云南省师范大学五华区实验中学学年高一上学期期中考试 英语试题精校版.docx

1、云南省师范大学五华区实验中学学年高一上学期期中考试 英语试题精校版师大五华区实验中学2014-2015学年上学期期中考试高一年级 英语试卷（满分100分，考试形式为闭卷，考试时间120分钟） 得分：_一、 单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）1. The houses wont certainly sell well _ the fact that they re overpriced.A. instead of B. because of C. out of D. because2. - Have you _ him to give up the job? -No, I havent. He d

2、oesnt listen to me. A. persuaded B. advised C. agreed D. suggested3. Try to_ the children down. They are too excited.A. put B. calm C. pull D. push4. He has some trouble _ his classmates but he has no trouble _ doing his lessons.A. with; with B. with; in C. in; in D. in ; with5. It was in the garden

3、 of the old house _ he bought last year _ he dug up a pot of gold. A. which; which B. that; which C. what; that D. that; that6. The geography teacher told the pupils that light _ faster than sound.A. traveled B. is traveling C. travels C. has traveled7. Cindy shut the door heavily and burst into tea

4、rs. No one in the office knew _she was so angry.A. where B. whether C. that D. why8. Visitors _ not to touch the exhibits.A. will request B. request C. are requesting D. are requested9. He is so busy .He cannot afford enough time with his son_ he wants to. A. even if B. as if C. because D. before10.

5、 This is the first time that we_ a film in the newly-built cinema together. A. see B. had seen C. saw D. have seen11. Father wont agree to fly to Paris for the holidayit is_ expensive. A. much too B. too much C. very much D. too far12. As time was short, Mr. Li _ Wang Ling _ a taxi to the airport. A

6、. asked; take B. asked; taking C. told; take D. told; to take13. He commanded that the students_ the classroom before he returned. A. didnt leave B. wouldnt leave Cnot leave D. couldnt leave14. _ he has made a decision, it is not easy for you to make him change his mind. A. Though B. Unless C. Once

7、D. Until15. It was not until I came here_ I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.A. who B. that C. where D. before二、 完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）By the time that a student reaches his senior year in high school, he is likely to believe that he is an expert in reading. No m

8、atter how _16_ he is, he can still improve. How do you read an article in a textbook? Do you have a certain way of doing it or do you just _17_ at the beginning and keep reading until you come to the ends?_18_ students say that they use the“slow and sure ”method. By this they mean they read every se

9、ntence slowly and carefully. Every time they come to an _19_ word they stop _20_ what it means and, if necessary, looking it up in the dictionary. In this method a person probably has no time left for reviewing what he has read, for he has used all his _21 _ in trying to get the meaning of each word

10、 to be sure that he _22_ everything.Other students use what has been called the review method. Here a person tries to arrange his time _23_ he can read his lesson at least twice. This type of reading is _24_ than the “slow and sure” method, for the lesson must be read rapidly or there will not be _2

11、5_ time left a second reading. Which method do you think better?( ) 16. A. high B. weak C. good D. well ( ) 17. A. stop B. read C. do D. start( ) 18. A. Few B. Some C. No D. All ( ) 19. A. useful B. important C. unknown D. old ( ) 20. A. thinking B. to think C. to understand D. to know( ) 21. A. tim

12、e B. energy C. mind D. money( ) 22. A. wants B. remembers C. forgets D. understands( ) 23. A. because B. but C. as D. so that ( ) 24. A. shorter B. faster C. nicer D. more important( ) 25. A. some B. no C. little D. enough三、 阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分） A(A)Hello, Its a pleasure to meet you all. I am Sally Wang

13、 from Taipei, Taiwan. This is my third trip to the United States, and I really enjoy it. I am working for a trading company as an assistant manager in the marketing section. Thank you.(B)Im Philip Liu. I am a system engineer for IBM. My job is to develop new computer software, and I enjoy the job ve

14、ry much, because software development is very creative and imaginative work. So if anyone here is interested in computer software, we can spend hours talking about computers.(C)Hello, everybody. I am George Lin from Macao. I am working for an electric company. It has been about five months since I c

15、ame to the United States, and I miss my family very much. Itll be several months before they come to join me, and I hope to continue to have an enjoyable single life till then. Thanks.(D)Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak about myself on this special occasion. I am

