四川成都六校高一上期中英语试题卷

—What shall we do tonight then?
—       —whatever you want.

This restaurant wasn’t        that other restaurant we went to.

—Do you have enough to     all your daily expenses?
—Oh yes, enough and to spare.

The old couple often take a walk after supper in the park with their pet dog        them.

Some insects        the color of their surroundings to protect themselves.

After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope        .

The cost of renting a house in central Chengdu is higher than        in any other area of the city.

—Did you enjoy yourself last night?
—Yes, it’s very nice of you. I appreciated      to the party.

Not until he left his home      to know how important the family was for him.

This is the first time we      a film in the cinema together as a family.

Charlie is one of the most     people I have met; she is only twenty-five, but she has traveled to over fifty different     . Five years ago, she was a typist in Birmingham, but she decided to give up her    and see the world. Since then, her     has changed completely.
The first time she went   was seven years ago,      she was just about 18. She took a boat to France and then hitch-hiked(搭车) around       for five weeks. She has visited Europe many times since that first trip,     , but this holiday was the one that made her start traveling. She never forgets the           of those five weeks—although it was not all enjoyable. When she was on a train, somebody    her purse. So she lost all her     and had to work in a restaurant for a fortnight(两周). She made some good friends there however, and has       several times since then.
How did she find money for her    ? After her first trip abroad, she went home and worked for two years,      all the time. Now she travels    , finding work when her money was low. She made a lot of     , she says, and she has learned quite a few     . Although she has had occasional (偶尔)      and had often been sick, she never thought about   her travels. “My first time abroad changed my life,” she says “and I have        to travel ever since.”

A．beautiful B．nice C．helpful D．interesting

A．cities B．countries C．continents D．towns

A．habit B．study C．interest D．job

A．decision B．life C．appearance D．opinion

A．abroad B．out C．through D．home

A．even if B．when C．although D．since

A．Europe B．America C．Asia D．Africa

A．of course B．therefore C．in fact D．meanwhile

A．hard work B．cost C．travel D．excitement

A．found B．stole C．caught D．lent

A．possessions B．luggage C．money D．courage

A．telephoned B．reminded C．returned D．missed

A．travels B．friends C．holidays D．tickets

A．traveling B．increasing C．saving D．working

A．continually B．fortunately C．happily D．unwillingly

A．money B．friends C．trips D．homes

A．textbooks B．languages C．skills D．subjects

A．happiness B．pleasure C．difficulties D．enjoyments

A．keeping B．continuing C．sharing D．giving up

A．prepared B．learned C．wanted D．trained

A new report says promising children money to pass exams does not help exam grades. The report says parents could be wasting their money by using cash to get their kids to study more. However, the promise of a trip somewhere nice could encourage students to try harder and do better at school. Researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and the University of Chicago (in the USA) looked at how promises of cash and tickets to events affected students' studying and learning. Over 10,000 pupils took part in the research throughout the year 2012. There was an improvement in classwork and homework, but this did not result in better test scores.
Lead researcher Dr Simon Burgess suggested the research looked at the wrong areas. He said it had not looked at the things that really got students to increase their effort. He added that: "Clearly, some pupils have a lot of goals and believe that education is a way of getting what they want out of life, but there are kids who think that working hard doesn't make a difference." He said these children think exam success is "all in your genes" because of their family background. Education expert Dr Kevan Collins said good teachers were better than promises of rewards to get children to study, especially for children from low-income families. He wrote: "What really makes the difference is how students are taught."
What can encourage students to study more?

Which students really need good teachers?

What do some students think is because of “your genes”?

Read the advertisements carefully. Then answer the questions that follow.

You may find the advertisements above       .

The position of a(n)         is a part-time job.

Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job?

The office cleaners will be required to work about         hours a week.

