山西省大同一中2019-2020学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题(有答案)

大同一中2019-2020学年高一上学期期中考试英语第I卷（共60分）第一部分阅读理解（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。

AWelcome to Los Angeles. Here are some best things to do in Los Angeles(LA) with your kids.Fall at the BeachThanks to its almost perfect weather all through the year, a visit to the beach is one of the best things to do when in Los Angeles with kids. While they enjoy themselves nearby, you can simply relax and have a good rest in the sun.Trip to DisneylandA trip to the City of Angels with your little angels is incomplete without a visit to the Magic Kingdom. The joy they’ll feel from being around all those Disney characters will light up your day, too.Visit to the museumsIf you want to turn your stay in LA into an educational one for your kids, you should visit the museums. Starting with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, or the California Science Center, or even the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena, you have many choices. I’m sure a visit to all these places will make your kids feel smarter.Visit to the Universal Studios HollywoodYour kids could get to see interesting things from some of the most popular movies ever. From the theme park of Jurassic Park to Wisteria Lane from the TV play Desperate Housewives, the Universal Studios Hollywood is a place that we all find wonderful.1. The passage is written for those who ________.A. will go on a business trip to Los AngelesB. plan to have a trip to Los Angeles with their kidsC. want to educate their children by traveling abroadD. are interested in the history and culture of Los Angeles2. Parents who prefer their kids to learn should choose ________.A. the Universal Studios HollywoodB. the Magic KingdomC. the museumsD. the beach3. The writer suggests visiting the beach because ________.A. children can learn a lot thereB. parents can take a rest thereC. it provides different sports equipmentD. it’s the best beach in the worldBA young boy recently received an unexpected message in the mail from his father Joseph, who died two years ago.Rowan’s dad was a hard-working man who wanted to give his son the best life he could. It was why Rowan’s mother, Julie Van Stone, said Joseph joined the Navy and went to MIT to get two Master’s degrees.While at school in Boston, he would often write to Rowan. Even when he left school and was driving back to Colorado, he would send postcards from each state he stopped in. Those postcards were sent in 2007. “I remember him saying he had sent 5 or 6, but Rowan had only got 3 or 4 in the mail. But I never thought anything of it,” Van Stone said.Those postcards and pictures are priceless memories for Van Stone and her son, especially after Joseph passed away from a rare brain disease. Rowan never had a chance to say goodbye. But, on Saturday, just days before the two-year anniversary of Joseph’s death, a postcard arrived in the mail. It arrived on March 11, 2015. The message read: “Hello from Pennsylvania. I love you, and I miss you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy.”Neither he nor his mother knows how it happened, and they may never know. But, they have their own ideas why. “I feel like that was the final goodbye that he didn’t get to say,” Van Stone said. Van Stone says Joseph’s last words to her before he died were: “Everything is a circle. We will see each other again. All that matters i s love.”4. What did Rowan’s dad do to make his son live well?A. He got many Master’s Degrees.B. He became a soldier in Navy.C. He kept writing to his son.D. He said goodbye to his son.5. When Rowan only received 3 or 4 of postcards, Van Stone ________.A. paid little attention to thatB. let Joseph stop sending postcardsC. drove back to ColoradoD. wrote to Rowan every year6. How long did it take for the last postcard to reach Rowan?A. 2 years.B. 5 years.C. 6 years.D. 8 years.7. Where did Rowan’s dad send the last postcard?A. In Boston.B. In Colorado.C. In Pennsylvania.D. In New York.CYou may not know a lot of people when you start high school. Even if you know some freshmen(新生), you still feel nervous that you don’t know any upper-classmen and teachers. How are you going to make friends among this sea of unknown faces?Most high schools hold a freshman orientation before school actually starts, which is helpful not only because you learn your way around the building and get to meet some of your teachers, but also because you get to meet fellow freshmen. That way, when you show up on your first day of school, you may already recognize a few familiar faces.When you talk to your new classmates, you’ll probably find that a lot of them are feeling just like you are. They’re all new to the school and don’t know what to expect. Talking about a common concern with them can help you develop friendships.The work in high school is something freshmen are probably worried about. The work in high school builds on what you learned in middle school, giving you a more advanced knowledge of many subjects. So you may find you have more work to do or that it’s a bit more challenging. If you ever find your work too difficult, teachers can give you extra help.High school also has more extracurricular activities than middle school did such as clubs, music and theater groups and sports teams. This is a good time to explore your interests and try new things.High school gives you the chance to learn how to manage your time, to develop your social skills and interests, and more importantly to be more independent and responsible.8. What does the underlined word “orientation” mean in Paragraph 2?A. Training.B. Game.C. Discussion.D. Examination.9. What are freshmen probably worried about?A. The learning task.B. The ability to make friends.C. The relationship with teachers.D. The freshman orientation.10. Extracurricular activities mainly help students ________.A. build up healthy bodiesB. develop friendshipsC. develop their interestsD. improve their learning ability11. This passage is written for ________.A. freshmen at high schoolB. freshmen’s parentsC. middle school studentsD. upper-classmen in high schoolDAmericans think that everything we British people say sounds smart. We think that they sound low-class, but secretly we think they sound cool. These are just old beliefs about British and American English, but there is some truth in them.What is certainly true is that the differences between British and American English continue to interest us.When the US was only about 20 years old, people were already saying that British accents sounded more intelligent，according to Erin Moore’s book That’s Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us.However, there are many different accents in Britain-Moore says the UK may have just as many regional accents as the US, even though the population is almost one-fifth the size. In the UK, accents have a lot to do with class, but to many Americans, even an accent that British people think is “low class” is thought of as intelligent and better, according to MPR News.American slang(俚语) has been part of British people’s vocabulary for a long time-the number of American television, movies and music enjoyed in the UK means that British people have been using words like “cool” and “awesome” for years now. But sometimes words from the UK make it to the US-like “gobsmacked”.“Gobsmacked” started as slang from northern England. “Gob” means mouth, so the word m eans “surprised as if someone smacked you in the mouth”. Reality television brought it to the US, Moore said. When the singer Susan Boyle became famous for herunlikely great singing voice on the show Britain’s Got Talent, she used it all the time. “I’m go bsmacked,” she repeated, and it got popular.“Americans love a colorful piece of slang as much as anyone else,” said Moore. And this is just one example of how Britons and Americans can leave each other “gobsmacked” with their different types of English!12. What do American people think of British English？A. Cool.B. Low-class.C. Intelligent.D. Interesting.13. What can we know from the passage?A. There are more accents in Britain than in the US.B. The UK is a large country with a small population.C. American slang is the most important part of British people’s vocabulary.D. In the UK, people of different classes speak differently.14. The word “gobsmacked” became widely used because of ________.A. MPR News and the USB. Erin Moore and northern EnglandC. Susan Boyle and Britain’s Got TalentD. Reality television and American slang15. What is the best title for the passage?A. American slang and British slangB. British people and American peopleC. British accents and American accentsD. Differences between British and American English第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。