河北省邢台市沙河第一高级中学2022-2023学年高一英语上学期期末试题含解析

河北省邢台市沙河第一高级中学2022-2023学年高一英语上学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. It is reported that the United States uses________ energy as the whole of Europe. A. as twice                                            B. twice much            C. twice much as                                D. twice as much 参考答案： D 略 2. _____ is known to all, China will be an_____ powerful country in 20 or 30 year’s tome. A. That; advancing B. This; advanced C. As; advanced D. It; advancing   参考答案： C 略 3. Paul doesn’t have to be made ____. He always works hard.   A. learn            B. to learn                 C. learned                  D. learning 参考答案： B 4. Do you know the thief ______ by the police? A. has caught          B. has been catching    C. will catch         D. has been caught  参考答案： D 5. Receiving a report that the plane crashed，             the government took measures. A. at no time                                                          B. in no time C. at a time                                                            D. of all time 参考答案： B 6. Mo Yan, _______ hometown is Gaomi, a county in Shandong Province, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012. A. who        B. whom         C. which        D. whose 参考答案： D 7. Jane has lost weight by going on       diet and taking       exercise every day. A. a, an B. /, / C. a, / D. /, an 参考答案： C 8. — I feel really  for the interview. ----Take it easy. Sure y ou are the best A．patient B．serious C．nervous D．cool 参考答案： C 9. Jack knows _____ little English that he has never found an _____ job.     A. such; exciting             B. so; exciting C. such; excited             D.so ;excited 参考答案： B 略 10. People, with the young ________, love to surf the Internet for entertainment. A. in general    B. in detail   C. in particular   D. in brief 参考答案： C 11. The customer bargained with the shopkeeper for a long time, and finally they agreed ______ the price． A．to                          B．with                       C．on                          D．at 参考答案： C 12. John is the boy _____ legs were badly hurt in the accident. A. that    B. who     C. which    D. whose     参考答案： D 略 13. Have you finished____ the books you bought yesterday? A. read        B. to read    C. to have read       D. reading 参考答案： D 14. David had prepared carefully for the exam so that he could pass it at his first ________. A. purpose           B. desire            C. wish             D. attempt 参考答案： D 15. Peter ______ be really difficult sometimes even though he’s a nice person in general(一般说来).     A. shall           B. should         C. can           D. must 参考答案： A 略 16. The      house smells as if it hasn’t been lived in for years. A. little white wooden                                     B. little wooden white C. white wooden little                                     D. wooden white little 参考答案： A 二、 书面表达 17. 书面表达（满分20分） Franklin是美籍华人，最近常听同学们提起清明节 (Tomb Sweeping Day)，他对此非常感兴趣。作为他的朋友，请你根据以下内容写一篇文章，向Franklin介绍一些清明节的情况，具体内容如下： 1. 清明节的时间； 2. 清明节的意义； 3. 清明节的活动。 注意：1、词数100左右； 2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 3、参考词汇：墓grave； 墓碑 gravestone； 祭品sacrifice； 香incense 参考答案： Tomb Sweeping Day, one of the Chinese traditional festivals, usually falls around April 5 every year to honor the dead and satisfy their ancestors. On that day, Chinese people will drop their work and eagerly return home wherever they live. They will make it a great family get-together and go to the graves of their ancestors and sweep them. After that, people offer sacrifices to their ancestors, such as food, wine and so on. They also burn incense and paper money, and then bow (before their gravestones) to remember their ancestors and their great contributions to the families and society, as well as pray for a better living ( that they will lead a better life) in the future. 三、 阅读理解 18. Britain's long-term unemployed could be forced to carry out manual work or risk losing their welfare benefits under plans being put forward by the government. The U．S.-style scheme would see the long-term jobless ordered to take up four-week placements in order to get them used to having a full-time job. The idea is part of major reforms, due to be unveiled this week, to make cuts to Britain's huge welfare bill, reduce dependency on benefits and weed out those earning money but not declaring it, papers said. “What we are talking about here is people who have not been used to working having both the opportunity and perhaps a bit more of a push as well, to experience the workplace from time to time. The vast majority of people in Britain will think that is the right thing to do.” Foreign Secretary William Hague told BBC TV. Shortly after the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Union took power in May, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith unveiled plans to simplify the complex web of benefits available to reduce errors and inefficiencies.   Duncan Smith said the system had become regressive and wa