1、- 1 -河南省安阳市第三十五中学 2018-2019 学年高一英语下学期开学考试试题（无答案）第一部分第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）A1.How much time do you need to babysit Marys two boys each week?A.5 hours.B.10 hours.C.14 hours.D.40 hours.2.Which ad requires the job-hunters to work on Monday mornings?A.Ad A.B.Ad B.- 2 -C.Ad C.D.Ad D.3.What is a nece
2、ssity for people to get these jobs?A.They should look after Marys two young boys on weekends.B.They are supposed to work full-time just on Saturdays in the Munchies Caf.C.They should have your own bike to take this long-time newspaper delivery work.D.They need to communicate in a certain foreign lan
3、guage when working for the City Museum shop.BArthur Miller ( 1915 - 2005 ) is universally recognised as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However,he experienced severe
4、 financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of wort
5、h. In Willy Loman,the hero of the play,we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work,then he is no good to his employer,the Wagner Company,and he must go. Willy is painfully aware o
6、f this,and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Awa
7、rd, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10,2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.4.Why did Arthur M
8、illers father move to the USA?- 3 -A.He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.B.He was attracted by the “ Great American Dream“.C.He hoped to make his son a dramatist.D.His family business failed.5.The play Death of a Salesman .A.exposes the cruelty of the American business worldB.discusse
9、s the ways to get promoted in a companyC.talks about the business career of Arthur MillerD.focuses on the skills in doing business6.What can we learn about Willy Loman?A.He treats his employer badly.B.He runs the Wagner Company.C.He is a victim of the American system.D.He is regarded as a hero by hi
10、s colleagues.7.After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman .A.achieved a huge successB.won the first Tony AwardC.was warmly welcomed by salesmenD.was severely attacked by dramatistsCIt was a winter afternoon in 2000.Lily, our only daughter, sat quietly, all her heart put in her work.Every once in
11、 a while she would ask how to spell the name of someone in our family, and then painstakingly(费力地)formed the letters one by one. Next, she added flowers and green grass at the bottom of each page with a sun in the upper right comer, surrounded by the blue sky.Holding them at eyes level, she was sati
12、sfied.“What are you making, honey?” I asked.“Its a surprise,” she said, covering up her work with her hands.It wasnt until later that evening that I noticed a “ mailbox ” fastened onto the door to each of our bedrooms. There was one for Edward, one for Tom.She - 4 -hadnt forgotten Peter and baby Pau
13、l.For the next few weeks, we received mail regularly.There were little notes showing her love for each of us and short letters full of tiny things that only a seven-year-old would notice. I was in charge of receiving baby Pauls letters, page after page of colored scenes including flowers with happy
14、faces.“ He cant read yet, she said, M but he can look at the pictures.”This same little girl is growing now, driving off every day to college.But something about her has never changed. One afternoon only a week or so ago, I found a love note next to my pillow.“Thanks for always being there for me, M
15、um,” it read,“Im glad that we are best friends.”I couldnt help but remember that her smile has brought me countless hours of joy throughout the years. There are angels among us. I know, I live with one.8.What was Lily busy doing that afternoon in 2000?A.Playing a spelling game.B.Examining her work c
16、arefully.C.Doing her drawing homework.D.Preparing love notes for the family.9.Every time the writer received her daughters mail,she felt .A.surprisedB.happyC.proudD.interested10.The underlined words “something about her” in Paragraph 7mean .A.her habit of writing lettersB.her interest in drawing pic
17、turesC.her action of giving us surprisesD.her love for the family members11.Why did the author write the passage?A.To draw peoples attention to her daughter.- 5 -B.To tell people her daughters growing stories.C.To remember the true love from her daughter.D.To describe the angel living with her all h
18、er life.DComputers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control other machines. Many people use small computers called calculators to solve simple maths problems quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with compu
19、ters, and some computers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.To use the Kurzweil machine, a blind person can simply open the book and put it down on the scanner(扫描仪). The machine “reads” the words on the page. W
20、hen one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and puts the book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters and large letters.Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can “read” anything
21、 with it: newspapers, magazines, books, even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil Machine for blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can also help short-sighted children learn to read.12.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?A.Uses of computers.B.The development of computers.C.C
22、omputer languages.D.The Kurzweil Reading Machine.13.Which of the following is TRUE?A.Computers can solve all the problems people cant do.B.Large computers can only solve one problem at a time.C.When using the Kurzweil machine, a blind man neednt do anything.D.The Kurzweil machine can help blind peop
23、le and short-sighted children.14.The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 2) refers to _.- 6 -A.the bookB.the scannerC.the Kurzweil machineD.the blind15.Which of the following description doesnt belong to the uses of the computer?A.solve difficult problems.B.control other machines.C.can read words wit
24、h small letters and large letters for the blind only.D.some computers can help you learn languages.第二节 任务型阅读 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。A conversation with a good listener is like a good mealwe walk away feeling satisfied and happy.16_Here are 4 ways to make you