16、 Dave Lee, manager of the sales department. In the three years since I have taken charge of the department, the sales of our products have grown greatly and I am really proud of my department and staff. I hope this gathering will help keep our harmony (和谐) till the and. Thank you 根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正（T）误

17、（F）。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）( ) 26.Sally Wang says that it is her third visit to the United States.( ) 27.Philip Lius job has much to do with sales of products.( ) 28.George Lin will live with his family in a few months.( ) 29.Dave Lee is working as a sales manger.( ) 30.Dave Lees speech is the most infor

18、mal.BIt was 3:30 in the morning and 8-year-old Walt Disney was doing what he did at that time every morning rolling hundreds of newspapers he would soon deliver in his neighborhood.It was hard work for a little kid who had to go to school, then deliver another round in the evening. But delivering pa

19、pers beat picking apples for a living. Thats what hed been doing before, on his familys failing farms in Missouri.Walt Disney, born in December, 1901, never had time for a childhood. As a result, he spent all of his adult life attempting to invent one for himself. In the process - almost by accident

20、 he created wonderful childhood memories for generation after generation of children worldwide.When the Disneys moved to Chicago, Walt signed up for cartooning classes, working three part-time jobs to pay for them. At 24, he created a cartoon character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was a gre

21、at success. He then shifted his attention to mice, or one particular mouse called Mickey. And Mickey Mouse became an overnight success.Success followed success, but Walt Disney pushed himself even harder. He produced Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, for which he won a special Oscar. After the Second Wor

22、ld War, Walt came up with the idea of Disneyland. Everyone said it was too costly a dream, but he wouldnt listen. His great world of fantasy opened on July 17, 1955. In the next seven weeks, more than one million people walked into Disneyland. The man who had spent a painful childhood now watched ot

23、her people enjoy the perfect childhood world that he had created.根据短文内容，从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）( ) 31. What can be said about Disneys childhood?A. Hard but enjoyable. B. Boring and unhappy.C. Tiring but joyful. D. Good and unforgettable.( ) 32.Which was Disneys first suc

24、cessful cartoon character?A. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. B. Mickey Mouse.C. Snow White. D. Donald Duck.( ) 33.According to the passage, Disney _. .A. was given two Oscars for his cartoonsB. was successful but not happyC. stopped making cartoons after World War IID. created Disneyland, a perfect childho

25、od world C Greenland is the largest island in the world, measuring 2,670 km from north to south, but with a population of only about 56,000, one-quarter of which lives in the capital, Nuuk. It lies just south of the Arctic Circle, so its summer temperatures are from just 0to 15. Despite its name, Gr

26、eenland is anything but green. Eighty-five percent of its area is covered with a huge ice cap, which holds 9% of the worlds fresh water . If all this ice were to melt, the worlds oceans would rise by six to seven meters.The Inuit people (previously known as Eskimos) were the first people of this lan

27、d. Then around 980 AD, Eric the Red, a Norwegian (挪威人)，came to the island and founded a colony. He named the island “Greenland”, so as to attract settlers. In 1721, the Danish (丹麦人)established a settlement there, and ruled for over 200 years, until 1979 ,when Greenland was declared an autonomous nat

28、ion within the kingdom of Denmark. Nowadays Greenlandic, or East Inuit language, has become the first language, and Danish the second. And here are more lnuit signs than Danish ones. However, most of the money is provided by Denmark and everything in the supermarket is Danish.In Greenland, it is lik

29、ely to see polar bears. These dangerous, man-eating creatures are feared but also loved as the symbol of the human spirit in a desert land.根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）( ) 34. who were the first settlers of Greenland?A. The lnuit. B. The Norwegians.C. The Danish D. The

30、Greenlandic.( ) 35. Why was Greenland so named?A. To show its characteristics. B. To attract settlers.C. To encourage tourism D. To make a joke( ) 36. Which of the following is TRUE about Greenland?A. Greenland is warm in summer.B. Greenland has a small population.C. Most of Greenland is covered by

31、forests.D. Danish is the first language used in Greenland.DYou have probably been told by your high school instructor that writing is an important and practical skill. However, you may not be convinced that the ability to write will be important in your own future. If so, you will be surprised at the results of a recent survey by the National Institute of Education. More than four thousand working men and women who had graduated fifteen years earlier were asked to name the courses they would have taken in college if they had known better. The designer of the survey exp