谷饶中学2013——2014学年第二学期

高一级期中考试英语试题

(全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟)

一、单选选择题 （共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

1. — Thanks for ________ me of the meeting this morning.

— You’re welcome.

A. advising            B. suggesting          C. reminding            D. telling

2. Would any one of you please tell me ______ to the railway station?

A. how far is it                    B. how far it is          C. how far is      D. how far

3. Mary __________ the job he offered to her, but she didn’t.

A. can’t take                                                    B. ought to have taken

C. should take                                                 D. must have taken

4. She __________ down her book and __________ in bed.

A. lay; laid                        B. laid; lay                 C. lay; lay           D. laid; laid

5. The plan sounds good in ______ , but I am afraid it’s not in practice.

　A. theory                      B. fact                        C. opinion                 D. thinking 

6. I thought we would be late, but eventually we were just _______ for the train.

　A. at a time                 B. in the time                    C. in time            D. at the time

7. The peace talk between the two parties concluded in a friendly and frank _______, reaching a series of agreements. 

　A. wind                        B. atmosphere                  C. spirit                     D.weather

8. ______ really puzzles the scientist is _____ the cloud of dust comes from.

A.What; what            B. What; where      C. What; that        D. What; /

9. _______ makes a lot of difference whether everyone tries to live a low carbon life.

A.What                         B. It                        C. That                    D. As

10. Experts say armed conflicts are likely to ______ between the two countries along the border.

A. break out               B. break in                C. break off                     D. break down

11. I always have a dictionary _____ easy reach, because I use it a lot in my office.

A. at                         B. within                           C. without                     D. off

12. Waiter, this is not my order. You must have _____ mine with someone else’s.

A. mixed up          B. turned up                    C. made up              D. took up

13. Tom made a promise to his mother ______ he would never do such stupid things again.

A. who               B. what                C. that             D. which

14. I was really _______ with the beautiful scenery of the countryside in Canada.

A. caught                       B. impressed                    C. gifted         D. shown

15. I'd rather you______  yesterday.
A haven't come       B  didn't come     C don't come     D hadn't come

二、完形填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）   

After Russia, Canada is the world’s largest country in land   16  , covering an area of nearly ten million square kilometres, nearly 40 times   17   the UK. Canada covers the largest part of the North American continent, ranging from the Atlantic Ocean in the east   18   thePacific Ocean   19   the west. Its population is actually quite  20 when compared to its area, and is spread quite thinly through most of the country. In fact, most people live   21   the 300 kilometres aboveCanada’s southern border.

Many people believe thatCanada’s   22   is cold all the time, but this is not true. Certainly there are many places throughoutCanada 23_temperatures are well   24   0℃through the winter. This is especially true inNunavutwhere it is extremely cold. But the southwest corner of  Canada  25   has a rather mild climate. Up near theArctic Circle, the temperatures are often below0℃for about seven months out of the year. But during the summer months the   26  provinces ofCanadaare very humid and temperatures are often higher than30℃.

BecauseCanadais a country   27   by people from many countries and cultures, it is   28  to different religions and beliefs. Canada was   29   by Christian cultures, and Christianity   30   to be the dominant religion. However, immigration has brought the practice of various religions to the country.

16. A. number                     B. size                    C.length                 D. shape

17. A. as large as                 B. as big as                C. as much as     D. as many as

18. A. to                            B. of                    C. and                          D. off

19. A. to                        B. on                    C. of                         D. in

20. A. small                   B. big                     C. large                      D. low

21. A. in                        B. within                    C. out of                    D. between

22. A. weather                      B. climate                 C. winter                   D. season

23. A. that                             B. where                           C. whose             D. which

24. A. above                  B. over                             C. about             D. below

25. A. honestly              B. especially                     C. truly                      D. actually

26. A. northern                 B. southern               C. western                 D. eastern

27. A. included              B. consisted of                  C. form            D. made up      

28. A. home                   B. hope                      C. family                   D. life

29. A. made                   B. found                       C. founded                D. set

30. A. continued            B. continuing              C. continues      D. to continue

三． 语法填空（10题，共20分，每小题2分）
With the (31)_____________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more (32)_________ more serious. InBeijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because (33)_________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the following (34)_________(reason): about half (35)_________ the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off poisonous gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. (36)_________(Smoke)not only does harm to their health but also to others. Besides these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight (37)___________ pollution. New fuel[燃料] can (38)________(use) to replace[代替] gas. We can plant more trees. (39)_________ everybody realizes the importance of environment and does something to stop pollution, (40)_________ problem will be solved.

四．基础知识（三部分，共45分）

第一节 单词拼写（10小题，共10分，每小题1分）

1 Education shouldn’t be m________ purely by exam results.

2 It’s o        that I’m right and you’re wrong.

3 She likes c_______ with grandma on the phone.

4 His b________  towards his mother was becoming ruder and ruder.

5 The famous doctor has d________ hundreds of babies during her life.

6 The law applies to schools within the state ________(体制).

7 He’s engaged in _________（混合）the cream and eggs.

8 The __________（顾客）is always God to businessmen.

9 D          （甜点）is the sweet food served after the main course of a meal.

10 The scientists are trying to find out the facts to___________（支持）their theory.

第二节 完成句子（共20分，每空1分）

1 Some students ______ ______ ______ _______(在......有天赋)music.

2 She promised to come and she _____ ______ _______﹝履行诺言﹞

3 _______ _______ _______ ________(太阳出来了),all things turned golden.

4 She ______ _______ ______﹝不可能同意﹞you. She said she disliked that man.

5 Hearing the good news,they all ________ _________(感到高兴).

6 The reason was that I was _______ ________(忙于)my work at that time.

7 Must I do the work now?﹝作肯定和否定回答﹞

   —Yes, you         .

 —No, you          . You can do it later.

第三节 选择所给短语或短语的适当形式填空（10小题，共15分，每小题1.5分）

1 A child who is well          has been taught to polite and to behave well.

2 It doesn’t seem ugly to me,         , I think it’s rather beautiful.

3 I found the key          when I was cleaning the room.

4 We must_____________ working if we are to finish it on time.

5 Don’t ____________ a dictionary during an examination.

6 The workers want to____________ their own rights.

7 People would _____________ each other on April Fool’s Day.

8 I except the missing watch will             one day.

9 She only eats vegetables in order to ___________.

10 We ____________ get to the top of the mountain in the end.

五、阅读（共20题，每小题2分。共40分）

第一节  阅读理解 （共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

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People have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition(营养) and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

    President Thomas Jefferson, however, know that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been toParis, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honoured guests poison apples.Jeffersonnever spoke to his honoured guests about the fact.

1. Tomato is a kind of ___________.

A. poisonous fruit                                           B. poisonous vegetable

C. tasty vegetable                                           D. tasty fruit

2. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.

B. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

3.Jeffersonlearned that tomatoes were good to eat ___________.

A. when he was a little boy                                   B. while he was inParis

C. because his parents told him so                       D. from books

4. From the passage we know all the honoured guests invited byJeffersonwere ___________.

A. people of his own country                               B. fromFrance 

C. people from other countries                          D. men only

5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President party was made of