1、- 1 -牡一中 2018 级高一学年上学期期中考试英语试题第 I 卷 （共 85 分）第一节：单项选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 。1. Tom is _ that we all trust him.A. so honest a boy B. such honest a boy C. such a honest boy D. so an honest boy2. In _ 1940s, in _twenties, my grandfather had to move to the northeast of China to make _ living.A. the;
2、the ; a B. the; his; the C. the; his; a D. a; his; the 3. The _look on Sams face suggested that the news must be _.A. disappointed; disappointed B. disappointing; disappointing C. disappointed; disappointing D. disappointing; disappointed4. The committee _five members, _one elderly and two middle-ag
3、ed comrades.A. is consisted of; containing B. consists of; includingC. consists in; includes D. consists of; containing 5. _ great fun it is to have a swim on such a hot day!A. How B. How a C. What D. What a6. The scenery along Chengfeng Lake is beautiful beyond_.A. description B. statement C. prais
4、e D. introduction7. It was dark. We decided to _ for the night at a farmhouse.A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put on8. According to the timetable, the plane for Shanghai _ at 2 p.m.A. will leave B. leaves C. is left D. has left- 2 -9. This is the first time I _Tiananmen Square. You cant imagine
5、 how excited I am.A. have visited B. am visiting C. visit D. visited10. She didnt feel like _, so he suggested_ the day in the garden.A. working; spending B. to work; to spendC. working; to spend D. to work; spending11. Alice, as well as two boys , _for having broken the rule.A. was punished B. puni
6、shed C. were punished D. are punished12. Most of the artists _ to the party were from South America.A. invited B. inviting C. have invited D. had invited13. Almost_ of the students in this class wear glasses, that is _of them.A. two thirds; 60 percent B. two thirds; 60 percentsC. two third; 60 perce
7、nt D. two thirds; 60 percents 14. With a lot of difficult problems _, the newly-elected president is having a hard time.A. settled B. settling C. to settle D. being settled15. This box is _ that one. Which of the following is wrong?A. four times so big as B. four times the size ofC. four times bigge
8、r than D. one fourth as big as第二节：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C 和 D 中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWelcome to Adventureland!Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore (探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable e
9、xperience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time? - 3 -The Travel Pavillon Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle (丛林) village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber
10、mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing The Future Tower This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of th
11、e next century and the way well be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars! The Nature Park This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, g
12、iraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see The Pyramid This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping c
13、enter. Come here for information and ideas too.16.The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors _.A. realize the importance of travelling B. become familiar with mountain countriesC. learn how to make things such as fishing nets D. learn something about different places in the world17. If you are in
14、terested in knowing about what peoples life will be, you may visit _.A. the Travel Pavilion B. the Future Tower C. the Safari Park D. the Pyramid- 4 -18. If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?A. The Pyramid. B. The Nature Park. C. The Future Tower. D. The Travel P
15、arvilion.BAt a daycare center in Texas, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica Mc Clure. She was 18 months old. Her mother, who worked at the daycare center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessicas mother screamed and ran to her.A well was i
16、n the yard of the center. The well was only eight inches across and a rock always covered it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, she fell right into the well.Jessicas mother reached inside the well, but she couldnt feel Jessica. She dialed 911 for help. Men from the fire department
17、arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. For the next hour the men talked and planned Jessicas rescue.“We cant go down into the well,” they said.“Its too narrow. So, were going to drill a hole next to the well. Then well drill a tunnel across to Jessica. When we reac
18、h her, well bring her through the tunnel and up through our hole.”The men began to drill the hole at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 1987. The men had a difficult job; they were drilling through solid rock. During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes asked for her mother. Sometimes she slept, s
19、ometimes she cried and sometimes she sang.All over the world, people waited for news of Jessica. Everyone worried about her.At 8 p.m. on Friday, October 16, men reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. She was soon sent to hospital. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her feet and
20、 forehead were badly injured. But Jessica was alive.After Jessicas rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well, - 5 -saying,“To Jessica, with love from all of us.”19. What is the mothers reaction when the accident happened?A. She was so worried that she didnt know what to do.B. She c
21、alled the police for help immediately.C. She shouted and rushed to help her child quickly.D. She asked her colleagues for help.20. All of the following statements are true except _ according to the passage.A. Children had moved the rock before Jessica fell into the well.B. Men from the fire departme
22、nt saved Jessica.C. Jessica was too frightened to say a word when she was in the well.D. Jessica was alive although she was injured.21. Jessica stayed in the well at least _. A. 47 hours B. 48 hours C. 57 hours D. 58 hours22. What may be the best title for the passage? A. 911s Work B. American Child
23、C. Everybodys Baby- Jessica D. Mothers MistakeCIf you like texting and are trying to lose weight, a new study found that using texting to track(追踪) diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight.Previous research has shown that keeping food and exercise diaries improves the likelihood of success
24、when you are trying to lose weight. Using a computer or a pen and paper to record information, however, can be a burden and cause some people to give up.Duke University researchers said using text messages to track eating and exercise habits can save time, and increase the chances that people will s
