学年河南省周口中英文学校高一下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、学年河南省周口中英文学校高一下学期期中考试英语试题2017-2018学年下学期高一年级期中考试英 语 试 题第二部份： 阅读理解（共两节，20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将之涂黑。AWatching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an incident in my own childhoodWhen I was a boy of 12 in Sout

2、h Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage.We lived on the edge of a wood, and every evening at dusk the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful

3、 sound than the song of the mockingbird.I decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way would have my own private musician. I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, in its fright at being captured, the bird fluttered about the cage, but even

4、tually it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musician.I had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the birds captivity my new pets mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird

5、 ate everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.The following morning when I went to see how my captive was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was shocked! What had happened! I had taken excellent care o

6、f my little bird, or so I thought.Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had occurred. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries. She thinks it

7、 better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”Never since then have I caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a right to live free.21Why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?AHe wanted it to sing for him BHe had just got a new cage.

8、CHe liked its beautiful feather. DHe wanted a pet for a companion.22The mockingbird died because it _. Awas frightened to death Bdrank the poisonous water by mistake Cate the poisonous food its mother gave it Drefused to eat anything 23An ornithologist probably means _.Aa religious person Ba kind pe

9、rson Can expert in birds Da schoolmaster24What is the most important lesson the writer learned from the incident?ABe careful about food you give to baby birds.BAll birds put in a cage wont live long.CYou should keep the birds from their mother.DFreedom is very valuable to all creatures. BIn the Unit

10、ed States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 191

11、3 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback

12、riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they coul

13、d no longer pay for their new way of life. They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He ca

14、lled it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never see

15、m to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.25. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _. A. want

16、 others to know or to think that they are richB. want to be as rich as their neighbours C. dont want others to know they are rich D. want to be happy26. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _. A. live in New York City B. live outside New York City C. live in apartments D. live

17、with many neighbours27. Whats the authors attitude to keeping up with the Joneses? A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Negative. D. Positive. CWater is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water

18、 to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere. There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the desert part of the world, there is some water in the air. You can not see or feel

19、 it when it is a part of the air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid, the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (蒸气). Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very very sm

20、all crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter. Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.28. Where can we f

21、ind water?A. Water can be found almost everywhereB. We can find water when it turns into vapour.C. Water is only in seas and rivers.D. We can see water in deserts here and there.29. We can drink water when it is A. a solidB. in the air C. aliquidD. turned into ice30. Clouds are made of A. seas, rive

22、rs and lakes B. solid, liquid and gasC. very small drops of water or snow crystals D. blocks of ice31. Water has three states(状态). They are A.solid, liquid and gas B. solid, vapour, snowC. drops of water, blocks of ice and crystals of water D. ice,snow and air DIt seems that great artists and scient

23、ists often suffer from mental problems. Both Einstein and Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius are linked. Dr Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than i

24、n the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness, followed by musicians, with lower numbers for painters and architects. Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it. Dr Ruth Richards of

25、Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric (精神病的) patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.Also, the patients close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a norm

26、al group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes (基因).But this is a problem. According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution (进化) has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to th

27、e development of the whole human race.Geniuses(天才人物) may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.32. According to Dr Adele Juda, which of the following has the lowest rate of men

28、tal illness? A. Painters B. Musicians C. Poets D. Bus drivers33. The underlined phrase “make a breakthrough” in the 4th paragraph means “ _ ”.A. discover or find something new and important.B. make a way through using force.C. (of the sun or moon ) appear from behind (clouds).D. suddenly change (fro

29、m a slower to a faster pace)34. Based on the research of Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University, we can conclude that ._A. great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problemsB. the patients close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal groupC. psychiatric patients

30、 have more creativity than the average peopleD. it is our genes that determine the link between creativity and mental illness35. What is the writers attitude toward madness?A. Madness is harmful to the whole society.B. A little creative madness is good for us all.C. All the talented people are mad.D

31、. Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分。满分10分）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。Business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want. The word business also refers to an organization that provides these goods and se

32、rvices. Most businesses seek to make a profit（利润） that is, they aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business. 36 Commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental service providers. 37 Business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction, and control of