1、2013-2014学年甘肃省兰州一中高一下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案(带解析) 其他 语法填空:(共 10小题,每小题 1分,满分 10分) Nowadays, quite a lot of parents are in a dilemma(窘境 ). On the one hand, they want to provide 【小题 1】 _(comfort) living and learning conditions for their children. On the other hand, 【小题 2】 _ worries them is that too cozy(舒服的 ) co
2、nditions might lead to spoiled children 【小题 3】 _ good qualities like perseverance(毅力 ), determination, and so on. I firmly believe that hard life is good for children. Children from poor families are usually independent and have a strong will. Hard life makes them understand that their future lies i
3、n their own 【小题 4】 _. They are grateful to whatever 【 小题 5】 _(give) to them by their parents. They 【小题 6】_ complain because they know complaints can only result in disappointment. 【小题 7】 _, most of them are determined to change their present situation through hard work. So I 【小题 8】 _(strong) recomme
4、nd that parents should create 【小题9】 _ for children to experience hard life, thus letting them realize the 【小题 10】 _ of valuing the present life and make good use of every minute to be prepared for the future. 答案: 【小题 1】 comfortable 【小题 2】 what 【小题 3】 without 【小题 4】 hands 【小题 5】 given 【小题 6】 never/ s
5、eldom/ hardly 【小题 7】 Therefore 【小题 8】 strongly 【小题 9】 chances 【小题 10】 importance 试题分析: 【小题 1】一方面他们想给孩子提供舒服的生活和学习条件。这里用形容词comfortable修饰 living and learning conditions。 【小题 2】另一方面他们担心的是太舒服的条件会导致孩子被宠 坏。这里用what引导主语从句。 【小题 3】没有毅力,决心这样好品质的孩子。用介词短语 without good qualities like perseverance(毅力 ), determinati
6、on, and so on.修饰 children. 【小题 4】艰苦的生活让他们理解未来在自己的手中。考查名词 “手 ”,因为是their后面用复数: hands 【小题 5】他们对于父母给他们的一切很感激。 whatever 和 give是被动关系,用 given做定语。 【小题 6】他们从不抱怨,因为他们知道抱怨只能导致失望 ,考查副词: never/ seldom/ hardly 【小题 7】因此,大部分人决定通过自己的努力改变现在的状况。考查副词 “因此 ”: Therefore。 【小题 8】我强烈的建议父母应该给孩子提供机会体验困难的生活,用副词:strongly 修饰: rec
7、ommend 【小题 9】我强烈的建议父母应该给孩子提供机会体验困难的生活,用名词:chances“机会 ”。 【小题 10】让他们意识到重视现在的生活的重要性。考查名词 “重要性 ”:importance。 考点:考查语法填空 单项选择 * Maybe Mr. Green is really in _ debt, for he is losing _ weight quickly. A / ; his B / ; / C the; / D a; / 答案: B 试题分析:句意:可能格林先生是真的欠债,因为他很快的体重就减轻了。第一空不填, be in debt“欠债 ”,第二空也是不填 lo
8、se weight“减肥 ”,所以选 B。 考点:考查冠词 All passengers _, please fasten your seat belts and remain seated _ the plane is landing. A on board; until B abroad; since C on the board; before D aboard; when 答案: D 试题分析:句意:所有机上的乘客,请系好安全带,当飞机着陆额时候仍然要坐着。 on board 在此处相当于 aboard,表示 在飞机上 。第二个空填 when,指当飞机着陆的时候。选 D。 考点:考查副
9、词和连词 _ I can see, there is only one possible way to keep away from the danger. A As far as B as long as C Just as D Even if 答案: A 试题分析:句意:就我看来,只有一个能避免危险的方式。四个选项的含义分别是: as far as据 ,就 , .as long as只要,引导条件状语从句,引导条件状语从句; just as正如,引导比较和方式状语从句; even if即使,纵然,引导让步状语从句 .根据句意:主句所表示的是 “据我看来 ”的情况,应 用 as far as
10、表示程度和范围,故答案:选 A。 考点:考查连词辨析 Dont give up halfway, Andy. Youll succeed _ if you keep on working like this. A in turn B on time C in time D by accident 答案: C 试题分析:句意:不要半途而废,如果你一直这样认真的工作,你会成功的。四个选项的含义分别是: A. in turn依次, B. on time 准时, C. in time及 时,迟早, D. by accident偶然地,根据句意选 C。 考点:考查介词短语 He made up his
11、mind to devote his life _ pollution _ happily. A to prevent; to live B to prevent; from living C to preventing; to live D to preventing; living 答案: C 试题分析:句意:为了过上幸福的生活,他下定决心一生致力于防止污染。第一空的 to,用来构成固定搭配 devote . to . 把 奉献给 此处 to是介词。-所以 prevent要用 ing形式,第二空 to live 不定式作目的状语,注意:此处不是 prevent. (from) doing
