1、福建省莆田一中 09-10学年高一下学期期中考试（英语） 其他 完成句子（ 10分） 1. When will the dinner be ready Im s_. 2. Many a_ will be given to the winners in the following music ceremony. 3. Its important to keep the b_ of nature. 4. There is a _ to how much time we can spend on this project. （限制） 5. Columbus Day is _ _ _ the arri
2、val of Columbus in the New World. （纪念） 6. During the war this village was s_ by the enemy and more than 200 people were killed. 7. He went to America in the 1980s and _ _ there.（定居） 8. There is only a s_ damage to your bike, so you can repair it easily by yourself. 9. The police arrived there just _
3、 _（及时） to stop the violence. 10. It is good _（礼貌 ） to give your seat to an old man on the bus. 11. _ _ _（小心） the busy traffic. 12. We are deeply i_ with his fluent spoken English. 13. The global financial crisis _ _（解释） the college students not finding jobs. 答案： . starving 2. awards 3. balance 4. li
4、mit 5. in memory/honour of 6. surrounded 7. settled down 8. slight 9. in time 10. manners 11. Watch/Look out for 12, impressed 13. accounts/accounted for 单项选择 * The _ house is his. A new-built B newly-built C new-building D newly-building 答案： B The question came up at the meeting _ we had enough mon
5、ey to do it. A whether B that C if D what 答案： His suggestion will be _ to us. A of helpful B very help C of great benefit D of very use 答案： C He cant _ breaking the window. A get rid of B get away C get away with D get away from 答案： C Where is the factory in which you work -Its about 10 kilometres _
6、 the city. A. in north of B. north of C. the north of C. northern of 答案： B When we were young, my brother and I _stay at home waiting for our mother every evening. A would B might C should D could 答案： A -You hate Brown, dont you -_. I just think he is a bit annoying. A Dont mention. B Not exactly. C
7、 Thats right. D All right. 答案： B European football is played in 80 countries, _ it the most popular sport in the world. A making B makes C made D to make 答案： A What do you mean _ saying “out of question” A of B in C by D with 答案： C When and where shall we meet -We _ meet at the station at four this
8、afternoon. A are to B are about to C are going D should 答案： A China as well as the other two super countries _ sent a man into _ space. A has; the B have;/ C has;/ D have; the 答案： C Jane is not _ she was ten years ago. She has changed so much. A that B who C whom D what 答案： D Although there were so
9、many people in the square, I could _ my friend. A pick up B pick out C make up D set out 答案： B I wont give my help _ you will tell me the truth. A unless B since C if D even though 答案： D Shall we meet at 6:00 or at 6:30 -_. A At any time. B Yes, at 6:30. C Well, either time will do. D Any time is OK
10、. 答案： C 完型填空 完形填空（ 20分） Not so long ago, if you avoided drinking water during a workout（训练） , you were considered tough. Today, most experts 36 , you would be considered unintelligent. Even in you dont sweat much or feel 37 and even if there is a nice breeze, 38 experts say drinking water- or someth
11、ing 39 is necessary before, during and after all warmer-weather 40 . Only a few years ago, many coaches 41 players from drinking anything during the game-they thought it was 42 for them to rinse(漱口 ) their mouths, 43 swallowing anything might slow them down. Now, theres 44 plenty of water on the sid
12、elines for athletes to drink. The National Hockey League even 45 goalkeepers to put water bottles on top of their nets. These new practices 46 be lost on the recreation(消遣 ) athlete. Some 47 advise you to drink about two cups of water 15 minutes or so after you 48 exercising and the same amount ever
13、y 15 minutes. In some types of exercises-running, for example-others encourage drinking a cup or two of water 49 the workout. Dont drink any more, experts say too much fluid makes 50 and exercise uncomfortable. In 51 continuous hot-weather exercise, 52 can sweat and breathe away 1.8 kilograms of 53
14、an hour. Drinking water does two things: restore some 54 and allow you to keep sweating so the skin can be kept 55 . Doctors say drinking six or eight cups a day can help digestion. 36. A. discover B. suggest C. agree D. fear 37. A. thirsty B. hungry C. hot D. tired 38. A. labour B. children C. wate
15、r D. exercise 39. A. else B. instead C. fresh D. tasteful 40. A. seasons B. lessons C. days D. activities 41. A. excused B. discouraged C. prevented D. saved 42. A. possible B. unnecessary C. difficult D. right 43. A. but B. then C. therefore D. though 44. A. seldom B. forever C. usually D. sometime
16、s 45. A. allows B. promises C. forbids D. guides 46. A. couldnt B. wouldnt C. shouldnt D. mustnt 47. A. teachers B. parents C. players D. doctors 48. A. stop B. start C. give up D. begin with 49. A. after B. before C. with D. from 50. A. walking B. breathing C. swallowing D. drinking 51. A. heavy B.
