山东省滕州市善国中学2014-2015学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

山东省滕州市善国中学2014-2015学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题 第I卷（选择题,共80分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15 小题，每题1分，满分15 分）从（A、B、C、D） 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1It is said the factory is now _ large as what it wasAtwice as Bas twice Ctwice much Dmuch twice2An excellent teacher is believed to be one who cares about his students but asks for nothing _Ain turn Bin short Cin return Din general3Honestly speaking, I would agree with Cathy, though not _Awidely Bentirely Cpossibly Dfinally4-Joan, what _ in your hand?-Look! Its a birthday gift for my grandmaAare you holdingBhad you heldCdo you hold Dwill you hold5Hearing the _news that he failed the exam, a _look appeared on his face Adisappointed; disappointedBdisappointed; disappointing Cdisappointing; disappointing Ddisappointing; disappointed 6The computer center, _last year , is very popular among the students in this school. Aopen Bopening Chaving opened Dopened7By the time he was 14, Mozart many pieces of music for violin, piano and for orchestra. Ahas composed Bhad composed Ccomposes Dcomposed 8Watch out! The car you. Awill hit Bhits Chit Dis going to hit9How beautiful she sings! I have never heard _ Athe better voice Ba good voice Cthe best voice Da better voice10Americans eat _ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910. Amore than twice Bas twice as many Ctwice as many as Dmore than twice as many11Do you know our town at all? No, this is the first time I _ here. Awas Bhave been Ccame Dam coming 12What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the party. _ _Whatever you want to do is fine with me.AIt just depends BIts up to youCAll right DGlad to hear that13Youve _ such a good idea, thank youWell try it at once. Acome up with Bended up with Ccaught up with Dfollowed up with14 What about going hiking next weekend?_I love that kind of feeling. AI cant agree more BIm afraid notCI dont believe it DI dont think so15Ive made progress in English _the teachers well-organized teaching and exact explanation. Abecause Bas Cas a result of Das a result 第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的（A、B、C、D） 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their bedsBut they thought 16 My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） 17 , were always landing on 18 earsVery often a whole hours scolding would end with their 19 into tearsI felt very annoyedI realized I needed to 20 my method of “mothering”.One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their roomsOn their desks, in simple 21 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill（the other card was 22 to Sarah）, your room was messy this morning and Im sure you like it cleanLove, the Room Fairy（小精灵）.” 23 arriving back, the children were 24 excited to receive the little note from the Room FairyThe next day, their rooms were fairly tidySure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy 25 for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and 26 asking them to play a certain violin 27 Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 28 Sometimes the Room Fairy would offer a little 29 : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, Id like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 30 of well-done jobs the day 31 . 32 I cant remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notesWhen they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）The bathroom mirror became the 33 centre of our homeAppointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be 34 We all benefited from and 35 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notesI believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication16Adifferently Bpositive Cnegative Dsame17AshoutingBcryingCpersuadingDbeating18Aside Bneither Cdeaf Deither19Acrying Bbringing CdropingDbursting20AaddictBadoptCaccess Dadjust21AsentenceBwords CspeechDsight22Asent BwrittenCdelivered Dread23AAs BOnCIn DAt24Amore thanBrather than Cless than Dother than 25AaskingBprayingCwaitingDexpecting 26Agently BfriendlyCpolitelyDtoughly27AmusicBpiece Csong Dtone28Arespectable Buninteresting Cunbelievable Dfresh29AproblemBquestion Cchallenge Dadvice30Aresponse Banswer Cpraise Dhonor31AaheadBbeforeCover Dago 32AthoughBEven soCEven if DActually33Amemory Bmain Clife Dreminder34Asent BpostedCstruck Dhanged35AappreciatedBlearnedCshared Dthanked第二部分：阅读理解（共三节，满分45分） 第一节：判断正误（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容判断正误，并将结果转涂到答题卡上。 正确的涂A，错误的涂B。Jordan Retirement I am here to announce my retirement from the game of basketballIt won't be another announcement to baseball or anything to that nature1 Mentally, I'm exhausted; I don't feel I have a challengePhysically, I feel greatThe last time in 1993 I had other agendasI felt that I wanted to play baseball and I felt that at my age, it was a good opportunity and time to do itAnd with the death of my father, and I was basically trying to deal with that Actually I talked to Jerry last year once the season ended and I told Jerry at that time, mentally, I was a little exhaustedI didn't know if I would play next yearI wanted to put him on awareness so that he could possibly prepare going into next seasonAnd Jerry, once we had our conversation, wanted me to take time as I did in 1993 to make sure that it was the right decision because it was going to be the final decisionI retired the first time when Phil Jackson was the coachAnd I think that even with Phil being the coach I would have had a tough time, mentally finding the challenge for myselfAlthough he can somehow present challenges for meI don't know if he could have presented the challenge for me to continue on to this seasonEven though middle way of this season I wanted to continue to play a couple more years, but at the end of this season I was mentally drained and tiredSo I can't say that he would have restored that I will support the Chicago BullsI think the game itself is a lot bigger than Michael Jordan.36The underlined sentence tells us Michael Jordan will retire from any games.37Michael Jordan once made an announcement of his retirement.38Michael Jordan isnt strong enough to continue his games.39Michael Jordan thinks the game itself is more important than the player.40The main reason for Michael Jordans retirement is that the coach have had him suffered a tough time.