12、sth 阻止 作某事。选 C。 考点:考查动名词和不定式 After five hours drive, they reached _ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of. A that B where C which D what 答案: D 试题分析:句意:句意为:在五个小时的驱车之后,他们到达了他们认为是他们梦想了很久的地方。选项中考查的是宾语从句的连接词,句中 they thought属于插入语,去掉后,很明显宾语从句中缺少主语,只有 what与 which可作主语,而 which必须有选择范围,句子的意思没有表示哪
13、一个的含义,故答案:应为D。 考点:考查宾语从句 The news that he failed in the exam _ his unhappiness this morning. A accounted for B accounting for C had accounted for D to account for 答案: A 试题分析:句意:他考试不及格的消息可以解释他今天早上不高兴的原因。这句话的主语是: The news, 后面的 that连接的是同位语从句,横线处是谓语动词,排除 BD,因为是先失败,然后才要解释他不高兴的原因,所以用一般过去式,选 A。 考点:考查时态 The
14、 great _ of my plan is that its so cheap compared to the others. A power B strength C energy D force 答案: B 试题分析:句意:我的计划的优点是和其他的比较,它是这里的便宜。四个选项的含义分别是: A. power 权力, B. strength力气,强项,优点, C. energy 精力,能源, D. force力量,所以选 B。 考点:考查名词辨析 The rescuers _ to work as soon as they arrived at the spot of the accid
15、ent. A set out B set off C set up D set in 答案: A 试题分析:句意:救援人员一到出事地点,就开始工作了。使用: Set out to do sth.开始着手做 , B. set off 成分,引发,引爆, C. set up建立, D. set in嵌入,所以选 A。 考点:考查动词短语辨析 Ill never forget the good trick my classmates _ on me when I was in the primary school. A paid B acted C played D made 答案: C 试题分析:
16、句意:我将永远忘不了在小学的时候同学对我的捉弄。这里使用了词组 “play a trick on sb”, the good trick是先行词, my classmates played on me是定语从句, A付钱, B表演, D制作,使得,所以选 C。 考点:考查动词辨析 完型填空 When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a . We noticed a few customers including several old l
17、adies, were having their meal. When a dish was , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would every bit of the food on their plates. As I was hungry, my local colleague much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not much time dining. When we planned to leave, ther
18、e was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的 ) food left. When we were the restaurant, we someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were about us wasting so much food. “We for our food; it is none of your how much food we left behind”, my colleague tol
19、d the old ladies. They got angry and one of them made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro . The officer told us in a stern(严厉的 ) voice, “Order you can consume. Money is yours, the resources belong to the society. You have no
20、 wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly to the officer. My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all it to remind us that we should never be . 【小题1】 A restaurant B company C family
21、 D bank A cooked B served C gathered D missed A desert B refuse C oppose D finish A kept B sold C ordered D made A save B spend C divide D find A reaching B passing C leaving D seeing A appointed B knew C realized D heard A curious B unhappy C nervous D optimistic A paid B asked C applied D accounte
22、d A business B matter C mind D question A excitedly B immediately C passively D regularly A rags B fashion C uniform D dream A award B fine C food D souvenir A how B what C it D that A or B but C and D so A ability B problem C power D reason A words B faces C hearts D ears A accused B apologized C a
23、dmitted D approved A stuck B threw C broke D kept A hopeful B grateful C wasteful D merciful 答案: 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 B 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 D 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 C 试题分析:文章大意:文章
