人教版第二学期期中考试题高一英语-含答案.doc

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XX学校2013～2014学年度第二学期期中考试试卷

高一英语座位号

一.听力部分（共35分）

第一节听力理解（5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

第二部分：

阅读理解（共20小题；第一节15小题，第二节5小题，每小题2分;满分40分）

第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

ThanksgivingDayisspecialholidayintheUnitedStatesandCanada.Familiesandfriendsgathertoeatandgivethanksfortheirblessing.

ThanksgivingDayisreallyaharvestfestival.Thisiswhyitiscelebratedinlatefall,afterthecropsarein.ButoneofthefirstthanksgivingsinAmericahadnothingtodowithagoodharvest.OnDecember4,1619,thePilgrimsfromEnglandlandednearwhatisnowCharlesCity,Virginia.TheykneltdownandthankedGodfortheirsafejourneyacrosstheAtlantic.

ThefirstNewEnglandThanksgivingdidcelebratearichharvest.ThePilgrimslandedatwhatisnowPlymouth,Massachusetts,in1620.Theyhadadifficulttimeandthefirstwinterwascruel.ManyofthePilgrimsdied.Butthenextyear,theyhadagoodharvest.SoGovernorBradforddeclaredathree-dayfeast（盛宴）.ThePilgrimsinvitedIndianfriendstojointhemfortheirspecialfeast.Everyonebroughtfood.

Intime,othercolonies（殖民地）begantocelebrateadayofthanksgiving.ButittookyearsbeforetherewasanationalThanksgivingDay.DuringtheCivilWar,SarahJosephaHalepersuadedAbrahamLincolntodosomethingaboutit.Heproclaimed（宣布）thelastThursdayofNovember1863asadayofthanksgiving.Today,AmericanscelebratethishappyharvestfestivalonthefourthThursdayinNovember.CanadianscelebrateThanksgivingDayinmuchthesamewayastheirAmericanneighbours.ButtheCanadianthanks-givingDayfallsonthesecondMondayinOctober.

1.Thefirsttocelebratethanksgivingwere.

A.somepeoplefromEngland

B.theAmericanIndians

C.SarahJosephaHale

D.GovernorBradford

2.WecaninferfromthepassagethatNewEnglandmustbe.

A.intheU.S.A.

B.inGreatBritain

C.inCanada

D.onsomeislandofftheAtlantic

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.ThanksgivingDayusedtobeaholidaytocelebrateagoodharvest.

B.AbrahamLincolnwasnotthefirsttodecideonthanksgivingcelebrations.

C.ThanksgivingDayiscelebratedtoexpresstheAmericanandIndianpeople’sthankstoGod.

D.There’slittledifferencebetweentheAmericanwayandtheCanadianwaytocelebrateThanksgivingDay.

4.Thepassagemainlytellsus.

A.howThanksgivingDayiscelebratedintheU.S.A.

B.howThanksgivingDaycameintobeingandthedifferentwaysitiscelebrated

C.thatThanksgivingDayisinfactaharvestholiday

D.howthewaytocelebrateThanksgivingDaychangedwiththetimeandplaces

B

HowAmericansBegantoEatTomatoes

Peoplehavestrangeideasaboutfood.Forexample,thetomatoisakindofverydeliciousvegetable.Itisoneofusefulplantsthatcanbepreparedinmanyways.Ithasrichnutritionandvitamininit.Butinthe18thcentury,Americansneveratetomatoes.Theygrewthemintheirgardensbecausetomatoplantsaresopretty.Buttheythoughtthevegetablewaspoisonous（有毒的）.Theycalledtomatoes“poisonapples.”

PresidentThomasJefferson,however,knewthattomatoesweregoodtoeat.Hewasalearnedman.HehadbeentoParis,wherehelearnedtolovethetasteoftomatoes.Hegrewmanykindsoftomatoesinhisgarden.ThePresidenttaughthiscookawayforacreamoftomatosoup.ThisbeautifulpinksoupwasservedatthePresident’sparty.Thegueststhoughtthesouptastedreallygood.Theyneverthoughttheirpresidentwouldservehishonoredguestspoisonapples.Jeffersonneverspoketohishonored（忠实的）guestsaboutthefact.

5.Afteryoureadthepassage,whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkistrue?

A.Americansneveratetomatoesaftertheybegantoplantthem.

B.Americansdidn’teattomatoesbefore19thcentury.

C.EvennowAmericansdon’teattomatoes.

D.Inthe18thcenturyAmericansatealotoftomatoes.

6.ThepassagetellsusthatJeffersonwasaPresidentwholearnedtolovethetasteoftomatoes.

A.whilehewasinParisB.whenhewasalittleboy

C.becausehisparentstoldhimsoD.rombooks

7.Accordingtothetext,_______madethebeautifulpinksoupservedatthePresident’sparty?

A.thePresidenthimselfB.aFrenchcook

C.thePresident’scookD.thePresident’swife

8.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.AlloftheguestsknewthesoupthatwasservedatthePresident’spartywasmadeoftomatoes.

B.AllofthegueststhoughtthesoupwhichwaspreparedbythePresident’scookwasnice.

C.Allofthegueststhoughtthetasteofthebeautifulpinksoupwasnice.

D.Noneoftheguestsknewthattheirpresidentwouldservehishonoredguestspoisonapples.

C

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