山西省长治市沁源县沁源第三中学高一英语期末试题含解析

山西省长治市沁源县沁源第三中学高一英语期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. My father went to work by car______ today, but he arrived at the company later______ . A. than usual; than usual                           B. as usual; as usual       C. as usual;than usual                       D. than usual;as usual 参考答案： C 2. The woman ________ there under the tree, _______ in a blue shirt, is our headmaster.  A. sitting; wearing           B. sitting; dressed            C. seating; dressed       D. seated; dressing 参考答案： B 3. After his father died, the boy was _______ by his devoted mother, who attached importance to his education.       A. brought up       B. turned up               C. given up        D. taken up   参考答案： A 略 4. To save some of the human languages before they are forgotten, the students in our school started a discussion “Save our ____________”.      A. Sky                                 B. Life                         C. Arts                                 D. Voices 参考答案： D 略 5. ---Why don’t we choose that road to save time? --- The bridge to it_____. A. has repaired   B. is repaired   C. is being repaired   D. will be repaired 参考答案： C 6. We have been asked to spend as much time as we can ______ English since we went to senior high school. A. practise speaking B. to practise to speak  C. practising speaking  D. practise to speak 参考答案： C 7. _____, he has a lot of knowledge about computer.    A. A child as he is             B. As he is a child    C. Child as he is               D. Child as is he 参考答案： C 8. It was not until 1920          regular radio broadcasts began. A. while          B. when          C. that            D. since 参考答案： C 9. I’ll shout if you go ______!    A. too closer        B. any closer          C. more closer      D. much close 参考答案： B 10. Success always hides behind the next comer in the road, so you will never know how close it lies      you turn the comer. A. as    B. if C. though    D. unless 参考答案： D 【详解】考查连词辨析。句意：成功总是藏在路的另一个拐角处，所以你永远不会知道它离你有多近，除非你转过这个拐角。A. as因为；B. if如果； C. though尽管；D. unless除非，根据题意，故选D。 11. ______ the production up by 60%, the company will have another excellent year. A. As             B. Because            C. With D. Since 参考答案： C 12. In most western countries, on April Fool’s Day，people often play _____  trick on each other; children especially have great  _______  fun. A．a；a      B．the；the     C．不填；a     D．a；不填 参考答案： D 13. We finished the job last night ,but it was already midnight _______I arrived home． A.while           B. when      C. where              D: that 参考答案： B 14. This book is not interesting. In my opinion, it is really not worth ____. A．reading  B．to read C．to be read    D．being read 参考答案： A 15. It rains a lot these days， _______ prevents us from going out. A. it    B. that C. this    D. which 参考答案： D 【详解】考查非限制性定语从句。句意：这些天下雨很多，这阻止了我们外出。_______ prevents us from going out.是一个非限制性定语从句，修饰整个主句内容，that不能引导非限制性定语从句，故选D。 16. --His mother dances well. -- So _____ and so _____. A. she does; his father does         B. does she; his father does C. she does; does his father         D. does she; does his father 参考答案： C 二、 书面表达 17. 短文写作（共1题；满分30分) 请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。 Failure is the mother of success. What failure to us is what sunshine to the trees. 注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语； ②除诗歌外，文体不限； ③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； ④词数为120左右。 参考答案： 三、 阅读理解 18. The earthquake that shook Japan on March 11, 2011 was the strongest earthquake in that country’s recorded history and the fourth strongest recorded on Earth since 1900. It cracked open the ground, knocked people off their feet, and made tall buildings move. Then things got even worse. It created huge waves called a tsunami (海啸). Walls of water as tall as 30 feet flooded into the coast and swept six miles inland, wiping out everything in the way. Many human survivors were separated from their pets. Many animal lovers went out of their way to help pets in need after the tsunami. And some pets helped their owners, too. When Kamata heard the tsunami alert (警报), he decided to visit his neighbours to warn them of the coming danger. He put his dog, Shane, in the yard so they could leave as soon as he returned. But later, as he headed home, the tsunami flooded into the city, destroying his path. Kamata was forced to run to higher ground, to a school that served as a shelter. He feared he would never see Shane again. Six hours later, Kamata heard that a dog was waiting outside the school. He went to look: It’s Shane! The dog swam through the tsunami and found Kamata, even though Shane had never been to the school. After the huge earthquake ended, 83-year-old Tami Akanuma thought that she and her small dog, Babu, were safe. But Babu was anything but calm. She cried and walked worriedly, as if really wanting to go for a walk. That’s strange, since Babu didn’t like taking walks. But Akanuma took her out. Outside, Babu headed up a hill instead of toward their normal ro