24、讲述的是作者跟同事在饭店吃饭的时候,因为浪费了事物而被罚款的故事,从中认识到了事物是社会的资源,我们不应当浪费这个道理。 【小题 1】考查名词和上下文: A. restaurant饭店, B. company 公司, C. family家庭, D. bank银行,根据后文的 We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal可知,有几个客人在吃饭,所以是在饭店里。选 A。 【小题 2】考查动词和句意理解: A. cooked烧饭, B. served服务,提供, C. gathered聚
25、集, D. missed错过,当食物被供应 /招待的时候, serve a dish 常用搭配,意为上菜,选 B。 【小题 3】考查动词和句意理解: A. desert抛弃,遗弃, B. refuse 拒绝, C. oppose反对, D. finish结束,根据 every bit可知,此处意为他们吃掉盘子里的每一点食物。选 D。 【小题 4】考查动词: A. kept保存, B. sold 卖掉, C. ordered命令,预定, D. made制作, order food常用搭配,点食物,因为他们在饭店,所以此处是我的同事帮我点了很多的食物。选 C。 【小题 5】考查动词: A. sav
26、e节约, B. spend度过,花费, C. divide 分成, D. find发现,常用搭配,根据 dining可知,此处是 spend time doing sth,选 B。 【小题 6】考查动词: A. reaching到达, B. passing通过, C. leaving离开, D. seeing看见,结合上下文, When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的 ) food left.所以是走( leave)的时候。选 C。 【小 题 7】考查动词: A. appointed
27、任命, B. knew知道, C. realized意识到, D. heard听到,结合上下文,根据 calling us 可知,此处是听到别人在叫我们。选D。 【小题 8】考查形容词和句意理解: A. curious好奇的, B. unhappy不高兴的, C. nervous紧张的, D. optimistic 乐观的,跟根据后面的 wasting so much food可知,她们叫住我们是对我们浪费食物的行为感到不满意,不高兴,选 B。 【小题 9】考查动词: A. paid 付钱, B. asked询问, C. applied 申请,利用, D. accounted说明,总计有,认为
28、,得分,根据句意理解,我们花钱买了我们的食物,我们剩多少食物跟你没关系。选 A。 【小题 10】考查名词: A. business商业,生意, B. matter事情, C. mind思维,D. question 问题,这里 none of your business “不关你的事 ”是固定搭配,我们剩多少食物跟你没关系。选 A。 【小题 11】考查副词: A. excitedly兴奋地, B. immediately立刻, C. passively被动地, D. regularly定期地, 根据句意理解,其中一个很生气,立刻拿出手机给某人打了个电话。选 B。 【小题 12】考查名词: A.
29、rags破烂衣服, B. fashion时尚, C. uniform 制服, D. dream 梦想,语境和常识。警察一般都是穿的制服,一个穿着制服的警官到了。选 C。 【小题 13】考查名词: A. award奖励, B. fine罚款, C. food食物, D. souvenir纪念品,根据下文的最后一段可知,这个警官给我们发出了 50欧元的罚款。Fine意为罚款,选 B。 【小题 14】考查从句连词选择。 A. how怎样, B. what什么, C. it 它, D. that 那个,该句为宾语从句,从句中缺少 consume的宾语,故选择 what,选 B。 【小题 15】考查连词
30、: A. but 但是, B. and 并且, C. or或者, D. so因此, but是连词,表示转折。钱是你们的,但是资源是属于社会的,你没有任何理由可以浪费资源。选 B。 【小题 16】考查名词: A. ability 能力, B. problem问题, C. power权力, D. reason原因,词组: have no reason for doing sth没有理由做 ,选 D。 【小题 17】考查名词: A. words 单词, B. faces面孔, C. hearts心脏, D. ears耳朵,根据句意理解,因为我们都没有说话,所以此处意为我们在心里都赞同他的话。选 C。
31、 【小题 18】考查动词: A. accused指责, B. apologized道歉, C. admitted承认,D. approved同意,根据上文,我们心里赞同警官的话,所以我的同事一直向他道歉。选 B。 【小题 19】考查动词: A. stuck卡住,刺入, B. threw扔掉, C. broke破坏, D. kept 保持,根据句意理解,我们把这个纪念品保留着,选 D。 【小题 20】考查形容词: A. hopeful有希望的, B. grateful 感激的, C. 浪费的,D. wasteful merciful仁慈的,怜悯的,根据上下文,前面作者他们很浪费,此处讲的是不要像
32、刚才那样浪费,选 C。 考点:考查故事类完型填空 阅读理解 An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works. Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this Ja
33、nuary, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up. Professor John Beath, the president of the society and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first year le
34、ctureswh ich are open to students from all departments were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250. “There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contempora
35、ry events in a way that one hasnt traditionally done.” He said. University applications rose 7% last year, but there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with peoples renewed interest in careers in the public sector(部门 ), which are seen as more secure in economic cri
36、sis. A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain. Zac
37、k Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said, “Its possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn(衰退 ) will be a generation thats financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.” 【小题 1】 Professor John Beaths lectures are _. A given in a t