25、r conversation partner feel like youre fully listening to their personal radio station.17_Making your conversation partner feel safe starts with two things: an open mind and keeping judgment to yourself. Just as immersing(沉浸)yourself in a novel requires pause of disbelief, immersing yourself in list
26、ening requires pause of opinions or advice. While judgments may appear into your head, set them to the side.Ask questions to follow your natural curiosity.When youre interested, ask questions.18_Ask for examples. Ask for details. Following your natural curiosity by asking questions not only shows yo
27、u are listening and interested, but almost always produces an interesting story.Listen with your whole body.In many a kindergarten classroom, teachers emphasize something called “whole body listening”. It goes like this: use your eyes to watch nonverbal(非语言)- 7 -expressions, your brain to think abou
28、t what is being said, your heart to feel emotions and keep the rest of your body quiet to show respect. But many of us lose it over time, especially as life gets busy. The result? We often try to multitask while listening.19_Validate(使生效)with simple phrases.Keep in your back pocket some validating w
29、ords and phrases to show youve heard someone.“Of course.” “That makes sense.” “Naturally.” “Clearly.” “Forsure.”20_In conversation, combining those little phrases: “Of course you feel that way.” or “That makes total sense.” doesnt necessarily convey agreement, but it does convey something even bigge
30、r: acceptance.A. Create safety.B. We half-listen while getting things done or staring at a screen. C. Its appealing to talk about your own experience.D. Devote yourself to listening.E. Think like a journalist and ask what, when, where, why or how.F. All of these statements confirm a persons experien
31、ce or feelings as worthy and accepted.G. But being a good listener goes way beyond just not interrupting or nodding your head.完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing hi
32、s violin. Many people 21 their paces and put some22 into the hat of the young man.The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his 23 on the ground. 24 from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground, which said, “Last night, a gent
33、leman named George Sang put a(n) 25 thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to get it - 8 -back.“After about half an hour, a middle-aged man 26 there and said to the violinist, “Yes,its you. I knew that youre an honest man and would 27 come here.“The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr Georg
34、e Sang?“The man 28 .The violinist asked, “Did you29 something?“Yes. Its a lottery ticket,“ said the man.The violinist took out a lottery ticket with George Sangs 30 and gave it to him.The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket and won a prize of $500000. So he felt very31 a
35、fter workand felt the music was so 32 that he put 50 dollars in the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also 33 The violinist was a 34 at an arts college and played the violin to earn money for his education. 35 ,when he found the lottery ticket, he 36 to where he was given the lottery ticket.Later
36、 someone asked the violinist, “At that time you had to 37 the violin in the subway station to make money. Then why didnt you take the lottery ticket 38 yourself?“ He answered, “39 I dont have much money, I live happily, but if I lose 40 , I wont be happy forever.“21.A.slowed down B.put forward C.pic
37、ked up D.took on22.A.tickets B.paper C.money D.stones23.A.violin B.hat C.wallet D.glass24.A.Far B.Free C.Different D.Apart25.A.interesting B.strange C.common D.important26.A.flew B.rushed C.walked D.jumped27.A.hardly B.frequently C.certainly D.luckily28.A.nodded B.turned C.stopped D.refused29.A.want
38、 B.lose C.get D.bring30.A.address B.company C.number D.name- 9 -31.A.satisfied B.worried C.happy D.nervous32.A.noisy B.boring C.terrible D.beautiful33.A.thrown in B.handed out C.given up D.held up34.A.worker B.teacher C.student D.diver35.A.Besides B.However C.Still D.Therefore36.A.went over B.got of
39、f C.stayed up D.came back37.A.play B.buy C.mend D.sell38.A.in B.over C.for D.under39.A.Because B.Since C.As D.Although40.A.courage B.honesty C.face D.heart第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。My husband and I were paying a visit 41_my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-f
40、ood restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter 42_(order) dishes and I stood with my parents.My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant, 43_(wait) to sit at the first table that was 44_(convenient) than others. A woma
41、n who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a 45_(puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said, “Me?” She 46_ (nod) and said, “Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said, “Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is
42、in 47_hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes 48_(fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.I always believe that there are 49_(nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son, 50_is a really lucky guy.第四部分第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 假定英
43、语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。 - 10 -增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（） ，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。Last Saturday, I went to the park with my friend Li Ming. As soon as we got there, we were so att
44、racted by the breathtaking scenery which we couldnt help taking many photos to record these beautiful moment. As we walked on, we noticed a kite hang on a branch, but its owner, a little boy, was too short to get them down. The boy looked worried and we decide to help him. Unlucky, the kite was also
45、 out of the reach of us. Then we looked and found a stick, with which we got a kite down. We gave the kite back to the boy. He was very delight and thanked us a lot. We had also felt very happy and it made our experience more enjoyable.第二节 书面表达 （满分 25 分）你班同学就假期外出计划进行讨论,提出了不同看法,请你根据提示写一篇短文,并谈谈你的看法。优点 缺点待在家中 花费少、舒适方便 不能亲身了解外界外出旅游 增长知识、开阔眼界 花费多、旅途不便注意词数 100 左右,文章开头已给出,不计入总词数;2. 短文必须包括表中所列要点,可根据内容分段表述;3. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。参考词汇:眼界 horizon (view)Our class has a discussion about what to do during the holiday.- 11 -
