甘肃省永昌县第一中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题.docx

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甘肃省永昌县第一中学学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

甘肃省永昌县第一中学2015-2016学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题

高一英语

（满分150分，答题时间120分钟）

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；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

Onceanoldmanwaswalkinginastreetwithhishorse.Itwasraininghard.Theoldmanwascoldbecausehewaswalkingintherain.Hewantedtostayinarestaurant.Itwasaquarterpastthreeintheafternoon.Theoldmangottoasmallrestaurant.Therewerealotofpeopleinit.Theoldmancouldn'tcomenearthefire.Hethoughtandthought.Atlasthesaidtothewaiter,"Takesomefishtomyhorse."Thewaiterandthepeoplewereverysurprised.Thewaitersaid,"Ahorsedoesn'teatfish."Theoldmantoldthewaiter,"Thishorseisveryinteresting.Itcansing,danceanddoesallkindsofthings.Itcaneatfish,too,"Sothewaiterbroughtthehorsesomefish.

Allthepeopleintherestaurantranouttoseethehorseeatfishexcepttheoldman.Nowtheoldmansatbesidethefire.Afterawhilethewaitercamebackandsaid."Yourhorsedidn'teatanyfish."Theoldmansaid,"Allright,takethefishbackandputitonthetable.I'lleatit”.

1.Thepeopleintherestaurantallranoutbecause____.

A.theywantedtoseetheoldman

B.theywantedtoseethehorseeatingfish

C.theyhadbeentoldtherecamethehorse

D.therewasnofireoverthestove

2.Indeed,thehorsecanneither____nor____nor____.

A.walk...speak...eat

B.sing...dance...sleep

C.sing...dance...eatfish

D.speak...walk...sit

3.Allthepeopleintherestaurantrushedout____but____.

A.toseethehorsesing...theoldman

B.towatchthehorseplaygames...thewaiter

C.tolookforthehorse...theoldman

D.toseethehorseeatfish...theoldman

4.Whydidtheoldmanaskthewaitertotakesomefishtohishorse?

Because____.

A.hishorselikedeatingfish

B.hewascold

C.hewantedtositbythefire,butwasn'tabletodosoatfirst

D.hehimselfalsolikedtoeatfish

B

Aftertheexamination,thedoctortoldmyparentsmysightwouldgetworseandthatIwouldlosemysightfinally.Onthewayhomefromhospital,noonesaidaword.Oneday,wouldIonlyimaginethescenerybeyondtheglassratherthanseeit?

ThatSeptember,Ienteredmiddleschool.MostnightsIhadhomeworkthatincludedanarmfulofbookstoread.Tokeepupwithotherchildren,Itookgreattroubletofinishthetask.Withmynoseacoupleofinchesfromthepage,Iwastiredeasily.What’sworse,afterIhadreadseveralpagesonmyown,thewordsslippedoffthepageintoinkypools.

However,thenIdidnothaveaudiobooksandelectronicdeviceslikekidsdonow.Instead,Momvolunteeredtoreadoutloud.Momworkedpart-time,cleanedthehouse,cookedandspenttimewithGrandma.Inspiteofbeingsobusy,sheshowedupinmyroomlikeclockwork.Sheputonherreadingglasses.Momalwaysthoughtthoseglassesmadeherlookold.Tome,shelookedlikeateacher.

Inmyroom,Mom’svoicecompetedwiththetickingoftheclock.Beingforcedtofocusonlistening,Ifoundawaytokeepmymarksupandcompetewiththeotherkids.Whentheteacheraskedaquestion,Iraisedmyhandwithconfidence.Teacherspraisedmeforhavingagoodmemory.Readingremovedmyfearformyfailingsight,readingalsomademecuriousaboutotherpeople’schallengesandhowtheymanaged.ThoughIcouldnotusemyeyestofixoneachpage,mymindlitupwitheverynewbook.

Truetowhatthedoctorsaid,theworstcane,butthankstoMom,mysenseofhearingnowallowsmeto“see”.Thiswasthemostpreciousgiftfromamothertoherchild.

5.Whydidtheauthorandhisparentskeepsilentontheirwaybackhomefromhospital?

A.Theyallwantedtohaveagoodrest.

B.Theauthordidn’tdowellintheexam.

C.Whatthedoctorsaidmadethemworried.

D.Theyfocusedonthesceneryalongtheroad.

6.Howdidtheauthormanagetogethighmarks?

A.Bybeingconfident.B.Bylisteningcarefully.

C.Bygettinghelpfromhisclassmates.

D.Byreadingasmanybooksaspossible.

7.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat____.

A.theauthor’ssightrecoveredfinally

B.readingmadetheauthormoresensitive

C.theauthor’smotherdidn’tworktolookafterhim

D.readingmadetheauthornotworryabouthissight

8.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethetitleofthetext?

A.MyeyesighttroubleB.Anunforgettableexperience

C.WithearswideopenD.AboutMother’slove

C

Cananimalsbemadetoworkforus?

Somescientiststhinkthatonedayanimalsmaybetaughttodoanumberofsimplejobs.TheysaythatinafilmoronTVwemayseeelephants,ormonkeys,dogs,bear,orotheranimalsdoingalotofthings.Ifyouwatchcarefully,youmayfindthatthoseanimalsarealwaysgivensomethingtoeatinreturnfordoingthem.Thescientistssaythatmanydifferentanimalsmaybetaughttodoanumberofsimpl