1、 高一英语期中考试试题8第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）21. What do you think of the five doll mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games? _, they are lovely, but I really do not know what they mean.A. To tell the truth B. Im afraid C. Unfortunately D. Its a pity22. One learns a language by making mistakes and _ them. A. co
2、rrect B. corrects C. correcting D. to correct23. He is always full of _ as if he never knew tiredness. A. strength B. spirit C. force D. energy24. In my opinion, you must try some of her home-made wine. Its quite an unforgettable _.A. experiment B. experience C. effort D. skill25. -Youve missed such
3、 a good chance. -Yes, I that job the boss offered me.A. must have taken B. must take C. should have taken D. should take26. Only after we left the building _ how dangerous the situation had been. A. was I realized B. I realized C. did I realize D. I was realized27. I think that his advice is well wo
4、rth _ . A. valuing B. to be valued C. of being valued D. values28. _ on the top of the tower, and you can see the whole city.A. Standing B. To stand C. Stood D. Stand29. _ that I made a mistake, I made an apology _ him.A. Realized; to B. Realize; for C. Having realized; to D. Realizing; for30. The w
5、orld is _ seven continents and four oceans. A. made up of B. make out of C. made from D. made in31. I was just about to go to bed last night _ the telephone rang. A. while B. when C. as D. before32. -Why didnt you buy that T-shirt? -I dislike the pattern. _, the colour didnt suit me.A. Besides B. Ot
6、herwise C. Therefore D. Instead33. E-mail, as well as telephones, _ an important part in daily communication. A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play34. He made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation _ it got worse.A. until B. when C. before D. as35. Although they met with diffic
7、ulties, I hear that theyve succeeded _. A. at all B . in all C. first of all D. after all第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分） When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more 36 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it w
8、as costing him _37 much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38 it.He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 39 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 40 of them had any desire to buy it.Daves friend Sam saw that he was 41 when they met one evening, a
9、nd said, “Whats 42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may 43_ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sams 44 was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,
10、45 very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 46_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to 47 him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man wh
11、ether ten oclock the next morning would be 48_ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and Ill 49 my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to 50 it.”The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 51 to wait there for the people who had 52 his advertisement. Ev
12、en Dave had to 53 that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as 54 as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Daves car and then said, “Have you reported this _55 to us yet, sir?”36. A、directly B、safely C、proper
13、ly D、easily37. A、so B、such C、very D、too38. A、keep B、repair C、sell D、throw39. A、willing B、lucky C、ashamed D、generous40. A、some B、neither C、none D、most41. A、delighted B、sad C、calm D、astonished42. A、on B、up C、it D、that43. A、learn B、miss C、get D、find44. A、message B、advice C、request D、description45. A、us
14、es B、loses C、has D、spends46. A、doubt B、help C、trouble D、answer47. A、tell B、see C、agree D、call48. A、exact B、suitable C、early D、late49. A、follow B、meet C、bring D、introduce50. A、recognize B、get C、admire D、test51. A、happening B、meaning C、turning D、failing52. A、read B、inserted C、answered D、placed53. A、fo
15、rget B、show C、disagree D、admit54. A、clean B、admit C、fast D、light55. A、bargain B、sale C、accident D、result第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，满分40分） A Hello, Listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music programme at four, Im going to repeat some of our hospital rules.The hospital can sleep 800 patients.
16、Therere 8 beds in each ward (病房). The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00. But remember only two people can see you at the same time. Sorry about that, but you can see what would happen if we didnt have these rules.The other rules are about our
17、hours. We start quite early-you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6 oclock, and breakfast is at 8 oclock, lunch is at noon.Theres tea at 3:30 and supper is at 6 oclock.You can see the non-smoking sign - we dont allow smoking in the wards. Im sure you understand why. However, if you do need t
18、o smoke, there are some smoking rooms where It is allowed.You will find the radio switch (开关) on the wall near your bed, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. Its our own hospital radio wishing you a quick recovery (康复).56. Who do you think the listeners might be? A. Patients. B. Visitors
19、. C. Doctors D. Nurses57. How many wards are there in this hospital? A. 8 B. 80 C. 100 D. 80058. Which is Not allowed in the hospital? A. Listening to the hospital radio. B. Visiting patients in the morning.C. Smoking in smoking-rooms. D. Getting up early in the morning.59. What programme will follo
20、w this radio talk? A. Hospital rules. B. A weather report. C. A free talk.D. A music programme.B A beautiful and very successful actress (女演员) was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in
21、the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture (家具) and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better fo
22、r her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painters bill (账单). At the bottom of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get 15 shillings (先令
23、) an hour instead of 10 shillings.” 60. The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _. A. she liked to live in the busiest place B. she didnt like to live in the country C. her home was far away from where she worked D. she didnt want to go back to her hometown any longer61. In orde