Although his 1-year-old smart-phone still works perfectly, Li Jijia already feels the need to replace it.
“There are many better ones available now. It's time to upgrade(更新）my phone.”
Li's impatience is shared by many. Shortly after the season when new products are released, many consumers feel the urge to upgrade their electronic equipment, even though the ones they have still work just fine.
As consumers' minds are occupied by Apple's newly released products and debate whether the Google tablet is better than the new Amazon Kindle, it might be time to take a step back and ask: “Do we really need the latest upgrades?"
According to Donald Norman, an American author, “planned obsolescence (淘汰）” is the trick behind the upgrading culture of today's consumer electronics industry.
Electronics producers strategically release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.
“This is an old-time trick- they're not inventing anything new,” Norman said. “This is a wasteful system through which companies-many of them producing personal electronics - release poor-quality products simply because they know that, in six months or a year, they'll put out a new one.”
But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Norman admitted，“We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.” In its most recent year, Apple's profit margin was more than 21 percent. At Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest PC maker, it was only 7 percent.
Apple's annual upgrades of its products create sales of millions of units as owners of one year's MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version, even when the changes are slight.
As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his smart-phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When they are switching to the latest equipment, he worries about feeling left out.
“Some games require better hardware to run, ”said Li. “If you don't join in, you lose part of the connection to your friends.”
What's the author's attitude towards people's desire for new products?

Why is Apple Company interested in producing latest version of its product?

How do the electronics companies successfully promote their latest products?

It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Li Jijia feels the need to replace his smart-phone as a result of____.

When my brother and I were young, my Mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this: you can’t take any means of transport more than once. We would start from home walking two blocks to the railway station. We’d take the train into the city center, then a bus, switching to the tram, then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district, but we didn’t like the way the horses were treated, so we never did. At the end of the day, we took the subway to our closest station, where Mom’s friend was waiting to give us a ride home— our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal(多方式的). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and, above all, a failure of confidence— the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform, nothing is frightening any more. New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored. And your personal car, if you have one, becomes just one more tool in the toolbox— and often an inadequate one, limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
On Transportation Days, we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy, but the transportation was the point. First, it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window. As I got older, my Mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself: How do I know where to get off? How do I know how much it costs? How do I know when I need tickets, and where to get them? What track, what line, which direction, where’s the stop, and will I get wet when we go under the river?
I’m writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didn’t try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal Mom met me for dinner in the airport. She took a train to meet me.
Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?

According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?

The underlined word “paralyzed” (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to “_______”.

Which means of transportation does the writer probably dislike?

Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how.
Plan your time carefully. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making the list, you should make a schedule of your time. First, arrange your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly plan may not solve all the problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this place, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios or TV! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Listening in class carefully means less work later. Taking class notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher has mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read the material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards the tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your study. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
What’s the main idea of this passage? (NO more than 8 words)
 
How can you make good use of your time in class? (No more than 12 words)
How many methods are mentioned in the passage? (1 word)
 
Find a phrase that is similar in meaning to the underlined word “review” in the passage. (2 words)
 
What is the good attitude towards the tests?(NO more than 6 words)

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划去。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每句不超过两个错误；
2．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
3．只允许修改10处，多者(从第1l处起)不计分。
During the weekend I traveled by the air for the first time in my life. I usual travel by train or bus. It’s both cheaper and safe. But to fly in the sky was something new to me. At the end I felt a little nervous. But very soon I became exciting when I found me high up in the sky among the clouds. I also found that mountains, fields, river and so on was interestingly small. I enjoy the frightening and comfortable journey very much. After all, it is more interesting take a plane than to take a car．

假如你是李明，来自美国的交换生Martin 在过去的一个月在你们学校学习生活。现在即将返回美国。请你根据以下内容用英语写一篇欢送辞。
1. 赞扬他是一位高大帅气的男孩，善良友好，乐于助人，而且篮球也打得很好。
2. 非常怀念和他相处的快乐时光。
3. 感谢他对大家的英语学习的帮助。
4. 希望他再次有机会来到中国成都，到时一定陪他一起去游览成都的名胜古迹。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。
4. 参考词汇：名胜古迹 places of interest and historical sites
Dear teachers and friends, I’d like to say something before Martin goes back to the USA.
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
That’s all. Thank you!