湄潭中学2013—2014学年第一学期高一年级半期考试试题

英 语

命题人：黄永松 审题人：倪园芳

（满分：150分）

Ⅰ．单项填空 (共20小题, 计分20分)

1、—Is it _________ bag?

—No, it’s_________old cap. [??? ]

A.the/an B. an/a C. a/an D. any/a

2、 —What does your brother look like?

—He is _____________.[??? ]

A. fine B. Nice and friendly C. good D. Tall and handsome

3、Son,there is no __________ to worry. Everything will just go fine.[??? ]

A.doubt B. point C.need D.difference

4、 My mother is ill in hospital. I have to ___________ my grandparents at home.[??? ]

A. lo
ok out
B. look after C. look up D.look at

5、It was the first time that I _________ at the meeting.[??? ]

A.had spoken B.have spoken C.spoke D.speak

6．-- Are you still busy??

-- Yes,I ____ my work, and it won’t take long.??? [??? ]

A．just finish??????????????
???? B．am just finishing

C．have just finished ???????????D．am just going to finish

7．We were in____ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.??? [??? ]

A．a rush so anxious?????????????? B．a such anxious rush

C．so an anxious rush?????????? D．such an anxious rush

8．.Talking about the future, I prefer ____ a businessman ____ be an official.????[ ]

A．being; to?????????????????????????? B．to be; to

C．to be; rather than?????????????? D．being; more than

9．Could you help ______ with ______ English, please?????[??? ]

A．?I,my???????? B．me, me C．?me,my??????D．my, I

10．The meeting was concerned ___??the plan and everyone present was concerned ____ their own interests.??? [??? ]

A．with; about??????????????????????????? B．with; with

C．for; about?????????????????????????????D．about; with

11．I dailed (拨打)that number again and again but I simply couldn’t _____ .???? [??? ]

A．?get through??????????????????? B．go through

C．?get across????????????????????? D．go along

12．I won’t go with you.It’s ____ cold today. [??? ]

A．so much ????????????????????????????B．too much

C．very so??????????????????????????????D．much too

13．Tony lent me the money,_______ that I’d do as much for him.[??? ]

A．to hope???????????? B．hoped

C．hoping?????????? D．having hoped

14．He has some trouble _____ his classmates,but he has no trouble ____ doing his lessons.???? [??? ]

A．with;with?????????????????? B．in;in

C．with;in?????????????????????? ?D．in;with

15．She said to me that ______ might keep _______ book for two days.??[ ???]

A．?me; this??????????? B．them
; this

C． I; that ???
? D．me; that

16．It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it ____ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.?? [ ??? ]

A．came over??????????????? B．c
ame out

C．came about???????????????D．came up

17．Some languages , ____ Russian and German,are not easy to learn.[? ??]

A．for example?????????? B．such as

C．namely ??????????????? D．that is

18．----May I help you with the work?????? [? ?? ]

---- ____ .

A．Yes, I can manage.

B．Thanks．I can manage it myself.

C．No, I can't manage it.

D．Excuse me, but you can't.

19．It was about 600 years ago _____ this first clock with a face and an hour hand was made.????? [??? ]

A．that?????????????????????????? B．until

C．before???????????????????????? D．when

20．The number of smokers ____ fallen ____ 30% this year, compared with last year.? [? ?? ]

A．have; by???????????????????????? B．has; by

C．has; to????????????????????????? D．have; to

Ⅱ 完形填空。(20小题，共30分)

Surfing(冲浪)： It's Not Just for Boys Anymore（不再只是男孩的运动）

If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I am one of the few girls who would 21 : surfing(冲浪运动). But isn't that a boy thing? Some people 22 . Most certainly believe not.

I started surfing about five years ago and 23 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding the first 24 was the best feeling I had ever experienced(体验).

When I try to 25 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 26 , t
here's nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到) body and 27 . There's sand between my toes and cool, salt 28 all around us. The feeling I get when I'm surfing 29 that wate
r, becoming one with the 30 , is like I'm weightless.

