江西省东乡县东铜学校高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
21. I am really tired___________Tom.  He had me___________for two hours in the rain.

22. Many teachers don’ t want their students to_________doing too much homework.

23. Mary___________the job offered to her, but she didn’t.

24. you’ d  better  I think _________him a hand when necessary .

25. Jack is not feeling     well this morning because he had         breakfast.

26. _______we cannot get seems better than_____________we have.

27. It was with great joy___________he found his lost daughter.
A. because     B.  that       C. which     D since

28 it was__________back home from work.

29. He hurried to the booking office only__________that all the tickets had been sold out.

30. Although I admire you_____your work on soil, I think you should apologize_______the villagers for being the water pollution.

31. The chance I had been looking forward to_______at last.

32. Jenny_____________a rich man. She has_____________him for five years.

33. I cannot understand__________the boy alone.

34.no one tells us___________,so we need your help.

A．how we should do B．what should we do C．how to do it D．what to do it

35. I really don’t know if she_____________it when she            .

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!” This   36    seem a strange thing to say, But   37    things can help you to   38   them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it   39    your hands, you can feel how smooth and cold the ball is. You can feel how   40   the ball is . The roundness, smoothness,  41   and heaviness are all parts of the ball. When you feel all these things about the   42   , you really see it.
You can feel surprisingly well, For example, your fingers can   43    the difference of coins in your pocket. You can feel a little   44  of water on the back of your hand.
You can even feel   45   . Have you ever wondered why some people like very   46    music? They must like to feel the sounds of music as to hear them.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often.   47    most of us keep right on touching things as we grow up. In stores, we touch things we want to   48   : food, clothing, tables and beds, To see something well, we   49  touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your   50    and try to feel   51   , Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, and the air. At first,   52  is not easy to feel these things, You are too   53   to them.
Most things on   54   in museums are just for looking. But today, “Do touch!” There you can feel the shape of a gun, the smooth silk of a dress, and the rough   55  of an old chair.
36. A. may                   B. must                 C. should                  D. will
37. A. doing                 B. seeing           C. touching                   D. hearing
38. A. know                  B. see                    C. hear                         D. feel
39. A. in                       B. on                    C. with                         D. under
40. A. heavy                 B. light                 C. big                          D. small
41. A. lightness             B. temperature          C. warmth                D. coldness
42. A. glass                   B. ball                   C. parts                        D. thing
43. A. understand      B. say                   C. tell                          D. feel
44.A. drop                    B. piece                 C. block                       D. bit
45.A. noise                   B. songs                C. voice                       D. sounds
46. A. quiet                  B. peaceful            C. loud                         D. silent
47. A. Since                  B. Though             C. Yet                          D. So
48. A. eat                        B. wear                 C. buy                          D. use
49. A. can                 B. shall                 C. might                   D. have to
50. A. door                   B. mouth           C. window                    D. eyes
51. A. everything          B. anything            C. them                        D. nothing
52. A. that                    B. this                   C. those                        D. it
53. A. used                   B. interested          C. excited                D. moved
54. A. wall                   B. shelf                 C. show                        D. desk
55. A. paper                  B. cloth                 C. wood                       D. medal

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给出的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!
There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!
Now Mr. Coates says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them.”
56. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.
A. it was broken            B. it was a weekend
C. it was a holiday           D. it stopped on a wrong floor
57. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?
A. Shouted and screamed.      B. Slept and waited.
C. Telephoned his boss.        D. Ate and drank.   
58. What is the best title for this story?
A. An Interesting Elevator       B. A Busy Weekend
C. Elevator Safety             D. Trapped in an Elevator

B
Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

59. According to the chart, the pop star was a ________.
A. singer      B. dancer      C. player      D. pianist.
60. According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______.
A. 6:30     B. 7:00   C. 7:30        D.:8:00
61. At the radio station, the pop star ________.
A. showed fans how to become famous
B. gave a performance on the air
C. met fans and signed for them
D. told people how he lived his life
62. From this passage we get to know that ________.
A. not all people like pop stars
B. pop stars have their own bands
C. fans are troublesome for pop stars
D. to be a pop star is not all fun

