1、2011-2012 学年福建省龙岩一中高一第四学段（期末）考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * It was foolish of him to _ his notes while taking such an easy test, and as a result, he got punished. A refer to B speak of C cheat in D take out 答案： A It is a general rule that childrens games and books seek to teach and _ at the same time. A sati
2、sfy B appreciate C entertain D content 答案： C We should admit the fact that some families still can not afford their children going to school education, university _. A in particular B in expectation C in charge D in certainty 答案： A -Its nearly ten years since my father worked in this company. -_ A W
3、ill he still wish to work here B Where does he work now C Has he been working here happily D Do you want him to work here any longer 答案： B The quiet girl has _ since she became a sales clerk. A come to light B come to herself C come to an end D come to life 答案： D -Can you tell me why more and more p
4、eople choose to shop in a supermarkets -Because it offers a great _ of goods. A connection B mixture C variety D majority 答案： C The key to our success was having the courage to take on any job, and then being creative in our _ to getting it finished. A measure B approach C methods D chance 答案： B -Al
5、len said something hard to understand at the conference. -Yes, her remarks left me _ about her real purpose. A wondering B to wonder C having wondered D wondered 答案： A _ is often the case is that Tom doesnt study hard and fails in passing an exam. A That B As C It D What 答案： D Sarah had to call a ta
6、xi because the box was _ for her to carry all the way home. A much too heavy B too much heavy C heavy too much D too heavy much 答案： A He carelessly dropped the _ and broke it up. A glass of beer B beer glass C glass for beer D beers glass 答案： B Without Ms Smith _ your way, I bet you wont find their
7、secret living place. A leading B will lead C to lead D to be leading 答案： C Some minatory experts are sure that the army of that nation _ with more modern and advanced weapons in the near future, especially the navy. A to equip B to be equipped C will equip D will be equipped 答案： D _ the new policy,
8、we are now living in a grand, new apartment. A In that B Due to C Thanks to D In hope of 答案： C Many people think that it is _ making such an experiment. A valuable B worthwhile C convenient D important 答案： B 完型填空 I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was _36_ and when I was 14 years ol
9、d, he predicted, “You are never to be _37_ but a failure.” After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing _38_ could have happened to me. I _39_ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove _40_ her that what people said
10、about me had gone _41_, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Lets _42_ it. Youve failed every thing youve ever done.” So I tried hard with my _43_ and went to _44_. My first novel _45_ while I was still a college student. After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended _4
11、6_ classes at London University, where I _47_ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of _48_ that job to write full time when I was _49_ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself-here was a working-class boy whod _50_ school early, now teach
12、ing at the university. My writing career _51_ when I discovered my own writing _52_. Now Im rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _53_ what does it mean I just wish that all those people who have _54_ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be _55_.” 【小题1】 A nau
13、ghty B lazy C useless D raggy 【小题 2】 A. nothing B. something C everything D. anything 【小题3】 A when B that C which D as A thought B promised C decided D expected A to B for C with D at A ridiculous B acceptable C believable D wrong A see B face C treat D react A writing B experiment C practice D comp
14、osition A school B college C club D company A went across B put aside C came out D set off A lecture B writing C teaching D evening A received B accepted C gave D offered A giving up B paying for C signing up D ridding of A paid B made C offered D tried A finished B gone C delayed D left A made off
15、B took off C gave off D moved off A style B habit C idea D skill A Therefore B But C Though D For A written B turned C torn D put A cheerful B enjoyable C successful D forgettable 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 A 【小题 1
16、3】 A 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 B 【小题 17】 A 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 C 阅读理解 Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they o
17、ften wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day. When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon a
18、fter became headmistress(女校长 ). However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Panta, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly,
19、others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India. Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and
20、service she has given to the poor. 【小题 1】 What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India A Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta. B Her visit to Britain after she left school. C The medical workers letters to her school. D The work of the nurse in the city of Panta. 【小题 2】 In which order did M
21、other Teresa do the following things a. Trained to be a nurse b. Went to India. c. Helped the dying. d. Studied to be a teacher. e. Went to Britain. f. Worked as a headmaster. A b, a, c, e, d, f B b, f, a, d, e, c C e, b, d, f, a, c D e, a, b, c, d, f 【小题 3】 Mother Teresa gave up teaching because sh
22、e wanted to _. A look after the poor. B travel to poor countries C build hospitals for the poor D train nurse to care for the poor 【小题 4】 Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has _. A saved many poor people in India B helped to bring about world peace C helped to make India a more peacef
23、ul place D taken care of many poor people in the world 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D Many people say pennies are not worth saving. After all, a penny is only worth a cent. But one unusual penny turned out to be worth a lot more when a coin collector paid $1.7 million for it earlier this mo
24、nth. The coin is one of a kind. It is the only penny that the Denver mint(铸币厂 ) made out of copper, instead of steel, in 1943. Because it is unique, it is also very valuable. No penny has ever sold for so much money. The Changing Penny The Lincoln penny first appeared in 1909. For 34 years, the one-
25、cent coin was made out of copper. Then, in 1943, the penny changed. World War II was going on, and copper was needed for equipment. So for one year, pennies were made out of steel instead. At least most of them were. Only a few coins were made out of unused copper. There are three main mints, or pla
