1、四川省绵阳市高中 09-10学年高一下学期期末质量测试（英语） 其他 （共 5小题，每小题 1分，满分 5分） 根据对话情景和内容，从对话后方框所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并将答案：的标号（ A、 B、 C、 D、 E或 F）写在第 II卷指定的横线上。选项中有一个为多余选项。 A: Mary, we are going to have a party on New Years Eve. I am sure we will have a good time. 56 B: Id like to. 57 A: In our classroom. We are going to de
2、corate(装饰 )it and turn it into a wonderful ballroom. B: 58 I shall be very glad to spend my first New Year in China with you. A: But we are going to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. 59 B: I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear, though. A: I heard you sing once. 60 _ I am su
3、re you will be the star of our New Year party. B: Oh, thank you. A. Your voice was sweet and beautiful. B. Where are you going to have it C. Would you like to join us D. Oh, its great. E. Lets go to the ballroom together. F. Do sing us some English songs, please. 答案： -60 CBDFA 单项选择 * Do you mind if
4、I open the window _. A Yes, please B No, but I do C No, go ahead D No, youd better not 答案： C I will work as hard as I can _ for the final exam. A prepare B to prepare C preparing D prepared 答案： B _ there are many different interpretations of our body language, some gestures seem to be universal. A W
5、hen B While C Because D Since 答案： B The speaker raised his voice but still couldnt make himself _. A hear B to hear C heard D to be heard 答案： C Theme parks try to make sure that visitors leave _ more about their theme. A to know B knowing C know D known 答案： B Mother _ us stories when we were young.
6、A was used to tell B is used to telling C used to tell D used to telling 答案： C The book was so _ that I couldnt help laughing from beginning to end. A amused B bored C amusing D boring 答案： C It was because his father was ill _ he did not go to work. A so B that C what D why 答案： B _ is no doubt _ he
7、will be successful someday. A There; whether B There; that C It; whether D It; that 答案： B He was _ moved by the story and read _ into the night. A deep; deep B deeply; deeply C deeply; deep D deep; deeply 答案： C Stand over there, _ you will be able to see it better. A or B but C while D and 答案： D A g
8、reat number of people were killed in the big fire, and the number of the people who _ missing _still increasing. A were; was B are; is C were; is D are; was 答案： B The medicine will make you sleepy. You _until this afternoon. A would better not drive B would better not to drive C had better not drive
9、 D had better not to drive 答案： C Im sorry. I _ at you yesterday. Forget it. I was also a bit out of control myself then. A shouldnt shout B mustnt shout C shouldnt have shouted D mustnt have shouted 答案： C Only when I left my parents for Italy _ how much I loved them. A I realized B I had realized C
10、had I realized D did I realize 答案： D 完型填空 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1分，满分 20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项 A、 B、 C、 D中 ,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案：，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Once a group of tourists who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought in and while they were 16 it, some of them told
11、interesting stories about 17 pearls and other 18 things inside fish. An old gentleman, who up to now had 19 quietly to their conversation, at last said, “ Ive heard all your stories, now Ill tell you 20 . When I was a young man I was working in a large importing factory in New York, and 21 is usual
12、with young persons, I fell in 22 with a pretty young girl. Very _23_ we were engaged（订婚） . About two months _24_ our marriage was to take place, I was suddenly 25 to Birmingham on a very important business. I left my sweetheart, 26 to write to her. ” “ I had to stay in Birmingham longer than I had 2
13、7 . At last my work was done and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I 28 New York, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond 29 , planning to give it to my sweetheart. ” “ On my way to New York, I was_30_ the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the sailor. Suddenly I 3
14、1 an announcement of my sweethearts 32 with another. This made me so angry that I threw the ring overboard. A few days 33 , when I was eating fish, I bit(咬 ) on something 34 . What do you think it was ” “ The diamond ring, ” cried his companions. “ No ” , said the old gentleman 35 , “ it was a fish-
15、bone.” 16. A. eating B. cooking C. peeling D. weighing 17. A. exchanging B. tasting C. finding D. searching 18. A. valuable B. terrible C. common D. cheap 19. A. sat B. listened C. stood D. thought 20. A. one B. all C. some D. another 21. A. it B. which C. that D. as 22. A. trouble B. debt C. quarre
16、l D. love 23. A. quickly B. fast C. soon D. lucky 24. A. when B. before C. after D. since 25. A. reported B. sent C. caught D. taken 26. A. promising B. agreeing C. refusing D. wishing 27. A. regretted B. wondered C. expected D. finished28. A. left for B. left to C. returned back D. returned from 29
17、. A. watch B. ring C. earring D. necklace 30. A. looking at B. looking up C. looking through D. looking for 31. A. looked B. saw C. heard D. recognized 32. A. marriage B. fight C. talk D. agreement 33. A. before B. later C. earlier D. ago 34. A. hard B. sweet C. soft D. crisp 35. A. happily B. loudl
18、y C. angrily D. sadly 答案： -20 ACABA 21-25 DDCBB 26-30 ACABC 31-35 BABAD 阅读理解 Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. In some modern countries it has for some time been fash
19、ionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid, one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degr
20、ees; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we
21、die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns. In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we are educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever
22、 work suited to his brains and ability, and secondly, that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of ones work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society. 52. The writer of this passage thinks that_. A. free education can so