The one thing I can 31 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge（挑战）. You can never be the "best surfer" because the ocean 32 too many kinds of waves that nobody can ever m
aster. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的) and 33 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 34 from any other sport.

I've 35 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don't think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new 36 , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start 37 the limits（极致） of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There're women 38 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 39 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 40 , and they will make it.

21. A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize

22. A. think B. understand C. reply D. believe

23.A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell

24.A. wave B. storm C. sail D. boat[来源:学科网ZXXK]

25.A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie

26.A. work B. study C. holiday D. life

27.A. mind B. effort C. health D. time

28.A. beach B. ocean C. water D. coast

29A. through B. across C. over D. above

30.A. sky B. world C. earth D. ocean

31 A. take B. get C. make D. keep

32.A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects

33.A. exciting B. great C. hard D. calm

34.A. known B. right C. far D. different

35A. chosen B. tried C. managed D. promised

36.A. levels B. points C. steps D. parts

37.A. reaching B. accepting C. pushing D. setting

38.A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working

39.A. of B. from C. on D. with

40. A. think B. succeed C. perform D. feel

Ⅲ．阅读理解 (共25小题, A节每题2分, B节每题2分, 计分50分)

A) 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案．

? A

Body language is a very powerful tool of communication,notionly（意念上） between people but in the animal world as well.

In many instances, we produce idioms which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication.

For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch (拱起) its back high in rigid curve (拱形) ．From this starting-point we might hear the expression, “He gets my back up!”meaning“He makes me angry.”

In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged by attackers, will not turn and run away because this will encourage the attacker to attack them more forcefully, instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm's way, always still facing their attacker．We call this action“backing off”and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.

In the case of humans, however, the back-off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone of voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.

41．When a cat arches its back high in a rigid curve, it shows that it is ____ .?????? [??? ]

A．angry???????????????????????????B．pleased

C．frightened????????????????????? D．defeated

42．In order not to be attacked by its enemy, the animal will ____ . [??? ]

A．move backwards slowly ???????? B．turn and run away

C．face the attacker????????????? D．Both A and C

43．In the acticle“Back off”means ____ .????? [??? ]

A．to escape from the attackers

B．to get away quickly

C．to keep out the attackers

D．to avoid the attackers in words

44．What is mentioned（提到、提及） in this article belongs to a study of English ____ .?????? [??? ]

A．grammar??????????????????????? B．idioms

C．expression????????????????????? D．communication

? B

? Mark Twain was asked one day
if he could remember the f
irst money he earned．He thought for a long time before answering a
nd then said, “Yes, it was at school．I can remember everything about it．Schoolboys in those days never respected their teachers and never took care of the things of the school．They often damaged their desks．There was a rule in our school that any boy who damaged his desk with a pencil or a knife would be beaten in front of the whole school or would have to pay five dollars.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way．I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school．My father said it would be too bad to have our family lose face in front of the whole school．He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over to the teacher．But before giving me the money, he took me upstairs and give me a beating.”

“But as I had had one beating and got used to it．I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars．So that is what I did.”

45．The first money Mark Twain earned was ____ . [??? ][来源:学科网ZXXK][来源:学+科+网]

A．at school??????????????????????? B．in a company

C．in his twenties??????????????? D
．at college

46．Schoolboys in those
days ____ .? [??? ]

A．had no respect for thei
r teachers

B．cared nothing for desks and benches (板凳)

C．us
ed to do harm to their desks with a pencil or a knife

D．All of above

47．Which of the following is true???? [??? ]

A．The school did nothing to stop the damage.

B．The boy who did damage to his desk would be beaten besides paying for it.

C．Anyone who damaged the desks would either be beaten or pay five dollars.

D．No boy dared break the rule.

? C

? You can use your Business Telecard (电话卡) International at any card phone in the United Kingdom．Here is some information about making international phone calls．You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call big cities．When you cannot make direct dialing calls, you ask the international operator to help you．This is more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else; in this case you should ask for a“person-to-per”call．Even more expensive is a reverse charge (对方付款) call where the person who receives the call pays.

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