高一年级英语期中考试题目与答案

XX中学2010——2011学年度第一学期期中考试Array高一年级英语试卷命题人：第一部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have __1__. If you still come back to school ___2__ only these things, you are falling out-of-date（过时的）. Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and ___3__ to show off (炫耀) these things to __4__ . Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.Young people think that, living in the 21st century, they must keep up with the ____5____.They don’t want to fall ____6____. Besides, they think ____7___ they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to ____8____ the pop music, so they need CD players. They explain that, ___9___ like electronic dictionaries, these can be____10____ in their study, ____11____. They think that their parents should understand ___12____ they want these things.Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they ____13____ to school at the beginning of a new term. _____14____, they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to ____15____ these high-tech things that they want.1. A. changed B. come C joined D stopped2. A. to B from C of D with3. A. right B. lucky C. nice D. pleased4. A. other B. the other C. others D. the others5. A. times B. days C. years D. date6. A. down B. off C. behind D. back7. A. that B. how C. if D. which8. A. hear B. listen to C. read D. play9. A. look B. just C. feel D. something10. A. new B. modern C. latest D. useful11. A. also B. too C. either D. then12. A. where B. which C. what D. why13. A. return B. return back C. reach D. arrive14. A. But B. However C. So D. Still15. A. borrow B. buy C. lend D. take第二节：语法填空（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born ___16___ November30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He grew up _____17____ a few naughty boys who later appeared in his stories. At the age of 12, his father _____18____(die), and he began to work, first as a printer, then on arrival boat. Those years on the boat went into his book "Life on the Mississipi."_____19____ the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain ____20____ his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period made him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by _____21____(write) lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and _______22_____(success) business.Mark Twain was _____23____ (know) as a "funny man". ____24____ in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his sadness helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of society. He died as ____25_____ old man of 75 in 1910.第二部分. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节：阅读理解（共4篇短文，20 小题；每小题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

AHave you ever seen a horse with toes? 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 the forest．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)．26．Long ago，the horse had four toes on each of its ．A．back feet B．front feetC．right feet D．1eft feet27．The cats were the horses at that time．A．as big as B．smaller thanC．bigger than D．much smaller than28．Which of the four sentences is TRUE?A．The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world．B．When the weather changed，animals began to change too．C．Cats were older than the horses．D．Horses were the same as they are．29．On the dry hard land ．A．horses needed a lot of room for runningB．a horse needed more than four toes for runningC．horses needed only their middle toes for runningD．horses didn’t need any toes30．Now each horse has on its feet．A．one toe B．two toesC．three toes D．four toesBAustralia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.Enough laws (法律) have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览).There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every ye ar Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.31. Australia isA. the largest country in the worldB. larger than ChinaC. as large as ShanghaiD. not so large as China32. Enough laws have been made to__A．increase the population B. grow more plantsC. fight against pollutionD. show wild flowers33. Perth is_A. the capital of AustraliaB. in the west of AustraliaC. in the east of AustraliaD. the biggest city in Australia34. In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' exhibition inA. OctoberB. JanuaryC. MayD. July35. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.B. Australia .is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.C. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the white sheep..D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of White sheep.CWhenever the sun dropped and the blue sky ca me up, my father and I used to climb themountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed . We couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing , I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got knew hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).36. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son.A. hardB. enjoyableC. painfulD. comfortable37. The underlined word “quit” in the passage means “______”.A. carry onB. put offC. give upD. pick up38. Which of the following is the closest (最接近的) in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.C. You can find life is full of nice things.D. Never give up half-way.39. We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ______.A. the writer was very successful in his life.B. the writer reached the top of the mountain.C. thought the writer was young, he could understand his father.D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain.40. The best title (题目) for the passage is “______”.A. Reaching the Top of the MountainB. Standing at the T op of the MountainC. Conversations between Father and SonD. How to Get to the Top of the MountainDHow hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you-this young lady-heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.Another tim e you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.”“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl can’t do such easy work.” You wish then you were a child again.But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can’t help it. That’s the way it goes!41. The passage is mainly about _______ problems.A. a growing-up boy’sB. a teenage girl’sC. an old woman’sD. a grown-up’s42. It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.A. is pleased with the present lifeB. is unhappy about growing upC. doesn’t think her present life happy enoughD. knows happy life will come to her soon43. How does she know her prayer has been answered?A. People treat her as a young lady.B. She is no longer a kid.C. People begin to call her teenager.D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.44. From what her parents say, we know _________.A. they don’t believe she is already a teenagerB. i t’s dangerous for a girl to spend moneyC. they love her more than beforeD. they still regard her as a child45. Having heard her grandma’s criticism, _________.A. she has to lie in bed, doing nothingB. she knows she has already worked the whole afternoonC. she wishes she were not growing upD. she finds it isn’t her turn to do knitting第二节：信息匹配（每小题2分，共10分）下面是对六种学习用品（school things）的介绍。