C
The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post office and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voice, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computer will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer too clever to listen to and serve the people?
63. A computer is clever because people are _____
A. clever    B. not clever   C. slow  D.making mistakes
64. Which of the following can computers not do now?
A. Draw pictures   B. Talk    C. Invent new things    D.Serve the people
65. What will happen in the future?
A. Most work will be done by the computer.     B. People will no longer use computer.
C. Computers will be used only talk with people.   D. All computers will be put into prison.
66. The passage is written to __________.
A. warn people of the danger of the computer
B. tell people about the computer
C. tell people about computer scientists
D. show how to use the computer
67. The best title for this passage is _________.
A. “Computers”        B. “Computer Scientists”
C. “The Future World”   D. “Talk With Computers”

D
Our 16-year-old daughter started to smoke last Christmas. It killed me to see that lovely girl with a cigarette(香烟) in her mouth. I told her how I felt. Martha continued to smoke（抽烟）, saying, “It's my life,” and so on. I told her if she didn't stop smoking, I wouldn't send her to college. She agreed to give it up.
Last night there was cigarette smell on Martha's breath(呼吸). She had to say she had broken her word. Now I must do what I've said to punish(惩罚) her.
Martha is unusually bright and wants to teach children. I'm working full-time to put her older sister through school and would do the same for Martha. My husband's pay is good, but with prices going up all the time we could never educate the girls unless I kept on working.
My theory(理论) is that if smoking is more important to Martha than college, I'm a fool to work to put her through college.
68. Why did the mother feel sad?
A. Because her daughter failed to go to college.
B. Because her daughter tried to kill her.
C. Because her daughter promised to smoke no more.
D. Because her daughter got used to smoking.
79. The mother warned that if Martha didn't give up smoking, she would ______.
A. refuse to give Martha any money
B. not be Martha's mother
C. refuse to pay for Martha's college education
D. not let Martha teach children
70. What did Martha really do after mother warned her?
A. She failed to keep her promise.
B. She kept her promise.
C. She managed to give up smoking.
D. he broke something her mother give her.

E
Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these American’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and breakfast inns have only a few rooms, others are much larger. Some inns don’t provide telephones or television in the rooms, others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say they enjoy the chance to meet locate families.
判断下列叙述是否正确（正确的用T 表示，错误的用F表示）
71. Americans take a holiday trip every year. 
72. The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time. 
73. You can make a telephone or watch TV at all bed-and-breakfast inns. 
74. It is cheaper to stay at a bed-and-breakfast inn than in a hotel. 
75. Some Americans now stay in a bed-and-breakfast home instead of in a hotel.

第II卷( 非选择题,满分35分)
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：根据句中所给汉语，完成下列句子。（每空一词，每空0.5分,共10分）
1. What you said will have an ________ (影响) on our decision.
2. After years of war, the people long for (渴望) a lasting p________.
3. People’s lives in Iraq are always in danger, so they hope they could live ______  ______(平安).
4. 为了上课不迟到,他早上6：00就起床。
He got up at six o’clock in the morning______  _______  _______  ________be late for class.
5.曼德拉在使黑人获得与白人同等权利中起了重要作用。
Nelson Mandela_______  ________   _________   __________in making black people get the same rights as whit people.
6. 看上去似乎世界末日来临了。
_______  ___________   ___________   _______the world was at an end.
7.她处于困境中时,总是向老师求助。
When she was______   ______ ,she always______   ______his teacher for help.

第二节:书面表达 (满分25分)
假设你是李明，期中考试刚结束，学生会要求每个学生给家长写一封信，汇报自己在校表现情况，加强学校与家庭的交流。现在请你用英语给父母写一封信，要求如下：
1、在同学与老师的帮助下，取得很大进步，特别是英语方面：
2、数学考得不好，会尽力赶上
3、与同学、老师相处融洽，请父母不要太担心；
4、希望父母保重身体。
要求：1、可以适当增加细节，以行文连贯；
2、词数：100左右。