1、高中英语一年级上期中试题2012-2013学年上学期高一年级第一次考试英语试卷 高一英语试卷 (北师大版) 第二节 完型填空 (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, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 It was a winter afternoonSome friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talkingWe talked and talked and soon 36 became the topicSuddenly I 37 upon an idea“Wo
2、uldnt it be fun to go swimming ? Others go 38 in winter，but why couldnt we ? 39 , we could be healthier if we did”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea 40 . Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands 41 for a bus to take us to the 42
3、 The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same 43 0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wallWe all felt we should go _44_ but no one wanted to speak out . We soon reached the sandsThere was nobody there，but we were not discouragedInstead we were 45 that we were the
4、 only ones that dared to challenge the weather 46 we changed our clothes quickly But things were not going so 47 The freezing sea wind was blowingWe left very cold and 48 all overAt last we made up our minds to 49 into the waterWe put our feet in first, _50_ to take them back very quicklyThe water w
5、as unbelievably cold Then I suggested we all jump inWe all went back ten steps . I gave the 51 ，and we all rushed forward and jumped inI shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up _52_ and rushed again to the shoreSo it was with my friendsWe 53 0ur clothes as quickly as possible On t
6、he way back home，we talked about this unforgettable 54 The four of us did not _55_ school for the following three daysWe all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it 36Afilms B. music C. sports D. plays 37Acaught B. fell C. came D. hit 38Aswimming B. skating C. skiing D
7、. camping 39ASpecially B. Besides C. Really D. Clearly 40Aindeed B. surely C. certainly D. truly 41A1ooking B. searching C. waiting D. asking 42Ariver B. lake C. pool D. sands 43AEven B. Yet C. If D. And 44Aahead B. forward C. away D. back 45Aexcited B. happy C. proud D. lonely 46ASo B. However C. S
8、till D. Or 47Awrong B. right C. bad D. smooth 48Awalked B. changed C. trembled D. hid 49Ago B. drop C. fun D. rush 50Ajust B. then C. only D. but 51Amessage B. order C. mark D. information 52Aslowly B. nervously C. happily D. immediately 53Ahad on B. put on C. wore D. dressed 54A1ife B. experiment C
9、. chance D. experience 55Aattend B. reach C. enter D. go 第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每下题2分，计40分） 阅读下面短文，然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A It doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin,
10、 it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. B
11、ut they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by t
12、his strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94. 56. Th
13、e main idea of this passage is that _. A. large numbers of people do not need sleep B. a person was found who actually didnt need any sleep C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep 57. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _. A. cure him of
14、 his sleeplessness B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping D. find out why some old people didnt need any asleep 58. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _. A. was too old to need any sleep B. often s
15、lept in a chair C. needed no sleep at all D. needed some kind of sleep 59. One reason that might explain Herpins sleeplessness was _. A. that he hadnt got a bed B. that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habit C. his mothers injury before he was born D. his magnificent physical condition B H
16、ere is a question I have often asked at dinner parties: Youre on an island with only one other person, your best friend. Hes dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school. Then he dies. But his son is
17、 a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school? Ive asked this question of everyone from the president
18、 of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening. 60. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage? A. Only the clever p
19、eople can answer the question rightly. B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question. C. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question. D. Most of the people have the same answer. 61. What the writer often says at dinner parties is _. A. not a true story B. a true story
20、 C. a strange story D. just a joke 62. Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because _. A. he wants to find the answer for a research B. he is interested in such a question C. he likes to make fun of people at parties D. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say so
21、mething 63. Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct? A. You give the money to your friends son. B. You give the money to your son for medical school. C. You keep the money for your future medical care. D. You keep the money for your friends son. C The Worlds Largest Insect This g
22、iant insect can be used as a toy. A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the neck of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the childs head. The child laughs
23、as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world. The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and sti
24、ff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel. African childre
25、n often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless. 64. The African Goliath beetle is _. A. the worlds largest insect B. a toy used in many parts of the world C. the only insect found in Africa D. the worlds smallest insect 65. What made the whirri
26、ng sound that the child heard? A. The curved string. B. The beetles soft wings. C. The beetles six legs. D. The beetles body. 66. We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _. A. makes a whirring sound when it flies B. has both soft and hard wings C. has six legs and a body with three pa
27、rts D. can fly 67. When flying, the Goliath steers by_. A. turning its soft back wings B. twisting and turning its hard front wings C. twisting and turning its legs D. twisting and turning its whole body D Some English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different en
28、dings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same port, which come from the Latin word, meaning to carry or to move from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. Import means to carry
29、 in or to bring into a country, export, ex means out of, so this word means to carry out of the country, re means back, so the report means to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody, transport, trans means across and it means to carry across one place to another. Lets look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who completes the verb. So supporter
