甘肃省庆阳市2017-2018学年高一英语上学期期中试卷

甘肃省庆阳市2017-2018学年高一英语上学期期中试卷第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

AAn old woman went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make hersee again. “If you fail”, she said , “you will get nothing,”The doctor agreed with her.The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decid ed not to cure her right awayInstead, each time he visited, he secr etly took some of her things. When he had taken everythingthat he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman couldsee again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctortook her before a judge.“What the doctor says is true.”she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I stillcan’t see any of the things in my house.”The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily w ithout getting his pay.1. The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.A. He didn’t know how to cure herB. He wanted to take the woman’s thingsC. He wanted to get a lot of moneyD. The woman refused to pay him2. The woman was _______ .A. cruelB. dishonestC. cleverD. greedy3. The doctor was ________.A. honestB. a cheatC. a kind manD. ready to help others4. Which sentence is right according to the passage?A. The judge didn’t believe the old womanB. The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time.C. The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor.D. The doctor failed to get his pay .BIn order to know a foreign language thoroughly(完全地), four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation(犹豫). Thirdly, we must be able to read articles written in English. Fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar. There is no short way to succeed in language learning. A good memory(记忆) is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is no much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. We are pleased with a few rules we have memorized. We are not really learning the language. We must “ learn through use ” . Practice is important. We must practicespeaking and writing the language whenever we can.5. The most important things to learn a foreign language are ______.A. understanding and speakingB. writing and understandingC. hearing, speaking, reading and writingD. memorizing and listening6. Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. Thisis because _____.A. he often hesitates to practice speaking itB. he doesn’t have a good memoryC. he always remembers lists of words and their meaningsD. he doesn’t understand the language when he he ars it spoken7. One can never learn a foreign language well only by ______.A. much practiceB. using the languageC. learning through useD. studying the dictionary8. “ Learn through use ” means _____.A. we use a language in order to learn itB. we learn a foreign language in order to use itC. we can learn a language well while we are using itD. both B and CCMexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.9. Mexico is ____the USA.A. on the north ofB. on the south ofC. a part ofD. as large as10. Mexicans speak______.A. EnglishB. FrenchC. SpanishD. Latin(拉丁语)11. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.12.The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.A. MexicoB. Mexico's plantsC. Mexico CityD. Mexico's populationDStress (压力) is everywhere in our daily life . And it is not just men who suffer from it, but women and young people , too.The main causes of stress are : death, divorce , marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships and taking exams.So how do you know if you suffer from stress ? Do the Stress Test and find out ! Stress TestDo you (Yes/No )1.often sleep badly ?2.get headaches a lot ?3.find it difficult to relax ?4.need alcohol(酒) or cigarettes to keep clam ?ually hide your feeling ?6.find it difficult to put your heart into something ?7.take sleeping pills ?8.get angry when things go wrong ?If you answer Yes to more than two of these questions, you are one of many people who suffer from stress. So what can you do about it ?Doing yoga（瑜伽）or relaxation exercises, chewing gum and playing with worry beads (念珠) are all common ways of relieving(减轻) stress. However doctors now say that there are simpler ways. Their advice is that people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile , your body relaxes. They also say that people—and especially men—ought to X more frequently, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.13. What can you learn from the passage ?A. Young people suffer a lot from stress than the old.B. Doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress.C. If your answer YES to more than three of these questions , you are one ofmany people who suffer from stress.D. Many social (社会的) problems cause stress.14. D octors now say that there are simpler ways . Here “simpler ways” means___________.A. chewing gumB. laugh and cryC. playing with worryD. above all15. What’s the topic of the passage ?A. Living with stressB. Social problemsC. Ways of relieving stressD. Stress Test第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。