英语山西省阳高县第一中学学年高一下学期期中考试试题.docx

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英语山西省阳高县第一中学学年高一下学期期中考试试题

山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

Ⅰ.阅读理解（3*20=60分）

PartⅠ阅读下面的文章，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A

MarkTwainleftschoolwhenhewastwelve.Hehadlittleschooleducation.Inspiteofthis,hebecamethemostfamouswriterofhistime.Hemademillionsofdollarsbywriting.HisrealnamewasSamuelLanghorneClemens,butheisbetterknownallovertheworldasMarkTwain,hispenname.

MarkTwainwasbornin1835andhewasnotahealthybaby.Infact,hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.Butwithhismother'scare,hemanagedtosurvive.Asaboy,hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.Heusedtoplayjokesonallhisfriendsandneighbors.Hedidn'tliketogotoschool,andheoftenranawayfromhome.HealwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbyMississippi（密西西比河）.Hewasnearlydrownedninetimes.

Afterhisfather'sdeath,MarkTwainbegantoworkforaprinter,whoonlyprovidedhimwithfoodandclothing.Then,heworkedasaprinter,ariver-boatpilotandlaterjoinedthearmy.Butshortlyafterthathebecameaminer.Duringthisperiod,hestartedtowriteshortstories.Afterwardshebecameafulltimewriter.

In1870,MarkTwaingotmarried.IntheyearsthatfollowedhewrotemanybooksincludingTomSawyerin1876,andHuckleberryFinnin1884,whichmadehimfamous,andbroughthimgreatfortune.

Unfortunately,MarkTwaingotintodebtsinbadinvestments（投资）andhehadtowritelargenumbersofstoriestopaythesedebts.In1904,hiswifedied,andthenthreeofhischildrenpassedaway.

Attheageof70,hishairwascompletelywhite.Heboughtmanywhitesuitsandneckties.HeworenothingbutwhitefromheadtofootuntilhisdeathonApril21,1910.

1．Inhischildhood,MarkTwain,________.

A.learnedalotatschool

B.heoftenwentswimmingwithotherboys

C.hismotheroftenworriedabouthissafety

D.heoftenplayedgameswithotherboys

2．WhichofthefollowingshowstherightorderaboutMarkTwain?

a.Hebecameaminer.b.Heworkedasaprinter.

c.Hegotintodebts.d.Hisfatherdied.

e.Hebecameafull-timewriter.F.Hejoinedthearmy.

A.a-d-b-c-e-fB.d-b-f-a-e-c

C.d-a-f-e-b-cD.c-b-d-f-e-a

3．Inordertomakealiving,MarkTwain_______.

A．firstworkedasaprinterB．didmanykindsofwork

C．wrotestoriesinthebeginningD．joinedthearmyafterheworkedinamine

4．FromthepassagewecanseethatMarkTwain_______.

Ahadahappychildhood

Bwasagoodboyandalwaysdidwhathewasasked

Cwasverynaughtywhenhewasyoung

Dlivedapleasantlife

5．Beforehisdeath,MarkTwain_______.

A.becameawhitemanB.wasinlowspirits

C.likedtobuyallkindsofclothesD.hadnothingon

B

Thejourneytothemoonhadbeenthefirststeptowardfutureexploration（探险）inspace.ThedistancebetweentheMoonandEarthisveryshortindeedwhencomparedwiththedistancesbetweenEarthandtheotherplanets.Mars,thenearestplanettoEarthismillionsofmilesaway.Travelingtotheplanetswillbeman’snextaim.Suchtravelswillbemorechallengingthanthetriptothemoonandcertainlymoreadventurous.

Recently,twoAmericanspaceships,Vikings1and2,landedonMarstryingtodiscoverwhetherthatplanethasanylifeonit.SofarthesignsoflifeonMarshasneitherconfirmed（确认）norruledout.RussianshavediscoveredthatthesurfaceofVenus（金星）issohotthatitisalmostcertainthatthereisnolifethere.AlsotheatmosphereofVenusisextremelydense（稠）andthepressureisnearlyahundredtimesgreaterthanthatoftheEarth’satmosphere.

ScientistsbelievemanmayfindplanetswhichhavethesameconditionsasthosewehaveonEarth,butmanshouldrealizeEarthwillbehisonlyhomeforalongtimeandbegintoloveandcareforit.

6.Accordingtothepassage,travelingtotheplanetswillbe________.

A．mucheasierandevenmoreinteresting

Bfarmoreexcitinganddangerous

C．man’sfinalaim

D．man’sfirststep

7.WhichofthefollowingisNottrue?

A．Marsisnearertotheearththanthemoon.

B．ThemoonismuchnearertotheearththanMars.

C．Ofalltheplanets,Marsisthenearesttotheearth.

D．Alltheplanetsaremuchfarthertotheearth.

8.Fromthepassage,wecanguess______________.

A．thereislifeonMars

B．thereisnolifeonMars

C．theatmosphereofMarsisnotsodenseasthatofVenus

D．scientistswillhavelittlehopetofindtheanswers

9.Mancanliveonundertheconditionsof______________.

A．muchtoohotsurface

B.thesamepressureaswegetonearth

C．normalatmosphereaswehaveonearth

D.bothBandC

C

Torontoisabigandbeautifulcity，whichhasdevelopedfromarelativeunknownplaceoverthepasthalfcenturytothecenterofculture,tradeandcommunicationinCanada.

