1、2011-2012学年湖南四县一中高一下学期期中联考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * I must apologize for _ ahead of time. Thats all right. A not letting you to know B not letting you know C letting you know not D letting not you know 答案： B Jane _ a cold and was absent from school yesterday. A came down with B rose up against C took cont
2、rol of D stood in the path of 答案： A Animals suffered at the hands of Man _ their homes were destroyed by people to make way for agricultural need to provide food for more people. A in which B for which C so that D in that 答案： D His actions could lead to him _ his job. A lose B losing C to lose D bei
3、ng lost 答案： B She devoted herself _ to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her field. A strongly B extremely C entirely D freely 答案： C Dont leave the water _ while you brush your teeth. A run B running C being run D to run 答案： B Listening to loud music at rock concerts _caused hearin
4、g loss in some teenagers. A is B are C has D have 答案： C People from the West like to use such expressions as “please” and “thank you” in cases _ some people in Asia may not think it necessary. A what B which C that D where 答案： D _ has passed the test will get a prize. A Whoever B No matter who C Who
5、mever D Who 答案： A The question came up at the meeting_ we had enough money for our research. A that B which C whether D that if 答案： C I hate _ when people talk with their mouths full. A it B that C these D them 答案： A Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice, _ they knew it to be valuable. A as i
6、f B even though C now that D so that 答案： B Helen _ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband _ home. A has left; comes B left; had come C had left; came D had left; would come 答案： C The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, _ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck. A
7、 would be B were C had been D was 答案： D With a lot of difficult problems _, the newly-elected president is having a hard time. A settled B settling C to settle D being settled 答案： C 完型填空 My neighbors children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏 ) as all children do, but no one 36 that a game they played
8、 last week would be reported in the local newspaper. One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地 )down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to 37 . His sister, Natalie, had 38 her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the
9、corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just 39 several bags of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed 40 the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it 41 . Soon realizing what he had done, he became 42 and started
10、crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was 43 that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brothers cries. She 44 ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his 45 to unlock the metal door. Paul was now 46 , but he had such a
11、 bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him 47 again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself! 【小题1】 A realized B warned C imagined D wondered A hide B watch C rest D sleep A open
12、ed B shut C raised D wiped A lost B found C taken out D put in A through B over C out of D into A broke B fell down C opened D locked A surprised B frightened C excited D angry A lucky B a pity C possible D strange A suddenly B slowly C immediately D carelessly A home B truck C mail box D post offic
13、e A found B hidden C happy D free A laugh B cry C climb in D play 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 A 阅读理解 The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a foxs head, and that feeds on fruit. Li
14、ke all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes (趾 ) when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one place for years. Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy a single tree. As they return to the tree towards sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and figh
15、t for the best places until long after daylight. Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls to the g
16、round. Then the older ones fly down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of the tree. 【小题 1】 The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in _. A their size
17、B their appearance C the kind of food they eat D the way they rest 【小题 2】 Flying foxes _. A double their number every year B fight and kill a lot of themselves C move from place to place very often D lose a lot of their young 【小题 3】 At daybreak every day flying foxes begin to _. A fly out toward the
18、 sun B look for a new resting place C come back to their home D go out and look for food 【小题 4】 Flying foxes have fights _. A to occupy the best resting places B only when it is dark C to protect their homes from outsiders D when there is not enough food 【小题 5】 How do flying foxes care for their you
19、ng A They only care for their own babies. B They share the feeding of their young. C They help when a baby bat is in danger. D They often leave home and forget their young. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C Though he wore his whiskers (颊须 ) only four years, today we can hardly think o
20、f Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!” Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp th
21、rew shadows on the picture. A frame (框 ) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊 ). “Whiskers!” she thought. “How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached f
22、or a pen and began to write the letter. On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Graces town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell famil
23、y. Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.” Graces father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laug
24、hed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers. If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a childs handwriting: “Dear sir.” 【小题 1】 Which of the following is the best title
25、 for this passage A Why Lincoln Grew Whiskers B A Little Girls Letter to Lincoln C How Lincoln Becamse President of the U. S. D Lincolns Great Kindness to Children 【小题 2】 Grace suggested Lincoln growing whiskers because she supposed _. A he looked terrible without whiskers around his face B he would