第二节：短文理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的（A、B、C、D）四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ARegister（注册） in personRegister by phone Register by mail1781 NWinchester ST.Call 264 8833Use form givenChicagoBasic PhotographyThis is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35mm cameraThe teacher will cover such areas as kinds of film, light, and lenses（镜头）Bring your own 35mm camera to the class.Course Charge: $150Jan10, 12, 17, 19, Tues& Thurs6-8p.m.Marianne Adams is a professional photographer whose photographs appear in many magazines.Understanding ComputersThis twelve-hour course is for people who dont know very much about computers, but who need to learn about themYou will learn what computers are, what they can and cant do, and how to use them.Course Charge: $75Equipment Charge: $10Jan7, 14, 21, 28, Sat9-12 a.m.Joseph Saimders is a professor of computer science at New Urban UniversityHe has over twelve years of experience in the computer field.Stop SmokingDo you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now it is the time to stop smoking using the latest methodsYou can stop smoking, and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.Course Charge: $30Jan4, 11, 18, 25 Mon4-7 p.m.Dr.John Goode is a practicing psychologist（心理学家）who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking.Typing This course on weekdays is for those who want to type as well as those who want to improve their typingYou are tested in the first class and practice at one of eight different skill levelsThis allows you to learn at your own speedEach program lasts 20 hoursBring your own paper.Course Charge: $125Materials Charge: $25Two hours each evening for two weeks.This course is taught by a number of business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.41The word “professional” in this advertisement most probably means “_”Aspiritual BjournalistCprofessorDexperienced42The shortest course is _ABasic Photography BUnderstanding ComputersCStop SmokingDTyping43A course which can do something good for your health will cost_.A$50B$30C$10D$12544There are typing courses_.Aon Saturdays and SundaysBfrom Monday to FridayCfrom Monday to SaturdayDon each day in the week45If you can have free time only on weekends, you should take the course _.ABasic Photography BUnderstanding ComputersCStop SmokingDTypingB“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892His parents died when he was a childLiving in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up his mind to play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkiens becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War IIn 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology（神话） for The RingsAs a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writersThe group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkiens imaginative work “The Hobbit”.Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）classHobbits live in hillside holesOne of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.One of Tolkiens students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a childrens book would be his ten-year-old sonThe boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuationOver a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readersnew and old after their publication.46What can we learn from the text?ATolkien was quite familiar with Old English.BPeople know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.C“The Lord of the Rings” didnt sell well in the last millennium. DTolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.47What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?AHobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.BHobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.CHobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.DHobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.48Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?AOne of Tolkiens students.BAllen & Unwin.CStanley Unwins son.DBilbo Baggins.49What is mainly discussed in the text?Aa famous professor at Oxford University.BA completely new masterwork in the new millennium.C“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.DThe power of the magic ring.50Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkiens life experience?aHe had his “The Hobbit” published.bHe became a member of the lnklings cHe served in World WardHe became an undergraduate at Oxford.eHis work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.fHe moved to England to live with his aunt.Af-d-b-c-a-eBd-f-c-a-b-eCf-c-d-b-e-aDf-d-c-b-a-e CIn the United States, friends can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if circumstances（环境）changeNeither side feels hurt by thisBoth may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while then no moreIf the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left out and are delighted.In the States, you can feel free to visit peoples homes, share their holidays, enjoy their children and their lies without fear that you taking on a lasting obligation（负担）Do not hesitate to accept hospitality（款待）because you cant give it in returnNo one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from homeAmericans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily          Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full, warm and realMost visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes thereIn some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain （招待） at home, offering what is felt as only home-cooked food, not " doing something for your guest"It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcomeOr for other different reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes   In the United States both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to ones home than to g