2021临汾古县一中高一下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

2020～2021学年第二学期期中考试

高一英语

（考试时间：100分钟  满分：150分）

一、阅读理解：每题3分，共45分 

A

Channel 1
7：30Morning News
14：40National Games：Women’s Tennis Single Final
16：50Cartoon：Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
18：20National Games：Men’s High Jump Final
Channel 2
9：00National Games：Men’s 100meter Race Final
11：30Face to Face
22：09TV Play Series：Liberation
23：57National Games：Men’s Table Tennis Double Final
Channel 5
9：00Chinese History
10：30Cartoon：Tom and Jerry
21：15English Classroom
22：30National Games：Special Report

(   )1.Mary wants to know something about Chinese history，she can choose___．
    A．Channel 1    B．Channel 2    C．Channel 5     D．We don’t know
(　 )2.You are a tennis fan，you may watch TV at____________．
     A.18：20on Channel 1      B.14：40on Channel 1
     C.22：30on Channel 5      D.22：09on Channel 2
(　 )3.How many results of the National Games Final can Tom get by watching 

TV in a day？

A．Two     B．Three．       C．Four．       D．Five．

B

 　Are you an eating-lover? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do you watch the popular program A Bite of China? It's a TV program on Chinese delicious foods, which has been produced by CCTV. Is there any holiday that isn't celebrated with special festival food? Here are several traditional Chinese foods:

Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with its candles lit in many Western countries. Since noodles mean long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off.

 Although westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate, in China a whole fish is a symbol(象征) of richness. In fact, at a party it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most valued guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.

 A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition of zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan in Chinese history.

(  )4. A Bite of China is______________.

A. a magazine   B. a newspaper     C. a film     D. a TV program

(  )5. According to the passage, in traditional Chinese culture, people will eat ________on their birthdays.

A. eggs       B.  cakes          C. fish        D.noodles

(  )6. Fish has a special meaning in Chinese culture mainly because_____________.

A.it is served last at a party

B. it sounds like the word yu in Chinese

C.it is pointed to the valued guest

D.it is so delicious that all Chinese people like it

(  )7. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

   A. Cake     B. Bread     C. Fish     D. Peanuts

(  )8. The article mainly talks about________________.

A. Chinese food          B. Chinese history   

C. Chinese festivals       D. Chinese language

C

One day, John read an advertisement（广告） in a newspaper. It said, “Wanted. The best salesman in the world.” John thought he was a great salesman and went

 to ask for the job.

“I am the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager. “Give me the job.”
“You must prove you’re the best,” the manager said．

 “OK I will,” said John．

“Good.” The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I 

bought a thousand boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the

 week, you can have the job,” said the manager．

“That’s easy,” John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．
Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets. But he 

couldn’t sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he

 went back to the manager.“I’m sorry, sir.” he said, “I was wrong about myself．I’m 

not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”
“Oh,” said the manager, “Who?”
“The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets.”
(　 )9. The manager told John_______________.

A．he could start work at once if he bought the sweets.

B．he had to show he was the best salesman in the world

C．he was not a good salesman at all
D．he was going to be the best salesman in the world

(　 )10．Choose the right order of the story．
    (1) John went to ask for the job．
    (2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was．
    (3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper．
    (4) John went to sell the sweets．
     A． (3) (1) (4) (2)                             B．(4) (3) (2) (1)
     C． (1) (2) (3) (4)                             D．(3) (4) (1) (2)
(　 )11．John couldn’t sell the sweets because__________________.
      A．he was not a good salesman                 B．the sweets were too bad
      C．he wanted to send them to his friends       D．the manager liked sweets

(　 )12．From this story we can know that___________________.
    A．the advertisement was a good one              

B．John was a good seller
C．the manager was a good seller      

D．John didn’t get the job  

                          D

Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place?

Lots of people do. And now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why. They found that one-half of the brain "stays more awake" than the other half when people are trying to sleep in a new place.

The sleep findings were reported in Current Biology by Brown University. In their report, the researchers said many people report they have a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or other places outside their home. They call it "first-night influence". In Japan they say, “If you change your bed, you can't sleep,” said Yuka Sasaki, one of the report's writers. "You don't sleep very well in a new place. We all know about it."

The researchers measured brain waves for 35 volunteers over two nights in a lab. The two nights were a week apart (间隔). They found during the first night the left half of the brain was more active than the right half. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said.

Sasaki said a lot of questions remain.

Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long. Therefore, they don't know if the left half keeps "watch" all night, or whether it "works in shifts (轮换) with the right half later in the night". They also do not know why the brain activity, at least during the first period of deep sleep, is always on the left half.

For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is "looking out for us" in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That brain activity, at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to wake up well rested in the morning.

(  )13. The researchers found during the first deep-sleep period___________.

A. the brain waves were the same 

B. the brain activity helped with sleep

C. the left half of the brain was more active

D. the right half of the brain kept "watch" all the time

(   )14. Which of the following is one of the questions that have not been solved?

A. Why the brain activity is always on the left half.

B. How you have trouble sleeping in a new place.

C. Whether the new bed keeps you from sleeping.

D. What people can do when they can't sleep well.

(  )15. What is the text mainly about?

