成都外国语学校2015–2016学年度下期期中考试
高一英语笔试试卷
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 本试卷满分150分。
3. 答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上，并使用2B铅笔填涂。 4. 考试结束后，将答题卷卡交回。
第I卷（选择题 共80分）
第一节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. The new design was so successful that it made the digital camera comfortable _______. A. held B. holding C. to be held D. to hold
2. Susan is one of the girls who _______ a voluntary job in the museum in the past two years. A. do B. does C. have done D. has done
3. Our flight was delayed because of the foggy weather. ______, the whole journey was
wonderful.
A. Though B. However C. But D. Yet
4. At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement _____.
A. has been reached B. has reached C. had been reached D. had reached 5. A large number of chemicals are used in modern farming, ________ the quality of soil. A. affected B. affecting C. to affect D. having affected 6. In 1944, he met Edward, an experienced talent scout, and his career ________. A. got off B. showed off C. put off D. took off 7. ______ you can see, the ice hotel is popular with the adventurous tourists. A. Which B. What C. As D. That 8. ________ with this competitive society, we must learn English well.
A. Faced B. Facing C. Having faced D. To face 9. The policeman the children to cross the street when the traffic lights turned green. A. agreed B. signed C. made D. suggested 10. Boys are addicted to computer games ______ girls are attracted by the most useful aspects of IT.
A. when B. because C. while D. whether 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo Piscopo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back. “I 11 so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,”he says. He became paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors said he’d likely never 12 again.
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The experience has been a challenging, but equally 13 journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1996. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a 14 . “These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so 15 after such a life-changing 16 . It is a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular 17 changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. 18 focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d 19 . His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were 20 intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they 21 to do, including traveling.
“That conversation 22 me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kids,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, 23 that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of 24 to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are 25 , while some of the 26 people in the world are deeply happy. The 27 is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I made an effort to 28 all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to 29 and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, 30 I’m now enjoying the abundance (丰富) of things I already have much more.” 11. A. screamed
D. laughed
B. read
C. walk
D.
B. asked
C. talked
12. A. speak work
13. A. comfortable B. dangerous rewarding
14.A. hospital wheelchair
15.A. optimistic smart
16. A. chance success
17. A. conversation B. operation friend
B. vehicle
C. boring D.
C. house D.
B. energetic C. sweet D.
B. journey C. injury D.
C. colleague D.
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18. A. Instead of Except for 19. A. created explained
20. A. never
D. even
B. In case of C. As for D.
B. lost C. got D.
B. still C. also
21. A. need
D. love
B. pretend C. agree
22. A. reminded advised
23. A. doubts insists
24. A. results
D. questions
B. warned C. promised D.
B. remembers C. hopes D.
B. truths C. reasons
25. A. excited tired
26. A. wisest busiest
27. A. skill fact
28. A. change ignore
29. A. relax
D. improve
B. pitiful C. careful D.
B. poorest C. prettiest D.
B. gift C. key D.
B. show C. enjoy D.
B. refuse C. forget
30. A. but Unless
B. or C. though D.
第三节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Hobbs was an orphan (孤儿). He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like
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a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man. 31. Hobbs wanted to borrow money because _______.
A. He wanted to learn to paint pictures B. He wanted to buy some pictures C. He had to pay off the debts
D. He wanted to go to school
32. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” (in Paragraph 2）probably mean?
A. excited. B. frightened. C. satisfied. D. surprised.
33. Hobbs was asked to _______.
A. write down what was to be done with the money
B
What are American high schools like? Well, I’m happy to tell you what I know. When I started school here, it had already been a week since the school opened. At this school, freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful trip, which would have been the best time to get to know my classmates. I was really sad. I wished I’d known about it earlier.
Despite the disappointment, however, I gradually adapted to my new life and school. There is a space in the basement of the teaching building where students chat and meet each other. As we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates, the school wants us to get to know each other there. Students usually come to school early, sit in that space and have fun. Around the space, there are many lockers for students to leave their books in, so that students do not have to carry a heavy schoolbag everywhere.
It really surprises me that we have almost no textbooks. We only have textbooks for
B. write down what he did with the money after spending it C. tell the lawyer what pictures he wanted to buy D. spend all the money given by his uncle
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World History and Algebra (代数) and they are big and heavy, like bricks. For other classes, we only need binders (活页夹) with paper in them. Without textbooks, students learn things freely and actively. For example, my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her mind at the time. We never know what we will learn.
Another difference between American schools and Chinese schools is that American schools care about students’ morality more than their academic studies. For example, if you do not finish your homework, you will just be asked to do it later, but if you cheat or lie, you will get a warning or even be kicked out.
I think that most students here are good at schoolwork as well, but compared to Chinese students, they can make learning a more joyful experience. I think we should take the good points from our two different kinds of education to perfect our approach to studying. 34. What was the writer sad for?
A. He was late for school. B. He missed the trip at the beginning of school. C. He didn’t know anyone. D. American students looked down upon him. 35. Why do students go to the basement of the teaching building? A. To attend class. B. To share a classroom. C. To have fun. D. To meet teachers. 36. How do teachers in the US teach the students?
A. However they want to. B. They use bricks.
C. Some use textbooks; some teach freely. D. They always teach as required. 37. According to the passage, in American high schools, ________. A. you are likely to be kicked out if you cheat
B. you’ll be punished if you do not finish your homework C. students are better at school work than Chinese students D. students care much about the grades they get
C
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四川省成都外国语学校高一英语下学期期中试题
