2014-2015学年度山东省枣庄市十八中学第一学期高一期末考试英语试题

I．语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once when there was a famine （饥荒), a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, ''In this basket there is a loaf for each of you． 1 it, and come back to me every 2 at this hour till better times come．''

The hungry children 3 eagerly around the basket, and quarreled for the bread, because each wished to have the largest loaf．At last they went away without even 4 the good gentleman．But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not 5 or struggle with the rest, but remained 6 modestly in the distance．When the ill-behaved children had left, she took the smallest loaf, which alone was left in the basket, 7 the gentleman's hand, and went home．

The next day the children were as 8 as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the 9 of the one she got the first day．When she came home, her mother cut the bread open, many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it．Her mother was very much 10 , and said, ''Take the money back to the good gentleman at once, for it must have got into the loaf 11 ．Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick! ''

But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's 12 , he said, ''No, no, my child, it was no 13 ．I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to 14 you．Always be as contented, peaceable, and 15 as you now are．Go home now, and the money is your own．''

1．A．Take B．Buy C．Order D．Smell

2．A．month B．week C．day D．year

3．A．stood B．sat C．gathered D．looked

4．A．hearing B．thanking C．thinking D．looking

5．A．play B．laugh C．quarrel D．speak

6．A．crying B．standing C．quarreling D．singing

7．A．kissed B．took C．seized D．waved

8．A．hungry B．angry C．eager D．rude

9．A．size B．number C．length D．amount

10．A．surprised B．pleased C．terrified D．excited

11．A．by accident B．by heart C．by hand D．by itself

12．A．letter B．apology C．money D．message

13．A．luck B．use C．good D．mistake

14．A．test B．reward C．thank D．attract

15．A．careful B．grateful C．beautiful D．enthusiastic

第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16—25的相应位置上。

He met his wife at a party．At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal ．At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee 16 him．She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed．He was too nervous 17 （say） anything ．As a result, she felt so 18 （comfortable） that she wanted to go home ．Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put 19 in my coffee．” Everybody stared at him．It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and 20 （drink） it ．She asked him curiously, “Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea．I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the 21 （salt） coffee．” She was deeply touched because she thought a man 22 could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family．After 40 years, he passed away, 23 （leave） her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie．That was 24 only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt．Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time．Actually I wanted some sugar, 25 I said salt．”

II．阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A．B．C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Mark Twain was a great writer．He was born in 1835 in the USA．He was also a famous speaker．He was famous for his sense of humour．Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time．

One day, Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing．Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he'd better not go there．Mark Twain waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter．The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine．I don't think they will come to visit me．"

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station．He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew around him．The waiters felt very sorry about that．"I'm very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain．There are too many mosquitoes in our town," one of them said to him．

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, "The mosquitoes are very clever．They know my room number．They didn't come into the wrong room．” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily．

But that night Mark Twain slept well．Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night．

26．Why did many people like to listen to Mark Twain's talk?

A．Because he a great writer．

B．Because he liked to anyone．

C．Because of his sense of humour．

D．Because he wrote good novels．

27．That day Mark Twain went to the town _____．

A．to see one of his friends

B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D．to see one of his relatives

28．The waiters felt sorry because _____．

A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B．their hotel was too small

C．the room was not very clean

D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room

29．All the people present laughed heartily because ____．

A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room

B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number

C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D．Mark Twain made a joke．

30．From the story we know _____．

A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night

D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

B

Recently, the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of China’s most popular TV shows, attracting more than 600 million viewers each week．

In this program, five celebrity fathers traveled to six countryside locations across China, including some villages in Beijing, Yunnan, Shandong, Hunan, Heilongjiang and a desert in Ningxia．They took care of their kids without the help of the kid’s mothers．At the same time, they also took part in different kinds of activities with their kids together, such as cooking, fishing and selling goods．

Why is the show so popular? “It reflects （折射） social reality．In big cities, fathers are always busy earning money and making achievements in their career．They don’t spare more time with their kids．” said Xie Dikui, general director of the show．As the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Xie said that he found his own heart being touched as he made it．“Although these fathers are busy, they are able to spare time for their kids．We can do better than them．”

This also happens in some rural areas in China．More and more men from rural areas are now working in big cities, leaving their kids at home under the Grandparents’ care．

“I have a son and a daughter in my hometown．” said Xu Canyong, a 33-year-old man working in Shantou, Guangdong Province．“They come to live with me only during summer and winter vacations．I miss them very much．I want to have them live with us in Shantou, but the cost of living here is too high．” said Xu．

31．Five celebrity fathers have ever traveled to _______ with their kids．

A．Beijing, Hunan and Heilongjiang

B．Hunan, Heilongjiang and Tibet

C．Yunnan, Ningxia and Hong Kong

D．Yunnan, Shandong and Gansu

32．The TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? is popular mainly because _______ ．

A．the five fathers are all famous stars

B．there are many beautiful sights in it

C．Xie Dikui is a popular director in China

D．it reflects the problems about family education

33．The underlined word “This” in Paragraph 4 refers to_________ ．

A．the TV show Where Are We Going, Dad?

B．the fact that fathers have less time with their kids

C．the trip of five celebrity fathers with their kids

D．the relationship between Xie Dikui and his daughter

34．Xu Canyong can’t live with his two kids in Shantou because________ ．

A．he can’t afford to live there together

B．he has no time to look after his kids

C．Shantou is too far from his hometown

D．his kids are used to living with their grandparents

35．From this passage, we may infer ________ ．

A．fathers will raise the kids instead of mothers

B．the five celebrity fathers will give up their own jobs

C．in some rural areas, more and more kids live with their grandparents

D．Mr. Xu often goes back to his hometown during summer and winter vacations

C

The Ancient Town of Fenghuang, one of China’s most well-known ancient towns, was under water as heavy rain hit the center of the country, with tens of thousands of people leaving from the area．Heavy rain and floods（洪水） lasted for the past few days．Waters in the nearby Tuojiang River rose by almost one meter above warning level（警戒线）, causing heavy rainstorms．More than 120,000 local people and tourists have been helped to leave there because of the terrible disaster．And more than 4,000 shops in the town have been shut．Several bridges on the Tuojiang River have been damaged or destroyed．Water has flowed（流） into many bars, restaurants and hotels in its ancient town, and electricity in the ancient town has been cut off．About 128,000 people have been affected by the floods．Though the heavy rains have stopped, but the popular tourist spot remains closed for local people’s safety．

A shoe shop owner named Kuang said the flood was the worst the town had experienced．“The floods came so quickly that I didn’t have time to move the shoes,” he said sadly．

“The flood has led to Fenghuang old town becoming a water town．” said a post on a discussion page on the topic set up on Sina Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter．

“We could only live in an old factory now w