高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

安达田中2017-2018学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷第一部分：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。

APacific Science Center Guide◆Visit Pacific Science Center’s Store Don’t forget to stop by Pacific Science Center’s Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located(位于) upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laser Dome.◆Hungry? Our exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our caféoffersa complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The caféis located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour Pacific Science Center closes.◆Rental Information Lockers are available to store any belongs during your visit. The lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. Pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.◆Support Pacific Science CenterSince 1962, Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today, Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. It’s an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit pacific science to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.1.Where can you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?A.In Building 1.B. In Building 3.C. At the Laser Dome.D. At the Denny Way entrance.2.What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?A.Train science teachers.B. Distribute science books.C. Inspire scientific research.D. Take science to the classroom.3. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?A. To encourage donations.B. To advertise coming events.C. To introduce special exhibits.D. To tell about the Center’s history.BIn 1990, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 230 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unluckily, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride. I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for quite a while in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he promised me that I would be safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.Twenty-six years later, in 2016, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favor I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some drinkingwater. After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.”I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.4.Why did the writer have to hitch a ride one day in 1990?A.Because she missed the only train back home.B.Because she was going home for her holidays.C.Because her work had ruined her trip to Sydney.D.Because the small town was far away from Sydney.5.Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?A.He helped the girl find a ride.B. He gave the girl a ride back home.B.He bought sandwiches for the girl. D. He watched the girl for three hours.6.Why did the author offer a lift to an elderly man in 2016?A.Because she recognized he was Gordon.B. Because she was going to the nearby town.B.Because she had known him for a long time.C.Because she wanted to repay the favor she once got.7.What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?A.Those who give rides will be repaid.B. Good manners bring about happiness.C. People should offer free rides to others.D. Giving sometimes produces nice resultsCWater is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere.There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the desert part of the world, there is some water in the air. You can not see or feel it when it is a part of the air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid, the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (蒸气).Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.8.Where can we find water?A. Water can be found almost everywhereB. We can find water when it turns into vapour.C. Water is only in seas and rivers.D. We can see water in deserts here and there.9. We can drink water when it isA. a solidB. in the airC. a liquidD. turned into ice10. Clouds are made ofA. seas, rivers and lakesB. solid, liquid and gasC. very small drops of water or snow crystalsD. blocks of ice11. Water has three states(状态). They areA. solid, liquid and gasB. solid, vapour, snowC. drops of water, blocks of ice and crystals of waterD. ice,snow and airDIt seems that great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problems. Both Einsteinand Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius are linked. Dr Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate of mental illness, followed by musicians, with lower numbers for painters and architects. Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it. Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric (精神病的) patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group. Also, the patients’close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes (基因). But this is a problem. According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution (进化) has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race. Geniuses(天才人物) may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.12.According to Dr Adele Juda, which of the following has the lowest rate of mental illness?A. PaintersB. MusiciansC. PoetsD. Bus drivers13. The underlined phrase “make a breakthrough”in the 4th paragraph means “___________ ”.A.discover or find something new and important.B.make a way through using force.C.(of the sun or moon ) appear from behind (clouds).D. suddenly change (from a slower to a faster pace)14.Based on the research of Dr Ruth Richards of Harvard University, we can conclude that .______A.great artists and scientists often suffer from mental problemsB.the patients’close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal groupC.psychiatric patients have more creativity than the average peopleD. it is our genes that determine the link between creativity and mental illness15. What is the writer’s attitude toward madness?A. Madness is harmful to the whole society.B. A little creative madness is good for us all.C. All the talented people are mad.D. Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。