广东省汕头市学年高一英语上册期中考试题.docx

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广东省汕头市学年高一英语上册期中考试题

2018-2019学年第1学期高一英语期中考试题

（笔试答题时间120分钟，满分135分；另加听力15分；总分150分）

第I卷

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节:

话题语篇（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A★★

TowardstheendofMiddleEnglish,asuddenchangeinpronunciationstarted,withvowels（元音）beingpronouncedshorterandshorter.Fromthe16thcenturytheBritishhadcontact（接触）withmanypeoplefromaroundtheworld.Thismeantthatlotsofnewvocabularyenteredthelanguage.Theinventionofprintingalsomeantthattherewasnowacommonlanguageinprint.Booksbecamecheaperandmorepeoplelearnedtoread.Spellingandgrammarbecamefixed,andthedialectofLondonbecamethestandard.In1604thefirstEnglishdictionarycameout.

EarlyModernEnglishandLateModernEnglisharemostlydifferentinthenumberofwords.LateModernEnglishhasmanymorewords,mainlybecauseofthefollowingtworeasons:

First,theIndustrialRevolution（工业革命）ledtotheneedfornewwords.Second,theBritishEmpirecoveredonequarteroftheearth’ssurface,andtheEnglishlanguagetookinforeignwordsfrommanycountries.

Fromaround1600,theEnglishcolonization（殖民地化）ofNorthAmericaledtoAmericanEnglish.SomeEnglishpronunciationsandwords“froze”whentheyreachedAmerica.Insomeways,AmericanEnglishismoreliketheEnglishofShakespearethanmodernBritishEnglish.Someexpressionsthatarecalled“AmericanEnglish”areinfactfromBritishexpressions.TheywerekeptinthecolonieswhilelostforatimeinBritain.Spanishalsohadaninfluence（影响）onAmericanEnglish.Forexample,wordslikecanyon,ranch,stampedeandvigilantearefromSpanish.TheyenteredEnglishbythepeopleofSpainwhosettledintheAmericanWest.FrenchwordsandWestAfricanwordsalsoinfluencedAmericanEnglish.

Today,AmericanEnglishhasagreaterinfluence,becauseoftheUSA’smovies,television,popularmusic,tradeandtechnology.

1.Whatwecanlearnfromparagraph1?

A.ThesuddenchangeinpronunciationstartedatthebeginningMiddleEnglish.

B.Agreatmanyofnewvocabularydidn’tappearinEnglishuntil16thcentury.

C.PeoplecouldreadmucheasierbecauseofthedialectofLondonbecamethestandard.

D.AfterthefirstEnglishdictionary,spellingandgrammarbecamefixedatlast.

2.WhathelpedtoincreasethevocabularyofLateModernEnglish?

__________

a.theinventionofprintingb.theIndustrialRevolution

c.thecolonizationd.thecontactwithothercountries

A.a,b,cB.a,c,dC.a,b,dD.b,c,d

3.Thethirdparagraphmainlytalksabout.

A.EnglishcoloniesinNorthAmerica

B.thedevelopmentofAmericanEnglish

C.otherlanguages’influenceonAmericanEnglish

D.thedifferencebetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish

B★★

Peoplewholiketravellinghavetheirreasons.Theybelievethattravellingcanhelpthemexpandtheirfieldofview,especiallyinthegeographicalandhistoricalsense.Theyalsothinkthattouringwillgivethemmorechancestoenjoydifferentkindsoffoodandexperiencenewthingsthatwouldneverbebroughtbyotheractivities.Butthosewhodisliketravellingalsohavesomereasons.

Travelling,inmyopinion,doesmoregoodthanharm.Mostimportantly,itbroadens（使扩大）ourmind.Wecangetintouchwithothercivilizations（文明）,cultures,customsandideas.

Throughhistory,mostpeopletravelledbecauseofnecessity（必要性）—notforpleasure.Peopletravelledjustinordertoremainalive.Theysearchedforfoodtoeatorplacestolivein.Theysometimesranawayfromenemies.Thisisnottosaythatnooneevertravelledjustforthefunofit.Inancienttimes,forexample,richRomanstravelledallthewaytoGreecetotakepartintheOlympicGames,andfestivals.Ofcourse,somepeopledecidedtotraveljustoutofcuriosity（好奇心）.Theywantedtofindoutwhatitlookedlikebeyondthehorizon（地平线）.Alsobusinesstravelhasbeengoingonforcenturies.Traderscouldnotonlymakemoneybutalsolearntospeakseverallanguagesandbeintroducedtodifferentcultures.

So,travellingdoesenrichourmindanddrawnewideastous.Thereisnodoubtthatwecangetmuchfromit.

4.Peopleenjoystravellingbecause.

A.EnlargetheirknowledageB.Havemorechancestoeatdifferentfood

C.ExperiencenewthingsD.Aboveall

5.HowmanyreasonsfortravellingarementionedinParagraph3?

____________

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Six.

6.What’sthemainideaofthispassage?

____________

A.Differentkindsoftravelling.C.Waystoenjoyyourselfwhiletravelling.

B.Travellingenrichesourmind.D.Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftravelling.

C★★

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