甘肃省镇原县平泉中学2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

甘肃省镇原县平泉中学2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

一、单项选择（共20题，每题1分）

1. The boy _______ Steve, who is very good at the computer, ____ Bill Gates in our school．

A. with the name, is compared to

B. who called; compared with

C. calling; is compared to

D. whose name is ; compared with

2. They use computers to keep the traffic_____ smoothly.

A. being run

B. run

C. to run

D. running

3. He’s got into the habit of running a while before going to bed, don’t ____ him from doing it.

A. ask

B. prevent

C. make

D. refuse

4. ______ in a heavy rain, the teacher fell ill and couldn’t but ______ for a leave.

A. caught; to ask

B. catching; ask

C. catching; to ask

D. caught; ask

5. Full of _____, she closed her eyes.

A. fright

B. frighten

C. frightened

D. frightening

6. The reason ____ I was late for the school was _____ I was held up by traffic jam in the morning.

A. why; because

B. that; why

C. why; that

D. that; because

7. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out farther, _____New York is an example.

A. for which

B. in which

C. of which

D. from which

8. Why are you so anxious? It isn’t your problem_______.

A. on purpose

B. in all

C. on time

D. after all

9. As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area______.

A. need repairing

B. needs to repair

C. needs repairing

D. need to repair

10. ______most of the earth’s surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.

A. As

B. If

C. Once

D. Although

11. Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _____ their education that causes misunderstanding.

A. like

B. as

C. or

D. but

12. The river behind our town has turned clean again as new measures are ____ to prevent it ___ any father.

A. taken; polluting

B. taking; being polluted

C. taken; being polluted

D. taking; to be polluted

13. In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they _____.

A. have survived

B. are to survive

C. would survive

D. will survive

14. John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent $ 3,000 more than he ____ for the wedding..

A. will plan

B. has planed

C. would plan

D. had planned

15. ---Where ____ the recorder_____? I can’t see it anywhere

--- I just put it right he re. But now it’s gone.

A. did; put

B. has; been put

C. had; been put

D. has; put

16. Can you make sure_____ the vase?

A. where Tom had put

B. where had Tom put

C. Where Tom has put

D. where has Tom put

17. I travel to Huayang by subway every day, _____ do many young men who live

in central city.

A. as

B. which

C. when

D. though

18. He came to my class every week, but his attitude ____ he was not really interested in the subject.

A. expressed

B. described

C. explained

D. suggested

19. ------ Would you like some chocolate?

------- I'd like some, but I'm ________.

A. on diet

B. in a diet

C. on a diet

D. in diet

20. -------- Stand over there _______ you’ll be able to see t he oil painting better.

A. but

B. till

C. and

D. or

二．完形填空(共20题，每题1.5分)

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 1 course about 20years ago.

The professor 2 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and invited the students to 3 how many beans the jar contained. After 4 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 5 answer, and went on saying, “You have just 6 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 7 your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the 8 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 9 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 10 into an unknowns world invisible（无形的）to the 11 , which can be discovered only through scientific 12 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 13 the invitation. She was just 14 to understand the world .And she 15 that her firsthand experience could be the 16 . The professor, however, said that it was 17 . He was taking away her only 18 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute（替代）. “I remember feeling small and 19 .” The woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I20 the course the afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”

1．A．art B．history C. science D. math 2．A．searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into 3．A．count B. guess C. report D. watch 4．A．warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to