英语甘肃省嘉峪关市一中学年高一下学期期中考试.docx

1、英语甘肃省嘉峪关市一中学年高一下学期期中考试嘉峪关市一中2015-2016学年第二学期期中考试高一英语试题第I卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AEvery country has its own unique holidays, so does Thailand. One of them is Kings Birthday, which is a national holiday. On this day, each city is decorated with

2、bright colored lights, and in the evenings the Thai walk around together looking at the decorations. Traditional dishes and family favorites are eaten, and meals always include steamed whole chicken with hot pepper dipping sauce and sliced roast pigs head.New Years Day is also important in Thailand.

3、 Brown eggs are boiled and then cooked in soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and five spices. These eggs represent good life in the coming year. The Thai will also eat special egg rolls, dipped in nam pla prig, a sweet and sour sauce. Decorations for the New Year include fruit like bananas, coconuts, pine

4、apples and papayas.Songkran is a three-day water festival that comes in April. For this holiday, people douse each other and everything they have with water in thanks for rain and in the hope of good luck. April is the hottest month in Thailand, so this festival is refreshing and fun. The celebratio

5、ns also include a big dinner, at which curries, usually yellow ones, and long noodles are eaten. These noodles symbolize long life.Loy Krathong is a November holiday that involves making bamboo boats and putting lighted candles into them. As these little boats float down the river, they are supposed

6、 to carry away sin and pay honour to the spirits of the water. After watching the boats, people eat a large meal that includes grilled chicken, fish, coconut and egg yolks. No matter what they are celebrating, Thai holidays always include family and good food.1. What would be the best title for this

7、 passage? A. Songkran and Loy Krathong in the coming Year. B. How the King Celebrates His Birthday. C. Special Activities on Holidays. D. Festivals in Thailand.2. What can be seen on Kings Birthday? A. Roasted pigs head and grilled chicken. B. Long noodles served with dipping sauce. C. Towns decorat

8、ed with coloured lights. D. Dinner tables filled with traditional eggs.3. What do brown eggs stand for? A. Long life. B. A good life in the coming year. C. Bad deeds carried away. D. Decorated tables with kinds of fruit.4. When do people make small bamboo boats with lighted candles inside them? A. I

9、n April. B. In November. C. On the Kings birthday. D. After people enjoy a large meal.BHurricane(飓风) are always named after places. But when newspapers and radio describe the damage caused by a hurricane named Hazel, girls named Hazel are probably laughed at by their friends. To keep out of trouble,

10、 the Weather Bureau says, “Any resemblance between hurricane names and the names of particular girls is purely accidental.” Some women became angry because hurricanes are given their names, but many other women are proud to see their names make headlines. They dont even care that they are the names

11、of destructive storms. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the Weather Bureau has decided to continue using girls names for hurricanes.In some ways a hurricane is like a person. After it is born, it grows and develops, then becomes old and dies. Each hurricane has a character of its

12、own. Each follows its own path through the world, and people remember it long after it gone. So it is natural to give hurricanes names, and to talk about them almost if they were alive.5. What happens to girls named Hazel according to the passage?A. They suffer from hurricanes.B. The Weather Bureau

13、look for them.C. Others often make fun of them.D. They cant find boyfriend.6. The underlined word “resemblance” probably means _.A. trouble B. difference C. sameness D. success7. According to the passage, which is more reasonable?A. Some women feel unhappy because hurricanes are given their names.B.

14、 A lot of women complain of the Weather Bureau.C. Many women want to be known.D. All the hurricanes are caused by women.8. It is natural to give hurricane names because _.A. they become old and dieB. all of them should be rememberedC. each hurricane has its own day to comeD. each hurricane has its o

15、wn characterCWith the mid-term examinations on the way, are you nervous about your grades? These days, Im always thinking about .Started on10th Nov. 2014 By Wilson SmithE-mailWilsmith16Stacey, 1410th Nov. 2014I believe that cheating is wrong, but sometimes school can be so stressful (有压力的) that you

16、have to look at your neighbors paper or bring a cheat sheet. Many of your classmates cheat, so when you see them cheat and get good grades, you want to cheat as well.Crystal, 1610th Nov. 2014Students should not cheat. It is students duty to get knowledge for college and life. People should know that

