高一上学期英语期中考试试题（不含听力）
第二部分：英语知识和应用（共两节，35小题；每小题1分，满分35分） 第一节：单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
16. It was ___struggle for him to finish _______experiment, with the room in ________mess after he finished it.
A. the; an; / B. a; the; a C. a; an; / D. /; the; a
17. Chinese President Xi Jinping, _________by Manchester United former players and ambassadors, enjoyed an exhibition from National Football Museum, ________ major historical artifacts(文物)were on display. A. greeting; where B. greeting; in which C. greeted; where D. greeted; in that 18. -----____________?
----No. In fact it is _________at the weekend.
A. How much do you charge me for it; free B. Does it cost a lot; free of charge
C. What is the charge for it; for free D. Could you tell me your charge for it; free 19. How I wish every family ___________a large house with a garden with beautiful flowers ______ in it! A. has; to grow B. had; growing C. will have; growing D. had had; grew 20. What a terrible experience! _______ , you’re safe now----that’s the main thing. A. Anyhow B. Besides C. Though D. Somehow 21. There is little doubt in your mind that he does well in English, ________?
A. is there B. isn’t there C. does he D. doesn’t he
22. From that day on, I promised myself that wherever I am in a situation ______ I can help others the way ______this person helped me, I will follow this example.
A. which; which B. where; that C. that; which D. where; where 23. ---I’m so happy to see you again. Where have you been? ---Canada! I _______ medicine there for four years.
A. studied B. had studied C. am studying D. study
24. To some degree, uncontrolled information from the Internet that many people turn ______false. A. to turn out B. turns out C. turn out D. to turns out 25. We required that he _____sorry to his mum, but he insisted that it ____his fault.
A. said; wasn’t B. said; shouldn’t be C. say; wasn’t D. say; shouldn’t be
26. We shouldn’t feel _____of our weight because our inner beauty is more important. A. guilty B. ashamed C. energetic D. distant
27. One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a high building is that you can get a good _____of the nearby community.
A. sight B. scene C. view D. scenery
28. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, _______80% are sold abroad. A. of which B. which of C. of them D. of whom
29. Because he _____himself to _____his research, he spared no time to spend to weekend with us. A. was devoted; doing B. devoted; do C. was devoted; do D. devoted; doing 30. ---Potted plants always die with me. I’m afraid I haven’t got _____. ---My advice is that you get enough knowledge about growing plants first.
A. my cup of tea B. a wet blanket C. all ears D. green fingers 第二节：完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One of the most inspiring quotes(名言)I ever heard was by Brian Tracy. He said: “The 31 between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people 32 many more times than unsuccessful people.”
I deeply understood the __33____ of the quote soon after my fist book was published.
I was living in Atlanta at the time and __34____ my fist signing sale for my new book at the phoenix and Dragon, the largest bookstore in the city. Although a nice sign was placed outside the
room ___35___ images of both me and my book, The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Soul ,not a single customer entered the room. __36____ each minute passed, I became increasingly ___37___.
At 6:25 pm, just before the store’s ___38___, I began to get myself ready to leave. At that moment, just when I couldn’t fell any __39____, a middle-aged couple walked into the room. I managed to ___40___ my emotions and introduced myself and my book.
The couple turned the pages each other, and the husband __41____ to his wife. She then told me, “I think we’ll get the book.”
Despite the impulse (冲动）to jump ___42___, and hold their hands to thank them for being my ___43___ readers, I realized the woman was trying to say something else.
“The ___44___ we’re buying it is that our son died two years ago,” she said. “Maybe your book will help us ___45___ it .”
At that moment, I knew if never sold a copy of the book, my four years of __46____ had been meaningless. Although I would have many more challenging years __47____ my book became a bestseller, this couple’s story was all the ___48___ I needed at that point to keep me __49____.
Thanks to them, I would realize that the greatest of lives are made all in the same way : One challenge ... one challenge ... one difficulty ... one step ... and one small ___50___ at a time. 31. A. distance B. balance C. difference D. advantage 32. A. hesitate B. fail C. complain D. survive 33. A. wisdom B. impression C. honor D. analysis 34. A. refused B. decided C. waited D. arranged 35. A. including B. decorating C. declaring D. showing 36. A. While B. With C. As D. When 37. A. curious B. clam C. angry D. anxious 38. A. disappearing B. closing C. crowded D. opening 39. A. good B. bad C. worse D. better 40. A. express B. escape C. read D. hide 41. A. replied B. reacted C. nodded D. pointed
42. A. in the air B. in a row C. on the rise D. on the ground 43. A. reliable B. first C. unusual D. final 44. A. reason B. effect C. purpose D. result 45. A. look through B. come across C. find out D. get over 46. A. writing B. advertising C. studying D. waiting 47. A. since B. until C. after D. unless 48. A. material B. information C. decision D. power 49. A. putting forward B. falling down C. moving ahead D. standing by 50. A. success B. failure C. basis D. pleasure 第三部分 阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A
On a cold winter day, many years ago, a French art teacher named Pierre Chevalier got on a train in Lyon to go to Paris. When he started his journey, he didn’t know that it was the beginning of almost 40 years of accidents and near death experiences.
During the journey, the train fell into an icy river, killing 12 passengers. Chevalier managed to swim back to the river bank. He only had a broken leg.
Two years later, Chevalier was on a plane from Paris to Moscow when a door suddenly opened and he fell out. A few minutes later, the plane crashed(坠毁); 27 people were killed. Chevalier was so lucky that he landed in a haystack(干草堆).