高一英语下学期期中试题文档格式.docx

1、3. What does the boy want to do?A. To go to school B. To stay at home C. To go to hospital4. Where is John?A. In the living-room B. In the study C. In the garden5. Who will get married?A. Joan B. Jim C. Jack第二节 （共 15 小题; 每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段

2、对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6, Where has the woman just been to?A. Her workplace B. The supermarket C. The school7. What has the woman bought?A. Fish, wine and salt B. Wine, salt and peas C. Peas, fish and wine8. What are the man and the woman going to do?A

3、. To start cooking B. To go to the supermarket C. To eat at a restaurant听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Where is the woman going?A. To the Kings Park B. To the Green Park C. To the Queens Park10. Which bus can the woman take?A. City 115 B. City 120 C. City 12511. Where is the nearest bus stop?A. Opposite the Lem

4、on PlazaB. Opposite the Lion PlazaC. Opposite the Lincoln Plaza听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is the mans flight number?A. CA908 B. CN908 C. CA50813. When is the man going to fly?A. 25th June B. 27th June C. 31st June14. From which city is the man flying?A. London B. Beijing C. Boston听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.

5、 Whose birthday is coming?A. Lucys B. Andrews C. Janes16. What is the man looking for?A. A blanket B. A bed C. A dress17. What colour does the man choose?A. Black B. Red C. Green听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where does the flood take place?A. South India B. South Africa C. South Korea19. How many people hav

6、e been killed in the flood?A. Seventy B. Sixty C. Sixteen20. When will the rain most probably stop?A. In two days B. In one day C. In a half day第二部分：阅读理解（共二节）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）ACaptain GoodfellowDo your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will

7、 be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, FREE.Walking Tour of the TownForget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of the City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortab

8、le shoes!Film at the MuseumTwo European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.International PicnicAre you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to the Central Park on Satu

9、rday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.21.You can send your children to Captain Goodfellow t

10、o learn dances _.A. on Sunday afternoon B. at 9:30 every dayC. at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday D. at noon before 5:00 p.m.22. If you are going on the Walking Tour, dont forget _.A. your worries B. your beautiful walkC. your learning about local history D. your comfortable shoes23. You can see movies at _.

11、A. the City College B. the Museum TheatreC. the City Theatre D. the Central Park24. You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food _.A. at the front entrance of the City Hall B. at the ball gameC. at 8:00 p.m. D. at the Central Park on SaturdayBIn March 1987, I started a new magazine called Cr

12、eating Excellence. It was a very proud moment for me. Id worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue （首次发刊） was a real success.Shortly after we had mailed 25,000 copies, I received one in the mail. But this one wasnt as beautiful as the ones wed sent out. It was marked in red in

13、k correcting the grammatical errors （语法错误） in it. A talented editor had read it carefully and found more errors than I could have imagined.I felt abashed. A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content （内容）. The stories were good, but the errors this woman had found showed th

14、at our magazine was far from being excellent.At first, I was not satisfied with my editor for not having avoided the mistakes, and dissatisfied with the woman who seemed to have taken pleasure in pointing them out. Later, I was dissatisfied with myself for not having employed a better editor.Then I

15、realized that I had to face up to my mistake. I called the talented editor. I thanked her for taking the time to read our magazine so carefully. Painful as it was, I accepted responsibility for it.Then I offered her the job of editing our magazine. The result was a great improvement in it; we could

16、now be very proud of our magazine.From this I learnt that an upsetting moment can be an opportunity to see the truth, and it can help to prevent one making the same mistakes, and to make excellence a reality.25. From the first paragraph we learn that _.A. the author put little effort into her first

17、magazineB. the authors job was selling magazinesC. the author was very satisfied with her workD. the author experienced a total failure26. What does the underlined word abashed in the third paragraph mean?A. Excited. B. Embarrassed. C. Interested. D. Exhausted.27. What do we learn about the woman wh

18、o found the errors in the magazine?A. She was causing trouble on purpose.B. She liked pointing out the errors of others.C. She contributed a lot to the success of the premiere issue.D. She ended up joining the magazine team.28. What do we learn from this passage?A. Pride is the biggest enemy of succ

19、ess.B. Success is behind many failures.C. Pointing out othersmistakes can help you find a job.D. Accepting responsibility for ones errors can lead to real excellence.CIt was on her 14th birthday that her first book, In the Forest of the Night, was accepted for publication. It was a huge success gain

20、ing the attention of millions of young readers. At 16, her second novel, Demon in My View, also reached the bookstores. Several books later , the teenage author still works away in her room, surrounded by shelves full of dark tales about vampires（吸血鬼）and witches. Amelia Atwater Rhodes is widely seen

21、 as Americas finest teen writer and was named one of Teen Peoples “20 Teens Who Will Change the World.”Born in 1984, she began making up stories when she was about three years old. “I never stopped and said, I want to write,” Amelia remembers. “I loved stories and created stories before I was old en

22、ough to know how to write them down.”In her family, reading was basic and fun. “My parents encouraged me to read- and to read anything I wanted, so long as I was reading,” she said. “They never restricted what I read. Later, when I started writing, they never criticized what I did or said I was too

23、young. They never said it was impossible for me to achieve what I have.”In her short but successful career, Amelia has tried different styles. But vampires were the first characters to really come alive in her work. From them she has developed a whole world, one which she always enjoys learning more

24、 about.As a published teen writer, Amelias advice to other teens who dream of being authors is: just do it! “I believe anything is possible. Dont give up your dreams just because you fear failure. Getting a book published is difficult, but if I can do it, others can too. ”29. What can we learn about

25、 Amelia Atwater Rhodes?A. Reading widely helped her a lot in her career.B. She found getting a book published was easy.C. Vampires have been the only characters in her books.D. Her parents began to teach her to make up stories when she was 3.30. What do we know about Amelias parents?A. They helped h

26、er with writing stories. B. They fully supported her.C. They thought she was too young to read. D. They chose what she read.31. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to _. .A. Vampires B. different styles C. Teenagers D. characters in her novel32. Which of the following can be the best ti

27、tle for the text?A. Good News for Teen WritersB. Is It Possible for a Teen Writer to Be Published?C. Advice on Being Teen WritersD. A Top-selling Teen Writer Pens Vampire TalesDSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface （BCI） t

28、echnology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella operated

29、the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓） to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.The researchers designed a special cap for the user.