河南省周口市高一上学期期中考试英语卷

The engine of the  ship was out of order and the bad weather ______ the helplessness of the crew at sea.

Since Margot found it difficult to settle in a new place, she felt ______ that the family had to move.

My mother insisted that I _____to school on foot.

It was in 1969 ______ two Americans went to the moon by spaceship.

To the parents’ worry, some middle school students are ______ computer games and completely forget their studies.

The heavy rain made his business _______ a great loss.

The village is ______what it looked like when they settled their homes there 20 years ago. 

I am tired _____ the partner I have been working with; he is too hard a person______.

They became good friends during the war, and since then their lifelong friendship has______ tests of life and death.

_____improve her English, Jenny bought a lot of tapes for herself.                                  

_____ of the students who took part in the military training is 450.

Remember never to leave your dog ______. It might bite people around.

It was the first time ______ I ______ here.

People in ancient times ______ series of important events so that we now have what is called history.

The hostess left the money on the table _____purpose to test the honesty of her maid.

Water costs money．In some places water is hard  36  ．What 37when a town
has these problems？A small town in California found a happy  38 ．
　　Very 39 rain ever fell there．The town had no water 40  ．The water it used was 41  from a river 300 miles away．As more people 42  live in the town，  43   water was needed．Now water 44  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 45 money．
　　The town 46 a plan．It found 47  to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused   48  many ways．Five 49  lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go  50  ．They 51  have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water  52 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 53  ．
　　In most places，water is used and thrown 54．The town that saved  55  water
has saved the town！

A．supplying B．getting C．to get D．to supply

A．little B．a little C．few D．a few

A．fetch B．take C．brought in D．guided

A．come to B．came to C．coming to D．came for

A．many B．plenty of C．more D．many more

A．has B．had C．must D．needed

A．many B．a few C．a great many D．a lot of

A．put B．made C．supply D．noticed

A．a way B．ways C．an answer D．a key

A．for B．by C．at D．in

A．man-making B．man-make C．man-made D．man made

A．boating B．to boat C．to boating D．on boating

A．must B．could C．needed D．had to

A．as B．with C．for D．to

A．water enough B．enough water C．crops enough D．enough crops

A．off B．of C．away D．out of

A．it’s B．its C．one’s D．his

The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.
Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.
Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.
More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.
The United States is filled with cars, but             .

What's the main idea of the second paragraph?

Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?

Mothers form car pools in order that             .

The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because              .

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．
Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

The young man became a mechanic，_______．

The “Model T” was very famous_____．

Ford built his own car factory

Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.
It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It must be full of expensive things, ”Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”
He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle（鸣笛）, but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court（法庭）. A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you’ve heard me this time.”said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf（聋的）one. Well, can you hear me? ”
“No, I can’t. sir. ”
What was Mr. King?

Why did Mr. King want to send Henry away?

The driver was afraid to _______, so he drove aside.

What does the underlined word“judge”mean in Chinese?

Why did Henry say that he was deaf?

It was 1504,and Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went on shore. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food to them. Columbus’ men were afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever plan. He used sign language to tell the Indians about his mysterious (神秘的) power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse (月蚀) the next night because the information was in his almanac (天文历书). Columbus told the Indians, “ Tomorrow night I’ll turn off the light in the sky.” But they didn’t believe him . When the eclipse began the next night ,the Indians became very frightened . They begged Columbus to turn on the light again , and they quickly gave him all the food and water he wanted. Immediately Columbus and his men hurried back to the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.
Columbus and his men stopped at the island because_______________.

The Indians ___________ Columbus and his men.

Columbus ________ to tell the Indians that he had mysterious power.

“The light in the sky ” here means __________.

The Indians gave Columbus food and water because they _________.

Jimmy lives in London and began swimming a few months ago.
He likes swimming, and often goes to the swimming pool near by his_____
house with his mother and swims there for a hour or so.          ______
He was six year old last week, and his mother said, “You         ______
swim quite good now, but you have never seen the sea, my        _____
child, haven’t you? Your father and I are going to take you        _____
there on Saturday, and you are going to swimming in the sea.      _______
It isn’t cold now, and it’s much nice than a swimming pool.”       _____
Jimmy’s father and mother brought him to the sea in their         _______
car on Saturday, but they stopped at the side of a small           ________
harbor(港口). Jimmy got out and looked at the sea for long       ______
time, but wasn’t happy. Then he said to his mother,
“Which is the shallow end, mother?”.

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