牛津版2010年高一英语第一学期期末统考模拟试题

第一节：单项填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
The work was finished sooner than ____.

—When will Mother come back?
—She _____ to be here by eight o’clock tonight.

I’m ____your class today so you must do ____ I tell you.

History is _______ a subject which only lets us know something in history..

In the past few years, Chinese scientists ________ great success in the field of space flight.

Hand in hand with reading, Dave ____ the habit of making notes.

They have to explain ______ us the reason  _____ their doing so.

My father and his teacher talked for about an hour of things and persons ______ they remembered at the school.

Mary __________ to know where you have been, as she has something important to tell you.

They must have finished the task by the end of last month, ___________?

第二节：完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Do you know the modern Olympic Games? It started in Greece in 11. The Games are held 12 years. Many people 13 the Olympic Games can be held in their own countries.
At first about ten cities are quite 14 in bidding (申办) for the Olympic Games of 2008. Beijing, Toronto and Paris are 15 cities bidding for the Olympic Games of 2008.
The host (东道主) city of the Olympic Games of 2008 was decided at the IOC (国际奥委会) meeting in July, 2001. In those days Beijing was getting ready for it because it 16 became the host of the Olympic Games of 2000.
Then the Chinese people were all very 17 and cheered because the Olympic Games of 2008 will be held in the capital of China and the Olympic Games has 18 been held before in the country.
Now Chinese people are trying their best 19 ready for the Olympic Games of 2008. They are working hard, and they are learning English, too. Many new buildings have been built. So, I’m 20 it must be a successful one.
11.A.1939            B. 1896           C. 1922          D. 2008
12.A. each four        B. every four      C. every few      D. three or four
13.A. like             B. want               C. decide             D. hope
14.A. ready         B. interesting      C. interested      D. join
15.A. more important          B. the most important 
C. more beautiful            D. the most beautiful
16.A. must            B. already        C. nearly          D. also
17.A. excite           B. exciting         C. excited         D. sad
18.A. never           B. ever           C. just            D. yet
19.A. get              B. gets          C. getting          D. to get
20. A. afraid           B. sorry         C. glad            D. sure 

第三节阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
A
A marketing director for a famous computer manufacturer was designing a new advertisement for his company. While researching consumers’ response to his product, he asked, “Ships are commonly referred to as ‘she’ or ‘her’. What gender (性别) would you give to your computer? Give four reasons to support your answer.
A large group of women reported that the computers should be referred to as “he” or “him” because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data, but are still hard to understand.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are problems.
4. As soon as you buy one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, said that computers should be referred to as “she” or “her” because:
1. The language they use to communicate with other computers is impossible to understand for most men.
2. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in the long-term memory and will be remembered forever.
3. As soon as you get one, you find yourself spending half your money on accessories (附件) for it.
21. In fact, computers really _______.
A. should be referred to as “she”        B. should be talked about as “he”
C. are neither “she” nor “he”                 D. are either “he” or “she”
22. Why did the man ask people such a strange question? 
A. Because he was a marketing director of a computer company.
B. Because he was not sure whether to use “she” or “he” for his computer.
C. Because he wanted to make special computers for men and women.
D. Because he was planning an advertisement for his computer.
23. From the women’s answers, we can see _______.
A. they generally don’t know as much about computer as men do
B. they want to use a computer without turning it on
C. they can’t make up their minds when to buy a new computer
D. they love computers as much as they love their husbands

B
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生）and part of it taken out．Today，however，we needn’t worry about feeling pain during the operation．The sick person falls into a kind of sleep，and when he awakes， the operation is finished．But these happy conditions are fairly new．
Long ago，operation usually had to be done while the sick man could feel everything．The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best to save him．He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off，and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched．
Soon after 1770，Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it． Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn’t seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him．
Wells took some of the gas，and his friend pulled out one of Wells’ teeth．Wells felt no pain at all．
As he didn’t know enough about laughing gas，he gave a man less gas than he should have．The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．
Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．
24. Long ago，when the sick man was operated on, he _________．
A．could feel nothing         B. could not want anything
C．could feel all the pain      D．could do anything
25. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to _________．
A．be afraid of anything        B．feel pain
C．want to go to the parties     D．be ill
26. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he _________．
A．felt nothing              B．felt very comfortable  
C．still felt pain             D．would die
27. One who took too much of the laughing gas _________．
A．would laugh all the time        B．would die
C．would never feel pain          D. would be very calm

