山东省济南市学年高一下学期期末英语试题Word文档格式.docx

1、_一、阅读选择 My sisters and I have a secret beach of our own. Its our magic beach. We go there most days. Not far from our house, its just at the end of the path that runs by our house. The sand is smooth and white, and the water is clear and warm. The days are sunny.My sisters and i are the only ones wh

2、o play there. At our magic beach, we play in the sand for hours, digging and building with buckets and spades, unbeatable castles and towers. We search in the clear, warm pools, staring at starfish, crabs and tiny fish. Sometimes, we are fearsome pirates （海盗） coming ashore to bury treasure. Sometime

3、s, we pretend that we are lost on a “lonely island”. We dont wait to be rescued. No! We rescue ourselves. Girls are tough! Girls are clever!The best thing about our beach is that its magical. Really magical. One night, when both my sisters and I were on the beach, something really special happened.

4、Sparks （火花） flew out from our feet every time we moved. If we stamped hard, then big sparks flew. Blue sparks! Yellow sparks! This was magic. We knew it! The magic was everywhere. My father said that it was just little, tiny creatures that had been washed ashore. “Its just nature, Jane,” he said. Fo

5、r just a moment I felt disappointed. Then I wondered how such small creatures could give so much beautiful light. “I guess thats the best kind of magic,” I replied.1Where is the magic beach?AOn a sandy island. BNot far from a river.CNear Janes house. DAlong the path.2How do girls end their game on t

6、he “lonely island”?AThey hide in their castles.BThe find their own way out.CThey ask their parents for help.DThey wait for someone to come.3What was the magic according to Janes father?ASea sand. BTheir imagination.CThe stars. DSmall animals. Marian Wright Edelman, an American lawyer, educator and c

7、hildrens rights activist, was born on June 6, 1939 in South Carolina, one of five children. Her father Arthur Wright was a preacher （牧师） who died when she was only 14 years old. In his last words to her, he advised her not to “let anything get in the way of your education.”After high school, Edelman

8、 went on to study at Spelman College and later traveled to the Soviet Union. When she returned to Spelman in 1959, Edelman became involved in the civil rights movement. This work inspired her to drop her plans to enter the Foreign Service and study law instead. In 1973, Edelman set up the Childrens

9、Defense Fund as a voice for poor and disabled children. She served as a public speaker on behalf of these children.During a tour, Marian met Peter Edelman, an assistant to Kennedy, and the next year she moved to Washington, DCto marry him and to work for social justice in the center of Americas poli

10、tical scene. The couple had three sons: Joshua, Jonah and Ezra. Jonah is the founder of Stand for Children, a group that promotes childrens education, and Ezra is a documentary （记录片） filmmaker who won an Emmy for his film “O.J.: Made in America.”Edelman is the author of many books for children and a

11、dults. Her titles for readers include Im Your child, God: Prayers for Our Children, Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations for Our Children, Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors, and The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, which was a surprising success.4What do we know about Edelman

12、s family?AShe was the single child.BHer mother was a preacher.CThey took education seriously.DThe family had a poor life.5Why did Edelman drop her plan to enter the Foreign Service?AShe wanted to study abroad.BShe intended to be a lawyer.CShe had little time for her work.DShe was interested in civil

13、 rights.6Where did Edelman get married?AIn Washington DC BIn the Soviet Union.CIn South Carolina. DIn Spelman.7What can be learned about Edelmans children?AThey all worked for social justice.BThey achieved something in career.CThey won many awards in their lives.DThey contributed to their mothers bo

14、oks. You are walking alone down the street. Suddenly, you hear footsteps. Is someone following you? How do you know the footsteps are someone elses and not your own?You can tell because your brain has the ability to ignore certain sounds, according to a study from New York University. Because of thi

15、s, we often ignore our own footsteps. But we may easily hear others footsteps.Scientists tested this on mice. They found that when mice became familiar with the sound of their own footsteps, they developed a “sensory filter （感觉过滤器）”, according to David Schneider, one of the lead authors of the study. This allowed the mice to ignore the sounds of their own footsteps. They could more easily notice the sounds of their environment.“For mice, this is really important,” Schneider told Science Daily. “They need to listen for a cat getting close to them,