秦皇岛市第五中学2014-2015学年度第一学期期中考试高一年级英语试卷

出题人：张凌云 审核人：高一英语组

第一卷 （共三部分，满分60分）

第一部分，单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

It was ________ he came back from Africa that year ______ he met the girl he would like to marry.

A. when; then B. not; until C. not until; that D. only; when

2. It was the first time that I ______ the school.

A. visited B. have visited C. had visited D. would visit

3. He hurried back home only _____ some money and clothes _____.

A. find; stolen B. find; stole C. to find; stolen D. to find; stealing

4. After he _____ the golf club, he has _____ a number of competitions.

A. took part in; taken part in B. joined in; joined in

C. joined; joined D. joined; taken part in

5. The house had been out of condition for years, so they decided to _______.

A. get it built B. get it to rebuild

C. have it be rebuilt D. have rebuilt it

6. There comes two public buses. The former is very crowded, but _____ remains much room.

A. late B. later C. the later D. the latter

7. Lily as well as her classmates _______ basketball at the moment.

A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. has played

8. The officer ordered all the soldiers _____ in line and _____ to him attentively.

A. standing; listening B. standing; to listen

C. to stand; listen D. to stand; listened

9. I’m pleased to hear that Tom won the championship yesterday. ______, I dreamed that he became a dark horse the night before.

A. In a word B. What’s more C. Believe it or not D. What’s worse

10. Lincoln is recognized _______ one of the greatest presidents in America.

A. as B. for C. being D. like

11. I wanted to pay by cheque but the landlord insisted that I ______ him in cash.

A. pays B. pay C. paying D. paid

12. Hurry up! The train _____. You know it ______ at 8:30 am.

A. leaves; leaves B. is leaving; leaves

C. leaves; is leaving D. is leaving; is leaving

13. There are _____ many people in _____ a small room that it is crowded now.

A. such; so B. so; such C. such; such D. too; so

14. Rather than ____ his own car, some people always prefer _____ the crowded buses in order to protect the environment.

A. drive; take B. driving; take C. drive; to take D. to drive; taking

15. Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, ______, of course, made the others envy him.

A. who B. that C. what D. which

第二部分 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Secrets are everywhere in the world outdoors. Quite a lot of people are busy __16__ them because they are so interesting. All __17__ us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the?U.S.A.?spent hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near?New York City?became so interested in insects that he began to __18__ them. He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes.

Come __19__ me, and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets. Let’s go quickly __20__ the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit __21__ the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter __22__. We shall watch bees dancing in air to let the other bees know where they can find food. I will show you __23__ interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep eyes __24__ when you go __25__. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.

16. A. searching B. keeping C. studying D. looking for

17. A. out B. around C. among D. besides

18. A. capture B. catch C. collect D. keep

19.A. along B. into C. at D. with

20. A. through B. over C. into D. on

21. A. says B. tells C. asks D. speaks

22. A. rest B. trip C. holiday D. sleep

23. A. other many B. many other C. some others D. much other

24. A. open B. closed C. listening D. big

25. A. into B. inside C. between D. out

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

San Francisco, like London, has many parks. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children. I didn’t go to school. I only had three hours of formal education when I was five. I was sent to school in the morning but came home at noon on the first day. I said I didn’t enjoy it and hadn’t learned anything. My parents thought that school was unsuitable for me. They agreed with me, so I never went back to school.

Then my mother taught me and my two sisters at home, in the way of an English lady who had good education. We learned languages and reading more than sciences and maths. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers. They asked us to take lessons every day. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park. While we were walking, my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop and I remember now how I’d like to have it. I couldn’t say “r” when I was small. My mother said if I could say an “r” well, I would have the toy train. I practiced and practiced. Then one morning I woke everybody up with my “r”s. I got the toy train. I usually get the things I want in life ----but I work hard for them.

26.The writer ____________.

A. was born in San Francisco B. likes living in London

C. is living in New York now D. doesn’t like America

27. The writer didn’t go to school in America because _______.

A. his mother wanted him to go to school in English

B. his parents didn’t think formal education was right for him

C. his mother wanted him to play outdoors in the parks

D. he couldn’t get on well with the other children

28. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The writer was taught by his mother and other teachers.

B. The writer had no education at all.

C. The writer didn’t have lessons every day.

D. The writer walked to the parks to learn languages once a week.

29. The writer got the little toy train at last because ________.

A. his mother gave him the money

B. he tried his best to read music

C. he wanted it very much

D. his mother was pleased with his progress

30. The writer tells us _________.

A. why children needn’t go to school

B. how he grew in San Francisco

C. that children liked toys

D. that his mother didn’t give him any toys

B

Billy had a nice shop in the main street of a small town. He sold jewellery, watches, clocks and so on. All went well some years, and then a thief stole a lot of jewellery from his shop twice in one month at night. Three weeks passed, yet the police still didn’t catch the thief. So Billy decided to try to do something about it himself. He bought a good camera and fixed it up in his shop and put some cheap jewellery in front of it for the thief, so that it could take a photo of anyone who stole the jewellery.

A few nights later the thief came, but he did not touch any of the cheap jewelley that Billy had put out for him. He took the camera, which was worth 1500 dollars.

31. At first all was getting on _____ with Billy.

A. successfully B. badly C. quickly D. unhappy

32. Within one moth ____________.

A. Billy began to sell cameras

B. Billy sold all the things in his shop

C. a thief stole all the things in Billy’s shop

D. a thief stole much of Billy’s jewellery

33. Billy bought a camera in order to _________.

A. take pictures for those who came to his shop

B. find out the thief with its help

C. become even richer

D. make his shop large

34. In the end of this story, ___________.

A. Billy caught the thief B. the thief stole the expensive camera

C. the thief took the camera and jewellery

D. the thief took the jewellery

35. The thief in the story was very ___________.

A. stupid B. sad C. bright D. old

C

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell anything,” he finally said. “I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can’t say don’t do this and do that, because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up. I can’t help much with money either, but I think things will work out”.

He gave me a new check-book. “If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers kids filled in the financial gaps.

“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.

Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.

He didn’t say read this every morning. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”

Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.

36. What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell the readers his life story.

B. To tell people what kind of person his father was.

C. To let people know how poor he was.

D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

37. Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

A. Because he felt quite confident of his son.

B. Because he was born from a poor family.

C. Because he was a man of few words.

D. Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with his son.

38. What would someone learn from this passage?

A. How to live by oneself. B. How to stand