24、r to make the painter work better for her, the actress _. A. gave him two tickets for her show B. sang and danced for him for hours C. paid him 3 pounds D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour62. The actress got the painters bill _. A. to ask for the money of his painting work B. to ask to pay fo
25、r his watching her show C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction63. What kind of man was the painter? A. He was a careful man. B. He was a poor man.C. He was not friendly to others. D. He knew little about music and dances.C Isnt it astonishing ho
26、w much time we spend talking about food? “Have you ever eaten ?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you will find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal (正常) and that what other
27、people eat is strange or silly. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to
28、 drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day. The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In
29、Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese dont like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish (生鱼). So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common
30、 sense in what we say it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.64. Which of the following is true according to the article?A. All people have the same feeling about food. B. In most parts of Asia, people usually ha
31、ve rice for meals. C. People often consider other people to be strange or silly. D. The topic people spend time talking about is bread and meat.65. People in different countries _ . A. drink the same sort of wine B. have the same eating habit C. eat different kinds of meat D. have the same tea at di
32、fferent time within a day66. The Japanese dont like to eat sheep meat _ . A. because they dislike its smell B. because it is too expensive C. because it is easy to go bad D. because they think it will do harm to their health 67. English people drink tea four or five times a day _ .A. because they ge
33、t thirsty easily B. because there is plenty of tea in Britain C. because of their drinking habit D. because they have enough time to do soD The fact that blind people can see things using other parts of their bodies apart from their eyes may help us to understand our feelings about color. If they ca
34、n sense color differences, then perhaps we, too, are affected (影响) by color without knowing it. Salesmen have discovered by experience over a long period of time that sugar sells badly in green wrappings (包装), that blue foods are considered not agreeable to the taste ,and that cosmetics (化妆品) should
35、 never be packed in brown. These discoveries have grown into a whole subject of color psychology (心理学). Some of our preferences (偏爱) are clearly psychological. Dark blue is the color of the night sky and therefore connected with calm, while yellow is a day color connected with energy and encourageme
36、nt. Experiments have shown that colors, partly because they are connected with psychology, also have a direct effect on peoples mind. People in bright red surroundings (环境) show an increase in breathing speed, heartbeat and blood pressure. Red is exciting. Pure blue has exactly the opposite effect;
37、it is a calming color. Being exciting, red was chosen as the signal for danger, but a closer study shows that a bright yellow can produce a more basic state of alarm, so fire engines in some advanced areas are now rushing around in bright yellow colors that stop buses, trucks and cars. 65. The passa
38、ge tells us that salesmen have _. A. found out that colors affect sales B. discovered the relationship between color and psychology C. tried colors on blind people D. developed a special subject of color psychology 66. If people are exposed to (置身于) pure blue, _. A. their body pressure rises B. they
39、 wont easily feel nervous C. they want to taste blue foods D. they will feel like buying things67. The most effective color in the passage for warning people is _. A. red B. bright yellow C. dark blue D. green68. Which of the following do you think is the best title of the passage? A. Color and Feel
40、ings B. Colors and Sales C. The Blind and Colors D. Preferences for Colors E Antarctica, with its seemingly endless icy beauty, is one place where one look is worth a thousand words. My own dream to see it came true last January when I joined the sixth exploration crew(考查队) of the China National Mar
41、ine Bureau. We spent 10 days connecting flights to reach our goal, but finally arrived at the Great Wall Station on Antarctica on the eve of Chinese New Year.There are only two seasons in Antarctica: winter and summer. You get polar nights in winter and polar days in summer. Day is longer than night
42、 in summer, and the temperature often reaches below zero. Luckily, there are no snowstorms in summer, which makes it the best season to travel. What I imagined before starting for Antarctica was a world of ice, storms, endless cold and loneliness. When I stopped on Antarctica for the first time, how
43、ever, I saw rich, energetic and beautiful scenery that was beyond anything I had imagined.We only spent 11 days at the South Pole, but every minute was spent taking pictures and losing our heart to the wonderland. Beauty enveloped us as we watched the world around us. The mountains, oceans, ice, sno
44、w, sky, earth and people all seemed to have their own stories.Rocks from Antarctica are considered valuable. Unfortunately, I didnt bring one back. However, my heavy bags full of films are certainly worth that. It is in these pictures that the true Antarctica comes alive.72. What is the best title f
45、or this passage? A. Antarctica, my dream world. B. Beautiful Antarctica. C. What Ive got in Antarctica. D. My visit to Antarctica.73. Why is summer the best season to go to Antarctica? A. There are no snowstorms in summer. B. Night is longer than day in summer. C. The temperature often reaches below zero in summer. D. In this season, Antarctica is world of ice, storms and loneliness.74. What made the writer unexpected(意外) is that he saw_.A. the only two seasons there: winter and summer B. the world of ice, storms ,en
