英语河北省香河县第三中学学年高一下学期期中考试试题.docx

1、英语河北省香河县第三中学学年高一下学期期中考试试题河北省香河县第三中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题一、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，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案ABill Gates was born in 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. When he was young, he was good at science and maths. And he wanted to be a scientist.Bill started to play

2、 with computers when he was 13. At that time, computers were very large machines.Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4200 dolla

3、rs when he was only 17.In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University . He developed the Basic language for the first microcomputer . In his third year, he left Harvard. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office

4、 and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They developed the software to make it easier for people to use computers.In 1999, Bill wrote a book. In the book, he told people how computer technology could solve business problems in new ways. It was one of the best-se

5、llers on The New York Times list. Bill Gates has many hobbies. He enjoyed reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.( )1. When did Bill begin to play with computer?A. In 1965. B. In 1966. C. In 1968. D. In 1972.( )2. Bill left Harvard University when he was a _.A. first-year student

6、B. second-year studentC. third-year student D. fourth-year student( )3. Bill wrote a book about _.A. how to do unusual thingsB. how to play computer games.C. how to work out a software programD. how to solve business problems with the help of computer in new ways( )4. We can learn from the text that

7、 _.A. Bill worked for Microsoft before he went to Harvard UniversityB. Bill sold his first software program for 420 dollarsC. Bill began his company in 1976 with his friendD. reading is one of Bills hobbiesBMillions of years ago dinosaurs lived on the earth. In the days of dinosaurs, the whole earth

8、 was warm and wet. There were green forests and they could find enough to eat. Later, parts of the earth became cold and dry, and the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough to eat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.We can guess another reason. New kinds of animals came

9、 on the earth. Some had big brains and strong. They could kill dinosaurs.There may be other reasons that we dont know about yet. Scientists are are trying to make more discoveries about dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes. Some were as small as chickens, while some were about 90 feet

10、long.There were also terrible rights between dinosaurs. They night have happened more than 100 million years ago. Though there was no man to see any of the fights, we can be told by the animals footprints (足迹) that fights did take place.( )5. According to the passage, dinosaurs did exist only on the

11、 earth _.A. for millions of year B. millions of years agoC. more than 100 million years agoD. when it was warm and wet somewhere( )6. One reason why dinosaurs died out is that _.A. there were too many dinosaursB. parts of the earth became cold and dryC. the dead forests there could not supply them w

12、ith enough foodD. they couldnt find enough go eat( )7. One more reason why dinosaurs died out may be that _.A. new kinds of animals came on the earthB. some fast and strong animals with big brains could kill themC. some dinosaurs were as small as chickensD. some big dinosaurs died in the fights( )8.

13、 We can see from this passage _.A. scientists are trying to make some dinosaursB. dinosaurs are dangerous enoughC. dinosaurs are worth studyingD. scientists know nothing about dinosaursCToday there are two kinds of elephants, the African elephant and the Indian elephant. The African elephant is the

14、biggest of all land animals. It may be more than 12 feet tall and weigh over 6 tons. the Indian elephant is a foot or so shorter and weighs less, but it still huge. The African elephant has bigger ears, longer tusks and a flatter head.Like all other mammals, elephants have hair,but adults have very

15、little. Young ones have much more. Most elephants are members of a herd(群). The herds wander about while hunting. All elephants are plant eaters. They gather grass and leaves with their trunks and dig up roots with their sharp tusks. An elephant needs several hundred pounds of food and over 30 gallo

16、ns of water a day. It uses its trunk to put food and water into its mouth. Since its trunk is its nose, it also breathes through it.People have a number of mistaken ideas about elephants. One is that elephants never forget. Elephants have large brains and very intelligent, but they forget just as we do.Another mistaken idea is that elephants out