2020届新疆兵团农二师华山中学高一上学期期中考试11

2019-2019学年第一学期高一年级期中考试第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40 分）第一节（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（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AIt'll soon be the birthday of one of my closest friends, Susie. I still cannot decide what to give her. She's a rare friend because she has been there for me all the time whenever I need a friend to talk to. I can always depend on her to be the first to arrive to give me advice when I have problems. I guess I am so lucky to have her as a friend.It's more than seven years since I first met Susie in our school. I joined the theater group and she was a director then. At first I thought she was intimidating but in the end I realized that she needed to keep a strict image in order for her actors and actresses to take her seriously. And then during practice I got a chance to know her better. In fact, she was a friendly and warm-hearted person. Soon we become good friends.I don't know exactly what to give my friend on her birthday as I believe she has everything. So it's really hard to buy her a gift she will like. This year I want something different and special but I don't know what to give. One day I searched the internet without any purpose and to my surprise there is a really lovely site where you can buy all kinds of gifts.I scanned some of their items and I found cool and exciting gifts. I chose a special personalized bracelet. I'm sure that this will look perfect on her. I put our arms as part of the design of the bracelet so that it'll remind us that we'll forever be friends. I can't wait to give her my gift but I won't tell her yet.I don't want to destroy the surprise.21. Why does the author consider Susie as a rare friend?A. Susie is good at solving problems.B. She and the author have lots of things to talk about.C. Susie is a friendly and warm-hearted person.D. She can always offer help whe n the author is in n eed.22. Fin ally the author found a n ice gift for her friend ___A. with the help of somebody elseB. while going on li neC. while doing shopp ing in a storeD. without difficulty23. The author wan ted to put her and her frien d's n ames in the bracelet in order to __ .A. give her friend a big surpriseB. make the prese nt more specialC. remi nd her frie nd of their differe nee betwee n them.D. make her friend remember their frien dship forever. 21BIf you want to become a flue nt En glish speaker, you should take some advice: there are four skills in leanning English. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.Read as much as you can. But your readi ng must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the senten ces, the meaning of the un familiar words, etc.There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar---or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across,but the fact you see them for the first time and recognize them whe never you see them, for example in other passages or books, is eno ugh. It would be better to prepare yourself a no tebook so you can write dow n the importa nt words or sentences in it.As for liste ning, there are two choices: besides readi ng, you can liste n every day for about 30 minu tes. You can only pay atte nti on to your readi ng and become skillful at your readi ng, the n you can catch up on your liste ning. Since you have lots of in puts in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This n ever means that you should not practice liste ning.For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their Ianguages are easy. Or if you are good at listening, you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Agai n the thi ng to remember is being active in liste ning and preferably tak ing some n otes.If you follow these pieces of advice,your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.24. Accord ing to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills? _________A. Readi ng and liste ningB. Readi ng and writ ingC. Writi ng and speak ingD. Speak ing and liste ning25. To improve your readi ng, whe n you read you should __ .A. look up all the new words in the dict ion ary.B. thi nk about what you are readi ng activelyC. spe nd more time study ing grammarD. copy as many words and senten ces as possible26. The underlined words “ come acroasagrapii3 probably be replaced by ____ .A. meet by accide ntB. discoverC. find on purposeD. look for27. The author seems to agree with the view that ____ .A. every one should liste n to VOA or BBC programs every dayB. you needn ' t practice listeigiriif you keep in reading every dayC. being good at readi ng is helpful in improvi ng your liste ningD. you should take no tes of whatever you are heari ngCWhen you come to London for a trip, it's best to pla n a day out so as to maximize thenumber of things you can see. Time permitting, we can offer advice by e-mail if there's anything you particularly want to see.If you are only in London for a day, a weeke nd or a week, use our SHORT STAY pages where we show you how to fill as much into your days as possible.The best seas on to come is late Summer or Autu mn ----- rece ntly we have bee n havi ng Indian Summers from mid-September to the end of October with clear blue skies and 20 degree temperatures. Fin ally the weather breaks as the storm fronts move in off the Atla ntic, the n clears up for Christmas. February to April can be terrible, and the weather is very unpredictable. Ask the Meteorological ofice here for facts and figures but they are so often wrong.When it's raining there are ple nty of museums and galleries to visit -------- and the tubesystem is gen erally very good outside of rush hour.It's best for you to be n ear a tube stati on whe n choos ing a hotel, because buses can be slow and un reliable and taxis expe nsive. The yellow circle line on the tube map marks the divisi on betwee n cen tral and no t-so-ce ntral London. Outside of that area your tran sport bill will rise. The best restaura nts are in Isli ngton and the southwest of London which is where the life is.28. The Meteorological office in the third paragraph is a place where______A. people can know what London is likeB. people can get information about tourismC. people can know what the weather is likeD. people can get information about transportation29. When con sideri ng where to live, visitors n eed to pay more atte nti on to ____in London.A. the trafficB. the living con diti onC. the foodD. the price30. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is NOT TRUE?A. There are many museums and galleries in London.B. The tube system in London is very good at any time.C. One can get more in formati on by sending e -mail.D. Autu mn is the best seas on for visit ing London.31. The passage is mainly writte n for those who _____ .A. are going to serve as tour guidesB. are pla nning to live in LondonC. are going to visit LondonD. are going to work in LondonDPaper cutting is one of China's most popular folk arts. Archaeological ( 考古学上的)finds show that the traditi on started in the 6th cen tury; it is even supposed that the begi nning of paper cutt ing is even a few cen turies earlier.Paper cuts have special importance at festivals and on holidays. To get rid of the old and bring good luck, people put up paper cuts on the windows on the Eve of the Spring Festival.Paper cuts are not produced by mach ine, but by hand. They are done all over China, but are differe nt in the method in differe nt areas. There are two methods of making paper cuts —by using scissors or kni ves. As the n ame suggests, scissors cutt ings are made with scissors. Several pieces of paper (up to eight pieces) are placed together. The patter ns are the n cut with poin ted scissors. Knife cuttings are made by putting several pieces of paper on a table. Following a pattern, the artist cuts the patterns into the paper with a kn ife.21 教育名师原创作品In the past, paper cuts are usually made only by wome n and girls. They use scissors and paper to cut all kinds of pictures such as apple trees, peach blossoms, mice, fighting roosters and rabbits eati ng carrots.This used to be one of the skills that every girl was to master. Professional paper cutting artists are, on the other hand, almost always men who can make a living by working together in workshops.32. How long has paper cutti ng lasted at least?A. About 600 years.C. About 2,000 years. B. About 1,500 years.D. About 2,700 years.33. People put up paper cuts on the win dows in order to _______ .A. make them look more beautifulB. show others their excelle nt skillsC. bring them good luck in the new yearD. sell them on the Eve of the Spring Festival34. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?A. Two kinds of paper cuts.B. Paper cuts are made by hand.C. Paper cuts are made by mach ine.D. The process of making paper cuts.35. Paper cuts are usually about _______ .A. family members of the artistsB. sports and social activitiesC. fights betwee n ani malsD. things in our daily life第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。