C

第二部分.阅读理解：(共三篇,15小题,每题2分,共30分)                  
(A)
Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant and its owner did not know what to do . The food in its restaurant was cheap and good , but nobody seem to want to eat there .Then he did something that changed all that , and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends .Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady , a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu . The menu looked exactly the same on the outside , but there was an important difference inside . The menu that the waiter gave to the men gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine , while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price . So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine , the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was .
21. How was the food in the White Rose Restaurant ?___________ .
A. Its quality had always been good and its price low
B. It was poor and expensive at first and became much better and less expensive later
C. It was cheap and good at the beginning but became more expensive later
D. It looked beautiful on the outside but it was became more different inside
22. How did the restaurant attract so many people ?______________ .
A. By lowering the price of its food
B. By improving the quality of its food
C. With waiters smiling at the guests when they came into the restaurant and giving them better service while they are
D. By showing men and women menus with different price on them
23. According to this passage , when a man and a woman ate at the restaurant the food was paid by whom ?_____________ .
A. Usually by the man and sometimes by the woman
B. Always by the man only
C. Sometimes by the man only and sometimes by both of the man and the woman
D. Normally by the woman
24. The White Rose succeeded because__________ .
A. women liked their men friends to be generous
B. men liked their women friends to be generous
C. men were more generous than women
D. women were more generous than men
25. People who came to eat at this restaurant were often_________ .
A. men and their old friends              B. husbands and wives
C. women and their best friends           D. men and their women friends

（B）
Mr. and Mrs. Smith always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past , staying in a small inn at the foot of a hill . One year , however Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business , so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around the famous city .
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening . They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry , because in that small inn in New Jersey , no meals were served after seven . They were therefore surprised when the man who received them in the hall asked whether they would take dinner there that night .
“ Are you still serving dinner ? ” asked Mr. Smith .“ Yes , certainly , sir , ” answered the man . “ We serve it until half past nine . ”“ What are the times of meals then ? ” asked Mr. Smith .“ Well , sir ” answered the man , “ we serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning , lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon , tea from four to five , and dinner from six to half past nine . ”“ But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London , ” said Mrs. Smith .
26. Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the past______________ .
A. has often stayed in a big hotel in New Jersey
B. had travelled to many places
C. often stayed in a small inn
D. had made a lot of money
27. They decided to go to a really good hotel because____________ .
A. it was famous
B. it was difficult to find a cheap hotel
C. it was near many interesting places
D. they now had enough money
28. When they arrived at the hotel , they found___________ .
A. no meals were served after seven
B. dinner was still being served
C. their plane had arrived too late
D. they had to go to bed hungry
29. When the man told them the times of meals at the hotel , Mrs. Smith felt_______ .
A. disappointed   B. excited   C. delighted   D. satisfied
30. Mrs. Smith_____________ .
A. thought she would have plenty of time to see the sights
B. was afraid they would have no time to tour around London
C. thought the hotel was not as good as the small inn
D. thought the hotel was much better than the small inn for its good meals

