四川省绵阳市绵竹中学高一英语模拟试卷含解析

四川省绵阳市绵竹中学高一英语模拟试卷含解析 一、 选择题 1. Not only______an explorer but also he was a great thinker______this thirties. A. he was...in    B. was he...at C. was he...in    D. he was...at 参考答案： C 2. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and ________ each other. A. communicate to           B. communicate at    C. communicate with         D. communicate after 参考答案： C 3. Another side effect the medicine has _________ humans is that it will do harm _________ our stomach. A. to; to   B. on; for   C. on; to   D. to; for 参考答案： C 4. Studies show that students are more ______ to be addicted to playing computer games if they always play them before computer screens every day. A. possible         B. probable         C. likely           D. perhaps 参考答案： C 5. The house, ____________is blue, will be used as a library. A. whose the roof            B. the roof of whose      C. the roof of which    D. which roof  参考答案： C 6. —Isn’t it better that you wear this dress to attend the party? —No，it’s________. A．up to date                 B．out of date C．fashionable D．of date 参考答案： B 句意为：——你穿这件裙子去参加派对难道不更好吗？——不好，它已经过时了。out of date过时，符合句意。 7. On his way home he suddenly heard his name ________. A. calling        B. called       C. to call         D. call 参考答案： B 8. ---Mary has invited me to her birthday party this evening, Mom. --- ________ A. Best wishes.                   B. Good luck.          C. Have fun                  D. Happy birthday. 参考答案： C 9. Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it cost_____ his. A. as much twice as B. twice as much as C. much as twice as D. as twice much as 参考答案： B 略 10. Yesterday Mother bought a lot of fruit，    oranges，bananas and apples． A．such as    B．for example    C．that is  D．and so on 参考答案： A 11. 20% of the students of Nan Shan Senior High        the school color1 ful clubs so far. A．has joined      B．has been joined C．have joined  D．have been joined 参考答案： D 12. The students held ______ breath for a few seconds and bowed before the monument in_____ memory of the heroes who lost their lives in the War of Liberation. A. the; the B.the; / C. their; the     D. their; / 参考答案： D 13. The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.     A. in need of B. in search of       C. with the help of D. in memory of 参考答案： D 14. There was ________ much noise that we couldn't hear the teacher. A. so          B. such                 C. too         D. really 参考答案： A 35. ---Why didn’t you tell him about the meeting?    ----He rushed out of the room______I could say a word.    A. before                      B. until                                 C. when             D. that 参考答案： A 略 16. — Do you mind my taking the books away? — ________. A. Certainly, please do.    B. No, go ahead C. Yes, not at all    D. No, please don’t 参考答案： B 二、 书面表达 17. [写作内容] 用英语写一篇英语短文介绍关于汶川大地震的情况。 时间:2008年5月12日下午 人员损失:大约9万人死亡, 36万人受伤, 上万人失踪 设施破坏:停电、房屋桥梁被毁、交通堵塞 严重性:汶川8.0级大地震被称为“全球十大灾难”之一 [写作要求] 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。 参考词汇:magnitude 8.0 八级   参考答案： On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, a big earthquake struck/hit Wenchuan. As a result, nearly 90,000 people lost their lives, 360,000 got injured and thousands of people were missing. What’s worse, the earthquake had the electricity cut off, the traffic blocked and buildings and bridges destroyed. The earthquake, which was magnitude 8.0, was considered to be one of the top ten global disasters. It shocked the whole world. 三、 阅读理解 18. Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours (绕行路) in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words. For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents’ home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do：the fastest，shortest，easiest road，especially when I was alone with four noisy，restless kids who hate confinement (限制) and have strong opinions about everything. Road trips felt risky，so I would drive fast，stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired. But then Banner，our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices：leave Banner with my husband，or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me. That is how I found myself on the road with four kids，a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour，let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They’d get back in the car breathless and energized，smelling fresh from the cold air. We explored side roads，catching grasshoppers in waist-high grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water，it was better than the best ride down the free