学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题.docx

1、学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题I阅读理解（3*20=60分）AI was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable and friendlybut only once they had been introd

2、uced to new people.However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage traveling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. S

3、inking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated(斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seatit had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he,

4、too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor(走廊) for the remainder of the journey. The other passengers of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome among them. I feel that if this ha

5、d been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as

6、 I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone elses privacy. However, when I traveled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me

7、was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.1. The purpose of the author is to tell us _.A. his traveling experience B. cultural differences to show hospitality and politenes

8、sC. the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the USD. how to adapt ourselves to a new culture2. What do we know about the passengers of the carriage when the author was traveling in Italy?A. They all laughed at the author for his mistake. B. They were all on the side of the gentleman.C. They wo

9、uld not bear a mistake like the authors in public.D. They all showed their understanding of the authors mistake.3. The author probably believes the Italian people are_.A. cold B. rude C. hospitable D. helpful4. The last paragraph mainly tells us _.A. the difference between English and American cultu

10、re B. why Americans like to start conversationsC. different attitudes of Englishmen and Americans towards conversationD. the importance of privacy among Englishmen BTourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. W

11、hen the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped. In the early 17th century, the idea of the Grand Tour was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Ven

12、ice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The Grand Tour was an important part of young peoples education-but only for the rich. In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some

13、 towns, such as Bath to take the waters. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns. In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people t

14、o travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays at the seaside. Some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier. Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countri

15、es. The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them. Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything-pla

16、ne tickets, hotel rooms, even food-and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour (包办旅行) and modern tourism industry was born. The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949. But tourism did not take off until 1978. In 2002, the industry was worth 500 billion yuan

17、 and became an important part of Chinas social development. 5. In the early times, the travelers _ . A. all came from China B. were very young and strong C. had lots of money D. traveled by boat 6. _ played the most important role in the tourism development. A. Education B. Money C. Transportation D

18、. Peoples ideas 7. According to the passage , which of the following is right ? A. Money played the most important role in the tourism development .B. In the 20 th century, people preferred traveling by sea to traveling by air. C. Chinas tourism did not take off until 1949. D. In 2002 , the tourism

19、industry became an important part of Chinas social development.8. Modern tourism industry was born _ A. in 1949 B. in Roman times C. in the early 17th century D. in the 19th century CWhen my friend Lesa was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer, another friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with

20、her. We bought her a small toy and named him LemonAide. We gave LemonAide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her. When the treatments were completed, she said when

21、 someone else needed him she would pass him along.A few months later，much to my surprise, it was me that she passed him to. LemonAide went with me to all of my treatments.One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer. Lesa thought it was a great idea so we fo

22、unded the organization that came to be known as LemonAide s Friends, Inc. We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care about them all the time. Today we have totally 5013 volunteers. The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not ha

23、ve insurance. The physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money is donated.LemonAide is for men, women, and children of all ages and to date has been sent to 34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer. When life gave us lemons we made Lem

24、onAide, a soft smiling toy that represents love, support, and encouragement.9The author went to the hospital with her friend _ Ato operate on Lesa Bto treat her disease Cto accompany Lesa Dto look after LemonAide10Lesa was given a small toy because _ Ahe represented her organization Bhe could help w

25、eaken her pain Cshe would think of her friends Dher friends tried to comfort her11It can be inferred that _ Athe author had suffered from cancer BLemonAide had suffered from cancer CLesa had recovered from cancer DLemonAide learned to look after the author12Lesa and the author formed an organization

26、 to _ Acure cancer Braise money Chelp cancer patients Dhelp their friendDDo you often feel lonely? What do you do when you feel that way? Hide yourself away and spend your time reading, watching TV or walking around?You might think that feeling lonely is just like feeling happy, sad or scared that i

27、ts just one of your various moods. That is true. However, if you let yourself be lonely for too long without dealing with it, you could be making a serious mistake.Doctors have known for some time that feeling lonely is bad for the mind. It can lead to mental health problems such as depression, stre

28、ss and reduce confidence. “Being lonely means not feeling connected or cared for, but its not about being mentally alone,” Lisa Jaremka, scientist from Ohio State University, US, told Live Science in January. And theres growing evidence that not having friends is connected with physical illness as w

29、ell.In 2006, for example, scientists studied 2,800 women who had cancer. They found that those who had few friends or family were five times more likely to die of their disease than women with many social contacts. Also, even healthy people had a better chance of falling ill if they felt left out by

30、 others, according to the BBC.The results have scientists thinking that loneliness might hurt the immune system(免疫系统), which protects the body from diseases.Hoping to prove this theory, Jaremka and her research team put volunteers(志愿者) through a stress test. During the test, volunteers were asked to

31、 make an unprepared speech in front of a group of stony-faced people. The researchers found that volunteers who said they were lonely in their daily lives felt more stress during the test. And their blood samples showed that all the stress had managed to cause harmful changes to their immune system.

32、“Loneliness has been thought of in many ways as a chronic stressor(慢性增压器) a socially painful situation that can last for quite a long time, ” explained Jaremka, who led the study.The number of people suffering from loneliness is increasing all over the world. However, solving the problem is easier said than done. It wont work to just “tell anyone to go out and find someone to love you”, said Jaremka. “We need to