1、- 1 -惠州市光正实验学校 20182019 学年度第二学期期中考试高一英语试题说明：1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分3. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。4. 全部答案应在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。5. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第 I 卷 （选择题）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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASan Francisco Fire E
2、ngine ToursSan Francisco Winery TourRunning：February 1st through April 30thThis delicious tour goes through the city on its way to Treasure Island where we will stop at the famous Winery SFHere you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer(Included in ticket price)Departi
3、ng from the Cannery：Tour times upon requestDuration(时长)：2 hoursPrice：$90Back to the Fifties TourRunning：August 16th through August 31stThis tour transports you back in time to one of San Franciscos most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free t
4、aste of ice creamDeparting from the Cannery: 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm - 2 -Duration: 2 hoursPrice: $90Spooky Halloween TourRunning：October 10th through October 31st Join us for a ride through the historical Presidio districtAuthentic fire gear （服装）is provided for your warmth as our entertainers take you
5、to some of the most thrilling parts of San FranciscoDeparting from the Cannery: 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Price: Available upon requestHoliday Lights TourRunning：December 6th through December 23rdThis attractive tour takes you to some of San Franciscos most cheerful holiday
6、 scenes. Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spiritDeparting from the Cannery 7：00 pm and 9：00 pmDuration：1 hour and 30 minutesAdvance reservations required1Which of the tours is available in March?ASan Francisco Winery Tour BBack to the Fifties TourCSpooky Ha
7、lloween Tour DHoliday Lights Tour2What can tourists do on Back to the Fifties Tours?AGo to Treasure Island BEnjoy the holiday scenesCHave free ice cream DVisit the Presidio district3What are tourists required to do to go on Holiday Lights Tour?ATake some drinks BSet off early in the morningCWear war
8、m clothes DMake reservations in advanceBAttention from strangers is nothing new to me. Questions about my height is - 3 -the center of almost every public interaction. My friends say my height is just a physical quality and not a personality aspect. However, when I reflect on my life, I realize that
9、 my height has shaped my character in many ways and has helped to make me who I am.I learned how to be kind. When I was younger, some parents in my neighborhood regarded me kind of dangerous because I was so much larger than other children my age. I had to be extra welcoming and gentle simply to pla
10、y with other children. Of course, now my coaches wish I werent quite so kind on the basketball court.I learned the quality of not being too proud about myself. At 7 feet tall, everyone expects me to be an amazing basketball player. They come expecting to see Dirk Nowitzki, and instead they might see
11、 a performance more like Will Ferrell (successfully starred a professional basketball player). I have learned to be modest and to work even harder than my fellows to meet their (and my) expectations.I developed a sense of lightheartedness. When people playfully make fun of my height, I laugh at myse
12、lf too. On my first day of high school, a girl dropped her books in a busy hallway. I got down to her level and gathered some of her notebooks. As we both stood up, her eyes widened as I kept rising over her. Astonished, she dropped her books again. Embarrassed, we both laughed and picked up the boo
13、ks a second time.All of these lessons have defined me. Looking back, I realize that through years of such experiences, I have become a confident, expressive person. Being a 7-footer is both a blessing and a curse, but in the end, accepting who you are is the first step to happiness.4. Why does the a
14、uthor often draw attention from strangers?A. He is interested in public interaction. B. He has a unique personality.C. He is physically strong. D. He is extremely tall.5. When he was young, the author intended to be more friendly just to .A. gain extra favor B. play with other childrenC. prove his k
15、indness D. please his coach6. It can be inferred from Para. 3 that .- 4 -A. Dirk Nowitzki was an awful basketball playerB. the author seldom disappointed his basketball fansC. the author expected to make something better of himselfD. Will Ferrell was better at playing basketball than Dirk Nowitzki7.