23、lve all of the worlds problems B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world C. free education wont help to solve social problems D. all the social problems cant be solved by free education 53. The writer wants to prove that_. A. our society needs all kinds of jobs B. our society needs
24、 free education for all C. a farmer is more important than a professor D. people with university degrees earn more money 54. According to the passage, _. A. work with hands is dirty and shameful B. work with hands is low work C. work with hands is the most important D. we cant regard work with hands
25、 as low work 55. The purpose of education is _ A. to choose a system of education B. to let everyone receive education C. to prepare children for their future life D. to prepare children for well-paid jobs 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my
26、 job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me. After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I ar
27、rived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论 ) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while. I was glad! He sat and talked with me
28、about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadnt enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen f
29、or a moment. Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me! When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a b
30、ig group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience. 48. The author asked for room service because _. A. a lot of money would be saved in this way B. he didnt like to eat with other people around C. he didnt wanted to
31、be recognized by the waiters D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad 49. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25 A. Dissatisfied. B. Pleased. C. Surprised. D. Angry. 50. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk _.A. knew how to a
32、ttract more customers to his restaurant B. found it hard to balance his work and his family C. was getting tired of his present job D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries 51. The author wants to tell us that _. A. people are actually all lonely in their own way B. restaurants shoul
33、d put the need of customers first C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most
34、 growing plants. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns
35、(角 ) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has todaya person who is new in a job. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The exp
36、ression comes from early nineteen hundreds. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name giv
37、en some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒 ). The g
38、reen-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the g
39、reen-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and he does not. 44. A greenhorn now refers to _. A. a person who is new in a job B. a new solider C. a young horse D. a cow without horns 45. A person who
40、 has a green thumb is a person _. A. who is good at growing plants B. whose thumbs are of green color C. whose garden is greener than others D. who is younger than his neighbors 46. The author is actually talking about _. A. colors B. language C. politics D. agriculture 47. Which of the following st
41、atements is NOT true according to the passage A. In about the 16th century, a greenhorn meant an experienced soldier. B. The Green Revolution may have some connection with green thumbs. C. The green-eyed monster was probably created by William Shakespeare. D. The green-eyed monster can be used to de
42、scribe a person who is jealous. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A Read the advertisements, and then choose the best answers. Driver Wanted Clean driving license(执照 ) Must be of smart appearance. Aged over 25. Apply to(申请 )： Capes Taxis, 17 Palace Road , Boston Air Hostesses(空姐 )for Internation
43、al Flight Wanted Applicants(申请者 ) must be between 20 and 33 years old. Height 1.6m to 1.75m. Education to GCSE standard. Two languages. Must be able to swim. Apply to: Recruitment office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West HR37KK Teachers Needed For private language school. Teaching experience
44、 unnecessary. Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Language Ltd, 279 Canal Street 41. What prevent Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis A. Fond of beer and wine. B. Punished for speeding and wrong parking. C. Unable to speak a foreign language. D. Not having college educat
45、ion. 42. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college and can speak two foreign languages. Which job might be given to him A. Driving for Capes Taxis. B. Working for Southern Airlines. C. Teaching at Instant Language Ltd. D. None of the three jobs mentioned above. 43
46、. If Mary wants to work for Southern Airlines, she must _. A. be over 25 years old B. have some similar working experience C. look smart and beautiful D. speak another language besides her own 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D Carl lost his job. He had so little money that he spent his days at home. He
47、 watched his neighbors room, where an old professor lived. He found the rooms were full of old furniture and vases. Carl thought, “Why havent I got an old and valuable vase I can sell it for a lot of money.” Carl had an old gun. It had been his great grandfathers favorite thing a long time before. C
48、arl didnt want to use the gun but he thought, “Anything could happen.” He wanted to hide the gun under his coat but it was too long so he cut the end off with a saw(锯子 ). Next morning he watched the professor leave home at 10 oclock. Carl broke the window and entered the house. He didnt know much about arts. He couldnt choose. He reached his hands towards a big vase when he heard a noise. The front door opened and someone entered the house. It was the professor. He had forgotten to take an important docume
