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1、新疆生产建设兵团第七师高级中学2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期初考试试题（无答案） 分值150分 时间100分第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AJohn keeps a record of new words and expressions in English. He usually writes them in a note-book. Then, later in the day, he asks his teacher
2、about them. “Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. Shes blue today.， Youre yellow, A little white lie, She has green fingers.” After looking at the note-book, Mrs. Thomas says, “In everyday English, John，blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with green fingers grows plants
3、successfully. And a white lie is not a bad lie.” “I dont understand. Please give me an example.” “ For example, I offer you some cake. The truth is that you dont like my cake. You dont say that. Instead, you say, No, thanks, Im not hungry. Thats a white lie.” John says, “I see , thanks for the expla
4、nation!”21. “Blue” sometimes means in spoken English “_”.A. angry B. lucky C. glad D. unhappy22. A person with “green fingers” is one who _ planting.A. is a new hand inB. is good at C. works hard at D. is interested in23. “Youre yellow to fight.” means “_.”A. You dare not fight B. You dare to fightC
5、. Youre afraid to see a fight D. Youre able to fight24. If you say “Its a white lie.”, it means that someone _.A. says something unreal and harmful B. is unfriendly to talk to othersC. refuses to tell the truth in a polite way D. is telling a big lieBAs traditional Chinese art, paper cutting has a l
6、ong history. The first and earliest paper cutting was found in China 1,500 years ago. But this traditional art is at risk of disappearing now. Luckily, Vivian Woo, a Chinese immigrant in America, is trying to bring this art back to life.One Saturday in 2017，Ms. Woo held a paper cutting show at a sho
7、pping center near Washington. She got much fun and peace doing it. She hoped more people would enjoy it. Ms. Woo began to study the art of paper cutting as a 14 - year - old girl in her hometown in China. She said all the students at school had to learn paper cutting. But she had a deep love for it.
8、 So her teacher spent more time teaching her after class. Later, she won the second prize in a national painting and art competition. Ms. Woo went to America after she finished college in 2008. Soon after that, she took part in an activity to promote Chinese paper cutting. And then she was invited t
9、o show the art in many important activities. “It is important to promote this art to Americans or anyone who is interested in it. Maybe it will make this art more popular.” Woo said.From the art of paper cutting, people can know about Chinese cultural values, history and stories of peoples life. Ms.
10、 Woo uses the art as a tool to show Chinese culture to people who know little about it. Chinese art is not only for Chinese, but also for people all over the world.25. What did Ms. Woo do in 2017?A. She won the second prize in a national painting and art competition.B. She was invited to many activi
11、ties to show paper cutting.C. She held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington.D. She took part in an activity to promote Chinese paper cutting.26. Ms. Woo began to study the art of paper cutting.A. when she was fourteenB. after she got to AmericaC. when she was in collegeD. after
12、she finished college27. In the passage, the writer thinks the art of paper cutting isnow.A. very popular in AmericaB. very popular in ChinaC. for people who know about itD. in danger of disappearingCGetting rid of dirt(灰尘;尘土;污物), in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is noth
13、ing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a way to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let illnesses in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 153
14、8, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus it began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king o
15、rdered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea; clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfa
