2011年广东省东山中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷.doc

《2011年广东省东山中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷.doc》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《2011年广东省东山中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷.doc（13页珍藏版）》请在麦多课文档分享上搜索。

1、2011年广东省东山中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷 其他 （ A）新概念 Across the Channel Debbie Hart is going to swim 【小题 1】 _ the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to 【小题 2】 _ from the French coast at five oclock in the morning. Debbie is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo 【小题 3】_a new world record. She is a strong 【小题 4

2、】 _and many people feel that she is sure to【小题 5】 _. Debbies father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her 【小题 6】 _ as she swims the long 【小题 7】 _ to England. Debbie 【小题 8】 _to take short rests every two hours. She will ha

3、ve something to drink but she will not eat any 【小题 9】 _food. Most of Debbies school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. 【小题10】 _ them will be Ernas mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl. 答案： 【小题 1】 across 【小题 1】 set out 【小题 1】 set up 【小题 1】 swimmer 【小题 1】 succeed

4、 【小题 1】 anxiously 【小题 1】 distance 【小题 1】 intends 【小题 1】 solid 【小题 1】 Among 选词填空（共 10小题，每小题 1分，满分 10分） account for； by accident； equipped with； in memory of ； looking forward to； remindedof ； refer to ； search for ； Thanks to ； would rather 【小题 1】 If there is any new word, you can _ your dictionary.

5、【小题 2】 I _ go fishing than swimming. 【小题 3】 We can _ whatever information on the Internet. 【小题 4】 Though _ only rice and muskets, our army won the war. 【小题 5】 _ his friends support, the poor student was able to finish university. 【小题 6】 She is_ hearing from her boyfriend in Australia. 【小题 7】 On the

6、Dragon Boat Festival people usually eat zongzi_Qu Yuan,a great poet. 【小题 8】 What he said _ me _ my father, he once told me like that 【小题 9】 How did you find this important letter Quite _. 【小题 10】 He has been asked to _ his absence. 答案： 【小题 1】 refer to 【小题 1】 would rather 【小题 1】 search for 【小题 1】 equ

7、ipped with 【小题 1】 Thanks to 【小题 1】 looking forward to 【小题 1】 in memory of 【小题 1】 remindedof 【小题 1】 by accident 【小题 1】 account for （ B）课文填空 By chance I 【小题 1】 _ an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a 【小题 2】 _ in womens diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed that she had been very b

8、usy in her 【小题 3】 _ career, 【小题 4】_ abroad to study as well as writing books and articles. One of them caught my 【小题 5】 _. It was a small book【小题 6】 _ how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to 【小题 7】_ for keeping babies clean, healthy and free from 【小

9、题 8】 _. Why did she write that Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought 【 小题 9】_ this advice I looked carefully at the text and realized that it was【小题10】 _ for wom 答案： 【小题 1】 came across 【小题 1】 specialist 【小题 1】 chosen 【小题 1】 travelling 【小题 1】 eye 【小题 1】 explaining 【小题 1】 follow 【小题 1】 sickness

10、【小题 1】 needed 【小题 1】 intended 完型填空 A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasnt much of a fruit-eater, 1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but, as they say, the forbidden fruit c

11、an be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 2 he felt and the more he wanted that apple. 3 as high as he could, but even at his tallest 4 , he was unable to touch it. He began to 5 up and down , as high as he could, at the 6 of each jump stretching his arms to

12、get the apple . Still it remained out of 7 . Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to 8 on . His school bag wouldnt give enough height and he didnt want to 9 the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box , a roc

13、k , or , with luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk 10 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become

14、 from his 11 , and how he really wanted that apple .The more he 12 like this , the more unhappy he became. However ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldnt always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself . This isnt 13 ,I dont have the apple and Im feeling miserable a

15、s well. Theres 14 more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 15 our feelings. If thats the case, what can I do to feel better 【小题1】 A preferring B offering C receiving D allowing A sadder B angrier C hungrier D tastier A Expanding B Stretching C Swinging D

16、Pulling A strength B length C range D height A jump B look C walk D glance A tip B stage C top D level 【小题 7】 A hope B. hand C. sight D. reach 【小题8】 A put B stand C get D hold A break B shake C take D strike A back B away C up D down A wishes B beliefs C efforts D goals A thought B imagined C tried

17、D claimed A skilful B cheerful C harmful D helpful A something B anything C everything D nothing A change B express C forget D describe 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 阅读理解 In the fall of 1985.

18、 I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later , I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college

19、 an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: buildin

20、g my family with a combination of adopt(收养 ) and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I

21、became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part

22、was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. I

23、t took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its

24、 a process. Remember； little steps add up to big dreams. 【小题 1】 When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be_ A a writer B a teacher C a judge D a doctor 【小题 2】 Why did the author quit school in her second year of college A She wanted to study by herself. B She fell in love and got

25、 married. C She suffered from a serious illness. D She decided to look after her grandma. 【小题 3】 What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5 A She was busy yet happy with her family life. B She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. C She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D Sh

26、e was too confused to make a correct choice. 【小题 4】 What doses the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph A Failure is the mother of success. B Little by little, one goes far. C Every coin has two sides. D Well begun, half done. 【小题 5】 Which of the following can best describe the author

27、 A. Caring and determine. B. Honest and responsible. C. Ambitious and sensitive. Innocent and single-minded. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand

28、along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved. I had always travele

29、d to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics. It was n

30、ot long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the f

31、irst village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave hack. From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling.

32、I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time. The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked

33、beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱 ). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car. I looked forward to the return journey. 【小题 1】 The

34、author expected the train trip to be A adventurous B pleasant C exciting D dull 【小题 2】 What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip A The friendly country people. B The mountains along the way. C The crowds of people in the streets. D The simple lunch served on the train. 【小题 3】 Which

35、of the following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in the second paragraph A choose B enjoy C prepare for D carry on 【小题 4】 Where was the writer going A Johore Baru. B The Causeway. C Butterworth. D Singapore. 【小题 5】 What can we learn from the story A Comfort in traveling by train.

36、B Pleasure of living in the country. C Reading gives people delight. D Smiles brighten people up. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D “I Went Skydiving at 84!” As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of for a woman to

37、do that. I got a taste of that dream in 2001,when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be very dull. Around that time, I told my husband that I wanted to skydive. So when our retirement community（社区） announced that they were having

38、 an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream. In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Brush Sr. did it at age 80. Why not me I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard

39、nothing. But then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just couldnt believe it. Inspired by this， I decided to realize my dream, even though some of my family members and my doctor were against it. On June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and frien

40、ds gathered in the area close to where I would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience. The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasnt frightenedI was really just looking forward to the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay

41、instructed me to throw myself out of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a second I thought, “What have I gotten myself into ” But then everything got calmer. We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute（降落伞） , th

42、en we just floated downward for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I have ever feltmuch better than the hot air balloon. I was just enjoying it. Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at

43、 me and realize that you dont stop living just because you are 84 years old. If theres something you want to experience, look into it. If its something that is possible, make it happen. 【小题 1】 What happened to the author in 2001 A She flew an airplane B She entered a competition C She went on a hot

44、air balloon ride D She moved into a retirement community 【小题 2】 The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to . A build up her own reputation B show her admiration for him C compare their health condition D make her argument persuasive 【小题 3】 How did the author feel immediately after she jump

45、ed out of the plane A Excited B Scared C Nervous D Regretful 【小题 4】 What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving A The beautiful clouds B The wonderful view C The company of Jay D The one-minute free fall 【小题 5】 Which word could be used to replace the word “instructor,” in Paragraph 3 A doc

46、tor B conductor C pilot D trainer 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D Shay asked, “Do you think theyll let me play ” Shays father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son, mentally and physically disabled,

47、were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence. Shays father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much. The boy looked around and said, “Were losing by six runs (分 ) and the game is in the eighth inning (局 )

48、.I guess he can be on our team and well try to put him in to bat in the final inning. Shay struggled over to the teams bench and put on a team shirt with a broad smile and his father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in heart. The boys saw the fathers joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Sha