廊坊七中2008-2009年度第二学期高一英语期中试

2008-2009年度廊坊七中高一英语第二学期期中试题一．单选（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）1. I failed in the examination last term and only then ____the importance of studies.A. I realizedB. I had realizedC. had I realizedD. did I realize2. It’s raining outside. You ____ put on your rain coat.A. had better toB. had betterC. should betterD. would better3. ____ of new buildings will ____in my hometown.A. A great deal, buildB. A good many, be builtC. A plenty of, buildD. A great number, be built4.Don't let yourself be taken______by these politicians.They are always lying.A.upB.overC.awayD.in5. After I stayed in bed for two days, Mother ___me going to see a doctor at once.A. stoppedB. agreedC. suggestedD. made6—Will you go to John’s party?—No，______invited.A. ifB. even ifC. whenD. as if7.The professor his voice to make himself during the lecture.A.rose;heardB.rose;hearingC.raised;heardD.raised;hear8.They want to do ______ to help us.A. what can theyB. what they canC. how they canD. how can they9.You shouldn’t scold him .______, he is only a child of five.A. At allB. In allC. After allD. First of all10.The handwriting is familiar, but I can’t ______ whose handwriting it is.A. thinkB. recognizeC. imagineD. realize11. ______ his homework, he went out to play.A. FinishingB. Having finishedC. To finishD. To have finished12Nice to meet you. I ______ you ______ in Shanghai. How long have you been here ?A. don’t know; wereB. hadn’t known; areC. haven’t known; areD. didn’t know; were13. ______ that Singapore is a beautiful country.A. It is saidB. It saidC. It is sayingD. It had been said14. Either you or he _________ to tidy up the mess.A. isB. areC. willD. must15. Some parts in South China have experienced _____this year as they did last year.A. twice as much rainB. rain twice as muchC. as twice much rainD. twice rain as much16. He doesn’t like to help others so he has nobody he can ______ when he is in trouble.A. turn outB. turn onC. turn toD. turn up17. This English dictionary is expensive, but it is of ______ so I decide to buy it.A. usefulB. great useC. no useD. useless18. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% _____ are sold abroad.A. of whichB. of thoseC. of themD. of that19. I really don’t know ______ I had my MP4 player stolen.A. when it was thatB. that it was whenC. where was it thatD. it was where that20. The custom ______ the 8th century when people knew little about the earth on which they lived.A. is dated back toB. dates backC. dates back toD. goes back二.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were 21 down Oxford Street, I got too 22 to walk any more, so I asked my mother if we could take the subway.At first, she 23 because she said the weather was very 24 and it would be better to walk. I started 25 . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay 26 to what she was saying. For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very 27 with me.I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as 28 as I could.The street was really 29 , so she couldn’t follow me. I entered the biggest shop I could see. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went 30 , sat down in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were 31 to me, but I didn’t understand English. Then, they 32 the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just 33 crying. He took the small bag that I was34 . He opened it and found my hotel address and 35 number. When he phoned the hotel, my 36 answered the phone.Finally, the policeman took me to the 37 . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had 38 and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was 39 that my mother was very angry with me.When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything. 40 of them told me not to do anything like that in the future, because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me.21. A. quarreling B. walking C. running D. performing22. A. tired B. mad C. happy D. sad23. A. agreed B. refused C. suggested D. managed24. A. horrible B. windy C. nice D. cold25. A. screaming B. laughing C. singing D. crying26. A. effort B. patience C. regard D. attention27. A. angry B. strict C. satisfied D. familiar28. A. excitedly B. slowly C. quickly D. carelessly29. A. wide B. dirty C. long D. crowded30. A. outside B. inside C. upon D. down31. A. laughing B. talking C. pointing D. lying32. A. called B. remembered C. measured D. left33. A. stopped B. avoided C. regretted D. continued34. A. catching B. carrying C. gaining D. buying35. A. room B. credit C. phone D. license36. A. mother B. guide C. father D. waiter37. A. hotel B. shop C. street D. station38. A. forgotten B. happened C. damaged D. lost39. A. ignored B. excited C. afraid D. angry40. A. None B. Either C. Neither D. Both三．