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1、永城市实验高级中学20182019学年度下学期高一期中英语试题（考试时间100分钟）第一部分：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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A.At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. In
2、the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city one of t
3、he greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground
4、. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. The suffering of the people was extreme. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. The number of peop
5、le who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.1. What is the main idea of this passage?A. A big earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan. B. A great shake and a huge crack.C. The suffering of people. D. The number of people killed or injured. 2. What time did the earthquake begi
6、n?A. At about 3:00 am. B. At about a quarter to four in the morningC. At early night D. After people getting up3. Which of the following statements is true?A. Beijing is more than two hundred kilometres away from Hebei.B. The huge crack was seven kilometres long.C. Hundreds of families were killed.D
7、. In a very short time a large city became ruins.B.You cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us afraid. It was a prison from which no one escaped. There I spent the hardest time of my life. But when I got there Nelson Mandela was also there and he helped me. Mr Mandela began a school for
8、 those of us who had little learning. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been asleep. We read books under our blankets and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words. I became a good student. I wanted to study for my degree but I was not allow
9、ed to do that. Later, Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us. He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees. They were not cleverer than me, but they did pass their exams. So I knew I could get a degree too. That made me feel good about myself. When I finished the four
10、years in prison, I went to find a job. Since I was better educated, I got a job working in an office. However, the police found out and told my boss that I had been in prison for blowing up government buildings. So I lost my job. I did not work again for twenty years until Mr Mandela and the ANC cam
11、e to power in 1994. All that time my wife and children had to beg for food and help from relatives or friends. Luckily Mr Mandela remembered me and gave me a job taking tourists around my old prison on Robben Island. I felt bad the first time I talked to a group. All the terror and fear of that time
12、 came back to me. I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died. I felt I would not be able to do it, but my family encouraged me. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights
13、for the Blacks. So now at 51 I am proud to show visitors over the prison, for I helped to make our people free in their own land. 4. The author felt good about himself because _.A. the prison guards studied with him B. Mandela taught them himself C. many of his friends passed the exams D. he believe
14、d he could get a degree if he had the chance 5. As a leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela helped prisoners of Robben Island by _.A. giving them an education B. giving them money C. putting the guards in prison D. giving them a job 6. The author lost his job because _.A. he wasnt well-educated when
15、 he was in prison B. the boss knew he had been in prison C. he was not fit for his work D. he didnt get on well with the other workers 7. The underlined number in the last paragraph refers to _.A. the room number of prisonB. the authors number in prisonC. the authors ageD. the work timeC.Florence Ni
16、ghtingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing，and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.At last her mind was made up. “Im going to be a n
