第二学期高一期中考试英语试卷

　　20.How did Mass Richards feel when the students kept silent?

　　A. Sad B. Angry C. Surprised

　　二、单项填空(共13小题;每小题1分)

　　21.—Excuse me, Dad, but I’m going to the club to meet my friends in the football team.

　　—OK. ______

　　A. Have fun B. Congratulations C. With pleasure D. Gook luck

　　22.--- I was lucky the win a gold medal in the800-metre race.

　　--- You ____ through hard training.

　　A. must go B. should go C. must have gone D. should have gone.

　　23.______ tourism developing, more and more people prefer to go travelling for a holiday.

　　A. As. B. With C. Upon D. For

　　24. He sat at the desk, __________ a novel.

　　A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads

　　25. I have no idea ______ it is that makes him puzzled.

　　A. how B. what C. why D. which

　　26.The fact that many college graduates get lower pay than some workers has ______ a heated discussion.

　　A. set out B. set about C. set up D. set off

　　27.Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas , wind and other forms of ______.

　　A. power B. force C. energy D. strength

　　28.---How well did John do in the match?

　　--Wonderful. I think we can’t have a ______ player in our football team.

　　A. good B. well C. better D. best

　　29.The atmosphere of the earth ______ us from the strong sun light.

　　A. prevents B. keeps C. stops D. protects

　　30. Students ______ remain in their seats until all the exam papers have been collected.

　　A. must B. shall C. may D. can

　　31.Americans eat____ vegetables per person today as they did in 1990.

　　A. more than twice B. as twice as many

　　C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many

　　32.The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

　　A.strange B.amusing C.curious D.satisfied

　　33.Don’t you think that______________ is no use promising without doing?

　　A. this B. that C. it D. what

　　三、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-- 53各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项

　　I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _34_ Christmas jpgts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 35 ?” Just when I started to 36 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 37 at our house with jpgts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 38 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed(尴尬) when I returned to school. I wasn’t 39 . Somebody had thought 40 of me to bring me a jpgt.

　　Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 41 Christmas there special and memorable, I 42 remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 43 for as many children as I could possibly reach.

　　So I 44 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 45 with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 46 . Before I called out their names and handed them their jpgts, I 47 them that they couldn’t open their presents 48 every child had come forward. Finally the 49 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 50 up the room. The 51 in the room was obvious, and 52 wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew 53 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

　　34. A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging

　　35. A. found B. prepared C. got D. expected

　　36. A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept

　　37. A. broke in B. settled down C. turned up D. turned in

　　38. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. sadness

　　39. A. remembered B. loved C. forgotten D. affected

　　40. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough

　　41. A. present B. first C. recent D. former

　　42. A. hardly B. immediately C. regularly D. sometimes

　　43. A. strength B. independence C. importance D. safety

　　44. A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with

　　45. A. none B. few C. some D. each

　　46. A. fine B. special C. helpful D. useful

　　47. A. reminded B. insisted C. proved D. promised

　　48. A. after B. until C. when D. since

　　49. A. chance B. jpgt C. moment D. reward

　　50. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered

　　51. A. atmosphere B. pity C. calmness D. joy

　　52. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody

　　53. A. by B. till C. for D. from

　　四、阅读理解(共16题，每小题2分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C或D)中，选出最佳选项

　　A

　　Buster Brown was a thief-and a good one，too，he thought . He’d never been caught by the police because he never took chances. He was always prepared for any unforeseen event or emergency.

　　Confidently，he stood outside the house of his intended victim(受害者)and read the sign on the front gate of the house.“Don't worry about the dog—be aware of the owner!”it said.Buster smiled and found his way in.

　　The house looked quite normal outside，but inside it was very exotic with fascinating objects on display.As he began putting them into his bag，a dog came into the room.It stopped when it saw Buster，then wagged its tail madly and went over to him，licking his outstretched hand.

　　"Good boy，”Buster whispered. “What a great guard dog you are—trying to lick me to death.”

　　Satisfied he'd made friends with the dog，Bluster began to wander round the house，choosing items to put in his bag.His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques(古董)：a pair of silver candleholders，a silver tea-and-coffee service，etc..His new friend，the dog，sat and watched，as if wondering what was happening.

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