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AAlbert Einstein was a genius in science, but he did not care about everyday things. For instance, he often wore a suit without a tie, and he even went to class in slippers. So there are a lot of anecdotes about him. The following story is one of them.One day, Einstein went to the kitchen to help his wife with cooking. He was irritated（刺激）to tears when peeling onions. His wife told him that it would be far more comfortable to peel onions in water.A moment later, his wife notice that Einstein disappeared. After failing to find him in sitting room, study or bedroom, she was so anxious that she rushed out to the yard and shouted, “Albert, Albert!”Just then, Einstein emerged from the swimming pool and said, “You told me, it’s more comfortable to peel onions in water; I carried out the experiment, only to find I couldn’t even open my eyes, or even breathe. You fooled me…41.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Einstein was a talent scientist.B.Einstein didn’t care about anything.C.Einstein didn’t catch what his wife told him to do.D.Einstein didn’t care too much about clothing.42.The underlined word “anecdote” in the first paragraph means______.A. inventionB. interesting storyC. articleD. fairy tale43.Why did Einstein stay in the swimming pool?E.Because he found it was too hot that day.F.Because he found it was more comfortable to peel onions in water.G.Because his wife told him to do so.H.Because he misunderstood what his wife said.44.What’s probably the best title for the passage?A. Pound wise and penny foolish.B. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.C. Many cooks spoil the soup.D.Where there is a will, there is a way.BAbout 700, 000 years ago, the world's weather turned colder. Great sheets of ice moved down and covered the Northern Hemisphere (半球).The earth entered the Ice Age. During the Ice Age, many kinds of animals died out. Yet early man was able to survive .To survive, early man needed fire. He needed it to warm and light his caves, to cook his food, and to make his tools. He needed it to hunt. Sometimes hunters even lit fires to drive a herd of animals over a cliff (悬崖) to their death.It was not easy for early man to get fire. At first, he had to be very brave. When lightning ( 闪电) or a volcano (火山) started a forest fire, he picked up a burning stick and carried it back to his cave. To keep the fire alive, he fed it dry sticks and leaves. He took his fire with him when he moved. He held a flaming torch (燃烧的火炬) or carried hot coals in an animal horn (角).After many thousands of years, early man learned to make fire. By hitting hard stones together,he could strike a light. Sometimes he rubbed ( 摩擦) wood against wood to start a fire.Man is the only animal who has ever been able to use fire for him, it is nature's wonderful gift.45. On the whole, the passage is mainly about _____.A. how fire started on the earthB. forest fires during the ice age.C. early man's ways of huntingD. early man and his use of fire46. Early man took fire with him when he moved because .A. the fire helped him find his way at nightB. he thought the fire would protect him in the forestC. at first man did not know how to make his own fire.D. he wanted to keep himself warm with the fire47. In this passage the word“survive”means .A. continue to liveB. live a happy lifeC. learn how to make fireD. lose one's life48. Which of the following is true?A. The first fires were started by accident.B. Some of the other animals are able to use fire besides man.C. Early fires were started by rain.D. Man started the first fires.CLong ago there was a little boy who wanted to be a soldier more than anything else in the world. His brothers and sisters played other games while he was playing soldier.Later he went to a military school and studied very hard. When he was less than eighteen, he became a soldier. But the small man wanted power. He wanted to tell people and nations and the whole world what to do. He kept on working and studying until he became a general in the French Army. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte, and he finally became emperor of France.He was famous as an emperor, and for a while he won all the wars and became a national hero. But he was not a kind man. He could be charming(迷人的) when he wanted to be. But he was also rude and very cruel , and many people died so that he could win his wars.Napoleon did one thing that was very important to the United States. He sold a huge piece of land in North America to the United States and got a lot of money and he could go on fighting a war with England. And Napoleon rose to great power.49. Napoleon studied hard in the military school, because .A. he wanted to be a generalB. he wanted to get much moneyC. he hoped to win the Battle of WaterlooD. he hoped to dominate (主宰) the world50. The French regard Napoleon as a national hero because .A. he won all the wars for a whileB. he became an emperor of FranceC. he became a famous generalD. he was kind to the people 51. Napoleon sold the land to the United States in order to .A. fight the war with EnglandB. make his family richerC. give some money to his peopleD. build a huge palace for himselfDAfter 60 hours without sleep, flying at 17,000 feet over India, Judith began to hallucinate(产生幻觉). Faces of relatives and friends began to appear around her. But even if she was physically and mentally (精神上) worn out, she decided to continue her record-breaking round-world flight and fly on to Sri Lanka.