38、raditional way B connected with the present situation C open to both students and their parents D warmly received by economics 【小题 2】 In the opinion of most parents, _. A economics should be the focus of school teaching B more students should be admitted to universities C the teaching of financial m
39、atters should be strengthened D children should solve financial problems themselves 【小题 3】 Whats the main idea of the text A Universities have received more applications. B Economics is attracting an increasing number of students. C College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty. D Parents
40、 are concerned with childrens subject selection. 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 试题分析:本文主要讲述了金融危机下学生们开始更多地选择与经济有关的专业这一现象。申请到大学中学习经济专业的学生的增加归因于全球性的经济危机激起了民众对于金融系统运作知识的渴望。 【小题 1】细节理解题。根据从第四段第二句话可知他把教学与当前的一些重大事件紧密相连,即贴近现实生活,故 B(与当前的形势相 联系 )为正确答案:。 【小题 2】细节理解题。根据由倒数第二段的内容 A recent study showed almost two
41、 thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters,可知大部分父母觉得应该 “加强关于经济问题方面的教学 ”,答案:为 C。 【小题 3】主旨大意题。根据第一段提到全球性的金融危机使公众想更多地了解有关经济体系方面的一些问题,所以更多的学生申请经济学专业,本文 正是对此展开的论述,故答案:为 B。 考点:考查教育类短文 Finland (芬兰 ) is perhaps the most beautiful and mysterious country of Nort
42、hern Europe. Two-thirds of its surface is covered with thick forests. Relative to its size, Finland has more lakes than any other country. The northern part of this country is inside the Arctic Circle, where almost no trees can grow because of its cold weather and the people use their deer of transp
43、ort, clothing and food. The Finnish history began in the Middle Ages. In about 1155, Finland was conquered (侵略 ) by its western neighbor Sweden (瑞典 ). After a period of rule by Denmark (丹麦 ) in the 14th century, the Swedes won back independence and power in 1523 under their brave king. During the Na
44、poleonic (拿破仑的 ) Wars (1804-1818) Finland was passed finally from Sweden to Russia. The opportunity came in 1917, when the Russian Revolution brought foreign rule of Finland to an end. Shortly after Soviet Russia made peace with Germany, 1919 saw the founding of the Finnish Republic. The years betwe
45、en the First and Second World Wars were years of progress and growing development. Finland is the fifth largest country in Europe, and despite a relatively small population of 5.2 million, the market potential is much greater. Finland has no coal or oil, and the nations wealth lies in the timber fro
46、m its forests, which supplies material for paper and furniture making, and in the electric power from its water. Finland is an excellent gateway to trading with Russia and the Baltic States because of a long history of trading with these marks. Finland has also enjoyed a strong and long-Finlands acc
47、ession to the European Union in January 1995. 【小题 1】 From the passage, we learn that Finland _. A lies inside the Arctic Circle B lies east of Sweden C is next to the countries of northern Europe D is entirely covered with forests and lakes 【小题 2】 Finland must have been under the control of _ for as
48、 long as one hundred years or so. A Russia B Denmark C Sweden D foreign countries 【小题 3】 Among natural resources, the Finnish people benefit mainly from _. A coal and oil B forests and water C paper and furniture D timber and power industry 【小题 4】 What does the underlined word “timber” probably mean A Fruits. B Wood. C Animals. D Money. 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】