学年甘肃省武威第十八中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

1、学年甘肃省武威第十八中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题2017-2018学年甘肃省武威第十八中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题考试时间为120分钟，满分120分。 第卷 (共70分)第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项,选出最佳选项,并用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。A The English are often considered as unfriendly people who dont talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cab

2、bie to describe his life to me and he didnt stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we

3、got to her house she found that shed lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.” “I waited and waited After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb up the window. The next thing I

4、 knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, shed gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare(车资，车费).” 1.In the writers opinion, London taxi drivers a

5、re _.A. unfriendly B. talkative C. helpful D. strange enough2. From the passage we guess that the writer _.A. is the driver of the taxi B. often travels by taxiC. is a foreigner visiting London D. lives in London3. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?A. Conductor. B. Stranger

6、. C. Taxi driver. D. Porter.4. The man was waiting outside the womans house because _.A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sightB. the woman had not paid himC. he wanted to know what would happen when the police cameD. he was trying to go on talking with her B It doesnt matter when

7、 or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about AI Herpin. AI Herpin, it was said, never slept, Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. AI Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors cam

8、e to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping , In fact, he did not even own a bed

9、. He never needed one.The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having

10、 been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.Herpin died at the age of 94.5. The main idea of this passage is that _. A. a person was found who actually didnt need any sleep B.large numbers of people do not need sleep C. everyone nee

11、ds some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep6. The doctors came to visit Herpin , expecting to _. A. cure him of his sleeplessness B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping D. find out why some old people

12、 didnt need any sleep7. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that AL Herpin _. A. was too old to need any sleep B. often slept in a chair C. needed no sleep at all D. needed some kind of sleep8. One reason that might explain Herpins sleeplessness was _. A. that he hadnt got a bed

13、B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit C. his mothers injury before he was born D. his magnificent physical condition9. AI Herpins condition could be regarded as _. A. a common one B. one that could be cured C. very healthy D. a rare one C Its summer movie time again. And heroes are

14、ready to try their strength and magic on the silver screen. Check out our list of four films that look most promising to young audience.Harry potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release Date: June 4 Story: Its the summer before Harry Potters third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A

15、 shadow is hanging over Hogwarts. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped the Wizards Prison. And he broke out to fulfill one task to kill Harry Potter. Around the World in 80 Days Release Date: June 16 Story: This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout ( Hong Kong

16、actor Jackie Chan), a Chinese thief who seeks refuge with a strange London adventurer, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout uses his martial arts skills to defend Fogg from danger as he travels around the world in 80 days to win a bet. Spider- Man 2Release Date: June 30 Story: Peter Parker is still coming to

17、terms with his dual (双重的) identity as the crime superhero Spider-Man. He wants to reveal his secret identity to Mary Jane: meanwhile, his aunt May has fallen on hard times. A new villain(坏人) , Dr Otto Octavius, has appeared to cause more trouble. King Arther Release Date: July 7Story: King Arthur is

18、 presented as a clever ruler who manages to unite all the knights(骑士) in Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire（帝国）. Under the guidance of Merlin and the beautiful, brave Guinevere, Arthur will struggle to realize his dreams.10. According to the passage, if you want to see a film whose leading a

19、ctor is Jackie Chan, you will see the film on _. A. June 4 B. June 16 C. June 30 D. July 711.In Spider-Man 2, Aunt Mays trouble is caused by_. A. Peter Parker B. Mary Jane C. Dr. Otto Octavius D. Spider-Man12. Which of the following films is set in ancient Britain? A. Harry Potter and the Prisoner o

20、f Azkaban. B. Around the World in 80 Days. C. Spider-Man 2 D. King Arthur DCountry music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and soun

21、ds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The

22、 other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast

23、 and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canadain

24、 small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that star

25、ted with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world. 13. It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from . A. the Northeast and Midwest B. factories and army camps in the South C. the Appalachian Mountains and the West D. real-life stories in small towns14. Befor

26、e World War II country music was popular mainly in . A. the south B. the north C. the Midwest D. the Northeast15. During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west because . A. they wanted to take music with them B. they wanted to make other people like country music C. the

27、y wanted to work in the factories there D. they wanted to make country music popular第二节 七选五（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。 Everybody loves oranges. They are very sweet. Some oranges dont have any seeds. 16 And some have a thin skin.The oranges tree is beautiful when it ha

28、s a lot of bright green leaves and flowers. 17 An orange tree has flowers and fruit at the same time.There were orange trees twenty million years ago. 18 The orange tree probably came from China. Many different kinds of oranges grow there today. The Chinese started to plant orange trees around 2,400

29、 B.C. 19 Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to grow oranges from the Chinese. Then they taught Europeans. The Europeans planted orange trees in North and South America. They took them to Florida first, which is now a state in the United States. 20 “Orange” is both a fruit and

30、 a color. The color of orange is so beautiful that in English we use the name of the fruit for the color.ASome have a thick skin.BThey were not as sweet as today.CThe small white flowers smell very sweet.DChinese art has lovely old pictures of oranges and orange trees.EToday oranges are a very impor

31、tant crop in Florida.FThe oranges were very small, not like the ones today.GAn orange grown on one side of a tree is better than an orange grown on the other side.第三节 完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。Nowadays 21 children go to school 22 few of them have ever asked themselves 23 they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science, 24 and a few