“I had planned to land in India,”she says,“but I couldn't take the risk (冒险) of being delayed.”Later in the flight Judith found herself flying through a storm during which the plane was struck by lightning.“In all my years of flying, I've never been so frightened,”she says.And then, within four hours in Australia, there was something wrong with the engine, which nearly forced her down into the ocean. On reaching Sydney, Judith decided she was able to fly on and when she finally touched down at London, Heathrow, her tiny single-engined plane had taken her over 27,000 miles in 15 days. She had broken 29 world records including the fastest-ever-round-the-world flight by a woman. During those 15 days she had slept for less than 40 hours.52. Flying over India, Judith .A. saw her relatives and friendsB. seemed to be in a dream-like stateC. felt too tired to imagine her relativesD. didn't feel like sleeping at all53. The plane was probably struck by lightning .A. on the way to IndiaB. over AustraliaC. over Sri LankaD. near London54. Which of the following is true? .A. The plane had only one small engineB. Judith landed at a country named HeathrowC. Judith flew for 15 hours without a stopD. Judith broke 30 world records in this flight.55. The writer wrote the article with .A. excitementB. astonishmentC. admirationD. disappointment56. From the passage we learn that Judith was the first woman .A. to fly around the worldB. to brave the stormC. to cover the longest distanceD. to fly fastest round the worldEThere have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live . The first great invention was one that is still very important today—the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect(作用)as the wheel. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Sound movies in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to make people healthier and let them live long lives. By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60.By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. The world is known to man but the stars are not yet. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.57.Nylon came out nearly at the same time as .A. radioB. cameraC. jet planesD. sound movies58.People can live longer lives because to help people cure diseases have worked very well.A. doctorsB. new methodsC. medicinesD. new hospitals59.By the 1960's .A. people had known everything about the worldB. there was not much to be found outC. only the moon had not yet been knownD. the world as a whole was known to man60.This passage talks mainly about .A. what new inventions have brought to people's lifeB. when electric light was inventedC. which country made the first step into space.D. why the wheel is very important四．单词拼写61. Don’t give me meat any more. I am on a _________(节食).62.Is there a ________(代) gap between you and your parents?63.The king is living in the ________(宫殿) which looks very beautiful.64. Einstein’s theory __________(证明) to be true at last.65. It was so cold inside the hall. I _______(后悔) that I had not taken my overcoat with me.66.Do you know that the Polar Bear lives in a cold ________(气候).67.Though they were ________ (包围) by the enemy, they never gave in.68. The horse ______(绑) to the pole is our neighbor’s.69. Students often say that they need a man of ________(幽默) as their teacher so that the class isinteresting.70. I think the newly-married _______(夫妻) will be very happy.五．短文改错Sandy is busy. Like many other girl about her 71._______age, she spends hours in the telephone, talking to her 72._______friends. She often go out on weekends. She looks 73._______after children for other families get some money. 74._______And, of course, during the school years she herself 75.____ ___has many homework to do. During the football season, 76.____ _she and the other pretty girls are leaders for school 77._ _____football games. They led the crowd in cheering (加78.___ ___油)for school team. The cheers are not long, but it 79.____ __takes a long time to practise shout together. 80.___ ___六.书面表达（满分20分）假设有一批英国中学生将来你校就读，校方要求你在开班典礼上介绍一下学校的有关要求。