高一英语必修一期中考试题及答案

试题卷

时量：120分钟

满分：100 分（必考I部分）50分（必考II部分）命题人：陈清花祝琳丽欧阳根根审题人：蒋立耘谭硕备课组长：蒋立耘

PART TWO: LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE （50 marks）

Section A （15 marks）

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. --- Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs?

--- _______.

A. With pleasure

B. My pleasure

C. Of course I do

D. Yes, that’s all right

22. You were _______ to take your shoes off when you entered the school lab, but you didn’t.

A. invited

B. supposed

C. selected

D. approved

23. He felt that he didn’t deserve _______ such a great honor.

A. to give

B. give

C. to be given

D. giving

24. I guess Tom won’t keep on asking me the time from now on, as he has had his watch ______.

A. repaired

B. repairing

C. being repaired

D. been repaired

25. The whole Chinese people will never forget the day, May 12th, 2008, _______ the strong earthquake happened in Wenchuan.

A. on which

B. on that

C. in which

D. from which

26. With so many people ______ in the mine(矿), none of the rescue workers would stop to have a rest.

A. being buried

B. to bury

C. buried

D. to be buried

27. _______ you have got such a good chance, you’d better make full use of it.

A. Now that

B. Although

C. As soon as

D. Even if

28. She ______ to Africa to study the animals there, even though her family asked her not to.

A. insisted on going

B. insisted going

C. insisted in going

D. insisted to go

29. Jane was a very smart young girl, so she was quite used to her friends _______ their admiration for her.

A. showed

B. show

C. showing

D. to show

30. He hardly reads English out aloud at home, ________?

A. doesn’t he

B. isn’t he

C. is he

D. does he

31. --- What is that wonderful smell?

--- Our neighbor ________ for a party.

A. have prepared

B. are preparing

C. prepare

D. will prepare

32. The headmaster suggested that a good preparation ________ ahead of time.

A. must be made

B. should be made

C. will be made

D. can be made

33. Nobody noticed the thief enter the house because the lights happened to _______.

A. go over

B. go through

C. go on

D. go out

34. The professor along with his assistant came in, ________ by a group of excited students.

A. follow

B. following

C. followed

D. to follow

35. I don’t like the way ________ you speak to her.

A. of which

B. in that

C. which

D. that

SECTION B (18 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know whether you think you are a 36 person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question 37 you are tested in real life. Some people think they are brave, but when they come face to face with real 38 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like heroes.

Lenny had always thought of himself as a 39 person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. Then on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny happened to see a woman in the ice-cold water. He did not feel afraid. He 40 very calm and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41 to the woman, and kept her head 42 the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not 43 .

When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically(自动地) produces a chemical called adrenalin in the blood. With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are 44 to fight or run away. However, when you are terrified greatly, the body can produce too much adrenalin. 45 this happens, the muscles become very hard. You are then paralyzed (麻木) with fear. This is why when we are extremely frightened, we sometimes say we are “petrified”. This word 46 a Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are 47 frightened that we become stonelike.

36. A. brave B. real C. hard D. certain

37. A. when B. until C. after D. once

38. A. life B. question C. mouse D. danger

39. A. useful B. brave C. nervous D. terrible

40. A. had B. kept C. let D. made

41. A. went B. ran C. spoke D. swam

42. A. in B. under C. above D. from

43. A. an accident B. a mistake C. seventy-eight D. seventy-nine

44. A. ready B. unable C. afraid D. anxious

45. A. Before B. When C. Unless D. While

46. A. comes from B. comes back C. comes on D. comes across

47. A. such B. very C. so D. really

SECTION C (12 points)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.