河南省学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题Word文件下载.docx

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第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15题：

每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

August9,Monday

Unfortunately,Theresehadtowork,soshecouldn’tspendthedaywithus.Butweheadedoutwithheraroundlunchtimetoexploreonourown.Goteborgisalovelycity,fullofniceneighborhoodsandparks.Intheevening,ThereseandOlacookedusatastySwedishmealandwesataroundchattingforhours.

August10,Tuesday

Wehadtoleavethehouseat9:

00am.Wecaughtthetraintotheferrystationtogotothecity,whereweatefastfoodinordertogetsomeworkdone.WeexploredGoteborgabitmore.TheeveningwasfullofSouthandCentralAmericanfood—pepper,RoastedGarlic,Argentinianwineandmustard.

August11,Wednesday

Asalways,itwasarushtogetoutofthehouseintime,andinourhasteweleftourbelovedcoffeemachinebehind.WecaughtthetraintoStockholm.WestayedwithNiklas,whowemetinLithuaniain2007.Wewentforawalkintheforestafterdinner.

Augustl2,Thursday

Niklasdoesn’thavetheInternetathomeandwecouldn’treallyworkthere,soinsteadweheadedintohisofficeforthemorning.WeworkedharduntillunchandthenwenttoseeStockholm.WemetUlrike,afriendofNiklas’.Intheevening,wewentforanotherwalkintheforest—it’ssogoodtobehikingagain!

August13,Friday

WeleftNiklas’placeandmanagedtocatchthebuswhichtookustothecitycenter.OurhostBennymetusatthestationandtookusforalongwalkafterdinner.Sinceitgotdarkatabout11:

00p.m.,wecouldstayoutaswewanted.Weareleavingtomorrow.IreallyhadagreattimeinSweden.

21.Thispassageismostprobablytakenfromthewriter'

s________.

A.diaryB.researchC.novelD.schoolpaper

22.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"

haste"

inthepassagemean?

A.HurryB.HopeC.ExcitementD.Disappointment

23.Accordingtothepassage,whycouldthewriterandherfriendsstayoutaslongastheywanted?

A.Becausetheywereleavingthenextday.

B.Becausetheyhadnothingtodoathome.

C.Becausethestoreswereopenuntilmidnight.

D.Becauseitdidn'

tgetdarkuntilabout11:

00pm.

B

EveryweekinChina,millionsofpeoplewillsitinfrontoftheirTVswatchingteenagerscompeteforthetitleCharacterHero,whichisaChinesestylespellingbee（拼写大赛）.Inthischallenge,youngcompetitorsmustwriteChinesecharactersbyhand.Toprepareforthecompetition,thecompetitorsusuallyspendmonthsstudyingdictionaries.

Perhapstheshow’spopularityshouldnotbeasurprise.Alongwithgunpowderandpaper,manyChinesepeopleconsiderthecreationofChinesecalligraphy（书法）tobeoneoftheirprimarycontributions.Unfortunately,alloverthecountry,Chinesepeopleareforgettinghowtowritetheirownlanguagewithoutcomputerizedhelp.SoftwareonsmartphonesandcomputersallowsuserstotypeinthebasicsoundofthewordusingtheLatinalphabet（字母）.Thecorrectcharacterischosenfromalist.Theresult?

It’spossibletorecognizecharacterswithoutrememberinghowtowritethem.

Butthere’sstillhopeforthepaintbrush.China’sEducationMinistrywantschildrentospendmoretimelearninghowtowrite.

InoneBeijingprimaryschoolwevisited,studentspracticecalligraphyeverydayinsideaspeciallydecoratedclassroomwithtraditionalChinesepaintingshangingonthewalls.Softmusicplaysasagroupofsix-year-oldsdipbrushpensintoblackink.Theylookupattheblackboardoftentostudytheirteacher’sexamplesbeforecarefullytryingtoreproducethosecharactersonthinricepaper.＂Ifadultscansurvivewithoutusinghandwriting,whybothertoteachitnow?

＂weaskthecalligraphyteacher,ShenBin.＂TheabilitytowritecharactersispartofChinesetraditionandculture,＂shereasons.＂Studentsmustlearnnowsotheydon’tforgetwhentheygrowup.＂saystheteacher.

24.WhichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningwiththeunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2?

A.EveryChinesecanwriteChinesecharacterseasily,especiallywithcomputers.

B.OnlywiththehelpofcomputerscansomeChinesepeoplewriteChinesecharacters.

C.Despitethehelpofcomputers,Chinesepeoplehaveforgottenhowtowrite.

D.ComputersaretheonlymeanstorelyontowriteChinesecharactersformanypeople.

25.WhatcanwelearnabouttheCharacterHero?

A.It’sopentopeopleofallagesandallwalks.

B.It’sthemostviewedTVprogramsinChina.

C.ItmeanstospreadChineseculturetotheworld.

D.Itdrawsgreatpublicattentionacrossthecountry.

26.WhyareChinesepeopleforgettinghowtowritethecharacters?

A.Chinesepeopledon’trefertodictionariesveryoften.

B.Chinesepeoplenolongerusebrushpensorpracticecalligraphy.

C.ChinesepeopleareusingtheLatinalphabetinsteadofthecharacters.

