Chow broke into the film industry in the late 1970s. He was one of the hardest working actors and starred in a number of popular TV dramas and films including “Shanghai Bund”(《上海滩》) and “A Better Tomorrow”. Since 1985, he has won many awards including Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 1995, he went to Hollywood. Although he was already over 40, he had to learn English. He even put chopsticks in his mouth to practise pronouncing certain sounds. His film, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, began to gain him more fame and recognition around the world. In 1998, the mayor of Chicago set aside January 12 as “Chow Yun-fat Day”.
56. Chow Yun-fat has been written into middle school textbooks mainly because ________.
A. he plays best in Hong Kong B. he keeps on struggling for success C. his experiences are very special D. he is well thought of
57. Chow felt ________ when he learned that he had been written into middle school textbooks. A. surprised B. shy C. sad D. happy 58. What can we infer from the passage? A. Chow Yun-fat is proud of his success.
B. Chow Yun-fat prefers to make a living by selling cameras rather than by performing. C. Chow Yun-fat has won more awards than other actors. D. Chow Yun-fat is popular both at home and abroad.
59. The underlined sentence in paragraph 6 suggests ________. A. chopsticks is of great help to practise English pronunciation B. Chow Yun-fat is willing to struggle with difficulties
C. Chow Yun-fat has suffered a lot before he went to Hollywood
D. it is hard for a person who is over 40 years old to learn spoken English 60. The author wrote this passage to ________.
A. introduce Chow’s films
B. praise Chow for his excellent performance C. call on people to learn from Chow D. show why Chow is popular
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列的相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的选项字母涂黑。 首先，请阅读以下书的信息介绍：
A. British Life by Anne Collins
What’s everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional country． B. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
A sad story of two lovers．The two lovers began their secret love, but their families didn’t know．It’s one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature history． C. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve the mystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tomb．If you are not brave enough, don’t read it alone at night．This is the ancient mystery． D. Happy Christmas by John Escott
This is a book, but looks like a magazine．It is made out of different sections．You can learn about the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and games．
E. The Beatles by Paul Shipton
John, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some of the best musicians of the 1960s．They formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular today．
F. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice
A sweet love story happening on Christmas．Chris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on the streets on New York, one day met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas Eve three years before．So a new love and a new hope started lasting a lifetime．
以下是购书者的信息，请匹配购书者的信息与它们所对应的书本： 61. Christmas is coming．Randy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food,
the stories, the music and the movies． 62. Amy has many romantic dreams．She always believes she can find her Mr. Right like the girls in
the fairy stories．So she is crazy about the books with good endings only．Now she begins to bury herself in the book like that．
63. Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instruments．But he
dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock band．Therefore, he wants to search for a book on him．
64. Mystery and adventure are always boys’ dreams．Alan, one of the boys, especially prefers the
ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy．
65. Lin Jie, a student studying English in a university, will go to England to continue his further
education．So he wants to find more information about the country he will study in．
Ⅳ 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 句子考查（共8小题，66~69每小题2分, 70~73每小题3分, 满分20分） 根据下列各个句子的要求，改写、完成或翻译句子。
66. To be honest, smoking is ________ ________ ________ ________.（对你的健康有害） 67. Mike _______ _______ _________ ________ photography so he took a number of impressive photos in Canada. (有天赋)
68. Obviously, he is waiting for you to make an apology to him. （同义改写）
_________ ________ _________ _________ he is waiting for you to make an apology to him. 69. People believe it is unwise to give a child whatever he likes.（同义改写）
_______ ______ ____________ _____________ it is unwise to give a child whatever he likes. 70. Jane would rather stay at home by herself than go traveling with others.（用prefer---to-- 改写） __________________________________________________________________ 71. When will we take a trip? It hasn’t been decided.（合并为含主语从的句子) ___________________________________________________________________ 72. 我不知道他是否盼望收到我的来信。（(完成句子)
I don’t know________________________________________________________ 73. 你赞同学生周末上课的观点吗？（用同位语从句翻译）
___________________________________________________________________
第二节 基础写作（满分20分）
世界流行的的母亲节Mother’s Day就要到了。你会做些什么来表达你的感激之情呢？为了表达对天下母亲的崇高敬意，请你以母亲节为话题，根据以下信息，写一篇至少100字的作文。 节日时间 每年五月第二个星期天 节日起源 最先设立于美国，现已经成为国际性节日 节日特色 母亲们会接受孩子和丈夫的礼物；康乃馨(carnation)被视为献给母亲的花 中国情况 20世纪末传入到中国，中国人以自己特有的方式表达对母亲的感谢，如为母亲做饭、绘制图画、演奏音乐等。 你的打算 你准备如何向母亲表示感谢？
高一年级英语试卷答案
I 听力
1-5 BCBBA 6. eight/8 7. houses 8. working class 9. half 10. southeast
完形填空 11—25 BADAB DCABC DABDC
语法填空
26. about 27. arrival 28. of 29. it 30. was walking 31. stolen 32. What 33. needn’t /don’t have to 34. the 35. whether 36. puzzled 37. was brought 38. down 39. that 40. truly
阅读 41-45CCABA 46-50 ADBCB 51-55 DACBA 56-60 BDDBC 信息 61-65 DFECA
句子
66. harmful to your health 67. had a talent/ gift for 68. It is obvious that 69. It is believed that 70. Jane prefers staying at home to going traveling with others. 71. It hasn’t been decided when we will take a trip. When we will take a trip hasn’t been decided.
72. whether/ if he is looking forward to (receiving ) my letter. whether/if he is looking forward to hearing from me. whether/ if he looks forward to hearing from me.
73. Do you agree with the idea that students have classes on weekends? Do you approve of the opinion that students go to school on weekends?
写作参考范文
Mother’s Day , which was founded in America first, falls on the second Sunday in May. It has become an international festival up to now. On the special day, mothers will receive all kinds of gifts from their children and husbands. Carnation , which is the symbol of mothers, is regarded as the special flower for the day. Mother’s Day was introduced into China at the end of 20th century and now all the Chinese are familiar with the festival very much. Nowadays Chinese as well as people all over the world show their thanks to their mothers in their own ways, such as cooking a special but delicious meal, drawing pictures or performing music for mothers. As for me, in order to thank my mother, I will do all the housework and send a card as well as buying some flowers for my mother on that day. Hopefully all the mothers will be happy forever.
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