16、 What does the text mainly talk about?A. The height has shaped the authors personality and life. B. The height has brought the author a lot of trouble. C. Some funny experiences the author ever had. D. Being tall benefits the author in many ways.CDujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the
17、 world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2, 200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6, 000 square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50 ci
18、ties in the province.In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the regions governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem an
19、d discovered that the river most often overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed.The simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along
20、Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it suitable for farming.Cutting the channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was a remarkable accomplishment as it was done
21、 long before the invention of gunpowder and explosives. Li Bing found another solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they cracked and could be removed. After - 5 -eight years of work, the 20-metre-wide canals had been carved through the mountain.Once the s
22、ystem was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live peacefully and affluently. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through th
23、e Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist in harmony.8. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph?A. Reducing flooding and watering farmland.B. Protecting the mountain and reducing the flooding.C. Watering farmland and improving water qu
24、ality.D. Drying the river and supplying cities with water.9. What was the main cause of the Minjiang Rivers flooding?A. Heaving rains B. Melting snow.C. Low river banks C. Steep mountains.10. How was Li Bing able to break through the rocks of Mount Yulei?A. By using gunpowder. B. By flooding the roc
25、ks with water. C. By applying a heating and cooling technique. D. By breaking the rocks with hammers and spades11. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientists today?A. It preserved much of the natural river life.B. It took very little time to complete the project.C. The building techniques used
26、were very modern.D. It had raised the living standards of the local people.DBill Gates recently predicted that online learning will make place-based colleges less important, and five years from now, students will be able to find the best lectures in the world online. I applaud Mr. Gates. But whats t
27、aking - 6 -us so long?As early as 1997, MIT（麻省理工）decided to post videos of all university lectures online, for free, for all people. But today, how many students have you met who mastered advanced math or nuclear physics from an MIT online video? Unfortunately, the answer is not many.The problem is
28、the poor quality of online education websites and the experience they provide to students. Those who go to the MIT website and watch courses online are surely very smart people, but its not like playing a video game such as World of Warcraft. Only the most ardent students, those who are highly motiv
29、ated, will devote themselves to studying these boring online videos.The real question is why we arent spending more to develop better online education platforms. Where is the Avatar of education? Think about this. The market for Hollywood films per year is worth around 30 billion USD. Education in t
30、he world is a trillion-dollar-a-year market, hundreds of times bigger than Hollywood movies. Yet the most expensive digital learning system ever built costs well under 100 million dollars.Bill Gates prediction is going to happen. There is no doubt about this. But it will only happen when we create h
31、igh level educational content and experiences that attract and excite more people than it has ever been possible in the real world.12. What has Bill Gates forecast about online learning?A. It will concentrate on physics lectures.B. It will completely replace real universities.C. It will help to make
32、 universities more successful.D. It will play an increasingly important role in education.13. What does the underlined word “ardent” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Creative. B. Eager. C. Well-behaved. D. Experienced.14. According to the author, what is stopping people learning online?A. The lack of lectures
33、 available online.B. The high cost of admission to the websites.- 7 -C. The low standard of educational websites.D. The competition with online computer games.15. Why does the author mention Hollywood?A. To show that Hollywood produces many successful movies.B. To prove that education is more profit
34、able than entertainment.C. To argue that movie directors should produce educational content.D. To urge that more money be spent developing educational websites.第二节（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。Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 16 But it seems that many p
35、eople dont cook fish at homeAmericans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isnt difficult 17 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way18 Fresh fish should smell sweet: yo
36、u should feel that youre standing at the oceans edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isnt fresh 19 When you have bought a fish and arrived home, youd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you dont cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or
37、twoFrozen fish isnt as tasty as the fresh oneThere are many common methods used to cook fish 20 First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices (调料) Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound(A larger one will take more time.)
38、Then, its ready to serveADo not buy itBThe easiest is to steam itCThis is how you can do itDIt just requires a little knowledgeEThe fish will go bad within hours- 8 -FWhen buying fish, you should first smell itGThe fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease第二部分 英语知识运用（共四节，满分 75 分）第一节 完形填
39、空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was 21 to learn to track, to identify each person and where they were going by the marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldnt teach her, shed teach herself.
40、To the 22 of her family, she borrowed all their 23 and taught herself to recognize everyones footprints in the sand. More than once her father came outside shouting, “Sarah, bring me 24 my boots.”Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on the ground, 25 the comings and goings
41、 of every 26 in the place.She also developed the annoying habit of 27 everyone. “What are you doing down at the dam, Jack? Youre not 28 to play there.” “Did you find what you were 29 in the garage, Auntie?” and “Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots, Mum?”After shed 30 every pai
42、r of shoes that everyone 31 , she turned to the farms animals. By this time 32 her victims had to admit, 33 , that she was good.Her best 34 came one evening when she said the horses front foot was 35 . Her father said that the horse was 36 fine. Sarah 37 that its hoof（蹄） had a split. Sarahs father 3
43、8 the horses hoof.“Youre 39 . The hoof is split. How did you know?”“You can see it in its 40 .” Sarah moved the horse away. “Look, its plain in the sand.”“If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, youre pretty good,” said her father.21. A. determined B. forced C. appointed D. - 9 -encourag
44、ed22. A. expectation B. annoyance C. disappointment D. delight23. A. shoes B. books C. socks D. tools24. A. up B. outside C. over D. back25. A. guiding B. hearing C. studying D. predicting26. A. vehicle B. person C. animal D. season27. A. surprising B. criticising C. questioning D. challenging28. A.
45、 prepared B. invited C. qualified D. allowed29. A. calling for B. looking for C. waiting for D. fighting for30. A. worn B. collected C. destroyed D. memorized31. A. owned B. borrowed C. tried D. bought32. A. yet B. even C. also D. still33. A. guilty B. approvingly C. merrily D. unwillingly34. A. per
46、formance B. trick C. magic D. idea35. A. tied B. lost C. injured D. stolen36. A. safely B. extremely C. hardly D. perfectly37. A. doubted B. wondered C. insisted D. discovered38. A. inspected B. split C. treated D. fastened39. A. lying B. joking C. right D. - 10 -crazy40. A. boots B. tracks C. jumps
47、 D. hoofs第 II 卷 （非选择题）第二节（共 10 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find_41_ elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand 42 (be) a paper bag. She is the little boys grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought the
48、 house next door last October. Nicole has 43 (obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided 44 (supply) me with meals.I know what is inside the paper bag-a bottle of hot soup and a 45 (contain) with a meal of rice, vegetables and m
49、eat. Its become a daily occurrence.Communication 46 us is somewhat difficult because she doesnt speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen, 47 showed a message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know 48 the food was all right for me.So here we are, two grandmothers, neithe