26、ces where coins are made, in the United States. Of the known copper pennies from 1943, twelve were made in the Philadephia mint, and five were made in the San Francisco mint. Only one was made in the Denver mint. Nobody knows for sure why a copper penny was made at the Denver mint in 1943, coin deal
27、ers Andy Skrabalak told Time for Kids. “There is a rumor that a mint employee made the coin in the middle of the night.” A Special Set The coin collector who bought the $1.7 million penny wants to remain unknown. But the reason for the trade is known. He already had two copper pennies from 1943 one
28、from the San Francisco mint and one from the Philadephia mint. To complete the set, he needed the Denver penny. The three coins will go on display at a coin exhibition in Tampa, Florida. The collector who sold the penny is also keeping his name a secret. It took four years to convince him to give up
29、 the rare coin. Now that he has finally donating all of the money to charity. 【小题 1】 Why is the Lincoln penny worth over one million dollars A. Because it has a history of thirty-four years. B. Because it was made out of a rare material. C. Because it was made on one night of 1943 by the Denver mint
30、. D, Because it was the only coin Denver mint made out of copper in 1943. 【小题 2】 Before the Lincoln penny was sold, people thought one-cent coins _. A were worth collecting for selling later B were surely valuable if not made out of steel C wouldnt be sold for large amounts of money D were only usef
31、ul for some coin museums 【小题 3】 At least how many copper coins were made in 1943 A Five B Twelve C Seventeen D Eighteen 【小题 4】 What can we learn about the collector who sold the penny A He already had two copper pennies from 1943. B He wanted to complete the set of copper pennies. C He didnt want to
32、 sell his penny in the beginning. D He was a well-known coin dealer in Tampa, Horida. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C Johann Gutenberg, who worked as a goldsmith(金匠 )， took what has already been discovered, and created a small invention that changed history. He created a machine that allowed
33、 him to move small blocks of letters in such a way that written material could be printed and mass-produced. Few people could read before Johann Gutenberg made the invention, but once books became less expensive, more Europeans could read and write. Block printing existed long before Gutenberg. The
34、Chinese had been using wood blocks to print books as early as 868, but a new set of woodcuts(木刻印版 ) had to be made for each book. Producing one book was not easy; producing all kinds of books was more difficult. Writing ink dates from about 2500 BC in Egypt and China. Johann Gutenberg use an oil-bas
35、e printing ink that would last longer than other inks used in his time. We dont know much about Gutenberg because he was not famous during his lifetime. He was born in Germany about 1400. In 1448, Gutenberg developed signatures for each number, letter, and punctuation mark(标点符号 ). He then built the
36、molds (模型 ) to hold the signatures in place. Johann Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book: a 1,282 page Bible. To this day, more copies of the Bible have been printed the any other book. Copies of Gutenbergs invention spread throughout Europe, but the German goldsmith did not get rich fro
37、m his invention. Some officials denounced the invention of printing because they feared that it would spread bad ideas. By 1500 there 1,700 printing presses in Europe. The presses had already produced about 20 million volumes of 40,000 different books. 【小题 1】 What happened after Johann Gutenbergs in
38、vention A People could afford to read books. B People became interested in inventing. C It was still difficult to print all kinds of books. D Punctuation mark began to be used in printing. 【小题 2】 Compared with block printing in China, Johann Gutenbergs method _. A was difficult to run. B needed hard
39、er paper C used a new kind of ink D was put into use earlier 【小题 3】 The underlined word “denounced” in the paragraph means _. A fought against B accepted C laughed at D supported 【小题 4】 What is the best title for the passage A A famous 1,282 page Bible B The life of a famous inventor C An invention
40、that changed history D The development of printing 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C My husband, Micheal, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern(严厉的 ) elderly man. When Micheal began a story I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table. There was no respon
41、se, so I gave him another kick. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped and said with a smile, “Oh, but Ive told you this one before, havent I ” We all chuckled and changed the subject. Later, on the dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so long to get my message. “What do you me
42、an ” he replied. “I cut off the story as soon as you kicked me.” “But I kicked you twice, and it still took you a while to stop!” Suddenly we realized what had happened and returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, “Dont worry. After the second one I thought it wasnt for me, so I passed it al
43、ong!” 【小题 1】 The writer kicked her husband because _. A she didnt like him B she didnt like stories C he was telling a story he had told before D the story he told was not interesting 【小题 2】 What can be inferred from the text A Micheal was kicked three times. B Micheal kicked the boss. C The boss wa
44、s kicked twice D The boss kicked the author. 【小题 3】 They all chuckled because _. A they kicked each other B they changed the subject in the end C they were all satisfied with the dinner D they all thought each of them had done something interesting 【小题 4】 It took Micheal so long to stop his story be
45、cause _. A he wanted to finish the whole story B he got a kick only after a long while C he didnt understand at once why he was kicked D the two kicks given were not heavy enough 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B As soon as you meet, or even see, a person, you form an impression of him based o
46、n his posture, gesture and facial expressions. This is why it is important to make a good first impression on the person who will be interviewing you. Within the first 60 seconds of meeting you, the interviewer will have formed an impression about what type of person you are and what kind of employe
47、e you would become, and 55% of this will be based only on your body language. Here are some tips to make you that impression a good one. First of all, relax. Think positive thoughts and you are more likely to come across as a positive, confident person during the interview. Dress smartly, as your ap
48、pearance is one of the first things an interviewer will notice you. Stand up straight, and walk in with your shoulders back and your head up. Try to avoid slowing down as you walk into the room because this suggests fear and uncertainty. Shake hands with the interviewer firmly. You should have a positive handshake and a warm smile