D.Chinesepeopleneedn’twritebyhandasoftenwiththehelpoftechnology.

27.AccordingtoShenBin,beingabletowritecharactersbyhandis____________.

A.necessaryforadultstosurviveinChina

B.arequirementmadebytheEducationMinistry

C.helpfultokeepChinesetraditionandculturealive

D.anabilitytobedevelopedonlywhenyouarestudents

C

Asyougrowrapidlythroughyourteenageyears,youwillexperiencealotofchanges.Thechangesmayseemdifficultandtheymayseemtohappenquickly.Don’tpanic!

Youwilldealsuccessfullywiththem!

Youareayoungadultnow!

Withmoreresponsibility,youwillfindmorefreedomtomakeyourownchoices.Thisisatimetobewellinformedaboutyourchoicessothatyoucanmakehealthybalanceddecisionsthatwillhelpshapeyourfuture.Youmayalreadyknowyourcareerpathoryoumayhavenoideaatallwhatyouwanttodo.Bothsituationsarefine!

Workhardandtherightopportunitywillpresentitselftoyou.

Youngadulthoodmeansgreaterfreedomandmorechoices.Youwillprobablywanttobeindependent.Buttrynottoshutyourfamilyoutofyourlife.Youshouldlearntothinkofotherseventhoughyouareoldenoughtolookafteryourself.Yourfamilyhavebeenwithyousinceyoucameintothisworld.

Itisalsoperfectlynaturalinthistimeforyoutospendmoretimewithyourfriendsthanyourfamily.Chooseyourfriendswisely.Atruefriendwillstandbyyounomatterwhathappens.Thisperiodispartofthelifecycle.Therearesomepeoplewhowillbewithyouthroughoutlife’sjourneyandtherewillbesomepeoplewithwhomyoupartandgoseparateways.Leavingschoolcanbehard.Therealityisthatyoumaynoteverseeallofyourclassmatesagain.

Youareayoungadult.Itisyourlife.Noonecanliveitforyou.Thechoicesthatyoumakefromnowonwillbeyourchoices.Somakingtherightchoiceswillbeimportanttoyou.Lifeisforliving.Enjoyyourlifewisely!

28.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe_____.

A.TheChoicesinLifeB.TheKeytoSuccess

C.SayGoodbyetothePastD.BecomingaYoungAdult

29.Whodotheunderlinedwords“somepeople”（Para4）probablymean?

A.yourparentsB.yourclassmatesC.truefriendsD.yourrelatives

30.Asfarastheauthorisconcerned,teenageyearsare_____.

A.aperiodofcompletefreedom

B.toohardforyoungpeopletogetthrough

C.animportanttimefortheyoungtomaketherightchoices

D.averyimportantperiodforyoungstudentstoleavetheirparents

31.Whoisthepassagemainlyintendedfor?

A.YoungparentsB.Teachers.C.Teenagers.D.Adults.

D

ElectricCars

Wheredocarsgettheirenergyfrom?

Formostcars,theanswerispetrol.Butsomecarsuseelectricity.Thesecarshavespecialmotorsthatgettheirpowerfromlargebatteries.

Mostpeopletendtothinkofelectriccarsasanewinvention,buttheyhavebeenaroundforalongtime.Theywerepopularwhenthetechnologyforpetrolengineswasnotveryadvanced.Recently,electriccarshaveagainbecomepopularbecausepeoplewantcarsthatpolluteless.

Electriccarsarebetterthanpetrolcarsinseveralways.Thebiggestbenefitisreducedpollution.Inareaswherethereisahighpercentageofelectriccars,thereislesspollution.Butitisimportanttounderstandthatelectriccarsstillcausepollution.Rememberthattheelectricitytopowerelectriccarshastocomefromsomewhere,whichismostlikelyapowerstation.Unlessthesepowerstationsrunonsolarorwindenergy,theyaremostlikelyburningcoalandoiltomakeelectricity.Thesecondbenefitofelectriccarsisareductioninthedependenceonforeignoil.Thereareseveralcountries,includingtheUnitedStates,whichdon'

twanttorelyonoilcomingfromothercountriestopowertheirtransportationsystems.Theywantthepowertocomefromwithintheircountry,andsinceelectriccarscanrunonelectricityfromcoalornuclearpowerstations,thereislessofaneedtoimportoil.

Despitethebenefitsofelectriccars,therearesomeproblemswiththemaswell.Onedisadvantageisthatelectriccarsaremoreexpensivethanpetrolcars.Thisismostlyduetothehighcostofthebatteriesthesecarsneed.Electriccarsrunonbatteries,justlikeamobilephonedoes.Butunlikeamobilephone,youcannotchargeyourelectriccar'

sbatterybypluggingitintoawall.Theyneedtobechargedinspecialplaces.Now,thereisalackofplaceswherepeoplecanchargethebatteries.Anotherproblemisthatelectriccarscannottravelasfaraspetrolcars.Somepeopleareafraidthatthebatterywillrunoutofelectricity（andthecarwillstop）beforetheyreachtheirdestination.

Despitetheseproblems,manypeople,includingautomobileindustryexperts,believethatthepercentageofelectriccarswillincreaseinthefuture.

32.What'

s