17、 easy C. pleasant D. everyday 52. A. a patient B. a drinker C. an athlete D. an expert 53. A. air B. atmosphere C. oxygen D. water 54. A. sweat B. weight C. breath D. height 55. A. warm B. strong C. cool D. safe 答案： -40 CADBD 41-45 BDACA 46-50 CDBCB 51-55 ACDBC 阅读理解 OTTAWA Canadas western city of Ca
18、lgary is the worlds best city when it comes to healthy living, local press reported Monday. According to an international survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a London-based consulting firm, Calgary was put at the top of a list of 144 cities. It scored 121 points, just above Honolulus score o
19、f 120. Helsinki（赫尔辛基，芬兰首都） and Ottawa followed at 119.5 and 118.5 respectively. Three other Canadian cities came in the top 20. Montreal and Vancouver tied for ninth and Toronto came in at 18th. The scores are based on air pollution levels, availability and quality of hospitals and medical supplies,
20、 as well as the efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems. In America, the lowest scoring city was Atlanta, which was ranked 76th. Athens was the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, ranking 120th because of its air pollution. London was ranked 59th. 56. How many Canadian cities are in the to
21、p 20 A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6. 57. Which of the following is NOT taken into account when the cities were scored A. Weather conditions. B. Air quality. C. Waste removal. D. Medical supplies. 58. Among the following cities, which is the lowest scoring one A. Atlanta. B. Athens. C. London. D. Helsinki. 答
22、案： -58 CAB Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents house was in North London, but during the Second World War Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans. At eleven Stephen went to St. Albans Schoo
23、l, and then on to University College, Oxford, his fathers old college. Stephen wanted to do math, although his father would have preferred medicine. Math was not available at University College, so he did physics instead. Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology (宇宙论 ). After ga
24、ining his Ph.D. （哲学博士） he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, Stephen came to the Department of Applied Math and Theoretical Physics (理论物理 ), and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian P
25、rofessor of math. Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which rule the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einsteins General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results show it was necessary to unify（统一） G
26、eneral Relativity with Quantum Theory （量子论） . One result of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should give off radiation and disappear in the end. 59. Which of the following is NOT suitable for describing Stephen Hawking A. He once studied
27、at the same college that his father studied at. B. At one time he did research in Cosmology in Oxford. C. He preferred math to medicine at college. D. He contributed to the unification of General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory. 60. The underlined word “available” in the first paragraph prob
28、ably means “_”. A. able to be had B. allowed to study C. easy to understand D. limited to learn 61. Why did Stephen Hawkings parents move to Oxford from North London A. Because they liked it better than North London. B. Because there was a world-famous university there. C. Because they were tired of
29、 living in North London. D. Because it was safer to give birth to a baby in Oxford. 62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A. Einstein and Stephen Hawking B. Big Bang, a great theory C. Stephen Hawking, a great British scientist D. The unification of two theories 答案： -62
30、BADC When a close friend dies, it often forces you to consider your own death. The more you have in common with the friend, the more his death will make you wonder about your own. Sometimes you will naturally say to yourself, It could just as easily have been me. Such a death has a way of reminding
31、us how fragile life is, and it may cause you to reassess（重新评价） the direction of your own life. Jacks story is a good example. A successful businessman making a lot of money, Jack didnt spend as much time with his family as he wanted. His job required him to work long hours. But three years ago one o
32、f his best friends, a man who worked in the same office, had a heart attack. He died while celebrating his daughters eighteenth birthday in a restaurant. He was only fifty years old. Not long after his friends death, Jack started to have a chest pain. Finally he had a good physical check-up. He rece
33、ived a clean bill of health. But the chest pain continued. He kept thinking of the death of his friend. Jack thought about how much his friend missed in life and he saw how hard it was for his friends family to manage after he passed away. Jack realized that he didnt want to end up his life that way
34、. He talked his feelings over with his wife and children, and decided to change his way of life. The family moved to a small town where he started a simple life. Now he is running a small art gallery（画廊） . He is relaxed, and says he has never been so happy in his life, and he has got no more chest p
35、ain. 63. Your close friends death is _ to you. A. a warning B. common C. a direction of life D. an example 64. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means _. A. The doctor didnt write a word on his bill B. The doctor didnt want Jack to pay for the bill C. The doctor didnt find anything wron
36、g with him D. The doctor didnt want to treat his pain 65. His friends death made Jack _. A. lose much interest in life B. realize that he missed the friend very much C. doubt his way of life D. ill for some time 66. While living in the small town Jack _. A. earns less money B. gets more time KS*5U.C
37、#O% C. has a happier life D. does all these mentioned above 答案： -66ACCD We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or moredoing the Earth a favor while also
38、 helping our wallets. Not long ago, My wife, PJ, and I tried a new dietnot to lo se a little weight but to answer an annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is bending up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could
39、 be severe if we dont keep reducing emissions（排放） of carbon dioxide（ CO2） and other greenhouse gases that are trapping heat in our atmosphere. We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. . We wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a stri
40、ct diet. The average US household（家庭） produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. Thats more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses.
41、 But how much should we try to reduce For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremel
42、y important tipping points, such as the melting（融化） of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. “To stay below that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent,” he said. Good advice, I thought. Id opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. Wed gotten so used to keeping our air-c
43、onditioning going around the clock. Id almost forgotten the windows even opened. We should not let this happen again. Its time for us to change our habits if necessary. 67. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet A. To take special kinds of food B. To respond to climate change. C. To lose wei
44、ght D. To improve their health 68. The underlined words “tipping points” most probably refer to_. A. freezing points B. burning points C. melting points D. boiling points 69. It can be inferred from the passage that_ A. it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time B. it seems possibl
45、e for every household to cut emissions of CO2 C. the average US household produces about 3,000 pounds of CO2 a month D. the average European household produces about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a month 70. Which of the following would be the title for this passage A. Saving Energy Starts at Home B. Changing
46、 Our Habits Begins at Work C. Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable D. Reducing Emission of CO2 proves Difficult 答案： -70 BCBA The food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit t
47、o eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep colour in meats and othe
48、r food additives（添加剂）caused cancer. Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings（包装） of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar tings are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit. The farmers are simply trying