(C)
It looks like a mobile phone（手机）, but the service is much cheaper. It acts like a mobile phone, but only in your own city. Beyond the city walls, it’s useless.
“Little Smart”, also called “xiaolingtong”, has always been compared to mobile phones. But actually, it is more like one of those cordless phones(无绳电话) used around the home. The only difference is that this one reaches much further than from the bathroom to the living room. It can travel across an entire city.
Cheap costs are the main reason for the success of Little Smart. It costs 25 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan per minute to use. A mobile phone, on the other hand, can cost four or five times as much. What’s more, unlike mobile phones, there’s no fee(费) for incoming calls. So these low charges have attracted many users.
But, Little Smart is not really that smart. Users often complain about its bad voice quality. And there are not as many stations to pick up its signals（信号）as there are for mobiles. “I couldn’t receive a phone call if I was on a bus,” said Li Ping, a user in Hangzhou. “It worked fine when I stood still, but there were breaks in signal when I was moving.”
Scientists are trying to make Little Smart more user friendly. Messaging and Internet access(接入) have been added to the service. And the latest Little Smart handset even has color screen.
31. Why is Little Smart popular in China? ___________
A. It looks like a mobile phone.        B. The service is much cheaper.
C. There is no fee for incoming calls.   D. All of the above.
32. How is the charge of Little Smart? ______________
A. About 10 fen per minute to use.    
B. It costs four or five times more than a mobile phone.
C. It only costs 25 yuan each month.  
D. There’s no fee for calls.
33. Why are users not satisfied with Little Smart? ___________
A. They can’t hear each other clearly out of the city.
B. There are so few stations for Little Smart to pick up its signals.
C.    When you use it, you must stand up.      
D. The charges are low.
34. The underlined word “handset” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
A. the hand bag      B. telephone      C. service        D. mobile phone
35. What can we infer from the passage? ________________.
A. It’s wrong to say that Little Smart is smart.  
B. Scientist are trying to make Little Smart smaller.
C. Little Smart will be better than today.   
D. People will change Little Smart into a mobile phone.

第三部分. 翻译（10分，每空0.5分）：
36. 警方还没有排除Justin是被外星人劫持的可能性，但同时也在调查其他可能性。
Police have not                   the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens, but are also                   other possibilities.
37. 我真羡慕你的运气，能近距离的见到那位英雄。
I really          you your good luck of          the hero                  .
38. 她的工作与计算机有很大关系，所以她正在研究计算机科学。
Her job has                         with computers, so she’s  __    ____  on computer science.
39. 居里夫人是一位伟大的科学家，她受到很多青年人的尊敬。
Madam Curie was a great scientist, who was                            by many young people.
40. 他从小想成为一句探险家。在他40多岁的时候，他实现了自己的梦想。
He wanted to be an       when he was young. In his forties, he                           .

第四部分:短文改错:10%
Besides Egyptians, people of Mexico also builded     　　　41._____________
pyramids. They didn’t build the pyramids for tombs. They   　　 42._____________
were used to build a pyramid and then build a temple on    　　  43.____________
top of them. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as    　　  44.______________
that of Egypt, but they are big. Each pyramid has a wide    　　　45.____________
stairway that go from the bottom to the top.              　　　46._____________
The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2000 year  　　　　　　47.___________
old. Scientists think it spent 10,000 men more than ten years 　　　48.____________
to build. On top of it they build a temple to worship sun.    　　　49.____________
The temple is no longer there and people call it the pyramid 　　　 50.____________
of the sun.

第五部分书面表达(满分20分)
下面是21世纪报中学生版（21st Century School Edition）刊登的一封读者来信，请你以编辑的身份给这位中学生写封回信。
Dear editor,
I spend most of my time studying. I hardly talk to my classmates. Sometimes I don’t care much about others, but I do want to talk. I just don’t know what to talk about and how to begin a conversation.
I feel so lonely. How I wish I had a good friend! Could you give me some advice?
Yours,
Jin Jing
注意：1．回信的内容要包括以下要点：
（1）要相信自己。你最大的问题是缺乏自信；
（2）微笑面对同学，让他们相信你是友好的；
(3）先试着与一个和你同样害羞的或和与你有同样爱好的同学交谈，可以问一些学习上的问题，谈谈共同的爱好；
（4）帮助学习和生活上有困难的同学。
2．词数100左右。信的开头已写好，不计入总词数。
3．参考词汇：自信self-confidence n.    缺乏: lack vt.
Dear Jin Jing,
Your problem is a common one among middle school students. Maybe the following advice can help you.                                               ___         __________________________________ _____________________________________
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Yours,
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