

D. play

7. Parents were looking forward with full hope _____ their children when they were at college.

A. of hearing from

B. of hear from

C. to hear from

D. to hearing from

8. If you did something wrong, you should apologize _____ the people _____ what you have done.

A. at; for

B. to; for

C. for; on

D. to; with

9. In this park, the number of visitors is strictly _______ to avoid damaging the environment.

A. limited

B. encouraged

C. expected

D. hoped

10. Recent pressure in study may ________his bad performance in the test.

A. pay for

B. account for

C. stand for

D. leave for

11. Uncle George was always busy with his business, so he didn’t ______ until he was nearly fifty.

A. put down

B. set down

C. cut down

D. settle down

12. Your story is perfect; I've never heard ________ before.

A. the better one

B. the best one

C. a better one

D. a good one

13. The boy ______ that he had_______ the book on the table.

A. lied; lied

B. lied; laid

C. lay; lay

D. lied; lay

14. The reason for his success is _______ he worked very hard.

A. why

B. that

C. because

D. how

15. The fact that she was foreign made ___ difficult for her to get a job in that country.

A. so

B. much

C. that

D. it

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。

A

Every country has its own unique holidays, so does Thailand. One of them is King’s Birthday, which is a national holiday. On this day, each city is decorated with bright colored lights, and in the evenings the Thai walk around together looking at the decorations. Traditional dishes and family favourties are eaten, and meals always include steamed whole chicken with hot pepper dipping sauce and sliced roast pig’s head.

New Year’s Day is also important in Thailand. Brown eggs are boiled and then cooked in soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and five spices. These eggs represent good life in the coming year. The Thai will also eat special egg rolls, dipped in nam pla prig, a sweet and sour sauce. Decorations for the New Year include fruit like bananas, coconuts, pineapples and papayas.

Songkran is a three-day water festival that comes in April. For this holiday, people douse each other and everything they have with water in thanks for rain and in the hope of good luck. April is the hottest month in Thailand, so this festival is refreshing and fun. The celebrations also include a big dinner, at which curries, usually yellow ones, and long noodles are eaten. These noodles symbolize long life.

Loy Krathong is a November holiday that involves making bamboo boats and putting lighted candles into them. As these little boats float down the river, they are supposed to carry away sin and pay honour to the spirits of the water. After watching the boats, people eat a large meal that