14—15学年下学期高一期中考试英语试题(附答案) (1)

永昌县第一高级中学2014—2015—2期中考试试卷高一英语第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共75分）第一部分单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）1. Mrs. Taylor has _______ 8-year-old daughter who has ________ gift for painting.A. a; aB. an; theC. an; aD. the; a2. －Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn’t finish the paper yesterday.－Oh, you _______ have done it as yesterday was the deadline.A. mustB. mustn’tC. shouldD. shouldn’t3. There is no doubt______ he will succeed in his research work.A. whetherB. ifC. whichD. that4. We don’t permit _____smoking in the classroom; that’s to say, students aren’t permitted_______ in the classroom.A. to smoke; to smokeB. smoking; smokingC. smoking; to smokeD. to smoke; smoking5. ______ you have got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.A. Now thatB. AfterC. AlthoughD. As soon as6. Some of the tricks people tend to ________ on each other on April 1st should be forbidden.A. makeB. actC. takeD. play7. Parents were looking forward with full hope _____ their children when they were at college.A. of hearing fromB. of hear fromC. to hear fromD. to hearing from8. If you did something wrong, you should apologize _____ the people _____ what you have done.A. at; forB. to; forC. for; onD. to; with9. In this park, the number of visitors is strictly _______ to avoid damaging the environment.A. limitedB. encouragedC. expectedD. hoped10. Recent pressure in study may ________his bad performance in the test.A. pay forB. account forC. stand forD. leave for11. Uncle George was always busy with his business, so he didn’t ______ until he was nearly fifty.A. put downB. set downC. cut downD. settle down12. Your story is perfect; I've never heard ________ before.A. the better oneB. the best oneC. a better oneD. a good one13. The boy ______ that he had_______ the book on the table.A. lied; liedB. lied; laidC. lay; layD. lied; lay14. The reason for his success is _______ he worked very hard.A. whyB. thatC. becauseD. how15. The fact that she was foreign made ___ difficult for her to get a job in that country.A. soB. muchC. thatD. it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。

AEvery country has its own unique holidays, so does Thailand. One of them is King’s Birthday, which is a national holiday. On this day, each city is decorated with bright colored lights, and in the evenings the Thai walk around together looking at the decorations. Traditional dishes and family favourties are eaten, and meals always include steamed whole chicken with hot pepper dipping sauce and sliced roast pig’s head.New Year’s Day is also important in Thailand. Brown eggs are boiled and then cooked in soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and five spices. These eggs represent good life in the coming year. The Thai will also eat special egg rolls, dipped in nam pla prig, a sweet and sour sauce. Decorations for the New Year include fruit like bananas, coconuts, pineapples and papayas.Songkran is a three-day water festival that comes in April. For this holiday, people douse each other and everything they have with water in thanks for rain and in the hope of good luck. April is the hottest month in Thailand, so this festival is refreshing and fun. The celebrations also include a big dinner, at which curries, usually yellow ones, and long noodles are eaten. These noodles symbolize long life.Loy Krathong is a November holiday that involves making bamboo boats and putting lighted candles into them. As these little boats float down the river, they are supposed to carry away sin and pay honour to the spirits of the water. After watching the boats, people eat a large meal thatincludes grilled chicken, fish, coconut and egg yolks. No matter what they are celebrating, Thai holidays always include family and good food.16. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Songkran and Loy Krathong in the coming Year.B. How the King Celebrates His BirthdayC. Special Activities on HolidaysD. Festivals in Thailand17. What can be seen on King’s Birthday?A. Roasted pig’s head and grilled chickenB. Long noodles served with dipping sauceC. Towns decorated with coloured lights.D. Dinner tables filled with traditional eggs.18. What do brown eggs stand for?A. Long life.B. A good life in the coming year.C. Bad deeds carried away.D. Decorated tables with kinds of fruit.19. When do people make small bamboo boats with lighted candles inside them?A. In AprilB. In NovemberC. On the King’s birthday.D. After people enjoy a large meal.BHurricanes are always named after places. But when newspapers and radio describe the damage caused by a hurricane named Hazel, girls named Hazel are probably teased by their friends. To keep out of trouble, the Weather Bureau says, “Any resemblance between hurricane names and the names of part icular girls is purely accidental.”Some women became angry because hurricanes are given their names, but many other women are proud to see their names make headlines. They don’t even care that they are the names of destructive storms. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the Weather Bureau has decided to continue using girl’s names for hurricanes.In some ways a hurricane is like a person. After it is born, it grows and develops, then becomes old and dies. Each hurricane has a character of its own. Each follows its own path through the world, and people remember it long after it gone. So it is natural to give hurricanes’names, and to talk about them almost if they were alive.20. What happens to girls named Hazel according to the passage?A. They suffer from hurricanes.B. The Weather Bureau look for them.C. Others often make fun of them.D. They can’t find boyfriend.21.The underlined word“resemblance”probably means ______.A. troubleB. differenceC. samenessD. success22. According to the passage, which is more reasonable?A. Some women feel unhappy because hurricanes are given their names.B. A lot of women complain of the Weather Bureau.C. Many women want to be known.D. All the hurricanes are caused by women.23. It is natural to give hurricane names because ______.A. they become old and dieB. all of them should be rememberedC. each hurricane has its own day to comeD. each hurricane has its own characterCThe New York Public Library, One of New York's most beautiful and valuable buildings in the heart of the city at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, may have to close its door because it is in danger.The library is a very special place. Even though it is in the busiest part of the city, it has grass and trees around it, and benches for people to sit on. Even more unusual in crowded New York, its rooms are very large. The roof of the main reading room is fifty-one feet high. Here, the readers can sit and think and work in comfort.The library has over thirty million books and paintings. It owns one of the first copies of a Shakespeare's play, a Bible printed by Gutenberg in the 15th century and a letter written by Columbus in which he told the finding of the new world.Every New Yorker can see and use the library's riches free.But the cost of running the library has risen rapidly in recent years, and the library does not have enough money to continue its work. In the past, it was open every evening and also on Saturdays and Sundays. Now it is closed at those times to save money.The library is trying in every possible way to raise more money to meet its increasing costs. Well-known New York writers and artists are trying to help it, so are the universities, whose students use the library, and the governments of New York City and New York State. But the problem remains serious.Yet a way must be found to save the library because as one writer said, “The Public Library is the most important building in New York City — it contains all our knowledge.”24. When is the library open now?A. It's open every day from morning to evening.B. It's open every day except Sunday from morning to evening.C. It's open every day except weekends from morning to evening.D. It's closed every evening.25. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. There are so many books to work with in the library.B. It's impossible to grow grass and trees in the heart of New York.C. The library's costs are going down.D. The library needs more books and paintings.26. How much does a New Yorker have to pay to use the library?A. He doesn't have to pay anything to use the library.B. He used to pay nothing but now has to pay a little money to use the library.C. He has to pay its increasing costs.D. Every New Yorker can visit the library's riches free, and use it with paying.27. Why is it important to save the library?A. Because it is one of New York's most valuable buildings.B. Because it contains all the knowledge.C. Because there are a lot of rooms, which readers can sit and think in comfort.D. The passage doesn't mention it.DGeologists have been studying volcanoes for a long time. Though they have learned a great deal, they still have not discovered the cause of volcanic action. They know that the inside of the earth is very hot, but they are not sure exactly what causes the great heat. Some geologists have thought that the heat is caused by the great pressure of the earth’s outer layers. Or the heat may be left from the time when the earth was formed. During the last sixty years scientists have learned about radium, uranium, thorium, and other radioactive elements. Many scientists now believe that much of the heat inside the earth is produced by radioactive elements.Whatever the cause of the heat may be, we do know that the earth gets hotter the farther down we dig. In deep mines and oil wells the temperatures rise about 1°F for every 50 feet. At this rate of the temperature 40 miles below the earth’s surface should be over 4 000°.This is much hotter than necessary to melt rock. However, the pressure of the rock above keeps most materials from melting at their usual melting points. Geologists believe that the rock deep in the earth may be plastic, or puttylike（油灰状的）. In other words, the rock yields slowly to pressure but is not liquid. But if some change in the ea rth’s crust releases the pressure, the rock melts. Then the hot, liquid rock can move up toward the surface.28. The cause for the great heat inside of the earth is______.A. great pressure of the earth’s outer layersB. the heat left from the time when the earth was formedC. radioactive elements giving out heatD. not sure29. According to the passage, ______ prevents most rock from melting at its usual melting points.A. the pressure of the rock itselfB. the pressure of the rock aboveC. the pres sure of the earth’s outer layersD. the heat given out by some radioactive elements30. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. The farther down, the hotter the earth gets.B. The rock deep in the earth is liquid.C. When the p ressure releases from the earth’s crust, the rock melts.D. Rock would be melted at 4 000°.第二节(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。