17、 cheating is wrong and feel some kind of guilt when they do it even though they may please their parents and teachers in this way.Edison, 1711th Nov. 2014It makes me feel good when I have a chance to cheat but I dont. In the eighth grade, we were taking a test and everyone got up out of their seats

18、when the teacher left the room. But I didnt. Id like to look at my report card and say honestly, “This is my grade.”Sharon, 1812th Nov. 2014Theres no doubt that cheating is wrong. Also, its unlucky that so many students feel the pressure to cheat. For me, cheating is just a waste of time because it

19、takes more effort to cheat than to study. I understand the pressure to cheat, but I dont agree with it.Fiona, 1613th Nov. 2014I think, well, cheating is OK if its the teachers fault. You know, if a teacher isnt making the material understandable, you have to do something to keep your grades up. But

20、its not OK when the reason is just “Im lazy,” “Im tired,” “I dont like it,” or “I would rather sleep in class.”9. Which statement is the best to be put into at the beginning of the passage?A. whether students have too much pressure B. what teachers should do to prevent cheatingC. how to help student

21、s go to college without cheatingD. whether it is OK to cheat in exams10. From what Sharon said, we can infer that_.A. She doesnt cheat in exams B. She doesnt know why students cheatC. She studies harder than any other student in her classD. She supports the students who cheat in exams11. What does F

22、iona think of cheating?A. It is always wrong to cheat in exams. B. It is completely OK for students to cheat.C. Lazy students can cheat in exams now and then.D. Teachers sometimes should be responsible for students cheating. DTwinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a charming song for children, but it conta

23、ins two misunderstandings. First, stars arent little. Some may be Earth-sized, but most are bigger than Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Second, they dont twinkle; they shine. And the brightness and color of the light from each star provide information about its temperature, size and

24、 even its age and likely fate.Viewing the stars from Earth is a bit like looking at them through a water filter because the atmosphere is dense(稠密的) compared to the emptiness of space. Moreover, air is always moving, so starlight appears to be moving, too. The atmosphere also makes stars appear dark

25、er than they would be if we could see them from space.If you stop and examine the sky on a dark and moonless night, its easy to recognize color differences among stars. The color of a star is a visual signal of its surface temperature. The hottest stars are blue, and the next hottest are white. Yell

26、ow stars like the sun are next, while red stars are the coolest of the visible stars. Many red stars are so dim that people cant see them at all, and some stars hardly send out any light at all. One reason that stars differ in brightness is that hotter stars produce more energy than cooler ones, but

27、 another important reason is that some are much bigger than others.Some stars appear brighter to human beings simply because theyre closer. Astronomers rank the brightness of stars which are seen form Earth by assigning them a number known as apparent magnitude(视星等) - the smaller the apparent magnit

28、ude, the brighter the object. They have also designed a measure that ranks stars according to how bright they are when compared to each other. With an apparent magnitude of minus 26.7, the sun is the brightest object in the sky.12. From the song quite familiar to children, the writer wants to prove

29、that _.A. most stars are smaller than Jupiter B. Jupiter is bigger and brighter than EarthC. stars are very large and always shine brightlyD. starlights brightness and color reflect its temperature13. The underlined phrase “a water filter” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A. the atmosphere B. the cloud C.

30、 the air D. the earth14. From Paragraph 3, we can know that _.A. a red star often sends out much brighter lightB. a blue or white star is hotter than a red or yellow starC. a yellow star like the sun is the hottest in spaceD. a blue star is much bigger than stars in other colors15. Which is the best

31、 title of this passage?A. What do stars look like? B. Which song do children like best?C. How to view the stars from Earth? D. Why are many stars so dim at night?第2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。How to Make Friends with NeighborsMost people have neighbors where they live

32、, whether it is in a house, a townhouse, or an apartment. You want to be friends with your neighbors, not enemies. Here are some tips to make that happen. Get to know your neighbors. If you are the ones moving in and nobody has come to greet you, introduce yourself to your neighbors. 16 If you see someone with a moving truck moving in, introduce yourself and off