Withitscolorfulethnic（种族的）mix，richhistoryandbreathtakingbuildings,Torontooffersnonstopadventurestothetourists.Togetasenseofhowbig，variousandmagicalTorontois，thebestplacetostartistheCNTower，thetallestfreestanding（无支撑物的）buildingintheworld.Fromthispoint,visitorscangetabird’seyeviewofthecity'samazingsceneryanduniquegeography.

Inadditiontobeinganimportantcenterofculture，tradeandcommunicationinCanada，Torontoisalsoamajormultiethniccity.Ithasapopulationofover4.5millionanditscitizenscomefromcountriesaroundtheworldandfromallmannerofethnicbackgrounds.Everyday，inmostplacesofthecity，ahundreddifferentlanguagescanbeheardonthestreets，fromHinditoGreektoFrench.This，perhaps，explainswhyformerPrimeMinisterPierreTrudeauoncesaidthatCanadaisreallymoremosaic（马赛克，镶嵌图案）ofculturesandlanguagesthanameltingpot.

StreetsignsinTorontoaremostlyinEnglish.Weeklyanddailynewspapersarepublishedinvariouslanguages，andthecityhostssuccessfulinternationalfilmfestivaleachSeptember.Itisalsohometoapopularbaseballteam，theTorontoBlueJays.Torontohassomethingforeveryone.

10．Theauthorwrotethispassageto________.

A．tellushowTorontodevelopsfromthepast

B．introducesomefamoussightsofToronto

C．drawmoretouriststoToronto

D．introducesomethingaboutCanada

11．Whatcanweknowfromthepassage?

A．TorontoisinthecenterofCanada.

B．FromthetopoftheCNTowerwecanseethewholeToronto.

C．ThestreetsignsinTorontoareallwritteninEnglish.

D．Torontoisacitywithahistoryofhalfacentury.

12．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A．Torontohostsbaseballgameseveryyear.

B．NewspapersinCanadaaren'tpublishedonlyinEnglish.

C．WecanseepeopleofeverycolorinToronto.

D．Torontohostsaninternationalfilmfestivaleveryyear.

13．TheunderlinedsentencemeansdifferentculturesandlanguagesinCanada________.

A．havedevelopedalot

B．canbeeasilyseenbyforeigners

C．havebeenwellmixedtogether

D．stillkeeptheirowncharacteristics

D

Todayabout70countriesuseDaylightSavingTime（DST）.DaylightSavingwasfirstintroducedduringWorldWarIinAustralia.Duringtheworldwars,DSTwasusedforthelatesummersbeginningJanuary1917and1942,andthefullsummersbeginningSeptember1942and1943.

In1967,Tasmaniaexperiencedadrought（干旱）.TheStateGovernmentintroducedonehourofdaylightsavingthatsummerasawayofsavingpowerandwater.TasmanianslikedtheideaofdaylightsavingandtheTasmanianGovernmenthasdeclareddaylightsavingeachsummersince1968.PersuadedbytheTasmanianGovernment,allstatesexcepttwopassedalawin1971,foratestuseofdaylightsaving.In1972,NewSouthWales,SouthAustraliaandVictoriajoinedTasmaniaforregulardaylightsaving,butQueenslanddidnotdosountil1989.

Tasmania,QueenslandandSouthAustraliahavehadirregularplans,oftenchangingtheirdatesduetopoliticsorfestivals（节日）.Forexample,in1992,Tasmaniaextended（延长）daylightsavingbyanextramonthwhileSouthAustraliabeganextendingdaylightsavingbytwoweeksfortheAdelaideFestival.SpecialdaylightsavingplansweremadeduringtheSydney2000OlympicGames.

ThedifferencesindaylightsavinginAustraliacontinuetocauseseriousproblemsintransportandmanyothersocialactivities.Italsoreducesthenumberofhoursintheworkingdaythatarecommontoallcentersinthecountry.Inparticular,timedifferencesalongtheeastcoastcausemajordifferences,especiallyforthebroadcastersofnationalradioandtelevision.DaylightSaving

14.WhatcanwelearnaboutDSTinsomeAustralianstates?

A．Itdoesn’thavefixeddates.

B．Itisnotusedinfestivals.

C．Itsplanwaschangedin2000.

D．Itlastsfortwoweeks.

15.WhatdoweknowabouttheuseofDSTfromthelastparagraph?

A．Thereexistsomeundesirableeffects.

B．Ithelpslittletosaveenergy.

C．Itbringsaboutlongerworkingdays.

D．RadioandTVprogramsbecomedifferent

PartⅡ根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Takinggoodnotesisatime-savingskillthatwillhelpyoutobecomeabetterstudentinseveralways.16Second,yournotesareexcellentmaterialstorefertowhenyouarestudyingforatest.Third,note-takingoffersvarietytoyourstudytimeandhelpsyoutoholdyourinterest.

Youwillwanttotakenotesduringclassroomdiscussionsandwhilereadingatextbookordoingresearchforareport.17Wheneverorhoweveryoutakenotes,keepinmindthatnote-takingisaselectiveprocess.18

Thefollowingmethodsmayworkbestforyou.

·Readthetextquicklytofindthemainfactsandideasinit.

·Carefullyreadthetextandwatchforwordsthatcanshowmainpointsandsupportingfacts.

·Writeyournotesinyourownwords.

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·Noteanyquestionsorideasyoumayhaveaboutwhatwassaidorwritten.