福建省莆田市仙游县度尾中学2019-2020学年高一期末考试英语试卷含答案

英语试卷第I卷第一部分：听力（省略）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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AHave you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)?Millions of years ago,horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot.They had three toes on each back foot.The horses were smaller than cats.These small horses lived in the forest.Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.It was very hot in the forest.But the weather changed.It became cold.Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather.The trees died and fell.Open field took the place of forests.The sun made the ground dry and hard.Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time.On the dry hard land,horses needed only their middle toes for running.Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot.We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄).1.Long ago,the horse had four toes on each of its_____.A.front footB.back footC.footD.hoof2.The cats were_____the horses at that time.A.smaller thanB.as small asC.bigger thanD.as big as3.From the passage,we know that_____.A.the weather stays the same the whole year all over the worldB.when the weather changed,animals began to change tooC.cats were bigger in the past than they are todayD.horses have never changed4.On the dry hard land_____.A.horses needed a lot of room for runningB.horses needed more than four toes for runningC.horses needed only their middle toes for runningD.horses needed a lot of food for running5.Now each horse has_____on its feet.A.four toesB.three toesC.one toeD.no toeBMy mother is fifty-five years old.She retired(退休)just two months ago.After that,she was bored and didn’t know what to do every day.She was kind to us before,but recently she had a chip on her shoulder.She often quarreled with my brother and me without any reason. Also,relations between my parents became difficult.My mother got into trouble and didn’t know how to deal with it.My brother thought of a good idea to solve the problem.He bought her a new smart phone and taught her how to use WeChat(微信).My mother’s life changed a lot from then on.No matter where she went and whatever she did,she always used it.She took photos with her new smart phone and always shared her photos in her friend circle to express how happy she was.As a result,she often did something by mistake.She often forgot to turn off the gas and the food she was cooking usually got burnt.My father tried to stop her,but it didn’t work.This afternoon,my mother prepared to make dumplings for dinner.She took a lot of pictures in order to post them into her friend circle.After dinner,we took out our smart phones and waited for the photos she had taken.To our surprise,we didn’t find any pictures of her dumplings.At last,my father couldn’t help asking her,“Why don’t you share your delicious dumplings in your friend circle today?My mother looked embarrassed and said,“_________”“Oh,my God!I have to spend more money buying a new one!”cried my brother.6.The underlined words"had a chip on her shoulder"most probably mean________.A.had a pain in her shoulderB.got angry easilyC.liked eating potato chips7.My brother bought a smart phone for my mother because_____.A.my mother liked taking photos and sharing them in her friend circleB.my father retired two months agoC.my brother wanted to help my mother out of trouble8.After my mother had a smart phone,__________.A.she liked it very much and used it all the timeB.she often quarreled with my brother and me without any reasonC.she was bored and didn’t know what to do9.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.My mother stopped my father from taking picture of foodB.My mother often forgot turning off the gas after she had a smart phoneC.After dinner,we were surprised to find no pictures of dumplings in my mother’s friendcircle.10.“_______”can be the missing sentence in the passage.A.The dumplings were not deliciousB.My smart phone was boiled in the potC.I have already posted the pictures in the friend circleCClothes Donation(捐赠)BoxHave you ever put your old clothes into the donation box in your neighborhood?If not,you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend(趋势)in Urumqi.“From time to time,my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear.You know, we teenagers are growing fast.I think it’s a good way to help others.”Lin Tao,a junior student says.“I often pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping. Then I’ll put them into the donation box.”Miss Li,a pretty young lady says.“That seems like a good idea.Some clothes in the box are quite new.People can either wear them or use them to make things such as handbags and pencil cases.”Mrs.Wang,an old woman says,“Sometimes I also look through the box for some nice clothes.”However,there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation. Recently,a UTV reporter from Focus on the City has made a survey.Here are the results:*The box is full of clothes in a short time.There is no more room for people to give away clothes.*Some people sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearing them.*Some communities set the box in unsuitable places.So there are few clothes in it.*Many clothes are too old and shabby(破烂的).“What’s worse,”one of the staff in a community added,“We quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by.We’ve tried to stop them several times but failed.It has been the most serious problem since we set the box.”In order to make the donation box work in an efficient(有效的)way,our government is taking action.Clothes donation will be better-organized and it’ll bemore convenient for people in need to take the clothes away.11.Miss Li gives away her clothes because.A.her clothes are out of styleB.her mother clears out her clothesC.she is growing too fastD.she wants to make something12.The reporter from UTV has collected.A.4problemsB.5problemsC.6problemsD.7problems13.All the problems about the donation box are included EXCEPT.A.there's no more room for people to donate clothesB.people choose unsuitable places to set the boxC.sometimes the box is broken by someoneD.the clothes in the box are too old and shabby14.The underlined word“them”in Paragraph4means.A.the clothes donation boxesB.the old peopleC.handbags and pencil casesD.some clothes in the box15.We can infer(推断)from the passage that.A.the clothes donation will be better-organized to help donators and people in needB.the clothes donation becomes less popular than before because of serious problemsC.the clothes donation can prevent some girls from wearing clothes that are out of styleD.the clothes donation gives the traders a good idea to sell old clothes for making money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。