1、高一英语考试试题2014-2015学年度第一学期高一期末试题（卷）英 语 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将答题卡上交。温馨提示： 1答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、学号填写在答题卡上。 2将答案一律写在答题卡上，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出最佳选项。A It is often complained(抱怨) by French teachers and parents that their kids are less bright than they wer
2、e. They say young people visit museums less often and spend too much time on the Internet. They only read comics and listen to music, and like American culture more than their own. But is this true? A recent survey shows that many French kids spend their time as other kids always have. Most French t
3、eens love music, with 86% putting it as their top hobby, above the cinema, sport and television. French kids read a lot and like different things, from Japanese cartoons to American novels. Many French people worry that their children watch too many American films and listen to too much American mus
4、ic. But the results of this survey show that French young people like their own culture. As Silvia Berlin, a student from Paris, says， I love watching American TV, but I watch more French programmes. I love being French!1. Many French teachers and parents . A. think their kids are as clever as they
5、were B. don t think their kids are as clever as they were C. think their kids are more clever than they were D. don t think their kids are clever at all2. Most French teens top hobby is . . A. going to the movies B. doing sport C. watching TV D. listening to music3. The French kids like all of the f
6、ollowing except _ . A. Japanese history B. Japanese cartoons C. American films D. American music4. The last paragraph is designed to tell us that _ . A. French kids like watching American TV. B. Silvia Berlin is a student from pairs. C. French kids love their own culture. D. French kids like French
7、people.5. This passage is mainly about a survey of_ . A. French parents complaint B. French kids study C. French kids interests D. French teachers complaintBWe walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didnt even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew sh
8、e wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth open is surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, Very dirty floors.”Ye
9、s, Im glad theyve finally decided to clean them, the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, But arent you working late?Mum just pushed harder, each swipe(拖一下)of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to
10、writing in the big book. After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, Thank you. Outside, Mum told me, Dagmar is fine. No fever. You saw her, Mum?Of course. I told
11、her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. Its a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush.6. When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was _. A. to clean the floor B. to please the nurs
12、eB. to surprise the story-teller D. to see a patient7. When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a _ . A. nurse B. cleaner C. patient D. visitor 8. After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?A. It has strict rules about visiting hours.B. It is a childrens hospital.C. The con
13、ditions there arent very good. D. The nurses and doctors there dont work hard. 9. From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely _ .A. Dads boss B. the story-tellers sisterC. the story-tellers classmateD. Mums friend10. Which of the following words best describes Mum?A. strange B. warm-hearted C.
14、clever D. hard-working CThere are thousands of products (商品) of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try. How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman. There on the shelves, each bottle, can ,box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to
15、 speak to the inner self of the consumer, because he/she is buying not only a product but also his/her belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “consu
16、mers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products.” as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers feelings for packaging, noticed. Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown
17、 that colours draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that is it very good for your body. And the word “green” today can keep food prices going up. Shapes are another attraction. Circles often s
18、uggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. Thats why the round yellow M signs of McDonalds are inviting to both young and old. This new consumer response to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people by to sati
19、sfy both body and soul.11. The underlined word “consumer” in the passage means _. A. salesman B. shopkeeper C. buyer D. product12. According to the passage, _ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product. A. the pleasing color of the package B. he special taste of the product C. the st
20、range shape of the package D. the belief in the product13. If a package or a product is round in shape, it can _. A. bring excitement to the consumers B. attract the consumers attention C. catch the eye movement of the consumers D produce a happy and peaceful feeling14. “And the word green today can
21、 keep food prices going up ” This sentence suggests that consumers today are _. A. starting to notice the importance of new food B. enjoying the beauty of nature more than before C. beginning to like green vegetables D. paying more attention to their health15. It can be inferred from the passage tha
22、t V8 is a kind of _. A. vegetable dish B. healthy juice C. iced drink D red vegetableD I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldnt bear people to look at me and think I was not like th
23、em. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic; motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work. One evening, I got off the bus about
24、halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “Im awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me
25、. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldnt stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived. Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tri
26、ed to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decid
27、ed not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.16
28、. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_.A. she might be recognized B. asking for help looked sillyC. she was normal and independent D. being found blind was embarrassing17. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_.A. began to run B. hit a person as usualC. hit a lamppost by
29、accident D. was caught by something18. At the request stop that evening, the girl_.A. stopped a big lorry B. stopped the wrong busC. made no attempt to stop the bus D. was not noticed by other people19. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?A. Other vehicles also stopped ther
30、e. B. It was unreliable for making judgments.C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.20. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping_.A. to find people there B. to find more buses thereC. to find the bus by herself there D
31、. to find people more helpful there第二节( 共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分 )根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” _21_ . I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves because of a limited vocabulary. 22_ . Howev
