上海市浦东新区2017-2018学年高一上学期期末英语试题及答案解析

上海市浦东新区2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试

英语试题

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第I卷（选择题）

一、完形填空

How many of you drink Cola? Nearly everybody. Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cur e for headache back in the late 1800’s? John S. Pamberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many months trying to find a 1 for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different mixtures of oils and flavors （香料） 2 he found one that seemed to work well. Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstores as a concentrated（浓缩的）syrup（糖浆）that the customer had to 3 with water before drinking. The invention of Cola came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a headache and 4 a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it 5 . So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while he waited. The clerk, 6 walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, 7 mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, 8 how good it tasted. The clerk continued offering the mixture and it grew in 9 . Today this kind of Cola is sold in most countries around the world. And although they no longer 10 the ingredients to kill headache, they are still very refreshing.

1．A．reason B．mixture C．source D．remedy 2．A．as B．until C．after D．since 3．A．fill B．mix C．eat D．milk 4．A．left for B．accounted for C．applied for D．asked for 5．A．right away B．for nothing C．sooner or later D．back home 6．A．in addition to B．instead of C．except for D．as well as 7．A．admitted B．preferred C．suggested D．enjoyed

8．A．told B．proved C．remarked D．wondered 9．A．surprise B．popularity C．confusion D．history 10．A．support B．provide C．ensure D．contain

二、阅读理解

Another person’s enthusiasm（热情）was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in the countryside of Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is well known for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly upward, and looked at me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found a way to give out his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart, My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he gra duated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more successful and my brother and I could be better educated.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers and finally reached the goal she set for me. I wasn’t the only beneficiary. My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

11．What does the author mean by “I wasn’t the only beneficiary”?

A．His stepmother bought typewriters for other family members, too.

B．Not only he but also his family gained from his stepmother’s enthusiasm.

C．Other family members’ enthusiasm has great effe cts on his stepmother.

D．There were other boys who behaved as badly as he did.

12．According to the author, ______ before his stepmother came into his life.