2016-2017学年黑龙江省友谊县红兴隆管理局第一高级中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题+Word版含答案

红兴隆管理局第一高级中学 2016－2017学年度第二学期期中考试 高一英语试卷 注：卷面分值120分； 时间：90分钟。

第I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中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(绰号) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office. “Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes. “Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?” “Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!” Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!” 1. What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning? A. A customer. B. An assistant. C. A manager. D. A worker. 2. Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname? A. He could become famous. B. He liked to have a nickname. C. It could advertise for his company for free. D. It could make his workmates happy. 3. What is the main idea of this passage? A. You should make more advertisements for your company. B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname. D. It’s very important to do small things well. 4. What would be the best title for this passage? A. Four Dollars a Bucket B. Albert and Rockefeller C. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements D. The Second Board Chairman B Learners of English, especially self-taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers. The following ways might help improve their listening ability. First of all, do things step by step. It is not good to listen to something beyond your level. Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book. Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one. Secondly, stick to one course of study. Don’t change books often. Never let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “fashionable”. Thirdly, listen to the English news program over the radio from time to time. Better go through the news stories in the Chinese-language newspaper first. That will make it easy for you to understand the English news on the radio.Fourthly, if you have time, listen to some interesting stories in some special English programs, such as VOA. or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook. 5. This is a piece of advice to learners of English on how to______. A. write better English and read faster B. read fast C. improve their listening ability D. speak correctly 6. If you want to understand the English news program on the radio, you should________. A. read the Chinese language newspaper step by step B. go through the Chinese language newspaper first C. read again and again the Chinese language newspaper D. be able to recite the Chinese language newspaper 7. The author advised that once you have taken up a course, you _______. A. should take up other courses if they are more fashionable B. should begin with the last book C. should stick to it. D. shouldn’t do anything else 8. In this passage, VOA stands for_______. A. a radio station B. a magazine C. a text-book D. a book C I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written? The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lousciville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody(曲调) of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew(侄子). She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so