广东广州市普通高中下学期高一英语期中模拟试题04 含答案

广州市2016-2017学年下学期高一年级英语期中模拟试题04

I. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从每小题的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Laughter is ____ sun that drives winter from _____ human face.

A. the; /

B. the; the

C. /; the

D. a; /

2. As it is raining heavily, I would rather _ at home than __ out with them.

A. stay; going

B. staying; going

C. s taying; go

D. stay; go

3. Sweet memories as I looked at the pictures which were taken at the beach last summer.

A sorted out

B look down upon

C ended up D. c rowded in

4. Only when you realize where the problem lies improve your studies.

A. you did

B. did you

C. you can

D. can you

5. I should say sorry to Daisy. I regret to look after her dog that day while she was away.

A. refusing

B. to refuse

C. refused

D. being refused

6. Jane Goodall once observed chimps as a group _____ a monkey and then eating it.

A. h unting

B. hunted

C. hunt

D. to hunt

7. The experts advise our army modern weapons.

A. to equip; with

B. equipping; with

C. to equip; for

D. equipping; for

8. It’s reported that the US uses energy as the whole of Europe.

A as twice

B twice much

C twice much as

D twice as much

9. After the earthquake, the villagers were completely from the outside.

A cut off

B cut down

C cut up

D cut out

10. The little boy talked about the thing as if he himself had experienced it. That’s why most of us

were that he was right.

A believed

B confirmed

C convinced

D doubted

11. --- How could you my sister so easily in the crowd?

--- Because she was the most beautiful girl in her red dress at that moment.

A pick up

B pick out

C take up

D take out

12. Though we spent a lot, we think it _____ because we succeeded in the end.

A. worth

B. worth being spent

C. worthy of

D. worthwhile

13. The girl as well as the boys _____ to drive a car.

A. learn

B. have learned

C. has learned

D. are learning

14. Every possible means ______ to prevent the pollution, but the sky is still gray.

A. has been used

B. are used

C. is used

D. have been used

15. Thanks to Yuan’s research, the UN has more tools in the battle _____.

A. to rid hunger of the world

B. getting rid of hunger in the world

C. to rid the world of hunger

D. ridding the world of hunger

II.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A long time ago, there was an emperor (皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and 16 as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. 17 enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 18 as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He 19 riding and riding, whipping（鞭打）the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was 20 or tired, he did not stop 21 he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was 22 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I 23 myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only 24 a very small area to 25 myself.”

The above story is 26 to the journey of our 27 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more 28 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect (疏忽，忘记) our 29 , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding 30 and the things we love to do. One day 31 we look back, we will 32 that we don’t really need that much, 33 then we cannot turn back time for what we have 34 .

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely (肯定地) not about work! Work is only

35 to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

16. A. use B. cover C. work D. get

17. A. Good B. Strange C. Sure D. Interesting

18. A. rode B. ran C. expanded D. struggled

19. A. kept on B. asked for C. gave up D. succeeded in

20. A. sad B. excited C. confused D. hungry