A. What we will have to do to sleep well.

B. How researchers measure brain waves.

C. Why it's harder to sleep in a new place.

D. Who doesn't sleep well in a new place.

二、七选五 （每题3分，共15分）

Friends are an important part of our daily life. And there are many kinds of friends in the world. 16. ______ 

First, there are school or work friends. These are the persons who help you get through the school or work day. But you never really go out with them outside of these places. However, they are important in your life as you will spend a lot of time with them.

17. ________ You can’t really discuss anything important with them. But if you are feeling sad, they’re great to go out with because they can cheer you up and make you forget all your troubles.  

The next kind of friends is unusual and having one makes you very lucky. They are very kind and they pay for you every time you go out. 18. ______ And they are kind enough to let you borrow anything you want.

Finally, there is the best friend. 19. ________ The person you would have no problem spending the whole day with.  

Friends are the most important thing in your life. 20. ______ 

A. Making friends is very easy.               

B. Another kind of friend is the fun friend.

C. This is the person who knows you inside out.  

D. Some friends will take your things away casually.

E. Get along well with them and you’ll have a happy life.

F. They usually have many of the things you can’t afford to buy.

G. However, there are four kinds of friends that everyone should have.

三、完形填空：（每题2分，共40分）

I remember when I was young, people often asked me , “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

Well, it   21   being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a firefighter, a policeman, a lawyer--- As I grew older, my dreams for the future       22 . When , at last, I was in college, I set my  23  on being a teacher like my father. 24     ,I studied and prepared for that. I reached the   25   in the end and I was teaching 26   full-time for much of my adult life.

However, for many people, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our 27    . Sometimes, the thief will be a parent, a relative( 亲属 ) , or a friend, but the  28   thief is usually ourselves.

We find   29  just about reaching the top, and a “small”  30   inside says, “You’ll never   31   it.” “You can’t possibly do this.” On and on the “small” voice predicts ( 预示 ) our   32  . Failure,    33  is one of the most important tools we have, may teach us     34  lessons. When we learn these lessons well, we are ready 35     success.

I always tell my children that you are  36.  to do anything that your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is   37   to a willing heart.” There are no “overnight” success, but with   38   , they will. Imagine   39.  a life you dream of. Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.

So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone  40  it from you---especially yourself.

21. A. insisted on  B. brought about    C. faded away        D. started out

22. A. left          B. settled         C. failed           D. changed

23. A. eye         B. brain        C. heart            D. hand

24. A. However  B.Therefore       C. Otherwise        D. Besides

25. A. agreement   B. aim          C. atmosphere       D. position

26. A.hardly      B. nearly       C. slightly         D. extremely

27. A. money      B. confidence     C. patience         D. dreams

28. A. tallest         B. poorest      C. greatest           D. oldest

29. A. themselves   B. itself        C. yourselves        D. ourselves

30. A. sound         B. voice         C. noise            D. speech

31. A. make         B. take        C. forget            D. admit

32. A.failure         B. tension     C. feature           D. accident

33. A. where         B. who        C. which            D. that 

34. A. precious       B. flexible      C. material        D. passive

35. A.to            B. at           C. for         D. with

36. A.necessary     B. energetic     C. religious        D.able

37. A. significant     B. pregnant     C. impossible       D. horrible

38. A. determination B. gratitude      C. respect        D. congratulation

39. A. replacing     B. responding   C. living        D. electing

40. A. claim         B. steal       C.seek           D. escape

四、语法填空（每题1.5分，共15分）

When she was five years old, Lin Qiaozhi was 41 　 (deep) affected by her mother’s death.  At age 18, she  42 　 (choose) to study medicine instead of

following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls. Eight years later, Lin graduated  43 　  Peking Union Medical College(PUMC). She immediately became the first woman ever 44______(hire) as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. After working for a few years, she 45 　  (send) to study in Europe and then, in the US. She greatly impressed her American 46. （colleague）and was invited to stay. However, she rejected the offer. A private clinic,  47 　  (open) by Dr. Lin, helped people in need and she charged very low fees. At times she was even seen 48 　  (ride)a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.

The new People’s Republic of China saw Dr. Lin Qiaozhi playing 49 　  key role. In 1954, she was elected to the first National People’s Congress and held many important positions.

50.   she never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”, having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.

五、短文改错：共10处错误，每题1分，共10分。

 Today I visited the Smiths--my first visit to a American family. They lived in a small town. It was very kind for them to meet me at the railway station but drive me to their home. The Smiths did his best to make me to feel at home. They offered me coffee and other drinks. We have a good time talking and laugh together. They eager to know everything about China and asked me lots of question. They are, actual, planning to visit China next year.

六、书面表达(25分)
 　假如你是萨姆，你的好友大明来信，倾吐他学习英语遇到的困难，并有放弃继续学习英语的念头。请你给他写封回信，建议他不要放弃，并提出一些学好英语建议。要点包括：

1. 当今社会英语的重要性

2.至少2条学好英语的建议

3.表示祝愿

要求：1.书写工整，字迹清楚

      2.内容全面，条理清楚

      3.100字左右

                             How to learn English well
 　Dear Da Ming,　

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

  Sam

古县一中2020-2021学年高一下学期期中考试

英语

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