26、 look better with whiskers around his thin face C no one would elect him President if he had no whiskers D he would be famous with whiskers around his thin face 【小题 3】 Graces idea that Lincoln should grow whiskers came from _. A the lamp B Lincolns hollow cheeks C the picture of Lincoln D the shadow
27、s on the picture 【小题 4】 When Lincoln said “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives”, what he really meant was that _. A his whiskers had helped him to become President of the U. S. B one should pay attention to small things in ones life C a little childs advice had helped to improve his appeara
28、nce D a child could play an important part in politics 【小题 5】 Which of the following did Grace most likely tell Lincoln in her letter A Her school. B Her problems. C Her age. D Her friends. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 C A camera and a computer can “see” something that perhaps mill
29、ions of pairs of eyes failed to see for 480 years: the Mona Lisas necklace. The discovery about the famous painting was made by an American physicist. The Mona Lisa, painted by the Italian, Leonardo da Vinci, has been on show for many years in Paris. Now a row of white spots on the neck have been “s
30、een”. They are said to be the remains (痕迹 ) of a necklace which the artist later painted over. The painting will be examined further by using infrared scanning (红外线扫描 ) techniques. Laser (激光 ) technology can be used to show what lies directly under the surface of the finished work, too. This will he
31、lp us to understand how the artist drew the picture: Did he begin with a quick-made drawing or have second thoughts as he painted the picture This kind of knowledge will show us the famous artist at work. It may also help to explain Mona Lisas smile, which has puzzled art lovers for centuries. 【小题 1
32、】 This passage is mainly about _. A the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci B an American physicists discovery C further researches on the Mona Lisa D The uses of modern technology 【小题 2】 The Mona Lisa is _. A a famous artist B a famous painting C a smiling woman D a lost necklace 【小题 3】 In this passage
33、, “the Mona Lisas lost necklace” suggests that _. A Mona Lisa once wore a necklace B someone stole the necklace from the Mona Lisa C the artist did not keep the necklace he had painted on the neck D the artist had a necklace stolen while working on the painting 【小题 4】 According to the passage, the w
34、hite spots on Mona Lisas neck _. A are still invisible to visitors B have turned into a necklace C have already appeared before visitors D are looking more and more like a necklace 【小题 5】 The painting will be examined further so that people may know more about _. A Mona Lisa and her smile B the time
35、 when it was finished C infrared scanning and laser D this art work and the artist 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 D We are well aware of the role of modern transportation in our lives. Not too long ago, people suffered great hardship in order to make a long journey. Moving heavy good
36、s from one town to another involved hard labor. Today, we enjoy the convenience of various kinds of vehicles including ships, planes, trains, and automobiles, which allow us to go wherever we choose and make our workload much lighter. But modern transportation, along with convenience has brought som
37、e problems. With more drivers on the road, there has been an increase in traffic jams and accidents. The exhaust from automobiles has added to our air pollution, aside from additional noise caused by trucks and cars on the road. Like everything else, modern transportation has more than one face. Her
38、e in China, we look to our government experts to solve these problems. Scientists are working on developing modern fuel (燃料 ) that produces less pollution. However, we can all help reduce air pollution from automobiles by only driving when it is necessary and using public transportation when availab
39、le. Title: 1 Convenience allowing us to go anywhere reducing 2 3 traffic jams and accidents increasing the exhaust 4 air pollution 5 caused by vehicles 6 7 solving the problems scientists 8 poeple helping 9 by only driving when necessary and using public transportation when 10 答案： 【小题 1】 Transportat
40、ion / Modern transportation 【小题 2】 our workload 【小题 3】 Problems 【小题 4】 adding to /increasing 【小题 5】 additional noise 【小题 6】 Solutions 【小题 7】 government experts 【小题 8】 developing modern fuel 【小题 9】 reduce air pollution 【小题 10】 available 【小题 1】通读文章可知 【小题 2】根据第一段 which allow us to go wherever we choose
41、 and make our workload much lighter可知， 【小题 3】根据第二段 along with convenience has brought some problems可知道 【小题 4】根据第二段 The exhaust from automobiles has added to our air pollution可知 【小题 5】根据第二段 aside from additional noise caused by trucks and cars on the road可知道 【小题 6】根据第三段 we look to our government expe
42、rts to solve these problems可知， 【小题 7】根据第三段 we look to our government experts to solve these problems可知， 【小题 8】根据第三段 Scientists are working on developing modern fuel (燃料 ) 可知 【小题 9】根据第三段 Scientists are working on developing modern fuel (燃料 ) that produces less pollution可知 【小题 10】根据第三段 when it is nece
43、ssary and using public transportation when available可知 Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站 )about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.
44、 While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台 ), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas. I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I h
45、ad spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card. I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them.
46、Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful. Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池 ) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friend
47、ly Ford dealershipa shop selling cars was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom. “Just how friendly is Friendly Ford ” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wro
48、te them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said. “Thank you” two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much. 【小题 1】 Why did the author plan to stop at Oklahoma City (No more than 5 words) (2 marks) _ 【小题 2】 What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car (No m