25、tick with their weight-loss rules.The study included 26 obese women with an average age of 38. The women used daily texting as part of their weight-loss program. The text messages focused on - 6 -tracking personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day. Messages also
26、 provided brief feedback (回复) and tips.Every morning, the women received a text from an automated(自动的)system that said, “Please text yesterdays personal information of steps you walked and how many sugary drinks you had.” Based on the womens responses to the text message, the system sent another tex
27、t with personalized feedback and tips.After six months, the women who used daily texting lost an average of nearly 3 pounds, while another group of women who used traditional methods to keep food and exercise diaries gained an average of 2.5 pounds, according to the study, which was published in the
28、 Journal of Medical Internet Research.“Text messaging has become popular and may be an effective method to simplify tracking of diet and exercise behavior,” Dori Steinberg, who was responsible for this research, said.Steinberg said, “Text messaging offers several advantages compared to other self-mo
29、nitoring methods. Unlike web-based diet and exercise diaries, data in a text message can be entered quickly on nearly all cellphone platforms so it is very convenient to receive feedback. Besides, because of the limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.”23. According to the study
30、, traditional methods _.A. are easier for people to lose weight B. may cause people to give up losing weight C. provide brief feedback and tips D. are easy to track diet and exercise behavior24. Which is NOT true about text messaging according to Steinberg?A. It saves time.B. It saves money.C. It ca
31、n be entered quickly.D. It is easy to receive feedback.25. Whats the best title for the text?A. Texting helps keep healthy- 7 -B. Texting saves time and moneyC. Texting can help you lose weightD. Texting provides brief feedback and tips26. Whats Dori Steinbergs attitude towards text messaging?A. Unk
32、nown. B. Negative. C. Positive. D. Unconcerned.DThe kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words. The key to their success: 20 tablet compute
33、rs(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child. The goal is to find out whether kids using todays new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers a
34、nalyzing(分析) the project data say theyre already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program. The fastest learnerand the first to turn on one of the tabletsis
35、8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse.The devices camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia. With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many Engl
36、ish animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didnt know any English. Thats unbelievable,” said Keller. The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It wont be in Amharic, Ethiopias first language, but in English, wh
37、ich is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs. 27. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?A. It trains teachers for them.- 8 -B. It contributes to their self-study.C. It helps raise their living standards.D. It provides money for building schools.28. What can we infer
38、 from Kellers words in Paragraph 3?A. They need more time to analyze data.B. More children are needed for the research.C. He is confident about the future of the project.D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.29. It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _.A. learn English
39、words quickly.B. draw pictures of animals.C. write letters to researchers.D. make phone calls to his friends.30. What is the aim of the project?A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.D. To help Ethiopia
40、ns in learning their first language.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。When I was young, my friends and I often played baseball in an alley(小巷) behind our home. A woman named Mrs Shinas owned a tiny house nearby, and she used to watch us play from her window. 31 We all thought that she was mea
41、n. She had a big trained dog and whenever one of our baseballs rolled in its direction, Mrs Shinas would send the dog to catch it. 32 Soon we ran out of balls.In those days, I used to water our lawn each day. One day as I stood watering our small lawn, I noticed that Mrs Shinas lawn looked a little
42、dry. It took only a few more minutes to water it, so I did it. 33 - 9 -When autumn came that year, I also helped gather up the leaves on Mrs. Shinas yard. As I was doing this one day, she invited me to sit in her living room. She gave me a cookie and a glass of milk. As I sat there eating the cookie
43、, she showed me her collection of paintings. 34 That surprised me a lot. It was the first conversation I had ever had with her. 35 She went into her kitchen and returned with a box. In it were all the balls that her dog had taken. She handed me the box, said “thank you” and smiled. I realized she ha
44、d a kind heart. I also leaned that when we serve others, we are showing them that we love them. A. We wanted to buy a new ball. B. But the dog wouldnt return the ball to us.C. Her next action even changed my opinion of her.D. Then she thanked me for taking care of her lawn.E. Soon I found myself wat
45、ering her lawn each day. F. She rarely came out of her house and never smiled.G. What delighted me most was that she was a great painter.第三节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the 36 o
46、f drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then 37 the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on 38 his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he 39 belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be 40 , I didnt think much of it, but I had 41 to warn my neighbors of the drawings 42
47、appearing in their letterboxesI just didnt have the 43 to do so, because I was a little busy recently.On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I 44 Mary, my elderly neighbor, 45 at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items i
48、n my letterbox to me?” I was - 10 -at once 46 , “Oh yes, Mary, it is. Im sorry. I meant to tell you” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. Ive 47 every item he has sent. You dont know how much 48 the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our 49 , many thoughts came to me. Mary doesnt have a lot to fill her days, 50 she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small 51 of getting some mailpictures drawn by the hand of a young childhas brought 52 to her days
