山东省淄博市淄川中学2016-2017学年高一下学期期中英

2016-2017学年山东省淄博市淄川中学高一（下）期中英语试卷一、阅读理解1．Book：No Looking BackAuthor：Shivani GuptaSnivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash．It took Shivani years of pain，struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body．Then tragedy struck again．As the newly ﹣married Shivani drove to Manali with her family，a truck crashed into her car．Shivani refused to give in﹣she wouldn't let her injury keep her from achieving her ambitions．Book：Courage Beyond CompareAuthor：Sanjay SharmaThe 10sportspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics，swimming and badminton，who have brought glory to the country．They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields．Book：Face to FaceAuthor：Ved MehtaBlind since the age of four，the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind，to which he flew alone at 15．America and the school changed his life，leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career．Book：This Star Won't Go OutAuthor：Lori and Wayne EarlDiagnosed with cancer at 12，Esther Earl was a bright and talented，but very normal teenager．She lived a hope﹣filled and generous life．A cheerful，positive and encouraging daughter，sister and friend，Esther died in 2010，shortly after turning l 6，but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence．1．The book No Looking Back mainly talks about．A．an unlucky girl who experienced two car accidentsB．10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports fieldC．a successful author who was blind during his childhoodD．an inspiring teenager who died of cancer2．When reading the book written by Sanjay Sharma，we will．A．find the author is a sports loverB．get inspired by the sportspersons'spiritsC．be proud to be a sportspersonD．find sportspersons are full of power3．In which book does the author tell of himself？A．Face to Face．B．This Star Won't GO Out．C．Courage Beyond Compare．D．No Looking Back．4．Which word can best describe the characters of all the four books？A．Intelligent．B．generous．C．PessimisticD．Inspiring．5．My wife and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local store．I don't think many people appreciate what a difficult job these clerks have．They work for a little money and I often wonder how they make ends meet．One of the clerks，Charlie，was always wearing his glasses but he didn't one day．I asked him about it and he said they'd been out of order and that he couldn't afford a new pair．His family needed money．It was clear that he was having a difficult time．We wanted to help him，so we turned to our own eye doctor for help with a plan．We had his secretary contact him，asking him to come in for an eye exam for free．We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would payfor them．Although Charlie questioned what was going on，the doctor just told him that someone had offered the money for his new glasses．When we went in to pay the bill，the doctor told us he was touched by our idea so that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!It was so wonderful to see Charlie in his new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how the gift came about．I'm sure that upon hearing his story，ideas of kindness may have come in the minds of many people．5．Why didn't the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day？A．It was very warm and fine．B．His glasses were missing．C．His old glasses were broken．D．He forgot to wear his glasses．6．From the passage，we can infer that．A．Charlie was a young man with skillsB．Charlie couldn't support his family with enough moneyC．Charlie completely accepted the money for the new glassesD．Charlie knew who paid the money for the new glasses7．The underlined word"waived"in the third paragraph can be replaced by．A．took upB．gave upC．cut downD．put off8．Which of the following could be the best title for the passage？A．Customers'Gift to an EmployeeB．A Friendly Clerk﹣CharlieC．The Wonderful Feeling of Helping othersD．An Expensive Pair of Glasses．9．Great white sharks!Just hearing that name makes many people's hair stand onend．In reality，these big fish have more to fear from us than we do from them．For many years，people killed countless great white sharks in the waters around the United States．But thanks to conservation （保护）efforts，great whites are making a comeback in the U．S．Two recent studies show that the population of these sharks is rising along the east and west coast．Why is the growing population of a killer fish something to celebrate？"When you fish too many of them，you start to lose balance in the environment，"says shark researcher Tobey Curtis．As the biggest killer，sharks help keep the populations of fish，seals，and other creatures they eat from growing too large．In spite of their importance，great white sharks had long been hunted for their meat and their fins （鳍）．Then，in 1997，the U．S．government passed a law that didn't allow the hunting of great whites．Afterwards，the numbers of these sharks in the U．S．waters started to increase．The law wasn't the only thing that has helped great whites．Conservationists have also played a part in the sharks'comeback．The research group OCEARCH is using a method called tagging （加标签）to help change people's attitudes about great white．They let the public follow each shark as it travels the world's oceans．OCEARCH also gives each tagged shark a name to help people form a closer connection with the big fish．The group's most well﹣known shark is named Katharine．She was tagged last year near Cape Cod，Massachusetts．Since then，thousands of people have tracked Katharine's movements on Twitter and the OCEARCH website．This helps people see sharks in a new way．Chris Fischer，the founder of OCEARCH believes learning to appreciate great whites will encourage people to do more to protect them．9．The underlined part"makes many people's hair stand on end"in Paragraph 1can best be replaced by．A．worries many peopleB．bores many peopleC．frightens many peopleD．interests many people10．The law passed in 1997．A．seemed very helpfulB．let scientists downC．needed to be changedD．made people like great whites11．Katharine's example is used to show that．A．great whites are in fact lovely animalsB．the OCEARCH website has a lot of visitorsC．the number of great whites is growing quicklyD．OCEARCH help people get closer to great whites12．The main purpose of the passage is to．A．introduce an experiment resultB．make an advertisement for OCEARCHC．remind us that big killers are dying outD．inform us that great whites are making a comeback．13．The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones．We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long，hot days．In winter，with its cloudy days and bitter cold，we dream of those days at the beach，lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun．And then，summer comes，and it rains．As a child，I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying．It wasn't fair．We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom．On those rainy summer days，I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside，staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage．I was an only child，so there was no one else to play with．My father worked from home，so I was not truly alone，but he could notactively play with me since he was at work．It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around．I'd pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day．As an adult，though，my opinion of summer rain has changed．When you have to work every day，summer is not as exciting．Everything seems uninteresting．Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different．I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter．When summer comes，I hate how hot it is．And then I look forward to the rain，because the rain brings with it a cold front，which makes me comfortable．Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer，but summer rain today means positively beautiful﹣and quite cooler﹣weather tomorrow．13．When the author was a child，he．A．liked staying indoorsB．hated rainy daysC．dreamed on summer daysD．preferred cooler weather14．We can learn from the passage that the author．A．could enjoy the brilliant sun in winterB．preferred reading to playing outsideC．had no brothers or sistersD．was often left alone at home15．As an adult，the author views summer rain differently because．A．his summer holiday is very shortB．he can better deal with his spare timeC．he knows it won't last longD．rain makes the weather cooler．第二节、阅读填句(满分10分)（注意：如果选E图AB;选F图AC;选G图AD）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。