高一下学期期末考试英语试题

一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分；共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题的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。

My son Joey was born with club feet（畸形足）. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk，but would never run very well. He __1__ the first three years of his life in hospital. By the time he was eight， you wouldn‘t know he has a problem when you saw him ___2___.

Children in our neighborhood always ran around __3__ their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play， __4__. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be __5___ to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

In ___6_ grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others， ___7__ only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the ___8__. We didn‘t tell him he probably would never make the team，so he didn’t know.

He ran four to five miles every day—even when he had a fever. I was ___9__，so I went to ___10___ him after school. I found he had been running ___11___. I asked him how he felt. “Okay”, he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept ___12___.

Two weeks later，the names of the team ___13___ were out. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ___14___ a member of the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just ___15___ it.

1. A. took B.spent C. cost D. paid

2. A.walk B. sit C. study D. talk

3. A. after B. during C. before D. till

4. A. too B.either C. though D. yet

5. A. sorry B.able C. glad D. afraid

6. A. ninth B.eighth C.seventh D.sixth

7. A. then B. if C. because D.so

8. A. neighborhood B. school C. family D. grade

9. A. Worried B. tired C. pleased D. excited

10. A. look for B. think about C. agree with D.hear from

11. A. alone B. away C. already D.almost

12. A riding. B. walking C. playing D.running

13. A. runners B. jumpers C. doctors D. teachers

14. A. got B. kept C. Found D. become

15. A. got B. had C. played D.did

二．语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）

I like taking photos very much. Once I traveled by ship __16__ a cloudy morning. It was in the afternoon __17__ the weather turned fine. Therefore, I wanted to take some photos. I was looking around and I saw next to me a lovely little girl __18__ (sit) on her father’s shoulders. ___19___ was lucky for me to meet such a perfect moment—the girl was smiling and the surrounding view was beautiful. ___20__ thinking, I took a picture of the little girl at that moment.

Her mother was surprised that a ___21__ (strange) was photographing her daughter. I explained that I was moved by that sight and showed them ___22___ photo on my digital(数字的) camera. They loved it very much. I said I could email it to them when I got home. Finally, they gave __23___ their email address. The next day, I sent them their daughter’s photo as I __249__ (promise).

This morning I received a message back saying they are25(thank) and that they are very happy with the lovely smile of their daughter and a lovely memory of the day.

三．阅读理解（每小题2分）

A

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.

26. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.

C. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

D. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

27. The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes .

A. because his parents told him so B. when he was a little boy

C. while he was in Paris D. from books

28. According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?

A. the President himself B. the President’s wife

C. the President’s cook D.a French cook

29. From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were .

A. men only B. from France

C. people of his own country D. people from other countries

30. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.

B. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

C.All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.

D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.

B

Hundreds of years ago, Native-American tribes lived in Mexico. The Aztecs built beautiful cities. They had a calendar (历法) and a written language. However, theSpanish destroyed the Aztecs in l521. For the next 300 years, Spain ruled overMexico.That’s why Mexicans speak Spanish. Every September l6 the Mexican people hold a celebration in Mexico City, their country’s capital. It is their Independence Day. On that date in 1821 they told Spain they would no longer be ruled. Breaking free from Spain caused a war. When it was over, the Mexicans

havetheir own government. They made their own laws.

Today America and Mexico are friends, but it wasn’t always that way. President James Polk wanted America to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. He tried to buy what is now the American southwest from Mexico. Mexico would not sell. So from l846 to 1848 Mexico and America fought a war to ascertain where their borders would be. When the war ended, Mexico had lost a lot of land. Now the Rio Grande River forms the border between the two nations. America is on the north side of the river. Mexico is on the south side.

Mexico has mountains and a hot, dry climate. Crops can grow on only a small part of the land. Still, Mexicans grow much of the coffee, oranges, and sugar used in the US. Mexicans have influenced building styles in southwestern US and added words such as patio and canton to American English. Americans also enjoy eating many Mexican foods like burritos, tacos, tortillas, and tamales.

31. According to the passage, what happened second on historical timeline?

A. The Spanish ruled Mexico.

B. Mexicans declared their independence from Spain.

C. The Aztecs lived in Mexico.

D. Americans fought a war with Mexico.

32. The passage says that President Polk wanted ______.

A.Mexico to become one of the states of the Union

B. Mexico to change its Independence Day to July 4th

C. the US to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean

D. Americans to adopt the Mexican language

33. Another word for the underlined word “ascertain” is ______.

A. inspect B. determine C. change D. cover

34. Mexicans have the following influences on America EXCEPT ______.

A.clothes B. vocabulary C. building styles D. food

35. Before the Aztecs were conquered(征服), these Native Americans probably ______.

A. didn’t understand the concept of tim B. couldn’t read or write any language

C. didn’t have tools D. didn’t speak Spanish

C

During the summer holidays there will be a revised(修改过的)schedule(时刻表)of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules，which are being arranged(安排)，will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.

In the summer holidays，buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dinning-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 p.m. on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week，but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m.

36.The main purpose of this announcement is to______.

A tell students of new bus and library services

B.tell students of important schedule changes

C. show the excellent services for students

D. ask students to renew their library cards

37..At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

A .8:00，9:00，10:00，11:00 B 8:30，9:00，9:30, 10:00

.C. 8:30，9:30，10:30，11:30 D. 8:00，9:30，11:00，12:30

38.Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because______.

A. they are not to be announced B. they are hard to arrange

C. the full list is too long D. the full list is not ready

39.In the summer holidays, the library will have______.

A.